Valley High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (West Des Moines, IA)

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VB! I-Tl ll- I1 The Annual Stuff. EIIIYUI'-I-11-C11l'l'f - - - Gzforgrf Thompson, '16 I?llSl'IlI'.SS Jlilllflfjfl' - Roland Smfllz, '17 Arlisl - - - Edwin Falls, '17 Sor1'o1'y - - Elizclbellz Van 1.l'lIl7I?Il, '17 Lilrrury Editor Grave Krlly, '17 Allzlolfcs - - Rober1'Br'Il, '17 .lolcrs - - - Assorialfe Editor - Assoriuiff Edilor Assoriafe' Edilor - - Srfnior Iidiior .lnnior Editor John Henry Gibson, '18 Faye f flI1x'Ill'I', '16 Annu Scdl, '16 Rose Hoppr, '16 Dorothea Murfin, '16 Robrrl 13011, '17 Sophomore Edilor - Bffrlllu Granf, '18 1 I'l'S1II1'lClI7.Edff0I' - - Grave Puylon, '19 angry

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'Q 1 I. 1 W . . ZMAYB A Valley Junction High School. CCORDING to thc br-sl inforniution we could obtuin, thc tirst r cluss wus gruduutcd l.l'Ulll thc high school hr-rc in 1901. Sincc thcn cuch ycur hus sr-cn un incrcusc in thc llL1Il1b0I' ol' grud- E jf A uutcs. Thcrc hus hccn u stcudy iillprovrinir-nt in thc work of thc high school, not ulonr- in thc cluss work unrl rcquircnicnts, but in thr- outsidr' uctivitics us wr-ll. This yr-ur wc huvc hurl u lootbull lcuni, two dcbuting tr-urns, u niun in thc stutc dccluniutory contr-sl, two pluys, u truck t0lllll, unrl un Annuul. All ot' which gor-s to show thut thc work thut cun br- hurl ut Vullcy High School conlpurcs vcry fuvorubly with thut to bc hurl in othcr high schools of likc sizc in thc stutc. 'llllL'l'0 wus un ultcmpl lo obtuin u ncw builrling this ycur unrl, ul- though thc uttclnpt wus u fuilurc, it is u good onir-n ol' whut is lo conir' in thc nr-ur futurc. Thr- nir-rc fuct thut pcoplc rwr-n considr-rr-d u nr-w builrling gocs to show thut thcy urc intcrcstr-rl in thc high school. XVc will incnlion u l'cw ol' thc inuny hr-nctits thut wc cun lorr-scc in thc building of u nr-w builrling. First unrl most iinportunt would bc thc plucc thut u building cquippcd with un 2lLlilli0I'llllll coulrl br- inudc to occupy in thc sociul guthcrings of Vullcy Junction. Not ulonc from thc stundpoint of thc studr-nts, but us u l1lCCllllg1Jl2lCC for thc purcnts, u plucc whcrr' thcy might r-njoy euch olhcris fcllowship. Thr- chicf point of intcrcst l.I'0l11 thc stundpoint ol' the studr-nts unrl uluinni would bc in uddition to this uuditoriuni, thc gymnusiuin. In fact tuking the high school pluys into consirlcrution unrl thc ulnount of usc thc con1111unity woulrl obtuin from thc ncw builrling, we cun not scr: unything clsc thun u ncw building within u fcw yours. ...5...

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b VWVWW AAMQN P ' l A YHIIHI , ' I V l l ' The Staff. -, Q HIS is the first time that Valley .lnnction High School hlas ever '. tried to publish an annual ot' the school events. ho it oi course means more to the school than any annual hereafter can mean. Its success or failure is due to the diligence or lack of diligence on the part ol' the staff. Tlieretore, we feel that the staff should be connnended for the part it has taken in producing what we feel is a iirst-class annual. The scholars to whom whatever success this annual may have is due especially, are the editor-in-chief, the business manager, and to Edwin Falk. The editor must, of course, supervise the construction of the book and see that every department is well taken care ot. After which he must be prepared to go ahead, and write himself all articles that are yet needed. His range ol' subjects is therefore not restricted to one particu- lar line, but lnust cover the whole school. NVe feel that George Thomp- son has very ably taken care ot' this position. To the business manager is, however, due the real success or failure ol' any publication. It is one thing to write articles and quite another to pay the printing, engraving and other bills. The only way that any busi- ness can be entirely successful therel'ore, is to have a business manager who, by his industriousness, sees to it that the balance between the ex- penditures and the income is maintained. Roland Smith taking up his duties late in the year has proved an excellent business manager. Nobody has put in more hard work and received less recognition lor it publicly, than has Edwin Falk. The artistic part ot' the annual is almost entirely Edwin's work, and it shows real ability. Then too, many of the pictures in the annual have been taken and developed by Edwin without any pay whatsoever. The school is therel'ore deeply indebted to Edwin for his continuous efforts to make Valley have a presentable annual. i -EL