Humboldt High School - Life Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Here, put on this coat and helmet, Jack instructed, as they entered the little monoplane. l'It's kinda breezy up in the clouds. you know. Now then, all set? Uh-huh, and I'm just excited to death. This is splendid of you, Jack. A'Not a bit of it, that gentleman replied gaily. A whir of the propellors, a slight jolt, and the little, red monoplane left the ground. Up, up it soared, until it pierced the clouds. I-Iow does it ride? Jack called above' the noise of the motors. l'WonderfulY I hate to go down, Violet answered. Well, this won't be the last ride for you, if I can help it, Jack replied. Slowly, the plane floated down to earth, like some winged eagle in descent. Jack climbed out and helped Violet to alight. For once Violet abandoned her shyness. A'Thanks a thousand times: it's been the thrill of a lifetime. Only, where in the wide world did you get a plane, and how did you learn to fly? Well, you know, graduation means presents, and so Dad asked me a long time ago what I wanted. Well, I told him I wanted a plane more than any- thing. So he got me a plane and signed up for a lesson course. Jack and Violet went home in Jack's roadster. This won't be your last flight with me, will it, Vi? Jack asked appealingly. UNO, I should say not-I mean-er-if you don't want it to be, Violet replied. - I should hope not, Jack protested vehemently. HSay, I don't know if I should tell you this or not, but everyone said you were awfully shy and timid. I think you're a good sport-and you would make a splendid girl- friend, Jack added mischievously. HYou went sky-high with me the first time I really met you. ' And Violet forgot that she had ever been bashful. Our Garden The loveliest spot in all the world, The spot where I love to go Is our garden, so fragrant and warm and sweet, Where all of the flowers grow. There are buttercups, daisies, and holly-hocks, too, 'Mid sweet forget-me-nots blue, And sweet, pale roses of delicate pink, Near pansies of every hue. The bees buzz busily o'er the flowers While the sun hovers soft and low, Making our garden a Paradise And-a spot where I love to go. Dorothy Schroeder. Pagr Eight

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Sky-High BY Jl2ANl?'l 1'li Al:RliUDENl5liRG HY Violet Monroe. 1 senior at Vwfoodbridge High, gazed moodily out of the study hall window. Lessons, lessons, nothing but lessons and no fun attached. Why don't l get the 'breaks' once in a while and get asked to a party? she thought. Rosemary and Janet and Ruth were constantly being asked some- where. Just last period Janet had told her she had a date for that evening with one of the school's 'Asheiksf' Well, she would just have to wait, that was all. It was a fine, spring day not long after this post-mortem of herself, that Violet decided to go down to the airport and watch the planes take off. She was intensely interested in aviation: and as each plane left the ground, a thrill of exultation and freedom ran through her. Gee, it must be glorious to fly a plane, she thought. Suddenly, a smiling, helmet-clad pilot was approaching. Why, it was Jack Tully, voted the handsomest boy in the senior class. Violet turned to see whom he was smiling at behind her, The field was empty. Could it be4Violet smiled back. g i 4 1- X , - - -K3 r X cl g ,', lg Li Z1 , ' , ese, . f -p ,KM ,ff I 'i ,,k f X' K 1 '7.g7f2r:53-' X ' f 1 ! 4 . I S Aida! il w. , N' sf eww A ' 3 , l X t ' ' I s x pix 'Ll as X K ,af 2-E - F f -4- iiiii 22: t' ' ti - ,, iQ?.,-e,,,:Ti- I-li. Violet. want to go for a sky ride? The air's swell high up. lt's a keen day for a hop. lVly little plane is this red one over here, he elucidated, all in a split-second. Why, I'd love to, Jack, answered Violet, with her heart in her eyes. But -she finished in confusion. A'But what? lt's the greatest sport on earth. Come on. All right, Jack, she assented. lt seemed funny to be calling him Jack. Why, he had never even spoken to her before. Page Seven

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W Senior Statistics HAT would you say if someone told you that Shakespeare was chosen as the favorite author of the Glass of 1930 and that Zane Grey ran a close second? Shakespeare and Zane Greyf Fate chuckled as it played that joke on the venerable seniors. And, do you know, there must be something in precedent as the seniors have again chosen blue as their favorite color. There surely must be a reason for this, but it is too subtle for us. Green and red were the second and third preferences, a fact which goes to show only that the seniors are really quite childlike and unsophisticated at heart. Amongst our little women are Lilly Cooper and Edna Bercovitz. Lilly is only five feet tall, and Violet Stassen surmounts her by eight and one half inches. Violet is the tallest girl. Leonard Mason tops all the other boys by one and one-half inches. He is six feet, two and one-half inches-indeed a goodly height. Elmer Schmidt is even shorter than any of the girls, he is only four feet, nine inches. Most of the students were born in St. Paul or surrounding small towns: however, Fred Hafiz came all the way from Brazil to graduate in St. Paul, and James Wilkus came from Sitka, Alaska. The statistics show that all the girls dance except four. We, having taken the statistics, could not say they were wrong. Some of the boys did not even bother to answer the question about dancing, but the greater majority of those who did answer dance. Most of the girls have chosen stenography as their work, but we have one or two that have decided upon aviation as a field to do pioneer work in, and we even have one who aspires to be a beauty specialist. Perhaps she feels that beauty conquers all. The greater number of the boys are undecided as to their life work. They are looking things over, so to speak. However, some have decided on such varied things as architectual engineering. music, medicine, sci- ence, forestry, and aviation. The question Would you go to college if you could? elicited an almost unanimous 'Ayes answer, but a few, and, surprisingly, there were several more girls than boys, havelhad enough of this noble pastime and would not enter college if they could. Minerva Rose was chosen by the boys as the most popular senior girl: our editor objected to our having this published, but her objection was over- ruled. The boys believe Margaret Johnson is the prettiest senior girl, and the girls think that Hugo Schroeckenstein is the handsomest boy and Bill Haedrick, the most popular. Minerva Rose and Allan Carnes were selected as the most courteous girl and boy. Ben Hur and 'Sunny Side Up are the movies that the seniors have enjoyed most. The class preferences are varied, to say the least. 'Ben Hur and Sunny Side Up I Shakespeare and Zane Grey! Given an opportunity to spend their vacation anywhere they liked, the seniors would travel. This travel has been chosen by every class, and I think it is chosen because it spells mystic adventure to each and every one of us. Almina Sloat. Page Nine