Technical High School - Techoes Yearbook (St Cloud, MN)

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. yltlflg' j 1 r j ,. 1 iiji f fM lm-linmflzillblllffi-Q 'lll2'llmlWllfi.i Fleurs de lis, and Sir John Lawson frolicked with them in the land of the Red Man where fortunately no scalps were lost. Lady Sawyer appeared at the head of the line in the broad domain of English and Lady Cross and Sir Mendenhall bade them lift up their voices and speak the wisdom they had gleaned on the way. And this year the Order of '26 captured the golden maze of the junior Ball for themselves and bade new bands that followed up the slope to stand afar off. So they came to the last steep ascent. With the goal in sight they rushed forward joyously. Sir Leo Gans, the Silver-tongued, became Grand Knight. But the ladies had been bitten by the bug of Woman's Right and now, despite many a knightly protest, selected a Sybil to assist the chosen knight in leading the band. It was at this point a band of strolling players crossed the path of the Order of '26, and four faith- less maidens did sever themselves from the noble Order of Twenty-six and go stepping with the trouba- dours. Progress was hindered by an acute attack of senioritis which greatly alarmed the guides and the Princess on the throne. Many were disabled. Here the band came upon a veritable jungle in which bears and bulls and every specie of BETE NOIR roamed LAISSEZ-FAIRE. On either side of the band walked Valiant guides, Sir Romeo Zulauf and Sir Frank I-lady who at length extracted the band from this dark morass. joyously they rush- ed ahead through another beautiful fzeld of English with Lady Haig, jolliest guide of the journey. And presently a great tumult arose in the ranks for a place in the sun, even in the class play. For weeks each vied with each till at length Viola the Fair and Myrtle the loquacious and Piquante Freeda with Arthur the Great and Leo the Silver-tongued and Lewis the Brilliant and Robert the Mighty emerged triumphant. l-lastening swiftly on with Marvin the Marvellous Runner speeding ahead the Order of '26 gained at length the summit where they sat themselves down on a sheepskin and gazed entranced into the Vista stretching before them. HONOR STUDENTS Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude Doris Mollerstrom Van Alderman Valcdiclorian Alice Olson l-larry Atwood Salulaforian Arthur Imm Gladys Bostrom Howard Nichols Arthur Dragoo Myrtle Larson Grace Ramstack F lCP'IXX I e Raymond Goedert Leo Gans Margaret Cairns Madeline Rice Elizabeth Crary Lewis L. Barrett Hilda Williams Evelyn Hall

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. 1 , 1 .li l U lla. lm-i... .nlllllpi llllli ' CHRONICLES OF NINETEEN TWENTY-SIX On September fifth, nineteen hundred twenty-three there assembled on the broad highway called Seventh Street a modern children's crusade. From stately palace and humble cot they came, two hun- dred youths and maidens turning eager faces toward the Temple of learning on the shores of the Lake That-is-no-more. How odd looking they would appear to us today, the young squires in knee pants, hair neatly brushed and necktie arranged by lVlother's loving handg the maidens with long ropes of hair adorned with gorgeous bows and long skirts reaching almost to demure black stockinged ankles. Arriving within the portals of the Temple on the shore of Lake That-is-no-more, they were met by no uncouth hermit, but by the gracious Princess Clark, who marshalled them into line and, pointing the way up the paths of knowledge, bade them climb. And they clumb. Choosing Sir Gerald Schaefer to be their Grand Knight with Bert Hicks and Herman Griesbach as his squires they scaled the first steep as- cent. Oh! those were chivalrous knights. Far was it from them to allow their ladies to carry any hon- orous burdens of the class. Mannfully they took them upon their own shoulders. Along the diflicult road the Princess had stationed guides to make smooth the way for youthful feet. Through flowery fields of English they were led by a charming fairy, Ada Burke. A lively sprite named Roma Gans lured them through the foggy regions of Algebra while Lady Oberg held up to their unresponsive gaze the marvels of science. Lady Carter supported them over the rocks of Latin, but many were the slips and backslidings. The brave guide grappled the sinking ones and pulled them up on terra firma again and again. But they fell off Caesar's bridge and sank never more to be seen in the Land of the Latins. Once they paused in the green field for a Frolic. As they continued on their way they saw in a distant Eden fairy figures floating through a mystic dance, but they approached not to it. Thus they reached the first ledge and lo, a marvellous transformation had taken place. The knee pants of the knights had miraculously lengthened until they brushed the earth while the skirts of the maidens had shrunk shorter and shorter and their hair had all but disappeared owing, no doubt, to the rare atmosphere of the heights of learning. But cheeks had grown more and more rosy while lips glowed with health. Each maid now carried a mysterious black box all exactly alike. After resting awhile on the ledge the knights chose Sir Lewis Barrett to lead the Order of '26 and on went the band over the stepping stones of history where Sir George Gove spread before their startled eyes all that had been accomplished by all the races of man and bade them stow it in their memories for future reference. A brilliant princess named Lady Margaret jackson directed them through fresh fields of English while a new and charming guide Lady Wagner enticed them amongst the squares and triangles of Geo- metry. Each year hideous giants from all sides assailed the band but the knights of '26 laid them low on the field of football and basketball while the ladies strove to drive the enemy with wierd yells and songs. It was on the floor of the Armory in the city of Minnehaha that the most momentous battle of all was fought and won. Thus they came to another ledge where they paused to regain strength when they entered upon the most thrilling stage of the journey across the junior plateau led by the chosen knight Alphonse Engel. Fresh new guides appeared-a jolie demoiselle named Miriam Robards to be the interpreter through fields 3 r-:CE-:xx I - lg,

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X v ll: . glmlllll-asglllwk ' p g . llllllllwlwlifwlwliri CLASS PROPI-IECY I, the unthanked prophet of the Class of 1926 of the Technical High School, wearily wended my way to the great Marjah. I told him that I wished to know the fates of that class as they were decreed for the first day of June I946. The Marjah tuned in on a couple of Coca Cola bottles and hair curlers and told me some startling things. I am not responsible for them and simply tell them as they were told to me. Leo Gans is the Prime Minister of Sweden where he is debating on the Child Labor question and putting in a plea for Soviet Russia. Leo was accompanied by his valet Bertie Hansen who wished to meet some Swedish beauties. Van Alderman is also in the party traveling incognito. Van is reported to be analyzing Bertie's love complexes with sulphuric acid and a blow torch. Marion Flanagan is looking up her Swedish ancestors while Madeline Rice is busy setting the styles in the court and learning various dia- lects in case Mr. Gans is transfered to Ireland or Japan. Arthur Imm has stirred up two continents and South Africa with his startling socialistic theories on the division of wealth. john Brandley is his chief interpreter while Harry Atwood is his publicity man- ager besides being editor of the Sauk Rapids Sentinel with Donald Barrett, Elizabeth Crary, Lewis Barrett, Alice Bailey, and Sybil Kuhn as his news hounds. Harry Cater and Alphonse Engel are keeping up their athletic careers, Harry by conducting the G. N. R. R. and Alphonse by managing the Upsula city team. Howard Nichols another athlete of re- nown, was found cheating in the 440 yard pole vault. He used water wings. Marvin Keyte has had an- other hurdle race with Helen Filkey and so proved for all time that Sir Walter Raleigh was one of his ancestors. Laura Vasaly, Frances FitzGerald, Margaret Tschumperlin, and Ruth Niskern have joined the Greenwich Village Colony. Laura is doing futuristic paintings which have caused much comment. Frances has become a feminist and abhors the sight of man. Margaret is writing vers libre, and Ruth writes and criticizes plays. Raymond Goedert is President of the American Tobacco Company with the following chief testers as assistants: Albert Marvin, David Freeburg, Herman Boethin, Earl Carlson, and Emil Senzek. Marion Kneusel is building radio sets for President Brown of the University of St. Cloud. A broadcasting station has recently been installed with Clarence Kopp, Marion Neide, and Elizabeth Strohm broadcasting discords. Viola Benson is the prima donna in Zieglield's Faust while Grace Ramstack plays the lead in Abie's Irish Rose. The bathing beauties are: Mosie Brown, Robert Edelbach, Sven Peterson, Adelaide Zapf, and Martha Rau. Emil Larson has taken the place of Ned Wayburn, and Gladys Bos- trom is the athletic instructor. Almie Schoener has the lead in Clayton Stiles' latest South Sea Island production The Lost Senior which was written by Mary Anne Weisman, Thelma Wahlberg, and Lorraine Wolter. They were assisted by Mr. Frank Hady. Mildred Cannon and Marlin Barker are running an ammunition factory. Kenneth Cleall con- ducts their radio station by telling bed-time stories of Babe Ruth Davidson, and of Margaret Cairns who is now the contralto in the Royalton Grand Opera. K n-icmxx .il Y g Wm , ,