Western High School - Concept Yearbook (Auburn, MI)

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Class Song Farewell, Western Itligh School Far above the old Bay's waters, With its Waves of blue Stands our faithful Western High School So familiar to our view. When we have left behind us, Our happy high school days, The future shall remind us, Of Western High School praise. CHORUS Lift the chorus, speed lit onward, Loud her praises tell: Hail to thee! our Western High School Hail, all hail! farewell. ELIZABETH PIERCE

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revolving stairways in the buildings. Gertrude has spent much time on this. She says it is because she wasted so much time going up and down stairs while she was in school. Genevieve Church, after teaching for a while took up a college course, and is making a record as she is to be president of Smith College next year. Blanche Pike is now famous as an author. Two of her best known books are The Good Girl and The Scholar. Florence Manning is now taking a personally conducted party for a trip abroad. In this party is one of our old school friends, Mrs. Anna Van Egmond Youno, who is now a widow. Agnes Trudell is a very versed business woman and is head of the main office of a large manufacturing concern. For a few years after Martha Sturn graduated she taught school, but that life became too monotonous so she took up the study of aviation, and now owns one of the famous North Aeroplanes. This aeroplane was invented by Oscar North, who always did soar head and shoulders above us in everything. She travels from one State Fair to another giving exhibitions of her won- derful skill in handling the machine. Wilbert Miller is now employed in the west by the U. S. Forestry bureau. Hazen Frantz has controlling stock in the 'Tobacco trust. Charles Hinman isone of the most prominent M. D.'s in his home town. Albert Light, t'Sleeplng Beauty of our class, has been aroused, and after traveling around, has settled down in Flint as president of an automobile con- cern. Mahlon Parsons is now a short, fat, good natured farmer situated on a very prosperous farm near here. Ammi King is a speaker in the House of Representatives. This position was obtained because of his excellent training in High School. Ivan Royal has made money in intensive farming, and is now a collector of old and rare books. Harry Wetters is a traveling salesman for a firm who manufactures a new hair curling fluid. Raoul Clement is making a name for himself as an architect. Roy Thomas is Manual Training teacher and physical director of the public schools in Grand Rapids. He has charge of a special course, How to make furniture out of soap boxes. I am having a fine time here and on my way home I expect to visit. Hazel Blodgett. Then I will return to Bay City and continue planning meals for my mother and father. ' Yours truly, FLORENCE PRESLEY. .fi-'i'i 'Slim In slr XCMM 1 'N 1 ff? it let W Xl rx .., ff 41 Q if a H

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. ' O 'U History oi the Class of 1914 Junior-. -nun In follow in ilu- furnish-Us of ilu- Seniors Ufficers President , AA,V ,,,,, ,7A ,, F RED THURAU Vice-President , ,...,.... ,.. ,. H ELEN DALEE Secretary and Treasurer . ,,.. ,, LOUIS LAVERTY PON the resignation of William .l. Neal as our president, it was necessary to elect officers. The new officers are as follows: Fred Thurau, pres- ident: Helen Dallee, vice-presidentg Lewis Laverty, secretary-treasurer. At the first class meeting at which the above officers were elected, it was decided that a Junior supper should be given. The date was set for October 19, 1912, and Elizabeth Thurau was appointed Cl13.il'l112Lll. The supper was a success and the conunittee received the coinplinients of many of Bay Cit.y's business lnen. as well as ol' the tat-ulty. The profits nearly reached the half- hundred mark. At the next class meeting, a Junior dance was planned and the date as December 31, 1912. The coniniittees were appointed, everything was well arranged and about sixty couples had a delightful evening. The next dance was given at Washington hall on February 28, 1913, and was a great success. During the year the class was entertained by the Seniors at several dancing parties.