Schleswig High School - Banner Yearbook (Schleswig, IA)

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exghth grade crulse among the Islands of Smaller Learnxng and who I was glad to learn was JOID me IH thls larger voyage We were both congratulatmg ourselves upon the mutual pleasure of longer compamonshxp together when we turned to welcome a thxrd comer who had come from a dxstant clty to take passage wlth us We peeped over her shoulder as she wrote her name We Were surprlsed to declpher the letters she wrote as B e t t y B 1 e l e n b e r g We had heard of the young lady before and had known of her many pranks so wh1le we knew we would not f1nd her overly fond of study we were sure her Jolly nature would brxghten for us many and otherwlse gloomy hour In a short tlme we were Jomed by a fourth and a fxfth They were Lols Jensen and Lalune Baeth They had also traveled wzth us m days past Soon many were crowd mg around us xncludxng Gerald Sonksen who became affectlonately known as Beep Harms Grxll Elaxne Kuehl Leila Benmgsdorf Rxchard Pxckel Lodean Korner and Shxrley Sherman These people were mostly from other places but chose our faxr shlp upon whxch to make thexr voyage There were still a couple of farnllxar faces we hadn t seen but they soon made then' appearance too F1rst carne Mar11yn Chrxstxansen and last but not least Rxchard Wehner Nova that all the berths were fxlled we were assured of a very happy voyage We notzced at the outset of the voyage that the stream upon whxch we had set saxl was comparatlvely narrow and sheltered but uslng our fleld glasses we could see such wxde vlstas of water ahead that we were led to 1nqu1re of the Captain the s1gn1f1c ance of the sltuatlon He explalned to us that the Voyage of I-hgh School Lxfe was mn realzty to be over four seas although the four bodles of water were so closely Joxned together that they seemed but one xmmense sea He mformed us that we had just entered upon the fn mallest of these whxch was called Freshman Sea We salled over the Freshman Sea and recelved our check of ldentlfxcatlon from the Purser almost before we knew While sa1l1ng on the Sophomore Sea we plcked up a passenger Thls was Delphm Bruhn He came on board from another ship that was saxlmg mn about the same dxrectmon Agam we saxled through wxth flying colors ll , to . . , D u o r ' ' ' ' ' ll II , I I l D I I D I ' l . . . , A ' I I 0 I I U ' . . . I D n , -5 s , . . . . .

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GENE KOEPKE LJUNE BAETH RICHARD WINNER Annual Stiff B lkifblu SQg.g Mggglqf Footblll Softball 'I' Play For Pete e Sake Glee Club Band Treasurer Vxce Preudent Plays Out of Thx World For Pete I Sake Sen :or Class Hzstory It was the second day of September 1946 a cahn peaceful autumnal day radxant w1th the sunshme of hope cheer and joyous promzse that the good slup Schleswlg I-hgh School stood at anchor at the wharf of a new school year It was the same old shxp that had carrled many passengers to safe harbors mn the Land of Great W1sdom but thxs day was a gala day 1n 1ts History Many people gazed upon lt m wonder as they watched the elght beautlful and charming ladles and the sax bold and dashmg young gentlemen as they so happily stepped aboard for t was rumored that they were about to set sail over new and untrxed waters ln a quest for The Fountaxn of Perfect Understandlng As the shxp stood at anchor on that eventful morning of September the passengers began to arrxve and as I Gene Evers was the flrst to be enrolled upon the 11st of passengers to me was entrusted the important task of wrxtmg the log of the voyage the voyage that even then they all realxzed was to be the most lmportant 1n thexr hves l had scarcely fxmshed the task of placmg my slgnature upon the sh1p's regxster when a compamon Jomed me It was Arlene Maller, a gxrl who had saxled wxth me through the 10 up -----------------4 ------------------1,-z ---..--.--------: -'- - - ' '3 ------------------- Z. 4 rack- --------------------- 4 Cheerleader ----------------- 4 ' ---- 4 ----- ------- 1 . z, 3, 4 ----------..------------.. 2 ------------------- 1 . - . -------U------3 .. -I ,.---- 3 -- - .. ---------.- 4 0 o l I y , - D . ' , . . ' . . . I F . : I I ' I --' . . . . . . .

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By now we were half way over the four seas Before we started on our Journey on the Iunlor Sea we lost two of our passengers They d1dn t drown but boarded another sh1p the shlp of lzfe To make up for our loss we took on Gene Koepke On Sen1or Sea we took on Gerry Lyman So you see we are stxll one b1g happy famlly It would take too long to read the complete log of th1s eventful voyage It has but lxttle vital slgmflcance except to ourselves the few who st11l rema1n together wlll soon land at Commence ment Wharf It has been a most wonderful voyage and we have accumulated many souvemrs from every port as we strive however to guard agalnst the danger of excess baggage and to take unto ourselves anythmg whlch would not be of servlce to us on the yet greater Voyage of Real Llfe We have been able to procure the necessary passport at the entrance of each succeedxng sea and have been able to pay the pr1ce lh good hard work for every part of the passage We have sympathlzed with the seaslck passengers that made up the varxous new classes We have enjoyed the successful experlences of those who have landed on other shores Now we look at the larger more l'!'AaJ8St1C ocean ahead and feel that our experxence has fltted us to wlthstand every storm and to weather any oppos1ng force w1th no fear of dlsaster Whlle the Voyage of l-hgh School L1fe IS at an end the Voyage of Real Lxfe IS now and here at 1ts trxurnphant Commencement Sen zor Class Wzll Lalune Baeth w1lls her ab111ty to catch men to Lo1s Hecht her goss1p1ng to Marlan Arlene Mlller and Betty Bxelenberg bequeath then' advertxslng ab1l1ty to Charlene Moeller and .To Evans Beep Sonksen and Gene Evers leave thelr basketball and football abllxty plus thexr good looks and sxnglng ab1l1ty and last but not least the1r way w1th women to Gerry Wehner and Mert Lxngren Gene Koepke wills h1s wonderful laugh to Gordon hls ablllty to play football to Val Gene and hzs ab1l1ty to get away wxth chewlng gum to those who get caught Gerry Lyman and Lodean Korner wxll thelr afternoon chats ln agnculture class to Gordon Longlee and Harold Fxck Gerry Lyman wxlls hxs parklng place to anyone who makes use of It ll We will go on writing new logs of greater adventure and yet more wonderful discoveryg for