Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Sophomores Yo ho and a bottle of ink, cried a large group of students, incidentally they were Sophof mores, as they danced around on the deck of their good ship, Success, in an ecstacy of joy. The reason for their celebrating in such a vociferous manner was very apparent. They had just completed a most successful cruise of piracy, making huge inf roads upon knowledge and endeavor. . They were a careffree group, recognizing no leader, under the sway of no captain, ruled alone by the suggestions of the advisors, their teachers. They had been compelled to run the gauntlet with their good ship in more than one great battle. While they event' ually came out victorious, it was hard fighting while it lasted. The most important of these many battles were rnidfyear and june Finals Minor battles, mere skirmishes were the Quarterlies. A few brave pirates fell by their posts, but they lived in the mem' ories of their comrades, and inspired them on to higher deeds of bravery. It was with the wild, reckless abanf don of youth that they danced and then, when their excitement had cooled somewhat, they called on var' ious members of the gallant crew for l short speeches. These members were pirates of renown in some branch of the service, and because of their valor they had been advanced from the ranks, Ice cream sodas were passed out to all, and then when all were comfortable, the chosen sailors advanced and spun their wild, weird yarns. VIVARTTAS The troop prided themselves very highly on their most efficient band of minstrels. Said minstrels were treated very well and were regarded as artists. It was the job of the minstrels to play the war song, ' ' the song of victory, the death song, - besides playing at all ceremonial oc' casions. Edward Haight, Truesdale Smith, Ralph Zahm, Keith Fisk, Chester Snyder, Robert Page, and Cassius Zuck pranced forward and played a wonderful song about the victories and honors of the Sophomore class, their good advisors, in fact, almost everything that was fine and noble. Then they played a song of the traditions of past classes as a spur to more brave and noble things. SAVAGE+PARKFR Music was not enough to portray the victories, too numerous to name, which had fallen to the lot of the class. Paul Cassidy, of Owl staff fame, coming from the ranks of the assembled pirates, sketched scenes from the great battles of the class, the brave deeds of some of the crew. His was an art of which the ' crew never tired. Sketch upon sketch came from his marvelous ingenuity and it was long before the crew would allow him to quit. G. KRITKFR Some of the crew, formerly associated with journalism, had put some of the thrilling ad' ventures into print and as a result of the experiment, a weekly newspaper was being pub' lished. The staff consisted of several people: Anne Kendall, Grace Goff, Virginia Wise, U03

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Elizabeth McGuire, Paul Wcmllstadt, and George Kreker. Paul Cassidy attended to the art work. The paper was a favorite with the pirates, and plans had been made to increase the staff. The staff insisted they were capable of running the paper, and consequently they turned out a remarkable little paper. Sammy Behr was one of the bravest of the fighting men. Many a time had he crossed swords with people in battle and he had been victorious. The pupil of a great master, his skill was soon ' apparent and great fame was his. Pauline Wyiiters was the dancer of the crew. She officiated, so to speak, at all big affairs. Her dancing was the pride of the crew, and her fame as a dancer spread over the entire section of piracy. A contest was held among the crew for all around usefulness. Everything in the line of piracy was included and many of the crew made the honor chart. Their reward was a larger share in the spoils of knowledge. The more regular pirates whose names were blazoned upon the chart were: Edward Haight, Marion Glen- denning, Mildred Lundvall, Marion Hallstrom, Ruth Anderson, Dwight V 'T' -- - Flanders, Leslie Peterson, john Wise, MAC AND ZAHM Ralph Zahm, and Arlie Gates. Some of the crew made the list off and on and then honor was theirs, but these above mentioned more often made the list. What pirate crew,would be complete without their cheer' leaders? Whtm would urge the crew to ultimate victory, who would cheer a brave deed, and who would create new life in those weary from many wounds? The Sophomore crew had a corner on cheerleaders, so to speak. Three sophomores have entered into the ranks of the cheerleaders. They are john Vivarttas, head cheerleaderg Donald Cooper, and James McPherson. Dramatics have played an imporf ? '1 ' tant part in the piratical cruise. Those who have graced the stage have been popular and they have succeeded in . , making themselves even more popuf MCGUIRE lar. They have provided interest and amusement for the remain- ing part of the crew, which is of great importance, inasmuch as pirates should not be kept idle. They should always be busy having fun. Chief among the entertainers was Morgan Savage. His fame was assured after his portrayal of the part of 'hSiera in the Military play, A Box of Monkeys. Q Qi' ily. ra -'-lp., 5 s.w.mw-.fi-M.-W. I D Music, what would the minstrels do without music? Florence Lovejoy saw to that with her productions of a very high type. It has been said of her that some day she will make a stir in musif cal circles. Thus did the cruise of the pirates terminate successfully and CWSIDY FT AL their leaders having spoken, telling what brave deeds they had 'A ' ' ' A accomplished and their many advances, left an imperishable memf ory in the minds of the crew. This time they will sail under the flag of juniors. It is the earnest wish of everybody, that that tour of piracy upon knowledge and education, will be as much of a success as the Sophomore one has been. i21l