Prairie Du Chien High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Prairie Du Chien, WI)

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SOPHOMORES President - - - - Lousia Speck j Vice President - - - Earl Reiser j Sec. and Treas. - Leona Garrow COLORS Light Blue and Orange MOWER White Rose

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Another tussle with my grips, and some more hard words from vixen farm-wives, who pronounced my book a fake, and I came upon a motor car standing by the wayside. At first sight I thought it to be deserted but I soon saw two black-headed men tugging at wrenches under their balky steed. On hearing my footsteps they crawled out and I beheld the grease-stained faces ol George and Oscar Schneyer. They were trying a new car in an endurance test for the International Harvester Company. While I was talking with my schoolmates a rider on horse-back approached. He rode along side and drew rein, and there before us was Clement McCloskey. Evidently his fondness for horses had increased as he said he was riding on horse-back from his ranch in Wyoming to a horse fair that was to be given in Eastern New York, where he was intending to purchaso some fine drivers. It was now growing dusk and I pursued my journey at a rapid gait. I could see a town a short distance ahead where I could put up for the night. But before I reached it I had the misfortune of being bitten by a farmer’s dog, so on reaching the town I immediately sought the drug store to buy some peroxide. Here I found Arthur Stehr to be the druggist. I spent the night with him and in the morning again continued my journey of canvassing. Two days passed without any happenings of note. On the third day I saw a large school building on one side of the street of a country hamlet. Carved on a stone block near the top of the building was “The Farm-dale High School.” I thought I would reap a harvest here with the sale of my books, so I went in with glittering hopes. To my amazement I found that Mae Stagnan was the principal, and right funny she looked with glasses and such a stern look on her face. I was astounded when I found Mamie Graap the teacher of Mathematics, Leona Greisch the Botany teacher, Mamie Cornelius the English teacher, Blanche Collins the History teacher and Freida Boechk the Music teacher. I felt rather small amid such a crowd of learned people whom I used to know so well. I said I was amazed and astounded at seeing these teachers, but I was dazed when I was leaving the building, for then Principal Mae Stagnan introduced me to the janitor of the building who was no other than the person of Colonel Thompson. He makes a very good janitor and keeps the building in tip-top shape. On reaching the next town 1 received a letter from Mr. Schnug asking me to go to Europe to introduce his books there. I accepted the offer and in four days I was in New York. After making preparations for my trip across the ocean I went to a theatre where some lecture courses were to be given. The first number was a cartoonist who turned out to be Roy Thomas. Another a talk on woman suffrage was given by Florence Christie. I had a pleasant visit with both of them before I left the next day for Liverpool. How pretty the sea was as I walked up and down the rolling deck watching the waves. Before the day was over I renewed my acquaintances with Elmer Herold, a missionary to India, Roy Harding, who was going with an English expedition to Egypt to study the remains of the old civilization, and Audry Copper, who was heiress to many thousands and making a visit to the old world. . During the next few days we were all sea-sick, but after that we had many talks of old times at Prairie du Chien High School. I am now in France selling a French translation of Mr. Schnug’s “My School Days at Prairie High.” Mr. Schnug is a popular writer and I take much interest in selling this book, since I was once a member of his class in the person of George Jones.

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To The Sophomores. We are twenty-seven in number Not a little band you see; Great things have we accomplished. And great men we hope to be. This, our annual, Is a sample Of the many things we did; Other works of more importance, For the present we’ll keep hid Let our thorough works remind you, That you can do the same, And in parting leaAe behind you, A book, like ours, to bring you fame.