Streator Township High School - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Streator, IL)

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HARDSCRABBLE S T H S WILL IT COME TO Tl-IIS7 Vx qs U' If wmz f,!',47g'Q,CPx'5l' X 1, WX 4' 1' fn' X vmsr ww wllllfh xl fl 'U x I'LL GET THE HOP5 M, I-!HEH2gH?g,' 655539 if iw 1 hx ,, .st IMA, 5152 LOOK OUT BELOW DI' SCIENCE CLRSS U- - ON THE Roos: A questlon whlch has long been under dlscusslon and has not as yet been satlsfactorlly answered IS that of the constructlon of a new hlgh school bulldmfr for Streator The present arrange ment IS entlrely madequate for comfortably housmg and successfully educatmg the four hundred and fifty odd puplls attendlng the hlgh school Although the addltlon of the Annex helped a great deal to relleve the overcrowded condl tlons such large Freshman classes have been enrolled thls year that the school IS more crowded than ever before Under the present PTICQS of labor and materlal the local townshlp dlstrlct could not posslbly be bonded for sufhclent mnoey to bulld a hlgh school large enough to take care of future demands But lt has been suggested by archltects that Streator should bulld her new hxgh school ln sec t1ons for example we could buxld the gymnaslum sewmg and manual trammg rooms first then the remamder of the bulldlng at a later date Several architects have made sketches of proposed bulldmgs but to date xt seems that the school board has not been able to make any definlte plans concelnlng the questlon We have reproduced on thls page some drawmgs made by an enterprlsmg and talented young cartoonlst who has comlcally portrayed the condltlons as they may be ln years to come lf the en rollment lncreases Although a new hlgh school bulldmg has been a toplc wldely discussed for years ln this com mumty we feel that at present the needs for new bulldmg equlpment are more pressing than ever before We apologlze for harp mg on thxs old questlon but we keep emphaslzlng our needs ln hope that these words may act as an xncentlve and remmder to our loyal backers who will materially asslst u as soon as possible Editor A new Hlgh School IS what we need For thlS one we have IS only a seed We havent enough room around this Jomt But the room which we have IS a startmg pomt Wllllam Elias 24 LETS G0 oowu TOTI-E V ff X: CINLDREN IT BEGINNING T0 RAIN GET YOUR L UMBRELLAS ffl-x-if fi' f'Wf'N I Lenn , 111.41 x' n 511 96 lf 557 ff' 'I' IN ph .QL IN THE AT-II C Page Thnrty One b e +0 ff M I c Vyflfg xf xx 1 7 Y HJTQCJKV , - ,.:A G,lu v1 . ' l fe A I It ,Q A . 'Q' f - H-' 1 ' ' ' ' P, rf to -1 .l, I g t -- e n . , I ' ,V X rig!!! f, a . . I - ' -- 77L 4 I ' , 7' , 4... I 1 'F' ,D h xif' 7 57 I A . 3 ji-1 o . ,M - '4 V 1 A . . gr . ' nz' . 'I r 'f ss X '- in -Q .-. I1 v - ' X X X fb - I Q 'W I - . I Z I l X 'x ' ' . . 5 -' 'Z X L. . F S' .I If ,X . 02, 'T In 3' an ' ' f 471 ff 4 '14 I U an -'Fi Y, fag 2, l ,U ,' Jr' : 0 - . . f I N I 8 :V :S ,----I . . 1 '. - 011 , I 'Q l 1 ' ' ul- f ' - I ' H - . - ,YV S5 l - - .. , X . N 4 I if ' I .V i- 1 , ...-..- - XM- , T v I . ' . .Q t :N 1:17 T R - '. . . , I i In - A

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Page Thxrty Lenora M Weber Ow wa Lee GITIQ Glee Club Fads and Fancles Chorus geienfjor Dramatlcs GITIS Basketball u Favorlte Expresslon 'VIy Word AmbltlOh To smg ln opera Falr falr and twlce so falr As falr as any may be Lela Welge Lee Glrls Basketball Club Semor Dramatlcs Ambltlon To be a successful house keeper The mlldest manners and the greatest heart J SS16 Wllllams Jes Vlce Presldent Ambxtxon To plow through Trlg Favorlte Expresslon Let s ea Let s get together and stay together Vlfglnla Woolley Vlrgle Art Edltor Senlor Dramatlcs Fads an Fancles Basketball Club Amb1t1On Hasn t any Favorlte Expresslon Horrors Nothlng ever wlll get by me D rothy Wrelth Dot Dramatlcs Glrls B B C Chorus Orches ra Ambltl0H To be a school mar m Favorlte EXDTQSSIOH Say K d A stlll tongue maketh a WISE head 1 n l u ,- n n rv 3 ' ' . 7 . . ' l 1 7 ' ' . H Y! 1 L 1 ,K . . . . 9 ' Y! l I ll ,Y 1 . . . l ' , , H ' H , . l e ' ' ' CK Y, Dramatics, Girls B. B. C. Orchestra, Junior ' ' . H ' H ' ' 1 if 9 tv!! H l YY ' ' ' as ' ' as .n , . . , d ' ' - Y 7 ' ' ' 1 li 1? H ' ' H 0 ' Il il t . , ' - . ., , .- ' ' . ! ' ' 1 fl i U U ' ' Y!

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,lf 'ff fd NX i September 8 1917 Dear Betty Oh I just could hardly wart to wrrte you Thrs has been the most excrtrng day' I ve got the trnglrest feclrng as rf mfrny glorrous and marvelous thrngs have happened and are gorng to happen But rt has been nerve rackrng nevertheless To ask some superror Senror where room 10 or 12 rs and haw rt fthe Senrory respond rcrly Thrrd floor first room to the left to rush madly up two flrghts of starrs rnd to hnd yourself magrcally rnstalled rn the frrgrd atmosphere of a Senior Chem tlrss rs well rt sr rther embarrassrng Then after a confusing lrttle bell had rung about one humlred and one trmes Cas rt seemed to mej ex er ybody seemed to be gorng I went too and here I am So my dear Betty you can almost rmagrne what rt rs to be a Freshre at Streator Hrgh But there s one consolatron for me There are one hundred -rnd twenty four fellow suffer ers rn the same boat And we hrxe absolutely the best Prrncrpal rn the world Why Betty he rs so krnd and con srderate to all Oh I Just know I m gorng to love S H S lrfe ANNE P S Sept 17 Just thrnk I havent marled thrs yet' So Im gorng to tell you about our first class meetrng and electron of oflicers Doesnt that sound rmportantq They are Leslre Gos lrn Pres Grace Poole V Pres Arthur Jennett Secy wrth Mrss McDonald as our advrsor We are makrng magnrficent preparatrons for our first class party whrch wrll be a humdrnger From all I hear the Senrors wrll be there en masse We are plannrng to transform our old gym w rth rolls and rolls of maroon and gold All rn all Betty the Freshmen are Jolly good bunch Im mrghty proud to be one of em Sept 10 1918 Dear Betty Back agarn at dear Old S H S after a glorrous vacatron Gee rts great to see everybody and swap cxperrences But rt seems odd to be called Sophomores Nexertheless Sophs we are and Sophs well stay I fear unless some of us wake up rn Caesar and Geometry By the way we had a class electron rn Room 1 today As a result Donald Patterson occu pres the seat of honor wrth Glen Daugherrty as hrs rrght hand man Ella 'VIuntz records our par lramentary decrsrons rn the Sec book Ione Ballard chases unruly quarters whrle Mrss Lrnden trres to head off unruly Sophs Vlzfell Betty methrnk I wrll betake myself to the gym to see the decoratrons for the Soph Party tonrg t Lore ANNE March 4 919 Betty dear I just returned from the Sophomore Fads and Fancres and I absolutely must tell you all about rt tonrght It certarnly was a clever lrttle entertarnment Whoever heard of such an ab surd rnventron as a Humanophone' And yet Prof Ahlgren exhrbrted rts marvelous possrbrlrtres to an admrrrng crowd of four hundred The rest of the program was great too But Oh' I most forgot the part least to be forgotten the arm the poor lrttle French krd dres of course Hes and more erccrtemtnt' The almrghty Senrors have decrded to publrsh an Annual So rn order to keep up the class prestrge we the exer solrcrtous Sophs have duly donated fifty dol'ars to the worthy cause But there too lrttle sleep and too much cxcrtement rs hard on the grades Goodnrght ANINE P Q r f 9 - ii 'K x 1 7 ' , . . l V . . . . . , . . ' I . . ' ' . .' J I C V I 1 I L I I ' . . , ,-. I . . , ' ' v , , ,..t . . I V .X . . . l. K . Q ,, A K b ' 1 l 1 s I 1 1 ' . v ' 7. .. . . -. ' . er. ,- - . 4 . . 1 1. . a I l . , . ' . A ' . . I 4 . I v . , .. . L. . A. V . ,Y K . . ,, . C - . K . .A ', 2 ' . ' . ' . , , . ,, ' - . . V v , . . Y . Y , . . , . . .- . .- , . . . , . l . 7 '7 l ! ' . 7 Y 7 ' . ., . . x I v . C . l . I Q ' . , . , , , I , . . . , . - . ' . ' . .' ' ' ' 1. . V L . . . x . ' . , I Y A 'I .- V 7 . . . . , l ' V , Y I I ' . , , . . Y l . . - U , . . , . . , , . . . . A . 5 .- , Y. 1 . ' , , . . 1 7 , 1 . . 1 ' I 1 , . V. . ' ' v , w . Y . ' . . . , 7 . . . . ' . ' , . , 1 .Y x . T - - .. , 'ls I - ' - ' ' 9 - . V . . C . L , , Y , .- K A , , J 'Ai . ' n 1 I' 'K' . So, ' Y v a e'l'hirt '-Two