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

Text from Pages 1 - 150 of the 1925 volume:

The ORACLE Published by THE SENIOR CLASS 1925 AUBURN TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL Auburn, Illinois EHnHiini ,ji lyuj, jTyriT, TO MISS MINNIE L. ADAMS As an expression of our appreciation for her untiring devotion, co-operative efforts and uplifting influences, we, the Senior Class, dedi- cate this Oracle. s; Two FOREWORD “And departing leave behind us. footprints on the sands of time.” We, as members of the 1925 graduating class are fully aware and conscious of the duties that lie before us as we enter upon the vast stage of life. It is a half joyous, half sad feeling of regret. As a parting symbol and expression of our good wishes for the future of the school, we are leaving behind us this Oracle, the result of anxious as well as happy moments of labor. We are taking with us the loving memories of our good times and manv friends in the old A. H. S. We hope the readers of this book will en- joy it as much in reading it as we have in making it. Then we shall feel well repaid for our efforts. I r7 a? r78?lffg?lfr8ri: 35 55 5.5 5555 55 5.55555-5555555555555555 555- 55555155 55 55J55555555555 Knowledge will ever govern ignorance, and people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives. —James Madison BOARD OF EDUCATION President E. C. Solomon Secretary Clyde Evans Finance Committee S. A. Herron W. H. Suydan Grounds Committee Thomas Hall, Sr., Orin Jenkins Education Committee Wm. Alexander Clyde Evans Six rTsvirT virTyv: rTavi r7avir?� ri r?avir7sv; ,-?AVi rTavi r?a vi rTy i rTsvi rotSi rTitTi rT vi rTyv; rTsvi rTyvi r?svi | t r7 r r?s?ir? r r a rv r7 r7Svir?a r7 r7 r? f i?g r -5M5 fo xnCTnaua jjjRflijM PRINCIPAL C. R. DAVIS Greenville College, Valparaiso University University of Illinois, B.S. MISS GLADYS JOHNSON English Rockford College, University of Chicago Ph. B. MISS ESTHER SMITH Stenography University of Minnesota, Gregg School Chicago Specialists Business College Minneapolis, Upper Iowa University. MISS TRESS IE BONHAM Domestic Science Blackburn College, Milliken College, B. S. MR. CARL H. HERRMAN Manual Training, Athletics Iowa State Teachers College. MISS FEROL POTTER Sewing Northeast Missouri State Teachers College University of Chicago, Ph.B. gfg3vffa MR. EDWARD L. McCORMICK Science Central Wesleyan College, A. B. MISS MINNIE ADAMS History Butler College, A. B. MR. HOMER C. TORREYSON Mathematics Hedding College, A. B. MISS MINNIE EVANS Language Indiana University, Colorado University, A. B. MISS GLADYS HOPPIN Bookkeeping Knox College, Milliken University, Uni- versity of Illinois, A. B. TO AUBURN HIGH Oh, High School dear, through four short years of bliss, Oh, friends, with whom we worked throughout the year, Together shared we joys and hopes and fears; The teachers, whose strong guidance we shall miss; And then, the flowering shrubs the sun did kiss; The joys of youth, forgetful of the tears; Now, as our graduation day appears, We join in song to honor thee, I was Within thy walls, imbued with classic lore The gym, the laboratories, all acclaim The knowledge that our teachers did impart; While at the time the lessons seemed to bore, If any of our students climb to fame, We’ll know Old Auburn High gave them their start. Mabel Merriam The Classes 2j5 7J? WW8 £?!?■£?5M? 2MJ5Z ]M!i JS-ZO £?Tnj tnx tttt ;i;n jut ;jjj n;n tht tht Tnj ;nt ttij 71 n 71 ;• ms?. PAUL INGELS “Oh! What if we had never known him.” Illio, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 2; Secretary and Treasurer, 3, 4; Track, 3, 4; Operetta, 3; Class Play, 3, 4. WILBUR ALEXANDER “We shall not look upon his like again.’ Illio, 1, 2, 3; Honorary Society, 3; Bas- ketball, 3, 4, (capt.); Editor, 4; Secretary 1; President 4; Football, 3, 4; Track, 3, 4 Class Play, 3, 4. CELIA BARBEE “I could no greater sorrow own. Than to live in Paradise alone.” Illio, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play, 3, 4; President, 3; Vice-President, 4; Operetta, 3; Calendar Editor, 4; Bas- ketball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Track. 3; Yell Leader; Les Bas Bleus. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Wilbur Alexander President .............. Vice-President ......... Secretary and Treasurer Advisor................ Celia Barbee ..Paul Ingels Miss Adams Motto Build for Character, Not for Fame” .................Purple and White ..................... Sweet Peas Colors Twelve irTaxirTavir i ii i i gflr?s ir7svil HELEN CHRISTOPHER “Our New Slang-Machine.” Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Athletic Editor (Girls), 4; Class Play, 3, 4; Latin Club, 3; Operetta, 3; Les Bas Bleus, 4. VINCENT O’LEARY “Knowledge is now equivalent to force.’ Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Honorary Society, 3 Football, 3, 4; Track, 3, 4; Oration, 3 Class Play, 3, 4; Orchestra, 4. TRESSI E CRAFTON “She looks very mild, But looks often deceive, She’s not such a child As you might believe.” Illino, 1, 2, 3; Les Bas Bleus, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Latin Club, 3; Basketball, 1; Typist, 4. SAM STOUT “Who can ever tell the genius of this man’s mind.” lilio, 1, 2, 3; Business Manager, 4; Track 3, 4; Class Play, 3, 4; President, 2. ESTELLE STEELE “A friend to have and keep forever Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 3, 4. Thirteen gisgByiiRaiRmfligj?i ADA E. MASTERSON “For she is wise if I can judge of her, and fair she is, for mine eyes ne’er fail.” Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Les Bas Bleus, 4; Glee Club, 1, 3, 4; Honorary Society, 3; Dra- matic Declamation. 2; Humorous Decla- mation, 3; Snap Shot Editor, 4; Basket- ball, 2. JOHN CARLING “He is little, He is wise, He’s a terror, For his size.” Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Baseball, 2; Football Like Priscilla, she is modest, simple and Illio, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 3. 4; Latin Cluh 3; Basketball, 1. CHARLES IRWIN “Up from the the meadows, Fresh with hay.” Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Class play, 4 “As long as she’s around the place, Things never seem quite dead.” Orchestra, 4; Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 3, 4; Basketball, 1; Operetta. 3. Fourteen tfiKi rTififinTifiUinU rTTi'iUifiTTfiTTriUifiT fifTnfrilfTT loretta McLaughlin “Smiles bring- diamonds, so they say, Keep on, one may come your way.”’ Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 3, 4; Bas ketball, 1, 4; Operetta, 3; Class Play, 4. NORMAN STOUT “I hear a hollow sound, Who rapped my skull?” Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 2; Adver tising Manager, 4; Class Play, 3. MAYME HARNLY “Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth.” Illio, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 3, (Pres.), 4; Honorary Society, 3; Latin Club, 3; Les Bas Bleus, 4. MABEL MERRIAM “Born for success, she seemed with grace to win.” Illio, 1, 2, 3; Basketball, 1. 2, 3, 4; Track 3; Glee Club, 1, 2, (Sec.), 3; Secretary, 2; Operetta, 3; Class Play, 3; Orchestra, 4; Les Bas Bleus, 4. EUNICE FOSTER “Her worth I am told, Is measured in gold.” Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Honorary Society, 3 Latin Club, 3. Fifteen ir r ir t tysxiBwrystii i iT rTSvii i l KLARE NUCKOLLS “She talks in ragtime.” Illio. 1, 2, 3: Orchestra, 1, 2; Glee Club, 1, 3; Society Editor, 4; Les Bas Bleus, 4; Operetta, 3. Sixteen ROBERT ERNST “The greatest truths are simplest, And so are all great men.” Loami, 1. 2; Sangamo, 3; Basketball, 3, 4; Football, 3, 4; Track, 3, 4; Class Play, 4. jjt , ,• GERTRUDE LUEDKE “Always knows her lessons, Never known to shirk, Manner sweet and gentle, Dearly loves to work.” Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 3, 4, (Sec. and Treas.) ; Honorary Society, 3. ,« , , 4 JAMES MURPHY “He’s not afraid to say his say. though the whole world be against him.” Illio, 1, 2, 3: Orchestra, 2, 3, 4; Honorary Society, 3; Violin Solo, 2, 3; Basketball, 3, 4; Art Editor, 4: Vice-President, 3; Track, 3, 4; Class Play, 3. , t ., HELEN SUYDAN “Love her, and you cannot go amiss, For she is a sweet demure little Miss.” Illio, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Basket- ball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Joke Editor, 4; Vice-Presi- dent, 1, 3; Track, 3; Operetta, 3; Class Play, 3, 4; Les Bas Bleus, 4. lirsfiirsfiirivilw M ‘WZM XVJJ3 M THELMA BAKER “A woman’s tongue that keeps no Sun- day.” Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Les Bas Bleus, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Declamation, 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Literary Editor, 4; Class Play 3, 4; Operetta, 3; Track, 3. HARRY IRWIN A youth care-free, and light-hearted Sangamo, 1, 2, 3, MILDRED JONES “A good reputation is a fair estate.” Blackburn, 1, 2; Orthopathetic Literary Society, 1, 2; Football, 1, 2; Baseball, 1, 2; Y. W. C. A. 1, 2; Illio, 3; Basketball, 3, 4; Track, 3; Les Bas Bleus, 4; Latin Club, 3. HUGH GEDDES “Pa, give me a cent, I want to be tough just once.” Sangamo, 1, 2, 3; Football, 3, 4; Basket- ball, 3, 4; Track, 3, 4; Boy’s Athletic Edi- tor, 4; Class Play, 3, 4. FRANCES COMERFORD “Though modest and gentle, She rules her own mind.” Springfield, 1, 2; Class Play. 3; Oper etta, 3; Track, 3; Basketball, 3, 4; Glei Club, 3; Sangamo, 3; Les Bas Bleus. Seventeen SENIOR CLASS HISTORY On September 12, 1921, we were called from our pursuit of pleasures and fancies, to the fact that our long-strived for goal and ambition, of be- ing a high school student, has been reached. We entered upon our high school career seventy strong, the largest class that had yet entered this institution. Mr. Carlson gave us into the care of Miss Bess Patton—never was any class luckier—and we started out to show this school that we were here. But after the first day—well you know how it is when one is only a poor freshman. Our grade school record was proven in this year by our achievements in athletic, musical, and literary activities. Surely none could have acquitted themselves bet- ter than we. By the close of the year we had discovered that although speech may be silver, silence is golden for a Freshman. In the fall of 1922, full of confidence, and sure of our ground we en- tered our Sophomore year lacking twenty-five of our original number. With Professor Barts heading the faculty and Miss Hoppin to steady us in our climb to fame we considered ourselves very fortunate indeed. We would never allow any former record to remain unbroken, so our boys and girls shone in all athletic, social, and scholarly activities as no other class had done. The year drew to a close leaving us another rung higher on the ladder of success and the coming year shining brightly before us. Who was this august personage whom we met on entering our third year? Ah! We were informed that it was none other than Professor Davis, who was to guide the school through the year. As advisor we were given our beloved English teacher, Miss Adams, assisted by Miss Albinson. Who could have been more ably managed? The one great even in our Juni- or year was the Banquet to the Class of 1924. Our last year—prolong it as long as we may—it is yet too short. Again led by our silent commander Professor Davis we entered the year, depleted in numbers from the forty we had last year to twenty-eight. Yet it is said that the best things are done up in small packages and we are here to prove it. For when has there been a class as that of ’25, or one as strong on all sides and phases of High School life? Many have thought us erratic and unsteady at times, but we have proven ourselves and we do not think that we would be found wanting if tested in the bal- ances. Our honor has been upheld in every way. We are prepared to fol- low the path of success wherever it shall lead. We are filled with joy on looking back over the happy days that have been ours during our High School years and it is with vague regret that we see it all coming to a close. But we are uplifted by the knowledge that, no matter where we go or what our occupation be, we shall always be welcome at our old school, which takes pride in all that is done by those whom it has held within its halls. Vincent O’Leary. wwtww j CLASS WILL We, the class of 1925. Auburn Township High School, Auburn, Sanga- mon County, State of Illinois, knowing that our days in Auburn High School are numbered and fearing that our wonderful accomplishing powers and achievements will be confiscated if not accurately provided for, do unselfishly will, as a whole, the following: F'irst, to the Faculty—Our unestimated reasoning powers, our good wishes for the future with many good nights of sleep to make up for some of the lost ones that were spent for our benefit. Second, to the Junior Class—Our stand-in with Miss Johnson, with the excuse that we have Senior Class meeting so we can’t stay after school, also all of our extra credits so they won’t have to study so hard to get Civics. Third, to the Sophomore Class—Our Class Spirit, also our Caesar and Geometry books. Fourth, to the Freshmen Class—Our pep and knowledge gained in A. H. S. Fifth, to the Oracle staff of 1926 the Staff of ’25 bequeaths the grey hairs and the many wrinkles attained from this year of worry over the ever-lasting phrase—“Now this absolutely must be in by March 2d.” Individual, bequests are made as follows: I, Helen Christopher bequeath my dictionary of slang to Tony Bonchi. I, Estelle Steele bequeath my book “How to Grow Thin” to Howard Brasfield provided he uses it to a good advantage. I, Hugh Geddes will my credit in English IV to Emil Leonard. I, Velma McGinnis bequeath my low heeled slippers to Gladys Laird so Gladys can walk nearer to the ground. I, Mildred Jones bequeath my art of writing love stories to Bonnie Carr. I, Thelma Baker bequeath my “line of lingo” to Mr. McCormick since he gets paid for his line. I, Paul Ingels bequeath my bottle of sheik oil to Bill Skaggs. I, Klare Nuckolls bequeath my privilege of writing on the black- board in Civics to Edison Riggs. I, Celia Barbee bequeath my sheba hair cut to Mayme Duffy. She in turn can will it to Dorothy when she is through with it. I, Robert Ernst bequeath my popularity among the girls to Raymond Hart. I, Sam Stout bequeath my “long lingering kisses” (in English) to Ralph Samples. Ralph isn’t old enough to know about them yet. Nineteen [£ ZPJFC 3 C ;■ : ' « , . 7i K Ji s; :v i:!Wi! YF..: I, Helen Suydan bequeath my permanent curls to Helen Moon. I, Mayme Harnly bequeath my Ford to Garfield Lee so he can give his pony a ride to school. I, Janet McMurdo bequeath my violin to John Lindner. Perhaps he can make more noise with two than with one. I, Mabel Merriam bequeath my modest way to Tilly Dolenc. I, Gertrude Leudke bequeath my blushes to Joseph Clemens. Joseph can use them when looking over on the girls’ side. I, Loretta McLaughlin bequeath my talent as a poet to the Seniors of 1926 so Miss Johnson won’t waste her time and energy on “preaching” poetry. I, Vincent O’Leary bequeath my Senior Ring to Geneva Studebaker so she can look at it when not at orchestra practice. I, Norman Stout bequeath my physical strength to Mary Lorton be- cause the weaker sex should not be represented in Congress because they cannot carry sacks of sugar. I. John Carlino bequeath my bashfulness to Lowry Clark. I, Ada Masterson bequeath my shiny nose to Julia Codron. “What ever would happen if Julia’s nose was shiny? Oh horrors!” I, Frances Comerford bequeath my power of bluffing to Mary Hart. I, Eunice Foster will my basketball arts to Eva Hamm. The Seniors next year will surely be all-stars. I, James Murphy bequeath my job as Art Editor on the Staff to Oscar Kolar (Jim is glad to get rid of it). We, Charles and Harry Irwin bequeath our good pond for skating (in the winter of course) to anyone who can skate or who otherwise owns some good shock absorbers. And lastly, I, Wilbur Alexander bequeath my wonderful memory to anyone that needs it. We appoint the Junior Class as executors of this, our last will and testament and hereby fix our seal at the Auburn Township High School on this, the 29th day of May in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-five. Witnesses: Senior Class of 1925 Class Lawyer, Thelma Baker, Wilbur Alexander Celia Barbee Paul Ingels .5353C . . 5jy05 S3! 5M? ?]!K?35-?5SjjZ£S 5Jt 2$jgyrej jj ’„;;; '.;;;;;;; •.;;; CLASS PROPHECY I had recently been talking to my former class-mate Vincent O’Leary who now- is a great scientist. He was telling me of a substitute for gaso- line that never ran out. I had my doubts, but it must be remembered that Vincent has done great things in science, and so I believed that it could be done. He wanted me to try it in a world flight and I agreed after a contract was signed. A special plane was built with large places for provisions, but no provisions. I wished to set the county record for the encircling flight and so I started off on the fly. I got as far as St. Louis where I ran out of the substitute. I already began to feel that the substitute wouldn’t work, but I again filled the tank and stayed in St. Louis aw'hile. I w'ent into a large billiard room and the players were mostly women. I began to like billiards better than ever and asked for the owner. Just then Loretta McLaughlin came up. I asked if she played and she replied that she owned the (shop) billiard parlor. I immediately challenged her to a game and due to the great ease that I missed the shots, she won. I then had to buy drinks for the house. 1 didn’t like that part so much and soon left with a substitute tank full of substitute. I was flying low' w'hen I came to Omaha. Nebraska. I remembered the stock-yards there and decided that this wrould be a good place to stop, I was visiting the cows when one of them stepped on my foot. I wras rushed to the Nichols Senn Hospital where a doctor dressed my foot with a dress. Klare Nuckolls soon came to the room and said she had heard of my injury and asked howr I happened there. After telling her of my trip she informed me that I was a good one to try substitutes on. I agreed. I stayed awdiile but had to leave because the substitute was evaporating. I didn’t think much of the substitutes. I took my last look at U. S. in Hollywood. There I met the famous movie star Wib Alexander. He had now’ growrn taller and had lost none of his good looks. He explained the hard life of a movie star to me and I pitied him. I stayed with him until evening and then left as the sun was leaving so I wouldn’t get lost in the dark. When the sun stopped, I stopped and sometimes before. I happened to stop one evening before the sun did and landed on the Isle of Yap. To my great surprise I found Norman Stout an inhabitant. From his very looks I could tell he was a prominent Yap. When we talked he told me howr he was stranded on this isle but the tale is to sad to relate here. He told me he wras unanimously chosen King of the Yaps and he liked it now; Norman is a full grown man now and I’ve heard it said he was the biggest Yap on the island. The next day I left Norman on the island w’hile he w as happy and while the sun would go with me. The trip w'as so enjoyable I didn’t stop till I came to Japan. And there the first person I ran into was a Japanese, and so was the Twenti -one CTjjUjj-UijU� im gJJ liyOTnraffjSU� second, but soon I saw Ada Masteron and Mayme Harnly who were mis- sionaries to this country. I should never have recognized them as they were made up as Japanese for safety. They told me that they had already saved five natives and had hopes for another. I gave them great praise and promised to send each one a gallon of the substitute when I returned to Auburn. I left Japan and I had to hurry because I was 3 seconds be- hind the county record for that distnace and I sped up to 33 miles an hour. I started towards Bohemia when I was forced to land and so was the plane. My map told me that isle was Borneo. I had scarcely landed when wild men attacked me and carried me to their chief. I could not at first recognize him but he recognized me and saved my head and neck. At a second glance I knew the form of Steve Allen, who had grown since I had last seen him. He then explained to me how he dreaded work so he came to Borneo and was elected chief. He fed me on bananas for three days while I made necessary repairs on my airplane. I then flew away leaving Steve at his palace gate. I landed fairly safe in Bohemia and secured a room for the night. I was about asleep when a noise disturbed me and I went to investigate. There by a candle, which was burning, I found Robert Ernst. He had changed greatly. His hair was white from studying so much. He had lost much sleep and food. I bought him a hot dog and cheered him up. He told me he had worked for years trying to prove Angle A equals to Angle B. I proved it for him and tried to persuade him to return to America. I have heard that he did and had become normal again and dyed his hair. The climate in Bohemia did not agree with me or my plane, so I left on the fly. I journeyed over to Hungary to see a great musician. He was busy with a lesson so I waited. Soon he came out with Janet Mc- Murdo. 1 immediately began talking to her and heard that she had come over here to study the Hungarian Rhapsody. She was soon to give a series of recitals all over Europe. She had to leave so I looked around for her teacher but he was gone too so I left. Motor trouble forced me to carry my plane to Italy and I was given a reception by the King. To my surprise John Carlino called and I went to his home with him. John was now the spaghetti king of Italy. He had grown fat and wore a mus- tache. He had money in abundance now and was married. I told him of my meeting with other classmates and he laughed at their sudden change in life. I laughed also, but at Johnny. I had my motor repaired so I left Johnny making spaghetti and went to the Canary islands, and there among the Canaries was Helen Suydan, singing her old favorite “Charlie My Boy”. She could sing better than the canaries now and she told me of her intention to l'eturn to the U. S. and concertize. I encouraged her to go and she promised she would. We had quite a feast of boiled canaries and then I left, singing, happily on my way. Even the airplane began to sing softly to itself as I glided along. Bing in a warm climate so long, I decided to go north, maybe to the north pole. I landed in the Russian capital and went to visit Trotzky. While waiting I noticed Tressie Crafton fixing her hair. I asked how she happened to be in this country. She said that she and Mildred Jones had come to-gether and that she was secretary to Trotzky and Mildred was Twenty-two secretary to Lenine. I was too horrified for words. Trotzky didn’t like my looks and he had me flown out of Russia. I flew till provisions failed me and I landed on the Sandwich Islands. While landing I nearly ran over Sam Stout. He was as much or more surprised than myself for I had begun to look for classmates anywhere, anytime. Sam had lived on these islands so long that he began to look like a sandwich. While I was there he argued his fellow sandwiches out of a weeks salary. After the airplane had been stocked with sandwiches, I left as I was getting behind the county record. I had also wanted to visit the great cheese factories of Holland and so I turned my plane in that di- rection. I went directly to the factories and walked through. Surprises never end. Working in this factory were Estelle Steele and Velma Mc- Ginnis making holes for the cheese and Gertrude Luedke was pouring the cheese around them. I praised their good work. They gave me a sample of the cheese and it certainly was good, especially the holes. It seemed that all of my classmates had found good positions. I was still eating samples when Gertrude said, “Cheese it the boss is coming.” I knew the place wasn’t big enough for us both so I left. I lost my map in the cheese and soon was lost. I landed, by accident, in Armenia. I noticed a large food line by the side of a stand and I investigated. I was going to get a free meal but, when my turn came, I saw Celia Barbee handing out the food. She was feeding the starving Armenians who were fleeing from the Turks. I was touched by their condition and I not only gave up my meal but also brought over a sandwich from my plane and donated it to the great cause. Celia had given up her pleasures to keep the starving Armenians from starving. She told me of the ter- rible condition of the Armenians and the cruelty of the Turks. I decided to go over to Turkey to settle this war. On arriving I asked for the com- mander-in-chief of the Turkish armies. None other than Paul Ingels walked out to meet me. I was surprised that Paul was so cruel. He was tall and wore a Turkish mustache. I told him of the condition of the Ar- menians but he was indifferent. I finally told him of Celia’s work. He left the room in a hurry. I waited a few days for him but then left. The next I heard of him was that he was head of the Armenian army. I wondered what could have made him change. After much traveling, I landed at New York. My first act was to go to the Ziegfield Follies where I heard that Helen Christopher was the star. She certainly had become a great actress and was one of the reigning beauties of vaudeville. She introduced me to the great stars of the show. I promised that I would return the following evening, then went to a tea shop. On entering I saw a sign coffee 5c. I had some coffee. On the menus was written Frances Comerford, Prop. I was soon talking to her. She had become rich in business and was taking life easy. I drank another cup of coffee and then left for Auburn. I had gained much on the county record so I stopped at a great park out of Auburn. Charles and Harry Irwin were owners. They told me they had built it up from hard labor to a great park. I agreed it was a great park but wasn’t sure of the hard labor. Twenty-three jWJJJ lAi!jiifjwjjs ywywj ii!! ii_jnj FVSE i g| 5S The park was built since I had left on my flight, so it had grown |j rapidly. I went on to Auburn and went to the Bijou theatre. When I ■a returned, it was being run by Mable Mendam and Eunice Foster. They a sure knew how to run a theatre. They had only first class pictures. I a always knew the education they had received at high school here would help them. I went over to a restaurant to eat and there was Thelma Baker run- ning the business. Hugh Geddes was a waiter there and seemed to like it. I stayed in town a few days and the business kept increasing so much that finally Thelma increased Hugh’s salary. I returned with the substitute still in the tank and Vincent and I now run a substitute filling station, but the customers never come back. James Murphy. SENIOR CLASS POEM The goal we’ve all looked forward to We’ve gained this very year, Our school we leave with sadness, Fond memories linger near. Thro’ our four years of High School We have tried to do our best, We have studied, and recited And have written every test. We have loved our friends and teachers Who to us have been so true. We shall ever treat with reverence Our dear White and Navy Blue Tho’ we leave our friends and classrooms And from the A. H. S. we go, Out into the world of battles We shall conquer every foe. We have tried to take an active part In affairs of Auburn High, We will to you our places, Our departing time is nigh. Our boys in athletics Have gained for us a name In basket-ball and foot-ball They’ve won their way to fame. They’ve always shown good sportsmanship And played their games so well But to the others of the team They’ll bid you now farewell. We seniors now will leave you, Our parting time is nigh, We launch, where shall we anchor? Farewell, dear Auburn High. Lauretta McLaughlin. 'iwenty-four rTiiivirrsvir gvi r?� v; rTa irTsvi I $ 3Q i VALEDICTORY Parents, Teachers, and Friends: As to night is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives we feel that this is the opportune time to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to those who have so ably assisted us in the past four years in all our under- takings. I o the parents first, we wish to thank you for the sacrifice and the way you have encouraged us and made it possible for us to take advantage of the splendid opportunities presented in this school. Sometimes you may have been discouraged and felt that we were not putting forth our best efforts. We ask you to pardon our mistakes and hope you will feel repaid, in a measure, tonight for your sacrifices. To our superintendent and teachers. As our high school career draws to a close we realize more than ever before the splendid training we have received from you in preparing us for the higher education for which we are striving. We wish to thank you for all this and for your kindness and patience and we hope that sometime you will see your efforts rewarded. 1 wish to say to the Board of Education and the community, we sin- cerely thank you for the splendidly equipped building which you have pro- vided for us and also for the hearty support you have given us the last four years. To you, classmates, we must ever bear in mind that the time has come when no man or woman can achieve great success without a higher educa- tion. In order to attain the best and highest in life we must ever remember and follow our class motto, “Build For Character And Not For Fame,” for without character fame is valueless. In short time our high school days will be over and possibly we may meet together again, but whatever we do or wherever we are let us keep before us the effort put forth by all our friends here to provide these advantages. So with the thought of our motto, “Build For Character And Not For Fame,” in the name of the Class of ’25, I bid you good-night and good-bye. —Wilbur Alexander SALUTATORY Dearest Parents, Teachers, and Friends: As this is almost the last time our little band will be together, we, as a class, want to take this opportunity to thank you; and welcome you to our Class Day Exercises. Through four long, though seemingly short, years, we have struggled onward, and now we have reached what has been our goal. We stand at a place where the road of our life’s journey is forked from the main one which we have been traveling; some will go one way, others another, toward a new and better goal but nevertheless let us re- member that this is only an earthly goal, therefore let us strive harder for our heavenly one. e cannot begin to express our appreciation in words, but in our own humble way, we wish to thank especially our parents, as it was only through their love, kindness and helpfulness that it has been made possible for us to acquire this start in life. To Professor C. R. Davis and the rest of the faculty who have been so thoughful and patient with us, we are so grateful to you but time alone can reward you ; and just now my thoughts arc of the many other teachers who have been so faithful to us during the preceding three years. I sincerely wish that they all might be present to receive your thanks and gratitude. Often and often, in the days to come, when we are thrown more and more upon our own guidance and intuition, our minds will travel back to you, and we shall realize how many times you have helped us to overcome this and that difficulty, till we shall long, I am sure, to return to you for pro- tection and advice. May God reward you. dear teachers, for your splendid work. To the many friends we have made during these four years, it is hard to part, but we shall remember you always and often recall these pleasant times we have had to-gether. To the Board of Education, we wish to thank you for the wonderful opportunities which have been offered us during the past years, and to whom we owe our gratefulness for having such an ideal school to attend. Classmates, for you, I have a few more words. In our work together we have shared our pleasures, our triumphs and our disappointments for so long, that we will miss the old companionship, when we are too far apart to enjoy it any longer, than we can now realize. Some of us may work to- gether on through colleges and Universities, but for the most of us. 1 feel that it is indeed a parting time. But I am sure we shall always remember each other and think of these days as very happy ones. In closing 1 have a little motto which was Abraham Lincoln’s maxim, “Try, for if you never try, you will never succeed.” And now' to these Class Day Exercises, I, in the name of the class of nineteen hundred and twenty-five do bid you “Welcome.” —Ada E. Masterson Twenty-six Staff Advisor ..... Editor-in-Chief ... Business Manager Advertising Editor Art Editor ........ Literary Editor .... Society Editor ____ Girl’s Athletics .. Boy’s Athletics ..... Calendar Editor . Joke Editor________ Typist............. Snap-shot Editor . Miss Adams Wilbur Alexander Sam Stout Norman Stout James Murphy Thelma Baker ...Klare Nuckolls Helen Christopher .... Hugh Geddes .....Celia Barbee ....Helen Suydan ...Tressie Crafton .... Ada Masterson Twenty-seven JUNIOR tiy r rTivityiRi Risgi Twenty-nine JUNIOR CLASS POEM Listen my children and you shall hear, Of this famous class in their Junior year, On the fourth of September in ’24, This class of twenty, plus a score Met in Miss Evans’ room to vote, And each to receive some inside dope. Alexander was chosen from the rest For he, we decided was the best. In the middle of October we gave a show, In order to raise some extra dough, It was a success you have to admit For from kids to old folks it made a hit. Speaking of athletics, that’s our middle name, With the aid of our class, Auburn won fame, We gave a food sale and lunch a while back To fatten our bank-book with money we lack. Our Junior Play was our biggest bet, Without a doubt the cast you’ve met, Now this fine play you shouldn’t have missed, It’s name was “The Suicide Specialist,” With McCormick and Evans as our advisors We’ve made more money than many misers. Will the Oracle of ’26 be the best? Just wait, then put it to the test. Thomas Nuckolls, ’26. JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY The nineteen hundred twenty-two on September 4th, the welcome of the Auburn High School was extended to the largest class that had ever entered the school. There were many who had never been within the por- tals of this building before, and, to be exact there were seventy-four. Now these were called the Freshmen and as the name may suggest they were thought to be vei'y green. But the knowledge of these increased and the next year, nineteen twenty three, though several members who had entered the previous year were missing there entered a goodly num- ber of last year’s Freshies now the Sophomore Class. After school had started they held a class meeting and chose Mr. McCormick and Miss Evans for their advisors. With these two teachers always ready to help the class, they completed their Sophomore year, and began the next year as Juniors. They still have as advisors Mr. McCormick and Miss Evans and this year the Juniors have done their best each doing his part to make the Junior Class a class whose good deeds shall be remembered by all— and let us not forget that in September nineteen hundred twenty five we shall return to Auburn High and shall be the honored Senior Class. Dorothy Dodds. 78tfr«rtr« irrSVl!r8?llr8?! U i I L JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS President ...........1.............Robert Alexander Vice-President ........................Ernest Allen Secretary and Treasurer ...............Ethel Parrish Advisors ........ ...Miss Evans and Mr. McCormick Motto Colors No Victory Without Labor” ...........Red and White Red and White Rose Buds Flower Thirty-one JUNIOR CLASS Robert Alexander Ernest Allen Lucille Allen Marie Campbell Marion Craig Marie Dober Dorothy E. Dodds Louisa Foster Sherman Gormley Jack Harms Wayne Harnly Edith Hatcher Lee Haynes Iola Herron Gertrude Huffman Florence Mellinger Helen Moon Margaret Murphy Zelma Meyers Margaret Nuckolis Leveta Huffman Loretta Kirby Oscar Kolar Ralph Lindner Lee Garfield Thomas Nuckolls Elizabeth Parkinson Ethel Parrish Edison Rigg William Skaggs Lucille Snyder Halbert Workman Augustine Zakatis Thirty-two - Thirty-three jJ jS 3JSJ UjlU ll ll ll If i' If I! u 13 n ij 5 n titt nr 515 55.55 5: 15 .JTCffC ZP-HTC 5U.5U 5 ‘i 5 1nn i lyiS 7831125.1’ M SOPHOMORE CLASS POEM We are the class of ’27 The best old class you’ve seen. When visiting our school just come around, And we’ll show you what we mean. When first the A. H. S. we came. We were small and a little lame, For we had been initiated, or In fact, it meant the same. 3 Our class colors are yellow and white, We like them because they are bright. They go well with our motto too Which is, “What is right, we do.” But we Sophs only human are, And like to play and roam the woods afar. So one day when all was beautiful and gay We decided to have a weiner roast and play. Our party was a grand success, All were dressed their very best. We learned a new song, which is of fame. If you want to hear it, just come to a game. To make it easier in our Senior year, (For getting there we have no fear) It was suggested by our advisors dear, To sell peanuts and popcorn at a game here. We sold cards with Christmas cheer, To make it easier for that year. Old papers we are gathering now To sell them, we sure know how. In the study hall each day, If we work instead of play, Then when ’26 comes around, We’ll be Juniors, good and sound. Mary Geddes and Helen Dodds. Thirty-four SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS President ... Vice-President Secretary ...... Treasurer Advisors _____ ......... Jacqueline Williamson ....Kenneth Brown ..... Adella Jenkins ..................Helen Dodds Miss Johnson and Mr. Torreyson Motto ..“Up and Coming” Old Gold and Rose Colors Flower Thirty-five jyyyjjj : a Jr 5 5 5 55 551; ;;...; ;;.; j;; ;; a SJMyj-SJS.ZOJggn. SOPHOMORE CLASS Seth Barnes Mary Geddes Tony Bonchi Janet Gheen Kenneth Brown Eulah Greenwood Roy Burnett Eunice Greenwood James Clark Elsie Hoard Lowry Clark Frank Hocking James Comerford Adella Jenkins Claudia Craddock Walter Johnson Dorothea Hamm Ray Kearney Eva Hamm Joseph Kostolski Raymond Hart Gladys Laird Juanita Harris Katherine Lanham William Harris Eva Ryder Mary Hart Howard Ryder Harold Hall Ralph Samples John Hedrick William Senkauckas Emil Leonard Stewart Spencer Wilbur Lewis Louise Sheerin Hazel Lonsdale James Stout Mary Lorton Amerigo Smargiassi Henry Merriam Florence Summers Lena Million Geneva Studebaker Anna Pasznik Mary Summers David Pintar Edith Tillery Helen Dodds Joseph Urbanski Samuel Dodds Jacqueline Williamson Orlen Frantz Bessie Wood Leola Foster Hawley Woolsey Thirty-six rrMrrwr wr stftrw yiTj nt3535353535.3535 35 3535 35 35 35 35 35 35 3535 35 35 35 35 35353535 35 35 353535.3®? THE FRESHMEN Here we are, the Freshmen, I guess you’ve heard of us, We’re not so very large, But we make a lot of fuss. They always try to kid us, As if we didn’t know much, The way they joke about us, Is enough to arouse our dutch. But when we come to classes, We’re not afraid of work, And if we have hard lessons We never try to shirk. And then, in Athletics, We’re there right in line, If you ask the coach about us, He will say, “They’re doing fine.” The Midgets and the Flyweights, Have certainly got some pep. And if a team would play them. They’d have to watch their step. You need not look down on us, Because we entered late, We’ll carry off the honors, In the year of ’28. Victor L. Psaute. ir7s?it78?ir?8?ii r?sv: rTa. r?a i r?avi rTa i rTsri: mi nix inxmi njxnixyrixjm FRESHMEN CLASS OFFICERS ............Bernard Murphy .............Marjorie Butler .............John A. Mottar Miss Hoppin and Mr. Herrman President Vice-President.......... Secretary and Treasurer Advisors................ A—Ambition ‘T—Truth” ‘H—Honor” ‘S—Service” Motto Red and White Colors Sweet Pea Flower Thirty-nine FRESHMAN CLASS Adelia Bale Bonnie Carr Yianna Berger Herbert Cockrell Anna Bernard Julia Cudron George Bortolazzi Nellie Combs Lucille Bearden Luke Conlin Howard Brasfield Frank Dolenc Marjorie Butler Bertha Dixon Elizabeth Cauturiaux Ruth Daugherty Joseph Clemens Tillie Dolenc Dorothy Duffy Mary Harnly Mamie Duffy Wayne Harris Mary Elizabeth Fields William Hutton Margaret Geddes Paul Johnson Thelma Gheen Frances Leach Irene Gheen Louis Leshovisek Genevieve Gatton Julee Lorainne George Harms Orlando Lorton Viola Harms Frank Martinsek Santina Million Kendall Nichols George Moon Clarence O’Leary John Mottar Joseph Pelton Bernard Murphy Parker Psaute John Murphy Hurley Ping Agnes Murphy Mary Poszka Dennis McLaughlin Victor Psaute Herman Neumann Mary Quinn Emelie Newmann Marion Sortoris Mabel Sharp Larue Smith Herbert Trevier Jake Vale Zella Wilson Margaret Woolary Forty THE LES BAS BEEUS LITERARY SOCIETY President .......................................Marie Dober Vice-President .............................Dorothy Dodds Sec. and Treas................................Margaret Nuckolls Sergeant-at-arms .Thelma Baker and Frances Comerford Faculty Advisor ..................................Miss Johnson The Les Bas Bleus Literary Society was organized the first of the school year with Miss Johnson as our advisor. The aim of the society is to increase the intellectual, moral and social culture of its members. Our motto is “Good-Fellowship”. Most of our time has been spent in studying one-act plays. Some were given before the society. The assembly was also entertained by the girls. New members have been taken in during the year and we know that the society has profited by their help and talent. We feel that the social part of the society has been of great benefit and enjoyment to us. Perhaps our height of pleasure was reached when we entertained our mothers at the close of the year. A Member. CHARTER MEMBERS First Row—Mayme Duffy, Jacquiline Williamson, Klare Nuckolls, Mary Geddes, Dorothy Duffy, Helen Dodds, Eula Greenwood. Second Row—Ada Masterson, Thelma Baker, Marion Craig, Margaret Nuckolls, Edith Hatcher, Eva Louise Hamm. Third Row—Florence Mellinger, Mildred Jones, Tressie Crafton, Frances Comerford, Helen Moon, Miss Johnson. NEW MEMBERS Mabel Merriam, Loretta McLaughlin, Helen Suydan. Celia Barbee, Helen Christo- pher, Henrietta Lindner, Gertrude Luedke, Mayme Harnly, Marie Dober, Marie Camp- bell. Dorothy Dodds, Ethel Parrish, Elizabeth Parkinson. Forty-one GLEE CLUB First Row—Mary Elizabeth Fields, Mary Harnly, Ada Masterson Helen Christopher. Celia Barbee. Vianna Burgher. Second Row—Janette Gheen. Janet MacMurdo, Loretta McLaughlin. Tressie Crafton. Thelma Baker. Estelle Steele, Mary Poski, Augustine Zakaitas. Third Row—Velma McGinnis. May me Harnly. Gertrude Luedke. Hen- rietta Lindner. Helen Suydan. Miss Bonham. Gladys Laird. Lucille Allen. Bonnie Carr. $ President............... Vice-President ......... Secretary and Treasurer Director................ Mayme Harnly ....Lucille Allen Gertrude Luedke Miss Bonham I I I I F orty-itc o rrn m ;nunu LU.1 lUj ‘i-t1 After school began much talent in the line of musical instruments was discovered among the student body. So enrollment was begun for a high school orchestra to which many responded. Miss Smith trained them and they have succeeded wonderfully. They have played for Parent-Teachers’ Meetings, the Football banquet and numerous entertainments and plays. It adds a great deal of pep to our various school activities. 1st. Violin, Mabel Merriam, Janet McMurdo. Geneva Studebaker. 2nd Violin, John Lindner, William Hutton. Cornet, Vincent O’Leary, John William Hedrick Trombone, Ralph Lindner. Saxophone, John Alfred Mottar. Piano, Marjorie Butler. i COUNTY ORATORICAL CONTEST The County Meet was held at Divernon May 1, 1924. Students from various schools participated. Those entering from Auburn were: Lucy Merriam, third place ................................ Piano solo Marjorie Brittin Vocal solo Thelma Baker ....................................... Dramatic reading Ada Masterson ...................................... Humorous reading Vincent O’Leary ...............................................Oration High School Quartette 1 Lien Suydan, Bonnie Carr, Lucy Merriam, and Henrietta Lindner. PRELIMINARIES Orations The Old South and the New ........ Henry Grady, Ralph Lindner The Unknown Soldier ..................... Robert J. Clendenin Vincent O’Leary The People and their Rulers ....................... Van Dyke Clarence O’Leary Piano Prelude in C Minor .............................. Rachmaminoff Marjorie Butler Grande Polka de Concert .............................. Bartlet Celia J. Barbee Valse Caprice ...................................... Newington Janita Harris The Whispering Wind .............................. Wollenhaupt Gladys Laird Elude I) flat Major ............................... F. Liszt Thomas Nuckolls Leibestraum (A Dream of Love) ........................ Liszt Gertrude Luedke Dramatic Declaration Hagar .................................... Eliza P. Nickolson Thelma Baker Humorous Readings The I onic ............................... Booth Tarkington Jacquelin Williamson Rabbits and Other Eggs .......................... John Lindner Violin Waltz from Faust ..................................... Gounod James Murphy Forty-four Till Till xiLt 'ulr 'itHZ i i? -i l|-3i Ji1-3 ;-lll-3i -Ii - l: arg3Fg ig3giS giCTt3L T! rg :t ;BJgBKgiB FATE “A winner never quits, nor a quitter never wins.” “Hey, Red, ya goin’ down my way?” came the question from a shoi't, heavy set lad of about seventeen. “Yeh! but snap it up, I’m in a hurry. My uncle’s here from Indiana,” came the retort. The two boys, Red Brennan and Shorty Shutt walked along in silence for a short distance. “Is he the Uncle Tom you’re always telling us about? Shorty soon asked. “Yeh! he arrived about an hour ago.” Silence prevailed again. Each boy seemed to be thinking out something in his mind more important than conversation. Then Red spoke. “Say, have you been down to see the coach lately?” “I was down last night. He was out of his head, didn’t even know me. All he seemed to talk about was the team. I couldn’t understand half the words though. Miss Hall, his nurse, says he’s nearing the crisis.” “Gee! it’s sure tough, the coach getting down with that crazy old fever, and the Edgewater game so near. A championship game at that. And the whole team’s lost all their pep.” At this point the two boys stopped in front of a large white house, which was apparently Red’s the quarter-back and captain on the Beverly High School football team. “It’s sure tough all right,” sympathized Shorty, who played left- tackle on the team. “But I was just thinking about your uncle. Didn’t you say he used to play on the Purdue team with a guy named ‘Alliphunt’ or ‘Ellephant’ or something like that?” “He played sub when the great Oliphant was in his prime,” answered Red, thoughtfully. “Well why couldn’t he kinda drill us these five remaining days?” came back the ever eager Shorty. “He sure knows football all right!” replied the other as if he had something more important on his mind. So the day that followed found the Beverly High School foot-ball team laboring with renewed spirits, under their new head, Red’s uncle, while their original coach was fighting for his life against great odds, the scarlet fever germ. There was but one new play introduced. This was a formation P-0-0 which meant “Purdue’s Original One.” It was used by a famous Purdue team several years back. But the lettering was changed to A. B. C. to make it easier to remember. When this formation was called, the quarter-back and the left-half shifted a little to the left, while the right-half moved to the right. At this point the full-back stepped backward extending his hand out as if to receive the ball. The center was to throw the ball on a crooked pass I 9 ■■■i «§ to the left-half who would cross over to the right being joined as inter- ference by the quarter-back, right-half and full-back. The day arrived. There had been a heavy frost the night before and the air was chilly and damp. The smoke from the chimney slowly but surely curled out into the air, only to linger, then fade away to be blended with the clouds. The wind was a bit restless and it was a trifle misty. But the stands at Edgewater were crowded. Across the field there arose the steady cheering of the Edgewater student-body. The cheer lead- ers with marked rhythm to their antics slowly, then faster, drew the yells from the eager rooters. But their taunts were only answered by the echo from the opposite side. Were there no one to give Beverly a cheer? As the players rushed out single file, Edgewater on one side and Bev- erly on the ether, the cheer leaders became secondary objects. Beverly received and ran the ball back to her 40 yard line, and they were forced to punt. The ball zig-zagged back and forth. Beverly fumbl- ed, Edgewater fumbled, then Edgewater recovered. A forward pass was intercepted by a Beverly player. Beverly lost it on downs. Edgewater drove toward their goal and the half ended. The team filed in half exhausted to their dressing rooms which were assigned to them. Red’s uncle scanned the room looking over each player, then he seated himself beside them. “You fellows have been fighting hard,” he began, “but not nearly as hard as you can fight. Only last night I was down to see your coach. He was delirious but he kept raving about the football championship which lies at stake between you and Edgewater.” Here he stopped as if thinking of something else to say. “Your coach is of the winning stuff,” he continued, “the fighting kind you know. He’s developed you fellows into the fighting kind. Even now he’s worrying about you. That’s what’s delaying the crisis, his nurse told me.” Again he paused. “If you win this game, the championship will be a mere incident, for you will probably win your coach’s life. To win, there are two things to remember; first, team that won’t be beat, can’t be beat, second the score- board won’t showr what you would have done, it will show what you have done. There’s the whistle, now you must go.” As the players passed out, there was a mist in his eyes and he shook their hand as a father does his son who is leaving for war. Now and then a player brushed a tear from his eye as a soldier would as he sits by the side of his dying comrade on the battle field. Edgewater received. They were forced to punt. Beverly fumbled, Edgewater recovered. A pass was intercepted and the quarter ended. In the last quarter the score was 0-0. Edgewater fumbled only to re- cover again. Beverly received the ball on downs and was forced to punt. Beverly intercepted a pass on Edgewater’s 25 yard line. Three minutes to play. Last down and eight yards to go, with two minutes left to play. At Forty-six this moment the stands were hushed, each spectator wondering what would happen next. Suddenly there arose on the air the wierd chanting of a yell. There on the side lines stood a scant dozen or so, each seemingly unaware of their whereabouts with their minds set upon what they were doing. The cheer- leader, a lithe figure on partly bended knees and with doubled fists, was slowly drawing the:— Hokum! Pokum ! Watch’em Soakum ! Then faster:— Croakum! Croakum! Let ’em Chokum! Then long and drawn out:— Why?..............Because! Why?..............It’s Be.......ver.........ly Bever... ly With each syllable he drew, he seemed to draw a part of their souls with it. It did not sound like a common yell, but like a fervent prayer of pleading. It seemed to have a soul, for it took effort. The two teams stood motionless, even the referee seemed to be dazed with wonderment. Red was the first to act. With a quick motion he leaped to his place and barked, ‘formation A-B-C.’ He and the left-half shifted, the right-half shifted and the fullback moved back. But this previous scene, seemed to have been too much for the center. Instead of throwing the ball to the half-back, he passed it straight to the full-back. There stood the full- back with the ball in his hands not knowing what to do. The enemy were rushing! What could he do? Hadn’t the play gone wrong. Then someone hollered in a loud voice “Kick.” He dropped the ball and with his powerful leg kicked it. Had it not been for the wind the ball would never have gone over. But sweeping it out of its course the wind by a slight accident blew it close enough to be called over. And the game ended 3-0 in favor of Beverly. After the thrill of a championship had subsided and the knowledge that the victory made the coach pass the crisis successfully, Red and his uncle were in the parlor of the Brennan home. Red having just finished reading an item in the paper about the game lowered the paper and spoke. “Say uncle,” he began, “I’ve just been wondering what really made us win that game. Was it the rooters who pleaded with us at that critical moment, or me calling the signal? Could it have been the wind, or the center? Was it the full-back? My opinion is that it was you!” His uncle hesitated a moment, seemingly to consider. “You’re all wrong, my lad,” he answered, “What made you win that game was ‘Fate’.” Thomas Nuckolls. Forty-seven t irsvif t rya r t r r? it r r rys?ir7s?iiyS £ si THE BUMBLE-BEE The bumble-bee flies on wings of gauze, And has no care of man-made laws, lie is a very little thing, But he has a mighty sting. Some say he lives a carefree life But knows not that it’s full of strife. So o’er the flow’rs he sails in glee. This cheerful, humble, bumble-bee. While wandering in the fields one day, I saw one busy in the new mown hay. He looked as if it was his way That he must lay aside this day Enough of food for when he’s worn He’ll have some left to pass the storm. Vincent O’Leary. WE, TOO, MUST CROSS ALONE A stranger stood on the bank of the River of Life. He had to cross it. First the Stranger found a reed, and he tried to cross with it. But the reed ran into his hand and the top divided into five splinters when he leaned on it. Then the Stranger found a staff and he tried; to cross with it but the sharp end stuck fast in the soft earth. Silently he stood in the water. Floating toward him was a thick log and he said, “With this, I will cross.” But the log was too bouyant and almost drew the Stranger from his feet. The discouraged soul waded to the bank. Standing there silhouetted against the rising sun, for it was night when he tried to cross, he said, gathering new strength and hope with the brightening beams, “Oh, River of Life, how am I to cross? I have tried all aids and they have failed me!” Where upon the River of Life breathed forth an answer like the breath of Dawn, “Cross me alone.” Regaining new courage, the stranger quietly went down into the water and crossed. Thus dreamers are builders. Every life influenced by its surround- ings and environment becomes a declaration of individuality, of inde- pendence, of something different from all others. There is nothing which gives an impression of strength as self-reliance and confidence in one’s own judgment. So when we come to the great and mighty River of Life, we, too, will have to cross it—alone. Loretta McLaughlin. i i lyjfgggE FRIENDSH I P And Noami said, “Behold thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister-in-law. And Ruth said, “Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge, thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: The Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee from me.—Bible. True friendship is mutual regard cherished by kindred minds. The relationship between Naomi and Ruth in a beautiful example of a true friendship. There is a big difference between companions and friends. Have as many companions are possible, but receive them with skepticism, pay them with civility, but not with confidence. A very agreeable companion may prove a very improper, or dangerous friend. In choosing a friend one should look for other pleasing qualities. As we like to possess virtue, knowledge, discretion, and honor we should seek these qualities in choosing a friend. A true friend is one with whom we may be intimate, with full confi- dence of sympathy and understanding. In a friend we may confide our joys and our sorrows. A joy is increased when it is shared with a friend, and in a like manner a grief is lessened. Who, but a friend can give need- ed advice, which will be taken to heart, and result in the changing of habits. Be true to all your trusts and in this way prove yourself perfectly capable of being a friend, for, as Emerson says, “the only way to have a friend is to be one.” Mabel Merriam. Jj ;J£MP tOJ2T55T xk m nv,7u ju jTvji nji iv;ii.ijT(mr'| THE SEA BATTLE O’er the cold and dark gray sea that day, A giant ship did sail, Across its brow the briny spray, Beat itself upon the rail. In every line its grace was shown To all who cared to see As it scattered far and wide the foam While sailing cross the sea. The lookout, watchful and alert, Spied the terror of the deep. For in this zone ’twas want to lurk, To catch a crew asleep. With a sound of thunder the cannons roar, And each heart quakes with fear, As over the billows grim and hoar, The torpedo seems to tear. With wondrous skill the skipper then Has turned his ship aside. As with the speed ’twas given by men The missle passed the side. Then with a well directed shot The ‘sub’ goes under the sea To those in her a common lot Meted to each will be. He gets a medal of work well done And is famed for bravery, For those men whose mothers wait at home There’s naught, but ‘lost at sea’. Vincent O’Leary. uivjuvi .njuv tth numi jmjnuni jn mi Trnjrixjnurivn g 1 THE FAITHFUL LOVER The sun probably never arose more beautiful than it did on the twenty- fourth of June of this special year; the birds were undoubtedly singing their sweetest songs; the squirrels chattered constantly among the branches of the wide spreading oak; and two large beds of lilies were scent- ing the air with their fragrance. But alas! could not all these most beauti- ful works of nature put joy and comfort into Alice Mountz’s heart, on this her graduating day from the University of Vermont? Did she not have many things to be happy for? She was a University graduate, had been elected to more than a few offices during her school years, she was con- sidered by all who knew her a fine all-round girl, perhaps not so popular as some, but as one who held herself in reserve and consequently she was looked up to, and last of all she was salutatorian of her class; but still her young life blood seemed to pour wearily through her body. “Alice,” came a sweet voice from without. Alice went slowly towards the door. What could Joyce Mayfield, her next-door room-mate, who was the sunshine of the college want? “I hope I’m not inti’uding, I just went down to get my mail and while there brought yours along. Oh, I just can hardly wait until this evening. My parents are coming this afternoon. I do hope they get here in time, for I wouldn’t have them miss the graduating exercises for any- thing. Well, I know you are tremendously busy with your speech and everything so I’ll run along.” “Oh I wasn’t as busy as I might have been, but thanks for the favor.” “Don’t mention it,” said the bundle of joy as she slipped through the door.” Alice quickly closed the door and gazed at the envelope in her hand. ALICE MOUNTZ, 145 GIRL’S DORM.. CITY., was written in heavy flow- ing letters. Did she know the hand writing? Yes, only too well, for in one movement the card was from it’s place and the eager eyes were search- ing the reading. PLEASE BE READY TO TAKE A LITTLE RIDE THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT TWO THIRTY. SINCERELY, ALVIN WILSON. Her hand fell limply to her side and she walked to the window to breathe in some of Nature’s purest air. Could it be true? This very op- portunity that she had longed for, through her four years of college, had come. That very morning one memory after another had been pouring incessantly through her mind, but all the while she had tried to quell those feelings with the thought that Alvin didn’t care for her. But, oh, would to-day be the last time she should see him? Then she reconciled herself by saying. “I will forget, I must forget, surely but slowly.” She stood there for a moment until a sweet smile of triumph surged o’er her face and she turned away, to put the little white envelope with her most precious articles; but, lo, a frown seemed to cloud her brow. Would it Fifty-two not be better if she should not meet A1 face to face? It would only make things harder for the girlish heart of twenty-two. Many things stormed through her brain; if A1 had cared for her at all why had he been running with other girls and then too, hadn’t Al’s father and her Mother been such good friends when they were young? But alas, Mr. Wilson lost out be- cause he had failed to prove himself a man and Alice’s father had. Now he had risen to fame and fortune, while Alice’s mother was the wife of a farmer. An impulse struck her to write a note so he would get it at noon, saying she would be too busy to go; but fate had planned it other- wise and stayed her from doing so. Two-thirty found Alice in a very dainty afternoon dress, waiting rather impatiently in the reception room of the dormitory. In several minutes she saw the large Wilson touring car draw up beside the curb and a young man of five feet, ten inches alight. His hair was coal black and his eyes of the same hue. He was clad in a light grey suit, so to-gether with his strong athletic build, it was no wonder that he was considered by all, the most handsome young man in the Senior Class, in fact a most typical type of young American manhood. A delicate pink tinged her cheeks as she arose in answer to the door-bell. By three o’clock they had reached Wood-River park and had alighted at Live Forever Spring, to refresh themselves from the ride. As A1 stood watching her after he had handed her the cup of water, his wonder grew. Somehow Alice wasn’t the same girl to-day. He had thought all along that she was a lovely girl, but to-day she was charming to him as the breeze softly played about her golden tresses that curled about her fore- head and neck. The dress, somehow, which was of a soft silk seemed to make the figure more complete and the dainty little patent-leather pumps seemed to be the finishing touch. “If we should happen to get thirsty to-night wouldn’t it be nice to have one sip of this water?” “Don’t mention such a terrible thing as that,” replied Alice play- fully, “because that did happen to me once, and I wonder if I wouldn’t have liked to have had just one drop.” “Well as to that, you’re ahead of me in experience before the public. I suppose I’ll make a great out at my supposed speech, and anyway I be- lieve you deserve to be the Valedictorian instead of me.” “Why, Alvin, I don’t see why and anyway you know that has been your father’s wish all along, but that’s all settled now so let’s not try to undo it.” “But haven’t you really been working for it?” “Well, yes and no. It doesn’t make so much difference now any way.” “Oh, I know you’ve worked hard, and Gee! of all the parties you have missed just on account of a zero.” “Well I’ve enjoyed myself at home or perhaps I’d have gone.” “Are you right sure?” “Certainly.” “I don’t know whether I can vouch for that or not, for I think I know Fifty-three you better than you think.” “I suppose you wondered why I wanted to talk to you this afternoon, and just what I wanted. You had just as well prepare for a long story, Alice, because I want to tell you all. I’ll bet I know your mother to a T, although I’ve never met her. You probably know as well as I that my Dad simply adored your mother when they were about our age, and now —say, to-day he has a picture of her. When I first learned to know you here at school I thought you were a fine girl, but not until we were Sophs did I learn to know who you were and then it was just through a slip of Dad’s about some Mountz. Then, Alice dear, I began to adore you, and this year I came back with the determination that you should know of it; but my father has always watched me like a hawk over his prey, and if he ever finds out that this very hour I am with you, I shall pay for it.’’ Alvin rambled on as if in a storm, streams of words fell from his lips, and then he paused, took his eyes from off his hearer for a moment, then as if slightly troubled said, “I beg your pardon, perhaps you don’t care to hear all this; I have just taken for granted that I because I love you (the words came deep and true,) that you too cared. Forgive me.” Perhaps this expostulation was brought on, because during all his speech as it might be termed, Alice had stood motionless as if disinterest- ed. All her life seemed to spring into action as she cried, “Care? You’ve but half expressed it. Go on. I wish to hear it all, I was just—thinking.” “Thank you so much,” he replied, “but I must proceed. I told Dad I aimed to go with you this year, if it was your wish, and in time you should be my wife. And do you know what happened? I never had seen my Dad real mad, but talk about temper, that man certainly scared up all the temper God ever allotted one man, and then simply exploded, telling me that if ever he caught me with you, or heard that I had been with you, I’d lose my happy home; and further more, if I married you I was no longer the legal heir and son of Mr. Arthur Wilson. So there, Alice, is my story. Now please don’t think that I don’t care as much for you as I do for my Dad, for oh, there’s no comparison in that, but I almost had to have the money to go through school and then when I’m through—”, he paused, “Dearest, that’s to-night, but oh, it has come too quickly. I haven’t made my secret come true.” “Secret?” was her only remark. “Yes, Alice, I’m sorry but I can’t tell you that, but some day you shall know, you first and then I shall tell the world. Dad will be second. Rut now I’ve said my all. Please remember every word and yet forget it.” For some time, they mused on the words that had been spoken. “To-day, Alice, is probably our last day to-gether for a long time, no- body knows, time alone can tell the story; so let’s make this next hour one that can represent what this whole year should have been. I suggest that we take a spin. We can easily get to Wood-River and back by five o’clock.” As he helped her in the car there was such admiration in his eyes that perhaps the holiness of it would have prevented anybody from seeing it. Fifty-four ’J !i It M-tJnHn llZPI OSP M ff'g FZ-WZ rniymm ji iypy i.ujj|i The drive was delightful. Everything seemed to add to the loveliness of it all, and as the back-road was taken, many things suggested pleasant words and thoughts for both of them. More time was spent on the way than had been anticipated. When the home-ward journey was started, there were but twenty min- utes left until the hour of five, so the state road was taken, and the beauti- ful Marmon swept like magic over the pavement. Just as the dormitory clock tolled five they pulled up beside the curb. “Only this please, I can’t say or in fact I won’t say good-by now. To- night after the exercises are over I shall see you and say good-by in spite of fate, itself. And too, when are you going home?” “Father, Mother and the rest of my family are driving over to-day. They may be here now, and to-night we are going back. I have already sent everything except my two suitcases.” Dinner at five-thirty was the pleasantest meal Alice Mountz had ever tasted while at college, and even Joyce said, “You’re certainly one sweet girl graduate to be.” And Alice wondered if it did make a difference. The program was to start at seven-thirty so Alice rushed upstairs and donned her graduating outfit. By seven she was ready but why hadn’t her parents come? Surely they would be here in a few minutes. Nor was it but a few moments until a knock came on her door and at the same time it pushed open and who should it be but her married sister, Frances. With an embrace of affection they greeted each other and then with a laugh, Frances said, “You don’t seem to be a bit worried about us, did you think we weren’t coming? We’re about a half an hour late, but I guess you’ve been busy as a bee all day long and haven’t had time to think.” “Yes, my time has been occupied.” said Alice, as a smile flitted across her face. “Are you all here? “Yes every one.” As the class roll was called, the first to come out upon the beautifully bedecked stage was Alvin Wilson, second came Alice Mountz. To their surprise, two seats were reserved for honor students in the center of the platform. Mr. Arthur Wilson in the pews reserved for the parents, went white with rage, but a veil seemed to drop before his eyes— “Am I dream- ing?” he said: “Is that Arthur Wilson and Mayme Lockman, or is it Alvin and.......... ....?” The salutatory address was delivered beautifully, and how glad Alvin was that his Dad must see her,—see her face to face. He might look away but he must hear her voice. About three-quarters of an hour passed be- fore Alvin’s address was delivered and then—oh, how glad and proud of him, she was! He had done fine and she had known that he wasn’t at all confident of himself, but it was over and thanks be to God who had so kindly helped him. In another half-hour the diplomas were given out and the exercises of a life-time were over. About ten minutes before the program was concluded, Mr. Wilson noticed a fair face of about fifty years. He needed but one glance to tell r cirTs?] r a?] rTav', r?g?] rTavi Fifty-five him who it was—Mayme Lock—M—And, oh the torture of those ten minutes. Could he yet make himself believe that Mayme had turned him down for Mountz and now Alvin, why had Alvin fallen for-----? Ah, well he knew why, but, perhaps he was just jealous. His thoughts became un- controllable. Many congratulations were exchanged, along with many good-byes which probably were the last for some as they dispersed to their home in the many different states; and truthfully to say, among some of the dearest friends, tears were shed. At last the crowd began to diminish and the girls went up to the reception room to get their coats and hats. However, Alice left reluctantly to get hers, as she wondered when the last hour would be. When she came back down, her folks were talking with some other parents and chatting about the topic of the evening. As the Mountz family was leaving the auditorium, Alice’s heart grew heavy—had Alvin forgotten? Surely not. As they were going through the last corridor, they met a professor and Alice introduced him to her parents. Just then Alvin stepped into view at the end of the corridor and beckoned to her, unnoticed by the rest. She asked her folks to excuse her for a few moments and she took her leave. He was waiting at the door for her, and to-gether they stepped out into the evening. “Alice, I don’t think there is any use to say much, but only this and keep it until we meet again.” He took her hand and slipped onto it his High School ring, which he had wrapped to fit a smaller finger than his own. “And now we’ll say good-bye.” So in one fond embrace, the first, perhaps the last—a few words were spoken and then a good-bye never to be forgotten. Ten years had passed. Alice Mountz had proven herself a successful High School teacher in the History department. For ten years that High School ring had remained upon the same finger. Not once had it been removed. Many times the wearer had slightly wavered, but the ring each time would say, Don t . Alice had often wondered if she would know the owner of the ring. How long would it be until she would see him? She could only answer by saying “Time alone can tell the story.” Her tenth year of teaching had been at Annville, Illinois and this vacation was to find her back among her native haunts in Vermont. At six o’clock, on Monday morning June tenth, the Union Depot at Chicago was alive with people as the Eastbound Flyer was to leave in thirty minutes. Alice took her place in a coach a good while before the train started as she was alone and wished to get her things arranged. About ten o’clock she became weary of reading and wandered out to the observation car, of which thus far, only one single passenger had taken advantage. He was a young man between thirty and thirty-five years of age and seemed in deep thought as Alice appeared, for he did not notice her for some time. He then remarked, “Lovely morning, isn’t it?” Riyyj o BS5?3 I “Yes, so nice, but I fear it will be quite warm by noon, and then an- other day of it will be rather tiresome.” The young man of a strong and healthy build, looked at her quickly, and his rather dark complexion dark- ened somewhat as he said to himself, “Where have I heard that voice be- fore ?” “You are traveling quite a way then 1 presume.” “Yes, to Vermont.” “VERMONT?” “Yes, my home is in Cambry, Vermont.” “Did I understand you to say CAMBRY, Vermont?” “Yes, sir. Do you know the place?” “Yes, I’ve...heard.....of....it,” was the answer that seemed forc- ed. The subject was dropped at once and many other interesting things were talked about. In about an hour the young man left and went back into the coach, his mind was whirling. Who was this young woman that was from Cam- bry, Vermont? No, he would not ask her if it might be—. No, he couldn’t Once before he had thought so, this time he would make sure. That afternoon he again wandered to the platform, but she was not there although a number of other people were enjoying the afternoon in that place. The next morning he determined to wait, if necessary, the rest of the journey—he must know. In a few moments he heard the porter telling a joke to a passenger of the observation platform, which was followed by a twitter of glee. He stood upright—“Alice is that you?” he almost said aloud; but no! The lady appeared, the same that had been there yesterday. She was lovely and had such a charming personality, but still he had doubts. She had been there but a little while, when she unconsciously pulled oft her gloves, and there—oh—there on that finger,—right before his eyes, was his own High School ring, on the same finger he had touched ten years ago. Oh, what could he do? He knew she did not know him; how could he prove his identity? But why did he need to? Then on second thought, he reached into an inner pocket and pulled out a picture of a young man, about twenty-two years of age. He quietly arose and quickly took a seat at the side of Alice. “I have a picture, I wish to show you,” he said. “Oh, it’s kind of you. I am getting rather tired.” He dropped the picture into her lap. She picked it up,and with a cry of delight, uttered, “Alvin! Oh, Alvin!” and almost forgot the man at her side. She looked up into the dark eyes so closely watching her and with a stream of words he started, “Alvin, dear, where—oh where have you been? How are you? Oh is it real; or is it a dream? No, it can’t be ten long years I’ve waited and now. But Alvin, only for the ring you slipped on mv finger, I’m afraid my faith would not have lived forever.” “But at last the time has come, dearest, and my secret has proved out. Now you shall know. I left home right after I graduated and have been Fifty-seven gone ever since. About half of the time they did not know where I was and now I’m going back and you are going with me. I said Dad should know second and he shall. The first year I taught school, then I went into real estate business in New York City. From there I went to Oklahoma and got into the oil business. Alice, I mads my fortune—that’s my secret. I promised myself that I wouldn’t take a red cent of Dad’s money and I didn’t. I left home almost penniless. I also said that I never would ask a girl to live in poverty with me, nor on the money of someone that I didn’t earn with my own hands. So now Alice I’m through. When we get to Cambry, let’s take a spin out to Live Forever for a little talk.” “Yes, let’s do, that’s the only place,” was the happy answer. The rest of the journey, trials and tribulations were forgotten and many interesting details of the past ten years were related. Alvin told her that several dollars would be needed in order to notify a certain High School in Illinois that they would need a new history teacher. Trains were changed at New York and that afternoon they arrived in Cambry. There the luggage was taken to a hotel and a car was hired to drive out to Live Forever Spring. When they alighted they got a drink and then he said, “Dearest its been ten years since I’ve tasted that water. But oh, time is as day since we’re here together again ! I’m the same Alvin, and Alice, my love is just as great to-day as it was then. It can’t be any more so, because it had gone its limit that day. But if you will accept it I will do anything that is possible in this world for you. And now dearest, will you be mine?” “Yes, Alvin.” “And when will it be?” “The twenty-fourth of June.” Ada E. Masterson •i Fifty-eight II v It.VJgT rTT7TK.7.77:117TTT.7TK. JTT TTJlJTT TJJl7J1X.7JTXTTKTTK7m7ITTTITT 71 IT Tin t -. aa ----- - - - 4 N SEVENTEEN The Senior Class Play, Seventeen, given April 17, was declared a wonderful success. This play is a late production and has never been given in this section before. The features between acts were entirely original and added much to the success of the play. The cast was as follows: William Sylvanius Baxter ...............Paul Ingels. Mrs. Baxter............................Thelma Baker Mr. Baxter ............................Ralph Lindner Johnnie Watson ..................................Sam Stout Jane Baxter ...........................Celia Barbee May Parcher .......................... Helen Suydan Lola Pratt ....................................Helen Christopher Genesis .....................................Charles Irwin Joe Bullet ...........................Robert Ernest Mr. Parcher ............................Hugh Geddes George Crooper................... Wilbur Alexander Ethel Boke .........................Gertrude Luedke Wallie Banks .......... .... Vincent O’Leary Mary Brooks .................... Loretta McLaughlin Sixty ? rfe riiLLi? tfs fi 2 '• JUNIOR CLASS PLAY On the evening of March 17, the Junior Class presented their play, “The Suicide Specialist,” in the High School Auditorium. The play show- ed the results of the careful coaching of Mr. McCormick. The cast was as follows: Miss Randolph Edith Hatcher Marion Bedford ...................... Lucile Snyder Dr. Chas. Milton ................ Robert Alexander Inspector Nolan Ralph Lindner Professor Mansfield .................... Edison Riggs Clara Kingston ............................Ethel Parrish Madame Natchi ....................Elizabeth Parkinson Robert Warchan ......................... Jack Harms Ralph Norwall ...........................Sherman Gormley Fannie Falmouth _____________________ Augustine Zakaitis Lila Beverly ....................... Eva Louise Hamm FI-FI OF THE TOY SHOP FI-FI OF THE TOY SHOP, was a play put out by the High School for the benefit of the Athletic Association. The cast was made up of about one hundred and twenty-five char- acters which included nearly the entire High School. Due to the condition of the weather, the play was not much of a succes in the financial way, but every one that had nerve to venture out, declared it a wonderful suc- cess as far as the acting was concerned. TrKjTj jTTi 2Q5-JTJUJ JiJilSJS: 55 jnj 71 n ;: r y ;_• •, ,■ SENIOR JINGLES The Seniors sure have got the stuff, Of brains and brass and grit; In all our clases large and small, We always make a hit. In the class of Trigonometry, Within its cragy walls, Few have the spunk to enter, Except we Senior- alls. In History and Civics too, We try to do our best; But sometimes, just to have some fun, We have class meetin’ for a rest. In Physics it is very queer So it’s been told to me, The name should be changed at once To Mr. Mac and his pueri. In Typing’s where the stars are found, And Miss Smith, so well they like her, That when they’re feelin’ very good They can make sixty per. But, oh that English, it’s a bear, A place where study never ends; Yet if we work both hard and well, We’ve still to make amends. Then just to show we’ve done the work, And accomodate a feller, They send some papers to our Dads, Of blue and white and yellar. Ada E. Masterson Sixty-two TO THE ALUMNI Alumni, of dear old Auburn Who’ve advanced from time to time; With best of wishes for your joy. We dedicate this rhyme. We, too, have learned to love the school, Each year a little more; And now we pass the spirit on As you did in days of yore. When lessons seemed too hard to get, When teachers seemed to bore; We’d think of you, your honors And try to work the more. And now, that we are leaving, We honor you the more; The hardships we are having. You, too, have had before. Mabel Merriam. Sixty-four yM?8rt @vMvirz8vWli fit ItrWfrSvIfrwrrSvIlYSvir ALUMNI OF A. T. H. S. CLASS OF 1917 Marjorie Landon, Decatur, 111.; married. Pete Harms, Los Angeles, Cal,; lawyer. Olga Ruseke, Springfielld, 111.; teacher. Duncan Barbee, Auburn, 111.; mechanic. Helen Martin. Auburn, 111.; married. Mary Stout, California, married. James McLaughlin, Dwight, 111.; construc- tion Co. CLASS OF 1918 Everett Laird, St. Louis, Mo.; veterinary surgeon. Lelia Sechler, Texas, married. William Parrish, Auburn, III.; Auburn Roller Mill. Raebume Landon, West Point, N. Y.; stu- dent. Helen Lockridge, Danville, 111.; teacher. Steven Urbanske, Auburn, 111.; miner. Mae Acree. deceased. Eunice Reihle, Auburn, 111.; Farmers State Bank. Dorothy Jones, Divernon, 111.; married. CLASS OF 1919 William Regan, Auburn. 111.; farmer. Mldred B'gler, Auburn, III.; married. Thomas Stout, Auburn, 111.; druggist. Louise Foster, Chicago, 111.: artist. Clyde CoDDage, Springfield 111.; machanic. Clarence Tarr, Springfield, 111.; post office. Eva Voyles, Auburn, 111.; married. Bernice Evans, Auburn, 111.; teacher of expression. Joyce Morrison, Springfield, 111.; Steno- grapher. Mildred Blakey, Atlanta, Ga.; student. Helen Ogg, Los Angeles, Cal.; at home. Cecil Overstreet, Springfield, 111.; tele- phone exchange. Robert Desweyson, Detroit, Mich.; factor- ies. Irene White, Springfield. 111.; at home. Eva Laird. Springfield, III.; beauty parlor. CLASS OF 1920 Ira Martin, Auburn, 111.; carpenter. Ophemie Smith. Auburn. 111.: teacher. Beatrice Allen. Cleveland. Ohio: married. Irene Gravey, Springfield, 111.; State House. Thelma Batton, California; married. Alda Fraley, Springfield, III. stenograph- er. Thomas Hall, Auburn, 111.; Mottar’s Drug Store. Clyde Welch, Peoria, 111.; student. Maude Dixon. Springfield, 111.; Mutual Life Insurance Co. Mae Knox, Auburn. 111.: teacher. Mary Hamilton, Springfield, 111.; steno- grapher. Marie Riehle, Auburn, 111.; at home. Pearl Herron, Auburn, 111.; married. Kirby Knox, Auburn; farmer. Sarah Burtle, Auburn; married. CLASS OF 1921 Irma Moore. Chicago, 111.; married. Ray Hatcher, Washington, D. C., U. S. Army—Aviation. Arthur Stout, Auburn, 111.; Citizen Office. William Murphy, St. Louis, Mo.; Washing- ton University. Bernice Allen. St. Louis, Mo.; married. John Murphy, Farmingdale, 111.; teacher. Terry Lindner, Champaign, 111.; student. Arthur Ingels, Chatham, 111.; farmer. Clifford Ping, Chatham. III.; farmer. Clara Canham, Chatham, 111.; teacher. Henry Parrish, Auburn, 111.; clerk. Marie Comerford, Auburn, 111.; married. Hayward Bigler, Aurora, 111.; student. Esther Morrison, Bloomington, 111.; stu- dent Sinclair Orr, Auburn, 111.; teacher. John Engleman. North Dakota: farmer. Nonie Mulcahy, Springfield, 111.; Ridgley Farmers’ State Bank. Mervin Foster, Chicago, 111.; student. Ruth Duff. Auburn, 111.; married. Howard Williams, Loami, 111.; fanner. Thomas Irwin, U. S. S. Wyoming, Second Class Yeoman. Russell Snyder, Chicago, 111.; Book Co., (machinery). CLASS OF 1922 Floyd Harris, Auburn, III.; Queen’s Hard- ware Store. Kathryn Clarke, St. Louis Mo.; teacher. Ray Nuckolls, Auburn, 111.; teacher. Adella Bigler. Ames, Iowa—Student. Harold Williams, Chatham, 111.; farmer. Goldie Suydan, Bloomington, 111.; married. Teddy Skaggs, Chicago, 111.; factories. Violet Stevens, Bloomington, 111.; student. Walter Britten. Chicago, 111.; Pay Auditor. Western R. R. Co. Catherine Ragen, Palmyra, 111.; married. Elizabeth Brunk, Glenarm, 111.; at home. Lottie Engert, Springfield, 111.; steno- grapher. Rubye Crafton, Chatham, III.; at home. George Mehr, Champaign, 111.; student. Orville Fry, Champaign. 111.: student. Cecil Crouse,, Springfield. 111.; bookkeeper John Masterson, Auburn. 111.; teacher. Minnie Parrish. Auburn, Til.; tecaher. Helen Murphy, Auburn. 111.; teacher. Blanche Snell. Mt. Morris, student. Virginia Clark, Jacksonville, 111.: student. Ruth Knox, Springfield, 111.; nurse’s train- ing. tTsvi rTsvi rTsvi r?sv; r7� u r7 vi rT i Sixty-five bWirSVaTSvi LFIIJTCSJJ: 5 U U }J i js ggggMnl Hubert Hatcher, Auburn, 111.; teacher. Ralph Easley, Chicago, 111.; factory. CLASS OF 1923 Austin Van Doren, Bloomington; student. Mary Cline, Springfield, 111.; First Nation- al Bank. Velma Meiklejohn. Auburn, 111.; bank. Charles Foster, Champaign, 111.; student. William Wood, Bloomington, 111.; student. Francis Stevens, Bloomington, 111.; student. Louise Van Doren, Bloomington; student. Robert Lewis, Springfield. 111.; bank. Roscoe Evans, Jackson, Mich.; clerk. Ida Mae Murphy, Auburn, 111.; at home. May Herron, Auburn, 111.; married. George R. Bradley, Chicago, 111.; clerk. Henry Masterson, Auburn, 111.; barber. Bessie Miller, Missouri; married. Julia Maddox, Jacksonville. 111.; student. Wayne Gibson, Loami, 111.; farmer. Howard Workman, Chatham, 111.; farmer. Marcella Peters, Taylorville, 111.; married. Keith Corneil, Springfield, 111.; shipping clerk. Arthur Sabine, Chatham, 111.; florist assist- ant. Marjor-ie McGlothlin, Columbia, Mo.; stu- dent. John Johnson, Auburn, 111.; at home. Carl Cline, Springfield, 111.; Mattress Co. Joseph Johnson, Aurora, 111.; student. CLASS OF 1924 Lucy Merriam, Alton, 111.; student. Charles Morrison, Bloomington, 111.; stu- dent. Hubert Ivie, Jacksonville, 111.; student. Alice Bigler, Aurora, 111.; student. Truman Cary, Auburn, 111.; mine office. Virginia Bigler, Aurora, 111.; student. Alda Huffman, Normal, 111.; student. Paul Coppage, Auburn, 111.; C. I. P. S. Elizabeth Haynes, Bloomington, 111.; stu- dent. Perry Lorton, Auburn, 111.; clerk. Erma Williams. Loami; Home. Catherine Hart, Chicago, III.: student. Clifford Jenkins, Auburn, 111.; druggist clerk. Lucy McDonald, Normal, 111.; student. Walter Freeman, Chatham; Clerk. Lucille Leaverton, Chicago, 111.; student. Edna Fry, Springfield, 111.; business col- lege. Marvin Keltner, Lincoln, 111.; student. Julia May Allen, Chatham, 111.; at home. George Smith, Chatham, 111.; at home. Drotha Redeford, Chatham; Home. Marjorie Brittin, Rockford, 111.; business college. Charles Beatty, Auburn, 111.; farmer. Henrietta Lindner, Auburn, 111.; P. G. Course—A. T. H. S. Bernice Frantz, Auburn, 111.; at home. Thornton, Nuckolls, Springfield, 111.; State House. Ruth Baker, Auburn, 111.; at home. Robert Hines, Auburn. 111.; Hines Cafe. Willabee Vincent, Auburn, 111.; at home. Susanne Mulcahy, Springfield, 111.; busi- ness college. Raymond Williams, Auburn, 111.; farmer. George Boulanger, Springfield, 111.; busi- ness college. g Sixty-six i r?a?i ivavi rTyri r?avi ,K7avi r-? v; rTav; r? vi rTsxi r?yvi rTyii r?sv; rT Yi r?s%i rTsvi rravi rTsvi rTsr; rysxi ivS I ‘-UjiiU! wj i.wji [t. .i; i_v i LINE-UP ...................Wilbur Alexander .........................Lee Haynes .....................Vincent O’Leary ..................Halbert Workman ...........Garfield Lee, Luke Conlin ............Steve Allen, Luke Conlin, ............... Hugh Geddes ...........Raymond Hart .....Steve Allen, Amerigo Smargiassi Kenneth Brown, Amerigo Smargiassi Left Tackle Left Guard Center Right Guard ... Right Tackle.... Quarter-back .... Left Half-back . Full-back....... Right Half-back Sixty-seven ■T v_ } . 11 FOOTBALL PERSONNEL “COACH” IIERRMAN although in his first year of coaching has turned out a team that the school and community have been proud of. By his untiring efforts he had his men in the best possible shape for every game. “STEVE” ALLEN is the only four-year letter man we have with us this year, Steve, playing of times at tackle or just as often at full-back, proved a plow-horse on offense and a bulwark on defense. Many times he tore holes in the opposing line for the other backfield men, and many times he hit the line for long gains. The school will suffer greatly from his loss. Steve was captain this year. “WIB” ALEXANDER played regular at end being used in the back- field only one game. His long arms could reach up into the air and pick out the impossible passes. Many a time with defeat looming near he would pick the pig-skin out of the air and race across the last white line. He is a Senior and a two year man. “CUCK” HART a consistent ground-gainer played left half. Many who have seen him play, said of him that he was one of the best open field runners in central Illinois this season. Very seldom he failed to gain around end. He also threw the passes with accuracy. He is a Junior and a three- letter man. “VTN” O’LEARY who played at left guax d was very valuable to the team. Although he was not a flashy player his loss could be noticed greatly when he was taken from the line-up. He is a Senior and a two-letter man. “LEE” HAYNES playing for his third year as a regular, played at tackle this season. He is a good center and accurate passer but the lack of good tackles necessitated the changing of him from center to tackle. He is a Junior this year. “MEEGY” SMARGIASSI who alternated at right half and full-back could sift through the line for several yards at a time. He was also a fine open field runner and could catch or throw passes with accuracy. He is a Sophomore this year. “HUGHIE” GEDDES who played quarter-back, called the signals well and was always into the game. He was as good a field-general as a team could wish. He is a Senior and two letter man. “ZEKE” Leonard playing at end, tackle or half-back could carry, catch or run with the ball wTell. He was kept out of the regular line-up on account of injuries. This is his first year to make a letter. He is a Sopho- more. Sixty-eight tffrSYltrSYirrftlfrftl iivagiifyaviri ty f r7 7 ry ri r Yir srir7 ; ilrsvirriftirrgvii STsks M«e£y Brown Moynes ft It’tic. d Luck Workn � h Sixty-nine 1924 FOOTBALL REVIEW Auburn traveled to Benld on September 27 midst a drizzling rain only to find a team that out weighed them about twenty pounds per man. They were defeated 31-7. Brown recovered a fumble and made Auburn’s only touchdown. Hart drop kicked. On the next Saturday, October 4th, Pawnee brought their green-clad warriors to Auburn and with them Fenogiio a drop-kicker. When the game ended he had two more drop-kicks to his credit. Score 6-0. Illiopolis came to Auburn on Saturday, November 11, and the locals defeated them 17-0. Hart and Alexander made touchdowns. Hart also made a 25 yard drop kick and the two points after touchdowns. This was Geddes’s first game at quarter. On October 25th, Auburn entertained the Virden team. They battled evenly in the first three quarters, but in the last period Alexander grabbed a pass for a touchdown. With about ten seconds to go, another succes- ful pass was pulled across the goal line by Hart, Alexander, et al. Virden, 0, Auburn 12. Stonington, reputed to be a strong team, came to Auburn on Nov. 1. When the smoke had cleared away the score was 66-0 in our favor. Alex- ander, Hart, Brown, Steve, Meegy, Ernest, Geddes, Workman and Breeze Samples broke into the scoring. All of the reserve players were sent into action in this game. At Divernon on Nov. 8, Steve Allen was the hero. He intercepted a forward pass and ran 80 yards for the only touchdown of the day. Brownie Carlino did fine work in this game. At Carlinville Nov. 15, Auburn succeeded in crossing Carlinville’s goal line for a total of 22 points. The most they were ever scored on, was the 13 points when Greenfield beat them. The game ended 41-22. Waverly intended to beat Auburn on Nov. 23 when the local lads made the trip to Waverly. We started right off and got a touchdown and then our defense weakened. The half ended 12-6 in our favor. After Coach Herrman had talked to them at the half, things changed and the game ended 26-6. Although we had beaten Virden earlier in the season they defeated us Thanksgiving Day to the tune of 7-0. Our offence just couldn’t get going. Seventy-one FOOTBALL ’24 Auburn 7 Benld 31 Auburn 0 Pawnee 6 Auburn 17 Illiopolis 0 Auburn 12 Virden .. 0 Auburn 66 Stonington 0 Auburn 6 Di vernon 0 Auburn 22 Carlinville ... 41 Auburn 26 Waverly 6 Auburn 0 Virden 7 INDIVIDUAL SCORING TD PTD T “Wib” Alexander 7 5 47 “Click” Hart 6 4 40 “Ken” Brown 3 2 20 “Steve” Allen 2 0 12 “Meegy” Smargiassi 2 0 12 “Hughie” Geddes 1 0 6 “Workie” Workman ...1 0 6 “Bob” Ernst 1 0 6 “Zeke” Leonard 0 6 6 “Breeze” Samples 0 1 1 23 18 156 Svvevty-Uvo ifgglElSSp M Mp znj nyjns gjygggjc First Row—Smargiassi, Guard; Alexander (Capt.) center; Herrman (Coach); Haynes, Guard; Hart, Forward. Second Row—Brown, Forward Murphy, Guard; Geddes, Forward. Leonard, Forward and Guard Seventy-three ? tj I £5 7J?i inj ZQJ nit jnj; jtj ;juy;ny txjjitt xrn n v n .■ FIRST TEAM PERSONNEL “COACH” HERRMAN had six men that he used in his regular line- up. Herrman was well satisfied with his team this year as they won nine out of thirteen games not counting the tournament. Including the three tournaments, they won 13 out of 20. The team had a habit of coming through in the last few minutes of play and winning by a small margin. In six of eight games, the Auburn boys won in the last few minutes by one or two points. Only two games were lost in this manner. “WIB” ALEXANDER, Captain, played a wonderful defense and his loss in the Pawnee game sure told that he was there on defense. He work- ed well with his team-mates and many who have seen him play commented on his ease of action, working apparently without strain. He was center on the first all star team. “CUCK” HART playing at right forward was the high point man of the year. He was a fine shot and when given a chance could roll up the score. He made forward on the county all-star team. “HUGHIE” GEDDES playing at left forward, played a fair game and came through in many places. He got the “old fight in his eye” and made the game peppy when he went in. “ZEKE” LEONARD playing either at forward or standing guard was a valuable man. He could sink the baskets, at the same time keep others from sinking them. “MEEGY” SMARGIASSI who made running guard on the second team in the county tournament, was as good a guard as one could wish for. He was especially good at reversing and dribbling. “MURPH” JAMES MURPHY playing at standing guard was a good guard. Although this was his first year in athletics he was a good player. AUBURN ALL STAR MEN TOURNAMENT YEAR First All Star Second All Star Jacksonville 1920 Welch Athens 1922 Brooks, Fry Coppage District (Taylorville) 1922 Van Doren (Capt.)Fry Ashland 1923 Van Doren, Keltner Hines District (Spfld) 1923 Van Doren Ashland 1924 Keltner, Ivie Hines Athens 1924 Hines Ivie, Coppage District (Spfld) 1924 Hines, Coppage Ivie County (Pawnee) 1925 Alexander, Hart Smargiassi Seventy-four kDrown Sedges; Coach Murphy Cutk Seventy-five i7 i i? 'Til? u iT'yTif ul BASKET BALL ’24-’25 Auburn 6 Springfield Auburn ...... 12 Routt College Auburn 21 Virginia Auburn 27 New Berlin Auburn 26 Virden Auburn ...31 Williamsville Auburn 19 Pawnee Auburn ....... 6 Farmersville Auburn 13 Cardin ville Auburn 22 New Berlin Auburn 16 Pawnee Auburn 19 Routt College A ubnrn 19 Waverly Auburn 22 Carlinville Auburn 11 Virden Auburn 30 Ball Township Auburn 17 Pawnee Auburn 36 Williamsville Auburn 36 Ben Id Auburn 8 Carlinville INDIVIDUAL SCORING “Ken” Brown Seventy-six ir r firTsYir r r r rTiLYii fMMtfsM. ®vihShwh®(ir«svir« B 47 FT 13 T 107 39 27 105 35 13 83 .24 11 59 13 12 38 2 0 4 1 0 2 1924 TRACK REVIEW At the first call for track about thirty men reported. This squad was cut down to ten men. Paul Coppage was Captain. Hubert Ivie, Kenneth Brown, Wilbur Alexander, Vincent O’Leary, Paul Ingels, Paul Cockerell, Hugh Geddes, Charles Morrison, and Lee Haynes, composed the rest of the squad, while Mr. Torrevson coached them. Although this was Torreyson’s first year at coaching, his team was more successful than any previous Auburn team. Their first meet was with Pleasant Plains, who for years has been the leader of track in Sanga- mon County. At the end of the regular events the teams were tied. The meet was decided by the relay which Pleasant Plains won. The next meet was a triangular affair between Waverly, Virden and Auburn, which Auburn won. Auburn’s relay team also won. In the county meet held at Divernon May 2, Auburn, after trailing in third place until the last fewr events, came from behind and won the meet. Brown placed first in the 100 yard dash, second in the 50 yard dash, first in the 220 yard low hurdles, first in the 440 yard dash. Ivie placed first in the hop, step and jump, first in the running broad jump, and sec- ond in the high jump. Morrison placed second in the pole vault, and first in the standing broad. Coppage placed third in the half-mile. The relay team compo.sed of Brown, Alexander, Ingels, and Ivie won the relay cup. At the Illinois college interscholastics at Jacksonville on May 10, Brown took second in the 220 yard low hurdles and fourth in the 100 yard dash. Geddes captured fourth in the mile and a medlay relay team com- posed of Ingels (220), Alexander (220), Brown (440), and Coppage (half- mile) took fourth place. In the Third Annual Auburn Invitation Meet held May 13, the follow- ing schools were entered: Athens, Auburn, Ball Township, Benld, Chapin, Divernon, Easton, Farmersville, Havana, Jacksonville I. S. D., Lincoln Litchfield, Modesto, Mt. Auburn, New Berlin, Palmyra, Pawnee, Williams- ville, Pleasant Plains, Scottville, Shipman, Staunton, Stonington, Tallula, Virden, Waverly, Windsor. Stauton won the meet with a total of 35 points. Auburn grabbed its share of the points. Brown took first in the 440 yard davsh and fourth in the 220 yard low hurdles. Ivie took second in the running broad jump and third in the hop, step and jump. Ivie and Brown also placed in the state meet at Champaign. The letter men were Coppage, Ivie, Brown, Alexander, Ingels, Geddes, and Morrison. Of these men Coach Torreyson had Brown, Alexander, Ingels, and Geddes back next year. mmmm So J Ho mo cs JTumi« s rtJKwen Co iVi Seventy-nine GIRLS ATHLETICS For the Basket Ball season of 1924-1925. four girls’ teams were or- ganized, one from each class, and were trained by Mr. Torreyson. After much hard training the girls were in trim to play the hardest of games. Before the season was over, they had gained for themselves a very worthy reputation. The line-up of the four teams were as follows: Seniors: Frances Comerford, Captain ; Mabel Merriam, Helen Suydan, and Mild- red Jones, forwards; Helen Christopher and Celia Barbee, guards; Frances Comerford and Tressie Crafton, jumping centers; Thelma Baker, running center. Juniors: Marie Campbell, Captain; Helen Moon and Marie Dober, forwards; Edith Hatcher, Florence Mellinger. and Marie Campbell, guards; Dorothy Dodds, jumping center; Augustine Zakaitis, running center. Sophomores: Mary Hart, Captain; Jacqueline Williamson and Helen Dodds, for- wards; Adella Jenkins, Geneva Studebaker, Mary Geddes, and Dorothy Hamm, guards; Mary Hart, jumping center; Mary Lorton, runing center. Freshmen: Anna Bernard, Captain; Ruth Daugherty and Anna Bernai'd, for- wards; Irene Gheen, Margaret Geddes, and Tillie Dolence. guards; Amelia Newman and Mary Poski, jumping centers; Nellie Combs, running center. Freshmen 5, Juniors 11. Sophomores 13, Seniors 12. AUBURN GIRLS INDEPENDENT BASKET BALL TEAM At the opening of the Basket Ball season for 1924-1925, for the girls, Coach Torreyson picked for the Girls Independent Basket Ball Team, the best material available. Having had much training in the gym, they were able to meet the roughest of girls teams, and they conquered most of the teams that they played. The line-up of the Independents was as follows:—Mary Hart, Cap- tain; Anna Bernard, Helen Dodds, and Marie Dober, forwards; Adella Jenkins, Edith Hatcher. Mary Geddes, and Geneva Studebaker, guards; Helen Moon, jumping center; Augustine Zakaitis and Mary Lorton, cen- ter-guards. Eighty GAME SCHEDULE FOR 1924-1925 At Modesto, Auburn 8, Modesto 6. At Auburn, Auburn 19, Chatham Red Soxs 10. At Springfield, Auburn 45, Spartans 15. At Auburn, Auburn 23, Chatham Independents 21. At Chatham, Auburn 19, Chatham Red Soxs 21. At Auburn, Auburn 20, Spartans 20. GIRLS’ GYM CLASS The Girls Gym Class was reorganized at the beginning of the school year with Mr. Torreyson as instructor. It was made compulsory that Freshmen girls had to take it unless they had a legitimate excuse to do otherwise. Any other girl had the privilege of joining if she wished to do so. The class was so large that two divisions were necessary, the one taking place on Mon- day and Wednesdays and the other on Tuesday and Thursdays. The first part of the year was spent in Calisthenic exercises, which in- cluded breathing exercises, stunts of Gym horse and spring board. About the first of November, the Calisthenic exercises were discontinued and bask- et ball was taken up. The girls entered into this with a great deal of enthu- saism. Much of time and patience was required in training the unexperienced girls but some of them proved to be excellent players. At the close of the basket ball season, about two weeks were spent in track and baseball. For this the girls betook themselves to the open field and diplayed some of their abilities in both sports. About the latter part of March Mr. Torreyson took charge of the boys track in training them for the Field Meet, so he was relieved of his position as instructor of the girls, by Mr. Davis. Under Mr. Davis the course was changed to exercises and stunts which would strengthen the muscles of the body, such as chinning yourself, hand springs, standing on your head, and many other exercises which were very helpful in building up the body. The work has been enjoyed very much by all the girls, and I am sure each one has profited through the experience we have received from the course. A Member ■S' wM ffgBBSS £S SS?§ l§ FOOTBALL BANQUET The annual foot-ball banquet was held March 3. Instead of being held at the High School it was given at the Methodist church. Through the efforts of Miss Adams and Miss Hoppin the social room of the church was beautifully decorated in blue and white crepe paper, carrying out the colors of the school. The menu consisted of two courses which was served by the faculty. The first consisted of creamed chicken, on baked muffins, perfection salad, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, buns, pickles and jelly etc. The second course consisted of orange ice and angel food cake. During the banquet several pieces were given by the High School Orchestra and Miss Neely. After the banquet came the speeches from some of the football fans, who were the invited guests of the banquet, Mr. Davis acting as toast master. To break the monotony of the speeches Miss Suydan and Miss Carr sang and Miss Baker read. After the speeches were given, Mr. Herman presented the football boys with their letters which we all agree were well earned during the past year. JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET ’25 The Junior-Senior Banquet is always one of the most important social events of the year, and to say this statement was exemplified in the banquet of May 22, 1925, is to make one sentence tell the story. The banquet was held in the High School Auditorium, which was decorated to represent a May Day Fete. The tables, decorated with tiny May-poles and flowers, were placed like wheel spokes with a large May- pole for their axis. Overhead multi-colored streamers reached down to the latticed side walls. A three course dinner was served at 6:30 o’clock. A varied program, consisting of speeches and music, was enjoyed by the two classes and the High School Faculty. MAYME HARNLY ENTERTAINS SENIORS Miss Mayme Harnly entertained the members of the Senior class and their advisor at her beautiful country home Friday evening Septem- ber 15. As the guests arrived they were taken into the house where they participated in some lively games until it was suggested that they go out on the lawn. The lawn, had been previously lighted with electric lights and was an ideal place for entertainment. Many old games were played and new ones were learned. Mayme proved herself to be a very capable and charming hostess. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served with a favor for each guest to remember the evening by. Eighty-three nj-lTCM 2T5 jnj nj jrr 3Ji RALPH LINDNER ENTERTAINS SENIOR CLASS The members of the Senior class and the faculty were entertained with a Hallowe’en party given by Ralph Lindner at his home, Saturday, October 25. The guests were all feeling peppy after the victory of the Auburn- Stonington game in the afternoon and were just in the right spirit for a pai'ty. Since this was a masquerade party, no one could recognize whom they were talking to and this added to the gaiety. After a grand march around the rooms, a prize was awarded to Miss Johnson and Wilbur Alex- ander for their costumes. Many appropriate games were played and the evening was joyfully spent. Late in the evening refreshments suggestive of the occasion were served with a little Hallowe’en favor to add to memory books for memories of their last year. SENIOR WEINER ROAST After the usual class meeting and more usual debate the Seniors finally agreed and decided to have a weiner roast. So on Thursday eve- ning, September 18, a large number of Seniors, chaperoned by their ad- visor Miss Adams got into cars and went to the home of Paul Ingels, to hold their annual weiner roast. The obliging boys gathered wood which was near and soon had a roaring fire. When this burned down the weiners and marshmellows were roasted over the hot embers, the weiners placed between buns and pickles furnishing a “swell supper.” Hot Dog! Some of the girls brought “ukes” along and who could want a more delightful picture than a bunch of boys and gii’ls sitting around a low burn- ing camp fire singing and talking? As a good climax to the evening the crow'd went to the State Fair at Springfield and had a wonderful time in “Happy Hollow.” JUNIOR CLASS PARTY Miss Zelma Meyers entertained the members of the Junior class with a Hallowe’en party at her home on Saturday, October 18. This was a masquerade party which fact, added to the “Spooky Feeling.” The house was decorated with crepe paper and jack-o-lanterns and the evening was spent in playing games and with contests. At a late hour delicious refreshments were served. y Eighty-four ■ 7i i; -.i 3 3 5 3JJ 3J5 3JS 35 3j5.35.335.35 35 35 35 35 35 35 3 3 33 3 3 33 33 35.33 3 3 3 3 SOPHOMORES ENTERTAIN The Sophomores and a few of their favored friends and teachers gathered in the High School on Tuesday evening January 13. Although 13 is said to be unlucky this was a very lucky evening for those present. The Sophomores broke away from the old habit of entertaining in the gym and instead invited their guests into a lovely and spacious parlor called, for the evening, the “Evans Hotel.” After the jolly crowd had assembled Mr. Torreyson broadcasted on his radio from the “Evans Hotel.” The first number of the program was a very interesting bedtime story which was enjoyed by all. Then a series of numbers followed which were very entertaining. When the broad- casting program was over the crowd participated in a number of games and a general good time. Refreshments were served at a late hour consisting of Charlotte Russe and Lady Fingers. The Sophomores donated a school song to the school on this evening which was composed by their advisor Miss Johnson. FRESHMAN VALENTINE PARTY The Freshman Class held their first party in its high school experi- ence on Saturday night, February 14. The affair took the form of a Valentine party each guest taking a valentine which was put into a box and later drawn. The class members each took a guest. The advisors, Miss Hoppin and Mr. Herrman were there and added greatly to the pleasure of the party. Fortunes were told with the aid of a bottle and games were played. Refreshments of sandwiches, cake and brick ice cream were served. If 5§ m !)g vs £ § ill ffjIgRZnsa3L2H .g!RgT ai£ffl:ikfl: JB gBB3BK Eighty-seven raTf: irTaxiiTavirTaxit TIT JJVs 7TIT 7TIT STygjggjif : ,_Eighty-eight znj iui iui uji iumvju 1 CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 2— Registration. 3— First day of school. Lost—a - Freshie. % i V 4— Good Start. Senior Class Meeting. e 5— When shall school begin, 7, 8 or £ 9 o’clock? Everyone has a new . seat. 8—Black eyes and bruises. Why? Senior colors are up. 9—Newness is worn off. Everyone waiting for a holiday. 10—Everyone is falling for the new typing teacher? 12—Pledge to our flag. Mayme Harnly entertains Senior Class. Wonder- ful time. 15— First Staff meeting. 16— Mentality test. Oh Horrors! 17— Scrimmage. Auburn 7—Divernon 7. Senior candy sale at noon. 18— Senior weiner roast at Paul Ingel’s. Sophomore weiner roast at Jenkin’s. 22— Sophomores like English so well they stay an hour and a half alter school for an extra class. 23— Seniors order their rings. Teachers have a steak fry for grade teach- ers. 24— Scandal! John Alfred Mottar is caught in the act of proposing to Miss Hoppin. 25— 26— Pep meeting. 27— Play Benld. 29— Freshies have weiner roast. Get real fresh and put up their colei's— 30— So we take them down. 31— The zoology teacher is a regular “cut up”. OCTOBER 3— Hip! Hip! School marches up town and yells to advertise game. 4— Pawnee vs. Auburn. Did we win?—no. Did we lose?—yes. Will we give up? No. 6.—Seniors’ favorite pass-time—s e 11 i n g candy. 7— Senior girls start using beauty clay. We are going to have our pictures taken. 8— Psh! Let the learned Sam Stout tell us. 10—Seniors invade Oldfield’s studio. A re- OCTOBER ception is given for teachers bv the P. T. A. Eighty-nine Siy« ir?gtir7itir?s u?sjir?s i 11—We beat Illiopolis. Oh Boy! Are we happy? 17-0. 14— Seniors get proofs of pictures. 15— Juniors put on movie “Little Robinson Cruso” at American. 16— Auburn beats Virden 12-0. Teachers’ institute. 17— Zelma Meyers entertains Junior Class at her home. 22— Seniors look blue and sad. Why? Rings didn’t come. 23— Grade teachers entertain High School teachers with hard time party. 24— Pep meeting. Play Stonington Saturday. Organize clubs and socie- ties. 25— Poor old Stonington—66-0. Cooking class feeds ’em up. Ralph Lin- dner entertains Seniors and teachers. Miss Johnson wins prize for her costume. 27—Seniors put on lyceum program. “The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.” Cleared about $4.00. 29— Seniors sell candy at “The Sea Hawk.” 30— Seniors are all wearing their new rings and a smile. 31— Coolidge wins straw vote. Don’t stuff the ballot, boys. NOVEMBER 1—Auburn beats Divernon 6-0 at Divernon. 5— Seniors get their pictures. Didn’t know they were so good looking. 6— Take group pictures to-day. 7— If the U. S. ships were defeated on the sea the High School students would be at a loss. (The raw material for chewing gum is imported). 11— Bonnie and Raymond are still as crazy as ever (about each other). 12— Lost—a good seat in the back row in English. 18— Grand opening of Popularity Contest and Sale of Oracle. 19— Freshmen ahead with grand lead in the contest. 20— More candy now. 21— Mr. Davis, Mr. MacCormack and Miss Bonham leave for Champaign. Let’s all celebrate. 22— Pep meeting. Big contest closes at 4:00 P. M. Billy Hutton carries off the prize. 23— Play Waverly. Yea Bo! 26-6. 24— Thelma Baker and Lowry Clarke sit up at the table to talk. 25— What will be the score of the Virden-Auburn game? Mr. Davis of- fers 2y2 lbs. of candy for nearest guess at the score. 26— Everyone’s thinking of turkey and the big game, and speeches. 27— Virden beat us 7-0. It was a good game, though, time. Big pep meeting Better luck next Nintty DECEMBER 1— Tom Nuckolls wins the box of candy. Congratula- tions. 2— Everyone's trying to beat their Dads to post of- fice. Why? Six weeks’ reports are out. 3— Start practicing for play “Fifi”. 4— Raymond Hart thinks a knight is something you stay out all of. 8— Take snaps of societies. 9— Marjorie Butler and Robert Alexander hold conference at table in Mac’s assembly. 10— Literary society gives a program advertising the Chili dinner they are putting on, Thursday. 11— Quick call the Doctor. Literary society serves lunch for Students and teachers. Oh, those beans. 12— Auburn vs. Springfield. Rah! Rah! I wonder who beat? 15— School running per usual. 16— Mr. Lockhart announces the play “Fifi” to be given Thursday night by students. 17— Chatham kids can’t get to school on account of the cars. Oh Well! Some kids have all the luck! 18— Snow—ice—rain—but “Fifi” is put on anyway. 19— Last day of school before vacation. Two weeks. Merry Christmas to all. Seniors have grab bag. JANUARY 1925 5— Everyone back to school. Groans and sighs! Begin work in earnest now. 6— Boys are all sporting new Christmas ties. 7— High School Boys can’t out-grow this snow-ball throwing habit. 9—Jacksonville beats Auburn. School orchestra plays at P. T. A. meeting. 12—Nothing exciting. 13— Seniors serve waffle dinner. Sophomores have a rousing party. Pep— fun n’everything. It takes the Sophs to do it. Mr. Torryson broad- casts bed time stories. 15— Big pep meeting. Auburn goes to tournament at Ashland. 16— Ashland Tournament. Auburn loses. We wonder where Hugh’s glasses are? 19— Seniors have skating party at Charles and Harry Irwins’. Ice wras found by several to be hard. 20— Sophomore-Freshies have skating party. Have to keep up with the Seniors. 21— Oh Gee! Exams! Auburn beats Virden there. Some excitement. 22— Oh Gosh! Exams! Mr. Mac is kept busy chasing the pupils away from school. Ninety-one j U}UUJi IPl 2% rnj im jtjj 535 '2 4jC-3?|Dt£!U£J$ SggjF' 23—Auburn beats Williamsville 31-15. Some thriller. 26— Everyone is begging hard-hearted teachers for their grades. 27— Viola is sporting a big diamond. Yes! Truman has a new job. Gee, ain’t love grand? 28— Still the war cry: Did I pass? Auburn 19—Pawnee 18 game. Pep meeting. Swell game. 29— C. I. P. S. Co. gives interesting demonstration of lights in assembly. 30— Catherine Hart visits school. 31— Auburn vs. Farmerville. Don’t get rough, Hugh. FEBRUARY 2— Seth Barnes is back at school after a long illness. Shorthand class buys a watch. 3— Mr. MacCormick decides that the Juniors are the only ones who know the “Star Spangled Banner.” 4— “Safety First” speech 5th period by C. I. P. S. man. Carlinville-Auburn game. Some exciting game. Senior Box Supper. Cleared $70.00. Who did you eat with Mr. Davis? 5— Henry Merriam and Sherman Gormly came to school with black eyes. What can this mean? 6— New Berlin-Auburn game. ‘What’s this???’. Mr. Torryson has a date with Miss Evans. 7— Juniors give Business Mens’ Lunch up town. 9— Seniors entertain Assembly with program. Girls Independent team plays Chatham. 10— Auburn loses to Pawnee 26-16. 11— The Botany class is so sentimental. They were all weeping today. (Mac spilled acid). 12— Another thriller. Auburn beats, Rout College. Les Bas Bleus sell eats. 16— Norman Stout is getting a good start on his future home. He has made a davenport already. 17— Oh! these cruel, cruel teachers. We had a test in Civics today. 18— Auburn defeats Waverly at Waverl.v. Were we sad? Did they fight? 19— Norman Stout thinks that women shouldn’t be in Congress because they can’t carry sugar. 20— Poor old Carlinville. We beat them 26-6 on their home floor. Walk away. 23 Ada is getting to be a regular cut-up. She gets bawled out again in Civics today. Well, lock who she sits by. 2o Last game ot season. We beat Virden 11-8. Wonderful game. Gym is decorated in honor of the occasion. 27 Pep meeting. Auburn defeats Ball at County Tournament. 28 Auburn loses to Pawnee by 2 points. Too bad—but we won 3rd place. The team seems to like banana pie a la mode. Ninety-two MARCH 2— Team presents cup to school. Isn’t it beautiful? 3— Football banquet at Methodist Church given by P. T. A. The guests were all men. 4— Assembly “listen in” on the President’ inaugural address on Mr. Torryson's radio. 5— Les Bas Bleus take in some new members. Initi- ation ? ? ? ? 6—Auburn beats Beneld but loses to Carlinville. Luck seems to be against us. 9—Not much pep. Every one feels blue over the game. 10— Foiled, said the chewing gum as it went through the wrapper. 11— Who took the book off the piano?? All right; you may study. 12— Glee Club entertains Assembly. Duet—forgotten—speech—Oh! Boy. 13— Senior Staff will never be recognized after today. Knee deep in work. 16— Fifth period talk by man from Illinois College of Jackson vile. We sure hated to miss our classes but it could not be helped. 17— Big event in Juniors career was the Junior Play. “The Suicide Speci- alist,” given to-night. Miss Adams is absent from school on account of illness. 18— Seniors and others gather in Miss Adams room to-day per usual. 19— Senior Play books given out. 23— Start play practice. Teachers hate that. 24— Hubert Ivie visited school to-day. Thrill! Thrill! I.ucille. 25— Seniors sell tickets to “Peter Pan” given at the Theatre. 26— Sophomores entertain Assembly. Keen orchestra and a regular vaude- ville. Seniors put on benefit movie. 27— Juniors have party in “gym”. Hie! Hie! 30— Blue Monday. Botany class goes down into the mine. Oh! Horrors! 31— Mr. Summers gives school house a bath. APRIL 1— April Fool! 2— Les Bas Bleus hold interesting meeting. Whipped cream served in paper sacks. 3— Parent Teachers Meeting in Assembly. Mac is run- ning school today because Mr. Davis is gone. Some boys to take a vacation. 6—Start practicing for inter-class track meet. 7—“In Spring a young men's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of what a young girl has been thinking all year”. LT!? 7nr fTi? ToTTi TuTa jfif Ninety-three 9—“Oh, my arms ache.” Girls go out for track. 10—Recital given by Miss Virginia Clarke and Miss Prout of Jacksonville. Put on under the auspices of P. T. A. Juniors win track meet. Congrat- ulations. 13—Unlucky for spots. Charles Morrison and Frances Stevens visits school. 1-1—Preliminaries. Vocal solos made a big hit. 15— Thelma Baker and Jim Murphy easy winners. 16— Play practice! Hard at work? ? ? 17— Senior play “Seventeen”, postponed. 18— Virden Invitation Meet. 20— Coach Herrman painting Roman House for exhibit. 21— Possibly Coach will be a gladiator, but who ever heard of a bow-legged gladiator. 22— Invitations arrive. 23— We had Civics today for a change. 24— Open House. Exhibition of what we have learned this year. 25— Track Meet at Miliken. 27— Dress rehearsal. I wonder if they know their lines by this time. 28— Senior play “Seventeen”. Wasn’t it grand? 29— Seniors count their money. 30— Big Pep meeting. I wonder if Brasfield will put the shot. MAY 1— County Field Meet at Illiopolis. 2— The team certainly did fine. Rah-rah-rah. 4— Plan for a Senior party. 5— Senior memory books about filled. 6— Only seventeen more days of school. 7— Pep meeting. Boys are going to Jacksonville. 8— Track Meet at Jacksonville. 9— Everyone returned safely from Jacksonville. 10—“That’s one on me” said Mother Earth, as the Seniors turned up the sod to plant their ivy. 15 and 16—State meet. 22— Banquet given Seniors by the Juniors. 23— Seniors are recovering. 24— Bacualaureate Service. 26—Senior Class Day Program. • 28—Commencement. Farewell old school. frSifmitwfrSn Annual Staffs turn to us for advice and Kelp in preparing fkeir Annuals. We start at die beginning to work out plans creating nevJ and original ideas. Many costly mistakes are avoided fkrougk our close co-operation. Tkis being a part of our service PLUS first quality engravings. Central Engraving Company Calumet Building Saint Louis, Missouri I 2j| Ninety-six r m. u'J UJU tiji gggj y n.jnj .tht 1870 TO SERVE To Serve Zealously—To Serve Efficiently— To Serve Joyfully For Service, after all, is paramount—every- thing else, even profit, is incidental. Quality FURNITURE—RUGS—DRAPERIES For 55 Years A. DIRKSEN SONS SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 1925 STOP AND SHOP With BRADLEY’S DRY GOODS NOTIONS Ladies’ and Gents’ FURNISHINGS Phone 33 Auburn, 111. Ninety-eight DESIGN IS THE BIG- GEST THING IN CLOTHES Hart, Schaffner Marx Know It. So Does F. M. HUTTON The Clothier You Ought To OUR POPULAR PLAYS Fair and Warmer—First week of school. The Director—Prof. Davis. Bought and Paid For—The Faculty. The Green Temptation—The Freshies. Gay and Devilish—Bob Alexander and Mr. Mac. Daddy Long Legs—Norman Stout. Sonny—John William Hedrick. The Perfect Lovers—Paul Ingels and Celia Barbee. Beauty’s Worth—Helen Suydan. From Hand To Mouth—Chewing Gum. House of Whispers—Study Hall. Smilin’ Thru—Estelle Steele. Trouble—Jim Clark. Footballs—When Classes Pass. No Trespassing—Office. Reckless Youth—Entire High School. High and Dizzy—Lee Haynes. Free Air—Klare Nuckolls. The Tailor Made Man—Ralph Samples. The Nut—Lowry Clark. Let’s Get Married—Hugh Geddes and Thelma Baker. One Clear Call—“I want it quiet in here.” Forbidden Fruit—Dancing. What’s Your Hurry—Howard Brasfield. I Can Explain—Sam Stout. The Speed Girl—Mary Hart. Excuse My Dust—Coach Herrman. The Unpardonable Sin—Skipping a Class. The Grocery Boy—Henry Merriam. The Call of the Wild—Garfield Lee and Steve Allen. Dangerous Curve Ahead—Nearing final exams. The Charm School—Senior Girls. Nice People—The Faculty. The Kid—Billy Huttin. The Hall of Fame—Lower Corridor. uniyijvjj i jni jjggic U 1J3THDHTC7Z%% 7Jjy? KOUBy ffiJ riUF JOKES IN A FRESHMAN’S EYES A Senior stood on the railroad track, The ti'ain was coming fast, The train got off the railroad track And let the Senior past. ,5� , Mr. McCormick (in Chemistry)—“What is AS-20-3?” Edith Hatcher (thinking)—“I have it on the end of my tongue. Mr. McCormick—“Then spit it out; it is arsenic.” ,4 .4 .4 Miss Adams—“Does anyone know what the Sherman Act was?” James Murphy—“Marching thx ough Georgia.” ,4 .,4 First Freshie (in Math. Exam.)—“How far are you from the right answer ?” Second Freshie—“Two seats.” ,4 -.4 I stood on the bridge at midnight, The clock was striking 2:30, And I looked at the dirty water, And sez I: Ain’t the water dirty?” , e v t ,4 Sonny—“Captain Kidd sure was an acrobat” Father—“Why?” Sonny—“Well, it says here that after Captain Kidd divided the treas- ure, he went over and sat down on his chest.” V ,4 Augie Z. (in French)—“Are these compositions to be written in ink?” Miss Evans—“No, in French.” :4 :4 V Paul I.—“Dearest, no one will ever know how much I love you!” (Celia’s nephew, under sofa)—“Hum ! Grandpa will know, unless I get about a quarter.” .4 Jt ,4 SAYINGS BY OUR FACULTY Mr. Davis—Which? Miss Johnson—Will you please be quiet? Miss Evans—The bell has rung—take your seats. Mr. Torreyson—Just a minute plea.se. Miss Potter—I can’t hear myself think in here. Mr. Herrman—That’s a beaner. Miss Smith—Twenty pages for to-morrow. Miss Hoppin—Well, isn’t that fine. Mr. McCormick—Now, as a matter of fact. Miss Adams—Now folks—THIS is serious. Miss Bonham—Oh ! more fun. One-hundred, ii i W. D. MOTTAR “THE REXALL STORE” TELEPHONE 222 AUBURN, ILLINOIS Exclusive Agents for SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES SYMPHONY LAWN STATIONERY LIGGETT’S CHOCOLATES Kant Leek Maximum Rubber Goods Eastman Kodaks and Supplies Jonteel, Cara Nome, Juneve Perfumes and Toilet Preparations One of the ] 0,000 “Rexall Stores” THE WORLD’S GREATEST DRUG STORES Where you always set satisfaction or money back. M One Hundred One EFFERSON’S SOCIAL STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES PRINTING ENGRAVING BINDING EMBOSSING Office Supplies and Office Furniture PRINTERS, BINDERS AND STATIONERS EFFERSON’S Printing Company Springfield, Illinois PHONE MAIN 51 109-311 S. FIFTH One Hundred Two mj TnyTnvjit rnx ju n i xm 7nr,ii IHSHJjyiBG Did You Know That Your Auto Is More Deadly Than War? U. S. Government figures show that 22,( 00 persons were killed and 687,000 badly injured in automobile accidents last year, as against total American casualties of 353,816 in the World War. Every dictate of wisdom suggests that you protect yourself against this grave condition. Better be safe than sorry. A Continental popular indemnity policy is the correct answer. Continental Auto Insurance Underwriters HOME OFFICE: SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS Paid in Settlement of Losses More Than $2,000,000 Total Surplus and Reserves, $229,241.20 Stylish Spring Sli oes The Newest Models in Patent and Tan Combinations. Blond and Black Satins and Tan Calf Pumps and Straps. We are exclusive agents for The Famous Arch Preserver Shoes B. N. Liters Sons 528 So. Side Sq. Springfield PIANOS Apollo Chickering Cable Victrolas Records RADIO Zeneth DeForest Royal Neutrodyne The Music Shop 221 S. Fifth St. Springfield. IMS r r i «5aitir r?srir?sxiri r r?srir?S ____________________ One Hundred Three rfx yj? in ia tin Jl U3 2TJJ £jj £TJ jnj ?JJ T5 25Znj5Tj5 ij.5Tj5ij_5ij j7jj Miss Evans—“Conjugate the verb ‘to fight’, Berney.” Berney to John L. (aside)—“What’s the word for ‘to fight?” John L.—“Darn if I know.” Berney M.—“Darnifino, darnfinare, darnifinavi, darnifinatus.” , j , Wilbur A. (Chairman in English)—We have read a lot in the paper about a great man. He is well known and much read about—Robert Ernst. jt jt , Mr. Torry—“Is that problem clear to you?” Student—“Yes, clear as mud.” Mr. Torry—“Well, that covers the ground alright.” Jt 1 v Eva Hamm—“So you imagine you know as much as the prof, do you? How is that? Thomas N.—“Well, he himself said that it was quite impossible to teach me anything. jt jt Let us thank Mr. Wrigley. If it were not for chewing-gum, lots of people we know, would never get any exercise at all. jt jt jt Kenneth Brown—“Lowry, have you got a girl.” Lowry Clark—“No.” Kenneth—“Well then, you’d better get yourself one and leave mine alone, if you know what’s good for you.” V Jt “How many men are there in the Freshman class this year?” “Oh, about twenty.” “What?” “—but the others will grow up eventually.” ., Jt Deacon Summers declares his job has been a sweeping success. jt jt , Mr. Mac—“Botany is a Botanical drama.” Thelma B.—“Drama? I call it a tragedy.” jt j Roses are red, La Pages are glue. If you think your the berries, Then I’m the cat’s Mew. jt Jt jt Jt (Ralph Lindner, entering Botany Class several days after it had been organized.) Mr. McCormick—We are glad to see such a large addition to our class this afternoon. j .j jt Funny Hall—“Bonnie is sure a striking beauty.” Raymond—“She certainly is; she slapped me twice.” 1 I i TiKirpJXVJJ !J-i! 'U-STU? 5-2 1 I J M VUi |� ii« lUUM MMP 7ivjmjr nvi7iJ ni nv.nT 7TV'. i 1 Philip Faust Son STARTING LIGHTING IGNITION MEATS AND GROCERIES RADIO Storage Batteries for Automobiles Farm Light Plants Radio, Etc. 1 • Hobbs Electric Re- Auburn Illinois pair Shop 426-28 S. 4th St. Springfield H EAT 0. K. BREAD AUBURN STATE BANK LAMKEN SIEFKEN Member Federal Reserve Bank Resources over $700,000.00 Main 1860 A Safe Place to Deposit Your Money 1135 S. Spring St., SPRINGFIELD, ILL. AUBURN, ILLINOIS One Hundred Five gjjggjggig 7jTj nj Z5MK jnt. gj jj - HIGH SCHOOL TEN COMMANDMENTS 1. Thou shalt daily tread the beaten path of thy superiors to the Tabernacle from whence thou shalt gain great wisdom and wise sayings. 2. Thou shalt leave thy well chewed gum on thy bed post for thou mayest not gain succor from it in thy classes, and shouldest therefore not practice waste, but preserve it. 3. Thou shalt honor and aid thy instructors for when thou becomest old and descript thou wilt desire the same of others. 4. Thou shalt not covet the wisdom of thy neighbors on the days of thine examinations for thou hast passed by the chance to learn. 5. Thou shalt not seek peace and quiet and try to sleep in thy class- rooms for thou shalt be rudely brought to consciousness. 6. Thou shalt not exceed the speed limit down the hall, for thou shalt pay the fine of the guilty if thou dost. 7. Thou shalt not purposely absent thyself'from the Tabernacle for thou shalt be brought upon the “green carpet”. 8. Thou shalt not have thy perfects in typing done for you for “Thy sins will find you out”. 9. Thou shalt not loiter around the cooking room for thou mayest be tempted; Thou shalt not steal. 10. Thou shalt obey all the above commandments and love and honor thy teachers and surely thou wilt be rewarded with a blue card and the good favor of all thy teachers. C. J. B. jit j j4 Coach (to freshie out for football)—“What experience have you had before?” Freshie—“Well, last summer I was hit by twro autos and a truck.” j , ,« Miss Adams—“Sam, where is your Civics paper? Didn’t you pre- pare it?” Sam Stout—“What’s the use, I heard the world was coming to an end today.” „ it ,4 ,• Two Microbes sat on a pantry shelf And watched with expressions pained, The milkman’s stunts, and both said at once: “Our relations are getting strained.” j ,« ,• He—“Do you believe in signs and omens?” She—“Yes.” He—“I dreamed last night that you loved me. What does that mean ? She—“That you were dreaming.” jt j ..4 Paul—“When will there only be 25 letters in the alphabet?” Celia—“I’m sure I don’t know. When?” Paul—“When U and I are one.” One Hundred Six :? 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ILLINOIS AMUSEMENT In the form of the LATEST HIGH CLASS MOVING PICTURES and VAUDEVILLE THE AMERICAN THEATRE Auburn Illinois One Hundred Eight Henry Merriam—“In Ohio,” we are told, “They don’t hang men with wooden legs.” Wayne Harris—“No?” Henry—“Nope, they use rope.” Jjt ,4 ,4 Joseph Clemens—“Mr., you sure are dusty.” Mr. Davis—“Well, brush off ten cents’ worth.” ,4 ,4 ,4 Coach Herrman—“Waiter, I’ll have pork chops with P’rench fried | potatoes, and I’ll have the chops lean.” Hugh Geddes—“Yes, sir, which way?” jt . j Bob Alexander—“Hello, butcher; got any dry herring?” Butcher—“Sure.” Bob—“Well, give them a drink.” ,4 .,4 ,4 Prof—I’ll give you just one day to hand in that paper. Student—All right. How about the Fourth of July? 4 ,4 ,4 “This is what I get a kick out of,” said Dr. Hart, when he espied his daughter Mary, sitting on the front steps with James Murphy.” .4 ,4 ,4 Wib Lewis—“I’m a self-made man. I began life as a barefoot boy.” P Helen C.—“Well, old dear, I wasn’t born with shoes on either.” .4 j4 Miss Johnson—“Ralph, how did you become such a wonderful orator?” Ralph Lindner—“I began by addressing envelopes.” -.4 .4 „4 Lives of some great men remind us That we need not worry so; That we, too can leave behind us All our old debts when we go. ,4 ,4 ,4 Lowry Clarke (in restaurant)—“How’s the chicken today?” Tilly Dolenc—“Fine, kid. How’s yourself?” ,4 ,4 ,4 Kenneth Brown—“I’ve got a new pig and I named him Ink.” Robert Ernst—“What’s the idea? Is he black?” Kenneth Brown—“No, but he’s always getting out of the pen and running all over.” ,4 ,4 .j4 Senior to Freshie—“Say, got a cigarette?” Freshie—“Sure, want to see it?” ,4 ,4 ,4 Raymond Hart (eating fish balls for first time at F. B. Banquet) — “Hey there waiter! something died in my biscuit.” One Hundred Ten J. J. PIERCE Hardware, Cutlery, Stoves Pumps and Plumbing Furnaces Installed AUBURN, ILLINOIS REMINGTON PORTABLES The EverReady Helper with Complete Standard Keyboard “Investigate before you invest” REMINGTON TYPEWRITER CO. 319 E. Monroe St. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Caldwell State Bank CHATHAM, ILLINOIS Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits Over $46,000 Res. Phone 207 Office Phone 208 Samuel R. Magi 11. M. 1). Physician and Surgeon General Practice of Medicine SPECIALTY Children’s Diseases Chronic Diseases Commercial Hotel Bldg. AUBURN. ILLINOIS One Hundred Eleven vtiififisfir r sxirrSTirrsxi IMAGINE THIS Eunice Foster—Getting bawled out for talking. Mayme Harnley—With bobbed hair. Wilbur Alexander—Flunking in English. Mabel Merriam—Flirting. Gertrude Luedke—Mad. Raymond Hart—Going with anyone but Bonnie. Celia and Paul—On outs. Ralph Samples—Senior. Miss Johnson—Assigning short lessons. Lee Haynes—Auburn’s star B. B. player. Miss Adams—Without her smile. Janet MacMurdo—Not bawling Ralph L. out in English. Mary Hart—A Latin teacher. Sam Stout—Without his argument. Lowry Clark—Acting sensible. Amelia Newman—Short and fat. William Skaggs—Not flirting. Coach Herrman—Going back on the boys. Thelma Baker—Running for President. Helen Suydan—Not talking to Henrietta in the Assembly. James Murphy—Agreeing with someone. Helen Christopher—Not singing “Maid of Athens.” Wilbur Lewis—Without a joke book. .4 ,4 .4 Frances C. (romantically)—“I stood under a bright light with a man with a glass eye—but I put it out.” Helen G—Hm—“That’s nothin.—I was engaged to a man with a wood en leg but I broke it off.” .. v4 ,4 “Woe is me,” said the horse as he stopped. , t ,4 ,• Mr. Torryson—“If you’d take ‘I’ll sav’ and ‘I’ll tell the world’ away from some people you’d cut their conversation just about fifty percent.” Mr. McCormick—“I hope to tell you, ain’t it the truth.” .4 J4 ,4 Your eyes are shining, dears Your eyes are azure blue, But, darling, I can’t fall for you— Your nose is shining too! j4 ,4 ,4 Miss Adams—“Where is Lake Champlain.” John Carlino—“On page 161.” , .4 ,4 Miss Johnson—“Who was Salome?” Charles Irwin—“A Wilde Woman.” One Hundred Fourteen BROWN’S BUSINESS COLLEGE Fully Accredited SPECIAL COURSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACCOUNTING CIVIL SERVICE SECRETARIAL TRAINING REGULAR COURSE IN BOOKKEEPING SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING SALESMANSHIP S. I. GRESHAM, Principal SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS One Hundred Fifteen � gri iv vi rTsvi r?� ?; rTsivi rTsv: rTsri rTari r ?i rTsvi rTSvi rTstxi rTivi rTsvi rrsri r7i i r? ' We, as a PUBLIC UTILITY, Are at all times obligated to help build up the com- munity in which we op- erate and to take a gen- eral interest in all matters affecting its progress and prosperity. CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY F. Donaldson, Local Mgr. HENRY HARRIS Dry Goods, Notions and Men’s Furnishings Made-to-Measure Clothes Furniture, Rugs and Floor Coverings J. S. Gold Discount Stamps on all Cash Trade AUBURN, ILLINOIS 4,17 «17 One Hundred Sixteen OFFICE HOURS: 9 a. m. to 12 m.; 1 to 5 p. m. Phones: Office 9; Res. 140 DR. W. L. MARKLAND, O. D. Optometrist HENRY HARRIS’S STORE Auburn, Illinois VIENNA BAKERY CLEANLINESS, QUALITY AND SERVICE 621 E. Monroe St. Phone Main 1166: Springfield L «1 «1 «fi • it, ■ H. D. FOREMAN THE STORE OF QUALITY MERCHANDISE Phones 46 and 66 Auburn Illinois SCHOOL ROOKS Bought, Sold and Exchanged at Barkers Art Store 405 E. Adams St. Special Prices on Diploma Frames Geo. Canham Son Dealers in DRY GOODS, BOOTS SHOES and MEN’S FURNISHINGS CHATHAM, ILLINOIS WHITE STAR MEAT MARKET The Home of Choice Home Killed and Cured Meats Yes, we are pleased to deliver. PHONE 230 One Hundred Seventeen rrwtrs?i!raSirr� (irrs?i Miss Johnson—“Give me a quotation from the Bible.” Wilbur Alexander—“Judas went out and hanged Himself.” Miss Johnson—“And another one?” Wilbur A—“Go Thou and do likewise.” .Jt ..« ,st Miss Bonham—“Wilbur that the third time you have looked at Harold’s paper.” Wilbur Lewis—“Yes, Mam, he doesn’t write very plain.” “They’re off!” cried the monkey as he stuck his fingers in the lawn mower. ,• , ,« Helen S.—“I’ve decided to give up stenography.” Celia B.—“No! Why?” Helen Suydan—“I can’t bear to have any man dictate to me.” .‘t There once was a driver named Morning Who refused to heed any warning; He drove on the track Without looking back So they’re mourning this morning for Morning. ,• Charles I.—“Who are those two fellows arguing in the next room.” John Carlino—“That’s Vincient O’Leary soliloquizing; his voice is changing.” ,« -j John Murphy—“What am I supposed to have stolen?” Police—“A horse and van.” John—“All right; search me.” s ,• , FOOTBALL SHAKESPEARIANS “Down ! Down!”—Henry VI. “An excellent pass.”—The Tempest. “A touch! A touch! I do confess.”—Hamlet. • “I do comment you to their backs.”—Macbeth. “More rushes! More rushes!—Henry VI. “Pell mell, down with them.”—Loves Labor Lost. “This shouldering of each other.”—Henry VI. “Being down, I have the placing.”—Cymbeline. “Let him not pass; but kill him rather.”—Othello. “’Tis sport to maul a runner.”—Anthony and Cleopatra. “I’ll catch it ere it come to ground.”—Macbeth. “We must have bloody noses and cracked crowns.”—Henry VI. “Worthy Sir, thou bleedest. Thy exercise has been to violent.”_Cor. “It’s the first time I heard breaking of ribs was sport.”_As You Like It. 71 n 2g flnnjnt.7nt.7nt munywi K gjiSSK W. A. Kruger Co. MEN’S AND BOYS’ OUTFITTERS 220 S. Fifth St. SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS We Solicit Your FLORAL ORDERS for All Occasions KESSLER SONS PRINTING The Very Best in COMMERCIAL and CATALOG PRINTING The Auburn Citizen Auburn, 111. INDIVIDUALITY That’s what young fel- lows get in our Junior Suits, Caps and Furnishings Visit our sporting goods department M® 219 So. Fifth St. One Hundred Nineteen I I $ I 233233235 352355J53i 15535 233 22533 533 235533 533533 5 , IF LIFE’S A JOKE—WHEN DO WE LAUGH? jx jjt j A SENIOR CIVICS CLASS “Now children, before we start today on lesson thirty-six, We’ve a little business to attend Which we don’t want to mix.” “Yes, yes, the pupils all cry out,” We’re none of us real tardy, “We’d love to have a bob-sled ride, Or else a skating party.” “No, no,” our teacher cries with rage, “’Tis nothing quite so funny; We’ll have to work and what we need, Is money, money, money.” And so, ’mid many trials, Which turn our teacher gray, We work and solve so we can get Our Oracle by May. But, teacher dear, when its o’er And honors we have won, We hope you’ll not regret the time You worked while we had fun. Mabel Merriam. jx jx Miss Johnson (talking of Whittier’s works)—“What was, ‘Under the Willows’?” Ralph Lindner—“I don’t know; it wasn’t me.” v M , Wayne Harris—“I’m a man now, I’ve got long pants.” jx Miss Adams—“Sherman, get to work.” Sherman Gormley—“It’s against my constitution.” Jack Harms—“You’d better amend it then.” ,• JX jx EXTRA Pretty little Seniors, Sitting in a row, Waiting for the Junior feed Before they go. jx , ,4 Miss Hoppin—“What figure of speech is T love my teacher?’ ” Mary E. Fields—“Sarcasm.” rTstvi r7«vir7ivi rTivi r?a?! rTivi rTsvi rTsxi (Tiiii. xpjQ 5 ZJJK ZTOZ? W 2JK 3P ISP ?? JLZTWZn TPOT jttj 5U W JTZl! 11. ji i ffi See the NEW CHEVROLET New Value—New Chassis—New Bodies- New Finish CONSTANT GROVES SPRINGFIELD Phone M-690 421 S. Fourth St. Dr. M. M. Bradley Drugs, Notions, Toilet Articles CHATHAM ILLINOIS CARY GARAGE Oils, Gasoline, Repairing Auto Service Northwest Corner Square CHATHAM, ILLINOIS FOR GOOD SHOES Try J. SCHNEPP’S 410 Adams Street, SPRINGFIELD, ILL. }p 1 ADVICE TO THE FRESIIIES 1. Don’t think yourself wise just because you graduated from the eighth grade. 2. Don’t “cut up” unless the English teacher is in charge because she will use the superamount of English and you know that it will go in one ear and out the other while the other teachers might disfigure you. 3. Don’t bring snuff to school unless you are sure it is strong enough to dismiss the school; you might have to go on the green carpet for boot- legging snuff. 4. Never pick you teeth with a chisel you may break it. 5. Don’t be cute unless some one of the Seniors told you to because they are the judges. 6. Don’t think you can reason unless you have studied geometry. 7. Don’t drive other people’s automobiles because the cop might be entertaining ma when you get home. .,« ,• v The School Annual is a wonderful invention; The school gets all the fame; The printer gets all the money. And the staff gets all the blame. v J Mr. McCormick—“Genevieve what does ferment mean?” Genevieve Gatton—“When anything begins to work.” Mr. Me—“Well, I guess you had better begin to ferment.” „« J : Sam Stout was having his picture taken. Mr. Oldfield—“Now, then, look pleasant for a moment. A moment longer! There! Now you may resume your former expression.” Deep Wisdom—swelled head, Brain fever—he’s dead, —A Senior. False fair one—hope fled, Heart broken—he’s dead. —A Junior. Went walking, ’tis said, Floor hit him—he’s dead. —A Sophomore. Milk famine—not fed, Starvation—he’s dead. —A Freshman. One Hundred Twenty-two Manufacturer and Jobber POULTRY, HORSE, HOG AND DAIRY FEEDS FLOUR, GRAIN, HAY, STRAW, MILL FEEDS, SALT, Etc. 1st and Madison Sts. Springfield, Illinois Telephones: Main 336-337-1304 View of our 40,320 Egg Size Incubator We Operate a Hatchery of a Total Capacity of 71,424 Eggs, QUALITY BABY CHICKS FOR SALE IN SEASON We Do Custom Hatching Let Us Hatch Your Eggs We Handle A Complete Line of POULTRY FEEDERS, WATER FOUNTAINS, INCUBATORS, BROODERS, LEG BANDS, TONICS, ETC. One Hundred Twenty-three 3 tip g POCKET BILLIARDS The Good Fellow’s Game CIGARS CANDY TOBACCOS SODA FOUNTAIN JOHN MEIKLEJOHN We Fit The Feet In Shoes That SATISFY We Specialize in Children’s Shoes Ladies’ Hosiery Consult Us for Foot Troubles 209 S. 5th So., Springfield. 111. AUBURN ROLLER MILLING CO. EXCELLO and PURINA HOG AND CATTLE FEEDS Phone 59 Auburn, 111. $ Eg 5 One Hundred Twenty-four fsntvSYifo y rTSfi sfi UiVOJVOJ B. L. KESSLER AND SONS UNDERTAKERS WHO ARE RELIABLE Rest Rooms Always at Your Disposal PHONE 74 AUBURN ILLINOIS One Hundred Twenty-six SENIOR ALPHABET A—is for Ada Who is starting our list, We often wonder as we gaze Has Ada ’ere been kissed? B—is for Barbee A delicate child, She ne’re makes a noise So quiet and mild. C—is for Carlino Who the teachers just adore, When they ask questions He answers them galore. D—is for dumb-bell The Seniors have none, When we decide to do a thing We are sure to get it done. E—is for Eunice A lass quiet and shy, E—is for Estelle Who never asks why. F—is for Frances She sits next to me, We lunch on cheese tid-bits When time comes for tea. G—is for Geddes About Thelma he’s crazy, And when he plays basketball He never looks lazy. H—is for Helen The plural implied; It also stands for Harnlev Who in a Ford does ride. T—is for Irwin They live on the lake. We went out there skating Now wasn’t that jake? J—is for Jones Janet and James, I cannot talk longer For there’s too many names. K—is for Klare With hair thick and black, She talks lots in Civics And is ne’re taken aback. L—is for Leudke Who, honors doth claim, L—is for Loretta Who washed dishes at Carlm- ville game? N—is for Norman Oh! What can I say? Ah! Yes! He’s the reason Why teachers turn gray. M—is for Mabel Our class poetess I wish she’d written this For it sure is a mess. 0—is for year-book Oracle by name We worked hard and long To bring it to fame. P—is for Paul Of grit he has plenty, He’ll be our next Governor Before he is twenty. Q—is for quiet What we should be in class, We have to work with all our might In order that we may pass. R—is for Robert He played on the football team And when he went into the game He made them get up steam. S—is for Sam Acritic for all. When Miss Johnson wants ideas, Upon Sam she will call. T—is for Thelma Witty and bright; T—is for Tressie Somebody’s delight. U—is for upward And onward we’ll climb, Some day we’ll reach Heaven Which will sure be sublime. V—is for Vincent And “Skinny MacGinn” When they once start to argue Velma (The lady) will win. W—is for Wilbur Of basketball fame When the “reff” blows the whis- tle, He’s in for the game. X—is for X-ams Oh ! Boy how we hate ’em, They fill us with horror And keep us up later ’em. Y—is for you Alumnus and backers But for your honest effrots We’d be a bunch of slackers. Z—is for zero And it don’t mean the weather. We have them all stored away ’Hind sage brush and heather. Put these all to-gether They’ll spell a lot of things But the best of all that we can find Is Seniors—with their rings. C. Barbee. One Hundred Twenty-eight iWAWrTt rT'Sfli? V� V VS' 's'i� Wi i’Wi AUTOGRAPHS One Hundred Twenty-nine