Lodge Grass High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Lodge Grass, MT)

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Golden Eagle g rluilaraht ! BRAINS, OR BRAWN AND BEAITTY? After full recognition has been given to all the activities outside of the class room, we must always come back to the fact that scholarship is the important part of high school work. When we call a surgeon, when we employ an attorney or an engineer, we get, .if pos- ! sible, a man who has scholarship—a man who knows. The scholarship contests give pub- | lie recognition for the work done in school subjects to those young people who are getting out of school that which we are all paying taxes for, that which cannot be estimated in money or mere fleeting fame—a solid education. We are accustomed to urge students to work hard at their lessons that they may succeed in the future, but we give our cheer and : dinners and letters to the athletes, the declaimers, etc., who have succeeded in the present. It is perfectly normal for high school students to like to receive immediate recognition of efforts. Pew of us can imagine the thrill which will result from achievement some years hence, until very recently it has been almost impossible to provide any recognition of scholastic effort comparable to that given basketball and other athletics. Our valedictory honors and honor rolls have only partially succeeded in this cause, where again the recognition is tardy and without any definite realization of competition. However since the scholarship contests have been established Brains is being emphasized and receiving honor as well as Brawn and Beauty by the high school students and the public in general. Lodge Grass competes with Hardin, Worden and Custer at a district contest held each Spring. Lodge Grass has placed second or third in the district contest each year she has entered; her contestants showing up exceptionally well. Winners of first places in this contest are eligible to attend the State Scholarship Contest in Bozeman. Each year from two fo four of the Lodge Grass contestants have been eligible to be sent to Bozeman but owing to lack of finances the last three years no one has been allowed to make the trip. For 1930 the scholarship team for the district contest and their results weer as follows: English I, Margaret Bond. Agnes Six, Mary Cornwell; Literature, Ida Zeleny second, Joe Strawn, Cloanna Bond; Algebra, Kenneth McCaughlin, Everett Therney, Agnes Six; Geometry, John Green first, John Weigand, Muriel Foltz; Latin II, Grace Kreitzberg second, Stewart Mason third, John Weigand; World History, Alex Ball, Kenneth McCaughlin; General Science, Muriel Foltz second, Kenneth McCaughlin third, Everett Therney first; Physics, Billy McKinley fourth, Joe Strawn third, Ida Zeleny first; Typewriting, Ida Zeleny second; Cloanna Bond, Dorothy Miller; U. S. History. Ida Zeleny first, Oloanna Bond, Joe Strawn. Ida Zeleny was high point winner of the district, making 16 points by winning ! one first place, and three second places. Ida Zeleny. John Green and Everett Therney are I eligible to enter the State Scholarship Contest at Bozeman. 1181

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Golden Eagle S alutatnrij The class of 1930 extends to you a most cordial greeting and welcomes you to this, the laying of the final mile-stone along the journey of high school. For four years—yet speedy as we look back upon their passing—we have worked for and looked forward to these closing scenes in our career as students. We have longed for this hour, when before an appreciative company of kindred and friends, we should sway you with our attraction, the eloquence of our impassioned voices, and the plainly-visible importance of the class of 1930 That time, my friends, has arrived, and we stand before you with the enthusiasm of youth, the pride of he conqueror and the joy of the victor. We have fought the long-drawn-out “Battle with Books”; we have conquered our enemies “The Exams”; we are about to receive our diplomas We stand ready to hear those words of commendation: “Well done, good and faithful student; enter thou into the fold occupied by the vast number of alumni who have gone forth from high schools to fight the battles of life.” For four years our little fleet has been sailing calmly in the harbor, riding the ripples of work and pleasure, basking in the sunshine of our teachers’ commendation and—occasionally in the clouds of their wrath. Today we weigh our anchors and begin that voyage into the sea of action where each one of us must steer his craft toward the goal of the future. The flowers, massed so beautifully in our honor, tell us that it is May; yet to us. it is also New Year's Day, that ushers us from tl e old months of school activities into the new life of broader endeavor. We thrill with appreciation of the benefits you dear friends have showered upon us through our school and its capable instructors. True education draws out and develops all the human faculties; it wakes the heedless youth to the fact that life has a work for him to perform, and we thank you, as we welcome you to these scenes of triumph, for enabling us to successfully complete the work of high school. Before us stretch the years of our further education and the duties of life. The future looks bright and the rosy dreams of youth are full of promise. We go forward to meet our obligations firm in the belief that the lessons of our school life have laid the foundation for future success. The influence of our school days has left a lasting impression; it has helped to mold our characters; it will be instrumental in shaping our destinies. The Duke of Wellington said that the field of Waterloo was won upon the playground of Eaton; likewise may we not say as we go forth from our beloved school, that within her walls have already been won many of our victories of the future. We greet you, therefore, with hearts of gratitude for the legacy of the past four years. We believe that the true test of civilization is not the density of the country’s population, the size of its cities, not the abundance of its crops, but the kind of young men and women its schools turns out. We agree with your unspoken thoughts that all members of this class are not handsome, but we feel that each one of us is inspired with a longing to go forth and make good for the sake of dear old Lodge Grass High. We hope that you, friends, may share our belief that the class of 1930 May uphold the honor of our school. In coming years, though parted far. And in the climb to distant goals. Her hopes may be our stars.

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Golden Cagle ifitfltnru In the year of 1926, a class, destined to a brilliant future, entered Lodge Grass High School. I say brilliant future, because this class of ‘30 has always proven itself a valuable asset to the L. G. H. S. When we entred as Freshmen, our class numbered ten. The officers elected for that term were: Sponsors, Mrs. C. Stevens and Mrs. Jay Fitzgerald; President, Arthur Zeleny; Secretary and Treasurer, Cloanna Bond. The members of the class were Arthur Zcleny, Cloanna Bond, Madge Mason, Howard Mason, Esther Foster, Robert Guiles, Barbara Chandler. Ida Zeleny. Melvin Johnson, and Virgil Haffner.. At initiation our superior Sophs ordered the girls to come to school dressed as old ladies with long dresses, straw hats and wearing rubbers. The boys were to wear knee pants, overshoes and skull caps. We had lots of fun but I think the upper classmen had more fun looking at us. On Armistice day all organizations were asked to have a float representing themselves. The High School students had a float representing the “Apple of Knowledge.” We surely worked but were paid for our trouble by winning second prize. It is customary for each class to give a party each year so we Frosh decided on a Snow-Party. The High School students journeyed to Spear Siding and there we played many winter games in the snow and about twelve o’clock we came back to the school house and ate Chili. Everyone had a very enjoyable time and departed for their homes. Our class didn’t seem to hold much attraction for Robert and Virgil because they dropped oiit before the end of the term. on September 6, 1927, we again began our journey up the hill to gain more knowledge. This year Verna Scribner came from Sheridan High and added one more to our class. As Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Stevens proved satisfactory we kept them as sponsors but Cloanna Bond was elected president and Ida Zeleny secretary and treasurer. We are going to start out with a bang by giving a Theatre Party. All of the H. S. students went to the show “The Campus Flirt” and then worked up an appetite by climbing the hill to be fed by the Sophs. This wasn’t much of a success but we weren’t advanced and didn’t know how to conduct a party very well. On January 2, 1928 uosephine Strawn came to us from Sheridan. We were steadily increasing our number. We thought we should show the rest of the students that we could do something worth while so we sponsored a trip to the Little Horn Canyon, having as our guests the Senior Class. We had a wonderful time on this trip. When we began our Junior year we found that Barbara Chandler had been shot by Cupid so there was one less. Then too Esther Foster went to Upton, Wyoming. We decided that one sponsor could take care of us, since we had overcome the dangers of Freshmen greeness and Sophomore super-sophistication, and chose Mrs. Stevens. Arthur Zeleny was chosen president and Ida retained her position as Secretary and Treasurer.