La Grande High School - Mimir Yearbook (La Grande, OR)

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24 a he (Omnattmta (Class JHtstoru Hulda E. Anderson, Class Historian. On a bright sunny morning in September, 1900, a casual observer might have seen a pudgy little figure attried in a pink sank apron and a white sunbonnet, carrying under her arm a primer and a two-by-four slate, trudge out of a residence in west La Grande and with a feeling of uncer- tainty climb the hill to be initiated into the mysteries of school life. To her, that big brick building looked rather ominous and foreboding, but pressing her books firmly to her heart with her chubby hands, and gulping bravely, she entered the big hall. A kind lady took her by the hand and asked her name. For a few moments the awful confusion made her forget, but suddenly she remembered that the folks at home called her Runie. After that, things happened in rapid succession and without ceremony. Runa found herself seated in the same seat with a little golden-haired girl who after several shy glances at her companion by way of become acquainted ventured the information that her name was Helen. After the newness wore off, Runa began to learn. She learned her a-b-c’s; she learned that two and two make four, but more important she learned that John, the boy who sat in front of her, was making faces for her sole amusement and that Cecil was kicking her through the crack in the seat only to let her know he was there. There were other things to perplex the little mind in this new realm. Who knows with what feeling of resent- ment Runa withstood teacher’s scoldings,—with what grow- ing jealousy she eyed Ruth and Hazel, who sat across the aisle from her,—what, though they always had their noses poked in books—was that any sign they should be “teacher’s pets?” However, in a few weeks the routine of school life was thoroughly learned and the days flew swiftly by until June came and with it, vacation. And then almost before they were aware the opening of the school year, 1901, was upon them. When, to this little band, the charter members of the class of 1912, three new members were added, Hilda Anthony, Hulda Anderson and Lee Reynolds. In 1902. Clara Carbine, Harley Richardson, Willard

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aljr (Omttamuts 25 Carpy, Anita Worth and Maude Leadsworth joined the class. They were followed in 1904 by Zoe Bragg, Della Kin- dred and Eddie Reisland. This little brigade “bound for the top,” earnestly pur- sued their studies, passed the eighth grade examination and entered high school in September, 1908. On the nineteenth of October of the same year the class of 1912 with thirty-eight members was duly organized. After the trials and tribulations of freshman life, these embryo “grads” developed into dignified “Sophs,” who be- ing reinforced by Merlin Batley, James Corbett, Ethel Wil- son, Edditli Wilson and Ruth Ghormley, compelled the class of ’13 to do obeisance to their desires. In a short space of time the learning of this class waxed great and there emerged upon the world and their unsus- pecting friends, the all-powerful Juniors. Later in the year when they made their triumphal entry into the new high school building, Pluma Moss, Ray Couch, Dee Davis and Anna Top, Juniors in Island City, came to La Grande to cast their lo,t with this rapidly growing band. During this year the class of ’12 began to figure prominently in ath- letics and in all literary and social activities, the crowning feature of the year being the banquet given the Seniors. At the beginning of the Senior year the number on the class roll was increased to thirty-one by the addition of five members, Myrtle Edwards, Rebecca Williamson, Paul Crouter, Avery Roberts and Erastus Pixton. During the second semester, however, Ruth Cotner was compelled, on account of prolonged illness, to discontinue her work, much to the regret of her classmates. With Harley Richardson as president, Cecil Bolton as vice-president and Lee Reynolds as secretary and treasurer, work has progressed rapidly. As the year draws to a close many results are in evidence—the most marked of which is the successful supervision of the publication of the first annual ever issued by La Grande High. The Class of 1912 may well be proud of its achievements and of the place it has made for itself in the history of the school. When the scarlet and black is unfurled may it be not only the lode-star for future classes, but a cynosure upon which the alumni “may gaze with admiration forever.”