Schleswig High School - Banner Yearbook (Schleswig, IA)

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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

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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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Rlchard Plckel w1lls hxs lxttle but mlghty way to do th1ngs to Ronald Clausen and h1s great mental ab1lxty to Arl1ss he hopes she gets along wxth It Fat Wehner wxlls h1s w1ld haxr to D1cky Peters and h1s shortness to Phml Schhmgen Elame Kuehl w1lls her whole locker to Rub1e so that she may have plenty of room Lodean Korner WIIIS hls Bachelors Degree to lVI1lford Schultz Betty Bxelenberg w1lls her good grades 1n Enghsh to R I The four Semor cheerleaders Chrls Lalune Arlene and Betty w1ll thelr cheerleadmg abllxty to Iona Bahnsen Beverly Broderson Delores Kastner and Lavonne Swenehart May they lead wlth equal v1m and vlgor Lezla Bennxgsdorf wxlls and equal portlon of her quxetness 1n the typlng room to the followxng Dale Lehman Ardene Paulsen Phxl Schhmgen and Dlcky Peters quxetness ln the assembly to Dale Lehman Mar1Iyn Chrxstxansen w1lls her abxllty to wrlte goss1p for the paper to Norma Ernst Harrxs Gr1ll wxlls h1s all mght trlps to Mapleton to Fredd1e Backhaus and h1s dr1v1r to anyone who has xntestlnal fort1tude enough to take lt Senzor Class Prophecy When your fortune phrenologxsts read They felt all the bumps on your head Wh1ch was tlresome and made you so weary That the happlest fortune seemed dreary By cards by handwrltxng or trances You may learn of your next cxrcurnstances But I have a new method astoundxng That IS every old system confoundmg Dld you know that the shape of your noses Your mlnds and your future dxscloses? Just to prove that my powers are ample I shall gwe you a wonderful sample I glance thus at your faces all glowmg And stralghtway your future I m knowing Ere many years Lodean Korner w1ll be A solemn Doctor of Ph1losophy And ln a manner haughty shall expound I-hs wxsdom and h1s theor1es profound Lalune Baeth a gxrl of charm and grace Whose virtues reflect 1n her face Wxll lxve IH peace and plenty all her hfe A housekeeper deluxe and happy wxfe 13 Lois Stretch Jensen wills her ability to-play basketball to Bobbie Asmus, and her