Higginsville High School - Blue Bird Yearbook (Higginsville, MO)

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of chrlly receptrons x hreh caused much unfavorable comment from the teachers 'md pupils The cnlv commendrng feature vue can find from the effects of the co xl mrners strike rs that those mrserable Seniors were Just as uncomfortable as were the Freshres When old Sol beams down upon us next August when rt gets so xr arm you can fry eggs upon the cellar door then ue XI 1ll look b rck upon those good old December days and wonder why ue d1d not have the crpacrty to enroy the blessrngs we had Nou ue shall rndulge rr r brt of future hrstory or prophecy rf you c re to term rt such Sure ue are not endou ed wrth the far srghtedness of Damel but the laws of nature enable us to foresee great thrngs Naturally we shall complete the Hrgh School course Who ever heard of an ambrtrous Freshman who drdn t aspire to become a member of that drgnrfied class known as Seniors? When ue have attained our goal thrnk ye that We shall hre ourselves 111 ry to for ergn lands to seek our fame and fortune? Far be rt from that' We shall enter our separate vocations each Wrth the de termrnatron to become useful crtrzens strrvrng to make this a better Amer rea rn xr hrch to lrve Vte shall try to make our selves rr orthy of the flag that floats over us We are gorng to do this rn n emory of our teacher rr ho frrst taught us the meaning of real patrrousm Those of our class vsho were fortunate enough to hear her srnff the Qt tr Spangled Banner have doubtless felt the rnflu school system no better promrse could We make to our communrty no hrgh er pmnacle could ue hope to reach There s something rbout them' Those class mates of mine' Whreh 1 fellou hke me finds rt hard to define For the fact rs I never 11 as much of a dab At showing such thrngs throrrgh a grft of the gab And rn prarsrng my orrn rr ell I never drd shrne But there s son ethrrrg about them' Those class mates of mrnel I don t for a moment suppose or assert That the bunch of then has enough beauty to hurt Nor ar r I rntendrng at all to marntarn Any o re of em s got a tu elve cylrnder brarn They re the str rrght human stock of the st rple desrgn I 11t ther s something rbout them' Those el rss mates of mrnel And m lvbe trs furu but m rw be vou knorx There s 1 svmbol 111 that for 11s erertures belou That rf there s 1 Iather of all he ll for get Hou far ue fall short of the standards ue set And Hell s rx mth a eharrty tr uh drxrne There s something., rbout them Those class mates of mrnel HAYEL L VERMILLION I g 4 , , C x. 1 1 ' ' 1 . ', 4 ' e . C l 1 v v 1 ' -1 4 . 1 D u I . k r c , y fs ,. . ' . v 4 - v ' - ' at , . , L A. , K Y l D C 4 I . . 7 - . a Y . , K .fl . . 4 s ' . r 1 'aj ' e . . . ' 1 C . 7 S . . 1 . ' , ' , 1 , A , c ' . 7 v. - . . v .- L 1 ' . X 1 . . . , , U e , 75 ' - r c N D , , 2 ' , , ence of that song as she sang rt. No hrgher trrbute could We pay to our y , 1 . . . , , k sg A C 1 ' - C . fi . u v 7 7 7 . r r r C . ' . - . , 1 fn n 3 1 r I 7 'Ls 4 v - ' a f ' . ,v In I I 1 1 ' 'n C A l 9 7 M' . w ' . . 1 1 ' 1 . . . 5 1 . 1 3 Ze - ' . 1 , l .1 w v -1 . - f Z if Y L 1 I , 4 l' A 1 1 u 1 I 1 . I c .V . c 3. , ' ' . ,e '. - , . r 2 ' ' , D I A , zjv ll I I I 'I 9 I .y . Y' v - ' ' T . 1 . . . ' is C . n ' a W .A 4 . 1

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AM: FLAVEL GEORGF The HlSfOfY of the Freshman Class of l9l9 AO T HE HOUSE xx lll please come to O1d91 Slt C1601 flccs toxx llfl the 0 flont hands ln pOS1t10H toes CIOSSQC1 6113111 lllStGl'l1H0' 1t+lt1lCl9 10 xxe xx ould have you heal evely xx Old of thls lntel estlnff btOlV We ue golng to nalrate conlugate ulevallcate Oh dell Engllsh t ach er please tell us what xxe xxant to say Thanks' Thls IS 1 n 11 tlon of the Freshman Class of 1919 20 It has to do xx 1th thell h1St01y past p se lt and f1ltLl1G Just The name Freshman carrles xxlth It a compelllng sound xx hlch ll11ITl6dl'LtQly attlacts you IH a solt of magnetlc xx ay Some of you pelhaps do not knoxx that thele ue onlv sex en glades taught IH the Ilxlng school thls makes It H8C6SS'1ly fo the sex enth glades fl om both Olll glade schools to unlte lnto one lal ge Glofhth gl ade xx hlch as sembles ln the E11161 son school F01 some llnknoxxn 19 lson fl gl eat GI1lTlltX 9Y1StS betxx een the students of these sepal ate 1I1St1tLlt1OI1S Hoxx ex 81 these condltlons ale gladuallv g'1OVV1Ilg' bettel unde1 the xxlse supelvlslon of oul pl esent SUD91 lntendent So our year ln the elghth gl ade xx -'ls not -lltoffeth er pleasant and certalnly not altogethel profitable fol xxe had not lealned the xallle of coopel atlon at that tlme In Septembel 1919 xxe enteled Hlgh School Many students fl0m the rulal schools came to JOIH oul lanks Then somethlng h lppened The llt tle llls and dlffelences of folmel days ffave place to somethlng largel that seemed to grapple oul xelx souls lnto fl common bond A feellng of com radeshlp spread 1tS mantle of love about us and elch and ex 611 I118Il1b61 seemed glad to take Iefllge xxlthln ltS soothlng folds fOl xxe xx ele all tread lng upon unfamlllar ground Oul days ln Hlgh School have been no mole ex entful pelhaps than those of other students xx ho have pl eceded us W e passed thlu a fexx xxeeks l 1. F -3 77--7---.-- ---- 1 Y V ., . lf- - Ii' 3. 5. '-4-S. ,i - TT'-44 SQ 12 5 1-- .3 , : Q- A -1 , '21, ll , ,I ' Q fr it 1 . ' '1 1 57 A ' ' is P V- .,....f , l 1 ., Z' . ' 1 . A :4 bl 1. M - rn' l ' '1- g -, L , Y 1 4 , ,1 ' A v'- 1 - 1. ' 1 ray 2 . ,S 'Z . 3 a . . . ' I I . I .Y . l . ,, . , , , c c 1 C, c ., , 1 , , . . v . K I. C . .. ' V, 2 . ' - 1 - ' 1 -' - 1 . . ' C, - , - C s 45 ' H , ' ' 1 . 1 . .. Z R ' 'il y' ' 1 ' . -.fx 1 f . ' , , 19 1 c . , 1 U ,, . V. . . V . . .C Y H 5 . ' . Y . v . . . , . 1 1 1 . . , . . , .. , . o , c 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 v ' - C3 Y l 1 1 1 v 1 4' 1 . v . c , c f. l ' . . ' ' ' v y . . . , . . 1 1 I . 1 1 v. 1 1 I . 1 1 1. ' D 1 vc C - - o l 1 1 v 1 7 7 , . Q v 1 l I 7 Y ' D . . ' I ' . 2 . . - ' I 1 1 1 I 1 c . Y . V . - . ' I 1 I V 0 V I 5 1 C . 1 1. ' I . 1 v v 1 7 1 . ' 1 y , 1 , v 1 Y 1 1 v v '11 'e 55

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