Freeport High School - Polaris Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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THE ANNUAL POLARIS-1915 5 Q 95 95 Class Prophecy 5 5 Q 95 I Curtam rxses Harriet Cox IS seen snttmg at rlght of readlng table sewmg mald IS dustmg Bell rrngs Mald leaves and returns wlth tray and card A gentleman to see you MISS' Harriet Cox takes card and reads Karl Hoffman Karl Hoffman How famlllar that name sounds' Show hlm m Mary CH C rlses as K H enters w1th mald Maid leaves D Karl Hoffman As I lxve Harrxet Cox of 1915 CVleet and shake handsl H C Why lt rs you' What a surprxsel Have a chaxr K H Thank you Don t mlnd lf I do Thls ns mdeed a surprxse What have you been domg these long ten years? H C I rn Presxdent of the Associated Charltles and all my time has been taken up What have you been domg? What brought you here? K H I have been selhng a book called The Accomphshments of Class of 1915 Thxs book was pubhshed thls year 1925 nn the F H S prmtmg office of Freeport Illmols In v1ew of the fact that the accomplishments of our class were so many and so great rt was an extremely dlfficult undertakmg for the author to attempt to wrxte such a book H C It must have been Our class was certamly wonderful Ix H If you have a few mmutes to spare we can look over the book together H C, Dellghted fBoth draw chairs to table K H places book on table and opens coverj The author has taken hls material from our Class Day Fxerm e of 1915 I Thedecllcatlon orclass poem you remember wa given and IS here edrted by Ohver jastram H L It seems such a short time ago I can almost hear hun now CArc hghts out Spothght J Jastram steps forward and grves dedlcatxon K H Il The pubhshers have for thelr advance advertisements Ehzabeth McNary s Mantle speech Can t you hear her grvmg rt? III The cr1t1c1sm of the book was by Boyd Txnsley H111 the junxor mantle speaker IV The Hrstory of the class was wrxtten and gxven by Marguerlte Doyle Thus IS hsted as Chapter I V And the class orator James Donald Burns came next Here we are at the closlng chapter The chapter of the Deeds of 1915 After Graduatlon Let us follow the author closely fTakes book and readsl When the hlstory of the class rn I' H S of my edrtlon were completed I felt that a great deal had already been accomphshed and now I felt entxrely at a loss to know where to look for maternal for the concludmg chapter thelr achievements m the world after leavmg school After careful conslderatxon however I decided to start ln Freeport gathermg what lnformatlon I could there and then as a means of combmlng work and recreatlon I thought of travelmg about the country and as I heard or saw anythlng of the members of the Class of 15 I would jot down notes and at the close of each day make the requxred addxtlon to my book I began work ona Monday morning at 7 o clock As I entered a book store to purchase paper and pencll wlth whxch to make my notes I notlced on the slgn above the door LIGGETT Sz GUHL BOOKS AND scHooL SUPPLIES and imagine my 1oy on entering to see Jeannette Bowler and Lucxle Bookman clerkmg They report heavy sales on a book called The Hart of a School G1rl by Imogene ,lungkunz H C He doesnt say that Torry Foy and Remt Slulter have a butcher shop next door K H I knew our class had energetrc busmess hke people rn It H C When I was ln Rockford last week I purchased a hat at a lnttle nullmery shop run by Emmehne Beardsley K H CTurmng back a few pagesj I beheve there IS somethmg here about the author s VISII to Rockford Oh yes' Here lt ns CRead br1eHyJ E Beardsley Mllhnery Shop As I sat down to 1ny supper I notlced on the corner of the napkm by my plate Ludwlg and on the menu card the words Harry Ludwig Pro prxetor I asked to see ham but learned that he was away on a vacation wxth Paul Smxth who owned a ranch ln Montana H C Oh yes There was an article m last evenmgs paper about a famous breed of cattle bemg raxsed on that ranch CGets paper from some place nearby J K H fTak1ng paper readsl Freeport News Editor James Fulwlder C1ty Editor L Dlppell Busmess Manager H Wheat They should call thls paper The Trxumvrrate H C CLookmg at paper and pomtxng J Here s an advertx ement for the Keene Cutter Blade Company You know Oscar Hlll IS presldent of that company fTurns back to Hrst page D K H Yes here lt IS Isabel Gugger IS head stenographer The board of dnrectors conslsts of Kenneth Knowlton N Studebaker Wm Calkms and buslness of all sorts ns prospernng under the guldance of members of the Class of 1915 Early Tuesday mornmg I planned on leavmg for Chxcago I found Orrln Kahl sellmg tlckets but owlng to the crowd I was unable to speak to him At any rate I had found one more to add to my hst As I boarded the tra1n I found the seats pretty well filled and I was obhged to slt w1th a lady whom I afterwards learned was Mable Murphy She proved to be very talkauve and after a few mmutes conversatlon I found she was on her way to Chlcago I then ventured to ask her rf she mtended to Vl5lt relatxves Oh no she rephed I am gomg to Vlblt a very dear frlend of mme a Mrs Mertons She was a member of our Class of 15 Her maiden name was Marie Schlenk I xmmedxately became 1nterested and asked her xf she knew of any other members of her class Yes she saxd I heard before I left thxs mornmg that Martha Brockmeler was gomg abroad to cultlvate her volce Ethel Eells has gone to Kalamazoo Mxchxgan to become a nurse Dorothy Fuller IS sand to have become a temperance lec turer The last letter I had from Mane she sald that a few days before she wrote the letter she was I . . . . . . . 11 A . . , I ' . 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THE ANNUAL POLARIS-1915 easel Cm Stern faculty of Freeport Hlgh' Oh Semors lf that name thou love Whnch art a hght to guade to try To check the errmg and reprove Thou who art brothers to the rest When trouble comes should do your best I rom small temptatxons set them free And guide our franl humamty There are who ask thee 1f thme eye Be on thyself and not thy school To whlch the Semors 'xll reply Our school IS first thou sllly fool Glad hearts vuthout reproach or blot Who do thy work and claxm nt not But gxve It free uncompensated bo to the school we dedlc ate All the vlctornes we have won In our athletlcs track debate The lecture course and all else done Twas only for the school we worked And nonc of us our dutxc shlrked The I4 H S ' The best of all' We answered at her urgent call In baskct ball we dxcl our best And won at last the champlon hxp The coach and fellows worked mth zest And came back v1ctors excry trlp Crowds of Freeport rooters went To help them w1n Much money spent Dmo Ock and Torrey played And to the last ln e1ch game stayed In football too we set a pace That kept all others near here scared Although we lost the longed for place We won 1 lot because we dared The best the Hlgh School ever had' Oh classmates we are surely glad That we could help Wm vxctory And gnve our school prosperxty In track the fellows were all line At U of C and Illmols They were second across the hne, Recexved much pralse from other boys Llke the rest of the class so grand Not ln thelr own llght dld they stand, But gave to us, for whom they beat, The crecllt for their flymg feet Rm laaaaj As champxons also m debate We worked and worked and worked some more Debated early argued late Untll we knew all postal lore Why d1d we thls? You well may ask Why tned we such a knotty tmsk? That we mxght give oh school to you Honors and vxctorles not a few In oratory and extemp We dxd our best but faxled to w1n Some people look wxth much contempt Upon a loss and make much dm About a vxct ry whxch they clanm Brmgs honor to the man and fame But what ns fame unless dwxded' Tls no good nf just one snded The lecture course we dedlcate To all our underclassmates here Musxclans came here who were great And to you people brought good cheer Lectures drawmg entertamment Joy and laughter unrestramed went And every person seemed well pleased Thexr musxcal desnre appeased Our plays come ne1.t both sad and gl nl The best that ever have been seen The trouble that old jonesy had The glrl who wore those stockmgs green We hope the school w1ll emulate Our plays so Hne our actors great And so to lt we dedxcate All our actlng done of late The paper that we pubhshed here Has won great fame throughout the land We ve sent mt out wxthout a fear That wxth the rest lt could not stand Breezy new-ny xnterestmg Full of comment and good Jestmg To the school It s brought great credlt The Polarls which we edlt So to the school we dedxcate All the vlctorles we have won ln all athletmcs track debate The lecture course, and all else done 'Twas only for the school we worked, And none of us our dutles shxrked We answered at her urgent call The F H S ' The best of all' . . ' , I l V 1 1 ' . I n ' ' I 1 1 ' . 1 Q ' ' , T ' ' ' K ' 1 1 1 A .' , C. . l I . . : . 3 x 11 - ' 11 ' , . Q 1 ' 1 ' . . . , . 5 . Q 1 1 1 I . 1 1 . ' ' To Alma Mater dedicated. 1 - 1 . . . . 1 'l ' l O S l I , . ' ,. . . c , , , . 1 ' . . . . 1 '15 - ' . 1 1 l ' . V 1 . , . . 'l I . 'A ' , - , . 1 ' 1 ' ' 5 - ' . l ' ' . . .' . ' 1 I 1 . ' - fx ' Y . . . Y xv . . . 1 - , 1 I 7 Y N 1 n 4 . , r C 1 1 '- A ' 1 ' ' ' f ' c , . - - . l Y ' Y. . 9 1 1 ' ' . . . 1 . , . , . I . l . . I Y I

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THE ANNUAL POLARIS-1915 surprlsed to meet C race Hartman and Helen Phllllps whxle down town They told her they had both been domg office work m the Wxlson Young 'md Slnclalr Kmttmg I'actory You know both Young and Smclanr were m our class too I con tlnued to ask her more about her class and It was at this pomt her curxsoxty became aroused and she asked me why I seemed so lnterested I thereupon told her what I was domg She thought It to be an excellent plan The stoppmg of the tram drew our conversatxon to a close We had reached Chxcago At the breakfast table ln the hotel the following mormng I sat opposnte a tall hungry lookmg gentleman whom I learned was Russell Knoble a salesman for the Fred Taylor Incubator Works My new found fnend a busy man left on an early tram and much as I wlshed to talk to hum of my purpose In travelmg I was unable to do so H C Russell Laxble as travehng for some Freeport farm what lt IS I can t remember K H I m afrald the author has mlssed some of these people who haven t settled down In one place H C Barbara Anderson and Helen Hoy are ln Europe studymg art K H It seems almost lmposslble for one man to look up the whole number of graduates CRe sumes lnterest In bookl CContmuesJ On leav mg the hotel I sauntered down the street I hadn t gone far when I notxced the name Bee Langenstexn on the wmdow of a small pawn shop I should have liked to talk to hlm but was mformed by the clerk that Mr Langenstem the proprietor had not yet arrnved On leavmg the store a large yellow dehvery wagon attracted my attentnon The sign out my hst and found the name I thought I had seen the name before I reallzed It was near dmner time so I then returned to the hotel At ten oclock the followmg mormng I vnsxted the court house having learned from the news paper that ,luha Wheat was charged with assault mg I-stelle Davls one dark mght whlle she was commg home from a vnsxt wnth Helen Palmer and Iuclle Smith two spmster maxds who hved to gether on Thirty Second Street The lawyer for the defense was Dorothy Place a promlnent lawyer of New York The Judge ln charge of the court was Wescott Walker Some of the members of the jury were Ruth Wlcks Helen Wells Gertrude McDerm1d and Mable Ballschmxdt all members of the Class of 15 The court was dxsmlssed wlthout a decxslon On my return to the hotel I narrowly e caped bemg run over by a truck belong mg to the jastram Wnlds Dry Goods Company drlven by Leo Koehler It was only through the efforts of Phlhp Youngblood a policeman statxoned nearby that I escaped sernous mjunes I learned from Phxl that he was a member of the C lass of I5 He also stated that Kathleen McCoy Eva Murdaugh and Lucretxa Porter were clerks with jastram W1lds Company Thxs firm I learned mamtams a specxal ha1r dressing de art ment supermtendfed by Margaret Schulte w 0 IS ass1sted by Fern Hookstra H C Oh yes and Gerald Blgelow IS the Jumor partner of Stukenberg Sz Blgelow Dry Goods Company of Freeport where Helen Sage Pearl Yea er Hazel Snyder and Marjorxe Lacy are emp oyed as models K H CTurn1ng back a few pages J Back here somewhere the author speaks of Dr E1n1l Hoefer who owns a sanltarlum ln Stockton where hls wife formerly Mary Taft lb his asslstant and head nurse Irene Schofeld xs lnstructor of Latm m the Hlgh School there Well on that same v1s1t to Chxcago the author decxded to go to a theatre H C Mxldred Edler s husband owns a theatre xn Chxcago K H Yes the Imperlal Theatre he found Rachel Walters takmg a leadnng part ln the play he saw there Dorothy Bauscher directed the orchestra composed entirely of ladles some of whom are named here Creads from bookj Frances Manchester Alta Heeren Leona Allen and Mar Jorxe Uhlman Ruth Capron and Ehzabeth McNary are lecturing m the East on Woman Suffrage and Grace Kuhnkes boon on that subject has made her qulte famous H C Margaret Wilson too IS lecturing She IS managmg an antl cngarette campangn assnsted by Stella jury Lorene Frank and Ruth Gasser K H CLookmg through the book D Yes here IS the account of that fRepeatsJ Lorene Frank and Ruth Gasser Ccontmues readmgl After several days of uneventful wanderxng about the c1ty I determmed to v1s1t a fortune teller for help on the lust of names that stnll remalned I learned from thus source that Dons Schumacker is the happy wife of a motorman on the elevated lme of the German Valley Traction Company Esther Trollope IS also xn German Valley demonstrating the Easy to Thread needle patented by Myrtle Karlen Etta Tlsdell lb a special agent for the same artxcle I carefully questioned the fortune teller then submntted my now small hst of names Domestic Scrence m the Forreston Umversxty She IS assisted by Marguerlte Doyle who teaches m the grades there Esther Albrecht and Merton Rogers are with a circus now tourmg Indiana as acrobatlc mldgets Ethol Thompson IS wxth the same clrcus he sells balloons whnle the parade IS passmg Loyd Haase and Frank Flsher run a prmtlng ofhce 1n Pearl C1ty They ednt The Pearl Cnty Blow Myrtle Shearer has charge of nts beauty hmt department and Al1ce Schafer IS proof reader for this paper The last edltlon of the Blow told of a concert glven there recently by james Fxtz Patrlck a famous pxanlst Valda Eells IS busy revlslng Webster s dxttxonary Four names were left now Nellle Resh Ruth Rybolt Ruth Stewart and Naomx Wmters These four I was told are busy domg missionary work among the canmbals They have solemnlv re solved not to accept any matrlmomal offers from the natlves As thus completed my hst I hurrxedly paid my fee and returned to the publlsher s office Thus have the lllustrlous members of 15 pursued thexr way along the paths of llfe and my book The Accomplishments of the Class of 1915 xs completed H C That IS a wonderful book' I ll tmke one at any prrce to remember my classmates K H Good' I have one ln a motor truck outsxde l ll bring lt ln xmmedlately QLeaves and returns with a ponderous bookj Here lt I9 the wonderful book of the Class of 1915 fCurtam J '. 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