Rushford High School - Valley Legend Yearbook (Rushford, MN)

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APPRECIATE We are all proud and appreciate with all our hearts that we are privileged to live in a country of freedom and democracy. Now more than ever v e are beginning to realize how much our freedom means to us. We all have great pride in the wonderful work our armed forces are doing. They keep on fighting and will carry on because they have the force of an unconauctable faith; something in the heart and soul that physical hardships and adversity cannot destroy. They arc fighting to preserve for us the things which mean the American Way of Life. Schools must be ready now to serve the nation in its direct emergency; but more important, schools must produce individuals who are capable of handling problems that the future will bring. A great battle is being waged now to obtain the kind of future we want; it is highly significant that we know how to preserve it for all time. And so v e wish to pay tribute to all those who are responsible for our education; to all those who helped in large measure to make us useful citizens and to develop our individual abilities. Expocially do we desire to thank Mr. Aaker, Mr. Kirkegarde, and the Board of Education. Our welfare has been their prime consideration. PASTS Science Drove his plough— So straight. So strong, So truo— Deep and far Into the pe.st. And turned it topsy-turvy. Now Wo are frantically busy, With all of our many hands, Sowing the next past. —Alfred Kreymborg

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We, the Class of 1944, wish to pay tribute to Olaf Bachman, Anne Kingsford, August Boss, and Ovedia Riso——the Class of 1893. This class started the hatchet tradition which,for fifty-one years, has been an important part of the commencement ceremony. Each year the class colors are added to the hatchet. The president of the senior class then presents it to the junior class president. Since our high school was first established,many new additions and improvements have been made. In the year 1906, the present building was erected because of the disastrous fire that ruined the original building in Brooklyn. In 1936, a new addition was built, which provided for an auditorium, laboratory, and two class rooms. The curriculum has been enlarged to include such special departments as industrial arts, commercial, home economics, and agriculture. Football, basketball, baseball, golf, G.A.A„class plays, declamatory contests, F.F.A., Ripples, and the Valley Legend,are a few of the many extracurricular activities included in the school program. Through this issuo of the Valley Legend, we wish to pay tribute to the four graduates of the Class of 1893 and to the ceremony which they inaugurated. We, the Class of 1944, hope that the presentation of the hatchet will continue to be a fine tradition in the annals of

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Jhi C 7 COHTEnTS Forward Dedication Appreciation Contents Staff Faculty- Seniors Our Achievements From the Archives Our Bequests Classmates in Rhyme Class Play Ropcrt to the Nation, 1954 Classes A Class Trip With the Juniors Sophomore Antics Diary of a Freshman Activities Student Council Honors G. A. A. F F • a , Bond Sales Social Calendar Speech Class Declamation Ripples Sports Football Basketball Music Instrumental Vocal Autographs Memories