Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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THE MIRROR JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY OFFICERS Vincent Gerlach President Bernice Koch Vice-President Mable Henning Secretary-Treasurer Miss Wood Sponsor Flower — Yellow Rose Colors — Purple and Gold Motto — Learn as if you live forever, live as if you die tomorrow. Having come thus far in our high school life, we anxiously look forward to the thought of becoming seniors in such a short time. There were twenty-five members in our class at the beginning of the school year, but only twenty-three remain, one having dropped out at the middle of the term, and one having moved to a different locality. We have one girl and two boys on the basketball squads, and one of our mem- bers holds the position of official yell leader. Our boys’ basketball team with the help of the senior boys won more games than any other class team. Mr. Lemmel presented the junior and senior team with a trophy before the student body. We have worked hard throughout the year for the purpose of earn- ing money for the Junior-Senior Reception. We have sold candy at the basketball games which were played at home. Our class also gave a dance ,in the gymnasium. April 21. We helped sell tickets for a moving picture show which was given in the gymnasium. The Junior-Senior Banquet was given in the gymnasium. May 2, and we hope the seniors enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed giving it. Page twenty

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TO THE SENIORS Oh year of years! The Senior year! Graduation day is drawing near. The day when from old Merrillville High You must depart with many a sigh. Soon now will come the closing scene Of all your High School’s pleasant dream. In days to come you’ll backward gaze, And think of the good old High School days. Oh year of years! The crowning year! The last you’ll spend in our High School dear. So make the most of each glad day To make your work and efforts pay. Four busy years you here have worked, And seldom any duties shirked. May this ambition still be yours, Whatever Fortune o’er you pours. When you leave here to enter life’s school. Remember to follow the Golden Rule. What measure you mete with tongue or pen, It will be measured to you again. Oh Seniors, soon the day will dawn, When you shall join the mighty throng Who labor in their chosen field. And to defeat will never yield. So when life’s battle you’ve begun, And you see victory’s nearly won, Keep up your courage, set your sails For perseverance never fails. — Allene R. Frame Page nineteen

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THE MIRROR Row three — Robert Stark, Raymond Wehner, Gerald Bowman, Milton Guernsey, Leonard Meyer, Louis Ameling, Frank Blimel, John Gruel, Harold Miller. Row two — Vincent Gerlach, Alvera Waltz, Mabel Walker, Stanley White, Miss Wood, Edith Saxton, Helen Buchfuehrer, Mable Henning, Alma Christianson. Row one — Mildred Franz, Daisy Chester, Allene Frame, Helen Beach, Gladys Lindborg, Mabel Sader, Bernice Koch, Mildred DeKalb, Elizabeth Vander Lugt. JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY— Continued We gave a class program which was made up of a dramatized Mother Goose Rhyme, selections by the class quartette and a radio feature. We students of the Health Club, together with a few of the seniors, joined in a party at Christmas time and exchanged gifts which were presented by Santa Claus. Having prepared ourselves for our next year, as seniors, we hope that we have earned our merits in the preceding three years of our high school life.