Hastings High School - Saxon Yearbook (Hastings, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1911 volume:

THE druid BY THE SENIOR CLASS OF HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL 191! THE HASTINGS HERALD MIXTURA Hantinua, Micwioax M. E. Osborne, Supt. IVm. T. Wallace, Principal A.________________________________J BcMnttimt To the Hastings High School; To those who read herein and feel again the spirit of old school life; To those who love the dear old school; To the Alumni of our beloved institution, who have gone forth from her halls and honored her by their achievements; To the high school faculty, who have done much to better our lives and make possible for us a brighter future We dedicate this book. Board of Editors Supervisor Editor-in-chief Business Manager Joke Editor Art Editor Alumni Editor Publicator Athletic Editor Mr. Hicks Hi Id red Roush Walter S. Phelps Ethel Ward Claire Wood Helene Fairchild Edna V. Duryea Michael Sullivan Board of Editors Board of Education R. M. Bates Jacob Rehor Kellar Stem J. T. Lombard Robert Lewis President Secretary Treasurer Trustee Trustee High School Faculty Morley E. Osborne William T. Wallace Mrs. Flora Retikes Wilford Hicks Clara J. Allison Jessie J. McNall Clayton G. Hinckley Grace M. Bowman Leroy D. McWilliams Clara A. Baker Belle Copley Margaret Eldred Blanche Jackson Anna Hazard Superintendent Principal • English Languages Latin Science Science Commercial Mathematics Manual Training Domestic Science - Music Penmanship Principal Normal Dept. High School Faculty The first school building in Hastings was erect- ed in 1841. It stood on the vacant lot west of Hoffman Bros.’ store on Court street. This one- room frame building did service for ten years. The first teacher was Sophia Spalding, now Mrs. Henry Knappen of Kalamazoo, and among the first pupils were William Hitchcock; Mrs. Hitchcock, nee An- gelo Hayes; Mrs. George Heed, nee Ann Burch; Mrs. George Osborn, nee Wilhelmina Hubbell; Mrs. Ed. Reed, nee Sarah Hubbell; Mrs. Mary Geer, nee Mary Young; Hiram Jones, and Mrs. Charlotte Rus- sell, nee Charlotte Barlow'. The first annual meeting of which w'e have any record was on September 30, 1850. At that meet- ing Nathan Barlow, Jr., was appointed Moderator; H. A. Goodyear, Director, and William Temple, Assessor. The minutes of that meeting contain these entries: “Motioned and seconded, that a por- tion of the stove pipe be sold to the highest bidder. Sold to T. J. Harvey for $1.76. Motioned and sec- onded that ten dollars be raised for contingent ex- penses, which motion was carried. It was voted that the school teacher be hired in the ensuing year at a rate per month; that such teacher board at his or her expense. Motioned and carried that three hundred dollars be raised for the purpose of build- ing an Union School House.” We are told in the minutes of a special meet- ing held May 17, 1852, that “after considerable quarreling and a great many words of no account,” it w'as decided to build a two-room school building “immediately north of the cemetery”—the present Historical location of the main buildings. In the winter of ’51 and '52 “school was taught 4% months by I. S. Geer at the rate of $26.00 per month.” Mr. Geer was assisted by Mrs. Margaret Geer for twelve weeks, who drew a salary of $2.00 per w’eek. “The whole No. of Scholars in the Dis. between the ages of 4 and 17 is 155,” gives some idea of the size of the school of that day. In 1871 the school building had grown to be a three-room house, “with a large entry.” It was con- sidered a large structure, and in appearance re- sembled the old Court House which stands today in the rear of the Hastings House. During the winter of this year, the school house burned and tempo- rarily the school was held in a hall which stood near where the Herald office now is. At a district meeting of that spring, it was de- cided to build the present High School building. The contract for this structure was awarded an Ann Arbor party for $38,000, and later $6,000 more was given a second contractor to complete the work, “since the first contractor jumped his job.” It was about a year before it was completed, and the bonds which were issued for the payment of the cost ran 20 years and “were to draw 10 per cent interest.” In November, 1872, school opened in the new building, with “Mr. Samuel Dickie,” now President of Albion College, as first superintendent. Under his direction the school w'as first regularly graded. There were three teachers in the High School de- partment, who taught Geometry, Algebra, Trigono- Historical metry, German, Latin, Greek, Chemistry and As- tronomy. At first only two rooms on each floor of the new building were used, and for a number of years the janitor lived in the building. In these early days, and until 1903, the Board of Education consisted of twelve members. This first graduating class of 77 contained five mem- bers and the exercises were held in the old Union Hall. Since then there have been thirty-three graduating classes. With the growth of the town the “new” building became filled to overflowing, and two small one-room ward school houses were built. In the early part of the “nineties” a commo- dious seven-room building was erected on the square with the main or “High School” edifice, at a cost of $11,000. In 1904 the little district school type of the Second ward building was replaced by a nice two-room structure, and the next spring our Board of Education voted to build a First ward building similar to that of the Second ward, at a cost not to exceed $4,500. The growth of our school system has not been strikingly different from that of the average town. From the foundations, well laid by our “educational pioneers,” there has grown steadily under the watch- ful care of the able men who have supervised it, of the teachers who have served it well, and of the community which has been sensitive to its needs, an institution of which we believe we are justly proud. This product of the devotion of over a half century, today stands high among the schools of the state and influences mightily our little city and community. Our Superintendents Samuel Dickie...............1873—1877 Hutson B. Coleman...........1877—1878 Irving N. Mitchell..........1878—1880 Clark B. Hall...............1880—1884 Charles B. Cole.............1884—1887 J. W. Roberts...............1887—1890 Wellington D. Sterling......1890—1895 Berto A. Holden............1895—1898 John E. Mealley............1898—1900 N. H. Hayden...............1900—1902 Charles F. Field...........1902—1904 Addison W. Chamberlin......1904—1906 J. F. Thomas...............1906—1908 M. E. Osborne..............1908— GRADUATION EXERCISES Hastings High School Friday, June 27, 1877, at 8:00 p. m. M usic under direction of Miss Belle Wightman Board of Education Thomas Altoft J. W. Bentley Frank Campbell A. Philo Drake H. J. Kcnficld J. A. Sweezey Nathan Barlow C. S. Burton Geo. M. Dewey R. J. Grant D. R. McBlwain M. T. Wheeler. Officers of the Board of Education Nathan Barlow...................President Jas. A. Sweezey ...... Secretary R. J. Grant......................Treasurer Samuel Dickie .... Superintendent The First Commencement Program Sacred Quartet; ‘‘Be Thou Faithful” Prayer Vocal Duet To the Front.......................Marshall Cook Little Things....................Charles G. Curtis Trio: “Distant Chimes” Our Calling......................Charles W. Jones Success in Life...............William B. Sweezey Solo “Nothing But Leaves” . Hannah Belle Throop Presentation of Class .... Superintendent Conferring Diplomas . Pres’t Board of Education Music Benediction Commencement Parts Valedictory “The Guiding Star That Perpetuates” We arc a nation in the vigor of youth. Thus far our growth has never been checked by the op- pressions of tyranny. From the beginning we were a simple, hardy, intelligent people, accustomed to self-government and self-respect. Our extensive plains and fertile valleys give us the choice of many products and means of independence. Our repub- lican institutions are free, religion is free, the press is free. The mighty deep on either side protects us from any dangerous foe. Already the age has caught the spirit of our institutions and winds have wafted across the ocean, even to the heights of the Andes. With these fair prospects to accomplish a sublime end, can America betray herself? No! We might be carried away with national pride and enthusiasm, did we not realize that the sting and stain of dishonesty and corruption do exist in our proud land. Politics have entered almost every phase and avenue of life. Periodicals have exposed and de- nounced the infamy. We would not slay those who are responsible for this condition by upbraiding them. Neither would we plead for a reorganization or building anew this, our government. But we do plead that the spirit that animated the founders of these glorious institutions shall guide and lead us to enjoy and reap the benefits of our inheritance. They come to us as fruits of the efforts and lives of our ancestors. They are ours to enjoy, ours to protect, and ours to perpetuate. We will never be able to pay the great debt we owe to our fathers, but by honesty, integrity, national pride, and by the protection of all that is good and noble, we may be able to enioy the benefits of our inheritance through our lives and bestow them untainted to our posterity. “Honor and gratitude to those who have attained. Honor and gratitude shall be to those who preserve and maintain.” Political corruption is not partisan. It is the common enemy. Recent exposures in nearby states show only too well the tendency toward graft. Such effort to secure control of our government, are not recorded in our early history. The free use of money to influence legislation has become so common that the kings of dollars might soon be- come kings of our people. One by one represen- tatives of great wealth become a part of our law- making bodies. The magic power of money has paved their way. And who are they who would usurp the guid- ance of our nation’s destiny? What have they done to assume so great a responsibility? We know of them only by their notorious records in seeking of- fices. Selfish men seeking selfish ends would place them in positions of trust. Thus brought into power the trend of their service is foretold. And because wc believe the future welfare of our country can only be maintained by stamping out these microbes from national integrity, we condemn them. Commencement Parts V alcdictonj Who then is the friend of free republican in- stitutions? It is he who, in the spirit of modesty seeks to do the greatest good to the greatest num- ber in a manner that will not antagonize, but gain the confidence and co-operation of the people. The man who receives what he has not earned, and does not earn, the man who does not render ser- vice in full for all that he has, is out of place in a republican community and he is equally out of place whether he be a man living in idle luxury on millions which he has not earned or which he has won in ways that represent no service to the na- tion. The division between the worthy and the unworthy citizen must be drawn on conduct and character and not on wealth or poverty. Arrogance and vanity, the bitter scorn of the rich man for the poor man and the bitter hate of the poor for the rich man are merely the opposite sides of the same dark shield. The greatness of our institutions in the past has rested upon the fact that the people had the power and that they used it aright for great and worthy ends. Washington and Lincoln, each in the degree that his generation rendered possible, trusted to and believed in the people, steadfastly refused to represent anything save what was high- est and best in the people, and by appealing to this highest and best brought it out and made it promi- nent. Each called upon his countrymen to lay down their lives for an ideal and then called upon the survivors to perform the even harder task of lead- ing their lives in such shape as to realize the ideal for which their countrymen had been dying. Our aim, the aim of those of us who stand for true progress, for true nationalism, for true patriot- ism, is not only to give the people power, but our- selves, as part of the people, to try to see that the power is used aright and in a spirit of the broadest kindliness and charity toward all men. What evidence have we that our institutions, controlled and guided by the spirit of modesty, na- tional pride, and courage, has the fuller, freer, lib- eralizing. uplifting influence, not only in our own country, but in the world at large. Our answer is found in our industrial activity, our commercial pursuits, our artistic expressions on canvass, in monuments and architecture, in our educational sys- tem. where enlightenment enters and becomes an inmate of the humblest dwelling, where genius and talent have the protection of governmental law. What debt of gratitude docs the world owe to ours, the younger of all civilized nations? You will agree that our International Court of Arbitration was made possible through American influence. W'hat do you find in the history of Cuba and the Philippine Islands to answer our question? All nations of the world are looking to us to make possible such an institution that will result in complete disarmament. And if national virtues and the spirit of our institutions be extended, the prophetic words of the Great Teacher—“Peace on Earth; Good Will to Men”—may be realized. What greater record than that can any nation hope to record in her annals of history? Greece gave to the world art, Rome government, England the successful colonization idea, but our mission is plainly written to be that of a nation whose ideals arc to be found in a government where the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the people, a nation that shall not triumph in the annals of war, but carry the torch which will enlighten and unify all nations into one nation, where universal peace and progress shall prevail. A spirit which should further animate our in- stitutions is the spirit of conciliation, a spirit of true Christian moderation, that guiding principle which is self-controlled, charitable and forgiving when it acts; a spirit which will arise and protect and shield when our liberties arc in danger. It was this spirt of moderation and concilia- tion that animated the Constitutional Convention and gave to us the legacy of government where every member of this nation, be he high or low, rich or poor, has a right to speak and act upon every measure originating among and interesting us as a people. The full development of our institutions demands that these rights be freely exercised. The history of our country reflects from its pages periods of time when these rights and liberties have been in danger, monopolized by parties and individuals, but again and again has the power and will of the people reasserted itself. Commencement Parts Valedictory We would banish all fear for the future of our dearly blood-bought liberties, they are too precious to permit any individuals or unthinking party to long terrorize them. The sober conservative ele- ment of the people shall prevail. To the younger men and women of our land and to us. dear classmates, as comes the trumpet call to not only cultivate, effuse and extend the spirit in every institution of our government, but when the call of the oppressed and benighted of other lands is calling, that the yoke of oppression be lifted, may it be the mission of our country to carrv the torch of enlightenment and liberty. This we would do in the spirit of Christian conciliation. And this we would do. even though we stood alone, for truth and eloquence, which is greater than the applause of men would be ours. We would do all this in the same spirit that our fathers builded, safe and strong, so when na- tional calamities threaten, our institutions will yet reflect the proud inheritance that our government is yet a government of the people, by the people and for the people. . Members of the Board of Education, you, who have made it possible for us to broaden and enrich our lives by the privileges of your High School; members of the Faculty, who have carefully im- parted these great life lessons into our lives; and Classmates dear, who have, day by day, cheerfully, eagerly, taken the lessons of truth, the time has come when the last class roll is taken, but also the Commencement Parts V ale dic tor)) time when we are enrolled in that larger register, the register of life. Are we ready to answer every roll call of duty and stand sentinel to guard the safety and sacredness of our public institutions? In Salu In behalf of the members of the class of nine- teen-eleven I extend to all a most cordial welcome. It gives us pleasure to greet the former graduates and the kind friends, who have so willingly and cheerfully contributed their time and means to the support of our High School. While we regret the breaking up of old asso- ciations, the future holds a charm for us all. Up to this time our pathway has been more or less se- cluded. We have followed the guiding hand of parents, friends and teachers and have wandered half carelessly along the little way we have come. Roses have bloomed in our pathway, but they have not been of the thornless variety by any means. Occasionally, as we journeyed, far sighted companions pointed out a temple far up the moun- tain side. Our untrained eyes could but faintly dis- cern its glistening white pillars, hid among the sur- rounding trees. This, they told us, was the temple of Truth, and we resolved to climb the pathway of which wre had caught occasional glimpses, and enter the wonderful place. the larger sense, we would not say good-bye, but rather in that larger spirit of helpfulness and at- tainment, bid you God-speed. LOIS VELTE. latory Today the gradually broadening pathway seems at first glance to come to an end; but, as we look more closely we realize that instead of ending, it has begun to divide and distinct pathways diverge from the one we have been traveling. We have come to the parting of the ways, but we scarcely realize that the ways are parting because we can see travelers in each path and they seem to be calling greetings across to each other. We even catch snatches of a song and laughter, because the paths are pleasant ones. Multitudes are passing and many hesitate at the place where the road forks; some cast eager glances toward the tall white pillars of the temple high on the mountain side, then at the huge rocks in the pathway, and the barren places, where the sun beats pitilessly upon the ambitious ones, but the majority go with willing feet along one of the other paths. We notice that after a little way the roads diverge more and more widely; the one leading to the temple makes abrupt ascents and its way be- comes very steep. Here and there welcome shade is cast by mountain trees; but often the traveler must climb over long stretches of hard, gray rock, steadily up hill all the way. Another path seems to lie on one continuous plain and is traveled by a large company of people. The pilgrims are carefree and joyous, thoughtlessly following the crowd. The remaining pathway winds gradually down- ward. The multitudes, which travel the well beaten path, seem content and the majority careless of their goal. Occasionally a travel-worn pilgrim halts as if meditating whether or not to retrace his steps, but as he gazes at the steep incline behind him and as the crowds go surging by. he shakes his head wearily and continues on his course. He realizes that the path has become more steep and Class Motto—4 That this is an age of wonderful opportunities we hear on every side, and the truth of it is patent to every thinking person. The college graduate, the high school graduate, is told in most eloquent words that he has only to go forth into the world, grasp the opportunity which awaits him and march forward triumphantly on the road to success. Wc, the class of nineteen-eleven, arc standing today as so many classes have stood before us, with Commencement Parts Salutatory it will be a difficult task to make the attempt to return. As we follow the company with our eyes, this path disappears from view, and we are aroused from our reflections to a realization of this truth: that the future of each of us, whether our lives shall be lofty in their ideals, or commonplace, or vulgar, de- pends upon the path we choose. Whether we shall climb the rugged way to the temple of Truth, there to have the clear vision of things that are, or whether we shall be content to linger in the low- lands of life, knowing and caring for naught but self, or whether wc shall go with willing feet in the way that disappears from view, depends largely upon our decision at the parting of the ways. HAZEL LAWRENCE. ‘Know Thy Opportunity. ” our school days past and over, looking out upon the life beyond, with its golden future so full of promise and achievement, looking out upon the world, with its beauty, charm and enchantment; and looking thus we see stretched before us the broad, white pathway through life, which we hope to make our own. striving only to attain that great ideal of a beautiful and perfect character, and we arc not disheartened, but rather encouraged for we Commencement Parts Class Motto know that with the desire always comes the op- portunity. We are living in a wonderful world today, an era of progress and advancement without parallel. Man, with his powerful intellect, is reaching out as never before along the lines of research and in- vestigation, and there must needs be great oppor- tunities to enable him to perfect the great things of which he is capable. To the primitive man. in intellect scarcely above the animal, there came a time when there was born within him a desire for development, for things higher, and with that desire always came the means of fullilling it, and there swept over the world a wave of progress and development which has continued until the present time. We speak of these eras of progress and of the great reformations, and what were these but the call of the human soul for higher things, for the opportunity to advance towards perfection. Strange as it may seem, we are often told that opportunity knocks but once at every man’s door. We hear it from the platform, the pulpit, and the press. Even we of this High School were told this most eloquently a short time ago, and were urged not to be like the belated passenger turning the corner as the train pulled out from the station, for- ever too late. Never was teaching more pernicious, more untrue than this. Opportunity is as patient and everlasting as the goodness of our Heavenly Father. It comes from Him, and is always waiting for the discouraged, despairing soul. Of course, it is given to very few to have a great opportunity present itself which seems a turning point in their lives by which they find themselves in the world’s list of the great in art, literature, medicine, music, or abstruse learning. But true success in life does not necessarily mean the accumulation of great wealth or the attainment of social or literary position. Success, as our Heav- enly Father means it, is the faithful performance of the common every-day duties of life in which the small opportunities presented seem more for the development of character than worldly success, and are ofttimcs unappreciated. In the most common, prosaic lives there are always occasions for culture and self-development, and for the making of what- soever things are honest, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are just, and whatsoever things are of good report. However, let us remem- ber the faithful performance of the small things of life is but paving the way to the broader life, which will some time present itself and for which these small occasions have prepared us. Many are the illustrations I could give of great men who have achieved wealth and success in the face of what seemed unsurmountable difficulties, but what greater one could I mention than our own Abraham Lincoln, whose chances of advancement in life seemed so few as to be almost unnoticeable, but whose desire was so intense that out of dis- couragement itself he developed opportunities which made him the great man he was, the Presi- dent of the United States, and the preserver of unity in our country during the great Civil war. Although we all cannot be Lincolns in the world of statesmanship, or Pierpont Morgans in the financial world, by the faithful attendance upon the small things in life w'e may attain an exalted character, which is greater to ourselves than the greatest literary fame, or a name which will live after us. How, then, shalt thou know thy opportunity? It may be always found by earnest, persistent effort in whatever task presents itself, no matter how little or insignificant it may seem. In our chosen work of life, obstacles and disappointments may come, failure and discouragements be ours, but if we are determined to succeed in character build- ing, we will find our opportunity and nothing can prevent it. As each day closes and w'e look back over opportunities neglected or unperceived, we need not be disheartened, for though disaster and defeat seem to be our portion, and darkness and gloom surround us, let us look up, for God’s in His Commencement Parts Class Motto heaven, all’s right with the world. The darkness will soon be over and another day will dawn, a tomorrow with new aspirations and opportunities to do with what we will. HASSAM’S PROVERB King Hassam, well beloved, was wont to say, When aught went wrong, or any labor failed: “Tomorrow, friends, will be another day!” And in that faith he slept, and so prevailed. Long live this proverb! YVhile the world shall roll, Tomorrow, fresh shall rise from out the night. And new baptize the indomitable soul With courage for it’s never-ending fight. No one, I say, is conquered till he yields, And yield he need not. while, like mist from glass, God wipes the stains of life’s old battlefields From every morning that he brings to pass. New day, new hope, new courage, let this be, O Soul, thy cheerful creed. What’s yesterday. With all it’s shards and wrack and grief to thee? Forget it, then—here lies the victor’s way. HELEN HAYES. Commencement Parts Prophec}) It was in the summer of 1924 when the writer started for a walk near the seashore. As I neared the water’s edge, I looked down into the water and saw a bubble which arose to the surface, and as I looked at it. I saw a boy and girl and heard the girl say, “Yes, Blair. I am so happy.” They were seated on a green bank, and as I looked once more, I noticed the girl was Vera Woodard. Blair said that Maurice Healy was the principal of the Grand Rapids High School, and then the bubble disap- peared. Another fairy-like ball arose before me. and I saw a sign which had the following words upon it: “Vote for Tolhurst”, and upon reading the item I found that Leon was running for President of the United States. Michigan having accepted equal suffrage, it was certain he would receive one fair child’s vote. Helene was at that time teaching Eng- lish in the Detroit High School. I watched the bubble grow larger and it seemed to take the shape of a theatre. “Make Hay While the Sun Shines”, written by Edmund Wood, was being played to a full house. Among the actresses were Florence Payne, Clara Huffman and Hazel Barnum. When the orchestra began to play, the name of Lois Agnes Velte was upon the lips of everybody, for she, the greatest of musicians, was the leader. After the play was over, Lois and the actresses had a midnight lunch, and I heard Clara say that Katherine Bowler and Esther Turner were stenog- raphers for Walter Phelps. The latter had a large ranch in North Dakota. In a few minutes Hazel said: “Yes, and Ethel Ward is a missionary in Africa.” They were just about to leave when their conversation turned to Chester Stem, and one of them said that he had a large automobile factory in Chicago. The bubble moved, and I saw a sleigh load party, and the principal thing which attracted my attention was a parasol which was up. The wind was blowing and the parasol fell out of the sleigh, and whom had it been protecting but Hazel Lawrence and a friend. This bubble disappeared and another one came before me. I saw a large mine and in the entrance were seated two men who were loiter- ing. One of them said: “Come on, here comes Doud. the boss.” The other man immediately arose and they hastened into the black depths of the earth. Soon a man came up to the entrance, and as I looked at him I knew he was Raymond. He was walking along and reading a paper. He dropped it as he entered the mine. I was surprised to see in large letters on the paper. “Madame Sadie Glasgow will set sail from San Francisco today in her noted bal- loon. ‘The Ray’.” In smaller letters below this I saw the following words: “She will not take any companions with her, but only some Michigan waters.” As this fairy-like ball turned around, I saw a house. A woman came to the door and said to a man who was working outside: “Gilbert, shall wc take up a free land grant out West?” “Yes, Mary, but we will wait until Fall”, was his answer. Sud- denly the bubble burst and in the spray 1 saw Ruth Tubbs vigorously giving an oration. In a few minutes another film appeared and I heard music. I looked about and noticed a young woman who was seated at the piano. She was play- ing, but she seemed to prefer the minor. While looking at her I at once recognized Ruth Castle. A woman came into the room, and as she went near the piano I knew she was Bernice Houghtalin. As the bubble turned around I saw a school-room and the teacher had a physics book in his hand. I noticed that it was written by Duryea and Marks. The latter had become a noted mathematician and was at present in Rhode Island. The bubble moved again and I saw some public buildings in Washing- ton, D. C.. and on the corner of each one was in- scribed, “Michael Sullivan, Architect and Con- tractor.” This globe vanished, and soon another took its place, and there was a little maiden wandering about in a library, and looking at the section of books by the autnor. Wood. She finally selected a gilt- edged volume entitled, “Helen.” Naturally, I rec- ognized the girl as Helen Hayes. The scene was changed and I saw Nina Hynes upon a mountain. She seemed rather pale, and I heard the nurse say that Nina was just recuperating from an illness caused by eating too many oranges. From their Commencement Parts Prophecy conversation, I knew that Lora Dryer had been vis- iting Nina, but had returned to her home in New Mexico. This bubble soon vanished and another one soon appeared, and there stood Mildred Roush. I had heard that she and Josephine Bray were going to travel around the world together, and that they were going to Italy to visit Clare Wood, who was there studying the language. This scene vanished and I saw a group of grade teachers, and in this number there were two who seemed familiar to me. As I looked at them more closely, I recognized them to be Frances Otis and Ivah Schray. I heir conversation naturally turned to their former school companions, and among the things which they said were that Ruth Richardson and a friend were teach- ing school in North Dakota, and that Bertha Olner was teaching a county normal in northern Michi- gan. Frances said that Bessie Erway was librarian at the Michigan Agricultural College. When the shades began to fall about me, I thought how pleasantly the members of our class were situated and how each one was prospering. I was still standing by the seashore’s edge and a few bubbles remained, but there was no story written upon any more of them for me. As I turned away I wished that the members of my class would con- tinue forever to be as happily situated as when I last saw them. OPAL JUNE HYDE. Commencement Parts Class Oration “Evolution of American Patriotism. Standing here amid the sacred memories of the bygone centuries, on the golden threshold of the twentieth, I ask: “Is the present century as patri- otic as those past?” I believe it is. No country can lay exclusive claim to patriot- ism. Judea had her David. Greece her Aristides, Rome her Agricola, England her Hampden, and America her Washington. The patriot of one coun- try is admired by all nations. But upon the youth of America is conferred the noblest birthright in the whole world. The stars under which you were born beam with the brightest promise and kindle the most heroic patriotism. Even though it may seem wise and right to change somewhat the emphasis of history and to glorify more distinctly the achievers and achieve- ments of normal and peaceful times, the conscience of the race will not allow the battles of the past to be discredited. We are distant from the dramatic scenes of war that make such strong appeal to child- hood, as well as the more mature. The War of Independence, which gave us freedom of govern- ment, came in 1776. Think as you may, it is plain that the nation was purchased by this great strug- gle. Within thirty-six years, in 1812, there came another war, and the national spirit was once more bred into intensity. The victories of our small navy, and the heroic operations continued on land for more than two years, increased the national confi- dence, and made us more independent from the politics of Europe. We then began to move with speed toward the Civil War. Up to this time patriot- ism was more of a state feeling. After this four years’ struggle the nation was delivered from slavery, united as never before, and confident as never before in its resources and its stability. It sent a mighty throb to the hearts of both sections of the country, and it left the question of national unity deeply settled as it firmly joined the North and South together. We have no right to assume that war is the only means to make people heroic, for aside from military patriotism we have civic patriotism. But when the storm of battle blows darkest and rages highest, the memory of Washington shall nerve every American arm, and cheer every American heart. However, his patriotism did not cease with the Revolution. Samuel Adams was not a war- rior, but his work was in evidence in the critical period of the first great struggle. Abraham Lin- coln had been a soldier in the Black Hawk war, but his fame rests not on the fact that he carried a sword. The great Civil War, with its quickening effect on the national consciousness, has been removed from us more than a generation. At the present time the emphasis must be shifted from the heroes of war to the achievers of peace. Along with the stress placed upon military service and sacrifice, a new and equal stress shall be placed upon other types of public usefulness. Wc are having today some new heroes of our civic struggles. The men who are standing against graft and who hear for a time the penalty of un- popularity and abuse, are spiritually in the company of the battle-scarred. We are in debt to the men who are giving their lives to the lifting up of high ideals for the individual and the nation. It means much to be solicitous, day by day, for the welfare of hundreds of thousands of men and women and little children. How often, in your own present life, you do something critical, insignificant, involving personal risk and sacrifice to yourself, and something which is meanwhile so inspired by the love of your nation “that you have neither eyes to sec nor tongue to speak.” There is no question but that William Jennings Bryan is a great man. Recently Mr. Bryan showed proof of real greatness in his advocacy of moral issues which would make enemies for him. He has not stepped down and out on that account. The world admires that kind of a man, and appreciates his courage and convictions, when he does not shrink from personal sacrifice. Mr. Bryan has sacri- ficed himself for the sake of his moral principles. In the opening years of the twentieth century a man of remarkable character and ability stood in the center of the historic stage, with the world's eyes fixed upon him. This was Theodore Roose- velt, the most famous advocate of peace and prog- ress. Aside from his few days of fighting, his life has been one of a struggle against graft and dis- Commencement Parts Class Oration honesty; a battle with politicians and law-making bodies for reform; a demand of equal rights for all men; a square deal for high and low, for rich and poor alike. Others before Theodore Roosevelt have fought the same fight, and yet have not been heard of beyond the boundaries of their own countries. The patriotic spirit of this man has set the world agape, put his name into every mouth, made his proposed quiet visit through Europe a phenomenal ovation, in which millions crowded to see and cheer him as he passed, and the greatest monarchs were eager to greet him as a favored visitor, a man their equal in rank. “This simple patriotic American citizen, without rank or power, stands in the lime-light of the world’s applause, the Halley comet of the political skies.” Evolution is a process of growth and there is no question but that patriotism has evolved. First we had freedom of government, then freedom of commerce, and a firmly united nation. But look at our great patriots of today. See how Bryan and Roosevelt are standing by unpopular causes and are engaged in opposing civic corruption. Truth- fully. I can say that the present century is more patriotic than those past. Train yourselves for the quieter heroisms, and you will not fail if the bugle should ever call you to war. Engage earnestly in the social and moral contests which mark the polit- ical life of our own day and you will be a real and true patriot. 1VAH sell RAY. Commencement Parts Clou Will We, the Senior Class of the Hastings High School of the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, being stricken with the dread disease of graduation, and realizing that our lease of school life is but a span of a few hours, being about to cast aside all things childish, but knowing these to be necessary to all under-graduates, and being of a beneficent spirit and liberal turn of mind, and wishing to be remembered by succeeding classes as great benefactors to our Alma Mater, being assured that the coming classes can find no higher intellectual standard and no worthier exam- ple than that placed before them by the Class of 1911. do hereby confer and bestow as our last will and testament, all that which we possess in and around said Hastings High School, from our right m the furnace in the basement to our interest in the hands on the clock, and we do hereby revoke any and all other wills made by us. 1’irst We will and direct that all our just debts and commencement expenses be paid in full. Second—To the four classes jointly we will the three long flights of stairs leading to the assembly room, up and down which they may pass as many times a day as impulse suggests and strength per- mits. and we also do hereby will to these same classes all the remnants of the most interesting and most used book of this school. Webster’s dictionary Believing that childish minds can best be edu- cated through the medium of object lessons, we do hereby devise and bequeath our collection of play- things to the Freshman class, and we also will to them the front seats in the assembly room upon the following condition, enjoining upon them its strict observance, that they occupy their childish minds with no more strenuous mental action than is re- quired in persistently flunking in four classes a day. The name Sophomore, meaning “Wise Fool”, bespeaks for this class our liberal indulgence; therefore we do devise and bequeath unto them the sole right to magnum caput, or, in more ordinary phraseology, “swell-head , and we enjoin upon the other classes that they refrain from all encroach- ment upon this, the inalienable right of the Sopho- more. To the Junior class we do hereby will and be- queath our dignity, our scholarly deportment, our harmony in class meetings, our energy, our enter- prise, and our noble example. We also devise to the aforesaid class those jewels of scientific research and investigation, those classic outbursts of knowl- edge, namely the physics note-books of the class of 1911, whose value will be more keenly appreciated when the class shall gather after school under the despotic sway of Mr. Hinckley. Also upon the Junior boys wfe do bestow the right to as many class honors as have been w'on by the boys of 1911 and likewise to as many addi- tional honors as they may prove themselves entitled to in fair and open competition with the girls of 1912. To the silver-tongued orator to be chosen bv the Junior class we devise and bequeath the inesti- mable privilege now belonging to Edmund Dana Wood of adjourning each and every Union and Class Meeting. Furthermore, to the class of 1912, we, the class of 1911, bequeath the brightest jewel from our crown, namely, our code of intellectual law: First—“Thou shalt not laugh in the halls. Second— Thou shalt study incessantly. Third—“Honor the men of learning that thy grades may be good in the class room. Fourth—“Thou shalt not study nor laugh dur- ing chapel exercises, but give thine undivided atten- tion to instruction. Fifth—“Thou shalt not lay profane hands upon the statue of Hebe Sixth—“Thou shalt not touch the cannon. Seventh—“Thou shalt not ring the fire gong un- less a visitor be present. Eighth—“Thou shalt destroy no school prop- erty unless thy parents will furnish the necessary money with which to replace it. Ninth—“Thou shalt attend all Literary Socie- ties to which thou dost belong.” Tenth—“Thou shalt not break thy pledge as a Senior class. We do will that these laws be strictly adhered to and that the said class at their commencement shall pass these laws to the next succeeding class. To the faculty, those giants of learning who, although they have caused us many weary hours and sleepless nights, yet have meted out to us in Commencement Parts Class mu full measure the profits we have earned, we do hereby devise and bequeath, firstly: To Superintendent Morley E. Osborne, all the delicious viands made by the strugglers in cookery. To Principal Wallace, we do hereby devise and will, one new bell, knowing how severely the pres- ent one has suffered from repeated, vigorous on- slaughts. To Miss Allison, we bequeath one new lead pencil to serve in administering punishment to those guilty of the heinous crime of talking in the halls. To Miss Bowman, we do hereby will a set of noiseless typewriters. To Miss McNall. our honored and revered fac- ulty member, feeling that for her kind services she deserves great reward, we do hereby bequeath the choicest of all earthly things, our good looks. To Mrs. Renkcs, we do devise the new Phelps Correctometer, the patent for which has been applied for and is now anxiously awaited, guaran- teed to turn out one hundred book reports an hour, carefully corrected. To Mr. Hinckley, we do bequeath a new travel- ing bag, in which to convey his documents to and from school, said bag to be purchased out of the surplus funds of the Athletic Association and the Hastings High School Union. To Mr. McWilliams, we leave the sole right to make whatsoever laws in Physiography he may see fit, and we also demand that the earth in the future take cognizance of these laws and act in accordance with them. Commencement Parts Class Will To Professor Hicks, we do hereby bequeath a gift most terrible and wonderful, our German pro- nunciation. To Mr. Will, for trusted and valued service, we will our bank account. To the Board of Education, through whose oversight and direction all our advantages, which we have enjoyed for the past twelve years, have been made possible, we do hereby devise and be- queath our lasting gratitude for their kindly efforts in our behalf. We hereby appoint Miss Belle Copley, of the Domestic Science Department of the Hastings City Schools, executrix of this, our Last Will and Tes- tament. In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto set our hands and seal this twenty-third day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eleven. (Signed) THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1911. On this, the twenty-third day of June, A. D. 1911, the Senior Class of the City of Hasting.s in the County of Barry, and the State of Michigan, signed the foregoing instrument in our presence, and declared it to be their Last Will and Testament, and as witnesses thereof we do now, at their re- quest, in their presence, and in the presence of each other, hereto subscribe our names. MARSHALL L. COOK. Class 1877, residing at Hastings, Michigan. BURNETTE MORE, President of High School Union, 1910, residing at Hastings, Michigan. CLARA B. HUFFMAN We have come today, dear classmates, To the parting of the way, And we stand upon life’s threshold Like a ship, as yet in bay, Which will soon begin a voyage On a new and unknown sea. There are anxious hearts, yet hopeful, Wond’ring what the end will be. Four long years we’ve bravely struggled, Y faiting for this day to come; Now, though proud, we still are saddened, That at length the goal we’ve won. Well we know that now we’re leaving Happy school life for a new; T hat we’re parting with old classmates, Who have always proven true. Commencement Parts Class Poem And our teachers, too, we’re leaving, Whom we’ve learned to love, indeed; Who have always led us upward, And have been our friends in need. They have done their best to help us; Let us strive our best to do, To our trusts be always loyal, To our promises be true. We are starting on life’s highway; Fare thee well, my classmates, all. In your chosen work, push upward, Do not falter; do not fall. Put your ideal high above you; Work for ever with that aim, And relinquish not your purpose, Till this end you do attain. DESDEMONA MARKS. What We Did HAZEL BARNUM On newspaper staff, ’ll. BLAIR BARNES On basket ball team, ’10-’ll; on newspaper staff, ’10. KATHERINE BOWLER On newspaper staff. ’08-’09 (editor); on editor- ial committee for Senior Annual. JOSEPHINE BRAY On program committee of Classical Club. RUTH CASTLE Class treasurer at Prairieville; on program com- mittee for Literary Society, TO. RAYMOND DOUD On newspaper staff, W-Tl; on baseball team, ’09-T0-T1; on ticket committee for High School Union, ’ll. LORA DRYER On art committee for Senior Annual. EDNA DURYEA Publication committee Senior Annual; vice president of Sophomore Literary Society. BESSIE ERWAY Vice president of Literary Society, ’08-’09; on Literary Society program committee, ’07-’08; on basket ball team, ’08-'09; on newspaper staff. ’09-T0. HELENE FAIRCHILD President of Literary Society, ’ll; on auditing committee. ’08- 09; Alumni Editor of Senior Annual; on pin and motto committee. SADIE GLASGOW On program committee for Literary Society, 09; on newspaper staff, TO; treasurer Senior Class, Tl. HELEN HAYES Captain of basket ball team, ’09; vice president of Athletic Association, ’09; secretary of High School Union, T0-T1; secretary of Junior Class, TO; won prize for essay on History of Michigan. MAURICE HEALY On newspaper staff, TO. BERNICE HOUGHTALIN Class treasurer at Nashville, TO. OPAL HYDE Class Prophet; second contestant in oratorical contest; on Baccalaureate committee. NINA HYNES On Alumni committee, Tl. CLARA HUFFMAN Vice president of High School Union, ’07-’08; president of Junior Class, ’09-T0; president of Classical Club, T0-T1; on auditing and execu- tive committee of High School Union. HAZEL LAWRENCE On newspaper staff, TO; Salutatory, Tl. DESDEMONA MARKS Class Poet; on program committee of Classical Club; on pin and motto committee. MARY MATTHEWS On basket ball team. ’09-T0; on the editorial committee of Senior Annual. FRANCES OTIS On basket ball team, ’08-’09-T0-T 1; on news- paper staff, 08-'09. BERTHA OLNER On program committee for Literary Society, 09; member of executive committee of High School Union, ’07; on editorial committee of Senior Annual. FLORENCE PAYNE On art committee of Senior Annual. WALTER PHELPS On track team, ’08; on basket ball team. 08- 09, ’09-T0; ’10-’ll (captain); on football team, ’08-’09-T0; president of Literary Society. TO; on Athletic committee of Hi h School Union, 09; on social committee of High School Union, TO; on executive committee of High School Union, '08-’09; business manager of Senior An- nual. RUTH RICHARDSON Secretary of Normal class; on editorial commit- tee of Senior Annual. H1LDRED ROUSH On program committee for Literary Society, TO; editor of newspaper staff, TO-'ll; secretary of Senior class. TO-’ll; editor-in-chief of Senior Annual. LEON TOLHURST Vice president of Senior class, TO-11; vice president of Athletic Association. TO; on basket and foot ball teams, ‘08-’09, ’09-10, 10- 11; chairman of Athletic committee; on executive committee of High School Union, ’09-T0; on newspaper staff, ’09-T0. What We Did RUTH TUBBS On newspaper staff. T0-T1; captain of Normal basket ball team. T0-T1. ESTHER TURNER Vice president of Literary Society, 08-’09. LOIS VELTE Valedictorian; chairman of auditing committee. ETHEL WARD President of Literary Society. '09; captain of basket ball team, T0-T1; on literary commit- tee of High School Union, T1; treasurer of Junior class, TO; president of Senior class; joke editor for Senior Annual. CLARE WOOD Art editor for Senior Annual; chairman of ex- ecutive committee of Classical Club, Tl. MICHAEL SULLIVAN On football team. TO; on baseball team, 11; on newspaper staff, '08-09, T0-T1. IVAH SCHRAY Class oration, Tl; class prophecy at Wood- land. '09. CHESTER STEM . . , u „ President of Athletic Association; on football team, ’09; on entertainment committee. '08-’09; on social committee, ’07-’08; vice president of Junior class. TO; on baseball team. EDMUND WOOD . , On basket ball team. T0-T1; captain of class basket ball team, '09-T0. VERA WOODARD On newspaper staff, Tl; on editorial committee of Senior Annual. The Class of 7 Membership Blair Barnes Hazel Barnum Katherine Bowler Josephine Bray Edna Duryea Helene Fairchild Sadie Glasgow Helen Hayes Maurice Healy Clara Huffman Opal Hyde Hazel Lawrence Desdemona Marks Mary Matthews Walter Phelps Hildred Roush Ivah Schray Chester Stem Michael Sullivan Leon Tolhurst Esther Turner Lois Velte Ethel Ward Claire Wood Edmund Wood Frances Otis Bessie Erway Florence Payne Ruth Castle Lora Dryer Ruth Richardson Ruth Tubbs Nina Hynes Bertha Olner Bernice Houghtalin Raymond Doud Vera Woodard Class Organization President, Ethel Ward Vice President—Leon Tolhurst Secretary, Hildred Roush Treasurer, Sadie Glasgow Class Colors—Orange and Black Class Motto—“Know Thy Opportunity Class Honors First Honor—Lois Velte. Part, Valedictory. Second Honor—Hazel Laurence. Part, Salutatory. Third Honor—Helen Hayes. Part, Class Motto. Fourth Honor—Opal Hyde. Part, Class Prophecy. Fifth Honor—Ivah Schray. Part, Oration. Sixth Honor—Clara Huffman. Part, Class Will. Seventh Honor—Dessic Marks. Part, Class Poem. Class of 1911 The Junior The Class of 7 2 Orvin Allerding Velma Benson Esther Bidelman Benn Bidelman Carra Brown Gladys Brown Lucile Brown Lynn Brown Elsie Bump Clare Burton John Layer Glenn Loomis Frank Mast Orr Meade Ilza McIntyre Yuel McLeod Bessie Otis Beatrice Parker Ira Peck Vesta Pierson Membership Glenn Cadwallader Lila Cairns Alice Castelein Lawrence Castelein Ray Castle Annawave Coleman Bessie Culter Ruby Caskill Iza Geiger Armina Gillespie Louise Potter Elizabeth Richardson Ethel Seldon William Severance Sanford Shively Joseph Shultz Jessie Smith Hart Stamm Myrtle Swegles Orson Tobias Orville Henney Orville Henry Hazel Henry Ethel Hilton Harry Hilton Buryi Hoover Alice Jones Marion Kennedy Talmadge King Cressie Kinne Paul Tower Grace Warner Clifton Watkins Katherine Weeber Grace Will Laudra Wood Nina Woods Frances Burch Gail Cundall Class Organization President, Emmons Chase Vice President, William Severance Secretary, Beth Richardson Treasurer, Lynn Brown Cia� of 1912 The Sophomore The Class of 13 Membership Lawrence Bauer Hilda Bennett Carl Boyes Mead Burton Beatrice Carrothers Esther Chandler Clara Duryca Greta Edger Grace Edmonds Gordon Edmonds Beatrice Farr Bertha Ferris Maurice Foreman George Gillespie Vera Hall Charles Higdon Earle Kelley Howard Kelley Emma Loehr Hazel Manning Benjamin Garland Blanche McCallum Charles Myers Clara Nelson Philo Otis Linnic Powers Helen Pratt Edith Ryan Fred Rehor Eva Smith Ralph Sheehan Harry Sparks Mary Sparks Bernice Sponable Floy Whittemore Clarence Shultz Myrtle Ellison Class Organization President, Earle Kelley Vice President, Howard Kelley Secretary, Clara Duryea Treasurer, Grace Edmonds Class of 1913 The Class of 14 Mabel Bartholomew Zana Beach Paul Bogart Letha Barnum Mable Blough Thelma Burch George Beach Homer Cunningham Nora Clary Esther Cronk Verna Sinclair Harold Swanson Lydia Shute Hal Sincleir La Verne Traver Florence Tyden Tula Thomas Nettie Turner Carl Weyerman Donna Welton Thomas Gillett Richardo Goodell Ethel Hammond Kate Heath Morris Hill Leland Kenaston Pearl Kennedy Vance Kent Catherine Corrigan Burdette Cotant Geneva Hayes Marguerite Hetsmansperger Rankin Hyde Ethel Hammond Emma Hawkins Inez Huling Harold Lampman Geraldine McKnight Jessie Wilkins Ethel Wilson Leo Wing Kathleen Wooley Earl Bray Leilah Barber Clare Beach Laura Benedict Ilah Bidelman Grace Bouma Miles Marks Marguerite Matthews Charles Mead Linnie Powers Marie Ragla Harry Rizor Ira Rizor Evelyn Knapp Class Organization Jessie Matteson Lulu Montgomery Arloa Mead Marjorie Myers Lottie Merrill Willard Nichols Fidelia Peck Hazel Radford Mary Randall Henry Rogers Evison Beck Aleen Christy Earl Coleman John Crispin Mary DeLong Richard Doyle Birdie Dryer Ford Endsley Paul Foley Lloyd Gaskill Harold Sheffield Charles Sherwood Sidney Shipman Eva Stewart Gertrude Stowell Tula Thomas Catharine Palmer President, Richard Doyle Vice President, Catharine Palmer Secretary, Mary DeLong Treasurer, Mr. Hinckley Class of 1914 Barry County Normal Class of 7 Membership Hazel Barnum Katherine Rarick Bernice Houghtalin Ortha Coykendall Bessie Erway Frances Otis Nina Hynes Ruth Tubbs Lucena Nichols Ruth Richardson Lora Dryer Orpha Lehman Alice Foley Florence Payne Stella Hager Orlin Yank Hazel Cronk Bertha Olner Ruth Jordan Nora Renkes Nora Helrigel Margaret Stinchcomb Ruth Castle Emily Lewis Barry County Normal Class of 7 Class Organization President, Hazel Barnum Vice President, Stella Hager Secretary, Ruth Richardson Treasurer, Orlin Yank Class Colors—Green and White Motto—“Reward Crowns Effort” Normal Class Should a deaf man happen to have walked past the public school building in the fall of the year of '07, he would without a doubt have heard a tre- mendous roar, composed of derisive hoots and many clapping of hands and a stamping of feet. What could this terrible tumult signify in our erstwhile peaceful school? No more than the innocent fresh- man class passing into the session room crowded with Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores. There was dread, anguish, disappointment, and proudness mixed together and spread over the youthful coun- tenances of the disheartened Freshman gang. In this way we made our debut into four years of pleasure and work, mingled now and then with excitement and sport. As soon as we were accustomed to our environments things began to happen as you prob- ably remember. Because of our huskiness the initiations were few and far between. But once we were most hor- ribly frightened by the mysterious appearance of a huge skull and cross-bones on our bulletin board. Beneath this were heavily underscored words read- ing thus: “If you fail to vote for Bill Stamm for President of the Union, we will completely anni- hilate the whole class.” In some way or other we failed to vote for “Bill,” but queer to say we es- caped the annihilation. Although the circumstances prevent us from placing the obituary in our paper we are very sorry to announce that one of our number. Maurice Mealy, did not escape from the revengeful hands of the upper classmen and suffered an almost disgraceful initiation. The Passing of I he Brave When our class entered the High School it numbered over seventy, but because of hard labor our class dwindled down to fifty before the year was over. But the next year we started strong with a determination to make the lives of our in- structors more happy at the task, we got along fairly well for a fewr wreeks until our loving Super- intendent got the idea into his head that the High School Union should buy a projectoscope. In this we could not stand by him so we banded together with the Juniors and Seniors and in consequence many hot words were hurled back and forth be- tween us and the Superintendent. But if a visitor should happen into the Physics room he, without a doubt, could see a large machine. This is the projectoscope. A little later the Freshmen, unwisely, decided to have a party in the school house. Naturally the young men of the upper classes marched in a body up to the school house, innocently intending to partake of the refreshments which graced the tables of the Freshmen class. In this w e both succeeded and failed. Two of our number, the author hesi- tates to disclose their names, were, after a desperate battle, compelled to conceal themselves in a ward- robe. In a short time a lantern appeared on the scene and the young men were gently dragged from their hiding place into the husky arms of the will- ing janitor. In due time they met in conference with the Board of Education; who, without a doubt, could not conceal their delight in having the young men in their midst. But after a healthy vacation they returned to once more pursue their studies. The Passing of the Brace As you probably know the classes are an- nounced by electric bells distributed over the build- ing. Some regular little cut up” could not resist the temptation and cut the wires. For a week the classes were confused by coming five and ten min- utes late. A few more were admitted into the con- spiracy and the confusion continued. I he basket ball team being especially victor- ious in the year of ’08 and '09. was awarded a billi- ken at a party in the public schools and the re- freshments being too tempting and their hunger overcoming their etiquette, they strode to the Do- mestic Science room; naturally the door was locked, but our team being very husky, would not think of stopping for such a small thing as a lock and they immediately demolished the lock and door. Our loving Superintendent does not believe in such breaches of etiquette and he excused the gentle- men from their classes until the lock was repaired. About ten o’clock in the morning we were disturbed in our classes by melodious strains of music coming from Bill Stanley’s dray, loaded with our locksmiths and putty-stickers. As we looked out of the win- dow we saw “the little cut ups” as innocent as a Sunday School class. Orr Meade, an enterprising young man of our school, decided to entertain a number of his friends by a sleigh-ride party to his home. The other classes did not get invited, of course, and they did not like to see Orr go so peacefully so they en- ticed him over to Dr. Lowry’s barn and there the gang awaited him. Orr never made a struggle, so he was allowed to jump into a man-proof oat bin. Into this oat bin was put an electric light, plenty of refreshments and reading matter to last for six hours; which he spent with the mice and vermin of the oat bin. The rest of Orr’s party went to his home, as intended, and Orr appeared on the scene about midnight. Clayton G. Hinckley appeared in our midst this year. Never in our experience did we see a teacher so careless of the minor details of a class. When as Juniors our class numbered about 45. During the fall of that year things progressed very nicely. Soon literary societies were organized and the Junior and Senior boys decided to have a mock trial and the defendant was Walter Harper, ac- cused of having stolen a pretty pink pencil. The decision of the jury stood 11 to 1 in favor of con- viction. Our class decided to entertain the Seniors with a hop. Never before in the history of our school has a 'J” hop been carried out with greater suc- cess. No one even dared to tamper with our re- freshments. About this time the students of the High School raised enough money to purchase a Civil War can- non. Some rowdies decided that the cannon was not in a suitable place and, therefore, interred the piece of artillery in a deep trench under the ash pit and made a false trail to Bullhead Lake, which the sheriff (scented for a whole day). The next day a young, insignificant tot in the grades told of the conspiracy. When as Seniors we number 40. Never could you sec such an extremely good looking, acting and thinking bunch of Seniors turned out from such a raw bunch of Freshmen. In a class meeting the class decided to publish a year book, telling of the happenings of the great- est year of our life. Still having the idea of ex- The Passing oj the Brave celling in everything we attempted, we picked a bright bunch of editors to prepare this book for the press. The book you now have in your hands, and if you will look through it you will find it to be an excellent piece of work. PRIZE ORATION Delivered by Miss Ruby Gaskill, Class of ’ 12 Gold Medal for first place in High School Contest Presbyterian Church, Hastings, March 14, 'I I. First Place in Sub-District Contest at Middle- oille, April 14, 7 . Third Place in District Contest at Kalamazoo, April 28, ’ll America is the land of opportunity. For many years she has opened wide her gates to all who would enter. But the time has come when she must close these gates. For when we consider that there are over one million immigrants coming into this country every year, or an average of nearly three thousand a day, is it not time that we do something to stop this great influx? Many immigrants come because of their love of liberty; others are criminals, and wish to rid themselves of the restrictions at home; but the ma- jority come because of the glowing accounts given by the steamship lines regarding the prospect of high wages in America. The earlier immigrants were people like our first colonists in habits, traditions and laws. They came here when the country was new, built it up, and aided in making it what it is today—the great- est nation in the world. Present day immigration is composed of races who we can distinctly see are different from us, in religion, in ideas of gov- ernment, and in ideas of justice. It is a point of the greatest importance that while immigration from Northwestern Europe, the most desirable, is de- creasing. that from Southeastern Europe, the most undesirable, is increasing. I.ike undesirable classes arc also coming from other parts of the world. In the last twelve months, five thousand Hindoos en- tered the port of San Francisco, and the feeling against them is as strong as it is against the Japa- nese. In 1905, the illiterates, who came to this Prize Oration “The Immigration Problem” country, over fourteen years of age, numbered two hundred thirty thousand. Within twenty-five years, because of the inefficiency of the immigration laws, fifty thousand criminals from Italian prisons, came to America. Surely these are undesirable citizens and, therefore, I say, immigration should be restricted! The effect of immigration upon our national life is three fold: economical, political, and moral. The first to be considered is the economical phase. We are in the midst of a great industrial ex- pansion. The need of labor, and the high prices paid for it. have called many from Europe. But the sort of people who come are not the kind we want. The great percentage of the immigrants are men. For the most part they have no intention of remaining, but will return to their native land when they have become rich. As a great many have no families to support, and can live on a very few cents a day, they can save money from wages upon which American men can barely live. There- fore, foreigners, because of their willingness to work for lower wages, are often hired in preference to Americans. The great number of these foreigners produces such conditions that many times the job is the same as sold to the lowest bidder. It ap- pears that some employers are trying to get as many men as they can for their monev. Is cheap labor our object? Does it make no difference what sert of men we get for our money or is the main point how many we get? Prize Oration “The Immigration Problem. When the times arc hard or when the foreign- er has enough money saved, he returns to his na- tive land, taking with him the money he has hoard- ed. Thus money is taken out of circulation. We see comparatively few immigrants who go to live in the country. They usually flock to the cities or the mining districts. High prices arc caused by a decrease in the production of food pro- ducts and by an increase in the number of con- sumers. Under these conditions, while the popula- tion is increasing, the production of iood remains practically the same. To some extent, therefore, high prices are caused by immigration. Economically, then, we notice these effects: a rise in prices, a lowered wage, lowered labor stand- ards, the American laborer underbidden, and money taken out of circulation. Not less important are the political effects. Few of the immigrants understand Anglo- Saxon ideas of government. While they admire it, they do not respect its principles and standards. They have no idea of the importance of suffrage and a great many times gain the rights of citizens by the most fraudulent means. Many foreigners are so ignorant that they cannot read the ballot and thus they do not know how to vote. Others are so greedy and mercenary as to sell their votes. Arc these facts of no importance when we know that the vote of an educated man has no more weight than that of an ignorant man? And surely the person who is so low that he will sell his vote, ought never to be allowed the right of suffrage. In some places the foreign born citizens out- number the native born citizens. Thus measures which would aid in their development and ours as well, are voted down. In Illinois, a bill for com- pulsory education, a requirement most vital for the intelligent use of the ballot, failed to pass because of the influence of the foreign born element. Most of the foreigners are bound to our insti- tutions by no ties whatsoever and are practically a class apart. In some cities there are sections, ex- clusively, for foreigners. They have their own teachers, societies and schools. They feel them- selves very much apart from our people. With such a feeling, can a perfect development be pos- sible? Rather it will foster a well defined class system. Will our government then be a democ- racy? Thus immigration causes our politics to be cor- rupted by ignorant voting and by the selling of votes; it uses our government as a tool; it causes a class feeling and helps destroy our democratic in- stitutions. But by far the most important of all are the moral effects. Go to the tenements or the shacks at the mines. In such environment is there any home life? Crowded together, life there is merely an existence. Many of our great men have been influenced by their environment and home life. Can we expect the greatest good to come from children brought up under such conditions? It is a proven fact that the percentage of juvenile crime, among the chil- dren of the foreign horn, is more than twice as great as it is among the children of native white parents. Could it be otherwise with the low ideals of the average foreigner? As a person can never attain to his ideals, whether high or low. just so much worse must be those who have no high ideals. The highest ambition of many of the immigrants is to get money and when money becomes the cen- ter of a man’s life, his moral development is at an end. Furthermore, the foreigners demoralize indus- try by tbc� r willingness to strike; they arc the in- sti 'ators of anarchism and labor disturbances; they are the center of the dreaded Black Hand; they largely constitute our pauper class. And while one great evil, the bringing in of dangerous diseases, has been practically abolished by the strictness of the inspectors, vet the contagion of an immoral life, of far more vital importance than the contagion of disease, continues to be a menace to our highest welfare. Lastly the influx of foreigners cheapens life. For counting the value of life in dollars and cents, which life is of more value, that of the man who is illiterate, who has a low character and low ideals, the one talent man. or that of the man who is satisfied with nothing less than the best, who has high aspirations and high ideals, the five talent man? Taking an aggregate valuation, with so great Prize Oration “ The Immigration Problem” a percentage who fail to appreciate the responsi- bility of living, what can result except that the value of life be lowered and the moral standard of our people degraded by the low ambition, ideals and character of the average foreigner? Should we doubt what step we should take when all the best in our lives is being demoralized? We are willing to help the foreigners just so long as we do not see that our aid to him is self injury. But when we see our wage standard endangered, our moral tone lowered, and the American ideals imperiled, surely it is time we restrict immigration. You may say that the foreigners are not treated rightly. I admit that they are not, but if immigra- tion is not restricted, the subject will soon be how they will be treating us, rather than how we shall treat them. I admit that we need men to help build our railroads, bridges, and other great public works, but we have enough here already for that purpose. The wealth of a nation does not consist primarily in its resources and the number of its great internal improvements, but in the number of great men it has. Furthermore we must remem- ber that a nation can be no greater than its average citizen. All the powers of Europe, except Russia, have liberal governments. Since despotism has become almost wholly a thing of the past, there is no longer any ethical reason why America should offer her- self as a refuge for all the nations. Prize Oration “The Immigration Problem Is there any reason why we should not restrict immigration? Surely we have done our part for the last century. Now we must look to the welfare of our own people. Charity begins at home and we are in duty bound to help those who are already our citizens. Shall America become a refuge for the oppressed, a poor farm for paupers, a hospital for the sick, or a harbor for criminals? No! And the sooner we begin to restrict the better! America is a sacred inheritance, left us by our forefathers. The protection of that inheritance Is a sacred duty placed upon us. Shall we not struggle as hard to uphold its standards as did our forefath- ers long ago? We must restrict this great mass and so preserve this great nation as a heritage for our children, that the name of America, ever sacred to us, remain invincible through the years that are to come. RUBY GASKILL, 1912. Post Graduate Class Teachers of the Grades Gertrude R. Miller—Critic of County Normal. May J. Pettit—Principal of Grammar Dep’t. Gertrude Hampton—Grammar Dep’t. Language. Lelah G. Burkhart—Grammar Dep’t. Henry Baker—Grammar Dep’t. Minnie B. Matthews, Grade V. Gerald Nash, Mixed Grade. Lora M. Hyde—Grade IV. Daisy Dowling—Grade III, Central. Elizabeth Neasmith—Grade II, Central. Bertha M. Eyer—Grade I, Central. Hazel Hayden—Kindergarten. Claire G. Lillie—Grades Sub. 1 and 1, First Ward. Bernice Sherman—Grades II and III, First Ward. Gertrude Ryan—Grades 1 and Sub. 1, Second Ward. Minnie DeVine—Grades II and III, Second Ward. Grade Teachers _ ATHLETICS Athletic Department High School athletics in the Hastings High School since 1906 have been under the auspices of the Athletic Association. The officers of this as- sociation are Chester Stem, President; Greta Smith, Vice President; Morse Backus, Secretary, and Mr. C. G. Hinckley, Treasurer. They were elected in October, 1910, and hold office for one year. Athletics in the High School during 1910 and Tl, as a whole, have been very successful, and the football, basket ball and baseball teams have well represented the school in the majority of their contests. The football team was not organized until late in the season and because of injuries received in the first two games played, decided to play but three games and to devote more time to basket ball. The basket ball team was one of the strongest that has ever represented the High School. The team won a majority of its games and from the strongest High Schools in this part of the state and claims the Barry and Eaton championship by virtue of victories over Charlotte and Eaton Rapids. The 1911 baseball team was also a strong com- bination of baseball talent, winning a large number of their games and being defeated only by a very close score. Base Ball Team Foot Ball Team Foot Ball Hastings Hifh School... 6 Nashville High School. 0 Hasting High School 0 Charlotte High School.40 Hastings High School.. 0 Nashville High School.12 6 52 Henney, R. E. Burton, R. T. Mead, R. G. Tolhurst, C. Rehor, L. G. Castelein, L. T. Brown, L. E. Sullivan, R. G. King, F. B. Hill R. G. Severance (Capt.), Q. B. Paskill, H. B. Service, R. E. Phelps, H. B. Athletic Department Base Ball Hastings High School.. 9 Freeport High School...... 1 Hastings High School.. 15 Middleville High School — 0 Hastings High School.. 6 Vennontville High School.. 3 Hastings High School.. 11 Middleville High School... 5 Hastings High School.. 5 Vennontville High School.. 6 Hastings High School.. 5 Nashville High School..... 6 51 21 hively, C. Cadwallader, IB. Watkins, SS. Severance (Capt.), 2B. Henney, 3B. King, C. F. Sullivan, R. F. Doud, L. F. Burton, L. F. Brown, P. Loomis, P. Athletic Department Girls’ Basket Ball Hastings High School.. 7 Vicksburg High School . . Hastings High School.. 9 Holland High School.... Hastings High School.. 9 Vicksburg High School... Hastings High School. .10 Holland High School... Hastings High School.. 6 Lansing Y. W. C. A..... Hastings High School.. 9 Eaton Rapids High School Hastings High School.. 15 Lansing Y. W. C. A.... 65 Smith, L. F. Ward (Capt.), R. F. Tubbs, 1st C. Wood, 2nd C. Bowler, R. G. Huffman, L. G. Warner, R. G. Boys' Basket Ball 6 Hastings High School. .26 Grand Rapids Y. M. C. A. . .24 IS Hastings High School.. 6 Grand Rapids High School.69 11 Hastings High School. .27 Olivet High School..........24 28 Hastings High School. .24 Alumni, Hastings.15 4 Hastings High School. .37 Lake View High School . 28 7 Hastings High School. .21 Charlotte High School..........23 6 Hastings High School. .29 Charlotte High School.18 — Hastings High School. .23 Grand Rapids Y. M. C. A.. 52 77 Hastings High School.. 29 Eaton Rapids High School.. 24 Hastings High School. .24 Holland High School........39 Hastings High School. .21 Olivet High School.........23 Hastings High School. .39 Holland High School........27 Hastings High School. .29 Eaton Rapids High School. 12 335 378 Paskill, R. F. Brown, L. F. Wood, C. Severance, L. G. Phelps (Capt.), R. G. Rehor, R. G. Girls Basket Ball Team Bo fs Basket Ball Tearn Facorile Faculty Fascinations Mr. Wallace—“It does not make any difference how a man s name is spelled.” “Isn’t this a splendid day?” after1 ho .”Nall 'COme d°Wn ‘° th'S room ri«ht Supt. Osborne—“Give thy thoughts no ear.” Miss Allison—-“Don’t let your mind wander, translate right straight ahead.” Mrs. Rcnkes—“The safest, surest, sanest and most attainable quality is the power of attention.” ... Mr. McW illiams—“I give you to understand this too. ForgeV” HinCk,Cy“” Si,cncc is Golden.” “Lest we Mr. Hicks—“Let’s subside now.” “You can take my word for a few things.” Miss Bowman—“Don’t you dare take those shields off of the typewriters.” Miss Jackson—“Have we any volunteers?” Miss Eldred—“Now we'll sing your favorite song.” Wise and Otherwise Professor W.—“How long did the Hundred Year War last?” Bright Miss Hayes—“Eight years.' Freshman—“Who wrote Shakespeare’s, ‘As You Like If ?” Teacher—“You were out after ten last night. Freshman—“No, ma’am, 1 was only after one.” Miss Eldred (to music class)—“Open your mouths and sing as if your heart were in it.” The Faculty fire students with enthusiasm. Post graduate—“Goethe wrote Schiller’s ‘Wil- helm Tell.’” Prof, of History—“In what war did Grant serve ?” Bright Student—Revolutionary. Teacher—“What is a stock insurance com- pany ?” Freshman—“A company that insures live- stock.” Miss Fairchild (while picture of Senior class was being takcn(—-“I don’t know what to do with my hands.” Mr. Tolhurst—“Shall I hold them?” Chester had a sharp backed horse, He surely was a lu-lu; And every time he rode the beastie, It sawed him right in two-two. Charles Will, Janitor � September 6—School opened with a good many in attendance. Perhaps by June sixth they will be somewhat thinned out. September 22—First annual meeting of High School Union and following officers elected: Reuben Paskill.............President Emmons Chase..........Vice President Helen Hayes................Secretary Clayton Hinckley...........Treasurer September 29—Reports were received today, fair. Hastings schools received eighteen first prizes and fourteen seconds. September 30—Basket ball practice began on school lawn. October 6—Barry County fair week. Mr. Hinck- ley had a stand and carried on his work famously with the aid of a few fair helpers. October 13—Seats were rearranged in High room, causing considerable confusion. October 16—A few seats were changed today. Bad combinations. October 17—Coach McWilliams introduced a couple of new plays in football and had several others “up his sleeve.” October 27—Hastings defeated Nashville today in football. October 29—Listen to this! Miss Allison re- ported good test averages by the Freshman Latin classes. First fire drill this year. October 30—Juniors decided to establish schol- arship. (That’s about all.) November 3—Spelling league formally organ- ized with Mr. M. E. Osborne as secretary and treas- Happenings of the Year urer. (See later reports of it.) November 3—-Charlotte defeated Hastings in football game. November 10—Great excitement among the Juniors (and) they held class meeting and nearly decided upon their class pins. November 17—Another meeting of Juniors, which ended fatally. Mr. Chase tried to paint the school house red on the inside. November 18—Result of Junior Fracas some of our honorable Seniors took a vacation. November 24—Everyone is taking to vaccina- tion these days. December 1—Freshics had a lovely party, but were terribly frightened at their undertaking. December Miss Copley was very ill from vaccination, also Mr. McWilliams. December 9—Juniors gave entertainment in- stead of play. Grand success. December 16—Christmas presents arrived to- day in the shape of new dictionaries. The others were used up completely. December 23—Santa Claus very busy these days. January 5, 1911—Mrs. Renkes took up position as English teacher, which was left vacant by Miss Alexander. January 26—Junior and Senior boys began their mock trial, which was never completed, due to the absence of one of their best lawyers. February 2—Girls first basket ball game. The Vicksburg girls met their Waterloo at the hands of the Hastings girls. It was one of the most Happenings of the Year thrilling games ever witnessed in the city hall. It was reported that Vicksburg had defeated Mar- shall. February 3—Miss Huffman taught the Latin classes today. . February 9—All sorry to hear of the departure of Mr. Paskill. March 2—Mr. McWilliams had another thrill- ing escapade at the City Hall. He is always figur- ing in such things. Kind of habit. March 4—Measles signs began to appear. March 5—The Holland girls defeated Hastings in basket ball. March 16—Gymnasium exhibition. Students made great showing. March 17—Sophomores challenged Freshies to tug-of-war. March 17—Hastings girls defeated Eaton Rap- ids. April 13—Hastings girls defeated Lansing Y. VY . L. A. April 20—Mysterious disappearance of Mr. Hicks’ turtle. April 21—Oratorical contest at Middleville. April 27—Mr. Baker, principal during our rreshman days, visited us once again. April 29—Spelling contest. May 4—-Roman wedding in Miss Allison’s room. Nothing serious. May 16—“The Nautical Knot.” The best suc- cess of the year. May 18—Received report today of spelling con- test and beheld for the second time the trophy cup sailing away. May 25—Freshmen had their pictures taken and then, all suddenly taken with a late case of spring fever, somehow missed making connections at school building until next day. Alas, too late. May 26— Freshmen returned today but are now making up an hour every night. May 26—Mr. Hicks started tor Gull Lake. It appears that he doesn’t know the country around here very well. May 29—Freshies still making up time. May 31—Many rough-boxes have been ordered for the Freshies. [une 1—A few more of those unsophisticated Freshies nearly gone. Sophomore undertakers ex- pect to do great business. June 1—“J” Hop. June 2—Rush “copy” for Annual. Best on Earth Lei Green be your Photographer and «are worry. 20 year ' experience with the leading studios of the coun try. Satisfaction poiitively guararv teed. Roland E. Green Maker of Photos Opposite Court House At the old Reliable Ground Floor Stand Hastings. Mich. Greens Photos Our Advertisers Hastings Potato Bread Made clean, baked clean, sold clean A full line of FANCY BAKED GOODS Star Bakery Restaurant Phone 381 W. R. Jamieson Senior Smiles Name Hobby Saying What They Think What Others Think. Blair Barnes Trig Why? Just It! Bachelordom for him? Josephine Bray Rod Hair Oh Hemlock !' I am just a girl Well. Katherine Bowler Sass “Oeh Owa'n!' Can't I play ball though Who is she? Hazel Barnuin Looking Innocent Laws! Kinds cute As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Kuth Castle Painting Oh I never dare to write as funny as I can. Look at Venus. Raymond Doud Sobriety -Hicr Oh! my pompadour quite a bit. If not critical. Edna Duryea Studying Deor! Treat me well and 1 will be pleasant As silent as the moon's calm rays upon a placid lake. Lott Dryer To Teach 8h sh sh! Love me little so you love me long Not for an age but for all time. Earth's noblest That girl with the nut brown hair. Bessie Krway Smiling •‘Sa” thing, a woman perfected, Heleno Fairchild Selling Tickets Buy a ticket of me Important Something between a hindrance and a help. Sadie Glasgow Gazing on the Waters Too bad! Food was made to give life, not to take It. Rhe‘11 make a charming westerner. Maurice Healey Oratory What did you think of the game. Why don’t the girls propose, mamma? What curly hair. Helen Hayoa Would (Wood) Gee ee ee! I must get to work Why should the spirits of mortal be proud? Leisure “Say Kids! Flowers bloom for me. 80 conscientious Opal Hyde Hours Hazel Lawrence Meads That Little Johnney ' Of home Into a world unknown The corner stone of a nation. Peseta Marks Parties Well, my Gash r I can solve It by mathematics. Small Latin and less Greek. story Matthews Skipping By Gum! I am the most concerned •That’s Mary but who In my own Interests is that with her? Walter Phelps Woman's Suffrage Mercy Maggie Handsome. You will hear of him again. Oettlng Merry Tls distance leads en- All’s well that ends well. Florence Payne Out of Trouble' Xmas chantment to the soul. Raso Ball Hlldred Roush Fan and Newspaper Think 80? I haven't time to think. She Is a born leader. Our Advertisers The-Best-For-the-Money Store It’s not HOW MUCH I can make, but HOW GOOD an article I can give for the money, that has built up my extensive and ever increasing clothing business. G. R CHIDESTER, LEADING CLOTHIER Senior Smiles Ni nut Hobby Saying What They Think W hat Others Think. Ruth Richardson Unknown Stop That No faulta Teachy, teachy, old maid teachy. Ivah Schray Singing Undiscovered To work Is to live. You are the vanilla of society Chester Stem Horses and Pro- posing By Oadr The man that blushes Is not quite a brute. When he speaks listen. Michael Sullivan Work Howly St. Patrick. First In war and First In Peace. Wisdom shall die with him. Leon Tolhurst Autoes ••Who Will Walk a Mile with Me?” Ignorant of nothing. He will be quite tall when he gets his growth. Esther Turner Typewriting Medal Oh 8hucks! 8llenoe Is golden. So shy. oh my. Lois Volte Music Mercy Me! I may be small but I always have my say As headstrong as an alligator on the banka of the Nile.” Nina Hynes Teaching Arithmetic Mercy Nothing like ciphering. Slow to anger. Claire Wood Speaking Goodness .Hakes I would like to have known Cicero. Be to her faulta a little blind. Edmund Wood Influenced by til rla Piffle I would the Oods had made me more polite. A necessary evil. Ethel Ward Keeping Her Hair Shoot. I am a wee. little girl Hawed off. Curled Vera Woodard Barns (e) Is that so? Where am I at? Her only fault Is that she has no faulta. Frances Otis Sleeping Unknown Virtue Is Its own reward. Short and sweet. Ruth Tubbs Talking Really! I seem to tread on classic ground Only this and nothing more.” Bertha Olner Blushing Asking Questions Oh Dear! The west la the land of opportunity. Maybe sho will get there. Bernice Houghtalln Say! Life Is earnest. Lucky. Clara Huffman Bluffing Listen! This world ta mine for the asking. Nig. Our A deer Users Do all Your Trading all the time with Frank Horton Dealer in General Merchandise Phone 10 Hastings, Mich. DeVoe Paints and Oils Carveth Stebbins The Druggists Barry county agents for the Rexall Remedies The large dealers in new and sec- ond hand school books and Supplies Wall Paper Chiropractic (Ki-ro-prak-tick) What is It? A science which re- moves the cause of dis- ease and suffering. By spinal adjustment im- pinged, or pinched, nerves are released which have caused the suffering. Nature then does the healing. If you want to be well, investi- gate. Analysis and consultation free. Office hours and adjusting 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M. Other hours by appointment. M. L. Grills, D. C. Chiropractor Stebbins Block, Hastings, Mich. Our A doer User i GOOD RIGS The J. S. Goodyear Co. and COURTEOUS Dry Goods TREATMENT Trimmings Linings, Etc. 4WS Coals, Furs MORRIS PILGRIM Waists Skirls Carpels Hastings, Mich, Linoleums Livery and Feed Phone 426 10 J East State Street «j$J. W. Armbrusterv Manufacturer of Ice Cream and Soft Drinks Wholesale and Retail dt We also carry a fine line of Home-made Confections and Baked Goods Palm Garden Phone 548 Cardigans for the Whole Family Blair Barnes— “S ”1 debonair to a lady fair, V ith a smile that is swift as light.” i,”'’........ ‘ommec can bear '• ”• ' —« Josephine Bray— “Do your best and do it every day; l-ittle boys and little girls that is the wisest way.” judge” 3 Duryea Gently lo hear, kindly to Helene Fairchild—“Words are like leaves and rarely found b°Und frUi' °f senM - housed ,h y «ore his own expense ” A ma mUSt become wise at wavs'to'telll:3y|“7 fT,’l?rC are a ,housar,d different the truth. 18 onIy one way to tell Opal Hyde—“It is more honorable to acknowl edge our faults than to boast of our merits” Lora Dryer—“If I laugh forgjve me .. shape Tthe b5: J dge n°‘ ,h' ma by 'be Ethel Ward— “Her very frowns are fairer far I han smiles of other maidens are.” self idle '1 SuIlivan—“Be ashamed to catch your- mind sTow • D°Ud-“TI’e ma-h of the human gentUst'heart The mildes ma ers a d he pe,uatdXaTrU n'r “In idleneM a,0 £ th e is P«- conversation.”b rdSOn Silenc « one great ar, of Vinraeilvn«yn'J7 Th 'ery P'nk °f Inflection. patient HoW P°°r are ,hey who havc li«leBve™ce. H0Ugh,a,in “111 Speak in 1 m°ns rous low. r nC S °t,s “Vir,ue alone is happiness be- w h Sehrav-— A light heart lives long.” Hazel [!awrence—A Pr°g ny °' , arninS ” £« thc,en J and never stand in doubt: Nothing s so hard, but search will find it out ” . D«demona Marks ‘Sweeter far than the honey in the honey comb.” wrath ™ VVoodard—“A soft answer turneth away rust out'.” S,em- Bet,er ‘o «ear out than to rest.’ °,S ' elte “Stre,1l ' h of mind is exercise, not he lovi d1bu,on'e! Mad ° many ,houBh you Have a standing invitation and you are always welcome. The looker is as welcome as the buyer. The House of Special Salea The New York Racket Store The Store That Saves You Money Our Advertisers Holloway's Prescription Drug Store Will Appreciate Your Business in School Supplies Hastings, Michigan By Taking Frequent Advantage of Our French Dry Cleaning Department Your clothing can be kept like new at all times. This is the most wonderfully developed process for the clean, ing of all kinds of ladies and men's garments known. ZAGELMEIER BROS. American Laundry Dry Cleaners Phone 243 Pressers Senior Smiles Ruth Tubbs—“Fat, Fair and Forty.” Hildred Roush—“I would rather be beaten in right than succeed in wrong.” Edmund Wood— “What arc you good for my brave little man? Answer that question for me if you can.” Bessie Erway—“I am always in haste but never in a hurry.” m Ruth Castle—“Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.” Clara Huffman—“I assisted at the birth of that most significant word, ‘flirtation,’ which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world.” Claire Wood—“Be wisely worldly but not worldly wise.” Our Advertisers We Have the Confidence of the Trade And We Guard and Appreciate This Confidence This fact has been and is being demonstrated every day by the manner in which the people of this county respond to the values we advertise. The Trade knows that we absolutely back up every statement wxth the goods. We will continue to offer new, clean, attractive merchandise at lowest prices possible. Even better in the future than before, if it is possible. Our aim is: To make the City of Hastings the greatest trading center in Michigan, and we know we shall accomplish this by continuing to give you the highest standard of desirable merchandise at the most reasonable figures, also by our most liberal way of dealing with you, and prompt and courteous attention to all who visit this great shopping center. Dry Goods, Notions, Underwear, men’s and ladies’ Furnishings, Cloaks, Suits and Skirts, Carpets, Cur- tains, Crockery, Groceries, and Provisions can be purchased most satisfactorily at Phone 30 The Loppenthien Go. DEPARTMENT STORE. The House of Qualify Hastings Mich. Laughers Is Tolhurst a buzz saw or just a big noise? Freshman Definition of Allegory—“The wind- ing herd wound slowly o’er the lee, swinging their allegories behind them. Senior to Fresh Qian—“You have no idea how my head aches.” Freshman—“Why don’t you take your hair off and rest it?” He sang to her— When I am dead you’ll find it hard, said he, To ever find another man like me. And then she sang to him— VVhat makes you think, as I suppose you do. I’d ever want another man like you? hirst Student—“Is there any more steak left?” Second Student—“Yes; enough for a few more soles (souls).” Descriptive. Seniors— “They’ll put a girdle around the earth in 40 minutes. Juniors— “Still the wonder grew. That such small heads could carry all they knew.” Sophomores— In arguing, too, they own their skill, For vanquished they could argue still.” Freshmen— Knough said. Miss Hyde (reading)—'Tch bin dein.” Mr. Hicks—“Nein, Du bist mein.” Some students have been going home by freight because they find it hard to express themselves. Pa. if Methuselah was the oldest man, who was the oldest woman?” Hush, my son, not even the census man knows that.” Miss Huffman (talking to girls about gradua- tion)— Yes, girls we will wear gingham aprons and you can wear your hair down your back and I’ll carry mine in my hand.” Fireworks. Mr. Wallace— School went off fine today.” Timid Freshman— Ah would like to cross that field; do you think that cow would hurt me?” Prof.— Did you ever hear of a cow hurting a calf?” Ha-I-Ioa John, c-can vou g-g-give me f-f-fifteen m-minutes of your t-time?” Yes,” answered his friend, what is it?” I w-w-want to have a f-f-five m-minutes t-talk with you.” Any Time or Place Photographs made for any and all purposes except portraits. Picnic Parties, Flashlight Views and Flowers a specialty Packer Photo Co. Commercial Flashlight and View Photographers Over Russ’ Grocery Phone 391 B Our Advertisers H. M. Patent Leather Come in and let us show them to you. A Patent Leather Shoe for ladies that is positively guaranteed not tocrack through. Grant H. Otis Co. Alumni Department Reminiscent “Still o’er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.” So sings Burns, the poet of the people. And the lines find an answering heart throb in the minds of those who. in their youth, through sunshine and through storm, wended their way up to the old brick building on the hill. One of the compensations for growing older is the joys that memory affords, for as a modern writer aptly states it, “The only joys of which we are sure are those of memory. Behind the pleasure of the present lurks the fear of loss, before anticipated happiness lies the dread of disappointment, but joys we have experienced remain in memory be- yond the possibility of change.” School day memories grow pleasanter with each succeeding year. It is strange how fades away the monotony of the twelve years of school life, the penalties of misbehavior, the studies we didn t like, the misunderstandings with teachers, the petty rules so necessary for discipline and so incomprehensible to the average youth, the dreaded examinations, the nerve-racking public appearances in High School rhetoricals. the heartaches over fan- cied slights, the toilsome journey up three flights of stairs, and the first tantalizing glimpses of the “splendour of the spring” from the sightly windows of the third floor, when a hunt for Hepaticas and Johnny-jump-ups at West Creek or Sweezey’s Hill seemed so much more necessary to one’s future welfare than what X, Y and Z stood for. But as in winnowing the chaff is scattered away, and only the golden grain remains, so it is with school days, the petty things are forgotten and, with an appreciation our youth could not give, the things that count for most remain and we real- ize that few pleasures in after life are comparable to those of our happy care-free school days. The graduate of twenty years ago, when in a reminiscent mood, could relate much that is enter- taining to the present-day generation, but an ar- ticle of this length precludes the discussion of an- cient chronicles. While ’tis the same old building that dominates the landscape for miles around, the alumnus who has not been back for many years would see notable changes. The absence of the tall wooden fence that surrounded the entire block, the beautifully graded yard and its pretty flower beds and shrub- bery. and wide cement walks where formerly flour- ished a luxuriant hay crop, the white brick primary building on the east side of the yard arc indications without of the passing change. Inside they are less pronounced for the old halls and rooms remain the same. Sanitary drinking fountains in the for- mer and tastily framed reproductions of world fa- mous pictures on the walls of the latter give the only modern touch. In the present-day congested con- dition of the High School and Grammar depart- ment. a pupil listens with incredulous looks when told the southwest recitation room on the first floor was formerly partitioned into a parlor and bedrooms for the janitor’s family who lived in the building. DR. J. G. McCUFFIN OrriCK AND RCSIOCNCC 220 5 CHUPCM ST. orncc HOUR! MOHHIMO T-� trTUHOON 1-1 Ivinino r-m PHONE 372 palace: of sweets home: made: candies AND PURE ICE CREAM Fancy Ice Cream and Ices made for parties and socials. Goods delivered. Phone 234 DRS. H. A. C. H. BARBER OFFICE 114 W. COURT ST. PHON E 135 RESIDENCE 502 S. JEFFERSON ST. RHONE 35 Our Advertisers BUY Ralston Health shoes for men Dorothy Dodd shoes for women The best shoes on earth for the children, of GRIGSBY 8c BROOKS ”M� ° Benedict Barber Shop UNDER NATIONAL BANK BATHS AND SHOE SHINE IN CONNECTION CHILDREN’S HAIR CUTTING A SPECIALTY EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS Weissert Brothers General line of Hardware Garland line of Stoves Building material glass and putty Furnace work a specialty Alumni Department Reminiscent ., i°«vv lhe High School occupies every inch of available space down to the first floor. Boiler and coal rooms in the basement have been given over to manual training and domestic science, and the big play rooms on the north side where congregated so many noisy boys and girls on rainy and wintry days have long been a thing of the past. i u S-°0n forty years since the doors of the old building were first thrown open to the youth •ii r?m a hin toP ,n the highway near Barry- ville, about eight miles southeast of Hastings, one can look across the intervening fields and woods and get a clear view of the Hastings High School building. As a boy the writer frequently passed along the road in question and. seeing the building in the distance, often dreamed of the possibility of sometime entering the Hastings High School and completing a course therein. This boyhood dream became a fixed resolution when a catalogue of the High School, giving the courses of study and lists of graduates came into our little district school in Maple Grove township, and was eagerly read by the older pupils. 3 The first Monday of September, 1888. marks the date when our resolve took definite form, for on that morning a group of young people from the Branch school district, including the writer, en- rolled as breshmen in our be! ved Alma Mater. As may be supposed that first day was rich in exper- of our city. Its future is a vexatious and perplexing problem at present. But it is a source of pride to every loyal alumnus that, despite the handicaps oc- casioned by lack of room and many necessary fa- cilities, modern methods of teaching have prevailed and no schools of their size stand higher in state educational circles than our own. (Mrs. Vm. R.) SADIE ROBERTS COOK, Class of 1890. ience and memory recalls more incidents comical and otherwise connected with it than with any other day of school life. The immensity of the building, the perfect labyrinth of halls, the swarms of pupils, the novelty of more than one teacher, the trip-hammer action of our hearts as we faced a real live superintendent of schools for classifica- tion—are never-to-be-forgotten pictures. By degrees fear, bashfulness and homesickness were overcome, the novelty wore off, we adjusted ourselves fairly well to the new conditions and that intangible, yet powerful “something” called school spirit began to get hold of us. Our time outside of school was occupied during the first few months in becoming familiar with what we then considered the immensely interesting things in the city. The waterworks, the mills, the north- ern extension of the C. K. and S. railway, which was being put in at that time, the sessions of the circuit court and the rallies and parades of the first Our Advertisers RICHELIEU BRAND PRODUCTS A AU Perfectly Pure They comply with every re- quirement of every pure food law—state and national. No adulteration, no question- able ingredient, no preservatives of any kind will ever be found in a product labeled “Richelieu.” E. C. RUSS SON Phone 16 The Grocers We Deliver The Goods Not pages of high sounding phrases and smooth looking pictures, but properly styled, correctly cut, high class clothing that fits, keeps its shape, and satisfies the man who buys it. Kuppenheimer Clothing is the goods we deliver. MORRILL LAMBIE CO. One Price Clothiers EVERYTHING IN GROCERIES Prices Right Quality Right Give us a trial order Phone 83 WUNDERLICH Alumni Department Reminiscent Harrison-Cleveland presidential campaign, kept us well supplied with “busy work” and helped greatly in shortening the long time away from home, it being the general custom among students from the country to board themselves and go home every Friday evening. This first year passed without incident up to the close of the winter term, when the writer was obliged to leave school to assist with the farm work at home. It was not until the fall of 1891 that we were privileged to return to the High School, the interim having been filled with farm work, seven months as a student in the Nashville High School and twelve months as a district school teacher. W. D. Sterling was then superintendent of schools and he graciously allowed us to enter the Senior class and worked out a plan that enabled us to complete the High School course and graduate with the class of 1892. What pen can picture the struggles to wear the title of “Senior,” with becoming dignity? What words can measure our pride in being requested to meet as a class for the purpose of organization? Y hat delicious class “scraps” over the selection of class colors, class motto, class honors and class officers? What laughable experiences as substitute teachers in the grades? What anxious nights and days in writing, revising, memorizing and rehears- ing the class parts! And finally what glory in the day of graduation? How vividly the scenes of the day stand out! The last assembly in the old school room, the tug at the heart as we marched out for the last time, the final rehearsal, the scurry home to dress, the exclamations of delight as we met each other before the exercises, all resplendent in garments the like of which most of us never had before nor since, the great crowd of people, the long program, the presentation of diplomas, the kind wishes of friends and the final good-bye to classmates. We look for fewer happier days than this one was to us. We can never forget the loyal interest of our teachers, the helpful associations with our classmates and the general community interest in our welfare. Our hope is that this splendid community interest may never lessen and our best wish for each succeeding graduating class is that its last year in school may be as delightful in retrospect as is that of the class of 1892 to the writer. JOHN C. KETCHAM, 92. Pierson Son's Attractions Are Their Lowest Prices Let us show you the most complete line of Dry Goods, Ladies' Suits and Coats Shoes, Groceries and Crockery. Get in the Habit Our Advertisers DR. LATHROP OFFICE, MASONIC TEMPLE PHONE 78-2 RINGS DR. J. A. WOOTON OFFICE, PHONE MASONIC TEMPLE 78-2 RINGS George W. Smith, Sr. Dealer in Fresh Salt and Smoked Meats South Jefferson St. Hastings, Mich Alumni Department Class of 77— M. L. Cook, Hastings, Mich. Charles Curtis, Plymouth, Mich. Charles Jones, Portland. Ore.. P. O. Box 627. William B. Sweczey, Organ, N. Mex. Belle Troop, (deceased.) Class of 78— Mrs. Belle Chapman, nee Belle Barlow, 1323 Davis St., Evanston, 111. Mrs. Nathan Judson, nee Ella Burton. 502 Washington Ave., North Lansing, Mich. Mrs. Will Holmes, nee Mina Mudge, Bartel, Cuba. Flora Riker Williams, 273 Lafayette St., Grand Rapids Mich. Class of ’79— Mrs. John Matthews, ncc Edna Havens, 409 Portage Ave., Three Rivers, Mich. John McElwain, 921 Michigan Ave . Lansing. Mich. Class of ’80— Frank Bauer, Belmont, N. Y. Henry Dewey, Seattle. Wash., Supt. Public Instruction. Edmond Dewey. Owosso, Mich. Mrs. Elvin Swartout, nee Lizzie Masters, Union St.. Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Thomas Campbell, nee Anna Nevins, 606 Midland St., Bay City. Mich. Mrs. Joseph J. Emery, nee Belle Spaulding, 546 E. 34th St., Chicago, III. Class of ’81- Prof. Arthur G. Hall, Ann Arbor, Mich. Ernest Bailey, care Mrs. Rachael Bailey. 6183 Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Class of 82— Mrs. R. M. Rates, nee Allie Osborn, Hastings, Mich. Minnie Matthews. Hastings, Mich. Etta Main, (deceased.) Mrs. Walker Matthews, nee Dora Kennedy, 20 Park Ave., Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Oliva VanArman, nee Oliva Carter, 209 14th St., Ann Arbor, Mich. Mrs. Wm. A. Morse, nee Ida Parish, care Western H. S., Detroit, Mich. Richard M. Bates, Hastings. Mich. Charles H. Gordon. Knoxville, Tenn. J. Walker Matthews. 20 Park Ave., Detroit. Mich. Glenn W. Greenfield. Buckeye St., Grand Rapids. Mich. Col. A. D. Kniskern, Commissary Dept., Manila, P. 1. Class of '83— Eva A. Bates, 318 Vinewood Ave., Detroit, Mich. Edith M. Babcock, Hastings, Mich. Mrs. H. C. Scripps, nee Nellie Knappen, Coldwater. W. R. Cook. Ha tings, Mich. W. H. Spence. Hastings, Mich. William A. Morse, care Western H. S„ Detroit. Mich. William J. Kennedy, 335 Lake Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Class of 84— Mrs. E. A. Burton, nee Belle Handy. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. John McElwain, nee Jennie Clark, Michigan Ave., Lansing. Mich. Agnes Holbrook. Hastings. Mich. Frances Williams. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. A. B. Underhill, nee Eva Wardcll, Potterville, Mich. Mrs. H. F. Urie, nee Anna Brown, Bellevue. Florida. Mrs. A. E. Renkes, nee Flora Beadle. Hastings. Mich. George Rook, Boston. Mass., care Boston Navy Yard Dr. Emery L. Kniskern. Centralia, Wash. Albert O. Eyclesshymer. 799 Regent St., Niles, Mich. Mrs. Fred Henning, nee Florence Hendershott, 3rd Ave., Detroit, Mich. Our Advertisers OFFICERS Clement Smith, President W. D. Hayes, Cashier J. F. Goodyear, V. Pres. H. G. Hayes, Ass’t Cashier DIRECTORS J. T. Lombard J. F. Goodyear Clement Smith R. K. Grant W. D. Hayes F. D. Pratt W. H. Chase Hastings National Bank Hastings, Michigan The first and only NATIONAL BANK in Barry County Established 1856 Capital $50,000.00 Surplus S50,000.00 Strong Safe Conservative Three per cent compound interest paid on savings deposits. All deposits payable on demand without notice. Alumni Department Mrs. A. K. Stewart, nee Ruth Lake. Pomona. Ca!. Nora Matthcw , 591 Madison Avc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Verdie Raker. James Raker. Alvina E. Hoffman, (deceased.) Harry R. Andrus, Lincoln. Nebraska. Mrs. Fred Wilson, nee Florence Glasgow, Hastings. Mich.. R. F. D. No. 5. Class of ’85— Edward A. Burton, Hastings. Mich. Dr. William Moore. Honolulu. Hawaii. Mrs. Herbert Langdon. nee Nora Andrus. Bergen. N. Y. Mrs. W’alter Ruckhout, nee Viola Willison. 126 Columbia St.. Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. VV. Warner, nee C. Belle Crothers. Madelia. Minn. Julia Rock. Hastings. Mich. Dr. Edward Troy. Tulsa, Okla. Georgietta Kennedy, 174 LaGrove St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fannie Lees. New Whatcom, Wash. Dr. Frank W. Nagler. North Yakama, Wash. Charles I. Prichard. Memphis. Mich. Thomas E. Reynolds. Peoria St., Chicago. III. Class of '86— Rev. Ralph Wooton. Lowell, Mich. Edmond M. Bailey, Paw Pa— Mich. Mrs. Will L. Thomas, nee Nellie Babcock, Hastings, Mich. Albert Hafncr, Rhineland. Wis. Florence Lees. New Whatcom. Wash. Dr. Franz Willison. Hastings. Mich. Mr. Frank Clark, Enterprise. Oregon. Mrs. L. E. Stauffer, nee Chattie Lake, (deceased), Sept.. 1909. K Mrs. Charles Mowry. nee Edith Havens. Three Rivers, Mich. Mrs. David Smith, nee Ida H. Myers, (deceased.) Effic M. Johnson, (deceased.) Class of '87— Blanch Hendershott. Middleville, Mich. C. H. Osborn. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Will Sheffield, nee Mira Craig. Hastings, Mich., R. F. D. Mrs. Roy Sylvester, nee Elva Bauer. 214 Pleasant St.. Charlotte. Mich. Mason Kevins, 409 East Douglass Ave.. Wichita. Kans. Mrs. Charles Castelinc, nee Maggie Bidelman, Quiinby. Mich. Mrs. Jessie Osgood, nee Cora Brooks. Clovcrdale. Dr. Charles McIntyre. Woodland. Mich. Mrs. J. Roland Clark, nee Myrtie Rose, 118 Mt. Vernon St.. Grand Rapids. Mich. Mrs. J. J. Baskerville, nee Louise Nagler, Claresholm. Alberta. Canada. Dr. Charles Palmetier, Delton. Mich., R. F. D. No. 3. Mrs. Simpson, nee Elizabeth McNutt. Sheridan, Wyoming. Thomas Waters. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. 11. A. Presley, nee Hat-tie Depuc, 181 Champion St.. Battle Creek, Mich. Mrs. John Reeves, nee Jessie Wheeler, St. Joseph. Mich. Class of '88— Mae Tomlinson Young. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Charles Clark, nee Kittie Beadle. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Ed. Botum. nee Lillian Warded, Hastings. Mich. Frances Allerding. Hastings. Mich. Helen Prichard, (deceased.) Mrs. E. M. Evarts. nee Mae Fuller. 113 Davis St.. Kala- mazoo. Mich. Dr. Clarence Lathrop. Hastings, Mich. Dr. Wallace Matthews. Grand Rapids, Mich. Dr. Ben. H. Lee. Gilbert Block. Grand Rapids. Mich. Barry Wellman. Coats Grove. Mich. Dr. Clarence Barber. Hastings, Mich. Louis Goodyear. Hastings. Mich. Dr. W’alter Lampman, Hastings, Mich. SHOE VALUES We have just as large a stock and just as great an assortment of SHOES as you will find in any city store. We carry sizes and widths never carried in this county before. Thai's an advantage to every buy- er of shoes ivho buys here. It means that here you can get shoes that FIT.. IVe have all the latest iyii styles in Shoes, Oxfords, Pumps and Ties. Phone IRONSIDE SHOE CO. Hastings rj6 Masonic Temple Bldg. Mich. AFTER YOU GRADUATE You will want to keep posted on every- thing that goes on in Hastings and Barry County. The Hastings Banner will GIVE YOU ALL THE NEWS. Subscribe for it. COOK BROS., Props., Hastings, Mich. Our A doer Users PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTH ROCKS The New American Beauty Breed For size and shape, as well as markings, your Wolverine strain ranks with the best saw at Chicago, Cleveland and the other big shows—Judge McClave. EGGS AND STOCK IN SEASON M. E. Osborne, Hastings, Mich. Alumni Department Edward Botum. Hastings, Mich. William Crabb. Carson City. Mich. I)r. Charles Pflug. Washington. Mich. Hr r ,arfnCevJo nKt AHegan. Mich. Dr. Clayton Willison, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Class of '89— w” rIS,rC R.OUnt ne« Hatl « Cook. Hastings. Mich. Mrl' r £ TKUCr’ nCe GtIC£- Garrison- Hastings, Mich. Oli ThoSaS- nce F;f,c Snyder, Hastings. Mich. UIga Bessmer, Hastings. Mich. MrSMi dn r Chidester nec Bc,le Hotchkiss. Hastings, AeIM°niiJ jl,ns ?n- ne« Rcam- Hastings. Mich. Will A. Hall. Hastings. Mich. Lemuel R. Glasgow. Portland. Oregon. Dr Oeorge Wooton. Akron, la. ws:s� : «s «—� � � • Fmnh «°.yiHcny,«’ I?24,.Addison Road. Cleveland. O. h Mich hCr' 36 Fre,,n h y en Ave., Battle Creek, Arthur F. Eyclesshymer. Niles. Mich. SCJhichangoET,lS Edi,H Kcnfie,d 6,15 Kimball Ave.. William Gibson, Nashville. Michigan. Francis W. Durkee. Class of 90— P.rHA Shvni1feSMthBead,t- HaS,ingS' Mich' Battle Cr«rMich Una Wi'S°n' 19 Michi� n A«- MrSM?ch.r nCe Lathrop- n« Arloa McOmber. Hasting� . Shirley Smith. Ann Arbor. Mich. Royce E. Barlow 6509 Lexington Ave., Chicago. III. Orr|i« ornHTd«Le«4rU Urimit’ Wyomin - Mrs. Charles Wilkins, nee Mary Woodard, (deceased.) Htrvey Arehart, IMS S. Allen St. South Bend. Ind. Jason McElwain. Hastings, Mich. Gertrude E. Bentley. Hastings. Mich. Charles H. Thomas, Hastings, Mich. Mr!' i ? Matthews, nee Bertha Teeple. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. John Twer, nee Bona Calkins. R. F. D. No. 9. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. VV. R Cook, nee Sadie Roberts. Hastings, Mich. Charles A. Scott. 1008 9th Ave., Denver, Col. Dr. Walter Wilkins. Sterling. III. Bertha M. Bentley, 94 Lawrence St.. New York. Frank W. Tyler. CbaHes D. Oviatt, Laramie, Wyoming. William B. Powers, (deceased.) Class of 91— C. Duane Bauer. Hastings. Mich. Lydia D. Lathrop, Nashville. Mich. m!!' f £hiPf.°r C ne£ Lula Tce Bloomville, Ohio. Mrs. fc. p Miller, nee Kate Lems. Council Bluffs. Ia. M R F1 D f?oe)2 Ed,th Ba num, HastinKs- Mich., MrSOWo.DR' HF.‘d No '26°r McClin,ock- Garrct.vill,. M;SRhdR° tv'unTbMo. M'nni' Cllkin5- 1324 Addis° William Guy Bauer, Hastings. Mich. Mrs. E. J. Huffman, nee Maude Stebbins. Hastings. Mich. M Mich Scuddcr ncc Gert™ k Lake, Carlton Center, Mrs. C. H. Oshorn. nee Grace Hobbs. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Homer Warner, nee Wilda Bliven, Hastings. Mich Chauncey R. Bishop, Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Edward Farr, nee Minnie Wardell. Dostcr. Mich. Mrs. Frank Trego, nee Edna Brown, Hastings. Mich. Fannie M. Seaver. Iohn I McCollum. (deceased.) Mrs. Katherine Coffield, nee Katherine Dooley, care E C Compton Co., 200 Monroe St., Chicago, IIL DRUIDS Can be had, as long as the supply lasts, of WA LTER S. PHELPS, Business Manager HASTINGS, MICHIGAN Our A doer Users MULHOLLAND’S School Books and School Supply Depot is the largest in Barry county. Your business solicited. Arthur E. Mulholland The Leading Druggist Alumni Department Mrs. Alvin Miller, nee Rose Hillsinger, Woodland, Mich. Mrs. Charles Reiser, nee Charlotte Carpenter, Woodland, Mich. Belle Lampman, (deceased.) Harry A. Bowkcr, (deceased.) Class of 92— Nonna Michael, Hastings. Mich. Carl Bcssmer, Flint, Mich. Mac T. McPharlin. Bowman. X. Dakota. Minnie Replogle. Athens, W. Va. Frank Thatcher. Michigan Ave.. Battle Creek, Mich. Mrs. John Doak. nee Cora B. Jewell. Mcndon. Mich. Gary Crook. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Chas. Replogle. nee Anna Giddings, Fountain. Battle Creek. Mich. Mrs. Irank Wolcott, ncc Daisy Darling, Hastings. Mich. J. C. Ketcham, Hastings. Mich. Dr. Seth M. Angle. Jackson. Mich. Dr. John Wooton, Hastings. Mich. Emmet F. Lee. Battle Creek. Mich. Frank D. Baker, Hastings, Mich. Dwight L. Goodyear, Lima. Ohio. Fred B. Eyclesshymer. 799 Regent St., Niles, Mich. Vcrn Lathrop, (deceased.) Class of 93— Charles Andrus. 229J4 S. 6th St.. Springfield. 111. Mrs. M. Elmer Northrop, nee Mae Brosseau, Nashville, Mich. Ethel Brown. 432 59th St.. Duluth. Minn. William S. Cole. Homer DePue, Toledo, Ohio. Charles Freer, Hastings. Mich. Ernest Edger, Hastings. Mich. Mrs. John Gilson, nee Georgia Heath. Detroit. Mich. Mrs. Royal Myers, nee Gail Hatnp. Hastings. Mich. Pearl Hcnder� hott. 3rd Ave.. Detroit. Mich. Mrs. Jay Barton, nee Eva Herd. 1019 S. Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. John Wooton. ncc Pearl Michael. Hasting� , Mich. Mrs. Clarence Rogers, nee Laura McIntyre, St. Ignace, Mich. Mrs. E. J. Edger, nee Belle Rock, Hastings. Mich. Mrs. C. G. Maywood, nee Rebecca Striker, Hastings, Mich. Class of ’94— Lottie Lake, Hastings, Mich. Mrs. R. VV. Wallace, nee Gertrude Slingerland, 209 E. Loomis St., Ludington. Mich. Mrs. Albert Carveth, nee Grace Whitney. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. William Pitkin, nee Orfa Martin, 501 Bidwell St., Albion. Mich. Mrs. Theodore Rogers, nee Fannie Stebbins, Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Henry Wellman, nee Belle Barnum. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Clair Furniss. nee Harriett Beadle. Nashville, Mich. Mrs. Frederick McNish, nee Ruth Gould. Pelham Manor, New York. N. Y. Urban Woodbury. Murphy, N. Carolina. George Hall. Ann Arbor. Mich. Sterling Hogte, Santo Domingo. Cuba. Frank Leins, 442 Ranney St., Kalamazoo, Mich. Walter B. Hayes, 143 Lincoln Ave., Detroit, Mich. Clarence Phillips, Chelan. Wash. Morris Grigsby, Oswego, Kan. Herman Frost, Hastings. Mich. Charles Lewis. 224 West Fourth St., Los Angeles, Cal. Class of 95— Peter Allerding. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Pierson, nee Lillian Bessmcr, Hastings, Mich. Leon L. Bauer, Henderson. Minn. Lyman Barlow. Delray. Mich. Glenn M. Clark. Middleville. Mich. S. F.ffie Dean. 333 W. Sixth St., Long Branch. Cal. John Dawson. Hastings. Mich. Will Darby, (deceased.) Roy Fuller, Hastings, Mich. Our Advertisers GARAGE Buick Automobiles General Repairing, Sundries Gasoline and Oil Autos Washed and Polished Ward Bros. Co. Phone 472 201-211 South Jefferson Street School Badges Class Pins Cups and trophies for Athletic Contests T. R. Pancoast the Jeweler BESSMER'S MARKET Dealer in Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats. All kinds of Canned goods and Fresh Fish Phone 162 We deliver to all parts of the city by General Delivery Alumni Department Mrs. Hcnnr Smith, nee Cora Gillispie, Hastings. Mich. Sylvester Gruesel, Kalamazoo, Mien. Dwight Hinckley, Detroit, Mich. Mrs. John Quinn, nee Helen Hanauer, 6656 Woodlawn, Avc., Chicago, 111. Mrs. VV. H. Douglas, nee Ethel Cress, 45 Hovey St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Olive Lathrop. Lansing, Mich. Mrs. Chaddcrdon, nee Minnie Mead, Harbor Springs, Mich. Frank Pflug, Salt Lake City. Utah. Mary Powers, 75 Prospect St.. Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Frank Holdsworth, nee Agnes Rich, Traverse City, Mich. Mrs. Tomlinson, nee Martha E. Soule, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gertrude J. Smith. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. lone Still, nee lone Snvder. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Georee Hooper, nee Belle Stebbins. 28 Euphon Ave., Memphis, Tcnn. Lester Webb, Morgan. Mich. Morris Wooton, Kalamazoo. Mich. Dr. Harry Kcnfield. Clovcrdale. Mich. Class of 96— Mrs. Morris Wooton, nee Ada Andrus, (deceased.) Mrs. William H. Darby, nee Grace Barker, 26 Manchester St.. Battle Creek, Mich. Ernestine Parder. Aberdeen. S. Dakota. Mrs. John Liptkey. nee Mary Crook, R. F. D.. Hastings, Mich. Clarence DePlanta, 195 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Edwin Miller, nee Maude Edger, Nyc St., Grand Rapids. Mich. Mrs. Carl Warner, nee Pearl Gillispie, Shelbyvillc, Mich. Della Garn. Woodland. Mich. George Heath. Hastings. Mich.. R. F. D. Harry Kirk. Guymon. Oklahoma. Mrs. Francis Gorham, nee Minnie Keech, Shultz, Mich. Mf . Pyrl Tuttle, nee Lizzie Loveland, Hasting . Mich. Floyd Merrick. 409 Lafayette Ave.. Detroit. Mich. Louis Michael, Kishiueff, Russia. Dr. Henry Nobles, Grand Ledge, Mich. Mrs. Homer DePue. nee Edith Pryor, 576 15th St., De- troit, Mich. Burton Perry, Hastings, Mich. Mrs. K. Richardson. 53 West St., Battle Creek, Mich. J. Strausbaugh. Detroit. Mich. William M. Stebbins, Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Mead, nee Etta Trumper, Morgan. Mich. Mrs. L. T. M. Poster, nee Cora Tomlinson, 750 Division St.. Cadillac. Mich. Dr. William Vance, Nashville, Mich. Mrs. Fred Walker, nee Lena Wright, (deceased.) Nina Walldorff, Lebam. Wash. Mrs. Frank Sage, nee Elsie Wetzel. Hastings. Mich. r$R V Kyker, nee Ella Strausbaugh, Hasting . Mich- Class of ‘97— Mrs. Edward Palmer, nee Gertrude Abbey, Nashville, Mich. Harley Andrus. 336 Portage St., Kalamazoo, Mich. Mrs. Mark Wilkins, nee Addie Booth, 801 6th St., Tra- verse City. Mich. John Burke, Delton. Mich. Mrs. John Cheney, nee Nellie Brown, Hastings, Mich. Robert Dawson, (deceased.) Adelbert M. Hall, Belding. Mich. Ardrew Harper. Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. C D. Mohler, Hastings, Mich. Mr. Fred Prentiss, Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Meade Brown, nee Maud Ryan. Greenville. Mich. Mrs. John Gould, nee Corrine Hinckley, Grand Ledge, Mich. Dr. Arthur Rickie, Northvillc. Mich. Samuel Smith. Woodland. Mich. Mrs. Clarence Davis, nee Bessie Willison, 255 Maplewood Ave., Toledo, Ohio. Our A doer User a The Swindler Uses Fine Stationery He recognizes the fact that neatly printed envelopes and paper carry with them an air of thrift and inspire confidence. If fine stationery makes a bad business good, it ought to make a good business better. Let us print for you the kind of stationery that will be a good representation of your business. The Herald Office, Busy Printers Alumni Department Mrs. Charles Walker, nee Carrie Yvts, (deceased.) Class of 98— Mrs. I red Phillips, nee Minnie Barlow, Hastings. Mich. Louis Bessmcr, Hastings. Mich. Mrs. James Kelley, nee Scnia Brown, Irving. Mich. Floyd Davis, Three Rivers. Mich. Mrs. Leroy Palmer, nee Nina DcPlanta. 4450 St. Law- rence Ave.. Chicago. 111. Mrs. Arthur Sly. nee Dora DePue, White Pigeon, Mich. Charles Dawson, Ann Arbor. Mich. Dora Brown. Middlevillc. Mich. Mrs. S. C. Greusel. nee Ella Mosher. Kalamazoo. Mich. Isa Newton. Nashville. Mich. Mrs. Richard Jones, nee Nellie Pryor. Galesburg. Mich. Mary Quinn, 80 New St.. Mt. Clemens. Mich. Mrs. Charles Sylvester, nee Addie Slawson, 61 Union St., Battle Creek. Mich. Fred Stebbins. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Richard, ncc Xenia Thomas. Middlevillc. Mich. Frank Wood, Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Roy Andrus, nee Ma- Wooton, Hastings. Mich. Class of 99— Roy Andrus. Hastings, Mich. Seymour Andrus. Northville. Mich. Belle Arthur. South Haven. Mich. Leon Barnum. Coats Grove. Mich. Lottie Barnum. Coats Grove. Mich. Mrs. Arthur Dixon, nee Grace Dunning. Edison, Chicago. Mrs. Frank Schmidt, nee Evernia Edwards, Lowell Sta- tion. Bisbee. Arizona. Bert Hayes. Ironwood. Mich. Lawrence Hilbert, woodland. Mich. Roy Rowladcr. Woodland. Mich. Will Kcntield. 340 Hccla St.. Detroit. Mich. Mrs. Fred Stebbins, nee Myrtle Sullivan. Hastings. Mich. Alice Switzer, care J. O. Switzer. Ludington. Mich. Melissa Warner. 607 S. 10 H. St., Flat C. Tacoma. Wash. Asa Wilcox. Caro, Mich. Homer Washburn. Norman, Oklahoma. Class of 1900— Mrs. Forest Woodmansee. nee Mary Reamer, 135 6th Ave., Grand Rapids. Mich. Mrs. Harry Stowell. nee Jessie Brooks, Hastings, Mich. Linnie Bennett. Albion. Mich. Mrs. George Rickman, nee Winnie Bennett. 1210 N West St.. Kalamazoo. Mich. Superintendent Lee W. Brice. Wakefield. Mich. Clvde Broun, Hastings. Mich. Leo Burton. Hastings. Mich. Ross Burton. Hastings, Mich. John Cheney, (deceased.) Myrtle Taylor. 725 Ambert Ave.. St. Louis. Mo. George Collins, 304 Teflfer on Ave.. Grand Rapid , Mich. Roy Davis. 112 Beach St.. Battle Creek, Mich. William I. Dawson, 102 E. Huron St.. Ann Arbor. Mich. Mrs. Burton Perry, nec Ina Durkec. Hastings. Mich Mrs. L. D. Welch, nec Minnie Harper. La Mesa, Cal. Mrs. Lee H. Pryor, nec Winnie Harper. Hastings, Mich. Clinton J. Lahr. Hastings, Mich. Mortimer Nichols, Hastings, Mich. Juna Perry, Hastings. Mich. Rex Richardson. 10j5 Woodla,,n Ave.. Scranton, Pa. Mrs. Clyde Stedge. nee Cressie Shawman, Hastings. Mich. Donald D. Smith. P. O. Rox 863. Muskogee, Oklahoma. Class of '01— Mrs. R. W. Garrison, nee Mabel Hicks. 150 Kalamazoo St.. Battle Creek, Mich. John Powers. Kalamazoo. Mich. Emma Wightman. (deceased.) Milroy Hutchinson, Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Samuel Horner, nec Grace Zagelmeier. Reed City, Mich. Clayton Hinckley. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Milroy Hutchinson, nee Maude Carter, (deceased.) Our Advertisers (Smith apihs Qzi kzn t Si (Chair Cxt. jjHnkcrs Alumni Department 1; A Xfrrdc,,t 20 C, rk St • Detroit. Mich. 'hjt i! ,am Stcbbins, nec Mabel Colgrovc. Hastings, Class of ’02— bred Baker. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Grace Warner, nee Grace Booth. Hastings. Mich. Clayton Busby. Rock Island. IU.. X. W. A. Elmer Cheney. Hillsdale. Mich. Roy Coulter. Byron Center. Mich. Mrs. Leon J. Smith, nee Helena Davis. 309 Johnson St., Amarillo, Texas. Mrs. Will Norris, nee Lena Dennis. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. George Douglas, nee Harriet Eggleston. 341 Eastern Ave.. Grand Rapids. Mich. JJr Veen Sampson, nee Georgia Hicks. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Homer Aldrich, nee Jennie Hughes. Delton. Mich. Mrs Donald Smith, nee Edith Lombard. P. O. Box 865. Muskogee. Oklahoma. Benjamin Merrick. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Louis Bachman, nee Mae Montgomery. Grand Rap- ids. Mich. William McLravy. (deceased.) Forest Xagler. 345 23rd Ave.. Milwaukee. Wis. Mrs y J F'c,ld- nce Mabcl Russ. 6502 Greenwood Ave.. Chicago. III. Gertrude Ryan. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Elmer Cheney, nce Gladys Scidmore, Hillsdale, Mich, fclizabeth Severance. Hastings Mich Harvey Smith. 1817 24th St.. Omaha.' Xeb. Volney Wilcox, Caro. Mich. Bert Zagelmeier, Hastings. Mich. Class of ‘03— Mrs A. AWiIs,°,n .n Vcra D°y,c- Coffeyvillc. Kan. Mrs. Adelbert Hall, nee Elizabeth Field. Belding. Mich. vr,r E 1 1 Laubaugh nee Ethel Hicks. Hastings. Mich. Nellie Stebbins. 46 State St.. Grand Rapids. Mich. Mary Grant. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. C. J. Lahr, nce Anzoletta Lombard. Hastings. Mich. Mrs Robert Gorham, nec Grace Kennedy. Hasting� . Mich. Ralph Huffman. Mrs. Fred Hcndcr� hott. nce Grace Hoes, Rahway. N J Mrs. George E. Collins, nee Grace Pryor, 304 Jefferson Ave.. Grand Rapids, Mich. Palmer McGuinness. 615 Village St.. Kalamazoo. Mich. Edward Waite. Hastings, Mich. Hymcr Warner. Cressy. Mich. Edward Goodyear. Hastings, Mich. Robert Cook. Hastings. Mich. Fred Hendcrshott. 214 Grand St.. Rahway. N . J. bred C. Hughes. Kalamazoo. Mich. Frank Jones. 67 Calhoun St.. Hattie Creek. Mich. Mr.-. Mark Ludwig, nce Vesta Mosher. Ft. Smith. Ark. James Lampman. 1101 Springfield Ave.. Urbana. III. Class of ‘04— Harriett Goodyear, Hastings, Mich. David Smith, Sterling, Col. Mrs- S. Sly field, nee Katherine Van Valkenburgh, 643 14th Ave.. Detroit. Mich. Arthur Andrus, Clare. Mich. Glenn Waite. Hastings. Mich, brank Kenfield. (deceased.) £ W Edwards. Manila. P. I., care Civil Service Dept. Hen McMurray. Hastings. Mich. blorer.ee W’ood, Hastings. Mich. Grace Giddinev Grand Ra� � ids. Mich. Lillian B. Knapp. 1001 Brooklyn Ave., Detroit. Mich. Elam J. Crook. Hosier, W'yoming. Mrs Lawrence Colgrove. nec Grace Grant. Hastings, Mtch. Margaret Harper. Hastings. Mich. Grace Stewart. Big Rapids. Mich. Mrs. Allister Cater, nee Inda Belle Busby, Winona. Minn. Class of '05— Mrs. Frank Jones, nee Isola Abbott. 67 Calhoun St., Battle Creek. Mich. Wayne Batson. Hastings. Mich. GOODYEAR BROS. HASTINGS, MICH. SHELF and HEAVY HARDWARE, FARM TOOLS and MACHINERY, VEHICLES and HARNESS Barry County Agents for Sharpies Tubular Separators, Page Bros. Carriages, Majestic Ranges, Lowe Bros. High Standard Paints and Varnishes, John Deere Implements, Oliver Plows, Sludebaker Wagons and Veihclcs, McCray Refrigerators, Olds Gas Engines, Night Commander Acetylene Lighting Plants. Fishing Tackle, Sporting Goods, Guns and Ammuni- tion, Cutlery and Silverware, Round Oak Stoves, New Process Oil Cook Sioves, Favorite Coal Stoves, Steam and Hot Water Heating, Sanitary Plumbing. Most Complete Stock in Barry County. GOODYEAR BROS. 111-115 E. State St. Citizens Phone No. 1 Bell Phone No. I OF COURSE Our Advertisers You will save money if you buy Sample Furniture Miller Harris Furniture Co. Pianos, Sewing Machines, Etc. a Specialty Alumni Department Wilhelmina Bates, Detroit, Mich. Florence Diamond. 820 Lake Boulevard. St. Joseph. Mich. Mrs. Fred Ritchie, nee Charlotte Dickerson, Middleville, Mich. Minnie Devine. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. John Burke, nee Lillian Doud. Delton. Mich. Clark Doolittle, Ann Arbor, Mich. Bernice Flower, Milo. Mich. Ray Fox. Freeport, Mich. Mrs. Charles Dawson, nee Pearl Hall, 102 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, Mich. Florence Harper. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Frank Langstrom. nee Clara Hendershott, 5256 S. Park Avc., Chicago, III. Florence Hoes, Hastings. Mich. Parnell McGuiimess, 615 Village St., Kalamazoo, Mich. Gerald Nash, Hastings, Mich. Gertrude Rogers, Hastings. Mich. John Ream, Hastings, Mich. Maude Smith, Hastings, Mich. Ruth VVcissert. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Henry Andrus, nee Marv Nichols, Hastings, Mich. Mrs Floyd Wilkinson, nee Alice Nausel. South Haven, Mich. Glenna Pancoast, Hastings. Mich. Mae Smith. 240 Scribner St.. Grand Rapids. Mich. Bessie Warner. 1437 Wavcland Avc.. Chicago. III. Class of '06— Carrie Andrus, University St., Ann Arbor. Mich. James Ironside. Hastings. Mich. Chester Pryor. Williams St.. Ann Arbor. Mich. Donald Trask. Hastings. Mich. Acclia Leach. Hastings. Mich. Nay Bump. Hastings, Mich. Mrs. Harry Williams, nee Myrtle Edger, Shultz. Mich. Ray Erway. Hastings. Mich. Mrs. Lloyd Eaton, nee Florence Miller. Hastings. Mich. Bessie Rogers. Hastings. Mich. Fern Babbitt. Grand Rapids. Mich. Gladcon Barnes, Lieutenant. Fort Mott, New Jersey Carl Barnum, Lansing, Mich. Fred Bidelman. 110 Barber St., Battle Creek, Mich. Clifford Fritz, Muskegon, Mich. Kirk Hills, Miles City, Montana. Evelyn Koff. M. A. C, Lansing. Mich. Eber Lambic. 918 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, IiuL Grace Bradley, Berlin, Mich. ? n.cs, TFo e?laJ Ferdinand Ave., Detroit, Mich. Altha Nausel. Prairieville, Mich. Class of 07— Walter Geiger, Dorr, Mich. Harry Miller. Hastings. Mich. Earl Waite. Clarksville. Mich. Elvira Barnaby, Boyne City, Mich. Effie Woodard. (Mrs. Darby). Woodland. Mich. Florence Leech. Levering, Mich. Mabel Miller. Hastings. Mich.. K. F. D. Mary Robinson. Hastings. Mich. Effie Bennett. Hastings. Mich. Glenna Doud. Hastings, Mich. Merl Nellist, Chula, Va. Beatrice Munton, Morgan, Mich. Winifred Trabert. Niles. Mich. Frances Flower. Milo, Mich. Class of 08— Lyndcn Barnaby, (deceased.) Winona Bennett. Hastings. Mich. Mrs Earl C. Eddy, nee Myrtle Darling, 38 Pearl St., Battle Creek. Mich. John Dennis. M. A. C., Lansing. Mich. Lula Edger. Hastings. Mich., R. F. D. No. 1. David Goodyear. 117 N. Division St.. Ann Arbor. Mich. Her Fairchild. M. A. C. Lansing. Mich. Robert Hendershott. Edson. S. D. George Huffman. Hillsdale. Mich. Anna Ironside. Brower St.. Ypsilanti. Mich. Aurile Lake. Hastings. Mich. Out Adoertbert HASTINGS PEDESTAL TABLES Duo Style Lock The best table on the market Ask your dealer Hastings Table Co., Hastings, Mich. Alumni Department Lynn Pierson, care Stormfeltz Lovely Co., Griswold St., Detroit. Mich. Ray Slattery, Hastings, Mich. Llewellyn Stamm, Hastings, Mich. Anna Thomas, Hastings. Mich., R. F. D., No. 7. Vera Ward, Hastings. Mich. Roy Hubbard. Hastings, Mich. Edward Brooks, 426 W. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich. Marie Busby, 509 Woodland Ave., Houston. Texas. Earl Christmas, Eaton Rapids. Mich. Helen Fritz, Muskegon. Mich. Victor Hilbert. Student M. A. C. Ethel Mtnnard. Brower St., Ypsilanti, Mich. Class of ’09— Clair I). Zagclmcicr. Hastings, Mich. Cecil Munton. Morgan. Mich. Dale Scdgcwick. Hastings. Mich. James Monroe Leach. 133 Katherine- St.. Kalamazoo, Mich. Shirley B. Crook, Hastings. Mich. Stella Miser, 7 Oak St.. Kalamazoo, Mich. Marguerite McGuinness, 615 Village St., Kalamazoo, Mich. Genevieve Rider. S36 W. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich. Nora E. Renkes, Hastings. Mich. Ella Austin. Hastings. Mich. Lyle E. Tobias, Hastings. Mich. Elmer M. Staples. Detroit. Mich. Mcttie R. Striker. Hastings. Mich. Mottie A. Striker. Ypsilanti. Mich. Leona McLravy. Hastings. Mich. Cleo Risbridgcr. Hastings. Mich. Carl England. M. A. C. Lansing. Mich. Roy Chandler. Hastings. Mich. Hilda Phelps. 130 Woodard Ave.. Big Rapids, Mich. Arleigh Mead, Middleville. Mich. Eva Bessie Bush, 615 Village St.. Kalamazoo, Mich. Class of 10— Penelope Abbott, Cross St.. Ypsilanti. Mich. Frank C. Andrus. 202 S. State St., Ann Arbor. Mich. Ledah Mary Aspinall, Hastings, Mich. Morse Backus. Hastings, Mich. Maude Elaine Bauer, Bastings. Mich. Charles A. Belson, Hastings. Mich. Verna Areola Blakney, Ypsilanti. Mich. Emma Pauline Bradley, Hastings, Mich. Feme Edna Bray. Hastings. Mich. James Galloway Bristol. Dowling. Mich. Vesta Etheline Bostwick. Freeport, Mich. Florence E. Bump. Hastings. Mich. Mac Cairns. Hastings. Mich. Leva Grctchen Castelein. Quimby, Mich. Melissa Hazel Cobb. University St., Ann Arbor. Mich. Ethel M. Copcnhavcr. 527 John St., Kalamazoo, Mich. Floyd Duryca. Hastings. Mich. Alice Foley. Hastings. Mich. Hazel Galena Fuller. Brower St., Ypsilanti, Mich. Artie Anna Fuller. Coats Grove. Mich. L. Newell Grant. Woodland, Mich. Walter Harper. Hastings, Mich. Katherine Ironside. Hastings, Mich. Melburn Lauhaugh, Hastings, Mich. Alice Pearl Lawrence. Ypsilanti, Mich. Shirley E. Lee, West Palm Beach, Fla. Olive Katherine Menhennick, Canada. B. C., St. John'i Quebec. Ellsworth Burnette More, Hastings, Mich. Hazel G. Mosher, Hastings. Mich. Hazel M. Kevins, Do tcr. Mich. Frances Helena Otis. Hastings, Mich. Ethel B. Robinson. Dowling. Mich. Hazel Maria Rounds. Hastings. Mich. Ella Almira Scobey. Hastings, Mich. Edna He.-pcria Sheehan. Hastings, Mich. Greta Smith, Hastings. Mich. Alton D. Spencer. Battle Creek. Mich. Mary Adelia Stamm. Hastings. Mich. Margaret Stem. Hastings, Mich. Elizabeth D. Thompson. Freeport. Mich. Donald G. Westbrook. Lake Odessa. Mich., R. F. D. Ethyl Maude Williams. Hastings, Mich. Floyd Wood. Hastings, Mich., R. F. D. Our A doer Users Capital $75,000 Surl lus anJ Prof'U $48’000 OFFICERS CHESTER MESSER, President R. B. MESSER, Vice President A. A. ANDERSON, Cashier Do not postpone the opening of a Savings Account simply because of the smallness of your deposits. Start Nou). 3 per cent interest compounded semi-annually. DIRECTORS Chester Messer M. L. Cook D. S. Goodyear Luke Waters R. T. French R- B. Messer A. A. Anderson HASTINGS CITY BANK