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

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3uniar (Class Jlnrrn J—I for the jov of living. It i I lie tiling we rare most aliout. Altliougli we strive to gel our lesson . Joy we e.ihiinl do without. I —Comes next upon the program It stands for union, it hinds us nil For without the work of unions. The world would not progress at all. N—Means that we're coming nearer ”Po those dear old days at H. T. II. S. May those letters ever stand Indore us. May they |k II for us ’Sl’CCKSS. I Stands for I-D-O-L. It docs not stand for l-D-L-F. B T. H. S. is our I DO L. And may we never M)-LB Ik . O—Is for our class colors. They are white and green And at all our entertainments These colors ran Ik seen. R Stands for our rooters. We do our part at every game. Although we can’t all play basket ha 11 We help our team win just the same. S Mean that we’ll mk»ii Ik Seniors And another scIhk I we’ll have to find But we will always love llu; memories Of the soIukiI we left behind. So with Mis Peek as our Junior teacher. Although she is no preacher We go the straight and narrow path And so overt all forms of wrath. 19

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3unior (ElasB ijiatunj Yes sir. that's the West model that the Brain Factory pills out some class? Do you want to hear the history of that car? It started in l!)15 with pretty complex incchanism. It had over sixty parts- some were gathered from the city and some from the country. But when they had been worked on. the assembled parts looked rather promising. I'nder the leadership of Miss Du.vsell. with Paul Stowers as driver of the car. it came into existence as a very good looking ear. and one that could travel at a pretty good rate. It made good progress the first year, stopping only a few times; the first time al Hickman's Branch for a Wiener Roast. next at the High School where a good old-fashioned Hallowe'en parly was held. The car had quite a jolt when it crossed the Semester Exams but only a few fell out. As the roads gradually improved, by April the ear was working perfectly and was very capable of entertaining the Soph's at the B. T. II. S. Well, that model got along fairly well that season, but we saw where several improvements could Ik- made. Too many different materials were being used, so the Officials of the factory, under the supervision of Mr. Honk, selected the Ixrst pieces and simplified the structure until only forty parts remained. The l! 17 model was a corker! It was that year that we chose the colors for our car—ever see anything prettier than a green laxly and white wheels? We had an excellent demonstrator. Miss Peek, and a very capable chauffeur. Thomas Dillon, who put the car through iter best paces and proves! just what she could do. She had some pretty hard jolts, one being altout the colors of the ear. but also several good trips: The trip to Hamilton's Lake, when the Freshmen gave a picnic, was successful. The Seniors realized what a fine car we had at the demonstration in April al the B. T. H. S. She came through the year in fine shape—running smoothly and hitting on all cylinders. The next year we made several improvements, the parts were simplified to about 25. Notice how easy the steering wheel Is to manage; that even a woman can run it successfully has been proved since Lucilc Burkett has run it this year. The hardest test of the whole year came when we went over the steep hill, called Junior-Senior Reception —our tires proved worth while. This year two of our parts were thought good enough to adopt in France and they arc doing their share in winning the war. You think you don't care to buy yet? All right! We are planning on a Itctlcr model for l!)l!l than has ever been produced. Just wait and watch us. 30