North High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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' ROY B. GREGG. Latin Course. Editor-in-Chief of Oracle, President of Senior Classy Captain of base ball team. A faculty for getting busy and minding his own business. His abode, the Oracle oflice. His dreams, money bags for the Annual. 1 The more they gazed, the more the fwonder grefw, That one small head could carry all he knef-w. iii- ONA LOUISE CURTIS. Latin.. Course. A big heart, a freckled nose, an ambition for the stage, a gift of song and pen. A Godsend to the Oracle Stall. 4 Her brain contains ten thousand cells, In each some actifve fancy dfwellsf' ,-.-ir EDGAR DE SILVA. Latin Course. A Sultan of Sulu in real life. Authority on the joke book. Specialty: origlnal translations a la George Ade. The cheerful man's a king. .1-1-1 LENoRE ASH. Latin Course. , A brilliant student, and ardent scrapper. A sweet singer with a tendency to turn up her nose at the World in general, all She fwill, she fwill, and you can depend on it, And if She fwont, she fwont, and there's the end on't.,'

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To 1904 ll. Hark! vThey're coming, Hear the humming Gro-wing to a mighty roar. Bid your trembling nerves be steady, Brace yourself. Get a good ready For the class of 1904. Int-o everything they're butting,,' All the old traditions cutting, Splashing all the landscape near them, With the ancient gruesome gore, And we hear them as they pass Bid the world Hkeep off the grassf' Leave the earth to IQO4. See yon sad and shadowy creatures? Ghosts they are of saintly teachers, Gone where grades no longer bore. Slowly did their strength diminish, Till worked was each one to a finish, By the class of IQO4. Yet the creature so despotic Has a mighty force hypnotic To win its way to worlds unconquered heretofore And when Fame gives out the laurel , It will be no use to quarrel, For you'll Hnd it sticking safely On the crown of 1904. Q

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THOMAS L. HOSMER. QBusiness Course. A good sized hat, a lively hustle, a soft spot in his heart for the girls. Has won distinction as business manager of the Oracle. Pm so important that no one minds fwhat I say, so I say it,' it's the only comfort I have. ETHEL SHAW. Latin Course. It would break her heart to get anything but an A. The delight of the faculty, the despair of her rivals. The admiration of P ? Night after night she sat and hleared her eyes. BURR GIFFIN. Latin Course. The hand of an artist, the heart of a lover, the instincts of a Vanderbilt. A bonanza to the girls. A successful, all-around member. My heart, the sea, and the fworld are melt- ing 'with lofvef' FRANCES PICKRELL. Scientific Course. She is happy-go-lucky, with a soul full of sunshine and a head full of fun. Leading lady in Miss Doremifasolasini. Her dearest ambition to clog like Ona. Men are such .vguashy thingsj they look fwell enough but they fwon't fwear, they fwon't wear. '