Humboldt High School - Nokomis Yearbook (Humboldt, IA)

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5 1 L ss E , i ni 1 1. wif Ng GUARDIANS OF THE BRIDGE There follows after 'me today A youth whose feet must pass this way. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim, Good frirmt, I am building this hrirlge for him.

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'Wliif Wi fi . LQ gf 'f L - in ' t - '-A RINGS OF GROWTH Ii ix imfresting to note that: Ten years ago, when our new building was erected, our high school enrollment was 140, it is now 272. In the first graduating class there were two membersg in our graduating class this year there are 47. Graduates of our high school have attended S0 different colleges extending from within Canada to New Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In 1927 our team won the state debate cup. In 1914 our dramatic contestant won first in the state contest. Four others have reached the final event. Our declam. students have won the sub-county declam. contest ten years in succession, from 1922 to 1931 inclusive. In 1928 our basketball team won the Little Nine tournament. In 1927 and 1928 we won the Class A sectional tournament. In three years we have had 19 representatives in the academic meet at Iowa City. Eight of these won honor places. Our year book, the Nokomis, received an Excellent rating in 1930 and 1931. In various nation-wide contests our students have won a medal, three cash and several miscellaneous prizes. Among our alumni are two judges. One of our star athletes won sixteen athletic letters while in college. One of our graduates is a missionary in Burma and two others have positions in China. OUR 193 1-32 GROWTH In 1931, six students represented H. H. S. in eight subjects at the state academic meet at Iowa City. Honor rating was received in two of these subjects. Our school as a whole ranked fourth in the state and second in the district, for which' accomplishment we received two trophies. In 1931 the senior typing team placed third in the sectional contest, and the junior typists won first. In 1932 the senior team placed third. In the state-wide music contest three soloists, the girls' glee club, and boys' octette were entries in the district contest, and one soloist represented us in the state meet. In 1931 our basketball team won the county championship. This year we were successful in winning the Big Six declam. cup for the third time in succession. Three of our declam. students participated in the pre-district contest, and one represented H. H. S. in the district and won second in the state contest. One CXCCIHPO- raneous speaker won over all in the district meet, and competed in the state. The debate team lost the district tournament by one point, only. Our 1931-32 basketball team was runner-up in the Little Nine tournament. Two soloists represented H. I-I. S. in the district music contest. page eight