Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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Till-: AI MOX A 20 THE SENIORS Four happy years have now gone by, And we leave behind dear old Paris High. .No more books, 1 ssons, or fun there, But we must now take up a load of care. Often with flunks and with themes we were vexed, But now it is o’er, for we’re through with our texts. We leave our honored place as Seniors here To the Juniors who we are sure will hold it dear. But yet the time may come as the years go by, When our hearts will thrill at the thought of this school, And the day that we came so strange ana shy, And the day that we left sad enough to FLOSSIE WILSOX, P. II. S. '17 IN MEMORIAM As yet unmourned, unsung, unsighed, A warrior of our school has died. He fought and failed for two long years; Each light but one brought hoots and jeers. That one bright day of great success Was the victory o’er I). II. S. But now his sad career is done; In life, of honor he had none; But now a word of praise would seem The rightful due of our Foot-Ball Team. CHARLES O. CIIESXFT, P. II. S. ’17. Guillv (in Congress) explaining about the air service. «Just as a child can walk 1 letter when it is a man, so a man can flv better when he’s old. V. Dillon—«Did you ever take chloroform ? ’ I). Smith— .V , who teaches it?” Miss Boland—“Lucile, what is an octopus?” L. Redmon—“An eight sided cat.” G. Duncan—“How can I prevent bad dreams at night ?” F. Anderson—“Sleep in the day time, of course.”

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CURTIS BERGEN General. “The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Merchant of Venice. He is said to have some leaning toward a certain hard working Junior. “SEVENTEEN” Come, Seniors all, and sing a song For your class, Seventeen. Come join our song with voices strong, For your colors, Seventeen. For royal purple and pure white, For loyalty and honor bright, Old P. II. S. will ne’er forget The Class of Seventeen. We look hack o’er what we have done Thru the four years, Seven teen, We’ve staunchly fought and we have won For honors won in Seventeen. Let future classes as loyal be As true to our school as we, But you will rank as you rank now, Ever first, Old Seventeen. In later years our thoughts will turn To the days of Seventeen, And then our hearts with pride will hum, For honors won in Seventeen. Trials may come and victories too, But no matter what we do, For you the love will always live In the hearts of Seventeen! R. M. B. ’IT. R. Stephens—“Washington threw a dollar across the Potomac, once.” U. Sims—“That’s nothing; Gen. Stoessel pitched his tent three miles from Omaha.” F. Hargis—“What are your grades this quarter.” Frosty G.—“B. A. D.”

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30 T1IE A REX A SENIOR CLASS WILL Know all men by these presents, that we, the Seniors of 1917 of the Paris High School of the City of Paris, County of Edgar and State of Illinois, being at this time of sound mind and memory, and realizing the ephemeral nature of this school life, and being desirous of making such disposition of our estate as seems best to us, do hereby make, publish, and proclaim this to be our last will and-testament, annulling herein all former wills and codicils made by us. To the following we make these bequests: 1. To the Faculty. (A) Item: Our grateful appreciation for their at- tempts to reform and inform us. (B) Item: The unqualified right to win tin love and respect of all future classes as they have won ours. 2. To the Juniors. (A) Item: Our dignity and title of Seniors. (B) Item: The management of all High School publications. 3. Personal Bequests. 3. Item: Clarence Gumrn and “Fat” Schaeffer bequeath their popularity with the girls to Jack Moyer and Jason Wade. 2. Item: Howard Mullins and Viola Dillon leave their typewriters to Walter Cash and Elizabeth Step. 3. Item: Antoinette Palmer and LaReta Wolfe leave to Jane Hunter Colwell and Dorothy Logan the right to introduce the latest styles into P. IT S. 4. Item: John Ogle and Clayton Brown bequeath the place of basket-ball stars to “Skinney” Ewing and Shirley Tucker. 5. Item: “Breezy” Henderson wills to Raymond Bomgardner his job as floor-walker. C. Item: William Cramer bequeaths, at the re- quest. of the Faculty, his studious habits to Gordon Young. 7. Item: Vera Irvine leaves her ability to use pretty dark eyes to Audrey Cooper. 8. Item: John Steidl bequeaths to Edmond ITall his vocabulary. 9. Item: Dick Link bestows his stature on “Molecule” Kelsheimer. (Continued on next page.)