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

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l iiizinrg nf the Qllaz.-1 nf 1518 ISTORY is :in account of events, a true story as distinguished from romance-distinguished also from annals, which relates the facts and events of each year, from biography, which is the record of an in- dividual. How, if I should confine myself to what VVebster defines as history, L can I tell you the story of our class? How can I tell it, if I may not relate the facts and events of each year singly 'I The events of the first year in which we were known as a class of Vifestern High are as dif- ferent from those of the second as earth is different from water. How can I tell it, if I may not tell the record of an individual? Our ideals and aims, our very life, as a class, are but expressions of each individual's ambition. Then, how shall I tell our history? W'hen, as Freshmen, we first came to Western, we had magnificent ideas in which life at high school was a great awesome sceine of all work and no play. WVe forgot that work and no play makes Johnny a duill boy, or Susie a very dull girl. Perhaps that is why we ranked so high in scholanly pursuits: or perhaps only our natural ability wus the cause of our high averages in studies-a View I hope you are magnanimous enough to take. It took fully a month for the happy atmosphere of NVestern to overcome our inert love of play. Then the class of '18 sent many recruits to be armed twith athletic toggeryl, drilled, and trained. Among those are many of our school's most prominent athletes. The only achievement of any note which occurred during that first year was our victory at the Field Day sports, in which selveral Freshmen taided by a few Seniorsb won the school cup. X Last September, as soon as school began, we organized, and as an organization we determined to edit the Sophomore paper, Odds and Ends. Committees were chosen, and work progressed steadily, until we were soon able to announce the com- pletion of the paper. Everyone was eager to obtain his copy and we promised that on Vvednesday, December 15, they should be purchased. On Monday it was neces- sary that school should be closed because an epidemic of lagrippe touring the city did not forget to visit NVestern. Only the co-operation of the west side merchants, who became distributing agents, and of the students prevented the paper from be- ing' a near-failure. An occurrence of less importance was the Sophomore supper. This was a pleasing social affztil' in which we were alll glad to participate. As a closing event of this school term, the class observed May Day with ex- ercises in the school auditorium. P ,Soon we will no longer be known as Sophpmores. But the spirit we have shown in all our enterprises must characterize your class during both the Junior and Senior years, MYRTLE SCHOMAKER. l 48 l ' 1 1 .

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