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

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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

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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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team, Selmubor and Magnum were also Seniors. And so it was in track. Kiiickeloe, Barrett, Magnum, and Cram, all Seniors, won most of our points in the various track meets. In interclass contests wo were also very success¬ ful, winning the track meet, girls’ basketball and the oratorial contest. The last two months of our Senior year were very busy ones. Plans were made for the Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises and we had to practice hard for our Senior Play. Finally came Commencement week. On the sixth of June the Baccalaureate services were held, on the ninth we gave our play, The Manoeuvres of Jane and on the tenth came the graduating exercises proper, Fhe next evening we were received and banqueted by the alumni association. Wo have always been proud to call ourselves alumni of the Walla Walla High School, and especially proud of the fact that we were members of the famous class of nineteen fifteen.” £las pallot Best Student (girl).... .Mildred Smith Best Student (boy)...Carl Shreiber Class Dude.., Paul Kent Class Thinker..Bessie Littlejohn Class u Allegro”. .Bruce Clingan Class Pigmy....Helen Odell Class Humorist. .. Harper Joy Handsomest Man.... George Cram Prettiest Girl. .....Gladys Kerrick Most Ta l ka ti v e Man....Fay R hod e s Class Surpnser... Esther Yennd Class Woman-hater........ Brooks Sweeney W ittiest Man. . . . . , ♦ Thomas Routine Class Hermit.George Clark Best Dancer (hoy).Gaylord Uppington Best Dancer (girl).Grace Roddy Class Suffragette. ...... . .Rita Hobbs Most Lady-like Man ........ Homer Kendall Most Reserved GirlEthel French Best Fusser (boy)... . .Walter Cowan Rest Fusser (girl)..Gladys Gose Class Man-hater. ....... + .Louisa Jones Class Accommodated...Edison Schnassc Class Butterfly...Irene Gross Class Dickens” ..Everell Cation Class Burns”...Kenneth Pierce Class Architect. . .. Howard Chapman Noisiest Girl.. Susie Crawford Teacher-to-be...Emma Cord in er Class Seamstress. ... . Derotha Starrett Gentlest Girl. Lucie Magallon Class Live-wire...Bertha McConnell Most Business-like Man. ......Lester Barrett Best Disposifirmed Girl. .. Beth Starr Class Athlete (boy) ...Harry Magrunn Class Athlete (girl).. . , . Ruth Floyd Most Dignified....Maud Keen Joiliest Girl. . ..Jennie Kelley Quietest Girl. . Elsie Lane Tallest Girl. . ,. . . , . . Grace Green Class ‘George Eliot’ ' .. Echo Nichols Most Persevering..Effie Gallagher Most Cheerful (boy).Glenn Bean Most Cheerful (girl)........... Beulah Kelly Class Pacifier. ............. George Buehler Class Smithy” ............. Harold Haydon Class Artist. ..Jessie Baltezore Class Runner, ..Rav Kinchcloe Class Acrobat. Will Hooper Most Determined Girl..Lois Porter Class Reasoner.... .Stewart Dean Class Botanist....Mildred Sexton Class Musician.. Morton Pauly Class Zoologist..Yolande Showerman Most Courageous. ..Myrl Higgins Most Steadfast............ Gladys Steadman Class Carrigan ....Lyle Burdin Class Dreamer. .............. Natalie Hiller Class Observer. Lydia Pfeiffer Class Harriet Stowe”..Annabel Ferris Most Business-like Girl..., .Alice Agan Most Confident Girl.......... . Ruth Bishop Meekest Girl, . „.. Alice Chapin Class Linguist. .Emmy Hermanson Class Mechanician...Frankie Kasehurg l. i gh t e,st-headed Girl.Helen Me Leo d Most Frivolous Girl. .Viva Wellman Most Preoccupied Gir].Winnie Griffith