Saginaw High School - Aurora Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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EDITORIAL. In presenting the 1904 Aurora to the public, we feel that though forcing an amateur publication upon them, we are keeping sacred the custom established at the Saginaw High School fourteen years ago, and have accomplished the crown- ing effort of our High School career. The Aurora has earned for itself a reputation, which we have endeavored not only to sustain, but to make greater. To this end. we have made several changes, and of course several mistakes; but we ask forgiveness, and consideration of the fact, that the work is all our own, and we are in every sense of the word, amateurs. It is with regret, that we realize that the Class of 1904 will not enjoy the benefits of the new Manual Training School, but we heartily congratulate the succeeding classes, upon the fact that they will reap the rich benefits of that munificent gift of our public spirited citizen, the Honorable Wellington R. Burt. In this day and age, the practical sciences are becoming predominant; the age demands practical men. skilled in special branches of science: and we congratulate the school, that one man has realized this, and has proven himself a fast friend of education, by acting accordingly, which has not only opened wider the doors of opportunity to the school children of Sag- inaw, but has resulted in a lasting monument to his memory. We feel that the class is indebted to the advertisers in this volume, and wish to express our thanks to those, whose good will has made the publication of the Aurora possible. The class desires to express its deep gratitude to Profes- sor A. W. Platte, for setting the class song to music. 8

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AURORA BOARD. Cl.EON P. SPANGLER. DAVID W. PRALL... JEROME J. WEADOCK A. LEA CORRIGAN.. CLEON P. SPANGLER.. BLANCHE E. MARTIN. .......Editor-in-Chief. .....Assistant Editor Advertising Managers, ....Business Manager ..................Poet. GRACE M. FEAHR...................Prophetess. ELSIE S. LINTON...............Social Editor. BESSIE R. MOORE................Latin Editor M. HELEN DICKINSON............French Editor. ALICE R. KENZLER..............German Editor. ALICE M. SHEA......................Novelist. MARJORY C. MILNE................. Historian. AGNES A. MURPHY.....................Essayist GERALD E. KRUPP.............Athletic Editor. ROSEL E. HI LI........... ELIZABETH STALKNECHT HELEN E. SWINTON......... FRANK PATTERSON.......... Artists. Humorists. 7

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PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. Today there falls to the lot of our valedictorian the sad duty of saying farwell for the class of 1904. But, by long established custom, before he performs this duty, the class president has the priviledge of saying something other than farewell after these twelve long years of silence. First of all, we wish to thank our teachers for all their help and for all the pains they have taken with us. Our only way of expressing these thanks up to this time has been through our school work, and, if that has not been done at least earnestly and sincerely, only future acts can atone, not mere words. As a class, however, we are not ashamed of our record. Who does not know our glories, our place in athletics, our scholarship? If the state of civilization and society is shown by the place it accords woman, then are we the acme of modern civilization, surpassing all our predecessors and at least one of those who come after us. For in what class has the preponderance of the twentieth century woman over her less fortunate brother been as three to one? In what class have nine out of ten places on the “Junior Exhibition” been won by girls? We are proud of our feminine element; indeed, how else should we be proud of our class at all? But the day of our graduation is at hand; we are about to disband, probably for all time, and there is one most im- portant thing to be said before we go. We know how much 9