Viroqua High School - Pipe of Peace Yearbook (Viroqua, WI)

Text from Pages 1 - 100 of the 1926 volume:

The I 926 PIPE of PEA CE VOLUME XII PUBLISHED BY The Senior Class Viroqua Wisconsin vvvvvvvm. vvvvrvv vvvvvvvvv'vrvvvvvvvvv 9b9$9vVvv AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA v ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5 5 ? L .3 Foreword In this yearbook we have placed the activities and accomplishments of the students of Viroqua High School dur- ing the year 1925-26. We hope that in future years this book will help you recall the pleasant days of at least one year of your high school career. i Dedication To these men, who by their generous support made this annual possible, we, the Class of 1926, re- spectfully dedicate this twelfth volume of the Pipe of Peace. BUSH 8: STOUT, Groceries L. L. BAPTIE, Fords and Fordsons BROWN MUSIC 00. BANK OF VIROQUA DR. R. W. BALDWIN, Dentist O. L. BUCHANAN, Lumber VIROQUA CREAMERY CO. OLARK'S GARAGE, Buicks GEO. R. CHINN, Bakery DAHLiS DRUG STORE O. E. DAVIS, Druggist B. M. D'ICKSON, Photographer K. R. DOERING, Electrical Contractor JOHN DAWSON INSURANCE CO. THE FRED ECKHART CO. ELLEFSON 82 JOHNSON, Clothiers FIRST NATIONAL BANK M. J. FELIX, Dry Goods FORTNEY BROS, Dentists FARMERS BANK A. J. JOHNSON, Druggist JOHNSON BROS, Grocery A. KARLZEK, Army Store KUEBLER'S TIRE STATION LINDtS GARAGE LARSONiS JEWELRY STORE NOON TIDE CAFE NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.A J. E. NUZUM 8: SONS, Lumber PERJFECT OIL CO. H. E. ROGERS, Dry Goods REED'S TIRE SHOP SMITH 8x MINSHALL, Insurance JOHN STEWART IMPLEMENT CO. STOLL 8L GROVES, Clothiers SUTTLE 8L TATE, Dry Goods S. J . SAUER, Hardware D. E. SLACK INSURANCE CO. SMITH HARDWARE OO. THUREEN SHOE STORE J. P. VIGDAHL, Groceries VIROQUA MEAT CO. VIROQUA SANITARY BAKERY FRANK WINTZ, Plumbing H. D. WILLIAMS 8z 00., Shoe Store Table of Contents Views - - Administration Classes ' - - Junior High Organizations Activities - Calendar - Literary Page 5 Page 9 Page 13 Page 29 Page 37 Page 53 Page 69 Page 73 ICWS V 'Q Rock - x7! Requng'Wasylf Administration Board of Education W. F. Lindemann, President of the Board of Education, was born and has always lived in Viroqua. He was one of a class of twelve who graduated from the Brick Veneer building when it housed the High School. His later education was received at Beloit College and at Bryant and Strattons Business College in Chicago. At the completion of his college work he became associated with the Bank of Viroqua and has remained with that organization ever since. C. F. Dahl, Clerk of the School Board, is a native of Rock County, Wis., where his boyhood was spent and his early education received. He was grad- uated from the University of Wisconsin in 1884 and came to Viroqua, estab- lishing a drug store on the corner of Main and J efferson Streets in 1887. Mr. Dahl has been a member of the School Board since 1900. T. O. Mork, Treasurer, was born in Norway where he received his com- mon and HS. education. When our genial treasurer left the old world to seek his fortune in the new, he was not unlike Christopher Columbus. The latter went in search of a new route to the Indies, but landed in North America, while Mr. Mork went in search of Purdy, Wis., but landed in Viroqua. He has resided here ever since. He has carefully looked after our school fi- nances for fifteen years. Charles W. Chase, who, in point of years, is the oldest member of the School Board,came to Vernon County thirty-iive years ago,from Dane Coun- ty, where he received his early education. After some years on the farm, he moved to this city so that his children might have the advantage of our schools, and later, each, in his turn, has re- ceived his diploma from our High School. He has therefore been interested in our schools for some time. Mrs. Henry Lindemann, elected last year to the Board of Education, is a native of Grant county, Wis. She is a graduate of Platteville State Nor- mal and University of Wisconsin, and has taught in rural and high schools of Grant county. In 1914 she was elected assistant in the Vernon County Normal and remained a member of its faculty until her marriage three years ago. Her experience as a teacher has given her such a broad outlook on the field of education that she can appreciate the needs of a good school and will do her part to keep Viroquais standards high. Mrs. R. W. Baldwin, Who has served on the school board for six years, was born in Montezuma, Iowa. After graduation from high school she at- tended Iowa State Teachers, College and later graduated from Northwes- tern University from the Music and Arts department. She taught music and arts at Salida, 001., Rhinelander, Wis., and in our own city schools. Mrs. Baldwin takes as keen interest in our schools as when she was a member of the faculty, and gives generously of her time to further the cause of educa- tion in Viroqua. Ray Huschka is one of the home boys, having always lived in or near Viroqua. He was graduated from our high school in 1908,in a class of twen- ty-seven-ethirteen girls and fourteen boys. We believe this is the only class in which there were more boys than girls. He is one of the prosperous young farmers who have helped to put Ver- non county at the front as an agricultural county. 191. lkkkw'u K ' uyw Faculty MR. FULTON City Superintendent A. B. Monmouth College; Graduate Student, University of Illinois; University of Chicago. MISS TEETERS-English A. B. Nebraska State University; A. M. Wisconsin State University .. vId g ?;mvawvaiv ' W .l,. I- MISS RAYMOND-Latin-French A. B. Milwaukee-Downer College MR. POWER-Agriculture B. S. University of Maine MR. KREUGER-Science A. B. Ripon College MISS CONRAD-English A. E. University of Iowa; Summer School, Columbia MISS IMMEEMathematics A. B. Lawrence College MR. MATTISON History, Athletics La Crosse Normal Faculty MISS GARTZ-Commercial Whitewater State Normal MISS FRENCH Home Economics Stout Institute MISS WEBER-Librarian and School Stenographer River Falls Normal MISS ECKMAN-Music Concordia College Conservatory; Northwestern University. MISS ENKHAUSEN Physical Education ' La Crosse Normal MISS BOSCHERT Physical Education La Crosse Normal MISS CHASkSchool Nurse La Crosse Normal; Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 111. .L MR. BROWN-Band Director Dana's Musical Institute; Liberatti and Weldon's Bands; Band Master of 3rd Wis. Regiment W. N. G. nine years. H11 u, ' 17m N4. 3 r M W W: '7 x Wm .W' W M W40 Classes, - The Senior Class 42:9 4.314,, g a BUEFORD WILLIAM WINTZ, President ELDON HENRY HENDRICKSON, Treas. Class Baseball 1; School Baseball 2; Basket Booster 2, 3, ; Treas. 3, 4; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4; Sec. Ball 2, 3, 4; Class Basketball 3, 4; F. B. 3,4; 3; Forum 3, 4; Com. 3; 81'. Band 4; H. H. H. Octette 4; H. H. H. 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; Booster 4 3; Annual Bd. 4; Sr. Class Treas.; Debate 4. PEARL LELAND ENGLER, Vice-President BEATRICE THERESSA AAMBAK, Secy. Ag. Club 1, 2, 4; Class Basketball 3; Class Viroqua Clovers 2, 3, 4; Com. Club 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2; Hi- Y 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Or- Newspaper Staff 4; Booster Club 4; H. H. chestra 3, ;Operetta 4; Vice- P. 4; H. H. H. 3. H. Club 4; Class Secretary 4. The style of the class rings this year deviated somewhat from the usual style. They are of a rectangular shape, With an inset of onyx. Raised on the inset is the letter V,and at either end are the letters H and S. The year date is on the side of the ring. The class flower is the White rose; the class colors green and white; the class motto is Not at the top, but climbing The Class of 426 is one of the largest classes that there has ever been in our high school, having 70 members. Miss Gartz was elected ad- visor of the class, but, due to the accumulation of work that must come under her super- vision, she was unable to sup.- ervise the annual work; so the class chose Miss Raymond to spon'ser the annual. The class play is to be coached by Miss Teeters, a most able coach. -13- KEITH LEROY AIKINS 2Keithy Class Baseball 1, 2; Class Basket Ball 1, 2; Football 4; Ag. Club 1, 4; Hi-Y 4; Boost- er Club 4; H. H. H. 3, 4. CLARENCE JOHANESS ANDERSON Ag. Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Stock Judging 3, Cap- tain3; H. H. H. Club 4. n rf-I, 1343114 7 lib fIIU .zl' I'; ,qulxw ,U I y,: V1 w I! i ' L'; '11:, WLxYC,LtV1W.g1w.J?77 ,. LWIN IWATSON ANDERSON 2Teaner Class Basketball 1, 2, 4, Class Baseball 1, 2, 4; Basketball Squad 3; Hi-Y Club 3, 4; Operetta 4. LILLIAN ELIZABETH BARCLAY 3Betty2 Outing Club 1; Laurean Literary 1; Mixed Ckorus 1; May Festival 2, 3; Operetta 2, 4; Dramatic Club 2; Forum 4; H. H. H. 3; Girls Glee Club 2, 4; Girls Ag. Club 4. NONA LOTUS BARKER 2Nonie2 Forum 3, 4; Extemporaneous Reading 2; Booster Club 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; News- paper Staff 4; H. H. H. 3; Dramatics 2. HAZEL ALMIRA CHRISTIANSON 2Hoe2 Clover Club 2, 3, 4; H. H. H. Club 3, 4; Forum 4. - JANIE AGNES COX 2Bobbie2 Viroqua Clovers 3, 4; H. H. H. Club 3. HERINE CUNNINGHAM lovers 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club HELEN ALICE DAVIS Class See. and Treas. 1; Outing 1; Mixed Chorus 1; Girls Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Sec. 2, 4; Laurean 1; Class Sec. 3; Annual Staff 3, 4; May Festival 1, 2, 3; Operetta 2; H. H. H. 3; Booster Club 2, 3, 4, Sec. 3, Vice President 4; Debate Club 4. TORGER ESPE 2Torge Ag. Club 1, 4; Track 1, 2, 3; Interclass Basket Ball 1; Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4, Class Pres. 2, 3; Booster Club 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 1, 2; Football 3, 4; Basket Ball 3, 4; H. H. H. 3. RAY BEUFORD FAVOR 2Fav0r2 Ag. Club 4; Hi-Y 4; Class Basket Ball 3, 4. ESTHER HARRIET FISHER 2Fish Girls' Ag. Club 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 4; Dra- matic Club 2, 3; H. H. H. 3; Commercial Club 4; Annual Board 4. ORVILI E MI' FRED FELLAND 2Felle Ag. Club 1, 2, 4; H. H. H. 3, 4. GLA DYS EMMA FORTUN 2Glad2 Commercial Club 4; Forum 3, 4; H. H. H. Club 4. SHELDON TRESEDER GARDNER Mixed Chorus 1; Dramatic Club 2; Forum 23. 4; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Sec. 4; H. H. H. 3; Op- eretta 4; Boys Octette 4; Oratory 3; Band 4; Booster 4; Debate Club 4. HARRIET REBECCA GRIMSRUD 2Harry2 Vir-e President 1; Laurean Literary So- ciety 1; Junior Carnival 3. , 1H 41.?f: MINNA LOUISE GUTSCH MM 1; Girls Ag. Club 2, 3; Girls Basket Ball 2, 3; Forum 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; H. H. H. 3; Debate 4; Commercial 4; May Festival 3; Operetta 4; Tennis Club 4; Dramatic Club 2; Interclass Basket Ball 3. JAMES ALBERT HANSON 2Jim2 Ag.C1ub1, 4; H H. H Club3, 4; Band2, Corn Judging 2; Class Bask 1; all 3. MM , J W BORGHILDE ARI NHEST TH Science Club 3; H. ers 4 1 3 O , Maggi THEHINE HETLXND Myrw Gle Cl 3 vi; Forum 3$H H H. 4; Op- 7i 138133241 4 a ' K. 1 K r RUTH HARRIET HEXIVOLH 3 x Laurean Literary 1; Mixed Chorus 1; Glee Club 2; Operetta 2; Dramatic Club 2; For- um 3; Basket Ball 3; Commercial Club 4. LEONARD LEYCHESTER HODGE 2Hodge Podge3 Thrall Acadamy 1, 2, 3; Interclass Bas- ketball 4. ADAH THERESSA HOLMESTAD Ole3 Outing 1Club 1; Dramatic Society 2; H. H. H. 3, 4, Vice President 3; Class Treasurier 3; Forum 4. DOROTHY VIVIAN HORNBY iiDot'i Viroqua Clovers 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 4; H. H. H. Club 4. Outing 1, 2; Laurean 1, 2; Mixed Chorus I I-' aw. MAME ? 1 ix '1 EARL SIDNEY JACOBUS 2Jak3 Agricultural Club; Radio Club. '4; VMILDRED FLORENCE HUNTER uMillyu LAURENCE ROLLAND LARSON 2Lars2 Ag. Club 4; H. H. H. 3, 4, Vice Pres. 3; Class Basket Ball 2, 3, 4. LAWRENCE ELWIN KINSERDAHL mank Class Basket Ball 1; Basket Ball Squad 2; Track 2; H. H. H. Club 3; Ag. Club 4; Football 4; Basket Ball 4. THEA JEVINA LAVOLD Jay2 Laurean Literary Society 1 9 Girls Ag. Club 2, 3; H. H. H. 3; Commercial Club 4. LEONE ELIZABETH MELLEM 2Pitsy2 Outing Club 1; H. H. H. 3, 4; Commercial Club 4; Viroqua Clovers 4. THELMA CHRISTINE METHUM 2Pete2 Ag. Club 3, 4; H. H. H. 3, 4; Commercial Club 4. SARAH ELIZABETH MINSHALL 2Sally4, Laurean 1; Outing 1; Booster 2, 3, 4;?Ag. 2, 3, Vice Pres. 3; May Fete 2, 3; Opergtta , 2, 4; Mixed Chorus 1; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Dramatic 2; Forum 3, 4; Annual Board 4; Tennis 4; Debate 4; School Basket Ball 2; Class Basket Ball 3; Class Via; President 2; Junior Vaudeville 3. OLGA BERTHINA MOLLDREM 30g Literary Society 1; Viroqua Clovers 3, 4; H. H. H. 3, 4. GLADYS RUTH MOORE Outing Club 1; Commercial Club 4; H. H. H. 4; Viroqua Clovers 1; Alpha Literary 2 CARLYLE RENTZ McKIBBIN 3Mac3 Ag. Club 1, 2; Class Basket Ball 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Football 3, 4; Annual Board 4. DOROTHY LILLIAN NOGGLE 3Shorty3 Forum 4; Viroqua Clovers 2, 3, 4; H. H. H. 3, 4. w 'LORAv ISABELLE OLIVER Laurean Literary 1; Commercial Club 4; Basket Ball 3. ADA AI.ETTA OLSON 3Ade'1 Viroqua Clovers 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 3. 4; Forum 4; H. H. H. Club 3, 4; Debate Club 4. ANNA OLSON 3An3 . H. H. H.; Boys and Girls Ag. 1; Jumor Vaudeville. WI' MAR ORION OPSAHL Ag. C'ub 3, 4; Stock Jur'ging 3; H. H. H. 3, 4; Class Basket Ball 3. JESSIE ADELL PERKINS 2Jess Alpha Literary Society 1; H. H. H. 3; Glee Club 3, 4; Viroqua Clovers 4; Ag. Club 4. KENNETH LAURENCE PETERSOD; t $3 e 8,, Class B. 2, 3, 4; Football 4; Operetta 1, 4; Boy4s Octette 4; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4; Ag. Club 1, 2. LAURENCE HERBERT RABBITT3Bunny Hi-Y 4; Debate; Foot Ball 4; Fgum 3, 4,.,'.4 . 3f, .4 4411' 1 ; 1- 1 ' J4 . . ' , , , I I , .41, 14V , ., ,ll 3. , . , ,u 4 IA 114.1,; ill . : .1 ; '3 '1 . u ,4 , ' CLARENCE ROBERG 4Inky ' Foot Ball 3, 4, Capt. 4; Basket Ball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2; Track 1, 2, 3; Booster Club 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; H. H. H. 3. BLANCHE BELLE ROBSON Viroqua Clovers. AIleN JOHN SANWICK Ag. Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Class B. 3; H. H. H. 4. LILLIAN ELVINA SEMB uLiP, Girls Agrirulture Club 2; H. H. H. 3, 4; Secretary of Commercial Club 4. THORWALD JOSEPH SHERRY Tolly Football 3, 4; Basket Ball 2, 3, 4; Track 3, 4; Booster Club 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; Octette 4; Annual Staif 4. ALVIE MARIE SIMONSON 3Fritz3, Glee Club 4, Ag. Club 3, 4; H. H. H. 3; 0p- eretta 4; Commercial Club 4. EMMA MAY STODA Em3 Commercial Club 4; Ag. Club 2; H. H. H. 3; Basket Ball 3, 4; Outing Club 1; Alpha Literary 2. DORIS SENORA STOLESON 3Fritz3 Commercial Club 3, 4; Commercial Con- testant 2, 3; H. H. H. 3, 4; Interclass Bas- ketball 3; Treasurer of Commercial Club. MABLE JOSEPHINE SWANGSTU H. H. H. 3; Viroqua Clovers. GENEVIEVE EFFIE TENNEY Gen'4 Freshman Class Treas. De Soto; Class play, Literary Club, Soph. Glee Club and Operetta; Junior Glee Club; Commercial Club; History Club; Senior Glee Club; De- bate Club; Forum; Annual Board; Oper- etta; History Club; Debate Team. CYRUS NORMAN TOLLEFSON 3Cy3 Debate 4; Forum 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; Commer- cial Club 3; Booster 4; Operetta 4; Class Basketball 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; News- paper Staff 4. , 4 4' . ' 3 ; 3 ' :4 HXU 14' M, . ' , ! x.-, r 3; ,X. 5.1 . 17 ; ,4an If ,. I x, 1, yr ? I '4 4 1' , v ja r0123 MtV fy Ll Lrvuxxy . MABLE LUCILLE TOWER W AAWM n4, M?AL' :7 3 Z in 4crv-c,y,1 ant , 1 mb 9.4 $5! Mijd 57. LLOYD IRVIN TRYGGESTAD Five-yards Football 3, 4; Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y 4; Basketball 4; Ag. Club 1, 2; Corn J udging 2; Octette 4. KENNETH TUHUS 3Skinny'1 Booster Club 2, 3, 4, Vice Pres. 3, Pres. 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice Pres. 3; Pres. 4; Hi-Y 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice Pres. 3; Pres. 4; Class Pres. 1; Annual Staff 4; Football 4; B. B. 4. MARY JENEVEIVE WALDRON Mixed chorus 1; Glee Club 2; Operetta 2; Laurean Literary Society 1; Basket Ball 3, 4; Commercial Club 4. SYDNEY JEROME WHEELOCK 2Goofy3 Medford H. S. 1, 2; B. B. 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Octette 4; Booster 4; Hi-Y 4; Track 3, 4; F. B. 3, 4. EMMA LOU WILLIAMS 3Soggy Class B. B. 3; Tennis Club 4; Pres. School Operetta 2, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Com.Club 3; Forum 3, 4; Debate 4; School B. B. 2; Booster 3, 4; Cheer Leader 3, 4; Annual Board; H. H. .H. 3, 4; Soph. ClaSS See. and Treas., Ext. Reading 3; Dramatic Club 2; Laurean 1; Outing 1; Jr. Vaudeville 3; Mixed Chorus 1; May Fete 2, 3, Pres. 4; Operetta 2, 4; Tennis Club. IRENE PRISCILLA WOLD 2Rene3 Alpha Literary 1; H. H. H. 3, 4; Viroqua glzvers 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Operetta -211 Senior Class History Four years ago the class of 1926, our class, made its entrance into the old high school building, as Freshmen, one hundred and sixteen strong. At first, green, the true color of all Freshmen, stood out all over us. However, it was not long until our green faded to such an extent that we were able to go about without feeling conspicuous or uncomfortable. Our first need was for class officers. After we had found a room suf- ficiently large to accommodate our vast throng, and teachers suliicient to keep order, we had our first class meeting to elect our first class officers. Our leaders were K. Tuhus, president ; H. Grimsrud, Vice-president; H. Da- vis, secretary-treasurer; and Mr. Krueger, class advisor. i Our activities were many and varied. We won the admiration of the upperclassmen by our splendid playing in interclass basketball. Two of our members were on the baseball team and two on the track squad. As officers our Sophomore year, we had T. Espe, president; S. Min- shall, vice-president; E. Williams, secretary-treasurer; and Miss Taylor, advisor. We had a number of boys on the basket-ball squad, two on the track squad, besides a distinguished record in interclass basketball. E. Ja- cobus, a member of our corn judging team, won the individual state cham- pionship. In the fall of 1924 we entered high school as J uniors, in the new build- ing. It seemed almost as if we were Freshmen again, for no one knew the way around in our new home. Our oHicers this year were T. Espe, presi- dent; L. Larson, Vice-president; H. Davis, secretary; A. Holmstad, treasur- er ; and Miss Enckhausen, adviser. That year, D. Stoleson and B. Aambak represented the J unior type- writing and shorthand classes in the district commercial contest at Tomah. The stock judging team, consisting of C. Anderson, W. Opsahl and E. Ja- cobus, won honors in the state contest. E. Williams, having received sec- ond place in the Extemporaneous Reading contest, went to Sparta for the district contest. We had ten boys on the football squad and eight on the basket ball squad. Our Junior boys and girls both won interclass basket- ball honors. The captain of our boys team was S. Wheelock and of the girls; S. Minshall. Our social activities were many. A vaudeville was presented in the auditorium, and a carnival was given in the gym. The success of these en- tertainments has never been equalled. By far the biggest event of our J un- ior year was the Prom, the first in the new gymnasium. The chairman was S. Wheelock. When we entered our Senior year, we didnlt feel any more important than before. We settled down to work in the beginning of the year, deter- mined to put our best efforts into getting the best results. We elected B. Wintz, president; P. Engler, Vice-president; B. Aamback, secretary; E. Hen- drickson, treasurer; Miss Glartz, class advisor; and Miss Raymond, annual advisor. Our commercial contestants at Tomah were B. Aambak, M. Gutsch, and A. Olson. A number of our classmates were in Forensics. We had many representatives in every department of athletics and we again won in interclass basket-ball, with R. Favor as captain. We intend to leave With flying colors. As we leave, we wish all the underclassmen, the success and happiness Which has been ours during our high school career. a22a Senior Class Will . We, the members of the class of 1926, being of sound mind, hereby W111, bequeath and endow these characteristics to our successors: MINNA GUTCH and BEATRICE AAMBAK leave their typewriting abil- ity to Leonard T. Thompson. LAWRENCE KINSERDAHL and KETH AIKINS leave their girl friends to Everett and C. Kilmer. KENNETH PETERSON and CLARENCE ANDERSON leave their bright remarks to Ross Johnson. DOROTHY and BETTY leave their great height to Daniel Borgen. NONA BARKER leaves her after-schooli dates in the library to Gladys W. J ANIE COX leaves Cy Buttis attentions to whoever wants them. HAZEL and MEARL leave their ways with the boys to Beatrice Weller. HELEN DAVIS leaves her callings down to Florence Feliand. PEARL ENGLER leaves his perpetual teasing to Cachel Dregne. TORGER ESPE leaves his flaming locks to J im Richmond. RAY FAVOR leaves his sheikish hair to Oscar Hanson. GENEVEVE and ESTHER FISHER leave their way with the teacher to Cy. ELWIN ANDERSON and ORVILLE FELLAND leave their ability to dope e experiments to the Class of 1927. i J ESSIE and GLADYS FORTUN leave their sarcasm to Helen Moseng. SHELDON GARDNER leaves his winter cap to Rudolph Elton. .IJAMES HANSON leaves Thelma Methumis place in his Ford to Ruby W. CYRUS TOLLEFSON and ELDON HENDRICKSON leave their business to anyone who doesntt want it. BORGHILDE leaves her ability to escape speed cops to Pearl Everson. MYRTLE HETLAND leaves her ability to keep a marcel to Iva Farr. LORA and RUTH leave their places at the dances to Blythe Pepper. EARL and LEONARD leave their rhetorical diction to Fay Miller. IRENE WOLD and MILDRED HUNTER leave their giggles to Dorothy H. LAWRENCE LARSON leaves West Point to the U. S. Government. J EVIN A and LEONE will their drug store complexion to Madge Post. EMMA STODA and SARAH MINSHALL leave their basketball fame to Bessie Qualey. GLADYS and OLGA leave their ability to talk to Dean Davidson. DOROTHY NOGGLE leaves her ability to become engaged to A1. Nelson. HARRIET and ANNA OLSON leave their ability to bluff to Lucille Wise. WILMAR OPSAHL leaves his stock judging ability to any hard working Sophomore. LAWRENCE and INKY leave their athletic fame to Keith Kellicutt. MABEL SWANGSTU and BLANCHE ROBSON leave their boistrous ways to J ackson Endicott. LILLIAN SEMB leaves her slenderness to Goldie Hunter. CARLYLE and THORWAD SHERRY leave their poetry to Helen Baldwin. ALVIE leaves her Physics lab. table to any poor soul who takes Physics. DORIS STOLESON leaves her Sun. evenings With Stub to who gets them. LUCILLE TOWER leaves her help in Cor. courses to Margaret Fisher. LLOYD TRYGGESTAD and SKINNY leave their fickle way with women to Harlan Helgeson. ADA and MARY leave their luck in history to Margaret Fisher. SYDNEY WHEELOCK leaves his heifer to Ruth Pierce. EMMA LOU WILLIAMS wills Harlan to any aspiring J unior. ALWIN SANWICK and BEUFORD leave their scientific analysis to Eliza- beth Mills. rzgw QR gK-KAROLD BUCHANAN, President RUDOLPH ELTON, Vice-Prfsident W $ The old schdol bell rang out a hear- - welcome to the 128 students who tered itjas Freshmen on that Sep- t tember morning in 1923. We started e in right by electing Blythe Pepper as . N $our class president. We were ' W J presented in the preliminary ontests in declamatory and temporaneous reading by Helen Baldwin and Sylvia Brudos. The second year we entered our new high school building, fewer in number but with a determination to make a bet- ter record than we had the year before. With Margaret Clark as president our sopho- more year was a very succes- ful one. Harold Buchanan proved to be one of our star debaters. Lucille Wise and Dean Davidson helped the de- bate team very much by act- PIPE 0r: PiACE x , wm..w.m... .. .x- .uw. v. . V. m x Chips ; y e31 - 3 . f-j' ALBERT HARRIS, Treasurer HARLAN HELGESON, Secretary ing as alternatives. Our class was represented in declamatory and ex- temporaneous reading by Helen Bald- win, in extemporaneous speaking by Sylvia Brudos, and in oratory by Har- old Buchanan. We are also proud to say that the cheer 1eader, Billy Anders0n, was a member of our class. Class President Harold Bu- chanan was captain of the de- bate teams. Sec. Harlan Hel- geson was cheer leader. Helen Baldwin and Pearl Olson rep- resented us in the preliminary contests in declamatorySylviJa Brudos in extemporaneous speaking,Helen Baldwin in ex- temporaneous reading, Harold Buchanan in oratory. Due to the illness of our advisor, Miss t Enckhausen, we chose Miss Boschert for the remainder of f the year. x , l l i Top Row R. Weavill, C. Kilmer, A. Harris, D. Borgen, A. Hanson, C. Olson, E. Irwin, RV 3 Second Row M. Jacobson, E. Rothermel, H. Vergeront, B. Pepper, M. Thompson, E. Rus- c Vi dahl, A. Vedum. Third Row-E. Black, A. Hjelle, M. Rand, E. Pederson, O. Ellefson, E. N . Larson, G. Witcraft. Fourth Row L. Lewison, L. Thompson, W. Lawton, L. Emerson, .. ' H. Helgeson, L. Wise, C. Frohock. Bottom Row-L. Leonard, S. Adams, D. Helgeson, H. Baldwin, P. Olson, B. Qualy, G. Hunter. Top Row -O. Gald, V. Welch, H. Silbaugh, W. Vedum, H. DeGarmo, O. Hansodn, R. Elto C 1' Second Row-M. Fisher, H. Gorsline, S. Brudos, K. Groves, R. Lombard, C. Harris, . ? Selin, R. Wilson. Third ROW E. Ellefson, V. Felix, B. Bowman, P. Slade, C. Dregne, D. Davidson, C. Butt. Fourth Row-I. Slack, S. Weber, A. Hanson, R. Berge, M. Hemsingf T. Jacobus, C. Hauge, A. Small. Bottom Row-P. Everson, R. Tobias, H. Hetland, E. Fauske, I. Farr, V. Noggle, S. Kolden. A ' 5H x R, 25- 1' U! ' 5i m V .M 731', Uflk 10; s ,m t , I I 4 ' ; .XIWEF'I. '1. VF .. '- fir w . ix .1 I N l I n 5' I ' V ' V ' v. a? , z N I n r K; . v a '2 40 s3 PIPE OF PEACE JIM ' Ltm , JAMES RICHMOND, President GLEN AIKENS, Vice-President The Sophomore Class of 1928 made its first appearance in Viroquats new High School building in the fall of 1925. James Richmond, Palmer Try- gestad, Rudolph Nelson and Roland ROBERT NYE, Treasurer MARY JOHNSON, Secretary derful chance we have in the future. We have been represented in every activity. Anna Rose Gross, Marion Smith and Clayton Weavill are three of our members who are debaters. Felix represented our class in a peppy basket ball team. Our class showed up well in base- ball and bat-ball tournaments as well as in every other ath- letic activity. Anna Rose Gross and Marion Smith were Declamatory representatives from our class. With Ada Larson, Mary Johnson and a Robert Nye as our class offi- cers, that year was one never to be forgotten. Our second year in High School has passed altogether too swiftly. We have had plenty of work and good times and have shown what a won- All our Sophomore boys are great athletes as well as de- baters and speakers. We had no battle against the superior- .ity of the upperclassmen and were cordially welcomed by everyone when we entered our second year. We are beginning to realize how short will be our stay in our good old V. H. S. and are representing our school in ev- ery possible way lest we be forgotten. When we have left it may we always find joy and happiness in the friendships of our school days. v Top Row K. Burkhardt, G. Aikins, C. Hulsether, R. Felix, H. Green, G. Bishop, F.Miller. Second R oW N. Kinserdahl, M. Endicott, L. Kellicut, M. Johnson, A. Larson, L.Langhus, G. Berge. Third Roth. Lawton, W. Honaker, G. Fortney, R. Johnson, F. Goldsmith, L. Jacobson, M. Briggson. Fourth Row- D. Bjerke, N. Hendrickson, T. Hestetune, B. Armstrong, F. Felland, E. Clancy. Bottom Row A. Herried B. Buxton, M. Egge, A. R. Gross, A. Barton, P. Fortney. Top Row A. Peterson, R. Nelson, R. Nye, A. Solverson, P. Tryggestad, J. Richmond. Second Row F. Slack, B. Smith, H. Swanson, B. Weller, G. Nelson, C. Weavill. Third Row L. Olson, M. Poste, M. Smith, R. Pierce, B. Powell, H. Moseng, B. Mellum. Fourth Row-A. Quick, E. Snell, L. Nickerson, E. Nelson, M. Traastad, D. McHenry, AJSurenson, Bottom Row L. Munson, D. Silbaugh, B. Natwick, M. Wilson, L. Slade, R. Mellum. A .27 . 4, Q 4 gwlgx 'i N; Ll?! '14 nth :' 114, 1'1 . AI ' u 3L? N K .2 8 Junior High V s:' .411. 1 , m.g- ,, 'g; Faculty MR. SUTTLE-Science A. B. Stanford University MISS MARTINSON-English and Latin A. B. St. Olaf College MISS NICKEL-Mathematics Oshkosh Normal School MR. AMUNDSEN-Socia1 Science- Physical Education River Falls Normal MISS CHAPMAN-Eng1ish La Crosse Normal MISS TUHUS Mathematics . A. B. University of Wisconsin Wet MR. ENDERS-Manual Arts Stout Institute Top RoweK. Kellicut, K. Henry, S. Thompson, I. Kanable, C. Fortney K. Nelson, G. Eckhardt. Second RoweG. Krogen, M. Minshall, M. Nelson, K. Erickson, G. Fortney. C. Solverson, A. Fortney, E. DeLap. Third Row- W. Larson, A. Anderson, E. McLees, A. Wolfgram, A. Sanger, S. Dregne, D. Hjelle, J. Small. Fourth RoweD. Seymour, E. Gufsch, O. Lewison, M. Irwin, A. Hammer, A. Koeppe, J. Ottum. Bottom RoweM. Lew- ison, R. Wheeler, F. Henry, E. Thompson, T. Hulsether, J. Grimsrud, P. Cunningham, G. Buchanan. After many weeks spent in careful research work and diligent study of photograph and autograph albums,I have at last obtained enough inform- ation to permit me to intelligently chronicle the history of the N inth Grade. We have the distinction of being the first class that has completed the Junior High course here, for the J unior High system was started in the year of 1923-24. It then consisted of the Seventh and Eighth Grades,which met in the three upper rooms in the brick building. Everything was strange at iirst, but after a few weeks of bewilderment we became used to the sys- tem. At our first class meeting the officers were elected: David Fulton, president; Carter Anderson, Vice-president; George Eckhardt, secretary; and Margaret Minshall, treasurer. That year sped by, as did the vacation which followed, and Septem- ber found us assembled again, this time as Eighth Graders. By this time the new High School was completed, so the J unior High moved into the old high school building. We found ourselves Viewing with awe the seemingly vast assembly room. Though frightened, we were eager and helpful. Great was our consternation at the lack of sympathy when we replied. ttI don't knowii gr I forgot? Though we might not have been rich in intelligence, our bralns were green enough to grow, and wellearned rapidly. David Ful- ton again piloted us to harbor safely, with Carter Anderson, Clarice Solver- son, and George Eckhardt as his able assistants. -3oe ' , i 'V i WCW t IM' , .K. . Top Rowe-D. Fulton, C. I zrscn. A. Henson, M. Sherry, E. Hagen, . Nickerson, F. Rusk, F. Larson. Second Row-M. Nelson, V. Parr, I. Schoonover, M. uraas, L. Froiland, I. Buxton, W. West. Third Row-L. Felde, B. Strait, V. DeGarmo, L. Miller, A. Hanson, 0. Hutchins, G. Larsen, N. Snodgrass. Fourth Row-B. Hotlen, H. Haugen, K. Hanson, E. Mills, M. Fortney, M. Hauge, V. Chitwood, B. Morley. Bottom RoweL. Brye, B. Wheel- er, E. Ostrem, L. Tewalt, H. Kearney, A. Harris, S. Peterson, V. Larson. With the coming of the ninth year, we fully realized our importance in school. It was on the fourteenth day of September, 1925, when there flocked into the assembly a mighty throng of so-called Freshman, still suf- ficiently green, although we would never admit it. We contrived to have a thoughtful and dignified expression as befitted our station, for were we not the oldest and most important class in J unior High ? Half regrettfully,half joyously, we took up our work in 1925, the most wonderful year of all. Knowing it was our last year in Junior High, we, in reality, reached that stage where 2we know and know that we know? We were indeed the fair- est of flowers and treated as such by all the underclassmen. Our year 1925-26 proved to be the happiest as well as the most fruit- ful. Our minds had become gardens of knowledge, andlbut for a little weed- ing now and then by some kind faculty member, bloomed continuously. The majority of the class took an active part in athletics. We are very proud of Keith Kellicutis record and of the record of our basketball teams, for they proved themselves very eflicient in their undertakings. With the develop- ment of the gregarious instinct, our social life increased. During these three years there could not have been a class that was as congenial as ours. As we review with blissful memories the thousands of happy incidents that occurred, we cannot help but feel that to be happy is as good as to be famous. hgln Top RoweR. Nye, E.-Larson, E. Anderson, B. Smith, B. Nye, K. Heck. Second Rowe R. Lindemann, G. Mehlum, E. Minshall, G. Gorsline, M. Mills, L. Buchanan, S. Jacobson Third Row-J. Smith, H. Knudsen, L. Rothermel, L. Hay, H. Sordahl, G. Jasperson, Fourth Rowe M. Durden, S. Thorg'erson, F. Larson, L. Watson, G. Morris, S. Johnson. Bottom ROWeR. Green, K. May, B. Brown, R. Pfaffman, G. Potts, 0. Anderson. We, the present Eighth Grade, are growing with the J unior High, for in the year 1924-25, when the J unior High was established, we were Seventh Graders, the lowest class. The school year began with the Seventh Grade having the distinction of being the smallest and dumbest class in the J unior High, tthe latter, however, by popular voteJ Despite this, our names were frequently seen upon the honor roll and a few of our members were valuable additions to the Booster Club. The athletic year was quite disastrous as our representatives in inter- class basketball and baseball came out at the bottom. The social side of the school year was not forgotten. After our summer vacation, when we came back as Eighth Graders, we learned to look upon the Seventh Graders with contempt, forgetful of the fact that we were Seventh Graders once. Given time to become acquainted With our new members, we elected the following officers: Blaine N ye, pres- itilerit; Francis Larson, secretary; Gordon J asperson, treasurer; Miss Nickel, a VlSOl'. The athletic outlook this year is much brighter than last year, for Eighth Graders have made up part of the winning teams in basket and base ball. We hope for a much better season than last. We are welI-represent- ed in the Booster Club, and on the Honor Roll, as hardly a member had a failing average. ' A class party was held and a picnic will be held in the near future. -32- Top Row-G. Outcelt, R. Dickson, H. Kurz, I. Larson, F. Unseth,, T. Dustin, L. Johnson. Second Row-E. Van Riper, M. Nickerson, E. Smith, G. Stoda, E. Ristow, L. Henry, A. Solverson, M. Anderson. Third Row-C. Brown, L. Sordahl, R. Lodoen, H. Smith, L. Kanable, L. Eide, J . Hamilton. Fourth Row-E. Hage, E. Denning, G. Weber, E. Thomp- son, C. Solverson, M. Anderson, R. Fulton, J. Johnson, F. Foster. Bottom Row-L. Lam- bert, L. Johnson, R. Favor, A. Gutsch, E. Hage, M. Davies, M. Fortner, M. Robinson. One bright September morn, in the year 1925, the Seventh Graders marched proudly into the Junior High. There are forty-nine pupils in this grade, filled with both hope and fear of the future. We realized that it would be harder work, but were proud to know that we were through with the grades, and were members of the J unior High. A few weeks after school started, Mr. Amundsen, our advisor, called a class meeting and the following ofIicers elected: Ralph Ladoen,president; Kathryn Morrison, treasurer; Robert Fulton, secretary. During the month of J anuary we had a class meeting and planned a sleigh-riding party. Kathryn Morrison, Ralph Ladoen, Lillian Henry and Robert Fulton, four of our Seventh Graders, are active members of the Booster Club. They were elected last year by their class while they were still Sixth Graders. The Booster Club has a great deal to do with the planning of parties for the J unior High School. The J unior High has organized many different clubs. The girls play Bat Ball or Basket Ball. We also have our hiking clubs and winter sports. t We are all working hard fer the V. J . H. emblem. We are looking forward to next year when we will be Eighth Graders, and will not be con- sidered the least in the J unior High. -33h Top RoweB. Smith, S. Thompson, G. Eckhardt, K. Nelson, J. Nixon. Second RoweG. Krogen, M. Minshall, tSecJ; K. Kellicut, tPresJ; G. Fortney, Mr. Suttle, tadvisorl. Third RoweG. Jasperson, R. Nye, R. Ladoen, R. Fulton, B. Nye, tvice-presJ Bottom Row-e-D. Fulton, L. Henry, K. Morrison, C. Solverson. Members AbsenteR. Linde- mann, ttreasJ; Janet Smith. The Viroqua Junior High Booster Club is an organization Which boosts all school activities. The club meets every first and third Monday of each month. This assemblage of lawmakers consist of twenty members Who are elected by popular vote upon recommendation from the faculty; this method insures the J unior High of having only the best and most capa- ble students as members of the aforementioned ruling body. Following are the members of the Viroqua J unior High Booster Club with their respective offices: Social Committee-Clarice Solverson, Chairman; Gladys Fortney, Stanley Thompson, Lillian Henry. Athletic CommitteeeGeorge Eckhardt, Chairman ; David Fulton, Kathryn Morrison. Points Committee-Margaret Minshall, Chairman; Garnet Krogen, Richard N ye, Benjamin Smith. Publicity Committee-John Nixon, Chairman; Kermit Nelson, Gor- don J asperson, Blaine Nye. Finance Committee-Regina Lindemann, Chairman; Janet Smith, Ralph Ladoen, Robert Fulton. funior High Activities The J unior High system has proved a success in the Viroqua schools. Aside from its regular school curriculum, outside activities have been intro- duced. The purpose of these is to make the student familiar with activities similar to those which he will encounter in the Senior High. It gives him a chance to earn a V. J . H. The activities for girls are: Outing Club, basketball, batball, Camp Fire Girls, Home Economics Club, declamatory, Glee Club, Essay Contest and Agriculture Club. The boys have the following activities: Foot ball, basketball, track, oratory, chorus, Essay Contest, Ag. and Radio Clubs, and Boy Scouts. Both boys and girls may participate in these activities: Booster Club, Reading Circle, Dramatics, Science Club, Yell Leader, Class Officers, Debate, Good Manner Posters, perfect attendance, news reporting and Band. The social life also receives good care. The Junior High pupils are allowed a social hour, from four to five, on every other Monday afternoon, in the assembly room. Each grade may have a party and a picnic during the school year. In addition to this, the entire J unior High has two all-school parties during the year. A Freshmanis Dictionary A AcuteeThe teacherts temper on Monday morning. Annual-Wherein this writing is. B Bachelor-Mr. Suttle. Brains-A thing of by-gone days. BunkeNo good. C Cloakhall-A mixed-up affair. CrameAn attempt to learn in a short time. CrosswordseFrequently used by teachers. D December-Santa Claus gives us two weekst vacation. Dread-Of exams. E EateWhen ? Evidence-All people donit have it for the occasions When itis wanted F FrigideLooks received from certain people. G Grades-Where we came from. H HeaveneGraduation. Hot DogeA space filler. I Insinuate-To hint. J Jack-Necessary money. K Kindergarten-Where many failures started. h35- LoafeAn occupation of many. Mentaliterery low in Viroqua. Nonsense-Something which is nothing. Numbskulls-A number of people. Ozzy. PowdereRemedy for shiny nose. QuizeMeans of Punishment. Rave-Most teachers do. Report CardeBlack, white and red. SlackerseStudents who dontt patronize V. H. S. activities. Talk-Asset to everyone. Theatre--Place of amusement. UnlawfuleWhispering. Vamp-Strik1'ng object. WintereAn all year affair. Xwordse-Common brain food now passe. YearningeTo play hockey when school calls. ZowViroqua High School. School Life I have the most dreadful time at school, Each time I turn I break a rule; Each day comes with its troubles new, I dontt see how the rest get by, do you ? Monday, some poetry I failed to quote. Tuesday, I was caught with a note; Wednesday, I got by all right. But Thursday and Friday were a fright. iTwixt book reports and note books due, I don't see how I'll eier pull through I sit and tremble in every class For fear that Iill be called on at last. But cheer, for J unior High will soon be o'er, And years after Iive passed through that door I'll think of these troubles with face a-grinning, For Iill realize then they were j ust beginning. egge ....--- -. 7- - - ...-. w .- h .- ---- -..-- .5- :- M .--- N ug I. m .-.: A Organizations Standing-E. Williams, S. Minshall, C. McKibbin, H. Buchanan, E. Hendrickson, E. Fisher, K. Aikins, Miss Raymond, S. Brudos, H. Davis, C. Tenney. Seateds-B. Wintz, P. Slade, K. Tuhus, S. Wheelock, G. Stewart, N. Barker, C. Tollefson. Editor in Chief - - - - - Sydney Wheelock Assistant Editor - - - - Eldon Hendrickson Business Manager - - - - - Kenneth Tuhus Assistant Business Manager - Harold Buchanan Advertising Manager - - - Thorwald Sherry Assistant Advertising Manager - Pearl Engler Organization Editor - - - - - Nona Barker Athletic Editor - - - - - - Carlyle McKibbin Assistant Athletic Editor - - - Phyllis Slade Joke Editor - - - - - - - Cyrus Tollefson Assistant Joke Editor - - - Sarah Minshall Snapshot Editor - - - - - - - Helen Davis Snapshot Editor - - - Emma Lou Williams Literary Editor - - - - - Genevieve Tenny Calendar - - - - - - - - - Esther Fisher Faculty Advisor - - - - - - Miss Raymond spas Top RoweJ. Richmond, R. Nye, S. Gardner, A. Harris, B. Wintz. Second Row-H. Baldwin, E. Rothermel, N. Barker, B. Pepper, M. Jacobson, tSecretaryl; K. Groves. Third RoweK. Aikins, D. Davidson, M. Fisher, B. Aambak, M. Smith. Fourth Row- S. Wheelock, C. Roberg, T. Sherry, E. Williams, A. Gross, R. Pierce. Fifth Rowe-K. Tuhus, tPresidentl; P. Tryggestad, F. Goldsmith, S. Minshall, H.Davis,tVice-Presidentl; IC-I. gellgteson, Mr. Fulton. AbsenteE. Hendrickson, tTreasurerl; H. Buchanan, T. Espe, . o e son. The Booster Club, which was organized in 1923, consists of thirty- one members, elected by the student body. The main purpose of this or- ganization is to boost the various activities, which makes it very necessary that those chosen must, at some time or other, have proven their ability as leaders. OfIicers are elected at the starting of each year to lead this group. In order to get the best results, the club is divided into committees, consisting of people especially adapted to that sort of thing. The different committees with their chairmen are as follows: Financial, Eldon Hendrickson; Scholastic, Harold Buchanan; Ath- letic, Thorwald Sherry; Literary, Sarah Minshall; Social, Emma Williams . The work of the different committees is as follows: The financial committee takes care of all the money in the school; the Scholastic commit- tee averages report card marks each term and publishes the Honor Roll ; the Athletic committee takes charge of all the athletics and finances them; the Literary committee arranges for the speech work that is done in the Senior High, such as debate, declamatory, oratory, extemporaneous speaking and reading; the Social committee plans all school parties and social hours. To this last committee is to be given the credit of planningr one of the nicest parties ever given in our new High Schoolethe Football Banquet where the football V,s were awarded. With Mr. Fulton as the general advisor, this club has had the most successful year in its history, but we hope to make it more successful in the future. h38- Top RoweO. Gald, A. Harris, S. Gardner, tsecretaryi; B. Wintz. Second Row-K. Aik- 1ns, R. Favor, C. McKibbin, L. Tryggestad, R. Nye. Third RowwD. Davidson, V. Welch, P. Engler, S. Wheelock, ttreasureri. Fourth Row-E. Anderson, C. Roberg, T. Sherry, K. Peterson. Bottom Row-K. Tuhus, tpresidenti; T. '0. Mork, L. W. Fulton, Rev. Har- ris, H. Helgeson. AbsenteH. Buchanan, tvice-presidenti; E. Hendrickson, L. Rabbitt, C. Tollefson, T. Espe, E. Morgan. The local chapter of the Hi-Y is four years old. Eighteen members of last yearis club, with six recruits this year, make a wide-awake organiza- tion. The advisors are Rev. Davies, Rev. Harris and T.O.Mork. Supt. Ful- ton has been so loyal in his work with the club, so full of kindly interest and aglvice, that we want to here express our appreciation of the support he has glven us. The club gave an enjoyable party last year and the social committee has plans for a similar one during the second semester this year. Our meetings are held every other Wednesday noon and a committee of three members have charge of the dinner at each meeting. The boys are real caterers and serve and attend to the banquet duties in such an efficient manner that we feel we each deserve a full credit in Home Economics. Our club leader has made his name famous for the cocoa he makes. Most of our boys go to Phantom Lake to the two-week summer train- ing camp. Last year our club was represented by Carlyle McKibbin, who reported a most enjoyable time. The clubs in this district hold an annual conference each spring. Last year this conference was held at Sparta, but this year, we, ourselves, were hosts to a large group of boys from this district, and some of the state Y. M. C. A. officials from Milwaukee. -39e Top RoweH. Buchanan, tpresidenth E. Hendrickson; NS Gardner,C.T011efson, R. E1- secretaryJ Second RoweG. Witcraft, M. Jacobson, tvice- presidentiE; M. Gutsch, hnstad, M. Traastad, P. Slade. Third ROWeN. Barker, tCor secJ; E.Larson, D. jet e, km.A Olson, D. Noggle, C. Dregne. Fourth RowwA. Larson, V. Felix, E. Williams, L. vWise, G. Tenney, E. Barclay, A. R. Gross. Bottom Row-S. Adams, H. Baldwin, ttreasureri; S. Brudos, E. Rothermel, M. Smith, I. Slack, S. Weber. Last year a group of students who were interested in speech work organized a club called The Forum, All students wishing to take part in any speech contest must be members of this organization. Therefore it is from the members of the Forum that all speech contestants are chosen. The of- goersa for this year were elected at the close of last year. J . The first work taken up was debate. From thirty- three contestants, ,' 4eight were picked. They were: Harold Buchanan, Eldon Hendrickson, J ohn gixon, Cyrus Tollefson, Clayton Weavill, Anna Rose Gross, Marion Smith, nd Genevieve Tenney. These students started to work soon after Christ- J mas vacation and were ready for the first debate February 15. The Aflirm- ative team was defeated at Richland Center, but the N egative team won from the same city here. Since Mazomanie forfeited her debate to Viroqua, a debate was arranged with the Aiiirmative team from the LaCrosse Cen- tral high school, which we also won. As soon as the debate season was closed, the Forum took charge of the other preliminary contests. These contests were held in assembly dur- ing and after school. After the final contests sometime in April, V's will be awarded to winners in speech work, including debaters and other speakers. We, of the organization, feel proud of our talented members. To Miss Conrad we wish to express our heart-felt appreciation for her help. L40LL Top Row-S. Minshall, S. Adams, M. Jacobson, M. Traastad. Second Row-A. Larson, L. Langhus, R. Lombard. Third Rowa. Dregne, V. Felix, K. Groves, E. Barclay. Fourth Row-P. Slade, D. Helgeson, B. Bowman, L. Slade. Bottom Row-E. Williams, tpresidentl; M. Gutsch, H. Davis, tsecretary-treasurerJ The Tennis Club was introduced last fall by Miss Enckhausen. Our first meeting was held in the early part of October, when we elected officers and decided to have dues of 25c a semester. The club is composed of about thirty-flve girls. Members whose pictures do not appear above are: G. Witcraft, A. R. Gross, H. Gorsline, E. Larson, L. Wise, V. Noggle, H.Verger- ont, B. Weller, L. Jacobson, A. Surenson, T. Methum, P. Slade, H. Baldwin, E. Stoda, M. Smith and E. N elson. The girls took a great interest in making the club a success. A twr- nament was well under way when Miss Enckhausen met With her acci- dent. The girls were divided into groups of twos, the winner of each group playing the winner of another, until the semi-finals were reached. Since the game was new to most of the girls, club activities were suspended until Miss Boschert, our new gym instructor, assumed all the gym duties. We are very pleased with our tennis courts, located east of the school building. Although last fall there was only one court, we now have two ready for use. A tournament will be played this spring, along with our reg- ular club work. There will surely be more competition in the spring tour- nament as the girls have played a great deal since the fall tournament. We hope to increase the success of the Tennis Club in the future. huh t? 11 ix j 7 A1 1. 4' 4 Top Row-I. Farr, H. Swanson, B. Powell, D. McHenry, G. Berg. 0. Ellefson. A. Vellum, V M. Selim Second Row-D. Noggle, L. Mellum, D. Stoleson, L. Nickerson, E. Pederson, D. Silbaugh, M. Wilson, H. Christianson. Third RoweG. Fortun, D. Bjerke, E. Barclay, J. CoxgE. Simonson, S. Kolden, B. Robson. Fourth RoweL. Wise, H. Gorsline,G. Wit- craft, E. Snell, T. Jacobus, L. Leonard, R. Berge. Bottom Rowe-B. Buxton, V. Felix, Miss Raymond, tFaculty Advisorl; R. Wilson, tPresidentl; M. Fisher, tVice-Presidentl; E. Larson, H. Hetland, M. Egge. This is one of the most active organizations in the Senior High School. It was formerly known as the Girls' Agricultural Club but it was renamed by Vivian Felix in 1925. , Among the things Idone or sponsored by the club, these are the most important. Gladys Tr'aastad, Clara Solverson, Pearl Everson, Helen Solverson, Helen Gorsline, Lucille Wise, Cachel Dregne, and Svlvia Brudos represented the club at the Short Course at Madison in J une, 1925. Several members attended the Leadership camp at Kilbourn in August, where they were instructed in leadership and in various sorts of craftsmanship. At the State Fair we were represented by a clothing demonstration team consisting of Sadie Adams, Mearl Cunningham, and Sylvia Brudos. This team scored among the five high although we do not know the exact rating. Individual honors, however were won by Sylvia Brudos, who ranked third in the style show and who became a member of the all star demonstration team for 1925. In the fall of 1925 we had a booth at the County Fair and set a standard which the club in the future will have to work to uphold. Our style show was a great success, partly due to the wonderful cooperation re- ceived from the merchants of Viroqua. The real purpose of the style show was to raise money to pay the club debt, but aside from that the girls pro- fited a great deal from it. Honor pins were awarded to Ruby Wilson for a canning and poultry project, and to Sylvia Brudos for clothing. She also received a trip to the -42.. Top RoweE. Fisher, ITreasureri; E. Mills, M. Rand, O. Moldren, A. Hjelle, S. Adams, R. Lombard. Second Row-I. Wold, H. Vergeront, A. R. Gross, E. Nelson, M. Traastad, L.Kellicut, A.Larson. Third Row-eB.Hestetune, N.Hendrickson, T. Hestetune, M. Poste, M. Smith, B. Weller, M. Johnson. Fourth RoweJ. Perkins, P. Everson, B. Bowman, L. Jacobson, L. Olson, A. Surenson. Bottom Rowe-P. Slade, 'C. Dregne, M. Cunningham, D. Hornby, B. Aambak, A. Olson, R. Tobias. Absent members-ASylvia Brudos, OSecre- taryi; Mrs. C. E. Lauder, tSponsorJ annual Boys and Girls Club Congress held at Chicago, oifered to her by - Montgomery Ward 8L Co., for her years work in Home Economics. Achiev- ment pins were given to Ruby Wilson, Sadie Adams, Margaret Fisher, Es- ther Rusdahl, and Sylvia Brudos. These pins were awarded at a joint meet- ing of the Boys and Girls' Clubs, February 2, 1926. The club now consists of about seventy-flve members who are divid- ed into five groups-three sewing groups, room-decorating group and cook- ing group. Each group has a student chairman and an adult leader. The chairman are: Irene Wold, Evelyn Larson, Helen Vergeront and Hazel Christianson. The adult leaders are Mrs. C. E. Lauder and Mrs. R. P. Kreu- ger. Under the supervision of the advisors and chairman, the groups have organized, planned their work, and completed a portion of it. Plans are x being made in each group for demonstration teams to compete for a chance to demonstrate at the State Fair. A new feature to be brought out ther this year, which our club is emphasizing a great deal, is the room-improve ment project. e Our club is determined to make a success of itself, so many are pla ning to attend the annual Short Course at Madison in J une. We are hopin that some of our members might become state club officers this year. W have set our standards and much is expected of us in the future, so we in- tend to prove ourselves capable of the greatest gains in club work. h43- Top RoweD. Borgen, H. Green, J. Hanson, C. Anderson, M. Buchanan tPresidentL 0. Hanson, E. Anderson, C. Hammer, L. Larson, J. Endicott, L. Kinserdahl. Second Row- C. Olson, A. H'ansontV PJ, E. Jacobus, 0. GaldtTreasJ, R. Favor, T. rEspe, H. DeGarmo, P. Engler, O. Felland, G. Bishop, A. Solverson. Third Row-W. Nickerson, W. Sordahl, A. Peterson, I. Ellefson, F. Miller, E. Irwin, L. Thompson, C. Kilmer, W. Veedum, W. Lawton, D. Small. Fourth RoweV. DeGarmo, P. Cunningham, J. Nixon, O. Larson, K. Aikins, R. Nelson OSecretaryL B. Smith, G. Buchanan, A. Hanson, L. Miller, F. Rusk. Bottom RoweS. Dregne, M. Lewison, R. Wheeler, W. Larson, T. Hulsether, Mr. Power, A. Anderson, A. Hanson, A. Finley, A. Quick, M. OpsahI, J . Small. The Boys' Agricultural Club is a club composed of all the boys who are enrolled in the agricultural courses of the high school. This organiza- tion is six years old, and has the honor of being the oldest organization in high school. Most of the boys enrolled in Agriculture are farm boys, and some club to organize these boys with a common interest was felt needful; hence the club. The boys meet sometimes after school at four oiclock, for an agricul- tural program, or often times after supper a meeting is held in the auditor- ium. The nature of the meetings is usually of an agricultural tendency. Sometimes different members of the club debate on some of the most dis- cussed farm topics. Songs are often sung that have an agricultural mean- ing. Sometimes an outside speaker is asked in to give the boys a talk on some matter of interest to farm boys. The officers have worked hard to make the club a success. This year the boys put on a play presented by the senior class of the La F-arge High School. They also cooperated successfully with the Viroqua Clovers in having a basket social in the Gym this winter, which was very much en- joyed. Every spring, when school for the year is about over, the club has a big picnic out in the country. There were about 70 members this year. h44h Top RoweM. Gutch, L. Semthecretaryi, J. Lavold, M. Jacobson, E. Fisher, D.McHenry Second RoweA. Simonsin, A. Olson tVice-Presidenti, B. Mellem, G. E. Fortune, M. Johnson. Third RoweM. Fisher, 1. Slack, B. Aambak tPresidentL A. Quick, D. Hornby. Fourth RoweK. Groves, L. Mellem, T. Methum, D. Stoleson tTreasureri, G. Moore, E. IStodai Bottom RoweMiss Gartz, V. Felix, C. Dregne, R. Hexvold, L. Oliver, Miss mme . The Commercial Club was reorganized this year, with a larger num- ber of members than last year. All seniors taking commercial work are members of this club; also sophomores and juniors taking commercial Work having an average of 90 or above. ' The purpose of the Commercial Club is to promote interest in the bus- iness world, to encourage a social spirit among commercial students by of- fering opportunities for social contact, to become acquainted with modern, progressive business methods and systems, endeavoring by such means to raise and maintain a high standard of efficiency, and to discover and serve the needs of the community. The business meetings are held every other Tuesday night. Pro- grams are given which usually consist of a musical number, business dis- cussion, and a demonstration or a talk on some commercial subject. Miss Gartz and Miss Immel entertained the members of the club at a Christmas party in the commercial room on December 13. Interesting con- tests were held and Christmas songs were sung. Lunch was served at a long table decorated with poinsettas and a little Christmas tree, after which each member received a little Christmas present. The club plans to send representatives to the District Commercial contests in the spring; two representatives for shorthand and two for typewriting from the junior and senior classes, and two sophomores for the bookkeeping contest. x h45- f ,t,.':vj;t '1' h , , f. ., . t a -- ,9 h KXl'il , i' a a,a I 4t ' i, , H Al Iii! I t PIPE OF PEACE, : The Girlis Glee Club MISS ECKMAN, Director v Top RoweS. Minshall, M. Gutch, B. Pepper, A. Simonson, P. Fortney, M. Jacobson, P. Olson. Second RoweP. Slade, H. Davis OSecretary-Treasurerl, E. Nelson, S. Adams, B. Weller, B. Powell, R. Mellum. Third RoweE. Williams, L. Nickerson, G. Tenny, E. Barclay, S. Weber, P. Everison, H. Baldwin. Fourth Row-A. Braddock, A. R. Gross, H. Gorsline, D. Helgeson, E. Rothermel, J. Perkins, I. Wold, M. Hetland. Bottom Row-e M. Post, M. Smith, K. Groves, V. Noggle, A. Quick, E. Clancey, M. Endicott. One Monday afternoon in assembly, Mr. Fulton made an announce- ment which was of great interest to the majority of the girls in regard to a Glee Club. All the girls who were interested in Glee Club work were asked to try out that night after school with Miss Eckman, the director. It took more than one night after school to hear the tryouts as there were such a large number to be tried. FINALLY one day, we discovered the list on the Bulletin Board with the names of thirty-eight girls as members. Thursday was decided on as the day for Glee Club practice, and work began. The Glee Clubls debut was at the Armistice Day program in the High School Auditorium where several selections were sung. Since then the club has appeared at various school and city functions. For the first time, Viroqua High School will be represented in the state music contest and although we do not yet know the outcome, Miss Eckman feels confident that Viroqua has a big chance at La Crosse, where the preliminaries will be held April 24. Sixteen girls were chosen from the Glee Club and are hard at work on the contest song ttWelcome Pretty Prim- rose Flowerll by Pinsuti. The Winning Glee Club at the district contest goes to Madison When the final contest is held, May 7. Viroqua will also be represented in some solo numbers namely piano, voice, clarinet, and cornet. EVetfteel eonfldent that Viroqua High School will put forth all possible ef- or o w1n. a46h S. Wheelock, L. Tryggestad, J. Endicott, T. Sherry, S. Gardner, L. Peterson H. Helgeson, Miss Eckman, F. Slyack. The Boys Octette is a new musical organization in our high school and has done a great deal to stimulate interest in and enthusiasm for high school music. Although the organization is still in an amateur stage, it has accomplished a great deal and is an established organization in Viroqua High School. The arrangement of the octette is as follows: Thorwald Sherry and Sydney Wheelock first tenors, Harlan Helgeson and Kenneth Peterson second tenors, Beuford Wintz and Jackson Endicott first basses, and Lloyd Tryggestad and Sheldon Gardner second basses. Frederick Slack is their pianist. Although some of the more bashful members of the octette have suffered untold agonies and attempted various escapes when their appear- ance has been in demand, the boys have enjoyed the Wednesday night practices and their harmonious notes from Winter Song, itFishingf ttSwing Along, and others, coming from the Music Room, have cheered many a student plodding his homeward way from the building at four- thirty. Better and more enthusiastic music in the High School 1s what we want and this 1s brought about through our student musical organizations and our general chorus work. Letis all sing along At work or while at play If skies are grey Or dull the day J ust sing along the way. h47- 1 IJ Vb! '1 V l j 'n ' 3M9; A 5 J0 UNITIIG Operetta i x quJ , Top Row-Pearl Engler, Rudolph Elton, Jackson Endicott, Harlan Helgeson. Second RoweEmma Williams, Anna Rose Gross, Clarence Peterson, Helen Baldwin, Sarah Minshall. On January 28, ari operetta was presented by the Glee Club of our high school in order to raise money that part of its members might enter in the State Music Contest. The Operetta was The Toreadorsf a clever Spanish comedy in two acts. The setting was a large Spanish home the occupants of which were Senor Dectoria and his two daughters and their attendants. In the plot were also the two beggars masquerading as toreadors and the two lovers. The choruses were all dressed in Spanish costumes as were the main characters. Also the dancers gave some very good Spanish dances, Stanley Sidie officiating at the piano. Senor Dictoria was played by Clarence Peterson, the two daughters by Helen Baldwin and Anna Rose Gross. The attendants were: Emma Williams and Sarah Minshall. Rudolph Elton and Jackson Endicott played the beggers and Pearl Engler and Harlan Helgeson were the lovers of the two girls. I . The dancers were Katherine Groves, Ruth Pierce, Sadie Adams, Mar- lon Smith, Iva Farr, Beatrice Weller, Aldoris Nelson and Phyllis Slade. The rest of the Glee Club composed the chorus, and a boys, chorus was also plcked, composed of Albert Solverson, Sheldon Gardner, Elwin Anderson, Harold Buchanan, Kenneth Peterson, Cyrus Tollefson. ' The plot of the comedy was as follows: Senor Dictoria desired very much that his two daughters marry toreadors, so he invited two to his house. The daughters of course tell their lovers of this, and they plan to get two beggars and pay them to act as the real toreadors. The beggars are so very vulgar that the Senor de- cides that a marriage would be quite impossible. About this time he re- ceives word that the real toreadors are already married and as a result the beggars are quite impolitely shown out and the lovers come to their own. A very amazing bull fight took place on the stageeone that sur- prised us all. The Operetta was in every way a success and netted a great financial gain. We think that no one went away dissatisfied. Top RowaB. Pepper, M. Jacobson, P. Fortney, S. Weber, E. Anderson, S. Gardner, A. Solverson, V. Noggle, M. Endicott, B. Powell, P. Olson. Second Rowal. Wold, A. Quick, M. Hetland, M. Poste, C. Tollefson, K. Peterson, H. Buchanan, D. Helgeson, E. Rothermel, H. Gorsline, P. Everson. Third RoweS. Adams, G. Tenney, L. Nickerson, E. Clancy, A. Braddock, R. Wilson, J. Perkins. E. Barclay, R. Tobias, 1. Farr. Fourth ROWwS. Minshall, A. R. Gross, R. Slade, R. Elton, C. Peterson, J. Endicott, B. Weller, H. Baldwin E. Williams. Bottom RoweP. Engler, E. Nelson, K. Groves, R. Pierce, M. Smith, H. Helgeson. .49.. ClarineteRobert Nye, Roland Felix, Eldon Hendrickson, Russell Weavill, Sheldon Gard- ner, Cyrus Fortney, James Hanson, Leonard Enerson. CorneteHarold Buchanan tVice PresJ, William Lawton, Gorden Smith, Rudolph Elton, Melvin Lewi-son. AltoeGor- don Jasperson, Everett Irvin, Reo Anderson, Lawrence Lewison. BasseGlennAikens, Kermit Henry. SaxophonewCIayton Weavil, Charles Brown, Francis Goldsmith, Ken- neth Tuhus tPresl. TromboneeRoss Johnson tTreasJ, Harlan Helgeson. Baritone eGeorge Eckhardt, Keith Kellicutt. DrumseFrederick Slack, Richard Nye, Ber- thold Erickson. DirectoreOtto G. Brown. The Viroqua High School Band was organized in December, 1922. Several members had had previous instruction, but the majority had not. The band attended its first tournament at Two Rivers in J une, 1923. They entered in Class B and, contrary to all expectations, won first place. The following November, our organization was invited to Milwaukee to play before the State Teachers, Association Convention as an example of the progress of 3. year-old band. Shortly after that, the band entertained at the Teachers Convention at La Crosse. At the State Band Tournament in Lake Geneva, June, 1924, we were given fourth place by a close margin. , As the State Band Tournament of June, 1925, was held in Viroqua, we did not participate, according to the rules of the association. In the past year the Band has found time to sponsor two lecture courses composed of musical programs, plays and lectures. These were carefully picked to be of interest both to school children and outsiders. Unfortunately these courses did not 'meet with the greatest of success. Mr. Brown has used the band whenever possible for all sorts and manners of requests by the citizens of Viroqua. He has put on free concerts at the High School Auditorium, Mondays, at the usual Assembly hour.' The people of the town have enjoyed the free concerts in Eckhart Park during the summer. The concerts in the Temple Theatre were poorly attended, however. w50.1 Bana' Tournament The State Tournament of the Wisconsin School Band Association was held at Viroqua, June 12 and 13, 1925. Nearly forty bands signified their intentions to attend, and in spite of several unfavorable circum- stances, particularly the bad weather, thirty-three arrived and took part- this being the largest band tournament ever held. We were unfortunate in having rain the large portion of the time. Many Visitors, unfamiliar With our clay roads, endured much discomfort in reaching here. Still, the tournament was a decided success in every way. The winners of the contest are as follows: CLASS A Richland Center ................ First Place Madison ...................... Second Place Oshkosh ....................... Third Place CLASS B Milwaukee Vocational ............ First Place Jefferson ..................... Second Place Sparta ......................... Third Place CLASS C Milwaukee Vocational ............ First Place Westby ...................... Second Place Mt. Horeb ..................... Third Place ,e51e Much favorable comment was made upon the success of Westby in Class C, they having been organized only a short time, but being under the baton of Director 0. G. Brown. Due to the rain, the contest was held Fri- day and Saturday morning in the Auditorium. A little brighter weather permitted the balance of the contest to be staged at the Fair Grounds, Where bands played to a packed grandstand. The feature here was the band parade. Each band, announced by megaphone, marched in front of the grandstand to the tune of a lively selection. Moving pictures were taken of this parade and have been distributed to the many towns whose bands took part in the contest, through the efforts of B. C. Brown, our local theatre owner. The judges of the contest were J . W. Wainwright, of Fostaria, Ohio, Ed Chenette of Chicago, Mr. Grable of Chicago, and Lee M. Lockhart of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mr. Grabel came as a Visitor but was pressed into service as judge by the temporary absence of Mr. Lockhart. The Viroqua School Band presented a short concert in Eckhart Park Thursday night which was poorly attended, this being caused by the miserable weather. Friday night the 1924 contest winners, Richland Center and Green Bay, gave a joint concert. The decisions were announced Saturday night by Ed Chenette in the High School Auditorium. The Visitors were entertained at that time by Captain Jack and his Janesville Band. Marching contests were held in the business section. Many diffi- cult maneuvers were executed by the contesting bands, Two Rivers being particularly excellent, thereby securing first prize. Special prizes were presented by local merchants to the boys with the most freckles, biggest head, etc., which caused much merriment among the visitors. Much credit was due to the local business men for their untiring efforts to put the event across. The housing committee worked all night Thursday, showing stragglers, who had been delayed by adverse road con- ditions, to their lodgings. Viroqua citizens entertained over 1400 visitors during the tournament. Meals were provided at cost by the lodges and churches. There were ample accommodations for everyone. To prove that it takes more than rain to dampen the ardor of youth, it may be stated that all Visitors enjoyed themselves and many stated that they had had a better time here than at any of the preceding contests. n52- .- V H; A 2 ; ffiif;v3 - 1 XAPIZTON Q N e Activities General Athletics The years 1925-1926 have been a period of building up and construc- tion work as far as athletics were concerned at Viroqua. There were very few men back from any of the teams of last year, either for football or basketball, and this made it necessary for the coach to polish up the green material in order to get smooth working teams. A large number of Soph- omores and Juniors who knew almost nothing about the game reported for football. For the first few days Coach Mattison drilled upon the funda- mentals of the game, handling the ball, and also giving some time to the study of the new rules. Numerous chalk talks were given in which some of the fine points of the game were illustrated. Blocking and tackling were discussed and then practiced on the field. The same was true of basketball. Many of the boys who came out for basketball knew very little about the game. During the early practices the boys learned the correct way to shoot, how to pivot and dribble, and many of the other essential fundamentals of the game. After the first squad was chosen several gymnasium periods were devoted to teaching some of these things to the boys who were not on the squad. At the end of the basketball season the games of the Jungle League were played. The first ten men of the squad chose teams from among the boys of the seventh to the twelfth grades. They named their team after some animal, and each team had a practice session before any games were played. The competition was very keen and excitement ran high among the players and coaches. Each team played seven games, and the games resulted in a tie for first place between the Elks, coached by Torger Espe, and the Skunks, coached by Tolly Sherry. When the tie was decided the Elks won the championship. Much credit is due their coach, Torger Espe, who coached his team so successfully that they suffered only one defeat. . Thus the year was not spent wholly in the preparation of teams for thls season, but in preparing the under-classmen for future teams. CHEER LEADERS H. HELGESON E. WILLIAMS -53h Top Row-E. Irwin, K. Burkhardt, D. Davidson, 0. Hanson, C. Peterson, K. Peterson, B. Smith, R. Felix, C. Kilmer, Mr. Fulton. Second Row-L. Rabbitt, C. Butt, H. Silbaugh, G. Aikins, V. Welch, B. Wintz, C. Hulsether, K. Aikins, C. McKibbin, Mr. Kreuger. Bottom ROW-Mr. Mattison iCoachL K. Tuhus, S. Wheelock, T. Espe, L. Tryggestad, C. Roberg, T. Sherry, A. Hanson, R. N elson, K. Kellicutt Captain Clarence Roberg, a Senior, piloted the football team through the 1925 season. Inky has supported his school in athletics for 4 years, having shown his prowess 0n Toniah 19 the diamond, track, and bas- Pralrle du Chien 6 ketball court, as well as on the i ' 3 Richland Center 19 gridiron. ; ' . Arcadia 0 Inky is not known only for 1 i Sparta 39 his athletic abilities, but is i P . . . well liked by every student in - ralr 1e du Chlen 0 school, and by members of op- u ponent teams for his good 1 83 ' sportsmanship, and he will be missed in the class rooms as well as on our athletic teams. FOOTBALL CAPTAIN F iWinmhj i SCORE LIST I S Football I 925 On the first day of school our new coach, Mr. Mattison, called a meeting of all the boys who expected to come out for football. A large group of boys, among whom there was some very promising football mater- ial, reported. After two or three weeks of practice the number decreased to less than two teams. Although only four men were back from last years team, Coach Mattison was able to develop a very smooth working football machine from the inexperienced material. With only eight days of practice Viroqua met the experienced Tomah team on the home field. Experience and weight made the odds too great against our team, and their goal line was crossed three times ; but our team gained a touchdown by means of the aerial route. In the Prairie du Chien game, although the team was greatly out- weighed, they outplayed their opponents, but appeared to be beaten after Prairie had scored early in the game. In the next coniiict Viroqua out- played Arcadia in every phase of the game. This Victory made amends to a certain degree for the two previous defeats of the season, and gave us revenge for the two defeats by Arcadia last year. The Sparta game was a landslide for Sparta. But, although Spartais score at the end of the first half was 33, Viroqua held them to one touchdown in the second half, show- ing a marked improvement in defensive work. Putting aside this discour- aging defeat, the team began hard work in preparation for the Richland Center game. The game was very hotly contested, and Richland Center won a well-earned Victory. The last game of the season was played here with Prairie du Chien. Our team was set with determination to win this game. This determination seemed to give them added strength, and they plunged their way through for a Victory. Several long runs and a general exhibition of good football ability made this perhaps the most interesting game of the season. Several Seniors held positions on the team this year. Captain Ro- berg deserves much credit for his work at half back, as well as instilling the fighting spirit into the team when at times it was much needed. Ken- neth Tuhus, as field general, made possible several gains by his alertness and headwork. Espe as the other half-back played a hard game and never stopped, while Tryggestad at full back came through for the needed yards on several occasions. Keith Aikins and Kinserdahl were valuable in hook- ing passes as well as stopping end runs. The men who will be back for next years team are: Hulsether, a weighty Sophomore who played at fullback and guard; Vohn Welch, a new man who made the team this year, and a fighting tackle; Captain-elect Kellicutt, an end; Glen Aikins, Hanson and Nelson, end, tackle and guard respectively. - The number of Freshmen and Sophomores on the squad this year shows that football interest is taking a firm hold in our school, and prom- ises that in the near future Viroqua will have a football team that every student and alumnus will be proud to support. i Our team played some of the hardest teams in this district, and in every game the players and Coach Mattison earned for themselves an ev- viable reputation of good sportsmanship. n55n Top Row-C. Hulsether tManageri, K. Burkhardt, T. Espe, P. Tryggestad, R. Felix, V. Welch, L. Tryggestad, L. Enerson, Mr. Mattison tCoachi Second Row-R. Nelson, J. Richmond, S. Wheelock, K. Tuhus, T. Sherry, C. Roberg, O. Gald, K. Kellicutt. BASKETBALL CAPTAIN i SCORE LIST In our basketball competi- Westby 19 tion this season our team was P . . d Ch' 18 led by Captain Thorwald Sher- ?alrle u M ry. Tolly is a Senior, and also Rlchland Center 19 represents Viroqua in track Westby 7 and football. 'i Sparta 22 Tolly has worked his way Bangor 15 upward in athletics, starting R' hl d C t 1 with the class teams in his . m an en er 3 Freshman and Sophomore ' Bangor 16 years. He has made wonder- . Sparta 30 iul progreis Cfoghat this year ; ' Mauston 14 e triump e y winning a W ' - - place on both the football and V Erilrle du Chen :3 basketball teams, being en- omen trusted with the basketball captaincy. 212 Basketball I 926 About sixty boys reported to Coach Mattison for basketball this year, but when the squad was chosen the number was decreased to twenty. Only one man, Clarence Roberg, was back from among last years regulars, and it was necessary to develop an entirely new combination. The first game was the Westby game, considered one of the hardest of the season, to be played on the home floor. The team seemed unable to get into the fighting spirit, and, after losing the first game, reverse after reverse was suffered. Injuries and ineligibility took their toll, causing a general upset in the functions of the team. In the next two games we were defeated in turn by Prairie du Chien and Richland Center, both veteran teams. Then came the return game with Westby. Filled with determination, the team and several rooters went to Westby and, although somewhat hampered by the size of the playing floor, succeeded in winning. The game was hard fought, with Kinserdahl and Roberg starring for Viroqua. , The team made the trip to Sparta and came home at the short end of the score, having played a very slow game. The Bangor game, on the home floor, proved to be one of the fastest and best played contests ever seen in Viroqua. The teams were almost evenly matched, and the lead was held alternately during the first three quarters. In the final minute, with Bangor leading, Richmond broke loose for a shot which tied the score. In the overtime period Roberg made a basket, followed immediately by one for Bangor, and, with only a few seconds to play, Richmond netted the winning basket. Roberg, competing in his last game for Viroqua, did the wonderful work which has been characteristic of him throughout. At this time the loss of two regulars because of the age limit made it necessary to match a team composed almost entirely of green players against the more veteran teams of our district, with disastrous results. After losing the remaining five games on the schedule, the team was called into an elimination contest at La Crosse, the games played to decide upon a team to compete in the district tournament. They were eliminated in their first game, but the experience gained will be beneficial to them in the future. The members of the team who will not compete in basketball for Vi- roqua again are: Captain Sherry, Lawrence Kinserdahl, Clarence Roberg, Sydney Wheelock, Kenneth Tuhus, Olaf Gald, and Torger Espe. The work of Kinserdahl, Roberg and Wheelock has been commendable all season. Espe was kept out of the regular lineup becau se of 1nj uries at the beginning of the season. Our team was feared by every team which they played, ranking high in the esteem of their opponents, and rece1v1ng the respect due every Viroqua team. R. Favor OCaptaini, C. McKibbin, O. Felland, P. Engler, L. Rabbitt. The first boys, interclass basket-ball games were played February eleventh. The Senior team met the J uniors and had no serious trouble in defeating them 7-2. The Freshmen held the Sophomores to a lone basket in their contest and won 11-2. This left the championship game to be play- ed by the Freshmen and Seniors. The Freshmen had a strong team and had beaten the Senior team in a previous game, which was played as a pre- liminary to the Sparta game. In the final game the Seniors were Victorious by a score of 3-1, giving them the interclass championship. Since no boy who played on the first squad was eligible to compete in the interclass games, the chances of winning were about equally divided between the classes. The Senior and Freshman teams had a slight advan- tage in that they had played together several times preceding the tour- nament. The Senior team consisted of Ray Favor tCaptain, Alwin Anderson, Kenneth Peterson, Lawrence Larson, Pearl Engler, Lawrence Rabbitt, and Carlyle McKibbin. In the championship game Anderson starred for the Seniors, making three points which won the game. Bud Morrison and Joe Grimsrud played good basket-ball for the Freshmen in every game and dis- tinguished themselves by their floor work and shooting ability. The whole Freshman team in fact deserve honorable mention, for, although diminu- tive in size, they displayed very promising basket-ball ability against their larger and more experienced opponents. h5gh x! K N 1 1 tween the students. Now there is no 1eason for the student not knowing X n it 1 2 X lca'me ficom the bright sayings of our students. The Junior High and Band Q 1 Ex 1 3 The Senior Commercial classes are the printers and skillful ones they '9 i i 4.- a59a Kai, 1, a , C Mwavwgf MVX 4x2?! 1 $144 3?, x l Standing-R. Nye, M. Jacobson, F. Goldsmith, Miss Teeters tFaculty Advisori, D. DaV- h tidson, S Weber, G. Tollefson. SittingeJ. Richmond, B. Aambak, S Brudos tNews Ed- itori, H. Baldwin tEditor in Chiefi,E .Rothermel tAssociate Editori, N. Barker tEx change Editori, H. Helgeson. C .1 i x X a $1 i l ' One of the first things taken up by the Booster Club this year w ' the $blis ngof a school paper. It was decided that we should publish this ;, paper xand t at Miss Teeters should be our adviser because of her exper ix. ience in this line of work. A newspaper committee was appointed, whic ' ' consisted 6f Beuford Wintz, Marion Smith, Helen Davis, Elizabeth Rother- Imel, arid :IiroldBuchanan, to meet with Miss Teeters to nominate two peo- 534,,,,,- ,Zlm, 14.42, I . w K4 ple towac pos1tion on the staff. In assembly the student body elected the 'IT '1 editors. choose a name a contest was announced in assembly; the r X sult of this contest was our tiArrow. 0 ii Q vThe first edition came out December 14. There was a great deal of RR excitement as the students had experienced nothing of this kind before. 1 1 -There Vvere many interesting articles in it about school life and also some N 1 . g0 editorials. The Apple- sauce was very pleasing since all the jokes N also had articles concerning their activities By establishing this paper, we aim to bring a closer relationship be- 3 a , 1 what isxgoing on in school, who won first place in the various activities or who are on certain teams. 1 if arel; too. The paper sells for five cents a copy, so that, with sales averag- s 1. ing about one hundred and twenty copies, it has been entirely self-support- . ing1 E. Irwin, H. DeGarmo, C. Kilmer, A. Hanson, W. Veedum, E. Jacobus, Mr. Power. The two stock judging teams that represented the Viroqua High School last fall had the rather unusual distinction of winning two state championships: the state fair stock judging contest, and the fat stock judging championship at the state high school contest at Madison last fall, besidestwinning second place in the all-around stock judging contest, with 72 schools competing. While at the state fair last fall, the boys decided they would enter the stock judging contest. The boys drew lots for places on the team. Earl Jacobus, Adolph Hanson, and Clarence Kilmer drew the lucky num- bers. These boys entered the contest, and came out with first place. For this prize, they received a free trip to the Sioux City Interstate Fair, Iowa. The boys judged stock while at this fair, but failed to win first prize, get- ting fifth place against twelve states. The regular tryouts for the high school team were held October 17th. The junior boys who made the team were Everett Irwin, captain; Wesley Veedum, and Clarence Kilmer, with Harold DeGarmo as alternate. At Mad- ison they landed second place, together with the championship of judging fat stock, for which theyiwere given a free trip to the International Live Stock Show at Chicago, a few weeks later. The boys judged at this con- test against 22 other state champion teams, but failed to score as high as they should have scored, owing to the fact that Wisconsin does not use the oral method of giving reasons for placing of stock. However, the school has every reason to feel proud of the boys who so valiantly represented her in the judging rings this year all over the middle west. .-.6 0- Mr. Powers M. Opsahl A.- Solverson R. Nelson G. Bishop The Viroqua High School Corn J udging team represented our school at Menominee, Wisconsin, for the year of 1926, and captured the state championship against all the other high schools of the state. The team consisted of Rudolph Nelson, captain, Maynard Opsahl, and Gerald Bishop, with Albert Solverson as alternate. The team that represented Viroqua had great success, and scored the highest average that a corn judging team has ever scored at the state contest. The team made 294 points out of a possible 300; giving each member of our team an average of 98, truly a re- markable average. The local team, in recognition of their splendid effort, received a fine silver loving cup from the Wisconsin Experiment Station. The team left about nine otclock Thursday morning on a cold, raw, late November day, by car, With their coach, Mr. Power. The afternoon warmed up considerably, and Menominee was reached about 4:30 that af- ternoon. They at once proceeded to the Armory, where the grain show was being held, and were amazed at the splendid display of grain and forage, sent from all over the state. The team found this display one of the most interesting things that they had ever seen. A little later they had to find a place to stay, which was quite difficult, because nearly all rooms in town were taken. The team j udged on Friday about eleven olclock, and left about noon for Viroqua. The team enjoyed the trip very much, and wish to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Power publicly for the help he gave them. eagle. Miss Conrad J. Nixon E. Hendrickson H. Buchanan A. R. Gross There were about thirty students who tried out for debate in De- cember, before Christmas vacation, from whom nine were chosen. After vacation every one was soon hard at work, inspired by a desire to be on one team or the other. When the teams themselves were picked, we found that John Nixon from the Junior High was first speaker, Eldon Hendrickson was second speaker, and Harold Buchanan was third speaker. V The first debate was held on February 5, 1926, between Richland Center and Viroqua, the question being: Resolved: That Congress shall be given the power by Federal amendment to regulate the employment of all persons under eighteen years of age. The affirmative team went to Rich- land Center and, in a heated and interesting debate, met the Richland Cen- ter team, composed of three girls. The decision was two to one in favor of our opponents, and we are sure that they had to work to earn it. The fourth debate was held at Viroqua on March 8, 1926, between Tomah,s negative team and our affirmative. There was, at this debate, only one judge, an expert from La Crosse, Mr. M. E. Goff. He gave Viroqua the decision and explained very clearly why his decision was in our favor. N eedless to say, this decision at the closing debate of the year pleased us very much. hgzn. Miss Conrad C. Tollefson M. Smith G. Tenny C. Weavil The negative team consisted of Cyrus Tollefson as first speaker, Marion Smith as second speaker, and Genevieve Tenney as third speaker. This team had the honor of giving the first debate in Viroqua which took place on the same day that the affirmative team went to Richland Center. Their opponents consisted of three boys who comprised the affirmative team from Richland Center. The decision given by Mr. Thomas of La Crosse High School, Mr. Meinecke of Cashton, and Mr. Wheelock of the Vernon County Normal was two to one in favor of Viroqua, which of course pleased everyone. At this debate there was a great show of high school spirit which was very much appreciated by the debaters. The second debate was to have been held February 12, with Mazo- manie, but they forfeited the debate to Viroqua with a decision of six to nothing. The third debate was held at Viroqua, February 19, between the affirmative team from La Crosse and our own negative team. In this de- bate the j udges were Rev. Pfaffman, Mr. Gulbrandsen, and Mr. Smith. This time the decision was three to nothing in favor of Viroqua. Thus in this year,s program, we won three out of the four debates, which was the total number of debates in which we took part. Not at all a bad record, we think. Much of the credit is due to our coach, Miss Conrad, who worked long and faithfully With her teams. aagh Dec lamatory The Declamatory Contest was held the same night that the Reading Contest was held, Friday, April 23. There were seven contestants, including two from the Junior High who had been chosen in the preliminary try-outs some time before. The first speaker, Emma Williams, gave the selection, In the Palace of the King? Her portrayal of the cowardly king and the haughty Spanish maiden were splendidly done. Sarah Minshallis itJoint Owners In Spain was a humorous selection as nearly really life-like as it could be made. The two selections given by the J unior High Contestants, HThe Man of Sorrows, by Clarice Solverson, and All That Glittersli by Margaret Minshall, showed the talent that will soon be forthcoming from the Viroqua High School. Pearl Olsonis delivery of ttThe Court Sceneii from tiThe Merchant of Ven- ice was such as only those with great dramatic power could do. itThe Bath Hour, by Helen Baldwin was given extremely well, and enthusiastically received. Anna Rose Gross, on her delivery of The Two Homecomings? showed talent and a great capacity for dramatics. First place was award- ed toHelen Baldwin, second to Anna Rose Gross and third to Pearl Olson. Let us congratulate the two people who are going to represent our High School at Tomah on May 7 and wish them the best of luck. Oratory The local oratory contest, which took place April 22, was an unus- ually brilliant display of Forensic talent. The orations which were pre- sented were very nice pieces of work. Maynard Opsahl, in his delivery of the famous oration by Wendell Phillips, itTouissant L,Overture,,l showed that even if he is small, he has ability. Sheldon Gardnerls delivery of iiLee, The American, was very commendable, a worthy tribute to that great leader. Marion Smith upheld the honor of the girls by her delivery of liBuilders of Empires? The delivery of ttAbraham Lincoln by David Ful- ton, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Waterway by Fortney Larson, and ltThe Duty of a Citizenli by George Eckhardt were fine examples of the talent Which, as yet, lies dormant in our J unior High School. Eldon Hendricksonls delivery of uThe Constitutionli was indeed worthy of the noble subject of hls oration. Harold Buchanan, in portraying itWhat War Isf' presented the true facts of war so forcefully that, if the world could have heard him, war would cease. Every delivery, not only in this contest, but in all the others, is am- ple proof of the ability and skill of our coach, Miss Conrad, who has spent much of her time to help Viroqua make a showing in the coming contests. First place was awarded to Eldon Hendrickson, and second place to Harold Buchanan ,and they are the ones who will go to Tomah May 8 to win, or do their best to win, honors for the Viroqua High School. The Viroqua High School extends to the contestants the support they need, and to Miss Conrad the commendation she deserves. Extemporaneous Speaking There were only three participants in the Local Extemporaneous Speaking Contest, held April 22. These were chosen from a number of contestants in the preliminary elimination contest held during the first part of March. Preparation for the contest has been made differently this year than before. The contestants, in the elimination contest, were given familiar subjects to speak on and a short time to prepare them. Then, those who were chosen in this try-out were each day assigned certain topics to read from specified magazines and to report .on. Then at the final con- test, instead of being given certain material to read and prepare for deliv- ery, they must draw upon their knowledge gained from reading the topics in the magazines which are specified for use in the contest. Cyrus Tollefson spoke on the subject How to War on Crime? E1- don Hendrickson on uParliamentary Breakdown in Eorope, and Sylvia Brudos on How to War on Crime? The contestants were given an hour's time to prepare for delivering their speeches. Because of the coincidence of Itwo Choices being the same, the contestants were not allowed to hear the ot ers tal . First place was awarded to Eldon Hendrickson, and second place to Cyrus Tollefson, both of the Senior Class. These are the two who will rep; resent us in the contest at Tomah, to be held May 7. Extemporaneous Reading The local extemporaneous reading contest this year was exception- ally good. The four girls who tried out had worked hard and long to give all that they had. The competition was keen and all the girls ranked high with the judges. The contest was held in the Senior High auditorium, April 23, at seven-thirty o,clock. Before the contest, Helen Davis played the two piano solos that won first place the following day at the music contest at La Crosse. The girls were given their choice of five selections one hour before they were to read. Each girl was given a room, and prepared, by herself, the selection that she had chosen. It happened that all the girls chose selections from the same book, The House of the Seven Gables. Three chose the same cutting, but the fourth chose one from a different part of the book. The girls read in the following order: Emma Williams, Nona Bar- ker, Helen Baldwin, Helen Davis. The three who came to Judge thls con- test were from La Crosse, all three being teachers in the La Crosse High School. They were: Mr. Scott, Mr. Stone, and Mr. Thomas. First place was awarded to Helen Davis, the second to Nona Barker. They will represent Viroqua at the district contestiwhlch 1s to be held at Tomah, Saturday, May 8, the day set aside for all 1nter-school contests. T65- The J unior Prom, put on by the Class of 1926, was the first one to be held in the new gymnasium, and it was a huge success. Due to the fact that it was the first prom in the new gymnasium, the decoration committee, of which Helen Davis was chairman, had entirely new problems with which to deal. Nevertheless, they overcame these difficulties successfully. The room was decorated in all the pastel shades, for the scheme of the prom was an old-fashioned garden. In the center was a ttwishing well where, if you wished, you could obtain punch. Sydney Wheelock was in charge of the Prom, and much credit is due him and his assistants for its success. Emma Williams, chairman of the program committee, and Beuford Wintz, whose duty it was to obtain the music, were very successful in ar- ranging an interesting program. It consisted of a whistling solo by J anet Smith, vocal solos by Emma Williams and Sarah Minshall, a spring dance by a group of Sophomore girls, and a Spanish Dialogue by two J unior High girls. Music for dancing was rendered by the Badger Serenaders and eV- eryone appreciated their efforts to make the occasion a success. Later in the evening, refreshments were served in a tea room on the second floor, where the same plan in decorating was carried out. This delicious luncheon was planned by Minna Gutch and her assistants. Soph- omore girls acted as waitresses and were highly congratulated on their ability. Certainly the Prom was a great success and a Prom which it will be hard to surpass in the future. n5 Ga. i, M WK ' x 1 a x n,- 'lj i hfj la . , '1' ,IJJ W' l 9, . 'a' i'lt I a leJ t t I : p 1;, riff: J 1711315 OF PEAC R. Elton, H. Helgeson, D. Davidson, H. Buchanan. SeatedaS. Adams, D. Helgeson, H. Baldwin, B. Bowman, K. Groves, M. Jacobson. The Charm School was a success from all angles. The characters were well taken and much can be said about them. Helen B., as Elise, seemed as if she really were in love. She made a Very good class president, as the girls all liked her and thought her capable of holding the position. ; 3 Elise was also a favorite of the teachers of the school. The teachers that 3 V7 T l x StandingeE. Rothermel, H. Vergeront, A. Harris, M;Buchanan, Miss Teeters tCoachl, g h 1 J took'charge of the school are Miss Curtis tElizabeth RJ and Miss Hayes lHelen VJ. Sally tBeatricel was an ideal school girl or rather a type of a girl always found in a school. Dorothy tMurieD was another of a type somewhat like Sally. Sally,s boy friend, too, carried his part very well. Harlan and Rudolph seemed to be the up-to-date young men seen everyday. The girls, as a whole, were school girls with a great deal of charm. Austin Bevens tMauricel was a young man who had ideas about certain things such as teaching girls charm instead of teaching them knowledge. Austin was an ambitious young automobile salesman and always wished to be a' 7 u ob teacher in a girls school. His chance came When his aunt willed him such .3 9 Li? a school. Austinls chums thought it great and asked him for jobs since' J x, they were jobless. David, a lawyer, becomes a teacher of history, George 2 . ' Boyd taught accounting, or the difficulties of check books, and the twins a b 'o taught tennis, ukelele, and dancing. Albert took his part as Elise's uncle , very successfully. , j . Much credit is due the coach, Miss Olive Anne Teeters, for the suc- ' '1 xt ,- cess of the play. A x: if ' F . ' f l ; AJZX'TW . 5'31; 2 I , a ; f. .l l , r .. I Hm . 1,1, ;.4, 4w gwwdgv ilvtl'rz vex, r1 :1; f '4 W T h 2a a o 4 1 . I i a. w: . I j g ' y. vfcj . , .14 . 4b t' +1wt 6' i l 9! 4:. .l - 31x 1 . I 07, 55' ' i s ' 6W3! i- Top RoweMiss Teeters CCoachi, Harriet Grimsrud tEttai, Eldon Hendrickson tG. T. Warreni, Wilmar Opsahl tGeoffrey Nicholsi. Bottom RoweEmma Williams tNancy Whitei, Cyrus Tollefson iRoderick Whitei, Helen Davis tVeronica Duanei, Thorwald Sherry tMaitland WhiteJ The play opens With Roderick, a thoroughly nice chap of twenty-one, proposingto Veronica, a girl of perhaps nineteen. Many years ago, Mait- land White, Rickyis father, had given up his dream of becoming an artist to marry Nancy Lyon, both of Whom are people of middle age. All through his life Maitland has had the idea that he might have made something of himself as an artist had he not married. . The theme of the play concerns the matrimonial difficulties of these two couples. Ricky has fallen in love With Ronny, but if he marries her he must necessarily give up his plans of becoming an architect. G. T. War- ren is the president of Mr. Whiteis company and plays a clever part. Geo- frey Nichols is an old chum of Maitlandis who gave up his marriage with Kitty Nash to become a painter. He feels that something in his life is missing and would give anything could hebut have a happy home and family Mrs. White persuades Maitland to give up his business and try his ability at the work he lovesethat of an artist. Etta, the maid, acts as his model under some most humorous circumstances. Finally Matey discovers his inability to become an artist, and is happy to think that he did not sacrifice Nancy for artis sake. However, fate is more kind to Ricky and Ronny for it has made it possible for them to have happiness in both respects. The cast feels that they owe a great deal to their clever and compe- tent coach, Miss Olive Anne Teeters. iiYou and Pi is one of the very latest plays Which contains every element that goes to making a high school per- formance effective and successful. aega .2 .. ., L 347 x. -. L x 2 , x; y 2 , v N1 a 'L ,' .J' . kW 1'? x M x 1 fmm ; Q wg- L, w xxx m 2 MWMW I K 1 xx L ' KKK ?'73 f, $Wa? ' kWiij'J ' Wig; . m 2 W W - ,3 2m , N'QQMQWWM $2ka 2K2, Monuments of the Year SEPTEMBER School opens. Three new faces among faculty. All classes are organized and at work. Miss Immel will have no talking from the floor. Our first real assembly. We all joined in sing- ing under the direction of our new music in- structor. Miss Enckhausen doesnit think the girls can ffdress rightfi yet. Played our first football game with Tomah at Viroqua with score of 19-6 in their favor. OCTOBER Played football at Prairie and Emma W. hated to come home from her new Prairie friends. Score 6-0. Weire good losers, though. Mr. Mattison in History: fiTomorrow we will start With Caesar crossing the Rubicon? Played football with Arcadia at Viroqua with a score of 19-0. Three cheers for our side ! I l I I! Dresser-Williams cycle of music filled the au- ditorium and, as the Censor would say, ffA pleasant evening was enjoyed by all. Skinny Tuhus facting as teacher in Historyl ffIf you want to whisper, donit talk out loud. Style show with full house. Our very first at- tempt- Whew ! l 1! Played football at Sparta with score of 39-0. Dame Fortune was against us, but we are still fighting. All felt like drowned rats. The agony has been postponed; no report cards today. Report cards for first six weeks. Question: Who is your favorite teacher? Played football With Prairie 19-0. On top of the world again. WHAT A GRAND AND GLOR- IOUS FEELING ! ! l ! !! NOVEMBER Mr. Caldwell entertains us in assembly. Miss Enckhausen has a substitute. Ask the Senior High School girls how they like her. Every one is wearing yellow tickets. The pesky slackers ! l l ! l! ' School colors are worn by 6670 of students. Miss Raymond is attending Teachers, Conven- tion at Milwaukee. Old school pep back. 8070 of students are wear- ing blank and orange. Big parade. Sopho- , mores get prize. Oh! you mule. Richland Center beats us in football with a hegw. Monuments 0f the Year score of 19-0. Mr. Mattison is absent. Vote for newspaper staff. All of the Sophomores are chewing peanuts. Where did they get them? They won them in the parade. School Fair. Visitors from several other high schools. Football Banquet and Party. Everyone enjoy- ed himself and the banquet immensely. Sydney Wheelock is just learning how to walk. He has the difficulty of stumbling over chairs. Voted on name for newspaper. Everyone wants to have an editorial written about them by the amount of names handed in. First Hot Dog Sale. There are all kinds of hot puppies going around the halls. VACATION ! BOYH DECEMBER Miss Enckhausen hobbling around on crutches. We wonder why Mattiels car is parked so close to the north door. Mr. Krueger after money again. Bank day. Two rooms banked 1007c. At pres- ent they are fighting for the pennant. Everyone thinks Skinny Tuhus makes a line teacher. WANTED-JlSOmeone to show me how to make love on the stagefi-Mattie. Not many of the teachers are meetingwith their classes. Sydney Wheelock was seen asking Helen Bald- win in the corner between second and third period to go to the Faculty Knack. Assembly. Debate tryouts. J r. High Party for the Senior High. Santa Claus visited the Senior High School and all students received an apple and a stick of candy. J AN UARY High School entertained by Baldwins. All basket ball boys carrying bawlst, around. Basket ball game with Westby at Viroqua, soc- ial hour following. Miss Teeters describes the Lady of the Lake as standing with a scroll in one hand and a Cen- sor in the other. Kank on time for Physics this morning. Basket ball game with Prairie du Chien at the Prairie. 19. 20. 21. 25. 27. 29. Monuments 0f the Miss Teeters gets the thrift honor banner on 103670. Basketball game with Richland Center at Vir- oqua. Best part of game was our game defeat. U! RAH! RAH! Beat Westby at Westby. Bob Briggs entertains with a lecture course number. Viroqua plays basket ball at Sparta. Basket ball game with Bangor at Viroqua. FEBRUARY We start the new short month with our hopes likewise. Keith closes the window in History class. Albert Harris says that if he were a triangle, he would prefer to be an isosceles one. Viroqua debates at Richland Center. We win! Richland Center defeats us in basket ball at Richland Center. Junior High entertains Senior High at a party. . . Mr. Kreuger forgets his promised quiz to Chem- istry AB. Smith-Spring-Holmes entertainment. Viroqua defeats LaCrosse in Debate. Students yell with vim today. Farmersi Institute in High School auditorium. Sparta-Viroqua game at Viroqua. Lawrence Rabbitt fails to satisfactorily contra- dict Miss Conradeas usual. The team goes to Bangor with whole schoolis backing. Program in Assembly by Junior and Senior high schools. Assemblyman A. E. Smith addresses the student body. We learn from Cy that Chivalry put women in a place they had never been before. Cy Tollefson says that we must eat candy upon the suggestion that we push the sales. La Verne-Stout playersi entertainment. MARCH New gym teacher appears. La Farge class play. Debate in Assembly with Sparta. Preliminary tryouts in Oratory. Preliminary tryouts in Declamatory. Preliminary tryouts in Extemporaneous Read- ing and Speaking. Band concert in Assembly with a few visitors. Basket social put on by Boysiand Girlsi Ag. . Miss Gartz is absent, no classes. Hurrah! Reading, singing, and a good bawling out from huh 16. 18. 19. 22. 23. 24. 26. 30. 13. 18. 22. 28. Mr. Fulton in Assembly. Senior girls have a spirited class meeting. Re- sult: Watch for the graduation dresses. Charm School advertised in Assembly. Charm School. Juniors, we congratulate you. Very well done. Go. Stop. Our champion typists performed for us today. St. Patrick's Party. Miss Eckman: Where is my husband ? Blue day after the party. Another boost for Viroqua. The Older Boysi Conferences. Miss Raymond has the mumps. APRIL More mumps. Everyone is having a swell time. Vacation. Hurrah! About time. Mattie returns with Missouri mud. Orange, red green, we start trip to moon in magazine contest. Pep meeting for Commercial students. Band concert in Assembly. Emma with a rag around her neck. N ecking again, eh? Local Oratory and Extempo Speaking Contest. Local Declamatory and Extempo Reading con- test. Band Concert in Assembly. Mr. Kreuger tries to prove that a solid conducts sound by striking a tuning fork and holding it to his head. Band Play. MAY Hl-Y party. Contests at Tomah. Band goes to State tournament at Green Bay. Ladiesi Aid. Track meet at La Crosse. Junior Prom. Harlan is chairman. JUNE 1, 2, 3. Senior Exams. 4. 6. Class Day. Baccalaureate Sermon. 8, 9. Class Play. 10. Commencement. -722. , 45CUi r g x y w Literary A Change ofPlans HELEN VERGERONT rocks on that hi113 II Alice. very well. HBut, Jimmy, you have a wonderful taste. not be home ttil late? he added over his shoulder. and look around for some rocks myself? hunting days. with a box in back drove up. Need any help ? asked the driver. ttSure, for five dollars. and a very angry man alighted. my property ? ttY-y-your property? stammered Alice. court? tered Alice. ITII load them on with mine and wetll call it square. because Alice did not mention rocks. ttShall I look for rocks today, Alice ? would be much prettier. .473- nRocks, rocks, rocks! Thatts all Pve heard from morning Itil night since you got that idea in your head about having a rock garden. time we go on a ride its always, tJimmy, stop the car quick! wonderful rock in that ditcht: or tJimmy, I just know there are loads of I just saw a ttBut you will, wontt you, Jimmy? You have such an opportunity to find beautiful rocks when you are out in the country, pleaded his wife, ItSelling cars and searching the country over for rocks dontt mix ttYes, yes, anything to keep peace in the family. Good-bye. Just as soon as I do these dishes and start supper 1,11 take Hank A while later, Alice went to the garage, started up Hank, and set out for the country. The scenery was beautiful, the trees and grass as green as could be, but there were no rocks. Alice decided to go back, so she turned Hank in to a side road to turn around, When 10 and behold! I There stood a pile of rocks, the most beautiful she had ever seen in all her rock- She was trying to figure out a way to get them home, when a car Yes, could you move these rocks to Hensdale for me ?It Alice and Hank drove on ahead. After the man had come and un- loaded the rocks, he asked for five dollars. Alice gave it to him, then looked sadly at her empty purse. At that moment another car drove up You,re under arrest? he sputtered. ttWhat do you mean by taking Yes. Those are my rocks. I paid a man fifteen dollars to collect them for me. You either pay that man to haul them back or you go to Alice thought of her empty purse. Of course, she could ask Jimmy for the money ; but no, she didntt want him ever to hear of this. He would never get over teasing about it. Suddenly an idea struck her. If youtre interested in rocks, I have some that you might like? fat- The man looked at her little pile and after thinking a while he said, When J immy went to work the next morning, he was very surprised ttNo, Pve decided not to have a rock garden. I think a lily pond Senior Reflections Alvie S.-Discretion in speech is more ' than eloquence. Ray ReEvery man has his devilish moments. Leone M.eThe chief benefit of dancing is to teach one to sit still. Gladys M.eSilence is the one great art of conversation. Mable S.-The secret of success is con- stancy of purpose. Adah Helf my heart were .not light I should die. Lawrence LeHis enemies shall eat the dust. Dorothy H.eShe is one who does her own thinking. Borghilde H. a Size never counts for looks at all; Thorwald S.eThereis a woman at the beginning of all great things. Elvin A.eWit is the salt of conversa- tion, not its food. James H.--Not merely good; but good for something. Doris S.-Sweet, silent language of per- suading eyes. Beatrice AeStrength of mind is exer- cise, not rest. Keith A.eCheerfu1ness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease. Nona B.eThose who know her best, re- spect and admire her most. Clarence A.eBashfu1ness is an orna- ment to youth. Mearl QeHair is the richest ornament of woman. J anie GeShe speaks little but well. Hazel C.-Modesty is a guide to Virtue. Pearl E.-How much lies in laughter: the cipher key, wherewith we deciph- er the whole man. ' Mary W.-A graceful and pleasing fig- ure is a perpetual letter of recom- mendation. Lucille T.-A taste for good books is the pleasure of my life. Harriet G.-Good taste is the flower of good sense. Lora O.-Those move easiest Who have learned to dance. Helen D-Pretty to walk with, witty to talk with, and pleasant to think on. Emma W.e0ne must take things as they come and men as they are. Kenneth TsA fickle memory is bad; but a fickle heart worst of all. Jessie ReGood humor is the health of the soul ; sadness is its poison. Ada O.-Fidelity is seven-tenths of suc- cess. Irene W.eIrene, no matter whom sheis meeting, Always has a cheery greet- mg. Sarah Mr-Either I will find a way or I will make one. Orville F. e Bashfulness is more fre- quently connected with good sense than with over assurance. Sheldon G.-Learning makes a man fit company for himself. Mildred H.-Laughter is day, and so- briety is night. Kenneth ReHe has wavey hair, and a pleasing air. Laurence R.-Great things come from little men. Genevieve T.-The study of mathemat- ics cultivates reason. 019a M.-A smile is the whisper of a laugh. . Elizabeth BeThis world belongs to the energetic. Carlyle McKeA man with a future. Alvin SeHe who knows when to be sil- ent is a wise man. Sydney W.eThe impromptu reply is the touchstone of the man of Wit. Lloyd T.-Like a powder puff, Pm for the women. Anna OeA graceful dancing miss is she. Ruth H.-A dull and dreamy existence does not appeal to me. Lillian S. e She is the greatest Who thinks herself least so. Earl J .eThe farmers are the founders of civilization. Esther F.-What we learn with pleas- ure we never forget. Minna G.eA good disposition is more valuable than gold. Torger E. - Good nature is stronger than tomahawks. Beuford W.-Oh, why didn,t Adam keep his rib! ...74-. Myrtle H.eNo padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden so well as her own reserve. Dorothy N.eThe soul of woman lives I in love. Clarence Rel have enjoyed the happi- ' ness of the world; I have lived and loved. Gladys F.-Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought Wilmar O.-Of plain, sound sense, lifeis current coin is made. Jevina LaV. - Never mind where you work; let your care before the work itself. Cyrus T.-What a spendthrift he is of his tongue. Eldon H. e- Energy and ability in one person. Emma S.-Is she pepless? I guess not. All should have the iigoh sheis got. Leonard H.-For oh! young Lochinvar is come out of the west. Blanche R. - She smiles sweetly and says nothing; then nothing need be said. Thelma M. - Felicity, not fluency, of language is the merit. Lawrence K.-Man was not made to question but to adore. HUMOR Emmy-Boy, its cold out here in the kitchen. Pm going into the other room and get warm. Come on, Harly. Frederick S.--Say Madge, Pve lost my muffler. MadgeeWell, I thought so by the noise youire making. Keith AikenseThese load is too much for that horses. Miss Immel an Solid Geometry classi-Again this six weeks well keep our notebooks. Edward Morgan - live kept mine for six weeks now, and nothing has happened yet. Dean-Is there anything the Lord canit do. Pete a He couldnit make your mouth any bigger without setting your ears back. R. P. K.-Oxygen has a colorless odor. Bea twalking down the hall with MattieieGood-bye, Coach. RutheThatis not a coach W thatis a box-car. Miss Conrad On EnglishieDo you enjoy Bacon? Sheldon-Yes, if it's fried enough. Miss Conradel have a cold in my head. Mr. Krueger-Well, thatis some- ' thing. Miss Raymond-There is no Mil- waukee Journal today. Glen-Why? Miss Raymond - The main train line is wrecked. GleneDid you read that in todayis paper? I Cyrus T. an English 4 after report on iiTwo Gentlemen of VeronaWe Did they get married or did they live happily ever after? Anna Olson a I never whispered much during the last six weeks. Mr. MattisoneNo, you talked out loud most of the time. Miss Teeters an English classi- Can any two people use a book to- gether? Dean-Yes, Cachel and I can. Kreuger an chemistryi-Tomor- row, I will take arsenic- Students-Hooray ! Calmer Hammer tentering class room one-half hour latei Prof.eLate again. CalmereSo am I. Kreuger - Take a block of wood one foot square- Eldon H.eYour head, for instance. In a French quiz, Harold B. got 80 and his neighbor, Al Harris, got 15. Miss Raymond - Albert, What is your grade? AleHarold and I got 95. $75.. Harriet G. On Physics Classl - With a gun or rifle would one neces- sarily have to hit the object to kill it? TorgereNo, it would die of fright when it saw you coming. Cyrus ReSay, I know a good mot- to for a Chemistry club. Kreuger-What is it? Cy-Up in atom at leml. Mr.Mattison tIn after-school classl eCyrus, put that hot-dog away until after class. Cy T.-Ilm putting it away as fast as I can. Roland F.-H0w do you pronounce tomato? . Miss Conrad-It,s just a matter of taste, Roland. Miss Conrad-Who will volunteer to go through the dying process? tspeaking of murder scene in Mac- bethl. BeefaI will. Miss Conrad a Well, I certainly wish you would. Miss Conrad tExplaining metrical feet in poetrylaNow, there are three feet in that line. Beef-That would make one yard, wouldnlt it? Kreuger a Calcium aluminum sili- cate is used in making glass. Clarence K.-Well, what is glass used for? Cyrus B.aWhy, for making sledge hammers and stuff like that. Miss Immel tto Emma WJeEmma youlre s0 pessimistic. Elwin A.-She sure does cast a big shadow. Harold BeWhat is the opposite of yes. Eldon Ha-No. H. B.-Of happiness? E. HraSorrow. H. B.e0f heaven ? E. H.-DEBATE. mm- VaughnaIlll bet you a kiss I can kiss you. AlaIlll bet you two you canlt! b Vaughn-All right; you win the et. Marie-Madge, I believe Rudy has water on the brain. Madge-Why? Marie-Because he always has a wave in his hair. Meville TeSay, Esther, what are you laughing at? Esther R.-You. Meville - Oh, yes, youlre always laughing about nothing. Miss Immel an Geometry Classl- Cyrus, you may come in to-night. Cy-Miss Gartz asked me first. m-m OUR STUDY HALL We sat at the library table Working our lessons with care, J ack doing all he was able To make Doris Weber despair. Then Skinny T. walked into the room His books tightly clasped in his hand, Miss Weber already had prepared his doom And straight-forward she took her stand. Suddenly in walks Vivian C. All business and a hurried air, Says Jackson, looking at Celia again, Was there ever another so fair ?l, Then Celia looked up at Dean And Dean looked up at Cel. No words can express What their glance did mean Or how the two had fell. In closing my little story P11 leave it to good time To shoulder our burdens of worry And my lack of making this rhyme. , 93m ' w a .2; I 6 -..am a dry r7 .