Walla Walla High School - Royal Blue Yearbook (Walla Walla, WA)

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rf ' ■ I rCT cH ROYAL BLUE ESSIES Annals o! tfje Clares of ’15 BRUCE WAID CLINGAN “Here’s a letter for you, Grandpa.” The old man took the envelope, opened it, and drew out a handsomely engraved invitation. “It ' s a Commencement invitation, Bob, from the class of 7 65 of the Walla Walla High School, Niue teen sixty-five! It- doesn’t seem possible, but Ii is fifty years since I, too, was graduated from the Walla Walla High School.” “Tell me something of your high school days, Grandpa. School life must have changed considerably in fifty years.” “Yes, it has. Many studies which we were required to take are not taught any more. Yon also have finer buildings and better equipment now than we had them Why, one year we were so crowded that portable buildings were placed upon the campus for extra class rooms. Almost everything about the old school has improved, but the training given even then was excellent. “1 remember well the day onr class, the class of 7 15, entered high school for the first time. We were all timid and bashful and when we walked into the Assembly Hall we were greeted with: Hee, Haw, Haw, Hee, Haw, Haw, Freshmen want their Ma, Ma, Mai “Then there was much cheering and clapping on the part of the upper¬ classmen, all of which added to our embarrassment. When the confusion sub¬ sided, the principal patiently explained to us the mysteries of courses, periods, and schedules. We had some difficulty finding our way about the school those first few days, but after a time we were just as much at home as the Seniors. “Our new lessons were quite different from those we had studied in the grades. Algebra, and Latin too, were pretty hard for some of the pupils. Every morning in our Algebra class, Miss Sykes would ask, Glow many of you have all the work this morning?’ but it was very seldom that we were all able to stand up when this question was asked. “About the middle of October a class meeting was called by our presi¬ dent, Gaylord Upington, and we made plans for our first social affair. It was to be a Hallowe’en masquerade party in the gymnasium. We were warned to keep our plans secret for fear of the Sophomores, Acting upon Miss Blyrm’s advice, we all met at the home of one of the girls and went to the party in a body. Everyone wore a costume and a mask and we bad a great

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HARFjBR JOY tf J 0 V F I.J I. ' HAi ' l ' V ' HOY General Course. Band (4, 3, 2, 1)-Manager of the Band f4, 2 f 1)-Minstrel Show (4, 2, 1 )- Director of the Minstrel Show (2)-Glee Club (4, 3, 2 } 1)-Orchestra (2, 1)-Opera Pris¬ cilla (2). U A poor actor thus struts and frets his ire upon the stage and then is heard no more.” RUTH FLOYD General Course. Girls ' Glee Club (4, 3 2, l)-Girl$ J Athletic Association (4 f 3 2, 1)- Glcc Club Eh Kah Nam Reporter (3)-Opera ■Priscilla” (2)-Ctass Basketball (4, 3, 2, 1 )- Vice-President of Girls ' Athletic Associa¬ tion (3)-Operetta f The Rose and the Ring” (4)“Girls Double Quartet (4)-Varsity Bas¬ ketball (4, 3, 2)-Captain of Basketball Team (4)-Cbairman of Student Programme Com¬ mittee (4)-Basketball W” (three awards). So much one girl can do, Who docs bo tit act and know.” RITA HOBBS College Preparatory Course. Desirous of equality in all I kings J ' GLADYS STEADMAN Scientific Course. ‘ As true as the needle to the poleA J. FAY RHODES dusty College Preparatory Course. Minstrel Show (4, 3, 2, 1)-Glec Club (3, 2)-Class President (3)-Vice-President of the Associ¬ ated Students (3). ' ' Nothing is impossible to industry A EMMY HER MAN SON College Preparatory Course. Glee Club (4, 3, 2 )-Seminar Society (3)-Opera Priscilla” (2) -Oir 1 Athletic Association (2). Lash’d info Latin by the tingling rod.” MORTON PAULY Agricultural Course. Orchestra (4 3j- Band (4. 3, 2, 1)-Glee Club (4, 3, 2, l)-Opera Priscilla” (2). “The rich celestial music filled the air.” HOMER KENDALL General Course. Class Track (4). “Happiness reigns only in the presence of ladies”

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deal of fun. Several of the boys also gave a minstrel show which added to the pleasure of the evening But we had our troubles, too Several members of the class were kidnapped, and we had a fight at the gym door with some boisterous Sophs who tried to break into our party We engaged in very few activities while Freshmen, but studied hard and concerned ourselves chiefly with the passing of our examinations, The next fall we returned as full-fledged Sophomores, eager to play tricks on the entering Freshmen and to impress them with our superior wis¬ dom At our first meeting of the year, we elected Beth Starr, president; Mildred Smith, vice president; and Walter Berney, secretary-treasurer Caesar and Plane Geometry were included in our course for that year, so we had to burn ' midnight oil ' quite frequently As Sophs, we began to take more of an interest in the school activities, especially in athletics The three stars of our football team, Cowan, Crain and Magnum, were members of our class. Our class also made a creditable showing in the interclass track meet that year We put up a hard fight for first place, but the Juniors succeeded in crowding us out by a few points “The year slipped away so quickly that before we realized it, we were Sophomores no longer, but had become Juniors Our officers that year were: Fay Rhodes, president; Gladys Kerrick, vice president; Gaylord Fpiiigton, secretary-treasurerj and Beth Starr, Eh Kali Xam reporter As Juniors, we were at the head of everything Juniors were prominent in athletics, in the glee clubs, in the Alpha Gamma Society, and in the House of Representatives In the month of April, the class gave the customary ‘Proud to the Seniors In May we had a ‘scrap’ with them, for they had become quite overbearing as Commencement time drew near We could not stand for this so we nailed our class flag to the flag pole as a symbol of our superiority. By Com¬ mencement time, however, the Seniors were subdued and sued for peace, so we graciously assisted in the various activities connoted with graduation. “Finally came the last and the best-—our Senior year We elected Mil¬ dred Smith for our Senior president; Gaylord Fpington, vice president; Bruce 01 ingan, secretary-treasurer; and Lois Porter, Eh Kali Nam reporter. For our class emblem we all bought rings with the letters AY, AY. 11. S. 1915 embossed upon them. We also adopted a class motto—-Qui non profiat, deficit’ which means Tie who does not advance, goes backward J and a class flower, the cream rose “As usual our class hacked the High school activities, showing more en¬ thusiasm than any of the others Every member bought a student ticket and subscribed to the Junior Annual. The success of our 1914 football team was due in a large measure to the Seniors who played upon it. Five members of the Inland Empire championship team—Cowan, Magnum, Cram, Clark and Bean—belonged to the class of 7 15. The two forwards on our basketball