Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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©It! the A. ffi. S . its a Mmtherful parr On a warm school day for the want of play, A poor Junior had fallen to sleep. His spirit had gone to the realms of song. And with wonder we heard him cheep: “Oh ! the A. H. S. is a wonderful place. For the growth of a boy or girl. Enough is said that it wakes the dead. And sets them all in a whirl. “The Faculty, too, is not a hoodoo. But the best as we all can see. With their M. B. A. and a Ph. B., And an A.M., Ph. IX “Through the crumbling walls of history's halls, Oh! the sights it brings to view, While through science deep, with a mighty sweep. It deals with the old and new. “Now any old thing that the old gods bring. In centuries past or to come, 'Tis our humble guess, that the A. H. S. Can tell just how 'tis done.” Our B. C. dear, with a manner austere, Had happened along just then. “A demerit,” he said, “you report to me. Then we heard him sing the refrain. 16

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First Semester 1910-1911 HIGH HONOR ROLL No grade below excellent and no demerits: Edith Lowe Elizabeth Dormann Ethel Waltrip Paul Scott HONOR ROLL No grade below 85 and not more than three demerits: Dorothy Browne Hermon Cole Verneda Jacoby John Ryrie Marcella Sherwood Matilda Yager Flora Glen Frank Morfoot Louise Sevier Emma Ballinger Walter Burns Eula Green Ruby Rosebery George Smith Adele Strubel Eunice Whitney James Forbes Clarke Gillham Rudolph Knight Gladys May Ruby Sidwell Mamie Snyder Alma Armour Eunice Redmon Adele Sotier Adolph Wuerker 15 Elizabeth Rose

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A sort of thrall seemed to seize us all, As we hummed the magic rhyme, When into the street the song complete. Was wafted in perfect time. The whole Bluff City took up the ditty, Till the tuneful sound overwhelms, And fairies catching the line just then. Brought them safe into other realms “Oh! the A. H. S. is a wonderful place, For the growth of a boy or girl, Enough is said that it wakes the dead. And sets them all in a whirl.” “The Faculty, too, is not a hoodoo, But the best as we all can see, With their M. B. A. and Ph. B., And an A. M., Pd. D.’’ “Through the crumbling walls of history’s halls, Oh! the sights that it brings to view, While through science deep with a mighty sweep, It deals with the old and new.” Now any old thing that the old gods bring, In centuries past or to come, 'Tis our humble guess that the A. H. S, Can tell just how ’tis done. 17