West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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THE ROLL CALL OF MANY YEARS Did somebody say it can ' t be done? Did somebody say it ' s no use to try? Why, that ' s not the spirit we want at all, But the spirit of do or die. Just tackle the problem and get to work. There ' s no place in school for a coward or shirk. Perhaps it is hard and you think there ' s no end, Don ' t you know it ' s a long, long road which has no bend? And then at last when your problem is done. You will know the joy of having won. I. Somebody asked who the group of 245 youngsters were that were loitering around the doors of Arthur Hill the bright September morning in 1919. They were the new Freshmen who were afraid to go in, for they had heard stories of what happens to freshmen. Do you see them now, with that same scared look on their faces? Indeed, no! Soon they are as much at home as any one else, for under the supervision of Miss Davis they have had their first class meeting and had given the following class members the honor of being their first officers: We may have been considered by our so-thought superior classmates as being a rather slow class, but Freshmen have the name of being so, and so why be conspicuous by being differ- ent? We managed, however, to show the world that we could do a few successful things. Our first freshman party was surely deemed a howling success. In athletics we also made ourselves known. We were represented by Myron Cox on the first team of football, and George Ames, Ray Hart and Harold Laundra as substitutes. George Ames and Myron Cox were a lso the star yell leaders of the class. Aside from this we participated very little in any other activities, but you just wait, in the coming years we made up for any lost time, if there ever was any, for we poor little inno- cent creatures soon began to learn not only the ways of the world but also of old A. H. H. S. as well. Entering Arthur Hill was quite different a story this year, for we no longer were known as the green freshmen, but as sophs, which we thought meant not only to become wise, but to act wise as well. For our class officers this year we chose: Harold Olsen Raymond Hart Mildred Reins Avery Dice President Vice President -Secretary Treasurer II. Raymond Hart Jack Donelly Nan Bauer Ruth Hannum . President Vice President Treasurer -Secretary

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CLASS OF ' 23 LOIS ORR Dear old High School, we ' re leaving — This class of twenty-three — We ' re leaving, for better or for worse, To seek out Life ' s Decree. For some, school days aren ' t over; For other, all, all o ' er. They have reached the great Beginning, The cavernous opening of Destiny ' s door. We leave behind us, workers, toilers — The class of twenty-four — And following in their studious pathway Comes the wandering, innocent Sophomore. We leave behind, our hopes and fears. Our work and all our places. Which now we leave with unshed tears To the class now in Junior ' s traces. You ' ll hear from us, you ' ll hear our names Rung o ' er the earth on some great day. After we ' ve fought and battled for the Fames Of Life — and won our way. Lewis and Ross and Comstock and Joe, (There are two of the latter boys, you know) Hart and Snyder and the ' Dusi boys. Have all enjoyed four years of joys Of football, as those joys go. There ' s Norton, too, with his curly hair. And Lovette and Murray are always there. Then there ' s the Elocutionists, Abie and Lehr And ' Talia and Don and Winslow, who say What has to be said in a manner quite gay; They ' re got what ' s needed to win their way. There ' s Marian, the Manager of the Criterion Staff, And Merrill McDonald who edits the laugh. Then there ' s Mclntyre and Baumgarten, too. Who help to put our paper through. And Dorothy Jane, and Needham and Lehr, Have all pitched in and done their share. We ' ve worked; we ' ve played, these last four years. And now, when we say Good-bye, What wonder that we hide a tear; That we heave a mournful sigh? That other class, the Sophomores, Think it queer, they say. But when they leave their present bores. They ' ll feel just this same way.

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. In athletics we were distinguished by Myron Cox and Raymond Hart on first team foot- ball, and also by Myron Cox, Leland Walker, Clifford Currott and Nick Mangutz in baseball. Now you see, as Coue says, Day by day, in every way, we were getting better and better. III. Now, we were Juniors, and what a class, still traveling fast on the road to progress. Gain- ing? Yes, you bet, as will be shown by the following: For our class officers we elected: Henry Snyder President Avery Dice Vice President Roswell Burrows Treasurer Mildred Reins Secretary Miss Clarke Class Advisor During the course of this year we were very active and succeeded in many worth while attempts. Our first activity of the year was the Junior Play given February tenth. From this we obtained means enough to enable us to join with the Seniors in giving a joint Junior-Senior banquet. Another of our social events of the year was the Junior Hop, given March 27 at the Annex. This was one of the most successful parties of the year, not even the dignified Seniors could beat us in this line. The banquet which closed the social season was also a successful event, here again we showed our ability as a class, by keeping the old memorial horn from the anxious Sophs. Ray Hart, captain-elect of the next year ' s football squad, Nicholas Mangutz and Myron Cox upheld the honors of their class in football. George Needham, Russell Norton and Hugh Bloomfield were substitutes. Wallace and Arduino Ardussi, Kenneth Schurr, John Cronk, and George Kaiser were on the second team squad. Others who distinguished themselves in athlet- ics were Clifford Currott, William Dembinske, Frederick Galarno, and Junior Lewis. Now with t his record, if we don ' t show ourselves to be the best Senior class in history, it surely won ' t be because we haven ' t the material. IV. At last we know that we are not to be disappointed, for we have all finally obtained our goal, that of becoming an envied, dignified Senior, and also because we shall be able to show the Alumni that we are the largest graduating class to leave Arthur Hill to date. We began to realize upon coming back for the last year, that we must set a good pace for the under-classmen, so we immediately set about to elect our class officers. We chose to represent us for the last time in Arthur Hill : Raymond Hart President Henry Snyder Vice President Roswell Burrows Treasurer Donald Metcalf Secretary Miss Clarke Class Advisor During our first semester we were very busy with our studies so that we gave very little time to activities, except that of athletics. Our class president, Raymond Hart, led the football squad in a fairly successful year, having with him the support of these Seniors: Wallace and Arduino Ardussi, Junior Lewis, Elwyn Comstock, Joe Schmeigel, Charles Murray, Burton Ross, George Needham, Russell Norton, Frederick Galarno, Nicholas Mangutz, and John Lovette. Clifford Currott, Junior Lewis, Elwyn Comstock, Bill Dembinske, Henry Snyder, and John Lo- vette, represented us in basket ball. We managed to elect our Legenda officers the first semester, to collect our dues, and to decide that we must display ourselves by presenting a party. We didn ' t succeed in giving the annual Senior party, however, until the second semester, but even if it was a little late it was surely a fine one, better late than never. For our class play we finally chose Honor Bright, and the play surely proved to be a Bright Honor for our class. The cast displayedtalent which our whole class could be proud of. And now our year is nearly over and we are looking forward to Baccalaureate and Com- mencement. Baccalaureate is to be held in one of the West Side churches, June 17, the place is to be chosen by the class. Commencement, following the usual custom, will be held June 20, at the Auditorium.