Reedsburg High School - Gleaner Yearbook (Reedsburg, WI)

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THE RED TOUCH. ■w- •mv- rtf? IVA NEVILLE Ivy.” Athenaeum. English Literary Club. Meek loveliness all around thee spread.” BENJAMIN PADDOCK “Paddy. Webster. Secretary of class. “I am too busy to worry. VIRGIL POWELL— Live Wire.” Senate. All things come to him who waits.' ARTHUR RABUCK “Sandy.” Webster. But we are oppressed by heavy laws.' EDNA RANDALL - Banty. Athenaeum. English Literary Club. Glee Club. Tennis Association. Infinite riches in a little room.

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THE RED BRHCM LESLIE JONES “Dm Senate. Glee Club. “A little learning is a dangerous tiling.” KATHERINE KLEB— Katie.” Laurea, President. English Literary Club. Glee Club. Basket Ball. She was as cool and collected as tho’ her pulses beat by book.” JANE LOUGHNEY Mary Jane. Laurea. English Literary Club. “As good as she is tall. ELSIE LUEDTKE—“Elbe.” Athenaeum. English Literary Club. Glee Club. With laughing eyes and shining hair. ALBERT MILLER— AHie.” Senate. Glee Club. Orchestra. Tennis Association. ‘The Cider King It pays to advertise.”

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THE RED BRICK. (Class itf 1911. It is ever the tendency of the class historian to eulogize his class, and if I commit this pardonable offense I hope it will be overlooked. It seems natural that I, who have lived this life for four years, should exaggerate our trials and triumphs more than a half interested onlooker. It is hard to realize how rapidly these years have passed and with how much joy and pleasure we look back over them. Little did we realize our powers and our abilities when first we looked into the halls of this temple of learning. Yet we may be satisfied as we look back for ll's deeds and successes have been watched with eagerness by all. With what exalted opinions we entered this noble institution four years ago, believing we could astonish the teachers with the knowledge we had already gained. But how quickly was our conceit destroyed, for almost immediately we were struck with awe at the vast amount of knowledge yet to learn. How we labored under the burdens of English, Latin or Mathematics. Yet, when our first year ended, how proud we were of those things we had accomplished successfully. The next year we settled down somewhat and were more sober and industrious. It seemed that there was more work than ever for us and during that year we worked harder than before. By this time we began to appreciate more and more our excellent faculty. We began to realize how they were with us heart and soul and that our interests were theirs. Summer passed amid varied pleasures and we came back as Juniors to look upon the small Sophs and still more insignificant Freshmen, with graceful dignity and lordly superiority. However we soon settled down to the old routine for we felt that something had been accomplished of which we might well be proud. The development of our powers during the preceding two years stood us in good stead and enabled us to finish the year successfully. Seniors at last! Our course thus far has been a victorious march and our experiences have been pleasant. The class has won the respect of even its enemies. Bright have been its successes of both mind and muscle. Slowly, yet how swiftly we are changing from one experience to another. The four years of High School Life are almost over now, but of those four years, will not this, the last, be engraved most firmly on our memories? A year filled with the successes of many enterprises, filled with many changes and many pleasures. It would take volumes to tell of our virtues and our intellectual capabilities. Suffice to say that there never has been and never will be another such class in this High School. The usual pleasantries have occurred in the class room during the past year. We have fully imbibed the German spirit. One member under the effects of that spirit or some other, informs us that the principal parts of denken are denken, drunk, gedrunken; still another thinks that “sein means “to was. Although we have been carefully guided through the mazes of Physics, it seems we have derived little from the complexities of gas and steam engines, although we have learned that the attractive force of Physics for us is inversely as the square of the distance. We view the past with satisfaction, and with bright anticipations we look