St Anthony High School - Tattler Yearbook (St Anthony, ID)

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7 HE TATTLER Class Chronicle Chapter I. Now the history of the Class of Twenty-three, of the High School of the City of St. Anthony, County of Fremont. State of Idaho, is in this wise: In the beginning, in the ten-and-ninth year of our Lord, in the ninth month, in the twentieth century, there entered this Land of Learning, sixty and one seekers of knowledge. Some came from the Eighth Grade, where they had for many months been busily engaged m storing their minds with the honey of wisdom; some were green and fresh from a far country; some came from farms, where they had been tillers of the soil; and some were from other halls of instruction. And it came to pass, as they did enter their land, that they were received with wild welcomings and rejoicings by those who it was decreed, should henceforth lead them up the slippery by-ways of knowledge. Likewise it came also to pass that they were received with malicious and diabolical glee by a certain band of wild beings who were called “Sophomores” and who because of their fierce wild taste for Freshmen blocd did pounce upon them daily and nightly, and did cause them to suffer great things and to say in their hearts: “Behold, blessed be the name of Edu ation, for because of it have we endured great torments both of the body and of the mind. Verily have we been martyrs to its great and noble cause!” And as they dwelt long in the land they fell in with the customs of the inhabitants thereof, and their strangeness wore away, and they each became as one among the rest. Now it came to pass that they were foreordained to become leaders and that many members would gain fame. Therefore soon after entering the land they were seized with a strange infirmity which did cause them to act with much fierceness and strangeness of manner, and to grapple and wrestle with their kind in much rage and seething ferocity. Wise men were called and they pronounced it “football.” This disease was allowed to run its natural course, and io, none were killed, and few were seriously injured, whereat there was great rejoicing throughout the land. Leaders they were foreordained to be. Soon after entering the land they showed their ability. “First Honor Student” of the High School was awarded to Clyde Cox. A leader for the govern ng of the land was chosen from their class. Whereat the remaining became jealous and left the meeting in wrath. Eight members played on the football team. Two re eived places of honor on the basketball team. It came to pass, that although it was our first year and we were looked down upon by upper classes and classmen, that Clayton Donahue, one of our entries in the Track Meet, took second honors and was awarded the silver medal. It was his athletic ability that put the Freshmen into the third place and above the socially inclined and snobbish Juniors. Chapter II Now it came to pass at the beginning of the second year that a new band of youths did come up from the adjoining territory, and the Class of three and twenty, in the new dignity of its promotion, remembered the days of its own greenness, and as the Sopho- mores of their day had done unto them, even so did they do unto these new Freshmen, and did show no mercy unto their sufferings, and no heed unto their lamentations until all were bruised and fuff of much sorrow. And as it was the first, their Class again showed their superiority over all others, and pgain Ill ' s class was hciicred by the election of two members for officers in the Student Body. Only the best could suffice so accordingly they looked to us. It came to pass that the coveted silver loving cup, awarded to the class highest in points in the Track Meet, Page Twenty-five

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THE TATTLER Senior Class ReDort JL After three years of steady progress, twenty-five members of the class of Nineteen Hundred Twenty- three enrolled to receive the honors that they had earned before, and would earn during this, their last and most successful year. Three members of the class were elected to student body offices. Heber Sharp was cho- sen president, John Bauer, vice president and reporter, and at the second semester election Emory Soule was elected vice-president. At the Armistice party it was decided to elect an Armistice Queen and, of course, the Seniors won by several thousand votes. The Senior candidate was Ruth Bean. These political victories were followed by a series of demonstrations of the Senior’s athletic superiority. The Seniors were well represented on the football team by Captain Heber Sharp, John Bauer, Frank Soule. Lloyd Ferney, Delmont White, Emory Soule, Clyde Cox, Lester Mc- Arthur, Reuben Bauer, Jenifer Watson, Warren Davis, and William Upham. Of the eight letter men in basketball, Captain Heber Sharp, John Bauer, Delmont White, Dale King and Brud Henrichs were Seniors. In Interclass athletics they have won anything, from track meet to marble games. Twice they have taken the cup awarded to the winner of the interclass track meet. With such men as Frank Soule, John Bauer, Heber Sharp, Dale King, Delmont White, and liana Simmerly they expect to again capture it along with several places on the school track team. Only the Juniors challenged the Seniors to a basketball game. The challengers were beaten badly. Thru the lack of competent opponents the Seniors were unable to secure a series of interclass basketball games, so they challenged the Juniors to three marble games. Two of the games were won by the Seniors; the other was a tie. If a baseball team is chosen it will undoubtedly consist mainly of Seniors. The activities of this class were not confined to athletics. The class was ably repre sented in the Declamatory contest by Herbert Holcomb in the oratorical, Ruth Bean and Thelma Palmer in the dramatic and Lila Johnson in the humorous. In class averages, the Senior class has held first place during the entire year. The usual question of caps and gowns has been decided by the school board, and as a result, graduation dresses and suits are unnecessary. Class rings were chosen, but pins were bought by those who preferred them. “Nothing But The Truth” has been chosen for the class play. It is a comedy dealing with the experience of a young man who bets that he can tell nothing but the truth for twenty-four hours. With such talent as was in “The Garden of the Shah” and the coaching of Miss Greenheck it is sure to be one of the best class plays ever given in St. Anthony. On April 6. the Juniors entertained the Seniors at the Annual Junior Prom. The Juniors certainly showed them an exceedingly good time. THE CLASS OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR WERE: First Semester Class Advisor ’ Miss Wood President Jenifer Watson Vice President John Bauer Secretary and Treasurer Evelyn Jacobs Second Semester Class Advisor Miss Wood President Clyde Cox Vice President Delmont White Secretary and Treasurer Thera Duflus Pa.r?e Twenty-four

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T H E T A T T L E R was captured by these mighty Sophomore warriors, who swore that they should keep it and honor it to the end of their days. It also came to pass that high point man in the Track Meet, by name Clayton Donohoe, boasted manfully that he was from the Class ot three and twenty, and said class was filled with much pride, that the prized gold medal should be awarded to one of their classm ' ates. Three members were retained on the basketball team and seven of the football team. With our pedigree now thoroughly established in this Land of Learning by our un- cejasing activities and triumphant victories over other classmen, we were satisfied that we would come back as mighty Juniors and have our standard of ’23 as a beacon of encourage- ment to the struggling under classes and one to be feared and honored by the upper classmen. It came to pass, that Clayton Donohoe deciding to move to a distant land did bid the class of three and twenty adieu. With his farewell, we lost our best athlete. Chapter III Now it came to pass that the ambition of this class did not waver or turn from the straight and narrow path and that all things sworn to be done in the Sophomore year carried triumphantly on the backs of the deserving Juniors. All others now looked upon this energetic class with due respect. Their merits were now recognized from even tlie smallest and untutored Freshman to the Senior overladen with learning and his own im- portance. Now, when the seventh day of the fourth month of the year of two and twenty was fully come, this Class did give a great feast, and did send messages over all the land,, aest, west, north and south, to all the inhabitants thereof, saying, “Come ye and make merry with us; for the Class of two and twenty is to depart to a far country, and all things are now ready for the feast.” And as they were bidden, so came they in large numbers to the place set apart, and did eat of the good things of the Land, and did re- joice with the Class of two and twenty at the good fortune which had come to them, in return for all their long and patient laboring at the tasks that had been set before them. And when the guests did at last depart from the festivities, they were exceedingly glad that things were as they had proclaimed, and did give much thanks to the Class of three and twenty for the pleasure they had provided for their enjoyment. Again history repeated itself and four of the members from the Class of three and twenty were chosen for Student Body Officers. As the years rolled by more and more members were chosen to hold a position on the football and basketball teams. Of the letter men in Football, nine were from the twice honored Class of three and twenty. Of the six letter men in Basketball, five were selected from this Class. It came to pass that in the Track Meet of two and twenty, this Class took honors even greater than the preceding year. Heber Sharp captured the gold medal which is always awarded to the best athletic member of the High School. It also came to pass that the first year that the girls were given medals for track meet that Evelyn Jacobs was awarded the bronze medal. At the close of the third year we left the Land of Learning with intentions of raising the standard of the class of three and twenty to still higher planes. Chapter IV Now. this, the fourth year in the history of this great and powerful Class of three and twenty has been one of much hard labor, and but little resting by the wayside ; for preparations have been making ready for them to take their final departure from this land. Now it came to pass as their pride grew to a great bigness within them, that the Class began to wish for badges befitting their station ; and many messages were sent to the big cities and all the towns roundabout for samples of their fine jewelry; and at last, after much considering and reconsidering, the Class professed itself to be satisfied with its choice, and rings and pins were purchased with which they rested well content. Page Twenty-six