Greenville High School - Graduate Yearbook (Greenville, IL)

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Freshmen Class History N the third day of' Sept. 1917, the call for volunteers for the Army of Knowledge of the Greenville High School was answered by nearly two hundred boys and girls. Some were recruits. others had been in training for one. two or three years. Never- lt ss all were anxious to begin the drilling, that was to make men or women of them all. Mr. Long, the Captain of the Army of Knowledge, appointed lieutenants, who were tr teach and guide them through their years ol' army life. 'Then Captain Long, because the army was too large, divided it into four regi- ments. The names given to these regiments were Freshmen, Sophomores. Juniors and Seniors. The Freshman Regiment was seventy-two strong, larger than any other one in the school. But because they were Hgreenl' in the art of drilling and were recruits, the rest of the army laughed at them. The rookies laughed back, because they remembered that the other regiments had been recmits, them- selves once. Then the Freshman Regiment was divided into squadrons of' from twenty to thirty, which ,.. 0 were drilled and taught at different times of the day. After the first week of the new and interesting army life was over, the Freshman Regiment settled down to show the other Sol- diers of Knowledge how studying and drilling should be done. The four main drills taken by the recruits wfre Latinor German, Algebra, Physiography and English. Latin and German were new and absorbing, Algebra, an obstacle in the pathway of success, in Physiography incon- ceivable things must be learned, and English was the one drill which some thought to be unimportant. But to their great sorrow they found out differently, later. Owing to the hardships and toil that some thought had to be endured in the Army of' Knowledge, ten rookies in the Freshman Reg- iment have dropped out, leaving sixty-two to fill up the no1'theast corner of the great train- ing room of the army. The way of the awkward squad is hard and long, but with the purpose in each mind, of becoming a lieutenant or a captain of a great Army of Knowledge, all of them should and will, finish the first year with colors flying! n-Q W- 7 GUM CHEWING The only trouble with gum chewing at the High School is that the people don't know how how to get the most enjoyment from it. We are offering a compendious set of rules from which, no doubt, everyone can derive benefit. 1.-Always chew gum energetically. It tastes better as you chew faster. 2.-Make it snap as loud as possible, for it is soothing to the nerves. 3.-Never enter the assembly without a large wad, for it's absence would make you conspicuous. 4.-Bring additional gum when you ex- pect to attend Mr. Greer's classes, for you will be deprived of the exquisite pleasure of chew- ing your first cud, by having to expectorate it in a receptacle just outside his window, pro- vided especially for receiving gum. 5.-Practise swallowing it in large quanti- ties. Your skill in causing its mysterious disappearance may come in handy. tNote. lf the subject finds it difiicult to swallow in large quantities, try it in smaller amounts at firstg then gradually increase the portion. Learn to keep the head perfectly motionless when swollowingj. 6.-Never lend it to your neighbor for a period longer than one hour,except in extreme cases of economy. fConsult sanitation laws for further informationb. 7.-Don't let your conversation keep you from chewing. The most melodious conver- sationalists use gum in practice. It is the only means by which purity of tone is pro- duced. 8.-After every twenty-fourth chew, shift your cud to the other side of your mouth. This prevents bearings from wearing away uneven- ly. Caution!!! Persons have suffered serious consequences upon losing count. Beware!!! Watch your count. 9.-Always chew it when in publicg it will keep persons of good breeding at a dis- tance. 10.-Chew it ,whenever you hear music. It develops your sense of rhythm. In addition to giving the masses per- scnal satisfaction, these rules, if followed, lead directly to a raising of ones social status. N ' Louise Wilson 2?

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Glace Allen, Robert Baldwin, Isabel Breuchaud, Louisa Casey, Forrest Causey, Lealland Causey, Ruth Carson, Francis Cox, Elise DeCosterd, Mona Foster, Ruth Friedlien, Jule Fritz, Grace Furry, Duane Genre, Cornelia Gillespie, Wilfred Gould, Karl Graff, Everett Greiman, Wilfred Greiman, Bessie Hall, Gordon Harlan, Forest Harris, Claude Hathaway, Everett Hawley, F RESHMEN STUDENTS Lena Hawley, Mony Hawley, Clyde Hentz, Blanche Herman, Juliette Hoiles, Roy Hunter, Hannah Jackson, Carl Johnsbon, Gladys Jones, Corda Kimbro, Fred Kimbro, Linda Kleiner, Gordon Lee, Opal Litherland, Sam Lovett, Lehman McCracken, Mildred McDonald, Geneva McKittrick, Frances McMurran, Stanford Meyer, William Meyer, Geraldine Meyers, Cora Mills, Lavina Mitchell, 20 Arthur Morgan, listher Marrow, Walter Mueller, Sibyle Ohren, Clara Powell, Charles Pressgrove, Oliver Quass. Fay Ragland, May Ragland, Ilculah Reynolds, Florence Robinson, Dale Sanderson, Lelah Savage, Fay Smith, Harry Smith, Kenneth Smith, Mildred Snowden, Helen Thompson, Nora Trost, Caroline Vincent, Don Waunnamaugher Nina Wheeler, Elizabeth Wise.

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Athletics By Albert Hub-fr BASKET RlCl'INVl1,l,l'l High School is a growing institution. ln the four years it has advanced rapidly in oratory and dra- rnatics, and all other departments have been wonderfully improved. But of all rapid studies those made in athletics have been the greatest. In the year of 1913-14 the first basket ball game by our boys was pulled oil' with a bor- rowed ball and baskets strung up on posts in the schoolyard. Well, about that time the School Board BALL of' Grcenvilfe began to realize that there was lots of good doctor and lawyer making ma- terial going to waste in the city because of lack of room for expansion in the High School. Sr they all put their heads together and as a. result we have our splendid new High School, with the best gymnasium, for a school of its size, in southern Illinois and a large and spa- cious eampus. Hats oil' to the Board! ln 1914-15 under the splendid guidance of E. Urban McDonald, quite a number of FSH