Blend High School - Memories Yearbook (Blend, IL)

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MEMORIES ’25 Olga Sosenko To love or not to love that is the question. B. I'. H. S., ’20, 21, 22, ’24; Brown’s Busi- ness College, St. Louis, ’23; Basketball, ’21. Rhyanie Vf.rcellino Beware! I may yet do something sensational. Track, ’25; “Mock Commencement”, ’24. Aletesia Negro “Al” Haste makes Waste.'' “A Rustic Romeo”, ’25; Expression Gradu- ate, ’25; Preliminaries, ’23; “Mock Com- mencement”, ’24. Adam Chura “Dutch” Asa man speaks, so is he.” Vocal Quartet, Troy, ’24; Track, ’25; “A Rustic Romeo”, ’25; “Mock Commence- ment, ’24. Katie Contratto She speaketh not and yet there lies a conversation in her eyes.'' “A Rustic Romeo”, ’25; Elocution Graduate, ’25; Preliminaries, ’23; “Mock Commence- ment”, ’24. Page Twenty-two

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MEMORIES ’25 Olga (Cappo) Berti “Girlie” ‘ ‘ There little Girl, don 7 cry. Hillsboro High School, ’21; Normal Student, Summer Term, ’24; “Mock Commence- ment”, ’24; Basketball. Cathaleen Granger “Cath” ‘ ‘ If eyes were made for seeing; Then beauty is its excuse for being. ’ ’ “A Rustic Romeo”, ’25. Mary Peters “Babe” Nothing can work me damage, but myself. “A Rustic Romeo”, ’25; Normal Student, Summer Term, ’24; Preliminaries, ’21; “Mock Commencement”, ’24; Basketball. Dii.azia Zancanaro “Adel” ‘ I have often regretted my silence, but never my speech. Commercial Contest, ’24; Snapshot Editor, Memories,’25; “Mock Commencement”, ’24. Mercedes Stull (not in picture) Sub-Senior. Things are going to happen—why worry! Preliminaries, ’22, ’23; Declamation Con- test, Carlinville, ’22; Basketball. Page Twenty-one

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MEMORIES ’25 Senior History T HE Class of ’25 has always appeared to be an extraordinary assemblage of individuals who strove for the betterment of pur school and society. We may safely begin this history of its accomplishments with the Eighth Grade graduating exercises which were ushered in by our class—and close it with the drawn curtain on that eventful night when the first class shall be graduated from the stage of our new gymnasium. In September of ’21 we entered into our High School career, a band of sixty eager and willing students, representing a large percentage of those graduating from the public schools in the district. Our class naturally, like most Freshmen classes, was the largest in the school and occupied over half the entire space in the old Auditorium. After we had settled that eternal question of deciding between Caesar’s native tongue and the annals of history, and the class being divided accordingly, a breathing spell was offered in the form of social parties. These affairs were crowded by our numbers and we seemingly enjoyed ourselves more than the upper class- men whom we envied. Our athletes were very successful and we placed several men on both the football and the basketball teams. That spring we humbled the other classmen by winning the Inter-class Track and Field meet, a feat accomplished by the force of numbers rather than by the special ability of our contestants. When school began session next Fall our ranks were somewhat depleted as only forty-four students returned. The Sophomore year was a dark period of little activity and the only outstanding event was the completion of our new school building which we occupied the latter part of February. When out Junior year began with but twenty eight, we at once felt the importance of being upper classmen—ahem! New iife and new hopes- we were well represented on the champion football and basket ball teams and copped second place in the annual Inter-class track meet. Our athle- tic contestants were very successful and won several medals at various track meets, while James Constable won first place in the themes at Car- lin ville. Our Commercial team won distinction wherever it appeared and Page Twenty-three