Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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phyN yN 'B C d ll M413 eww New M sed, Wm of I1 Peering into the deep, dark past of our beloved Crocus. we found that it hasnit al- ways been exactly the same year after year. No, indeed! The original Crocus. published in April of 1910 by the junior class, formerly used advertising of various Mitchell business concerns to help finance it. The issuing of the school paper was partly a business proposition, for single copies sold for 15 cents at first. This price was later reduced to 10 cents per copy or a year s subscription for 75 cents fSeems as though they were bothered by high prices just as we are nowj Issues were printed monthly This ancestor of the Crocus of today came in the form of small magazines with v rious decorations on the covers If you wished, a volume of about 30 pages could also be purchased. The highlight of the Crocus year, how- ever, was a fancy yearbook editiong bound with purple and white ribbons, it included pictures of the seniors and a summary of the yearis doings. The name probably originated from the fact that the state flower of South Dakota is also the Crocus. During World War II, the Crocus also doubled as a yearbook be- cause of severe shortages Each yearbook contained a copy of every edition of the past year The present Crocus is published every three weeks by the MHS Journalism class and is printed by the Daily Republic and the printing classes H Ab sq d dC Mg Shly yl. d P Me 9 , . . . , . a . . . ' 3 ' if Y g ' ' 5 First semester staff. 1R lj il ' Mar ou Wlarson. El b h ,- f Q ls Woo s, Beverly Engb h ' , Myrna Ne sracl, ar , onna Unt Ofnef ma Dor , Gayle 1Row 2j: Barbara Ber I Helen Herbs, Lerha R A jon ilen. Mari n - mo, Sherrill wenson, 3 Hanson. 5 I . Q ii tr d semester staff. lRow , . Lerha Rowley, Nancy Lou ' on, Sherrill Swenson, ., , , K I osford. fRow 23: fill , ' a Kress, l erra Cohn, ' b ra Ber uisr, Myrna , ' a , Beverly Engbrecht, ulhane, ar e Mur' U ,H 3 orma Dot . ot pic' . ,. V1 A , ire Hanson, Nor- ' ,f'i, 'I I artling, Harold ahoy, A' V ' ' 'A 5 l i ian Lesser. 4 ' ' by ,V '1 ' 1 11 ' I 2 phyS M g yN v E s eq I Ml ly W S S ly

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'X- W V .J Editors Marilyn, Sherrill, Shirley. and jon burn the midnight oil to meet that deadline, ,-ns ,vm Frankie finds what he wants-on a map! Bob and jim work over drawings for art staff. 5 nav' ig.. Make-up crew merrily trim to fit. Tense moments . , , What'll we do?

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Row 1 Joanne Treganza Ann McClenahan Lnllxan Lesser and Letha Rowley Rom 2 Helen Herbst Barbara Bergqutst Shnrley Hanson and Alberta Cohrt Row 3 Jon Mnllen Elxzabeth Woods Beverly Engbrecht Manlyn Wxblemo Marjory Murphy and Shernll Swenson Not pnctured Mary Lou Watson and Myrna Nepstacl The alms of any uxll and Scroll member are to attam a hlgh level of PIOHCICHCY xn the dxssemlnatxon of news and to observe the es llve up to the prlncnples set forth ln the follow mg poem Prayer for a Writer by Harry Frank lm Harrington, the objectlves of the ulll and Scroll soclety have truly been accomplished Help me, O Lord, m a land of borrowed ldeas to keep and develop what orxglnaltty I already possess Make me more aggressive, more interested and alert ln my daxly contacts with people and wnth life, that I may flnd fresh materlal on whlch to write Increase, O Lord, my power to observe and feel and thmk, and to express my lnmost thoughts wlth daring mclsxveness and pun enc Forgxve my 1nd1f'ferent spellmg and my care less lxterary lapses, and prune my manuscript of faded phrases and dangling sentences m!!am!.SwaJZ Give me the courage to say resolutely I dont know, and then to go out unashamed to dlscover the right answer Help to cultivate constantly at least one major mterest, and to enjov at least one rec reatlon and hobby Give me an abldmg pleasure ID the arduous task of wrmng, keepmg ln mmd always my obllgatlon to w1n the Interest of my reader Keep my mmd filled but never closed, and free me of concent, buncombe and pose, so that I may do my daily stmt honestly and thorough ly, and wlthout too much expectatlon of ap plause Let me not be too greatly dlscouraged by rejectmg sllps remembermg that acceptance cometh ln the- mornmg And when my typewrxter 15 covered wlth dust, O Lord, add to my unflnlshed story a happy ending to all I have dreamed and thought and prayed K . 0 O ' . ' Q . . , ,. tablished ethics of the literary craft. If he can . n . 4 I I . Q . ' . g Y- . . .