Marion High School - Quill Yearbook (Marion, IA)

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CLASS POEM O00 As We pause at the door of the future To look back o'er our High School days, We'll always remember the friendships Of our classmates and all their good ways. We trust that success will follow Us all as we enter life's work, And may no misfortune o'ertake us, Or in our pathway e'er lurk. Then, three cheers to all of our teachers Who have helped us so much in the pastg May thoughts and best recollections ln our memories forever last. All our class, sixty-six in number, Are proud of the new Marion High With its two study halls and gymnasiumg We regret we must say goodbye. Our class has received high honors For starting the football game, And in basketball and debating We have also won much fame. We have more than our share of members ln the clubs of language and song, But all of our high school activities We will leave to the Juniors ere long. Don't Dodge Diflicultiesn are the words we have chosen To use as our motto so rare, V With colors of coral and silver The fragrant sweet pea we will wear. Now, at last, as we bid farewell To the school of our youthful days, May our work in all later years Show improvement along life's way. -Enrru MCGOWAN

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no b gg.,,.,g1.L5l M, H i MARIAN SILKER MARY ANN Glee Club 111, Chorus 12j, Girl Re- serves 1l, 2, 3, 4-jg Normal Training Club 13, 4,3 G. A. A. I am resolved tu grow fat :ind look young until forty. 0-0- NORMAN WAFFLE Boys' Hi-Y 11, ZH, Orchestra 12, 3jg Band 1215 Declam 12j, Track 12, 3, 4Jg Cross Country 1453 M Club 1415 Debate 13, 415 L. O. V. 13jg Class President 12, H3 Editor of Quill. Women are but toys of our lighter moments Ambition is the serious business of life.'l O-'G VIRGINIA VAUGHN BABE Girl Reserves 11, 2, 3, 4-jg Glec Club 1l, 3, 41, Basketball 1355 Key Club 131, Gypsy Rover 13jg Normal Train- ing Club 13, 4-Q, G. A. A., Belle of Barcelona If fussing gave credits, Pd have my degree. -O-0 LEO VOSS Boys' Hi-Y 12jg Track 1l, Class Basketball 13, 43. Professes to be a woman l I2llCl', But nobody believes him. Leaks 2, 3, 475 4-'V EIVIIVIA RETRUSCH Girl Reserves 1l, 2, 3, 4j5 Glec Club 1l, 2, 3j, Basketball 12, 315 Key Club 135, G. A. A., Normal Training Club gap. She was a woman who did her own thinking, needing but little advice. -0+ BRUCE WILLIAMS Entered from Dexter 1415 Orchestra 1l, 2, 315 Declam 11, 2, 355 Debate 12, 3, 4jg Class President Manly in appearance and action always. S- f!J!LIali

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E CLASS HISTCRY O+O September S, 51921, was a colorful day in Old Marion High. It was a red-letter day in our young lives, as we Freshmen, trembling with fear, dashed here and there trying to cover up the customary greeness which seems to be prevalent among all Freshmen. We were eighty-eight in number, the largest class that ever entered Marion High School. Our ranks were divided, but not in spirit, and we were sent to room C under the supervision of Miss Mentzer, and to room D presided over by Miss Locke. Mr. Cutler was superintendent and Miss Zaelke, principal, that eventful year. Miss Marshall introduced many of us to Latin and we were soon dreaming of tubas and puellas We found that x was not the only unknown quantity in Algebra, which was taught by Mrs. Robinson. The class of '25 enlisted in all activities setting .out to break all records. Our boys supported a petition to have football added to our school sports and were successful, for the following year saw the first team Marion has had in this sport in recent years. Our girls took part in basketball and one of them, Esther Biggs, made the team the first year. Many members of our class who were out for athletics were laying the foundation for the success of later teams. Two of our teachers, Miss Harrison and Mrs. Robinson left us, but we continued our progress under Miss La Grange and Miss Moles. The only social event of the year was a Weiner roast held at Bowman Springs, after which we spent the evening at the home of Fern and Esther Biggs. Thus we made 'the first year of our class history and were much at home in the new environment by the time the year ended in May. We came back in the fall of '22, eighty in number. Our -work this year was supervised by a new Superintendent, Mr. Chehock. Miss Zaelke, who was with us the first year, was back as principal and led us through our second year of high school life. Our session room teachers were Miss McKinley and Miss Locke, whom we now called Mrs. Burdick. In the Sopohomore year the class elected its first oliicers: Norman Waffle, Presidentg Irene Car- penter, who was succeeded by Elizabeth Sebcrn, when she left for Florida, Vice-President, Donald Chehock, Secretary and Treasurer. Three of our members, Charles Dow, Phil Crew, and Lancelot Rubek, played on Marion's first foot ball team. This year the class had more parties, perhaps because our studies worried us less than they did Whcn We were Freshmen. There was a Weiner roast at Scott's Mill early in the fall. We enjoyed a Hallowe'en masquerade in the gymnasium and a bob party which ended at the home of Caroline Gillmore. The members of the class of 'ZS were working to higher places in, every activity. A large number participated in the home declamatory contest and a member of our class, James Hakes, won the humorous division at home and in two succeeding state contests. The Boys' Hi-Y held a splendid banquet and the Sopho- mores were active in this organization. The whole school enjoyed a carnival for the bene- fit of the Quill Staff, and the side-show staged by the class was the most attractive and profitable of all. Remember the Marion basketball team, how we almost defeated Cedar Rapids and how the Cornell Tournament was won? Rubek of the class of '25 held a place on the team that year and Kellams and Davis were prominent reserves. In our Junior year we elected Donovan Davis, President, Charles Dow, Vice-Presi- dent, Irene Carpenter, Secretary and Treasurer. There was a good representation of the class men out for football and four of our men won letters as members of the team that won eight out of ten games that season. The Juniors were well represented on the boys' and girls' basketball teams. The girls who were out for basketball under the direction of Miss Jones, organized the Key Club. The class of ,ZS also added another activity to Maricn High when debate was taken up again after several years of non-participation. All the members of the first team, that ,reached the third round in the state league and never had a unanimous decision rendered against them were Juniors: Chehock, Waffle and Crew.