Imbler High School - Golden Reveries Yearbook (Imbler, OR)

Text from Pages 1 - 40 of the 1943 volume:

IMBLER HIGH SCHOOL ALBERT HOPKINS, Superintendent Class Motto: Keep ’em rolling; Keep ’em flying; Keep Democracy from dying.” Class Colors: Red and White Class Flower: Red and White Carnations ? ’V GRADUATES CELIA V. LLOYD DONNA FERN HEISXER AREA LARIE LAX MAN JACK RICHARD BURTON JEAN ANN CONRAD JESSIE MAY GILLHAM IX)ROTHEA LOUISE HOPKINS BETHEL MAE YANDERMCLEN GEORGE RAGSDALE LLOYD RAY GERMAN JACK HAVEKOST CHARLES ELBERT RHOADS EDWIN LEE O’MOHUXDRO ROY OMAR WELLS ROBERT LYLE WILSON CURTIS J. ROPER SENIOR MEMORIES PUBLISHED by the SENIOR CLASS of the IMBLER HIC.II SCH(X)L 194:1 EDITOR: DONNA HEISNEK FOREWORD At the close of the school year, 1942-43, the Senior Class of the lmbler hit'll school has passed one more milestone in its steady development and progress. Outstanding among the many achievements our Seniors have participated in contests with other schools in basketball, baseball, music, dramatics, volleyball, and other inter-school activities. As our Seniors leave tin1 high school, they are desirous of a small record of their high school days. We have tried to preserve this record in the few pages that we have. We want to include those persons who have faithfully served the class. The editor feels that our Seniors embody the spirit of our school, and that with the passing of the years it will bring a host of happy memories to our students, and will arouse long-forgotten dreams of those quickly gone, but ever appreciated, high school days. The panther, the symbol of our school and school spirit. Memories that come up through the years from our high school building and gymnasium will weave a tapestry among us in which days stand out like bright beads against the grey of an Indian blanket. Memories of our high school buildings will be remembered because of the background of beautiful fibres of those high school days. The location of the Imbler high school, amid inspiring mountain scenes, is a most favored one. We feel that this location affords clearness of vision and breadth of view—a fact that we may expect to find reflected in the high aspiration and superior achievement of our seniors. 'I'he class of 1943, finishing its four-year standard course of study, has fulfilled, and we are sure they will continue to fulfill, this expectation in gratifying degree. IMBLER SCHOOL BOARD Mr. Oscar Howell, chairman of the School Board, is finishing his sixth year and during this period has stood by us in all our activities; helped to promote the welfare in general, and make our school achieve its present status. Mr. Claude Hale, serving his third term on our school board has been a loyal member and has always worked faithfully for the interest of our students to make our institution better and greater. Mr. F. C. Hunt, a new member of our hoard, has just been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Harold Bingaman. We wish to congratulate Mr. Hunt on this appointment and know that he will assist in carrying out our activities and to help maintain our high standards. Mr. Leonard Billings, our clerk since 1929, has handled all the business of the clerk’s office with great efficiency, which is necessary in any organization. He has done much to promote the welfare of our school. FACULTY MU. ALBERT HOPKINS. SUPERINTENDENT Hioloyy, Or ient at ion Diploma. Oregon College of Education 1932; Bachelor of Arts degree. The College of Idaho 1938; graduate work, Oregon State College. Imbler High School 1939 MISS ADELAIDE KETCH CM Home Economics, Commercial Bachelor of Science degree. Oregon State College 1941; graduate work. Oregon State College. Imbler High School 1942 MR. IVAN PARKER fhif lish. Econamics Bachelor of Arts degree, t’niversity of Oregon 1941. Graduate work at the I’niversity of Oregon. linbler High Sch H� l 1942 MISS KM 11.1 A MICHAKLSON Mathematics, Scicncc Diploma, San Jose Teacher’s College 1918; Bachelor of Arts degree. I’ni-versity of Oregon 1926; graduate work, University of Washington. Imbler High School 1942 MR. NKIMII A. ANDERSON Custodian Inibler High School 1928 MR. RAYMOND WEATHERSPOON Hand, (ilcc Clubs Diploma. Eastern Oregon College of Education 1939. Special Music Certificate. State Department of Education 1942. Inibler High School 1942 MR. DONALD INGALLS Hoys Athletics, Physical Education Certificate. North Dakota Teacher's College 1932. Diploma. Oregon College of Education 1942. Special Physical Education Certificate, State Department of Education 1942. Inibler High School 1942 AWARDS SENIOR HONORARY AWARDS Co-Valedictorian____________________Jack Burton Co-Valedictorian___________________________Aria Lanman Salutatorian______________________________Donna Heisner PA RENT-T K ACH EH ASS( )CIATI' )N (SIFTS Gifts were given to seniors who have made an all-around record during the four years in the Imbler high school. Two girls and one boy have been selected to receive this honor. Jean Ann Conrad Donna Heisner Lloyd German WILLIAM H. DANFORTH AWARDS Two copies of the book I Dark You”, written by Mr. William H. Danforth was presented to two outstanding seniors, one boy and one girl, the selection being made by tin faculty. Lloyd German Donna Heisner STUDENT BODY AWARDS Awards were given to seniors who made an interesting record in some particular field. These; awards are sun-ray medals with a deposit of 24K gold. Scholarship---Aria Lanman, Jack Burton Activities______________________Edwin O’Mohundro Dramatics_____________Jean Ann Conrad Music ____________________Celia Lloyd School Spirit___________________Donna Heisner Librarian____________________Dorothea Hopkins President_______________________Lloyd German LETTERMAN’S CLUB AWARDS (Jutstanding in Basketball Sportsmanship____________ Outstanding in Baseball--. Edwin O’Mohundro ________Roy Wells ____Lloyd German BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY. THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF MAY NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-THREE WADE HALL IMBLER, OREGON ★★★ PROGRAM I R(XL'ESSK NA1__________________SHIRLEY HIBBKRI SONO., He Leafleth Me”..------------ .CONGREGATION INVOCATION_______________MR. LEONARD BILLINGS SCRIPTURE____________________MR. ANDREW PAROZ SONG. “O Lord Most Holy”________BOYS’ GLEE CLUB ADDRESS, “Clear Vision _______________REV. AR 1 HI R J. SI ANITA Minister. First Christian Church. I.a Grande B. S., University of Oregon: B. I).. Colgate-Rochester Pivinity School. New York SONG, “God Be With You .CONGREGATION BENEDICTION MR. J. S. LLOYD COMMENCEMENT WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MAY NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-THREE WADE HALL IMBLER, OREGON PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL______________________________SHIRLEY HIBBERD INVOCATION________________________MR. J. S. LLOYD SONG, Indian Love Call”______—SHIRLEY HIBBERI) Celia Lloyd, Accompanist SALUTATORIAN ADDRESS, “To Keep Us Free”__________________DONNA HEISNER PRESENTATION OF AWARDS________MR. ALBERT HOPKINS Superintendent, Imbler Public Schools CO-VALEDICTORIAN ADDRESS, “We Highly Resolve”________AREA LAN MAN- SONG, “Indian Dawn”________________________DOUBLE QUARTET Celia Lloyd, Accompanist CO-VALEDICTORIAN ADDRESS, “That America Might Live”__JACK BURTON COMMENCEMENT ADI)RESS, “Major Struggles in American History”_DR. JAMES MILLAR Field Director, Presbyterian Board of Christian Education; B. D.. Southwestern Seminary; M. A., Colorado State College; Th. D., Denver University. Graduate Work, University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS______MR. OSCAR HOWELL Chairman, Imbler School Board RESPONSE TO RECEIVING DIPLOMAS— LLYOl) GERMAN- BENEDICTION_________________MR. LEONARD BILLINGS RECESSIONAL----------------------SHIRLEY IIIBBERD CLASS LLOYD ('.HUMAN Basketball 3. 4 Baseball 2. 3. 4 Dramatics 3. 4 ('lass President 3, 4 Lett rman’s Club President 3. 4 Student Body President 3 F. F. A. President 3 F. F. A. Vice President 2. 4 Class Vice President 1 F. F. A. Judging Team 2. 3 Parlimentary Procedure Team 2, 3 Annual Staff 3 Paper Staff 3, 4 UOY WELLS Baseball Manager 2. 3 Dramatics 3. 4 Baseball 4 F. F. A. I. 2. 3. 4 JACK HAVEKOST Basketball Manager 4 F. F. A. 1. 2. 3, 4 Band 2. 3. 4 (Bee Club 1 CELIA LLOYD Band I. 2. 3. 4 Art Editor (Annual) 3 Volley Ball 2. 3. 1 Dramatics 1. 2. 3, 4 Paper Staff 2. 3. 4 (llee Club 2, 3. 4 Class Secretary 4 (iirls’ League Delegate 3 Orchestra I (iirls’ League 1. 2, 3. 4 Student Body Pianist 2. 3. 4 BETHEL VANDEKMCLEX Volley Ball 3 Band Majorette 3 (•iris’ League 1, 2. 3, 4 DONNA IIEISNER Volley Ball 1, 2. 3. 4 Band 3. 4 Class President 2 Ass’t Editor of Paper 3 Editor of Paper 4 Dramatics 1, 2. 3. 4 (iirls’ League Delegate 3 Ass't Editor of Annual 3 Editor of Senior Book 4 Student Council 3, 4 Yell Leader 2 Paper Staff I. 3. 4 (iirls’ League 1. 2. 3. 4 Kl O MOHl XDRO Dramatics 1. 3. 4 Basketball 2. 3. 4 F. I '. A. Vrice President 3 F. F. A. President 4 Glee Club 1. 3. 4 Ass’t Manager 3. Manager 4 Judging Team 2. 3 I '. F. A. Delegate to Kansas City 3 Orchestra 1 Band 2. 3. 4 Annual Staff 3. 4 Student Council 2. 3. 4 JFAX ANN CONRAD Dramatics 1. 2. 3. 4 Paper Staff 2. 3. 4 Yell Leader 1. 2 Band 2. 3 Orchestra 1 Volley Ball I. 2. 3 Student Body Treasurer 3 Student Council 3 Girls’ League 1, 2. 3. 4 Declamation I Girls’ League Delegate 3 Glee Club 4 Class Secretary 1 Class Vice President 2 JACK BURTON Dramatics 1. 2, 3. I C lass President 1 Vice President Student Body 3 Councilman 2. I Basketball Manager 1 Basketball 3. 4 Baseball 2. 3 Glee Club 4 Paper Staff 3. 4 GKORGK RACiSDALK F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. 4 Shop 3. 4 CURTIS ROPKR Basketball Manager 3 Baseball Manager 3 Lettermans’ Club 3 BOB WILSON Ciirls’ league 1. 2, 3, 4 Home Ec Club 1. 3. 4 Class Treasurer 1 Dramatics I. 2, 3. 4 Paper Staff 4 Student Council 4 Class Vice President 3. 4 AULA LAWMAN Stud nt Body Secretary 2. 3 C lass Secretary 2. 3 Paper Staff 1. 3. 4 Annual Staff 1. 4 Class Treasurer 2 Dramatics 3 Ciirls League 1, 2. 3. 4 CIIARLKS RHOADS Band 2. 3. 4 Orchestra I Basketball 3. 4 Vice President Student Body 4 (•lee Club 2 K. I '. A. Treasurer 3. 4 Lettermans Club Sec'y-Treasurer 4 Baseball 4 F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. 4 DOROTHLA HOPKINS Dramatics I. 2. 3. 4 (•iris’ League Vice President 3 ('.iris' League President I Volley Ball 1. 2. 3. 4 Band Majorette 3 Girls’ League Delegate 3 Paper Staff 3. I (‘lass Treasurer 3 (‘.iris’ League 1. 2, 3. 4 CLASS WILL We, tin members of tin senior class of the Imbler liijjfh school, realizing that our days as students of the Imbler high school are about to end, and desiring to make disposal of our property and belongings, do declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking any wills by us made during our junior year. Article One—It is our desire that our alma mater benefit as much as possible by our domicile in the high school, and we therefore leave the bulk of our estate to the high school. We realize that what we are leaving is nothing to compare in value with what we are taking away from high school. Any small contribution that we may have been able to make cannot compensate the school for what it has done for us. Article Two—Feeling very affectionate towards the junior ('lass, it is our desire that this class inherit all of our mental capacity in order that the said junior class may have no difficulty in measuring up mentally to the high requirements set for senior classes. Article Three—We hereby will and bequeath to tin students of the high school our request that they strive to be as loyal to the school as we have been; and that they earnestly try to be worthy students of the high school even as we have been. Article Tour—We have a very deep feeling for members of the faculty of our fair school. It is our desire4 that they have many many years of happy teaching among students of our caliber. We feel that we have been a great help to the faculty members, for from our answers on tests and in class the faculty has probably learned many facts not before known, and never adjudged as accurate. Article Five—We believe in this great country in which we reside. We therefore pledge the students of this high school to follow in our ways and footsteps that they too. may be patriotic citizens. That is the4 way of all of this educational theory and machine- to make good citizens. Article Six—We express a regret that we have not applied our energy more along scholastic linos than we have. However, we feel that participation in student activities is just as important as books if one wishes to be a well rounded citizen. We can buy books later on if we need them: but we shall never be able to buy the pleasant associations which have been ours during our days of high school. Article Seven--We wish that we might have more to leave. Yet if we did, inheritance taxes would dig deeply into the corpus of our estate. Article Eight—To the people of this community who have helped us along the way we leave loads of thanks and appreciation. Article Nine—The balance, residue, and remainder of our estate, if any. we leave to the poor little freshmen, struggling students who some day will become seniors. In making this bequest we are not unmindful of the sophomores. They’ll got by for themselves. Article Ten—Our best wishes for the future art left to all. Individual Bequests IV e, now, us itidizriduals, will the following: I, Celia Lloyd, being of sound mind and sound body, do hereby will my height to Billy Lanman. He needs it. I, Donna Heisner, having a weakness for student body presidents, will my ability to “pitch woo” to Duane Schwebke. I, Area Lanman, being of weak back and strong mind, do hereby will my 5' 3 of American Womanhood to Mary Furman. I, Jack Burton, being of strong back and lacking of mind, will my ability to whistle at the girls to Wesley Conrad. 1, Jessie May Gillham, having a weakness for track stars, do hereby will my perfect English to Kenneth Rollins. 1, Jean Ann Conrad, being of strong will power and a very stubborn mind, do hereby will my ability to hold two men at once to Annette Paroz. I, Dorothea Hopkins, being possessed of unstable equilibrium at moments, do hereby will my ability to get my own way to Lolita Smith. I, Bethel Vandermulen, having an unconquerable liking for fast and reckless drivers, do hereby will my bow legs and pretty knees to Arlene Reed. I, George Ragsdale, being both mindless and spineless, do hereby will my ability to sling paint and hang paper to Rose Marie Hopkins. I, Lloyd German, being in love with most office girls, do hereby will my full-wit to the half-wit Junior class. I, Jack Havecost, being of no mind and strong body, do hereby will my feminine charms to John Couzens. 1, Charles Rhoads, being light-headed and hollow chested, do hereby will my bashful ways and gentlemanly manners—when girls are around— to Don Hill. 1, Edwin O’Mohundro, having a weakness for blondes, do hereby will my ability to take the opposite viewpoint and win the argument, to Floyd Daniels, Jr. 1, Roy Wells, having just won third prize in a beauty contest, do hereby will my handsome features and good looks to Bob Ragsdale. 1, Robert Wilson, having a weakness for well-groomed hair, do hereby will my vasoline hair-oil and lucky tiger hair tonic to Marion Spencer. I, Curtis Roper, having an unconquerable love for the fat ladies, do hereby will my 5' G x 5' G blond lassie in La Grande to Orlin Fitzgerald. A Look Into the Crystal Ball A cruise of the world is being organized. One thousand people are expected to go. leaving Miami. Florida, at 3:30 next Wednesday morning. In charge of the cruise will be Mr. Albert Hopkins. Scene: The -leading city at the south pole. There is a big cele- bration. They have just elected a mayor. How mayor Roy Wells can take it. And there’s his wife, our old friend, Celia V. Lloyd. My, she seems proud of the mayor. Scene: A night club on Broadway in New York. That head wait- er looks familiar. What do you know about it? There’s my old friend Charles Rhoads. That couple he is showing to a table looks much like Jean Ann Conrad, who used to go to Imbler high school. That must be her husband, the Count of Monte Cristo. Scene: An exclusive fashion shop in Chicago. Madame Aria Lan- man is the owner and active manager. That cute looking stylist who shows off all the latest Paris creations is Jessie Gillham. Scene: A meeting of the President’s cabinet in Washington. When we knew George Ragsdale as a boy no one would ever have guessed that one day he could be secretary of the treasury. Look at him now. with his top hat and cane, sitting there with all the big statesmen. Well, maybe there is a chance for all of us. Scene: A late afternoon in a tropical city. The owner of a large banana plantation sits on his porch. That face looks familiar. We used to know him as Edwin O’Mohundro. Scene: A fashionable beach resort. An afternoon tea is in prog- ress. The hostess for the afternoon is Donna Heisner, who is entertaining at her million dollar home4. It seems that she married a rich old fellow, and he died and left her his fortune. Can she spend it? Scene: A school building. Grown men and women dressed as boys and girls. A re-union is in progress. The members of the 1943 class of the Imbler high school have gathered for a re-union to renew old friendships of years gone by. What a happy scene! Aren’t they all having a wonderful time! And these previews you have just seen, ladies and gentlemen, are taken from the news reel which will bo shown at this theatre on September .1, fifteen years hence. We know that you will not want to miss the feature. Seats will sell at the usual customary price that seats in assembly arc4 sold to freshmen by upper classmen. o seats will be reserved. First come first served. Class Prophecy PREVIEWS OF TOMORROW I am sure that you all like to go to a show and see the preview of coming attractions which are to be offered at the theatre. I believe also that you are interested in the coming events and attractions that are to have members of the senior class of 1943. Imbler high school, as the actors. The management of the class has therefore arranged for your enjoyment and entertainment at this time a description of coming attractions of the years as they affect the members of the worthy senior class, now graduating from the Imbler high school. Here we are in tin world of tomorrow. Walking down Broadway, New York, is the world’s greatest comedian, Bob Wilson. He has made a fortune just telling funny stories and making the world laugh. Over in radio city the broadcast of the gossip is going on. That rapid fire talker with the musical voice of the air is Bethel Vandermulen. It is said that she gets $3,(XX) a night for her broadcast, livery ether wave is full of her sayings. Better be careful. One might climb into your ear. Are you wanting a place to eat? Why not try the little cafe just around the corner. A good fish dinner for $5.(X), or a hamburger sandwich for $1.25. No wonder Curtis Roper gave up the title of the world’s welter weight to go in for feeding people at those prices. Why, at the hot cake stand back in the old home town, Jack Burton will sell you a sizzling hot hamburger for five cents. The medal of award for distinguished service is to be awarded we hear to Jack Havekost. That little bundle of brains discovered a way to extract energy from a snowflake, and make enough electric current to make the water flow uphill at Niagara Falls. Will wonders never cease? An advertisement in the Chicago paper says that you can buy cellophane suits made to order at the Dorothea Hopkins Cello-suit Company on Michigan Blvd. The suits arc quite popular. Save washing and cleaning bills. They sell for $17.98 and last a lifetime. The largest ranch in the world is said to be located between two undiscovered mountain ranges of Utah. On the ranch the largest seedless, juiceless, peelingless oranges in the world are grown. 9.135L carloads wore shipped out last week. The owner of the ranch is Lloyd Gorman. He made his money to buy the ranch by selling peanuts on tin street of a mid-western city at a penny a sack. Senior Class History Four years ago, a group of very green but ambitious young people entered the doors of the Imbler high school and embarked upon the gigantic task of earning the necessary sixteen credits towards graduation. The class started its high school activities by becoming guests at the welcoming Freshman reception after our initiation that lasted a full day. Mr. Albert Hopkins, his first year at the Imbler high school, l ecame our class advisor. Under his leadership we walked away with all honors of the year. Competing against all other classes, we won the one-act play contest by a large margin of votes, a feat that had never lxren accomplished before by a Freshman class. The senior class nosed us out by a few points in the pep contest. During our sophomore year we again drew Mr. Albert Hopkins as our class advisor. What a record we made! What grades we captured!! What traditions we upset!!! It was here that we accomplished the brave deed upon which our lasting fame may rest. We discovered a method of lx ing able to get through classes without the use of textbooks. We discovered a method that has never before lx en used by students. We learned how to bluff—or at least we thought we were bluffing until the faculty dished out the grades. After that we revised our plan and decided perhaps a little study would lx beneficial to the future history of our grade cards. It was in our sophomore year that we again walked off with honors in the one-act play contest. This year we also won the student Ixxly pep contest. Other classes lx?gan to notice we were present. Someone said something about nothing being so rare as a day in June. But let me tell you there’s no grand and glorious feeling like the one we had the day we became Juniors. Of all the classes in the school—this is the favored class. ou see the Seniors are afraid of them because if the seniors mistreat the juniors the may not get any banquet. The sophomores are afraid of the Juniors because the) live in hopes that they may get a chance to eat the crumbs left from the banquet. The freshmen just don’t know any lx tter than to like the juniors. The faculty. « f course, likes all the classes and that includes the Juniors. So the junior class is tin most popular class in school—or, that is. it was while we were juniors. Stepping up the ladder with us was our advisor. Mr. Hopkins. Again we proved the stuff that was within us by walking off with the one-act play contest for the third consecutive year by a larger vote margin than ever before. And the pep contest, why certainly we won it, too. Our Junior year was rounded out with the usual parties, sponsor of the junior-senior banquet, etc. Our three-act play, Aunt Kmma Sees It Through” was played to a large audience and declared by those who were present as the “best ever”. There’s a motto which reads. If you want to get to the top. keep climbing'. That’s what we did. Mr. Hopkins, our class advisor, was elected superintendent of our schools and continued to advise us during our senior year. See where we are today. The senior class is monarch of all it surveys—it rules the Imbler high school. It takes all the honors. It gets all the diplomas. The whole community turns out for graduation. The seniors art the center of attraction again. Our class has made a record from a standpoint of scholastic records and school activities. Four of our classmen have chalked up some of the best grade scores that have been left on the records. After four years of earnest endeavor we have attained great achievements, and although we are glad to graduate, we know we will often wish we could return to good « 1 1 Imbler high school. Our Class UDr By Lloyd German. Senior Class 1943 Twelve years ago the members of tonight’s graduating class launched out upon their career of public education. In many respects we have failed to reach the high standards set by out parents and our teachers. Yet we are glad that they set no lower standards for us than they did. By setting those standards far above our reach we have made more progress than would have otherwise been possible. We have outgrown our own efforts in our endeavor to reach the goals set for us. We have pursued the duties of our school days much as most students do. We can look back now and see where hours have been lost and efforts were wasted. Experience is a dear teacher. There is perhaps not a member of this class hut if the choice were given him would make a wiser use of the educational facilities at his command than he has done up to this time. Time puts wiser heads on tffe shoulders of youth. We come to the hour of our commencement with no apology. We have done the best we could do as we saw it with our inexperienced minds. We have made the most of the opportunities that were given us as we saw our talents to use. We have faithfully pursued the course of study that we might be awarded our diplomas. Yet our diplomas, and the receipt of them has not been our only aim. We have striven to bring honors to our class and to our school. We have striven to uphold the traditions of the school that so many have come to look upon as their high school. We have kept the trust placed in us. We have excelled in the classroom and on the athletic court and field. We have engaged in extra-curricular activities and in int r-sehool contests. We will not dwell upon the accomplishments of the members of this class to parade before you in our egotism that which we think we have accomplished alone. We give them to you that we might honor you. our friends, who have made our laurels possible. Without the splendid school and its courses of instruction offered, without the faculty you have given to guide and direct us, these honors would not now l e ours. So tonight we lay all the honors we have at your feet in tribute to you who have made possible our high school education. The biggest prize, the finest trophy, we cannot place before you for that lies within the recess of our brain, a developed mind that has come through the training we have received, a mind developed to meet the needs of the hour, a mind sympathetic with humanity, a mind hoping for a chance to render through our physical bodies our share of the service the world must have. The class of 1943 thanks you for all that you have done to make our commencement possible. Salutatorian Address c ?0 TO KEEP US FREE By Donna Heisner We have come to our graduation from high school in a period of great conflict on many battlefronts of the world. There is no nation, no group of people, not affected by the ravages of war which has threatened the very foundation upon which civilization rests. In fact, in the early period of the war. many of the bravest. and most enduring, feared that the rock upon which the temple of civilization had been built, through the centuries, was about to lx washed down into the swirling waters of the sea of oblivion. In the darkest days of the conflict, when the sun of hope almost ceased to shine for millions of men and women, who had long enjoyed the blessings of liberty and the fruits of prosperity, under government of the people, even in the United States there were those who began to doubt the future. And then out of the ruins of London and Coventry, and out of the hearts anti determination of men and women who refused to bow to the dictators and place upon the gift table of the war gods all the freedoms they had gained through the centuries, arose a spirit—a mighty spirit—to keep us free. Upon the frozen plains of Russia—from the troubled land of China—from th -continent familiarly called the “Land Down Under —across the burning sands of the African desert, from submerged positions far beneath the surface of the mighty oceans, from tin- unseen courses of the sky. came the spirit—a mighty spirit—to keep us free. It was tin spirit of men who had always loved freedom and right and justice. It was the spirit of all of those who had died at all the Gettysburgs and Valley Forges the world has ever known since the beginning of time. It was the collective voice of the heroes of the past speaking to the men and women of today. It was a voice telling us of the present to keep the faith they had fought for on the battlefields of the past—the voice spreading the hope that we might continue to lx- free. The ages have rolled along their course since the beginning of time. Then-have always been those despotic rulers who would cast a cloud across the sky of hope for freedom of the masses. There have always been those who have sought to trample under the heel of the tyrant the poor masses who only seek a fair share for their dividend in abundant living. But the despots have passed with the passing of time. The tyrants have lived but their short day. The rights of the people have prevailed that each passing generation might enjoy the benefits of freedom. There is but one excuse for war. There is but one high purpose men can have in waging conflict. Guided by the lofty purpose that men and women have a right to live under governments of their own choosing, and pursue a way of life fitted to their state of advancement—nations have a right to go to war. And thus we are at war today—to preserve our rights—to keep us free. We have come to the day of our graduation from high school at a period which historians will record as one of great crisis for the rights of mankind. We have come to the day of our graduation when we. t x , as those who survived Coventry. and the other places of attack, hear the voices of the millions who gave their lives in the past that we might enjoy the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Tonight the message has come to us. We realize that America lights to keep us free. We realize that we must serve to keep us free. We realize that our first task ahead is to help bring the present conflict to an end that peace may prevail. We realize the debt we have to pay. Co-Valedictorian Address THAT AMERICA MAY LIVE By Jack Burton We graduate from this high school tonight. We are the products of a free public educational system in America. We have received our training in a public school, which had its beginning many many years ago. When our democracy was set up by our forefathers, it was a recognized fact that a government by the people, of the people, and for the people could not survive unless the people were able to govern themselves. Therefore it was found advisable to establish some governmental system which would help citizens to qualify themselves for self-government. Thus the public school system was established that the American system of government might have a chance to live. At no time in history have young people more strongly realized the greatness of this form of government than in the present age. We realize how deeply indebted we are to those who planned wisely for our education. We also realize how thankful we should lx? that we live in a nation where youth is taught to think and feel for itself. If there ever comes a time when the people of this nation have taken from them the right to be educated in public schools, then the signal of doom will have sounded for the American way of life. Because we speak the same language, because we sing the same songs, lx?cause we wear the same clothes, because we read the same lx oks and newspapers, because we listen to the same radio programs, because we labor for a common cause, we in America understand each other and get along with each other. We learn to work together, to play together, to live together. We learn to love the same institutions. We learn to respect and honor the flag which gives us protection, and guarantees to us the right of life. lilx?rty, and the pursuit of happiness. Today we are engaged in a terriflic struggle which is taxing the loyalty of every citizen of this nation. Forgetting self, we are all working together in one great sweeping movement that America may live, and that there may lx saved for the world a place where men and women and children may live with individual freedom. To bring life to this nation, others made enormous sacrifices of home ties broken, the lonesomeness of a foreign land, the hardships of settling the frontier. I hese were not too great for others to pay to bring life to this nation. The long hard struggle of moulding people of various religions, races, and color into a harmonious way of life was made by those who gave this nation its great strength. Our effort to keep America strong that America may live is surely not too much to ask of any of us. In the past, many have taken it for granted that the library which was theirs would remain without effort on their part. We have asked so much from government and given so little. The nation has been kind to us. But now the tables are reversed. The nation calls upon us to preserve the very liberties which we have enjoyed. To give rather than to take is now our slogan. And we must give. We must give in money, in energy and in service. We must give by enduring hardships and doing without pleasure. We shall meet the crisis as every generation in America has done. This year there is coming out of the high schools of the nation thousands of young men and women awaiting service for their country. As those before us fought to give life to this nation—as those before us fought to preserve this nation, and to nurture it—so we will serve that America may live. Co-Valedictorian Address WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE By Aria Lanman For several years the members of the class now graduating have been studying the history of a country we love to call America. We have followed faithfullv the stories of the lives of the great men of the Nation. We have read of the struggles necessary in making and building this country which reaches geographically from ocean to ocean anil from the pines on the north to the palms on the south. But we know, too, that the boundary line of American influenced the great men � f this nation to keep their eyes forward and their hearts high are the principles which guide lilx rty and freedom loving men and women the world over. Tonight we are graduating from a high school which we have come to love. Shortly we shall leave the homes which have sheltered us through the years of our childhood. We have come to love these homes too. We hold deep regard for our schoolmates, our faculty meml ers. and all of those who have helped us along the path thus far. We revere the memory of those who helped to build this nation great and preserve it for us. We love America, our homeland. We go forth from high school tonight highly resolved that the homes which have sheltered us; that the school which has nurtured us; that the schoolmates and our associates of the years; and the country we call our homeland shall have the security which our forefathers fought so valiantly for. We here highly resolve that we shall not forget the great lessons we have learned from the lives of our nation’s heroes. We are not going to forget Washington and his men at Valley Forge—who never gave up. We are not going to forget that Thomas Jefferson fought not with the sword, but with the pen and all the words at his command; that people of a free nation might have their freedom secured through a national system of free education. We are not going to forget the immortal Lincoln, who dared to stand firm for the right as he saw it. We are not going to forget the heroes of the Argonne and their comrades in arms of another great world war. We are not going to forget the heroes of the South Pacific—the men whose lives were snuffed out at Pearl Harl or, at Bataan, at Midway, at Wake—nor the efforts of those who guard our security on foreign fields on the other side of the Atlantic. We are young—yes—but the dictators, who thought American youth soft, incapable of shouldering the responsibilities of citizens in a democracy, have begun to learn, and will continue to learn in the days to come that the blood of cowards is not in our veins. Fresh from high schools and colleges the youth of a united nation goes forth to fight again for the old principles of American. With the complex problems which confront the world and the nation at the present time there can In no confusion in this—America seeks no aggression for herself or any nation. America seeks but to preserve for herself the right to keep democracy at work. America seeks but the right for all nations to live according to their pattern of life. America seeks but the right for all people to live in harmony with their neighbor nations peacefully and unafraid. That we might live peacefully and unafraid is the reason American soldiers, and sailors, anti airmen, have always been willing to make the supreme sacrifice it necessary. That is the reason why today millions of American fighters are on tin many battlefronts of the world. That is the reason the workers on the homefront are enlisted for the duration in the war effort. We are all highly resolved that American ideals shall prevail- that American principles of government shall survive. With such resolution in our hearts, with such thoughts in our minds, the class of nineteen hundred forty-three leaves this night the Imbler high school to lx inducted into the service on the battlefront or the homefront—as and where we uncalled to serve. SENIORSCOPE Manic Nickname Pastime Identification Favorite Expression Ambition Celia Lloyd________ Donna Heisner______ Aria Lanman________ Jack Burton________ Jean Ann Conrad____ Jessie GiIlham_____ Dorothea Hopkins___ Be 11 le 1 Va nde rm u le n George Ragsdale____ Lloyd German_______ Jack Havekost______ Charles Rhoads_____ Ed O’Mohundro______ Roy Wells__________ Bob Wilson_________ Curtis Roper_______ .Squeak ____ .Donnie_____ .Suzie _____ Porkey ____ .Connie_____ .Jessica Mac Dot _______ Billiee_____ Crutch______ .German_____ John Henry Chuck ______ Edwin Lee Buster _____ Bobby Dear Wilkie ____ -----Playing the piano------Red Tractor____________“Oh. 1 dun no”_________Private Secretary -----Flirting --------------Letters _______________“Fine thing” __________Navy Nurse -----Studying???? -----------Green Chevrolet_______“Blow me down”_________Join the WAVES _____Whistling at------??—Model A__________________“Wham, Bam”____________Ensign, X. A. C. -----Being Ornery ----------Ed M.__________________“Jedus” _______________To settle down???? Jr---Doing Bookkeeping______Bookkeeping Book_______“Whacha say”___________Glamour Girl _____Writing to Bill--------Temper_________________“I wish Bill were here”_Join the A. A. C. _____ nswering the phone—Bow-legs__________________“Hello knucklehead”____Own a cattle ranch -----Eating ----------------Food ------------------“Now, listen”__________Snake Charmer -----Flirting---------------Smile------------------ I doubt it”___________Homestead in Alaska -----Teasing ---------------Good Grade_____________“Oh, shucks” __________College Prof. -----Tearing Around---------Marie _________________“1 won’t do it”________Have a Broken Heart -----Smoochin’ -------------Freckles---------------“Hullo, Ma”____________Get letter from U. S. -----Raising “Cane”---------Big Feet_______________“Fooey” _______________Hermit -----Being a Nuisance_______Well Groomed___________“Don’t get nosey, Bub”-Electrical Engineer -----Smooching -------------La Grande Fat Girls____“Oh, yeah” ____________No. 1 Glamour Boy Junior-Senior Banquet The Junior-Senior banquet was given at the Imbler high school. May 7. 1943. War conditions interfered somewhat, with the planning of this program, but the Juniors succeeded in giving a splendid dinner. MKNIJ Radishes Fruit Cocktail ()li ves Meat Loaf Combination Salad Ice Cream Coffee Buttered Asparagus Hot Rolls Wafers «� PR( )GRAM Opening Music__________________________Shirley Hibberd Welcome__________________________________Pete Spencer Violin Solo____________________Elva McKinnis Trumpet Duet_______Bill Howell and Bill Lanman Group Singing__________Led by Mr. Weatherspoon Response_______________________Lloyd German Talk________________________Mr. Albert Hopkins AUTOGRAPHS Sponsors Who Made This Book Possible Your Consideration of them will he appreciated SHOKB’S—Office Supplies 1412 Adams Avenue, La Grande NOAH’S l’AINT STORK—Paints and Supplies Adams Ave. La Grande GAMBLE STORE— Patronise Pat Hardware Adams Ave. La Grande RICHARDSON’S ART GIFT SHOP Adams Ave.. 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