East Alton Wood River High School - Oiler Yearbook (Wood River, IL)

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1' -+il all-lp Erhn 9i4-- CLASS OF JUNE, 1925 Class Officers Hazel Highfill ...... 1 .... ,.... .., ...... A .. P resident Dorothea McNally ef,,eeeee eeeee.,......ee V ice-President Dorothy Fox .o.oooooooo.o. o.oo.,oo S ecretary-Treasurer Now that we have almost reached our goal, we, the Seniors of 1925, can look back and truly call the past years of our high school life, history. We entered high school in September 1921, frightened and unaware of what was before us, but with brave hearts and a determination to do our best. There were forty-six of us, the largest class that ever enrolled. We can well remember how timid we were and how we dreaded initiation. Mr. Bell and Miss Farlow were our class sponsors. By the beginning of our sophomore year we had lost much of our timidity, much to the sorrow of our teachers. Miss Connell was appointed our sponsor and has been our guide and friend for the past three years. We now organized our class, elected officers, and joined in the interest of all school activities. We became so fond of school that several of our number stayed after school once in a while, and the teachers seemed to enjoy our company. The Juniors, they surpass them all! So said our able philosopher, Dorothea McNally. We did our utmost to live up to this phrase, and a large share of work and study was mingled with delightful parties and good times. We became expert confectioners during the year, and by three candy sales realized the money to defray expenses for the Junior- Senior Banquet. How we did enjoy our preparations for this climax of our Junior year! In a flower decked garden we bid farewell to the Seniors whose places we were to take so soon. Behold! Ye stately dignified Seniors! By this time we had come to realize the important role the Senior class plays in school activities. Upon us many things depended. No longer could we look to a higher class to take the lead. During the first week of school we elected oflicers and planned regular class meetings. The next duty for us to take care of was The Echo. Mr. Osborn called a joint meeting of Juniors and Seniors to elect the Staff for the 1925 annual. Five of the eight members were elected from our class. Miss Connell was chosen as Staff sponsor, and work on The Echo was started

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I . Ellie Iirhn 'Bi- 1 l JOHN HUBBARD Olympian Lit. Soc., '21, '22, '23, Class Basket Ball, '22, '23, '24. Baseball, '22, '23, '24. All great men are dead, and I'm not feeling well. DORIS LATOWSKY Laureate Lit. Soc., '21, '22, '23, Class Sec.-Treas., '23, President Glee Club, '23. Latin Club, '24. Y. W. C. A., '21, '22, '23, Glee Club, '21, '22, '23. And her fingers were truly be- witched. EULA MATTHEWS Laureate Lit. Soc., '21, '22, '23, Glee Club, '21, '22, '23. Such a shy little maiden. C -18-.

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-ea-':f+vnMlf feefT Uhr iErhn -T- - g-1 lea-- immediately. The Staff wished to make the work a real school activity, and the enthusiasm, help, and cooperation of the entire school have been the result. Early in the year the class tournaments were played. This year, the Seniors won. We contributed a star to Mr. Uline's squad in the person of James Fosha. His fine, consistent efforts and his excellent sportsman- ship, we hope, are typical of what our class represents in all school ac- tivities. Two of the new organizations this year are the orchestra and the School Relations Committee. Our class has the honor of having one mem- ber, Walter Schuette, in the orchestra, and five members in the School Relations Committee. All Seniors like fun, and we are no exception. Early in the year we had a very delightful party and later, a supper. The girls, assisted by our sponsor, Miss Connell, prepared the supper, and the boys vouch for their culinary art. Who will ever forget that supper and the program? Who will ever forget the sweet village song-bird represented by Nellie Mc- Crellis, or the toast, My Ideal Man , by Hallie Tober, and My Ideal Girl , by Lynn Burroughs? g Two of our main activities are yet before us, completion of The Echo and our class play. We are busy with both, and before us, a few months ahead, are examinations and commencement. In the meantime there is our regular work to do. We are just now realizing the opportunities that we have had during the past four years, and we shall leave our school associations here on June 12, with grateful hearts and pleasant memories. To those boys and girls of our community who will take our places, we leave our best wishes. As a class, we pledge ourselves to be truly loyal alumni. The tissue of the life to be We weave with colors all our own, And in the field of destiny We reap as we have sown. -Whittier. -20-