Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 162 of the 1923 volume:

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PETER F. 111211.15 x. 1870-1922 0 2-' A Member of the Board of Education 2 S: X From 1907 to 1920 b X X fx ' '- Q Q5 xi .IW , E I u- QR A , , X X , f . , , -, gm- f+ 5 LX A- , iff ' ' ,ff f A' WW LCLL3 ---T41 ,-V,, QfwfA.EU: AQ9,y,,L .MQ f 1 llllllllllllllllllllIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIEIIII N. XNBQ: X.. XX, X? gn ALEX 'w AM!! II -X We the Semor Class of Bloom Townslup Hrgh School dedrcate thus l923 Bloom to Mxss Mabel Wlntten our fnend and adviser She has been mth us t ree years and we feel that those years have been made happier and more valuable because f her frlendshxp and guldance , , I 'fx Q wr ' T Hn . 'Mn' 'fy-,ix ,N ' i irifiill ' e e- . . e , e e ,e e e A, if X 'i'1f4g5T3q'a- l'A' '-l- ' V , . .e:. ,g ibilgigri 1'lf5i1lTf'jfl ' r.- r.. ..-r A + - Mgg'H?-319 f'iT?'1l?l37-. . q I rlel, . 1, 33 . - r M gi ll' ' 2 Q- W r ...Q ' l ' 5 fiiflflf' . ' ' . -fi? ' ' , , . A . -. :, V . X Q r I ' . . . .- . lx ' .. A . - e 2- me ll . 1- I 1- V v . . F . I N A If ? f .L J Illlllllll lllllllllwmlllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllll ' U7 ...X .tg I, ,.. 22 wh- -iS2-l--- M.- .e,:,e..., ,. JL, paw r 554.0053 . 232139 Z p ' THE PATRONS OF THE BLOOM The schools in the community accurately register the public spirit of the business men in the community. , J ' The following are the patrons of Bloom Township High School, the Q' V business men who have made possible this 1923 Bloom by their generous contributions. rl Y il We wish to take this means of expressing to them our appreciation of their . t interest and we shall do all we can to malte their business successful. 'Kr Charles H. Wacker Donovan Agency 65 A il Chicago Heights Land Assoclatlon A. V. Edman 1 ll American Manganese Steel Company Einhorn Bros. 4 First National Bank Fordtran Bros. gi I. A. Lassers Garden City Creamery Q Stolte Drug Company I. A. Gardner Columbia Tool Steel Company , Commercial Bank r First State Bank W. F. Hildeman W 1.1 Wm. Gold Geo. Gregory Harris Bros. I. W. Kelly Jul-genson Jewelt'y8:0ptica1 Company John Krebs C. H, Kappnieyer A. J, Klyczek 8: Company Larkin Fair F. W. Logan J. F. Leislng Company P. J. Losco Electric Company - Lincoln-Dixie Theater r -l John Maier Q Company lg John Michalek Robert A. Meier, Jr. Ritter, Warren Sr Company Mmm Bakery Spludler-Koelllng Company Pahuke Sz Elliott D. S. Vannatta H, J. Peterson lf? C. M. XVegleY Rau K: Company West End Furniture antl Undertaking J. sang Cumpauy Sarros Bios. Hurry Yaseen l Zunihlnllen Fleming Company C' J' Schultz 'A Foley's Music Shop Stephens K: Lux Abbott, Hood st smith A ' S 'e . James A. Ainscouglx Jvsevh 'Terre X C- A. Bouvouloir The Chicago Store 'N Blacklzall Electric Company H' G' Thuemlng Company J Brnndweln Department Store Thornburg Bros- R. V. Carrier Kr Company Oscar Toll b R' S' Curtmau United Milk Company . Clgilggurliiigms oyster House and Up-to-date Laundry Company iE. XV. Clark Martin Vlald 1 Diamond Braiding Mins A. G. Zetterlund C85 1 e 'W L k, 1 S 7 Q x , A- . : ,- Q 4. ? ' '- S,-f-Q , .,- .M .ug .555 .ww J m?5EL-fi gG , .Q 1,-. W THB BLOOD! Regus Bros. Chicago Heights Tire Hospital Coppotelli Bros. E. Lassers Bell Department Store J. Boyarsky Departmen Jos. C. Britz Albert Fechner H. Frledlander E. A. Harris Howard P. Roe Mrs. A. M. I'homas F. G. Berscheid Blim Rn Blim E. C. Cord A. L. Cornet H. B. Donaldson G. K. Fenu T. J. H. Gorrell I. G. Harman W. A. Cusick, Jr. N. C. Eberly Frank Haessler W. N. Hixon E. G. Kirgis t Store Mrs. Kunis Victoria Cafe Bee Hive Eagle Bakery S. Clamllz L. L. C0llin! Frank ,Taegar Max Miller Margaret L. Quinn J. Tokarz H. A. Wegley Louis Yaseen MEDICAL PROI-'FSSION E. G. Kllngler A. H. Pannenhorg Wm. N. MacChesney C. Salisbury G. F. Schreiber T. M. Stapleton W. Strand DENTAL PROFESSION L. L. Lipshutz W. F. Schmeckebier W. L. Schmeckebier C. R. Woodworth STEGER PATRONS First State Bank C. Kleiil H. J. Hartman Niflk Llleff-S Fred A. Opel 1- Wi5e D. Solomon CRETE PATRONS Farmers' State Bank Crete Grain Company GD Q ww 3tT31 5EE0'h6F 0 , K x , Q N Q-if 1 am X, I Wy. f 11 4 .,s X VL , N I t 5 F H fn 1:5 , X K u 3 U H it 5 ' Y ' 1105 1 1inin T5'f3Qf551 m,f C . '74 JY 11 J- 'Jig ,tl i I V. ,N L., kk lvl- Kij- ,,l X: x. , W ltji I' L E15 Ili: 1,741 r. IW I fi 'il X lafvi ,, i-'I l-, l 'I M1 rr,, ,,i. l .sl new l lc Q Will N iff Foreword . gg 'fl You are now standing at the threshold of the 1923 Bloom wondering ,. ff! what it may contain for your enjoyment. as we seniors 'stood four years ago Hp before the doors of B. T. H. S. wondering what might be in store for us. We ,Q have just completed a happy senior year within these doors and we hope that you will find this Bloom as interesting and enjoyable as we have found QQ the year, and that when you have read through this book you will he as well ,glx satisfied with it as we have been with the school year. lg 1111 9 C, ,J ffl lj 'Tx i DJ Luc Qs -2- L fists? ' D l THE BLOOCG 122, EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE BLOOM--l9Z3 Editor-in-chief. Photographer .......................... ,,,, J amps Mount Assistant Editor ......... Business Manager Assistant Business Athletics -- Alumni --- Advertising ..... Organizations jokes ....... Miscellaneous -- Exchange --- Cartoons .... Photograph s.... Manager DEPARTMENTS - - -- -Lawrence Schmeckebier - - -- -Walter Panzar -----Paul Shanks - -- -Robert Philip and Kathryn Philips ------------..------------Carolyn Bahlmann james Funk, Hugo Long, and Milton johnson -..-- Alice DeBnlt - ---- -Walter Krebs' - - - --Edna McCormick ----Marie Bachman -----Carroll Sauter ---- Clifford Foonit We gratefully acknowledge our obligation to the faculty staff for their advice and assistance: to Miss Hilclur Soderman for her cheerful and invaluable service in typing the manuscript of this Bloom: to Mr. Carlseen of Kappmeyer's for his photographs of the faculty. classes. and organizations: to Alfred lvan- owski for his designs and drawings: and to Richard Gierde for his cartoons. C123 -05111 ?? V MI, x A. ...gy .. f Z0 S .H N... K gh' -1. F N -fiwggi 'QA 2' Ell-1IMNl'IVlMM'mI1VIMMIRMW1Yllll1l1HlIlHlYlIlIlKfllllIlXlllIllllIIIlYlll1l1lWM ff Banana? 4 Hill!! J f-1322 1- A' 1 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Admmxatrahon Edxtonal Classes Alumm Calendar Orgamzahons Athletxcs N xx fx ,-l, The Raving 1-1. Q Q5., lllllIIIlIlIIUIIIIIMrHUa Wm IWW, M rHnl!r1frnfWfrf4f1'111,1m h H W L. - ' x - . M 'H-nw xxf , F: In 15---All , waxy? if xv, gg ,-Nf.Q: .1'fg, - - .A-1 v f ,,.N3,-gN,,,.. ws, ,,,sV,,.,7i1:--1 Q.. -f':.,.uf,f '-2, ,l ,f f, f, ,- .f-..-N ,, ,, J- .A .. -f -' -, . fi413:ri2ZQfgis- Tia-xi-'gf.9?Vlf E . ' , -., L. fill- 11:7'1:wfN...,?ifi-Gflili, sf T 1- . - tx i . . 711, 'WK 1 fx W '- , . A . 3- . , , ,.fQ1.:a'z:5.-. if . K . - x wmv: J' ' Vw fx Q. -- '-' nh. ,- , . A , - I H393 ' - ' .. .. T Hg3'4Ii .1 Q , 'L lv 7 , Y 7, 4.iEyl,j'X I .- nf.f,i1v- ' . VA' lk . 2 , eg 5 If if Y 'W-.nf E 'fx vu lf. 1 5q.,i2fU E ax! 11, . . 'fix-' E E Q Alf. - A .14 1 1 E 5 W' ' . fy Q Xx x . J f -. .,..., ... . .... ........,.. N... ...... ..........,. ..... ....,. . ... ,............ , R. ,N K . Sf ,H ,'f5 .Qg,-'f, v.. -,,. U31 v L y .rg- -'EFIEEESBM 1 Y W W ,,, ,--A ,, W ,, ,7..,,-M-2 L E :ffl Y V i XJ .1 ? , With well-kept lawn anal shady trees, shady trees, Q l With sunshine bright and pleasant breeze, pleasant breeze, Look far and near, but you'll not spy, U L Q A fairer spot than old Bloom High. ' X l iifx 1 T li P N , G 5 1141 , 0 e I 5 c A A F, LCC, M640 IFQC' N J X LJ . , fY.Y,...l,,-..ff,. . THE- BLOOUX E Q 3 55 V J , u A Cx X. Cx Q fs? N 1, , g. Q, 5 3 'J NORTH HALL K3 X 23 mad an THEELOOM :ww 'J Q fi Sf Qy ag T 525 uf Q x ,V 1 -X 253, W 51,6 E? A A THE FOUNTAIN L! Q 43 N .,x. LH' X y 1161 f , 1 A-'- i -' - -- - YY77 ,A 7 W, 4, ,Q 1 ,. . , cz -x x ,. , , , QTHE B Y A 255, Ss vii if ISGS 756 lf? Y' S W X 13 ' Y fa 5 R25 iii? 'F Egiiy M Q Q R N U h , 'J 1 is W gi sch X Dui Lg, .X Uyf ' iff: im JZ l 1 A irq, N EAST ENTRANCE lip Xl 4 NX' 4 VT, 3!, .j L f .gk . f X 2:55 rf! 4 f L ff,f P N fy fx W 1 mg H: ii rf. X, 1 A my , 155- , ., QV 7, X Q A ,M -VTX , ' X r 7 f,U fu h Su- V I 'ms BLOOM X W W She's a high school enterprising. Great improvements realizing. 1 And she keeps serenely rising 1 To the top-tip-lop! 1181 I r 1-He: Bmom SCHOOL SONG I. There is a school that we revere, we revere. Fame sings her praises everywhere, everywhere, From Seniors great to Freshmen sma'l. We love our school both one and all. CHORUS 5he's a high school enterprising, Great improvements realizing. And she keeps serenely rising To the top-lip top! A Hurrah, for faculty and school! and school! Hurrah. for just and honest rule. honest rule! The hlue and white shall float up to the slcv, Bloom High! Bloom High! Bloom Township High! II. 1 With well-kept lawn and shady trees. shady trees. With sunshine bright and pleasant breeze, pleasant breeze Look far and near but you'll not spy, A fairer spot than old Bloom High. Ill. We mingle all our work with fun. with fun, Our wisdom dazzles everyone, everyone, Our Seniors are the brightest in the land There's nothing they don't understancl. 119 'Lao sf F gwkx r 3 fif- Ff ,jxisifgkg ' if-il V AAI iq 65. K . w 1 1 QQ:fsfg1 jTH ?i Q eC,QQm AD i v X 1, . gm vffi r O' , pg! +7 ,WL Q ': ,W A C Wd, .N L .1 ,Al Y ,N ju jj l Q' 81.11 ,Q ,N 5? I J M ?' E L' x ,Hui C4 C21 gy . T XS: 1 iw Wil ff P gf ? - 5 :L -Q 15,- ' Er,- , X K f 1 Y Is- 1 ' if 'yu 1 K, t , 1 J. I Q! L. ' ' Q 3, xv gx fx A ,' gm, X x A-7 1 f pg 1 xxgl 2 W 1 - Rl W I W N ff 1 r- R1 sf Plz' ' A ? Y fa 120, fm I 1 ffl ' fu ZQA - Y f i -l-..,-g' ' fr' 1 .4 K ':,:-:- s + -125 ii W- ff f':::4......., f'32 19' 1 Sf' -f2 'K1f?151f'5 G33 2 a,f:f'H?ff+1f - H wifi, EI 1 1.3 3:25 f1lfK..lw'J ' 'il A V,,f:'II.'D? C I I I N I ulllllllllllllllIlllllllll!lEESl!E Hiilliigill fl - .. 'NN-Q 'I Xi . P, v a S E2 'iffl I K i XZ, YNV'Y1VVI'Nll1lH llllllllmllll lllllll N IIHIV ll IXNIIIVII ll lllllWllill I lWUIl'lllIIlIllllllllllklillllllllllmkwg I: H I I -51,1 gl i ' ' S' I 'I- N ' ' f '55 Ci ' I 5 I I ADMINISTRATION fx Q S MIlHHlllllifilllllffllllllllllllllllllllllHIUIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIWHIHIIIHHIIIIIIIHIIIIUIIIMIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDIIIIIIIIIII HIHIIHIHHHIIIIIIRM X eff 1-He: Bcoom FACTS ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL In the spring of l900. the people of Bloom Township decided by vote that a township high school should be established in the community in place of the old city high school. A Board was elected and in the following September B. T. H. 5. was opened in four rooms in the Washington School, with a faculty of three teachers and twenty students. A bond issue of 540,000 was approved for the purchase of a site and the erection of a building. ln l902, a new 535.000 school building was completed on the four-acre site lying south and west of the intersection of the two highways which have become famous as the Lincoln and the Dixie. This building. which forms the eastern half of our present building, was the pride of the township. In 1908 Mr. Boyer, the present principal. took charge of this high school and established a business course to meet the demands of a rapidly growing commercial city. Manual Training was made a department in l909. In l9l0, it was necessary to issue 350,000 in bonds to accommodate the new departments and the growing enrollment. ln l9l l, the new addition to the school was Finished, except for some space which was not needed at that time, and this with the original building forms the whole of the present school. Because of this addition. Domestic Science was made possible and new head- quarters for Manual Training were provided. ln l9l4. girls' physical training was introduced in the gymnasium which had not been completed with the l9l0 addition. - ln l9l6, more of the un- hnished rooms of the l9l0 addition were ready for use and boys' physical training was introduced at this time. There were now 3l5 pupils and sixteen teachers in the high school. ln l9l9i tennis courts were laid out in an acre plot north of the school on the Lincoln Highway, near the place where the old Town Hall had form- erly been. During the five years after l9l7, the school doubled its enrollment, so that it was necessary in l922 to purchase another building which was con- verted from a residence to the North Hall. This building contains four class rooms and a much-needed boys' dressing room. Our school's growth in less than a quarter of a century from twenty pupils and three teachers to six hundred eighty-three pupils and thirty-seven teachers reveals the progress that our township has made and goes to prove that. with the present rate of increase in attendance. it will not be long before a new school will have to be built. ROBERT BURDETT. .'Z4. 422i r t fl lll!ru.,l Juv L THE BLOOM BOARD OF EDUCATION BLOOM TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL MR. l'I. M. MACKE, President MR. G. S. ANGIJS, Secretary MR. FRANK DeBOl.'I' MR. W. MATHEWS MR. ECKFELDT Bloom Township High School offers modern high school courses. The law provides free tuition for all eighth grade graduates, regardless of the district in which they reside. All correspondence should be addressed to the princi- pal. Mr. E. l... Boyer. 4233 , fi M U ..,. , sr, 'fHaQL, QQfiL 'B 'm 2,9 L. C 6 w fu 9 Q gi C243 C . , l-IW so aijfifis sworn s . f S, S 1 3 THE DEPARTMENTS IN I922-23 Any changes in the departments this year have been additions or im- , provements. For instance. we have a new Art Department. There have A been two double period classes in Freehand Drawing both semesters. The S students in these classes have, by supplying us with striking and beautiful posters, helped various school enterprises. such as parties. plays, entertain- L ments, and Good English Week. The old departments have grown. The English Department has one more teacher this year. making seven in all. The demand of the freshmen lor Latin has never been so great. and the interest of all the pupils in Latin I xi 0 :YJ -it t t Q' has been shown in the popularity and the success of the Latin Club. There are two more teachers in the Commercial Department. and a new course. Commercial Law. The Social Science Department has introduced Political Economy this second semester. lt is a very popular course with the senior boys. The Biology Department is offering Botany which has not been on our program for two years. There is evidence of the growth of all these depart- ments in the fact that we have needed a librarian who spends all her time in our own library. MINNIE M. MOSES. '24. C257 .A Y , fvlvvfhl , Yfvvfl.. f-M we 1:1140-gt, r I 'rf-me Bz,oon'i W c 5 Eg 1263 , H -4-I-4-W - --M -V ...'!-3-q' 'ms Bcoom Q Q. , ig Ef E' f a 'V WVAQ Ol 'S N 9 W ,-In ,Ji - f 5 K rxmfbv Q A wc. N i, 5f ,S.g2lJ..f2mufv11Q AIQQW Fiw. Jw V . 5 , FA 'S WJ l x MN HI M ' fl , f We -N-f fsi R i A It ! . Vi Xi N-IVAN Q? LIC L iw . qvi2Lr?'W!THE BL0000 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS-FACULTY MEETING ACT I. Scene I Room 24 About 3:l5 Enter Mr. Boyer, followed by all the teachers, who display the boisterous and carefree manner, carried by only those whose minds are unoppressed by any sort of worry. Mr. Boyer: Now. if you'll all be quiet, please, we'll begin. We have assembled in order to discuss a plan which, if we find it advisable, we may adopt for Bloom. I am referring to the student government idea. I have in my hand a small pamphlet which explains this system very clearly. Mr. McDonald, please give one of these to every other teacher in the odd-numbered rows, and to everyone in the even-numbered rows. After each has read the pamphlet through. I should like to hear from those who have opinions to offer or who do not understand some particular phase of the plan. I do not want any of you to have a mistaken idea or a misunderstanding. like the Irishman, who was standing outside of his house one morning, shaving himself. His landlord came along and stopped and regarded him anxiously for a moment and then asked. Why, Pat, do you always shave outside? Whoi. sure. answered Pat, Did ye think I was fur-lined? ffeachers all laugh uproariously except a few who fail to see the pointj Mr. Halteman: Now, if I understand it correctly, the plan is simply this: some of the responsibility of the school is put on the shoulders of the students. Mr. Boyer: That is exactly right. Mr. Halteman: Now, folks, I think it is certainly a line idea. After all, it isn't simply that little diploma that students get after four years. It is the development of manhood and womanhood, and the quality of leadership, and the ability to accomplish things. Prof. 0. I-Iowbright, the famous statistician of Knocks College, says, Student government is one of the finest ideas brought to this country since Woman Suiiragef' Mr. Toll: I think that the school needs a little school spirit. They talk about school spirit, but when it comes to backing the school, it isn't done as it used to be. Why, I remember when I was in school we put a freshman under the showers because he said that the baseball team was pretty rotten. Now. if a freshman said that- Mr. Boyer: Yes. Mr. Toll. but we don't want any of that here. Miss Bressie. registering pained surprise: Whoever printed these pamp- Iets has put a comma splice and a dangling participle in two of the sentences. Miss Trout: I am wondering if we would use the Party Column Ballot or the Otlice Column Ballot in voting for mayor. Mr. Boyer. registering disapproval: I wish that if Miss Bliss and Miss Wallace have any whispering lo do. they would do it outside. CA tense silence can be heard all over the room. Miss Bliss and Miss Wallace are obviously crushed., 1233 w '-'hwt sp,g,:afss.ZgrtiilEGQQgyot9eg7E sQf7sf9'J1'T Mr. Black: I am afraid James Funk and some of those unscrupulous politicians would stuff the ballot boxes. Clihere is another sudden silence as Mr. Boyer's keen eyes turn towards a group in the corner where Mr. Nelson, Mr. Lean. and Mr. Freese have their heads together. A subdued voice Hoats from that directionj No, l don't Q think Firpo has any chance at all with Dempseyln Miss Whitten: Sh-h-h-h. : ffhe quartet, suddenly finding themselves under ' 4' L- scrutinizing gaze. straighten up and try to look as uncon- J cerned as possiblej K? , J Mr. Boyer: l think we will bring the discussion to a close and vote on i sr A the matter. Will any one make a motion? ' I Miss Stark: I move that Bloom adopt th: system of student govern- A ' ment. A Mr. Toll: Second motion. tj, i Mr. Boyer: Moved and seconded. Are you ready for the question? 5, All in favor of adopting the system will please say aye. 3 . - X i all Teachers' voices fvery loudjz Ayel ' l s '7 Mrl Boyer: Contrary. no. k fy. Teachers' voice fequally loudlz No! U., Mr. Boyer: The ayes have it. The reason the Noes sounded so lourl t S? : was that Miss Service, Mr. Black. and Mr. Stone yelled louder than anyone f x 5 G else. The meeting is now adjourned. A fCurtain.J JOHN BASSLER, '24. i l AND so IT coils P ln our great school. we learn to bark, 5 1 By the skillful training of Miss Stark: 5 And if in Glee Club a note we miss. ,lg A look of scorn comes from Miss Bliss: ' And if at noon our eats are rotten, The blame is always put on Miss Cotton. fig When with a pencil we make a dash. i Cf' We are praised highly by Miss Ash. if g I If in the gym a man is seen. i , lt's only our coach. Mr. Lean. V And when in sewing a dress is hung, lt is measured properly by Miss Young: W Y When we are not a loyal soul. 4 We're lectured to by Mr. Toll. l-'H 55 1 And if we happen a door to bang. ' S . We are chased down by Mr. Lange, F S ,Q ' And so even in dear old Bloom ' I We can't tell when we'll meet our doom. KENNETH MOTLONG. '23. 5: mfs ! nv' r r vii' U mm l - ' . 3 i - 4 'D W 'Ni' 4- 74' ,L LCC Xiffii .-.1 I' . ailiexffl 'J A fifi5iQiQf-06110 i 9 7 If I x '71 Q A . 1 l - I :JV 1 ,FN Qxi fs my u ?AcgYL11Ei 4 I . 'L' -' s ' . 5' :wwf ' faqs? -V-mmf, fi JTHE BLQQQEI EACULTY 1922-23 , E. L. Boyer, Principal MATHEMATICS Mr. J. R. McDonald Mr. R. B. Stone Miss Ruth Dyer Miss Mabel Whitten . Miss Evangeline Peterson 4 ENGLISH Miss Florence Wallace Miss Ramona Bressie Miss Bessie Stewart Miss Ora Tlieobald Miss Zada Thnrnsburgh Miss Merle Turner SCIENCE Mr. C. 1. Hnlteman .Mr. E. R. Nelson Miss Altha Haviland Miss Caroline Service HISTORY Miss Adeline Smith Miss Frances Trosl ' Mr. W. H. Black ' LANGUAGE Miss I'Iilcla Buescher Miss Aloa Haskett Miss Viola I-Imr MANUAL TRAINING ---.. -.-avi,-.3 . 4 9 I Mr. W. P. Dyer Mr. W. W. Freese f ' Home Ecowoxvucs T Miss Blanche Young Miss Mabel Cotton PUBLIC SPEAKING Miss C-:eil Stark ff COMMERCIAL 7 Miss Berylcline Sullards Miss Alma Galsler 3 Miss Joy Cowen Miss Alice Saller Mr. Arno Toll MUSIC A ' Miss Flora Bliss I 4 ART QL ' Miss Mary Erma Ash ' PHYSICAL TRAINING A Mr. E. G. Lean N Miss' Leila Veazey LIBRARIAN - ' Miss Elsa Koupal PRINCIPAUS SECRETARY Miss Hildur Scderman s . C315 f E51 LQQM F . figs, , A - -Y '-- e- no 4 ll F' I ' kill .jr f Oi Wt-IO'S WHO IN FACULTY jj DM 1 . 51 Miss Ash. the prettiest drawing teacher we ever had. 6 jf. Miss Bliss. the teacher who disturbs the eighth hour every Monday with lljl orchestra practice. fig Miss Bueschefs place of business is located beside the only pencil sharpener in the Shack. K3 C s QQ! Mr. l..ean's official business is to walk up and down the sidelines with a 3' i. .X frown on his face. . . ,Cf Mr. Nelson takes tickets at the ball park and opens windows in the i Assembly. 7 ly Miss Wallace is the official bouncer. She sees that everyone has enough . l F credits so that no more seniors than necessary will be left on her hands. Miss Bressie's business is to scare all the juniors so that too many won't take YQ. fourth year English. She is in partnership with Miss Wallace. i Mr. Black upholds the educational standard of the faculty. -Q A.. I U . e 'ggi Miss Galster plays the victrola for the school. v ll ,grfll Miss Koupal reigns over the place where all students go after they get vii, ' ,ui mad at the Assembly teacher. .Q Ju -If Mr. Halteman. the man who runs around school in his long, gray nightgown. Mr. Toll, the great exponent of usthchool sthpiritf' J 1 Mr. McDonald--'smatler, Pop! .lx Mr. Stone. they say he's a brick. - Miss Whitten, the keeper of the nursery. 3 E NJ Miss Stewart. the one above us. 'I Mr. Freese, the bashful bachelor of North Hall. fl? Miss Haviland, the teacher of bugs. j cg Q!! i Miss Smith- Don't laugh, it's too gratifying. 3 .1 Miss Young. the teacher who will never be old. U N, Miss Haskett, who with Miss Herr's help taught Caesar to write his Com- L mentanes. .I h Miss Veazey. who chases the boys away from ' the gym door during I ml Festival practice. ' Al ' fam V Y f X . 4- ' 1 , ., F Q V f For -------in I Q ' X . HE HEJQUQL.. . 9 Q ' L iq FACULTY l7OOl.lSl'lNllSS It 7 Porky: lf l had a horse and he died on me, what should l do? 'Y 5 jim: Debit expense. ' Panzar: No, take it off. 9 va as as L Miss Ash: You can always make the best designs when you are fres Q You all ought to be good designers. YVQ e s e A i Miss Haviland: What is the highest form of animal life? L Student: The giraffe, t as as as I Miss Service What goes down the alimentary canal? 'A lj Student: Floating ribs. s , 1 -xmas Y Freshie: ls he a deep thinker? Q7 She: He must he: his ideas never come to the surface. r S5 -if as as Q Bob. holding up drawing: lsn't it pretty P' f ,T Miss Ash: Yes, pretty poor. 4.1 as as we C Miss Smith: Can't you answer this question? Q W. P.: l can. but it won't be right. ' 1 m x 4 E Spift: l saw a fellow jump elf a ten-story building the other day in rg Chicago. Mr. Black: Commuting suicide? Y ' Spitt: No, just practicing. 5, 96 as as A V Bob: Was she shy when you asked her her age? g Rich: Yes, about ten years. ' 15564 Y . . Prof: Fools ask more questions than wise men can answer. 31 g Student: Heck, yes! That's why l Hunlced last year. 1335 5.1 f , :we 1.-. i l' 7. V Y X x 1 1 ' .,.'?Z..m..i if M Jcmmvs .f can ' f . , WH-df. , gl 5 5 5 qi -- - ---- --A ---- 4 .Y.-, .,.?-.,x - , iw- B bi as-Mafafg? ill!!! EDITORIALS -:SJ x V A E-31 ,. A QV V lllilllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllIllllIIIlHHIIHIHUIIIIIIHINHIHHUHIIIHIIHIUIIHIIIMIHIIIIHHHIRIHITIHIHHIHIIHI IHIIIHIIIHIIIIIIIQ L ' ' -1 Rumi-gs ' .. ,,,,:.f' 'fljgf 1-jj ' -fi . , -- .. ,wg,..--1. ...HY,,vg- '-: f - - - 'wwf' , X .fwf--ff--- 5. .rar - - - -f.'i:ff?2i LQ---wma, --iii: I - f, ' .H qs 'N , 'Q 'GS D 'fi 1 -,lx WM 2 541 .. 'fgyf' kan l -2 1 Envvnnnmnmmmnnmwllumczlnumnmummlnmnllnlnwll'llmlAlnlnllllmmmluumml- ' 'Zigi aQ171an E ff ggzxekfff 'T 'gi ,5,,,,.- , 1 'N' R I ei ' . fm.. .n-,.,. ...M-. -..., ., ....... .-hm. ..,. - ..., ..,.............mm.,,...,...'..1....-.,.....-w.....4-,Q n Q XXM K X K R v ky f :vii 'P 1 SX his 13. I R 'Q 17 T 'SQ 'FHG34 gt ff XX vwm?gi-i W ir UWA A-F5-WA E DI TDRL L A fm , , .. r THE BLOOM PROGRAM FOR B. T. H. S. DEVELOPMENT l. Plan Bigger and Better Annual 2. Publish School Newspaper 3. Support Student Self Government 4. Push Athletic Field Project 5. Boost New High School Building We have. in this Bloom, endeavored to give a faithful account ol all school activities. such as studies, athletics, and parties. We have attempted to enliven this book and erzdear it to you for the future by printing snap- shots and photographs of the students and of the faculty and glimpses ol the school. We have also. in our effort to please, collected cartoons, jokes and stories which although done by amateurs, we hope will meet with the approval of all who read. To increase the price of The Bloom to Sl.00 required the efforts of most of the stall and the faculty advisers, and even after these efforts. it was doubt- ful whether there would be an increase. The prevailing argument of those opposed was that many students would balk at the outrageous price of one hundred pennies and go without a Bloom. This argument might be con-- sidered very good were it not for the fact that we are constantly reminded that almost all of the students of our school have plenty of spending money. The students subscribe for pennants at SL00 without a question, buy tickets to the Proms at 5li.50. and season football tickets at Sl.00. Should the year book. the book which represents to the seniors the cherished memories of their school days, and to the rest of the school the best efforts and most vital interests of the student body. sell for 50c? Should this year book be rated so cheap and unimportant? We do not say this to complain, but we cannot help but feel that the estimate of a year book has been and still is far too low. The Bloom should be recognized as worth more than a pennant. a Prom, or an athletic ticket. We have tried to raise the standard of the publication, and to produce a book worthy of the school. and we feel that we have had a certain measure of success. Class of '24-we expect you to go far beyond what we have done and to produce a first-prize publication. 1365 Sli! . , - . 2' ' 'Two 'E'17'YT1:f-, -, ,, THE BLOOD! THE NEED OF A NEW SCHOOLHOUSE Still sits the schoolhouse by the road, The rising sun a-viewin' A mighty palace once it seemed But now we need a new un. Long years ago the winter's sun ln any kind of weather. Saw just a few Bloom students, but Them days is gone forever. Within, the teachers' desks are seen ln halls and everywheres. The students sit upon the floor And now we ask, uwho cares? Now Bloom Township High School. The Alma Mater dear Of many loyal alumni, ls getting small we fear. Still memory to a grand old school. The building stands quite out of date And tho' it's old and picturesque, lt's quite inadequate. We live to learn in life's hard school, How few things last forever. Though Bloom High once was plenty big Them days is gone forever. 6 j. M. ARE- You A SELF-STARTERQ Are you a self-starter or must you be cranked? People. like automobiles. can be divided into two classes. The one class comprises the self-starters. the other those that must be crantked. To which class do you belong? Are you a self-starter. that is. do you act upon your own initiative and do things of your own accord, or do you wait until you are told to do a certain task or even until you are forced to do it? ln other words, must you be cranked? just as the self-starter automobile is a valuable asset to a business man, so is the self-starter person to a large business concern. He is the person that ultimately succeeds. Like the self-starter automobile, the self-starter employee not only saves the time. but also the patience and temper of his employer. What a difference between a self-starter and one that belongs to the other class! The latter works merely for the money. very often shirks his duties and waits until told to do a thing for fear he may do too much. These two classes, however, exist not only in business life, but also in school life. Take for instance the student, boy or girl, who tries to get by 1375 fag , -Leg 3. JJ- - Y- sfsc 351 7 Q4-4, r is fi'g0' G . sv-. . 4410 , ,J 1 2 N c a as San . l 9 5 go on 5 l tr A M .N it hi 'rt-it-: BLOG seem with as little study and honest work as possible, that is. he works only when absolutely necessary or when compelled to do so. ls not he or she one that must be cranked? ls such a student a valuable asset to the school? Do you belong to this class? Be honest with yourself. lt you do. wouldn't you rather be a self-starter, a student who performs his work faithfully. punctually. and well, of his own accord, for his own interest and for that of the school? If the practice of being a self-starter is firmly established during school life. it will become a hxed habit. Automobiles that must be cranked are steadily going out of use and besides they are considered old-fashioned. Since we as a general rule do not like to be called old-fashionecll let us then not be old-fashioned in this respect, but let us all be self-starters. AGATHA WENTE. '24, CLASS OF '24, ATTENTION! V Juniors, l should like to ask a simple question, merely this: ls the Class of i924 a lazy crowd, having no interest in the progress of Bloom? All-right, all right, you needn't yell so loud. We heard you the first time. It you are as full of PEP as you claim. let's see you publish a newspaper next year. Such a paper should contain school news. announcements. personal items, editorials. jokes, scholarship records, and worthy literary efforts. The seniors should edit the paper because they are more mature and experienced than the others: however, the entire school should have a hand in the work in order to make a real school newspaper. Some chronic pessimisls, of course. will say, Too much work for nothing. Wasted energy, What's the use, etc. But let me say that any effort put on the school paper is not wasted. ln the hrst place a school newspaper would kindle and encourage a greater interest in all school activities. Another point in favor of the newspaper is that it would provide interesting employment for students who are not otherwise much interested in school activities. This work. besides giving them something to do, would give tn all those engaged in it train- ing in journalism which is a most interesting, educational, and well paying profession. Another point in favor of the newspaper is that it would help make a better Annual, fthe most cherished possession of an alumnusl, causing a journalistic feeling to pervade the air throughout the year. The newspaper on file would also remove the necessity of keeping a calendar. A school paper would attract the attention of the parents of the pupils and also a good number of people not connected with the school in any way. These outsiders would then become interested in the school and such interest would be for the mutual benefit of the school and the community. Such a paper as we are speaking of would be a success if the student body entered into it with all the energy and enthusiasm that we know they possess. A paper would be self-supporting if 400 students would subscribe and we feel conhdent that there are 400 loyal students at Bloom who would do their hit in making this paper a success. Bloom can put out a successful newspaper because we have as much pep and ability as any school and many high schools publish a weekly newspaper. ln a school that has no newspaper, the school spirit cannot be kept alive and if there is no school spirit, woe unto the school! 'hi' Class of '24, it's up to you to take the first action in this project at the iN1 commencement of school next tems and put it across. Let's Go! W. P. A t38l Q 2 gfff :lf'i' if if J 0 5,2?QT..f 4? l E In THE BLOOU! THE BLQQM BOOSTER Crowd Al l0.00l'l.Witneu Tlrrlble Slaughter ol Ex-Clnmpa lla- ahhh- sm. Tllh sau his wh.. uh- chihhhh., ni.-nh.. sh.....i.y a.. .hh .hh h. sihgg Phu, mhhih h-.Sha hh. ...hhr-hi hh... ohl. rhn. .h .hh ...hh hl gs ... 0. .hhh .hhihx .hh smh hhhmvihh- hhi... A ...wa hi nomo wh. hh und hh.. h..p.h..h.i .hh.. hh. ...mi hc .hh .ih....y hy hhhh.h hhshh -ohm hhvh .hhha .hh In-nl. Md KM!! hem one. Ih .hh hr.. hum.. ahiih Cum prhyha h h.hnh. ...uh hy VUL I ILOOM HIGPL XYDIEK ll. IIS NRI , - ., Bl0OlIl C111 he P21'li Mn Toll TERM New School H Soon Ready X .'2.Zl,gf.,, Nh. xml .F lghfhhh.. Ai- - hun.: ,L 5-, T620 I-rhh hi.. Nsxgnnaufzvnhhhhhi. . 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Have the teams of Bloom that spirit? l recall that in a game played on our floor, some of the members of our team were quarreling during rest periods. One boy had made a mistake that proved to be the break of the game. Although he knew he had committed a terrible error and had determined to fight harder, some of the boys razzed him for his mistake. Consequently. the boy played the rest of the game without fight, for he thought he never again could play on the team. As a result Bloom lost the game, while if the boys on the team had encouraged him he might have made up for his mistake. Helping a team mate in a game is only one of the many ways in which a boy may show his team spirit. Perhaps the most important way is by keep- ing training. By keeping training. he shows that he is willing to give up harmful habits for the honor of playing on a team. Thus he sets an example for future athletes. Do the members of the team really feel that they must observe training rules? Does the school expect from her athletes such training? ls there any encouragement or commendation from the team or from the school for those who do keep training? We believe that Bloom should build up a student sentiment so strong that the fear of student disapproval resulting in loss of popularity or even dismissal from the team, would hold every athlete to a rigid observance of training rules. Then, and only then, will Bloom have winning team spirit. ' HARRY LANGE, '24. SCHOOL PARTIFS There has been an unusual amount of criticism of school parties this year and although some pupils have had good times at these parties, we have cause to believe that the criticism has some justification. The decrease of numbers at the parties and the criticism by the ones who do come go to show that something is wrong. The parties evidently do not fulfil their purpose which is to give the students a good time. The complaint which is unanimously expressed is that dancing, as it is carried on, does not give entertainment to all who come. Some do not care to dance, while others who would like to dance do not have partners. School parties have become clique dances. Of course, we all naturally prefer to dance with our friends. but the parties must change their character if they are to remain truly school affairs. There is only one way to do this and that is to be sure that everyone present has a good time. Of course. it is said that those who don't dance can stay at home. or play bunco in the library. But since dancing and bunco do not satisfy. sdme other entertainment must be provided that will give every- body a good time. We suggest that. since all-school parties become stale, we have fewer of them-not more than three evening parties in a semester. Make each party novel: this was the plan at the start but it has died out. A good program interests all and starts the evening right. Don't send some to play games, others to dance. for this breaks up the spirit. Play games first and then go to the gym and dance. Have novel features during the dancing, especially those which will mix up the crowd. Then eliminate program dances. except when there are proms. Could not the student council undertake the respon- f40l LCC M 5456565 sibility for all-school parties, appointing the committees, and directing their work? j. M. ON BLUFFERS As l walk through the corridors of Bloom Township High School, l scan the faces of many pupils to read what their life has, so far, done to them. Here comes one bright looking lad. He looks honest, straight forward, and intelligent. Behind him walks a girl who looks as if she were indifferent and uninterested. But follow her to her class room and watch her bluff. She is in hopes that she will not be called upon to recite if she assumes the appear- ance of knowing the lesson. Oh, but let the teacher call her bluff, then will her excuses hold watern? Perhaps her book is lost. perhaps she has been feeling ill. or didn't have time or didn't understand the assignment, but why do all these things always happen to her and not to others? The probable truth is that she is too lazy or cares more for other pleasures than the learn- ing for which she has an opportunity. Oh, these everlasting bluffersl That they might be cast out of class, out of school, out of everywhere, to make room for those who desire educational advantages, who crave them and are willing to work hard to gain them! Of what use are bluffers? What do they give in return for the time, attention, energy expended to educate them? Absolutely nothing! . Let's make it so hot for them here in Bloom, that they'll have to reform or get out. Wok say T' ADELE MERNITZ, '24. THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT Bloom is and always has been one of the most progressive of high schools. fAny denials? If so, speak now, or forever hold your peacej Several other high schools had tried the Student Government plan successfully. The high school does not live that can put Bloom in the shade in any way, so naturally- Paul Shanks and Alice DeBolt-very properly chaperoned by Miss Sullards of the faculty, took a journey to Lindbloom High, one of the successful users of the plan, to get the dope. Here, after an all day visit, a nice line was gathered and brought back to us. This Miss Sullards proceeded to unload on in Seniors in the only peaceful meeting of the year. Little was accomplished at first and Student Government seemed to have been forgotten. but after a few weeks of unfruitful search for something excit- ing, someone played the chimney sweep stunt on the seniors' brains and the Student Government plan was revived. Things went well. Several seniors met with the junior class and explained the whole plan to them and they in turn passed it to the sophomores and freshmen. Interest ran high: a committee consisting of Paul Shanks. Chairman. James Mount. Evelyn Gibbs, Wilma Hirsbrunner, Kathryn Philips, Robert S. Philip, Isabel Mathews, and Lawrence Schmeckebier drew up a constitution, and one brilliant morning it was read in the Assembly by Evelyn Gibbs, and approved unanimously by the school. Then Mr. Boyer gave the students warning to watch for candidates for the city offices. lf interest ran high at the appointing of the constitution committee, it surely broke all bounds and flooded the earth when it came time to pick candidates for office. P. K. Shanks was the chosen man of the girls for Mayor, and soon Leon Lassers appeared in the role of champion of the boys for the above mentioned position. Many H13 fl, . .vi kHiV,iiJJ ' ' 1 ' W sfw' ff? 964' it 5:--1 .Qi-A 1 ,J 1 'oizmwl THE BLQOMS :new 1 OFFICERS UI THE CITY GF BLOOM Top Row, lt-ft to rlrrht-Leon Lnssurs, Cuixiintsstoiiei' ot' Puhlic Acllvltles: Pnul Burilott. Commlssluner of Puhllc Safety. Mldrlle Row-Robert Pllllllt, Fire Mrtrsllnlt XYnll0r Krebs. lfrirtunisslolwl' uf Plllv- lldlyi YVtlfred U0hV0ulDll . Cltlizt' of Police! Nells Vllltderilterg, Clly Judrro: XVtllis Helrrick, Colninlssloner nf Puhllc Improvements: Jiunes Funk, City Attorna-y: Raylnond Ainscouprli, City Treasurer. Bottom Row--Ethel Lee, Coimnlssloner of Pnhlicltyg Martlin Gawenis, Clty Clerk: Pnul K. Shanks, Itlnyor: lffztlrel Mathews, liept. Coinrnlssloner of Pnhltc Tm- nrovemenls: Xlfllmu Hirsbrunner. Police Mntron: Unrhnrn Mobnwell. Dept. Coinmisstoner of Puhllclty. Chester tt'llder tnot tu nlctun-J Cltx' Englneer budding romances were shattered when some boys failed to pull for Shanks. Every day speeches like this were made by some of the girls, lf you don't pull for Shanks, you're no friend of mine. What! are you for Lassers? --l'm off you for life. But Lassers and Shanks were not the only ones for Mayor. for soon it became known that -the hats of Robert Philip and Arthur Showalter were in the ring. More battles and excitement! So much for the Mayorship. Soon after campaigning started, it became known that Martha Gawenis was the only real contender for City Clerk's office: the City judgeship was jumped at by -Nelis Vandenberg, Lawrence Schmeckebief, Robert Philip: Ray Ainscaugh. Paul Burdett, Walter Rathe. and Harold Jennings did battle for the job of treasurer, while Walter Panzar and James Funk fought a duel for the position of Prosecuting Attorney. The day for nominating candidates rolled around. Shanks, Lassers. and Art Showalter were high men for Mayor. Nelis Vandenberg. Schmeckebier. and Philip. who withdrew as a candidate for Mayor. ran big for Judge. James Funk was nominated for City Attorney along with Walter Panzar. Martha Gawenis was very high as City Clerk for she had no competition. Ray Ain- cough, Paul Burdett. and Harold Jennings were foremost candidates for City Treasurer. The day before the real election, Mr. Boyer allowed time fur each candi- date for olfico to make a speech in the Assembly. Each candidate for Mayor U27 , ., CF.. ee-L wfv- ' Y ,. , THE FBLOOU! was to have three minutes and the other candidates for the other offices were allowed two minutes each. Arthur Showalter spoke first and set forth his qualities very well. He had made no party alhliationf' he wore no man's collar, he would-Thumpl The iron fist of Mr. Boyer descended and his speech was over, as specified by the time limit. The next speaker, as candidate for Mayor, was Leon Lassers. Mr. Lassers in glowing phrases and well chosen words endeavored to portray the qualities to he looked for in a Mayor and how to find them. The speech became good and Lassers was waxing eloquent: The Mayor must be fearless in the pushing of his convictions, honest, capable. -Thumpl again the hst descended and the speech was over. We are sorry you did not finish. Mr. Lassers, for we feel that you had something valuable to tell us. The next speaker was Paul K. Shanks, who made a plea for loyalty to our school and country. We will now pass on to the speech of Lawrence Schmeckeloier as he ran as a dark horse for judge. It was good. but it. like his campaigning, came a little late. james Funk, candidate for City Attorney, took the platform next and freed himself of his thoughts. He concluded with, All l have to offer to you is myself-just as l am, and escaped the thump of the time limit. Nelis Vandenberg. candidate for judge. simply stated that if they thought he was capable he would he grateful for their support. A fine sentiment. Nelis! It was not so much the speeches, but the spirit in which they were de- livered that showed that everyone of the candidates seriously realized that holding office would call for his best. lf our luck is good, the City Govern- ment p'an will he a success. Now the election is over: it is all finished but the shouting and that is gradually dying away. Paul Shanks is Mayor, Nelis Vandenherg is judge. Martha Gawenis is Clerk, james Funk is Attorney, and Ray Ainscough is Treasurer. The first administration has started its work and needs your hack- ing. Ce! behind them, students! You chose theml Now back them to the last ditch. Do not feel that you are helping them personally by giving them your support. You are helping yourself. your school, the only and best school in the worid-Bloom! ' JAMES FUNK. '23, ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF BLOOM SENIORS-Walter Panzar. Aldennan at large: Carolyn Bahlman. Evelyn Gibbs. Milton johnson, Thomas McEldowney, Laura Miles, Kathleen Patterson. Harry Ruhe, Lawrence Schmeckehier. JUNIORS-Robert Burdett. Ellen Caskey. lone Eager. Castle Freeman, Ruth Martin, Adele Mernitz, Neil Merrick, Melvin Schulze. SOPHOMORIB-Loyal Hedrick. Frances jirtle. Harry Lange. Loraine Shanks. Sam Shift, Kathryn Strope. Louise Vannatta. FRILSHNIENA-Lula Faulkner, james Gaffney, Margaret McKay, Carl Peterson. Fred Ruhe. Adeline Saller. - C433 if-CL V' , . LMC 1 'vhseeffsssffssi 'me oowgifagssffaaaew SPEECH Speech delivered February 22, when honor students were recognized lt is customary in this school to pay honor to the baseball players, the basketball players. and the football players. We have given cheerfully and loyally the credit due to those who have represented our school in athletics. We have also- attended the performances given by the Dramatic Club, the Orchestra. the Band, and Glee Clubs and have applauded with appreciation and sincerity. However. we must not forget to give due honor to those who are carry- ing high the standards of scholarship. As an assembled group we have not been able to see certain members of the school carry the ball over the goal in Geometry. make steady five-yard gains in English, toss the ball into the basket with a smooth Latin translation, knock a home run in Historyjor win the hundred-yard dash in Science. The student's work is done without cheering from the side lines or balconies. We hold no snake dances to spur him on to renewed activity. His only reward is usually just a word of commendation from the teacher, and perhaps the title of shark among his classmates. When schools were first originated the fundamental idea was education of the mind. The other activities were usually entirely separate from the school. Not only was this true. but a student had to show signs of good scholarship or he was not allowed to remain in school at all. 150 you see what privileges some of you are enjoying., Plato had a sign over the door of his school which read, Let none unacquainted with geometry enter here. This shows that the demands made upon the students in the time of Plato. were extremely rigid. ' Do you remember last fall when we went up to Harvey to play football? We took our band and a large crowd in two chartered cars. l do not suppose that there are many who do not remember that game. ln the first quarter the ball see-sawed back and forth without a score for either side. ln the seeoncl quarter we reached a spot about thirty-five yards from l'larvey's goal line. The ball was given to Van for a forward pass. Our hearts stood still as he sent it flying through the air. and we wondered whether or not the pass would be compl-ted. But Sauter was right there, and we gave a mighty cheer as he caught the ball and carried it over the goal line. That was a glorious moment in the history of Bloom. The players who represented us that day were the best that Bloom had in speed, skill, and strength. . Now the people whom you have just seen here on the platform, the honor students. are the best Bloom has in scholarship., They have necessarily denied themselves pleasure on the tennis courts or in the gymnasium, and have applied themselves earnestly and faithfully to the attainment of their goal: it is only just, therefore, that we hold them in highest esteem and' we set aside this time in order that we may give them the recognition which they so surely deserve. JOHN BASSLER. '24. 1445 cab 1:32 ,Q-of 1' i i THE 9912991 HIGH HONORS FOR SUVIESTER ENDING JANUARY 29, l923 SENIORS ,IUNIORS SOPHOMORES FRBSHMEN Martha Cawenis Minnie Moses Leora Edwards Marie Hartmann Harry Ruhe Willis Helfriclr Edna Rauhut HONORS SENIORS Carolyn Bahlmann Evelyn Brown Dorothy Chandler Dorothea Fletcher Elnora Brown lone Eager Marion Etten Anthony D'Andrea Charles Donovan Agnes Felt Lilah Hall Marion Adair Florence Albrecht Ethel Anderson Dorothy Boyer Frank Brett Carolin Brown Dorothy Cohea Dagmar Daven Elizabeth Davis Alexander Dzikas Bernice Helme Marie Hoffman Evelyn Gibbs Frances Haessler june Johnson Maurine johnson Jumorzs Helen Hartmann Louise Jaeniclte SOPHOMORILS I Frances Hoffman- Helen McGrath Hazel Millar Charlotte Mundt FRESHMEN Allen lrwin Viola johnson Lillian King Evelyn Krueger Aria La Morticelli Norman Link Helen Madura Mary Moore Elsie Olsen Florene Pensinger Esther Peterson Durand Petritsch Milton Johnson james Mount Walter Panzar Kathryn Philips Adele Mernitz Victor Towle Fred Ohlendorf Mildred Soltolowslti Harold Solomon William Vohs Eleanor Pfeil Adeline Saller Edna Schramm Mary Towle Anna Tribo Adeline Trotier Louise Vannatta Ferna Van Voorhis Charlotte Wallace Dorothea Wiechmnnn Lillian Wiiltcning Mary Zaranka THE ILLINI CUP Heretofore. the honor students have received no more dehnite reward than mention of their names from the Assembly platform. The lllini Club of Chi- cago Heights it about to present a cup to the school on which will be engraved each year the name of the senior who has the highest scholarship average for the four-year course, This will truly be an honor worth striving for and after forty years or so when the cup is covered with the names of those who have won the highest honors in Bloom during that period, it will be interesting to read the inscriptions on the cup and note how many of the honor students are then making a name for themselves out in the world as they once did in Bloom. This year some member of our class will be the first one to have his or her name placed on the cup as a permanent reminder of the record he has mad: in school. Even our football heroes, we believe, will feel a little envious of this student. 1451 l , M A ,U i....t. -. , I-21-f ff,-as 00 se-C ft ff1,55lgi.St'-L19 .:lf5g9 L'-112 em'-GLEN-J D 5 E 5 A 5 THB Qcpyff 5 o asm ' r.c'4f '- ,, MGX 0 l t 1-Hs Bcoom . BOYS' WEEK How many will be at school at eight o'clock tomorrow morning for practice? was the question asked the boys of Bloom one day. The answer was the same as would come from any group of boys in the world. eptcepl that the number that did promise feightj was probably greater than it would have been in most schools. Are the boys not loyal? They were always loyal, and always will be. Why they never had such a good time in their lives as on those spring morn- ings when they formed into a great parade and marched to the tunes played by the high school band. The line mornings. together with the backing of the girls. gave them pep and spirit so that they would have come out to march even though they had been told not to. As the day for the parade drew near. the companies looked like a crowd of well-trained soldiers, heads high, all in step. and in perfect order. When the student government came into effect. the mayor took charge of the drilling. and with competent leaders for each class the boys continued to get into form, so that on the day of the parade, when all wore white shirts. they made such-a good showinng that they marched away with the prize. On Tuesday morning, after the lirst two hours, school time was given over to a celebration of Boys' Day in school. The orchestra played. the Boys' Glee Club sang, and Dr. Klingler gave the boys an inspiring talk. Boys' Week was started, he said, as a result of the discovery that many of our boys were physically below standard when they were examined for the army. We are proud of what Illinois is doing for the boys and young men, not only by her celebration of Boys' Week, but by her provisions for their welfare all year. Let Iowa be noted for her corn, Missouri for her mules, Michigan for her peaches. Wisconsin for her dairy products, Indiana for her authors, and Illinois for her men. The week's success came to a climax on Saturday when the Bloom boys ran away with most of the prizes on the athletic lield. Willis Helfrick won the gold watch offered to the boy who won the most points during the clay. m H71 f M, . A ,, : . X4 . . . ,, 4. .X Y 2 O K S1 H 21 f 1:1 481 I x fx f. X 1 1 w v w w W 5 X5 :R -X-I I N. l f 2 xlllllllllllllllIllllllllll-IEESH IIHIEBIIEEIIIII W , - AX-ASA , - 1' fi 5 4 !. F fr- , K ry? Q T SW VSEQF I S 'Kea K v X' 4 imIFlYIMII1IIMMIlVIIIlllllIMI!IIldIIIIUIIVHIHVMIHIIIMUIIWINHIIBIIIIICHIIIIWHU T gunman -4 55 A j gg? , 5 - X ..,.... L ,,., X .. . ..J Dk xf, ' 4x3 M1 M llllllilillllllillllllllllliillllllIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIHIIIIHIH HIIIHHIIHIHIHIIHI llillllIIIllllIll!IlliIIII!IHIIiIUIllIIIllHmIlll+il E Q! L XA, 1401 3 x ll ,V ,fr 'N-X 3 ,.,' ,, 5-Wi-if C. -,L , , X.flV,.. fr-V-.gfx ' C? 5 f f,,,',1ix'iH,.f1L.7 -K TiigE2?il !1i'ftf'k lx3 x.Xg:l igjz, V- i K.-:-gwfr -Y -V' ff Af 'QQ J A,. -,gk ,,,,- k 'jjfivf'-T1j . ' my f f. f,zb,:'nL Hina HQJQQQMQQ f is ,,j,Q,fe4.i:2sg J. , w .X I w v 1 Y w 1 1 2 . , 0 Q. R SU lam S X 1 A I IS I - X . . -' . x-- +1 f ' ,--'- 1 '--- - . K f , , , ,.f-'----iq-Qgkw ff, H ff1 Qf+ -Hrs? -f -f eQ,fw C l 1, , 'U-is B M-, W, f f 1 Q3 G ' Qyj K' f .xx .' SENIQRS g p - ag JJ ,link 3, A -4 if Vln. ' W .X-S, JW ff? Q nik ? Au 1 fig ' 17 W 1 W M E A Mm M N Ml n , gl gl aff I H z ,,.....4 . ...A,, - M- ,.., ..., ,,,,, , fs I 5, ZH... H .-,-.......-....ve- ..., N? fffqjx ri K'57iQf3T 4:25. Q ii L31 ifslwhf' .5-if '3lj 3'?igee?Q'-'SXD ko f, 51 mcfalx it 2 a r J.: it E W ,semi L to-Qfffw 1, -I X WWAM-vv+b-vfwxnfr Y V , mx i . ' fbi 1 x ,rl gi l 'I WHAT THE DOOR MEANS T0 US ' T r-L I The big door of Bloom stands open. waiting for the Senior Class of l923 to pass out. We linger a minute before leaving dear old Bloom and look , back. What memories come to our minds! f Through this door, we entered as timid Freshmen, noisy Sophomores. 3. clever Juniors, and now as Blo0m's loyal alumni. Up these steps and to the si door, we have rushed, only to hear the tardy bell. Here. we have passed out, t our arms laden with books and our minds filled with good intentions of 1 A. spending an evening in study. Right in this door. we have posed for pictures. 1 In passing out, we glance back and we catch a glimpse of the assembly l l room, the oliice, the locker room. and the library. The sight of these places ff makes us remember the twenty-minute period assemblies, programs and en- Wg tertainments. the dreaded visits to the office. conversation in the halls around the drinking fountain at the foot of the stairs, and the rush to the library for i I one of the six copies of Semple. We see the stairs and we picture in our QQ51 minds the rocms in which we struggled with theorems, Paradise Lost, and ' , monthly quizzes. Our days at Bloom are over. Cur future is upon us. The winding walks fix 'L of the campus lead us into the world--some of us to the university. others mto business, smoky factories, ofhces. or stores. but each one into the land of ideals and dreams. ALICE DE BOLT, '23. YH! 1 1'-ill UP AND ON l-,riff There's a voice that has been calling ,'5 Many years to me. .Ilxl And it says l have a ship ' :Ts Lt' That is ccming in from sea. I 1 fri if 1 I long to go and find it. r'.' 1 Ar school l hate to stay: I For the voice is ever calling, 1 U ' i To be up and on my way. 1 l am anxious for the future. iff, I chafe at this delay, ies 1' For adventure spirit moves me if 1' And my thoughts are far away. Q' l fain would go and seek it, X, At the rising of the sun. Q 'Q 1 For in the world before me wfflgl There's a treasure to be won. l am thrilled by every rainbow, lei. By the sunrise every day.. ,lik l am called to stop preparing. lwl- I To be up and on my way. lv l T've been coaxed by every springtime. 'lf li By the summer's warm sunbeams, ffm Called by autumn's gentle breezes, 'K li To my isle of golden dreams. qi 1 is i 1521 t.- .,- Q If I ' - l - ,s ,. , o'-'-'-- -'iimjin 'Q' 'T' f',T T'.:,1f-,:fj1C lil ',!lTf , -.',il7J,V -, i N' ssffe f-fs -.5...V:.Xec..s v -1-.f ve- --V ,g , ' . 1 -l h Vs my B 56003 if E+-C5227 : 'big-f H n t . 'xg' 1 , w 431 . ' c sk Q1 THE CLASS OF '23 X Four years ago a bunch of green little freshmen First saw the inside of Bloom. Now that that's over, we can begin the History: of course, it was nec- i' essary to start out that way-a class history always does. , t In fact, since we believe in doing things well, we will start at the beginning, X, which was in a little garden Qwe can't exactly place it at this minutel, where a human first ditched school, stole apples. and consequently received the lirst 1 ' bawling out that was ever given. For the next ten thousand years these bawlings out became more and more common and reached the climax, so many think, in the last four years. We do not know whether Adam ever played baseball, G was a leading man in a successful play, a musician, or even a high honor stu- 1 dent: whether he ever got his colors to the top of the Hagpole, or published a R prize annual. but we do know that, like the members of the Class of '23, he was A the best at everything he tackled and was excelled by no one. L It will not be necessary to go into detail now, for in a few years any good A American History should tell about our class, and since this is the Bloom and not Parltman's works. we will leave space for something more entertaining. 'Vx Of course, we do not take the credit for all the improvements which have if come to the school since our arrival, but the following should be noted: the F9 . new drinking fountain. five new typewriters, a new test tube in the Science De- -i f partment. the -dancing class, a movie machine, and Mr. Toll. Among other U less important things are the new building. otherwise known as North Hall, or better yet. the Shack, the library, cafeteria, more class rooms. more teach- ers-especially men teachers!-new departments and courses of study, new L organizations such as the Dramatic, Latin, Radio Clubs, and the Band. tj The year we came it was found impossible to keep the boys away from , I the girls. and so instead of boys and girls on opposite sides of the assembly 3 7 room with the freshies in front and the seniors in back. we were grouped ac- E cording to classes giving the boys a chance to get acquainted with the girls and Q to make their dates for the parties during the study periods. P It may mean nothing to some people, but the year the Class of '23 arrived. Bloom's luck in football changed from bad to phenomenally good, and Harvey 5 hasn't won a game all the time we have been in high school. Q7 So saving the rest for a course in American History tif you can't take M I such a course, we recommend the Who's Who for l983, I will just say that our 5 class has the peppiest, good-natured, best bunch of students that have ever V Q come to Bloom, always into everything, always coming out smiling. never taking J anybody's dust, not giving too much. always playing tricks. but never making 1 enemies. giving their best to the school and getting the most out of it. THE CLASS OF '23. 55 f i 4533 3 i 'N' we so sVlGs'ii4,SffaQK3i5iYf L' s f THB BL0000 547 SENIOR OFFICERS Arthur Showalter ..........,............. .......... P resident Wilma Hirsbrunner--- Harold Jennings ..... Martha Gawenis--- Colors-- Flower- -- Motto - - - President - - -- -Vice - --.... Treasurer ---- -------Secretary Orange and Black -,---------------Sweet Peas -----Scientia crescat vita colatur ,M-L, THE IBLOOCG THE SENIOR PLAY IT PAYS T0 ADVERTISE A Farcical Fact in Three Acts . by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett The characters appear in the order in which they are named: Mary Grayson ...................... - ......,.,... -- johnson ........ -- Comtesse cle Beaurien Rodney Mfartin--- Cyrus Martin ...... Ambrose Pcale .... Marie- ...... ----- William Smith .... Donalcl lVIcChesney Miss Burke ..... Ellery Clark ..... -Wilma Hirsbrunner -----James Mount ---- -Laura Miles - .... lames Funk - -----Paul Burclett - - - --- - -Robert Philip - - ---Sylvia Lindberg - - - - -Ted Doeschcr -- - - - -Leon Lassers ---- -Edna McCormick - - ---- --- Stanley Blaclcmon George Bronson .--------------.--- L ------- ------ P aul Shanks SYNOPSIS OF SCENES Act I. Library at Cyrus Martin's. Act ll. The office of the I3 Soap Company. Act III. Same as Act. I. 1551 D '- L1 LCC- Dr- - we nzqelp FW '-V fa 1 A i P 19 .o 'vi E? SENIOR PARTIES The lirst and best party of the year was, of course, given by the seniors Oct. 27. lt has always been a question whether or not a masquerade would be a success. This doubt. however, was removed when the big night arrived. Every one from Robert Philip, who made a beautiful, sweet, young flapper, to the teachers, who were as well disguised as many of the students, thoroughly enjoyed the masquerade. SENIOR PARTY Fifteen' couples at a senior dance, Yo! Ho! Ho! and n gallon of punch! The fact is that there were live gallons of punch, although only about one was used by the thirty students present at the senior dance Feb. l0. There was an abundance of ice cream and cake and dance programs, but where were the students? Sickness, poor advertising, and outside interests resulted in an attendance of only thirty, when preparations had been made for one hundred and fifty. This party showed that even seniors must learn by experience: they had a good lesson in finance that night. Although thinner in pocket books, they are saddcr and wiser seniors. It doesn't take a good crowd to make a good time, even though it is said. the more, the merrier. The few who did come got into the spirit and en- joyed themselves and also the four helpings of ice cream and cake. The Senior Prom will be held June IZ. The committees were appointed early and are busy planning the many features which will make this dance supreme among the school parties of the year. l-561 1 , e I : I fi? Iii Y L . Q Q -L. 'we QV, ' ' 'N 5 of f fNgQ,l-mfewo sJi19.U9y.efo JJ... D ,I .,,., 7. ff ij., b':m THE B LUQWB , mf- F2 fwfi -9523 --if ' ' '-e J W A T--I-,-,l,,,,sA.,f' . f E' lift iff THE SPECTATOR 1 is l have observed that one seldom reads with pleasure till he knows whether lx the writer be the begoggled student of the class room, the jerseyed hero of the Q: football field. or the sleelc-headed social success. Since l am entirely unknown SB to my readers and can therefore hope for little of their interest. l will set forth a brief history of myself. ,fy .r ' When l first entered Bloom as a freshman, l observed much, but under- I fig stood little. The building seemed an edifice of overwhelming size: the Assembly l 3 was the largest room I had ever seen. The seniors seemed mighty heroes whom it was an honor to serve by loaning them theme paper or by searching out their X65 friends from the shop to the kitchen. As time went on. and one, two. three '12 years passed, the school. though in truth it grew in size. through familiarity M ls became small to me: now l am a senior. l am kept quite busy with my studies. Y i but among my most frequent haunts are the class meetings. and although l say .1 little, l hear everything that is being said. Many of my friends come together for the senior meetings. There is little LL May Dependable. She comes with a smile and leaves us with one. although we often have slight differences of opinion in discussing class matters. As she 'Nt stands. she is short and becomingly plump, a fair, blue-eyed maizl. She helps , every good cause, and l have noticed that during the meetings. when business ' is slack, she is helping her neighbor with problems. One can always depend on 'l May as a friend in need. . .A Quite another person is Gloria Glory. who comes to the meetings mostly xif to sit and chat with some of our handsome athletes. She can tell you all about the latest dances, when and where they were. and what so and so wore. Her sa, hair is perfectly combed with not a hair out of place, and her dress is always I neat and proper. The vanity-case and mirror are her inseparable friends. ' l have noticed her taking precious moments of time surveying her winsome face C in the mirror at her loclter. J The library is another haunt of mine. First come. first served is the motto ' here, and the room is filled with students five seconds after it is opened. Will . Flip is here during certain hours of the day, and if you cannot see him. you can 7 always hear him. He really isn't bad looking: on the contrary, his mischievous eyes are rather attractive. His clothes are usually ill-Biting, the fault lying in their being carelessly adjusted. They are shiny and are often badly in need of :L brushing. He has a most strange taste in ties: his are either too gay or too I cj worn. Nevertheless, he is a harmless creature. He taltes half the period to get li settled and the other half to get unsettled. Sometimes. l have had pleasant 1 conversations with him, for he talks intelligently on topics of the day. and is quite an amiable young man when he is calm. l pass him over as one of the many types of people that go to make up this pleasant school of ours. 3 Another person that l notice almost daily. sits at my table. You will know him the minute he steps inside the door. At times he carries himself with an all air of aloofness, looking right over the heads of everybody in the library and 7 evidently seeing no one. although the immense horn-rimmed spectacles that ' s adorn his long, thin: nose should certainly produce AI sight. lrle is tall and - thin for his height. Oh yes. he carries a well-worn brown leather brief case. f57l ' V- . L .. 1 vt, , fs-,-L, Ueygfc on 5 f'cf:s.'Q ,ffE-'s. -' f ft, -5 D Fi.-.... Q to be sure! It could be said with more truth that we forgot to get hungry at noon, than that we ever saw Roland without the brief case. He carries it with him always. Since I sit near his chair, I have. on several occasions, had fleeting glimpses of the contents of that brief case. It is well filled with articles ranging from a bottle of green ink to a thick volume of Hart's Contemporaries. Everything is neat and in order. He opens and closes the brief case often during the hour. and operates the little catch near the handle with considerable dexterity. He never bothers to speak to me or in fact to anybody, and no one would dare to speak to him. although. I dare say. much snickering goes on behind his back. He takes little interest in anything except himself-- cveryone can see that he is very self-centered. About two weeks ago. I was unable to get a seat in the library and so was obliged to sit in the Assembly. The first day was quite pleasant. It was Mon- day and that seems to be a calm day in the Assembly. I accomplished muclr that day. and was disturbed violently only once by the maneuvering of one of our young men. He might be termed the social success. or the lady's man. for certainly such he is. He is very handsome. with his hair slick. and his clothes in the latest fashion. Alice. a good friend probably, sat behind him and since she c:uldn't endure the sunlight beaming down on her desk asked, Won't you please pull down the shade. Rudy? Our hero arose and adjusted the shade to her liking. He had hardly taken his seat again when he observed another girl rising to adjust another shade. With a Wait a minute. let me do that for you. he bounded up and satisfied the whims of the other girl by lowering the shade no more than one-half inch. There was quiet for a time. but not for long: soon another bit of femininity spoke her wishes. Rudy never grows im- patient of attending upon the wishes of pretty girls, but this time he was re- lieved of his duty by the shade. which suddenly came down altogether. There was no more excitement that day. The following day I was annoyed constantly by Luella who sat behind me. She is an interesting person when she isn't trying to be coquettish. This partic- ular day she exerted herself more than usual. Let me tell you first how she looks. She is rather small, very young. a freshman. bob-haired. and she carries a giggle in her throat. If you happen to be one of her confidential friends she may impart to you such secrets as, Oh, I think that Art. you know he's that senior. likes me. I hope he does. Gee whiz. I don't see why he shouldn't. I can dance pretty good, don't you think? He's my Shiek! ta! tal I must admit. I hardly approved of the language that this student of Bloom used. But to return to the Assembly. Luella wiggled around in her seat so much that I abandoned writing a letter. She poked me at intervals of thirteen .seconds and showed me a picture of some friend. a boy of course. The next time she said she was so happy, and asked me whether I liked her hair parted in the middle. I don't remember. but I suspect that I nodded my head by force of habit. Several times after that she calledl my attention to Will who was doing all sorts of funny things that made Luella giggle. Her blue eyes fairly popped out of her head and her blond hair was bobbing incessantly. I must say I didn't see anything very amusing about this boy's actions. I might add that he was the same Will Flip whom you met in the library. The next day I spent most of the period looking around in the Assembly. Here were my companions-some small, others big: some brunette, some 1587 cafe' ws.- e -E..-5:0 H 1 d'?ZI 'rf-ls Bcoom fsa7s W i BLOOM'S LIBRARY . By the way, we almost for ot that an annual is not complete without a library. V Over There ..,............,. The Car That Went.Abroacl..--- The Essay on Burns ......... The Last Lesson ....... -- Rose in Bloom .... -- Those Times and These-- Alice in Wonderland ....... Man for the Ages .......... Wild Animals l Have Known--- ----- Memoiirs of a Midget ........ --- -----Bloom's Athletic Field ----Fords parked on l4th St. ------Advanced Cooking Class --------------Eighth Hour -----Viola Carlson ------l920--l923 ---- ---------Alice Parltler -----------------------Mr. Boyer Lawrence Schmeck-james Funk , ..V........ ---Sylvia Lindberg Rough l'lewn ................. ...... .......... P a ul Burdetl Far From the Nlaclfling Crowd Under the Greenwood Tree--- Return of the Native --.---.- The Woman in While--- Pilgrim's Progress ---- -- The lron Woman -.-- The Great Hunger-- -- Kidnapped ..-......---..... The Old Crder Changeth ---- Victory ..---..------.--.. The Houseof Mirth ----- -- Much Ado About Nothing ----- ----- Westward Ho! ......---... Vanity Fair' --------- Pride and Prejudice-- Men of lron ----- The Eldest Son ---- Paradise Lost -.--. The Faerie Queen- lnnocents Abroad ---- Quo Vadis ---------- Twice Told Tales ---- The Wonder Book ...-- The Rough Road ..-.-- Strife .----.......-.-... Travels With a Donkey ---- Command ----------.-.. --------Flagpole ----May Festival -----Porky Tull --------Miss Cotton ----Beecher Students ------Miss Service -----------Twelve-tem ----ln the innertolilce -----------.Qraduatinn ----- ----Bloom l2--Harvey 2 ----------Miss Whitten's Ream Election for The City of Bloom ----...------------------ Matteson --------------Loclter Room -----Senior girls-senior boys ----------Football players. ----Cheville Elliott -------- ---.---john Droghn --------...--Wilma Hirsbrunner - ---. Dramatic Club goes to Chicago ------------Wandering in halls ------a--------------Excuses ----Teacher's grade lxoolt -------Up on the roof ------Senior meeting -------Walter Rathe -----Mr. Boyer's word 11633 M BZ? ,Nic :x 'i1i2Q4Q:2ii3 X. V ' M... 'lk -- , - 'fig ' T: -1 E h 1 L +, - i T' a, . ' 2 - ' 1 fy' f 213- 1 N ' ' l E i ' I ' , TN 1 I T . V 5, J 'n, I E W lllliikl VJ! N I f 1' A J Ellllmlllll ' Illlilllllll ' 1 1 ' A llllltul ' E '53 1 5 ' 41: . E C3 !!!aaa!E'.. , x A- E !l!ll!Il!llI -, 'fl ' , .. w ,. A 5 mmm , 1 1 1. I :Pl 2 .oar , 2 ' k 1' E O Q Q ..... , 1 LI Q V X-I 5 Q49 W1 llllIIIIIll'J,?,' f A g E 1 , - 'mlm' b ,. i 5 g Ul f x, N N ' , 5- I JEZEW' W ' 1 ..,:i-155-' I 4 L' ' ' 1-S Lkiil . AQ -Q ' ' A' , , L22? hy' 'YK . V r . 3 . , LAST LINE , 3 That we had more stuff you musl not doubt, Bul you sec the Ere was almost oul. ,WE I ' 11641 A Q ' ------ - -4-, . .f ' 'TNA QV 155-35ifg34ff 35. .TEITU fl. cnlcnco Maman ann, rnmrrgl t L B 'ignof' A 'fowl gt io' wwe I . at me it it Ita, Bi,,00i Sf,,ff5iF.fei9,,ec3517r ? 9 ge I A A as - 1' 29 I ' lla QI if blond: some boys. other girls: some Swedish, French. Italian. You ask who 3 -' 5 I am? Ah, that is one thing I must refrain from telling you. My name, All nationality. and lodgings,-Al must confess I would gratify my readers in any- thing that is reasonable,-but as for these three particulars, though I am sen- A, sible they might tend to the embellishment of my article. l cannot yet come to lvl Mt a resolution of communicating them to the public. tl' . 2 1 --ll? 5 ' ON SEEING A FOUR-MASTED BRICANTINE OFF THE CUBAN COAST Far out across the vast expanse of blue R. A white-winged sailboat pluws the mist-white spray, I Threading her steady solitary way 13 Much as the Spanish galleons used to do: A Those daring pirates with their dauntless crew Q Who seized and robbed their unsuspecting prey, Zi Along with sailing craft that filled the bay, K l ,' Have vanished from the foreground of the view. There now appears upon the ocean's rim A freighter, dingy. dirty, sore to sight, ' 5 6 bil That blots the beauty of the brigantine. i. 1 The sailboat's outline fades and grows more dim . lg And disappears as though the freighter might Have forced it from the earth ne'er to be seen. N V Z5 LAWRENCE WALLACE. 'zs. I ts, 5 ---me 6 2 I3 s f 5 1 Mfpzcssf 4 X A .- , i.- lJ N - V ,,f.,.- 5 A if ,?,Z , , - r Q ,I ff AM F ' -' ' E 4 41' 4 rl M I jsgi,,g:j i , Helix . 1, A A ':, 'faf ..'-A faiffggy azfiffq 1 .ff 3 -.,. ,lt ' I 1: .yt , A ,s .- Til mam E J C . ' or ., ,- -ff --,X ,,, ., , L , . r' U .1 L. fLg2,jifHE' E,566i in f -G 5 .1 gt W A v .L X . ,,7 L V ix. , - . J, 8 J I -.C ,N 1:13 fu ' x 2. Q n 1 'N U 'L- ., . Ls , K, 4 5 . A w 3 . J 'A , H 5,6 ww X 4 S 0 N: ,, . , gj Qif 'f-. K . j, ,Trp fl -. QNVOY 5 ,Lf 1 - 5 ----gQiiQf?fQE:LQ 1.3 154- - n 1 - 'x-Lf 'HOC 'fPE B'tf66tri THE STATISTlCIAN'S REPORT Since a demand for definite information about the Class of '23 has arisen, we have worked 37.68 days and several minutes to gather the following statistics. All classes are divided into three groups:-boys. girls and cake-eaters. Having none of the latter in our class, you must be content with statistics con cerning the former two. There are 66 students in the class. or rather I5 students and 51 others. Of the boys, I0 have pompadours. 8 part their hair in the middle. I2 on one side. and we have been unable to tell what the styles of the others may be called. I8 of the girls have bobbed hair. 3l use powder. and l uses shoe blacking. 20 have mirrors in their lockers. I5 think they can sing, l plays in the orchestra. 2 like Physics. and 3 would have enrolled in Manual Training but were refused. The average age of the boys is l7.3l4l5 years, but we think that the girls were trifling with the truth when their accountant reported that the average age was 1432. After the very minutest computation. we find that the total ages of the seniors is that of Methuselah. The total weight of the class is exactly the same as that of the elephant in Lincoln Park. Two of our members tip the scales at more than 6 feet. and I is 2 inches more than knee high to a grasshopper. Laid end to end, they would reach to Steger. providing they started near enough. One of our observing boys states that 6 girls wear satin pumps, and I5 rubber heels. Eight of the class wear glasses: the rest look funny enough without them. 65 of the 66 seniors have seen the inner office. and 34 have been on the roof. There are 6 good looking girls, and 5 strikingly handsome boys. ll are regular callers at Vannatta's. 7 at Sheehan's. 8 chew Spearmint, I0 Juicy Fruit. 4 Black jack. and pretty near all of them chew the rag. I0 are hearty eaters, 6 are fast eaters. 6 eat at the cafeteria. The average size hat for the boys was 7, but has been increased to 7M since 'the recent election for officers in the Student Government. 8 are lovuiclc. 3 have Fords. 2 have automobiles. 57 use sugar in their coffee. 35 lock their lockers. I3 are superstitious. 66 are in debt. and 20 have fountain pens. which they use when the other 46 are not using them. 58 throw paper on the floor andg the rest never write anything. 25 are going to college. 20 are going to work. I8 are undecided, and 3 have decided to do nothing. THE STUDENT WHO- Has done the most for Bloom-Wilma Hirsbrunner ls the most influential-Ralph Lange. . Has the biggest drag with the faculty-James Mount. ls the handsomest-Casimir Seralin. , ' V - ls the most love sick-Arthur Showalter. Is the most sick of love-Nelis Vandenberg. ls the biggest bluff-Nat Ruvel. ls the hardest worker-Martha Cawenis. ls the best natured-Walter Panzar. ls the best excuse maker-Cheville Elliot. ls the nerviest-Walter Rathe. ls the girls' favorite-Paul Shanks. ls the boys' favorite-Leon Lassers. ls the best student-Hugo Long. ls the most consistent Hunker-William Sheehy. ltilt 'THE 5 geo-' c.c'f- X70 : f 0 , j ,. V fig?-1 THEELPQQL. L' 1 3 5 I6 f . THE RIME OF THE SOLEMN SENIOR 'Tis a solemn senior And he stops a freshman wee By thy long gray cloak and comical cap . Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? The high school doors are open wide And l must needs get ini For if l'm late as the saying goes The fun will then begin. He held me with his skinny hand: There was a flag, quoth he. Hold off, unhand me. long gowned Ioan! But not his hand drop! he. The night was dark. we craved a lark And merrily did we hie Us up the ladder. and up the roof . And up the flag pole high. We raised the flag of orange and black And it did flaunt the sky Above our heads. above the school Till it caught Mr. Boyer's eye. He liked it not. he angry got. He called the senior boys. 'You get that down and do it quick And don't make loo much noise.' Up we did go. we were not slow.- lndeed it was great fun- We played around and then came dovm And said, 'lt ean't be done.' But Mr. Boyer can't be fooled: l-le's on to all the ropes. The flag came down and with it fell All our desires and hopes. And so you see you'll have to he A student good and true Or Mr. Boyer when aroused Might pour his wrath on you. -VLC -K- .X . if A YY, ,, w S Z 1 1 - G L 9 - l in I 1 1 1 SAA: wsu ni. iuilm I 1 nw. hmH dlTm C, , Q Although we are not real prophets, we are reasonably certain that we are C not far wrong at least as to the place where all the members of the Class of '23 r will find themselves sometime in the next one hundred years. This is guar- ' anteed. Anyone who finds the prophecy concerning him wrong, will, it he I 05- reports the same to headquarters of The Bloom. on the left bank of the l 5 DN ' River Styx, one block south of Charon's ferry, receive a refund of SL35. : 2 QL Here lies the body of Lawrence Schmeck: il He died with a rope around his neck. ,- il Q r Here lies the body of Paul Khus! Shanks: 7 A When he died. said the minister, Let us give thanks. 23 3 it Here lies the body of Arthur Showalter: Q He died while marching with Kate to the altar. 5 Stanley Blackmom lies under this sod: ' x' The lightning took him for a lightning rod. y 4 V Here lies the body of Alice DeBolt, A She endeavored to ride on a turbulent colt. rr xiii Walter Krebs lies here in the groundg Don't jingle money while walking around. S Eddie Mecofmick is here interred: She jumped from an airplane to capture a bird. Q 3 james Mounfs body lies here in this tombg , E He died from working too hard on The Bloom. - - Hugh Biaselli in this grave is tossing: He tied with the train in a race to the crossing. 1637 A' ,. A , Q X ff ,, we U is 1 L L, 1 I i 'Aliases jig TE-it iiEi'nlH'm,00mX W I N Fi .lg t QS ln this here grave is Virginia Vannattg .' S lt would have been smaller but Hydrox made her fat. ie Dorothy Chandler's fair form lieth here: W For her, Heinie Jennings will shed a tear. 1 Here lies the body of Walter Panzar: Z' ln his life poem this is the last stanzar. J The body of Paul Burdett lies here: C He wound up his llivver while 'twas in gear. . ll' N Here lies the body of Jimmie Funk: f He now is dead. and his ear is but junk. Here lies the body of Carroll Sauter: X He grabbed a live vdre, which he hadn't oughter. 5 I Here lies the body of Nat Ruvelg 'The funeral hymns were sung in his cell. Q' Here lieth the corpse of Robert S. Philip: When he died, he asked if the colors were still up. Mickey johnson would lie in this placeg F9 But after the explosion, of him there's no trace. i' Y Our friend Kennie Motlong. alas, is dead: Always a loafer-he died in his bed. ' Here lies the body of Evelyn Cibbsp .ti Sent up for life for telling fibs. a , E Mary Waggener here is laid: f She lived to be a sweet old maid. L Kathleen slipped and broke her 'backg 2 lt is buried here. alas. alack. 3 h Ted Doescher was in an explosion one day: P A He must be in heaven, he started that way. .D ' Frances Haessler lies here so listen sharp. lb 'Tis said you can hear her playing the harp. ' Here lies the body of Billie Hirsbrunner. gl When she died she owed me a nickel, gosh dern her. oh This is ',losephene's gravefso let's all kneel. u A She slipped one day on a banana peel. l 5: C641 .r V :1Xf1l25lggETf zEg Z.v-we T ' x .N V 'F C? Q Leon Lassers is here in this tomb, i 5 A lf the boys had their way, he'd be Mayor of Bloom. Harry Ruhe by an auto was slain: X He stopped one day to look at a jane. ' in The fate of Cheville is a sad, sad tale: SJ A He spent the most of his life in jail. 6 Kathryn dived from off a limb. el c ?l But when she hit the water forgot to swim. j it ' Carolyn Bahlmann is in: her, grave: . -lf 3 Let angels sing and poets rave. b T K Here lies the body of Louis Wiseg He died of walking, but now he flies. Q The cause of Casimir's death is no riddleg Af -Q 1 A neighbor objected to his playing the fiddle. 3 .M N The rest of Bloom's class of twenty-three. I gt Are buried in other cities and towns: They've been there since that June day, V1 When they died of heat in- caps and gowns. , C? 2 Q' 5 fs. -?-- A? Y l ,sy AQ AS CAROLYN WELIS WOULD SAY IT ' Q I if Evelyn Brown when burned to death. murmured with her latest breath. , ' Q1 Well, this is the greatest joke! All my pleasures must end in smoke. ,bi kill Evelyn Lux fell in an awful faint, in a tub of cobalt paint. ' When at last she did come to. Evelyn Lux looked rather blue. N M Up on Hungry Hill remote, Thomas Mac observed a goat, ii' Z. Shortly afterwards they met, Thomas Mac was all upset. y Y X R When a cyclone hit the place. Harold Shlensky was whirled through space. - QV lt's all right, said Harold. Nl know. but it was an awful blow. i Martha Gawenis with no one nigh her. touched a live electric wire, i b As the crowd around her flocked. Martha Gawenis seemed rather shocked. L, I .xl l ' 1 . Wilfred was 'neath his car at work. when the old thing gave a jerk. fllx As it rolled across his breast, Bonvouloir felt quite depressed. A, From the high school tower's top, Chester Wilder chanced to drop, When he fell into the town, he appeared to be cast down. A Uifrl T E , . A ir g iv-Vit - -bv - , A. --, . 3 :,J.!L,-f-r--ee ceqxc , A R K1 of ,K ff! 4- . ,VJE-i-?gi,i,.U .Tk -xi L-lf 1 t,fL' 5 3 V I A 1 4 Y . I. Nr-..., , ,,,,,-,,,. ir -J -1 ,.. T 'N 1 . Z bv L L u 8 r -x 5 : 1, S . . A wr QZPHE BL My 'E E'22: .' ' MARIE BACHMAN Hobby: Attending to her own business. Activities: . Bloom Stat '23p May Festival '23. CAROLYN BAHLMANN, CARRIE Hobby: ' Hanging around with Martha. 'Actlvitlesz Glee Club '22, '23: Operetta '22: Dramatic Club '23, Secretary '23g Bloom Stal? '23g Alder- - man '23. V I BARBARA BEUCUS, BARB ' Hobby: Working in the library. . Activities: 1 'S' May Festival '21, '23g Library ' '22, '23, 3 HUGH. BIASELLI, YOU . Hobby: . Dashing around in' his Maxwell. 'A Activities: Ancient History Club '21. WIL-FRED BONRIOULOIR, BON' Hobby: I, Trying to start something. , Activities: H f Football '21, '22g Latin Club '23g g 'Chief of Police '23, 5 i563 L44-, , -Y' W . - ' - r. 4... S X QI W 'VH5QQCg9QQff:ii EVELYN BROWN, EV Hobby: I Catching the 5:15 to Chicago. Activities: Glee Club '231 Dramatic Club '23: May Festival '23. PAUL BURDETT, TAD Hobby: Boosting the band. Activities: Football '21, '22g Band '20, '21, '22, President '23, Lunch Cashier '22, '23: Commissioner ot Pub- lic Safety '23. DOROTHY CHANDLER, DOT Hobby: Fighting with Helnie. Activities: , Basketball '21: Glee Club '22, President '23g Operetta '22g May Festival '21, '23: Dramatic Club '23: Library '23. ALICE DE BOLT, DEBBY l-lobby: Trying to collect Dramatic Club dues, ,f Activities: May Festival '21, '23: Glee Club '22, '23, Operetta '22: Dramatic Club '223 Treasurer '23g Bloom Staff '23. THEODORE DOESCHER, TED Hobby: Making a lot of noise. Activities : -' Orchestra '20, '21, '22, '23: Gleo Club '22, '23: Football '20, '21g Operetta '22g Dramatic Club '21-lg Class Play '23g Cafeteria '21, '22, '23. . C67 .. . L4 ., C-Cf-1 JN-17'7gY .-c -A-. NV 'Fl-7l'E'Bi ' J OHN DROGI-IN, Hobby: Chemistry. Activities: Football '20, 21. J OHNN IE VIVIAN EHRHART, VIV Hobby: Tolng and trolug from Beecher. Activities: May Festival '23, CHEVILLE ELLIOTT, RED Hobby: Juggling lowering plants. Activities: Track '22. IRENE FINN, RENE Hobby: Going to church with Ed. Activities: ' Basketball '20, '21, 'zzg Baseball '211 May Festival '21, '23: Girls' Athletic Association '22. DOROTI-TEA FLETCHER, DOT Hobby: Disturbing bookkeeping class nt end of 'Ith hour. Actlvlties: ' May Festival '21, '23p Latin Club l '23: Girls' Athletic Associa- 3 tion '22. 685 L D FE:N:Y 5a ' 5 jx THE BLOOCG 135 l ' - 'tiff' .- Al 4 . 0 l b H 7:g:'1.,5n:? :--W -11 m T 3 , , 3lF1',.,g,., . .1 r' ' ' 3 ...gd 3252 AT:T2:if.ii. 'ik 13 '1.. . gm-e:f, , l Y 1 L i ' 7 . . fi: - l fgw li f ling: 'fe . wil 2 , 555 3.-., 62 W'-W et, QL zu .Q g-gl! . ., 27 2' , ffg?: ' 2 ' u . 3 ' -,-it 'K F' 1 r ...M sf n v Af. 6 A. 'Zi' ug ph S-I ggi 2 ' ., . i W, Q3 so 1 5- 5 If I Y' HQ 0' I Qs lin? ' . ,.,A .. . 4 bmIJ.l:5i,.i '! 4 ilily . '?q ,ET Q 42 M . -6:53, -' in ,V ww: 4 'Luge 5 eh , 1 Mg, ' 513123. , - ,.: 5 l ia' wg' t-' ,gig Q. iizkfswws .:. l ', f QR M ir A SAMUEL FREY, SAM K Hobby: Telling about his track abllitles. Activities: Truck '20, '22: Basketball '19, '20. ETHEL FRY, UESSEU' Hobby: Typewriting. , Activities: May Festival '21, '233 Girls' Athi letlc Assoclatlnn 223 Underwood Certitlcateg Underwoud Medal. JAMES FUNK, HJIMMIE' Hobby: Getting into truuble to see lt he can get a-ut again. Activities: f Glee Club '21, '22, '23: Operetta '22g Dramatic Club '23: Class Play '23: Bloom Staff '23g At- ' wruey '23. MARTHA GAWENIS, M, E. G. Hobby: Hanging ground with Carolyu. , 1 Activities: h V, ' Secretary of Senior Classy Clty ', 3 V vm V .E 1 , Q K f Clerk '23p High Honors. 'Z iw acl. - V A ffm . l ' l 5 if s:x.,:t,tr::' ' ' WT' 4 ll? f A V, ,gg :1 5,..gf. EVELYN Gnans, '-Ev'- T .Y , Qgw-la f' sf! , il .3 Hobby: V TETTEYS. 1,3353 M, , smumg at the mlm. .gggjygn . 8.5 'claw . Activities: , 5 i. ye-we f ,, . Y l ight one cum -22, -za: opmna 'zzg ':.::5z,:....1 .. ff -, 4. H' 5 33 Student Gov't Constitutional Y--Q-It--:FLA f., . 3.1 .Y !-2 . Committee '23g Alderman '231: Jill Qwzfr, ev ff , . P 1V:a.yRFestlval '23: Student Coun- l iii , A cl em-esentative 23. 1 as s.. ' .l fr . f l A C697 fatal' 4. -Vic A-'DJ-H Y -- off--A .4-L m --w ..,. ,,. Lf. eww 3 SF! ev L .V ., ,tt ,,, ,. K. X . .? -' Q r'-Lg . ,ff l 9 K 5? E '- 4 '-Eli' L 1 W Yi' ' H ,a ?f,-Q 'Q Q 'K' , a -:W 1, Rf. -t - , 5 I t 5 Xiu. f - , 46 A ' Q, A V 5, l I , CHESTER GRAHAM, -'cHE'l ' r W '4 f75 '1 tl Hobby: L qi 1 'ill if W1 Killing time. f . 'f .W A ' fwilfqg, , Activities: ' ' r Ae' K Beecher I-Ilgh School '19, '20, Q gm ,Wig f, '2l: Radio club '22. f '- -' 1 :-Q4 'Ln ' y 5 PV x - A '-WA FRANCES HAESSLER, UFRITZIEL' 1' A If .F f 'll Hubby: C 1: Q33 L la Trying tn out-giggle Mary W. ' - Z' Pfgji' ' ' Activities: 9' Y A BHSketbBll '20, '21, '22, Capt. H . '- T '23, May Festival '21, '23, Base- -'Q5 t,iig..,, , bull 22, '23, Dramatic Club '23: J if 2 5 ,h Girls' Athletic Association '22. ' 5: J Q' f A 5 . g 5 'A - ' 'L' l 4. , DONALD HAMMER, DON t 'f x rag : l-lobby: - ' ' ,X ,, ff 3 ,:4. ' ' Taking his time. M A - fl sg Actlvltles: gli, ' ' ' '. A , Q - fl M. T, H. S. '20, '21: Basketball A A 4- I' , 'P '23g Band '23. if bl -- ft Q if 'f l v' g . ' 'X f 'J ' . as YVILMA HIRSBRUNNER, HBILLIEU ,. L ,., Hobby: ' y 1 fql . Trying to ulake Scl1meck lf in . -i jf gr 'E dress up. 5 Q ' ' Fgi Activities: 'KVA 42 f-51 ' 3 MQ, Cafeteria '21, '22g Library '21, by' flggfl ffif ' , 9 '221 Glee Club '23: Dramatic , M '- 1. il? 4 Club '23g Class Play 'zag May V- -.f . iffy . -ul I-e - I 4 Queen '23g Constitutional Com- lg' f' 53, if 1 mittee '23g Police Matron '23. im .. ,Tir ' 1 2.6 . ' .mg 2 -J gi A , '-.Q MILDRED HOCKING, '-lull. . ,L Jef' l . 'Y Hobby: S b f ' 3 J Being good. W , ' , - x '- ' Activities: H ,, ,lv vi lllay Festival '21, '23g Girls' ' .. K 9 , . 4 A ' K, , . . Athletic Assoclatiuu '22. . f fm, , -5-' ,,. :viii . ,xl . ' A 1 - . 'M ffl' A 1 Q L :f ' 1? 'X 'L a . i t 5, V fx :T J I . l . K , . .. .9 1 -'L U01 c . .,of,Q0n,fQ,w..., flue a Y .THE BLR X ,e, ... . , -'K 'WY iwf AX 2 , 'Cf HAROLD JENNINGS, HEINIE Hobby: Trying to keep the Senior Class out of bankruptcy. K Activities: Basketball '20, '21, '22: Base- ball 21, '22: Treasurer of Se- nior Class '23. u I Hobby: 5 Music, All itl I rl c v es wg! May Festival '21, '23, 1 JUNE JOHNSON 5' ii 1 ww.. ,,R,- .1 Z Vw A , : . ,fu -.X l 'lu t g .Ll , s x 1 l 3 tl , 3, we 3 lg. B M, r :. . gt . X 3 if t il N A . r, , xx X a ' if X o X rf Z Z , 1 4 4 , J, 1 fg. ..1. 2: 'f V MAURINE JOHNSON, -mon , P ig, ' Hobby: 'xl . . li M ,, g Trying to keep a straight face. F I ft, , ' Q1 L Activities: M? ' 1 '- , ,J Milf? Buskethltll '20, '21, '22, '233 May Y' ' ' . .,g5t-gf' Festival '21, '23, Girls' Athletic 'N f. v-Y 'Q ' 'L Association '22, if ,X .W ,ggi . . T A A - Lf, ' M WL' if Q. ,M ew' , :'1f ' , , ,..,, -, ,A ., .65 N . MILTOIX JOHNSON, MICKIE ,.,,' - ' :IE Hobby: g ,VX : vgxf- :fs . v Q Tagging after Jane. I Q F Activities: 1, I' , Glee Club '23: Bloom Staff '23, -. iq, .f , 1 fgx Alderman '23. , ff' L f xxfu W' 2 , is ,ff ' Ng f ii 'i C Y , .N 'f Eg. 'f' LUCILLE KENNEDY 1' 1 - 3535: 5 is 1 Hubby: gr.. Y' if J 41 Telling stories. , U, . ' W ' -V -wr, I J :, 'S . V .f. gj,g: Y M4 ?,An at K m . 'Gus S 'i.'.f li fb' KWH In ,A 'V V, .7 h . W. ,,f3,, :,.,. .T , , . ,..1 .s .8 it its my A .. xg:-11ai1: 'f A-37 1 . . 'Lf' fr - - 'Q tv -Wir lima' ' i 171 7 .. . 'f--csc V X9 N- 4.641 Z-X-af? .C 27 Jrtfff,' , .L , , L 1 1 'EQEEPQQBY 'V' an a ., : 2 V f. ,ag Q wa , Z.-.,... .:.:..,-,.:-..-..-1 . E 1 w lf- 5 aff , Q2 1 v 'Y M fl lj .H ll - K- Jigs, pf ,Y .x 4 I , , if , iqgi, 3 ' gin ' ,,. sf Si . 3, 2' p. . WALTER KREBS, RABBIT . ' ,, K '- 2, 1 . 5 Hobby: ,, B ' ' .. gg, I 'f Laughing at nothing. l. 3 Qs ' ' - Activities: '- 1 .3 ' Basketball '21, '22, '23g Glee f' 3: . V Club '22, '23: Band '21, '22, '23: , , ,, j ', Operetta '22: Stal! '23, Tennis l Q L ' 'L' ' , X '22, '2a. - -Y W . W . , K , .. I . ,M iq F., S V ' . , A RALPH LANGE, l.ARKll-2 , 2 is A 2 'QQ 1 7 Vg Hubby: 'Q 2 , 4 js -'fit - HK, Kidlllng lvllss Ash. Af fi j:hf f2 -' ,' ' ' ,3' Activities: ' u ' l V. gi. YQ: .gig 9 Basketball, 19, 20, 21, Base- f , . 115 i , 'Q ball '19, '20, '21, Orchestra '19, .1-2 tpgggf . . .4 , '20, '21, '23, Band '21, '23. gg, fr A , .bf--H '34, . l ' -ws, 9' H H in , sh Aim LEON LASSERS, LEE , ' 5 - : -' ' 1,' ' Hobby: ii ? jg' tl 1 YF s. , I' -1 Trying to surpass Daniel Web- ,- '1 vxl- 2' in ster. I ' A ' 'A+' 1 :xi Activities' ' ,sp j ' gif s' ' Q li Basketball 'zag Dramatic Club 'llijyf .- 4, A ' ' - ' '21, '22, '23g Band '21, '22, '23: 5. Y g Class Play '23, Commissioner yy' 1 '- ,Q-4' ol Publlc Improvements '23. jg: , ,.,, - X if-, I2 it SYLVIA LINDBERG, slBBlE it 'ti' I' ft 2.-if ' 1' Hobby: gli, .V -5 2-2 if l A Cleaning ber locker afterschool. 'if' X' Y ' Z' Activities: 'Q ,, Basketball '21, '22, '23, may , 'kg?'xe,.'?j', , f Festival '21, '23g Glee Club '23g ag 'af A ' Q5 1 -.Il '1 T. eg Dramatic Club '22, '23g Class if' 4 2 A'-' 'ing '. ix, Play '23p Private Secretary to H . 1 4:1 the Mayor. ff Q ,. 4,1 - VA ,Q,:,q,, ,W 2, ' ' W 1-luoo LONG, woP 1-1 l ' ' ' A 4 . ., l ,. 3- M sr Hobby. '- l r' Ag ! ' Trying to get on the honor list. L3-A fair ', Activities: g, Es W .5 gg Band '23, Bloom stan '2s. - 1 -.15 O , 1 -' Dt ,L 2 ,W J '. , W . F' 2 3 'S -J ,wf ii Q if , lj:.::: 5 '- f:,:.,:.'Qi:-:IQ Y' , stu' M + 4 2 . . 'R f 4 - -- .15 :ma-E.: -' R. W' I' 723 If ,. ., ., 22,63 , iii., ws swf.. ?'i,.Q:fx1u3Q.,.. ,C U 2,20 Q L K V K,+HEHg,Lpgm'i we , , W Q D J 2 EVELYN LUX. EV L Hobby: Reducing. Activities: Orchestra '21, May Festival '21, g ,pf Operetta '22, Glee Club '21, ' ' i '22, '23, . T GRACE MATHEWS Hobby: Ear-rings. A Activities: May Festival '21, '23. : ' r . 5 Sw ' EDNA MCCORMICK, EDDIE , Hobby: Working with Jimmie on The Bloom. , ' ' Activities: Basketball '20, '21, '22, '23, Cap- : KS, L 9 I tain '21: May Festival '21, '23: f 2 Latin Club '233 Dramatic Club ' '23: Bloom Stat! '23: Class Play '23g Baseball '21, Girls' Athletic Association '22, THOMAS MOELDOWNEY, MAC Hobby: Playing Rachmnninofs C-Sharp Minor Prelude. , Activities: Radio Club '22g Alderman '23. f LOUISE MEIDELL, LOU Hobby: A Riding around with Louise Q - Mathews. - Activities: I May Festival '21, '23, Girls' , Athletic Association '23, C731 f . Q4-L 11-J ., L 3 . egos, llluuqng 'f 'l'HB BLOOM :za LAURA MILES, BUSTER Hobby: Dramatlcs. Activities: Dramatic Club '22, '23g Glee Club '22, '23: May Festival '21, '23: Operetta '22g Class Play '23: Alderman '23. KENNETH MOTLONG, KENNY Hobby: Doing nothing. Activities: Band '21, '22, '233 Orchestra '21g Radio Club '22, JAMES MOUNT, JIMMIE Hobby: Taking pictures. Activities: Bloom Stall '21: Editor '23: Dramatic Club '22, President '23: Class Play '23: Class Pho- tographer 'Z3: Constitutional Committee for City Govern- ment '23, VVALTER PANZAR, WALLIE Hobby: Wrltlng poems. Activities: Bloom Staff '23: Band '23: Al- derman '23. KATHLEEN PATTERSON, KATZ Hobby: Talking to Art. Activities: May Festival '23, Alderman '28. C745 ' l. , ..,. ., v ax. THE IBLOOM :za I s ' v ' a n 1 IJ n KATHRYN PHILIPS, KA'l'Z Hobby: Blushing. Activities : Basketball '20, '21, '23g May Fes- tival '2l, '23g Latin Club '23 Glee Club '22, '23g Operetta '22: Freshman Reporter '20g Bloom Stan' '23: Constitutional Com- mittee '23, Baseball '21, Social Representative '22, '233 Girls' Athletic Association '22. ROBERT PHILIP, PHIPS Hobby: Making funny faces. Activities: Dramatic Club '22, '23, Class Play '23g Fire Marshall '23: Cheer Leader '21, '22, '23g Latin Club '23: Constitutional Com- mittee '23. STANLEY BLACKMON, HAROLD LLOYD Hobby: Broadcasting himself as Caru- so's successor. Activities: Glee Club '21, '22, '23: Operettm '22g Dramatic Club '22, '23g Class Play '23. Louis RosnN,' --mzzvv Hobby: Talking like nn Irishman. Activities: Latin Club '23. ALICE RUHE, AL Hobby: Flirting. Activities: May Festival '23. I if iglfs :SF- A ' . lm 'H V , Acgyl f. -' ,, .I f 'dt 1 F 31 L .- . it git., .,-, Jr V E' ,v yy., .M W' s l . if I 'xi if . x A L V4 Vx ? .i di. '15, - 1 - Q ,-5:11113 1 s 'eng ' ' . -1 Q aw 4 1 V W 'ELG .eiS?i' I , Z5 1 . , ' t, fr 5' 3 - ,, J h ' ' '-,G gui, Q -.. 3' S' qw 4, i 3:1 Q mfs JW .t V 4' gwii v 8 I , ' .' f 3 -gg , . U FII' , 5531, 'A 1, - A e gun v'v,,'j 5 .Y S fl' rv . -9 iq.: 1 11 , i rf' ' .4 L :-fr,- . I, :id 4 ff f ..-----. -... 11 x '1' , -, WT s'A'2fIi'1'i' C75 qv'-V fTHE BLDOPEX ' V HARRY RUHE Hobby: Studying. Activities: High honors, Alderman '23. N ATHANIEL RUVEL, NAT Hobby : Borrowing money. Activities : Orchestra '20, '21, '22, '23g Glee ' Club '21g Band 'zag 'rr-ack '23. 1 I DOROTHY SCHILLING. DOH 4 Hobby: - Keeping quiet. Activities: r May Festival '2,l ,'23. - Y LAWRENCE SCHMECKEBIER, ' SCHMECK Hobby: Murdering the English language. Activities: Glee Club '21,- '22, '23g Football , '20, '21, '22, Track '22g Operetta '22g Band '21, '22, '23g Staff '23: Policeman '233 Stage Manager for Class Play '23g Latin Club '23g Constitutional Committee '23g Alderman '23. r Q L CASIMIR SERAFIN, KAISER Hobby: L Playing the fiddle. ' ' Activities: Orchestra '20, '21, President ' '22, '23. 1 l l UCI ,. K L... Y N V YNJALA -A - I N 5,111 ll .Sb- fl. il!!! .L A V- 4- ta,-:Y ...,.-- -.ft-1 -f- .1-- -'Y -- V, V ' Wim. Am? ' V 2 ' W' THE BLO0 'W?f K :,-- Q ' - fl '+l' ff 211, ,' 215, ' tk A 1'f3..W....4,g W 13' a di V . ..C,- . .qt gil' PAUL SHANKS, HP. ff ' p W' A ,'s4g.'F,eg.4r.,-4,5 , , 455, Hubby: . ., J 1. -QQL ,N AJ Pulling someune's ears. ' ' fy Mgt 'i -gas Activities: . ' 5 .' I' Q' f'3'5A ,Q Mayor of Bloom '23: Const tu! i.,,,,,g 1 3 uylfzl Vi .14ik,g'f tional Cummlttee '23: Basket- 'il , ' , 'wif pf , ball '21, '22, '23g class Play '23: -jul ' 1 ,H ,xjigisih , Q ,Q Bloom Stali '23, Bus. Mgr.: kj- ' fff. mfg' 35,452 Band'21: Dramatic Club '22, '23, fcziyff , .3 1 . f, Tennis Team '23: Singles Ten- - . gf -Q - Q' fwfr givff , nls Clmnlplon, '22, '23, Cheer !f,v3p,,l5,,, .N kj? , W , leader '21, '22. Track Team '23, '13 2,2 . L' J, W if 1' -Sai HAROLD SHLENSKY, S Q, -2 . .1 . 1 -4'-ff Hobby: AI-iff, Q23 ' L.. ' Trying to keep off lllgll llsuor , W ,fn W. X Af. r ' l-011. lAgv.?,-r wg 3' . I, 1. s Ist' Activities: gg 'Q' ' v f g+, fv w . - 1 F.- , Basketball '21, '22, 'zap Gnlrw, go, Aj ,-,:,.g.43 ,W ' 2 'f , j leader '21, '22: Track Team '23g , Q 515 Us ' fgggf, ggigga 'Sy f Q, A-, 3, 4 - V-' ' J: 2al'i2!'fi J ARTHUR sl-loWAlJrla:R, '-ART gg-l' kk , ' . , ,iz I-lobby: 5 - 4. UF? ,. f Talking to Kathleen. ,L igyfw , .al 0 Activities: 'ff 9 , ,-,,- - is -J fi l V ,, , : Football '20, '21, '22: Basketball 'R 1,1 w ' ' ,f'??,.: ,gg lf. 1 , F' 3 q '20, '21, Capt. '22, '23g Dramatlc - Q, , W ,C . ' ix ' ,P . ' 1 Club '21, '22, '23: Glee Club '21, W 5l'. 1- I ' 'T f- ,fi ' '22, '23: Operetta '22, Junior Wijff fg. 4' f wh 3- n il-x -.23-111. Treasurer '22g Senlor Presl- M'- ' I- . '4 dent '2s. kt,x , nQ,: I,5 ,,' ' ff JOSEPHENE SMITH, .loE' , :i.fs . 1 - Q 4.45. V M Hobby: r. i k , ' 'l ' iv Telling people what to do. Q12 1.51.1 Q,-,! 1 -I 3 f 1 X Activities: v. E - S ? , Nl ' 3321 Glee Club '21, '22, '23, Operetta M 'fr 1 ,H - if, 'gf Q--ff '22: Basketball '22g May Fasti- , . , 5. . ...,3'h ,xp l 'af- vul '21, '23g Cafeteria '21, '22, 5, 1 ,Am w , ' , 2, ' 'Ai , 5 M A '- ..' ' f ' 5 l ' . ' f 7:1 . . .. .. ' ' 1 fy 1-,Sl VIRGINIA VAINNA1 TA, VEE , H- - . Q W ,, e,,, A Hubby! h 3-,gk I yn., A I fit BE nf. 1 f' , Cartlug the T. H. F. around ln ' ', Wai, 'gg ' ' - 15.1 'mg S li her -Ford, ' WF ' j-1-Q1 15. ' . 5' 57x33 1 k Acllvltles: -if . ifgvizp .ji ggi. . Glee Club '22, '23: Operetta. '22g ' ' Q ' -I ,gif Z' , Vik: ' -f, May Festival '21, '23. , j Y, . ,fig-3,2 7 Q , , lcv: 1 'kv k ' ff . ln. 'fi 5 I 1 V g ggqq . ,Q 1 ' , f 'j..fk:.- , 'f t .far -2 f Q-lk fi . 5 Amiga 239. T1 .W s V , Q . U W ' I- 1 ' vi x.. w-- V' . nf: ' 1771 ' '1 wb . .Mfr 2 4j.4g?. Vbil ,W :.:- I-,L L, ,5v,mgm4 'gt QL..-QI I I 7 L ' CLIFFORD VEALE, CLIFF if 1 ' by, 5 Hobby: ,, +' fl - I wg. Playing tennis. 'l' l.V',,gA'jgf',-.3 Aeuvmes: R' ! ff? 5. lE:gf?FwA gig? P 'f fr- Tennis '21-lg Bloom Staff '23, ff 1 1-' ' Q f f gb l :N 3 . 3 ' 1 3 -1 I I Q Q, 'ps 05, ' B f' .v - I 'I T: A' MARY XVAGGONER. PEGGY :gl lm .. , 5, I-lobby: -'-' ' ffl? 'QQ ,' ,tk 12, Q93 Giggllng. 1 ,Qi1,'. , Q LVL -h W , .Z ' 53 Aczlvlzies: A. ': I Q. ' ' .fe if,-.. Basketball 'zsg my Festival '2a. ' A , . 4 , gg ., I ,1 . W A gg ' ' n-., W ' , , ,,' Wifi l J - CHESTER WILDER, JACK Ei 2 - jg V Hobby: 2.5 g, + 19 1 Smiling. 'V A I I .Q 'L ' nf , ik , 'Q Activities: ' . if'-' 1' '- fx g V? f f Band '21, 'zzq mee Club '21, '22, MQ - :gy 55- I ., f '23s Operetta '22, 3 ' Q I f 1, 1. e.i5'1g . .1-S w ' as -, 4'?F4.Q l ' . l X ' 'f LOUIS WISE, IRISH 1 ff ,, 'T 'v Hobby: - ' 1 f ' I ' ' . Trying to live up to his name. - L . AGATHA WENTE Hobby: Studying the ancients. Actlvltles: Orchestra '23g May Festival '23 Latin Club '23. If VT' 1781 . -pw I If ' ix f ' 1 4: . if fi. 1 'n AQ , 4 3+ 4 M I ' ffl D. 'fl Q, X54 I V Gigi' 3 ,5 3 5-'V s my 3 M Q? . V m ay 41 ' .Lf '15 . .Ii FW! 11 ,ff .1 Q1 X f cpl 'L P iw H E f i J -. THE BLOOM 1:5 N EDMUND JARACZ, EDDIE Hobby: Disturbing the peace with his comet. Activities: Baseball '22g Band '21, '22, '23g - Orchestra '21, '23, HAROLD GEIGER. FAT Hobby: Slinglng sodas. Activities: Radio Club, Secretary and Treasurer. CARROLL SAUTER., LANKY Hobby: Drawing cartopns. Activities: Football '20, '21, '22, Capt. 23: Basketball '21, '22, Capt. '23g Baseball '20, '21, '22:' Track '21, Capt. '22g Glee Club '22. '23: -Operetta '22g Bloum Stan' '23, GEORGE KELLY Hobby: Talking to Lucille. 1791 . D X wc Y .,,, -?f,j,Qg5 l A Lg Wally Krebs! No wonder! Look how many you've murderedl' as as as K BLQQQLEELTQQ -' id l SENIOR SMILES 3 ' L . Paul Shanks: My, how some of those old songs haunt me! ' 1 Senior: Oh, clearl l hardly know what to do with my week-end. I Freshie: ul suggest that you put a hat on it. Y ' 45 if 95 Woulcln't it be grand if we had exam questions like these? : il ln what year was the compromise of i850 made? What two men made the Webster-Ashburton Treaty? 9 Of what nationality was Burke, the great English statesman? Q In what year was the War of lBl2 started? - What two countries took part in the Spanish-American War? :L How old was Washington on his 48th birthday? ' 1 -is -it vs M ' Stanley Blackmon: Did you notice that girl smile at me? Hollis: That's nothing! The first time l saw you I laughed out loud! as as as t. Miss Smith: Will you read in lVluzzey's text? he Ted: f'Nc. I have a Beard. as -is in 5 L 1 Mr. Boyer: There are two positions open. a grocer's and a baker's. : , Hugo Long: I think'l'll take the bakery job: I need the dough. ' ' as is Jr- Mr. Toll: Can you do this problem? Wal Panzar: That's very easy: Mr. Boyer did it on the blackboard. wr- -is -is . Wal Panzar, going to clown to Champaign: I wonder if the rest of T the faculty went to dinner. at as as Jimmie Mount in Assemhly: Be sure to designate which picture you want of the faculty-insicle or out. vs -is -is Mr. Nelson: You may recite on either gas or chloroform. I Nat: May I take either? vs as as Jimmie Funk: What would you say if I were to throw you a kiss? Bobbie Lee: That you are'lazier than I thought you were. ,S I 35 3 95 Minister: Have you a place of worship where you go on Sundays? , is Art: Yes, I am on my way to her house now. . as as as Shanks: Do you think that l'd make a good football player? ' Leona: No, you'd be penalized for holding. as as as Senior: Where do you get that stuff? Freshie: I was teached it. r Senior Who learned you to talk that way? 5 as is is Senior, about to have picture taken: I don't want a large photograph. I ' Photog apher: All right, then just keep your mouth closed. - C801 fwgce wgf+0Cg2Kge,saffasoag,.. 7' 1- s ' 'liihf l l l Ken: Your father is bald, isn'l he P ' Tom: Yes, l'm the only heir he has. 5 Jr- va af Hallie to Schmeck, whose foot was in the aisle: Why don't you put your look where il belongs? l Sclxmeck: If I clid, you woulc.ln't be able to sil down for a weelc. ' , A4 ai as l 1 So you met my brother at Bloom? I Sure, we slept in- the same History class. ,I 'W ll l l l i I l l I l l l EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE BLOOIVI fReading from right to leftj , TOP ROW-Milton johnson, Edna McCormick. Kathryn Philips, Lawrence X Sclmmeckebier. Paul Shanks. Walter Panzar. MIDDLE ROW-Caroline Balilmann, Marie Baclmman, Alice DeBoltg Hugo Long. I BOTTOM ROW-james Funk, Robert Philip, James Mount, Clilflilld Fooltit, Walter Krebs. ' msn ' r i i W, of , . , A ., zu W ' w K ff --, I .1 x ' .fr -- KN-J .1 'ir - . . Y I ig fx K C Lf- H 'i 1 I fr' .' gif '31, .wif-gfffu-V ff-. iff-L3V51':f N 7 Y 3.1. x zag5'rf-it-3 BL665 4 i . - I N 4 'ik . ' 1 -f -4. , ., --2iff. f ' '- fiigf05TwQ. .. EEE-M 'w' LOQCQQ :vo TT 'Q r :K 1 95 Q ' Q1 1 K UNICRS , Im :.3l -1 L 5' ef-A . I 5 'ia A E E Q. ? E 'E 'Mfwe E f E E E 1 E my E ' E Lfncs 5 ' E- 'Q I W MMI' Q X C837 cz D ' I - , I R, ws f of T 2'Pi'1x.sZ3 HRREGZGQM ,g1..au. 0 ! . iw r k Q J L . L. 2 fy like 4 ,,,A,,, DOORS! DOORS! DOORS! The Junior seemed confused for a moment by the bewildering array of doors, but hc tried the lirst one, marked Athletics Familiar sounds came from the other side of the door: the thud of a foot against a footsball, the rapid dribble of a basket-ball, the crack of a bat against a fast one. and the bang of the starter's gun. After a few minutes, the junior reappeared with ax quickervstep, broader shoulders, and the bearing of a trained athlete, Quickly he opened the next door. which was marked Latin Club, and disappeared. ln a few minutes strange utterances could be heard:-- B!oomus. bloomi, bloomo. blooum, bloomofi-someone reciting a Latin declension. Presently our Junior emerged. with a studious, but illuminated countenance. The next door bore the inscription Radio Club. Immediately after the junior had entered, screeches began to come from within, whoee-ee-squee- wow. This is station B U M, Crete, Ill. The Honorable A. B. Ford will now give a lecture on The Science of Onion Cultivation, Brr-r-blooey-wow. Gentlemen, l wish to impress on you the importanee, - bloc-screechf' You, you tell her. oh, you te!! her--you stutter too much. Lara tara ta bom bom -- t and then little Peter Rabbit said to Samuel Porcupine. Say, you big prune, who's running this sending station? junior came out, smiling. V- He gaily passed through the next door marked Orchestra, where the 'Q 1 sound of sweet violins could be heard. This music was interrupted by a rap! rap! rap! rap! and a voice saying, l want your eyes on this baton! KT! In a few minutes the Junior appeared and went through the next door. Q., labeled G!ee Club. Then began. Our boys will shine tonight, our boys will Q fel. shine.' A moment later the junior burst through the door whistling Glee-fully. xrlll The adjoining door marked Band had hardly closed after him when a rin!! stirring march and it tramp of feet could be heard. After this had ceased, X Xe the door opened, and the junior swung out with the air of a soldier on parade. lvl A few paces down the corridor. he was confronted by two doors of dif- l X Y ferent types. They were much larger and heavier than the ones he had previ- l v',-A, ously entered. They had plate glass panels through which the Junior could iii see beyopd, a brilliantly lighted room. His face shone with a desire to be in ! there. He tried the largest of the doors, which was labeled Hard Work, but ! found it locked.. like a safe-door. On the floor nearby was a book entitled, !f,! Combination to the Lock of Hard Work. The junior examined this book, and, deciding that it was too much work to read it through to hnd the combi- ligrii nation, he turned aside and opened another door, inscribed l..oaling. Since ,HX this had no lock. he stepped in without delay. In a few minutes a sharp, stern is voice could be heard. Such grades! D, E, E., E! Young man. l want this ifkl- stopped! Suddenly the door burst open and out came the Junior, with the gi, l velocity of about 350 feet per second. He sheepishly picked himself up and -,fxl again started for the book marked Hard Work. Seizing the book, he began iw to read a mass of physics problems and rhetoric rules. but he soon found that i -X it was not really so hard, after he once applied himself. As he studied on, a f look of remarkable intelligence came over his face. Finally. after he had sur- Hf 1 mounted all the dithculties. even Final Exams on the last page. he closed ll'-ig! the book. and exclaimed, l have found the combination! He sprang to the l door. and tried the combination. The door swung open! There before him were i, ' ! wonders of the room toward which he had been striving. He stepped triumph- gf K antly through the door into that brilliant room. There on the wa!! was the J' y word beautifully engraved, Senior. JOHN BASSLER, '24. Kb ' 1841 , ,M 'ly l i .1 -,,.,,,........ ' --'U A - jf: 151 , . T2 ET'1T-'Y-Tfiglffff ff'ff'f A ' ', ff, fjff- MCXC atr ffuf f. ,- .'-1,LiL'cfefclfuf-' .e.:f1?L:.i L-m'3JfsQ i1.1Ti'T,:5r.i' 5f:1.'1 ' Q 5 YYAWNN-Aww fi, 3157 '-. If , if 1 ,J Fw T A N , ,ir ,Y5n fb, W7 ,W I -A . g xv C23 ' Q . - 1 1 143 .' - X ij 1? 1 1' 1 1 M i 1 11 l V . 1-1,f' 9 f'f 1 . IEW 15' ,115 . , X 1 1: 1 1 I-X VFX , ' 11' 1 xx, ' 'mg 115-wi VN? 411:11 X231 1L1': ' I I . M5 .W ,I :'1 ..,, - , V1 :X X1 1 f L1 117111 if .1 li k 41 1 ,QQ 'j'1 A f X la X 1 11 1 F, 1 11,1 1 I ' 1. 111 1 '1 .wx ,b 6. T11 1' 1 X3 LH. 1 A .X 1 7 , - ,. 7 1 1 I. EN: msn 1 11? 1 1 js X453 .17 gg, ,L ' J Y-' Q 6 H W ' .1 - V G ,-gig lj 1 . ' YglLf9-,vgifj ffif 459315,--L, L L -'Q,1,5iES...f: V ,nw H Y YviAN,,W,!,A,.,,, ,, A ,,,1, ,. .i..- 1?7 E THE BLO000 JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS James Ainscough ....., ,..,,,,,.,,-,,,.-,., ,-,-,,,,. P r aside,-,Q Edith l0hflff0l' ------f- -------.-.......... .,.... V i ce President Ruth Martin ........ .,,,, --Secretary and Treasurer james Ainscough Device Allison Florence Anderson Eleanor Bailey George Baker John Bassler Nick Battaglia Russell Blessing Helen Laguna Paul Lauritzen Ethel Lee Marguerite Lindhout Gemma Long John Mackler Margaret Marnan Ruth Martin Q 5 Herman Brandwein lsalielle Mathews Q Elnora Brown Charles Melntyre - Robert Burdett Adele Mernitz ' ' Attilio Carducci Neal Merrick Viola Carlson Eleanor Monnix Ellen Caskey Laura Monnix Jane Colburn Norma Moore Walter Cole Minnie Moses Frances Cull Leslie Myrick Arnold Doescher Thomas Napoli ' Martin Dclowy Hazel Newling Kathleen Donahue Thomas Northen F Anne Donovan Walter Norton lone Eager Adeline Orr Ralph Echterling Roland Pamler Earl Einhorn Arthur Panzer Marian Etten Florence Parker Ralph Felt Mildred Parlder William Forrest Margaret Pfeifer Castle Freeman Gertrude Plagge Stephen George Walter Rathe Clara Gilbert Arnold Ritter Ralph Gorrell Juanita Roark Helen Hartmann Evelyn Rohe Lucille Hewes Ruth Ruvel Ellen Hocking Lawrence Schramm john Hoffman Melvin Schultz Aldamay Hotchkiu Joe Schurnake Louis Hunte William Sheehy Q i Percy jackson Sarah Silverman T Louise jaenieke Frances Smith - Henry jaracz Wilbert Terre Edith Johnston Stuart Thompson Louise Johnston Leta Toll Mildred Jurgenson George Tolon Keith Kappmeyer Hugh Tompkins joe Klitzner Victor Towle 1563 l . ,-cf, . -sr ' of 't L , THE BL0001 Nelis Vandenberg James Whitfield Donald Van Voorhis Clarence Williams Vivian Warfield Norman Williams Charles Wegley JUNIOR CLASS Noras The ,junior Class of '24 held their meeting on December 8. and elected the following ofhcers: james Ainscough. President: Edith Johnston. Vice President: Ruth Martin, Secretary: Mr. Toll. Treasurer. lVlr. McDonald was appointed their sponsor. They began their activities by giving an allaschool Christmas party which everyone enjoyed. ln january they held a hot-dog sale and made over ten dollars. They next attempted a candy sale, and although a little lacking in candy. that also was a success. Then they planned an exclusive party for the juniors and seniors, but finding it was too exclusive. a few hours before the party the whole school was forcibly invited and so that went over the top, too. ln spite of their troubles. eighty juniors survived, and at present they're holding agitated meetings over the junior Prom. However such pluck is sure to win. so here's to the juniors. the busiest, most important and best class in Bloom. JUNIOR PARTY A good crowd, a pantomime, snappy music. and a tall, brilliant Christmas tree combined to make the junior all-school party a success. The pantomime, Caroline's Christmas, adapted from Stephen l..eacoclt's Nonsense Novels. was a good take-off on the photoplay popular about that time. It featured the dime novel plot of the no-account son who goes away. gets rich on farm mort- gages, and comes back with a million dollars in gold just in time to save the family from being put out of the old homestead at' midnight on Christmas Eve. The acting was so real that the freshmen could hardly keep from crying at the condition of the poor old couple about to be evicted from their home, and we are sure they resolved then and there never to foreclose a mortgage on anyone. Things were kept lively all evening, but the climax of the fun came when Santa Claus arrived with stick candy for everybody. It wasn't a few Miss Service had guessing as to who Santa might be. The juniors followed the example of the seniors and gave a class party which was more like the seniors' party than was desired, for on the afternoon before the party too few tickets had been sold to make the party a financial success. But leave it to the juniorsl The school populace was thoroughly can- vassed to End who had enough money to buy tickets and all who did have were forced to buy. be they freshmen or faculty. Though the party could no longer be called an exclusively junior affair, it went over both socially and financially That means everyone had a good time. - CSU J mr 50903 , , . YA lv p Md!-mr Y Z. , ,XX fi il JUNIOR JOCULARITY A Student. reading in Latin Class: L'They sailed in' a ship called Argo. 78 Jas. Ainscough: Gee, they must have been a stiff crew. J If -is -is :A : lug Mr. I-Ialteman: Can you tell me what causes dark clouds? Q it Minnie: Why, surely! The conditions exist because the soot and dirt that is released from the locomotives, etc., ascends and darkens the clouds. EJ I9 as as vs I 4, 'gt Jimmie: Did you get him? s Kappy: No, he stepped on a scale and got a weigh. J A4 At 'G :QD tif- Boi: Burdett: What do you think of these Turkish atrocities? L .g ll Spattord: I don't know, I smoke cigars. i I 5, as is as s ' Freshman: I work my Algebra on tissue paper. L ,I junior: Why it li? ' Freshie: That's the only way I can see through it. 3 -f as at ar- 't I 3 Minister: Would you like to join our new missionary movement? ? jk M. Parkler: I'd be delighted: is it anything like a Fox Trot? H 'I vs as -is .Ti . 6 Q She: Have you ever been kissed? He: Is that an invitation, or are you taking statistics? .Q V, I is as as A' ff, Mr. Halteman: Name a well-known conductor of electricity. - 51 N Q, Schultz: Why-er-r- Mr. Halteman: That's correct. Now name a unit of measurement lor - 7 electricity. Schultz: The what, sir? Mr. Halteman: Correct-sit down. Hr- 95 ft- It I'- Bill: I-Iasn't that girl pretty lips? Ray Ainscough: Oh! I'd put mine against them any time. ar- tr- as ' 'I He: You are the breath of my life. if She: Then suppose you try holding your breath a while. : Y er- as as 1 S Ii Mr. Halteman: What is density? Q, ti 5 Freeman: I can't give a definition, but I can give an illustrationf gt . 2 i Mr. Halteman: Good illustration, sit down. ' ' A -is H- ar t I I Vandie: I'm going to call you 'Hingesf . Peggy: Why P Vandie: Because you're something to adore. ,V 56 ar- vs Mr. Toll: You can have an imaginary line between the debit and credit , sides. l Reginald B.: Should we draw it? mssm ' Y , i if ,, .L . .. vr , . bww we 'Jump-gijggii-?i.fsQ2fQPff!J'17x3iTXgC ffhfeffr 5 'Z 1 ps 'a Viola: How lcind of you to luring these nice flowers: l think there's some dew on them yet. Doc Khlushingh Yes, there is. but I'm going to pay it tomorrow. l as as as French Teacher: Now, Louise, l hope you have been doing as l tnld you. thinking as well as talking in French. Louise: Yes. ma'am. l have thought a 'great deal in French. Q3 Teacher: What were some of your thoughts? -f Louise: Ohl l can't tell you that because when l thinlc in French. l can't c understand myself. i -is -is vs ' Art Collins: Few things are more beautiful than sunrise in spring. vu' Miss Koupal: Oh, yes, I could sit and watch it all day. 2 as as ar- J Freeman: I'm doing my best to get ahead. Miss Whitten: Everybody knows you need one. Sr- as as ' Bill Forrest: l want a book for a hook report. ' Miss Koupal: How about Fielding? Q -I Bill: I dunno, got anything on base running? 'U at -if -is Rich Gjerde: l'll pass Harmony with ease Q E's l. - fr- -'s as u Paul Lauritzen: Yes, sir, I'm late for drill this morning, but if you'll give t ' 5 HIC . 'fi : O 3 xg oft l it J time. l can explain. Mr. Boyer: All right! Go home for the day. as fs va judge Vandenberg: The next person who interrupts the proceedings his court will be kicked out. Prisoner: Hurrah! A R 0 .ti 55' t i, va '3 li i E. ' l c 5 S97 ,,,,---... . -s. ---s.- - ,, ' KQV JJ-X--? Nw 3 91 V, 361 GNC 5cQCfsC3 AQ. i-.292 s Jiri f -:Q -. , 7-5 V Y. WVU M I ,Y ,Y.. ,. Y YYY, v,..-..-V-V-.ff I I THB BLOOM THE 1MPoss1Bua AMBmoN A shark I'cl love to be, But my! that's not in mel , They seem to be so smart and hright, They get a lesson left to right! Q : To see them get a B or A J Simply makes my hair turn gray. f When the sun begins to rise. To school I'm sent to grow more wise. I To the Physics class I go: There my brain works very slow. 7 Then to Algebra I run. Where I have the mostest fun! it In the library oft I sit Trying hard to think a bit. 'lhen the hell for English rings: There I make a mess of things. And I often sit and wonder Why I made that awful blunder. Then the noon hell rings at last: Half my hard day's work is past. That's the time I like the best, Then I have an hour's rest. At one o'clock again I fret: An accurate copy I must get. Then at last, but best of all To Manual Trainipg comes the call. There we talk out loud you know, ' No one's there to say. No! No! So now you very plainly see To make a wise man out of me Is a rare im-poss-ihil-ity. GE By STEPHEN I ceo: I f ORGE, '24 A ' THE BL0000 Tl' L 5OI3HOMORES , 53 W,9g42?i 3 'Wuwllinp A' 'g il ummnn:ngggg93fF5.....,...,.a....g 3 3' -- E : . ,fi JN E5 .1 uv EE gs E 4' I 55 sg '5 E s gl E! EE E QE! E :Q F55 E - I L s :E 2 1 if . E ES, E .E EQ 1 ' EE E Qu ii i V :::::r::::-2 E L' f L rqnmm, . .....::m:: ,f 23:5 I mm: X . ,. 1.7 -..-,HS .,..... ,ni .Q M ME gum., X gx ri M 'J -An.1vAN- 5 if W M X X on Q1 A ' h V 5 , f, ,. . ,.,. -, C IV.. 3 -- - ----1-1-M -f---N tr.. mgjjr-is Booom STANDING AT THE LOCKER DOOR What a sight to look at, When you open up the door. lt's just the average locker Of the average Sophomore. Just a pair of gym shoes, Hanging on a hook, Powder, comb, and mirror, Papers in a book. il , Bloomers in the corner, - Pile of books on top. lnk upon the top shelf On your head to drop. Aprons. hairpins. midclies. Pencils. rulers. pen. Rackets, balls. and slippers. Then more books again. Puff upon a ribbon,- - For powclering the nose. A girl-book in a box. . That simply will not olose. Camera. letters. notebooks. Galoshes, four at least, Emptytcandy boxes Remnants of a feast. Tumble them together, Pack them down real tight. 'l'hey'll stay just where you put thcm. -But only over night. LILAH HALL. '25 4923 t... x V In .- tif.. wk I. N,.-1.f 5 Z 124 f H l-L.Li.L7L. YQfrl'f 2-L-:QZXCE 5 X i , 1 n ug W Ll xj. I. rw ff. X w X. NX -,1,,,.g,. , , .1 .- 1-.-1 .Mfrs 'iv -, ' ,t 1 fxiigfw- '3.Q: f xx -rv aff-.Eff .iw 1 -X'w'1sJ2:f? kj' 'f44L1g,7- , U FJ Lian-:Lf A-,Luv -' ' ' '-H Y' Y 1 . r X 1 K N Q . ' x 1 , , ,, . .....-.....,...,,. --, .,f 1 ,,- 5 -QTSWTNQ, f if1f. Q .Q p ff Q1 U1 ., Uf Y, I I Q3 9 3 11 MJ Xb k X. , VN L? al' xl? N-L .!f ffl' 'IT , lL, 1 Q6 5 WX ff! E KJ l K' 1.- .Qi .jk UK ,I sf' i um .Ev Z w ' C :SUP ...WJ6 , V A ,vw-A.-,,,,..-,, ., , W Nj-YN.. Y ff I p D.. . W-X., 'Qgf-f',.fx. g 3 Tri x 1 L' kcw 1- dig-..--N sw fx V Navi? THB BLOOM Raymond Ainscough Ralph Allsire Anna Anderson Katherine Anderson Roland -' nderson Mildred irkenberg ,Q Robert Aykens . William Bacon Eveleyn Baer Donald Bahlmann Gerald Baker ii Margaret Baker ' Samuel Baker Charles Barberi Frances Beggs Lucille .Birk Reginald Barnes Margaret Bischoff John Qoettger Artlitir' Bdnvouloir Virginia Bonvouloir Wilhelmine 'Brei , ,Frank Brett , ' Matilda .Brischke Dorothy :Brodersen Lucille Burgess' Geraldine Buttell. john Cameli james Carr Leo Carr Caroline Carson June Carson Margaret Chambers Avis Clamitz Edward Clark Marie Cloidt Donald Cole Harry Cole Arthur Collins Ruth Cordes Anthony D'Andrea Edith Darling Elizabeth Davis George DeBnlt Ralph DeBolt john DeFrancesco Margaret Desmond William DeVan Laura DiPeso Adalbert Doescher t94J SOPHOMORES Edward Dolowy Charles Donovan Leora Edwards Arthur Ehrhardt Margaret Ellis LeRoy Erickson Margaret Erickson julia Faulkner Agnes Felt Irwin Fink Elsie Fin-kel Earnest Finn Russell Flaig Marian Foley Clifford Footit Nuncia Gaetano Dorothy Gardner Vera Gardner f- Charles Gianftetti Charles Gianaris Richard Gjerde Geneva Goens Howard Graham lsma Gravelot Clara Griese Harold Grote Myrtle Gruender Martin Hahn Lilah Hall Alberta Hammer Louis Hansen Erna Hartmann Marie Hartmann Leonard Helfrich Willis Helfrich Evelyn Hessler Doris Heyward Paul Hieber William Hildeman Ellen Hixon Margaret Hocking Frances Hoffman r:.mil Holm Eleanor Holpuch Elizabeth Hood Charles Howard Bernice lagmin Peter. lagmin Rinaldo lgnelzi Allen Irwin ,loe lsvolt Alfred lwanowski George Iwanowski Mildred Jackson Guy jacobucci Velia ,lacobucci Eloise Jaeger joseph jaracz Frances ,Iirlte Eva-johnson -Robert Johnston Ethridge Keene Wilma jurgensen Herman Kanlund Evelyn Kayor Beatrice Kilbourne Lillian King Henry Klan Adeline Kleist Harry Kleist Thelma Klingaman August Koehler Alice Koelling Tarence Kraemer Albert LaMorticelli Harry Lange Hubert Lanning Maxwell Lanning Casilda Lattanzi Velda Lauer Viola Lhotak Beatrice Liesenfelt Gertrude Liesenfelt Helen Lindeman Hazel Link Norman Link John Logan Lawrence Lnsi Maurice Lossman Esthfer Lovejoy ' Edward Lustig Aquin Macltler Helen Manwaring Elsie Maross Viola Martin Herschel Mastin Ellen 'Maston Claire McCormick Barbara McDowell Helen McGrath f1'r-is BLDOMP lrene McHugh Nira McKee Helen McKinstry Roland MeKinstry Mabel McLain john Meier Mildred Merker Felix Miksewicz Hazel Millar Ava Miller Fred Miller Kathleen Miller Charles Milligan Albert Monaeelli Walter Montpetit Dorothea Moore Margaret Moore Mary Moore Guerna Morrow Charlotte Mundt Daniel Murphy Ada Nantz Anna Napoli Edwin Nelson Fred Ohlendorf Arthur Ohlerking Marian Oliver Alice Olsen Elsie Olson Robert Olson Viola Orr Frances Osterman Flavio Pandolfr Ray Parker Alice Parltler Raymond Paulson Florence Pensinger lrene Peters Esther Peterson Ruth Pfeifer Thelma Pfeifer Eleanor Pfeil Fletcher Philips Dorothy Pierson Stella Piotrowski Edna Pomrehn Dannie Primavera Edna Rauhut Rosemond Reis Velma Richey William Ritter Emanuel Rouvet Wilbur Sadler Gertrude Sauter Ruth Schilling Henry Scott Frances Seipel Harold Seligman Gladys Senn Kenneth Setterblade Loraine Shanks Sam Shift Mary Sirotlcin Charles Smith Warren Smith Evert Soderberg Mildred Soltolowski Harold Solomon Gertrude Sans Elsie Sorrentino Jerome Spaflord Evelyn Spata Bertha Stefan Cecelia Stelter Gertrude Steger Antoinette Stemberger Edward Stephens Melvin Stephens Hollis St Aubin Leona Stogentin Maybelle Stratford Kathryn Strope Bernice Swanson Arnold Tatge Fred Teifke Kathryn Tharp Howard Tompkins Leonard Towle Harold Turner Leona Ueber Henry Uhlaender Walter Vance Louise Vannatta Marian Viegar Helen Vingren William Vohs Charlotte Wallace Charles Wallrab Florence Wallrab Frances Walls john Wattleworth Robert Wattleworth Arthur Wecltwert lrene Weller Ruth Weller Howard Werth Grace Westfall Frances Widing Dorothy Wiechman Elin Wisman Marie Zahner Elsie Zetterlund Hulda Zick ' SOPHOMORE PARTY Much has been said about the greenness of green freshies, but the sopho- mores haven't gotlover their taste for green, especially on St. Patriclt's Day: so the sophomores gave their school party on St. Patrick's Day. lt was then proved that it cloesn't take the upper classes to give a good party, for as our school parties run. the one given by the sophomores will be classed among the best. No one gets tired of dancing to Jimmie's music. and when refreshments measure up to form, everyone is satisfied. 'The novel feature of the evening was The Skater's Dance by Ethel Lee and Leona Ueber. which showed real skill and lots of practice. 1951 ACL .... E T t S' Q l L S: r 1 i 5 i t SOPHOMORE SIMPLICITY First Soph: WaSsat? Second Soph: 's'n' ostrich. First Soph: 's'n' eagle. Third Soph: 's neither, 's'n owl. fr- as as She: Who's your favorite author? Jimmie Carr: My brother. She: Why, what does he write? Jimmie: My excuses. -1- as rs Teacher: How old would a person he who was born in l890? , B. Mackler: Man or woman? ' JF-F95 Teacher: When was the Revival of Learning? Edith: Just before the examination. A9-V95 Leona fat football gamejz just look at the mud! How will they ever get clean ? Eddle C.: What do you suppose we've got a scrub team for? 9635-H5 Teacher: Please correct this sentence. 'The stool was beside the cow upon which he was accustomed to sit. Bright Soph: The stool upon which the cow was accustomed to sit was :mise him. I 3 ,F 'F 'Y Howard Tompkins: Whats the matter? Can't you skate? John Wattleworth: l don't know yet. l can't stand up long enough to find out. ' -ie x e He: Duesn't he think a lot of his mind? l-lfm: Yes, absence makes the heart grow fender. 8846 A squirrel looked at sophomore, Then his mother's gaze did meet. Yes, darling, said the mother, But it's not the kind we eat. 8-1195 'M' Edna, why do you consider James Fitz james a gentle- Miss Turner: man P ' Q 5' Edna: Because he didn't press his suit after he learned that Ellen loved somebody else. v ' C963 , LL 1 QS: 3 ziksfvoe A f--4. ffBiQEE6om RET, S M FRESHMEN 'L x P 51 E! . xw,s ew if ww X EH ii V MIND A F w f 3, at 5 if S , -mvwn 4 gg I A., ,C -,...! wb fwgrffh f?2L,fcf ,-.zL...i,L-. :..g..., .....-, . ., -, 7, ,,,, V --V- 6- -+-V o 'PHI-:BL00m :as f FRFSHMEN Frightened, shivedng freshmen Came to Bloom last fall. Looked the high school over, Crept into the hall. To the big Assembly Silently they went, On their wrinkled programs ' Puzzled minds they bent. Started to their classes, Feeling oh. so gay! Listened to their teachers. With no thought of play. Paid such close attention, , To the old request, Choose a locker partner! Always do your laestlu Time for grades came due, Freshmen all were pale. Teachers gave out cards Saying. More will fail. Freshmen still worked on. Christmas time flew past, First semester ended. Bringing' tests at last. ' Flunlted or passed exams. Freshmen all were happy, Next time they would surely Make their grades more snappy. Some for honors tried. . Others made a C, Even A was given, So they told to me. Now we're looking forward, When in sports we'll shine, Actors, mayors, policemen, That will be our line. But I like to think l'm a freshman yet, ' Sooqrll be a Soph A ., 'S wise as any, l'll het. - ADLQEINE TROTIER, 'ze. KDS! 'Q' Bwom 'B N 3 L J g it n , 1 Q N g LAss 11923 if 17' 0 4.4-if t' - + 1'-fauf' one , I Broom y aw 'l Fmaswvisu Marian Adair Frank Drosbiclti Athena Katham Verna Adolph Alexander Djikas Nicholas Katham DL, Florence Albrecht Evelyn Edman Bernice Keilman in Ruth Alkire Lois Ehrhardt Adeline Kelly XS Everett Allen Nick Falzone William Kendall f - Ethel Anderson Tony Faso Kathryn Kennedy Q73 Melvin Anderson Lulu Faulkner LeRoy Kestner Mike Armatori Florence Felt Raymond Kirgis ' Helen Bacewicz Kathryn Fleming john Klawitter 5 Harry Bailey Earl Flodin Sigue Kling A , Edward Baker Peter Fortino Norbert Klos Maries Barbfri Eemian: Frantz mngialliustl ' im attag ia aro ratz a e oe ing M Philip Bauters Mary Friermood William Koenig Hilding Berg Robert Fritz Frances Koshut ' Joseph Birosak Dora Gaetano Robert Krause 5 Violet Bock james Gadney jesse Krider Us gertrrilde genial: Rernicel gaurilr .livelllyrfda Krueger , , orot y oyer rman erar ' ac nning 1 Frank Bramanti Pauline Cergel Mildred La Noue I Carolin Brown Francis Concher Ario La Morticelli Adelaide Bukowski Mary Gooclenow Anthony La Sala 0 Violet Burow Sidney Gordon Florence Lee If 4Florence Burville Sofie Gregory Kenneth Leinen Z, llxgagfaretcfiadirlnil liloxietta liillansen gjter Lelih k L 1 3 ace a C I lam allseu l'l'llCC 4 Oka Q .grinadCEgriotti arthur Hankn Marie Liesenfelt f 5 ran r son arley Hawes Ario Long 49? Leonard Carlson Loyal Hedrick Douglas Loukota x' Thor Carlson lrene Heine Tony Luongn X5 Cgrg-ochi Eraneis lldielfriek gerrgaikjll ltlgckler , Q IU et ierri ernlce eme ut ac er lx: Romolo Cipolla Medford Hensley Helen Madura X Naomi Clapham Edna Hewes Leonard Manuel! l f Dorothy Cohea Harry Hinds Wanda Manson Charles Corsiglia Harold Hoerntlein William Martin Harry Cox Marie Hoffman Wilbur Mastin - Y Yivifre Cori Xerl Holwied again Matson ac reig ton eorge u son ea Matrox gi, Frank Dapkus Mary Louise Hurley john McClennon 8 Dagmar Daven - Orrin lverson Margaret McKay ' A Svea Daven Harold Jaffe Lester McLaughlin Bernadine Davis Leo Janltovial: Beulah McMunimcr Q 4 Magdalene Davis Stephen janltoviak Walter McMurray Jennie Davis Ellen Johnson Jeannette McShane Edward Dettmering Ruth Johnson Wallace Meidell 271 ' Anna De Young Viola Johnson Chester Meyers iz ' Elstlrr Dglrsen Yirgiligahjohnson gazel Molyrgeaux . er ert 'erson van o nstone X .ose Monte la Lillian Damiano Russell Jonas ' illlam Monzoltis 11007 l f3:2XfQf5. f Q' reggae 'li-1 It 5, Tv, , K, THE WBLOOUT Bion Murphy Philip Natkin jesse Nave Lillian Neary Rosie Nicastro Harry Northen William Northen Angelo Notarnieola Charlotte Oertle Mark Orr Charles Paduano Helen Pahnke Dominick Pandolh Julius Paul Augustino Pellino Carl Pellino Carl Peterson Durand Petritsch Ada Pignotti Anita Pignotti Irma Pilotto john Poerio Samuel Poerio lrma Porter Aurora Pressendo Louis Pressendo Mary Price Bertha Rath Wilbur Rehherg Grace Ronda Maurino Ricchuito Donald Robbins Adeline Rosetti jane Rouse Frederick Ruhe Vernie Rust Adeline Saller Eugene Sauter Naomi Savage Kenneth Sawyer Clarence Scheidt Anna Schiehman Daisy Schreiber Edna Schramm James Sheehan Rueben Shlensky Pauline Shetzley Marion Shoenberger Frank Sichman Edmund Sievers lda Sirotkin Alice Smith Emma Smith Robert Smith Jesse Snow Loren Snow Alice Soderberg Alex Sorrentino Merrill Starkweather David Stein Mike Stepanakis Donald Stephen Marguerite Stogentin Ethel Strandherg Melvin Stratford Dora Taylor Marcia Tessler Harold Thoma Newton Thornburg Louis Tieri Raymond Tobler Stanlee Togerson Mary Towle Anna Tribo Adeline Trotier Ferna Van Voorhis joseph Vasek Frances Vianna Earl Weishaar Jeannette Weiss Glendora Welsh Eugene Werline Harriet Wertl-i Boyd White Lillian Wilkening Waldcmar Wilkening Mildred Wille .lohn Wise Minnie Wise Charles Witt Myrle Wolff Virginia Wolgamott Anita Zanco Mary Zaranka james Zum Mallen FRESHMAN PARTY When the doors of the gym were opened on the evening of May l0 at 7:30. what a sight we beheld! Why. what were all those children doingthere? Was it a kid party? Why, yes. the freshmen were entertaining their elders and advisers. One of the freshmen led us into the artistically decorated gym. lt seemed as if a spring shower had just passed because of the rainbow colored decorations and the green freshmen. They were dancing to the strains of oh. such wonderful musicl After several dances our escort led us into the library where most interesting games were being played. We could tell that they were having a wonderful time because of their noise. Soon we were called into the gym, where there were several stunts in which all participated. After this short program the regulation church social refreshments were served-ice cream and cake. We were then given lollypops and we imagined we were children again with the freshies. Soon it was time for us to bid good- night, and we left feeling that we had had a glorious tifne, but our one dis- appointment was that next year these children would be sophisticated sopho- mores. ADELINE. SALLER. '26. 11017 N 4 THE BLOOM Owing to the fact that most of the material in this book is of such a weighty character that it is almost entirely beyond the comprehensive powers of the freshman mind, we have instituted in this issue of The Bloom a children's page for the special benefit of the freshmen, but we are also certain that not a few of the sophomores and juniors would profit by reading this page. i ALPHABET FOR FRESHIE5 .4 .. . - - A means advice which we give to you: When you're in Bloom do as Bloomltes do. B is for biscuits the cooking class makes: . 5 Take just one bite, and 0, gosh! how it aches. - i C means cafe where you go for your lunch: , Give a senior a seat or get a swift punch. 1 D stands for door of the schoolhouse red: A factory of knowledge for an empty head. E is for excuse that you use when you're late: The car broke clown, I was stopped by a freight. F is for finals which come twice a year: Malte a good pony and have no fear. . G is for gum. which we wish to make clear : Is banned by the law. so do not chew here. A 7 P H is for honors which are hard to get And when you have got them. you're called teacher's pet. l is for illness. the best excuse Which for long ahsenee you can produce. . J is for Janny who comes to my mind ' When the key to my locker l cannot find. K is for Kewpie. who teaches football: i You should 'a seen his team mop up Harvey last fall. L is for locker out in the hall: 1 ILS l You must keep it locked. or you'll have none at all. I Q M stands for mirror on the locker door: l'll bet it's seen artists and painters galore. ' N is for nothing. which we have heard tell ls the one thing that all freshies do well. O is for ofhce so stern and so strict: l You're bound to get scolded at least, if not licked. f1ll2J i f 93: E n In l ll-ln!! 1 1 ll f . THE iBLO0C4 P is for Porky. the bookkeeping shark: Everyone likes him till he gets his first mark. Q is for quiet, which reigns quite supreme O'er any room when the Duke's on. the scene. R is for razzing which freshies all get: Replaces the showers, but isn't so wet. S is for school song. the best in the land: Whenever you hear it, be sure that you stand. T is for tardy, which you should not be: It disturbs Mr. Boyer and makes him angry. U is for useless. a good adjective For those who refuse contributions to give. V is for Vannatta's. where we all go to eat: If you got any money. you'll have to stand treat. W is for whispering in assembly or class, But if you are caught-alas--alas. X is the cross that you mark in the square, When voting for Shanks or for Lassers for Mayor. .. .. . . . Y is for yesterday which comes again never Buy a Bloom now, or regret it forever. Z is for znepteigy. which will have to do. If anything at all, it means we are thru. FRESHMAN ADVICE Never lend money: borrow it. Never do your figuring on paper: the fine plaster walls about school were made especially for that purpose. Never stamp your feet when someone comes into the room: it shows good ' breeding to heave your books at him and yell, Look out! Never neglect to throw paper on the Hoor, as it would hurt the janitor's con- science if he did not have paper to pick up. Never give vent to boisterous applause in the Assembly: the upper class- men are past masters in this art, and you would do well to observe them and learn the technique of the art. Never prepare your lessons: the teachers just love blutfers. Never come to school late. lt's too extravagant: think of the cost of admission blanks. Never bother to think of a new excuse. What was good enough for our fathers is good enough for us. Never go to sleep in vacant periods. What are classes for? Never leave your bicycles in the basement. Bring them :to the Assembly for the teachers to ride up and down the aisles during study periods. C1031 W iff-zEiEii Never lock your locker. Leave your valuables in the inner office. Never cany more than ten books at a time. The weight will be injurious. Never take a book home that won't fit into your pocket or vanity case. Never take quizzes with the class. The teachers enjoy private sessions with such favorite pupils. 55 Never write your own notebook until you are sure no one else has a good l one you can use. fill Never begin a speech with any other introduction but the bright and Q shining faces one. It is the only accepted form at Bloom. 45 --t-1+-il--J Q li PLACES or INTEREST AROUND BLooM T I l The Front Door-the one that all students avoid when tardy. The Assembly Hall-where more dates are made than in California. - The Library-where you find out whether Andy is in Congress. Oflice-where band instruments and lost fountain pens are stored. ,S North Hall-three-minute walk to classes. id Tower-we know nothing about it having never been up there Qbesides. you have no business there for three yearsj. ' Furnace Room-underground railroad to North Hall. Latin.Room-where eats are served and Latin is studied when the eats L are gone. ? Miss Whitten's Room'-the battleground of the senior class. and where naughty boys play hide-the-thimble with Miss Whitten's property. i History Room-the way to the roof. Q' Cafeteria-the room where Miss Herr hears her first hour Latin class con- lil sisting of Lawrence Schmeclrebier and Paul Lauritzen. Chemistry Lab -where obnoxious odors are manufactured for the amuse- Q ment of Mr. Nelson. - Q Typewriting Room--where the pupils endeavor to drown out the sound of the phonograph by pounding the keys. Locker Hall-between periods-the rival of State and Madison as the f . w busiest spot in the world. I fi Upper Hall-the place where The Bloom was edited. 1,2 ilil all fn A MEMORY GEM is w B-is for Boyer who reigns in this school, B L-is for loyalty never grown cool, 51 f O-is for obedience we must observe. If O-is for ofhce whose mandates we serve 'f M-is for mischief in even the best. B-L-O-0-M-altogether we love her the best. KD un-0 1- N L gif cre55jEQ6Qhjgg . THE TALE OF THE CHOCOLATE CAT ' My. but this is a terrible position to be in! The Chocolate Cat said this with a sniff. and raised his nose with the white horsehair whiskers on it. A Oh, dear. l'm so afraid l'll do something awful while he's herel walled poor Miss Fudge. He's so much more aristocratic than we are. And. incleed. all the candies were in a terrible position, with Mr. Choco- late Cat lording it over them all. Miss Fudge, Master Lemon Drop, Miss Lollypop, the Misses Bon Bon, and even the irresponsible Peppermint Cane and the small Gum-Drop twins were impressed and scared. But, as you probably know. Peppermint Cane never can keep still very long, so he broke out with- l'lumph, I guess I can hold my own with Choco- late Cat. At this Chocolate Cat just lifted his nose a little higher. and turned to look out of the window, where all he could see was the space right beneath the street light. He shook his head angrily until the hell on the red satin ribbon around his neck sounded very loud. Sh-h-hl wamed the careful Miss Fudge. Don't give us all away! Well. said the Chocolate Cat. there wouldn't be much to give away. Why. you are just homemade! l had a French confectioner worrying over me for a long time. just see how nice my coat itl And my tail and ears are perfect. I heard a man tell the French eonfectioner that I was a masterpiece. Well, l can just bet you didn't have as much fun as I did, declared Peppermint Cane. Wl1y, every single night all the canes and l played with the tin soldiers on the other side of the store, and in the morning the store- lteeper always wondered how we got niclted. Ha-hal Oh, piffle! cried the Gum-Drop twins. You don't know what it is to have fun. if you haven't lived in a Five and Ten Cent Store. We always played tag. and sometimes we got so rough that lots of us would fall oru the floor. Then the next morning some poor little boy would eat us. How very vulgar they are! said the Cat. in a quite audible voice But, he continued. you can't expect anything else. It was now the Chocolate Duclt's turn to talk. He had also come from the Five and Ten Cent Store. l don't see that l'm so very different from youl he boldly declared to Chocolate Cat. Chocolate Cat was so amazed at the Duck's effrontery. that he could just stare, but when he remembered that staring was vulgar, all he did was to mutter. lmpossible! and turn around to try to sleep. But he wasn't able 4105i ,, , qw-. ce-L -'mjiilgf-2oew,fc33i1'oj9L, - ,YLMO f' w ' f fi' 1 THE BLOOM :asses to sleep very long for the six Licorice Sticks, who. as the Chocolate Cat said. were absolutely out of place, got up and started the Virginia Reel, for which an accommodating Sugar-Coated Mouse squeaked. Then the Misses Bon Bon turned to the Cat for comfort. Really, they said, we never were accustomed to this sort of thing in l'luyler's. The Cat pricked up his ears at the l'luyler's. and looked at them with a little interest. l'le hadn't noticed them before, but they were quite pretty, with their frilly green and red and white skirts. But when the reveling was in- creased lay the Peppermint Cane's playing golf with the Cum-Drop twins, it was really impossible to sleep. And so it was all during the night. The next morning, bright and early. the little girl came down! to see Choco- late Cat. Poor kitty! she said, l wonder if he was lonely during the night. l know! l'll take him to bed with me tonight! While talking to herself thus. she absent-mindedly started to tear the wax wrapper off Miss Lollypop. Miss Lollypop just smothered a scream,-she was going to be eaten! And sure enough she was! The Chocolate Cat looked rather jealously at the puppy who had followed the little girl into the room. The little girl turned around and decickd that the puppy might like some candy. She picked out the Gum-Drop twins, and dropped them into the puppy's mouth. just what they deserved! thought the Cat with delight, as the poor twins were crushed into nothing. when the little girl's friend came to play. the Chocolate Duck was offered to her. Pretty soon she laid it on the window sill. and the cream ran out of the poor Duck. This is awful! declared Peppermint Cane. The way our friends are being destroyed is 'a crime! He was so wrought up over the affair that he got just a little too near the edge of the table, and crack! he wsnt over and fell into dozens of pieces. Ha-ha! chuckled the Choco- ate at. But even the Cat felt alarmed at the next event. For the Misses Bon Bon were actually devoured by the little girl's parents. Surely, the Choco- late Cat thought, she won't eat me when she saved up her money so diligently to buy me. And it took a lot of money, too. he added boastingly. But, alas! That evening the little girl bit off the Cat's ear. Um-m, she said, l didn't know it would be so good. Oh-! sighed the Cat. l'm sure my end is near. Then he thought of how mean he had been all his life, and especially just the night before. The next morning the Cat was ashamed to look at himself. For what do you think? He had begun to melt! He had become too warm in the little girl's hands the night before. lf the little girl had looked very closely. she certainly would have seen the chocolate tears running down the Chocolate Cat's face. And when she started to eat the Cat's tail, he knew that he was doomed! RUTH MARTIN. 'Z4. 0067 VL 5.2 sc fx lf iw gc ..gf,QarffQfs:. :Qaida THE BLOOUT A PUZZLE FOR THE CHILDREN I. A synonym for often. Z. A synonym for haughty. 3. A reddish brown color. 4. To arrange into classes. 5. The last resting place before death. 6. Spider threads Hunting in the air. 7. A small South American monkey. 8. The man at the helm who manages the rudder. The diagonal is the name applied to the objects of a great deal of ridicule. ANSWER : .I-'REQUENT . ARROGANT . CHESTNUT .CLASSIFY .DEATHBED . GOSSAMER 7. MARMOSET 8. HELMSMAN I 2 3 4 5 6 Emoaa BROWN. '24. Our renowned puzzle expert has been at work for months in making this puzzle. His hair has turned white, and he is on the verge of nervous prostra- tion from his labor. but at last we feel satistied that this puzzle will do for your entertainment. The puzzle is: How would this man escape from the room provided the day was Tues- day. the walls were made of oak andlthe man was wearing rubber heels? Realizing the fact that very few, if any, will solve it, we have placed the solu- tion in a sealed envelope. buried underneath a pineapple tree on the north bank of Thorn Creek. However, if anyone proves ingenious enough to solve the puzzle, he may bring his solution to the top of Mount Everest where the editor will be seated to give him a handsome ivory bound copy of an index to the dictionary. N WAL,L :'. O E st MAN ,T 3 2' Dooff 11071 as CINDERELLA AND THE AEROPLANE. Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there lived a fair maiden named Cinderella. One day she was going to visit her grandmother. so she put on her little red riding hood and took with her a bag of beans to strew in her wake, so that she would not lose the way in returning. Merrily on her way, she met a goat with eyes as hig as phonograph records. A half a second elapsed and the monster growled in a high squeaky voice. Pray tell. my pretty maid. whither goest thou? l'm going to the house that ,lack built and see the cow jump over the moon and a two-reel Chaplin comedy. At this insulting retort the monster became wrought with fury and thereupon gave chase unto the frightened lass. As she swiftly ran through the deep underbrush of the broad prairie she unexpectedly came upon a bean- stalk which had sprung up from one of the beans she had lost on the ground. She made it her purpose to ascend the stalk with great agility carefully cutting the stalk away from heneath her to prevent the monster from pursuing. Upon arriving at the top. she encountered little jenny Wren herself who took her on her back to the Green-Forest where she entered a house in which she sat doom and listened to KYW on a little radio: but she could not hear well, so she tried a bigger one, but that was too loud and then she used a medium one and that was just right. Then she heard a commotion on the exterior and quickly locked the door. Who's been listening on my radio? growled a little voice. ' Let me in, roared a medium voice. ' l I'll huff and l'll puff and I'll blow your house in. chirped a low deep voice. This frightened little Cinderella and so she jumped out of the window into a passingvaeroplane and rode home and lived happy ever after. W. P. , THE PUZZLED FREBHMEN The freshmen R the sweetest things. We love them awl quite well. But if they've N knee hrains o'er knot, Eye real E cannot tell. Owe wood eye were a seen your grate. Two sit on thee South Sighed, Caws now when ere aye sea the doolt, Eye all weighs run and hied. Owe sea thee love lea lit L boy. With smiling face sew fare, Aye dew knot think he noes it But his dome iz fool of e'er. We have thee brightest freshmen. That their R N E wear. But hew wood never guess it. Too C them stand and stair. W. P. 11081 'aa 'M rw eff? ea- .i.,,-..., ,Y Y .- f ... A V- . N N fl W ,. N 3, nA wk XJ X , G lx ,xv -I X 'W is W. wx, ,H 1 xf M K X. 1 f 1 nf, vw., 2 1,A,9m.ff f G 5,1 'Q :V , ff5'j 1'sji'Q '5j?Q7tf, F1 , '?UTllv5XMwv HfRGMJjLiQfmHyH: 3 JWDHXQLLQVVW -1- Y, , . K , ,,.. . . ,, W X 1 .X 9 J Kg jlllllllllllllllllllllll!llEE5lEliIEilliHE!lll 'S ij X WAN-H XMAS,-ffxwbxmh is 'mx L1 K .L-wfzfhsi -QLQQJLQ f . Q f X, N:-:::..- 'W 1 s X 2:3 3 Sf I L, ' -'gi nkl' ' ly 'ff gill'31KI1!1UI1MMIIIllMlllllllIMIIllllfIlYlWll1ll!llflllllllllllllllJIHlllllllllillllillllllkiilillilwnm H 'sig Ef q rg ff ?l'2lHlK43 'g fgg 'S' '5 f H gfkf I Uffl Ji ..,..-- -.---- Q f MEL 1 my Vg f f P M E iw F Ti 1- w -M 1, ws ,I X . ff IlllIlllllllIillillllllIIIIIMHIHIIIHIIIIIIIIIHHIIIHIUIIIIIIIWIIIIIIIHIUIIIIIIIIHlHIlIIl!I!1!IllllllII1I1illi1lllIlUIU!IlIlJ1IIlIU1IHIHl1HlHHIIil g 1 i QQ 1: 5,1 41091 Yk af 5 l M 1 QC-----M -ff--- - - - V 1- - - 'f' ' 'N 'f fi, ' Q rs 'cf ' - . 'F-'12-QGQL -TH5-5QeQ?f2,.s - ALUMNI NOTES How fortunate is Bloom in having so many faithful and true friends as the Alumni! We appreciate the efforts of those who responded to the call, but also forgive those who didn't get a chance to send in their contributions. Bloom is acquiring more and more fame through the ever-widening sphere of her successful Alumni. Nearly every college of note can boast of one of Bloom's representatives, and great professions are being mastered by former Bloom students. We know that every single one of the Alumni thinks often of Bloom, and with a smile and a twinkling eye exclaims, Didn't we used to have great times, though? -You will be interested in knowing what some of our responsive contributors say of their whereabouts, occupations. ete. LENORA SALLER and l5TELl..E ROHE are out West enjoying the balmy breezes of southern California. l'm sure their description. we have an apartment. do our own cooking, and go on long hikes. is certain to entice others to follow their example. Both have excellent positions in offices. MARION PHILIPS gives us an interesting account of james Millikin University- Dear Bloomites: Goodness! This is just the time of year when Bloom's campus is lighted up by great red and yellow tulips and when her students are beginning to go to sleep during study hours. Mr. Dyer has prob- ably begun his weekly announcements about the tennis courts, and Mr. Boyer has advised the boys to practice baseball somewhere else be- sides on the lawn fand in the flower bedsl. But then you know all these things nearly as well as l do. and perhaps you would like to know something about James Millikin. Millikin has about 1,200 stu- dents enrolled, 600 in the college and 600 in the conservatory. There are three schools in the college, Liberal Arts. Engineering and Household Arts. The nice thing about it is that although they are in three different buildings. they are connected by one long corridor. The auditorium is in the central building and it is there we have 20-minute chapel every day at I0 o'clock, and there we witness Dramatic Club plays. lectures and musical entertainments. l am majoring in Household Arts, have sung in the choir. made the Dramatic Club. play for Y. W. C. A. and am studying music. There now. you know all about mel I like Millikin very, very much, in fact. next to Bloom High School, it is about the best place l know of. To the class of '23 l give my best wishes: to the class of '24 l say-step into the place of the seniors and try to be as good Bloomites as they were, and carry our flags. the Stars and Stripes and the blue and white ever onward toward fame. Yours sincerely, MARION PHILIPS. SADIE BAKER is in the library business. Starting in September at the main branch of the Chicago Public Library as a junior Library Assistant, she has been promoted until she is in the Rental Department, Open Shelves. and is the only member outside of Chicago on the Library Staff. The work is H101 1 J 13 t in gl x A L K- 1 . e -J 9 9 '52 19 52 to 5 2 4. 4 at D 'X .2 N S l i V' GI-7 -sr' HVGCC 'UXQJJ J ri 0 - is Jerri-is Bcoom X 4 . Q X. X4 gl Q .X 5 X . i W .5 li S, fu x 'F l quite interesting. for, as she says. she has had calls for books ranging from The Diet of Dogs to How to Make a Hat. Any of the Bloomites happen- ing into Chicago are extended an invitation to stop in at the Library. l9l3 CHAUNCEY MOTLONG is now a dentist and lives in South Dakota. GEORGE Tl-l0EMlNG is in Cuba representing an American wholesale grocery company. ' l9l5 MARTlN BEHRENS is instructor in mathematics at the University of Illinois. ALFRED GROSCHE served as Circulation Manager of the lllinig he re- ceives his Mastefs Degree in Chemistry this year. VERA STAFF teaches in grade school at LaGrange. l9l6 HARRY RIDDLE manages an irnn'factory in Pennsylvania. MARIAN WOLEBEN is a teacher of English at Sycamore, lll. HECTOR OSTIN holds a successful position with an advertising company in Chicago. He was the Business Manager of l923 Syllabus, the Annual ol Northwestern University. I9l7 ENSIGN NORMAN PEDERSEN, who recently was graduated from Annapo- lis. is on board U. S. S. Pittsburgh. He intends to meet his parents in England this summer. HILDUR STEINERT receives her Mastefs Degree this year at the U. of I. CHARLES WATTLEXVORTI-I will be graduated from the Civil Engineer- College of the U. of l. OLIVE NASH is attending school at Rockford. EDWIN MCBREEN is in New York City as a salesman for a shoe concern. HOMER l. MCELDOWNEY lives in New York City and is a bond salesman. EDNA HANSEN is a Public Speaking teacher at Crystal Lake. lll. FRANCE WIEHL has been too busy to write anything for the Bloom. you will be very willing to accept her apology after you see how many duties she must fulnl. Frances was graduated from Northwestern last year. and she now teaches at the Rochelle Township High School. Besides acting in the capacity of head of the English Department, she has coached the girls in basketball. coached the senior class play, directed the dances of the operetta. and supervised the publication of their annual. The Taller, She says, When 'The Tatler' is out. l shall be very glad to send a copy to 'The Bloomf l9lB . RAY EDMAN graduates from Boston University and leaves this summer to go to South America as a missionary. WALTER HOEPPNER is studying at Rush Medical College. ADElAlDE TESSLER graduated as a nurse from Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. She received a scholarship and will enter Columbia.University soon. REINHOLD RUWALDT graduates from Armour Institute this year. IH. WILLIAM BAHILMAN. RUTH RUGG. and REINHOLD HORN are at IIIOIS. ing but 11111 Wr5x2m'Dx.9' - 'Tiff f -sa - L - , e531 ' wr., as 0 3 ,,., N ,, oy J. ' wizwiaigraraa Booom,,5L - li ' .21 if I9l9 V V 1 KARL TOLL and JOHN MICHALEK graduate from U. of I. this year. THEODORE STEINERT is attending U. of I. Medical School. J of EVALINE HACK graduates from the State Normal School. SY ' FAITH VAN VOORHIS is finishing her course in a nurses' training school 9, I 1 3 in Chicago. , Q Q 1 JDJ, A ANNA ROHE is at Purdue University. I 45 X I ' l9Z0 , - I 7, GEORGE ANGUS is at Iowa State College at Ames. 5 Q KATHLEEN McKlTRICK is at Northwestern. ' T ' , LILLIAN PLATENKA is studying at Wesley Hospital. L5 THOMAS HUNT is at Earlham College. -1 IRENE WENTE graduates from Normal School at Normal. Ill. I I HENRY BAHLMANN is a student at Chicago Dental College. GEORGE OSBECK and DAVID LURIE are at U. of I. Q '1 . I b 1921 ' -A U , HENRYBISCHOFF. MURRAY HELFRICK, MARSHALL MACKE and V iw KING WILLIAMS an ,I-.am lh me U. of I. cgi 4 ELIZABETH FELT graduates this year from the Chicago Normal School. 1 9 EDWARD KOTAL is at Lawrence College. I I ELEANOR McGRANE is at the University of Chicago. I DOROTHY MARTIN and BURTRUDE SPAFFORD are sophomores at L Lake Forest College. , 5 A 1922 . E NORBERT BEHRENS. CHESTER and LESTER KLINGLER. GEORGE n McELDOWNEY. LOUISE MICHALEK. VANESSA WERTI-I and WILLARD TOWLE are students at the U. of I. I CHRIST DEVATENOS. JOHN GORRELL. BRUNO MASKE and CARL e X' l MeGEHEE are at the University of Chicago. -ig wb VIOLET HELDT is attending the Columbia School of Expression in I 5 Chicago. 1 S i'- 'ti'-- ' I MARRIAGES OF THE LAST YEAR 3 Violet Miller ...... Q ............... Mrs. john Thomas v . Veral Peck ....... ..... M rs. Charles Brooks Q - Grace Schofield .... ..... M rs. Hubert Hicks Q Lois Fanson ..... ....., M rs. Frank Mueller Cora Wcishaar .,., ,,.... M rs. Frank Fedderoft Marjorie Kennicott -.- ...... Mrs. Robert Mount l1127 l I Y - I Y 4W,f ,f ,.w W1 ' ,.nM,-,A H- Mwtimfnfr-M-M f gf H 34 ESQ lQ?j,A? 136 Zzgf'-4 yt gy- 13 K' C4124 ,. , L .. ,f, :,.,V.,ih . K, , , ,. flllllllllllllllllllllll!l!EE5ll!S!iilliiE!lll - 'FXX9-'x L ' P .fr-::'T'!',-:ZW-. :ii'7 - H i' Z- ?Tm . m W: 72 ' '- Nfl A ff? E4 . . 3Q,LZ+Ar,x ' If Sl!NUY0II0ITllWMIflYUIlIMIYIHMlWHlIIlI'I!llllVIlVlIllNll'llllllllllIIYIlllilIIlllllllIUlR1llVIlWWll V 1 EIHIHBH 1 f.'rn.- E l -E2-v f :meg i ix 'S CALENDAR 1 vii. .iff f illWillIIIHIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIWIIIIIIHJIIIII lilllllllllimlllll lllIlllllIllI!I1lll!HlIfHl1H!lIlHlIHfHIlllllHIM C1131 ,- . ,- - . .,N,,-xg-,f--3 Tf-- V 3 l,x 'rfgf ilfg Viz ' 1 Mg 213 X fx 1 wh ' .',,W ! MJ .,u-QQ Ng, if 'FU if if 3 :fl ws ,Y 1 N 4:11 ,zcy HL 1 XY 5, Q x U 1 eff sffy EAN gn? Ni ,x 32' .........-X V 4 K ,x ,ffp-' 6 ' fnvrgfmqxx Q,,,,LL-4,qy-M,, friiTE'EE66'6fifH fee-ew' T.....i, f 1 Llrdz' Q E is , Ft 5 rl as lg si W, '91 .nr W4- w 11 wi ,X . I 4 r KV' . ll AA U33 W X . M... I ACALENDAR FOR l92Z-Z3 Sept. 5-School opens. Marion Philips presents flags given by Class of '22. Freshmen are numerous. W Sept. 6-Football practice starts. Sept. 7-Freshmen dare to gaze in awe at seniors who reign supreme. Sept. I4-Seats assigned. I Sept. I8-First Band practice. Churds or discards? , Sept. I9-Mr. Cragun speaks to the Assembly. I Sept. 20-Mr. Ralph Davis speaks on Our Near Neighbors. gept. Zl-Teachers are given picnic. Sshl They were arrested for spec mg. Sept. 23-Fooball game-Bloom 6, Gary 7. ' Sept. 30-Football game-Bloom IZ. K. K. K. 7. Oct. 2-Senior meeting: othcers elected. 1 Oct. 7-Football m -Blo m 0, l..aGran 0. Q Oct. ll-Report oils emake ilheir debut. ge Oct. l2-Columbus -Day celebrated. Oct. l3-Chief Philip spoke on Fire Prevention. 'Snake clance for Pruviso game. Oct. l4gFootball-Proviso lZ, Bloom 0. Oct. I7-Dean Mary Ross Potter of Northwestern University speaks to l.l1e girls. I C s.fr 1 s-,n 1- :.,r. : J.,-n .af l W if .e 3 . W xi' n 'r. . - usa?-tx fi M ' ' F Qi. l' Riga . ,sg , , ' S J u HQ rl ' 1 2.2 'I-If .59 il ,f 11141 A r ' -F of 5 . J P '7fi23X?rae.b 'THE B LUOUI ,3E2'2LQ.t?E .. N. ,j2 V r ofrff an 1.1 A612 me fa f L M 12 ' L K Q Swings' z Y fig. 0 , . ,,.!.,- U 1. , ll 9 X rrr. . -rl L W.. 5 Oct. l9-Dramatic Club organizes. z ' Oct. Z0-Big pep meeting for New Trier game. rl Oct. Zl-Bloom 7, New Trier 0. Oct. 26-Several senior girls undertake a reform among freshmen. Oct. 27-Certain senior girls visit inner office. . Hallowe'en masquerade party given, by seniors. Oct. 28--Bloom's Lights beaten by Morton. Nov. 2-Weigh-in for basketball. Nov. 4-Riverside 6, Bloom 0. 5'-' Nov. 6-Good English Week begins. Speech by Mr, Percy Boynton. 4 Election of Staff Officers. Nov. 9- Nevertheless presented by Dramatic Club. Nov. l0-Armistice Day celebrated. A delightful program was given L by the students. The Assembly stood in honor of Bloom's boys killed during the war. ln the afternoon. a pep meeting was held for the Morton game. Nov. ll-Snake dance to Morton game. Band plays. Morton' 6- Bloom 6. Nov. I4-Report cards again. Nov. l5-The teachers have a party. Nov. I6-Pig-tail day. Pep meeting in Assembly. 5 Nov. I7-Pep meeting for Harvey game. Boys gather boxes from al! . over town for bon-fire. Lively snake dance at 7:30. - Nov. l8-Football game-Bloom l2, Harvey 2. Nov. 20-Big celebration--speeches 'n' everything. Mr. Boyer reads an original poem about the Harvey game and also a telegram from Marion Philips. Nov. Zl-lt was announced that the teachers. if the student body con- Y sented. would attend a conference at the University of lllinois on Friday. Z Nov. 23-Honor students named. i t Nov. 23-Teachers go to Urbana. Bloom editors attend journalistic 5 I conference. Sauter makes All-Suburban Team. l Nov. 28-wschool dismissed at 2:00 on account of funeral of Mr. Jirtle. Nov. Z9-Mr. Boyer reads Thanksgiving proclamation. School gives yells for Sauter and Tompkins who make All-Star Suburban Team. A party is held in the gym after school. ' Dec. 4-Basketball practice begins. Q ' Dee. 5-Another nf. ann. 5 Dec. 6-Football feed. al Dec. 7-juniors organize. Dec. 8-Dancing classes begin under supervision of Miss Hardy. 0.151 .C 4 fiefgig we VLC ff! LEii9Trtgi?i3,932g7a1Q 2 as -r ess?-. HE BLOQEYB C Mmm, ' pn Du. 5 'JL' D-Q If M . e '14 a at it 4 Q so 7 , .Y 1 lf, V, ll '92, fl Q 0 on l 9 U 9' s .C -0 W 'tr' if illltfi' Dec. ll-Paul Burdett, accompanied by his suitcase. announces band concert. Dec. I2-Mr. Cragun gives an exciting talk about the coming band concert. Dec. l3--Nothing doing except quizzes. At ten o'clock. one of our boys ligured out that there are 1,036,343 seconds until Christmas. Dec. l4-Latin Club organizes. Band concert is a real success. First snow of season. Dec. l5-Pep meeting for first basketball games. lVlr. Clark spoke about skating ponds. Teams lose to Cary. Miss Hardy speaks about the correct position for dancing. Dec. l6-Lights lose and Heavies win at K. K. K. game on home floor. Dec. I9--Bloom 23, Nlomcnce I3. Dec. 20-Dramatic Club presents a Christmas play, Why the Chimes Rang. ' Die. 2l-Richard Gjerde holds mistletoe over Bob Philip and the girls go wil . Dec. 22-Juniors give Christmas party. Dec. 29-Alumni party. jan. 3-School opens again. Mr. Boyer finds some lockers open too. Bloom loses to Kankakee. i jan. 44Honor students named. jan. 5-Bloom's teams play Alumni. Jan. 8-Dr. Hall spoke to students. Jan. 9-Programs made out for next semester. Jan. ll-Several lockers vacated by request. H Jan. l2-Pep meeting for Blue lslancl game. Lights lose and Heavies win. Jan. I5-First meeting of the l..ockless Locker Club was held in Mr. Boyer's office this morning. U rgmny EA f-.12 nn- Qfi . . E 9. Q , , Wi- E '-:ii-I ' ' r ' - - .5-fe ff 1 gb it . J,-.Ja , ' ' f 5 illfil . I M o Hd, .M - Y.- o M... , cc - fl' it X 1 f ?73T4E2Q2ff: Y 1' af 'l f 2.2 9.15195 Q- 3 K3 be GW 1 l1ll9!lIQi ---iilf 7.-:rg i Y WV in-W'-AAA-i-,WMHUWYV ' NT - , A Baoom 3 . . J 'Wi li' iii' l l'ii'i,li' U f ' ' 3' ' ' 'l 'iii. 154.5 - L, FHM., li 1gtott1ii.lll.l.'tMmiQlMtgAg as Q -a i F ., if-1.572-,:..i X f l i , ...5 i ' 7 1 i Q-ye. Si 'u',..- 4 9 Ip- ' iii: :rf fr' s - ' , D jan. I6-Pep meeting for University High game. Both Bloom teams win. l, jan. l7-Another pep meeting called about l2:05. Everybody too QL 5 hungry to have any pep-otherwise a good meeting. Hot-dog sale by seniors. l jan. I9-Pep meeting for Harvey game. Alice Parkler and Mr. Boyer fool them all. Heavies win. Lights lose. Jan. 23-Bloom beats Blue island. l jan. 24-Final exams begin. 1 it jan. 25-Great discovery-we find out what the little red books the 'Q lv teachers carry around are for. When looking through Miss Whitten's book. i S ge lftnldi a game of tltrtat-too. Freeman and Lange get their pictures in the X any ews. jan. 26-Bloom's teams lose to Harvey. 5 jan. 29--Report cards again. Registration for new semester. jan. 30-Mr. Toll is heard to say that there are two great booklteepers O ' in America. and he cloesn't know who the other is, Debut of freshmen. X j i 6 d F6b.I l-Latinhclub met for a business and social meeting. Mr. Boyer 5 K5 n s io a in clothes amper in rest room. ' N ffl h lICb.n Viitaepbmeleting for Austin game. Ted Doescher and the rest of Xt 5.1 sc oo ye . e ost qt games. 1 t' Feb. 6-5l locker.mirrors cut down by contrary senior boys. - l C' Feb. 7-Girls face to face with 72l years of bad luck. ly' f sl Feb. S-The girls, under leadership of General Lee, declare war 3 ,V I against mirror smashers. Mr. Boyer brings about a truce. 1 3 Feb. 9-Mr. Boyer asks students to build a new high school as soon ' as they get to be millionaires. Bloom loses to Evanston. Feb. I0-Senior dance. Those who came early avoided the rush. -- Feb. I2-No school today-thanks to Abraham Lincoln. I Feb. I3-Booster Club isn't started. t t Feb. l4 and I5-Window blows in-everyone will probably live, al- l though three are injured. l50 of Bloom's students absent because of illness. Feb. l6-Pep meeting for U. High game. We discover a great orator 3 1 xt, in our midst. Mr. Webster will please step aside and Mr. Leon Lassers will N N take the platform. The force of his eloquence won immortal fame for Lassers. L Feb. l7-Joliet defeats Bloom's Heavies. tb Feb. l9-Ruth Martin wears ear rings to school. ii Feb. 2l-Bloom defeats both Waller teams. - . 5 Feb. 27-Seatimz completed in Assembly-no more ditching now. fi J, Sophomores elect Ray Ainscough social representative. nlx March l-Pep meeting prior to ,loliet Tournament. All of team on ii i platform. ' 61 173 AWA i ff-K c 's' ec-Qc f ,. ..-X , A X J.. . . - ' 'g,Z 5 1s'SxLCi.9,.?QC0V-54,1,Je-l9E2,5...ff'G-rr 7 ,fb . e ---. pp' PHE BLOOCGX' ,. V I, X mf.: .vpn If qs... I6 ' 15 I . ln- I .gat-Q March 2-Tournament at Joliet. Bloom is defeated. Program in Assembly. Piano solo .,.,,,,,,...........,. Thomas Mclildowney Solo ,.......,..........,.......,, Stanley Blackmon l Movies tonight! Martyrs of the Alamo. and The Life of Edison. March 3-Some one steals Schmeclfs rubber heel for a door mat. March 7-Report cards again. Oh, cruel world! March 9-Dramatic Club presents three one-act plays:- The Florist Shop, The Kleptomaniacf' and Three Pills in a Bottle. March I2-Royal Welsh singers visit Bloom. March lg-Junior boys defeat seniors. March i5-Paul Shanlts gets a hair cut. March I6-Sophomore party. Hollis steps lively with the faculty. March l8-Sunday-Schmeck goes to church. March 20-Chemistry class raids Bottle Works. March 2l-Seniors rrieet and discuss city government plan. Class play announced- lt Pays to Advertise. March 22-Senior girls almost OJ defeat juniors, I2 to 8. March Z3-Seniors have the usual fight over caps and gowns. but sad to relate, caps and gowns win out. Baseball stars practice hard. March 26-juniors hold a candy sale. Junior girls defeat Sophs and get championship of school. Mr. Boyer hands out seeds. March 27-Senior girls hold hot-dog sale to raise money for The Bloom. Shanghai Centers beat We are Dumb -l7 to IZ. March 28-Penny social after school. Scandal! Almost all members of faculty were arrested. Shanks and Schmeclt blew up the balloons. April 3-Back again! Seniors have a real scrap. ,.-. 3'sif'?g-54.fgP.,,g5 'W U I J gf-es f'gj, 71 4 2 , wi , S? '- .s 1 ' 1 '3'f6 Q i ,gs 5 ' t -.1 2111+ 51 'E ' 'nitinuwi A - ? 'rfQ 'Ad ' a f V-71 ' 1118? wb i'Y5J'I.,Qfa ATEEWEQEQM A o r Affff-ff M-fr' i W .z,,..f.s l'l'l'lf'r,Q g ,lv 0 i V7 Msg March 2-Tournament at Joliet. Bloom is defeated. Schmeclt walks. ago April April a window was broken-l ' 6-junior party. 9- Lassers for Mayor! April I0-Billie proves herself a direct descendant of Betsy Ross. Seniors fly colors. April ll-Senior boys congregate on roof fat request of Mr. Boyer, to take down the senior colors. However, no one deems the pole safe enough to climb and so the colors still fly. April April April I2-The seniors condescend to remove them this A. M. I3-- Headless Horseman shown tonight. I8-Dramatic Club go to Chicago to see Galsworthy's l..oyalties. Several boys miss train and walk home from Matteson at 3:00 A. M. April I9-Boys are drilling for Boys' Week. School begins at 9:00 A. M. Bloom defeats Morgan Park. Primary election for city olliicals held. Shanks. L April April assers and Showalter nominated for mayor. 2l-Seniors shine in their new class rings. 23-Campaigns start. April 24-Bloom defeats Harvey. Boys still drilling. April 25--Elections held today. No school in afternoon. Everyone has picture taken for The Bloom. Bloom defeats Whiting. April 26-Boys still drilling. Porky, the marshall. April 27-Billie l-lirsbrunner is elected the May Queen. April 30--The senior class present Miss Whitten with a class ring. May I-Boys' Day parade. Celebration in the morning. Dr. Klingler speaks. the orchestra plays. and the Boys' Glee Club sings. Seniors awarded first prize for best marching. May 4-Glee club party. May l0-Freshman party. May ll-No school: University of Chicago conference. May I8--Girls' basketball banquet. May l9-Dramatic Club dinner dance. May 25-May Festival. fWe always knew Bloom's girls could dance., May 25-lllini Day. Cup presented to Martha Cawenis. May 3l-June I-Class play presented. lllinois Theater crowded. June B-junior-Senior prom. June l0--Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. l'l. N. Mount. June ll-Final exams. June I2-Senior-Junior prom. June l3-Commencement. Farewell to Bloom. H193 . .K -V f-,. A ..., .. , C. -f LCC '30 ir MC: gn... 'J A Q1 A W iff: Y' qw ' 45 Qi Vi ,Y , X Q1 I l 'X' e T71 H iz xf' f a 5 3 Y 1 , 1 flfx' Z : 5. 1 M Mi 1 + , 1 Q J i . ,N ' x I .lxkl f!r'L'?. I Y V F5 fa ,X 5 f 1, F, LY a. a 15 R' E 5 f K XT 11201 Q., .jf g ' iw A fi 5 X fa -w J Y ,hr -. x . 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I 'J BAND Bloom's band started with a rush this year. There were thirty-six regular members after temporary enthusiasts dropped out. About two-thirds of the bancl was inexperienced. Mr. Cragun began action by setting a date for a concert for which the members would worlc. The band selected officers who were capable of Filling their positions:-Paul Burdett. president: Fletcher Philips, manager: Martin Dolowy, assistant manager: and Mr. Halteman. faculty representative. Walter Panzar was chosen as clrum-major. The band got some experience at the Bloom-Thornton football game. They played in Harvey at the game and were declared a success. The concert came on December l. lVlr. Cragun brought out from Chicago several good acts which supplemented the band's performance. The attend- ance was fair and the concert was said to be a decided success. The band kept improving with practice and several appearances in pep meetings. They played at the baseball games in I923 at Bloom and in Morgan Park. When the buys were drilling for the Boys' Day parade. the band marched with them and helped prepare for the unanimous decision of first place that the judges gave them. The band was the best one of the three that played. The band' finished its most successful year with a splendid program at the May Festival. SOLO CORNETS Donald Hammer Edmund jaracz Ralph Lange Warren Smith FIRST CORNETS Robert Burdett Clarence Williams SECOND CORNETS Charles Donovan Walter McMurray Wallace Meidell DRUMS Arthur Collins Joseph ,Iaracz Keith Kappmeyer Emanuel Rouvet CYMBALS Norman Williams ALTOS C. J. Halteman Henry Scan CLARINETS Herman Brandewein BASSES Paul Burdett jack McGlennon Hollis St. Aubin Lawr. Schmeclcebier BARITONIB Ma rtin Dolowy Edwin Nelson TROMBONES john Bassler SAXAPHONES Kenneth Motlong Leon Lassers Thomas Northen Fletcher Philips Paul- Lauritzen Nat Ruvel Harold Turner Hugo Long C1231 Nm ,L as .M Cane-f 41 1 , MEMBERS OF THE ORCHIETRA 'Effie BLQEMQ t-- ,ins Many of Bloom's students and faculty members believe that our orchestra is better than ever before and they have good reasons for their belief. The Board of Education made it possible for another instrument. the double bass, to be added. This was quite an additional improvement. Miss Bliss is to be given much credit for this fine orchestra. which has been enjoyed may Ytimes throughout the year by the school. the Parent- .Teacher Association, and the patrons. 1 11245 VIOLINS Casimir Seralin Norman Williams Ted Doescher . A CLARINETS Fletcher Philips Kenneth Motlong Dorothy Wiechman Nat Ruvel john Bassler DOUBLE PASS Edwin Nelson I I' Hamid Solomon Raymond Amswush Maybelle Stratford Agnes Felt FLUTE Charlotte Wallace Paul Hieber Louise Vannatta Nlildridj k Fred bhleifaoiin TROMBONE Agatha Weme Paul Launtzen Adele Nlernitz Juanita Roark l BARITONE Caroline Carson Marlin DDIOWY John Wise . CORNETS Arthur Ralph Lange D ms Edmund ,laracz PIANO Ellen Hixon Warren Smith ,lane Colbom -,cc DJ ve 4 L I. ! T'7TfiiiffTF-T' 'f rag rv 113, fy ,-., V, 5 'fit pw 2523 fb sis zlsfti tr 13514 Q.,5ii-?4 -l- JN' - .r-2,QmhB1l35?s K . ss, 4-1- -.-..,,,.-., ,., ,, 5 ' Y, rl Q, Y e..,. L 1 J' S Lb 9 u 95 'Q 75 L. lil 3 J r r, ,5 gk e 1 fr 4 ijfx l 6 'J' yl ll '? 0 ,E l. lv h ff hal faq ul I .3 :lil V ,JI . - wr tx f, ' If Q THE BOYS GLFE CLUB . -1 ,SR y r.!'vx.' Day by day, rn every way, our Boys Clee Cluh sings better 'and better. -A Vhj Have you ever listened to a male chorus that was rather punk or, .AI taking the other extreme. have you ever hearcl the Boys' Glee Club of Bloom ill Township High School? If you haven't, you have missed a rare musical treat. H VT Watch for their next appearance. Oh,-and who composes the Clee Club? l' Well, if you must know, here is the list: ll Q Miss Flora Bliss ........ .... D Erector james Ainseough ..... ..... P ianist 4 James Funk ...... ..... P resident A N X Ng FIRST TENOR FIRST BASS gi' Carroll Sauter james Funk : ' Arthur Showalter Ted Doescher 1 t F Ex' Donald VanVoorhis Lawr, Schmeckebier Q Harold Turner Chester Wilder fx Q . -1 O SECOND TENOR SECOND BASS L!! Walter Krebs Ray Ainscough lg mx, Arthur Collins lvillis Helfriclt Q Paul Hieber Martin Dolowy 16. X Milton Johnson Stanley Blackman l 11253 JV Su 'S' . r , r rl 'S - at my p Mmm, GIRLS' GLEE CLUB The music of the Girls' Glee Club has been enjoyed very much this year. The Club sang frequently at pep meetings and programs in the Assembly. and twice for the Parent-Teacher Association. The girls purchased Glee Club pins to remind them of rhe happy times K spent in Glee Club practice. The Club is larger than in previous years. The following girls are members: Laura Miles Frances Haessler Marian Oliver Carolyn Bahlmann Josephine Smith Kathryn Philips Velda Lauer Ethel Lee Evelyn Gibbs isma Gravelnt Louise Mathews Evelyn Brown FIRST SOPRAN05 Evelyn Lux lsabel Mathews Leona Ueber Edith Johnston Virginia Vannatta Wilma Hirsbrunner Anne Donovan Barbara McDowell SECOND SOPRANOS Alice DeBolt Dorothy Chandler Ferna VanVoorhis Mabel McLain ALTOS Lilah Hall Sylvia Lindberg Gertrude Sons Lucille Burgess Director - - ..... .. .......... - - Accompanist ....., --- ---- President ..,. 11261 Minnie Moses Elizabeth Davis Gertrude Steger Margaret Bischoff Charlotte Wallace Adele Mernitz ----Miss Flora Bliss ----- jane Colburn --- Dorothy Chandler gtx3Cg3,3.f1f,51L-, ,y 'e-CNQL - N gl C75F7fei1sLff!.-'fini' ' Y' iffx .impf , ,, .ss csecxxi Lx.: e-,-- 'Q arf, 1 is 5 r fr ,J T ':TLj-'?f5jQj.',lg liiimgthqiwuiiiiuiijiiil 73:-5.43 '11 - V 6'4 I gg E ii-Qiiilxkiiiix login, -L, Q ,, , . Q -- - -7 - ff, 59 1 79' 1 La 4, r Q 13 i 5 , 1 i it A T ll 3 ' A in Sv I ROMANI HODIERNI ' S' 1' The Latin Club is a very new society at Bloom this year. Ask any of its l 1 L members and you'll find it's lots of fun. interesting and quite the club. 1 it was organized in the First part of January under the direction of Miss r Herr and Miss Haskell. The constitution was formed and we elected as our X7 Q officers: Frances jirtle, President: Veldu Lauer. Secretary: and Leonard Towle. L Q I Treasurer. - it ' Marian Adair Willis Helfrick Guerna Morrow ii ' Katherine Arbuclcle Bernice Helme Minnie Moses iii Q RQ. M'ldrcd Arkenherg Frances Hoffman Adeline Orr K i ' N Frances Beggs Elizabeth Hood Helen Pahnlte 3' Margaret Bischoff Alclamay Hotchltin Mildred Parltler its X l Wilfred Bonvouloir Frances Jirlle Kathryn Philips 1 t 1 X Dorothy Boyer Keith Kappmeyer Dorothy Pierson QI Q . Elnora Brown Beatrice Kilhourne Velma Richey ' . Avis Clamitz Evelyn Krueger Gertrude Sauter ' ' Eliabeth Davis , Velda Lauer lawrence Schmeckebier W 1 Margaret Desmond Ethel Lee Harold Shlenslty 3 , 4 1 Leora Edwards Viola Lhotalt Mildred Sokolowski I s Agnes Felt Marguerite Lindhout Gertrude Steger Q' , 1 2 Kath yn Fleming Gemma Long Stuart Thompson 1 l , Dorothe Fletcher Isabel Mathews George Tolon it i Castle Freeman Edna McCormick Leonard Towle ' Clara Gilbert Nira McKee Charlotte Wallace 4 , Helen Hartmann Margaret Moore Agatha Wente Marie Hartmann Mary Moore 5, 11275 , ,. r ,Lg -L,f,, '. S N' Ti, ., es. focff Us-'li Lf .x,:.FNi9,LfB.i-,fC 0 D V--f A . e tfff Lf E i?iiEf?'7 .fnv1 '-WT-SI' fjfgeiilifgt , A L ' :iii iLfi.ff1Q9ii?fl3 ..ll'ai11lf?4iQ'2ff e-Sf k Q V I 7 Y f HS -V7 .gk Ail- I-,e- ' K 'glfx 5. , 'Z lg xi, il 2 n W e Q l XXI .VP l 'N ' 4 rtatt Xl Emil li 'ij 1 X I - it f 3 . 1 'liif 3? if l t fl ai l Y l l L I ,Tl ll A, sl' - fe. 1 p.l X J' ,ff H if r , Q i Y W -. S' .l .x , n ffl THE DRAMATIC CLUB lt .L t ,ri During the last three years, the Dramatic Clula has grown from a new, lil practically unknown organization to one that creates quite a hit of stir. We ' Til X began the year with a membership of twenty-live. all of whom have proved faithful to the cause and meetings. The Club has been surprisingly active. if V First, the play Nevertheless by Stuart Walker was given cluring Better lay Speech Week, in Novrmher. ,E The Girl ......... ,----lVlinnfe Moses fl if The Boy ..... -. ,..-.,Rubert Philip lg-xi. ef The Burglar .............,.............. Leon Lassers lm' i il One afternoon during the week before Christmas, the laeautiful Christmas J play, Why the Chimes Rang, was presented to the school. This was a success Lp not only because of excellent acting on the par! of the characters, but also be r, P .V cause of the costumin'g, the gowns ancl gorgeous lcingly robes. the effective lj lighting of the stage. anal the beautiful cathedral music. -t VQ Steen ..........,.... ..- . .....,.,...... Adele Mernitz St ' Y Holger - ......,.. A .--- ..., -Robert Philip ll L Uncle Bartel ...... - .... Stanley Blackman Q Old Woman .... .... F rances Haessler C' 11281 J ' i., 3 - J 2 ' ' fi - -3----'W 1 -T:x.e ,, ' ,. .T T' , is e. f fw:g.m5eQg9,g.1: 1 ng ....?.,.- .ev .e .-,+.,w-.,--. .. ---- -k....... fl , le . 21' ,ll .M , U X! V1 .i NL, l , n1nn . ,A , . Q 3 f 1 Z - n x lf THEfE5QQEQim- 5 g -, ??f Q 5 4 J BS Fi 5 f . fj 'B 11293 K ,Mx , ,CQ Mr --.I-I--li-I i .I e 11-is ALTAR SCENE Priest .............................. Arthur Showalter lmperious Gentleman-- .,.... Paul Shanks Beautiful Lady ..... ...... C lara Gilbert Courtier ....... 1- ..,..... James Funk Young Girl .... .... W ilma Hirsbrunner Old Scholar .... ..... J ames Mount King ............ .....,... ..,., T e d Doescher Then on March 9, three one-act plays were presented to the public. The first was Three Pills- in a Bottle. a beautiful little fantasy unlike anything Bloom had ever given. All of the cast played well and this story of a little sick boy, who brightened the lives of many by his cheerful spirit, was well worth while. Tbhy .................,.e. ..,.. A clele Mernitz. Widow Sims fhis motherl ,... ,..., La ura Miles , A Middle-Aged Gentleman--- ...... Paul Shanks f His Soul ...........,.... .... A rthur Showalter 4 5 A Scissors Grinder--- ..... Stanley Blacltmon I .5 His Soul .......... ........ I ames Funk A Scrub Woman .... ...... . Alice DeBolt .f Q HCI' Soul ............. ............... M innie Moses Q ' The Florist Shop told how a very sympathetic bookkeeper finally united 2' a fifteen-year-engaged couple, by stratagem. . - Maude fboolckeeperj ........, ..., l sabel Mathews Henry Qotlice boy, ............. ....... R obert Philip Slovsky Cproprietor of shopj .............. Leon bissers I Miss Wells .................. ..... C arolyn' Bahlmann ' At Mr. Jackson ..... .......,............ T ed Doescher I The Kleptcmaniacn was a tale of fashionable ladies. and how one lost her purse and her money and her engagement ring. Oh. dearl All of the '. girls in this play acted with such naturalness that we have high hopes of some channing society leaders soon. , 1 gi A. t, 1 Mrs. John Burton fPeggyI .......... Wilma Hirsbrunner l 1 Mrs. Valerie Armsby fa young widowl---Dorothy Chandler Mrs. Charles Dover fMabeD. a bride ........ Clara Gilbert Mrs. Preston Ashley fBerthal .......... Edna McCormick Miss Freda Dixon ,.............. ., ..... Mildred Parkler Miss Evelyn Evans fa journalist, .......... Ellen Casltey Katie. Mrs. Burtorfs Maid .............. Sylvia Lindberg 1 The Club has been very successful financially. A well-filled treasury has enabled us to purchase several articles that should always be a credit to the E 11305 V. .... .. gr.. .- we fwq-. Y '?xi,ee,fC' 9. 9 S 3 S, 9 K? gf 6 Y 5 fQ afwEf wf3QQQm i 1 W if U l 655 - . X , ...if A ,. . 2.1 THE 'SLQH''Sf QH0f2 T B6ff1f , f 11311 ? Drama Club and Bloom. With the money left by the Club 'of I922. we pur- chased a handsome gate-legged table, and with the proceeds accumulated this year. we have bought a rose and tan silk floor lamp, a velour foot-stool. a tapestry covering for the table, and that isn't alll We bought theater tickets and on' Wednesday. April IB. instead of the usual meeting. the Club. with Miss Stark and Miss Herr. enjoyed seeing Galsworthy's l.Joyalties at Powers Thea- ter. The finished acting of this play, which is considered one of the best dramas in Chicago this year, gave the Club ideals for dramatic work. There is a sad part to the tale, however. Four of our boys were very considerate and to avoid over-crowding the already crowded ll:35 homebound train, waited for a later train and arrived safely at Matteson about 3 a. m., and then good- naturedly walkamobiled home. ' Before the close of the year the Club has planned on giving an annual social event at the high school. The date has been set for May l9, and the party is to he a dinner dance. OFFICERS President ....... ........... .... J a mes Mount Vice President ..... ......... P aul Shanks Treasurer ....... ........... A lice DeBolt Secretary ................ -.. ........ Carolyn Bahlmann N . A S . DRAMATIC CLUB MEMBERS Carolyn Bahlmann Stanley Blackman Evelyn Brown Ellen Caslcey Dorothy Chandler Alice DeBolt Ted Doescher james Funk Clara Gilbert Wilma Hirsbrunner Frances Haessler Keith Kappmeyer Sylvia Lindberg Isabel Mathews Edna McCormick Adele Mernitz Laura Miles Minnie Moses james Mount Mildred Parkler Robert Philip Paul Shanlgs Arthur Showalter Nelis Vandenberg A 0 11321 l n -- f 5 I W .L X -off r T413 .ywy giwgitjfiffsfsfffsiegilefefc 1 X 114 f W nl in V K -ww-W-nw,-7-Tv-4,--,-Q.,-,, F 4 L V1 A . 4, J J A X 'M , 1 I Qlllllllllllllllllll llll IIEESIEIIHIIIIIEHIIIIJ W' lg ,,, .-fgf-fi-Aifi' - X - .U LE' 'fn.J rw ' .QDW 'il - - 5 - -'H Tj, ' V ': ' 325 9 M -' W. ga, if Ag gd'TMl!lI1I!lllI?lllJIWI1lIllIIIIlllIl VIIY HIIllI1IIIIILIIllIIIllVIIllIIIIIIMII1IIIll!lllIlUllNlllllIIIIlllZWxlll5 4 Q 1 1, I X , Q QQWSHBEBEMQE f iv! g 2 x -,CQ if ' N ff fl K R Wgff Q gg fw... , ATHLETICS . - gi ,w W ' K V 5 WC, Q ?' Aziz 2 M - - N V3 xg , , 5 NI ry 1 Q IIlllI!lIillIlIllllIWl!IIllIII IllIlllllllIUIIIIIUHIIIIIIIIHIIIIHIIHHIMHIIIHIII HlfHIllIllllll1IIIllhl1ll!I!IlIlIlHJI1llIIH!l1IlIl1lIIl!Ill1Ql 5. QR ig W may Q 5 Y R . s '1 f -4 ,fx- T Q ,4,f:-'KST 7 'CNC wil vf-1,721 '-- ,, , Afgziqfd .A X' C f' .4 ' ff E'32Q-iL,fK4,,1,x3XgfE-W--f DN F I u 'A14'l Magi? pi sf n Y M 'YAY Y Yijg ix t l jfgfi!25'Qliftz'tmp EE QE BYaQQ5fixQE'-Qsfgtgescilfw CX. V V -WW--iA--------- gt Q l l f l Yi 'ff 913 be Lt U mf, Ki ig gtg THE LETTER MEN 'TQ Upper Row-Schmecltebier, Freeman, H. Lange. Napoli. Jennings, R Lange Q Middle Row-Burdett, Bonvouloir, Shanks, Vande-nberg, Keene, Smith aracz 5, Krebs. Van Voorhis. Doescher. gd Lower Row-Tompkins, Dolowy, Schlensky. 0 ATHLETICS lg Our athletics like our school S has grown by leaps and bounds. . 'y There was a time when basltet- f . ball was played in a small tv space in the attic: when anyone J possessing a whole or part of a V uniform was emi the football U squad: when any lad able X' to catch a ball was consid- 2, ered a member of the base- tl ball team: and when traclt was X ' unheard of. ' I But now times have changed: 4 our football. basketball. anrl Q baseball teams have come to 9 be important in the Sub- ' 5 urban League, and Bloom is be- 2' ing represented by competent ti .' track men in all the most im- filk portant inter-scholastic meets. Ne'scn Lean ml 11343 - t Qt if 1 1 i ill - -.X -w J- egg rs, 1 N- 'fff 'CK V THE BLOOU! This year our first successful tennis team was organized competing with other strong teams of the League. This season has provecl the most successful in the history of our athletics. ln football, Bloom's sport supreme, only three games were lost. After meet- ing the strongest teams of the League. we reached the climax of our success in the defeat of Harvey, who was lied for championship. Basketball was not as successful as football. but we are well satisfied with the showing made by our teams. Baseball proved rather disastrous to our reeorcl, even though we had one of the alnlest pitchers in the League. Track enjoyed its first year of comparative success. We hope that next year Bloom's teams will advance to championship records. 5jnyJa,. J r- . ,A4'C,C' , Y w B-L-0-O-Nl LOCOMOTIVE Thatls the way to spell it, B-T-H--S. Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! l'lerc's the way to yell it E-T-H- S. Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! BI-.COM B-T-H-S. Rah! . Rah! Rah! Rah! i B l.. 0 O M C1351 Lee Ul??i A M D 4 1 , l l i 3 . 1 i 1 w 1 4 l I 1 1 1 i 1 l Q si . t l 7 l cf Q 1 -'fc la w n f ill' 0 'L Q 1 il si W1 3 . , 3 AQ ll 'f V L i T fl' it bil tri M 31. rl ei Q 9 if 3 'H clk Q 5 F. li mit Q BWLM F OUT BA l.. l.. 2 j'f '5.r M There was an exceedingly line outlook at the beginning of Bloom's 1922 gridiron season. The Board had furnished the Athletic Department a good sum of money for equipment. The basement of the North Hall had been fitted out in line style for training quarters with drying rooms, storerooms, shower room, and the coach's oliice. New uniforms were boughtg no expense was spared in equipping this championship team. Coaches Lean and Nelson were quite satisfied as they looked over the batch of some sixty men who reported for duty the first day. About a score of these, averaging I60 pounds, had had some football training and experience. and were likely candidates for the hrst team. There were no exceptional stars, except possibly Capt. Sauter, who had held down the first end position for three previous years. but there were several men. real men fespecially Van. Tompkins and Dolyl, men of that hard, plugging, clogged type which is essential to every successful football team. To top it off, there were two good coaches, who had marked out a system of plays which helped to make the team a success. The first preliminary game occurred on Sept. 30. with Froebel High at Cary. The game, although Bloom lost 6 to 7. was a lesson rather than a de- feat. for it helped to weed out and settle the squad, hnd faults in plays. and generally prepare for the big games to come. The Kankakee game on October 7 shows the effect of this lesson. for the K's were defeated I3 to 7 by a crack Bloom eleven. The little faults in line- up and in plays had been corrected with a satisfactory result. The first Suburban League game came on October 7 at LaGrange. ending in a draw 0 to 0. The LaGrange team had been going strong with good chances of holding the championship, but Bloom's team was just as strong and outplayed them throughout the game. The second League game. littingly called the climax of the season, was played at Bloom with Proviso, the halt ending in a scoreless tie, and the game ending with Proviso the victor, I2 to 0. Proviso, considered the most powerful team in the League. expected only a mere scrimmage witlrtBloom, but was mis- taken and had to fight desperately to gain their victory. New Trier came next, they, too, expecting an easy victory: and were t136l U c , . A -.- ,,.-, K. .- ,eQ1s-K,-T'j'x 'timid sci iiyglfo-M. fiat IL iffkkxh .,. , pg-q-pgs, : f A 'Lf' Cog- 7 ii il ' 1 Li-'Li'Lf:l,i Uf'f1- il 53 fi -9 '.3,5Tte1l5Ytiz3tii.i.. ii ' li'.' I X Rl ki i w U We 7, V X , gif, lx 5 V W , r r ti . i l 1 1, l l '- , l W i .. l l 'f ll , , Ll Q lf 4 ' l 1 I' f I it Et 1 Vi Q lil . . - f 1 . iff: Upper Row-Vohs, Forrest, Freeman. Sauter, Bonvouloir, Murphy. , lvl Middle Row-Showalter. Towle. Keene, Sadler, Schramm, Vandenberg, Dolowy, ' 3 ' Kleist, Schmeckebier, Burclett. Coach Lean. 0 Lower Row-Peterson, Turner, Tompkins. Sauter, Captain: Tompkins, Panzar. M. Maclcler. lug astonished to see the sturdy Bloom team romp doa theifieldito 6ito 0 victory . in the first few minutes of play. New Trier fought hard, but Bloom held their Q: prize, and the game ended 6 to 0. 21 The next two League games, Riverside and Morton, both of which were at the bottom of the ladder, proved disastrous to Bloom. Looking for- ward to the Harvey game, we effected a complete change in plays and lineup. Y The result was defeat by Riverside 6 to 0: and tie by Morton 6 to 6. L Then on November IB, came the glorious end of the football season-the 5 annual game with Bloom's most bitter rival, Harvey. At Hrst it was rather a Q sad outlook. for Harvey had the best team she had ever had in her history, and T was about to be tied for Brat place in the Suburban League, while Bloom was ' disheartened, since she had been defeated by the poorest teams of the League. , But, by some miracle. this poor disheartenecl team was transformed into one of clogged determination. Harvey had to be beaten! ' . The credit largely belongs to Coach Nelson, for it was he who spent those lp two weeks of preparation in fanning school spirit from a little spark to a raging th ' Fire! He talked to the team, bringing them out of the sickening depths of fail- fx ure into hope. Finally, as they realized that the whole school was backing them heart and soul. they set their teeth, thinking but one thing-Harvey must be beatenl S: f137J t l M l ' ' , , , ll . - t, 1-r :'+- Y- Y - f-..f'TQA7'ffs,:-- we s ilftfgkf. fG6.,efsoii94,, QLQQQQD THE BBLOOUY So it was, and on that fateful day, November !8. a determined eleven. in blue and white. took their places.in a ,literal sea of mud and water. Few words were said. but not one of those lads had other than the one thought in mind- Harvey must be beaten! 1 The whistle blew! the game is on! they charge. they slip! they fall! ln a few minutes they are covered with mud beyond recognition. Harvey's supposed invincible line crumbles before the charges of Bloom. Harvey is still being pushed back! A trick play. a pass. Vandy to Sauter--Sauter goes over the line! . There is a whoop from Bloom's backers-l'larvey's are amazed! So the game continues, Bloom's lads fighting harder and with greater determination than before. Harvey's being beaten! Then in the second quarter, Capt. Sauter is badly injured. There is a period of doubt and depression, but in the third quarter. through the skill and cool accuracy of Vandenberg. another touch- down is made. The Harvey team is helpless: they can do nothing against the terrible onslaught directed against them, ln the fourth quarter great cheers burst forth from the grand stands, for Sauter, patched up, barely able to hobble onto the held. resumes leadership of the team. Toward the end of the game, Harvey, with a sudden spurt. pushes Bloom almost to the goal line. A touch- back risults, giving Harvey two points. Then ends the game with the score l to . - lt was pitiful to see the defeated and crestfallen Harvey lads listlessly drag themselves off the field. With that last whistle all their hopes of eham- pionship were erushed-they were beaten by the lowly Bloom! But Bloom! They were wild with joy. The impossible had been accom- plisheclg they'd won! I Oh that glorious. end-Harvey wasibeaten! V, FOOTBALL SCHEDULE-l92Z Bloom ----- ........... at Gary fFroebel H. SQ .... .... - !6- 7 Bloom ----L ---at Kankakee ............ .... - IZ- 7 Bloom ..... ---at La Grange .-..-..-- -..--- 0- 0 Proviso --- ---at Bloom --.-. -----!2- 0 New Trier -- ---at Bloom .-.-. ----- 0- 7 Bloom ..... ---at Riverside -- ---- 0- 6 Morton -- ---at Bloom --- ---- 6- 6 Bloom -s--- ........... at Thornton ...... .... l 2- 2 ' I FOOTBALL SCHEDULE-! 923 Sept. 25--La Grange at Bloom. Oct. 7- Oct. !3-Bloom at Proviso. Oct. 204Evanston at Bloom. Oct. 27-Bloom at Morton. Nov. 3-Bloom at New Trier. Nov. I0-Bloom at Waukeganf' Nov. !7--Bloom at DBYKQTIQT Ohitb Nov. 24-Thornton at Bloom. C1331 ' if1 ?ijnTQiELoom + Q' i L 1 : s X w w . L . - A w u: I 9 E 35 2 4 l ' 11391 f . ' n 'QL wi- Qvzgfg- Q 1 ,X J -dk- ., AA -. A - Q. ,-, , l f , ,sf Agn g' 4- 57 W by Y wr' awww--M my Y V N145-4,,,: . - il i, Sl ml i ill , Q ft, eg . g gl : vi I - 4 Sf M t ' tb THE FOOTBALL LETTER MEN lg? '-LANKY' SAUTER QCAPTAINQ-END Choice of entries for All-Suburban encl: one of the most successful re- .yxv ceivers of passes in the League: his work in smashing interference especially I 3 fixf notable this year. l i 51 - BILL FORREST-END ' ' A fast little encl: noted for covering punts: an effective stumbling block to opponents around the encl. - f f' 5 ig, -Bunnarr-GUARD Q l iii A hard, cimsistent workerg always there fighting for every inch of ground. . ig, Q 5 ffl KEENE.-GUARD ' 7 l ,f Possesses grit and ability that will make him one of the feared lineman l l 'iii in the League this coming season. lil: TUBBY Kl..ElST-TACKLE 5 A literal human tanlcg one of the mainstays. either offensive and defensive ll' l N 'gl of the front line. - , 'X l Ilia W ,, W ,-x N -. .,Wix.:.,b Ii fill ' - ' '-.ee-ev-v1 i '- 'if i 1 'Xl ,Sf S . Y i jf ? j' is i ,ix , Io l NEW TRIER I YARD TO G0-BLOOM HELD 1140, Y i . l N . ...im f... -.LL p 'rf-is Booom p l Q r i ' - SCHMECK--GUARD Under plays in center of the line where determination, direction, and nerve are needed to stop smashing plays. - 3? BONVOULOIR-GUARD i 1 Although handicapped by iniuries.-his was a hard, consistent game. VANDENBERG--TACKLE Passing fast, accurate, and superb: equalnto most college passers a sure man who could be counted on to stop plays anywhere near him. -X e r TOMPKINS--CENTER me A fast passerg u cool. yet hard playing defensive star: surely a stone wall X in the front line. ' : x lg! . il, i c fijffjgsiiiqtu-ulflfiigfjfm' A l lil tix Q . L i sLooM vs. Pncvlso Q141j . W . Ag- - ee, , Ae . - J - l 1 v u L 1 J S THEEEP39 1 1 I ART PANZAR-QUARTERBACK 5 Naturally adapted to the quarterback's position. especially good in the open: his cool generalship and common sense have proved an important factor in the success of the team. Z' The human battering ram, who could always be counted on to plough through the ememy's line for needed yardsg his defensive work in support of the front line was also marked. MICKEY MACKLER-HALF-BACK A little knot of nerve and determination, especially clever nn the open held: ever in the very thick of the fight. 1 N SHlEK TURNER-HALF-BACK Y A very able man, who knows how to back up the line: a most successful interference mam hi ART SHOWALTER-1-IALFBACK A sterling. consistent worker, who could be counted on at any time to lt carry the ball. 7 ,K 13 I k I sv X ,, ff. BLOOM vs. PROVISO HD 11421 l X l 1 p p H- A. - ,W ,,,, ,Agn 'Q S 1 Q., .E Q N - DUKE DOLOWY-FULLBACK f s. 'S I . if QWW6., y ' 1 NX il: , ' li, r fi 5' '. fl BASKETBALL I At the beginning of this basketball season our coach had a very rosy outlook for our teams. Sauter, Shanks and Shlensky were the only letter men, but there was excellent backing expected from Vandy and Freeman, former subs ' The first game was with Gary, but it was only preparatory for later big . games. The first league game was with Blue Island, and though we lost I0 to Z. lj 1 the team showed a marked improvement. This was shown in the victory over .T U. High and a I5-25 victory over our old rival. Thornton, on january I9. lk When Blue Island came here January 23. we trimmed them lay a close score. Qr Because of the illness of some of the players and the ineligilzility of Sauter C amd Shlensky after the end of the semester. the next few games were very gd disastrous to Bloom's reputation. Evanston, University High, and Joliet carried , I or? our team on our own Hoor. But at the end of the season, February ZI, the first game for several weeks when all the regulars were back, we made a strong comeback and carried away Waller by a score of 34 to I3. There are excellent prospects for next season, however, for only one letter 'f U man, Shanks, will he graduated. 3 f Hmvvwsicm scHEDUuze192z.23 X Bloom .... Gary CFroel:el H. S., .......... 20-29 ' Kankakee - Bloom ................ ...... 8- I8 Bloom .... Momence ........... ..... 2 3-I 3 N' I Bloom .... Kankakee --- .... I5-I6 L Bloom .... Blue Island --- .... l0-21 .I Bloom .... Univ. High .... ..... 2 0-I7 Q ' Thornton - Bloom .... .... l 5-Z5 ' Bloom ......... .... a t Morton ..-- .,., 8-33 V Blue Island Bloom .... ...... l 4-I6 Bloom .... Thornton ..... 20-24 Austin ..... .... B loom .... ..... 2 l-l 7 Peotone Bloom .... ,,,.. l 2-27 Evanston - Bloom .... ...... 2 5-I7 U. High -- Bloom .... ..... 2 6--l7 Bloom .... Joliet -,- --- 4-32 Waller - Bloom ..,. ,..., l 3-34 I 0435 I .I ' TTQEEE THEEMDQFLEEEQET fl ,' xv X J , 3,3 kf .5 159 Sw 3. J 3 i dl ' YL l L fl 1-f' L fr? W fl 5 el l Q ix Q ,i X S, Qi N . 'U SJ . ' QV- 2 9 , W 2 2 E i 2 QQ' ' 7 I el lfiourtesy of Chicago Daily News! A HEAVYWEIGHT BASKETBALL LETTER MEN fl Ll Nelis Vandenlnerg ........... , ,...,......,... ---M ,.,,,,,,,,-, Fgrward gl Paul Shanks ....,..... ........,,, F nrward ll lf S V. Carroll Sauter ........ -.....-..-. F nrward . X Castle Freeman ...... .......... C enter , Harry Lange ................ Guard f Wilbur Sadler .,.. ,... G uarcl F x Tb William Forrest .,.. Guard ' Q O . . 5 xg i 'R A X lil SA 11:11 'c E it , Y -I g E:-T1 QmwawQw2m22g3Sfw2fMi2wfGwQf Q ,Cv nh e 1 5 ,cur Jpl - sr- 'AL ....,,3,C5 f- 'w .-.f . ------.--.--.--L L -THE Booom,-,moo-wid-'W l R' D L L gf .1 'D l l 9 3 7 J 9 5 5 lb ii S. A ll 1Courlesy of Chicago Daily News LICHTWEIGHT BASKETBALL LETTER MEN Arthur h Showalter ...... .. - ............. .. ........ . ....... Guard Vlctor Towle ......................,......... Guard Leon Lassen ...... .... .... . , ---.---Center Walter Krebs .........,...... Forward Aquin Nlackler .... -Forward rs as -an LIGHTWEIGHT SCHEDULE-l922-23 l Score Bloom .... ............. a l Gary ............. I0-I2 Kankakee -- ---at Bloom ..,. I8-I5 Bloom .... ---vs Alumni ..--- 26425 Bloom ...- ---at Blue lsland --- 2-l4 Bloom --.. -,. .at U. High --.. l4-l3 Thornton --- ---at Bloom ---- l4- B Bloom -.-.---- ---at Morton --- 6-I0 Blue lsland -- -..-at Bloom ---- l4- 5 Bloom ...... ---at Thornton - l7-23 Austin --- . --at Bloom ---- l8-ll -l 'anston --- ---at Bloom ---. l7-ll ,ijf High -- ---at Bloom ---- B-25 FN i'flWBll8T --- ---at Bloom - .-- l0-l7 Sl ' may Em, I . -LH-X.- .,i-.w.,fg..,f , L 1 :S b ' -I 5 n , ,A J Q: Y Q 3 S -L. 6 U ac, 1 A 6 . FJ .fb ai mf! . QM xx L RX fif it Y f 3 D ' fm -3 i X .Ax H f tux V V, -L: D 19,9 ff gg Egg Q , e 3 Q- ,1 fx . ' . K3 1 4 -N .T , lv' N ' 1 ,. , -A 5 Q O 2 I Qt' I 'X x N ii I5 QN 11461 Q4 Zi F A F 1' Y gin , , X tg ,DJ .qi if , -n--., V L- 9 Y . J ' THB BLOOD! -1, N , K , Q B 'Z 3 D 1 Bu ffffih V , ' Z5 0 :lv s. Q . Ki, Vw r lj J ' I fi lki ' if i K 1' ' x V l gi AZ Six vets and several goocl subs from last season gave Bloom hopes for an O excellent baseball team this season: Capt. Dolowy, Bloom's star pitcher, Smith at first, Forrest at third, Lustig. Vanrlenberg and Naooli in the ouklielcl. Among the subs who have won a position on the team are Freeman and Lanning, both pitchers, alternating with Dolowy in the outlicld. Among the newcomers are Lange, seconcl baseman. Cox. short-stop. Vandenberg, a former outhelcler, holds the catcher's job left vacant by Sauter last season. V Bloom began its season with a rush. winning four out of five practice games. The League schedule, however, was not so successful. for at the time 5, of writing only one out of four games has been won. 5 Q Broom -- -,-,1o Fenger ........ 0 Bloom -- .... 4 Morgan Park ..,... ..-JO Bloom -- .... 3 East Chicago 2 Bloom -- --e- 3 Morgan Park Bloom -- .,.. 7 Thornton ...... -..-- Bloom -- .... 6 Whiting ..... ---- . Bloom -- --..- I Evanston -- it Bloom -- .... 0 Morton ...... ---- S J Bloom -- .... Z Blue Island .... ---- - Bloom -- ..--- L Bloom -- -,-- Bloom -- ---- Bloom ..-.. --,- Bloom -- ---- Bloom .... .... Bloom -- -..-- l l 0 2 Bloom -- .... I0 0 l I3 13 Bloom .... .... f A East Chicago Uni. High --- -..,- Whiting ..,., - . -- Morton ........ --e- Blue lxlancl .... .... Peotone . ..... .... Harvey --' ...... ---- Univ. High ,... .... Evanston .,.. --, - 0 5 5 5 9 3 4 Z 24 3 I I 4 I9 IZ 11171 ,Job lt... 'iii' E' 4 1 x J i ' 2 75? SMITH VANDENBERG LANNING FREEMAN LANGE COACH LEAN :SJ N CAMEL! COLE DOLOXVY COX FORREST k NAMFS OF BASEBALL PLAYERS-l923 Nelis Vandenberg --- ..... Catcher Curl Peterson ..,. ..... C atcher Charles Smith --- ...... ist Base Harry Lange .... ..... 2 nd Base Donald Coit: ..- ....,. shortstop Vivian Cox ..... ..,. 3 rd Base Thomas Napoli --- ..,.. Outlield 1 Edward Lung ...,. 'ouiaela ' ' Howard Tompkins ..... Outfieid Martin Dolowy .... .... x -Pitcher Castle Freeman - ..... Pitriher Hubert Lanning --- ---,,Pitcher john Cameli .... ...,,., P itqher William'Forrest ,... ...,, U tility Man f14Sl L DfQQG5cTfi911j.. . D .X 'F jun- 5 '+T-Q'-T111-rf - aww. p 15. fx A X , . L'.Qf63f wf D ,gm ' fd' ' ' f Jfi 1, , Q in 2 . CN b xx VY Y' V VM Y Y W '51 Q , 5, ' L r : :J 5 f - P Q ff 'Q if Q A w I 39 ' ff? e- 2 3. 5, 11491 C 'f.,se25Q HQ BLOOTGTSS TENNIS Since the courts were constructed three years ago, tennis has increased in popularity and is rapidly coming into its own at Bloom. The four courts are constantly in use and tournaments of singles and doubles are held every year. We now have a regular tennis team with a Suburban League schedule. This team is composed of Paul Shanks. the singles champion for the last two years, Veale who is becoming more prolicient at the game. Sonny Smith, a snappy little player, and Walter Krebs who has for several years been one of the best players in the school. TRACK The track department in our athletics came into importance again last year when Coach Nelson took charge. l-le organized a small, hard-working squad, which although defeated by Hammond and Thornton, developed into a nucleus for this year's team. A triangular meet, Thornton, Blue Island, and Bl-scm. was held on May 23 at Harvey, in which the team did exceedingly well. Boys were entered in three big meets of the section: the lllinois lntcrscholastic held on May lS and ln at Urbana, the meet held at' Stagg Field lVlay 25 and 26. and the Suburban League meet held june l and Z. i 'rr-ie: BLUFF? -+fLfa- GIRLS' ATHLETICS FRESHMEN 31-SOFHOMORES A I7 SENIORS 5-SOPHOMORES 25 ' JUNIORS Z!-FRESHMEN I2 SENIORS I7-SOPHOMORI-LS A 9 JUNIORS A 8-JUNIORS I7 SOPHOMORES 40--FRFSHMEN 5 JUNIORS IZ-SENIORS 8 EOPHOMORES 27-JUNORS A 2 JUNIORS 57-SOPHOMORES A 4 FRESHMEN Z0-JUNIORS A I2 37-SOPHOMORES A 3 FRESHMEN-SENIORS t9 The championship game of the tournament was between the juniors and the sophomores. All the girls interested in basket-ball were out to see the decisive game. The game was a hard struggle from first to last. At the end of the first half the score stood 9 to 7. with the juniors one basket ahead. During the second half, none of the earlier spirit was lost, but it seemed as though the short rest had given the team double vigor. The juniors were forced to play a good defensive game, but when the whistle blew. they were the victors. For the second time the class of '22 had won the championship, with a score of l9 to I6. ' The freshman team has some good material. Their center and captain. Lois Ehrhardt, deserves mention for her accurate shots. The best of the sopho- more material was in the sophomore B team. They had ten good players, every one interested in the game. With a few exceptions, the junior team was the former Cyclone Star hve, and they showed their same old spirit. The senior team showed laclc of practice. They came nearest their old time standard only in the junior-senior game. The girls during the tournament made a good record in baskets. Edna McCormick of the senior team. Louise Johnston of the junior team. Gertrude Liesenfelt of the junior A team. Dorothy Broclerson of the sophomore team, Stella Piotrowski of the sophomore A team. and Lois Ehrhardt of the freshman team, made the most points in their respective teams during the series of games. Louise Johnston made the most points of all the girls, having a total of 74 points. Loraine Shanks of the junior team made the most points during one game, having made I6 baskets or 32 points in the junior-sophomore game. 11513 ,.X fwpwvm 31 A r. .6 a .x L. 'U Q 12 gs 21 73 Y N 1 11527 f Q f- -. Q, L 7- .V - .. QQ . Sgv , - 'N we Uf'ilZM?Q,x4f6P.-DJ. ,C f fi 0 M... v TQQQL0000 A basketball banquet is planned for the teams this year instead of the annual hare and hound hunt. On May I8 the teams will be entertained in the school dining room by the Advanced Cooking Class. At this time numerals will be given to all girls who have played in half of their respective teams' tournament games. The girls who will receive numerals are: SENIORS Frances Haessler Kathryn Philips Maurine johnson Edna McConnick Sylvia Lindberg JUNIORS i Louise Johnston Lets Toll Anne Donovan Loraine Shanks Ethel Lee JUNIORS A Gertrude Liesenfelt Lilah Hall Eleanor l-lolpuch Hazel Link lsahel Mathews soPHoMoRes 3 Q Ruth Weller ' Q' Mildred Sokolowslci Kathryn Strope l 6 Alice Parkler Viola Orr Evelyn Hessler S j Dorothy Brodersen Leona Ueber - Rosemond Reis SOPHOMORE A 14 Stella Piotrowski Margaret Hocking - X2 Rhea Mattox -7 Guerna Morrow 6 Dora Taylor FRESHMEN X IAS' Lois Elhrhsrdt . 7 Ethel Anderson Pauline Shetzley Dagmar Daven Gertrude Sauter Marie Hoffman . THE MAY FIBTIVAL Merrily. merrily whirled the wheel of the dizzying dances. Merrily the girls whirled around the Maypole om the evening 'of May 25. for' this was' the date of Bloom's May Fete this year. Two hundred girls under the direction of Miss Veazey presented a beautiful program on the south lawn of the campus. A hush! The May Queen. Wilma l-lirsbrunner, was coming! Oh. the beauty of it, the dark sky above the green carpetiof earth beneath, lit up by many, many lights and dainty flowers, fairies, butterflies. flirting everywhere. Now summer has come:'the Butterfly was making love to the Rose. Autumn with its Brownies followed and then the fairy Snowflakes, Skaters, and all that goes with winter. 'This also faded away and once more the flowers bloomed in all their profusion: then came the winding of the May pole. - 11537 I C1-,sf - scam Qt, Q 7 ff .yd 3 -lvl QQEQBQN' 'Q K v X L , I QD - ND! .J L 2 ' J 5 5 ' a Y gi V '?Z4fgCfrffQaJ'9C '99 I .Af Y fm, ,Aff ,Y 'B w g D 7 rx A llvllllllllllllllllllllllll QIEESIEE llilliiilll! ,.- ,.,,rf'i-Elf -lx' - - D V .1 , Q -as-M15 2 , EE ' F41 gm lWWllll'lN UWKWWI flll ll lnflnfllilll VFWYYITFVIWI Vlll UIIUDIUII IJ INFIIHI I IH Illlll Iilllllllllllfllllldlig ' 'E nal 4. H I H H g Q V 'S 'l ,.,,., L,, ,, gg llllllmmmulmmnulnunIlunxffnllllunnuumllllluulnnInunmulmlmnmnfmlnlmummm nmrzzum mmuumumx 1 -.ii-----f-1--Y,-e-ff f ':, X-. Q. ,xfvg QQ.-exist .lf 5 zlff rx. f7, Simi? :gtg f-' LGU JXK1 l2J XxtC1 ll 5-4 E lwi?5I'k.-I7 tl. ' fl :s:Q11,:L4:1...: Qi 9 il f i : fi fttl lm s Vl XM A X ffl li' ' M Q s 2 rr J' f :A 'll' .1 -f- 1 -4' A U te' th ' X ' in x ri 1' M ' ' -au. wrt if .. - b Da---. WIN pw- '. ln gy, gll'hfW.'q g, ik t gg-lv 'W 'l f f N tt 2 W .Mi of t - e 1 E15 X f ni .W ills. M ii-Ai r. sin, li? ij Rave on, thou foolish contributor, rave! AQ Ten thousand jokes sweep over thee unseen. .N -i lll . . fx Once upon a third hour dnleful. while l pondered meek and soulful Qt O'er many a contribution for the Bloom -lsuch a borelj 'Sul While l worked there. sadly sighing, suddenly l heard a crying fy? As of someone subtly trying. trying hard to make me sore. ffm! 'Tis some freshfe green. l muttered, trying hard to make me sore. Sy? Only this and nothing more. K5 This disturbance roused my anger, and l rose from seeming lanquor. ll, Sir, said l, or Madam, truly, please get out l you implore, For to work is what l'm trying, and you must not come here crying, I-lx 1- And so loudly you come crying. trying hard to get me sore. XXII This l answered in my anger. and the voice the silence tore With the two words. Hurry more. J ' i Quickly to my work returning, all my soul within me burning, X1 Soon again I heard a crying somewhat louder than before. L And I felt my heart still pounding as l heard it louder sounding, .5 - From a ghostly monster sounding. seated there upon the floor. Q ' Let my heart he still a moment, yes. he's there upon the floor, 3 xl And he's roaring. Hurry more. 1 And the monster never moving. nor assisting nor approving. I Still is sitting and reproving near my desk upon the floor, thi And at night, as I lie dreaming, I can hear this monster screaming. 3 , Sec his wicked eyes agleaming as he strives to make me sore, ,HX As he taunts my feeble efforts in his wish to make me sore, Crying ever. Hurry, hurry, hurry more. C1563 f . ' - .4 Y Q , A ,Tr . . 1 i JfT'f!?l,Q BEST SELLERS OF THE AGES JACK BE NIMBLE, JACK BE QUICK 2 fb K Q A These lines of the renowned Greek philosopher, lamdumbubet, serve as a fitting introduction to our discussion of that immortal verse. jack be nimble, Jack be quick, ,lack jump over the cancllesticltf' To those who are unable to translate the above quotation. we extend our heartfelt sympathy. for it is beyond our power to find English words worthy of expressing that thought. We can only advise the reader to learn Greek and translate it for himself. Be- sides knowing what lhe above means, think of the wonderful advantage in the ice cream parlor or restaurant, for those who know Creek. Taken at first glance, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, ,lack jump over the candlestickf' doesn't appear to the ordinary observer to be a classic, but let us investigate it more thoroughly and mayhap reveal hidden treasure for the active mind. Let us. for example, take the first word, jack The full signilicance of this does not occur at once to the reader, but we beg him to notice that ,lack is a very ordinary name, implying that he is in no way a renowned athlete or acrobat. such as would be required to perform such a feat as o'erleaping a candlestick. Now, we observe that he is requested to be nimble. thus revealing the fact that this is not his usual custom or there would be no necessity of asking him to be that way as is conclusively proved by Wm. Shakespear-e's well-known verse, Under the spreading chestnut tree. the village smilhy stands. lt has been proved now that jack is a commonplace lad of no athletic talent. and he is told to be quick and jump over the candlestick. Now, why should he be told to jump over quickly! Ah. there's the rub! Who can tell how many lives might have been lost. how bloody a battle might have been fought had not jack jumped over the candlestick quickly. just what the pur- pose was in having ,lack leap over the candlesticl: is not revealed in the poem, and we have only one means by which we can coniecture with any certainty: that is that in the recent excavation around the sepulcher of King Tut-tut there has been found proof that jumping over candlesticlts was a favorite dance in the Xkragan court and possibly ,lack was a favorite dancer in this court, or a prisoner who had to dance for his freedom. All this. however, has little or nothing to do with the price of soda-water at Sarros's. surprising as it may seem. and therefore we'll close our discussion for today hoping that your knowledge of literature has been immenseiy en- larged. In our next issue we shall discuss the literary qualities of Jack Spratt could eat no fat. ' . 11573 L.,-c as , Mc-' l, M. s 1 4 r rm, . --Juan- frtese Beoom 3 f THE Bow LOVER Qi Oh. she was a fair, fair lassie, U- And he was a bold buccaneer, l They met in the white, white moonlight, A And thought not a soul was near. .77 1 Oh. she was as fair as the moonlight ts' That shone through the trees overhead, X nd he was as bold as a lion- Cfl Or holder! at least so he'd said. 5' i Oh, she was sweet as the honey lxi' That's deep in the flowers hid. lfl And he was the fiercest pirate lllqhl Since the days of Captain Kidd. He boldly asked her the question While loudly his heart did beat: till And trembling he stayed for her answer Her voice was Lhrillingly sweet. in-X ll.. ll You know this is quite too sudden ff, And it's near the break of day. if l'd really like to say. yes, dear. 'QW But pray. what would father say? 5 lf, -flux You know you need have no fear. dear. ffij' Of any men 'live or dead. 'l l'll fight amidst steel and blood, dear li If me you will only wed. Oh. the moon was shining brightly '-. Over the wooded ground. lg., Where he sat and boasted loudly- Ua' Stop! Did he hear a sound? 3 Do you thinlc it could be father? 1. She whispered tremlxlingly. l Go boldly thou and tell him S . That married we will he. f 3 ' ln sooth he will not wish it. Q, His temper is finite bad- But say to him. 'Consent, sir, R I Or wish for aye you had.' 'Tis welliyou are marvelous. strong, dear, To him that sweet lassie saith. He stops not at felling brave men, dear, But leaves them full cold in death. Q15Sj i , . . , e-R , THE BCBQUQTVD . - - -.-- .l1..l.Yj1..i.,... ,.?' Then sprang he suddenly upright. That bold bad pirate man, Now sure that he heard her father. Ancl far o'er the hills he ran. ' Oh, softly the moon was shining Out over the fields so bright: And that buccaneer kept running, Nor paused nor delayed that night. 1. Of miles sure he ran a thousand c With all of his main and might. And when he could run no longer ' L i He lay down and died of fright. 1 I - The lassie alone in the moonlight. ' ' After her lover had fled. Recalled how her dear old father Had many long years been dead. O D, gf, it '-Yh'alah ai.1' 1 ou orn o t ing! san t e assie 'L As down there beside her sat . 4: ' The cause of the l:uccaneer's terror, 4 I 1,13 A little pussy cat, '7 Q FOOLED YA. DIDNT WE? . - - Q Q : ,X j VERSE MAKING SIMPLIFIED fi! If you would write a poem there's no necessity ii To think up any rhyming words like honey bee and tree, X ' And crimes and chimes and times and limes, 1 lx 1 Or any other so-called rhymes. . QV Just take a tip from Milton and Pope and all the boys, ' yi :lf-, Who made themselves quite famous by their melodious noise. 9 They wasted not a moment when they wished to write some poems, I1 E53 But sat right down where'er they were and used their well filled domes O ' To think up honeyed compliments for a listening muse to hear, : Y Who prompt came clown and whispered masterpieces in the ear S L When I began this poem, I prayed to no great muse Y A And so for its poor meter, I have a good excuse. . X i -T--+-- ' i ELEGY ON THE DEMISE OF THOMAS CAT C Oh! Thomas Cat has bit the dust. he's answered the last call: - Theyrbore his lifeless corpse away. upon a shrouded pall, FA' lx ' Who would not sing for Thomas Cat, he knew himself to sing, gi' 8 ' In fact, it was his singing his untimely end did bring: jo His death, altho' untimely, on time it depend, li ' i For 'twas a well aimed alarm clock that bro't about his end. 11592 Y f . 'IMQWWL ffwir . . Queer so 1'f'e...-1 --A f -'-i ' I .LlQW2SiQLff'i5sE?fEQQmg MORE TRUTH THAN LITERATURE! GIRL BOOKS There's a certain kind of pest which floats around high school about this time of the year called the Girl Book. Some appear as early as December, but these are like the May straw hat. apt to get undue notoriety. A few more will be seen- in january. but not until the beginning of the second semester do they come in numbers. From that time until june they are to be seen anywhere: on top of lockers, on teachers' desks. under the arms of students with less important books, on the library tables and even on the big desk in the inner oflice. Except when in use, they are kept in boxes, but as the year grows older, they grow fat by reason of the number of dance programs, photographs, letters, etc., so that the box serves only as a cover for the back. It has beensasked, Why don't boys have Girl Books? The reason is fthis is the first time it has been given to the publicl that the boys would re- fuse such ownership. UThe teachers will tell you that the boys are not as bright as the girls in the spring, but before Girl Books were invented this was not true. The average boy has about l30 study periods between February and June, and since he must spend one period to write in each of 75 Girl Books and perhaps another to read the letters in each, he, as you can see, will have little time to devote to school work. The Girl Books are put out by the companies which make fountain pens and ink. It is estimated that l,024 bottles of ink are used, and 534 pens are worn out yearly for this purpose. He who writes in the Girl Book must follow the same method of composi- tion-foolishness. The boy must write something complimentary to the girl, but since HIS girl will be sure to read it. he must be very diplomatic. This practice is good training for tactfulness. but it takes time. and as yet is granted no credit for Bloom. The girls also write in Girl Books. but it is a very simple matter for them, because there is a set way for girls to do it. They can be as compli- mentary as they wish and can repeat the same stuff in every book. The proper form for girls to follow, as set by custom. is as follows: Dear Hortense: l am awfully proud to write in your beautiful book you must write in mine soon. Do you remember the first time we met it was at the Sunday School picnic last july-you wore a blue tafetta dress and the hat with grapes on it? Let me see what shall I say. Do you remember all the fun we had in last years French class? before I close I'll tell you that I think your' the sweetest girl I have ever known. ' Your dear friend.. V I l ' Roberta Succotash. Except for a few details, that is the way to write in another girl's Girl Book, and it is bad taste to deviate from this set form, -except to write a poem which seems always to be in good form, if the writer happens to feel real sentimental. s ' 'STRICTLY ANONYMOUS! IIGOJ WGEX Qs Digxgsa2fs15Li??9C if I 'I e ,.:--1 I- . in-shwmz Ne ,,.- ,I 23.- Qbfeuilmu fr: gong ima Q F so ,W , , THE BLUFF FOR A HISTORY GRADE 'm Not a page, not a line, Not a word onward. During the History quiz, My vacant mind wandered- uwhen was the battle fought? And by whom won? it sought l could not answer it. Oh. how l hlunderecl! Dumhell to riizht of me. Dumbell to left of me, Dumbell in front of me. No one knew anything. Slormed at with uwriteiand tell. l wrote my best-not well- Stoocl on the edge a moment, Then into the llunkers fell. What would happen, l wondered. When can that memory fade. Oh! the wild hlufl l made, All on one chance l laid. -Honor the attempt l made. But look not at the grade. ln my guess l had lnlutndered. SOLUBLE CHEMICAL FORMULAE The chemist has no EZ life And if he would Xl. He must get all the AD can RE cannot do so well He will become a CD man And oft he called AJ Unless he gets what LP can Obtain in NE way. So if he fondly hopes 2B Successful ere he dies ln KC wants to stand with men Who RA counted high Let him work hard as l take AB BE so very wise If every DD does is right He surely must R13 Let him keep BZ every day And CK task to do Or LC cannot hope 2C The ND has in view. 11611 , . 'L ' 4 . .A ,Ne ff 264' We-Mq5AfLCjCJ.I-2--i'oG.5LQ9i12 9 ve: Y o ,M