Petoskey High School - Observer Yearbook (Petoskey, MI)

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11 DONALD REED He cannot be accused of being a flirt CU Chorus 1-2-33 Importance of Be- ing Earnest g Baseball 4. r MASTON SPENCER I was not always a man of woe. Student House 1-3-43 House Clerk 33 Class President 23 Vice-President lg Forensic Club 3-43 Monogram Club 3-43 Secretary and Treasurer 45 French Club 33 Science Club 43 Foot- ball 3-4g All North Center 43 Athlet- ic Editor-Observer 4g Debating 3. Srninr Qllaaa igiatnrg 1 THE CRUISE OF THE PAIR-OF-DEUCES. fln Four Reelsj ' Directed by Father D. W. Time. Cast: All Star. Chosen from the Petoskey High School. REEL ONE. ' Near the middle of September, 1918, a throng of eager emigrants boarded the good ship Pair-of-Deuces, and after much shouting and tramping of feet chose Lewis Walker to be their skipper. Then they began their hazardous journey out into the great unknown. Sometimes they narrowly escaped disaster on the stormy reefs of Algebrag again the Straits of Latin menaced them. Their Scylla was an English class, and their Charybdis was their Ancient History. Often they were driven before the onrush of an evil band of Sophomores. Just before the Christmas holidays the company chose three of their number to try their powers of oratory against a crew of the frigate Vingt-et-un. Rowan Fasquelle, Chalmers Curtis and Lewis Walker met the blood-thirsty Sophs with the negative side of the gov- PAGE THIRTY-ONE

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5' SIGNA WAGGONER There are daggers in men's smiles. Cliosophic 1-2-3-43 Chorus 1--2-3-45 Glee Club 4 3 Science Club 3g Basket Ball 43 Track 4. V' DORIS WILLIAMS To establish Amy mind in tran- quilitye'f - Cliosophic 1-2-3-43 Chorus 1-2-3-4. MAURICE WOODRUFF A man that blushes is not quite a brute. Science Club 3-4. A GEORGE T. ZIPP Sleep-I can get none of it for thinking of my dearie. Football 4. lu VERA SCI-IERRER They are only truly great who are . truly good. C fc Chorus 23 Science Club 2. PAGE THIRTY

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ernment ownership of railroads. '22 lost this debate by a two-to-one de- cision, but actual experience has shown that the losers were in the right, even tho two judges failed to agree. Later in the year a very delightful party was given in the hold of the ship. Here the class showed it's progressiveness and patriotism by decorating with the national colors. So the ship cruised on 'till in June it found it's harbor in Little Traverse Bay. REEL TWO. When, in September, 1919, the roll was called many were missing and several new faces were found in the company. A new skipper took command, Captain Maston Spencer. The crew now made the acquain- tance of Mr. Kuttler and the formidable principles of geometry. Many were lured by Tennyson's Princess, while others were simply attracted by the English teacher, Miss Babcock. As the Christmas vacation neared, preparations were made for the annual Fresh-Soph debate. This year Esther Halstead, Carl J unker and Donovan Henry were selected and fulfilled their trust by bringing home a unanimous victory for '22, As time went on and the class of '22 developed, it contributed its help to make successful the foot-ball, basket-ball, track, base-ball and debating teams chosen from the whole fleet of exploring ships. One of the company even helped the Senior ship put on its annual Senior play. With the coming of the warm June days the whole fleet succumbed to the spring-fever and landed for a three months' rest. , REEL THREE. On the 13th of September, 1920, the familiar gong assembled the emigrants back to their ship. After choosing Ralph McCarthy as their pilot, and electing Mr. Kuttler as faculty advisor, they embarked on their third voyage. This year they realized thalt there was absolutely no comparison between the faithful bark Pair-of-Deuces and any of its rivals from '19 to '25. They found themselves in stormy waters with need for a staunch bark to sail in. Aside from the trials of American Literature and History, of Latin, French, and Mathematics, they found that their fifteen cent treasury must be increased to over one hundred dollars, for the task fell to them to celebrate the end of the journey of the frigate Vingt-et-un with a reception. In February the class demonstrated its remarkable energy and team work when it put on the moving picture story of the famous Last of the Mohicansf' The Kalamazoo Glee Club came in March and helped to enrich the treasury. By these two events 'the fifteen cents became 3135.00 and gave to the crew of the Vingt-et-un a more ela- borate reception at Forest Beach Inn than had ever before been given. This year the Pair-of-Deuces was very well represented on all of the Heet teams. It had two men in foot-ball, two in basket-ball, three in track, and two in debating. Even the crew of the Vingt-et-un was forced to admit its superiority, for six of the company were given parts in the Senior play. Altho '21 did prove proficient when it was a ques- tion of breaking a door to secure the ice-cream, '22 once more demon- strated its supremacy when, with the assistance of the sloop Twenty- three, it outdid the combined efforts of '21 and '24 in a track meet. As PAGE THIRTY-TWO