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

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We were given the Junior and Senior privilege of electing class officers. My! we almost felt that we had reached our goal. The officers were elected as follows: Delma Padgham, president; Stanton Brazeau, vice-president; Verna Welch secretary: and Dolores Ward, treasurer. The class reporters were Marion Philleo and Chester Ridg- man. Among the interesting events of the year was the trip taken by M the botany students. Many happy faces, anticipating a bright and sunny trip, gathered. But alas! They were astonished to see large drops of rain coming down from the lowering heavens. A picnic was planned for the occasion, but the pouring rain drove us from the pleas- ant wood into a dark, gloomy boxcar. None of our members had as yet entered the football and basket- ball teams, but many gave promise of future success. The year passed all too quickly for us, when we look back over it. In September, 1913, our beloved class of only forty-seven entered upon the life of the Junior with the best intentions. Many have fallen by the wayside, and it is with regret that we miss these pleasant faces. At the first class meeting we elected our officers: Dean Babcock, president: George Gibson, vice-president; Stanton Brazeau. secretary; Verna Welch, treasurer. Soon we were members of the Literary and Debating Societies. As the days passed by we realized the necessity of an education, and so spent our time acquiring it, instead of watching the hands of the clock as it quietly reached the hour of dismissal. Three new studies were instituted for the benefit of those who con- templated entering Normal. Aside from our studies many entered into High School activities. The second place in the declamatory contest was awarded to a Junior. Marguerite Ragan; four members of our class. Chester Ridgman, Howard Mullen. Dean Babcock and Wesley Natwick, assisted in making the football team successful. Ray Mullen showed his business ability in financing the debate, class play, minstrel show and the Ahdahwagan. The Seniors no longer treated us as “conceited” Sophomores, for were we not soon to sit in their seats and set the pace for the whole school? Almost before we knew it. we were Seniors, respected and looked up to by the under classmen. The fourth year of our High School life came before we realized the responsibility which rested on the shoulders of the sedate, dignified and, I might almost say, vain. Seniors. We no longer gaze at the clock, but dart fleeting glances at it and regret that the time approaches all too swiftly when we must leave the dear old school and the teachers who, from the experiences of their life in the world, are preparing us to enter life’s school. Soon after school began we called a class meeting and elected the following officers: George Gibson, president; Wesley Natwick. vice- president: Verna Welch, secretary; and Delma Fadgham. treasurer. Joe Holley, George Gibson and Ward Johnson have been successful in debating. Chester Ridgman, Dean Babcock Wesley Natwick and George Gibson entered the oratorical contest. The girls who entered the declamatory contest were Delma Padgham, Helen Johnson. Dolores |il Ward, Claire Timlin and Marguerite Ragan. We entered as a class of one hundred and two; we go out as thirty- five. Today we are one: tomorrow we are many; we are individuals. As a class, we shall never be together again, but wherever we are, we shall always hold most dear the memory of our classmates of the old Lincoln High School. We, young men and women, thirty-five strong, are the representatives of the Nineteenth Century given by Father Time to his youngest daughter, the Twentieth Century. We gladly take our places in the world, and. as we go forth, when failure seems immi- nent. we will say : “Can’t is un American.” LILLIAN MILLER. Class Motto: “Can’t is un-American. Class Colors: Yellow and White.

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 SKNIOK CLASS OFFICERS NN esley Nat wick Dolma Padgam George Gibson Verna Welch Senior (Class Histuru WARM day in September. 1911, was of great importance to us, the Senior Class of 1915, as it was our first day in High School. We were immediately designated as “emeralds” by the dignified and grown-up Seniors, because of our vivid shade of green. However, since we were one hundred and two strong we soon over- came this characteristic. The upper classmen vied with each other in giving us advice, kindly advice, as they called it. hut which was not cheerfully accepted by cur green minds. When the finals came we were so frightened that we could scarcely write. Consequently it was decided that penmanship must be taken through- out another year. The Freshman year is memorable to each and every one of us. When we think hack over the year, we remember the failures and disappointmnts, the aspirations and victories which ensued during those busy nine months of school. With proud and joyful hearts we bore home our cards promoting us to Sophomores. When as Sophomores we entered the assembly room very much depleted in numbers, but with swelled chests and a mighty high opinion of ourselves, we were greeted as “conceited Sophomores,” and no doubt we were. We were law-abiding citizens who never loitered in the halls: never laughed nor grouped on the stairs: always studied during school hours, and never whispered in classrooms. Most of us pressed on toward the top rung of the ladder, although we were very much grieved to leave a few behind, who either left school or remained to lend a guiding hand to the Freshmen.

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CLlu' CSraiUiates hean ('. Babcock “Bah” Manual Training Course “Trainee! for either camp or court. Skillful in each manly spurt.” Foot hall (2. .‘I, 11, Cap. « 4 . Glee Club Cl. 4 c Minstrel CO. lass Play Cl. 4i. ( lass President (. 1). lUiu; Committee (4c Oratorical Contest. Preliminary. League (4i. Class Basketball (1, 2. .°», 41. Cap. (4 . Annual Staff (4). Safety First Committee Cl). (j. Stanton Brazeau “Kub” Manual Training Course • l work when I work, but I flebile when I play.- Class Play Cl). Class Play (4 c Vice-Pres blent (2). Secretary t 5). Chairman Motto Committee (4c Program Committee (4). Orchestra (4). Glee Club Cl. 4 c Treasurer Athletic Association (4c Annual Staff (4c Hazel Kloise Bliss “Happy” Domestic Science Course “To those who know thee not no words can paint. And those who know thee know all words are faint. ’ basket ball (1. 2. :i. 4 c Motto Committee (4). Class Play (4c Esther Richstcatft German Course “Learning by study must be won; Twas ne’er entailed from son to son.” Valedictorian (4). Literary Society 3. 4).