Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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(Ulanfl {Irnjilirrii (CoHliuuci Along another part of the road I seem to hoar a fninl tramp, trump, us of ,«ohlier marching in tin- far distnner ami out of this conics the picture of the now far-distant world-war in which Arthur Adams won his generalship: and I also sec IJoyd Kaim-y ns the efficient head of a famous military school. And in imagination this scene shifts easily to one of Lola Foulk jus the charming mistress of Lloyd's lovely home. And then my view reverts to scenes called up hy the thoughts of war and 1 see Fred Townl who for years was energetic in relief work in the I-. S„ now in Kngland lending his energy and sound business sense to the rebuilding of (towcrfiil industries there. Again as 1 gaze down a quiet, peaceful section of my imaginary lane, running through rich farm lands. I see Clifton Hill ami Pearl Jones enjoying their well-earned evening's rest on the front porch of their spacious farm home. As I wander along this rather lonely stretch of country road noting the cvidenci on all sides of Clifton's and Pearl’s thrift and prosperity. I «in stjirtled at hearing my name spoken hy some one evidently right In-side me. Anil I am still more startled wlu-n I am c died again and again and yet can find no one in sight. After a few minutes of this f heroine aware of a distant buzz overhead ami looking up I see nil airship. I finally realize that Kddic Davis, the most powerful ventriloquist of Jill times, has In-on IMiised in his airship directly over me mid has thrown his voice down right beside in even when he was still so high in the air that the noise of Ids mue'iinc w.is not noticeable. I close my eyes for a moment to wonder over what I have just experienced and when f open them agiin. the picture I see is of IVirl Frier leaching Physical Culture in :i High School in Next I mv Arttic Pyles at work on a wonderful electric sign and on looking closer f discover Hint the sign is for Tillman Morgan. Tile (ieiitlenieii's Tailor. I travel far to find Mary Webb living on a cattle ranch in New Mexico and Vinila Conover the wife of a leading business m in in Siinnyside. Washington. And having found each of these twenty-two Seniors. I turn away from this most wonderful window of the mind, thankful for the visions I have hail through it; for now I am content to Itdieve that all will he well in the future of these lives that are going out from B. T. II. S. forever. 22

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(Eiass JJrnplirnj Oh! For a glnvsin which to see Ourselves ns we shall Inter he! Twenty-two Seniors stand on the threshold of the door which i' to close fore ver ii| on their High Sch.Mtl days and 111roii li which they arc to enter their real life’s work. After a few more weeks, only through the windows of memory will they lie aide to review the painful and the happy hours spent in work and play in If. T. II. S. May we ho|ie that the blind may lie drawn over memory's window enough to shut out each glimpse of a painful hour and that all their recollections of High School life may lie pleasant. Peering now through a window of imagination. I am interested in following as far as niv eyes can see. a long, long trail that winds into the future of these lives. 1 have not fur to look until I see our Senior President, Richard Meads, ns an exjiert draftsman working with one of the largest construction companies in the world and from the dependence which they seem to place in him. as well as from the amount of work he is turning out. 1 judge that lie has lost, somewhere along the road, hi- besetting sin of procrastination. A little farther on I behold Paul Jones, an able lawyer, and mil delighted to hear Paul who was ever so afraid of his own voice in High School, arguing before a jury in no uncertain or timid tones When Paul has finished his sjieceli. the judge. Singleton Rushing, rises to deliver the final instructions to the jury, which he does in such an impressive and dignified manner that I am shocked and pained at the change in him. Rut after a few minutes, when the jury has withdrawn and a recess has liven declared, the judge liegins to converse with the men in the court room and I soon am relieved by realizing niv mi'ttike in believing that he hud lost his rare sense of humor or his gift of foolish gall. .Inst outside the court house I hear the strident tones of an auctioneer which cannot be mistaken for other than Bill Saulher’s and I am sun- the chattels which he knocks down will bring I heir full value or even more for Bill always had a knack of getting out of anything as much as (or more than) he put into it. After close attention I find that he is selling donkeys that Paul Sanders lias driven in from his donkey ranch. I linger lieforc travelling on down the lane of imagination, long enough to see Leslie Mundell bid in a fine span of the donkeys to use on bis large farm. A little farther on I see King Quillman’s photograph gallery and at the close of the day watch King carrying his cornel home with him. for in the evening he will lead the band practice. I bear Ebcn Dial proclaimed far and near as a second Caruso and rejoice that bis loss of voice was only temporary. I see a well-dressed physician alighting from his cur and with his ease of medicines entering a stone-front mansion, and recognize Clarence Kskew. It is easy to realize that he is unselfishly devoting his life to alleviating the pains of others. At the same time I am glad to know from bis appearance that bis unselfishness, efficiency, and bis old-time art of being a good-mixer arc being rewarded by pro$| crity. It is only a step from this scene to that of Verne Jones a-, head nurse in a large hospital. Although still short in stature she is looked up to by the other nurses

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(Class I pon behalf of mv client, the class of 1018. of Hcnlon Town-'|'ip High School, of the city of Hcnlon. State of Illinois. I nited States of America. I have called you together ii|Kin this solemn and serious occasion, to listen to her Inst will and testament, and to receive from her dying hand the few gifts she has to bestow in her last moments. A consultation of doctors was called together on May the first, and they predicted that on June the first the Class of 11)18 was doomed to die. My client wishes me to state that owing to a lightness in the head caused by it gradual swelling during the last four years, and a heavy heart due to thoughts of parting and our feasting, that it is probable that she may have l ccn mistaken in her inventory: but such things as she thinks she has. she hereby gives into your possession, trusting that you may not believe that it is only l ccausc she cannot keep her goods that she is generous. She has tried to lx- just a- well as impartial in the distribution of such gifts, as she has in her jmwer to Itcslow. After thoughtful and dclilterate consideration, these are the decisions at which she has finally arrived. Listen, then, one and all. while I read the document, as duly drawn up and sworn to: THE WILL We. the Class of 11)18. al out to depart from this sphere of education, in j osscssion of a crammed mind, a well-trained memory, and an almost superhuman understanding, do make, ordain, publish, declare, ami cause to Ik executed, this, our last 23 am will ami test aim-lit. hereby revoking ami making void all former will ami codicil . I»y us al any lime heretofore made. First, We do direct dial our fuiiend services shall bo conducted bv our illustrious friend, the principal, who lias l»een our guardian for so long, only enjoining, as the last injunction of the dying, that tin- funeral Ik carried on with all dignity and pomp that our position as Seniors must certainly deserve. Second. We will and l cqucnth to the dear faculty, who have Iwren our instructors in nil the wisdom of the ages, an unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need they lie awake through the long watches of the night, to worry over the uncertainty of whether the Senior boys arc getting their lessons. We also promise them a rest from l!MS s petition . They have performed their duty well and. verily, now shall they have their well-earned reward. 1 o next year’s basketball team, we will the ability of Clarence Eskew. Tillman Morgan. Eddie Davis ami Paul Jones. We will and bequeath to the Junior Class the Senior seal -. Let every member show his gratitude hv endeavoring to fill them as faithfully, as promptly, and quietly as we have done. We will and bequeath to Miss Seymour, a quiet assembly, in the future. We will the Frcdimuu Class the statue of Liuroln, and that no further harm shall come to him. All the rest and residue of our properly, whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, hind, quality, soever it may be.