West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Junior Officers ROBERT TOWEY. President MARIAN WHITE. Vice President MERLE FENTON. Secretary CLIFFORD BORDEN. Treasurer The committee work of the Junior Class was done by the above officers, and an Executive Committee consisting of Doris Egge, Dorothy Brown. Marjorie Laws, Russell Burchard. and Jonathan Shearer. We of the June Class of 1914 have reason to feel proud of the high standing wc have maintained in all branches of school activities. Wc have shown our supremacy in football, basketball, and track, and our scholarship has l cen of the best. We are now nearing our last year in the school and wc hope that when it comes our time to graduate we will lx; remembered as the lx;st class ever graduated from West High. RonFDT rnwpv Thirteen

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To the Class of 1914 TUB June class of 1912 was the first class which had attended West High four full years; and West High was proud of it. You, when you finish, will be the first class 1 have seen through the four years in West High; and I feel particularly interested in you. Last year I said of the present Senior Class, that their scholarship was in general, good. You are better. I said that the mcml ors of that class had taken imjjortant parts in the various activities of the school; the same statement applies to you. Of course it should; otherwise West could not keep up her standard. But. at any rate. I am glad to feel sure that you are keeping it up. I think I may well congratulate you on your class organization, which took place February 27th. A class may be judged by its officers; in this case I feel sure the judgment will be most favorable to you. In numbers you are not very different from the class of last year; but I think we can scarcely hope to see West High crowded to any greater extent than it now is. One hundred-fifty of you have a better chance of getting that for which you are here, than two hundred would have; for we still have not our hoped-for improvements—more class rooms, larger manual training rooms, larger and better arranged lunch rooms, and a gymnasium. You want these improvements, of course. As upper classmen of the school, you can do a great deal in this respect to help West High- Sincerely your friend, Thomas P. Gruwell.

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■ The Ballad of a Junior-Man Apologies to Oliver Wendell Holmes’ “The Oyster Man.” It was a tall young Junior-man, indeed 'twas not a churl— He sjit sedately at his desk, his brain was in a whirl; The daughter of a banker-man, that was a Senior slim Sat “Kitty-comer” from his seat, ’most opposite to him. It was the pensive Junior-man that saw the lovely maid Ui on a fatal morning, smile at him unafraid; A sweet, bold look, so cunningly, as much as if to say, “Now do make haste young Junior-man. you see, I’ve paved the way. A thought came to the Junior-man, and to himself said he, I guess I must be deep in love;” and then he laughed in glee— “I read it in a story-book, that for to kiss his dear, Lcander swam the Hellesj ont—but will do this here.” And he has torn a leaflet loose, and 'cross the shining space Then he has jotted, “Smile once more—just grant me this one grace.” He slyly passes them across—more words as sweet as dew; A teacher’s gruff voice breaks the strain, he grasps the billet-doux! Out spoke the bitter teacher-man. “And what is this, tell me?” “Twas nothing but a clipping, sir; his voice did shake slightly. “And what do you, pray tell, me, sir. with clippings of this style— A-begging for a loving look, a-begging for a smile?” Out S|K)ke the iron-hearted man, “Now get thee hence, my lad I’ll meet you at the oflicc soon; the issue will 1 c sad. And as for you. Miss Senior Maid, take that scat over there And keep it permanent, and of some future wrong take care!” Alas for those two loving ones! For those who’d sweetly planned! For he was taken to the “Head. and from the school was “canned!” But fate has interposed for them, in pity of their ban, And now they’re keeping house for two. on the “installment plan' Merle Fenton. Ii-fm-h. ipunpa