Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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]Vf-THE • IVIedley Senior (Dana iitatortf AND AS 'twere the custom of those days, on the day of the month of the % ear, that the institution of D. H. S. opened, there appeared in the halls of that edifice a goodly number of new and verdant beings in those days called Freshmen.’’ And as they were newly come and unaccustomed to res et instodes, they committed various crimes in the name of their verdantness. But as time went on and they learned the customs and gods of their companions on che road of Knowledge, they waxed a goodly number of Sophomores. And in the season when they were to elect a' High Priest and Prophet, they showed their wisdom and selected Wilbert Foster as the former and Silas Rorem as their Prophet. During this age they held one feast on the night of all fools and witches and yea, ’tis said they waxed exceeding merry. In the time when they became Juniors, again they chose a leader— Orland Church, and kept their former Prophet. At the holy time of Christ’s birth, .all the peoples assembled at the abode of Love, as was duly befitting and proper, and held a feast, and, yea, I say unto ye, they, a second time came together and marched to a place in that day called the “Movies” and verily again they assembled and partook of manna called “Taffy” in the Hall dedicated to the noble Washington. In the fourth and noblest year of their pilgrimage, and when they had come to be venerable Patriarchs, they came together again and chose as their head Madeline Dague, and as Prophet, Harriet Robbins. Again on the Hallowed Eve they met to keep the feast and, verily, the commandment of the Almighty, for the pastries made from the golden fruit of the harvest, the pumpkin, were not forthcoming. And, verily, they also celebrated the feast of the Calendar in due time. And on the sixth eve of the fifth month the tribes of the Seniors and Juniors gathered together and partook of an excellent feast. And verily I say unto ye, that in all the battles and contests of their people, they upheld their names to great honor and glory, and in the Halls of Learning and Arts their names will long echo down the corridor of years. Their noble motto was in the language of the age, “Be square;” and verily I .say to ye, did they live up to it. Their banners were in the beautiful hues of the sunset sky, old-rose and gold. And ’tis said in due time they reached che end of their pilgrimage and came unto the Promised Land, so readeth the scroll of the Class of 1916. Sina Reed. 25

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M. THE . EDLEY Senior (Class (i)fttn'rs President. . . . Vice-President Secretary. . . . Treasurer..... Historian..... Adviser....... .. Madeline Dague Elizabeth Rearick .. .William Kieran ... Mary Seigmund ........Sina Reed ....Miss Robbins (Hmuintttrrs S’urial Amelia Starks, Chairman Palmer Craig Dorothy Symons Julia Knight Arthur Baldwin ilniiitatinu Kathryn Faith, Chairman Clara Burgette Helen Grimes Orland Church Paul Saunders Colors—Old Rose and Gold. Motto—“Be Square.” 24

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. THE . ED LEY Madeline Dague President of Senior Class 26