McMinnville High School - McMinnvillan Yearbook (McMinnville, OR)

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22 THE LINCOLNIAN History of Senior Class of 1914. The class of 1914 began its High School course in 1910 with an enrollment of sixty-three,—perhaps the most intelligent and intellectual human beings ever found in an institution of learning. During the first year our time was so occupied with the work necessary in helping the faculty run the new High School, that we partially overlooked the social side of our school life. Alt ho we enjoyed a few parties during the year, most of our spare time and energy was spent on our books. But at the beginning of our Sophomore year we turned the responsibility of running the school over to the Freshmen and with Loretta Humphrey as President, Glen Macy as Vice-President, Maude McGogy as Secretary, Jennie McVicker as Treasurer, and Walter Corpron as Imperious, we organized our class and with our brand new constitution, got down to business and began to show the other classes how class organizations should be managed. Our second semester’s officers were: President, Harry White, Vice-President, Theo. Duncan, Secretary, Ellis Van Atta, Treasurer, Lyman Lat-ourette, and Imperious, Frederick Miller. Altho we spent the major portion (?) of our time with our books, we found time to make use of the various halls of the city for our class “feeds” and also to take a trip to The Locks. At the beginning of our Junior year we were even more businesslike (since we were more grown up and were beginning to feel the dignity of our position ) We met and organized our class the very first week of school, electing as our officers: President, Maude McGogy, Vice-President, Eugene Babcock. Secretary-Treasurer, Ellis Van Atta, and Imperious, Maude Brixy, and before the first month was over the Junior Class had spent a very pleasant evening at Flynn’s Hall, in getting acquainted. Lest we seem to have been spending our time too frivolously, we must mention the fact that we also met the first month and decided to put out the High School Annual and elected Dale Porter, Editor-in-chief, and Walter Corpron, Business Manager, and they appointed as their staff, Literary Editor, LaVersa Mc-Coskey, Local and Alumni Editor, Maude McGogy, Athletic Editor, Glen Macy, Social Editor Maude Brixy, and Art Editor,

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McMinnville, Oregon 21 ERNEST BILLS “He would attempt to argue on any subject.” TRUCE JORDAN “Very few people are endowed with both knowledge and beauty.” CARL KONZELMAN “It behooves a man to be saving of his knowledge, for hard times are coming.” MARIE SHORT “Precious things are always found in small packages.” FLOYD OSBORNE “He seemed a cherub who lost his way and wandered hither.”

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McMinnville, Oregon 23 Dada Rhodes. With this efficient staff and the help of the whole class, The Lincolnian was printed, sold, and—paid for. Altho between German and Latin, Geometry and Physics, our time was well filled, still we found the opportunity to enjoy ourselves at the various parties, to take our annual trip to the Lafayette Locks, and also to entertain the Seniors at a reception at the High School building, just before they took their departure into the world. Seniors:—As soon as we got partially used to our high position and were able to walk around without hitting our heads on the ceiling, we met and elected as our Senior officers, President, Ellis Van Atta, Vice-President, Walter Arthur, Secretary-Treasurer, Maude Brixey, and Imperious, Theo. Duncan. On account of our dignity and serious mindedness we did not waste much time frivolously but spent several social evenings together during the year. The second semester the class met and unanimously reelected the officers of the previous semester. The present Senior class has always been well represented in all phases of school life. When the A. S B. was first organized, our class, (then Sophomores) was well represented among the officers by LaVersa McCoskey, President, Helen Cunningham, (then a Freshman but since added to our ranks) Secretary, and Glen Macy as Treasurer. The next year found us again holding the principal offices, with Walter Corpron, President, Glen Macy, Treasurer, and Walter White, Sergeant-at-arms; while this year Glen Macy was elected President, William Snyder, Vice-President, and Maude McGogy, Secretary, but the President and Secretary decided to enter the School of Osteopathy at Los Angeles, so the Vice-President took the chair and Helen Cunningham was elected Secretary. Nor has the class of 1914 lacked representatives on the athletic fields. During our first year there were no interclass contests because of a lack of students to take part; yet all the school teams were made up of members of our Freshmen class with the exception of a few men. The second year conditions were about the same but our Sophomore baseball team was victorious over the rest of the school. While we were Juniors we succeeded in winning all events on Field Day (when the Freshmen were served soup.) We did not go in for much else because all our best men were playing on the first teams and were thus ruled out of interclass contests. In our Senior year we tied for championship in football, but lost out in basketball. We had eleven men out of the eighteen on the first football team, and