Washington High School - Brainonian Yearbook (Brainerd, MN)

Text from Pages 1 - 84 of the 1923 volume:

ell a A Commencement Number. of the me AtTHON IAN Published by CTHE CLASS OF NINETEEN TWENTY-THREE in interest of BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL BRAINERD, MINN June, 1923 vot dl. No. 24 Published by the Students - of the Brainerd High School Photos for this Annual taken by Birkeland Studio Printed by The Brainerd Tribune Brainerd, Minn, es ad du Miss Jessie J. Oldenberg An appreciation vf her tllimitable patience and nnerring justire, which will stand out forever in the memories of our High School years, we, the Seniors of 1923, hereby sincerely dedicate this, the Commencement publication of the is ie, Drainosniar. i Publication Staff WALTER HERMAN Editor-in-Chief HARRY SUNDQUIST Business Manager William Zakariasen, News Editor Dorothy Harris, Literary Exchange Editor Lucille O’Conner, Social Editor Lyle Northrup, Athletics - Eugene Hitch, Humor Betty Peterson, Mabel Johnson Official Stenographers TThis Section Devoted to CThe Class of 1923 Tee . W. C. COBB Superintendent of Schools Without his farseeing mind, what misfortunes might not have befallen us and the prestige of this institution? It is his mild, sage restraints upon our actions and his discriminating permits for which we are grateful to him, and in later years we will recall his philo- sophy. | | : | | | | MISS MARY F. TORNSTROM Principal We of the Senior Class of 1923 and of the staff of this Brainonian are desirous of expressing our sin- cere gratitude to Miss Tornstrom for enabling us to derive the greatest amount of benefit from our course of study as well as creating for us a broader mental horizon and an understanding of the nobler thoughts in life. We also wish to thank her for her counsel as Brainonian staff advisor. Brainonian THE ANNUAL STAFF Left to right—Harry Sundquist, Business Manag- er; Lyle Northrup, Athletic Editor; Walter Herman, Editor-in-Chief; Eugene Hitch, Humor Editor; Wil- liam Zakariasen, News Editor; Sophie Brending Poet and Contributor; Dorothy Harris, Exchange Editor; Marion Bachelder, Lucille O’Connor, Social Editors. cme | | | i i | BRAINONIAN Volume II. June 1, 1923. Number 24. EDITORIAL ‘ FAREWELL It is with a certain undefinable feeling of regret that I write this short theme. Perhaps it is be- cause this last, the senior year, has been the most happy during my past education and because of the thought of having to soon relinquish all these joys of comradship with people for whom I have come to acquire an eternal friendship. It may be caused by my having to soon relinquish my po- sition as editor of your paper, which I have found unexpectedly enjoyable. These and other indescrib- able emotions now arise within me, which are in existance even if they are not in close association with my reluctance to leave the house of learning. You can scarcely feel them until you are about to depart from a place, which has become so familiar and which contains so many familiar souls, but once you do feel them you will never want to and never will forget them. You may remember you were first appealed in a theme “School Spirit” to support your paper; you have responded nobly and have by far sur- passed your efforts of the previous year. I now wish to thank you in behalf of the staff for your services rendered, and in addition wish to have you know that the successful publication of this an- nual and of the previous papers has been due to our staff advisors. CThe Class of 1923 COLORS’ = - +. Blue and Silver MOTTO “Not for self, but for all.” Baccalaureate Address RED. G. J. WALENTA Commencement Address BISHOP G. G. BENNETT PULL TTT ee oo WILLIAM GRAHAM President “Great in Progressiveness” LLOYD JONES Vice President “Just Another Mayo” THERESA EMILSON Secretary “Ye faire classe Scribe” LLOYD LEWIS Treasurer “The watch-dog of the Treasury” HARRY SUNDQUIST Sergeant at Arms “They shall not pass!” Page Eleven | Page Twelve Carl T. Anderson Inter Class Basket Ball Track Foot Ball He is one of those people that nobody knows any- thing but good about. Ruthe Marie Andersen Base Ball Basket Ball Glee Club “I’m not conceited; it’s only my manner. Talking is not my forte; I depend on my smile to make friends.” Isla Lenore Borden Glee Club Base Ball “Blue eyed and coquettish. An astonishing name for so simple a maiden.” Jean J. Burnett Leading lady of Class Play “The Burglar” Bernhart’s Successor? Lois Chadbourne Glee Club “Yoringal” | “Snow White” Life is one grand sweet song. Start the music. Adle Louise Congdon Base Ball Entirely satisfied with life, and happy in herself. Merle Congdon Basket Ball . Base Ball “A good student, a good fellow, but we found it out too late.” Joseph H. Dunn Class Play “Hard to tell whether he is reciting or bluffing, but we hate to spoil his graft.” Theresa Gertrude Emilson Glee Club “The Burglar” “Jack and the Beanstalk” “Loves Art for Art’s sake.” She sings, plays, dances and flirts.” Helen Jeanette Erickson “Maybe she is interested, maybe not; maybe she is a student, again maybe not; we can’t figure it out.” Mardelle Vaneta Eschmann Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” Yorimerna!” “She studies, but not too hard; she has a deep voice, but not too deep; she is serious, but knows how to laugh; in short, she is a little bit of all right.” Ellen M. Finney Glee Club Basket Bali “Yokohama Maid” “Y oringal”’ “Oh, if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charmed the smallpox, or chas’d old age away; To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint, Nor could it sure be such a sin to paint.” Page Thirteen Polly E. Gordon “A whiz in Commercial Law and Commercial Eng- lish.” “Born for success, she seemed With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes,” William Graham Class President Class Play “Foot Ball “R” “Bill is not as fast as lightning, but he gets there.” Evelyn Peatrice Halvorson “If she will, she will, you may depend on it. If she won’t, she wont, and there’s an end on it. Jennie E. Hanson Honor Student Commercial Contest “Could you be true to eyes of brown, When you look into Jennie’s blue?” Loneta M. Hayes Orchestra “There was a little girl who had a little. curl”—b-=t She was never horrid. Hulda M. Hendrickson Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” “How pretty her blushing was, and how she blushed again.” Page Fourteen Walter Eugene Herman Class Play Honor Student Editor-in-Chief of Brainonian He is full of pleasing anecdote, So rich, so gay, so poignant in his wit. Virginia Louise Howe Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” Base Ball Basket Ball If you think she’s pious—look in her eyes; If you think she’s a grind—talk to her; If you think she’s slow—know her; If you want a corking good friend, Get in line—it’ll be worth the whole price of adm‘s- sion, Alyce A. Hukari Base Ball Basket Ball “Cheer up and smile for the ladies� Addie Belle Jack Class Play Salutator!an “Marks, not boys, have always been her aim.” Carl Werner Jepson : Bicycle Expert “Small, but he’s there with the goods.” Alice G. V. Johnson Glee Club 7 _ Orchestra . “Yokohama Maid” “Oh this learning! What a thing it is!” Page Fifteen | . Page Sixteen Hennie Marie Johnson Honor Student An all around girl. As merry as the day is long. Henry Newman Johnson Class Cartoonist “Not much talk-—a great deep silence.” Hjalmer J. Johnson Base Ball Basket Ball Foot Ball “What he does not know about Chemistry is not worth knowing:” Ione M. Johnson Sauce for the GoSling's Honor Student “Not only good, but good for something.’ Mabel E. C. Johnson Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” One of the Official Stenographers “Unthinking, idle, while young; I laughed and talked and danced and sung.” Arthur Claire Johnston “The chief ingredient in my composition is just pure bluff.” Henry Lloyd Jones Leading man of Class Play Vice President of Senior Class Basket Ball R” Captain of Second Team Football ’22-’23 “He occasionally astounds the chemistry class with a brilliant recitation? ? Blanche Catherine Kimbrell “Yokohama Maid” | Glee Club “Is of constant, loving, noble nature.” Lloyd William Lewis Class Secretary: and Treasurer Honor Student “An intellectual member. A good student. A good boy.” Lucille Marie McCloskey “A winning way, a pleasant smile, But we have had her just a while.” Alton B. McGill Foot Ball “Calm and good natured and a strong man.” Ann Marcella MecGivern Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” “How does the blushing little maid, Employ each shining hour?” “How do we know?” Page Seventeen “% Page Eighteen Flora May Montgomery Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” “Yoringal”’ “A girl with a smile is a girl that’s worth while.” Gregory James Mraz “Do you expect to get through Chemistry on your marcell wave?” Jennie M. Nelson Glee Club Base Ball “Never at a loss for something to say and after she starts talking—nothing, nothing, nothing can stop her.” Olga E. Nelson “Olga is doing fine work this year and does it cheer- fully.” Lucille M. Nolan Glee Club “Yokohama Maid’’ “Pyramus and Thisbe” Honor Student “A girl who is always ready to argue the question.” Lyle Wesley Northrup Honor Student Oratorical Contest Commercial Contest Base Ball Basket Ball Foot Ball “When I am grown to man’s estate I shall be very proud and great.” Ellen V. E. Nyquist Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” “Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you may have to di-et.” Theodore Olson “Whenever you see him his head is in a whirl. And all that it is over is only some girl.” Edward Thomas O’Brien “The Information Kid” “Say, there’s nothing too good for the Irish.” George Edward Orth Class Play “Pyramus and T'nisbe” Base Ball “B” Basket Ball “B” Foot Ball “B” “If all of us had his spirit, what a credit to the school!” Petty Louise Peterson The Other Official Stenographer Commercial Contest A conscientious student? No, not part:cularly. ; She’s awfully nice. Marguerite L. Peterson Honor Student Class Play Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” Basket Ball Base Ball “Here’s a smile for those who love me, And a smile for those who hate me.” Page Nineteen Viola Marion Peterson Glee Club Nobody will say anything about her except that she’s: . nice. Katherine Quinlen A girl with a future, niece and classy. Irving Quinlen Irving may favor the five year course. Bernice E. Reid Class Play Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” Basket Ball Base Ball “The Spit-Fire.” —_———— ni Winifred A. Spencer Honor Student “She knows her own mind and talks like lightning.” Harry William Sundquist Class Play Basket Ball Business Manager Brainonian “What would we do without Harry?” ; Page Twenty Alice R. Swanson | Glee Club Alice may be smal] but she can hold her own against Bernice, Freie J. Terava Honor Student Class Play Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” Basket Ball Base Ball “Y’ll be merry. I’ll be free. I'll be sad for nobody.” Hazel Elizabeth Westphal Glee Club “Yokohama Maid” Base Ball Basket Ball “When I graduate, I’m going to get married— I don’t know to whom—but wait and see.” William E. Van Alstine Foot Ball “Easy going, possibly studious. Bothers none!” Irene Adeline Willson “So long as the fates permit, live in happiness.” Estella A. Wolhart Glee Club — Basket Ball Valedictorian “She knows what she knows when she knows it.” Twenty-one Se — Brainonian fy CLASS SONG By old Mississippi’s waters, Brainerd High, Brainerd High! Gather Brainerd’s sons and daughters, Brainerd High, Brainerd High! There’s a whisper through the trees, And an echo on each breeze, That thy fairest flowers are these, Brainerd High, Brainerd High! That thy fairest flowers are these, Brainerd High! Years we’ve gathered at thy calling, Brainerd High, Brainerd High! Now sad tears are almost falling, Brainerd High, Brainerd High! Happy school days here are o’er, But the school of life before | yi , Beckons as we leave thy door, h Brainerd High, Brainerd High! a Beckons as we leave thy door, a Brainerd High! Many lessons thou hast taught us, Brainerd High, Brainerd High! | And much knowledge thou hast brought us, | Brainerd High, Brainerd High! - Throughout all the coming years, sar Where so e’er thy name appears, | . We shall greet it with our cheers, Brainerd High, Brainerd High! We shall greet it with our cheers, Brainerd High! In a world of great endeavor, _ Brainerd High, Brainerd High! “We would loyal be forever, Brainerd High, Brainerd High! And in playing life’s great game, We would magnify thy name, And add something to thy fame, Brainerd High, Brainerd High! And add something to thy fame, Brainerd High! —MISS LOU BARRETT. , Page Twenty-two Brainonian Baek ) Sorry “ History of the The first two or three weeks we were in High School, we acted just the same as other Freshmen through countless generations—hopelessly bashful and ignorant. After we had became accustomed to our new surroundings, however, it was an entirely different story. We started off by having a picnic on the flats across the river. After everyone had satisfied his great appetite for buns, pickles and weinies, we all gathered around a chery bonfire and Miss Scott en- tertained with countless stories. As our class has always been more’ or less prompt in paying dues, our next party was a hard time party. Who can forget the raged “Silas Marner,” alias Donald Closterman, who was unquestionably the life of this party? This was followed by a regu- lar sleigh ride party. We went to the home of Edna Kamrath on Oak Street. All went well until after lunch, and then, girls—remember what a task it was to induce our president, Ryland Erickson, to wipe dishes? Last but not least, we had a picnic with the Sophomores. At the end of the year the number on the honor roll had greatly increased. Considering our present average it is noticed that we have little by little im- proved every year. Our Sophomore year showed that we had over- came the last traces of bashfulness. We whispered in the Assembly and even talked back to the Seniors. This year we started out with a picnic at Gilbert Lake, of course—everyone always has a good time there. Later on we had a party with the Freshmen in the High School Auditorium—the Freshies con- sidering themselves distinguished guests. Everyone will remember the clever program, the games that weer played, and the wonderful lunch—sandwiches, fruit salad, ice cream, cake and cocoa. Again we washed dishes but by this time we were so accustom- ed to it that it seemed mere child’s play. We closed the year with a Freshman-Sophomore picnic at the old stand-by—Gilbert Lake—and we were all looking forward anxiously to the following year when we would be styled “Upper Classmen.” But our Junior year! At last our ambitions were realized and we could walk down the halls with an air of dignity. Our class that year was small; some stayed and others became seniors, but nevertheless Page Twenty-four Class of 1923 - we managed to have a number of parties. We began the season by a marvelous Hallowe’en party with the Seniors. This time we are!! The next big event was the Junior Candy Sale and for a day there was little studying but candy, gum, pop, sundaettes and sandwiches were consumed with great rapidity. With this money we entertained the Seniors at Grand View Lodge during the last week of school. A wonder- fvl dinner was served and the decorations were love- ly; even the roses had to be sent for from Duluth. The Seniors then entertained us by a picnic at Gil- bert. The day was spent in games of many sorts and a most plenteous lunch was served. That year we all envied the Seniors and watched and thought as they marched into the assembly room: “We follow their footsteps.” Now we are Seniors and soon we will be leaving the dear school! We started the Senior year as we have other years and enjoyed a picnic at Gilbert Lak’. The time went altogether too quickly and before we hardly realized it, the festivities were over and each class member was back in his respective hom. At Hallowe’en the Juniors and Seniors gave a party at the High School Auditorium. The hall was prettily decorated. There were fortune tellers, svooks, a palmist, a morgue ’n everything. Many will always remember our wonderful Christmas ban- acet by the small gifts they received from Santa Claus. Who will ever forget the delicious chicken dinner served by th Junior girls? The winter brought snow and the snow brought sleigh rides. Five big sleighs full of boisterous and merry Juniors and Seniors rode out to Merrifield. At Bronson’s Wigwam Lodge the cold and hungry students sat down to a hardy meal of pork and beans and brown bread, doughnuts and hot coffee. Tired but happy, we arrived home in the early hours of the morning. Our class play was a big success as all the pupils in it are gifted with great dramatic ability. Even the terrible storm that night did not keep the people away. Be‘ore Easter vacation we celebrated our Senior Dress-Up Day and you’d be surprised at the parts each portrayed so successfully. Everything from gypsies to fat “cullud” mammies. We have ended our social program at a banquet at the Elks Hall where the Juniors entertained us. The banquet Brainonian table was beautifully decorated and we all thank the as High School students. We hope that the under Juniors for their skillful, artistic ability. We, in classmen will follow in our turn, entertained the Juniors at Gilbert Lake. tinguished, Thus the class of 1923 ended its brilliant career footsteps and be as dis- Lest You Forget _ This small missive was given this space in this such brillianey that it shone upon our minds faceili- massive volume to remind you of the old Senior room tating mental development, which was so familiar. The beaming visage of that Don’t forget the pencil sharpener, the shavings of ' ; [ which caused Monsiur Swanson to hurl so many magnificent clock which served so faithfully before wrathy epithets upon the heads of us innocent Sen. it suddenly died of a broken heart upon hearing the iors. And don’t forget those pictures: the one of remark that it was unworthy of gracing the walls of Ann Hathaway’s cottage, where lived the beloved of another Senior room in the new high school, don’t — that immortal dramatist Shakespeare; the one of forget. Many were the doctors who vainly’ wielded Stratford-on-Avon which also associates your mind knives in the attempt to revive the veteran. And with Shakespeare and the “Red” “Brown” English then there was that exquisite state of a horse bear- _ books. ing a proud Indian, who, although he pled for a Let all these be memories for you graduates to noble cause, wore very becomingly that brown hat lock in your brain in cobwebbed corner. Let them over his carven feathers. Also, there was that be- recall to you your last and happiest or perhaps your nign face of Abe, the benevolence of which was of only happy school year. —B. E. R. Page Twenty-five - The Will of the Senior Class of 1923 - By M. Congdon Being pressed upon by our prospective heirs, the Juniors, the Sophs, and others, we, the Senior Class of ’23 have decided to settle all possible possibilities of dispute over inheritance by declaring this to be our last will and testament. We, supposedly having: a sound mind and being otherwise safe and sane personages, at times, do, therefore, hereby bequeath, dedicate and in various other ways condemn our worldly goods: that is, we will proceed to the busi- ness of dealing out our meagre store of useless articles to the next year’s Seniors, Juniors, Sophs, and two year Freshies. Therefore, we proclaim: First: that the executor of this will, hereinafter named, shall, after our most welcome demise, give us a decent burial, with all the triumph, pomp, an] ceremony of Ancient Rome. He shall also desion and erect a fitting monument to the Class of Ait Furthermore, he shall carry out the instructions or this our last will. For this tremendous task he shall receive, from our sand bank, the three goose-eggs that the Seniors won from the rest of the classes. Second: that the following articles, which are be- queated to the respective heirs, are all we have left of worldly goods. We wish we had more to give away, but we are glad we have a chance to get rid of what we have. List ye then to our remains. 1. George Orth, our respected and adm'red com- rade of the Seniors, does hereby bequeath, w:th his best wishes, his surplus of nerve when facing an audience, to Alpha Fogelstrom, an idol of the Jun- iors, and hops that he will make use of this valuable gift should the time arrive. George says, “ogey’s nerve is in a football line.” 2. Vanny Jepson bequeaths his ability to perform on a velocipede to Earl Peterson and hopes that he will amuse hisclassmates in the future, as Vanny has in the past, and who still makes us smile. He also gives his style of accordion playing to Lester Bur- ton. Besides this he leaves his new popular piece, “The Jew’s Harp Lament,” to Mr. Swanson, our faithful janitor. 3. Art Johnson bequeaths what we hape is his last pair of short trousers to George Harris, and wonders if they would be too large for George when Page Twenty-six he is a Senior. Incidentally, Art also leaves his ability to read a perfect chemistry lesson from an open book to anyone who cares for it. 4. To Mr. Hitchcock, the Class leaves the further supervision of the Champion Marble Team of. the B. H. S. As you all know, this team consists of three crack shots: “Rosy” Rosenberg, “Bus-Fitz” and “King Jerry.” We present to the manager of this team, this small appreciation of their Herculean efforts. As Jerry was last year’s successful man- ager, we presume he will be this year’s, and there- fore, we trust our gift to him. 5. To Mr. White, we leave the direction of the “Freshie Crack Spitball Squad.” We have noticed their persistent practice, and therefore, we present this piece of ordnance to assist them in winn'ng the next year’s championship. We express the wish that Mr. White take care of it until it becomes useful. 6. Irving Quinlen leaves his industrious nature and willingness to study to Kenneth Hodgson. 7. Henry Johnson, our Class poet, dedicates his unfinished poem, entitled, “Oh, Gee! I’m Tired,” to Bus Lowe. 8. Kay and Skinny leave their vamping smiles and dancing partners to Dolly Quinlen and Katherine Nolan. Kay and Skinny think it’s best to keep things in the family. 9. Walter Herman leaves his lazy natzre and in- difference to classes to Wm. Opsahl. 10. Lyle Northrup and Jenny Hanson, chamv typists, lave their combined energy to Gerald Schrad- er ,who is a natural speed demon at a typewriter, with the hopes that Gerald will some day win the World’s Championship. 11. Lloyd Jones, alias “Casey,” leaves behind his famous “Fox Trot” to Virgil Quanstrom. 12. Bernice Reid, our champ boxe, and Mar- guerite Peterson, her coach and sparring partner, leave their scrappy disposit‘ons to Charles Hofman and Kenneth Nicholson. 13. Hjalmer Johnson leaves his amb't‘ovs nat:re, when practicing with drafting instruments, to Lester Burton, and hopes that Lester will proceed to ac- quire a few scattered A’s from Mr. Rosel. 14. About the only thing of real value that we, . B Brainonian the Class of ’23, leave to this school, is a flock of beautiful, new lockers, into which the football, bas- ketball and baseball men can toss their duds with im- punity. We hope the boys will use these lockers gently and so prolong their stay in the B. H. S., but as they are made of iron the lockers ought to stay longer than the boys. 15. And last, we have decided that the executor of this will shall be Kenneth Bouma, as we know he will be able to carry out our instructions. In testimony whereof, to prove this genuine, we have here subscribed our name and affixed our seal, this last day of May in the year of our Lord nine- teen hundred twenty three. (Seal) CLASS OF ’23. Witnesses, who have honored us with their signa- tures, are: PA DENT, UNCLE JOSH. Senior Statistics CLASS BEAUTY Bernice Reid Handsomest Boy | Joe Dunn Brainiest Girl : Ione Johnson Class Gossips Ed Tom O’Brien L-cille Nolan Most Conceited Boy Lyle Northrup Most Conceited Girl Lois Chadbourn2 Best Athlette George Orth Laziest Boy , Irving Quinlen Class Favorite Billy Graham Biggest Bluffer | Joe Dunn Best Dancers Lloyd Jones Lucille Nolan - Nerviest Boy Arthur Johnston Most Melancholy Hjalmer Johnson Best Natured Blanche Kimbrel] Some of the Seniors are so hard working that one —Joe D.—had that his highest aim in life was to get to bed at 10. Merle wanted to be a coal heaver on an ocean liner; Billy Van and his bunch dream of climbing the Woolworth building: Alyce to reach Mars; Carl Anderson to pedal up Mt. Everest on a bicycle; Ted to Rival John D. controlling oil—these are the frivolous—there are serious sotls who want to be something decidedly worth while—a great pub- lic benefactor—while others want to be teachers and doctors and engineers and nurses. These are the four most popular indoor sports of the future. Many are going to college or normal next year. There will be Paderewskis and Galli Curcis galore if their dreams come true. Websters will thrill the world with their eloquence, Irene Castles and Ted Shawns are to be found in the graduates—Aces will travel] the skies in their aeroplanes. Most of the class have famous pedigrees—Adam seems to be quite popular as a forbear; St. Patrick runs him a close second; the Queen of Sheba is next in popularity, but, the favorite of all] is the famous King Tut; a good Swede claims to come from Eric, the Red; Harry goes back 9,504,758,263 000 kilo- meters. Joe goes back to Thomas a’ Becket, Casey to John Paul Jones, Kay to Katherine of Russia, Lucille to Cleopatra—we can believe that—Addie to | Bobbie Burns. Chemistry is almost unanimously chosen as the hardest subjects, with mathematics a close second. Th combined weight of this illustrious class would sink a battleship; the class put end to end would reach the first lap to King Tut’s tomb, their favorite ancestor. They could do that, or hang from the 52nd story of the Woolworth Building. But the first would be more adventurous. And the years of the Seniors, the first would go back to the time when King Alfred made his peace with the Danes—Lyle was probably wielding a battle axe at that time. Their musical instruments are varied—they can form a band with everything from a Jew’s Harp to a uke. Their favorite songs run from the classic, “Love’s Old Sweet Song” to “The Dark Town Strut- ter’s Ball.” They get up from 6 to 8:30; they go to bd from 9:30 to dusk, don’t mention it! As to qualities most admired in women—they all want beauty and grace—a few sensible souls want common sense, but that’s secondary—in men they want dancing ability, some few, brains, but no one seemed to care whether they were good fanciers, they did ask for courage. Page Twenty-seven —————$——a ——— —— ——— Class Prophecy - In 1938 By The “Victoria” was making her way calmly over the blue-green waters as the noon-day sun fell upon her deck. It had been three days since I had turned my back on “God’s country”—as Jack London would say—and now I gazed out on the very unchangeable sea. I had left—“The Reindeer King’’—Hjalmer John- son, on the large tier of docks at Nome. He had gone into Alaska for experience in his new idea of “Animal Life.” Hjalmer found the northern deer so interesting that he invested his money in a herd. Today, when one visits Nome—the great spot of Alaska—he is shown the reindeer feeding and graz- ing on the half-frozen thickets. These reindeer are Hjalmer Johnson’s—“The Builder of Northern Alas- ka.” Bill Van Alstine had entered Alaska with H‘almer. He had crossed the bay and entered Siber:a, where he established his claim as “new ruler” and now 80,000 people in the Province of Alstine, are under the suprior guidance of William, the Powerful. My eyes, following a strange bird, fell upon the captain of the “Vic”—whom I had not seen before— and instead of looking out again to the Water I ad- vanced hurriedly to meet the Captain—Carl Ander- son.—We talked for a while and then he led me to the newly equipped wireless room. Lloyd Lewis got up to shake hands with me. Lloyd was experiment- ing with new wireless and radio equipment for the government. The same “business like” Lloyd. Lloyd told me that Harry Sundquist, his chemistry partner, had followed Miss Laipple’s profession and was also in the employ of the government. Just now he was stationed at the government laboratory at Baxter—and he was termed the “God-send-to-the- farmer.” He told me also that Marguerite Peterson had established herself in New Jersey as the presi- dent of “Americanization” work in the states. Olga Nelson, Hazel Westphal and Helen Erickson were under Marguerite. Olga had charge of Ver- mont, Hazel, New York and Helen, Pennsylvania. Carl had seen Mabel Johnson and Betty Peterson on the Keith Vaudeville Circuit in San Francisco. They were in a clever act with two trick ty ewriters Eastern Page Twenty-eight Joe Dunn which, at the close of the act, proved to be minia- ture pianos. A real “head-liner.” Lucille McCloskey was now owner of the circuit; she was the widow of J. Roger Keith and Carl whis- pered her income was enormous. The six remaining days the three of us had “real” times and when we docked at Seattle we had ex- changed promises to meet at the next “Class of ’23” reunion. My trip from the coast to Chicago was one of the “things to be remembered” in my book of travels. On the Limited I met Alice G. Johnson and from there on the trip was filled with many surprises. Hulda Erickson was traveling with Alice as a companion. She had invested her money in stocks and bonds and was now retired, having a wonderful time travelling. Alice, Hulda and I had breakfast together in the diner. She ordered the famous “Evice” ham, wheat cakes and coffee. To me it brought back memories of “Child’s” in Minneapolis after seeing Fred Stone back in 1923. To Alice it was an entirely different proposition and to her it brought back the days in Brainerd High School. “You know Evelyn Halvorson and Alice Hukari co-operated and they started a ranch in eastern Mon- tana. This famous “Evice” ham is theirs,” she said. I was astounded and in fun, I asked, “What’s the big joke about the cakes and coffee?” Alice smiled as she said, “Well, Jennie Nelson the year after she graduated found a formula for this wonderful pancake flour. Her ‘ad’ is the one with the long, thin, black face lighted by flashing: eyes and her little invitation of ‘I’m heah, too, honey.’ ” More surprised, I said, “Proceed, Alice, who makes the coffee?” Isla Borden and Adele Congdon are the owners of the large coffee manufacturing plant in Michigan. Adele is stationed in Brazil, and with her clever manner, she has the natives waiting on her right and left. Isla has the selling part of the ‘game.’ They have been very successful.” I ate in silence—these surprises had been a little too much for my “standard of thought.” After our Vid . :” ie — tr a Ge S Brainonian S meal Alice, Hulda and I returned to our seats. Alice had evaded my questions about her own success until now. Then she started in. “First after graduation I attended a School of Music in St. Louis. After completing my course in Harmony and Technic I accepted an offer as accom- panist for a noted tenor, Chalowski. After my first year I was offered the chance to try out for concert playing. I made good. That was two years ago and the past two years I have travelled over the U. S. and I spent six months in Europe.” “Wonderful, Alice, I think our class was an ex- ception—everyone I have heard of has made good.” “Yes, an exceptional class,” Alice replied. “But, tell me, have you ever been back to Brain- rd since our last reunion?” “Oh, yes, I was back just three months ago, and Joe, you’d never know the little city we left.” Alice starting in this manner told me a story that made me feel the thrill of being in the city. Three days passed and on the evening of the third day the brakemen rushed in to announce—“A large wreck on the main line near Winona. Train will “lay over” for two days until wreckage is entirely cleared. Train leaves in forty minutes for points in Northern Minnesota. Connections may be made in Brainerd for midnight “flyer” to Chicago. Instead of developing the usual lump in my throat as such an announcement would have necessitated— I looked at the “gleaming face of Alice and then to Hulda. Six eager hands grabbed luggage and the three of us left the coach. We arrived in Brainerd at 9:52. The theatre crowds had just been released and traffic was some- what congested. The three of us left the spacious Union station and as we passed throvgh the clanging steel doors we took the aspect of “The Three Mus- keteers” starting out to explore “our London.” A taxi, a large “Packard” sedan drove up and the two women got in. I put my head in tell the chauffer our destination and my eyes met the same sparkling eyes of Irving Quinlen. “Irv” had always cherished a tendency to drive the “lovely ladies” around—yes, even in the Ford coupe and now he was still carrying on. “To the best hotel, Irv.” The Packard stepped off like a miniature meteor and we were soon in the thickest traffic. On the corner of Sixth and Laurel Streets we were stopped by a familiar looking fellow. He turned his hand “Go.” As we darted through the intersection we found that it was a familiar figure—Henry John- son. “Irv” drove up and stopped in front of an immense new hotel—Hotel Nyquist—Society met: here; while Mary Garden on her “farewell tour” had stopped for several days in the “thousand dollar suite.” As we followed the porter through the shining doors and into the main lobby our minds as well as our eyes were entranced. This hotel in our home-town. This city—“‘ours.” Going up to the desk we were met not only by the clerk but by Merle Congdon. He was in charge of absolutely the largest radio broadcasting station in the northwest operating in the town of the hotel. Merle took us to Ellen’s suite where we met Ellen Nyquist and Mardelle Eschman, the joint owners. Mardelle told us that Flora Montgomery had mar- ried the year after we graduated. Irene Willson was stopping at the hotel—living on the income from her book—‘“Little Aids to Dan Cupid.” This book proved to be very popular with the girls of the B. H..S. Ellen Finney, Freia Terava and Ruth Anderson had started out as nurses in Minneapolis but now they were all married. Theresa Emilson had taken up Dramatic Art and she was now directing plays. Her forthcoming Brainerd production was, “Can She Sew,” a comedy of married life. Bernice Reid had taken up Missionary Work in the Far East. She was the “guiding light” of a noted surgeon in Muskoria and rumor has it she will soon resign her position in the “U. W. House” in favor of a position in the house of this surgeon. Ellen crossed the room and picked up a leather bound volume of “Essays”—by Lyle Northrop. Then she told of some of the very clever ways Lyle had taken in contrasting the “so-called” flapper of ’22 and ’23 with the “swift little girl” of “1938.” “You know, I suppose,” Ellen said, “that Jennie Hanson has entered the movies. She has now taken Katherine McDonald’s place as the “American Beau- ty.” “Yes, I saw her in Seattle in ‘A Breath of Spain.’ dances a wonderful shawl dance. Quite different from the demure Jennie of 1923. Page Twenty-nine S “Gregory Mraz told me,” Mardelle interrupted, “that he has Jennie billed for next week at the “Cameo.” You know Greg succeeded Finkelstein and Ruben and today he controlls all the first-class theatres in Minnesota.” Ellen picked up another volume, this a volume of Virginia Howe’s poems. Virginia was the Edgar Guest of our age. Her most famous poem, “The Lament of the Boy, Seventeen,” starts out with the tris familiar lines— “What care I how fair she be, _ If she be not fair to me?” “Estella Wolhart is Superintendent of Schools at Staples. So you see, woman has taken her place, Joe. Yes, and man is advancing: in his help for humanity, too; Ted Olson is in China breaking: down the Caste system. With the great help of a girl from the ‘Class of ’24’ he’s succeeding, too. You probably know whom I mean. “Polly Gordon has a large poultry farm ton mils out of the city and she drives in every morning: in her Cadillac Suburban.” “What time does that train leave for Chicago, Ellen? Alice asked. “About 12:30, I think, so let’s go for a ride. Then we'll come back and have lunch before you leave.” After riding for a while down Oak street we passed new church modeled after a famous European pre-war cathedral. Mardella then told us that it was the church where the Rev. Carl J epson presided. Carl, a minister! The thought seemed impossible. “But he is converting and holding as many people spell-bound as ‘Billy’ Sunday did in h's _ great ‘sweep.’ ” On Seventh Street South we passed a quaint look- ing Japanese Candy Shop. , Katie Que Famous Home Made Candies The atmosphere of the quaint shop compelled us to stop and I entered. Several girls rushed up to me but were called back by a small woman, supposedly the proprietor. Alice Swanson advanced and spoke to me. I never had been so surprised but as yet I did not know the many surprises that I was to undergo. Then Alice told me the whole story. She had such a demand for her home-made candies that she opened a shop. Some heroine’s name must. be se- Page Thirty Brainonian S lected to carry on the reputation. She knew Kath- erine Quinlen was working in San Francisco’s China- town doing wonders among the poor. She has done more to wipe out the treacherous “drug habit” than anyone known. That was the name “Katie Que.” Thus another besides Marguerite and Ted had en- tered the “helping others” ranks and I was still to find another. We drove by the new High School—a wonderful three million dollar building. Marble floors, wonder- ful class-rooms—nothing was lacking. Today the school held the state basketball championship, many football and baseball honors. The best stenograph- ers in the state were taking courses in Brainerd High. We went back to the hotel, had lunch and left the “new-born” city—Brainerd. After arriving in Chicago I left Alice and Hulda and went to the Black Stone. At the hotel I was to meet “Bill” Graham, the worthy little senior presi- dent. He hadn’t changed his title at all—he was still president. The Honorable President of the United Condensed Milk Company. I waited an hour; at last Bill came rushing in as though the “tardy bell” had rung and he had to make the Senior room door. We talked for hours, it must have been hours, for the guests were assembling for dinner. “D id you hear about Anne McGivern?” “No,” I answered. “Well, three years after Anne graduated she traveled to Europe and finding the Latin quarter in Paris so interesting she established herself in a small store. Her business increased and the students were crazy about her. Last year “Winnie” Sullivan went over to go in with Anne. Anne is really the “Mrs. M. A. Billings” of the Parisian students and she’s doing rushing business.” “But do you ever hear anything about Loneta Hayes?” “Yes, Loneta gave up her promising musical career to marry the owner of a Florida resort.” Bill went on: “And have you heard about Blanche Kimbrel]? You know we thought Blanche was the best natured girl in the class. By her personality and hard work today she is chairman of the Board of Education in California.” i T- ne a = Brainonian S ““Casey” Jones is in the east taking special work in medicine. He has performed some wonderful operations and all the Chicago doctors feel that he will some day invent some easier way and a more painless way of operating. ““Spinnie’ Spencer is the angel of New York’s Kast Side. She has established three settlement houses, the most prominent working centers in New York’s tenements districts. One might call her the modern ‘Florence Nightingale.’ In private life she is Mrs. Forbes Irving, the writer of “The Sunny Side of Main Street.’ She met him through a contest of ‘small feet.’ She won—in all ways. “And Ione Johnson has founded a p-ivate school for girls. It’s a noble rival for Vassar and Smith’s She has called it ‘Iona-School-on-the-Wabash.’ All the prominent Chicago girls go there. It’s s:mply being done this year—that’s all.” “Bill, I’ve read about the work of Art hur John- ston and Alton McGill. Do you ever seen them?” “I saw Art last week and they’re two very busy men. Alton gets the causes, statistics and s.ibjec: material -for all of Chicago’s Social Problems and Art, who has developed to be a great criminal law- yer, puts over startling cases. Together they are wiping out some of Chicago’s greatest problems. “Great, Bill! Say, isn’t it time to think abo=t dinner ?”’ “Well, you get dressed for dinner. I’ll run home and call Lucille Nolan at her studio and we'll have dinner together at Marjohaines. I'll call for you later.” I went to my room and after dressing, I sat down to read the latest edition of the Chicago Herald. Incidentally I turned to the theatre and opera sec- tion—and what met my eyes! It was an ensemble of the talented of the “Class of ’23!” “Again Shakespeare holds the stage this week in two of Chicago’s theatres. At the ‘Criterion’ this week Jean Burnett returns with her ‘Taming of the Shrew.’ Her Katherine is the most incorrigible that we have ever seen but still she is exquisite, The Costuming is done by the Hennie Johnson mo- distes. Miss Burnett’s costumes bring us back to the real Shakespearian times, her beauty enhancing all her gowns. The “Taming of the Shrew” will be followed by the Burnett production of “Bella Donna” after the Shrew’s indefinite run. “At the Brown-ridge too, Shakespeare is in sway. George Orth’s ‘Hamlet’ will again run through the week and perhaps through the month. Chicago crowds seem never to tire of hearing Orth in his - famous soliloquies. ‘To be or not to be’—this pas- sage will always remain in the minds of Chicago theatre-goers as a pass-word for Orth’s good work. You’ve missed ‘real Shakespeare’ if you missed Orth’s ‘Hamlet.’ At the George M. Cohan, Miss Addie Jack con- tinues her run in ‘Southern Manners.’ Her run mounts into the thirteenth month. You'll laugh; you'll cry with Jack in this farce. Don’t miss it. “At the Metropolitan Grand Opera — Jeritza’s successor—Lois Chadbourne will sing in “Carmen” on Thursday night. She will again appear in ‘Aida’ on Saturday evening. Never has the Company been such a success as since the advance of this new celebrity. Never has ‘Carmen’ seemed so entrancing and sophisticated nor ‘Aida’ so pitiful.” I read on—then Bill called. I met Bill and “Skinney.” Lucille was elegant and superb in her clinging sable wrap; her head and features entrancing under a small turban. We left for “Marjohaines;” entered the cafe and we were seated at a small table opposite the stage. As we sat talking, a fox-trot from “the keenest little dance orchestra in the country” took the three of us by storm. This was the surprise “Bill” had planned, for as I turned to look—Ed Tom was smil- ing and wavin ghis hands to me from the platform. This was “O’Brien’s Purple Derbies”—the orchestra that was setting Chicago “wild.” His “O’Brien” Blues” started all feet tingling and one was just compelled to dance. Tom, whom we were all glad to see, came to our table during the intermission and Lucille told us of her appalling plans. She—the writer of clever short stories—the kind that made the “Saturday Evening Post” and “The American” amusing, and the woman who had dramatized several plays that were enjoy- ing long runs. Not to say anything about her 1,001 proposals of marriage—-was going to enter a con- vent the next week for a rest and if her new sur- roundings proved interesting she planned to stay and Page Thirty-one Brainonian = become a nun. What a change from 1923 to 1938— not the same “Skinney” at all! Suddenly the lights were dimmed and coming’ from a stage suggesting a Southern plantation—we saw Walter Herman. He was Marjohaine’s entertainer for the month—and the boy was pulling down a $3,000 check for the month’s work. The same Walt; the same happy, banjo playing coon. His perform- ance was great. The lights went on—people applauded—Tom had to race back—the orchestra started—and “Life” was again holding the sceptre. That night before tumbling into bed I glanced out the window over the great sky-line of Chicago. The lights flickered, making me think of the “Goddess of Success” that had smiled down on our wonderful “Class of 1923.” Then I tumbled into bed, thinking. SENIOR HONOR ROLL Seniors 1 lone Johnson 2 Walter Herman 3 Lloyd Lewis 4 Marguerite Peterson 5 Addie Jack 6 Freia Terava 7 Theresa Emilson 8 Hennie Johnson 9 Carl Jepson 10 Winnifred Spencer 11 Hjalmer Johnson 12 Merle Congdon 13 Mardelle Eschman 14 Mabel Johnson 15 Jean Burnett 16 Bernice Reid 17 Edward O’Brien 18 Lucille Nolan 19 Flora Montgomery 20 Loneta Hayes 21 Estella Wolhart 22 Lyle Nor thrup 23. Jennie Hanson - 24 Polly Gordon Page Thirty-two 6 Weeks Ist 2nd 8rd 4th 5th A A A A A B A B A A B A A A A B A A A A A A B B B B A B A B B B B B B B A B B B B A A B B B B B B A A B B B B B B B B B B A A A A A A B B B B © om had fe” was ced out ® The dess of iderful inking. S Senior Dress Up Day oe The best time of the Senior students this year was experienced the Friday before Easter, when every- one clothed himself either like a darkey or a gypsy. The morning began with a few selections such as “Old Black Joe” and “Lil’ Liza Jane,” sung by the members of the class. In order to give everyone full view of how each one was dressed, the darkies and gypsies marched around the assembly. At 9:30 classes passed as usual and students crowded the halls on the way to their respective classes. However, the second period solid Geometry class was very amusing. The darkies changed seats and Miss O’Brien found it rather difficult to distin- guish the different characters. While Miss O’Brien was explaining an exceedingly hard example mem- bers of the class were busy watching Carl Anderson and his corn-cob pipe. I wonder how many knew how to work the problem when she was through demonstrating ? When the dinner bell ran gat its usual time mem- brs of the Senior class thought it was the shortest morning they ever spent in school. I guess this was because books were the thing of the past as the ex- clamation, “I simply can’t study today” was heard everywhere. The Seniors had lunch at school and it proved to be a most exciting noon hour, as cheerful laughter rang and echoed through the halls and rooms of the. old school building. The afternoon certainly began with heaps of “pep” as the fifth and sixth periods were omitted and all the stucents were prepared to listen to a most un- ‘usual program which began at the end of the period. Characters were as follows: Lois Chadbourne and Joe Dunn...The Two Lunatics RAT AVON ing Escher bids bs Beeaaba ecw s The First Banjo Ngmeta’ aves ils os Sole cys he ved A Gypsy Dance Bernice Reid.......... The Ballad of the Gypsy Man NOE SIAOUTNAT. oo 5S. obese acl Polly’s Banjo Each character in the program was especially good, and much credit is due to Lois and Joe when they staged the parts of insane people. How well they succeeded! Addie Jack who was our beloved mammy in the class play, gave us a darkie selection which everyone enjoyed to the utmost. Spanish dances, danced by Loneta Hayes, who combined with some other forms of entertainment took an especially important part in the program. Walter Herman created a sensation when he sang and played on the banjo. How well he performed in his part of the program was appreciated by the ap- plause he received. (No one individual act was featured on the Senior program but appreciations showed that it was the all-star variety.) BERNICE REID Page Thirty-three inonian Bra y-‘our Page Thirt Brainonian anes) iat at blivns tor pte Page Thirty-five 5 cs t=. Digigonian 2+ = w= he, m1 SA - tt eetete Page Thirty-seven ee ——— i : | i ———— vo = The Junior Year '23 se A clamor filled the air on that bright October day while the Juniors waited for cars to take them to Mille Lacs. All were determined to make this, their first party, a long-remembered one and, after a de- licious luncheon had been served, entered with zest into the lively fun of the crowd. Mr. Hitchcock be- came acquainted with all the nice Junior girls and hated to go home. When the party broke up for the homeward ride, the Juniors, elated by their success, regretted only that more of the Faculty were not present to see what really good times their class might have. On the evening of November first, the Juniors and Seniors gave a party together in the gym, beauti- fully decorated and re-echoing with the joyous sounds of former parties. The talent of both classes was combined in an unusual and interesting program where Lucille Nolan, Myrtle Haake, George Orth and the Tramp Saxophonists (Arthur Johnston and Har- ry Sundquist) played an important part. After many games had been played, and the horrors and chills of fortune tellers and the morgue had been successfully endured, lunch was served. We even had orange ice, very delicious and pretty, though it didn’t entirely satisfy the boys. By far the best time o’ the year was the Junior- Senior Sleighride at Merrifield. Five sleighs filled with merry, care-free students started for Merrifield on that memorable night. Ravenously hungry, they flocked from the sleighs at the hall where cries of “coffee!” were heard for the greater part of an hour. And think of the glorious time at the hall! It was very late indeed when the merry-makers trudged out again to the sleighs. Neither the time of night or the darkness could daunt their happy spirits. The horses moved very slowly, seeming loath to take this joyous crowd home, and, when someone announced “three o’clock!” as they neared the city, who could help the fast flight of time, or who minded the few short hours spent in such a frolic? — Then came the week of Interclass games! The Page Thirty-eight “ fervent hopes of the Juniors for keeping the pen- nant they had won as Sophs were badly shattered. Humiliated and defeated, we were forced to give up the pennant to the Freshmen. A geological survey of the world of High School was made by teacher, Dorothy Harris, preliminary to the giving of the pennant. The facts from “Sun” (the Seniors) to a little green Isle (the Freshmen) were systematically compiled before the assembly. The coastal features and surface of that “Home of the Freshmen were discussed from the largest bay (Bessie Smith) to the smallest inlet (Eleanore Nolan) and from the highest mountain top (Kenneth Bouma) to the low- est hill (Raymond Nicholson.) Then our president in an eloquent manner made the presentation speech rejoicing in the good luck of the Freshmen and hoping that their team (next to the Juniors) would be the winning one throughout their High School course. Amid the applause of the Assembly (even the Sophomores) the pennant was duly presented to the Freshman president to be hung in state on their wall for the remainder of the year. In May, the last month of the school year came the day on which the Juniors must entertain the Seniors. A dinner party at the Ransford hotel was this year’s tribute to the graduates. A banquet af four courses was put on. Beautiful decorations and favors added much to the appearance of the tables. After the dinner a successful social hour did a great deal toward making the Junior Class remembered by the Seniors in future years. The closing event of the Junior year was the Senior-Junior Annual Picnic at the lake. The Seniors royally entertained their successors to a de- lightful picnic supper as a farewel] party to the High School. As the students of both classes started homeward after the party, the same wish was in the hearts of all, that the class of ’23 might have many more happy reunions, and that the Senior Year of the Class of ’24 might be as successful as their Junior Year had been. ; = | Brainonian 5 JUNIOR HONOR ROLL n- PEL eRe ad. Juniors Ist 2nd 38rd 4th 5th up 1 Ernest Bersley B ey 2 Helen Busher B A A A A er, 3 Rose Busher B B B B B he 4 Hildur Finney B.. BB ees a 5 Beulah Lewis B A A A lly 6 Harold Molstad ae eS 7 Lucille O’Conner B A B B re 8 Leta Wolhart B A ee” A to 9 Helen Cutler B B he 10 Thelma Kleven B B B A w- 11 Alma Niska B B A B ont 12 Clarence Brown B ch 18 Elsa Schwabe B B A B nd 14 Augusta Welsh B uld 15 Howard Storzbach B B B A 001 16 Charles Hoffman B B ren 17 Donald McKay B B B to 18 Dora Van Alstine B A elr 19 Marie Branchaud B B 20 George Harris B me | 21 Daisy Backen B che 22 Virgil Quanstrom B yas af ind es. 2at red the 1 e de- igh ted the ny of eir Page Thirty-nine SAGO ¥ Brainonian 8 SOPHOMORES em Yes Page Forty-one o- Sophomore Life oh Bang! The window fell with a crash. The rain drops beat a steady tattoo on the panes, while the sky, filled with dark and gloomy clouds, cast a fore- boding glance over the undaunted preparations for our annual picnic to Gilbert Lake. We set out with hearts, detrmined to make the picnic, which was to begin the round of our social activities for the seas- on, a success. After enjoying outselves to the ut- most, we partook of a bounteous lunch which son- sisted of beans, wieners, pickles, potatoe salad, and coffee. The merry making was continued when the ancient hall, filled with traditions of other classes, was illumined with torches, adding romance to the scene. Many of us were content to watch the danc- ers as they flitted by, but, lo and behold! in one corner was Wally Engbretson learning his first steps (dancing) with an admiring crowd surrounding him. Several classmates started the Virginia reel and our first social event wound up with a glorious, grand march and we separated for home, weary in body, but happy in mind. Twas October the 31st. Delicious odors were be- ing wafted up from the cooking room and were as- sailing the nostrils of the weary decorators in the “gym.” The boys soon larned that Margaret An- dersen was “The Chairman” and were working hard- er than ever before, some showing their strength in unnecessary ways. ‘Ask Vernon Dieckhaus concern- ing the boy that broke so many scissors while cut- ting frail tissue paper. Neverthelss, the fates de- creed that everything should go well and when all had assembled, the festivities began in earnest. Sue Kriegh as a fortune teller, told gruesome fortunes Page Forty-two to those who had to deal with “witches and other night fears.” Harlan Hohman and Pauline Wooden, as chief waiters, served us, who were famished, a real Hallowe’en luncheon of pumpkin pie, fruit salad, sandwiches and coffee. After another hour of revel- ing we departed, leaving a select few to wash dishes and clean up, for which some of the boys showed an unusual ability. They too, adjourned before the fateful hour of midnight, when the witches would hold full sway over the slumbering universe. The sun had sunk in the distant west and the beautiful sunset had faded when the first star made its twinkling appearance. All unconscious of the beauties of nature, a farmer stopped his horses, and, listening, heard a terrific shout which was followed by a thousand echoes that went bounding through the forest near him. He listened till the last faint sound had died away and drove on into the night with the word “Sophomore” firmly pressed on his mind. We, the Sophs, were having a rollicking time. All of us were in our very best mood and the cheers rang out happy and joyous. The horses seemed to enter into the spirit of the fun and pranced along, giving the stragglers behind a merry chase to catch the sleigh. Returning from a drive through the rough town, we drew rein at the High School and went in to eat ravenously of beans, pickles, buns, and doughnuts and to drink the coffee, whose aroma had awakened the first pangs of hunger. _ Thoughtfully we trudged home through the dark- ness, when suddenly the moon appeared, sending out silvery beams that brought with them rays of hope for an equally eventful Junior year. � . B..725 Brainonian SOPHOMORE HONOR ROLL Sophomores Ist 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Margaret Anderson Alice Larson Mardelle Mraz Ruth Perlman Florence Hilliard Irma Brackner Elizabeth Folsom Cecilia Frush Laila Kukko Theodore Lundmark Lorraine Morrison Alfreda Zwadski Thomas Larkin Gertrude Link Leslie Moody Lily Olson ‘ Dolly Quinlen Dorothy Rasmussen Gertrude Goedderz Harry Drake Hazel Lind Elsie Linn Eunice Paulson Florence Rand Owen Swanson Bernice White Delphine Winter Agnes Templeton Harry Johnson Irene Young Rose Hogan PrP Po ik Doon aurkh WON = pen pod SeicoMce ice ce Io cI -- lat all alll og Sere Phe e ype eS oe we om be cr rt er roe ee DP PlccMoMicoMlcoMc- Meo Meo MocMcoMcoMce cr Pr Pr FP PD Pr r PPw Page Forty-three Brainonian Page Forty-five oe The Freshme ay eae The Freshmen’s social season opened with a party at the B. H. S. on Friday evening, November 10. The class spirit of the Freshmen was shown by the cordial invitations sent to the Faculty and the Foot- ball Men. Games were played under the direction of Mr. White, one of our very able class advisors. The as- sembly didvided into four hilarious groups, each giv- ing its favorite yell. Clarence Brown was barred from the game in which they measured feet as it was too apparent he would win the prize. Harold Mol- stad carried off the honors for being the lankiest one there. Keneth Nicholson’s team had the most points to its credit, therefore won the prize (a large juicy pie) for which everyone fought to get at least a bite. Traces were easily seen on the faces of those who were fortunate enovgh to obtain one. Catching whiffs of good things to eat, we went to the Sewing Room to investigate and soon were rewarded with cocoa (with marshmallows), sandwiches, pickles and ice cream. Later we discovered Vernon Zierke in the kitchen with several helpers of the opposite sex, all arrayed —_— in aprons with sleeves rolled up and dish clothes flying. We wonder if it was easier for him to handle dishes than saddles. The last dish being washed, we adjourned, feeling tired but happy. So ended our first Freshmen party. After much planning and postponing, the day fin- ally arrived for the Freshmen Sleighride Party. The sleighs left the High School at eight o’clock, each overburdened with joyous young people. Driving out the old Gull Lake road about five miles, we re- turned by way of the new Gull Lake road. Some of the party were perfectly contented to sit quietly in the sleigh watching the position of the moon and stars. Others not so dreamy swarmed from sleigh to sleigh, laughing and tumbling in the snow and having a good time in general. Still others of more romantic type lagged behind and it is certain that Gladys Holvick and Ralph Steinbach -had to walk in from the two mile corner. A hot lunch, which consisted of doughnuts, pickles, rolls, and hot coffee, awaited the merry-makers at the dear old B. H. S. We all adjourned singing praises to Gerald Ander- son, our president, and Mr. White. FRESHMAN ATHLETICS During this year the Freshmen had a very large class, including many “dumbells,” who, when they weren’t down in their studies, took part in different athletics. The ones who were lucky or good enough to get a chance to play football, the first sport of the year, were Lowe, Anderson and Fitzharris. They did very well this season, and are expected to do much bet- ter in the future. Next came basketball in which the Freshmen did very well on the school. teams as well as on the class team. One man was able te qualify as a first team man. This was Lowe, who played his position very well. On the second team, Fitzharris, Whitlock and Rosenberg were able to get places. In the first game of the Inter-class Tournament, the Freshmen defeated the Seniors by a very nar- row margin, because Fitzharris who was captain Page Forty-six and a very good player, was, as usual, down in his studies and could not play. The next game spoiled the chances of both the upper class teams, when the Sophomores beat the Juniors. Then the Juniors fought hard jin an endeavor to eliminate the Fresh- men, but they did not succeed nor did the Seniors do any better against the Sophomores, thus leaving the pennant for the Freshmen and Sophomores to battle over. This game was a real battle, where no one knew the best team until the final whistle blew. The victors, the Freshmen, were presented with the pennant at a very nice program givn by the Juniors who tried so hard to keep it. The victor’s line-up was: Whitlock, Rosenberg and Seeger, forwards; Bouma, center, and Apgar, Hou- tala and Fitzharris, guards. The Freshmen out for baseball are Houtala, Ros- enberg and Van Walk. We are all hoping that these boys will succeed. sn G Brainonian FRESHMEN HONOR ROLL othes mele Freshmen lst 2nd 3rd 4th 5Bth Bling 1 Elvia Benson B A A A arty. 2 Jeanette Jackson B A A B A San. 3 Ellen Johnson B B B Bb: -B The 4 Alda James B Doh 5 Russell Reese B Bing 6 Angela Untereker B B A B B Sa. 7 Winston Van Walk B 8 Marian Michael A A A 9 Katie Staub = A B B the 10 Esther Bentley B bed 11 Wendell Burns B the 12 Gladys Babcock B B A til] 13 Alice Benson B B a 14 Adelia Betzold B A B a 15 Lucille Cutler B A A A 16 Margaret Eschman B a 17 Anna Frush B B B x 18 Margaret Helgeson B B B 19 Anna Hendrickson B B B B 4 20 Eleanor Nolan B A A B 21 Raymond Nicholson B B A A 22 Sigri d Flatta B 23 Stewart Gile B B A 24 Theodore Helgeson B B A Is 25 Stella Magnan B d 26 Bernice Benson B 1e 27 Bertha Cain B S 28 Edith Ericcson B = 29 Mildred Marohn B S ) ) Page Forty-seven inonian Bra i ght Forty-e1 € Page llormal Training Class a To those who come after us, we leave, in addition to all our material possessions, the following record of our past experiences; a few timely s-ggestions and the hope that they may spend as profitable and happy a year as we. We entered school in September to begin the last of our “Four hard years and One.” The “one” has been most eventful of all for it has made us teachers without robbing us of any of our too human quali- ties. The event of primary importance during the year was the time when we first stood before our class2s in the position of a teacher. Our hands trembled. Our hearts beat high. Meanwhile Miss Waterman with pencil and pad took down many notes. We soon found out, however, that she was not to be feared, and we began to appreciate her critic’sms. We were not always very thoughtful but we adored her never- theless. One time when a great, big man came and followed her down the hall we thought of the story of “Lambikin, Lamb‘kin, ’m a going to eat you” and surrounded her from all sides. till the coast was clear. The next important pursuit of the year was “Print- ing.” For a t'me we threatened to break tp the “Ink Trust.” We printed morning and n ght. Many hostile feelings were arovsed throvgh striving for a position at the ink table, but all unrest has passed away and now we say with the poet— “The tag-board was too much with us; late and soon, Cutting and printing, we laid waste our powers.” As the months passed by we increased in confi- dence and learning. We recruited our half-forgot- ten knowledge of Reading and Arithmetic, etc., un- der the wise direction of Miss Molstad. We became laden with theories. We began to feel our oats. We touched upon the dramatic and wrote some or- iginal plays and produced them and then on the twenty-second of January we were stationed throughout the countryside to test our ability. We became a sharer in rural service and pastoral plea- sures. It was in the heart of the winter’ and the snow lay deep on the ground. The Normal Training Teachers, looking like Santa Clauses came out and found us almost literally “buried” Here we remaine]} in our work. Never for a moment were we allowed to grow dull. We were constantly entertained. In one school the little citizen’s league gave a program. It was un- derstood that the teacher or cadet should know no- thing of the program until it was given. The first few numbers were very commonplace, but the last one recompensed for all. A tiny, freckled boy spoke the following: “As I was coming down the road, I met two school marms and a toad, And every time that toadie jumped The teachers hid behind a stump.” This was very pertinent and reached us all. After we had been in our regular work for a while we were put in charge of our primary classes. It was then that we really began to feel our profes- sional spirit in earnest. We took our classes seri- iously—so much so that for a week or two one girl was wont to arise in her sleep at night and say plaintively or furiously as the case might be, “I see a kitty, mama. Do you see a kitty?” We soon be- came accustomed to our work, however, and began to appreciate the appealing qualities of our youngsters. Almost daily we were shaken out of our dignity b instances like these: | Cadet (in preparation for story of Chicken Little) —What kind of chicken do you think it was? — Volunteer—He must have been mean as the dick- ens. Cadet—Do you know what a corn crib is? Bobby—Yum, yum, I ate off of one once—making motions of eating off of a cob. We would not want anyone to think, though, that our work was so heavy that we had no time to satis- fy our social cravings. There were several occasions of this kind. Chief among them were our toboggan and cabaret parties. They were real parties. We are all eager teachers now. It may be that some of us in time will feel that the tremendous task of teaching the multitude is too much and will estab- lish little domestic colleges of our own where one or more students may be instructed. But now we are going out with our heads full of theories and our hearts full of golden dreams. God help us to believe in them so fervently that we can make them come true. Page Forty nine F. W. ROSEL, ATHLETIC COACH It is he who has coached our men to such a degree state championship in basketball; it is he who has developed our football and baseball teams; it is through his strength of personality and _ of character and through his knowledge of athletics. The Brainerd High School is immensely proud of her athletes this year, They represent in the school, the life of the institution itself, and the achieved in almost every line of athletics this vear, In football, the team has distinguished itself more than in any other year, and in basketbal] especially, has the advance been noticeable, going through the entire season with only one defeat, and for the first time getting down to a district tournament. The fine spirit of our Coach, Mr. Rosel, has in- stilled in the teams the spirit of sportmanship that Page Fifty ATHLETICS q is an cssential] part of every athlete. He has set a fine example to follow during his Stay of two years in this institution. The Association and the school, w:sh to congratulate him upon the splendid work he has done, and for the whole hearted support he has given throughout his work here. eee cn ne RECORD OF INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS FOR 1922-23 SEASON G B Pe A a Pts W. Engbretsen 10 32 53 28 | 92 Hess (C) 9 22 3 0 44 Zarkariasen 9 7 0 0 14 Orth 3 0 0 0 0 Lowe 9 2 0 0 4 Hiekkinen 10 8 0 0 16 Molstad 4 0 0 0 0 Petersen 1 2 0 0 4 E. Engbretsen 2 3 0 0 6 Day 2 5 0 ) 0 10 G—Games. B—Baskets. F, TPrése Throws. FP. 7. MBs, Throws Made Points—Made all Season. Sieg it Wearers of the “B” In the Senior Class George Orth Basketball 1922-'23 Football 1921.'33 Base ball 1922-'93 Wm. Graham Football 1921.‘22 Lyle N orthrup Football 1922 Hjalmer Johngon Baseball 1922 Lloyd Jones Basketball 1929 Mr. Rosel, coach; Harold Molstad, pitcher; George third base; Lester Peterson, first base; Walter Engbretson short stop; William Zakariasen, pitcher, Alpha Fogelstrom, catcher; Car] Rosenberg, second base. Prospects for a Successful basebal]] Season in ‘23 were very rosy, The coaches and fans received fresh impetus by the fact that so many old men were back. Only three old men Sargent, Stoner, and Hurley were absent from the roster. Score by Innings: RK’ Hs Brainerd: 000000 0 0 024) 9% 9 St. Cloud: 2003001006 §°29 Batteries: Molstad and Fogelstrom Rengle, Rickes and Andersen. Old “Lady Luck” perched on the banners of the Blue and White when our ball-tossers journeyed to Long Prairie. Molstad proved the star of the game whiffing fourteen men. i ‘Score by In nings: =� ) nm = Long Prairie Brainerd: 400 000000 F925 game with Long Prairie. Zakariasgen was put in the second inning and endeavored to retrieve the game, but, it had already been lost through poor Support. Page Fifty-one Brainonian { i THE BATTERY Left to right—Pitchers: Harold Molstad, Winston Van Walk, William Zakariasen. ter—Catcher: Alpha Fogelstrom Cen- Score by Innings: On the return game on our goznds Brainerd gor RHE up in the lucky ninth and won the game with two Score by Innings: down and two strikes. It was a lucky finish to a H Iti Long Prarie 80000401 2—15 12 4 Hi Brainerd: 11012030412 13 9g wild game. 7 | | Batteries: Score by Innings: | Van Walk, Zakariasen and Fogelstrom RHE Support of Molstad lost the game. Score by Innings: Bailey and Burns. Brainerd: 22000230 216 cS eee | Crosby made hay on their field, when they pitched Crosby: 022000500-9 5 7 Brainerd all over the lot to the tune of 5 to 2. Poor Batteries: Zakariasen and Fogelstrom Dodge and Johnson. RHE The all-round playing of Johnson, Petersen and i f Brainerd: d Ok O40 00 Bo 92-0 7 5 Molstad, and Engbretsen has been a feature of the . . | i Crosby: 90200003 0—5 3 8 season. A little tighter Support of the pitchers will i Batteries: win the rest of the seagon’s games for us with the | Molstad and Lowe, Fogelstrom. Same spirit that has been shown during the entire Dodge and Johnson. Season, and that is always a feature of the B. H. S. Page Fifty-two : M | eh Football this year in the B. H. S. proved one of the greatest advances, and achieved on of the greatest leaps in the playing and the popularity of the game with the fans. The season was started by the call for players by Coach Rosel, who is now on his second year in B. H. S. athletics. He has proved one of the ablest coaches Brainerd has had and has received the loyal sup- port of the school and players for his fine work in making teams of sort. After a long practice season, we tackled Crosby, who proved too much for us, by the score of 21:13. Our next tussle opened at Brainerd with Little Falls, whose impenetrable defense we were unable to penetrate, and they smothered us to the score of 42:0. Better success attended our next venture. Staples bit the dust to the tune of 14:0 when Heikkinen and Petersen went through for two touchdowns. Sweet revenge was taken on the Thursday fol- lowing. After a long dreary monotonus game Mar- lin of Staples made a touchdown in the last quarter for the only points of the game. Little Falls came back at us down there. And they repeated their smothering of the time before, only this time it was a little worse. The hand-out of “Lady Luck” was 66:0. As if to compensate for our defeats and bad luck we ended the season against Crosby in fine style. Crosby smelt the dust when Heikkinen and Petersen went through for five touchdowns that won the game. The defense was impentrable and the spirit of the warriors was undefeatable. It was a grand windup for a bad season, and it is hoped that the next year the same old fight will come back, and it is almost a certain, then, that the B. H. S. pigskin will rest between more than one set of goal-posts victorious. Page Fifty-three a =. J ? ¥ ij age Ff ifry-four ore Basketball : a sitet mre n aaa ge ee Pine River was our first conference game, and we defeated them 26:6. Aitkin, one of the hardest Propositions in the district came next on the list of victims: We rode to victory to the score of 13:10, We took them into camp on their floor the next Friday 10:9, after Wally had slopped one; in the last six seconds of play to win the game. Crosby hit a stone wall when they bumped into Brainerd. Despite the all-round playing of Stark and Curtis they were defeated 17:14. When we went camp neatly, 10:7. Coming back to bring home the bacon, Staples was again defeated 20 to 10, went back, after the fashion of mourners, 21 to 16 numbered the way out. | Lincoln’s Birthday was a celebration for everyone but us. Little Falls smocked us for defeat our first of the season. The score board said 22:18, This won the right for us to represent Brainerd at the district tournament. here we had to disappoint the fans. We were given no previous practice on a strange floor and went down to sad defeat 42:13. We were up against hopeless odds, but the boys fought gamely, Zakariasen and Engbretsen being the scoring stars. It came as a disappointment to the fans, but Rome wasn’t built in a day, and better things may be ex- pected next year, when the same team will be back to carry the B. H. S. colors to Victory. THE BASKET BALL SQUAD Left to right—Mr. Rosel, coach; Joe Day, Utility: « W illiam Zakariasen, Center; George Orth, Utility; Otto Heikkinen, Suard; Walter Engbretson, forward, Clayton Hess, forward; William Lowe, guard ; Earl Engbretson, Utility, Page Fifty-five Brainonian THE OFFICERS OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIA- TION Left to right—Reino Hukari, Sergeant-at-arms; CAPTAIN PETERSON Lester Peterson, Vice-President; George Orth, Presi- dent; Wallace Anderson, Treasurer; Lloyd Lewis, Secretary. Page Fifty-six | () DRAMATICS test was Lyle Northrup, the helpless Armenians. were twelve participants. weather. Santer” s ‘2 i a Lucille O’Connor the Girl Declaimer a new era in this school. THE ANNUAL BENEFIT On the rainiest night of the year, the High School gave a benefit show for the Annual. The rain came down in sh eets, but in spite of the weather the Audi- torium was packed. “Sauce for the Goslings,” was a clever comedy Skit and was well presented. It proved a laugh pro- ducer and made a a gy Cast of Characters Father—who would not tolerate a Swearing woman in his house..... Kenneth Nicholson Mother—charming and gracious according so Her hushand....°),.. 29. Ione Johnson Grand Mother—who was a classy little dancer in her ea ae Lucille O’Connor ORATORY AND DECLAMATORY CONTESTS This term our school has been revived to the realization of the necessity of teams other than ath- letic, under the tutelage of a newly entered teacher, Miss Oerting. Too much cannot be said in praise of her exertions in that respect. The first winning orator in the declamation con- whose Subject, “The Holo- caust,” which treated the “Near East” question and vividly portrayed the bloodthirsty Turk dominating In connection with and a week following this con- test, another in declamation was held, in which there Lucille O’Connor rendered a most appropriate appealing declamation and was readily proclaimed first victor; her subject was “The Perfect Tribute.” She could not appear in Cloquet at the district con- test, because of a non-passage of trains and stormy On the whole, these cont o fan enormous amount of coach and as well as bein work on the part of the g interesting they mark est were representative Lyle Northrup the Boy Orator Elizabeth—the flapper daughter who found She liked the family better as back numbens..3's1;,'2). 40, ae Marion Bachelder Robert—the son, who finished everything he SURE 6 sisi cin � sg bo Eugene Hitch James Ward—foot ball hero, who was the innocent victim of the family plot et ee ee rer wae ey Virgil Quanstrom “Box and Cox,” presented by Charles Hoffman Lloyd Jones and Dorothy Harris, was well received, all were splendid and each remark brought a laugh and much applause. Mr. Box—the LS RS SEO teat Pal Lloyd Jones Mr. Cox—the Jo) a alte Rede Charles Hoffman Mrs. Bouncer—the landlady... ..... Dorothy Harris Page Fifty-seven Virgil Quanstrom. CAST OF PYRAMUS AND THISBE Top row—Ralph Lindberg, Lyle Northrup, Lucille Nolan, George Orth, Walter Herman, Helen Busher, PYRAMUS AND THISBE “Pyramus and Thisbe” was presented the night of the Grade School Operetta. It was a very clever and amusing performance made especially go by the un- Page Fifty-eight gil Quanstrom were very good attendants but they attended each other more than the King and Queen. died like a man although it was quite a strain to keep still long enough so that his loving lady, Thisbe (Judd Orth) might die in peace. Perhaps it is just as well that Pyramus died first for his “lady” lost most of “her” beauty with “her” hair. Sa nt ere re ee TT es a a Brainonian Principals in the Operetta, “Jack and the Beanstalk” eit Left to Right—Hans Pflock, Maizie Carmichael, William Zakariason, Theresa Emilson, Mildred Johnson . The lion (Ralph Hebert) had a lovely growl, so sweet and gentle, and Charles Hoffman was a most serious wall. Lloyd Jones held the “moon” and Arthur Johnstone read the Prologue in such an im- posing voice, that even the Queen had to listen to him. The performance on the whole was a “mirth-pro- voker” and met with the approval of everyone. THE ORCHESTRA The Orchestra has been a very important factor in the musical life of the High School this year. Under the efficient management of Miss Opsahl they have played pieces ranging from difficult classical ar- rangements to the latest popular hits. The personnel of the orchestra is as follows: First Violins: Gordon McPherson, Loneta Hayes, Kenneth Brackner, Lorraine Morrison, Gertrude Goedderz, Clifford Gustafson. Second Violins: Reinald Hukari, Jennie McCarthy, Sophie Brending, William Backen. Saxaphone: Roy Ericeson. Cornet: Mr. White. Piano: Alice G. Johnson. Drums: Roy Putz. Much thanks is due to the representatives of the alumni, Gordon McPherson and Kenneth Brackner, and also to Mr. White, who, in spite of his various other duties, showed his loyalty to the school by playing on various oc¢asions. —S. B. Page Fifty-nine a Oe x A F = é . A pr AM, 5 ¥ S ‘Come Out of the Kitchen = =... ome Vurof the Nichen si ($s The Senior Class Play, “Come Out of the Kit- chen,” produced at the Park Opera House, was a tremendous success. The cast was well chosen and each played a most successful role. There was not a dull moment, no awkward pauses, and it was played with snap, sure- ness and quickness that led one to believe they were finished artists. “Come Out of the Kitchen” is the story of a poor Southern family whose “head” is very ill and has gone with his wife to Naples, where he is to undergo a very expensive operation. The children are de- termined to get the money, and Olivia, the oldest daughter, leases the house to wealthy Northerner, with the agreement that he will pay them $5,000.00 Page Sixty for six months if they will provide white servants. For some reason the servants employed fail to come and the family lawyer, Randy Weeks, says they will arrive a few days later. So while awaiting their arrival the children turn servants. Many complications arise including the sudden de- parture of the guests, or at least the feminine guests’ Crane has invited for the week-end. Then follows the discharge of the three younger children, leaving Olivia alone to serve the North- erner. That night during dinner Olivia is questioned about elusive Miss Olivia Dangerfield, and then Crane realizes that she, Jane-Ellen, is Olivia Dan- gerfield. He “pops the question” and they live hap- pily ever after. Pa g? S ; a t - ib n é inonian Bra Page Sixty-two S Brainonian Autographs Fae ee eee ae csi Malena alts Sp gel a ee YG a Bins Mines a ia Sie Page Sixty-thr ee Brainonian Autographs Page Sixty -four tt TO OUR ADVERTISERS We wish to extend our heartiest appreci- ation for your CO-op- eration and support. THE BUSINESS STAFF OO i aT PPTL CLL LLL LLL aa MPR. THE STORE FOR YOUNG MEN BOYS We take special pride in our selection of Young Men’s and Boys’ Apparel. Always Snappy and Up-to-the-Minute Suits, Furn- ishings and Fcotwear. No, we haven’t forgotten Dad. We carry a Complete Line of Conservative Clothes and Shoes fcr Dad, as well as the ‘“Holeproof Hosiery” for Mother, Sister and the Boys. JOHN M. BYE 616 Front Street Brainerd, Minnesota It CAN Be Done That was the spirit behind the rail splitter who became President; the bobbin boy who became steel king; the news “butcher” who became America’s foremost inventor; the track walker who finally won the presidency of his road. Have you set YOUR mark? What do you want? A thousand dol- lars? A farm? A business of your own? Thrift will put these things within your reach. Whatever your goal, reach it with an active ac- count in our Savings Department. It CAN be done. Do it. First National Bank Brainerd, Minn. ee NOT ONLY School Supplies BUT THE DISTINCTIVE Card and Stationery SHOP Brainerd Office Supply Co. Phone 300W 208 So. 7th Pl pcde oe ee Re Lloyd Jones—Say, dad, do you think that we are descen- dants of monkeys? His Father—Good gracious no, our folks came from Wales: Miss Oldenberg—Jeanette, give me the principal parts of ‘skato’ in Latin. Ralph Hebert—Skato, fall- ere, breako, nektus. Irregu- lar form. Mr. H.—What do you know about Fielding ? Clayton Hess — Nothing much. I was always pitcher on the team when I played. Teacher — Hand in your book reports this morning. Johnny—I haven’t any. Teacher—Why ? Johnny—I couldn’t find any books written by Jules Verne. Teacher—lI have one on my desk: “Twenty Thousand Lea- gues Under the Sea.” Johnny — Oh, that’s too deep for me. LIKSOM BREAD MADE IN BRAINERD FOR BRAINERD PEOPLE BRENEMAN BAKERY So. Sixth St. Brainerd Verncn L. Hitch REAL ESTATE 320 Scuth Sixth St. Brainerd, Minn. Hotel _RANSFORD 125 MODERN ROOMS a Brainerd’s Leading and Largest Hotel. Just Thoroughly Remod- eled and Redecorated. Kitchenette Apartments for Winter Months. First Class Cafe in Connec- tion. Banquets and Private Par- ties Our Specialty. ——— eee BUTLER BROS. Proprietors i so. ae Tutor—Sir, I ask you for your daughter. ather—Certainly, certain- ly. Take the one that’s al- ways in my-_ pocket. Wanted — Someone to in- form me as to what happens in the back of the room. I can’t stretch my neck any more. Vernon Dieckhaus. Ted Olson—I had a little balance in the bank but I be- came engaged to you last month and now— Dorothy Harris — Love makes the world go around, Ted. Yes, I know, but I didn’t think it would go around so fast to cause me to lose my balance. Miss Spink—What is a flap- per, Gerald? Gerald—A flapper is a girl with bobbed hair, short skirts, wears rouge and powder and tries to make herself beauti- ful. WM. GRAHAM Music Dealer HIGH GRADE PIANOS� and PLAYERS Everything Pertaining to Music Brainerd, Minn. FOR Economical Transportation CHEVROLET _— THE SHERLUND COMPANY Brainerd, Minn. RANSFORD GARAGE STUDEBAKER, STAR DURANT MOTOR CARS STORAGE AND ACCESSORIES Goodrich and Mason Tires Day and Night Service A. J. Welliver, Manager 910 Front St., Brainerd, Minn. HH. PP: DUIN'N PHARMACIST And STATIONER —_—— — -——- 606 Front St. Phone 9 THE RIDDELL Confectionery Store “The Big Little Store” nnn 1207 E. Oak St. Phone 989J Brainerd, Minn. E. H. JONES - Wishes the CLASS OF ’23 A HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL FUTURE HU oOR ae Miss Laipelle—It is not good to keep birds in cages. Winifred—No, they’d look so much prettier on a hat. Russell Hagberg (in Biol- ogy)—Character is the opin- ion other people have of you when you’re in the dark. Miss Spink—There are very few nuts that grow around here, but name some that do. Jerry Anderson—Bus Fitz. Some students consider Geometry as just plain Geom- etry. But others consider it as being, Gee-I’m-up-a-tree. Little spots of knowledge, Little puffs of wit, Make the simple Freshmen Think the ‘Seniors’ it. Miss Spink—How are seeds distributed ? Bernice R.—By the wind. Blanche K. (absent minded- ly)—Why I thought plants grew in the ground. CHASE SANBORN’S SEAL BRAND COFFEE AND TEA Exclusive Agents Kwality Grocery Mahood Gustafson 722 Laurel Street SELECT Cleaners and Dyers “Cleaners Who Clean”’ Phone 59 321 South 6th Brainerd, Minn. Brainerd Greenhouse Company Victor Peterson, Prop. Near Depot N. W. Phone 774W Cut Flowers Artistically Brainerd - Made Up For All Occasions. Minn. no UM OR THE MODEL | G. W. Chadbourne Miss Oldenberg—What is MEAT MARKET the word for tears? Harold Hilliard—Ballo, bal- T. H. SCHAEFER, Prop. tare, ballavi, ballatus. : Miss Spink—What is salt? Agent Dealer in W. F.—Salt is what makes the potatoes taste funny if Fresh and Salt Meats | ‘bee is’t any in them. Mr: Hitchcock—Eunice, are you complete? Kunice—I was, but I lost it. Your Insurance 207 Sixth St. South Brainerd, Minn. John Linneman — Is this drinking fountain sanitary ? — h HOME MADE SAUSAGE | ,,. sles Johnson Hc ousht | GR ANDELMEYER A SPECIALTY Albert R. has been so taken HAT SHOP up by the study of Art in An- cient History that he has been able to draw some lines that show a faint picture of a Madeline W. ‘ Gregory Mraz (in Chemis- ; 323 South Sixth Str eet try, eperimenting with des- 208 Sixth St. South . tructive distillation of soft : , Telephone 65 Brainerd coal)—We're. making -petro- Brainerd, Minn. leum in a crude way. | nee Sa RE Eey ee eae eae ee Se THE TOWN’S FULL OF TALK ABOUT THE HOME BAKERY SHOP, WHERE YOU ARE TREATED RIGHT. THE COFFEE IS GOOD, AND WITH DELICIOUS FOOD, IT PLEASES YOUR APPETITE. The Bakery Goods Are Sure to Satisfy. Fresh Baked Daily. THE HOME BAKERY 608 LAUREL ST. © BRAINERD, MINN. EE AS a eS BUY A FORD JOHNSTON’S Miss Oerting—Give me a AND SPEND THE sentence containing detest | Milwaukee Package Candies d deduce. DIFFEERNCE TCM Scene: Da 4 en oy eee tee test and dad gave me de duce. Lloyd Jones—I had an aw- H O H M A N : S ful nightmare last night. Buster Lowe—Yeh, I saw Sodas Ice Cream you with her. Cut Flowers Lois Chadbourne—I dream- Odd Fellow Block So. 6th d I was in heaven last night. Bill Graham—Did you see me there. Lodie—Yes, then I knew I was dreaming: STORZBACH Wanted—A ride to Crosby. Apply at office of E. Z. Pun- BROS. ishment. WOODHEAD America’s message to Eng- land—U, O- U.S§. MOTOR I read in the paper that ear MEATS puffs are to be out of style COMPANY and girls must have ears again. 306 4th A ve. N. E. Won’t that be awful! What will we do? Wash! Brainerd, Minn. Brainerd, Minn. We take this opportunity to thank the people of Brainerd and v:cinity for the liberal patronage extended to us during our first year in business here, and hope to merit a still great- er share. OUR AIM IS TO PLEASE YOU.—Perry Hard- ware Co. EVERYTHING IN HOUSEHOLD HARDWARE Dishes, Glassware Guaranteed Paints, $3.00 Gallon nee - —_—_ Bourse the Leading Makes of Oil Cook Stoves, Toys, Sporting Goods, Fishing Tackle. | PERRY HARDWARE CO. £5 : 2 a,” oe Gaee © ee COMPLIMENTS GOOD WISHES Gym teacher (to girls)— to the Lots of girls use dumb-bells We Extend a Hearty Wish of to get color in their cheeks. u to All Graduates CLASS OF 1923 Bright One—And lots of | UCCess to ; girls use color on their cheeks For Vacation Needs to get dumb-bells. SEE US Fashion Note—Skirts are worn longer, and the new wool schedule will cause Frank James Co. ants to be worn longer. . Sak see 712 Front St. Brainerd Miss Spink—Ida, what are grasses ? Ida Fredstrom (reading the first line in book)—Grasses contribute to industries al- ready deen dd, “ FERNDELL TEA (She evidently hadn’t stud- ied the rest of her lesson.) AND COFFEE Miss Schow — What did Charles Lamb do then? Bill Opsahl—He gave him a bawling out. JOHN CARLSON | ingiisne?° 1 tat good Bill Opsahl (not thinking’) —No, I don’t Suppose he gay SON sie a bawling out in meee W. E. BROCKWAY “nglish, | ““A Safe Place to Buy”’ FOLSOM MUSIC CO. 212 Seventh Street The Home of the Bush Lane, Mathu- shek, Estey, Cable Nelson, Brambach, and other fine pianos. Also Edison and Columbia Phono- graphs. ; Mus'cal Merchandise, Sheet Mu sic. S‘andard Sewing Machines. You can be certa‘n of geting Value Received. | ener ee BREDENBERG GROCERY CO. Dealers in Fancy Groceries FLOUR, FEED AND PROVISIONS Phone N. W. 113 1302 S. E. Oak Street Brainerd, Minn. mS Ad. ee First Junior—Did you get the second problem in Geom- etry? Second Junior—No. First Junior—How far were you from the right proof? Second Junior—Five seats. She—Johnnie, I hear that your oldest brother has the measles. When are you go- ing to get them? Johnnie—When he’s’ thru with them, I suppose. And they ecall this stuff humor, groaned a disgusted professor, as he finished the column: Bus Fitzharris says that in about five years he’s going to retire from school and make the state pay him an old age pension. Miss Schow—John Linne- man, does your teacher know where you are? Laurel Paulson—She can hear him, Miss Schow. Fountain Pen HEADQUARTERS SHEAFFER’S PEN Step in For Demonstration $1.50 to $8.75 JOHNSON’S PHARMACY The Rexall Store Try Haydon’s Ice Cream FIRST WE WISH THE CLASS THE BEST OF SUCCESS AND SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE WHEN IN NEED OF HARDWARE OR FURNITURE, REMEMBER GRUENHAGEN COMPANY 1923 GRADUATING BRAINERD HARDWARE COMPANY Shelf and Builders Hardware PAINTS, OILS, STOVES, RANGES AND SPORT- ING GOODS 712 Laurel 220 S. Broadway Brainerd, Minn. i on? ee A ee Ruth Beise — You drive rather fast, don’t you? Butz Webb—Yes, I hit six- ty yesterday. Ruth—Mercy, did you kill any of them? Donald Clarke—Why did you leave school? Clarence Daveau — Miss Tornstrom didn’t go into de- tails. Dagmer Nelson—Let’s go and ask Mr. Hiteheock what our average is? Dora Van Alstine — I’m afraid I’]] get heart failure and fall over. Dagmer—I would just as ‘oon have Mr. Hitchcock catch me as anyone else. Mr. Dunn—Why, Joe, I thought you took physics last year? Joe—I did bvt the faculty encored me. How care i how fair school be If schoo] is not fair to me? Gum ption Some words we use daily are truly American words. age, perseverance and thr.fi are summed up in this American word GUMP- TION. Ride a CO L-UMBLA Bi es ee LE With Service Behind Them Louis Hostager “The Merchant That Saves You Money.” BEST WISHES to the CLASS OF 1923 CANNIFF STUDIO 319 South Sixth Street Brainerd, Minn. Patience, insight, cour- It is the ability to pu: the grease where the squeak actually is, ability to have all cylinders working and develop ‘he full power. Gumption is not characteristic of old people only; it ofien shows at the age when a boy is deter- mined to get an educa‘ion regardless of obstacles which seem to be hindering him. It is quite the rule that everyone achieves his own gr2a’ness. To be a successful man or woman requ'res that youth demons’rate the s‘rengih within them and not attempt to ach‘eve success by wearing a false cloak of power. Have ihe Gumption to earn and save, 2nd to save properly and effectively you should keep a savings account in a ber:k. We are anxious to assist you by pay:ng 5 per cent on Savings nd respec fu'ly solicit your banking business. BRAINERD STATE BANK BRAINERD, MINN. SCHOOL COLLEGE LIFE Ours is a Woman’s Store Caring for the Dress of Women at All Stages of a DO. Mw ae Miss Laipple—We learn by making mistakes. Lloyd Jones—Then I ought to be on the A honor roll all the time. Addie Jack (Friday before Lincoln’s birthday)—We do not have school Monday: It’s somebody’s birthday. Gerry Anderson—I pulled C. L. BURNETT Optometrist and Jeweler R. R. Watch Inspector 206 South Sixth St. Brainerd, Minn. off something big last night! Butz Webb—What was it? Gerry Anderson—My shoes. Her Life. Cecelia Zwicky explaining Archimedes’ principle in Gen- eral Science—Archimedes re- ceived a gold crown from a king- One day Archimedes took a bath and forgot to re- move the crown. It dropped into the water and floated. Archimedes was very much surprised. Another version of Archi- medes’ principle—Archimedes weighed himself first in air and then in water and found he weighed less in water. GOOD CLOTHES An Investment in Good Appearance THE PLYMOUTH Clothing House Markowitz Bros. H. F. MICHAEL The advertisers have made this Commence- ment Brainonian pos- sible. We solicit for them your patronage and support.— The Staff. — — _ — a For shoes that are guaran- teed for father and mother down to baby. Come to the Pennant Store. 6th and iLaurel Streets. Satisfaction guaranteed or money cheerfully refunded. Re ——— Compliments of the COMMERCIAL STATE BANK ew See eae © rere °4 Ann Me. (looking at the first question of exam)” what should we write on?” Hitchcock: “On paper of course. The following sentence had to be parsed, in Eng. IV. dur- ing the 8th period. “Give a dog a bad name and hang him.” Miss Oerting to Dora Van Austine: What are you go- ing to do with dog. Dora: Hang him. “Where is Mr. _ Rosel,” asked Arvo Hutalla. “Down working on Miss Graham’s cedar chest,” said Milton Bergstrand. Miss Tornstrom: No stor- ies for Friday! Willie Graham: Bellam let loose—for joy. Walter Engrebretson has said that if any body has any ideas about him and his girl he should keep them to him- self. Good advice isn’t it? Have your printing done by The Brainerd Tribune PRINCESS CANDY KITCHEN —_—S— Coolest Spot in Town ee ee Eighth and Laurel Portraits of Quality need not be High Priced: OURS ARE NOT! Birkeland Studio le Sa ae ea Commencement Carl Anderson (Senior) MAHLUM 4 has decided on being an avi- Pictures ator, when he grows up. He LUMBER is taking a correspondence - course and does his practis- tune 6: 7, Sand 10 ing in Modern History, shoot- COMPANY vee hace ing paper airplanes out the window. phase Sl at the aim He: What is that glass house over there. Student: The Green House. Lyceum Theatre He: Oh, I see, the Fresh- men have a sepearate dorm- atory. Boys: If you want to make a hit with the girls use Hair Franson Motor Groom. Why? Because Geo. Pratt uses it. Company Caesar seems to have a very poor sense of direction EVERYTHING IN He has lost in Gaul, just re- er oe cently. BUILDING Clifford G. (in Geom.) “Tak Fifth Street South part of that line fe lay it MATERIAL out. Brainerd, Minn. Miss O’B. “I’m sorry to in- ALSO FUEL trrupt you, but this is Geom. not a boxing’ match.” DIAMONDS M in f pene Se echanvesn agazines, Ss s WATCHES Subscriptions Taken For Any JEWLERY HOOKS. 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Xe to us than our own: to Prove it 1s The Greater A Mee Miss Spink—What place in ’ The Joy of Living Brainerd would have _ been O. D. LARSON S dest to leave for natural veg- etation? Clarence D.—School house. Arvo H. (giving a book re- port)—-And when they got ANDERSON ready to go over the top, he So Why Not turned yellow. ENGBRETSON Clifford G.—He must have ‘ Live a Longer Life been changeable. Wholesale and Retail Bakery and Confectionery : Charls Burton (in General By Eating at Science)—-When my _ grand- HEW ; father was a boy in 18382, all the stars fell— ITT S CAFE (Laughter from the class.) 708 Front Street . Charles (emphatically) — F . South Sixth Street Well, they did. It’s in the Brainerd, Minn. Bible, in the revised version. THT Ce ee OCCU EOE ooo TTT CEPOL LULL Lok Successful Appearance GOES WITH THIS SUIT AT $35.00 Everyihing is in your favor when you buy a Suit like this. The Finest Ta‘loring, the Latest Style have gone into its making. There’s a new “twist” to it; you'll find il’s differ- ent. You never had a better suit all the way through for $39.00 PETERSON CLOTHING COMPANY TEPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY ATTIRE ECC UCO UCU UU MTTTTTTITTTITTTTERTTTETT TTC Cee —— TT H -U Me @ii-k Willard Batteries Starter and Generator D. E. WHITNEY | Chas. Hoffman—Did you ee know that Kenneth Nicholson talks in his sleep? es George Orth—Is that so! Repairing Chucks—Yes, sir! He re- Spee cited in class this morning. Funeral Director Art Material Ann McGivern to Winnie Electric Garage Sullivan — There are three things that will never rise. 716 Front Street They are: my opinion of you, your opinion of me, Hitch- cock’s opinion of us both. Brainerd, Minn. Mother—Laurel, did you notice that pile of wood in the yard? Laurel—Yes,m, I seen it: L I Vv E L Y Mother—You should mind A U Ee O your grammar. You mean you saw it. C O : Laurel—You saw me see it, but you ain’t see me saw it. a Miss Laipple — What is Open Day and Night AS2038? Geo. Orth—Have it on my tongue but can’t say it. Miss L. (excitedly )—Spit it | out: Spit. at: ont! 1 is: :ar- HUPMOBILES seni! Day Phone 31 Night 168 Brainerd, Minn. DESTINY has been decided for many a man by just that one little dollar he has saved every day for the last five years. When your big opportunity comes will you be able to seize it? Open your Savings Account Taday. THE AMOUNT DOESN’T COUNT — IT IS THE START—THAT’S THE THING CITIZENS STATE BANK BRAINERD, MINNESOTA