4A .J"'°'C'T . l ff _'." AND -Al. A IN 'Boo s, Shoes and Shoe 'Pacs WE FIT THE fEET '' ( Ii t tltc- feet 11nd can t be beat In fittiril! those that tendtr; fr l~d1cs f 1r "' ho with c re, In sizrs ~mall and ~lender. \' c. '...c blacks and tanc for men ~nd m _ids And ~ome for oov; and ladies, Bc~idcs a )me of ·'ip'lcrs fine, Vvith pretty shoe~ for bt1bi(s. MERRILL'S EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE IVER J. C. SOLBERG PROPRIETOR Wreck of Building where First Edition of Souvenir was Destroyed. "Dedication." 'ro you dear teachers one and all, Who have ever patient been, And forgave our misdemeanors, Which we know did you offend. We appreciate your kindness, And when traveling down life's way We will miss your guiding presence, Which has ever been our stay. And to you, most stately Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen, too. Keep up courage and go onward As we Seniors used to do . .And to all kind friends and patrons In whose hands we rest our fate, And to our Board of Education, This little book we dedicate. -Vina Ambourne. Senior Class Roll. President-Gerda Wittman. Vice President-Albert Dormeyer. Secretary-Ingvar Odegard. Treasurer-Ernest Monahan. Colors-Nile Green and Pink. Flower-Pink Rose. Motto-" Climb, Though the Hills Be Rugged." GENERAL COURSE. Lillian Ernstina Podeweltz. Bessie Winifred Porter. Lonoline Olsen. Mabel Inza McDougall. Arthur Herman Talbot. Lelah Margaret Garihee. Clara Marie Solberg. Mabel Tena Montgomery. Signe Ravn. Gerda Pauline Wittman. Rosalie Alma Bublitz. Caroline Gertrude Rusch Lottie Mary Brassard. Luella Winifred Luedke. John Joe 0 'Meara. Arthur Henry Webster. Clara Esther Veheau. Albert John Fries. Elsie Florence Smith. Lavina Leona Ambourne. Genevieve May Bowell. COMMERCIAL COURSE. Flossie Ida Christenson. Albert Ferdinand Dormeyer. Ingvar Olaf Odegard. Vincent Duane Allen. Ernest Monahan. Staff of Souvenir Edition. TopORow- E. Monahan. A. Talbot, A. Dormeyer, Al. Fries. Lower Row-Lelah Garihee, Winifred Porter, Lottie Brassard, Jva Olsen, The School Bell Echoes SOUVENIR EDITION, CLASS OF '08 Entered November 24, 1902, at Merrill, Wi1con1in, H Second Cla11 Matter, Under Act of Coo,.-e11 of March 3, 1879. Vol. XI. Merrill, Wis., May, 1906. Price !Sc SOUVENIR STAFF. Editor-in-Chief, LELAH GARIHEB Assistant Editors, LOTTIE BRASSARD, WINIFRED PORTER, IVA OLSEN J - ALBERT DORMEYER, ERNEST MONAHAN Advertising Agents, l . ALBERT FRIES, ARTHUR TALBOT Editorial Comments. For nine years the graduating class of the Merrill High School has taken it upon itself to publish a souvenir edition of the School Bell Echoes. Each year has invariably been an improvement upon the preceding year and we hope ours has reached the average stan­ dard. We have worked hard and may our efforts be appreciated. One of our new and important departures this year has been the introduction of the library reading books. Heretofore, the student had his own note book for the collateral work. Under this system each student is given four books at the beginning of the year, one for €ach quarterly report. They are made especially for this purpose, having the marginal page. The books are then collected each quar­ ter. In this way each student must do his own work. The uniform­ it-y of this arrangement has greatly lessened the work. This year we have had a new plan by which the Freshman class has continued more on the plan of the grades than before. It is a decided change for a class having one teacher to come into High School and have a different teacher for each study. The grade teacher is acquainted with each individual and hence more individual work can be done. This was one of the arguments which led to the adoption of this system in our school. The Freshman class was divided into three sections and each assigned a teacher for all studies. The plan has succeeded well and the class has gotten started sooner .and has made greater progress than ever before. It has been so suc­ <lessful that, no doubt, it will be continued in the future. 4 THE SCHOOL BELL ECHOES. One of our features this year has been the class programs, each class in turn rendering their usual literary program. The Seniors gave a class play at Christmas and gave a rendition of "The Ruggles' Christmas Dinner." This was followed by the Junior program with a good debate and musical numbers, which were appreciated by all. The debate, the subject of which was, "Resolved, That the Sunday Newspaper be Abolished," was original and interesting. Next the Sophomores gave us a program, the literary merit of which was high. These programs have aroused class spirit and consequently good work has been done. Class committees will be better able to make out programs and know the talents of their class mates. "Climb, Though the Hills Be Rugged." For four years this has been our motto and we have abided by it. We must naturally en­ counter obstacles and at times things are not as pleasant as they might be. But our motto has been so significant, has meant so much to us that we have steadily climbed, though at times the hills were rugged. But as graduates we must now expect to encounter more temptations and obstacles, both of which may be harder to overcome than those in school life. After four years of hard climbing and struggling, we have made some progress upward and we must ascend still higher on those rugged mountains or descend. Which shall it be? We are sure that we shall all willingly accept the motto of the past as the motto for our future career. The hills to be climbed after commencement will be more rugged than those before. Yet let us climb with the same vigor, confidence, nobility of purpose and untir­ ing zeal which we have shown and we may feel confident that success will be ours in the future. Commencement severs the visible bond which unites us as the class of 1906 but an invisible bond will still bind us and this can never be severed. For four years a chain has been constantly, uncon­ sciously binding us and this chain is the chain of friendship, love and confidence. We have labored together, fought and triumphed over the same foes, shared the same happiness, studied the same lessons. As Freshmen we were the usual restless, watchful class, who had but few earnest and serious thoughts. Life to us had been a straight line with few deviations. As Sophomores we began to experience some of the ups and downs of school life. We considered ourselves exceedingly lucky in no longer being ''green Freshman.'' As Juniors our feelng for our class became stronger and the welding of the chain was more manifest. We were anxious to hold up the high­ est standard. As Seniors things have changed. Our ambitions and aspirations have broadened. As Seniors we must be the leaders in THE SCHOOL BELL ECHOES. school life and our influence is far reaching. We have tried to do our best, how far we have succeeded we leave to you to decide . .i. othing, in life's career can blot out the remembrance of those happy hours of honest labor and toil. Toil, yes toil, for only such it is that will carry us safely along on the great tide of education. To these beloved teachers, who have labored with us, caring for the needs an<l conditions of each individual, we extend our heartfelt thanks. Not only a :fleeting thought do we give to their noble effort, but their names will ever be associated in our minds with pleasure ai;d deserved gratitude. To them all, as the class of '06, do we pled~e our hope for their future happiness. .As Seniors we must soon resign our places to others. With Commencement we complete our High School course, but not our education. This forms merely a basis, an impetus to higher learning and research. Graduation has rightly been called Commencement, for it is the commencement of life for us. As we stand as graduates with con­ gratulations ringing in our ears from all sides, life seems to us a beau­ tiful thing. As we look down the bright vista of years, our ambi­ tions and aspirations give a silver lining to every cloud and all is well. It is well we do not see the sorrow and perhaps disappoint­ ment, which will be depicted later, for this is all man's portion. Life must have its sorrows or joys would not be half as sweet, for "into life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.'' Commencement is all the sweeter because we know that with this we have accomplished something worth doing. If our High School course was all one good time, we would have accomplished little, but standing before the world as graduates our joy seems limitless and our ambitions fulfilled. Now we begin our real career. From now on we are thrown upon our own resources and must face the world with the characters and habits which we have formed during our school life. Now is the time to show what we are, what we have made of the talents God has endowed us with. We will lift our heads and say, ''I will succeed ! '' We have done our work and must resign our places to others and may God's choicest blessings be showered upon us. • • • • A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood, trying to make the matter clear, he said: "Now, boys, if I stood on 6 THE SCHOOL BELL ECHOES.