Marcellus High School - Wildcats Yearbook (Marcellus, MI)

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During the summertide, we had received our tokens of remembrance of M. H. S. in the form of rings. At eventide on Halloween we partook of light re- freshments and made merry in honor of the day. Once again, at the Yuletide, we partook of a great feast and rendered forth our voices in song. Afterwards we merrily danced to the sound of music. Returning after the Yuletide vacation, we found our tribe advisor had been joined in the sacred union of marriage with our former teacher, Second Lieutenant Jacob H. Huttenga. As our general coffers were very low, we decided to present a play, by name, Brother Goose, to which we called in all the multitude to enjoy the talent that was displayed. We gathered in a great many shekels, for which we were very overjoyed. Now that we had nearly reached maturity, we entertained the departing brethren with much music and dancing. We visited the Land of South America. Be- cause the Great War caused a famine, the usual bounti- ful repast was abbreviated. We had our first taste of looking into the great be- yond when we marched with the learned seniors in the eventide at Baccalaureate. And, at the end of the year, we journeyed into a strange country. Here we ate in abundance the fruits of the field. CHAPTER IV Now this, the fourth year in the history of this tribe of 1944 has ended. A new leader, Ivan Quinn, and his assistants, Warren Bowlby. Irene Reiff and Virginia Pfost, were chosen from the multitude. Miss Janette Taylor was chosen from among the Rabbis, to guide our rising steps. We discovered this year, that more changes had come about. We had not Priestesses Nicholl, Selheim, Huttenga or Priest Doucetteg but a new list of learned instructors. Priestesses Jean Gray. Janette Taylor, Hannah Young, and Priest Anthony Vonk were among us. It was also found that several had strayed from our fold this year-due to union in marriage and services to the country and other occupations. These were Charles Abrams, Floyd Artis, Millard Bivvins, Charles Cooper, Dale Lundy, Marguerite Smith, and James Schurtz.

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Priest Leo Bent by Sidney Durfee. Our Keeper of Fires changed in a short while to Fred Mohney. Donald Davidhizer, Ruth Murphy, Rose Carpenter, and Margaret Streeter entered our ranks. Irene Reiff also came back to rejoin our tribe. It was again time to baptize Freshmen beneath faucets and welcome them with ceremonial rites into our midst. And it came to pass that at the Yuletide we gathered together a huge company to eat and make merry. And all the company did dance to the sound of the orchestra. We called, in the Spring of the year, a multitude together to praise St. Patrick. We came forth the losing' gladiators in a fight for stamps of defense. Peace was again regained by dancing and feasting together. Our master woodworker. Sidney Durfee, was called to the King's Army to defend our land from the threat of invasion. Priest Donald Strait came to finish the year. The elders came together at a feast and merry- making at which the lowly sophomores were used as servants: but we thoroughly enjoyed the job. From out of our midst departed Aaron Carpenter, Josephine French, Norwood Harris, Clarence Lull, Mavis Lynn, Dorthea Wells, Marilyn Fredericks, Rose Carpen- ter, Donald Davidhizer, and Catherine Porath. Thus the second year of our sojourn in the land of knowledge came to its end with a feast by the seaside northwest of our land of dwelling. CHAPTER III Then after three months we went up again unto the land of M. H. S., and again we chose new leaders, Eleanore, Daughter of Frank of the House of Mattke, with Malcolm Hirshey, Irene Reiff, and James Schurtz as assistants. The almskeeper, James Schurtz, soon relinquished his duties to Virginia Pfost. Again Miss Kaechele was chosen to advise us in the hour of need. Into our midst strayed only one this year, Richard Locke. And it came to pass that this year we have Mary I. Plummer, Marjorie E. Selheim, Marian Kohn, Virginia F. Nicholl, William Timm and Edward Doucette instead of Priestesses Nelson, Loode, and Priests Martin, Durfee and Huttenga. The latter three took the oath for ser- vice to our country during the present crisis.

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A new member, Ellamae Hibbard, was welcomed. And then after a short time we bade all the tribes in the land of M. H. S. to assemble at the Community Colosseum for a party. And we gave much entertain- ment to make the people merry. The wise ones of our tribe were made to sit before the artist, each by himself and in groups and there came to be a great exchanging of likenesses. Again the general coffers were found empty. After many worried conferences we emerged with the idea of selling Yuletide Greeting Cards. The coffers found themselves swelling. The great Senior Play Ready Made Family, which our tribe presented unto the world, also increased our coffers. Our wise proplhetess bade the Senior play cast to partake of a feast at her dwelling the eventide before the great play. This we did and enjoyed. A general council of our tribe was held and we decided to make a fitting paper which would do honor unto us, that we might the better remember our tribes- men when we traveled in far-off lands. It was the tradition, of the tribes of M. H. S. during the spring, to give their Senior members a day of rest. The day being welcomed and enjoyed by all. It was also the custom in these days for the lower tribe to entertain the higher tribesmen at a feast and merry making, they did so. After much eating we danced and made merry to the music of an orchestra. And we render our thanks for such an enjoyable eve- ning. And then every tribesmen was very busy, for we were preparing to leave the temple of learning. On the Sabbath day before we left the temple, we marched down the aisles of the Community Building to attend the Baccalaureate Services. And at last, on the twenty fifth day of the fifth month of the year four and forty our tribe gathered to- gether at the Hudson Memorial Building and received our sheepskins. And our tribe forever left the land of M. H. S. And now we wish much success and pleasure to all the future tribes who dwell in the land of M. H. S. -Virginia Pfost