Longfellow High School - Log Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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Page S ,. .' e? F -W lk A p A X -:'f TX . Q- gl -- 'c N... . . .. . fe. -sfi55s51sfiss41:- Superha. It is gala day on shipboard. All the vessels of a fleet are drawn together in the calm, tropical bay. Palms wave against a background of far-off hills. The ships are a mass of color. Pennants are flying, vivid streamers are twisting in the breeze, and on board the central ship, Neptune is holding court. No, I have never crossed the equator before, says a rather irate, and wonder- ing tourist, in reply to a question. Neptune speaks. Then 'trow' 'im overboard, m' lads, he says to a frowzy bunch of ludicrously dressed sailors. Vvhereupon the traveler is given a dip in an improvised pool of salt water. This is the experience of all the other travelers who have not crossed the equator before, and the rest of the clay and the follow- ing night are spent in abandoned revelry. And this, in a way, interprets Sup- erba, the high school fun carnival held January 22, in the high school audi- torium. Before the program began people were astounded by the amazing individual who sat in front of the partition curtains and knitted. The most amazing person! It wore a derby, checkered pants, spats- oh, what a haberdasher's wreck! And none other was he than Ben Nye. Prizes were given for the three best acts presented-each of which was the product of some organization. First prize was won by the Cilee Club, under the direction of Miss Helen Cher- ny, presenting, Sweethearts in Song, a romantic fantasy of a boy trying to choose the ideal sweetheart from those myriads of girls in our popular songs. As each type appeared in the large golden heart, Miss Maxine King, soprano, sang the song. Virginia O'Connor and Eva Bowen were the playmates. Mary Arthurs was the Ciirl of Long Ago. Thelma Bowersox was the Indian Maid. Helen Cruit was the Quaker Maid. Esther Drake was a Colonial Maid. Eleanor Bessie was a Spanish Maid. Thelma Hoover was the Scotch Maid. Zelda Bahr and Opal Shafto were the Irish Girls. Beulah Pearson was the Chinese: Ruth Yager the Japane:e Girl. Helen Loewenstein was the Dutch Crirl. Helen Ewald, Opal Shafto, and Thelma Irwin were the Hawaiian Girls. Crenevieve Turner was the American Ciirl. Miss Springtime. Juanita Bolin was the Red Cross Nurse. Arona Erickson was Katy. Helen Clark, Phyllis Johnson, Ruth Sitorius, Cynthia Easterling, Emily lVlil- ler, and Katherine Skinner were the bridesmaids. Second prize was won by the Girls' Sport Club with their tumbling act, The Pyramid Builders, coached by Miss Jessie Hiett. The act featured, Viola Marquis, Maurine Mclieynolds, Maxine Godfrey, Elise Peaker, Martha Foster. Edith Vvard, Edna McReynolds, Mil- dred Mitchell, Doris Boucher, Eleanor Bessie, Fern Ankney, and Helen john- SOD. Helen Ewald won third place with her convulsing costume reading, At the Theatre, the story of an elderly Dutch farmer lady attending a product of Romeo and Juliet.

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ling' '- - 7-gb fffiz- i , -E? -- we ?- ff Af f ' f Q qs. A 'N filiwh 5. f'jb : 4 X - .5274-41' fe . tx .Ll- es A --x- 1'f1 'f' a' if fi- si ie felri s 'l'IVlTI!9f Nlay Day Festival in 1925. Hazel Panelt, as the representative high school girl, was chosen Nlay Queen in 1925. The maid-of-honor was Catherine Boyle. This was the first year in which a May Festival had ever been held in Kearney high school. It was sponsored by the Girls Club with the help of Miss Helen Cherny, Miss Jessie l-liett. Miss Marion Madigan, Miss Alta Kibler, and Miss Augusta Kibler. Two attendants from each were chosen. The attendants were: seniors, Ruby Fleharty and Elizabeth Clark: juniors, Ena Bowen and Avis Lam- bert: sophomores, Thelma Erwin and Louise West: freshmen, Orba Harris and Elise Peaker. The attendants and Ciirls Council were dressed in pastel shades which further en- hanced the color of the scene. One of the prettiest phases of the cere- niony was the Maypole Dance. The Nlaypole was decorated in blue, pink, green and yellow and the dancers were dressed in the same colors. The presentation of the pendant was made by Miss Augusta Kibler. A solo dance to the queen was given by Esther Drake. The order of processional was the senior girls followed by the underclass girls. Next. came the Ciirls Council which preceded the flower girls. Following these came the crown bearer followed by the Maid of Honor. Then came the Nlay Queen. The order of recessional was exactly cpposite to the processional. This May Festival was attended by numerous townspeople and all agreed that it was a beautiful scene.

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Page N.: .f3f -Z, , .V 'YR .--. .7922 Vg X .NV VF X . .if is st 1. - . 5 A 1 - P . liM7 I L - ....... ..-- .,..,, g...i 1:f -1-ii -T, ' , 1 -G F'c- N 1 is fYxtbaH The football banquet, under the au- spices of the Athletic Association, was held in the Y. W. C. A. rooms at 6:00 o'clock Monday, December I4. The rooms were decorated in the school colors, gold and blue. Colonial corsages made of violets and dwarf chrysanthemums, further carrying out the color scheme of blue and gold, were given as favors to the girls. Miniature walnut footballs made by the manual training department were given to the boys. During the banquet, music was furn- ished by the high school orchestra under the leadership of Mr. W. MacFaddin. The committees who arranged the banquet were: program, favors and de- coration committee, Marylouise Web- bert, chairman: C-ould Norton, John Hendryx, and Lucile Barlow: the com- missary committee consisted of Ruth Sitorius, chairman, Thelma Erwin, and Charlotte Shovlain. Lucile Barlow had charge of the sale of tickets. The program was: I pray you jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. - Shakespeare, Toastmaster Robert Clark. When I don't know whether to fight or not, I always fight, Nelson, Gift Godfrey. Contentment often serves as a brake cn the wheels of progress, Anonymous, Mr. Albert Bessie. Difficulties are things that show what men are, Anonymous, Raymond Raue. Be noble! and nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping but not dead, will rise in Majesty to meet thine own. - Lowell, Mr. Wirsig. We must rate each man of his worth and merits as a man, we must see that each is given a square deal because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less. -Roosevelt, Mr. H. C. Eber- hart. iBanquet Show not yourself glad at the mis- fortune of another though he were your enemy. -Washington, John Killian. Not in the clamor of the crowded street Not in the shouts and plaudits of the strong, But in ourselves, are triumph and de- feat. -Longfellow, Mr. C. S. Hobson. Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail. -Anonymous, Harry Batie. lt is not power, rank, or state, But 'get up and get.' That makes men great. -Wlmittier, Mr. Maurice Mann. Promise little and do much. -Am cnymous. Marylouise Webbert. Those present were: Elmer Ridgeway. Helen Hart, Nathaniel Burke, Angela Keenan, Randall Tollefsen, Chauncey Homan, Raymond Raue, Ctlen Moore, Charleene jones, Ernie Miller, Pearl Waite, Walter Hayes, Ruby Rodgers, George Norris. Amazetta Harnley, Ecl- win DeBrunner, Wilbur Shoop, Opal Shafto, Casey Merriman, Virginia O'Con- nor. Harry Batie, Beulah Pearson, john Panek, Caroline Mattson, John Killian, Izora Jenks, Clarence Shields. Margaret Dahlgren, Kenneth Sherer, Katherine Skinner, jack Hammer, Marylouise Vvebbert, Willis Wilcott, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bessie, Miss Matilda Kubetzki, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hobson, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Eberhart, Miss Marian Madigan, Mr. Maurice Mann, Miss Alta Kibler, and Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Wirsig. 5everal of the business men co-oper- ated with the Athletic Association to the extent of giving special reductions on prices. Among these were: Hendryx and Miller meat markets, Carson's Grocery Store, and Fairmont Creamery. The Ravenna Creamery donated a quantity of butter, cream and milk.