Lincoln High School - Ahdawagam Yearbook (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)

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TO OUR TEACHERS 7fcrc'x lorc to you. teachers of Lincoln. Hen 's thanks for those messayes clear, Straight from your oirn lives anil teaehinys. Instilled in us year after year. Hen's respect for numberless trifles— Those trifles so vital and blest. I’nknown altoyether by others, Ity ourselves, perhaps, never ermfessed. dust a memory here of some lesson, There a irord or a smile. .4 ylimpse of a soul just beyond' us. An insight of aims more worth while. Your lives may seem wasted and empty Sometimes, as you think of the mass, Who tarry fust for a little, And then from your vision pass. Hut tis not in vain that you've labored With infinite patience and care. For the best in the lives of your pupils Will reflect your influence there.'9 Page Twenty Nine

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The season for basket ball opened and two Sophomores made the team. In the tournament we came out third. Harold Babcock, one of our distinguished members, won first place in the oratorical contest, which was quite an honor to the Sophomores. This year closed without other important events. Of the original one hundred and eighteen pupils of our class forty-eight came back to start the third year of their high school career, while ten came to us from the class of 1913. This year we first began to realize the value of a high school education. We then began to spend our time in studying instead of gazing at the clock. This year also brought us new interests. The boys were ad- mitted to the Debating Society, while the girls entered the Literary Society. We also elected (lass officers. Myron Hill was elected President of our class. New studies were introduced in the school. The Junior boys have the distinction of having organized the first Trigonometry class of this school. Penmanship was introduced, much to the discom- fiture of the Junior class. Instead of the customary Junior Prom a class play was given, which was very successful. Our third year at high school thus passed swiftly away. Almost before we knew it we were Seniors. We were the leaders, the ones that set the pace for the whole school. We be- longed to the class that is respected and looked up to by the under classmen. Leon Foley was chosen as our President. Committees were chosen. Our ring and pins were ordered in due time. Senior class meetings were held very often, although not much was done. The girls discussed their next year’s dress with chiffon trimmings, while the boys talked over “Happy” Felsh’s home run swats. The days of the Senior year passed away much too fast for us and the few remaining days are flying faster than ever. We now frown at the clock as the hands swiftly go round and round. When these days are at an end, no longer will we welcome the ring of the bell at four o’clock; no longer will we watch the movement of the clock that watched over us when we were high school students. We have accomplished what we set out to do. Today we are to- gether, tomorrow we will be forever parted from the life that seemed to us so monotonous and so dreary. But we will never forget the many days that we spent in trying to better ourselves in the dear old Lincoln high, hope that they too reached ours. Others will hereafter take our places and will reach their destination as happily as F. A. BRANDECKER, ’14. we we Page Twenty Fight

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JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY With throbbing hearts and lofty heads we, the class of 15, entered the school room on a warm September morning in 1911. Perhaps we imagined it. but it seemed that every time we moved we blundered, but, of course, we were only Freshmen. “Green, Little Freshmen,“ as the upper classmen termed us. However, we soon made them conscious of our presence, for we were one hun- dred and two in number and consequently occupied considerable space in the main room. We worked unwearingly through the nine months of school; with much joy carried our promotion cards home for approval, and we felt that the only unusual th ng we had done was that we had taken penmanship. Again, in 1912, the spacious halls resounded with echoes of hurrying footsteps, for the term of study had begun. Oh! what a relief it was to see younger pupils occupying Freshmen seats, while sixty of us sat proudly in the Sophomore rows, one step nearer the top of the ladder. He who said “Conceited Sophomores ’ was surely a Junior; yet, we wanted our rights. It is true that the boys rebelled when ordered to buy music books, but finally submitted, for they knew they would not be considered good citizens if they disobeyed the rules of the school. As a result of their decision, each boy became an owner of a Halycon music book. The class appreciated the honor of electing class officers, for was that not a Junior and Senior privilege? Delma Padgham was elected President; Stanton Brazeau, Vice President; Verna Welch, Secretary, and Dolores Ward, Treasurer. We were allowed to have meetings and elect officers so that we might collect class material for the Ahdahwagam, a high school paper brought into existence by the Senior class. Although there was no member of the class play- ing on the basket ball or football teams, the games were always attended by the majority of the class. The year passed rather un- eventfully for us. The fall of 1913 saw forty-seven Juniors enrolled. Excitement prevailed for the first few weeks, then we settled down to the hard tasks of the third year. We realized the importance of our new positions when we became members of the Literary and Debating Societies. Next, class meet ng was held and we elected the follow- ing officers to represent our class- Dean Babcock, President; George Gibson, Vice President; Stanton Brazeau. Secretary; and Verna Welch, Treasurer. The days passed by quickly, for busy days are always short ones. Aside from the studies there were a few rec- reations and amusements such as basket ball and football games, debates, contests, glee clubs, the minstrel show and the class play, in each of which the Junior class has been represented. Second place in the district contest was awarded to a Junior, Marguerite Kagan; while the victories of the football games were partially due to four members of our class—Chester Ridgman, Howard Mullen. Dean Babcock and Wesley Natwick. Besides these valuable contri- butions, the business manager of almost all the high school activities of the year was a Junior, Raymond Mullen, who showed h s ability in financing the debate. Junior class play, minstrel show and the Annual. With the co-operation of the class we hope that next year we can produce an Annual that will long be cherished by its readers. So here’s to the class of ’15. DOLORES WARD. Faff Thirty