Blend High School - Memories Yearbook (Blend, IL)

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MEMORIES ’25 From top down: Chura, Herman, Wasylenko, Ungarelli, Verna. Firley, Fiocchi, Philip, Toigo, Bollini. Rose, Novotny, Matevey, Baggiore, Ewenson. Aimino, Albertini, Kasenga, Selsavage, Kidwell. Blevins, Ridinger, Wallace, Daley, Flaherty. Page Twenty-nine

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MEMORIES '25 JUNIORS Class Officers President Birdy Baggiore Vice-President William Bollini Secretary Joseph Blevins Treasurer .... Lena Verna Reporter . Ella Selsavage Class Adviser Miss Ferguson Class Roll John Aimino Andrew Metrosky Mary Albertini Mary Novotny Birdy Baggiore Joseph Blevins Helen Chura Mary Philip Marcella Daley Lucille Ridinger Agnes Ewenson Eva Rose Angelo Fiocchi Ella Selsavage August Firley Allred Toigo Bernard Flaherty Angelo Ungarelli I.eo Herman Lena Verna George Kasenga Thomas Wallace Clyde Kidwell Anna Wasylenko Anna Matevey William Bollini Colors: Old Rose and Silver. Flower: Violet. Motto: “Jt is better to get ahead than get even.” Page Twenty-eight

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MEMORIES ’25 Junior History W¥ ., the Juniors of ’25 do not desire to have people think we are “stuck up” or that we are exaggerating. But here are a few of the plain and simple facts concerning the class of ’26. In May, 1922, the present nucleus of the B. 'I'. H. S. were presented with sheepskins that entitled them to enter high school. We were told by good authorities that we were the best looking pupils that had ever entered high school and had all the opportunities of any class. The following September we enrolled at the B. T. H. S. and mingled with the Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors. We do not mean to be boast- ful but we were always ready to aid the three higher classes in every respect. I he Sophomores always hinted that some day we would be as great as they, but we knew we were far greater than they and in all probabilities, peers with the Seniors. In our first year members of our class represented us in both football and basket ball. We worked hard at our studies and found that they had no terrors for us. Our first year flew by and we found that our erudition was somewhat enhanced. Sophomore, a very big word and when one reaches this stage he feels that all his troubles are past, but alas, it is not so. We were constantly being haggled by the Freshmen who wanted to know where such and such a room is. Several of these Freshmen wanted to know the whereabouts of Mr. Bullman’s class of Bugology. In our Sophomore year we continued to hold our high places in athle- tics and other school activities. We mastered Caesar, rushed English like a hurricane, knew more about Geometry than Euclid, and were made his- torians in a single year. Not meaning to boast as you know it was due to our power to concentrate which is superior to that of all other three classes. This was indeed a successful year for the class of ’26. JUNIORS: The greatest word in the dictionary. The greatest class of a school. Without the Juniors what would a high school be? The live wires of the school, the most powerful in athletics and the class possessing the greatest “bump of intelligence”. The Freshmen as you know are still green, the Sophomores love sick, and the Seniors Dreamers of the Future so we, the honorable Juniors must lead the school. As a graduating class next year we will make the B. T. H. S. famous. The year 1926 will go down in Mr. PotthofF’s history. In closing we wish to reiterate that we do not intend to boast, for the true meaning of the big word JUNIOR is not given in Webster’s dictionary. We do not wish the other classes to become incensed at us because of this article for the truth must forever live. As you know these are only a few of the many interesting facts concerning the class of ’26. But, alas, we are surpassed by one class in knowledge, and that class is the class of ’25 whose wisdom we hope to attain by the spring of 1926. —Ella Selesavage '26. Page Thirty