Tigard High School - Tiger Yearbook (Tigard, OR)

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We travel about fifty. Good for our old Ford. I sit back and wonder if my grad- uation dress will compare favorably with the others. VVell, I thought, I have to wear it anyhow. Miraculously, we are there and I walk upstairs to the room reserved to the graduates. Swell, I comment. I'll say, echoes the crowd. Graduation promptly at 8 o'clock, says T. F., Better all be ready.' Okay, we chorus. VVe talk and pin on our corsages and IVI. M. gives us the programs and the last word of advice about gum. The hour has arrived, the strains of the processional reach our ears-graduates-to-be march in. I wonder what would happen if I should smile at my boy friend in the audience? We sit down. Somebody says somethingg I can't remember. Somebody sings a song in a high pitched voice. VVe all clap. I nudge my seat-mate and agree its a hummer. Patrick Henry delivers the oration Beyond the Alps Lies Italyf' I really had never heard that any member of the class had a desire to travel in Italy. Everyone begins fanning. I begin too, with my program. A speaker gets up. Re- minds me of a picture in my sixth grade reader. He talks on Roosevelt, Communism and the absent minded professor. I notice the program says, Dr, Whosit will talk on 'Modern Advice to Modern Youth' -yet, I thought the Doctor's jokes were funny. They give out the diplomas. Finally Pandora Jane Witherspoon. Magna Cume Laudef' I wonder what I'm supposed to feel like. I wish I had the gum that l left in the dressing room. Illore diplomas, clapping, fanning, scholarships. Every- one is hot and sticky and happy. It's over. I am hungry. Teachers and friends congratulate us. Such an impressive graduation, says Mother. Sure , says I. I wonder who talked the most, the speaker or the crowd ? Mother frowns, as Mothers do, and I am vaguely annoyed. The Class of 1938 of Tigard High School has graduated!!! M ,I . Breathes there a man, with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land. ?H -Scott Sure we've taken it on the chin! Sure we have had our depressions, strikes and dust storms. So what? The gilt frame may have been broken, but the picture remains unchanged. Before the world, I am an American! I envy no man. I fear no man. Mine is a nation of youth made out of new kind of steel, alloyed with the blood stains of many peoples-not too stubborn to bend, but too strong even to be broken, my people think! Qver the roar of wheels, in thundering subways, in factory and field, behind the drawn blinds of their homes, even now they are thinking-thinking out answers that others can not find. And, when the time comes, they speak without stuttering. I amiproud that I am an American. How about you? 20

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SENIORS ON PARADE

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ELEVENTH SENIOROEDITION THE HI-SPOTS Vol. XI TIGARD HIGH SCHOOL, MAY 20, 1938 YEAR FILLED WITH NUMERO JS ACTIVITIES COMMENCEM ENT Forward e v e rg backward never. -Senior Motto. May the seniors live up to their motto throughout their lives as they have throughout their school years. After four years as an outstanding class, Commencement brings proof that our path has been a for- ward one. Graduation leaves some of us sad, for we realize that we are parting our ways and taking our first step into a bewildering world. Nevertheless, we are happy and proud of our accomp- lishments. The night of May 27 will be remembered always. MAGAZINE SALE The high school sponsored a magazine selling contest as il get-out-of-debt campaign. The Curtis publishing company sup- plied the magazines and the high school students obtained the subscriptions. Besides the profit the school received, the representative from the Curtis Publishing Company gave per- sonal awards. Mr. Fowler of- fered a holiday to anyone who obtained ten dollars worth of subscriptions. HONOR ROLL Eight seniors distinguished themselves for four years of their high school education. Wilbur Bishop, Ray Grant, Don Mer- ritt, Otto Balogh, Marjorie Ba- logh, Jeanne Appleberry, Betty Schubring, and Frances Dawdy had final averages above ninety. Their scholastic standing proves FIRST SENIOR DAY The first Washington County Senior Day was held at Hills- boro Union High School, Feb- ruary 9. Forest Grove, Banks, Beaverton, Gaston, Hillsboro, Sherwood, and Tigard High School seniors attended the del- egation. The seniors enjoyed them- selves, making new friends, lis- tening to speakers, hearing mu- and per- sic, seeing moving pictures singing. At the end of a fect day, fifty-three tired, but happy seniors returned to Ti- gard, feeling that the first Sen- ior Day had been a success and hoping that the future senior classes will be offered the same opportunity. MAY DAY The annual May Day festiv- ities were held at Tigard High School May 6. The theme of the pageant, The World , was interpreted by songs and dances given by the local grade schools. The girls from the high school gave the May Pole dance. Queen Germaine and her at- tendants: Margrete Debus and Otto Balogh of the Senior Class, Ina Moser and Alfred Kellner of the Junior Class, Patricia McCurdy and John O'Halloran of the Sophomore Class and Frances Gholsen and William Fisher of the Freshman Class, formed a distinctive picture on the stage. . - they are capable of higher achievements. 21 SENIOR DRESS UP DAY Seniors observed 'Adress up day, April 11. The Circus, the theme of the annual, was carried out by the various cos- tumes and the program. Clowns, trapeze artists, Siamese twins, cowgirls, trained dogs, a wild man, and a baloon man, besides various other members of the circus strolled from class to class during school hours. Several very pretty barkers advertised the program which was given to the student body. SUCCESS OF HI-SPOTS The first organized Journal- ism Class published the school paper under the able leadership of Editor Wilbur Bishop, the supervision of two advisors, Miss Weaver and Mr. Hare, and the help of the staff with its addition of four upper class- men to the ranks of reporters. The paper is printed at Sher- wood and distributed among its subscribers, every other Monday. The Hi-Spots is known as one of the best school papers of its kind. JUNIOR-SENIOR PICNIC The Seniors eagerly await the customary Junior-Senior Picnic, for this is the day of fun and frolic, frivolous flirting, and fine food for everyone. In past years the picnic has been held at Oswego Lake, how- ever, last year it was at Jantzen Beach. The juniors are the hosts so they will plan the pic- nic, time and place. No matter when or where it is held, it promises to be a gala affair.