Wakefield High School - Echo Yearbook (Wakefield, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 62 of the 1924 volume:

Uakefielb Hugh rbnnl Erltn 1924 “31 represent the first rral annual nf the fflakefielb (Tnutn-sljip ffiiglj £ rhnnl. 31 feel like nnr mhn leaues lixn infancy; 3J hattr been funtishrh a nnire luitl) uiliirh tn sppak, Jjnuieuer biminutiue anb intperfert it may be. 31 sltall trg tn rein-state the Ijappg nnires nf srlinnl bags in the future gears. 31 sljall trg tn ltelp tlje bear “(grabs” relitte tlje spiritrb bags uiitt| tl|eir Alma fflater. 31 shall speak the mnrbs nf gnlbett ntentnru, fnr 31 ant Srl|n.” DEDICATION TO OUR FATHERS AND OUR MOTHERS, WHO HAVE MADE OUR HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING POSSIBLE, WE REVERENTLY DEDICATE THIS BOOK. SUPERINTENDENT ARTHUR W. CLEVENGER WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS PRESIDENT............... SECRETARY............... TREASURER............... TRUSTEE................. TRUSTEE................. PURCHASING AGENT........ .....A. W. CLEVENGER ........H. A. TRESSEL ...ABE MATHEWS, JR. ......VICTOR LEPISTO ......JOHN KUIVINEN MRS. ANNA KALLANDER ...J. A. FREDRICKSON THE WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS The schools of Wakefield Township are organized as one system. The same board of education which lias jurisdiction over the Wakefield Township High School is in charge of flu schools at Thoniaston, .lacks' Spur, Tula and Planter. In the City of Wakefield are located the Central School, Wico School, Plymouth School, Verona School, Trade School, and the Wakefield Township 11 i _ -11 School. The building occupied by the High School also houses elementary and intermediate grades. Parts of the Wakefield Memorial Community Building, including the auditorium, gymnasium, and swimming pool are rented by the Board of Education and are used by the pupils of all grades. Kindergartens are maintained in all schools where the number of children of kindergarten age is great enough to warrant the expenditure of money for this purpose. Evening classes in English and Americanization work conducted in all schools where the demand for this work has been great enough to warrant the establishment of such classes. The school system of Wakefield Township as now organized approximates the Kindergarten-Six-Two-Four plan. Present plans, however, provide for another step in reorganization; the Kindergarten-Six-Six form of organization, as soon as building space can be provided-to relieve present overcrowded conditions. Under such a plan the Wakefield Township High School will comprise grades VII to XII inclusive. The Wakefield Township High School was organized as a four year high school in the fall of 1911. In the spring of 1913 it was placed on the accredited list of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The Wakefield Chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools was organized November 4, 1922 to which members of the senior class may be elected on the bases of character, scholarship, leadership, and service. The Wakefield Township High School is now accredited by the University of Michigan for a period of three years, the present term of accrediting expiring June 30, 1926. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Graduates are thus permitted to enter without examination not only the University of Michigan but practically all of the universities and colleges in the United States excepting a few that still maintain the entrance examination system for admission. The Wakefield Township High School not only prepares pupils for entrance to college but aims to provide for those pupils who for various reasons will be unable to attend institution of higher learning, the kind of training that will enable them to render the greatest possible services to the community in which they will live. Pagre Four — WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO (Xu tin’ (Clans nf ’24 “Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, The very Life of Life; In its brief course lie all the Varieties And Realities of your Existence: The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday i; hut a Dream, And Tomorrow is only a Vision, But Today well-lived Makes every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day! Such is the Salutation of the Dawn.” L. M. Blair for THE FACULTY Page Six PRINCIPAL RAYMOND G. WEIHE WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO L. A. CLULEY Rosebush, Michigan. Central Michigan Normal College. Ferris I nstitute. Director of Athletics. WAVA TAMBLINGSON—B. S. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin. Teachers College, Columbia. Directress of Vocational Training for Girls, anil Sewing. F. II. IIACKETT—B. S. Fargo, North Dakota North Dakota Agricultural College. Director of Vocational Training for Boys, anil Woodworking. LULU M. BLAIR—B. A. Faikmount, Indiana. Purdue University. English and History. HAROLD E. SPROSS Okemas, Michigan. Central State Normal School. Michigan Agricultural College. University of Tennessee. Mechanical Drawing and Electricity. Page Eight WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO ROSWELL MINERS Ishpeming, Michigan. Northern State Normal School. Machine Shop anil Metal-working. GLADYSSANDSTROM Ishpeming, Michigan. Northern State Normal School. Home Economics and Foods. EMMA KNUDSEN—B. M. Jewell, Iowa. Drake University. American Conservatory, Chicago. Music. RUSSELL HADLEY—B. A. Russiaville, Indiana. Earlham College. History. Assistant Coach of Athletics. RUTH ANDERSON—B. A. Ironwood, Michigan. Augustana College. English. r l'age Nine WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO HELEN ZIEGLER—A. B. Muncie, Indiana. Indiana State Normal School. Commercial Courses. HELEN 0. KETTERING—B. S. Monmouth, Illinois. Monmouth College. University of Wisconsin. General Science and Physics. Assistant Coach, Girls’ Athletic. MAUDE TREBILOOCK—B. A. Ishpeming, Michigan. Northern State Normal. University of Michigan. Mathematics. MILDRED DAVIES—B. A. Wakefield, Michigan. Superior Normal. University of Minnesota. Latin and French. MARIE KLEIHEGE Hammond, Indiana. Art Institute of Chicago. Applied Arts and Crafts. Page Ten WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO SENIOR CLASS OF 1924 JOSEPH COIIEN ................................President WILLIAM NIEMI ...........................Vice President ERMELINDA CAIRELLI ...........................Secretary EREMELDO CAIRELLI ............................Treasurer R. (t. WEIIIE ...........................('lass Advisor WAKEFIELD CHAPTER, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Postering Character, Scholarship, Leadership, Service. Members Elected From Class of 1924 PETER BITGNI EVELYN OLSON JOSEPH COHEN EDYTIIE SAARI OIVA JOKINEN JENNIE SIMONSON EREMELINDA CAIRELLI ANNA NIEMI SENIOR CLASS AVERAGES A CLASS OF 1922............85.84% CLASS OF 1923............84.14% CLASS OF 1924...........84.(57% Page Twelve WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO JOSEPH S. COHEN Class President “Joe” “Titles arc marks of honest men and Wise.” General Course; Glee Club, Literary Society, Echo Staff Tattler-Editor-in-Chief. EVELYN A. OLSON ‘ ‘ Bubbles’’ “A Nightingale is she.” General Course; Basketball Captain, 22-23, Literary Club, French Club, Junior Prom Committee, Glee Club, Echo Staff. PETER P. BUGNI ‘ ‘ Pete ’ ’ “Let us have faith that right makes might; And in that faith let us do our duty as we understand it.” General course; Football, 21-22-23, Basketball, 22-23-24, Baseball, 22, Glee Club. AIN I E. LEPISTO ‘ ‘ Shorty’’ “Silence is the key to content.” General course; Basketball, 20. HARRY MATTHEWS ‘ ‘ Donkey’’ “ dare do all becomes a man; Who dares do more is none.” General course; Football, 23, Echo Staff, French Club. Page Thirteen WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO MARY L. KOMOVC “ Lu ” “Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. ’ ’ General course; Glee Club, Literary Club, French Club. REUBEN T. LINN ‘ ‘ Bobby’ ’ “Mg tongue within my lips I rein.” General course; Ski team, French Club. JENNIE E. SIMONSON ‘ ‘ Jf.n ’ ’ “Modesty, mischief, and wisdom make up our fair lady. ’ ’ General and Commercial courses; Basketball 23-24, Literary Club 21-22-23-24, Glee Club 20-21. 01VA E. JOKINEN “A man of pure and simple heart.” Commercial course; Orchestra,k Glee Club, French Club, Business Manager of Athletic Association. LAI LA S. TEPPO “Isolate” “She makes a solitude and calls it peace.” General course. Page Fourteen WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO ERMELINDA E. CAIRELLI Class Secretary ‘ Armo ’ ’ “Life is not so short but that there is time enough for courtesy. ’ ’ General course; Literary Club, Glee Club, Echo Staff, Declamatory. WAINO W. KANNINEN “General” “They that govern the most make the least noise. ’ ’ General course. BEATRICE L. EDWARDS ‘ Betie ’ ’ “She can make tomorrow as cheerful as today. ’ ’ General ami Commercial courses; Glee Club 21-22-23-24, Orchestra. THEODORE KESKEY • ‘ Ted ’ ’ “He is earnest, but above all ambitious.’ ’ General course; Ski team 21-22-23-24. EDYTHE A. SAARI ‘ ‘Etu’ ’ “Guard well thy thoughts; our thoughts are heard in heaven. ’ ’ General and Commercial courses; Editor-in-Chief of Echo Staff, Glee Club, Literary Club, French Club, Commercial Club. Page Fifteen ■ WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO VIOLA TEPPO ‘ ‘ Vi ’ ’ “Attentive to her own affairs, and free from others ’ cares. ’ ’ General course; Basketball. CLARENCE E. HILLIS ‘‘Cots’ ’ “Tomorrow comes, and where are we? Then let us live today. ’ ’ General course; Basketball. Literary Club, Echo Staff. ANNA S. NIEMI “Dimples” ‘ ‘ They laugh that win. ’ ’ General and Commercial courses; Basketball, Literary Club, Glee Club, Treasurer of Class 22-23. ERMELDO CAIRELL1 Class Treasurer “Prop.” ‘ ‘ I Then money speaks everybody listens.' ’ Trade course; Business Manager of the “Echo”, Glee Club, Orchestra, French Club. ALICE S. YRKKOLA “Slim” “All that I know is, that the facts I state Arc as true as truth has ever been of lute.’’ General course; Basketball, Basketball captain, Glee Club, Literary Club, French Club. Page Sixteen WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO LENORE S. SEEGER “Dreamy Eyes’’ “ jo laugh were want of goodness and of H race; And to he grave exceeds all powers of the face. ’ ’ General course; Literary ('lull, Junior From Committee, Glee Club, Echo Staff. WILLIAM B. XI EM I ‘‘ PILLORY’’ Class Vice-President “I i livetli long, who livetli well and happy.” General course; Football, Ski Team 21-22-23-24, Literary Club, French Club, Orchestra. MAY ME S. HYP PA Hyp “My own thoughts are my sole companions.” General and Commercial courses; Glee Club, French Club, Commercial Club. EVALD SEPPA ‘ Beva’’ “It matters not what men assume to be; Or good, or bad, they arc but what they are.” Trade course; Ski Team, French Club. DOROTHY E. WAN INK “Blushy” “Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low.” General course; Glee Club. Page Seventeen WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO DAG MAR E. SAARI ‘4 Dag ' “Silence is the perfcctest herald of joy,9 9 General ami Commercial courses; French Club, Commercial Club. ELIZABETH M. AHOLA “Liza” “You shall know her by her laugh. General course; Glee Club, French Club. CLASS HISTORY Fortunately, the present Senior Class became resident of the Assembly when they entered the eighth grade. Thus, when we became Freshmen, we were experienced in the ways of a High School student and got right down to work, accounting for the high scholastic-average in our Senior year. On October 27th, we were initiated by the class of ’23, which made us full-fledged students. At this initiation party we proved ourselves to be real sports and found that many of our members were socially inclined. We certainly proved this at our Return Party, which was considered one of the best social affairs of the year. The class did fairly well in basketball having many of their players chosen for the first team the next year. The ensuing year, with our new principal, we returned to school full of pep and school spirit. There was a difficult task on our hands and we were determined to do our duty. This task was to initiate the Freshmen and we did a good job. .Mr. Bosley, our class advisor, added much to the success of the party by his wit and good-humor. We wound up the school year by a picnic across Sunday Lake where we enjoyed a day of swimming and playing ball. There was not a great deal of activity during our Junior year aside from the Prom, which because of an unavoidable accident, was not a financial success but which was proclaimed by those present “a real Prom.” We had the distinction of being the first class to bold a Prom in the new Community Building Ball Room. The music was furnished by the Elks’, nine-piece orchestra. The ball room where the dance was held was decorated along French garden lines, with cherry blossoms on a green trellis back-ground with silver hangings. The lighting-effect added much to the beauty of the scene. As members of the Junior Class we proved our versitality by taking part in many outside activities: athletics, declamation, and oratory. Our Senior Year was socially a success, because of two things—the Senior Hop, and Class Day. The Hop was held in the ball room of the Community Building, which was decorated with autumn leaves and scarlet crepe. The music was furnished by Elks. Our Class Day was characterized by originality. The school rooms and halls were cleverly adorned. In the morning the Seniors with Mr. Weihe came to school dressed in “their worst.” At eleven thirty a program was given consisting of songs and speeches and announcements concerning the afternoon. A description of our lunch caused a great deal of envy among the student body. In the afternoon we hiked about three miles into the woods until we found a suitable camping ground and a deserted cabin. Here we built a fire, roasted weenies, and marshmallows, and with buns, and cake, and coffee partook of a real camp meal. About seven o’clock we started for home singing and shouting our yells. We then went back to the school and danced until nine o’clock, when we started for home a weary but happy crowd. Our class can be proud of several things. The scholarship was high. The averages of all Seniors for four years was one per cent higher than the averages of the Seniors in 1923. Within our class we had more harmony and less friction than is usually found among Seniors. AN e managed to retain the good will of the faculty at all times. Our class was best known for its high quality of English work and its unusual interest and ability in dramatics, as demonstrated in the several yearly plays and final Senior play. It was with a deep regret lhat we faced our parting as a class on June 12, 1924, but with a great desire and determination to remain united in a pleasant and lasting memory. Page Eighteen WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO Their In Komove. Kiddiee Svtrei. Dolly Clarence. m, t DcJ.cStnoit' oderson JLose HiltiJ Children Childhobd. B Page Nineteen WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO “ ’24 RE-ECHOES ” One balinly day in June, in a towering terra eotta building overlooking Chicago's lake front, a rather sardoni , and very-corpulent eriminal lawyer, sits in his chair, nodding. As his eyes scan the endless stretch of horizon, lie sees a little craft sailing merrily into nothingness. His eyes become blurred, his heavy head begins to nod, and although his office boy blurts into the room once with some mail, the postmarks of whi-li he lazily discerns, as Wakefield, New York and Hongkong, he slowly but surely sinks into a sound and snoring slumber. Chicago, having become unnaturally crimeless, has caused our hero’s business to be rather anaemic. For a while his mind is wholly a blank, but slowly the subconscious begins to take up the thread of the sail-boat, he saw a moment ago. He is on the deck, sunning himself, and listening to a buzzing radio. He opens the heavy package from Wakefield. In it, is a letter from Eremeldo Cairelli, his old-time pal, who is proprietor of a large hotel and Calais du Dance on Sunday Lake. Eremeldo sent him a “1!)44 Echo”, and it is full of news and it recalls to his mind some fond memories. Suddenly, the radio buzzes. It is the “Times-New York.” The musical comedy star, Evelyn Jolson, is singing “Sweet Road of Memories”. “Yes”, thinks Attorney Cohen, “it's ‘our’ Evelyn, with a LJ on her name.” Next, the staccato voice of a politician, talking for prohibition in Madagascar, “Well! well!” muses Joe, “if it isn't 11 ill is.” (Suddenly a court reporter peeps in at the door, upsetting a stand of artesian water, some of it splashing on our sleeping attorney. Diva Jokinen, in much confusion, rushes out and down the hall. But Cohen imagines that the skiff has upset, as water runs down his nose.) lie sinks—sinks, sinks, endlessly it seems. He emerges on the opposite side of the earth. A captain picks him up. “You took a rather big swallow,” replies Captain Matthews; “you must be thirsty for news, well—there's Honkong. That big American sky-scraper is being built by Pete Bugni. See that big white building on the hill; that's the Lutheran Hospital, and Jennie Simonson and A ini Lepisto are in complete charge. Lenore Seeger and her husband, Reuben Linn, are importers over here for AVana-makers. They say that she makes all the money and In spends it.” (Just then the stenographer, Dorothy Wanink. comes in, and attempts to make her boss comfortable by turning on the electric fan. The strong breeze is a windy sky for our hero.) He dreams that lie takes the next aeroplane-express back to America. (His dry throat longs for an orangeade.) At Los Angeles he gets off, and visits Mr. AVeihe, who has an orange grove over at Riverside. William Xiemi is his manager, and is happily dwelling in a pretty bungalow with Laila Teppo as his wife. I’age Twenty WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO But California is very hot and ho dooides to quickly fly back to Chicago. The aorotiain in which he travels lias a terrific wreck and he falls onto his own oflice floor, awake. (lie topples out of his chair.) Beatrice Edwards, one of Cohen's clients, enters at this noisy moment. She is suing her beauty surgeon, Theodore Keskey, for $1 ()(),()()().()(), for not removing a wrinkle on her forehead, as lie had guaranteed. Cohen calms the infuriated Beatrice, who is now Mrs. Evald Seppa, and assures her that the criminal. Dr. Keskey, shall not put a wrinkle over on the said Mrs. Seppa. Beatrice, much relieved, has much to say. ‘‘Do you know Joseph, says she, “that my husband, who is a publisher of school books, gets many orders from some of our old class-mates. You know, Waino has a school of physical culture in Wakefield, and Edvthe Saari teaches English in the very same room that Miss Blair had. Eremelinda is teacher of Italian in Chicago Cniversity here in town, and Anna Niemi is art supervisor in Detroit.” “It is strange that so many of our class should have become teachers. I truly feel sorry for them, but, they will learn. I visited Wakefield last month and the constant improvements are phenomenal. The High School campus now has four fine buildings. I attended a parent-teacher’s dance in the New Gymnasium. Alice Yrokola is directress of the girls' gymnasium. Mrs. Louis Palm, Mrs. Eldridge Stein, and Mrs. John Lake were in charge of this dance As you know, the first was Viola Teppo, the second was Dagmar Saari, and the last was Mayme Ilyyppa. They all seem very happy and their husbands are all big boys now. Times certainly change! You surely recall outspoken and prominent Elizabeth. She is the wife of a minister; this poor man doesn't get to say any more than he has to. And sweet Mary Komovc became Mrs. Joe Hrbacek, and lives over in Sunday Lake apartments.” “But to come back to business; as regarding your wrinkle, Mrs. Seppa, we will have to take that to criminal court. (Both leave Mr. Cohen's office.) Page Twenty-One WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SENIOR CLASS 3Ju thf Nam? of ©ltr Curb:—We tile class of ’24 of the Wakefield Township High School, of the State of Michigan, being of sound mind and memory, and realizing that our existence upon tliis noble earth is drawing nigh it’s end, do hereby make, ordain, publish and declare, this to be our last will and testament. JFirnt anil JfurftlUiSt, tTu Ih' Juniors:—We hereby bestow upon you as our honorable successors, the ebony walking stick, which reposes with the rest of the treasures in the trophy case. We commend you to honor and respect this cane, and on your departure to faithfully place upon its glossy back another golden ring. We further donate to you our rights and privileges as Seniors, which you may do with as you see fit. tin Ijr S’nplutmnmi:—We give our modesty, to be used as a safety valve for their rising and arrogant spirits. (Efl llr JrfBhnmt: —We give our dignity and a little of our surplus knowledge, to fit them out for the long trail ahead. We further donate a piece of land situated on the banks of Presque Isle River, where they may run, jump, romp, and yell to their hearts’ content. At the end of four years if any of the said land has withstood the destruction of Freshmen, you will receive through the hands of the executor of this document, positions as school teachers, clerks, lawyers or judges, in the City of Tula. (Tit Our (TrarljrrB:—To the teachers of this institute who we have honored with our attention, we give our everlasting good wishes which they may handle as they see fit. tilt tijr Janituri? attll —We do give the remains of our estate, so they will not entirely forget us. tCastlU:—We do appoint the Board of Education to he the executors of this, our last Will and Testament, and do hereby revoke all former wills made by us. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and caused the seal of the Senior Class to he affixed. Done at the city of Wakefield, Michigan this nineteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. THE CLASS OF ’24. Page Twenty-Two WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO JUNIORS THE JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY In 1921, our class entered high school with an enrollment of sixty. Being unusually wise and ambitious, we were not referred to as the green frosh. From among all the teachers, we elected Mr. Carlin as our advisor, because his happy disposition appealed to us. The first big event in our high school career proved to be the initiation. The Sophs treated us unusually well, and we appreciated their kindness. We elected our class officers as is the custom of every class. During our Frosh year several of our members took active part in athletics, music, art, and declamatory work. The following year we returned to school full of life, ready to work, but with a considerable decrease in the enrollment. As Sophomores we again elected Mr. Carlin as our class advisor. With him we initiated the frosh, just as we had been initiated the previous year. The party though very successful proved to be the last of its kind. All parties and socials were barred during the year, because the Juniors and Seniors had violated a simple ruling of the school. During the year we enjoyed a party on the shores of Lake Gogebic with our advisor as chief entertainer. Our boys and girls took a leading part in basketball; the boys won first honors at the inter-class tournament. On class day we staged a very skillful guessing game; prizes were awarded to those who were able to guess the greatest number of names correctly. Now as Juniors we feel more at ease and independent and we are accustomed to all the ideas and traditions of our school. We elected Mr. Hadley, the history teacher, as our advisor. Although new to us, he impressed us the most. The Juniors were compelled to sign a paper for the Sophs and Freshmen because we had tried to break up the solemn party some time in November. Many of our class are members of the Literary and French Clubs. Several are taking active part in glee club and orchestra work, also. We haven’t had any parties this year, but we expect to put on a successful Junior From, in the near future. As Juniors we all shall do our best to better our high school and we all expect to do our best in winning any hardships, which might be in store for us during the near future. Charles Best Andrew Broeeone Evelyn Derosier Anna Galinatz Earl Haslirook Emma Hietikko Leatha Hillis Mamie Holm a CLASS ROLL Herman Hook Lawrence Hook Velma Jakeway Chrissie .J ames Eleanor Johnson Ruth Johnson Mamie Karling Clarice Kellow Joan Lepinski Joseph Levo Anastasia Maloney Stephen Maloney Martha Niemi Ethel Nikola Josephine Novak Eileen O 'Brien John Saari Margaret Simms Jennie Sissala George Skytta Sylvia Tnsa Earl Walton William Weston Isadore Yatczak I'age Twenty-Four WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO SOPHOMORES THE SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY When we first entered the Wakefield High School, we were not used to the large assembly room and the high school arrangements. We were called “greenhorns” by all the other classes. We soon accustomed ourselves to our surroundings and their attitude. Later on the Sophomores gave us an initiation party. We were just enjoying ourselves, when the Juniors and Seniors broke in. They all remained so the party proceeded with the luncheon, and were then told to go home. Even though we were a bashful and timid group many of our members took an active part in athletics. In our Sophomore year we were more accustomed to the Wakefield High and were not tormented any more. It was our turn to harass the coming Freshmen, but we all were Freshmen once and we all knew how it felt, so we didn’t want to hurt their feelings. A few’ months later we gave the Freshmen a party in place of an initiation party. It w’as held at the Community Gymnasium. The Juniors and Seniors attended uninvited but they were soon put out. We had a sociable time in every respect. The Sophomores and Freshmen gave a Christmas Drama and also the Juniors and Seniors. This year is over soon and we expect all to return next year with the same enthusiasm as we displayed during the last. Our slogan is: “To Win at Work and at Play.” Syma Ahola Ethel Alrjuist Florence Beaudette Margaret Bodah Jennie Bugni Henry Carr Mary Douglas Lucinda Feigley Charlotte Fredrickson Gust. Hanson CLASS Oiva Koivula Lily Heitikko Marvin Desonia Axel Hill Aila Rintamaki Edwin Hillis Frank Yatchak Lily Jaakola Celia Yatchak Harold Jorgenson ROLL Roman Rydeski Olga Kanninen Fannie Keskey Segrid Ranta Alice Kohtalo Wesley Rice Veino Kuivinen Olive LaBerdie John Lake Adolph Lepisto Selma Linn Viljo Make Eileen Maloney Clare MacArthur Clarence Oberg Eva Oberg Mayme Pintamo Pago Twenty-Five WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO FRESHMEN THE FRESHMEN CLASS HISTORY The Freshmen Class of 1924 of the Wakefield High School has proved to be quite a large one consisting of sixty-four boys and girls. Though perhaps young and green in everything else it surpasses the other three classes in number. As high school was something new in our school life it took us several weeks to get acquainted with our new surroundings and methods of trying to accomplish things. The old fashioned initiation was done away with, and a party given by the Sophomores took its place. During the first few weeks, we, like the other classes, held our meetings and elected our class advisor, president, secretary and treasurer. During the latter part of September the class held a weenie roast and invited the faculty to attend. Now as it is near the close of the first term we are fully acquainted with our new surroundings; the boys taking an active part in basketball and a few of the Freshman girls playing on the regular high school team. Altogether, we are proud to consider ourselves a part of the Wakefield High School. Jane Baltic Elsie Best Harold Bodah Roy Bolen Mamie Budgick James Bugni Lodaviea Cardone Delmar Cohen Edmund Crosby Isadore Crosby Olive Feigley Joseph Ferraro James Gilbert Marion Gorski Julius Gouza CLASS Martha Holma Jack Howe Joseph Hrbacek Roy Keskey Frances Komovc Jennie Lehto Della Lemplin Waino Lemplin Viena Maki Florence Mathews June Miljevieh Lawrence Monti John Napel Elsie Nelson Walter Niezguski ROLL Irene O ’Brien George Osier Louis Palm Ethel Peterson Helen Pihjala Elma Polvi Anton Ringsmuth Mamie Rintamaki Hilma Ronn Wilfred Rostollan Mildred Running Fannie Rytkonen Clara Sawaski I lei no Seppa Julia Sissala Oscar Sissala Ernest Skytta Mildred Solberg Pearl Spray Eldridge Stein Marion Styles Elsie Swanson Josephine Tomaseski Elizabeth Tregonning Helia Uitto Reino Vali Irving Wanink Ben Yatchak Doris Yatczak Anette Zazeski Page Twenty-Six WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO FOOTBALL, 1923 Wakefield High School started the season of 19211 with a pair of tackles and three back-field men as a nude ’s for a team, which meant that it would be necessary to “find” or “make” a number of good players out of raw material if we were to have much of a team. The first night or two things looked pretty good as about 26 men turned out for practice but as soon as the hard bumps started about ten of the 26 failed to appear for practice. i ------------------------—---------- JOE FERRARO Sub., Half VILJO MAKI Guard Vil.jo gave a good account of himself in the few games he got into and we expect him to win a regular berth in 1924. IIAIH1Y MATHEWS Center “Dunk” played his first and last year for W. II. S. at center and developed into a very good passer. What “Dunk” lacked in pounds and experience he made up for in determination. With Harry’s graduation in June Wakefield loses a good, steady, center. t’LARENCE IIILLIS Sub., End and Tackle ISA DOR YATCZAK End “ Ezy Jack” playing his first year of football made good use of his basketball knowledge and specialized in intercepting forward passes. With the knowledge of the game gained this year we expect Ezy to go big next fall. Rage Twenty-Eight WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO FOOTBALL, 1923—Continued The first game was played at Iron wood and of course we lost, by a score of 59-13. This score really was not as bad as it sounds as our thirteen was the highest score that a High School team made on Ironwood this year. The next game was with Hurley High at Wakefield and we lost, 7-0, on the breaks of the game. (We called it a touchdown but the referee called it an incompleted pass.) Bessemer there was the next and they defeated us 26-6. Then came the snow battle HERMAN HOOK Tackle A hard hitting tackle with plenty of fight and a thorough knowledge of the game Herman could be depended upon to smash up the opponents’ plays. PETER BUGNI Halfback “Nig” playing his third and last year for W. II. 8. was in there fighting all the time. We surely are going to miss him when an off-tackle smash or an end run is tried around his side of the line. Nig sure liked to hit ’em low. CHARLES BEST Fullback • ' “Kabilla” was a hard-hitting, hard-tackling lighting, fullback and we expect even more of him in 1924. JOSEPH COHEN GUAliD This was Joe’s first and last year and although he worked hard injuries kept him out of most of the games. LAWRENCE HOOK Capt., Halfback and Quarter ‘ ‘ Sparky ’ ’ seemed to be the hard-luck-guy of the squad, but even with a flat tire he gave a very good account of himself both on offense and defense. Always good for a yard or two after tackled. Page Twenty-Nine WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO FOOTBALL, 1923—Continued with St. Ambrose which ended 0-0 in Wakefield’s favor. We played Bessemer a second game and held them to a 0-0 game. This was undoubtedly the best game of the season and we had hopes of ending the season with a win at Hurley the next week but we lost 12-6. Although we did not have a successful season from the standpoint of games won and lost we must give the men of the team credit for working hard all the time and doing their very best, but we could have done much better if the 10 or 12 quitters had stayed with the squad and furnished a second team. We are hoping for better things in 1924. ISADOR CROSBY Guard “ Izy ” has three more years to play for W. H. S. and if he improves each year like he did in 192:! he will be a whole line by 1926. WILLIAM XI EM I Quarter, Guard, Tackle What “Red” lacked in size and speed he made up in grit. Playing his first and last year for W. H. S. he played a good game at guard, tackle and quarter. Red will certainly be missed next fall. STEPHEN MALONEY Guard Steve played some good games, and some that were not so good, because of ill health. ANDREW BROCCONE Tackle and Halfback “Catty” playing his third year for W. II. S. at his regular tackle position was a terror to his opponents. When called upon to kick or take “Sparky’s” position back of the line he gave a good account of himself. Angy is expected to show up even better next year. JOSEPH LEVO End “Rabbit” played a smashing aggressive type of football always in there spilling the interference and usually getting the man with the ball. He was a hard man to box in or take out and wc expect much more of Joe next year. REINO VALI Guard Reino was the surprise of the season in the last Hurley game and as he has three more years we exp ect to hear much more of him in 1924-25-26. age Thirty WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO BASKETBALL BOYS BASKETBALL, 1923-24 About thirty answered the eall for basketball candidates. At the end of tlit second week we held the class tournament. The .Junior class won the school championship. The class panics “uncovered a number of likely looking candidates for the first team, but “Sparky hurt his foot. Three frames were played and won before the holidays: Iron Belt 2(5-12, Minocqua 16-12, and Ewen 2(5-7 at Ewen. Although we won the first three frames “Old Man Ilard-Luck had camped on our trail as Gust had pneumonia, “Sparky injured his foot again and Herman is out for the season with an injured leg. We lost the next three games, Alumni 20-1(5, Stambaugh 28-12, at Stambaugh, Iron wood .‘10-12 on our own floor. The next four games were chalked up in the games won column: Ewen 45-0, at Wakefield; Hurley 13-5, at Hurley; Bessemer 11-9, at Bessemer, and Bergland 22-8, at Bergland. Then we journeyed to Iron wood determined to avenge our defeat of January 19th. Alas! we failed and although it was a good game the best we could do was 22-14. Iron wood up. We finished our regular schedule with three wins, Bessemer 16-13 at Wakefield, Bergland 20-7 at Wakefield, and Hurley 13-11 at Wakefield. On March 13th we journeyed to Marquette to take part in the Class “B Tournament. Our first game was with Stambaugh and we were eliminated 18-7. Games played this year 15, won 10 and lost 5. I aKe Thirty-One WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO BASKETBALL GIRLS The Basketball season of the Wakefield High School Girls of 1 !)24 as seen by those interested in the athletics of the school was a marked success. The fighting: spirit and the genuine sportsmanship of the team that represented us in each game were the potent factors that contributed to this success. A large number answered the first call for practice and “stayed by us until the team was well organized. Through consistent hard practices and keeping up training our girls were most successful in their season, with ten games, and no defeats. Yrkkola, Simonson, Xiemi. and Olson were playing their Iasi year in school. This leaves tin1 remaining members of the squad for the nucleus of next year's team, and a wealth of material. is expected for the ninth grade team. The prospects for next year are there encouraging. Letters and sweaters were awarded to Capt. Yrkkola, Olson, Xiemi, and Simonson. Honorable mention should be given to Simms, Maloney, and Yatchak for their excellent support as substitutes. In closing let us quote a leading referee of the Upper Peninsula: “The girls’ team at Wakefield High School is unquestionably not only the best of the some twenty teams of girls from the Upper Peninsula, but positively the best girls' team for their age 1 have ever seen. 12 Wakefield OO Here ... 2 “ There Jan. 25—Hurley 12 1 20 There 17 “ There .4 “ There Pel). 22—Ironwood 4 4(5 Here . . S “ Here Mar. 7—Hurley 7 20 Here J O 4 t There Mar. 21—Bergland t� 4 4 Here J’agre Thirty-Two WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO ALICE YRKKOLA Jumping Center At captainship and dribbling too, Doth Alice show grit and skill; She always knows just what to do— Her motto is “ I will ”. JOSEPHINE NOVAK Left Guard When little Joe comes up the floor, Our champion guard reveals her flame; Her passing makes her shine still more, And helps to add to Wakefield’s fame. SELMA LINN Center Forward At forward Selma foremost stands, Her shot will never fail her, Her skill the loudest cheer commands No guard can ever jail her. EVELYN OLSON Left Forward Our Evelyn has always been The champion long-shot of the Range Her baskets never fail to win Her skill doth never change. JENNIE SIMONSON Right Forward At points our Jennie takes the lead, It’s ‘‘Wakefield for the flying ball”, At the basket she persists, indeed, To answer to our Selma’s call. ANNA NIEMI Right Guard To Anna we owe lots of thanks, Her passes she does very well, She plays a lot of funny pranks, As every Wakefield fan will tell. Page Thirty-Three WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO SKI TEAM W. H. S. SKI TEAM In 1920 Iron wood won the Trophy Cup donated by the County Y. M. C. A. In 1921 Wakefield won the same, in 1922 again won by Ironwood, and in 1923, again by the Wakefield Team, in 1 hour, 47 minutes time. In 1924, the decisive meet gave the cup to Wakefield. This sport requires good endurance, hard work, and doggedness. A lonely road offers little encouragement in the way of rooting. Sound determination backed by hard training spells the victory. Mr. Miners was the coach in 1923 and 1924. The entire course of fourteen miles was made in one hour, forty minutes in 1924. 1924 TEAM WITH TIIK1R ONE-MILE LAI’S Name Time in Minutes 1. BEST (Wakefield) .. 6:00 Q LINN 8:00 3. KOI Vl’LA 6:00 4. HAUTANEN 5. CARR 5. SAARI 7:15 7. M A KI 6:40 8. RYDESKI 7:20 9. YALI 10. KKYTTA 8:40 1 1. McARTHUR 7:20 12. KESKEY 13. SERFA 14. X I EMI (Ironwood) . . 4:45 INTER-CLASS ATHLETICS Wakefield High School has always recognized two objectives in athletics: the one, athletics as a creator of live, clean, school spirit, the other, a direct means of getting all students into competitive games of some kind. Inter-class games, in a small school get every student out. Not only have inter-class contests tended bringing everyone into the game but meant the development of better class-spirit. The Girls’ and Boys’ Associations are endeavoring to have more inter-class meets in the future. A boys’ inter-class baseball cup, and girls’ inter-class basketball cup have helped to stimulate the keeness of competition. Page Thirty-Four I WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO BOYS’ GLEE CLUB Page Thirty-Six WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO “THE FEAST OF THE LITTLE LANTERNS” THE YEAR IN MUSIC During the past year the high school has realized a new interest in music. Besides the Girls’ Glee Club, which was organized in September with thirty members, the Boys’ Glee club was started, with twenty-five active members, including five from our faculty. The orchestra was probably the most appreciated by the school at large, since Wakefield lias never had an orchestra organized as such. It boasts of six violins, four mandolins, one clarinet, two cornets, one alto, three trombones, one saxophone, one concertina, piano, and drums. Besides the several concerts by each group throughout the year, the Girls’ Glee Club demonstrated their excellent work in the operetta “The Feast of the Little Lanterns”, and the Boys’ Glee Club in their Club Concert. A comic opera, “The Love Pirates of Hawaii”, was given by the joint Glee Clubs at the close of school. Wakefield was the only high school in the Upper Peninsula that entered contestants at the State Music Memory Contest held at Lansing, April 16th. The Wakefield Woman’s Club offered liberal prizes for local work. 1924 was unquestionably a rouser year in music at Wakefield High School. GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB Page Thirty-Seven . WAKEFIELD HIGH SC HOOL ECHO LITERARY CLUB FRENCH CLUB Page Thirty-Eight WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO TATTLER STAFF . Joseph Cohen Lenore Seeger Olive Laberdje Oiva Jokinen Ki th Johnson Corenne Ashland R. G. Weihe, Adviser THE TATTLER Jii September, 1922, tho first issue of this little impel- made its appearance. Wakefield High School was the smallest school in the Upper Peninsula to have a paper of any kind. At Lansing, Dec. 9, 1922, and in Madison, 1923, the paper received honorable mention. With the promise of a printing department as a part of the vocational training work, let us predict a great future for this little chronicle. 1924 ECHO BOARD OF THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE WAKEFIELD ECHOES EDYTHE SAAItl....................EDITOR-IN-CHIEF KRMELDO CAIRELLI ..............BUSINESS MANAGER R. G. WEIHE .............................ADVISER DEPARTMENT EDITORS: Photographs ..................................CLARENCE HILLIS Art .............................MISS KLEIIIEGE, ANNA NIEMI Advertising. . .LENORE SEEGER, JOSEPH COHEN, WILLIAM NIEMI Class Prophecy...................OIVA JOKINEN, ANNA NIEMI Class History...........ERMELINDA CAIRELLI, JOSEPH COHEN Class Will................HARRY MATHEWS, JENNIE SIMONSON Athletics..........................PETER BUGNI, MR. CLULEY Organizations ................................EDYTHE SAARI CLASS EDITORS Freshman...............................................MILDRED RUNNING Sophomores....................................JENNIE BUGNI Juniors...................................................EMMA HIETIKKO Page Thirty-Nine WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO Pnutipa.1 fr Supennteiiie.nl Getting BreaK ast Starting Out 'inner Hillis-Cohen Co. Wico School •Cong White Jr a.i 1 Uhomaston School and tov njhall Pl nrlouth 3 c hool Centra.1 School iHiliiiauat.. WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO IT ISN’T YOUR TOWN, IT’S YOU If you want to live in the kind of a town like the kind of a town you like, You needn't slip your clothes in a grip and start on a long, long hike. You’ll only find what you left behind for there’s nothing that’s really new. It’s a knock at yourself when you kno.k your town. It isn’t your town—it’s You! Real towns aren’t made by men afraid lest somebody else get ahead. When everyone works and nobody shirks, you can raise a town from the dead. And if while you make your personal stake, your neighbor can make one, too, Your town Will he what you want to see; It isn't your town—it’s You! WAKEFIELD Under Commission Government, the most progressive in the United States. Forty-Twc WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO Congratulations to tl)e 1924 Cra6uates t OPPORTUNITY “Master of human destinies am I Fame, Love and Fortune on my footsteps wait, Cities and fields I walk. I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel, and mart, and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate; If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every,foe, Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, condemned to failure, penury and woe seek me in vain and uselessly implore, I answer not, and I return no more.” Selected. JOHN J. INGALLS. SKUD GOLDMAN Different from Other Stores Page Forty-Three WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO TO THE SENIORS When you enter the School of Life, remember that: A Banker’s advice has put many a man on the right track . FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WAKEFIELD Your Home Town Bank” Wakefield, Mich., June, 1924. To the Class of Twenty-Four: Our most sincere wishes for your success are yours. Let our reputation for good merchandise go with you. OLSON BROS. WATCH OUR WEEKLY SPECIALS Delmet Mercantile Co. WAKEFIELD, MICH. The Place W here Your Dollar Goes Furtherest” Page Forty-Four WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO Cloon Motor Co. Fords Lincolns Fordson “Service is Our Motto” Let Every Grad Remember that I cater to your every need, above all to hunger. My sandwiches and drinks will always be ready for you at FAT’S PLACE ♦ Compliments of The Plymouth Mining Co. Page Forty-Five WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO White Way Confectionery LUDWIG TORMO Candies, Cigars, Ice Cream, Fruits, High Class Tailoring Tobacco, Stationery. “North End of the Boulevard” JAMES MEZZANO Three doors north of the School Phone 68 Compliments William Luoma’s of Barher Shop The Wakefield Bottling Works Cafe M. A. MATTOLA, Prop. Phone 35 “The Oldest Shop in Wakefield’'. (Hass of ’24 Home Tourist Service Garage We carry your favorite Willys-Knight line of Sweets, Sundaes Nash and Smokes. Overland Andrew Olson BUCCANERO NAKARADO Wakefield, Michigan Page Forty-Six WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO Art S’tuiiui Photography, Art Pictures, Picture Framing, Kodak Supplies. SAM BORIS Wakefield, Mich. Dr. Theodore S. Crosby Physician and Surgeon Office Hours: 9 to 11A.M. 1 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Tel. Residence 41 Office 61 WAKEFIELD, MICHIGAN George Hrbacek General Insurance Life Fire Automobile WAKEFIELD, MICH. Compliments of Wakefield Hardware . Furniture Co. Compliments of The Palace Store Compliments Clothing Dry Goods Victrolas Weekly Record Service Federal Bakeries Inc. Ironwood Bessemer Ashland JOS. KERKES, Wakefield, Mich. 16 Different Kinds of Bread. 48 Different Kinds of Pastries. Party and Wedding catering our specialty. Page Forty-Seven WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO For Commencement GIVE HER Trade at THE HUB” A Diamond Ring or a Hallmark, Elgin or Hamilton Ironwood’s most complete Wrist Watch, the dependable kind. Men’s and Boys’ Store. GIVE II1M Including complete Shoe Department. A thin model, small size Hallmark, Illinois, Hamilton or Elgin or Howard Watch and please him for a lifetime. WM. D. TRIPLETT The HALLMARK Jeweler THE HUB” Hedlund Haapoja IRONWOOD, MICH. IRONWOOD. MICH. Courtesy Service Safety MOTOR BUS SERVICE Definite Schedule Between Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield and Marenisco. BESSEMER TAXI CO. Phone 36R Save Time, Time is Money. Ride Our Busses. Page Forty-Eight WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO Myers Company The Winchester Store Quality and Service. Wakefield, Michigan Why bother with Sunday cooking? HICKS will serve you a real Home Cooked Chicken Dinner. Prices Reasonable WAKEFIELD, MICHIGAN Palace Recreation Parlors Pools and Billiards Auto Livery Radio Concerts Nightly NOVAK . PIZZETTI, Prop. Phone 125 WAKEFIELD, MICHIGAN Compliments of Dr. Mullen Bessemer, Michigan ®Ijp Jfirst National lank BESSEMER, MICHIGAN “Oldest Bank in Qogebic County”. WILLIAM I. PRINCE, President. JOHN J. DONICH, Ass’t. Cashier. WALTER F. TRUETTNER, Vice President. WALTER R. OLSON, Ass’t. Cashier. SAMUEL J. WILLIAMS, Cashier. Resources: Two Million Dollars Page Forty-Nine WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO Say It With Flowers Jones Studio Snmuuuiii (SrmtljmtspH R. LUTEY, Proprietor Phone 242-J Ironwood, Mich. Ironwood, Michigan Phone 68R We are members of the Florists’ Telegraph Delivery and can have Flowers delivered for you anywhere in the United States or Canada. Fresh Cut Flowers Daily. Floral Designs and Sprays lor all Occasions on Short Notice. Compliments 3rottwoo6 Amusement dorp. Ironwood, Michigan A. L. PICKER, General Manager REX RIALTO Theatre Theatre Motion Pictures Deluxe Music Supreme Vaudeville, Pictures Road Attractions Page Fifty WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO Try this Drug Store First for Compliments of Drugs, Stationery, Cigars, Candy and Toilet Articles Dr. Kuivinen Wakefield Pharmacy BESSEMER, MICHIGAN ARTHUR MANN, Proprietor Valentine Haavisto When in Bessemer Eat General Shoe Repairing Shoes Made to Order at Phone 70 DEWEY’S WAKEFIELD, MICHIGAN Compliments of Bonino Brothers NELS TEPPO General Merchandise General Merchandise Phone 57 WAKEFIELD, MICH. Wakefield, Michigan Compliments of Eat at Curry Hotel Reed’s Ironwood, Mich. When in Ironwood Page Fifty-One WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO C. M. Bean Quality Jeweler Stationer Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Diamonds, Cut Glass, French Ivory Blank Books, School Books, School Supplies, Fountain Pens, Typewriting Supplies. The largest Jewelry and Stationery Store on the Gogebic Range. SPECIAL PRICES ON GRADUATION PRESENTS The Store That Service Made” 216 Suffolk St. Phone 688W IRONWOOD, MICH. WOMEN’S WEAR IRONWOOD, MICH. New Arrivals Daily in Ladies’ and Misses’ Suits Dresses Coats Skirts Blouses Sweaters Neckwear Do not fail to see our complete line of Ready-to-Wear. Do you think that you have finished your preparation for Life when the parchment is delivered? If so Did You Learn to Save? Peoples State Bank of Bessemer “The Bank with the Chime Clock”. FLINT SIX MASON TRUCKS Bedell Motor Sales Co. Gasoline, Oils, Tires, Auto Accessories PHONE 118 Wakefield, Michigan DURANT STAR Page Fifty-Two WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ECHO COMPLIMENTS OF (The Wakpftelti iron Co. Printed under direction of Nfuih - tRmtrii printing (Cnntgamj Ironwood, Michigan Office Outfitters General Printers Page Fifty-Three