Auburn High School - Trojan / Oracle Yearbook (Auburn, IL)

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KIRBY KNOX All thing’s come to him who will but wait. History of Class 1921. Once more the year s cycle brings ns to the writing of a prophecy, will, and history. Once more a Senior Class quits the old A. T. II. S. to give place to another Senior Class. We can truthfully say that we are entitled to our diplomas, for we have earned them by persevering effort and hard work. Four years ago, we first met as a class with 20 members. Eight of the original ones and seventeen new additions now complete our number. We have lost some, who for diverse reasons were compelled to quit school. It is unfortunate for them to be obliged to be thus handicapped by their lack of education, and it is a loss to the class in the material they would have furnished for athletic and oratorical work. But, although we sustained serious lorses. our new recruits filled their places admirably. Through all four years we have worked for the best in- terests of the class and school without that objectionable factional strife which has been, unfortunately, a characteristic of some of our predecessors. Through all our high school life, we have had a class spirit that repre- sented the highest ideal of elevation and loyalty. We have worked for our class and school in social affairs and athletics; and in both acquitted ourselves with honor. We have produced stars in football, basketball and track. Our guests agree that we are royal entertainers. We have proven our mettle in the class- room and in later years our achievements will inspire brain wrecked students to new exertions. Our high school life has been full of pleasure, fun and profit. We have had good times that can never be forgotten. Football games, parties, scrimmages in the gym, and a host of unrelated events recur to us in confused sequence. May the history we have made in school be a precursor of the life we shall soon take up, and may we always look hack on our high school days with gratitude and satisfaction. 19 ARTHUR STOUT.

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BERNICE ALLEN They say we women like to he bossed; .just try it and see. HAYWARD BIGLER Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of our time. CLARA CAN HAM If she will, she will, and you may depend on’t, And if she won’t, she won’t and there’s an end on’t. JOHN ENGELMANN The thing that goes the farthest Towards making life worth while, That costs the least, and does the most, Is just a pleasant smile. 18

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Senior Poem For four long years, A. T. IT. S., Our reot have trod your halls, Years full of .joy and happiness, Some sorrows too, but small. We’ve studied energetically The lessons you assigned, Perhaps not as we should have done. Pray do not us malign. Thanks to your lessons nobly taught, Tho’ learned by many a fall, We leave you now for worldly strife, Where Duty and Honor call. And tho’, Dear School, the wings of time Shall bear us far away, The memory of these happy years With us shall always stay. While iu the war of civic strife, We try to stand the test, We'll make the good the better, Then make the better best. MARY HEARD. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1921 Preamble:— All property, real and personal and of whatever tenure, may be disposed of by this will. We as members of the distinguished Clars of 1921 of the Auburn Township High School in the city of Auburn, County of Sangamon and State of Illinois, knowing ourselves to be of sound mind and character, and taking the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life into consideration, do hereby compose, ordain and declare this to be o.ir Last Will and Testament, not subject to alteration or revocation by any later will which may be drawn up by any other person or persons whose object would be to defraud. Article 1. We order and direct that our executor, hereafter named, fulfill the first requirements of his office, principal among which is the payment of all our jusi debts and funeral expenses as soon after our decease as is most convenient for him. Article 2. To ye, oh beloved and hard laboring faculty, we bequeath a sweet and un- broken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams, also a reproduction of the dear A. T. II. S. and undergraduate classes. May they be your pride and enjoyment after we have departed. Article 3. To Mr. Carlson, the hardest working man on the faculty, we bequeath an electrical appliance for removing any overlooked cuds of gum, we may have 20