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ulfrf lagaauamypr ®lj? g mta (EkfiB ittfltnnj Was there ever such a class? Needless to answer for those who know us. bor the sake of those who do not, we shall relate a few of our accomplishments and let them decide for themselves. In the field of athletics: Behold the football stars from the Senior class, especially David, our captain and all-state quarterback. Then in basketball: The Senior girls’ team holds the championship of the Hi. What is more, the Senior girls furnished four of the best team the school ever hopes to put upon the field. Olive, captain, is “best shot in the state” (Journal Miner), while Alma, the embodiment of perpetual motion, can outdo any opponent. Three of the Senior boys comprised the best part of the boys’ basketball team. Baldy can “put it over them” (and their heads, too) every time. On the stage: Look forward to the time when Grace becomes a concert singer; Ernest, the passionate lover, in a modern domestic drama, and Howard as the American tenor with his ravishing melodies delights the grand opera devotees. Contrary to the accepted theory, our athletic and dramatic accomplishments have not been attained at the expense of scholarship. Intellectually our record is unrivaled. We always have a large per cent, on the “A list;” in fact, some of our class have never seen anything but A’s. We boast of a number of celebrities along various lines: Annie, the “math shark”; Homer, skilled in the art of bluffing; Marcella, our youngest and our brightest; Marguerite, the budding poetess; Miley, brilliant in his own nonchalant way; Nellie, an all-round genius; and Howard, whose opinion of himself we believe to be the highest yet attained; Kenneth is the only good boy in the class. Clarence’s red hair bars him from the honor. There is a reason for everything. Let us look into the past history of the class of '14 and see if we can discover a cause for this unusual ability. Our scientific friends tell us it is due to the process of evolution, but we are more inclined to feel it is a case of “the survival of the fittest.” We have only a few members who began their educational careers together in the old grammar school: Marguerite, Olive, Jean (ladies first), David, and Clarence. How that first grade teacher escaped insanity has always been a miracle to us, for we were precocious infants, if ever there were any. Whether or not the law of cause and effect has anything to do with it, some significance must needs be attached to the fact that ours was the last class to enter the old grammar school and will be the last to be graduated from the old Hi. The next few years were uneventful except for the coming of new members and the departing of others. In that seeming dormant period, however, we were not idle. We were learning in the school of experience, and preparing to start a campaign against “teacherdom” and all that interfered with our independence. We gladly welcomed Grace to our ranks in the third grade and Annie in the fourth. By the fifth grade we had our forces well lined up and somewhat resented the arrival of “the new boy,” Harold Brisley, who recehed too much attention to suit us. It did not take us long, however, to show him it was either “line up” or “get out.” Greatly did we feel our self-importance about this time, and that feeling knew no bounds when we reached the sixth grade. But alas! “Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” We found ourselves in the hands of a veritable “task-mistress,” a terrible, tall, fierce teacher, who scared us almost to death. She told us we were the
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CONFIDKNTIAL STATISTICS Name Sobriquet Favorite Pastime Favorite Sayings Favorite Books Hopes To Be Will Probably Be Kenneth Aitken Head Marbles and Croquet Splash! Mother Goose Rhymes A queener Fireman Andrew Baldwin Baldy Queening Fresh- men Doggonnit How To Win a Home A bishop Editor of comic supplement Marcella Brink- meyer Brinky Eating Custard Curses! Immensee Politician Chambermaid Clarence Bur- mister Pinkie Athletics For Mercy Sake! When Woman Proposes A man Angel Harold Brisley Bon Bon Tango Gracedear Theory of Evolu- tion Moving picture hero Capitalist Alma Cousins Cos Disturbing the Peace Oh, Rubbish Box of Monkeys Athletic instruc- tor Missionary Grace Cousins Gracie Typing Say,girls. Father’s Check Book Melba II Old maid Homer Clark Senator Swiping Can’t be pub- lished. Pilgrim’s Prog- ress President Evangelist Miley Deming Deming Milking You say you did. A Thousand Ways To Make Money A Rhodes scholar A walking phi- losopher Olive Haisley Peggy Flirting Oh, gee! Chemistry Nurse Married Marguerite Levy Dearest “Slip” I’ll tell you Hamlet Willowy Mrs. Slip David Levy Irish Talking You’re a boob! Trig. Champion bil- liard player Traveling sales- man Ernest Love Cupid Martha Martha St. Elmo Whatever Mar- tha wants Whatever Mar- tha wants Nellie Marshall Nel Loafing Lissenere Intensive Farm- ing A stenographer A “belle” Howard Morrow Hope • Blowing Say, kid Lives of Great Men Caruso Organ grinder Jean Elliott Sheeny Giggling Oh. piffle The Rosary “Toast of Two Continents” Country school- marm Anna Wallingford Wauggle Cooking By Heck Les Miserables Fat Thinner
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OSln l agga amy rr worst lot of youngsters she had ever seen. What a blow to our self-esteem! How we cried whole tubs full of tears over the long arithmetic problems! How we feared the vise-like grip with which she would grab us by the chin, leaving a dimple there (Homer has one yet). To counteract these woes, however, we had the pleasure of initiating several new members: Marcella, Alma, Homer, and Kenneth, all of whom proved themselves loyal supporters of the “insurrectionists.” The experience of that year curbed our revolutionary spirits for a while, but by the time we reached the eighth grade our heads began to grow again. This grade was a memorable one. Tradition says that a member of the eighth grade can domineer over all the other classes. Of this privilege we took advantage speedily. For particulars consult our underclassmen. The girls will recollect how we missed a certain half-holiday and just how we spent that particular half-holiday. The one thing that made us maintain the dignity bf our position was the arrival of Miley, a small, well-behaved, polite preacher’s son. We reached the Freshman year with the distinction of being the best class that had ever come to the P. H. S. Our records will show that we made good this reputation. The four recruits, Evelyn, Frances, Ola and Ernest, whom we enlisted this year, soon proved themselves worthy members of our illustrious class. We began to show our theatrical ability in the Freshman public-speaking exercises. Small, scared Freshmen, we marched up to the stage, knees knocking and faces very pale. However, we always braved the whole sea of indulgent grins, did our “stunts” and escaped without injury. The Sophomore year simply whizzed by—a sign of our industry. We merely existed. That was all. One fact stands out clearly and with credit to us. Our musical and dramatic talents were unearthed, and public demonstration was given when we starred in “Sylvia.” Only with our valuable assistance was Miss Gale able to pull off that operetta with brilliant results. Another fact stands out clearly and with credit to Nell. She joined our class. As Juniors we were a lively bunch. That old classic, “She Stoops to Conquer,” was presented in a novel and original manner. This play was exciting for everyone concerned. “The Junior Newspaper was the first of its kind and a great success. 1 hen the Junior Prom, “a thing of beauty and a joy forever,” came as a culmination of the year’s events and was a fitting climax. In the events preceding this grand ball several of our members gained reputations hitherto not accredited to them. The boys showed an astonishing willingness to work and portrayed a keen sense of the artistic; while some of the girls—enough said! We mustn’t forget to mention the two worthies, Baldy and Howard, who fell in line in the Junior year for graduation with this estimable company. The class also underwent other alterations, which were not so favorable. Three girls, Frances, Evelyn and Ola, left for other schools at the end of this same year. The Senior year has been a grand finale to our notorious career. We have indeed been model Seniors, always leading in scholarship, and always leading in deportment (of a certain kind). We show lots of class spirit; this, too, of a certain kind. We work industriously. We are good to the Freshmen. By our class parties we promote good-fellowship. True, the girls do like to get together and “crab,” but then—! In short, we are the most beloved of all classes, and the teachers show strong feeling about our leaving the P. H. S., because we are such—. Good Night! O. and J. Collaborators.
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