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1926 ASTRUM
Volume V11
Published by
The Senior Class of Aledo
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LOYALTY SONGS
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We're loyal to you, A. H. S. We're loyal to you, A. H. S.
We'l1 back you to stand 'gainst the best in the land,
For we kllOW you have sand, A. H. S. Rah! Rah!
We'1'e loyal to you, A. H. S. We're loyal to you, A. H. S.
Our team is our fame protector, on, boys, for we expect a vietory from you, A. H. S.
Yes, sir, this is our team,
Yes, sir, meet the Star Team,
Yes, sir, that's Aledo now.
Do tell, look at Teddy.
Well, well, are We ready?
Nells bells won't they cause a row?
Pret'ty soon, pretty soon,
When we hear that Ref's whistled tune,
2-4-6-8-10, well, we've just began,
Yes, sir, that's Aledo now!
Clap hands, here comes Aledo,
Clap hands, here comes Aledo,
Clap hands, here comes Aledo now.
Come in, we are happy, come in, make it
snappy.
All are happy, snappy now. '
We are here to fight for green and white,
boys.
Let us keep our pep and boost our team
until we see the finish.
Keep them from making baskets.
Give us names, we-'ll order Caskets.
Stay in there, make the baskets now.
FoREwoRD
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The year is ended. it h2lS'b6CIl filled with
4honor, with glory, with endeavor, and with disap-
pointment. It is for these Seniors, the cl-ass of 1926
in order that they may have a permanent record of
the high school year, that we who have labored
over this volume, aim to characterize as far as pos-
sible, the life of A. H. S. as it really is, and to
indicate the progress of our school. Also we wish,
in compiling this record, to reproduce the environ-
ment in which high school students are living, so
that you, alumni, may recall your high school days,
so that you, instructors, may enjoy again the year
you have lived with us, so that you, undergraduates,
may catch the spirit that will hold you forever to
your high school. Thus we greet you and hope
that you all, alumni, class of 1926, faculty, fellow
students, may catch that spirit that will draw us
ever nearer and nearer to a greater high school.
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MRS. MELVIN BELLOWS MR. EDWIN BAY
Y0u've a manner t11at's all your own. You're a man of the students' choiceg
You've a smile that we Cfslllyt compare. Square- as the square of steel.
And at your command You're as staunch and strong
Is the grasp of a hand As the day is long,
With a touch that is magic there. And a friend that we all call-REAL.
We, the Class of 1926, dedicate the seventh volume of the Astrum.
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Commercial
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Carnegie
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Greenfield
Business College
Oskalossa College
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MISS HAZEL VANATTA
English
Michigan University A. B.
Wisconsin University
MISS DORIS MITCHELL
Physical Training
A. A. Illinois University
MR. L. C. McCARTY
Superintendent
Economics
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MISS MILDRED SENOUR
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Junior Advisor
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Agriculture
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MISS MILDRED QARTWRIGHT
Language
University of Illinois
A. B. Syracuse University
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School of Expression
MISS MILDRED MANNON
Civics and Algebra
A. B. University of Illinois
MISS FRANCES
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Chemistry and
General Science
B. S. Knox
College
MR.
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History
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MISS WINIFRED HANER
Music
Knox College
Macomb Normal
MR. ORMAN SIMPSON
Orchestra Director
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Vice President ......... ............................ ......... T e ddy Moberg
Secretary ................ .......... .................,. D 0 nna Olin
Treasurer ....,.,... ............................................ J ennie Murphy
Colors
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ALICE O'DAY
"Her glance-how wildly beautiful."
Editor-in-Chief of Astrum 1415 Class Presi-
dent 1415 Commercial Success Staff 1415
Girls' Booster Club 1415 The Arrival of Kitty
1415 Class Treasurer 1315 Hottentot 1315
Girls' Glee Club 1315 Assistant Editor of "A"
1315 Girls' Basketball 12-115 G. A. A. 12-115
Chorus 12-115 Kiwanis Declamation Contest
1115 Baseball 1115 Freshman Reporter of "A"
1115 Minstrel Show 111.
MARTIN CONWAY
"He cannot look demure, but spite of all he
doe-s he shows a laughter's cheek."
Commercial Club 1415 Boys' Booster Club
1415 Cheer Leader 1415 Intramural Basketball
1415 Reynol-ds 13-2-11.
VELMA SCULL
"She is as good as she is fair."
The Arrival of Kitty 1415 Calendar, Astrum
1415 Commercial Club 14-315 Vice President
of Commercial Club 1415 Glee Club Musicale
1415 Orchestra 13-215 Girls' Baseball 1215
Basketball 12-115 G. A. A. 13-2-115 Glee Club
1115 Minstrel 1115 Track 111.
SARAH LEMON
"The sweetest soul that ever looked with
human eyes."
Girls' Booster Club 1415 Commercial Club
14-315 G. A. A. 13-2-11.
THEODORE M0B1ERG
"Resorts to his memory for his jokes and
to his imagination for his facts."
Athletic Editor, Astrum 1413 Joke Editor
"A" 1415 The Arrival of Kitty 1415 Vice
President of Class 1415 Class. President 1315
The Hottentot 1315 Basketball 14-3-215 Com-
mercial Club 14-31g Glee Club 14-11g Vice
President of Glee Club 14-115 Public Speak-
ing 1115 Minstrel 111.
DOROTHALENE LITZENBERGER
"Her airs are so modest, her aspect so
meekg so simple, yet sweet, are her charms."
Commercial Club 1415 Girls' Glee Club 14-315
Chorus 13-2-115 G. A. A. 12-11.
DALE FENDER
"He who has many friends let him have a
good wife."
Assistant Editor Astrum 1415 Intramural
Basketball 1413 Boys' Glee Club 1415 Chorus
1415 Mixed Quartet 1415 Song Leader 1415
Business Manager Commercial Club 14-313
Ag Club Treasurer 1315 Football 14-3-215 The
Hottentot 131.
RUTH DUNN
"The blue, fearless eyes in her fair face,
and her soft voice tells of a rare race."
Commercial Club 14-315 G. A. A. 12-11.
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ESTHER JOHNSON
"Brilliant, beautiful, with her ever-flowing
wealth of ideas."
Valedictoriang Editor of Astrum 1435 The
Arrival of Kitty 1435 Assistant Editor of "A"
1435 Secretary of Girls' Glee Club 1435 Girls'
Booster Club 1435 Glee Club Musicale 1435
Debate 1335 Commercial Club 1335 Oratory
1335 Girls' Glee Club 14-3-235 Chorus 13-235
G. A. A. 13-2-135 Secretary of G. A. A. 1235
Kiwanis Declamation Contest 1135 Public
Speaking 113.
CHARLIE SABBATH
"The only man who really is what he ap-
pears to be is a gentleman."
Glee Club 1435 Basketball 14-3-235 Com-
mercial Club 14-3-13.
EDITH BAXTER
"A maiden never bold of spirit."
Alumni Editor, Astrum 1435 Alumni Editor
"A" 1435 Girls' Booster Club 1435 Oration
1435 Orchestra 14-3-235 Commercial Club 1335
Debate 1335 Glee Club 14-3-2-135 Basketball
13-2-135 Baseball 13-2-135 Chorus 13-235 Track
13-2-15 Minstrel Show 113.
VIVIAN DECKER
"A smile for all, a welcome, glad, a jovial,
coaxing way she has."
Girls' Booster Club 1435 Commercial Club
14-335 Basketball 13-2-135 Track 13-2-135 Base-
ball 13-2-13.
CLIFFORD MORROW
"Be what you really are, and speak what
you think."
Commercial Club 1435 Boys' Booster Club
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JENNIE MURPHY
"Long live the merry heart that laughs by
day and night."
Senior Class Treasurer 1435 Secretary and
Treasurer of Commercial Club 1435 Editor-
in-Chief "A" 1435 Mixed Quartet 1435 Glee
Club 14-3-235 Booster Club 1435 The Hotten-
tot 1335 Vice President of G. A. A. 1335 Girls'
Basketball 1335 Chorus 13-235 G. A. A. 13-235
Commercial Club 14-335.Baseball 13-235 Track
1235 Little York 113.
HERBERT FISHER
"May heaven its closest blessings. send on
such a lad and such a friend."
Track 14-3-2-135 Football 14-3-235 Ag Club
14-335 Intramural Basketball 143.
HELEN SUTTON
"A blooming girl-conspicuous flower, ad-
mired for her beauty, for her sweetness."
Girls' Glee Club 14-335 G. A. A. 1235 Chorus
113.
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DONNA OLIN
"Talent, grace, and art are hers."
Literary Editor, Astrum 1415 Editor-in-Chief
of Commercial Success 1415 Commercial Club
1415 Class Secretary 14-315 Glee Club 14-3-215
Booster Club 1415 Song Leader 1415 Mixed
Quartet 1415 "A" Staff 1315 I-lottentot 1315
G. A. A. 13-215 Basketball 13-215 Baseball
13-215 Track 1215 Chorus 13-213 Salutatorian.
LAWRENCE SKINNER
"No matter for his birthplace, his parentage.
success has all in all in his name."
Ag Club 14-3-215 President Ag Club 1415
Judging Team 1315 Commercial Club 14-31.
RACHEL LEMON
"From the crown of her head to the sole of
her foot she is all mirth."
Girls' Booster Club 1415 G. A. A. 13-2-115
Commercial Club 1315 Basketball 111.
LEONARD OLSON
"He speaks, believes, and acts just as he
ought."
Ag Club 14-3-215 Commercial Club 141.
GERALD GREER
"I am an extremely reserved man."
Commercial Club 1415 Boys' Booster Club
1415 Boys' Glee Club 1415 Chorus 1315 Glee
Club 121g Track 14-3-21.
MARY HECK
"While men have eyes or ears or tastes,
she'll always find a lover."
Organization Editor, Astrum 1415 Girls'
Booster Club 1415 Assistant Editor Commerc-
ial Success 1415 Reporter, Commercial Suc-
cess 1315 Commercial Club 14-315 G. A. A.
13-2-11.
ANNA RUSE
"The girl to do her -duty, and where to find
her equal would be hard to tell."
Public Speaking 14-115 Debate 1315 Com-
mercial Club 1315 Basketball 13-2-115 G. A.
A. 12-11.
CECILE MAE GORMAN
2 "We know you are full of good nature."
. Commercial Club 14-315 Chorus 1115 G. A.
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GLENN MONSON
"To him a frolic is a high delight, a frolic
he'd hunt for from day to night."
The Arrival of Kitty 1433 Intramural Bask-
etball 1433 Boys' Booster Club 1433 Assistant
President of Ag Club 1333 The Hottentot 133.
Business Manager Astrum 1433 Ag Club 14-333
FREDA YOUNG
"A gentle maid of rural breeding, by na-
ture first and then by reading."
Commercial Club 1333 Little York 12-13f
FRANCIS BARNES
"He lived at peace with all mankind, in
friendship he is true." '
Arrival of Kitty 1433 Commercial Club 14-333
Ag Club 14-33.
MARIE BARRELL
"She is meek and little, her heart is kind
but taken."
Commercial Club 14-333 Girls' Booster Club
1433 G. A. A. 13-2-13.
OPAL HANEY
"Though she was on pleasure bent, she had
a frugal min-d."
The Arrival of Kitty 1433 Commercial Club
13-233 Glee Club 14-2-133 G. A. A. 13-2-133
Baseball 13-2-133 Basketball 133.
RAYMOND KINDLESPERGER
"His ways are ways of pleasantnessf'
EARL JOHNSTON
"Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles
you."
Intramural Basketball 1433 Ag Club 143.
VERDA GORMAN
"She has a most discerning mind."
Commercial Club 14-333 G. A. A. 1333
Chorus 113.
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HARRY OLSON
"A man of learning, prudent, justg a man
of courage, firm, and fit for trust."
Orchestra 14-3-2-115 Commercial Club 1415
Basketball 1415 Glee Club 111.
MAE MORGAN
"Afl'ections warm, and faith sincere, and
soft humanity are here."
President Commercial Club 1415 Commerc-
ial Club 14-315 Assistant Editor Commercial
Success 1315 G. A. A. 13-2-115 Track 13-2-11g
Baseball 13-2-113 Basketball 13-2-11.
A FLORENCE BEAR
"Still smile, my dear, a frown or tear would
mar that cheerful face."
Reporter Commercial Success 1415 Com-
mercial Club 141g G. A. A. 12-115 Chorus
13-2-115 Glee Club 111.
VALANCE B'ROWN
"Much to praise, little to be forgiven."
Commercial Club 14-315 Debate 131.
BEULAH LUNN
"Oh wonderful creature! Oh, woman of
reason! Never grave out of priceg never gay
out of season."
Commercial Club 14-313 Basketball 1315 G.
A. A. 13-2-11.
FLORENCE THORNTON
"She was made for happy thoughts, for play-
ful wit and laughter."
Girls' Booste-r Club 1415 Commercial Club
1315 G. A. A. 13-2-115 Glee Club 1215 Basket-
ball 1215 Chorus 1115 Baseball 111.
MILDRED ROUNDS
"B1est with plain reason and sober sense."
Commercial Club 14-315 Home Economics
Club 1415 Muscatine 12-11.
WILLIAM CHINLUND
"Of manners gentle, of affections mild."
Ag Club 14-315 Football 1415 Track 14-31.
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GLADYS SCANNELL
"Look on those eyes and thou wilt find a
gladness in their beam."
Commercial Club 14-313 Glee Club 1313 G.
A. A. 11-21.
DONNIE HECK
"His tongue is always in motion, but very
seldom to the purpose.
Ag Club 1413 Intramural Basketball 1413
Boys' Booster Club 1413 The Hottentot 1313
Football 1413 Judging Team 141.
JOSEPHINE MORRIS
"She is kind hearted and serviceable in all
relations of life."
G., A. A. 13'2'11Q Girls' Basketball 13-2-113
Girls' Baseball 1213 Track 12-11.
ETHEL OLSON
"Ol lassie, thou art' fair as the morning's
early beam."
Commercial Club 1413 Glee Club 1413 Seaton
13-2-11.
ARTHUR RUSH
"He cares little for Math, his lessons he
hates, but leave it to Art to get all the dates."
Boys' Booster Club 1413 Boys' Glee Club
14-213 Commercial Club 14-313 Hottentot 1313
Minstrel 1113 Chorus 111. 3
KATHERINE WHITEHALL
"Modesty never fails to bring good will."
Glee Club 1413 New Windsor 1313 G. A. A.
12-113 Chorus 12-11.
OPAL HARRIS
"I'm sure care is an enemy to my life."
Public Speaking 1413 Girls' Booster Club
1413 Home Economics Club 1413 Commercial
Club 14-313 Baseball 13-2-113 G. A. A. 12-113
Glee Club 12-113 Chorus 14-2-113 Track 121.
STANLEY FOOTE
"A bag of fleas is easier to keep guard over
than a woman."
Business Manager Astrum 1413 Business
Manager, "A" 14-313 The Arrival of Kitty 1413
The Hottentot 1313 Orchestra 14-3-2-113 Foot-
ball 14-3-113 Commercial Club 14-313 Boys'
Glee Club 14-113 Assistant Business Manager
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"Sometimes coming, sometimes coy, yet she
never fails to please."
G. A. A. 13-2-11.
HAROLD CLARK
"Like a powder puff-I'm for the ladiesf'
The Arrival of Kitty 1413 Circulation Mana-
ger Commercial Success 14Jg Commercial Club
1495 Boys' Booster Club 1415 Orchestra 141g
New Boston 13-2-11.
EDNA DUNGAN
"Thy smile could make a summer where
darkness else would be."
' Girls' Booster Club 1415 Hottentot 1375
Chorus 13-115 Track 12-113 G. A. A. 13-2-113
Baseball 13-2-133 Basketball 13-2-13.
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KENNETH CADY Y
"A fine little fellow, honest, intelligent and
kind."
Commercial Club 14-33g Matherville 12-133
Joke Editor Astrum 145.
F AREWELL
Since the Senior class of 1926 must bid farewell to happy school days
Each begins to appreciate the efforts made to fit him for
New experiences which must be met in Life's School, but
It will be impossible to crowd out memories of School Life.
our farewell need not mean that a book of our lives is closed,
Rather it is just opened to the index of a successful future.
Sorry though we are to leave our dear Alma Mater, we shall eagerly seek the oppor-
tunities of life which have been made possible by our years in A. H. S.
-Anna Ruse '26.
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CLASS WILL
We, the Class of 1926, of Aledo High School, in the County of Mercer and State
of Illinois, being of sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of
remaining in this sphere, do therefore make, ordain, and declare this to be our Last
Will and Testament:
We, the Senior Class, do give and bequeath Glenn Monson's practically new French
book to Lee- Fender,
Anna Ruse's "gift of gab" to L. C. McCarty t'o keep order in the halls,
Dale Fender's "Christmas socks" to Robert Bonynge,
Teddy Moberg's bashfulness to Robert Warnock,
Mary Heck's powder puff to the Junior girls,
Kenneth Cady's stubbornne-ss to Rex Brown,
Velma Scull's "high headednessu to Margaret Amlong,
Charlie Sabbath's success in basketball to his brother, Saul,
Stanley Foote's ability to pu'l "quarterback sneaks" to Raymond Rube,
Arthur 'Rushis "Martha Washington slippers" to Kermit Mason,
Esther ,Johnson's lengthy recitations t'o Eugene Morrow,
Martin L'Jonway's 40,000 dollars to the hired man,
Donnie Heck's graceful locomotion to Arthur Johnson.
Helen Sutton's Buick to Twila Vance that she may do as authorities bid,
Ruth Dunn's strict advice of the Charleston to Teckla Berglund,
Freda Young's quiet nature to Alice Johnson,
Vivian Decker's curicsity to Lorna Parkinson.
Herbert Fishers 160 acres to Rolland Lyons,
Myrna Mayhew's driving ability to Dudley Wolfe,
Francis Barnes' four wheels and tin can to Allen Olin,
Rachel and Sarah Lemon's sweetne-ss to Mabel Crawford,
Alice O'Day's personality to Joe Moseley,
Harold Clark's pencil and notebook to Mr. McCarty,
- Leonard Olson's frail structure to Leonard Fisher, his namesake,
William :Chinlund's gear shift to his Ford to Lysle Fuhr,
Edith Baxter's giggle to Gladys Baxter,
Beulah Lunn's birdlike voice to Lee Modeer,
Roy Kindlesperger's "Coup" to the chickens of the high school.
We, the Senior Class, do give and bequeath the privileges obtained from the
Cffice to the Junior Class so that they may not labor under so many difficulties as
we have in the past year.
Lastly, we nominate and appoint the following to be executors of this, our Last
Will and Testament:
-Prince of Wales.
-Rudolph Valentino.
-Charlie Chaplin.
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CLASS PROPHECY
My Dear Friend:
I was surprised but pleased to receive your letter, and also glad to know that
you have not forgotten me. I have taken great pains in collecting the following
facts concerning the present whereabouts of our old classmates of '26,
Our class has scattered to the four corners of the earth-even to China where
Valence Brown and Edith Baxter, now Mrs. Brown, are diligently studying. They
were married recently high upon the plateau of Tibet by a Chinese priest. It is
said that when Edith and Valence return they plan to open a Chop Suey Shop in
New York and also conducts a small kindergarten for little "Chinks."
Some more news! Kenneth Cady and Florence Thornton are happily married
and living on a cattle ranch out in the great wild west-somewhere in Utah. Ken-
neth was formerly a detective for several years until he and Florence decided to
go west: He was very disappointed because the buffalo and Indians have disap-
peared. Poor Kenneth! His success is partly attributed to his wife, who is quite
a cattle woman. She is known throughout Utah as the notorious woman sheriff
of Wildcat county. q
Others who are far away are Donnie Heck and Beulah Lunn, who are mission-
aries in the Hoka Poka Islands, wherever they are. And would you believe it?
Charlie Sabbath and Lawrence Skinner are teaching Astronomy and Psychology in
a Samoan school for Hulu girls. Lawrence writes that the work is quite fascinating
and that Charlie has dedicated his life to enlighten those poor ignorant girls.
CCharlie is also a dancing instructorj
Mary Heck is a famous prima donna in Paris. For several years she was
Galli Curci's pupil. Now Mary is taking Galli Curci's old role in "Carmen," which
is showing at le Theatre de Champs Elysees in Paris. Florence Bear and Francis
Barnes are also in her company.
Edna Dungan is now a famous actress. She is appearing in "Smilin' Through,"
that wonderful old play which has 'been revised and is now playing at the Fine
Arts Theatre in Chicago. As the demure heroine of this play, they say she is as
sweet and impressive as the original Jane Cowl herself.
You remember Harold Clark, do you not? I hear he is a confirmed old bachelor
and woman hater. I wonder what girl broke his heart?
Talking about social leaders, Velma Scull is quite prominent in the North
Shore Drive Set of Chicago. Imagine this. Esther Johnson is now Countess de
Melville du Pont and is living in Europe. I saw her last summer at that fashionable
French resort, the Riviera. She had two large Russian wolf hounds with her. They
were unusually intelligent and well-trained animals. Esther is a widow, with many
millions. She is known throughout Europe for her large donations to Musical, Art
and Charitable institutions.
Can you imagine this? Stanley Foote is the noted minister of the Central Con-
gregational church in Chicago. He is a great religious workerg and he shows so
much interest in his work that Stanley is one of the most prominent ministers in
America.
We could not forget our' dear old friend, Glenn Monson. Early in life Glenn
planned to become a Judge. However, Master Cupid shot an arrow into Glenn's
heart and he never recovered from that wound. For a while Glenn was the pro-
prietor of the Aledo Home Bakery. However, he has found his salary inadequate to
support his wife and thirteen children, so last' week he loaded his family and a. few
household articles into an old Ford. When the Monsons left town they were singing
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those old popular songs tGlenn's favoritesj "Alabama Bound" and "California,
Here I Come." No one could vouch as to their destination.
Clifford Morrow is a wild animal trainer in gRingling Bros. circus. He is
especially successful in training lions. Clifford talks so much that the lions do not
have a chance to roar. After a short time the lions forget their ferocious natures
and become quit'e docile and playful. Gladys Scannell, Leonard Olson and William
Chinlund are traveling with the same circus. Gladys is a most charming little
snake charmer. Leonard Olson is a tight rope walker, and William Chinlund is an
expert trapeze performer.
Mae Morgan is very successful as a famous 'designer in Paris, the able assistant
and successor of the noted Paton who is now very old. He has trained Mae in his
work and expects her to assume all the responsibilities of his shop. So for some
of our prevailing styles we are indebted to our old classmate, Mae.
Happiness and contentment are the ruling factors of Ethel Olson Fender's life.
She is known o'er the countryside as a splendid cook. Dale is happy and well fed
by Ethel's delicious pies, cakes, jams, jellies, and other sweetmeats. You would
not recognize Dale. He weighs two hundred an-d forty-nine pounds. The happy
couple reside on a farm near Gilchrist. Fender's Dairy is very important in supply-
ing that large, flourishing city with much milk and cream.
I must not forget our great authors. Our old classmate, Anne Ruse, has written
the great book "Souls for Sale," which is now receiving much consideration. Also,
our old friend, Harry Olson, has received much public attention lately. In his
youth he was a prominent character in a "Punch and Judy" show. Since the
publishing of his book, "The Value of Grasshoppersf' for which he received a large
sum, he has retired to his estate. Harry has made a life study of the Grasshopper:
and his book contains many accounts which are interesting and accurate in every
respect.
Martin Conway is a successful comedian and is appearing this week at the
Chicago theatre in the comedy "Cockoo."
Josephine Morris is a matron of a fashionable girls' scliobl. For several years
she made a study of old Egyptian hieroglyphics. She constantly talks about the
Egyptian people and next fall she expects to go to Egypt for the third time. She
is going to teach in a girls' school in Cairo. A
News! Arthur Rush is the proprietor of the -Aledo Sweet Shop . You should
see Arthur mix the "Coos" and "Cremoes." My! How efficient Arthur is in that
work. He likes it too, for he says there is something in the atmosphere about the
Sweet Shop that makes his hair curly. Arthur is also an unusual musician. He
has an engagement for the winter season to play in a very good orchestra at the
"Chicago". theatre.
The Lemon twins, Sarah and Rachel, are great artists. Working together, they
have painted many wonderful pictures. Their picture, "The Broken Heart," at-
tracted much attention at the recent Art Exposition in Pasis. Success to them!
I heard that Opal Haney is happily married to a clothing merchant in St. Louis.
Mildred Rounds is a History teacher in the University of Oklahoma.
Earl Johnson an-fl Katherine Whitehall have set sail upon the sea of matrimony.
They have charge of a Mountain Goat and White Rat farm near New Boston. Earl
is quite clever in making a reality of a very unique idea. As the wool of a mountain
goat is quite valuable, he captured several of the animals among the Alps in
Switzerland. With these he started his goat farm. The goats were quite at home
among the bluffs near New Boston. As a result of' his work, Earl has prospered
greatly. During his spare moments he cares for the White Rats. He teaches them
many tricks and says that white rats are really intelligent and learn readily when
given a chance.
Teddy Moberg is the famous announcer from station HICK in Chicago. He
also sells pocket radios. Teddy thinks he has invented a machine that catches the
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sound waves of years and years ago which are still floating in the air. One night
last week he thinks he "tuned in" Julius Caesar who was ,giving a great speech in
the Roman Forum. He also heard Magellan, George Washington, and Daniel Boone.
Quite an invention, in-deed!
The Gorman sisters are very successful in having a great chain of candy stores
over the entire United States. The remarkable part of it lies in the fact that they
opened their first confectionery shop in Reynolds.
Herbert Fisher is the principal chef at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City.
That hotel is becoming very popular because of the delicious food which is served.
Herbert has invented several "new dishes." In order to prove his originality, he
says he has never tasted or heard of them before fnor anyone elsej.
Vivian Decker was always such a tender-hearted little girl. She has founded
a home at 726 street, New York City, for "Homeless Sparrows and Maltese Cats."
I hear that she has quite a time keeping the sparrows and cats separated. Poor
Vivian!
Ruth Dunn is a famous violin player. Ruth spent twelve years in Europe
stu-dying the violin. She seems to live in her music. The very largest audiences
welcome her wherever she goes on her concert tours.
Oh, yes. Gerald Greer is now the world's champion of that deep but fascinating
game, Tiddely-Winks. He and his wife, formerly Myrna Mayhew, have been around
the world and are returning home via San Francisco.
Have you heard the scandal? Marie Barrell is at Reno, Nevada, for a few weeks.
Freda Young is making her life a Life of Service. She is a nurse on the
steamship, Carolina, and cares for victims of seasickness. Freda is preparing a
diary which she intends to publish some day. No doubt it will be filled with
accounts of many perplexing situations and humorous incidents.
I forget to mention Opal Harris, when telling of those who are with the circus.
Of all the surprises! You would not recognize Opal now. She is the most attractive
feature of the circus. Imagine this! She weighs five hundred pounds. Without a
doubt for an equall she is the fattest woman in the world. Six chickens, four cakes,
three pies, ten large potatoes, three loaves of bread, and two gallons of ice cream
make but a dainty morsel for Opal. She refuses to see anyone unless she receives
her regular five meals a day. It is feared that she will financially ruin the show, for
it takes a large percent of the gate receipts to buy her food. Her old friend,
Dorothalene Litzenberger, faithfully waits upon Opal-even arising at three o'clock
in the morning to give Opal her fifth meal. Dorothalene finds that the work is too
strenuous for herg and she is coming home soon for a much needed rest.
Extra! Hele-n Sutton is a happy member of Ziegfield's latest chorus, and she
is dancing her way to success behind the footlights on Broadway.
I suppose you know that Jennie and I have just returned from Melbourne,
Australia. While there we worked in a little fruit store which was just across the
streetfrom the telephone office where Alice O'Day is working. Alice likes this work
and finds it convenient in the fact that she calls her motlier in Aledo daily and has
quite a chat with her. While in Melbourne, Alice kept Jennie and I well supplied
with news from the "Old Home Town."
I must stop now as I have written something about each member of our old
class of '26, I hope you will enjoy this information as much as I have enjoyed
writing it.
Your old Pal,
Donna Olin.
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Powder Blue and Old Rose
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Motto
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JUNIORS' PSALIVI OF LIFE
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Tell me not with joyful voices,
Life at High School is a dream,
For the man must fail who squanders
Hours he can ne'er redeem.
Life is realg life is earnest.
A degree is not our goal, '
But to triumph in life's battle
Is the aim of every soul.
Lessons long and work unending
Stretch before us all through life.
We must now make preparations
Lest we falter in the strife.
When you think of hard tasks coming,
And you'd like to shirk the fight,
Look to those who went before us-
Set to work with all your might.
Push Every Possibility, let this our motto be
Through all the coming years,
For by this the World shall judge us
At the close of our career.
Let us then be up and doing,
Study hard an-cl study late,
Never shirking, always working,
All must labor-'tis their fate.
-Julia Conway '27.
JUNIOR ROLL
Rolland Lyons, Lenore Hawks, Dail Harris, Elizabeth Wilson, Gale Anderson,
Julia Conway, Holmes Black, Kathleen Morford, Bruce Fleming, Mary Bivens, Allen
Bennett, Irene Bonynge, Bert Morgan, Ola Bigham, Clarence Bear, Vera Boyles, Lee
Modeer, Dorothy Brownlee, Edward Sherer, Ruth Sherer, Harold Walters, Teckla
Berglund, Virgil Boultinghouse, Margaret Amlong, Kermit Mason, Dorothy Petrie,
Donnivon Pullen, Lorna Parkinson, Dale Guthrie, Wilma Minteer, Fred Bahringer,
Betty Erwin, Homer Chandler, Virginia Sedam, Lee Fender, Adria Mayhew, LaVerne
Enstrom, Mabel Crawford, Leroy Egbert, Lucille Tyler, Roy Stephens, Evangeline
Gustafson, Dudley Wolfe, Juanita Dixon, Harry Smith, Martha Peterson, Roy Duffield,
Ardis Sheats, Leslie McDonal-d.
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SOPHOMORE ROLL
Left to right-John Wilson, Robert Downing, Mildred Andress, Jean Watson,
Doris Brown, Laura Morgan, Leona Haines, Lyle Fuhr, Alice Johnson, Dale Armstrong,
Genevieve Powers, Myron Mayhew, Paul Lutz, Howard Keating, George Riddell.
Harold Dunn, Velma Robbins, Raymond Rube, Katherine Nichols, Emily Edwards,
Paul Fassnacht, Lois Milligan, Harland Greer, Margaret O'Day, Robert Pinkerton,
Robert Fuller, Harold Scranton, Leonard Fisher.
Richard Duncan, Helen Brownlee, Robert Warnock, Clara Alice Raney, Delmar
Brown, Inis Walker, Lura Tyler, Olive Baxter, Cleda Taylor, Saul Sabbath, Edith
Eddings, Gene Burgess, Burdette Howlett.
Helen Stallings, Dorothy Kindlesperger, Opal Yerkey, Dorothy Brown, Rosamond
Bjorkman, John Mayhew, John Clarke, Roy Cole, Clara Parkinson, Merwin Greer,
Joe Moseley, Viva Tinker.
Dorothy Bonynge, Thomas Lunn, Cleone Rube, Eugene Morrow, Nancy Lenz,
Robert Bonynge, Miriam Mawby, Ray Brown, Clarice McPherrin, Weldon Calhoun,
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When as Freshmen we enrolled,
Our thoughts were not turned toward gold
Life seemed easy, things were new,
Although the work hard, our troubles were
Up the ladder we have clumb,
Standing now on the second rung,
We've taken a higher view of life,
And know we gain only by strife.
Juniors and Seniors, then our finish,
Gradually our school life does diminish.
Resolved now to do our best
To be a large class and one of success.
-Margaret O'Day '28,
jOHNNY'S HISTORY LESSON
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I think of all the things at school
A boy has got to do
That studying history, as a rule,
Is worst of all, ':lon't you?
Of dates there are an awful sight
And though I study day and night
There's only one I've got just right,
That's fourteen-ninety-two.
Aledo High crossed the Delaware
In fourteen-ninety-two
And whipped the Violians fair and square
In fourteen-ninety-two.
At Joy and New Boston
We kept the basketball teams on the run
While the band played, "Johnny, get your
guns,
In fourteen-ninety-two.
Mr. McCarty with his dying breath
In fourteen-ninety-two
Said, "Give me liberty or death,"
In fourteen-ninety-two.
And Miss Schroll so 'tis said
Cried, "Shoot if you must this old gray
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But I'd rather 'twould be your own in-
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In fourteen-ninety-two.
Kentucky was settled by Harry Croyle
In fourteen-ninety-two
And I think the cow jumped over the moon
In fourteen-ninety-two.
Mr. Barrett flew his kite so high
He drew lightning from the sky,
And Mr. Constant couldn't tell a lie
In fourteen-ninety-two.
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FRESHMAN ROLL
Helen Lingafelter, Ina Cady, Marion Fisher, William Whiteside, Mabel Brown,
Allen Olin, Virgil Farm, John White, Edward Seefeld.
Verle Schafer, Mary F'e-nder, Charles Baker, Waunita Foster, Opal Perry, Nellie
Brubaker, Gladys Baxter, Vera Wilcox, Lawrence Johnson.
Delmar Mayhew, Dora Clauson, Vernon Tyler, Mary Schwartz, Neva Guthrie,
Margaret Egbert, Lois Lenz, Ledru Braucht, Dale Longley, Maynard Simpson.
Edwin McGrew, Wilma Mayhew, June Speer, Charles Foster, Veneta Minteer,
Everett Graham, Mary Hyett, Ruby Gustafson, James Duffield, Ada Smith, Idylle
Brown.
Doris Magnuson, Dorothy Terry, Dale Brown, Erma Wakelan-rl, Arthur Johnson,
Mary Bonynge, Lee McNeal, Caroline Harroun, Fred Brown, Vernal Haas.
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Twinkle, twinkle, football star,
Mother knows just what you are
Stalwart idol of the grid
You are really still a kid.
Sonny, I've unpacked your trunk,
Sorted out your piles of junk
Papers, laundry overdue, '
fSmelly gun oil oozing throughl.
Targets, shoestrings, razor blades,
Little guess these bleacher maids
When they watch you and adore
How you strew your bed room floor
Twinkle, twinkle, stadium star,
A Mother knows just what you are,
Prince of Pigskin, King of Kickers,
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Calling many from their play,
To them it lneans the starting
Of a long and dismal day.
They make a rush for pens and books,
Which nowhere can be found.
A wild scramble for hats and coats,
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And when at last they get to school,
They find that they are late,
Straight to the office they must go,
And there await their fare. '
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On Hoodoo Day Supt. McCarty
Just to make the students sore,
Wouldn't let t'hem have their party
As they did in the days of yore.
He called them in from all their rooms
And told them what he thought
Of such parades and fool costumes,
Said he, "You'll have them not."
The students all looked sad and blue,
And some began to groan,
For very well each student knew
He wouldn't let them moan.
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Said he, "Instead of Hoodoo day
Let's have an Easter party,
Ten dollars for it I will pay,"
Thus spake Supt. McCarty
The students had their Easter party,
And they had a lot of fun,
To think L. C. McCarty
Had to furnish so much "mon."
The students laughed a laugh so hearty,
And it came about this way-
To think L. C. McCarty
Called it, St. Patrick's Easter Day.
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IN THE HALL
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I stood in the hall at the noon hour
As the bell was ringing away.
I lingered a while at my locker
Thinking up something to say.
When out of the -depths of the office
A lithe graceful form did appear.
He clapped his hands smartly together
To let us all know he was near.
He saw me standing there talking
And ordered me kindly inside,
And I ran along like a good girl
For fear I might lose my hide.
-Ola. Bigham '27.
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LOBSTERS
For the first time in my life, I was riding' in a Pullman train and found it very
interesting. I found that eating in a dining car was certainly a great idea. I ordered
everything on the menu, including lobsters. I ate and gorged till I felt like a stuffed
toad, and very drowsy. I received an awful shock and suffered a relapse when my
bill was presented to me by a large, smiling, colored waiter, whose air seemed to say
that he had encountered blockheads before, so I got up unsteadily and tried to walk
out in a very haughty manner.
I'm a short, fat man and my breath was very short, because of eating so much. I
soon became very uncomfortable and red in the face. As people got to looking at me,
I decided to go to bed. What a time I had in preparing for bed, it was so embarrassing.
I hadn't any more than lain down when I felt the train give a lurch, then a
grinding, rendering scream, a sudden swerve, and I saw the car ahead topple over
with a sickening thud. One breathless second and our car followed. My heart leaped
into my throat, and I felt myself falling, falling. I heard moans, wails, and ear-
piercing cries. I felt something fluffy and smothering fall upon me, and I f0l1ght
with all my strength to tear it away. Without warning the train seemed to come to
a. most jarring and crashing halt in its flight and I felt myself thrown bodily against
the end of the car where I lay, with many of my fellow travelers around me. T'he
next thing I realized was t'hat someone was standing above me and pouring water
down my neck. I moaned and tried to move, but I found myself very stiff and sore,
and I felt exceedingly sick at my stomach.
.My bedclothing was put back into my sleeping apartment, and I was gently but
fearfully placed there by two negro porters. I could see that I was an object of
terror or amusement to the people standing about me, and I inquired to know if
many had been killed in the wreck. People signified to others that they thought I
was out of my mind, and I began to believe it myself. After the excitement had died
-down and the train had started again I learned this from one of the passengers:
I had frightened the people to death by suddenly, in the middle of the night,
awakening them by pounding the Wall, yelling, fighting, praying, which ended in
throwing myself out, head first, on the floor, the bedclothing following, falling on me,
and I began to fight with renewed energy. By this time everyone was aroused,
screaming and terrified. One old maid who was deathly afraid of burglars and who
thought she was destined to die without finding one, jumped up and grasped the
emergency cord, for safety, I suppose, causing the train to be stopped so suddenly
that we were almost thrown into eternity.
After that I vowed that I never would again eat lobsters and try to sleep in a
sleeping car, if it always affects people as it did me.
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OUT OF SCHOOL LIFE INTO LIFE'S SCHOOL
On this eventful evening we are assembled before you as the Class of '26 stepping
out of school life into life's' school. The- school life for most of us is at its close, and
we are standing courageously on the edge wondering whether our school days have
fitted us to step into the busy world, which we see ebbing and flowing before our
dazzled eyes.
We have calm asssurance, however, that we are well prepared for any task which
may come to us in the future. We are confident' that our four years in dear old
Aledo High have bee-n four years very profitably spent. In future years we shall
have very dear memories of two groups who have aided us to obtain our education.
Here, in the first "group, are our paients, our fathers and mothers, many of whom
have toiled e-ndlessly and sacrificed much to give us that' which would fit us for our
life work. Here, in the second group, are our instructors, our beloved teachers, who
have encouraged us and inspired us to do better and greater things, and who have
taught us the things which will be so essential to us in the future. So, at last we
emerge triumphant from the dizzy whirl of joys and sorrows, pain an-fl pleasure,
which have encompassed us during our high school career.
As we opened the doors of this new building on the first day of October, 1922,
we felt that we we-re starting on a wonderful journey through the land of knowledge.
Ours was the privilege of exploring this land and we were filled with wonder and
enthusiasm at the prospect. We realized that ours was the first Freshman class to
enter this building upon its completion, and this fact gave us an ad-ded feeling of
importance. Much we enjoyed exploring labyrinths and mysterious nooks and cran-
nies of this wonderful building, but suddenly we found ourselves harnessed to a
strenuous curriculum and we were forced to commence studying. Curs was a very
large class, seventy-six in number. We were not organized to be sure, but we were
working toward a particular goal, for we realized that we were laying the foundation
for our future. We entered whole-heartedly into the life of the school, and as
Sophomores we felt -so experienced and so much older that the little Freshmen were
completely ignored by us.
Our Junior and Senior years have been extremely busy ones. We have organized
and have taken a lively interest in the numerous activities of the school. We have
presented our Class Plays, our members have done good work on the Debating team,
both the boys and girls have taken a great deal of interest in Athletics, especially
Football and Basketball, and two of our illustrious Seniors are on the All-star basket-
ball team. We h'ave also been interested in the Music department, and many are
members of the two Glee clubs and the Double Mixed Quartet. At the close of our
Junior year, Mr. Almer, our beloved principal, who had been with us since we started
to high school, and to whom we had always looked for guidance and for counsel,
departed from us, and we felt as sheep without a shepherd at his departure.
This final year has not bee-n in vain, for although we have been obliged to weather
many storms, such as the troubles which have arisen from the readjustments in the
office, we have learned much, from books and from experience.
Thus we come to the last of our school days together. Now we are ready to
enter life's school, for we have now had sufficient training to enable us to become
good citizens, and to be efficient in many lines of work. Most' of you in this
audience havehafd much more experience in life than we, but we feel sure that with
the good advice and admonition of our elders we shall be able to overcome the many
trials and temptations which are likely to assail us in future years, and become men
and women qf whom our community will be proud. .
And now, my dear classmates, I feel t'hat it is a great honor when I have the
privilege of saying a few words to you as we are all here together for the last time.
Never again under similar circumstances nor under any other circumstances shall we
be united as we are this evening. All of us are looking back, rather tearfully over our
High School days, and we are unconsciously living again in this final hour all the
joys and sorrows which have surrounded us during our high school career, and as
our lips quiver uncontrollably as we whisper those words of farewell, we should not
allow these thoughts to so overshadow our minds that we forget the brilliant, golden,
promising future which we- see swiftly coming into view. It is just around the
corner, and we shall have slipped around that corner in a very few moments. Then
we shall see that we obtained that for which we have so diligently striven and that
instead of feeling that many of our joys have vanished, we shall realize that they
have only just begun. And let us, my classmates, aspire to the highest ideals in our
life work so that our parents, instructors, and friends may always speak of us and
our work with a note of pride ringing in their voices.
So, farewell, dear Classmate-s and Advisers, may you, my Classmates, be as suc-
cessful in life's school as you have been in school life.
Esther Johnson.
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Editor in Chief ...............,.................................... Jennie Murphy
Assistant Editor ..........,.......................... .......... E sther Johnson
Business Manager ......i................. ............ S tanley Foote
Assistant Business Manager ......... ........,............ L ee Fender
Joke Editor .....i.,..,.............,...i.,,...,.. ......... T heodore Moberg
Alumni Editor ............................. . ............. Edith Baxter
REPORTERS
Freshman .................................................................... Neva. Guthrie
Sophomore ............................................................ Robert Warnock
Junior .................... Rolland Lyons and '
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Before the Economics class
The worthy teacher standsg
His teachings are a jumbled mass
Of strange and distant lands,
And the length of his examinations
Are endless as grains of sand.
Week in, week out, from morn till night,
Deeper and deeper his questions grow.
You can hear him call on Will,
And Will was never known to know
Why the price of ice is high,
When the cost of wheat is low.
Toiling,-reviewing,--sorrowing,
On through the book he goesg
Each morning a new page begun,
Each evening sees it closeg
Something attempted, something done,
OUR BASKETBALL TEAM
We're proud of this year's basketball team,
As we never were beforeg
You had the fight, and used it' right
To be one champion team more.
You we-ren't so strong as former years,
You didn't have victories galoreg
But little lacked in you, and we were back
of you
To keep up with the score.
You plodded along when times seemed
hard,
You worked for what you gotg
And you surprised them all, when in bask-
etball
The tourney honors were your lot.
Old man luck seemed to be your guide
By some folks we were taught,
But I don't agree, 'tis plan to see
'Twas the spirit with which you fought.
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Presented by
Junior Class of 1925
CAST
Sam Harrington ....... ........,.............,.
Swift ...................,..... ................ .,.......,...
Celise .......................
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Stanley Foote
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Ollie Gilford ..........,,..... ......... A llen Morford
Mrs. Ollie Gilford ......,. ......... J enny Murphy
Alec Fairfax ..,.,.,,.,.... ......... G lenn MOHSOII
Peggy Fairfax ......,,.,,,.......,.., .......... D onna Olin
Mrs, Chadwick .,,,.,,....,............. ......... A lice 0'Day
Captain Peggie Townsend ....... ...,....... D onnie Heck
Larry Crawford ..................,,, .................,...... ....,... A r thur Rush
Perkins ..........,,............,..,..........,...., .........................................,....,. ,.,..... D a le Fender
SCENE I
ACT I-Living room of Gilford's country home. Morning.
SCENE II
ACT II-The Same. Evening.
SCENE III
A hill-side clearing. The following day.
The action takes place in a fashionable hunting community near New York City.
"THE ARRIVAL OF KITTY"
Presented by
Senior Class nf 1926
CAST
Sam, a colored porter ..,. ...,.... ...,....,.. ,......,............ ........... F r a ncis Barnes
Ting, a bell boy ............,............... ...,...... T heodore Moberg
William Winkler, a. bachelor ...,. ...........,.., G len Monson
Aunt Jane, Winkler's sister ....... .......... E sther Johnson
Suzzette, Aunt Jane's maid ..,..,..... .,........... O pal Haney
Jane, Winkler's niece ......,............ ,,.........,...... ,... ..... V e l ma Scull
Bobbie Baxter, Jane's lover ............................,..,.. ,.......... H arold Clark
Benjamin Moore, a we-althy Englishman ,,i...,...... ......... S tanley Foote
Kitty Benders, an actress ......,......,................ ..,...,...........,..............,.,,.....................,.... A lice 0'Day
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IVIY APOLOGY FOR LIVING
When at the first, I took my life in hand.
Thus far to live, I did not understand
That l at all should live a life
In such a way in this time of strife.
Thus it wasg I living in the days
Of fast people, money, scarce was a foolish way.
Some said, "let her live,"
While' others said, "Let her die."
So I have lived.
At first, life was a dream
Or 'least to me it seemed.
Fun and follies were mine to enjoy
Just like every girl and boy.
But birthdays come on Father Time's wing.
Then my life lost its ting.
Black clouds came floating
Over a once clear sky
And a heart which once was never sober,
Now began to sigh.
People talked of what I was,
But I was little and could not understand the buzz.
And at that' dangerous age
I never thought of an old maid.
But they seemed to think of me. '
Did their thoughts bear fruit or can you see?
More birthdays did Father Time bring
Then I lost my good-luck ring.
T'o school I did go
Where I was put in life's boat to row.
Teachers thought I wasn't' what I ought to be
And often I found my parents' knee.
So time flew on apace
But things grew worse in its place,
High school brought less good cheer
But help on the large blue ocean of Life
And I at once thought death was near.
Came near and helped me in the time of strife.
He and his boat "Courage" gathered me up
So t'hey saved my life, wasn't that enough?
In school, grades went down and teachers wen
And Life to me-seemed to whisper, "Enough.',
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ASTRUM STAFF
Editor in Chief ....................,...................................,, Alice O'Day
Editor ..............,.......... ............ E sther Johnson
Assistant Editor ........................ ......,,...... D ale Fender
Business Manager .,....................... ...,..,.... S tanley Foote
Assistant Business Manager ......... .......... G lenn Monson
Literary Editor .......,...................... ................ D onna Olin
Organizations ........... ..................,...... M ary Heck
Athletic Editor ....... .........,.,. T heodore Moberg
Calendar Editor .,.... ................... V elma. Scull
Joke Editor .......... ........... K enneth Cady
Alumni Editor ,........ ...........,. Ed ith Baxter
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Supreme of Fruit in Basket
Radishes Ripe and Green Olives
Creamed Breast of Chicken Patties
Potato Fondante New Peas
Finger Rolls Butter
Ice Cream Individual Cake
PROGRAMME
Toastmaster .................... Mr. Roberts
Cover .........
"OUR MEMORY BOOK"
Helen Newell
Autographs ......... ........ T heodore Moberg
Vocal Solo ......... ........ A nna Lee Garrett
Athletics ......... .............. M orris Ketzle
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Piano Solo. , ....... Florence Bear
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Vocal Solo ......r ......... K athryn Blayney
Old Friends ....... ............. M r. Geary 1
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Back row-Coach Constant, W. McHard, S. Foote, FL Anderson. L .Fisher, W. Chin-
Iund, D. Fender, L. Enstrom, G. Greer, Mr. Barrett.
I1 .G1'eer, H .F'isher, R. Platt, L. Fender, H. Brower, D, Armstrong, R, Rube.
J. Bell, R. Warnock, R. Stephens, D. Heck, M. Fisher, G. Anderson.
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Donnie Heck Roy Stephens Lee Fender Stanley Foote
Harry Brower Harland Greer Herbert Fisher John Bell Merwin Greer
FOOTBALL RECORD
Alumni, 9 .......,..,.,,.A..,........,............,..... Aledo
Alexis, 0 .....,..,.......................,............... Aledo
Monmouth, 0 ........ .............. A ledo
St. Joseph, 0 .......,.,.. .............. A ledo
5 Keithsburg, 0 ............... .............. A ledo
Corpus Christi, 3 Aledo
Princeton, 42 ...,,........ ,,,..,........ A ledo
41 V II X Biggsville, 0 ,,,,.,., ,.......,..... A ledo
Roseville, 45 ,..,.... .............. A ledo
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Standing-Coach Barrett, D. Pullen, M. Simpson, L. Egbert, H. Olson, H. Greer, A.
Minteer, Mr. Croyle.
Mr. Constant, R. Lyons, R. Rube, C. Sabbath, B, Fleming, L. Enstrom, T. Moberg.
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Rolland Lyons fCapt
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LaVerne Enstrom Charlie Sabbath Bruce Fleming
Raymond Rube
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Donivon Pullen
SEASON'S RECORD
Corpus Christi, 5
Kirkwood, 13 ,,,A...,. ........,.. A ledo
Keithsburg, 1 .....,... ........... A ledo
Alexis, 12 ..................... ........... A ledo
New Boston, 22 .,,...... ,,,......., A ledo
East Moline, 15 .......... ........... A ledo
Davenport, 30 ..,,......... ...,......, A ledo
Monmouth, 23 .........,.,.... ........... A ledo
Corpus Christi, 12 .......... ........... A ledo
Sherrard, 18 ................ ..,...,.... A ledo
' , Keithsburg, 6 ,......., ......,.,.. A ledo
A lf Monmouth, 14 ......,. - . ........... Aledo
is Viola, is ..,.................... .,......... Al edu
' , New Boston, 17 ...,. ........... A ledo
f 1 l sherrard, 23 ........... ........... A ledo
fy, 1 ,iff , Reynolds, 21 ........... .......,,. . Aledo
,jf Q' , Viola, 14 ,........ .......,,. ....,...... A 1 edo
U A Sherrard, 13 ,.......... ........... A ledo
' if 1 "' ,W Alexis, 6 ........,,......... ........... A ledo
Viola, 15 ................,.... ........... A ledo
K xg New Boston, 13 .......... .......,... A ledo,
9' S A Kirkwood, 29 ......... ....,,,..., A ledo
Sherrard, 21 .,.,............ ...,,.,,.,, A ledo,
Mm East Moline, 19 ......... ...,.,.,.., A ledo
X A ' -'C Rock Island, 33 ...................,,..........,., Aledo,
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TRACK RECORD
11 points at the Moline Meet. 22 points at the Military Meet.
11 points at the Millikin Meet' at Decatur. 38 points at the County Meet.
5 points at the State Meet.
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INTRAMURAL CHAMPIONS
Martin Conway Dale Fender Glenn Monson
Donnie Heck Robert Downing
INTRAMURAL ATHLETICS
Physical training for all high school students is essential in any educational
system. Realizing the many advantages derived from athletics, our school board
heartily endorsed the plan of the Athletic Board to establish an "athletics for all"
program in our school.
This has been carried out during the past winter by having sixty fi11e boys en-
rolled as members of ten separate basketball teams comprising a league, playing an
average of nine games a week. Every boy playing in this league had to be doing
passing work in his studies and any boy showing flagrant or unsportsmanlike con-
duct was at once suspended from further participation. Boys enjoy athletics and,
in order to participate, will keep up their studies and improve their conduct. This
was very noticeable during the basketball season. To increase interest in athletics
and to award the best team, the Athletic Board offered medals to the members of
the team having the highest stan-ding at the close of the season.
After a very close and exciting race. which was not decided until the final game,
the "Senators" won the championship. The personnel of the winning team was
Donnie Heck, Martin Conway, Harold Clark, Earl Johnson, Glenn Monson and Dale
Fender. These boys were all Seniors, consequently the winners of medals next year
will be all new boys.
Although the lntramural teams were in no way connected with the high school
team, many boys improved their playing to such an extent that they will be given
serious consideration when the players for next year's high school team are selected.
At the close of the season Coaches Constant and Barrett selected an honorary
team from the entire group. This selection was based o11 sportsmanship and playing
aiility.
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AGRICULTURE CLUB
Officers
Presldent .,,,,.,,,,,,,...,,,,,.,,.,,,,,,..,,,,,,..,,,,,,,..,,,,.....,,..,.,,,,....,,,. ,,,,..,,,, B ert Morgan
Vice President ,,..,,,,,.i ...,,,,..i ,,,,,,,,,,,, C 1 arenee Bear
Sefiretilry ,,.....,,......VV ,,,..,,.,,. L eonard Olson
Treasurer ...,,,,..,,,,,,.....,,,,..,i,,,,.i,,,,, ,,,.,,..,,,, R obert Fuller
Board of Directors:
Donnie Heck, Chairman
Leroy Egbert.
Glenn Monson.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Officers
President ,,,...,,,,,,,,, ,,.,.,..i........,..,,,,...................,,....,,,...,,L,...,.,,,,,.... M ae Morgan
Vice President .,,,,,,.. .....,,.. ,,,......,L,, V e Ima Scull
Secretary and Treasurer ,,,,,,,.,i,,iL,,.. ,.,.i.,,,,,.. J ennie Murphy
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Officers
President .AA.,,, ,,,,,......,,,,,,,,,...,....,,,,,,,,,...,....,,,,,,,,.,.AA,,. E lizabeth Wilson
Vice President , ,,,......,.,,, ...,.,..,,.., D orothy Petrie
Secretary .,.,,,, ,...,,,.,,,....., E sther Johnson
Treasurer ., .,..,.,,,, Evangeline Gustafson
BOYS' GLEE CLUB
Officers
President ...,,,,,i,,,.... ,,,.......,,,,,.,..........,,,,,,,...,...,,,.,.,..,......,,,, L aVerne Enstrom
Vice President ..,,iii,... ,,,,,,iii ,,,.,..i,.,,,i T l leodore Moberg
Secretary and Treasurer .,.,......,.,,,,.,,.....,,,,........,,,,,,,,.,....,,,,,.,,,,,, John Wilson
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Officers
President ,,,,,..,,,,,,,.,,.,,.,,,,....,,,.,,,,..,,,,,,,...,,,,,,,,...,..,A,,,,..,.,,, Rosamond Bjorkman
Vice President ,,,,,. ,,,,.... .........,,,,....., L e ona Haines
Secretary and Treasurer ..,, ...,,,,,,,,,,,,....r,,,,,,,,...,,,,,,,. M argaret O'Day
GIRLS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Officers
President ,,,,,,,,.,,,.,,,,, .......,,........ .,,....., L 0 rna Parkinson
Vice President .,,,..,..,, ....,.,. ...,,.,,,,,, O 1 ive Baxter
Secretary and Treasurer ,,.....,,,,,,,. ,,,,.,,. ,.,,,,.. D o rothy Petrie
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Weldon Calhoun, Maynard Simpson, Virgil Farm, Harry Olson, Stanley Foote, Kathryn
Nichols, Emily Edwards, Orlnan Simpson tclirevtorl, 'Fed Steplim-ns, John While.
Front Row-Haylnoncl Wells, Fred H2llll'lllE,6l', Harold Clark. Lee Fl!llll0l', Edith Baxter,
Genevieve Powers.
DOUBLE MIXED QUARTET
John Wilson Bruce Fleming
l.uVerne Enstroni Jenny Murphy Helen Johnson Dale F4-mlei'
Martha Peterson VVinifred Haner tlezulery Donna Olin
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Song Leader 7.,.,......,,,,,,.....,..,,,A,....,...,,,,,,......,,....., Donna Olin
Cheer Leader ,,,,,..,...,.,,,.,,,,.....,,,.,,......,..,,,.. Mabel Crawford
BOYS' BOOSTER CLUB
Song Leader ..,..,,.,..........,.,................,,...,....,.,...,. Dale Fender
Cheer Leader ..,.,..,e.......,ee,.,Y..........,........,,,w.. Martin Conway
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Mary Heck 92 9-14. Alice O'Day 92 3-7.
Josephine Morris 92 9-14. Edna Duhgan 91 11-14-
Helen Sutton 91 4-7.
SPIRIT OF A. H. S.
Just like a little- flower
That grows on this earth green
The spirit of any school
Must be foil to be seen.
Our four years he1'e
There was something above the rest
That we've prided and cultivated,
The spirit of A. H. S.
Of all the neighboring schools.
Ours surpassed the rest
With all the other good things, we have
The Spirit of A. H. S.
We've felt it always within us
But at times even more than the rest.
At contests and games everyone felt
The Spirit of A. H. S.
With us tl1e faculty have enjoyed it, -
It has always stood the test. .. '
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A Senior on a winter's day
Racked his brains to write a lay.
To give due praise to all our class
To every lad and every lass.
And when the early sun was set
The poet's lay had failed as yet.
At last in true despair he cried,
"How useless 'tis to try to write
And spread abroad the Seniors' praise.
No n1ortal's pen could ever raise
Esteem for students such as ours,
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Motor ..........
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Heck and Edith Baxter
Selfstarter ..........................., Velma. Scull, Vivian Decker and Opal Harris
Crank ........................................................... .............,......................... M r. McCarty
Cutouts ........ Teddy Moberg, Stanley Foote, Art Rush, Glenn Monson
Horn ...............,................,................................................................, Harold Clark
Radiator ...................................,.................,....................,......... Josephine Morris
Spark plugs ............... ..,............. C harlie Sabbath and Anna Ruse
Steering wheel ......... ............................................................. A lice O'Day
Rattles .............,,..... ...,...... C lifford Morrow and Martin Conway
Gasoline ................ .......,...........................,............., E sther Johnson
Lubricating oil ......... .... ......... D o nna Olin and Jenny Murphy
1 raller ...,l.....,,.,,..,
Heater ..............
"PLEASE NOTICE
............,...........,......,,....Valance Brown
.............Dale Fender
My good grades ....... ............................................... .,......... D o nna Olin
My red hair ............. .........,... V iva Tinker
My keen car ........................ ............. ................................ G e ne Morrow
My football letters .............................,,..............,........................., Dale Fender
Our soldiers ...........................................,..............,.....................................,.
..Emily Edwards, Lorna Parkinson, Elizabeth and Helen Johnson
My enormous size ................................,,.................................. Robert Bonynge
My "ka1e" .................................,......,....... ......................,......... D udley Wolfe
My superiority .............................. ........... M r. Croyle
My winning football team ........... ........,. T ed Stephens
My innocent eyes ....... . ............... ............ V elma Robbins
My "bob" ...,..,..,......,.................,. .,.......... M ary Schwartz
My angelic air ............................,. ................... D ail Harris
My mighty line ...,..........................,. ....,...... M artin Conway
My sympathy for mankind ........... ....................... O pal Harris
My turn is next ..................,.,.....,. .,.......... M argaret Amlong
My Velie and chauffeur ,....... ,............ L enore Hawks
My escorts ..,.................... ......... V ivian Decker
My football sweater ...... ,....,.... D ale Armstrong
My voice ............................. ..... ......................... L a Verne Enstrom
My "Baby Lincoln" ................ ................................................ C larence Bear
Our Charleston ability .................... Laura Morgan and Margaret O'Day
My good looks ...,................. ....,.....,...................................,.,...... W alter Rush
Our "Sheiks" ..................... ......... G ladys Scannell and Florence Bear
My French talent ........... .............v.............................. C harles Sabbath
My diamond ,,...,,.,,.,...... ............,......... ................... M a rie Barrell
"How cute I am" ....,.. ................... A rt Rush
My sweetness ...,...... ................ B eulah Lunn
My big heart .,,,,,,,............ Florence Thornton
Our resemblance .................. ........... T he Lemon twins
My willingness to help ......... ...............v.... A nna Ruse
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A. H. S. SIDE SHOW
Step right this way, ladies and gentlemen-for the A. H. S. Side Show.- We show
you the littlest, biggest school in the biggest littlest city in the State of Illinois. And
all the sights and sounds of the campus-the greenest freshman in captivity, the
loudest Sophomore and t'he most ornamental Junior. We show you the works of the
H. S. in the act of changing farm hands into Agriculture Sheiks. We show you partly
finished congressmen playing football. and future magazine editors milking-cows.
Right this way please-one more couple. All ready! Spank the organ, Eddie, and
'way we go.
This is the south entrance. To your left and down the steps you will notice the
fine new gym. Strictly modeled after the old gym on the college campus, because
there was nothing finer in architecture to copy. In the gym the girls are taught
jumping, vaulting, turning, somersaulting and other athletic tricks. The boys are
taught leaping, yelling, falling, and snoring. Yonder to the extreme left is piled the
numerous victories won by the FAMOUS B. B. QUARTET.
The room ahead of you to your left, which is making a noise like an explosion
of a piano factory is the music room. The room is so full of music that Mac and
Jimmy brush arpeggois instead of cobwebs off the ceiling and furniture. The awful
shrieks you hear are not alarming. Some student is merely clawing for a high note.
It is impossible to escape from A. H. S. without learning to sing. The lady with the
perpendicular smile is Profe-ssoress Haner, who has made more good voices out of
no voices at all than any other woman in America.
The apartment to your right belongs to the Manual Trainers. The boys are
taught what trees are made of. A great discovery has been made two or three times,
namely, how many layers of flesh on each side of the finger-bone.
Straight ahead to your left-this is the Language room. It is as full of Latin
and French verbs as an Italian hotel is of bedbugs. You can't help catching them
as you go through it. On to the next room-this is where the Algebraic symbols and
Geometric theorems are stored. Professoress Schroll here discovered what part of
the circle is the beginning.
Back to the Commercial room-here Prof. I. Flunkum instructs the students in
the art of preserving books without the aid of erasers. He also educates the fingers
to know the A B C's.
Up to the third floor and to your le-ft-this is the Chemistry Lab. Many opera-
tions and explosions have taken place here. The students are taught to be so hard
that they breathe Hydrogen Sulfid imost people blame them for having halitosisl
and they also drink H2SO4. In the next room physics is given.
Now notice the broad smile sitting at the desk. Behind it is Prof. Bay. He is
a tall, narrow man noted for fee-:ling "chickens" He teaches Ag. to the H. S. stu-
dents first-then writes it out for the rest of the world. ' .
Next are the Domestic Science Labs., where the ,girls are taught to cook French
seams and sew good omelets.
All straddle the banister-down we go. Landing in a heap in front of the English
room, where "I seen" and "I have did" are taught respectively. The superior English
classes are the scenes for the cussing and discussing of the affairs of Lady Macbeth
and Hamlet.
In this same vicinity the History classes meet. Debate frequently takes place
there arguing which of the following is the greatest: Themistocles, Thutmose,
Ahuramexda, Ptolemy, Alcibiades, Callisthenes, Demosthenes, Epaminondas and
Hatshepsut. This debate is now 6,000 years old and isn't settled yet. It is usually
compared to the disputes between the Juniors and Seniors for supremacy, which next
to the tariff question is considered the oldest problem in the U. S.
In the famous hall of "study" the students are taught climbing and rising. In
the absence of the teachers, various minor things take place: note and money throw-
ing, googlying and peanutin' around, shooting wastebaskets and playing African golf.
In this local locality is located the headquarters of A. H. S. Its charm lures
many students to frequent calls. It is noted for its get-rich-quick scheme profiting
from its sales of pencils and tablets.
For the traffic rules concerning the halls and stairways read the "general rules"
on the bulletin board. Yes ma'am, A .H. S. is co-education. Yes ma'am, a good many
of the students marry each other-after they are graduated. That is. one of the
greatest advantages of the system. You get an education, Alma Mater and High
School girl for a wife, all for 5510.00 a year tuition.
This high school was founded 100 years ago. Aledo was afterwards built to ac-
commodate the needs of the school. These students are taken at an early age by
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expert mental chemists and are combined with books, music, organizations, footballs,
lectures and pep meetings. After fermenting four years, the mixture is turned out
in the shape of Alumni. This last product is in great demand all over the country,
being used to run railroads, and great corporations, head colleges, direct funerals,
and govern the country. An Aledo High education is regarded as the finest quality
of ye-ast in the country. Every student who swallows it is bound to rise.
This concludes the show friends. I regret that I cannot show you the athletic
field, the fences of which are made of the scalps of Alexis, Keithsburg, I. M. S., Mo-
line, Woodhull, Monmouth, and Geneseo. You must hunt this for yourself. ALL OUT!
Alice O'Day.
Velma Scull.
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THE AMERICAN HEN
Of all the lazy persons or things in the now known world the true little old
setting hen and laying hen of U. S. A. has them all backed off the map. After
getting down off the roost in the morning she goes right to a nest with nice straw
and lays and sets around all day. Nobody in the world loves a lazy thing, but still
there is not a father, mother, -daughter, son, uncle, aunt, grandfather, sweetheart,
grandmother, father-in-law, or even such a person as a mother-in-law who does not
admire the old hen for her ability to loaf. The American hen is a constant winnerg
as a matter of fact, she has them all beat. Why, reader, her own eggs even beat!
Now as I finish this little word of praise, I wish to pronounce a. blessing on the little
old American hen. MAY GOD BLESS THE LITTLE AMERICAN HEN AND MAY
HER SON NEVER SET.
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We want it distinctly understood by all the students and friends of the high
school that this, our calendar for the ye-ar of 1926, is absolutely correct in every way,
shape and form.
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September- February-
8 Senior class officers elected. 4-5-6 County tournament. Aledo first,
9 Talk about football players, we sure Viola third.
have 'em. 8 Mr. Meyers feeds B. B.' team.
16 gigs School VS' Alumni' Atta time 9 Team and Boosters have big feed at
18-24 Rain, rain, rain, some Fair Sweet Shop' I J
27 Confused 123,465,483,763 books, 12 AISXIS Same-another V-Ct0fY-
STACKED. 16 Viola game-a great defeat.
28 StI'ikG Hlld W3.1k'Ol1t I"l1U1OI'6d. Lahl' Group pigtures takgnh
ousted' 19 New Boston loses at 25-13.
November- 22 Address by Colonel Terry.
4 Senior play cast chosen, 23 Kirkwood beat us 16-4.
7 Boys' Glee club organized. 24 Tryouts for Junior play.
11 A19dO VS. COTDUS ChI'iSti-OUI' vic- 26 Sherrard Won by 21-6-
tory.
13 Aledo vs. Princeton--their victory.
15 Ag coon supper. . March-
20 Friggsville VS- Aledo-another VIC' 1 Grand assembly with two speakers.
, ory.
26 Thanksgiving vacation. 3 Facuity game 25'22'
5 District Tourney.
December- 10 Interclass tournament - Winners,
9 Astrum nominating committee ap- Sophomores.
Domed- 17 NO HooDoo DAY-East party in-
11 Intramural B. B. teams organized. Stead-
15 Aledo wins from Corpus Christi. .
16-17 Senior class play. 25-26 Junior class play.
18 McCarty dresses dolls - Christmas 29 WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK.
vacation. 30 SNOW, SNOW, SNOW, SNOVV.
January- 31 More snow and work.
6 Boston beats us 14-22.
9 Aledo beats East Moline 14-19. May-
genlestef egiams- Military and County Track Meets.
enlor par y.
21 Work started on Astrum. 16 Baccalaureate'
, 22 Booster clubs organized. 17 Class DaY-
22 Sherrard won 18-14. 19 Commencement Exercises.
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SATIRE
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A charming young singer called Hannah
Got into a flood in Montana:
As she floated away
Her sister, they say,
Accompanied her on the piano.
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"Chase Hospital?"
"Yes."
"Mother-in-law is at death's -door."
"Come and help pull her through."
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Lady: What have you in the shape of cucumbers?
Grocer: Nothing but bananas, madam.
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Am he ,gone or is he went?
Will he ne'er to I return?
Am him gone from me for e'er?
Oh! Nay, it cannot was!
The spring has came,
The- birds has went.
It was not did by accident. .
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The Meat Boy's Love
I never sausage eyes as thine,
And if you'l1 butcher hand in mine,
And liver round me every day,
We'd seek some ham-let far away:
We'd meat life's frown with life's caress,
And cleaver road to happiness.
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Seniors are haughty, dignified, wise,
Juniors are apt to be silly but nice,
Sophomores. we think are quite the bee's knees,
But give us a Freshman-They aim to please.
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Staff Quotations
Alice and Velma: "Arf! arf! arf!"
Teddy and Glenn: "Tain't gonna dash, dash-dash!"
Esther: i'Yes, sir, that's right! Oh, don't do that."
Dale: "Just like my uncle. Lois says--." -
Kenneth: "W-e-l-l, what kind of jokes do you w-a-n-t?"
Mary: "Aw, shoot! We don't care."
Donna: "Isn't that good?" A
Edith: "Don't.tell anybody. I'se just kiddin' ye."
Footie: "Aw, shut up! I'm doing this."
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The Put-Me-Offs
My friend, have you heard of the town of Yawn,
On the banks of the river Slow,
Where blooms the Wait-aWhile flower fair,
Where the Some-Time-or-Other scents the air,
And the soft Go-Easies grow?
It lies in the valley of What's-the-Use,
In the province of Let-Her-Slide,
That tired feeling is native there,
It's the home of the listless I-Don't-Care.
Where the Put-It-Offs abide.
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I rose and gave her my seat,
I couldn't let her stand-
She made me think of mother,
With that strap she held in her hand.
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OUR NEWS STAND
Recreation ...,,....,.........,.......,.........,........ All of Us
Success .....,...............,.......................... Mr. Croyle
Musical American ........,..... Genevieve Powers
Saint's Herald .....,..... ...,.,... E sther Johnson
Cosmopolitan ......... ........... M ae Morgan
Physical Culture ........ ......... M iss Mitchell
Country Gentleman ......, ........... D onnie Heck
Beauty .............,.............. ......... M ary Heck
College Humor ........,................... Harry Brower
Woman's Home Companion ........ Dail Harris
Modern Priscilla ..................,......... Alice O'Day
Good Housekeeping .......,......., Miss Churchill
Life .,............................,.,....... Freddie Anderson
Independent ....,.............,....... Mabel Crawford
American Boy .....,.............................. Tom Lunn
Vogue .......,.,.......,..................,........... Opal Haney
Youth's Companion ....,.....,,,. Miss Cartwright
Literary Digest ............,............... Mrs. Bellows
Bookman .................... ............. D onna Olin
Farm and Poultry ................................ Mr. Bay
Breezy Stories ..................,,........,...............
..........Margaret O'Day, Leona Haines,
..........Alice Johnson, Laura Morgan.
The Nation .......,.............,............ Stanley .Foote
True Stories ..,............,,........,.. Martin Conway
Radio Digest .......,........,......... Dale Armstrong
Dance Lovers ........ Art Rush, Lenore Hawks
Photoplay .....,.......,........,.............................,...
.,....Margaret Amlong, Lorna Parkinson
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF STAFF
Debit-
Police protection against the juniors at 5150 per month .....,.................. ........ S 450.00
Printer's bill .........................,..... ............ ..................v............................. .... . 0 3
Doctor's bill 1353.75 per nervous breakdownj .................,......,.. ........ 4 8.75
Attorney's fees 133.40 per damage suitj ....,.............. ........ 3 060.00
Damage to Annual room C17c per sittingj ............... .... 1 9.43
Pop, can-dy, cigars, lunches, gum and cosmetics .,... ........ 5 3.29
Light bill Lfor after hoursj ........,,.......................,....... ........ 0 000.01
Pens, paper, ink, pencils, rulers, etc. .......,....... ......v..... 3 1.22
Miscellaneous .................... ..,........,........ .... ................ 1 1 1 1.11
SB 876.03
Credit-
Waste paper .........................,.......................,.....................,.,..........A.............................,. ........ S 95.60
Sale from chewed and otherwise mutilated pencils at reduced rates ........ ........ 1 5.97
From song leaders for using their pictures .................................................... ........ 2 222.22
From Gle-nn Monson for using his picture ........................................................ ............ 7 7777.11
Bribes to censorship board, at 52.50 per head ..........................................,............. 48482674.70
Hush money from Cartwright, Mannon, Bay, Croyle, Mac and Jimmy-
Whoopee she's a big one. lAt' 57.50 per hushj .....................,,............... ........ 2 47.63
Sale of Annual at 51.50 .............,......................,.......................................,,...... ,,.............. 9 .75
5 876.03
Passed by the Board of Senselessship.
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Now, boys and girls, get out of the halls. Get whe-re you belong. Havenlt you
any assembly to go to? Study hard and get your 'grades way up high. Always. be
ladies and gentlemen. Get my point?
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Yes, if it's absolutely necessary.
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'l"hat's a good idea. Repeat for emphasis and don't-don't-don't. Now what I
was saying was this.
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Now, class, first look at your construction. All right.
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You'll be benefited by this. And I'know you'll do it people.
This is study time.
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There's a lot of good material in this book, girls.
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Essex will break down, you know.
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What are the chemical properties of hydrogen? Now, Kenneth.
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Pronounce much aloud. Get down low and charge hard! Keep
ball! Be sure and be out to practice!
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your eye on the
talkin'.
You girls aren't s'pose to be visiting in the halls. Cut out the
Now class, can't you
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One, two, three, four.
Go on an' be you'self.
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tell you?
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Watch your guarding, girls.
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your boots. Whoopee she's a----!
When
When
When
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When
NEVER
Teddy ge-ts to class when due,
wears a hat so new,
forgets to smile at you,
shoes get a shine or two,
in class is as gentle as drew,
Barrett
Bellows
Glenn's
Bowser
QWhen the Juniors want what the Seniors
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
Seniors want what the Juniors doj,
faculty eyes are not on you,
Lyle wears a necktie blue,
Bay's courses. are easy to do,
shouts in the halls become- so few,
all the dogs are saying "mew,"
the green grass turns to blue,
be quiet? I could hear you clear down
the halls. How
in the mud. Take off
do,
Then McCarty will say, "Do yell, boys and girls, do."
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Do you recall those good old days,
Those days gone by so soon,
When you and I sat on the porch
And used to sing and talk over old times together?
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Lives of Seniors all remind us,
We should try to do our best,
And departing leave behind us
Notebooks that will help the rest.
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I sat me down in the stu-dy hall
Half inclined to shirk,
I looked at Barrett, he looked at me,
And well-I got to work.
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, Sentiments of Our' Confirmed Bachelors
Last night I held a little hand
So dainty and so neat.
I thought my heart would surely break,
So wildly did it beat.
No hand into my soul
Could greater solace bring
Than that which I did hold last night-
Two aces and .a king.
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McCarty-"I started in life as a barefoot boy?
Stanley-"Well, I wasn't born with shoes on."
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If a buddy see a buddy flunking in a quiz,
If a buddy help a buddy, is it the teacher's biz?
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Laugh and the teacher laughs with you,
Laugh and you laugh alone.
First, when the joke is the teacher'sg
Second, the joke is your own.
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BIuffer's League
Chief high bluffer .......,.....................,.......,.......... Le-nore Hawks
Assistant Cohorts ......,..... Laura, Alice J., Teckla, Margaret
Charter Members ...,...............,.......................,........................
..........,...........Alice O., Velma, Martin, Art, Teddy, Edna.
Candidates for Admission .,...................................,................
Warnock, Raymond Rube.
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Two old maids went for a tramp in the woods.
The tramp died.
Oh CD9 Heck! He says he is going to break the Will
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How Kenny QDJ?
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You've noticed this also
As sure as you're born.
The bummer the car
The louder the horn.
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Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never to himself has said,
As he stubbed his toe against the bed,
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"John," said Mrs. Norris to her husband, "I'm really
afraid our Junior is lazy. He persuades little Freddy
to do all his work."
"Lazy!" exclaimed Norris. "That's executive ability!"
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The school teacher, in trying to explain the meaning of
the word "slowly," illustrated it by walking across
the floor.
When she asked the class to tell her how she walked,
she nearly fainted when little Mabel shouted, "Bow-
legged."
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"Charlie," said the girl nervously, "I really think you
should be going."
"Oh, it's only one o'clock," her reluctant swain protested.
"I can see the clock from where I sit."
"Perhaps you can," returned the girl, "But I can see the
head of the stairs from where I sit."
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He-Could you take a joke seriously?
She-I scarcely know you yet.
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Shed a tear for little Nell,
She had a car, and drove pretty fast.
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Dail Harris-"Papa, how do you like my cake? I got
the recipe over the radio."
Loving head of the house-"It must have been broadcast
through the Rocky mountains."
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Joke Editor fto the staffj-Anyone here know a. good joke?
Velma Scull-Oh, yes, I do.
Joke Editor-What?
Velma-The Joke Editor.
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A simp went into the lab. one day,
Picked up the HCLQ
He poured it into something else,
And blew the J2L.
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I saw a ,irl at Child's who had on a two thousand dollar
pearl necklace that cost 50 cents.
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"Why do young ladies in love like the circus?"
"Because they have an itching for the ring."
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The telephone girl has more rings in her ears than she
has on her fingers.
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He talked as if his Adam's apple was sour.
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Once there was a man who loved the bees-
He always was their friend,
He liked to sit upon their hives,
But they STUNG 'IM in the en-d.
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Sleeping like a log is all right, but sleeping like a saw-
mill is often offensive.
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Learn this, and you'll meet no defeats,
No matter what your station:
An ounce.of Keep-Your-Mouth-Shut beats
A ton of Explanation.
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At a college examination a professor asked: "Does my
question embarrass you?"
"Not at all. It is quite clear. It is the answer that both-
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"When she wa.sn't looking I kissed her."
"What did she do?"
"Refused to look at me for the rest of the evening."
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Quite matchless are- her dark brown iiii,
She talks with perfect eeeee,
And when I tell her she is yyyy,
She says I am a ttttt.
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In one particular all women are alike: Each thinks she
is different.
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Close within his arms he held her. He looked deep, deep
into her glistening eyes and searched her very soul.
Nearer and nearer he pressed her wilting form to
him. Their hearts beat violently. Slowly she raised,
her face to his. Her half-partedlips gave forth the
heat of burning coals. They stood quivering as blades
of grass kissed by a passing breeze. A few loose
strands of her golden hair maddened him. He press-
ed his fevered lips closer to hers-closer-closer-
when of a sudden the poor yap sneezed and spoiled
it all, and they took the picture over again.
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"If we can't live in peace, live in pieces," he said as he
mashed the dishes.
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'Juvenile remarks are not always so naughty as'they seem.
Small Sam, for instance, had no intention of using
bad language when he got into such severe trouble
in class.
His teacher was trying to press home certain facts con-
cerning a volcano. In reviewing the lesson she drew
on the blackboard her own conception of a flaming
mountain, using colored crayons with extraordinary
effect.
"What is it?" she asked, the picture finished.
The scholars shook puzzled heads.
"You don't know? Well, what does it look like?" the
teacher persisted.
"I think it looks like hell.'i
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Tom: "If I kiss you will you call your mother?"
Tess: "Not unless you want to kiss the whole family."
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Here of late fathers prefer men who call on their daugh-
ters to have some of the get-up-and-go style about
them.
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"I could die waltzing with you."
"You will if you don't keep off my feet."
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At a Washington reception a lady whispered in a shocked
voice to a senator:
"Look at that girl! I never saw such a decolette blouse
and such a short skirt, and such transparent stock-
ings. I'm shocked beyond words, for I always thought
her a very quiet creature."
"Perhaps,T' laughed the senator, "she's one of those who
believe and practice the good old saying that young
girls should be seen and not heard."
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ALUMNI
Alumni '25
Through the halls of our High School again
Re-echo the names of former Freshmen.
I'll begin with the class of '25
And tell you how many of them survive.
Virgil Anderson at Augustana we find.
Paul Black has not made up his mind.
Frances Bailey and Helen Newell are at Jacksonville,
While Richard Warnock at Knox still climbs the hill.
Pauline Dorothy and Hazel Chandler -don't care to roam,
So now if you look you will find them at home.
Kathryn Blayney's in Chicago studying art.
Nathan Sabbath at the depot still runs his cart.
Berne Brown they say is still on the farm.
Ruth White's in our Superintendent's office here
Helping the man we all love so dear.
At Dr. Davifrl's office Mabelle Butcher is found.
Lyle Durning, they say, still tills the ground.
Our athlete Ralph Sheese is going to Knox.
Ira Hofer's at Bradley learning lots.
Ruth Bonynge and Marjorie Edgar we find at Macomb,
And Raymond Wells is staying at home.
Harold Hofer's at Colorado U.
Ruth Bjorkman at Knox studies too.
Decker Berglund's one of our Post Graduatesg
When a line is crooked he argues it straight.
At home Helen Baxter and Margaret Clarke,
They say, are learning the housekeeping art.
At the First National Bank is Irene Lenz,
And Leota rules with an iron hand.
Mina Rae Morford's at Jacksonville.
Elna Carlstrom's at home near Matherville.
Lucille Sherer and Edward Kelleher are at home.
Morris Ketzle more knowledge takes into his dome.
Irene Baumgardner so very well known
Is now remembered as Mrs. Humberstone.
Rowena Wells at Golf Park we find.
Clarence Thomas has not chosen to make up his mindg
I think you'll find him near Muscatine.
Leona Bivens at home is seeing
Like Verne Lemon she cares not to roam.
And Everette Gustafson and Veneta Braucht
Have hopes of teaching others what they've been taught.
Anna Lee Garrett still seeks more knowledgeg
You will find her at France-s Shimer college
Esther Zentmire at the Farm Bureau office worksg
Ernest Walters on t'he farm never shirks.
If there are any others who've gone astray,
I cannot tell their whereabouts today.
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Alumni '24
The class of '24 has won its fameg
One after the other I will name: M
Carl Anderson at Illinois we see
And at home we find Elwin Whitney.
Bertha Dungan and Mary Wagoner are teaching school
Laying down the gol-den rule
Cleo McIntyre and Dallas Brown attend Monmouth college,
Obtaining, I think, some valuable' knowledge.
Francis Rush's in Rock Island, they say,
Toiling steadily every day.
Mary Butcher has married John Vanceg
If other girls only had a chance!
Faith Cooke and Yvonne Berglund are Post Graduates.
They're always here and never late.
At home we find Mary Alice Clarke
Remembered as being a History shark.
Donald Durning toils away
On the farm from day to day. '
Ella Litzenberger and Ivy Drake are attending Blackburn.
At Illinois U Charles Duvall tries to learn.
Nora Penman is in far North Dakota.
Colby Pinkerton's somewhere in Minnesota.
Clarence Stephens is at the oil station.
Bessie Hodgson fell in love against heart's dictation.
William Hawks in Missouri studies away.
Frances Harbour's in Burlington, Iowa.
Lyle Bradford always at home on the farm
' In peace an-d quiet away from harm.
Edward Watson at Knox studies awayg
Gwendolyn Willits gains knowledge from day to day.
Opal Brown is teaching school.
Grace Seiver is working in town,
And Ethel Parkinson stays at home. .
At Augustana is Elsa Peterson, -
And at home near Joy is Ralph MOHSOI1-
Larry Morfor-zi works at the Burgess Bank.
John Lemon waters horses at the tank.
Roy Yerkey is still in town,
And at the library ,gains renown.
Harvey Thompson in Aledo we find
With his wife always on his mind.
Elvira Kindlesperger teaches at Kewaneeg
From flattering men you'll find her free.
Leo and Francis Johnson, although not brothers,
Were always good friends of one another.
Anabel Litzenberger has changed her nameg
By Mrs. Reaber she'll win her fame.
If I have omitted one name today,
I shall close by saying they've gone astray.
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Alumni '23
At last comes the class of '23g
Not many of them do we still see.
Dorothy Almquist works at the Northern Utilityg
Bessie Turner is Mrs. Perry Whitney.
Ben Sabbath and Meredith Davis are at Illinois UQ
Anetta Stratten and Alta Butcher to their husbands are true.
Merwin Cain and Charles DeBord stay at homeg
Marie 0'Day works in the office of the telephone. -
Frances Wharton and Josephine Kistler are married they say:
In both their faces you see- the sun's ray.
George Hebel at Cornell studies awayg
He'll soon be a lawyer without any pay.
Kenneth Johnson is at New Windsor, Illinois,
Remembered as being a quiet boy.
Vernon Bigsby at Monmouth college
Is climbing gradually the trce of knowledge.
Warren Graham works at Muscatine.
Martha Anderson at home is seeng
At the First National Bank is He-len Ashg
And Mabelle Day is Mrs. William Rush.
At Peoria is Harry Browng
And John Vance remains in town.
Albert Dunlap and Ralph Gustafson at The Times Record work,
And at their duty never shirk.
l.eonard Dorothy, married is he,
And Clarke Ketzle from women is fre-e.
Ruth Artz's at Macomb Normal school.
Lyle Boultinghouse at Kankakee minds the ruleg
Beulah Bolton at home is she,
And on the farm is Perry Whitney.
Robert Felton's at Detroit, Michigan,
And in California we find Harland Lane.
Hope Stephens at Des Moines, Iowa.
Margaret Haverfield teaches from day to day.
Mrs. Hugh Dixon as the former Pauline Terry
And Harvey Dahl who is not ready to marry.
Charles Carlstrom at Kncx studies well
And Ruth Ke-tzle is seen at Cornell.
Helen Harriet goes to Macomb,
Elizabeth Metcalf and Lcis Miller stay home.
Kathryn McShane at Augustana is foundg-
Lee Peterson and Madeline Powers are working in town.
If I have omitted a single name- '
One who has struggled and won his fame-
I am .sorry but I cannot say
'1"hat I know their whereabouts today.
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Astrumg and maybe you won't.
Maybe we care, and
Maybe we don't.
Maybe you'll be stung,
Maybe you won't.
Maybe we care, and
Maybe we don't.
Maybe you'll do better, and
Maybe you won't.
Maybe we care, and
Maybe we don't.
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