High School Achievements and Dreams ... in 1929

Grandma Lucille graduated from East High School in 1929.  I'm not sure who contributed this yearbook page to Family Search, but I'm SO glad they did. This is such a fun peek at both the people and the presentation ... including not only their name, but what their focus of study was ... this seemed to come from a specific list including Home Economics, English, Scientific, Commercial or Elective. Then it seems that each student was asked what they "endeavored" to do (definition: try hard to do or achieve something), what they "aspired" to (definition: direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something) and then listing what they "specialized" in and telling a "talent" ...

So for Grandma, when she was a senior in high school ...

• Focus: Commercial
• Endeavor: To be another petite athletic star
• Aspires: To be a steno
• Specialize: In basketball
• Talent: Art

I had no idea Grandma was athletic and liked basketball! The steno part isn't a surprise, as she did work as a stenographer (definition: a person whose job is to transcribe speech in shorthand) for many years. 

While some of the answers appear to be serious, many of them from the other students featured on the page were silly and fun. Elva Eardley specializes in "an unobtrusive manner," Carl Erickson specializes "in nonchalant mannerisms" while Inez Elsmore specializes in "being enviously attractive." Marian Eberhardt aspires to own an orphans' home while Dave Edgehill hopes to write a hit song and Richard Elton wants to be an Army officer. Dave Edgehill's talent is "grooming his hair" and Richard Elton's talent is "eating sweets". 

So ... if YOU were put on the spot and asked these same questions, now or when you were a senior in high school. What do you endeavor to do? What are your aspirations? What do you specialize in and what is your talent? Future generations may be very interested in the answers!

Here's a few more pages from the 1926 East Yearbook ...