Vashon High School - Wolverine Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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November 1937 Henry Armstrong a former Vashon pupxl becomes a world champxon. December 1937 The Good Englxsh Contest IS under way Arrests are bemg made for grammatlcal errors Walter Ray with a score of 125 made the hlghest score on the Senlor Test 1n the hrstory of the school january 1938 The Fourth Annual Poetry Contest IS under way February 1938 Jeftrey Mlller FCLCIVCS the Harvard Award at Commencement lhe Creator Vashons magazme o ozlglnal lxterary contrlbutlons wlll soon make IIS bow Aprll 1938 SIXIY hve report for sprmg football practlce Creator sale proflt reported May 1938 The operetta Patlence was a great Success Vashons Track Queen IS Mlss Dorothy Lee October 1938 Odell Morrls wms honorable mentlon ln a natronal contest conducted by the Amerxcan Magazine on the general theme Amerxca Mr Wllson IS tralnlng the Boy Scout Slnglflg group November 1938 The Camera Club has been d1scont1nL.ed because of Mr Reefs transferrlng to Stowe At the 9A rneetmg Armon Crawford was elected presldent of thls group Class plns to dlSt1I'1gl1lSh 9As wxll be purchased Apparently Hrtler doesnt know the dest1tut1on and devastatlon wrought by the last war or he refuses to heed xt All we can do ln thls country IS to bulld up our armaments and hope for the best Benny Goodman predlcts the end of swlng 1n two years jenuary 1939 Plans have been hmshed for the publlcatxon ot the second edltlon of the Creator the 60 page llterary magafme wh1ch made 1ts bow last March The Senxor Class play Aunt Tzllxe Goes to Town kept the audlence of 1000 ln an uproar of laughs May 1939 On May 3 for the Hrst tlme St Louls w1l1 brxng together delegates from t e n1ne hlgh schools of the clty to d15CUSS Young Cltlzens Day The June Class wxll pubhsh a yearbook the hrst 1n recent years There w1ll be 500 COp1CS at S100 each Wllma Stlne rs the Track Queen October 1939 The freshman class of 400 IS the largest rn the hlstoly of the school Marva Seals was elected presldent of the Dramatlc Club November 1939 That SW1ft twxstmg eluslve comet lfnown as Lawrence Lavalle leads the Vashon W0lVCf1HCS ln scormg December 1939 The Vashon Herald Club IS plannmg the thlrd xssue of the Creator Page Nlnety two , 9 J , V A .. H - - , . , , 7 A Y , Y .. . ,. , . , , , . , . . , . v , . . . . . , . , . . . , . , , , . , , . h . . . . . . , , . , , Y l ' 5

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March 1936 The Vagabonds former Vashonrtes have srgned an N BC contract and are a great success over the Blue Network In the audrtorrum meetrng Rabbr Isserman made a plea for good wrll rn Amerrca among all races Aprrl 1936 Thomas Bonner 10A rs leadrng the school rn scholarshrp wrth an average of 96 509 Mrss Inez Crenshaw of the june class represented Vashon at a Vocatronal Gurd ance Conference rn jefferson Crty Mrss Schrnaul s roup gave a program for the Preparatory Department Hon orable mentrorr rn a poster contest conducted rn the rn erest of the Clean up Campa gn was won by Queen Esther Banks Mrss Hutt rs back at work after a short rllness May 1936 Pvrlyn Charles wrns the Herald Poetry Contest june 1936 Jacque Hornber cr scored heavrly rn the Vashon Sumner Track Meet November 1936 'andon won the electron that Vashon puprls held recently but Roosevelt swept the country' The Student Councrl has selected a new button whrte on blue Vashon trounces Loursvrlle on a rough Freld 7 0 December 1936 late rnstructor Commencement speakers are Ethel Danrels Davrd Bell and Paul Dobbs january 1937 If sufficrent puprls show rnterest rt rs lrkely that German wrll be offered next year The crty champronshrp game between Vashon and Sumner was called off because of a drsagreement over the elrgrbrlrty of a player Max Yergan spoke to the student body about Afrrca The Advanced Chorus has started workrng on the oratorro Elrjah March 1937 Vashon won thrrd place rn the annual basketball tournament held rn jefferson Crty under the ausprces of Lmcoln Unrversrty M Carl Ho'man senror had a short story publrshed rn OPPORTUNITY Aprrl 1937 Wrllram Brown was adjudged the wrnner of the 3rd Annual Herald Poetry Contest Anne Brown and Todd Duncan sang for us rn the audrtorrum They appeared rn the oratorro Flrjah whrch was a huge success Mrss Dvsons Sports for Grrls Club had a successful dance Proceeds went to the fund for band unrforms May 1937 The questron Who wrll be May Queen? holds the school rn suspense The theme for June graduatron rs Effectrve Crtrzenshrp Mr Sawyer treats the wrnnrng teams rn hrs Latrn classes to rce cream julra Watt rs chosen May Queen' October 1937 Mr Evans has organrzed a Red Cross Lrfe Sav ng Class whlch meets every Frrday afternoon Page Nrnety one ' KA 91 ' ' , , . . . , , , fl!- I Y I - L - l .' , ' t 4. s A -1 . 4 1 ' ,' I .' ' .' . , 1-1 v y - . . , . , . . A memorral servrce was held rn the audrtorrum tor Mr. Wrllram Moten, our , C f , rr . x ' .. ' rn 11 , . , , . , . .. H .. ,, . ' . , . M ' ' rr ' ll ' V ' - rr I ' ' ', - va . ,

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