Newcastle High School - Yearbook (Newcastle, WY)

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CPage tfwenty-one Class fighting was not prominent this year, and everything was rather quiet. . The Senior play, Getting Acquainted With Madge, was a success and helped us financially on our annual. May 15 the Junior Senior banquet was held, and here was our last gathering of both classes in high school. There were 29 Seniors from Newcastle, and one from Cambria at the banquet. A little more studying, and then came commencement. So passed the Seniors of '26. J. J. K. MRS. ETHEL GRAHAM, PRINCIPAL Mrs. Graham, our principal for the last three years, is one of the best teachers that any student ever had. If we were permitted to nickname our teachers her name would undoubtedly be, Square Deal Graham. She has lived in the west long enough to become embodied with that principle, of all true Westerners. A square deal for everyone. Naturally, believing in this, she deserves a square deal from you and she's not expecting a thing too much. If she ever bawl.s you out or in society scolds or reprimands you think it over and just seehow easy it is to recall a recent disregard for the school laws and remember that you have no right to break them without being told about it. Everyone that ever was on the listening end of a lecture or the receiving of a sharp reprimand can say that he got just what he deserved and also that he got a square deal. Of course the corners on the square deals hurt but that is only when we did a little more than is known or has been seen and we are treated too nicely. The corners hurting is nearly always the prickings of that little thing they call conscience. Everyone has a conscience, though probably some people have less than others. However, whether we belong to one class or the other, we ought to know enough to appreciate what she does and the way she does it and the many square deals that she gives us during the grind that is 180 days long. As our class sponsor she can not be surpassed. This is all that I can say about her, al- though I suppose I could use words that neither I nor any other student of my age would understand to express just how we feel about her. Neither could we find word-s to express the thanks of those whom she has helped so gloriously through their Senior year -1926. ' E. L. R.

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Page twenty History of the Seniors of '26 We began our Freshman year with an enrollment of 53, al- most one half of the high school. It did not take us long to iind that we were very, very, green. The Sophomores initiated us at a party given in the old school building, and right then and there we learned something about high school life. The rest of the year was -spent in study, and the usual things. A few weeks before school let out the high school was transferred to the new school building, and in this we saw the close of our Freshman year. Our Sophomore year was begun, and we were beginning to feel like real members of the high school, since we were not the greenest. We initiated the Freshmen at a party given in the new gymnasium, and here we took out our revenge for the year be- fore. This year a few parties were given, and the class spirit was beginning to show. Our enrollment had dropped some, but still we were the largest class in school. The Sophomores assisted the rest of the high school in the operetta, The Windmills of Holland. The first part of our Junior year was rather quiet, until the class tournaments began. With the tournaments began class fighting. We won first in basketball and second in debate, and the girls won second in basketball. Then came the time for the basketball and debating teams to go to Laramie. They both made good showings. The real class fights began while the teams were in Laramie, 'but there were too many Juniors for the Seniors. The rivalry was intense for a long while. Then came the Junior play, All a Mistake, on which we cleared about seventy-five dollars. It was our year to put on the Junior Senior banquet, and we spent nearly a week in preparation of the gymnasium, and the many other things that had to be done. The gym was decorated nicer than it ever had been before, and the banquet was a grand success. So ended our Junior year. h With the beginning of our Senior year we had an enroll- ment of 29, which was still the largest class in school.

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Page t'wenty-two lass Will ' In the District Court of Newcastle, before Judge O. C. Kerney, we, the Seniors of 1926, do nobly and without malice aforethought, hereby make this will, our last effort in the hope that all concerned may be better by it. The Seniors have made great sacrifices in the hope of helping the lower classmen and we hope that all who have herewith received gifts will feel honored and try to live up to them. HEAR YE: PRESIDENT, BILL KLODT, desires to leave Frank Martin his superfluous supply of wittiness when in the presence of ladies. With this extra fortification Frank will reign supreme,-as School Sheik. , Katherine Storm wills to little Boo Grieves her extra strength. and size, which she feels sure Harold can make good use of. Elmer Rogers hereby leaves to Paul Gaido his ability to be- come teacher's pet. The two Dewey girls, Pearl and Lenarda, bequeath upon Joe Zanoni their ability to get by without studying. Lucile Roberts leaves Gerald Clinebell one-third of her ever- increasing boisterousness and ability to find fault. Erma Long bestows upon Bee Bennett her beauty, and strategy she uses in getting dates. Red used most of the strate- gem employed this year. Daniel Webster, alias Glenn Bettis, wills to Floyd Hansen his windiness in arguing on subjects unknown to him. Ella Bock desires that her personal charm and daintiness be left to Grace Mahnke. Louis Kugland, he of the fiery temper, wills just a small part of it to Miss Lewis as he thinks that she is far too good natured. Mary Marquiss wills to Christina Freel her exceptional danc- ing ability. Q Susie Kudlock wills her extra gum fto be found in the first seat in the first row of the Study Hallj to Clarence Culver. Calvin Scott now puts in a good word for Leonard Hays, and leaves his knowledge of the gentle art of bluffing to poor Skeezix. Dorothy Sedgwick thought it only proper for Mrs. Gardiner to have a small portion of her wonderful generosity and thoughtful- ness for others. This is to be used when making out the report cards.