York High School - Duke Yearbook (York, NE)

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Way We were represented by Goldie Hickman at the dis- trict contest. The popularity of Helen Wigl1t11ran landed her in tl1e presidential chair, and we honored W1'igl1t Newman by electing him vice-president and secretary. As We stated before we are very modest, but We are also very willing to believe the nice things said about us and then live up to our reputation. We were very ereditably represented in the spelling contest. Goldie Hickman won lirst place in the county contest in the oral class and went to tl1e district eontest at Grand lsland. There is one thing we do detest, and that is bragging, and so as to prevent the appearance of this, We have been compelled to omit many things that would have added greatly to our praise, but the truth must be confessed: There has never been another class like us, and of course there never will be. VAN ITY The Seniors went out for a sleigh ride one night Tn the blissfullest kind of bliss, But tl1e blissfulness iled when the bob was upset And they all landed qsni mill 'sup

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A 1' I X 77112,5z1e B W P' ' ,I i'i'i t I '21 i r r a 1 f ' ' ,j-,Q fr: !f9:i:.M-.iii 4 a 1- Q1 ' f I 13 V-lift P ,..,- -' W 5 , W Q- - -. - : -'.A 3 ,. T is a distressingly long time between eclipses, but there has been one visible to everybody. The present F1'CSlllIl2lll Class has eclipsed everything. We are a very modest and unassuming lot. We have at corner on high school spirit. We are literary and studious, yet social, and know a good thing when we see it, for instance, the present Freshnian Class. In the Fall of 15502 a large number of intelligent young people lfor we are the largest class yet, speaking qualitatively, truthfully and beautifullyy, niet for the first time in the Assembly rooin, ready for hard work and show- ing plainly that we thought our presence, if not absolutely necessary, was at least very desirable. After we had been gazed upon bythe self-esteeniing Juniors, and snubbed by the dignified Seniors, we resumed the vacant places of honor and responsibility left to 11s by our predecessors, the now haughty and exclusive SOpll0II1Ol'CS. Our year began, not as the years of our predecessors, with noise and confusion, but silent yet active. At the close of the third term we were as far advanced as some of our studies as the preceding classes were at the close of the year. We have heard repeatedly from the professors and other sources that we are The Classl' and have been held up as an example to the preceding and following grades and we rejoice at the praises bestowed upon us. We are well supplied with musicians, speakers, and also with good spellers, as you can readily see by the GOLDIE HICKMAN Winner of the Spelling Contest

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ZIBOQS' 1bigh School Quartet ,Al CLIFFORD WII,KINS, First Tenor BUKnE'r'ri+: Pizovosr, Second Tenor k10LLANIJ WIIJIJNIAN, First Bass THIS QUARTET was organized in the Fall of 1901, and never in the former history of the High School has a quartet made such a decided hit. Wlieiievei' they appear before the public the most hearty applause greets them. At the end of the school year in 1902 the quartet disbanded, but like good worthy citizens were not idle during vacation. All engaged in some honorable occupation. The rising first tenor, who always scolded the pianist for playing flat, engaged in farming, the second tenor, who never could keep his tone, took the agency for sell- ing maps, the iirst bass, who never could get the others to practice, sold ice cream, and the second bass, who FRANK 1JAGE, Second Bass sang so lustily that the others could scarcely be heard, took up the work of selling Hcheap erockeryfi Thus the quartet passed the suinnier. ln the Fall of 1902, when they reorganized, a marked iinproveinent was noticed, showing that the manual labor had strengthened and invigorated their vocal powers. lt was through the eiiicient efforts of the iirst tenor that our High School singing was greatly improved. This Spring three of the quartet bid farewell to the High School and its associations while to the first bass they bequeath the duty of reorganizing another, which it is hoped will prove as great a success as the one which we now so highly honor.