Mondovi High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mondovi, WI)

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lin and Ralph Seyforth with the help of our Junior friend, Charles Whitworth. We lost by withdrawal this year Willie Myers, Reuben Belden, Luella Cheney and Floy Hurtlay. We were sorry to see them go. The Juniors gave us a delightful reception and ‘‘Here’s to the Class of 21 our anticipations of many blessings that circumstances have denied us.” Sanford Ede having evidenced his ability in faithful, efficient service, was again chosen class president, Elizabeth Pinkney vice-president, and Grayce Winter, secretary-treasurer for the year 1920. Raymond Evans, our Valedictorian, a zealous student and ever present when there was work to do, was cashier of the School Savings Hank, and Secretary of his class during the Junior year. He was an active member in the Freshman Class Play, and has always shown much interest in music, and never was a shirker in any duty assigned to him. Samuel Blum, our Salutatorian, was President of the Class in his Freshman year and Vice-President in his Junior year. When his years in high school numbered less than one, he was winner of the Freshman-Sophomore Oratorical Contest and represented us at the League Contest held at Durand. In his Junior year he again represented our school in both the League and District Contests. He was a member of the Basketball team in his second, third and fourth years. As a Senior, he was a member of our successful Debating team. Samuel also assumed the responsibility of Business Manager ol Senior Memoirs, captained the football team, and won first place in Oratory in the League Contest. I Leonard Anderson joined us in the Sophomore year. He was a member of the baseball team during his third and fourth years and also a mainstay in our football team the past season. Pete’s tall figure and happy grin were ever a pleasant sight. He is possessed of an agreeable disposition and has with his magic wand brought happy endings out of chaos. Agnes Armour acted as Class Vice-President in our Freshman eai and served us faithfully the following year as secretary-treasurer. She was a participant in the local Declamatory Contest in our third and fourth years and took part in the Senior Class Play. James Brown s ability as a basket ball player especially during his third and fourth years will always be remembered because of his wonderful cleverness with the ball which enabled him to be chosen as all-tournament Forward at the Eau Claire tournament 1920. He was a member of the baseball team in his last two years, and in his Senior year he was an end on the football team. He was an efficient representative in our school band In his third year and of the Freshman Class Play in his first. He added force and wit in the Senior Class Play.

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should ever have to stand! We suggest right here and now. that if a new school house is ever built that there must be seats enough for all, especially the Freshmen. The Sophomores initiated us with a splendid reception at which, though their intentions were kind, we suffered all the agonies of the overly conscious at an unusually formal function. • Realizing the great need of having class officers to guide us through our Freshman year, we elected Samuel Blum, president; Agnes Armour, vice president; and Vilas Wright, secretary-treasurer. Despite the obstacles existing in our class, we sent Samuel Blum to represent us at the Oratorical League. When we were growing into Sophomores the United States entered the World War and a shortage of capable teachers became apparent and we we.e compelled to face our struggles with two teachers short of the former quota. We have many times felt the lack of what we otherwise would have had in our 3rd and 4th years. During this year the following class officers were elected: Grayce Winter, president; Elizabeth Pinkney, vice-president; and Agnes Armour, secretary-treasurer. We gave the usual annual reception to our Freshmen f.iends, and tried to make them happy. Several members left us in this year, including Laura Anderson, Berval Cleasby, Fern Gueldner, Paul Kenyon, Galen Isham. Vayle Nogle and Adella Alt. In the Junior year we woke up to the fact that our high school days were passing rapidly and that we must become more active if we were t» reach our goal in the allotted time. We were well enough known to be represented in the Oratorical Contests ar.d in the H. S. Basketball and Baseball teams. We not only battled with the terrors of war, our thoughts largely devoted to the dangers of our loved ones on the battlefields, but influenza became prevalent, and all school activities were abandoned. School closed for eight weeks, and many sorrows were in our homes on account of the distressing conditions. Yet we wer e held to the mark and expected to conquer all and move onward. Finally, we had the pleasure of holding our annual Junior-Senior reception, in which one of the features of entertainment was a play entitled “Daddy,’’ which is said to have possessed real merit. Odin Aase, Hattie Bie ecker, Marion Harmrn and LaVergne Claf-lin left our band with the closing of t’his year. Our new officers elected were: Sanford Ede, president; Samuel Blum, vice-president; and Raymond Evans, secretary-treasurer. With our country at p?ace, influenza checked, and having learned many valuable lessons, our Senior year became truly our banner year. Several of our number starred in Debating. Oratory, Stock Judging, and Athletics. We won first place in the State Stock Judging Contest at Madison through the correct judging of Roland Claf-

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Sydney Bunce was added to our Class Roll in the sixth grade and, until he suffered physical injury, was our star end on the football team. He was a member ot the basketball team, serving as a faithful and etlicient guard. During his last two years he was the catcher on our baseball team and during his third, a member of the band. . Marie Ede joined our c ass in 1917 as a Freshman, and has made steady and diligent pteparation as a teacher in which vocation we are sure she will succeed. Sanford Ede was a member of the basket ball team in his second, third and fourth years. He served so efficiently as president during his Junior year that he was elected again to tide us over our last year. To Sanford, our valued president, we as a class owe many successes for his cool and rare foresight. He was a member of the Senior Class Play and has given his excellent voice to help make the Boys’ Sextette a success. Ralph Seyforth, or “Smiler” as he is called because of his habitual smile, joined us in the Freshman year as an agricultural student and his abilities in this particular line cannot be better shown than in the fact that he was one of the Stock Judging team that won the State Championship for us this year. Oscar Olson found us in the seventh grade. In his Sophomore year he left this school to attend Hunt's Business College at Eau Claire, but the fires of Mondovi High were so aflame in his memories that he returned the next year to be an earnest worker with us to the end. He was a splendid representative in our Triangular Debating Contests and Boys’ Sextette, and was Editor-in-chief of the “Senior Memoirs.’’ and was ever ready to work in any useful capacity. “Rollie” Clafiin or “Sam, call him which-ever you please, it is immaterial to him, added the necessary elements of wit and humor to our class. We never could have passed through the many dark hours as triumphantly without Rollie. He was an Oratorical success in his Junior year. He was a member of the Basketball team in nib second, third and fourth years and was also chosen as an all-tournament forward at the Eau Claire tournament. He rendered excellent judgment at the Stock Judging team in his Sophomore, Junior and Senior years. This year he brought from the State Champion Stock Judging, the honor of second place of the State of Wisconsin. Alfaretta Wright first bestowred her smile upon us as a Freshman. During her high school life she has been a steady builder in the Teachers’ Training Course, that she may become a competent teacher. She has been the most sincere and unassuming friend to all with whom she has come in contact. Clarence Thompson, as Sergeant-at-Arms of the Demosthenian Society in his Sophomore year, and Vice-President of the same or-