West Salem High School - Neshonoc Yearbook (West Salem, WI)

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Beulah Pfaff “Puff” German Course. Girls’ Glee Club (1) (2) (3) Entre Nous. “Not a whale, but a good sized shark.” Charles Stiven “Cholly” English Course. Class Play (3) (4) Annual Staff (4) Athletic Association Secy. Stock Judging Team (4) He says common things in unusual ways. Ruby Vick “Giggles” English Course. Girls Glee Club (I) (2) (3) Entre Nous. Let no man accost me unless he hath a mighty reason.”

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Anna Hagaman “Annie Laurie” English German Course. Class Play (3) (4) Salutatorian. My brain is clouded by the dust of education.” Hilma Kuehn “Himo” English German Course Class Play (3) (4) Annual Staff (4) Class President (2) (3) (4) Declamatory (2) (3) (4) Girls Glee Club (1) (2) (3) Secy. Entre Nous (3) Valedictorian. She, the hearts of men beguile, with first a pout and then a smile.” Florance Leavitt “Flossie” English German Course. Class Play (3) (4) Annual Staff (4) Declamatory (2) (3) (4) Girls Glee Club (1) (2) (3) (4) Entre Nous. There’s nothing so sweet in life as love’s young dream.”

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V aledictory. It is with mingled joy and sadness that we, the class of 1916, bid farewell, as a class, to schoolmates, teachers, parents and friends,—sadness that after years of companionship as classmates we realize that never again will we be together as a class and joy in that we have reached our goal. We have finished our school life and have come to the threshold of life’s great school. We have striven as best we could to be worthy of the many benefits and privileges offered us by our parents, teachers and friends and we have tried so to conduct ourselves in our work that we would have no occasion to look back with regret at our high school career. To you, citizens of West Salem, we owe thanks for the opportunity that thru you, has been offered us. We hope that we have merited the privileges we have received from the institution which you have helped to maintain. To our dear parents, who have so willingly endured sacrifices that we might receive the benefits of education and to the school board who have accorded us so many advantages to make our work easier we also extend our many thanks. We are very ..grateful to you, our teachers,-who have been so patient and have so faithfully guided and encouraged us. There may have been times when we were seemingly unappreciative but tonight we realize more than ever before what help our teachers have been to us. Often our many tasks have seemed almost more than we could perform, and work seemed to pile up in every direction. At those times we have had the helpful support of our teachers and we hope that their efforts have not been in vain but that they have seen some advancement and growth in each and every one of us. With you, our fellow students, we have shared many a good time and in our departure from school we hope not to be forgotten by you. In a short time you will have reached the place where we are now and will understand what it means to bid farewell. Our school life has been, on the whole, very happy and beneficial. We have often found the way difficult and have been more than once tempted to give up. We are about to enter into a new life. What lies before us we do not know but in life's school let us all remember that truth and honesty are the surest roads to success. Dear classmates, the time has come when we must bid farewell. Our lives lie not in the same paths, but let us retain the ties of friendship which have linked us together in our school life. May we never forget the four happy years which we as classmates, passed together in the West Salem High School, but fnay they remain among our fondest memories and a well-spring for our future years. And now we part—classmates, schoolmates teachers, friends—farewell. Hdma E. Kuehn, T6