Cerro Gordo High School - Gordian Yearbook (Cerro Gordo, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1938 volume:

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EmiIy BIicIcensIoI:I . . Doris Myers . Herberi Roberis Alice Lee Dougloss . . . WiIIiom Somp 21' ig. W Qi aiu T. A. EDWARDS Perhops our poeon for T. A. should begin wilh lhe modesl inlroduclion, Young Lochinvor come oul of lhe Wes+ ond lhen lhe world be- gonl l-le did corne oul of lhe Wesl ond won'l lei us forgel il, noi lhol we wonl lo. Toles spicy wilh pine dusl' ond lhe cool dignily ol rnoieslic mounloins disclose o colorful, nolure-loving chor- ocler. Anolher llovor of The Wesl lingers in his oir of underslonding friendliness ond good humor which hos odded 'ro 'rhe school's socicil promin- ence. Whol wonder he's chief of +he Broncos! HE PECPLE FACULTY Jusl as lhere rnusl be a caller lor lhe Big Apple, lhere rnusl be callers or caller downers lo keep our lun-loving sludenls lrom Suzy Q'n down lhe wide and winding palh inslead ol lruckin' down lhe slraighl and narrow. These we call lhe lacully and allhough lhey do have a lacully lor hiding warnn hearls under cool exleriors we have managed lo unearlh a lew secrels. Did you know lhal lheir combined ages equal lwo hundred and ninely-nine and one-hall years, which is iusl lwo hundred and ninely-nine and one-hall years belore lhe birlh ol Princess Bealrix, lulure queen ol lhe Nelherlands? Did you know lhal if lheir respeclive degrees were laid end lo end like lelephone wire, you couldn'l comrnunicale wilh your neighbor over lhern, bul lhey would reach around lhe bass drum eighl limes? You didn'l know il? Well, welll Bul lhen, ol course, lhal's all righl. Bob Ripley doesn'l know il eilher-yell SCHOOL BOARD Dr. J. G. Wrighl Chas. E. Derr Charles Grove D. M. l-lendricks A. Voelcher ,kj ,W 4g4,,,t .,-Awe,-371,40 lhwsurv - , P I. yew 4M v ,M M 'M- i -s+.wV1A,A4,' f 1 K 0!.Ai-IQALIJIQJ KAJVU' , Wham Gladys Lamb, Commercial: Ada Burkholder, Home Economics: Alice Lee Doug lass, English: Faye Tendiclc, Lalin and English: William Samp, Malh and Science Mabel Buchholz, Social Science: Irving Nelson, Agricullurei Jewell Kepley, Music? Emery Ebberl, Physical Eclucalion. if :iz Ja? 3 CLASS CF 1938 From fhaf day in Sepfember fwelve years ago when we firsf felf our childish fancies curbed by fhe knell of a school bell unfil fhaf nighf we received fhe lasf award of recognifion Cerro Gordo had fo offer, if was fhe class of '38 who were fhe pace seffers, leading fhe acfivifies whirl as cheer leaders, afhlefes. orafors, news- hounds, acfors, maesfros. and bookworms. weav- ing a brighf orbif of confrasfing personalifies and accomplishmenfs. lnsfead of fulfilling fhe sup- posedly dignified and reserved roles of seniors we're going fo consider ourselves freshmen wifh everyfhing before us and nof a single regref. Thaf revolving sfairs of educafion has paused, and, oddly enough, we find ourselves af fhe old. buf new, beginning. The world has commonly oc- cepfed seniors as sophisficafed, blase, and rafher regrefful young grown-ups looking back wifh misfy eyes. We refuse fhis old adage and look forward wifh brighf eyes searching fhe fufure's layouf and inferprefing our place in if. Youfh knows no pasf, only a full vivid fufure. We're really iusf kindred spirifs of fhe freshmen, fhe hopeful, undisillusioned know-if-alls. QI! II 'xryiax gfilrmffiff' if ! if vgfgvif ,gf CLASS OFFICERS IIKIM PRESIDENT ...... Doro+hy BeII VICE PRES. . . . EIrner Morgan SECRETARY ..... Bud Barnhar+ TREASURER . . . Mary BIicIcensderIer The seniors are in a posirion Io demand The besr in Ieadership, and we do! Whaf is more, we demand variefy. So we chose our presidenf for her sfafuesque poise, our vice presidenf for his a'rhIe+e's combina- Iion of brains and brown, our Ireas- urer for her charming Ierninini+y. and our secrerary because he can dance and won'+I N N 2 I PW' f f W R ,. ff, I 11 4 .3 . I , K, I 1. .nf 'V' 1 ff 0 4 DOROTHY ELOISE DOBSON They say gentlemen prefer blondes, biil genll on bare me ariywayf' X mini- r. ' I fini 3 4' Irilr-1 ' ii P WI 4,48 I , f.i.in.i.1Cfiqi, IN' LOILELY. .ill . . fl dyf Gif SYLVIA IRENE SORANf I may do my ice slcoling on Ilie wrong side of my analomy, Sonia, biil I Iiavia dimples! Ilfiiviv Er, Cliili l, 2, 3 4, Inlrn iviiiials. EMILY GROVE I may Ioolm Iilce Elaine, Ilie Lily Maid of Aslolal, bm everybody's Iiiir.Icin'. Z9 gif '1-1'-1-111 A Q1 S is s ELMER EUGENE MORGAN 'Il l'iaven'I allwlelels Iiead buf I 'gn WILBUR LESTER MILLION I'rn Ilwe scI1ooI's millionaire: my dad gave me Ilie million and my girl, Ike 'aire'. Rf-menl H. S., Hannibal, Mo, H. S., CREST Slaff 4, Pro. Slaff, BIG HEARTED HERBERT 31 LOOKIN' LOVELY. HELEN VAN HORN The mounled police and I have one Ilwing in common-we gel our man. M. B, D. C. 33 CREST Sfoff 41 Home Ec. Club 3, 43 Dramafic Club lj In- Iramuralsg Call. BIG HFARTFD HFR- BERT 3, Pro. Slaff, LOOKIN' LOVELY 4 Band3 4 Freshman Cup -:::77' X, MARY ELIZABE TEELE 'II have Ilie mind and Iiearf and courage of 'sIeel'. Cisco H. S. I, 2, 3, Home Ec. Club 4, Band 2, 3. ARBY L. MCVITTY I clonll have much Io say but slill wafer runs deep. - r 5 la 'TL' .JAM ROBERI M. HCSLOMB Felix Von Luclrner didn? li H H 9 V ml SY lol' school so Ilwey pul him in our En 0 9- I lisli boolc, bu? I land i ' . 4 EC Club RE SMH O ICC on WM mural 1 n cl n nl' P 0, , FPAI24-Bda Ia . fmnfvc' 31 ' Foofboll 3 4 Baskelba rac ' 3: . . , ,I ,I , Q, I4 k 3, 47 Casl BIG HEARTE i BW, Inlrarnurals. I ,W ,TH A ll Iiave Ilwe l'iearI and soul of an ofhlelef' F. F. A. I, 2, 31 Class Vice Pres. 4, Foofball 3, 4, Capl. 4, Baskelball 3, 4, Track 3, 41 Inlramurols. MARJORIE IRENE RADER I may seem world weary: buf Io fell Ilwe froth, I need sleep. Home EC. C b I 2, 3, 4, Infra- rmirnls, . JJ .ff ff. -' ' 4 'DAJJ-TP!! fy-IM-xff' X wiv .-vs' env EVERETT WAYNE PECK All I ever gel is rellecled glory and Irorn a 'Ianfern' loo. U F. F. A. I, 2, 3, M. B, D. C. 3, 'W .1 ommiifs club ig M. B. D. C. 3, Tr'1g5,3: fvqufols- CREST Staff 4, Band 3, 4, Sec. 4, Class J- Pivs. 31 Iiilrimiiirals Crinl I, Zj Cas! 'R' ', BIC- IIEARTED HERBERT 31 LOOKIN' S' LOVELY 4. YJ yi' -x x : . .. ' -I ' T Ra lo :Sf rn ' rg x-.V , ,D ROBERT LLOYD ATER FLORENCE EILEEN I l'rn nof inferesfed in wifchcraff nor arfcraffg iusf give me 'SchooI- myself queen of The b well craff'. Imagine my surprise queen of fhe 'BeII'. F. F. A. I, 2, 43 Band 3, Baskelball 3, Foofball 2, 4, Home Ec. Club I, 2, 3, 4, Treas. 41 Band 3, 4, Treas. 41 Homecoming Queen 4: lnlrarriurals. i I ,fb J' ' IVQWL- ' it Y. l .lk-Xidkrl-gfXJX! IJ. MARIAN FRANCES COCH RAN 'WelI, I fell you,' Bob Burns won'f know Van Buren when I'm fhrough wifh if. LAWRENCE DICKEY I'm a genflernan and I gef whaf I prefer. Drarnafics Club lg Class Pres. lg Band 3, 43 Cheer Leader I3 Track 33 Casl, RIG I-IEARTED HERBERT: LOOK- Home Ec. Club I, 2, 3, 4, CREST Staff 4, Intramurals. IN, LOVELY! Q : U g . I I 110 g . ' I ' ' aim' f gm i- '- ' BILL ARMSWORTH ' ' f -' In a .half girl An 'arm of fernininify hal 0 7 is enough for e Ec. C ub , 3, 4g Basrid 3 4' lramur I ks v A CIS MORR RGUERITE MAURINE DOANE l'm iusf on oufdoor ar? Cerro Gordo iusf can'f conyerf eduggfion 15 50 Qgnfi ' me info fhe dornesfic fypef' Infrqmurqlg, T Cisco I-I. S. l, 2, 3g Home EC. Club 45 Band 2, 31 Oraforical Confesf 3. in-fi' , W Jr! lcwy' y JEAN MERRITT good cousin 'merifs' on H. S. Ig Decafur H. S. 2, I-I. S. 35 News Sfoff 3g Class lnlramurals. ROBERT W. GROVE Why didn'f someone fell me long ago fhaf Cisco producfs are sa charmin T' CRESR IH 41 F. E. A. I, 2, 3, 4, Pres. 3: . 45 F. F. A. Rina 23 Sfale Farmer's egreeg Band 31 Class Treas. 3, Casf, IG HEARTED UERBERT 3. in ii . U, I I S CbU fgnj 3 :LJIIQ WILLIAM WAYNE SPARKS Wi+h my figure and freckles Myrna Loy had beffer wofch ouf. F. F. A. I, 2, 3, 4, Vice Pres. 3, Wafchdog 4, Band 3, 4, Inframurals. RUBY EVALYN MOORE Consfanf friendship is my spe- ciolfyf' Home EC. Club I, 2, 3, 41 lnfrae murals. - f r-yg,- -nf- uA.fvvv--vvvgf u ,Q Vu-fQJvO N -,L WL Lx-'VQD MIRIANI ANNE gl-I'URTSl MII Ialws a Clarlm Io sfell 'sI1i1'l5l.'l HELEN MAXINE CORNELL 'X Cowell Univcrsily IS parllcular abou? lls men and so am I. Clscjn H. S. I, 2, 31 Ilornr- EC. Club 41Br1vnl?,3. CORINNE WOLFF I'm os soplmslicalod as The grnal Dielrnclw, bm Ilrn no? so rlurnbfl M. B. D. C., Asst. Ed. 31 CREST Slull 41 Homo EC. Club 3, 41 Library SIUH 31 Drurnullcs Club I1 Ervsllrnan C1191 Junlm Cnpj Cnsl, BIC HEARTED HERBERT. Cowles? 3' lnlrarnura vary ff KENNETH LEE HALCOM I'rn no social climber buf I climb 'fume aller Iirnefll M. B. D. C. 31 Bond 31 Alhlellcs Mar. l,'2, 3, 41 Tvaclc I, 2, 3, 41 Inlrarnufglls. . ' ' J 1 I ,I MARY ELLEN VULGAMOTT a I sIond.+aIl,'wc1lI:'IoII, and oc? fall. - f Home EC. Club I, A 3, 41 Inlramur als, Capt, 4. ' ROBERT WAYNE McCARTNEY' 'III may sound Iilce 'McCarIl1y' bnl I'm nobody's blockheodf' Cisco H. S. I, 2, 31 M. B. D. C. 41 CREST Slafl 41 Band 2, 31 Baskclball I, 2,31 Inlrarnnrals. MEAT? wuxw, RUM DORIS MYERS FLOYD WILLIAM GRISE KI I belong Io The KKK U I m o wallmng adverflserne-nf for Kepleys, Klorice, and Kwips Palrnolxve soap Home Ec. Club I, 2, 3, 41 C and 4 Intramurals Cas? G Staff, Asn. Ed, 41 M. B. D. C. 3 Ba HEARTED HERBERT 3, 41 Dramatics Club I1 Oraforlc IRENE NIX WALTER KNOX MORTON I'm no 'yes' womanf School as o grand Inslmmon Club I 2 3 4 I Home EC. . , . I nrn O ELIZABETH JEAN REEVES I'm II1e up ond 'ofom' chem- I-SI. Virdem H. S, I, 2: CISCO H. S. 33 Bond I, 2, 3, 43 Cicss Pres. 21 Intro- VTIUYGIS. FLOYD ALBERT PECK I'm +I've Peck boy who Iwos no Ionfern. I'm modern-I use G IIOSIW- Iiglwff' F. F. A. I, 2, 33 Irwfromurols. WILMA DQBSQN RICHARD HENRY I jusf con'f make up my mind. HMV IKIIIQCIOITI ICI' I M. B. D. C. 3, Home EC. club I, 2, Cisco H. S- Ir 2135 BCH 3. 4, Sec. 23 Im1romuroIsg Pro. Sforf, IFQIIWII I- 21 3' BIG HEARTED HERBERT. BW' 11 W M-I MLW I3 B,, iz, ff.,-f ANT +49 . PH ELSEA. JR. MILDRED E. ME M Playing '+eocI1cr' Is no cinch. Home EC. Club 3, 41 Bond 3, 4g InIromuroIs, WAYNE BLICKENSDERFER Toll, dork, ond Iwondsome-Bob ToyIor's no? bod eiIIwer. M. B. D. C. 31 CREST SIG? 41 CIoss VIce Pres. 25 F. F. A. I, 2, 3, 4 Rf-- porfer 3, Pres. 4, F. F. A. Ring 3, Store Fc1rmer's Dcgrce 33 Sophomore Award. ALICE IRENE BROOKS I'm CJ silenf 'bobbling brooIc'.' Home EC. Club I, Z, 3, 4. ' nib-00 11- 73 rw ,figiilni ED BORN ls everybody happy? Yowsahl Thinlcin' of you! This is your old boy 'lriendl Au revoirl CREST Slaff 4, Band 3, 43 Sfudenf Leader 43 Class Vice Pres. 25 lnlra- rviurals, Capl. 3, Casl, BIG HEARTED HERBERT, LOOKIN' LOVELY. VIRGINIA MAXINE HICKMAN l'rn The gal who can recognize cold shoulder, il pays lo dale lhe bulcherf' Drarnalics Club lg CREST Sfaff 43 M. B. D. C, 3, lnlramuralsg Casf, BIG HEARTED HERBERT 3. EMILY BLICKENSTAFF My novel 'DEPARTED Tl-IE BREEZE' is going Io Ivlargarel Milchell Capr Cas? W! .WMF card Rubinalf play 'Darlc Eyes? Well, l was his in- spiralionf' I-Iorric EC. Club l, 2, 3, 4, ln1ra4 murals. WALTER ASHEN R, . l've lhe head Ap l Foolball rack 3 In a rals GENEVA SCHOOLCRAFT She's quile a cannibal-'aler' boy friend. Cisco H. S. I, 2, 3, Band I, 2, 35 lrilramurals. H ELEN TAYLOR My world has been an indus- lrial one wilhoul furmoil, buf l've had 'A' reward. I'l0'rin Er. Club l Z, 3, 4, Pres. 4, M. B. D. C. 33 CREST Slaff 4: lnlral murals. lhe lore lo Hollywood, would never learn up wilh again. H S I, 2, 3, F. F. A. 43 Band Sec. 41 Baskelball 2, 3. LELAH ELZORA BORN Cisco's all righl for a change bul l'll go back lo my old profes- sion, 'Bug I-Iunl'ing'. Home Ec. Club I, 2, 3, 43 Inlra- murals. ELMER DEAN SNOKE l'm lhe guy who hilched my XXI .. .-5 lhe wings of M cury ylexlboolc lo a light I HEA D ERT . yr . Prof. Sfafffk xy E I l . 0 ' will 9 f r 5?lii'ys..Nlifi,.l.vflfQg1l! . .fllfisl A Y I CATHERINE RUTI-I TISH GALEN JE S l had o IIOI fire. II's on old gag Give me lime on II buf if sfill works. scole on 'rhe Irombon .' M. B. D. C. 35 Infrornurols. M. B. D. C. 31 CREST Stuff g F F. A. I, 2, 3, 43 Infrornurols, Copl 3g Foofboll 4. Isle REID VOELCHER HELEN ARLENE JONES, I . I l l'm Ioll, l'm Ion, l'm Ierrificlll I 'DOY be qU'eI 05 C' TOUSIE- bul Mickey was O mousef Cosf, BIG HEARTED HERBERT 3. Home EC. Club I, 2, 3, 41 nfro murals. LILLIAN L. LEACH WILLIAM O. FRYDENGER I wonf O poef wifh O post iusf My moffo-When Belfer Bike so she isnll blond. ore Builf Bill will Build Ihemf' M. B. D. C. 3: CREST Sfoff 41 Bond, CREST Sloff 43 F. E. A. I, 2: Banc Drum Moior 41 Cheer Leader 3, 45 3, 4, Inlromurolsg Pro. Sfoff, BIC lnfrcmurclsg Ccsf, LOOKIN' LOVELY HEARTED HERBERT. 4 BM CMV NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Appoinlmenl Io Ihe Nofionol Honor Sociefy is Ihe highesl honor Cerro Gordo I-Iigh School, or ony olher Americon high school, con confer upon ils upper clossmen. Nofioncll Honor Sociefy is Io Ihe high school whol Phi Belo Koppo is Io Ihe college. Chosen on Ihe bosis OI Ihese Tour poinls-chorocler, service, scholorship, ond leodership, Hs members Ore considered 'rhe mosl oulsroncling in Their closs. SENIORS EMILY BLICKENSTAFE ROBERT McCARTNEY HERBERT ROBERTS EMILY OROVE DORIS MYERS CORINNE WOLFF JUNIORS ELIZABETH ARNOLD WARREN I-IENRICKS I5 aw' xx ASS PRESIDENT . . . Roloerl Wolff VICE PRES. . . Julio Porkhursl SECRETARY . . . . Jimmy Tyler TREASURER . . . Worrcn l-lendricks CLASS OFFICERS Whol wos good enough for us lcisl yecir is good enough fhis year- even our presidenll And our lreos- urer is on ex-prexy, loo. Besides. locol love inleresl keeps him honesl. Our vice presidenl fills her office odmir- obly by looking prelly. And iusl lo prove our odvenlurous spirils, we mode Cl newcomer ond o redheod secrelory. I6 TTT .3 wif Wfwgfiib ggi? ails iz Sify! by fl 49 F. Adams, R. Dodd, H. Crisrnon, M. Edgecornb, M, Mecum, H. O'field, W, Walker, D. Miller, W. Horfon, R. Wyne, , TOWN. T B A. Burlcholder, Adv. M. Morvin, A. Born, L. T-lolcom, E. Roberfs, E, Arnold, M. MerriTT, B. Dickson, B. Hofhowciy, A, Douglo Ad M C L. Block, W. Hendricks, R. Wolff, J. F lfh T J Tyl K B II N S T A T y - WHAT THE JUNICRS THINK OF THE JUNIORS All oT These sTooped shoulders ond Trowning counTenonces belong To none oTher Thon The juniors, burdened by The worry cmd The respon- sibiliTy which is ours. Becouse oT our good noTures The oTher closses have mode us The recipienTs oT oll The Toslcs wiTh which They con'T be boThered. And who wouldn'T be looded down wiTh cores, giving o ploy. ediTing The high school news and preporing Tor ThoT sociol evenT oT oll sociol evenTs, The Junior-Senior BonqueT7 BUT These pleosonT liTTle duTies hoven'T mode us worry worTs - noT in The leosTg in The cenTer oT The Tun ond Trolic obouT school ore olwoys Tound juniors. And we hove simply delirious porTiesl We hc1ven'T been Too busy wiTh ocTiviTies To give To The school more Thon The juniors' shore oT oThleTes-ond ouTsTonding ones Too. Our oThleTic Trio. Wornelce, Eors, ond Cris have done so well in The Tield oT sporTs ThoT our chesTs swell wiTh pride ond we Teel jusT os good, if noT beTTer, Thon Those superior seniors! I7 SCPHOIVIORE CLASS PRESIDENT . . Kennefh I'Iiser VICE PRES. . . . Be-r+I1oId Boggs SECRETARY . . . . Poul Dobson TREASIQRER . . . Eleonor Chrisfner CLASS OFFICERS I Our presiden+ is Iwondsome ond rosy cheeked ond o IocIy's mon: our vice presicIen'r is big ond blonde ond o Ioo+boII mon: our secrefcry is +oII ond dork' ond o bosIce+boII mon: our Ireoisurer is no mon of all buf o Iiving proof +I1o+ we sophomores ore no'r foo silly Io oppreciofe Jrhe feminine infIuence. We've go+ sornefhing Hwere. I 8 C A '-6944 X ,g ,Mg rss? fy flflm' fwfr li on ein?-'24 QM W ' 4 Gabriel, Taylor, R edge,fM. Born, Alfop, Morgan, Perkins, Nix, Rader, Holcomb, Dobson, Cullison, Fulk, Marauordh Copeland, Wallace, STogsdilI. Horfon l-lasTin 5 Wrighf Jones Cox Diffamore Mefzger, Eades, Wheeler, Ebberf, Adv l Mills, ETnoyer G X BI R lc Blood, Good, SheeTs. B hh l d Pec arfield C D B lc Robinson, E. Chapman, D, Chap Frydenger, Poll d R. Ch p T l Ch T r, L Ter, Lamb, Adv. h erT, Wagoner K g J B gg P T n H er Mikels, Derr, Blue, Hoffman, Krall, David 4 . flfyl fl 02 7 , C 1 iwllfl gill! HAT THE SOPHOMORES THINK OF THE SCJPHOMORES 331 such a lineup There's no sTopping us! we iii I9 The gay, irrepressible, irresponsible sophomores are beginning To make school hisTory. No longer wiTh ThaT Treshmen greenness sTiclcing lilce a Thorn in our sides, we're breaking loose and burning our candles aT boTh ends. A big class means varieTy and colorTul conTrasTs. JUST as we click wiTh liTe we clique inTo variegaTed gangs oT exTreme sTaTures. A Ii++Ie experimenTing is being done To see iusT which way To swing in The harness. For some This means doing The Torbidden. OThers plunge heedlessly inTo The madcap surge oi exTra curricular TeoTs To hold Their own againsT The upper clossmen. The drama hounds did Their bi+ when They presenTed a one acT play Tor The ParenT-Teachers AssocioTiong and as Tor a+hIe+ics, we're really pushing our superiors! We boasT several TooTball leTTermen, Three of The Tour Chapmans in school, and a varsiTy cheer leader. WiTh ziflir T FRE SHIVIAN CLASS PRESIDENT . . . . Scoll Johnson VICE PRES. . . . Lorroine Dobson SECRETARY . . . . Bill Troxel TREASURER . . . . I-Iorlow Snolce gjjfgyfi Q04 wfw ei fwwdw' CLASS OFFICERS We Iolncilul Irosh, Iloundering foolishly Jrhol Iirsl week of school, wisely chose our officers from 'fried ond True members oi our cIc1ss- broiny president preffy vice presi- dent olhleric secrefory ond dro- rnolic Ireosurer. is We l 232 ..frrww m'7W -'y W A. Alberf, D. Downs, K. Sifes, D. Griswold, D. Severns, H. Sifes, E. Ci . P, Co'nweil, F. Reed, D. Voelcher, H. Whifney. C R Ah f f R C P S S k K B Lf D H l F T d k Ad M Schiff,G. , . raw . r K. h c, .Grise, J K pley, Adv, H Sf D C pbell L D b B T l S J hnson, H. Snake . ' tho urney, E. M l . : 'l ! WHAT THE FRESHMEN THINK OF THE FRESHMEN From Sepfember 6 fo May 24 several shades of green have bleached from our innocenf faces, unfil, lol we have been freshmen for o year. The infricofe righf-of-ways of fhe building are known fo us now, mosf of fhe mysferies of high school life have been solved, and we know if alll For our firsf social gafhering we held a wiener roasf, an excellenf way fo make new informal friendships. Lafer in February, fhe class had a Valen- fine parfy. Our class furnished liffle excepf sideline background fo foofball, buf fhere is more promise of good baskefball maferial. Our oufsfonding confribufion was a floaf for Homecoming wifh a frue-fo-life imifafion of Olive Oil and Popeye defying fhe mighfy Toar-Monficello. Some of us wise Willies have a hunch we were seffing fhe pace for fhe mighfy Toars abouf school who may fake if on fhe chins from us spinach eafers some day. 2 I aff if us'-s ' X l,' v -c' I I As. 1 ' I K AN , K -. ' r :I . xv, If fb' ' E5 T ,-ki gig .2 Xl N Q' r f rf A ,, '. 4 .V THEIR DEEDS AcTion! Camera1Our sTill life gallery is abouT To be seT in moTionl lvloving picTures are inTiniTely more exciTing Than sTill picTures, Tor The people in acTion are liTe. Cerro Gordo l-ligh sTudenTs have a liTe anyThing buT sluggish, and we love The liTe we live. The preview: FirsT There are The members of The CresT STaTT. properly chesTy because They dis- covered ThaT They were Tinancial wizards as well as liTerary demons. NexT are The nosy newsies, members oT The lvlan BiTes Dog Club, whose busy Tuesdays bring reward in The prinTed word on Thursday eves. The band members, who blow Their own horns, need hardly be menTioned buT The horns Themselves deserve a li++Ie Tame. l-lave you meT Bessie ClarineT and Clarice AlTo l-lorn? When drama-inTecTed souls are given ouTleT Tor Their Tense and Tender emoTions, The resulTs are someTimes amazing. Who would have suspecTed a Persimmon or a Biddles in our midsT? The Do- mesTic Damsels and Fancy Farmers accomplish wonders. The poeTs who praTTle oT The dusTy ploughboy and Tood Tor The soul would hunT a new rime-scheme if They could see The work oT These co-groups. AThleTics is The meaT and drink oT everybody. Players and Tans TiT inTo one im- mense color wheel which in iTs TranTic spinning Throws dabs oT Triendliness and civic pride all over The communiTy. BuT This is buT Temporary Twaddle: Tor The Tull lengTh TeaTure, The People ln AcTion, Tollow The pace seTTer Through These pages. SEIQIQLLLEMMTHE PACE WWjg,f,jWjy5,f .oiajf gfj' ffifff LUCILLE LEACI-I CAMERAMEN B. McCorTney, B. Frydenger, W. Million, R. Grove, G. Jenkins, W. Blick. A. Douglass, Adv., C. Wolff, H. Toylor, M. Burch, M. Hiclcmon, M. Cochron, H. Von Horn, W. Sump, Adv. l.. Leech, H. Rob-erTs, E. BlickensTof'f, D. Myers, E. Born, E. C-rove. The CREST STQTT consisTs oT seniors, noT becouse oT Their supposedly superior posiTion, buT becouse under clossmen ore Too much o porT oT school ond live Too much in The presenT To commenT on The TuTure ond reTlecT on The posT os cosuol observers. The seniors sTond oT The Top oT The Tower oT lcnowledge and con give To TuTure sTudenTs o brood inTer- preToTion oT iTs TlighTs. The CREST STOTT, sTonding on The Top oT This hill, The climox oT Their school liTe, con recollecT The posT, loolc inTo The TuTure. ond, ThoT done, ossimiloTe iT inTo o CREST. Eully conscious oT The deep signiTiconce oT school liTe ond memories. we con glodly leove This symbol Tor The slope dwellers . 74 The MAN BITES DOG CLUB is The wordiesT group obouT school and would probably snaTch This parograph as Their auTobiographicol append- age: A gay group aT young WolTer Winchells have combined Their iocund moods, caTTy rernarlcs, and RoberT Ripley qualiTies inTo The ouT- sTanding liTerary group in school. They have hitched Their wagon To o dusT pan. scraping up sensaTional biographical doTa Trom The lives of Tellow sTudenTs. This liTerory and arTisTic assemblage is noT leaderlessq even The mosT giTTed musT be led! ElizabeTh Arnold urges her connibal- isTic colleagues on To TeaTs more brillianT and eTTervescenT. The arnounT aT worlc accomplished by This group is prodigious, and we are deeply honored ThaT They chose our school Tor Their Greenwich Village . lizmcy vs- AT.,M.TnmmefNsf,Avf EdT,. , y T J J T l W, Hendricks, B. Dickson, AssisTanT Edilor, E. Arnold, EdiTor, A, Douglass, Sponsor, L. Black, B, Hafhaway, R. Wolff, Sporfs Edifor. REELERS DUDE RA P. Car ll D. Severns, C. Morgan, E. Good, D. Griswold, R, Rulledge, D, Davidson, R. Taylor, K. Hiser, R. Nix, R. Wyne. W. Harlan, A. Cullis R. Elsea, B. Boggs, T. Fulk, T. Bro B P k M. R d R Remrners, B B h Y W. Arrnswo Th, J. Sh els, M. Wagoner, l-l. Wallace, W. Marlon, R. Gr , Secrefa y l N l Sp nsar, W. Blick, P d f W. Sparks, G. Jenkins, Rep 'I r, R. Afe S P f M Schiff, W. Krall, C V ech, M. Born, G, l-lor? ,Fiji S uardf, W. Jones J Mk l R K g, D. Alb T T . ifes. 2 - Tillers of fhe soil, milkers of fhe cow, feeders of fhe chickens, judges of grain-fhaf's us. And wifh Mr. Nelson as chief filler, milker, feeder, and judge, we've been going righf fo fown. We are champions and have produced champions. Melvin Wagoner was Grand Champion in fhe Junior Class wifh his corn af fhe lnfernafional Livesfock Show fhis year, which gave him fhe fifle, Corn Prince of fhe World . l-le made fhe headlines, gof his picfure in fhe papers, and falked over fhe radio. We gof firsf in yellow soybeans. wheaf, and oafs af fhe Universify of Illinois Ufilify Corn Show. We judge quife well, foo. Af fhe Secfional Judging Confesf af Arfhur we gof firsf in grain. second in corn and fhird in poulfry and faf sfock. We hafe fo menfion if. buf af fhe Secfional Grain and Poulfry Show af Macon we simply fook all fhe firsfs. Oufside of our oufsfanding abilifies as farmers, we have gone info ofher fields and have been successful fhere foo. While merely dabbling in public speaking, Ernesf l-luffingfon fook a fhird prize. As men wifh ideas and a feeling for beaufy we jusf can'f lef you forgef fhaf af l-lomecoming, firsf prize was fhe besf we could gef on fhe floaf. l-low do you gef fhaf Fufure Farmers sfuff? We would say fhaf we're making currenf hisfory. 26 We Domeslic Damsels fhink if exfremely apropos fhaf courses such as Marriage as a Career and fhe Care and Feeding of l-lusbands have grown popular in our leading insfifufions of higher learning. Whaf has become good enough for fhe collegians has been good enough for us many a year now. So, along wifh fhem, we hope by cook or by crook fo reach perfecfion in fhe realm of fhe beanery and fhe seamery. This year has been a busy one. For us l-lomecoming meanf floaf, popcorn, and faffy apples: fhe ofher feafures faded info nofhing while we exerfed arfisfic and culinary efforfs. And our samples musf have pleased, for we were called upon fo concocf and serve a banquef for fhe Okaw Valley coaches and principals. To show our versafilify we spon- sored a sfyle show of lovely ladies and gorgeous gowns, presenfed fhrough fhe courfesy of Block and Kuhl's in Decafur. Our personal creafions would have done quife as well, buf modesfy forbade our using fhem for display. As fhe final splurge of fhe year we enferfained af fhe annual Mofher- Daughfer Banquef where simplicify of dress served fo offsef fhe elabo- rafeness of our hospifalify in bofh decorafion and cuisine. Now we can look back wifh amusemenf on such minor domesfic froubles as soapy grapes. Our blisfers have disappeared and our pricked fingers have healed. We are well groomed, well-fed, and well clofhed - and, need we add, -well-pleased wifh ourselves. , Mefzger, Efnoyer, Sfeele, Doane, Lanier, Gass, Malloy, R. Crow, E. Chapman, Secrefary and Treasurer, Vulgarnolf, Nix, Burch, Van Horn, Blair, Cochran, E. Born. Brooks, l-liser, Dobson, Rader, Tirey, Wolff, Mecum, Cornell, Snoke, E. Jones, Cox, Good, W. Dobson, Moore, Taylor, Presidenf, Blick. Shaddock, Severns, Halcorn, Warfield, Cragf, Hlwierriff, Myers, Seafon, O'field, Chapman, Clow, Soran, ur. d Ad A . O CF, VISOV' H. Jones, 'Rucker, Donovan, Baker, Robinson, Turney, Diffarnore, Ashenleller, L. Dobson, Campbell, A. Born, Marvin, Walker. COSTUMES BY--- ALMS 0 19' :ls- u N4 THE CAST i H. Crisrnan, F. Adams, J. Parkhursf, M, Crowe, M. Mccum, R. WolTf, M. Edgecornb, W. Horlon. E, Arnold, N. Sealon, W. Hendricks, F. Tendiclc, Spcnsor, J. Tyler, M. MerriTT, E. Poberfs. We gay dogs oT The drama diTTer Trom oTher groups in ThaT we have no permanenT organizaTion. When The need Tor drama arises, a Troupe OT us ioin in Toilsome eTTorT Tor Tour weelcs and give our all so ThaT on The crucial nighT we can give a perTormance worThy oT our arTisTic TalenTs. To ours and everyone's amazemenT, we do bring glory To our arT in spiTe of TorgoTTen lines, misplaced musTachios, and padded Torsos. Do you recall The Gay DecepTion, whose casT appears here pic- Torially? The iuniors gave us an enjoyable sTory aT misTalcen idenTiTy wiTh maids and chauTTeurs running haywire and a bearded buTler aTTempTing To reTrieve The shaTTered Tamily TorTunes. Loolcin' Lovely, The all-school play, gave Emily, DoroThy, Lucille, EdiTh, Meryll, Mary Alice, KenneTh, l-larlow, Ed, l-loward, Lawrence, and Wayne Tull scope Tor Their un- doubTed Tlair Tor dramaTics. Campus QuaranTine, The senior play, gave promise oT even greaTer hisTrionic arT. No menTion oT drama can omiT The baclcsTage crew, oT whom Wilbur is King, nor oT Miss Tendiclc and Miss Douglass, who served as slave drivers or inspiraTions, depending on The poinT aT view. Feeling ThaT our producTions speak Tor Themselves, we modesTly re- Train Trom TurTher commenT on our selT-evidenT achievemenTs. 28 WhaT a marvelous Thing o bond isl lT holds wiThin iTselT nearly every Tone Trom The deepesT rumble oT The bass and The cool, TloaTing Tone oT The cIorine+ To The peneTraTing coll oT The TluTe and The scream oT The piccolo. The band room is a caldron oT sound: a honlc oT a saxophone blasTs Through The wailings oT The clarineTs while The TrumpeTs laboriously climb The chromaTic scale: a roll on The snare, a beaT oT The bass drum and a sharp command oT lnsTrumenTs aT resT, soTTens iT inTo a buzz oT voices and a scraping oT chairs. The baTon is poised in mid-air waiTing Tor The Tallc To cease. Whiz! Down comes The baTon. A roar oT quarTer noTes and half noTes are Thrown TogeTher like Mulligan sTew. No, No! ThaT's noT The way. May l have your aTTenTion? l.isTenl lT goes lilce This: clarineTs, one-ee-and-a, Two-ee-and-a-and The resT oT you brass people are iusT The background. All righT, sTarT aT number 27-To where The Trombones come in, and, Kenny, give me a beaT on The boss drum in The TourTh measure. and l wonTo1 big cymbal crash. Brr-There goes The bell and we mill ouT To our second hour classes wiTh The oTT said buT soon Tor- goTTen, Don'T TorgeT To puT your music away. And so, liTTle Tunes are manuTacTured and merrily senT swinging Their way inTo everyday liTe. Z Frydenger, Bell, Dobson, Baker, Krall, Adams, Troxel, ChrisTner, Hiser, SheeTs, Fyd ger, Van Horn, Robinson, Derr, Dickey, Schiff, WrighThouse, Tirey, Reeves. Leach, E. Chapman, Parkhursf, Holcomb, Remmers, Snoke, M. Hiser, E. Chapman, Pollard, Myers, ETn y D. Chapman, R. Chapman, M. Mecurn, Warfield, Burch, D. Dobson, Kepley, Adv. Born, Grove, M. Mecum, Dickson, HuTfingTon, Veech, K. Bell, Crowe. SCUND EFFECTS 29 ATHLETICS COACH EBBERT Coach Ebberl came 'ro Cerro Gordo's grid- iron bringing wi+h him an unqueslionable scholas- lic record and +he collegiale spiril in a blaze of hol socks and plaid shirls. l-lis good nalure made an insl'an+ hi+ wilh The looys and made him lhe obiecl of friendly heckling. The coach's merry ,crinkling laugh appears in ready response lhough The kidding may Touch his sacred Ford. Big and slrong like Popeye. he gels his roughage from lhe green grass on lhe foolloall field. Tension in a game finds him in a characlerislic pose kneel- ing on lhe sod clurching a weary dark head. This is Coach Ebber+'s lirsl year of coaching, buf he has buill' up an unimpregnable lighling spiril and has produced Okaw Valley Jropnolchers. .Tl o Rr 555 E. Cissna, S. Peferson, W. Jones, M. Born, D. Severns, K. Hiser, R. Afer, H. Sifes, R. Lufes, G. Horton, S. Johnson. J. Mikels, D. Davidson, H. Wallace, R. Rufledge, B. Boggs, R. Nix, R. Marvin, R. Dodd, H. Snoke, H. Derr, E. Ebberf, Coach. H. Crisrnon, A. Kreig, W. Horton, G. Jenkins, M. Edgeccmb, E. Morgan, CapTain, W. Hendricks, W. ArmsworTh, R. Wyne, H. Roberfs, R. Holcomb. I FOOTBALL A pessimisTic sun iabbing aT your eyes or an aTTernoon OT smoggy chilliness and heaps aT blankeTs aren'T asseTs To comTorTg yeT The TooTball Tans sTick under such circumsTances. FooTball has iTs magneTic qualiTiesg when a crowd wades in slushy grass and huddles on bare, alooT grand- sTands To see eleven uniTs OT deTerminaTion TighT Tor losing inches, The sporT musT have someThing. The hoarse voices OT TaiThTul Tans, The crackle of hoT popcorn, ond The languid unwrapping oi candy bars make audible The auTumn aTTernoon. There's drama in The Tan pacing The sidelines, screwing his Tace in sympaThy wiTh an injured player, sTraining wiTh The elevens' knoTTed muscles, rubbing cold, sTiTT hands, and casTing TurTive glances To see if The lump which swelled in his ThroaT wiTh The sTrains OT a school song was naTiced. And noT To be overlooked is The silly adoles- cenT making vague inquiries abouT The game's Technique. All This is TooTballl 3l ,ff X SCORES FOOTBALL Sept I7 Sept 24 Ocf. I Oct 7. .... .... . OCT. Nov. Nov. I5 OCI. 22 4 I7 Cerro Gordo 6 Cerro Gordo I3 Cerro Gordo I2 Cerro Gordo 6 Cerro Gordo 0 Cerro Gordo 6 Cerro Gordo O Cerro Gordo 6 Cerro Gordo's Okaw VaIIey SIanding BASKETBALL Dec. 2 Dec. 7 Dec. IO Dec. 2l Dec. 22 Jan. 4 Jan. 7 Jan. II Jan. I4 Jan. I8 Jan. 2I Jan. 25 Jan. 28 Feb. 8 Feb. Il Feb. I5 Feb. I8 Feb. 22 Feb. 25 Cerro Gordo 23 Cerro Gordo I2 Cerro Gordo 33 Cerro Gordo 28 Cerro Gordo 37 Cerro Gordo 37 Cerro Gordo I9 Cerro Gordo 2 I Cerro Gordo I9 Cerro Gordo 24 Cerro Gordo 29 Cerro Gordo 37 Cerro Gordo 2 I Cerro Gordo I6 Cerro Gordo 20 Cerro Gordo 26 Cerro Gordo 20 Cerro Gordo 26 Cerro Gordo 44 8. 'ng' Villa Grove I3 SI1eIbyviIIe 0 SuIIivan O Newman 2I IvIonIiceIIo I9 BemenI' I3 ArcoIa 26 Afwood 8 Argenfa 27 Weldon 7 Deland 6 Argenfa I5 Cisco 9 I-Iammond I2 Arcola 26 Bemenf I6 MonIiceIIo 30 Afwood I8 SuIIivan 23 Hammond I7 Newman 22 Bemenf I4 SuIIivan I4 Afwood 2 I MonI'iceIIo 32 Farmer Ci'ry I6 Farmer Ci'ry 23 Cerro Gordo, I4 Holiday Tournamenf aI ArcoIa, Jan. 2- AIIerI'on. 23. Okaw VaIIey Tournamenf aI' IvIonIiceIIo, Dec. 2-Cerro Gordo. I2: Bement I6. Regional Tournamenf of Decafur, March 2-Cerro Gordo, I8: Decafur, 28. Cerro Gordo's Okaw VaIIey Sianding-2. 32 , T97 ii T Q Q, is M. Edgecomb, H. RoberTs, R. Holcomb, W. Hendricks, H. Crisman. K. Halcom, Mgr., Coach Ebberf, R, Rufledge, R. Dodd, B. Armswodh, K. Hiser. BASKETBALL Among The unTorgeTTable momenTs in any coed's liTe is ThaT momenT when The baslceTball boys in orange and blue dash ouT onTo The gleam- ing, golden Tloor oT The gym, ThaT momenT when The band sTrilces up C. Gfs marching song, and The crowd rises To iTs TeeT as one woman. The wild clapping, The hammering oT The hearT, The suspended breaTh as he shooTs-and misses-and rebounds-and shooTs-and malces iT -a vicTory Tor The boys in orange and bluel And whaT greaTer ecsTasy is There in our world Than ThaT surging Tlow oT pride which comes To The boy in blue The TirsT Time The Coach moTions To him, whispers brieTly in his ear, and sends him inTo his TirsT varsiTy gamel The empTy Teeling in his sTomach, his awareness oT she in The bleachers passes as his Toes grip The hardwood Tloor and his Tingers sTeady Them- selves on The ball. His body loses individualiTy and becomes a TiTTh oT a machine as he shooTs-and misses-and rebounds-and shooTs-and makes iT a vicTory Tor C. G.l Need we go TurTher or are you convinced ThaT basl4eTball is our big momenT, our Thrill oT a liTe Time, our dish? 33 94,0-fffvfi-44. M E115-use .Z-'L O09 avi son, erf, Adv. X -6 F yd g Merrih, VuIgamoTT, Chapman, M. Troxel. - i My ss, INTRAMURALS Qxfisefih The inTense muTTled air of a big varsiTy game. The jolly air a inTormal TaculTy conTlicT-The aTmosphere oT an inTramural scramble s boTh oT These and more. The crowd reacTs as sponTaneously To The no game as To an inTer-school baTTle. To The casual observer iT's iusT a 4. game. buT To The parTiciponTs winning means proud elaTion Tor +ha+ Team. The husTle before The game is characTerisTic of such an irresponsible 9 group. Socks and shoes and Torbidden lunch remains are scaTTered oveih The loclcer room which resounds wiTh youThTul laughTer and idle chaTTer. . , Swallow ThaT sandwich and come on. iT's aTTer l2:O5 now. Well, l goTTa have my daily raTions. And we goTTa win +ha+ game. Too. And so The opposing Teams malce Their sTraggling debuT, noT greeTed by a band or The roar oT a hilarious crowd, buT wiTh Talse modesTy veiling a sudden swell oT imporTance. ProTessionals and omaTeurs mingle in a democraTic manner: This player's roTundiTy and ThaT player's myopia are TorgoTTen. lnTromurals boosT ThaT Teeling oT selT-conTidence, makes Those long awaiTed TwenTy minuTes oT play happy, heedless momenTs. 34 FOOTBALL BANQUET On lhe evening ol November 23, our loolball leam was elaboralely enlerlained by lhe local Lions Club. Minus lhe masculine louch ol lool- ball logs lhe leam appeared as well-dressed genllemen-bul hungry ones neverlheless. The German band conlribuled lheir bil during lulls in lhe program. Irving Nelson, filling lhe capacily ol loaslmasler, plundered his inexhauslable supply ol gags. An inspiring speech was given by Ray Eliol, well-known coach ol lhe lighling Illini. I-lis lheme, Il's lhe Menlal Allilude Thal Counls. was perlinenl and well broughl oul. Fourleen boys were awarded lellers lor lhe pasl loolball season. Mr. Nelson as- lounded lhe group wilh his bil ol poelry aboul Caplain Elmer Morgan: WHERE'S ELMER? Il opened up wilh a bang, And everybody yelled and sang To honor lhe I937 Fighling, loolball eleven. The coach grew sad, lhe guesls were blue, Where's Elmer? wenl lhe cry and hue, Someone said he'd hurl his loes Bul il proved lo be lhal parlicular nose ' They lhoughl il was a big red rose Bul 'lwas only lhal parlicular nose. The caplain said, Il didn'l hurl a bil. And kepl on lighling in lhe lhiclc ol il. Bul science in lhe end prevailed And called lhe doc lo see whal ailed. I-le said when lhe season ended, Thal parlicular nose 'd have lo be mended. Where's Elmer now? I-le's back in school, Again lo learn by role and rule, And all lhe sludenls sil in rows And marvel al lhal parlicular nose OKAW VALLEY BANQUET On March 2I, our baskelball leam and lhe olher len leams ol lhe Okaw Valley Conference were honored al lhe annual banquel al Villa Grove. The evening was a gay one, and you can be sure lhe Cerro Gordo boys didn'l neglecl lhe inner man. Doug Mills, head baskelball coach ol lhe Universily ol Illinois, was lhe principal speaker ol lhe eve- ning. All ol you boys should leel greally honored lhal you were able lo make your respeclive leams, Mr. Mills broughl oul as his main poinl. Monlicello won lhe sporlsmanship lrophy: Charles Sullivan ol Villa Grove. lhe exemplary player award lor lhe pasl season. 35 THEIR DIVERSICJNS Of course we go To The movies Tor serious dromo ond To school Tor knowledge, buT we wouldn'T skip The onimoTed cc1rToon ony more Thon we'd skip our diversions. Do wiThouT Home- coming? Pop Eye? The Junior-Senior BolnqueT? NoT wel So our nexT reel is oT color, music, Tun. FirsT in o series oT oll-sTor producTions is l-lomecoming, +ho+ golo, vivocious Two doys oT wine, women, ond song-Tor us, The inToxicoTion oT TooTboll Tever, o glomorous Homecoming queen, ond o pep meeTing. The compus smiles oT Tomilior Toces in oi sposm oT popcorn ond hoT- dog odors, sogging groindsTond, ond The spiriT oT Old Long Syne. And There's +ho+ They lived hop- pily ever oTTer Teeling creoTed by The iunior ploy os o Tinishing Touch. l-lomecoming is our besT producTion. On second ThoughT, Though, we produce on- oTher Tour-sTor TeoTure, Junior-Senior BonqueT, o color corToon os becluTiTully posTel, os lilTing in iTs melody. os goy cmd glomorous os ony Silly Symphony. Besides These speciol producTions we hove our doily releoses which obound in The demure liTTle flowers of everydoy pleasures. The wee, smoll roindrops oT everydoy disoppoinTmenTs, ond The loughing li++le laumblebees oT everydoy quips ond jokes. So oTTer This voluble Teoser we presenT Tor your reloxoTion our goloxy oT onimoTion, color, Tun. HCDIVIECCIVIING SEPTEMBER 6-FirsT day oT school. Also The TirsT day of school in Three years ThoT iT hasn'T poured caTs and dogs. 7-FooTball pracTice begins- The sTory goes ThaT The coach is always The lasT man dressed. 8-WhaT meek freshmen we have! They wore Their Trousers and shirTs backward wiThouT a murmur. 9- Come onel Co i our happy band. is The More band members wanTed. IO-ChemisTry sTudenTs are sporTing new rubber aprons- The boys have gone chernisTic Too. I3-Blue Monday-especially for TypisTs. Some are proud of papers wiTh no less Than 30 or 40 errors. I4-lvliss Burkholder's cloThing class are sTarTing To daub The green painT. They're re-doing The girls' lunchroom. I5-My goodness, Ramona! whaT a spill you Took. Were you iniTiaTing The new band Tloor? I6-Class elecTions. Surprises and smiles of vicTory. CALENDAR 1937-38 SEPTEMBER I7-FirsT TooTball game wiTh Villa Grove. DeTeaTed buT noT conquered. 20--The band celebroTes iTs anniversary of Rosebud, by geTTing ci new piece- IT Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane. Zl-The ParTy Line is buzz ing. Everyone hos big ideas 22-Cerro Gordo boys crash The Cisco gaTes. Are The C. G girls losing Their glamour? wlihlllv .....2k:gN--an ZS-Juniors ae picking clas rings. Be careful There! No quorreling allowed. 24-BeauTiTul buT noT domes- Tic! One of The Cisco girls washed grapes wiTh laundry soap. 27-No English classes This morning. We can'T find a Teacher. 28-Miss Douglass back again aTTer Two weeks of illness. 29-Lovers' quarrels have sTarTed already-There seem To To be a loT of Tears. also a loT of changes. 30-JusT a biT of crimpiness in The air calls Tor worm Toll Tags. 38 OCTOBER l--Game wilh Sullivan. Our vicrory, I2-O. Freshmen. sopho- more, and junior wiener roasis in The evening. 2-Seniors are splurging. They have a big hamburger fry wiih all lhe lrimmings a+ Nelson Park. 4-Arch has a new 'rheme song - Every lime if rains, if rains muddy mud. 5-The candid camera carches some of our lun loving sfudenls scrubbing walermelon slains from a lillle while schoolhouse. 6-News Flashes from Holly- wood! Dicl you lcnow +ha'r Ju- liel's las? name is Van Horn? Also, Romeo's is Dickey? 7-Foolball game wiih New- man. Newman 27 - Cerro Gordo 6. 8-Hurroy! No school. Teach- ers' meeling. ll-- Wha'r's The hurry? l-laven'+ you heard? There are iusl' four more days lefl' 'fill Homecoming. I4-Big bon fire and snalce dance in +he evening. The band. fhe iuclge, lhe iury-all wilness fhe verdicf for 'rhe big game. 39 CALENDAR '19 3'7 - 3 8 OCTOBER I5-Parade! Foorball game! Junior play! All a howling suc- cess! F. F. A. floor Took firsf prize in class A. I8-The lvl. B. D. C. was chosen roday. The Dusl Pan died To be replaced by a lusly Campus Capers. I9--General as mbly in The srudy hall. ' John Morgan iallcs on F Schools and demons+raTes 'rhe Shepherd's Pipe. 2070 e girl mobbed. Why? Firsiare or! cards. f 2l chool slaried al' eigh+-- 1' ers all lal'e. -The band 'turns 'ro a new ind of parfy--lvlonle Carlo. 25-All The glory of being a iunior has been reflecling from new class rings. 27-The girls begin annual vol- ley ball 'rournamenr-lols of screaming and few good plays. 28-Jimmy Tyler and Norma Searon, s'rars of Gay Decep- lion, are rumored lo be mix- ing pleasure wifh business. 29--l'los+ 'ro Grade School Hal- lowe'eners. NOVEMBER I-The modern generalion has one asse+-very li++le Hallowe'ening done +his year. 3-Someone leff cabbage on Mr. Edwards' from! hibernafion. Bul no'r for long-+he nex'r day +he school was faced wifh The same old sloppy collars and shir+ sleeves. 3-Someone leff cabbage on Mr. Edwards' fronf porch. The nexl day he was lamenfing because spareribs weren'+ fhrown wilh +he sauerlcraul. 4-Arcola and lheir Olcaw Valley-known Popeye pushed lhe foofball +eam +o a 26-0 loss, 5-Cresf ballyhoo begun by an oplimislic slafl. 8-Our fufure loolball malerial, 'ream B, beal Be- men+'s seconds. NOVEMBER 9-Members of +he news s+aff lefl 'rheir usual rou- 'rine of news hunling +o enjoy a scavenger hun+. IO-Wafch 'rhe birdie! Organiza+ion and class piclures were +aken 'roday for 'rhe Cresi. II-Armislice Day! No school! An exci+ing fool-- ball game, on our own gridiron, wilh Afwood. Our loss 8-6. The Band marched in full coslume for +heir Ias'r appearance. I2- Righ+ 'rhis way! Every one a winner! Try your luck, and ge'r a nice prize, lady! P. T. A. car- nival was a greal success. I5- Won'+ be home 'lil la're 'Tonight Mom. Band prac+ice. The band is working hard for The fall concert I Complimen+s of s. s. DoBsoN , Furnirure and Funeral Direcror Cerro Gordo, Illinois I Phone 7I TROXEL'S CAFE SMOOTH FREEZE Meadow Gold I lce Cream 40 NOVEMBER I6-Our school was hosf +o +he coaches and prin- cipals of neighboring schools a+ a banquel in our gym. Don'+ fell, buf we heard fha? our praclical joker feachers gave a box of sliced Bermuda onions as a prize. I7-Home Ec Club sponsored a s+yle show This evening. Wha+ slylesl Whal chic! No wonder some of our lads venlured in +o look 'em over. I8- Shi Sh! Go noi near. A bil of snow has fallen, 'Tis The firsl This year. I9--Afler weeks of praclice +he fall concerl is over and wi+hou'r a single misfakez Congrcdulalions, band! 22-Groans! Six weeks exams! - NOVEMBER 23--A crowd of nearly iwo hundred foofball fans and players assembled in our orange and blue be- decked gym fo feasf a'r The annual foolball ban- quet Twenfy-nine boys received leffers and nu- merals. 24-Assembly +his morning. Edward Edmund. Slale Traffic Officer. impressed upon us The necessify of careful driving. 29-Have lhe girls s'rar'red a new fad? Wearing boys' shirlrs and frousers? No-jusf +he band being snapped once more. 30-Today Melvin Wagoner was crowned Prince of fhe Corn World. Cerro Gordo does produce cham- pions once in a while. I ln This Cres+ An lnferesling Display I Of Pholographs I BY I BOWEN STUDIO Cerro Gordo, Illinois 4l J 'll FERC5USON'S ' DRUG STORE l School Books and School Supplies I Sfarionery ' General Drug Sfore I I I Merchandise 339 9 -.ff :X if Ks, DECEMBER ,?nfx 5 J i 5 T 2-We sfarfed fhe baskefball season wifh a big pep meefing 3? and fhen a hard foughf game :fix KAR wifh Argenfa. Our defeats A L E N D A R Q 5 X Score, 27-23. 6--No school! Teachers mo- fored over fo lvlonficello fo Teachers' Counfy lnsfifufe. 7-Our old gym rang wifh mer- rimenf fonighf as fhe hardwood gleamed and fhe raffers rang and young afhlefes gave us a vicfory in fhe firsf home game of The season wifh Weldon. 8-Emily Grove's advice fo all would-be gamblers when punch- ing fhe punchbocrd is Before punching counf rapidly fo fiffy, while iumping up and down on your escorf's foes. If you don'f gef punched firsf, your punch will be a winner. 9-F. F.A. sfudenfs have gone in for debafing. We feel fhaf Mr. Nelson is frying 'ro Teach fhem fhe arf of arguing wifh fhe fufure Mrs. Farmers. IO-Cerro Gordo swamps De- land, 33-6. I4-The grade school sfudenfs presenfed a porfion of fhe op- ereffc in assembly. 1937-38 Sw me DECEMBER I5-Cerro Gordo Took advan- fage of Cisco when we de- feafed fhem by approximafely 30 poinfs. I6-Corporal lnglesfon gave us a word picfure of 'rhe ferrors of war. Alfhough he 'ralked a half hour over fime, no one yelled dinner. I7-No chemisfry! 20-Grade school gave a P. T. A. program. Nice going, kids! 2I-ln geffing revenge againsf Argenfa we were vicforious wifh a score of 28-IS. 22-Vacafion sfarfs +omorrow! Big general assembly before dis- missal. German band gave a rag fime version of Jingle Bells and Jimmy Tyler and Norma Seafon gave confribu- fions. 25-There really aren'+ many mischievous people, I guess. Even so, Sainf Nick was looking fhe ofher direcfion and missed ii. 3I-Remember! There is al- ways a day offer! Lafe hours and The nexf day's work clon'f agree. Affer December 3l a new year fakes ifs course. lf's fime you're affaining your goals, Seniors! iii -- is JANUARY 3-New Year's resolulions are being broken already. Wha+'s fhe mailer. sludenls? No will power? 4-This evening we ballled our old baskefball rival, Hammond, and defealed Them, 37-I3. 5-Somelhing happened fo 'rhe refrigeralion uniiq leaking gas, causing violenr coughing fils by sludenfs. 6-Our baskelball boys show falenf a+ fumbling. Marion Edgecomb's forward roll and Jack Mikels' rhree poim' landing on his lummy are bolh com- mendable. 7-We were delealed by Ar- cola 26-I9. 8-Why lhe recenl burning of so much midnighf oil? Reason enough, sernesrers are near. ll-Beal Bemenfl-a rrue prophecy. Score C. G., 2I- Bemenf, I6. I2--Our new sludenr, Jim Ald- rich, has srarled a new fad-he wears a unique, unequalled har. I3-Headaches and wri'rer's cramp minor ailrnenls from se- mesfers. 43 CALENDAR Zopth C .LAM i 1937-38 JANUARY I4-Monlicello make former viclories mere 'rwaddle wifh a margin of IO poinrs over C. G. 7-Several changes in sched- e due +o single semesier ses. Q8-We iaunled over 'ro Al'- wood io defeal' ihem 25 To I8. I9-Sighs of agony by super sensiiive, sfulfering sfudenis are affer resulls of public speaking. 20-lndus+rious hisrory sludenis are slaying home nighrs fo ponder over fhal' weighly prob- lem-'rhe Term paper. 24-An epidemic of sore ioes and bruised ankles resull from boys' P. E. Kick lhe medicine ball wilh rhe side of your fool, boys! 26-Lovely Ladies is of course +he only way lo speak of our moihers, buf, when ihe Band Molhers pul on 'rhe play of The same name we're sure +hey're iusl' plain lovely. 27- Early +o bed is slill good advice. Groggy knowledge seekers find classes preH'y dull. FEBRUARY 2-The ground hog failed lo see his shadow buf lhal isn'l all lhe news. Okaw Valley lournamenl slarls al' Monlicello. 7-Have we robbers in our rnidsl? Il seems so: lhey're doing righl' well in lhe Home Ec room. 8--Bemen+ facully enlerlained our Iacully aller our Third encounler wilh lheir Team. 9-Bemenl H. S. musl have a special aiciinily for OG. co-eds. IO-The chemislry class and news slafl wen? 'rhrough Ihe Decalur Herald and Review eslablish- menl lo see whal compelilion lhey're giving us. I2-The seniors show underclassmen how 'ro have a successful parlyq Cupid mus+ have given Herb Ihe idea he needed a chaperon. Complimenls of W. P. HUMPHREY Your Reliable Barber Agenl for Economy Dry Cleaners Shaving Soap and Cream Tonics FEBRUARY I5-Anolher Tuesday, anolher game, and anolher viclory. Alwood lhe viclim. I6--One cerlainly has lo walch whal one does since Ihe Kamera Kraze has slarled. Piclures lurn oul lo be grolesque specimens. I8-Smiles and grins of ecslasyl Cerro Gordo is a second place 'ream in 'rhe Okaw Valley. 2l-Our business manager is lelling Cresiimallers keep him from Iillle affairs of lhe hearl. Tragic re- sulls. 25-Tonighl our senior baskelball boys performed for I'he lasl' lime on our own floor. A grand game and a grand score-44-23. 28-Whal is The mailer wilh 'rhe coach's car? Al' nine il ran oul of gas and al noon il had a flal' lire. Jusl analher V-8. Cooperaling Wilh THE FEDERAL HOUSING I ADMINISTRATION This bank will make loans I From SIOO lo 52.000 FOR ONE TO THREE YEARS AT 570 For The Improvemenl of Home and ' Business Properly STATE BANK OF CERRO GORDO Member of Federal Deposil Insurance Corp. 44 MARCH I-Foods girls coolcee chop suey, smell badee buf all fhe samee good. 2-Regional fournamenf af Decafur. The big cify showed us up wifh a score of 28 fo I8. 7-Blue Friday. A double dose. Reporf cards, which were considerably lowered in mosf cases. and scarlef fever shofs made a Iof of us wealc-lcneed. 6-Officer O'NeiII gave us a fallc on safefy. I4-Can you imagine comparing Eleanor Chrisf- ner's feef fo fhe odor of hydrogen sulfide gas? I5-A liffle firsf class posing. Nelson poses in a filmy, franslucenf negligee af fhe faculfy game. Our Business Is Taking fhe Risk I I Ouf of Your Business Insure Wifh HALL-BELL INSURANCE AGENCY ' Phone I48 Bemenf, Illinois ' MARCH I6-Pify fhe relafives. Invifafions were ordered foday. I7--Whaf a school! Everyone affending fhe sfafe fournamenf. I8-Whoopeel Whaf a relief! Lasf scarlef fever shofs for 'rhis year. 2I-Spring is here! Tra la, fra Ial 22-Whaf Iifel The juniors are busy arranging for fhe all-school parfy. 23-Kid parfy was a howling success. Some furned ouf in fhe briefesf of briefs. 28-Whaf a queer affifude Mr. Edwards fakes foward defenfion. If's only fair fo puf people fhere. 29-Band Mofhers' Card Parfy. Incidenfs from school life relived. Complimenfs of ' THE CERRO GORDO CO-OP. GRAIN CO. I-I. A. Henriclcs, Manager Phone 66R2 45 APRIL I-Orchids fo fhe band! Their success was co- lossall 4-When such hisfory making characfers as Donald Duck are noficed by seniors we fhink Wirfh should menfion fhem in his nexf fexf. 5-Home Ec Girls. you'd beffer sfarf shopping for fhose prinf dresses soon. Only fhree more days +ill fhe banquef. 6-There should be a soda founfain in fhe drug sfore so fhe boys would have some excuse for loaf- ing fhere. 8--Mofher-Daughfer banquef is fonighf. We hope no one has fafal affer effecfs. II-Gloriosky! No school! Faculfy visifing anofher school. I2-Lawrence, we didn'f know fhaf ammonia would clean whife shoes so efficienfly. I3-Are fhe seniors more brillianf or is if iusf a mis- fake? If is rumored fhaf fheir ferm papers would make some college sfudenfs blink fheir eyes. I4--The gym classes are expanding all over fown. Maybe Miss Burkholder likes hikes. foo. I8-Charley horses in legs and cramps in fhe arms are fhe resulfs of fennis rounds offer school. I9-Very liffle locker learning! Romeos have for- goffen one diamond for anofher. If's baseball. 23-The band shoved off fo Bloomingfon fo fake par+ in fhe Music. Liferary, and Arf Confesf. 29-General assembly announcemenfs of Nafional Honor sfudenfs, and baskefball awards given. MAY 2-Play pracfice inferrupfed by showers of corn. 3-Wedding bells. or school? Thd1f's fhe quesfion. 4-Would you rafher sfudy or go for a iaunf? Some prefer The iaunf-and defenfion. 5-Dress rehearsal for fhe senior play. 6-Senior play and fheir lasf chance fo make an impression. 9--Poefry is in fhe air, fhe warm and glowing sun brings romances auf in blossom and freckles do a liffle budding, foo. IO-The band are blowing fheir brains ouf over pieces for fhe Music Fesfival. Il-Junior-Senior Banquef preparafions are under way wifh much secrecy. I2-The band has sfarfed warning all seniors wifh fheir somber rehearsing of fhe funeral march for Commencemenf. I3--We've gof fhaf old John Alden and Priscilla acf af banquef fime. Speak for yourself. John. 2I--Gof fo gef my old Tuxedo pressed Gof fo sew a buffon on my vesf. Tonighf l gof fo look my besf. Junior-Senior Banquef! 22-Baccalaureafe-grave faces and suppressed desires. 23-Keep in sfep, Pard! Seffle down! You're prac- ficing for fhe lasf march. seniors! 24-Commencemenf and an insfanf parfing for va- cafion plans. T X, 46 PRINCE CHARMING MELVIN WAGONER This is noT The usucil sTory oT The prince ond The pouper, or oT o Throne Token by closhing sTeel, buT oT o heriToge Token Trom The soil. Being crowned Prince of The Corn World wos o big n'1ornenT Tor Melvin Wog- oner, iusT in his second yeor oT ogriculTure work onol high school ocTivi- Ties. Ancl being The second boy Trorn Illinois To Toke This honor in The losT TwenTy-one yeors oolcls To The clisTincTion, Melvin wos more inTeresTed in corn Thon ony oTher proiecT becouse iT is The nnoin crop of lllinois. Previ- ous To This loTe rneriT Melvin wos ocTive in The 4l-l Club oT MonTicello. The SecTionol Groin ond PoulTry Show oT Mocon, ond The PioTT CounTy ln- sTiTuTe oT ATwood. Melvin reops resulTs in oTher Tields Thcin F. F. A.: he is cm superior scholor oncl Tolces ocTive porT in inTromurols cincl clromoTics. The ogriculTure cleporTmenT oT our schools con boosT oT rnony lourels buT Melvin Wogoner hos seTc1 new high Tor Cerro Gordo. 47 MUSICAL CALENDAR One oT our song-wriTer philosophers has become Tamous by pro- claiming ThaT LiTe ls a Song. There is no doubT in our minds ThaT songs can describe liTe and ThaT They have assumed in The liTe we've lived l The LiTe We Love l a very inTeresTing parT, so, wiTh The music mixed up in our memories, we'll recall Tour verses oT This song. During The year I934-T935 our seniors, who were Then Treshmen, probably sang on Their TirsT daTe, The ObiecT oT My ATTecTions, Clouds, l've GoT a Feelin' You're Foolin', and Rain. The Teachers were probably more inTeresTed in SoliTude and Swamp Fire. Bing Crosby blossomed ouT wiTh Love in Bloom, while Shirley Temple sTarTed The Good Ship Lollipop craze ThaT ended up in being The Tune danced To by The sailor-suiTed Treshmen girls aT The Junior-Senior Banquet l935-I936 was The year ThaT really produced. Fred AsTaire and Ginger Rogers sTarred in Two movies, Top I-laT and Follow The FleeT, ThaT gave ouT Top l-laT, Cheek To Cheek, lsn'T IT a Lovely Day?, Fancy Free, l'm PuTTing All My Eggs in One BaslceT, LeT YourselT Go, LeT's Face The Music and Dance, and We Saw The Sea. Remember-iT was New Year's Eve: we were sTanding in line Tor The midnighT show: some one sTarTed humming ThaT new song, The one ThaT ouT-sung and ouT-sold Yes. We l-lave No Bananas, buT which was soon sold ouT, worn ouT and Thrown ouT-none oTher Than The Music Goes Round and Round. And I suppose you remember Allen Jones sang Alone ThaT very same nighT. IT musT have been ThaT year ThaT Major Bowes began his original amaTeur hour, because we had one, Too. Naomi Moore sang RhyThm in My Nursery Rhymesg Firman l-lenriclcs and Bill Wallace revived ThaT old novelTy number, Barnacle Bill, The Sailor, and RoberT Milcels played ThaT semi-classic ManhaTTan Serenade. l-lere's a lisT oT TavoriTes Trom ThaT year ThaT mighT help dream up your own liTTle privaTe verses: Goody Goody, Dinner Tor One, Please, James, WhaT's The Reason l'm NoT Pleasin' You?, The BeauTiTul Lady in Blue, ls iT True WhaT They Say AbouT Dixie?, lT's a Sin To Tell a Lie, STompin' aT The Savoy, Take a Number From One To Ten, l'll Never Say Never Again, Wahoo, Eeni Meni Mini Mo, You, Robins and Roses, and ChrisTopher Columbus. Bean was kind oT young ThaT year and couldn'T, iusT couldn'T, play The niclcelodeon in ClinTon. l-le wanTed LiTTle Old Lady, buT all he goT was FrosT On The Moon. Those vocal corridor iam sessions all hiT Boo l-loo, The Love Bug Will BiTe You, and One, Two, BuTTon Your Shoe, so hard ThaT liTe hasn'T been The same since. Evelyn Grove gave a daily perTormance in cloThing class singing TrusT in Me while she accompanied herselT on The sewing machine. 48 MUSICAL CALENDAR KaTy's KiTchen KabineT Kazoo Band swung ouT wiTh Dark Town STruTTers' Ball, Alexander's Rag Time Band, Basin STreeT Blues, Wabash Blues, I-ley, Babe, WalTz You Saved Tor Me, and The BiscuiT Song aT The bond beneTiT. I937-IQ38. IT sTarTed ThaT summer wiTh Whispers in The Dark, Never in a Million Years, The One Rose, and The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down. AT The Tashion show This Tall Kep and Norma SeaTon Turnished The sweeT music oT A PreTTy Girl ls Like a Melody, Alice Blue Gown, and Lovely To Look AT. JusT beTore vacaTion Norma SeaTon and Jimmie Tyler did ThaT cuTe liTTle song, I WanT You Tor ChrisTmas. And aT ThaT program we all ioined in singing The old ChrisTmas carols, Too. ATTer New Year's we began To geT Remember Me, Josephine, Rosalie, You're a SweeThearT, Dipsy Doodle, I Double Dare You, on The radio, and a liTTle laTer Breezy blew himselT To a nickelodeon ThaT gobbled up The lunch money. Those young people wiTh rhyThm in Their souls lor solesl, Those swing mad l-leidT, Kyser, Goodman Tons spenT Their hard earned supper money, Too-and Then Tinally, They lisTened To some- body else's nickels. We've had hiT Tunes. swing Tunes, and crazy Tunes, all oT which will have passed inTo obscuriTy in anoTher Ten years, an obscuriTy lighTed only by The memories They evoke Tor The class oT '38. FACULTY FACTS Did you know? No? Miss Burkholder is so youThTul looking ThaT she has To wear a diTTerenT sTyled gym suiT To disTinguish her Trom envious sTudenTs? Miss Tendick. Tilling The role oT Femina Pulchra, is a living demonsTra- Tion oT The reason Tor lovable Cupid's LaTin origin? Miss Buchholz, always back in a Tlash wiTh loTions oT hisTory, is The WalTa Winchell oT social science? Mr. Nelson, The TaculTy wiT, has as his peT agriculTure proiecT, a small, adored specimen named RuTh? Miss Lamb, Tormer BemenTer buT presenT beamer Tor Cerro Gordo, proclaims rhyThm as her business? Tomorrows and Tomorrows and Tomorrows roll away when Miss Doug- lass' voice pours TorTh The poeTry oT MacbeTh? Mr. Samp, upon being greeTed wiTh quizzical noses aTTer a round wiTh buTric acid, has decided ThaT chemisTry isn'T lisTed among The social asseTs? ' Coach EbberT, alThough To our knowledge unequipped wiTh The over- lapping jaws or oTher special sTrucTures possessed by cows and sheep. eaTs grass aT exciTing TooTball games? Mr. Kepley, blond maesTro To Them Thar Cerro Gordo hillbillies, brings hope To all discouraged males under six TeeT? 49 IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE POINT OF VIEW The freshman Thinks: The sophomore Thinks: The iunior Thinks: The senior Thinks: I l-ThaT Teachers Ore 06- ThaT Teachers are necessary ThaT Teachers are unneces- ThaT Teachers are nuisances. cessary. nuisances. sary nuisances. 2-Tlwf blondes Ore l9e0U' TlW0'f blondes mvlfe Qood Tirsf ThaT blondes are preferable ThaT blondes. like bruneTTes. TiTul. daTes. To bruneTTes. are iusT girls. 3'-ll30YSl Tlwf girls me STS' Thcli Qlfls Ore Silly- ThaT girls aren'T bad. ThaT girls make life inTeresT- sues. ing. 4-lgirlsl ThaT boys are ThaT boys are CUTS. ThaT boys are cuTe. ThaT boys are cuTe. cuTe. 5-ThaT deTenTion room is a horror and a disgrace. 6--ThaT he will be weaI+hy. 7-ThaT college is all righT Tor smarT guys. 8-ThaT moonlighT makes nighT Time day Time. 9-Thai' swing is someThing To play in. IO-ThaT love is someThing. ll-ThaT war is probably unnecessary. I2-ThaT cloThes aren'T im- porTanT. I3-ThaT marriage is Tor Tools. I4-ThaT grades are impor- TanT. ThaT deTenTion room Takes up a loT of his Time. ThaT he wanTs To be wealThy. ThaT college is all righT bul Foo Tar away To .boTher wiTh. ThaT moonlighT makes nighT Time noT so dark. ThaT swing is a crazy kind of music. ThaT love is silly. ThaT war is surely unneces- sary. ThaT cloThes are noT worn in nudisT colonies. ThaT marriage is forever. ThaT his grades are Terrible. ThaT deTenTion room is The smarT Thing. ThaT iT would be nice To be wealThy. ThaT college is a good Time. ThaT rnoonlighi' makes nighT Time romanTic. ThaT swing is The Thing. ThaT love is love. ThaT war is someThing his- Torians deem an incurable illness of scheming poli+i- cians. ThaT cloThes are superTluous. ThaT marriage is Tor oThers. ThaT grades should be abol- ished. ThaT deTenTion room is The bunk. K ThaT he'd like a SIS a week iob. ThaT college is beTTer Than a good Time. ThaT moonlighT makes The perTecT Third and iT isn'T o zrowd. ThaT swing is Goodman and Croupa. ThaT love may be love or :omeThing else. Thai' war is useless and dan- gerous. ThaT cloThes are expensive buT necessary To one's social preshge. ThaT marriage is Tor a long Time so he'd beTTer have Tun now. ThaT his grades were all righT -They goT him by, didn'T They? I 50 GRADE SCHOOL RAREBITS Those TirsT eighT years oT our school liTe were giddy and happy and so disillusioning when we look aT ourselves now. Our TirsT grade Teacher musT have made a propheTic TorecasT oT a TuTure oT swing, Tor The rhyThm band assembled daily. We ThoughT The rhyThm band was grand and especially envied The Tambourine player, who happened To be Corinne WolTT. The drum was oll righT, Too, unTil someone sTuck his TooT in iT, and iT had To be discarded. MosT oT us TirsT graders were conscious almosT To The exTenT oT conceiT oT our TooTwear, and reading class was oTTen inTerrupTed because a wise Teacher knew Time could be saved if The new shoes were given a liTTle aTTenTion. We oll regarded Corinne WolTF wiTh awe, Tor she used words like encyclopedia and expressed a desire To beauTiTy herself wiTh Treckle cream. ' Meanwhile our counTry Triends were also making The news: Doris Myers sTood in The corner wiTh her nose in a ring: l-lelen Clow, when ad- vised To simpliTy her number problems by counTing The caTs, hesiTaTed because she ThoughT The number mighT be increased by a loT oT liTTle ones when she wenT home ThaT evening. l-lerby RoberTs, according To oTher sources, was a TaT, girl-shy boy. l-le's changed Though. BeTTy STeele was learning ThaT alThough The Teacher was her aunT, she had no Tamily peTs when anyone copied. When one looks aT an early group picTure, his memory reacTs mirTh- Tully. Reid Voelcher was quiTe The Don Juan. Girls vied wiTh each oTher To siT by him and even cried To sTand by him in class picTures. OTher recol- lecTions are Those oT Emily Grove's baggy kneed socks, BeTTy WigTon's blousing bloomers, and Corinne's exposed shimmy shirT. BUT we've changed and-Then we haven'T. Corinne sTill grumps abouT her Trecklesg buT Treckle Taced, runTy Lil Leach has pushed The bangs ouT oT her eyes and become The school siren. ln The second grade The day was always sTarTed by marching around The room while Miss Mamie pumped on a wheezy old organ. Each li++Ie sTudenT had a placard on his desk bearing his Tull name which remained There Till he knew who he was. We even had sewing lessons and pieced miniaTure quilTs. Twice a day we Tiled on TipToe over To The big building, which was Then The high school and six upper grades, and moisTened our whisTles. There we scraTched our iniTials on a TrosTy painTed window. The ouTsTanding accomplishmenT in The second grade was a noTebook in which we counTed To a Thousand, adding TiTTy or so daily. Then The book- leTs were hung in a Trieze around The blackboard, and appropriaTely com- plimenTed by oll visiTors. The highlighT oT The Third grade was The breaking up oT a noTe-wriTing gang by The lady PinkerTon. Each Ii++Ie sinner was summoned ouTside The door To conTess and, we hope, To repenT. We were in The TourTh grade when a disTincT Type oT shoe wiTh Tan uppers and black paTenT leaTher boTToms was iusT The Thing. Knee socks worn Then weren'T TlaTTering To healThy calves. The school yard was large and roomy, and The more advenTuresome hid liTTle noThings in The hollow sTumps and made ouT Treasure maps. We played iail in The ash piT and slid down The Tire escapes unTil Naomi Moore Sl broke an ankle. Because we were always boisTerous, one esTeemed Teacher deTermined To alTer our naTures. We were inTormed in a deTen- Tian aTTer school ThaT we girls playing leap Trog were hardly puTTing on a ladylike exhibiTion. The same Teacher had made us all shake in our booTs when she roared aT The poor Tellow who had The hiccoughs. And Thrills oT Thrills when The Teacher came in The room wiTh a belT in hand which he had Taken Trom his panTs To whip a boy. A new sTudenT who made a Timely debuT during The lull enTerTained us wiTh such anTics as swinging over our heads and under our noses. a dead sparrow Tied To a sTring. l-le would also make groTesque Taces while pre- Tending To sliT his ThroaT or cuT oTT his ears wiTh a pockeT kniTe. We were always an aThleTic group, roller skaTing, sledding, playing whipcracker. and swinging ouT'wiTh calloused hands Trom The merry-go-round. The girls even goT down on hands and knees and engaged in marble Tourna- menTs. The TirsT day oT May was almosT as good as ChrisTmas: we'd all Trudge down To The violeT paTch, spend The evening making baskeTs and Then aTTer dark sTealThily Till Them Trom The neighbors' choice Tlowers. SomeTimes we Took Their Tlowers and leTT onions and dandelions which were a sign oT scorn. All The Teachers were aware oT our mischievous na- Tures and were parTicularly disgusTed when we explored The aTTic. Class was oTTen broken up by The wail oT ThoT old organ in The aTTic and pound- ing TeeT overhead. One, hoping To scare us. locked us in. BUT aTTer a delayed exiT on our parT, she came aTTer us and we hid Trom her among The huge chimneys and in The cupolas. lT's a panicky Teeling To run Tram a Teacher. ' We belonged To all The organizaTions--MoTher's Jewels. King's l-lerald. and Girl ScouTs. ATTer The meeTings oT The laTTer we would sere- nade and heckle Those oT The TaculTy who had, in our opinion. deserved vengeance. NighT oT nighTs was graduaTion evening. Boys sTiTF in whiTe Trousers, girls resplendenT in sTarched organdy--all waiTing wiTh held breaThs Tor The Legion awards. Our rural pupils didn'T deTracT Trom our enviable record. They were painTing all The liTTle whiTe school houses red wiThin a radius oT eighT miles Trom Cerro Gordo. They hid in The culverT unTil Their Teacher had gone home and Then pilTered The school house. There was a Triendly old cow which The pupils plied wiTh orange peels and bread crusTs. The cow musT have been a specTacle rearing down The pasTure wiTh sacks on her horns and colored sTring Tied To her Tail. Bob McCarTney. by repeaTed shavings. was able To coax ouT Three whiskers. Bill ArmsworTh had all The appear- ance oT a lady's man and early learned ThaT girls love To have passes made aT Them wiTh Tishworms. The CiscoiTes were held gaping aT Dick Remmer's Tales abouT his numerous greaT uncles. Mary Blick used To have a yen Tor slim boys, buT she's changed, Too. Mary Helen l-liser was breaking The records Tor volubiliTy and is sTill seTTing new records. These are buT a Tew oT The Tomily skeleTons. Perhaps They'll drag TorTh a Troop oT oThers To amuse you-ghosTs, especially memory ghosTs. love company. 52 STUDY HALL BACKGROUND IT's hard To sTudy in an ordinary TirsT hour bu+ band pracTice makes iT aImosT an impossibiIiTy. All inTenTions To concenTraTe are broken when noTes, rhymThic as The iungle beaT. hold your mind Tense in a powerful grip. IT carries you away To a Throbbing land oT sound which only a bell can shaTTer-buT, IeT The band speak Tor iTseITI FirsT a soTT and genTIe Tingle Like The rain drops on The shingle: Then a sTop-all noTes drop, NexT iT soTTIy sTarTs again Like waTer boiling in a pan: Now begins a merry Trill Like a crickeT in a mill: Soon The Tones grow loud and wide As The rising OT The Tide: WiTh .iT comes a sTeady cIaTTer Like The maid when sTirring baTTer: O'er The music comes a change Every Tone is wild and sTrange: LisTen To The IoTTy Tumbling, I-Iear The mumbling, Tumbling, iumbling Like The rumbling and The grumbling 3 l See Our QuaIiTy Farm ImplemenTs EDWIN BEAN Of The Thunder Trom iTs slumberingg All The earTh is shaking, I-leads are aching: Glory bel IT's wondrous, Rolling, over, round, and under us Like an old voIcano's sTroke, So Thunderous. Now iT's louder! Won'T iT soon be Through. BuT There's iusT one Thing To do- Iv1usTer up your courage Tor a bang, I-IIT ThirTy seven quarTers wiTh a band, STriIce a high noTe wiTh a Twang. Give The bass an awful whang, And end iT all WiTh a rang, Tang, clangl WILLIAMSON PRESS H. L. Williamson. Presidenf A FUN Line of Springfield, Illinois OLIVER FARM IMPLEMENTS Your business will be appreciaTed C3 . , QuaIiTy farm implemenTs aT reasonable prices Telephone No. 4I Cerro Gordo, III. YEARBOOKS OF DISTINCTION 53 REGULAR DINNERS AT NOON SHORT ORDERS AT ALL TIMES Miclwesl Ice Cream Toboccos Candies Gum The 5T s Cafe Dee Tyler, Propriefor COMPLIMENTS or THE BEMENT THEATER l l - l I7 F 1 i COMPLIMENTS I I ALL TYPES OF REAL ESTATE or J. G. LAMB, M. D. Cerro Gordo. Illinois I BOUGHT AND SOLD b 0 Crea van Dongen Cerro Gordo, Illinois Tel. I88R2 Job Insurance for Today A Promofion for Tomorrow Brown's offers YOU high-grade office Iraining and help in geriing posilions. 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