Edwardsville High School - Tiger Yearbook (Edwardsville, IL)

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' In .fh Glllflltlllllib CDllilllll3fllEWiifiMQl4lS I . W7 l W My ,f 5 fl 0 , ' - 1'2 A' 2 -, H 1, li' f in ,j Il 1 - Vi' I rx ' y ir' 2 - , ,O if J' bf ,gt ik H ' - WI.- L fi .ef 7 'WWW N THE HALcYoN DECADE X ' ' of the l89O's which our generation has come to know as the 5 k 'M an Gay 90's Edwardsville high school students labored over' their assignments, wasted their time, played pranks, and en- ' .jo d yna of the same activities that we enjoy today. -ygether ety was mo prevalent a ong the young people w a h customs c nge human nature remains fb hen 'nd ther s a girl is in for us to say, but we do Q f lt - ch e s e f r school we respect I dedicate the 33 u , X ' E e gr0 H S fou' ed many of the If nobl o , B l ig to t graduates of the 90's especially to the ,W lustri s au r, Mrs. Inglis Fletc , g uate of the class . of 97, w m we have asked to their spokesman. i Jl y . Fletcher has had a colorful care r, livin lin iforn Washington, and Alaska. She 0 1 went to Afri a studnnativel custdms and witchcraft. Out of this xp ien me two books, The White Leopard mind Red as in urning to her ancestral home in North Carolina kshe a written 'thef following delightful historical novels: Ralei h's Edehni' 'DMSH' of Albemarle, Lusty Wind for Carolina, and Tail of the Brave -allxof which have been translated into many Europeah languages. M . For her brilliant contributions to the pages of American W - 1 , history in vitalizing the past we dedicate our yearbook to her in particular and to the graduates of the 90's in general. I 7 wi Gm M' i GZ 454 Wijagfilncjff FJIW7' F4607 We 17.43555 5 4,65 fn' 10415574 Zpfllg I, 531.417, 3

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f - 3' JU-4-wr' 0 'Q I V, , 'f arf 5 af- . , Rf I I 1 ,fy I ,K fn Q., Gang. ' THEM TNQQMS, TTL. 5 ' 6 A I yi-6,4 Ulf if D J! ff! Ax tp ,Q BANDON PLANTATION W 5 +1 EDENTON., NORTH CAROLINA lj January 1 P if 9 TO 'ras GRADUATES or Enwmnsvrm-: HIGH scx-xoon, past d present and future: 5 Q Many times we old grsdudxjdy mms . ff backward to school days with a nostalgic tende yeas. Time,the I . great lsveller,flattens out the worries, struggles and minor . 4- ' . Y tragedies of youth, and leaves only happy remembrances. X A We forget struggles over Math and Science, arguments with N .w X A t- P i. In such a veinll think of the school days, knowing now that G , Wm teachers, principals and schoolmates, that caused us anxiety 0 I missed much that I should have gainedg rushed by the 'knowledge that was to be had, in avmad scramble to finish and be about the I ' The thing that I regret most of all is that I was not a better a d more conscientious student of' the important and vital X 3 .4 53 9 223 fi QB of 05,518 O hist y f' the region in which I lived. It is a fascimting s - Exe n zlari, the lish occupation and the period th ni nd Fr age. Even more interesting are 4 e rea ' ' ns r m rginia and North Carolina, through 'J' s d e at ended in Illinois in the early 1800s. A 0 e Flin is at y is as yet unwritten. Perhaps some graduate K ' Eldw dsv e Hi h ill be the one to tell the story, so importan I n he story o he United St tee. ' am very proud of' having g d 3 '- 'rom the school in which , t I my mother Flora Chd n Clar as 5 a d as an honor studentg and proud to be ' 1 Q,--9 - say f- e ,-A o friends of' school. . SQ ., . ,A . - . V f ., . , N i H Inglis H ' letcher. 1 1 SE S X xg 7 I C I ' a J 0 2 if Q I 'fffw

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' i l X. Mrs. Marie Weir Von Weise 2a'wi.duMAf5 Sim., .haw-e Glll'lllillllE5 GAY QIHIIYS EACHERS WERE POPULAR in l89O but there was a reason! The Intelligencer in that year was conducting an exiting contest for the most pop- X ular teacher. The reward was a trip to St. Paul. Letter were published in every issue with su h e sive p 's as the best lady teacher in the publi hools, ' d t sweetest teacher in the worl U ln the first year of the deca the e of n ' girl's eye wore a short overco , long air, a a o - tache. He took her for a ride i he ba y clay o spri . During the long winter evenin of ' r he sp e to s X of love in the parlor in a Turk' cor behi bambo portieres as they say on tete-a- te ai s. f M , 2 , The young man's heart i se day, wo a ' X I' vor., wasp-waisted, tight-fitting ba u s andi co r M of velvet or moire. Her thic ole irt, r d wi X ,EE QQ!-' classic elegance, was of dignifi lengt almo u i g X the floor. When the o ng cou pla te ' , e w M EKH l , thick woolen trousers nd sh ore h J U LL draped and of a length hat wou ex noth 1: abo ' a'ung.aAA, 1-v the lower portion of shoel er estria 'le - 2 , 9 included a kilted skirt ove full r sers y xlqq X version of today's sl sl dra in a the '---a- T . X M jwkirt was ofa le th th would pos e f I' cha M , ois leggings were ' co the b of - , le . Q61 -31' should me full ski f ughr b Q r or Q bush. .X g f I ircuses and travel ' gs W rov' ente t i '-Q, 4 6 W aon with G. A. R. enc pme , MQ erab pic - W in the summer, and sk ' g and .c ighln DOF in T 6 winter, The Street Fai '- Octob l8 ie fwh'ch 0 s n e followin ges, vide our at da and nights. Specialty se ' tions ' lude e vell L Lf qi Magniscope, which :mf ced w scen in ba a the Phillippines ana hu eeno r ree tnig balloon ascensions by the o g s ro a night ascensions being illuminate nd a om ie fireworks from the balloon in mid-air. Especially attr 4 ive was the Harvest Queen Parade, with the beautiful queen riding on a float accompanied by all the carriages in town completely covered with paper flowers and the spectacular parade of the Goo-Coos on the final night.