Hudson High School - True Blue Yearbook (Hudson, WI)

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HgpresentatiDe Senior 1939 ROBERT FORSYTHE (IT is fitting that Bob should have been selected by the faculty ' as Hudson’s most representative senior for 1939, for he has developed so many of those outstanding qualities that the title of “representative senior” implies. He has been an excellent student, has been a leader in school activities as shown by the fact that he was elected all school president, and he has had that fine type of character that would make his school justly proud of him. His activities have been varied and he has made unus- ual progress in many of them, especially in debate, extempor- aneous speaking, journalistic activities, and dramatic work. For these reasons the faculty is proud to present the award to a student who is so deserving of the honor. 17

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FLORENCE RICHIE Girls’ Athletics 3, 4. SAM RICHIE Football 2, 3, 4; Co-captain 4; B Bas- ketball 2, 3: Hi Y 2. 3, 4; Jr. High Athletics 1; Baseball 3, 4; Student Council 4. GEORGE RUESINK Boxing 3; Hi Y 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2; Band 1, 2; Football 4; B Bas- ketball 3. ELBERT SANDBERG Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Operetta 1, 4; Jr. High Athletics 1. PHYLLIS SCHUSTER G. A. C. 1. ELMO SHEA Boxing 3, 4: Debate 1, 2; Football 2, 4; Hi Y 2, 3, 4; Tachoperas 4. WILLIS SOLHEIM Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Football 3, 4: Basketball 4; Hi Y 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 3; Operetta 4; Jr. High Athletics 1; Baseball 3. FRANK TRUDELL Mixed Chorus 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi Y 4; Operetta 2, 4; Playground 3, 4; Student Council 4; Stage Manager 2, 3, 4. SII IRLEY STAUFFACHER Girls’ Athletics 1. 2, 3, 4. WILLIAM WRIGHT Mixed Chorus 4; Glee Club 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Debate 1, 2; Declamation 1, 2; One Act Play 1, 2, 4; All School Play 2; True Blue Staff 4; Hi Y 3, 4; Christmas Pageant 1, 2, 3; Operetta 4; Playground 4; Tachoperas 4; Ten- nis 3. 4. PAUL THOMPSON Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Debate 1; Foot- ball 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3; Class Officer 1; Organization Officer 4: Hi Y 2, 3. 4; Operetta 1, 4; Jr. High Athletics 1; Tennis 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 3. 4; Contest Solo 2, 3, 4. JOSEPH YOUNG Football 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Cap- tain 4; Jr. High Athletics 1; Baseball 3. 4; Hi Y 2, 3. 4: Tachoperas 4.

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Class of ’39 11E close of the 1938-’39 school year brings the end of the high school career of another group of Hudson seniors. “Men at some time are mas- ters of their fate”, and the senior class has successfully built up to this turning point of their lives through four years of work and play in Hudson High School and are now prepared to be the “masters of their fate.” The high school career of the senior class began in September, 1935, with an enrollment of seventy. Paul Thompson was elected as first class presi- dent; Frances Olson, vice president; Jane Hurst, secretary; and Lois Mae Berg, treasurer. Miss Selle, who became a member of the high school faculty at the same time we entered high school, was chosen to serve as class adviser. Early in the fall we were formally initiated and entertained by the seniors at the freshman-senior party. During our first year many of the class concentrated only on studying, others entered musical and forensic activities, and still others took part in ath- letics. We maintained a very high standing on the semester honor rolls, and had many students in both choral and instrumental musical activities. Joe Young and John Harlander became regular members of the high school B bas- ketball team and six freshmen played on the junior high basketball squad. Merle Michaelson was selected as an alternate on the debate team which repre- sented Hudson at Chippewa Falls. Receiving first place in the local humorous declamatory contest, Esther Solheim represented our school at the league for- ensic meet at River Falls. Merle Michaelson, president; Wesley Erickson, vice president: James Gullickson, secretary; Orlando Holway, treasurer; and Miss Selle were selected to the class offices in our sophomore year. Orlando Holway, Esther Solheim, Merle Michaelson, and Dorothea Lyksett represented Hudson in the 1937 league forensic contest. George Spencer, John Harlander, Sam Richie, and Paul Thompson represented the sophomore class on the football squad. Young and Harlander both advanced to the regular high school basketball team and Holly Merrell and Bob Forsythe gained the distinction of being selected to debate on the high school district debate team. Class officers in our junior year were John Harlander, president; James Gullickson, vice president; Merle Michaelson. secretary; and Wesley Erickson, treasurer. John Harlander and Sam Richie were elected co-captains of the 1938 football squad. Our class was again well represented in debate for Holly Merrell, Bob Forsythe, and Lyle Baer were made members of the district de- bate team. Florence Jelinek was sent to Milwaukee earlier in the year to read an original English essay over the radio; she also placed first in the local de- clamatory contest. Bob Forsythe and Merle Michaelson participated in the ex- temporaneous speaking contest in Eau Claire. On January 7 the junior and sophmore classes held a dinner and danc- ing party. The party, attended by ninety-eight students, was considered one of the outstanding social successes of the school year. An old fashioned veranda-garden scene formed the setting for the Junior Prom staged by our class for the seniors. The general arrangements committee was composed of Merese Guiswite, Florence Jelinek, Frances Olson, Dorothea Lyksett, James Gullickson, Wesley Erickson, Merle Michaelson, and John Harlander. In September of our senior year our class entertained the freshmen at a dinner dance and later held a basket social with the sophomores. Five of the six district debaters were seniors and Bob Forsythe was selected in the league extemporaneous speaking contest to enter the district meet. Three sen- iors were selected to participate in the school dec amatory contest and of these Florence Jelinek and Dorothea Lyksett entered the league finals. Football letters were awarded to Harlander, Richie, and Dick Brunelle. Twenty-six percent of the c ass had memberhsip in the concert band and an equally large number took part in glee club and mixed chorus. The honor roll of the senior class is one of the largest of the senior classes for many years. RgSUnUL;