The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-28
HISTORY OF CLASS OF 1914.
(Ry Ruby Gardner.)

1919 lQUlNlOudlIy at lulS llIle Is ILL
possible for so many of the class thaS
were with us as Freshmen have eth
er quit school or moved away to at
tend some other, and OF course many
new ones have entered each year as
some of the others dropped out. And
as we come to the end of this, our
last year as High School students we
are proud and happy when we think
back upon the years that we have
spent in this school, and yet we re-
greet that we are SO near through and
as we begin to ponder and wonder
what the world has in store for each
OF us, we feel that we are indeed en-
tering another school, THE School Of
Life where we will doubtless find
more obstacles and trials to be over
come, than we ever found in High
School, but it is for the future to
write down what we shall have
achieved, and in after years when
strife shall have been abated and our
problems of humanity made lighter,
then let some worthy person come
forward to record the History of the
Glass of 1914" May he find rich
material for his work
191O-1911 Freshmen.
How we'll we remember the day we
entered the High School room as
Freshmen We came some with
straw in our hair, some with chips on
our shoulders and a few With blocks
under our hats, others, young lumi-
naries of unlimited latent ability, but
we came, that is the all important
thing. We were but the ingredients
of what is now the Glass OF 1914.
1t would be impossible to forget
how after few weeks of school we
commenced to look around us little
and try to get acquainted with some
of our classmates, a thing which
hitherto we had been too embarrass-
ed to hardly think Of. When We
passed other Freshmen on the streets
we blushed or spoke if we had been
introduced, otherwise We blushed or
not as individual temperament die
tated. Occasionally the boys carried
our books. We astounded teachers
and upper classmates by our brillian-
cy as students
We led the school in debating this
year Defeated the Glass Of 1915
(then the Sth grade in debate up
on Capital Punishment
Joe Waight, Ollie FOXworthy and
Victor ShultZ composed this team OF
which Ollie is the only one LETT a
member of the school and class.
In declamatory contest work We
won two LIST and second, one in
oratory, dramatic and humorous.
Fay Hatch and Maurice Grogan were
both members OF the football team
during our Freshman year.
1911-1912 SophOmoreS.
Sophomores OF course spelled for
us small supply of wisdom. We
deny neither the noun wisdom or the
adjective small. Again We led the
school in debating, besides holding
several debates among ourselves, We
defeated the Glass of 1913 last years
class) in a grand debate upon Dis
armament Emmett Mullins, William
Hazlet and Victor Shultz composing
this team, of which Emmett is the
only one left in the Glass.
We failed to win in the home de-
clamatory contest this year, but a
member of the Glass of 1914 was
chosen as yell-master, and no better
one could be found.
Maurice GrOgan was captain Of the
football team this year.
These first two years we look back
upon and call our Mellin's Food per-
iod We were thriving and more, we
were observing and reserving for fu-
ture use. No one guessed-we kept
our secret well those first two years
what bundle Of fire-crackers there
was wrapped up in that bunch of stu
dents. Every one commenced to sit
up and take notice, at the close of
our year as Sophomores. 1t was in
anticipation of us.
1912-1913 Juniors.
With the fall of 1912 we began
our stored up individuality. We were
in every sense of the word, Jolly
Juniors. Not only for our happy
disposition were we noted far and
wide, we were a veritable jelly-fish
with backbone in every moving por-
ton of our anatomy. No activity
was unexpected by us.
We led the school in debating
again this year, numerous debates
inside the class, and in debate be-
tween the two literary societies, the
Webster and Olymphian, the team of
the Webster Literary Society won