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

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-1. BLUE 59 A iii DIK12. ----m c Senior Class History Four years of joy, four years of willing work, and four years of faith- ful companionship-such has been the history of our class. W e, seventeen girls and twenty-six boys entered the Higginsville High School in September, 1924. This proved to be an energetic class, having entrants in all the activities, including football, basket ball, oratory, and declamation. Eight of our men were on the football squad and one of them, Schneider, made the first team that season. In January, 1925, we held our first class meeting, electing the follow- ing officers: Floyd Gladish, President, Florence Sheets, Vice-Presidentg Albert Schneider, Secretary, and Helen Vermillion, Treasurer. Being true Missourians, we selected Black and Gold, as our class colors, with the yellow tea-rose as our class flower. Our number was reduced to thirty-three at the beginning of our Sopho- more year. Many were the triumphs we won as Sophomores. We had five football letter men, namely: Schneider, Jenkins, Atchley, Gladish, and Preuitt g and one letter girl, Caroline Schmidt, on the basket ball team. Our entrant in oratory, Evelyn Truesdale, won first over a large field of Seniors. She also won in the County Contest. Caroline Schmidt was elected by the student body as the Best Girl Student Athlete for the 1926 Bluebird. We started our Junior year with high expectations. Early in the seaf son work was begun on the Junior-Senior banquet. We gave a play, The Lottery Man, to provide funds for this entertainment. We as Juniors set high standards. Our class emblem has been adopted as the High .School emblem. Six of our boys won football letters, namely: Atchley, Schneider, Jenkins. Forderhase, Pevestorff, and Albers. One girl, Caroline Schmidt, won a place on the basket ball team. We also lead in the oratorical contest, by Evelyn Truesdale's victory over three boys. A shift was made in our class officers with the following results- Florence Sheets, President, Ervin Forderhase, Vice-President, Jack Smith, Secretary g and Helen Vermillion, Treasurer. - Our Senior year was exciting in every respect. Early in the year we elected the Annual Staff, and it started work immediately. Seven of our boys, Atchley, Pevestorff, Wehrman, Albers, Huddleston, Forderhase, and Gladish, won football letters. Atchley served the team as captain. Two girls, Caroline and Irene Schmidt, won basket ball letters. Caroline served the team as an efficient captain. Caroline and Vernes were elected by the student body as the leading athletes of the year. The following girls were chosen as Senior representatives to the Razzers Club-Frances Dennis, Caroline Schmidt, Evelyn Truesdale, Mary Celeste Wollenman, and Beth Neale, of which Caroline was elected leader. It is the ardent wish of the Class Historian that our class may be just as staunch and true to our ideals in the school of life as we have been in the school of learning. Evelyn Truesdale, Historian ' PAFF 19 '