Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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FRESHMEN

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3n jflemortam Wallace Lentz - Class of 1922 Edwin Wag ah Class of 1929 George Carr (Mass of 1930 Editii Pritchett Class of 1930 John Finley Class of 1932 John Woodworth Class of 1933 “They have out soared the shadow of our night. 9

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The Freshmen Papooses, taking their quivers and bows, wandered the forests looking for their first kill. Freshmen, however, merely gas up the flivvers and get on to school. They seem to have the same mark t shoot at—the papoose for the wampum belt that meant warriorhood, the freshman for the sheepskin that means manhood, or at least freedom from school conventions. The papoose had to sit and listen to a medicine man extol the miracles and wrath of Manitou; the frosh go through nearly the same rites except that the subjects are varied. While the Indians learned naught of art, yet they had their lore of the woods to learn. We fear that they had to memorize many of the old legends. Well, freshmen, it isn’t such a bad old world! Just get out your quiver full of sharp wits and shoot at that “A” target. You’ll get your wampum if you try. The freshmen, though they feel their importance as individuals, did not organize as a class this year. THE BITTER ROOT