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1898 Graduation Program Cover Donated by Bette Strom.	The Fourth Graduating Class of the Schaller High School will welcome you to its Commencement Exercises at M. E. Church, Friday Evening, May 27, 1898. Eight o'clock.	Music - "The Night Before the Battle" - White Mrs. Gould, Miss DuVall, H. A. McLaughlin, J. A. Gray. Invocation - Rev. C. J. McConnell Solo - "The Darkies Cradle Song" violin obligato, Wheeler. Mrs. G. B. Gould. Address - W. M. Beardshear, D. D. President Iowa State College of Science and Mechanic Arts. Music - Violin and Piano Duet - Selected Miss Barber, Sam Gould. Presentation of Diplomas By President of the board L. J. French. Music - "With the Tide" - Barcarolle Eb - White Mrs. Gould, Miss DuVall, Messrs. McLaughlin, Gray. Benediction - Rev. Bennett Mitchell Miss Marjorie Barber, Accompanist	Class Motto - "Out of school life into life's school." Graduates and Theses. Caroline Goodman, The Star of Empire Rose Schroeder, Common Things of Common Plants Lucy Romig, The Unity of Purpose Agnes King, Liberty's Trinity of Nations L. Pearl Gould, A French Type of Womanhood

Schaller's First School	Baseball	Schaller & Odebolt Band 1891	Graduates, 1906-1907
This picture shows the first Schaller school, which was located on the corner now occupied by the R. H. Yopnie home.	HERE'S AN OLD-TIME baseball team that won wide respect in northwest Iowa baseball circles. Front row: Sam Hahne, Joe Cook, Alver Flack and Bum Sweet. Back row: Dr. E. H. Reedy, Frank McConkey, Frank Schroeder, Jim Holcomb and Carl Whitted. Flack and Sweet were from Storm Lake, the rest all local boys.	Schaller and Odebolt Band Boys which was organized in 1891 and Ed Kyle was first president. Pictured in the group are from the left, sixth one is Ed. Kyle, and tenth is Aden Merkley and eleventh is Sterling Wells.	THESE ARE THE SCHALLER high school classes of 1906 and 1907. Among those pictured with Charles Roadman, Superintendent are: Myrtle Currie (Poller), Nettie Mill (Zemke, Fred Weidenmaler, Mary King (Harris), Ethel McLaughlin (Bristol), Ozro Kramer, Anne Anderson (Sheley), Anne Currie (Collins), James L. Howard, Nellie McConkey, Laura Swanson, Elmer McLaughlin, Pearl Stoelting (Barnes), Etta McLaughlin (McQuigg), Willard McLaughlin, Almeda Barnes (Spindler), Leona Kramer (Anderson), and Susan Spindler (Murray).

Basketball Team, 1912-1913	Women's Basketball 1913	Polo Team 1924-1928	Photo of Stille Family Baseball Players Past and present 1955
HERE ARE THE members of the famous 1912-1913 basket ball team. Front row: Lester Spitzer, Ozro Kramer, Lyle K. McLaughlin. Standing: Louis Spindler, Walter McQuigg, Henry Spindler, William Sipes and Carl Ellis.	SCHALLER HAD good-looking basketball girls in years past, too. This is the 1913 Woman's Basketball team. Left to right are Millie Tanner, Audrey Strahn, Hazel Speaker, Elvira McKinney, Inez Ohlsen, Irma Schaefer and Doris Gould. Notice the bloomers and middy blouses which make up outfits. Quite a change from those of today!	This team played sometime in between 1924 to 1928. Polo games were played in Wandrey's pasture west of Schaller. The riders from left to right: Lewis Bennett, Paul Hase, Asa Currie, Glen Challman, Floyd Stevens, Elmer Bennett, Guy Bloyer and Chester Currie.	Here's a complete Stille baseball team, with some to spare. Members of Schaller's baseball playingest family got together in 1955 for this photo which shows a husky aggregation of baseball talent. Front row (left to right) Kenneth, Russell, Kent, Howard, Don and Marvin. Back row: Daryl, Will, Jim, Arthur, Roy, Richard and Duane. Daryl and Duane are sons of Herman Stille, Jim and Roy are sons of Art Stille. Kent is a third-generation Schaller baseball player, son of Jim Stille. The six other young men are all sons of Will Stille.

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