Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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Let me repeat what has been so frequently said, that natural brilliancy counts for very little, but a liberal education coupled with a desire for work will always bring success. I Knowledge- Every man, I will go with thee, and be thy guide, in thy most need, to go by thy side. Q nl The one thing that stays thru the years is that undefinable thrill that goes thru us when that good old High School yell roars forth in victory or defeat. Long may, it roar. E W , X0 TW-SQA yX Do not get discouraged,-remember a worm is the only animal that can't QWYZWJ Horace Greeley said, A man should not be judged by the cut of his GT H6 a fall down. trousers. In High School days we wondered how the face of success looked, and now we know after twenty years' experience, it is the reverse side of hard work. ,gwfaafffgi A wise old owl The less he spoke, Lived in an oak, The more he heardg The more he saw, Vlfhy can't we be The less he spoke, Like that old bird? 502 L' 103-

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E'1i's ' iviX'1i'oi6'N 'i5iB An Apprvriaiinn VERY enterprise, from the smallest industry to the governmental seat at Wiashington, is kept from serious mistakes in judgment and policy by an active and eflicient Advisory Board of unlimited and constant- ly growing membership. This Advisory Board is composed of those peo- ple who know how everything should' be done and who criticise as frankly the President of the United States as they do their neighbor, despite the fact that they never have accomplished anything worth while themselves and are conspic- uous for their lack of ability to competently manage their own affairs. I have written the foregoing noticeably long paragraph Cwhich I hope is at least grammatically correctj to anticipate any misapprehension on the part of the student-body regarding the activities of the Alumni, which could also be properly classed as an organization with a very rapidly growing membership, but which I must insist differs in all other respects from the Advisory Board i' just described, both in duty and scope. Wie may occasionally criticise but it will always be intended con- structively. XVe want you to always count on our support in every move- ment that will reflect creditably on the Elgin High School. You have had tangible evidence of such support, both in attendance and financially. You will always lind us ready to back you against all comers along athletic and other lines. Might I be permitted to say also in passing that in the highly important and nation-wide movement for Preparedness we will be active in doing what seems best and wisest thing locally for our own High School. VVith all modesty-not boastingly-we further submit that many of us have already provided one or two, and the more courageous three, four and even live prospective students who will so soon be taking your places in High School when you are Alumni with your own work to do in the world. It does not seem so very long ago that some of our prominent men of today,-our doctors, our lawyers, our preachers QI can even name members of your present faculty and board of educationj, our business men,-some of them here, were students in the older building but quite recently replaced by your present commodious and splendidly equipped High School. I can tell you things that have happened during the school life of these men that might not only embarrass them now, but also might seriously impair discipline and earn for me the cordial dislike of your Faculty. For we did thoroughly enjoy the High School daysg we extracted a large measure of fun and were complacent and well pleased with our- selves throughout. It will not be long before you will be an Alumnus, looking back to the larks and good times, the tortuous struggle for the elusive E's -and all those things which go to make up the daily routine of school life. VVe can only wish for you that your memories and recollec- tions will be as pleasant as our own. VVhen that time comes you will do your part freely and gladly-as behooves a member of the Alumni Asso- ciation-as an indication of your loyalty to the High School that has done so much in equipping you for gaining the worth while things of life. If good wishes, as evidenced by practical co-operation and a real ap- preciation on the part of the Alumni, count for anything, you will esteem it a privilege and a pleasure to be identified with such an organization in loyally supporting the Elgin High School and the things for which it stands. WESLEY E. FARMILOE, President E. H. S. Alumni Association. 26

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