Mount Vernon High School - Skagina Yearbook (Mount Vernon, WA)

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John Ferguson Pinkerton. Rogers, Mr. Cowell, Schroeder, Fell. Owen Torseth we, Q S we, the memhers of the class of 1944, rounal the last hend of our high school life at Mount Vernon Union High School we look hack at four years of work anal fun anal friendship. We look ahead with hope anal high aspirations to the worlal in which we are to take our places. NE hundred and five seniors were graduated with the class of '44 mak- ing ours the smallest class in recent years. Commencement exercises took place in the gymnasium, May 25. Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, president of the College of Puget Sound, was the main speaker, ad- dressing us on the theme, For ldeals We Fight. The Reverend S. E. Fosket, pastor of the Free Methodist church of Mount Vernon, directed baccalaureate services on the pre- ceding Sunday, May 21. Awards presented at the close of the year were the music plaque for band to Richard Judy, and the plaque for orchestra to June Sharp. Clifford Schroeder was recipient of the inspirational football award. Top scholastic honors were awarded to John Ferguson and Owen Torseth, valedic- torian and saiutatorian respectively, who represented the class as commencement speakers. Not all of the graduates were present to receive diplomas, since eight had been in- ducted into the armed forces. They were Argus Blackburn and William Wilson, Marine Corps, Jerry Martin, Leslie Ek- lund, Loyal Morgan, George LeBlanc and Dale Greene, Navy, and Harlan Omholt, Merchant Marine. Some of the boys who left for military or naval service before thev had completed their senior year were Clem Ford, Maurice Freeman, and Richard May, Navy, and George Orrock and Clayton Wlalde, Army. Our class officers for the senior year were Raymond Fell. president, Clifford Schroeder, vice-president, Shirley Rogers, secretary, Owen Torseth, treasurer, and Helen Pinkerton, representative to the student council. Leslie Eklund was class yell leader as well as leader for the school. Margaret Ann Wilson was assistant vell leader. Gertrude Rasmussen, Norma Draper, and Gladys Oakland led the pep songs at assemblies and games. r. Our advisors were Mr. Ray Cowell, Miss Minnie Gerriets, Miss Mary K. Simeon, Miss Dorothy Currie, and Mr. Turner Pedersen. VVe won our share of the athletic glory in each sport. Boys who won letters in one or more sports were Iames Anderson, Argus Blackburn, Albert Egbers, Albert Hall, Robert Hobbs, Richard Judy, lohn Martin, Richard Lee, Nels Larson, Leland Novot- ny, Herbert Payne, Phillip Sayre, Clifford Schroeder, Robert Sinclair, Robert Stark-