Mason High School - Anchora Yearbook (Mason, MI)

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CLASS POEM Oh, come now all ye people And put on your finest array, For after twelve long years of labor We've reached our Commencement Day. Each class in its turn dreads to finish And enter a different sphere, But the wide world is calling us yonder And others must take our place here. Our class can boast honor and spirit And industry, talent and fung Still that which we are is discovered By seeing the work we have done. Our aim to do right has been honest Tho' often we may have done wrong: But failing and still plodding onward Is what makes our character strong. In football we're well represented, Their captain is one of our crew: We've also an artist and speakers, Of musicians we've more than a few. Then surely there's never been seen A class so much given to fun: Who so many gay larks have had And so many nice things have done. But our High School days are most over, And thot's of us soon will be dead: But life with its joys and its sorrows ls opening to us ahead. We'll all travel different pathways, Have works of a different line g Our aim is to rank with the highest Be our work of whatever kind. So Good-by our High School days, Your like will ne'er come again: We've now left the gay world of children And entered the broad field of men. LILLMN E. Cos

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CLASS HISTORY The history of the class of 1910 dates back to the year 1898. At that time there was a class of about twenty, out of which only three of the virginal number remain. At that time we were not considered of sufiicient importance to have our room in the High School building, so were placed in the Sunday school room of the Methodist church. Never- theless, under the careful instruction of Miss Titus, we soon learned our A, B, C's, numbers, and a little about reading. How well do I remem- ber the time when Miss Titus would give to each of us the little square cards with printed letters upon them, and how pleased were Helen and Lawrence when they could put the letters together and spell cat and bird. But it wasn't very long before we were promoted to the second grade. Now how proud we were to think that we were going to the big school house. There was only one thing to be feared there and that was the professor. He seemed to be so strict, that we tried to keep out of his way. We soon found out that his name was Mr. Palmer and became better acquainted with him. Time passed on and we went through the third, fourth and fifth grades. During these three years we were taught by very learned teachers and laid the foundations for our present knowledge. In the meantime, Mr. Fullerton became superintendent and everyone was talking of the necessity of a new school house. So the old one was torn down during vacation and a new one started. Everyone hoped we could begin the next school year in the new high school, but it was not completed. And when the fall of 1903 came, everything was in a turmoil. There was no place for us to go to school! But the vacant buildings around town supplied the demand and were pressed into service. Our grade was fortunate enough to be assigned a room in the building where the postoitice now is. And with the patience and endurance of the teacher, we succeeded in doing very good work. At this time Clare joined us, and thus one more was added to our list. We were all look- ing forward to the time when the new school house would be completed as we had been told that it would be ready to enter after the spring vacation. That time soon came and how glad we were to go to school in a brand new building, the same one which is now standing. And we were in the sixth grade, with six more years of hard labor before us. However, we were not the only ones who had been looking forward to this, as Ivah and Nelson had been patiently waiting for the time to come when the new school house would be completed, so, in the follow- ing year, they joined the class. The next year we had to climb the stairs to the eighth grade room. This was the time to which we had looked forward, for then we con- sidered ourselves of more importance than before, and on an equal with the high school students. But alas! The very first thing we were re- quired to do was to march in the high school assembly room to chapel. This occurred three mornings of each week and many were the jeers and Snickers from the students looking on. james and Walter had joined the class that year and they were less able to endure these many trials than were the rest of us. But we soon became accustomed to it and were less embarrassed. While in the eighth grade, we took up the study of history and many were the blunders we made, it being the first