Seward High School - Ess Aitch Ess Yearbook (Seward, IL)

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Xl lf llf xx X. 5: a-P 1 ' PRIMARY ROOM Back Row: Vvlalter Asher, Ernest Moth, Robert Moth, Marcella l.ahre. Dorothy Asher. Ray- mond Asher. Katherine Jones, Miss lftnyre tteacherl. Bertha Asher. Roberta lfoster, George Cfrull, George Calhoun. Donald Whitney. Doran Spickler. l7ront Row: Iva .lean Highbarger. Ada Mitchell. Shirley Martin. lifrwin Mitchell, Donald Jones. l.averne Mattson. Dorothy Crull. Mary Cleveland. Thomas Calhoun, Howard l.ahre, Mildred Smith. Mary Smith. Arthur Grawe. Absent: Willi.im Hooker. l.eora Hickman. Oran Mitchell. When school opens in the primary room we have a very interesting time with the beginners. This year we had five. later one moved away leaving only four in the first grade. The first weeks are always hard for these little lots. for there is so much to learn and school ways are very new and confusing. Gradually. however. they forget their shyness and we are all able to work and play together. Our second grade is the largest of the three. lt boasts of fourteen members. Vwle have very exciting arithmetic races and spelling blanks fairly shine with stars. During the chicken-pox epi' demic. we did our best to cheer up the boys and girls at home, by writing letters to them, Some of the second grade art work was on display at the Rockford Library at Christmas time. The third graders are the big people in our room. They are very busy getting ready for the fourth grade with their hard subtraction and punctuation. they End less and less time for bean bag and chalk games. We couldn't get along without them, however. because who would help clean house twice a week or take care of little folks? Page Stfvleen

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-nig- INTERMEDIATE ROOM Back Row: l.eroy Asher. liugene Carson. Seymour Cleveland. Edward Jones. Kenneth liickman. Arnold Rankin. l.awrence Moth. Second Row: Dwight Ashton. Cletus Reilly. l.aura Wliitneyt. l,ucille Berglund. Marie Crull. lfarl Jones. Alva Hooker. Miss Moore tteacherl. liirst Row: .lohn Dove. Arthur l.ee Studebaker. lithel Toms. Richard Speilman. XVallace Ran- kin. Ralph lidward Speilman. lfraneis Reilly. .lohn Marlin. Absent: Donald Smith. The year started with a bang as might be expected of a group consisting of nineteen boys and lour girls. A candy sale early in the fall in co-ordination with the Primary room enabled us to add to the playground equipment. Then along came lrlallowe'en with a spooky party. Marie Crull won the costume prize. Thanksgiving gave us a holiday but Kenneth lfickman winning fourth in drawing. l.ucille Berglund a special award and .lohn Martin honorable mention in the Registerfflazette county conf test made it even better. Kenneth lfickman managed to hold a position on the Grade Basketball Team. Our Christmas entry in the Register-Gazette contest was a success. Ralph lidward Speilman and lllhel Toms' works being exhibited at the Rockford l.ibrary. The Grammar Room entertained us in .lanuary because we had a higher perfect attendance average than they. February was a busy month because we were energetically writing our specimens for the Illinois State Penmanship Contest and for our Palmer buttons. The fourth grade formed the .lunior farm club and next year perhaps will have new and interesting things to record. The fifth and sixth grades joined the 4-H club. Witli the year drawing to a close the pupils are still on the look-out for interesting and exciting things to do. Page FI'l.lt'.'l7

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CLASS HISTORY In the spring of the year nineteen-nineteen. Mildred Winder, Shirley Conger, Ruth Berglund. l.aVerne Baker, Marjorie W'hil- ney, and Marguerite XVhitney commenced their school career when they entered the primer class in the primary room. In the fall of the same year Mildred Cleveland. Betty Clark. Aaron Conger. and Donald Hooker began their school career. Many came and went during lhe nine grade years. When the class graduated from the eighth grade there was a class of twelve. six girls and six boys. to enter High School. They were Mildred Winder. Shirley Conger. Mildred Cleveland. Ruth Berg- land. Marjorie Whitney, Marguerite Whitney, LaVerne Baker. Aaron Conger. Donald Hooker, Neely Harris. Carroll Spickler. and LeRoy Roettger. ln the year nineteen-twenty-eight we entered the High School as freshmen. We were soon initiated and so considered High School students. During the freshman year three of the boys left school. During the junior year one of the members left our class to go to a different school. We were the first class to endeavor to gtue a Junior class play. This play was a great success. As a class of seniors we realize that we have spent three profitable years in this High School. We also realize that we owe a great deal lo our teachers who haue led and inspiredtus on to do our best. -MARGUERITE WHITNEY Page Seienteen