Sentinel High School - Bitterroot Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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EARL CHRISTIANSEN He was a scholar, and a ripe good one; exeeedinly wise, fair spoken, and persuading.” Sen ior Days You should have heard the commotion In school the other day, When the dear old class of “Nine Sixteen” Walked in with their colors gray. Each lass and lad wore cunning caps Of lavender and gold. “Senior Day”----’twas evident--- So teachers couldn’t scola. The “Frash.” they shouted and thev laughed. The “Sophs” began to root, The Juniors giggled and they whispered. “Those kids are just too cute.” But we really must forgive them, For such a sight is rare. In the Assembly Hall of high school. Where only SENIORS dare.

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Class History The Class of nineteen hundred and sixteen entered the Missoula County High School eighty strong. We elected as our first president, “Dutch” Lansing. This showed good judgment on our part for he has proven himself to be our greatest athlete and one of our very able students. The feature of our Freshmen initiation was a girls’ football team coached by .John McGough. In the Freshmen declamation contest of that year Margaret Wickes won first place. Although we did not win very many honors in athletics, declamation or other activities, yet some members of our class were on the football and track squads, and we weye preparing for greater deeds to come. Altogether our first year was one of peace and happiness. The following year Scott Murphy was our president. Murphy was, during his sojourn in our high school, one of our most active members. He made a place on the school debate team besides being one of our shining lights in track. The only social affair worth mentioning this year was a sleighride. Unfortunately for us the seniors also planned a sleighride for the same night. They ran away with our sleigh so we had to have a party in the gymnasium until they returned. Then our own sleighing party proceeded as we had planned. During this year we in turn helped to make life miserable for the Freshmen. When we were juniors we won much honor and glory. One member of our class. Lansing, was on the basketball team, and several on the football team, and Ralph Sticht won fourteen points last year for Missoula in the Interscholastic Track Meet. We gave two very successful dramatic productions which enabled us t give a very delightful banquet and “prom.” The banquet was served at the Palace Hotel. Only members of the Junior and Senior classes and of the Faculty were present, but to the dance after the banquet, in the Elks’ Temple the Alumni for two years back were invited. Scott Murphy was again president in our Junior year. When at last we became Seniors, we started the year right by voting to have an Annual. No Senior class since nineteen hundred and thirteen had published one. We did something else worthy of notice, by selecting Osden Drever as the class president. He is so full of “pep” and enthusiasm that he is the very best person that we could possibly have chosen to lead us through our last year of high school life. The other class officers are Florence Dixon, vice president; Tom Swearingen, treasurer; Oscar Nelson, secretary. The Senior boys have taken a very active part in athletics this year, “Dutch” Lansing being captain of both the football and basketball teams, and Ralph Sticht the track captain. Roger Trafford. Josephine Sheedy and Margaret Wickes won places in the declamation contests. The Senior play produced this year was one of the best that has ever been played in this high school. The Girls’ Literary Club, newly organized this year, has for its officers three Senior girls, and the girls of this class have taken a far more active part in it than those of any other class. The Senior girls have engineered three very successful parties so far this year; one. in honor of the Senior boys; the last, in honor of Miss Simpson, our faculty bride-to-be. The Senior boys reciprocated with a party for their feminine classmates. The presidency of the Students’ Association is held by a member of the Senior class. We have been more active all the year than any of the other classes. And now we are almost through with all of our labors, and our pleasures here, for surely our life in high school has not been composed of hardships alone. We began our career in this institution of learning with eighty members, but, although some additions have been made from other schools, we have been reduced to fifty-five. Thus we can say that the words of the Good Book are true: “Many are called, but few are chosen.” —L. M., ’16.