Owosso High School - Spic Yearbook (Owosso, MI)

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Foreword The memory of our associations at Owosso High School will linger forever in our hearts, as constant reminders of the happy hours we spent here. Perhaps our graduation is the crossroads, Where we and our friends must part to go our separate Ways. But far apart as we may be, this be our theme through life: Success lies not in achieving what you aim at, but in aiming at what you ought to achieve. Memories never die. Still, if they should fade a bit, and if this annual helps to revive them in all their splendor, its purpose will have been duly fulfilled. -Lloyd E. Wing, Editor-in-chief. Q Table oi Contents History of Spic ........... ..-- .... ..... - ---.- ...... ---- 5 Dedication ..... - - - - 6 Administration - - - - - - - 8 Appreciation - - - -- - - 10 Seniors ...... .... 1 1 Departments - - - - - - -33 Classes ..... .... 4 3 Activities .... .... 5 1 Athletics --- - - H69 Humor --- ----81 -4-

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THE SPIC Published hy THE SENIOR CLASS OVVOSSO HIGH SCHOOL Owosso, Michigan 1938

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History of the Spic The first Spic was published by the senior class of 1902. Robert I. Gale who was a member of the senior class at that time suggested the name Spick and the rest of the board agreed on it. The k was dropped from the name in 1910, but the reason for doing so is not known. The idea of having an annual originated with J. C. Osburn, who was principal of the school in 1902. He helped the boys get started. The boys were Henry A. Sherman, editor, and Burt A. Crowe, business manager. The other members on the Spick board were Hazel Roberts, Roy Vandewater, and Bernard Wilson. Ethel Greenwood who later became Mrs. James Oliver Curwood was also on the board. Dr. R. C. Mahaney was largely responsible for the publication of the first'Spick. His help and advice were indispensable to the board. The great object of the first Spick was a memorial of days spent in the high school. The old high school was then located at the Central. In the first edition of the Spick the names of all the alumni from 1870 were printed. ' There were 38 in the senior class of 1902. It was the largest class that had graduated up to that time. The officers of the class were Burt A. Crowe, president, Ethel Greenwood, vice-presidentg Frances Clapp fMrs. G. N. Finch of this cityl, secretary, and Ralph Graham, treasurer. The class colors were crimson and white, the iiower was the American beauty, the motto was While we live, let us live . The first Spick was printed by the Evening Argus. It was seven by nine inches. It contained forty-six pages. The cover was made of crimson paper and had silver lettering on it. The different departments were very much like those in our own Spic. It was a splendid success. Since the first Spick the book has been published by the graduating class almost every year. Before 1926 only three years had been skipped. In 1934 the issues of the Owosso High Observer were bound and that took the place of the Spic. Every other year the Spic has been published. There have been different sizes, shapes, themes, and colors each year. Every graduating class has tried to make their Spic bigger and better and different from that of the class graduating the year before them. The result has been a bigger and better Spic each year. -Marcia Guilford. ...0....