Western High School - Occident Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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Vx , Qllaan Sung Bl I. 'Tis June, the month of roses, Of golden sunny hours, And all the earth is gladness, With music, birds and flowers. But there's a thrill of sadness That will not pass away, NVhen we think of leaving VVestern Forever and for aye. II. So classmates stand together As heartily we raise One loyal song at parting, In dear old VVeste-rn's praise. May fortune smile upon her, May men her name enthrone, And we forever cherish Her honor as our own. CHORUS. WVe count the moments one by one, Till we shall part from thee, And all our teachers, good and true, Vtfho in our hearts shall be. Our love we leave with you, dear school, May all your days be bright, Good-bye, dear school, NVe'll think of thee, Ah! NVestern High, good-by. AN NETTA NEAL 39

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Qiztnrg uf the Qllann nf 1915 LASS '16, one September day, found itself all huddled together in one N corner of the session room listening in awe to Mr. Hunter and Miss I, Schroeder explaining the subjects Freshmen were allowed to take. 'I English and Algebra being required, our choice was limited and it did 'f o not take us long to decide. As Freshmen. we did not organize. VVe kept up a good standard and devoted much time to our studies. lu' ', wr 'S 54fE.. MNi7- 5 ii, ffl Qi' After making for ourselves a good record in our first year, we entered the Sophomore class, and at our first class meeting elected officers as follows: Presi- dent, Nelson Gilbert: Vice-President, Hattie VVilder: Secretary and Treasurer, Harold Bement. On May lst we undertook to present a May Day program, it being the first of its kind ever presented at YVestern. It was a great success and we hope that the plcsentation' of the May Day program by the Sophomore class will' become an es- tablished custom. On becoming Juniors the first thing we did was to elect new class officers which were as follows: President, Clinton Bristolg Vice-President, Annetta Neal: Secretary and Treasurer, Clarence Shaver. Next we began our campaign for raising funds for the Senior send-off. The first thing we did was to give a Junior supper and hop, which was a social as well as a financial success. Nei-rt we gave a carnival. This was something new and different and proved a success, besides adding a few more dollars to our treasury. Then last, but not least, came our play, which was entitled, Mrs. Briggs of the Poultry Yard. It was a scream from be- ginning to end and was enjoyed by all. We then ended up the school year by giv- ing the Senior send-off at Linwood. Last fa,!'1 we assumed the position and duties of dignified Seniors, and to our great disappointment we had double sessions. We elected class officers once more. This time with Clarence Shaver as president, Clinton Bristol as vice-president, and Homer Nichols as secretary and treasurer. We next proceeded to ask for Senior privileges but in vain. U At the beginning of the football season the Senior girls, under the direction of Miss McKinney, proceeded to raise money by selling red-hots and crackerjack at the games and by various other methods, in order to purchase and present to the school blankets for the football team. In February the girls gave a musicale in the High School auditorium at which they took in enough money to finish paying for the blankets. The next most important event was the giving of the Senior plays at Eastern High School auditorium. Instead of one three-act play, we gave three one-act plays, entitled Tea Cups, The Mousetrap, and Quits. The experiment proved to he a grand success. VVO have now come to the end of our career as a. class. We will no longer hear the musical voices of the teachers as they question us on our lessons, or cal-l us down. No longer will we hear the soft buzz of the paper wad as it joyously travels through space, or enjoy the intoxication of seeing the victim squirm. It is like leav- ing home: we do' not realize how much We really like it until we leave. - -CHRONOLOGICAL COMMITTEE. 38 K

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H?5MHH1iElEY WALWOQTH EFFIEL PHILLIPS WINNXE WINKO CLAQA WENDT MATTIE. LAW 'PAYE :ST ITT CLIO KING EDITH BONHELI. HAQQIET IQETA HETZOQG LETA FHGGIHS LJLLIAN CONHON 40