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

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ai BLUE Q me q,4,ii PAGE 100 Just Freshmen The Seniors call us greenhorns, They try to rule us outg The Juniors say, They're fresh all right , When there's some of us about. The Sophomores don't have much to say- For in their minds 'tis clear - That they recall some pleasant day In their dear old Freshman year. The teachers say good words for us They help us all they can And Prof. he thinks we're it, all right For he's just a regular man. Of Junior High we are a part And to her soon must bid good-bye And as lower grades succeed us They must have that spirit try. Oh, we are Freshmen of 1928, How gladly we our names relateg Yes, we're a lucky eight times ten E'en though were just Freshmen VELMA SHARP Ode to Posture Good posture is an asset Which very few possessg Sad to relate, the favored ones ' Seem to be growing less. We see the folks around us All slumped down in a heap, And the way that people navigate Is enough to make you weep. Some elevate their shoulders, Some hollow in their backs, Some stiffen up their muscles, And some just plain relax. The one who walks with grace and pose Is a spectacle so rare, That even down on gay Broadway The people turn to stare. If you would cut a figure In business, sport, or school, Just mind the posture receipts, Obey the posture rule. LILLIAN CURTIS DREW.

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,ff , ., BLUE garet Wegener and Rhoda. They are certainly making good use of their Home Economics. Now to get back to some of my boy friends, Floyd Gladish has at last realized his hearts delight, he is planning a Trans-Atlantic flight. Jack Smith is to accompany him as co-pilot. The financial backer of the flight is the very prominent Roy Garner. Roy is very wealthy, due to his unusual profit in the Greenhouse business. Roy always did have a love for flowers. As I might have known many of my classmates sought the school as a means for their future. Florence Sheets is employed as primary teacher in the Albers school, named after its founder, Fred Albers. Alvin Wehrman is football coach in the same school. Caroline as a result of Miss Preston's untiring efforts, is coaching basket ball in the same school. Then there were tho-se friends of mine who have sought the home fires. Frances, my dearest chum, has a darling home in the country, where she can raise white chickens and rambler roses to her heart's con- tent. Nannie Mary and Margaret Lyons are living happy and contented in the country. Their farmer husbands are energetic and successful. W. C. Bruening and Carl Meunch are working on a large newspaper, as chief cartoonist and advertiser. There are other friends in the journal- istic profession. Hazel Hagood is typist and Laura Gerkin reporter, for the Kansas City Star. To get back to the farm there is Bill Linebach. He's running a farm in california. I think his main interest is in Dates. Herbert Humburg is a life saver, at Atlantic City. Herbert was al- ways helping some one in distress. Beth Neale is doing charity work in the South, she is trying to uplift the negro standards. Herbert Joerling is a prominent lawyer in New York. He always did have a good line of gabb. Cleda Stratman is his secretary, and as Herbert says, A very capable one. Marvin Smith following in the footsteps of his father, is a preacher in a large Lutheran Church. Anna Louise has gone on the stage as a dramatic artist, she was al- ways good at speaking. ' Ruth was unable to locate the rest of my classmates, and as the cur- tain was rising for her next act, I bid her farewell and hurried out of the theater. The fire still burns bright, and the wind still howls. I sit huddled by the glowing embers. All is calm around me and I again have a ieeling of loneliness. A loneliness of depression. I gaze intently into the fire. Was my dream true? Have I rightfully placed by classmates? As if in answer to my question, a roar of a northern wind sweeps down the chimney and almost extinguishes the blaze. I shiver and realize it is late. Taking one last lingering look at the dying embers, the embers that so gracefully work- ed out the destiny of my beloved classmates, I wander aimlessly up to my room. Dear old dying, fire, Goodnight, You have told your story right. EVELYN TRUESDALE. PACF 'H s

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- f. , BLUE . J unior-Senior Reception 1927 On the evening of May 13th, 1927, Higginsville High School Auditor- ium was the scene of a very successful Junior-,Senior reception. Red and white CSenior colorsb and Old Gold and Black, Uunior colorsj gayly stream- ed from ceiling to floor. Two long banquet tables reached across the spaci- ous hall. The guests entered the banquet hall by a lively grand march, played by a six piece orchestra, directed by Professor Willer, and found their places marked by artistic place cards. The Philathea class of the Christian church served the delicious dinner. Dr. Walter Eckel of Lexing- ton, Missouri, delivered a very interesting and beneficial after-dinner ad- dress. MENU Fruit Cocktail Chicken Croquettes Giblet Gravy Escalloped Potatoes Peas in Patty Shells Combination Salad Hot Rolls Butter Olives Sponge Cake Ice Cream Coffee Mints PROGRAM Toastmistress . . . ............... .... F lorence Sheets Invocation ........ ............ .... D r . Walter Eckel Welcome Seniors .... Florence Sheets Response ...... . . Wordic Cassity The Board ..... . . . Floyd Gladish Response .... . . . Mr. Campbell The Faculty . . . Hattie F. Houston Response .... Prof. O. L. Davis Vocal Solo . Frances Dennis Reading . .. Evelyn Truesdale Piano Solo .... Vocal Solo ..... Closing Number J . . . Ruth Tempel Helen Vermillion Juniors PAGE 101