Cissna High School - Review Yearbook (Cissna Park, IL)

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X X 3 ..,. K X R 1 1 5, I if 'vtliY1li1ll , fi 1 A., Lip, In ,M 1 xi is gi X ,iw if! Lgff Wai- Ati sis' wi, --' .9 v Y J X - . Left to right: Blanche Ward, declamation, extemporaneous speakingg Paul Brenner, orationg Opal Judy, declamationg Lynden Meredith, orationg Roma Dryden, decla- mation, Elmer Walder, orationg and Rosella McCray, extemporaneous speaking. The Lincolnian Literary Society is one of the two existing literary societies of our High School. It is composed of half of the student body. At the beginning of the school year 1925-26 the Lincolnians framed and adopted their constitution. It provided for officers, namely, a Presi- dent, Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer, which shall be chosen each semester. Accordingly, the society elected these officers, their choice being those of the preceding year, Carl Baylor, President, Beulah Richoz, Vice- Presidentg and Paul Brenner, Secretary-Treasurer. Under the constitu- tion the society was required to select a member of the Faculty for their advisor. The Lincolnians chose Miss Hahn. Once each month the members of the Lincolnian Society gave a pro- gram. The purpose of these programs was to generate a true spirit of ap- preciation and a desire to enter literary activities. A few weeks before the Annual Inter-Society Contest, however, these programs were given up so that the members could prepare themselves for the preliminary try-outs in declamation, oration, and extemporaneous speaking which would determine who was the most competent to represent the society in this contest. At the beginning of the second semester the Lincolnians elected new officers. Blanche Ward received the office of President, Rona Dryden, Vice- Presidentg and Opal Judy, Secretary-Treasurer. 1926 IPAGE 341

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1 ix .:- , ii i fi tiiif:S f1i'v' ' git? A gy Q-M11 Z 4 P A X A PAUL BRENNER LUCILE FARNSWORTH CARL BAYLOR Business Manager Literary Editor Sport Editor OPAL JUDY BLANCHE WARD Calendar Editor Social Editor BEULAH RICHOZ LAWRENCE BAYLOR HELEN KUEBLER Joke Editor Editor-in-Chief Senior Editor MARY DRYDEN OMA AESCHLIMAN Music and Dramatics Snap-shot Editor i 'lr 'A' ir PAUL GEIGER JOHN FRY HAROLD KOGLER Ass't Editor-in-Chief Art Editor Ass't Business Mgr. I 926 IPAGE 331

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if TT ,Giga 1 it .,.,x I i ,.,N alt' gi Lf L. is fxiiiu. I MJ tziwaqwvtyl' . 'fit . 'M-t--N-Q?:i'9rA, J X .Q xi.r-um 5.1,-A f ' if 'i ' i if if ' f 'x f iiii iffff L' -T4 .J Left to right: Helen Kuebler, declamationg Paul Geiger, orationg Ruby King decla- mationg Lawrence Baylor, extemporaneous speakingg Lucile Farnsworth, decla- mationg Lateer Crum, orationg Mary Dryden, extemporaneous speakingg and David Hamrick, oration. l The Roosevelt Literary Society was organized in the second semester of the school year 1923-24. In order to maintain it, a constitution was drawn up and approved by the faculty advisor, Mr. Sullivan. Every student enter- ing school is chosen either by the Lincolnian or Roosevelt Society. It is the purpose of the Roosevelt Society to furnish an adequate channel for the development and improvement of its members in all things literary. At the first meeting of the year the Roosevelts elected officers. The office of President was filled by Lawrence Baylorg John Hurliman was elec- ted Vice-President, and Lucile Farnsworth, Secretary-Treasurer. On the fourth Friday of each calendar month the society held a meeting at which the members presented a short program. These programs were discontinued a short time before the Inter-Society Contest to enable the members to spend their time in preparing for the society try-outs. These winners in declamation, oration, and extemporaneous speaking were en- tered in the Inter-Society Contest. Since their organization the Roosevelt and Lincolnian Societies have engaged three times in an intra-mural contest. Twice the Roosevelts were fortunate enough to win over the Lincolnians by a narrow margin. In the third co11tesI.,.hoy.ve ' ' ' ' ' for the first time. So far the Roosevelts are champions and they do not intend to let the Lincolnians take this honor from them. 1926 II-'AGE 351