Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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30 THE BITTER ROOT )t panner of ’Ctoentp 1st row William Wallace, Maragaret Balf. 2nd row—Anne Bennett. Joe Conroy, Elizabeth Rowe, Katherine Keith, Norman Maclean, Irene McQuarrie. 3rd row—Alice Hershey, Lysle Fosterling, Mildred McQuarrie, Edna Morris. This is the flag of our making, this beautiful purple and crimson, Dotted with heart’s blood of fair ones, who labored and pricked lily fingers That we should be thus represented: that ’20 should not go unbannered. This is the triumphant banner that floated from yon northern entrance And caught the attention of travelers and told to the world we existed. This is the flag that the Juniors, their judgment o’ercome by their anger, Seized from the top cf the building and cautiously took to Room Twenty, There to be rescued by Billy, our president, stalwart and upright. This was the background of beauty when Jean was crowned Queen of the High School. This is the banner cf ’Twenty—the much renowned purple and crimson. —V. C., ’20.

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rnmmmmmmmmmmmmmm THE BITTER ROOT 29 Honan A guardian angel some folks wish; But should the Class of ’Twenty vote, We’d all prefer you, .Miss Ronan, Who kept our ship of state afloat. A faithful friend and one who knew The golden price of silenee kept; Yet one who spoke when came the time In language simple, firm, direc t. The trials of ’20 came your way And gallantly you gave us light. You made the class of ’20 thrive; Your wisdom kept us in the right. Then, pray, receive our kindest wish For Life’s great treasures at your door. We place your shrine within our hearts And try the heights at which you soar. —V. C., '20.

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THE BITTER ROOT 31 Jltsitorp of tfje Claste of ’Etuentp In the fall of 1916 the high school doors were, as per schedule, opened very wide for the usual incoming stream of students. But the doors almost proved too small for the rush, and, when the faculty investigated the disturbing matter, they discovered that they had an unusually large and spirited class of freshmen. We immediately disappointed many fun-loving persons by taking our place quietly, but nonetheless firmly, in the regular school routine. Folks missed many a good laugh at our greenness for, behold, we had no greenness. We had stepped out of our awkwardness at the door of M. II. S., as a snake discards its unwanted cloak. We held a meeting to elect officers and we chose as our leader Russel Heath. Anne Bennett became secretary, Lysle Fosterling, vice-president, and Avon Fraser, sergeant-at-arms. We were exceedingly active for Freshmen, giving some unusually successful dances. An unusually large number of Freshmen succeeded in getting their names on the Honor Roll, and in athletics we were among the foremost. In 1917 wc came back as Sophs. We had attained a new dignity, 'of course, and exercised with great success our superiority over the incoming Frosh. We had very good executives—Straughn Scheuch (deceased) and Bill Hughes be- coming respectively president. The vice-presidency was given to Edna Morris; Billy Wallace was secretary. The class made an excellent record in athletics, copping first place in the inter-class basket ball tournament, and placing one of the, members, Ed. Wardle, on the first team. Again we showed up well on the Honor Roll and all the dances and social affairs given by the class were pro- nounced a success, under the wise guidance of our beloved sponsor, Miss Mary E. Burke (deceased). We had longed to be Juniors, and at last in 1918 we reached that distinction. We literally became the life of the school, gaining the well-merited title of “the peppiest class in school.” Immediately upon returning to our third year we were happily presented with our incomparable sponsor. Miss Ronan. We held a meeting at which Ed. Conroy, a new member of our class, was elected presi- dent; Marjorie Wilkinson was selected secretary, and Edna Morris, the class beauty, sergeant-at-arms. We had a number of new classmates last year. With the releasing of the boys in service, the Juniors enthusiastically received Malcolm Boucher and Charles Freeman. Many important things happened during our Junior year, two of the chief being the capture of the inter-class basket ball tournament and inter-class track meet. We showed up well in athletics—Buck Stowe, another new member of the class, breaking the 220-yard dash record. Many clever and original ideas presented themselves through the Juniors, but prin- cipally the Thursday Candy and Pie Sales introduced a very successful way of raising money. As Juniors we established the precedent of procuring class pins the year before graduation. Perhaps the most important event, of all was the Junior Prom which greatly outclassed all other affairs of the year. Last June