Avon High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Avon, IL)

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(Thr iBiuimrramj H » ' t t------•' ■■• -- 3mi ■ ---- Q readings and impersonations. Dean Lhamon is a noted lecturer who entertaines as well as educates his audiences. Jean Eliot is a reader of world wide fame, who reads plays, novels, or selections. Avon High School solicits the patronage of all its friends for the lyceum course for next year, and promises the public a profitable return for its support and inter- est. ifluatr IN THE year ’20-’21 interest in music was at high-pitch under the leadership of Miss Lourie. The High School Chorus received training in the technicalities of music as well as in singing; while the Glee Club, the first ever established in A. H. S., accomplished some finished work. On special occasions, numbers were ren- dered by the following groups: a double male quartet, two single male quartets, a girl’s double quartet, a girl’s sextet, with Bernadine Mings, Clarence Baker, and Er- nest Heston, as soloists. Drrlamatonj TWO declamatory contests were held on May 9th and 11th to select contestants for the County Meet. Much interest was taken and all the contestants put forth their best efforts to make the contest one long to be remembered. Much credit should be given to the excellent work of directing done by Mrs. N. O. Chrissey of Galesburg. PROGRAM “By the Rule of Contrary”...................................Maude Bell “The Mission of Kitty Malone”...........................Helen Merriman “Wee Willie Winkie”.........................................May Yeoman “Sarah Maud”................................................Sadie Kreps “The Death Disk”........................................Maude Yeoman “The Juvenile Court”........................................Edith Pool “Dora” .....................................................Eula Botkin “The Word”..............................................Naomi Pittman “Naughty Zell”..............................................Anna Gray “Chad” ................................................. Clarence Baker “For Dear Old Yale”.....................................Garland Drake “The Seventh Night”.....................................William Carroll “Pease of the Navy”.....................................Philip Sundberg “How Pinkey Settled an Old Score”...........................Lloyd Pool

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 Q iHip Saamprauy D Ciimun (Cnurara THE large crowds which were in attendance at our lyceum numbers during the past year are evidences of the fact that Avon people appreciate the educa- tional value of such a course. Last year the Literary Societies sold many advance season tickets, thus enab- ling us to secure our choice among the many numbers offered and to guarantee a profitable outcome of the course. The first number was presented by the Warwick Male Quartet on November fifth. This very entertaining company gave a varied program of classical, popular, and humorous selections. On January third, the Indian Chief, Tahan, and his company were received by a large and expectant audience which was not disappointed, for the interesting talks by Chief Tahan and Princess Nacoombie as well as the violin solos by the Prin- cess were very entertaining. On January twenty-fourth, Sarah Mildred Wilmer told of her experiences as n reader and entertainer among the soldiers in France. This number was enjoyed by an exceptionally large audience. Dr. Wm. Forkel! gave a very interesting lecture on March nineteenth. His top- ic “The America of Tomorrow”— was treated with exceptional broadmindedness and vision. The course for next year promises to be even better than that of this year. Tom Corwin is a great impersonator, who is said to be able to mock anything from a steam-boat to a dog-fight. He has traveled all over the country and is one of the highest salaried entertainers on the lyceum platform. The Ventians are a quar- tet of musical entertainers who give a musical concert consisting of solos, quar- tets and selections upon stringed instruments. They are well recommended and are the most expensive number of the course. The Ben Hur Entertainers nre a company which gives musical numbers, both instrumental and vocal, as well as

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cThr Utfumrrawj Qr-----tMt IM - frg) ahr Siaarmtna uf tUirntlm ♦ v 5 ELL, for goodness sake, mama, don’t say any more about it!” exclaimed Dor- othy in a tone which indicated that the discussion had been in progress for sometime. “I know he’ll be a perfect sissy and just spoil my party, but I’ll ask him if you feel that way about it.” And with that she ran up to her own room slamming the doors vigorously behind her. From her earliest memory, Dorothy Manning had positively hated Robert Sum- ner Bruce, the son of her mother’s girlhood chum. In fact, in the days before he had moved to California, she had been accustomed, when her mother scolded her for soiling her frock or for scattering her playthings, pointing out as an example of virtue Bobby’s angelic conduct, to slap him vigorously and then run away and howl dismally. Although she was so young, she had been vastly relieved when he moved away from the house next door, for her aversion to his virtues far exceeded her de- light in his companionship. But still she had not been wholly free from accounts of his perfection, for all of Aunt Ethel’s” letters contained long paragraphs extolling her son’s good qualities, and these passages were duly cited by Dorothy’s mother So, by the time Dorothy reached the age of eleven, she begun to cover her ears at the slightest mention of his name, and utterly refused to look at his picture. Now Dorothy was nearly eighteen, and in honor of this momentous occasion she was to give a house party with all of her particular friends in attendance. But when the invitations were sent out. Mrs. Manning insisted that it would be only po- lite to include her old playmate, Bobby, who was visiting in the east for the first time since the family had moved away. At first Dorothy stormed, but finally agreed to her mother’s demand. Accordingly the invitations were sent out and duly accepted, but now Dorothy was much too interested in exciting preparations of various sorts to think mucn about Bobby. Finally, on the afternoon before the other guests were to arrive, Dorothy, looking delightfully fresh and pretty in her simple white frock, set out in the roadster to meet her old playmate. As she prepared to depart, her mother called out bits of advice. “Now please, dear, don’t drive so furiously that your hair comes down; and do be careful of your dress. And Dorothy, do be nice to him.” “I don’t care how I look,” said Dorothy as she started the car, “I hope I look a fright As for being nice to him I’ll drive so fast comirg home that we can’t talk and then I mean to pair him off with Cora Smith. She gave me that awful red-head- ed, freckled cousin of hers at her party!” And with gay laugh she sent the car fly- ing down the drive. When the train stopped at the country station only two passengers flighted, fine of them an old fashioned looking old lady, and the other a young man who, in every particular, adequately fulfilled Dorothy’s expectations. For he was a delicate, foppish little man, approximately five feet in heighth, and fastidiously dressed with the shade of his necktie exactly reproduced in the pale lavender of his socks. Her worst fears were realized, but still Dorothey was disappointed he might at least have been bigger. Well, anyway, he was just the partner for Cora; and Dorothy laughed aloud at the thought, for Cora was about five feet nine inches tall and correspondingly heavy. She greeted him as cordially as even her mother could have expected under the circumstances, and led him toward the car. During this time the young man had uttered only the barest word of greeting in spite of Dor- othy’s polite remarks concerning the weather. (Cmlinurd on page thirty-six)