Montpelier High School - Idamont Yearbook (Montpelier, ID)

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MONTPELIER HIGH SCHOOL BEARS lt IS futtung that the present ldamont should feature as nts plctorlal theme the mascot of the lnstntutnon The Rocky Mountam Grxzzly for short the Bear as a school symbol made Its advent Into school hustory and tradltlon wnth the untroductlon of football under the durectuon of Coach Jerry Taylor Prevxous to l928 no symbol except the school colors The Red Gnd Grey had ever been used to desngnate or :dentlfy our com petmg actnvnty teams Football was mtroduced nn the fall of l928 Our flrst game was played wlth McCammon on October l2 away from home The enture student body and a great many commun :ty supporters accompanued the team to wltness thus openlng game Agamst experlenced oppon ents our team made an excellent showlng al though out scored I4 to l3 Coach Taylor was well pleased wrth the performance of hus charges and ln descrlbung thelr flghtung qualltnes In a report to the st ude nt body Inkened them to medlately caught the fancy of student body and community fans and the deslgnatlon became part of our actuvuty tradntmon The grnzzly head was made part of the decoratnons on the turst warm up sults purchased cn l929 Sxnce that tlme nt has been the symbol around whlch our entnre actlvlty program has revolved In 1937 Mr Farrell Collett a graduate of the Montpelier Hugh School wnth the Class of 1926 now Art Instructor at Weber College Ogden Utah pre sented to the school an orlgunal osl pavntlng of The Grnzzly whlch has become the center puece In the M H S trophy case The Mont pelser Hugh School Grlzzly Bear as a school sym bol has had clustered about It an envrable record of athletic forensuc muslcal and scholastlc achievements In orlgmal xdea hustory and tra dntxon It IS a worthy challenge to coming gener ations of M H S students Keep nt worthy' Wee SUPERINTENDENT WINTERS HELEN STONER ,, 1, - , , . , ' ' ' f . charging grizzlies. MontpeIier Bears im- , - 1 , .l. .I . .I - U . H . . , I . I . . V A U - ' I I -

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Baafzcfaffcfacdfan Left to rrght A E Carleton A J Wsnters E C Jensen S E Burgoyne W L Perkins F W Throughout the school year the Board of Educatuon has been what might be called the guudung lnght an the dlrectuon of the complex problems ofthe Montpelier High School Because of the due consuderataon glven the wrse attutudes taken and the discretion used an dealing with the school affairs and problems whatever dnffncultnes there were rf any were dealt with very prudently and satlsfactoruly 4 . s f l T - . , . . I , . . , . . , . . V , . . Sorgatz, E. L. Burgoyne. II ' ' ' Il ' v . . I I A I I I '

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