Palmer High School - Palmerite Yearbook (Palmer, NE)

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las Poem m... .ms Marion, well, he's just our Man. He is so big and strong. A fiction book is his main repast And that boy is never wrong. Carl, the friend of all he knows, With his red and wavy hair, If you see a lot of pretty girls I think you'll find him there. In boxing this boy is really fast. He seems to dote on fun., This is Clyde, our president, And a friend of everyone. Of course there's Beulah, who likes to dance Or go riding in a Plymouth car. She studies when she gets a chance Though her sleep is seldom up to par, Next we're proud to mention Christian, a boy from the farm, And he deserves attention For his friendliness and charm. Next we have a hard working lad Who is a blue-eyed farmer boy. He is always happy and cheerful And goes ,by the name, Le Roy, Remember our valedictorian Who has studied and worked so hard. Onilee is our secretary And kept our records from becoming marred. Lorene, our Army girl, She wants to help Uncle Sam. She means to keep up the morale Of a certain young army man. Vivian has pretty blond hair Of which she is very proud. She likes to play the piano Especially for a crowd. Margaret, who likes the name Georgie, Is short but not very shy. She likes to study sometimes And everything she gives a try. John has his good points and his bad And he's a swell guy to have around. He's a brilliant, attractive lad Who is fond of Riverside grcund. Notice Dorothy who is timid and shyg Who is friendly and Slightly deinure, I'm not positive that she's a baker But she's liked by all, I'm sure. Short and stubby and full of fun And her work she never does dodge, She'll never forget a favor, This is Virginia Hodge. Now Milton is our class poet Who drives a Model-A. I suppose most folks do know it That he's always happy and gay. This brings to a close our roll call Of the class of '42. We hope that you've enjoyed it So good-bye and good luck to you. LeRoy Doncheske, ,Milton Suck

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lass Prophecy P2-'L-'2 -'M May 13, 1957. After fifteen years -the senior class of 1942 has decided to have a class reunion at the Zuehlke Zuper Zanitarium at Hastings, Nebraska, now being operated by Mr. and Mrs. George Zuehlke, Mrs. Zuehlke, the former Miss Margaret Burkhardt, was a charming hostess to the group. As they arrived they signed the guest book, listing their accomplishments of the past fifteen years. It read as followszi V Clyde Burton is married to one of his admirers from Sutton. He photographs models in an art school in New York. Beulah Clarke has accepted a position as a dancer in Germany now that the war is over. LeRoy Doncheske settled down on his rattlesnake farm, deep in the heart of Texas. Carl Davison is now playing Clark Ga.ble's second anti lives at his home in Beverly Hills Virginia Gee is a private secretary of a high. government official, with good pay, and another girl to do all the office-work. Cvnilee Winchell has taken French to heart, so she went to Paris - as a house- hold-wife of course. .Tohn Golden has joined the ranks of newspaper men and is now working on one of the biggest stories ever to come from the South Sea Islands. Viiginia, Hodge is a bathing beauty on the beaches of Miami, Florida. Christian Burkhardt is married and has taken up doctoring as a sideline. More than likely he is pretty busy. Dorothy Weber, after a teaching career of several years, has married and is an excellent housewife and Baker. Vivian Newlon, after years of hard study in college, has belcgme the leading Song- stress with Glenn' Miller-'s orchestra. Milton Suck, who has always been our class poet, is now publishing his works in fthe VVo:rm's Crawler , which is a very prominent newspaper now. Lorene Whited, after going through a lot of red tape, has finally got her man and has settled down on a little farm south of town. Robert Taylor finished his course in' doctoring and is a doctor in the Navy Train- ing Academy on the Great lakes. Louis Zuehlke, after studying hard, has become a lawyer, but has never won a case in court because he is too bashful. Marion Winchell has settled down on his little horse farm in Kentucky and is still trying to perefct the Old Gray Mare. Carl Davison Marion Winchell Lorene Whited lass Poem Thrcirgh four short years of toil interspersed with careless' play, This class together struggled And met what came their way. This group of nonconformists Never could agree, They'd argue with careless banter Though a reason they couldn't see. Now ba.shful Bob is quite a man Tis very plain to note. Ah, let me live with memories! His very words I quote. Just think of luxurious, brilliant, black hair And Virginia Gee comes to your mind, She attends almost every public affair. And treats all the kids most kind. A lad we all like very well, A cute guy, you can see. We all think he is mighty swell. His name is Louis Z.

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enicl' Reecrd Lua. .Inu By Beulah Clarke SEPTEMBER 11, 1941 The seniors thought the first day of school started off very satis- factorily. It was not definitely de- cided as to what subjects were to be taught. However it has been de cided hat we are to have Shorthand II and Algebra II, and so everyone is satisfied. In English we have a consider- able amount of history and we have read some of the older narrative poetry of which the authors are un- known. We are now reading Chau- cer's Canterbury Tales. Friday we took a speed test in typing. The highest scores were a' follows: John Golden, 51 words per minute: Robert Taylor, 46 word: per minute: ard Virginia Hodge 45 words per minute. Virginia Hodge typed for five minutes without er'- rors. This year we have a large class in Directed Speech. There are both juniors and seniors in this class One of the first questions asked in our class was, Why do peopl- talk? 'That was 'rather a dif- ficult question, don't you think? We are learning to direct our speeches toward a definite goal, ad- justing the means of expression tr- fit the needs of the situation. Fri- day we recited poems, trying to ex- press the feeling of the author. Speaking before the class gives us more self-confidence and ease 'be- fore an audience. To give a success- flll Slleeclr one must learn to act natural before an audience. At our class meeting Wednesday morning, Clyde Burton was elected president: Dorothy Weber was elec- ted vice-presidentg and Onilee Win- chell was elected secr'etary-treasur- er. Mr. Carlson was chosen to be our sponsor. . SEPTEMBER 18, 1941 The seniors have received as many tests as usual this week. We are about ready to take up the strdy of Shakespeare in English class. In typing the scores in the speed test were as follows: John 46 words per minute: Vi rginia G., 42 words per minute: Milton, 41 words per minute. In Directed Speech we have chang- ed teachers. We think Mr. Carlson thought we were impossible so we now have Miss Ericson as our teacher. We have to begin by giving a speech Tough luck! Due to the fact that we have but two microscopes in the biology class we were afraid of a slight handicap when the time came for microscopic study, however we will soon be us- ing a new micro-projector. This equipment is designed especially for high schools and projects onto a screen or wall where the whole class can study it at the same time. Another piece of new equipment which we will have soon is an aquarium or glass tank in which living specimens may be kept and the plants growing in chemicals may be studied. SEPTEMBER 25, 1941 Friday found us taking another speed test in typing. The scores were as follows: Virginia Gee and Beulah Clark, 43 words per minute: The 12th gade English class is reading Shakespeare's famous play. Macbeth. The underlying theme is the destructive effect of misdirect- ed ambition. This play, often re- ferred to as, a tempest set to mu- sic, tells about the tragedy that be falls the ambitious general, Mac- beth. We are having a little trouble in Directed Speech in convincing some of the cliss that it's necessary while taking this subject to stand in front of the class, and give a speech. No- tice I said, star1d in front of the class, because we do have a con- siderable number that like to give corfidential speeches to their neigh- bors. We are looking forward to getting our new books this week. SENIOR CLASS MEETING The Seniors held a meet ng Sept 22 to elect the Palmerite staff. The following were Milton Suck: Beulah Clarke: Robert Taylor: John Golden: Carl Davison: ' Beulah Clarke: Virginia Gee: Clyde Burton: John Golden: Beulah Clarke: Elma Burton: Sue Golden: Lorena Fishel: e,e:ted or chosen: Editor-in-ch'ef Assistant Editor Advertising Comm Humor Column Snapshot Editor Sports Editor Senior News Reporter Junior News Reporter Sophomore News Reporter Freshman News Reporter Dorothy Weber: lst, 2nd, 3rd anu 4th Grade Reporter Onilee Winchell: 5th, 6th, 7th and Sth Grade Reporter By the Sec.-Treas., OCTOBER 2, 1941 Ore of our interesting assignments in Directed Speech this week was to read a poem in monotone and then read it correctly. Sometimes we were very mrch confused as to whether we were reading in monotone or if we were reading it correctly. The assignment sounded easy but we found it quite difficult. Our new 'books have arrived. They are es- pecially written for high school stu- dents and therefore we find them much more interesting than the others. The advanced typing class is slow- ly but surely increasing their speed. The scores for this week are: Vir- ginia Gee, 45 words per minute: Beu- lah Clarke, 44 words per minute: Robert Taylor 43 words per minute. Second year shorthand are now working for an increase in speed. Nearly everyone in the class can have managed to take 70. However, take 60 words per minute and a few at that rate of reading Miss Kutcher States that she usual.y hears Whoa from several members of the class. OCTOBER 9, 1941 This week the senior class enjoyed i???J a longer assignment in typi g. We don't know whether we're im- proving or not but Miss Kutcher evidently thinks so. The scores are: Beulah Clarke, 47 words per minute, Robert Taylor 46 words per minute, and Virginia Gee 43 words per' min- ute. .lust when we think we're get- ting to be better and faster typers we start going backwards instead of forwards. This week the Biology class is stud- ying about the different kinds of cells We also have studied about the life of insects, and how they live. The English class has discovered that it has some very promising young authors. We have -been study- ing Lyric poetry, which expresses the feelings of the author. Mis Ericson had everyone in the class write a poem of at least six stanzas. The senior class enjoyed a theatre party Tuesday night at St. Paul. The name of the show was, Shepherd of the Hills. A good time was had by all.