Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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Class Will of 1917. Esther Newman bestows her knowledge of good citizenship upon the coming generation. Hans Zeimer and Merna Zulauf leave their lucky places in the alphabet to John Zurbrigen and Paul Zutz, who will always get the back seats in Senior classes. The power to teach Junior High pupils Grace Nelson bestows upon Gertrude Rosenbrook. Lyle McGinnis leaves his silence to Clifford Koenigstein. Beryl Tubbs bestows upon Gladys Low her popularity among the boys. Leo Klentz bequeaths his studious disposition to James Connelly. Dons Buckendorf leaves her nack in hair dressing to Grace Lyons. Patricia Curran bequeaths her Irish wit to Fred Witters. (We believe the teachers think he needs it). Winona Davis bestows upon Sylvester Mueting her neatness in bookkeeping. Ruth Cochran leaves to Hazel Sires her right to wander around during school hours so that Hazel can continue to do so in the future. Hazel Dawson leaves her gift of talking with ease to Nellie Wade. Dwight Sprecher gives to William Hille his unfamiliarity with the girls. So that the Glee Clubs hereafter may have a talented pianist Wilhelmine Koenigstein wills her place to Margaret Stukey. Abbie Craven wills her easy going manner to Alice Rees. So that Elmer Farrens may graduate with his class Paul Evans gives him his power to “climb tho the rocks be rugged.” Vivien Leighton wills her convincing arguments to Lucile Sires so she will be more sure that she is in the right. Louise Shivley bestows upon Otis Ellerbrock her pretty voice. Barbara Borowiak wills her place as the elderly lady in the glee club plays to Carrie Rosenthal. To Ray Diefenderfer, Richard Hille gives his honorable place in the foot ball team. Nadine France bestows upon Lorene Whitman her naturally curly hair.

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Class Will of 1917. We. the class of 1917, of the Norfolk High School, being of sound minds, and possessing many desirable qualities (?), bequeath our property and rights to those schoolmates we cannot forget. To the honorable class, the Juniors, we leave our ability of always doing things on time. To our sister class, the Sophomores, we bequeath our dignity and judgment. Upon the Freshmen class we bestow our order and the use of parliamentary law in class meetings (?). Bernice Barret, Robert Rice and Cora Stockton bequeath their back seats to Clarice Knight, Lucille Tannehill and Ema Lenz respectively. To Earl Tutt, Hattie Hepperly leaves her studious attitude, so he will catch up with his little sister. Dale Stukey bestows upon John Davies his tall, slender form. Lucille Welch bequeaths her ability to play the piano to Mae Homer. Rollo Davies bequeaths his eye glasses to Marion Barber so that she may be able to make her eyes behave. Fay Rorapaugh leaves his ability to manage business to Russel Beaton. Ellen Farrens wills her place in Domestic Science Class to Ida Anderson. Eula Mayfield leaves her quiet disposition to Minnie Lier-man who cannot keep from talking. To some other sweet girl, Dorothy Bauman leaves Hollis Askey. Luta McKibben bestows upon Helen Beels her dignified manner. Charles Hamilton gives his ability to imitate Charley Chaplin to Harry Meister. Hazel Josiassen wills her gift of making rhymes to Ruth Taft. Gustav Steffen leaves his place as the only boy in the Senior Normal Training class to Allen Marshall, so that he can get better acquainted with the girls. Ina Henderson gives her princely air to Alice Josiassen.

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Society. Junior-Senior Banquet and Reception, 1916. The members of the Class of 1916 were guests of the Class of 1917 on Friday evening. May 26th. The guests assembled at the First Congregational Church and were received by appointed members of the Junior Class, who directed them to the reception hall. Here the Junior colors, green and white, were in evidence. Partners were drawn and they were ushered to the church parlors where a delightful three-course banquet was served by the Ladies of the First Congregational Church. The Seniors colors, purple and white, were combined in forming an elaborate festooning. Fluffy pons-pons drooped interminglingly from the profusion of purple and white in charming adornment. All the decorations united in producing an artistic effect. The tables were arranged in the shape of the letter “N.” Streamers of white flowed from the canopy overhead and fell in charming array about a cluster of white carnations. Places were laid for one-hundred. The place cards and menus were tiny booklets representing a white carnation, the Senior Class flower. Cora Stockton, president of the Junior Class, presided as toast-mistress, responses were given by members of the Senior class, all doing justice to the occasion. The following program ensued: “Much Adoo About Nothing”...................................Cora Stockton “As You Like It”...............................................Fred Zutz “Comedy of Errors”................................................Charles Hamilton “Mid Summer Night’s Dream”................................Bernice Hibben “All’s Well That Ends Well”.................................Miss Durland “Quotation from Hamlet”..................................Mr. M. E. Crosier “Measure for Measure”.....................................Miss Vie Ufford After the banquet an informal evening was enjoyed and a short entertainment by the Juniors completed the evening. Fourth Year Follies. The first event of importance during our school year was the Junior-Senior Hare and Hound Hunt. All started out very favorably despite the fact that Diana, the Goddess of moonlight contributed her flowing beams of light to the cause of the Juniors, the Fates predicted victory for the Seniors. The classes were divided into three different squads. At seven-thirty the timid hares hastily sought refuge from the hungry hounds who should pursue in such places as mice inhabited lumber yards, deserted caves and under thorn bearing gooseberry bushes, where various uses of the old-fashioned rag rug was again instituted. The former part of the evening was one of suspense and high tension on the part of the Seniors, for when the hilarious laugh and excited babble of the Juniors reached our alert ears at various times, conditions seemed very uncertain. But as the saying goes “Time and tide wait for no man,” neither did it wait for the Juniors, the hour was up and we returned to the High School exulting joyously over the victory. “Now the Seniors in triumph reigned For their goal they had attained, But the Juniors good naturedly took their defeat, And we marched to the Y. M. C. A. for the treat.” A charming three course dinner was served here after which several toasts were given then, we all departed declaring the evening a grand success. Watermelon Feed. It was in the middle of September that the Senior class departed in a hayrack for a good old watermelon feed, the bottom of the vehicle being filled with the fruit. The jarring of the ride and the thought of the watermelon gave the crowd a very hilarious aspect. This was changed to one of excitement within five minutes after the “unloading,” when it was discovered that the melons had disappeared. A hasty search brought them to light and also the culprits who had escaped to the safety of the trees. The wierd fire and the excited figures darting here and there supplied a fantastic scene. But “all is well that ends well,” and the party adjourned in a joyous mood.