Steamboat Springs High School - Galleon / Sailors Log Yearbook (Steamboat Springs, CO)

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Class pistor? N a certain bright, sunny morning in the year 1913 the spacious cor- ridors of the Steamboat Springs High school were filled with a throng of brilliant juveniles who were in all respects the most wonderful of any students ever before present at that institution. It would have been a terrible insult to have called them Freshmen ! Though they were small and innocent looking, the look of supernatural wisdom which they wore infused anticipatory joy into the hearts of the faculty. Those who were about to resign now decided to stay as it would be such a pleasure to conduct these resplendent intellects along the path of Knowledge. There were about twenty of these brilliant pupils enrolled, under the leadership of Professor Cochran, and the Misses Shearer and Hoyt. But in the middle of the term Mr. Cochran found these same students too much for him. so he left us and Professor Miller from Denver filled the vacancy. At the beginning of the next year over half of those extraordinary people found themselves too far advanced for the Steamboat Springs High school. The long, hard struggles with Caesar and geometry proved to be their Waterloo. We who remained felt very much elated over our exploits and looked about us eagerly for new worlds to conquer. When we were Juniors the High school was under the charge of an entirely new faculty; Mr. Thompson was superintendent. Mr. Baker was principal, and Miss Sutphen and Miss Clark were the women teachers. We started off with a Hallowe’en party, where we proved ourselves to be very entertaining hosts and hostesses. Later in the year we had a real actor among us. His first performance in public was in the play entitled “French Spoken Here.” which was given for the Literary programme. On January 25 we celebrated Bobbie Burns’ birthday with a party and programme, and it was here that we found out that the dissention among us could be banished by the sweet singing of Marguerite Crane. As usual everybody came to school dressed in their “Sunday-go-to- Meeting” clothes on St. Patrick’s day, much to the pleasure of all the teach- ers. That afternoon the Juniors received many compliments on their well- planned paper. “Erin Go Brah.” In the autumn of 1916 there were two changes among the faculty. Miss Stukey and Miss Emma Keller also became assistants in the delightful task of developing our brilliancy. Our record had been so wonderful as Juniors that we knew it would be a hard task to excel it as Seniors. However we set our minds resolutely to the task and started the year of 1916-17 with much hope and enthusiasm. The members of the class were Maurice Leckenby, Burton Allin, Russell Oilman, Clarence Hasty, Marguerite Crane, Sidney Whetstone, Letha Cole- man. Marion Leckenby, Ivron Lewis, Cora McKinney, Irene Dismukes and

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Marion Leckenby stHdied music in Liepzic for two years: During her sojourn in Europe the war broke out. She made several attempts to return to America and finally resigned herself to her fate and remained. One after- noon she was industriously applied at her music when she heard a great commotion near her studio. She went out to find the cause of the disturbance and was seized and dragged to prison. Two days later, without learning the cause of her ill treatment, she was taken before the court, was tried as a spy and found guilty. She was bound and led away from the town to the soldiers’ quarters. The gups were leveled at her and the man was waiting for the signal to shoot, when the emperor rode up. He ordered the men to unbind her and took her into his coach and took her safely back to her own home, and surrounded her with guards. The Emperor had been charmed by Marion’s music and said that the world could not afford to lose such a tal- ented person. The Emperor tried in vain to have her remain in Germany, making dazzling offers of money and fame. However she could not be pur- suaded to give up her own country. She returned and played with several great lyceum courses. She was now accompanist for Kreisler. rendering Gounod’s “Faust.” and “Romeo and Juliet” more easily and beautifully than it had ever been done before. She was also employed as a teacher in the New England Conservatory. Marguerite Crane, who often charmed us with her melodious voice in school had become a great prima donna. After her last rendition of “Aida. she received compliments and honors from many illustrious members of our aristocracy. She now sings in the Metropolitan Grand Opera and thou- sands of people flocked to the theater every evening to hear her. She had made a deep impression upon Caruso. They had met several times at social gatherings and lie had secured an introduction to her. She rejected his suit and because of his great sorrow he had quit singing and now we will hear no more of his wonderful records. Marguerite had changed from the once happy, care-free girl to a steady, staid young woman who hated all the friv- olities of life. Clarence Hasty had studied for three years in Drake University. He was now a famous evangelist and already had converted more persons than Hilly” Sunday. lie had visited Steamboat and had a very great influence upon the lives of the people, bringing unregenerated sinners back into the straight and narrow path of righteousness. At the present time he was in Oak Creek converting many people. Charles Birkett had gone to Columbia University, where he specialized in science. Upon receiving his degree he remained at the college as a teacher. Now he was a great professor of science and gave lectures to hundreds of students upon the Universality of the Malleability of the Atomic Theory of Aureolation of the Whichness of the What.” He also had invented many electrical appliances which Edison had never dreamed of. Irene Dismukes entered college at Greeley and for two years had dili- gently pursued her work. She taught school in Denver for one year, then accepted a position in the Steamboat High school, teaching domestic science and music. She is now living happily in a cozy little cottage and is very adept at making biscuits. In my eagerness to learn my own future I leaned over to peep into the globe. I struck the globe and it fell into the valley below. I looked over the balustrade into, the depths of the valley. Only a few bright gleams of light were reflected up to me. The globe had broken into myriads of tiny glass particles. My future is still to be revealed. LETHA COLEMAN.

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Charles Birkett. But Sidney, Cora and Tvron left us soon after school started. The officers of this truly wonderful class were: President—Burton Allin. Vice-President—Maurice Leckenby. Treasurer—Sidney Whetstone. Secretary—Marion Leckenby. As is the custom, we started off with the Senior supper at the reservoir. Everybody reported “wienies” and coffee the best they had ever tasted. One evening in November the Seniors planned to “slip one over” on the rest of the school by having a little party all our own. So, about 7 :30 each one came with a bundle of sandwiches, cake or other dainties. All this was stored in the second grade room, which we afterward found to be a very poor place. While we were in the laboratory learning about the wonders -of static electricity the rest of the High school “put one over on us.” They had a party of their own, and the tragic part of it was that they enjoyed our refreshments. Two of our worthy Seniors were on the basket ball team this year, although they didn’t have much chance to prove their wonderful skill. The one game that was played at Kremmling brought S. S. H. S. out ahead. Many of the baskets were made by Burton Allin, our swift and efficient forward. Late in January we began work on our Senior play, “Kicked Out of College,” 'As the cast was too large for our class we chose several Sophs and Juniors to be in the play. Maurice was Booties Benbow, the hero. I lie Benbow family was composed of Marion, as his sister; Marguerite, the suff- rage leader, as his mother, and Burton, the wealthy cracker manufacturer, as his father. Letha was “Ma Baggs y,” the kind, middle-aged woman who was mother to all the college boys. Charles was the “hen-pecked actor man,” with Alma Baer as his “little Rosebud.” If only Clarence continued “to be a dig and a grind” in school as in the play I’m sure he would have been the teacher’s pet. Again our star actor came on the scene as “Little Leviticus,” the butler who “reckons he’d better marry Salamanca Spivens so he won’t have to work no more.” Salamanca, the ebon-lined Diana of the washboard,” was represented by Irene. We decided that we would prove the merit of the class of T7 by getting out an Annual. This is the second ever put out by the S. S. H. S. The first was compiled during the year when our side of the assembly was most brilliantly green. Maurice Leckenby was selected editor-in-chief of the Annual. Charles Birkett was advertising manager and proved to be a very good talker; at least he succeeded in bringing in a large amount of adver- tisements. which helped out greatly. We hope the people of Steamboat Springs will patronize those establishments that helped us so generously. There was much excitement during the week that each one had his picture taken. Many felt that their pictures did not do them justice, but after several people had told them that they looked perfectly natural, they relented and had them finished for the Annual. Although some of the Freshmen had very weird expressions on their faces the photographer said it was due to the disappointment they received when they failed to see the little bird fly out. The Annual was issued May 1st and was received with great enthusiasm and interest. All Steamboat Springs agreed that it was a masterpiece. As the people of our town review the scholastic events of the past four years they are filled with admiration and respect. And they will declare unanimously that the class of 1917 is by far the greatest that has ever been graduated from the S. S. Ii. S. MARION LECKENBY.