Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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Class Roll Maude Denzel Ballenger Marjorie Betts Oliver Martin Bristow Marguerite Buck Lewis Edward Caiame May me Elizabeth Coleman Harold Horatio Curdie Lucy Loretto Degenhardt Lawrence Loomis Dorsey Elizabeth Eberhardt Mary Helen Ellison Virginia Lee English Frances Alice Fechner Bertha Clara Fiegenbaum Flossie Russell Fowler Imo Gillham Alma Rhea Green Lillian Alice Hamilton Harvey Pope Harris Grace Kathaleen Heskett Kendall Eaton Hopkins Harry Watson Johnson John Edward Juttemeyer Mary Edna Kelsey Lenora Minnie Koch Hannah Helen Kranz Florence Lyndell Kuhn William Edward Levis Viola Mignonette Loarts Hallie Mae Logan Lela Alice Logan Frances Evelyn Lowe Frederick Earl McPike Lillian Blanche Marsh Julia Philomene Marum Johanna Katherine Masel Charles Kirk Mook Alice Casperson Morris Nellie Lee Mottaz Ernest Julius Netzhammer Leland George Osborn Fannie Fern Oulson Elda Maurine Paul Ethel Lorine Paul Lauretta Grace Paul Viola Pearl Paul Wilma Veola Pierce Edna Rachel Radcliff Ethel Hortense Rodgers Nettie Rosebery Florence Edna Sawyer Henry Nelson Schweppe Walter Ellis Smith Florence Maria Steiner Sanford King Taylor Pearl Inez Trube Myrtle Helen Volz Verna Grace Warner Maria Tilton Wead Clark LaNier Wells James Wilson Rose Elizabeth Fay Yaeger MOTTO— Launched but not anchored 14

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 THE CALL OF THE WEST First Prize The West! The West! What a world of meaning: those two words convey ! They recall the time when the West was a wilderness infested by wandering tribes of Indians, when it was the hunter’s and trapper’s paradise,—then the advent of the “forty-niners” and the hardships, dangers, and sufferings endured in the search for gold—how a few were successful in finding the precious metal, but how a great many were stranded— and then how those stranded ones turned their hands to other things—cattle and sheep-raising, lumbering, and especially to farming. Then it became a reality that the true wealth of the West lay in the soil. This fact has a special significance, when, “Back to the farm!” is heard on every side, when people in all phases of life are leaving their present occupation and are rushing back to the country; when, more than ever before, mankind is realizing the value of agricultural schools and the use of modern and devised methods in farming, when it is seen that farming is not a mere side Issue, but that it is a business and a science. And where, where do these enthusiasts go? Where, to practice their new ideas and methods? To the West! The West, swelling each year with the tide of emigrating farmers—farmers who have left the East to go where success is assured; where the climate stimulates ambition and fills the body with new life; where the calm, clear atmosphere and the bright sunshiny days assist him in his efforts: where, through energy and perseverance, farming has proved a wonderful success in all of its branches; where the farmer of ten acres has as much chance as he who possesses thousands; where each works for the good of all; where co-operation, by means of which all difficulties have been overcome, is the distinguishing feature. Through the combined efforts of the people, the water problem has been solved: some of the greatest engineering feats in history have been accomplished; rivers have been made to change their 1 ;