Greenville High School - Graduate Yearbook (Greenville, IL)

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it spoke of our Sophomore year. Hy this time builing was completed and occupied. This year four new teachers were installed. They were Mr. Longg Mr. lVIcDonald3 Mrs. the new Cannon and Miss Seawell. Mr. Long otliciated as principal,and when his deep bass voice echoed through the Auditor- ium for order it was not long in coming. Mr. Mclfionald was our Athletic instructor and also held the chair of History, and made himself right welcome with his ever ready wit, but now he has left us, to our sore regret, and is still soaring upwards in a larger field. Mrs. Cannon came into our midst as a warbling songster out of the sky and occupies the chair of music. Oh! you should see those eyes that she can makr when some slight task requires a bit of assistance from the good hearted youths at school. Then from the there was Miss Seawell who came State lfniversity. She is our Latin instructor and makes it a subject. of sunshine and joy for all who chance to enter her class room door. When our c'ass went for a Wiener roast in the fore part of November we all found to our great surprise that Miss Sprowls. the sci- tnce teacher. was unusually fond of pickles, both sweet and sour. Our friend of the past did not forget to recall some of the dual met-ts of our basket- ball team nor did he forget that the Sopho iiore team won the class Athlete, Genre, who did his share in helping the tl. H. S. win the track mfet that spring in which all the county High Schools participated. Again the Voice paused for a short time after which it began to enumerate the events of our .Iunior year. One of the most pleasing events of the year was realized on the first day of school when oui' two new teachers were introduced. There was Miss Lt-Vien whom we soon learned was great on the conservation of time and would stand for no foolishness in the stufly hours. but ah, what a change when really there was a joke and how jovial she proved to be when the work was over and the tasks of the day were done. The other new member of the faculty was Mr. ltlcllayid, who came to fill the place left vacant by Mr. lth-Donald. He was always jovial and enjoyed a joke immensely. As this year flew swiftly by it was Filled with happiness and pleasure most of the time. The Juniors and Seniors held a Hallowe-'en party in the High School Gymnasium and here all the hidious monsters and spectorsr were represented that are thought of in con- nection with that date. Aside from this we had the pleasure of attending two socials that year. First the Seniors gave a reception for the Juniors and this was really our first ap- pearance in High School social life. lt must. be added helc that those Seniors certainly knew how to entertain. The reception was held in the Commercial rooms which were beautifully decorated for the occasion. A pro- gram was rendered and several musical num- bers were given. Aside from the other amuse- ments a large punch bowl was present and we were invited to help ourselves to its contents. About eleven e'clock word came to retire to the domestic science rooms where a bountiful three course luncheon was served. Later in the season came our turn to en- tertain the Seniors. We enjoyed ourselves equally well on this occasion. Thus time How on until near the close of school when fate sent a blow in our direction that was of no small weight. lt was at this time that we began to realize the seriousness of the great war and the awfulness of the calamity hanging over our heads. The tirst otlicers training camp had been opened at Camp Sheridan, and it had claimed among its membeis our faithful instructor Mr. Mctlavid. llefore this the war had been a subject that wc avoided as much as possible in our school, but now that it had been brought home to us we thouj.g'lit it time to awaken. No longer was the war avoided :ind by this time the school has a large service Ilagr with nearly a dozen stars on it. lly this time the Voice had completed its third cycle and when it had again made itself heard it had started on its fourth revolution and headed straight for the goal. First it recalled to mind the first day- ot' school when we met our new instructor Mr. Greer. He came to till the vacancy left by ltr. Mcllavid. He,like all the athletic instruc- tors,always gieets the boys with a smile and he makms his classes xtnusually interesting with his ever ieady wit and humor, but if he does not mind, as the boys say, he is going to fall victim to Miss LeVien's wary net. The story as it was unwovcn for the last few months in High School 'ran along rather smoothly for the first quarter. One notice- able fact was that throughout the four years our class had remained about the same in size. Comparable with the forty-three which we had at the beginning of our lfrcshmun year our class now consists of fortystwo members. Just a littlt before Christmas we received word that our former Superintendent, Mr. Niedermcyer had enlisted in the aviation corps of the army. Some few weeks later came the 1

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The Voice Out of The Past By Burl A. Hunter S I sat musing this morning, lost in calm retrospection, my thoughts wandered back into the strong, unrelenting past, a distance that it has taken the largest part of four years to coverg four years that shall never be forgotten. lt was on a warm, balmy Monday morning in the early part of Septem- ber 1914, that the first stone in this theme was laid. The voice that was speaking out of the past was not altogether an inhuman voice. In fact it seemed quite real and commonplaceg yet in its tone there was trace of the hum and clat- ter of the swift business and commercial arena in which the first years of the twentitth cen- LLI ry have been speeding on as we trust and hope to a lasting prosperity. lt was a voice that had drunk both the bitter and sweet from the cup of life as all we mortals do. Thus our friend in the background swiftly spoke of our Freshman year in Greenville High School. There were forty-three ef us in the first year class, each showing to a marked degree that he was the proud possesser of the fresh qualities of a young green plant. We were capable of growing into a more mature vine. but sadly in need of cultivation if we rxpected to reach maturity without withering under the scorching rays of the sun in our present green condition. Some few had reached the stage of development where it was necessary to use the assitance of a refrigerator to preserve their freshness. There was Mayard of Keysport, whom the boys called Sol but he was known among the girls as Cutie. lt was not uncommon to find him in the wrong class-room, and when he ambled across the Hoor one was little re- minded that a lawyer walked in his midst. But now you should see him as he sits like a dignified judge and proudly counts the gray hairs so common to those who follow the pro- fession of the bar. Again there was Blacet who twirled his hat on his finger as he nervously shifted from one foot to the other, and yet he could not tell you on which he felt the worse. But now you would scarcely recognize him as he consults his page of dates to see if it be Toney, Laura, Ruby or Lucella on whom he is to mak: his evening call. Thus we passed our first stage of evolu- tion, and as time flew swiftly by we fortye three Freshmen began to take things a little more seiiously so that by the end of school when we went to Hudson Park at Mu'berry Grove for our annual picnic there were none of us who so much resembled an emerald in color that it cou'd not either be entirely washed an ay by splashing about in the cool waters of the lake, or as was true in the girls' case, to haxc it supplanted by a hardy brown and more mature look which providence was so kind as to bestow upon them in its mystical way of reflecting upward the scorching rays of the sun from the water's surface. And now, as the tirstcycle of the chat with this Voice out of the past was almiost completed, its flow of speech seemed to be re- versed, for it went back a space of several weeks when every pupil together with the faculty, marched in a body from the old school building to the site of the New High School, where each took his turn in removing a spade of terra flrma from the excavation where the foundation of the new building was to be laid. The spade which we used for this pu1'pose is now brightly polished and is kept enclosed in an oaken case with a glass front. This spade was presented to the school by Mr. Yelvington, the contractor, and is one of the first trophies which stands out as an ear mark in the history of the Grecnvville High School. Having thus recalled our first year in High School the Voice ceased speaking for a moment and then again renewed its story as if it had only stopped for breath.This time I3

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sad words from Camp Kelly telling of his death due to pneumonia. It seemed as if a cloud hung over the whole school. His star on the service flag was draped with black crepe and a bouquet of red, white and blue car- nations was also placed above the star. This was indeed sad news for onr class for he had been with us for three long years and all had become attached to him. Thus our High School years were called to , mind and as our friend of the past slowly dis- appeared in the distance he hastily sketched two pictures. One of a room filled with bright, happy young faces Hitting to and fro apparent- ly lost in the excitement of the present. This was the Seniors reception to the Junlors. The other was a picture of a large red cross looming up in the back ground which recalled our donation to that cause and for the benefit of our boys who are fighting with the colors. + +0-r o - A Dream fln which is revealed the future of Class '18l By Geraldine Kimbro was very tired and weary after the gradu- ating exercises of our Class 118, and upon reaching my home I retired immediately. lt was not very long before I was in Dream- land dreaming of our Class '18 as it was to be in the future. There are parts of the dream that I cannot recall with great accuracy but but I will try and relate the most important parts. I dreamed that after graduating I was somewhat of a globe trotter and had the good fortune to meet or hear of all of my c'ass- mates. The following is a brief account of the dream: In 1930 I went to California for my health and while I was there I met a very fine Doctor from Honolulu who advised me to go to Hawaii. This Doctor Kneier proved to be my old friend Mayard of Greenville. After remaining in Hawaii for two years my health was somewhat improved and I left on the 31st of June for London. One day as I was walking through the streets of this great metropolis I met my dear friend- Lois Fox now Mrs. Lawrence Tice. She said that Mr. Tice was adjusting some insur- ance for the Metropolitan Insurance Company of New York and they were leaving im- mediately for America. We walked along the streets for some time taiking of the good times we had when we were both Seniors at Green- ville High School in 1918 and to our surprise we met Marie Chapman, who was looking for a lost purse. Lois told me a few minutes later that Marie was a world noted singer. Marie said that while she was studying at Los Ange- les she was entertained several times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frances Blacet. Mrs. Blacet was formerly Miss Olivia Banning of Greenville, Illinois. One evening while I was still in London some of my friends invited me to go to a thea- tre with them. The performance was excep- tionally good that evening and I was very much interested in one of the actresses. In fact I became so curious that I asked one of the ladies near me who this wonderful actress was. She told me that her name was Mildred Bohman of Greenville, Illinois. I told her I had gone to High School with Mildred and she exclaimed:- Not really? Why I used to go to school with her too. Whatever can your name be? I told her that I was Geraldine Kimbro and you may be sure we paid no more attention to the performance. As I had made quite an extensive tour of England, I decided to cross the channel and travel in Germany for a while. Germany is now quite a progressive nation since the allies forced it to set up a Republican form of government. The first city I stopped at was Berlin. While there I visited several large universities and I soon found out that Greenville was well represented on the honor lists. Vern Root had been graduated in 1924 from the Great y 1 1