Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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OUR PRESIDENT Guy J. Supple, “Si” At Brazil, Indiana, on July 8, 1887. Guy J. Supple discovered America. He has made many discoveries since. In February, ’01, he came into High School, and it was then that we discovered that he was good for something. lie has been very popular, having taken a prominent part in baseball, foot-ball, track work and the minstrel shows. lie is President of the Athletic Association, Secretary of the Athenaeum Literary Society, and President of ’Ob. “For you assuredly a hopeful road lies open.’’ 15

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society, events took their usual course, anti as the time for graduating grew near we began to regret that the happy reality of High School life must soon be only a memory. We have laid no claims to superiority or pre-eminence, and yet we believe that by some chance the elements have been so mingled in our class that we have attained more than an ordinary degree of success. Our purposes have been earnest and our methods, honorable. We have finished our lessons here, and before each one of us the world lies, enticing in its breadth and freedom. Soon we shall be engrossed in learning other lessons-bitter and sweet-but in the midst of it all what one of us will not gladly hail the memory of dear friends of early times and the crimson and the black of 1906? —S. K. L., Historian. Plays. On the twenty-second of December the Medley Staff presented “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” before seven hundred people. Ten cents was charged for admission, and sixty dollars was cleared. The cast of characters included Helen Wick, Jean Hosford, Clara Knecht, Lucy Edwards, Sue Campbell. Guy Supple, Ralph Davies, Harry Payne, Sara Layton, Cornie Bennett, Earl Ross, Carrie English and Oswald Yeager. The Senior play, “Mr. Bob,” was presented on April the twentieth. The cast included Oswald Yeager, Harry Payne Earl Ross, Jeannette Hill, Jean Hosford, Helen Wick and Nolle Knight. Miss Grant deserves much credit, for she has successfully managed both of these plays. M

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HAMTtlX HKMNBTT IlLANkllWIIIIIIU lit M tall AMT (AMI'IIKI.I. Floyd Barton, “Buck” ()n the 15th of February. 1887, Floyd Barton opened his eyes in East Lynn. Illinois. He was only there two months: moved to Danville and since 1900 (?) has been walking slowly around to H. S. He is noted as a base-ball “star” and as manager of the ’()( Minstrels. Athenaeum. If at fin I you don't succeed, try. tty igun. Cornie Bennett, “Rusty” Cornie Bennett opened his mouth before he did his eyes. The first time was at Georgetown on November 24. 1888. He has only been at the I). H. S. for one year, but he is a member of the Glee Club and a stand-by” of the Athenaeums. “Look ere thou leap, see ete thou bo. V erna Burghart Verna Burghart was born in Homer, Illinois, on April 20. 1880. In High School she is a conscientious student and a loyal Adarian. She is a member of the Girls’ Club. “Full many a Bower ii bora to Uuah uiurrn And waste ih »w ret new on the desert ait Carl Blankenburg, “Blankee” Carl Blankenburg landed in Danville on June 20, 1888. and has been with us ever since. He is noted for his up-to-date clothes and his acting on the Adarian programs. He sings bass (base) in the Glee Club. The loud laitfih speak the vacant trine1. Sue Campbell Sue Goodloe Campbell was born at Bismarck, Illinois, where many times since she has royally entertained our class. She is Vice-President of the Adarian Society and a member of the Girls’ Club. “Kindrcas in women, not their beauteous look , shall win my lore ” 16