Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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Mid-Winter Class Alton j cfyool Class Day Thursday, January 25, 1912. Music High School Orchestra Class History Martha Stanley Class Poem Helen Didlake Essay—“Our Yellow Neighbor, Mary Ryrie Violin Solo George Walker Recitation—“The Prince of Illusion,” Lillian Gaddis Oration— The Hidden Power,” Vernon Wade Class Prophecy Eula Green Piano Solo Lillian Gaddis Class Will Lucian Taylor President's Address Paul Zerwekh Music High School Orchestra What! Wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice? —Sid. Gaskins.

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3n Hfemnriam The news of the death of the Mid-Winter class of '12 did not come as a shock to the public at large. For, as all logical thinkers had long ago concluded, how could such a class as this meet any other end? The end came in a peaceful slumber, entirely characteristic of their entire career. For nearly six years most of them had been permitted to pass their time at the Alton High School, but just as a policeman rudely awakens a peacefully slumbering Weary Willie, so Principal Richardson was at last compelled to awaken this class to the fact that they must do something. It appears that they perceived that the only thing possible for them to do was to effect their decease. So here we pay our respects and place a few laurels on their last resting place. “In men this blunder still you find, They think their little set, mankind. —Push.

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Gkaftaaiing 1Exmia?a ittiitHiuln (Clasfi uf 1012 .Alton lliiitlt School High School Auditorium Friday Evening, January Twenty-six Nineteen Hundred Twelve Music, Program High School Orchestra Invocation, Rev. S. D. McKenny Salutatory, Francis George Morfoot Vocal Solo—“Rapture” Emily Louise Hoefert Address—“The American High School,” Dr. John W. Cook, Music, President of the Northern Illinois Normal School. High School Orchestra Valedictory, Mamie Louise Sydney Presentation of Diplomas by J. W. Schoefiler, President Board of Education. Music, High School Orchestra “Oh, if man were constant, he were perfect.” —Hilda Straube.