Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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53? 525-2 The Qparnnn 395 ga lqintnrg nf thv Svvninr 0112155 TN the year 1918 the Freshman Class that en- tered the lilgin High School was greater in I9 ,P . g number than that of any preceding group of ' fi' grammar school graduates in Elgin. ff I P Mg' WWE, Like all other Freshmen we were green and sometimes may have been the laughing stock ofthe school at least for the first few weeks. Hut we soon adjusted ourselves to the new environment, and have proved, during our four years of high school life, that we are ca- pable of accomplishing anything we undertake. Our Freshman year was not very eventful. XVe occupied the accustomed Freshman seats in the Auditorium, and meekly abided by the rule that, 'I Chil- dren should be seen and not heard. However, there are a few outstanding features worthy of mentioning. Wle exemplified the greatest of all virtues- charity-by adopting a French orphan, and every member responded with his dime promptly. Probably the most eventful occasion of the year was the conventional Fresh- man party. Ere the event was reached, it was supposed that all timidity had worn away, and that each member of the class was thoroughly acquainted with the others, but to the surprise of the girls, all of the boys and more particularly those who were athletically inclined were unable to cross the floor of the gym and ask a girl for a dance without blushing like a pupil when caught by a teacher in the act of tossing a note across the aisle. The party, however, would have been regarded as a great success had all of the boys, instead of about twenty-three per cent, escorted the girls to their homes at its close. Every class that has ever passed through the High School has probably had something that it could 'A brag U about, and the class of 322 is no exception, for it stands out more prominently than any other class in the history of the school in the matter of athletic ability. Even the girls in the Freshman year won the Indoor Baseball Championship. Then in our Junior year one of our classmen, Pete Barnes, was chosen to captain the football team, the team which tied Rockford for the championship. There were other Juniors on the same team, such as Britton, Butler, Hageman and Ryan, a quintet whose names have become famous, not only in Illinois High School History, but as far east as Stamford and Ansonia, Connecticut. 28

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5257 W The Qparuun Q si: 0112155 THIIPIT1 Four years ago, our fathers brought Unto this school a class, Conceived to be the greenest one That ever came to pass. Their misfit clothes, their plastered hair, Their awkward, shambling gait, Their ope11 mouths, and frightened stares VVere jests insatiate. They learned their lessons well, tho' yea! They could not learn enough, For from the upper-classmen, they Had even learned to bluff. VVith years came increased age, of course, XYith increased age, came thought: They learned, when brain power ruled in force, To do the things they ought. In football, track, and basketball, They've made their standards high, Likewise in their dramatics They've passed all records by. In general, you who follow XVill have to step to time, If you intend to pass this class XVith records more sublime. The man who comes back stronger, when He seems to get the worst, s That man will win out in the end, That man will end up first. XVith this in mind our Senior Class Has worked through four long years, And now upon their high school days, They look almost with tears. They'll oft remember and recall This institution dear, Amid good times with friends so true Throughout their great career. As Seniors, wise and otherwise, One thing for which they've yearned Is Wie Try, XVe Trust, XVe Triumph, Their motto which they've learned. Hooray for nineteen twenty-two! Hooray for orange and the blue! Hooray for the under-classmen XVho to us have been so true. XYe doff our caps to the teachers, The faculty of widespread fame, Three cheers for the class of classes, Nineteen twenty-two's our name. LUCILLE HARBAUGH, 'Z2. 27

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52: W Gtibe Hparnun 52? W In our Senior year the same stars again 'K made the football team, and again one of our classmen, Earl Britton, was chosen as its captain. This team defeated Rockford and won the conference championship of Northern Illinois. As captain of the basketball team, another member of the class of '22, Bud Butler, was chosen. . XVhile the intellectual accomplishments of the class have not to date earned the plaudits of the people from Illinois to Connecticut, yet there are a few events that are really worth while recording in history. Those who witnessed the junior Class play entitled Sherwood, by Alfred Noyes, would not regard this history complete without mentioning the fact that there was real talent displayed by those who took part. XYhile in music Miss MacKay has never told us that we have a young Caruso or Mary Garden in the class, yet the work of Lolita Duering- er as leading lady in The Fire Prince made everyone in the class feel proud of her. Our Junior Class play was such a marked success that in our Senior year we 'K put on four plays in order to demonstrate the superior talent the class of ,ZZ possessed in this line. The Florist Shop, NVurzel Flummery, W'here But in America, and Esmeralda may in years to come be recalled as the first efforts of some of our Mary Pickfords and Douglas Fairbankses. In social affairs the members of the class have always been quite active and probably have contributed as much as any other class to the much-talked-of condition in the High School, referred to as 'Z too many a1nusements. But, nevertheless, with all our relaxing hours we had plenty of time to get our lessons well, and to cultivate the thrift side of our natures, for considerable money was raised by this class of '22 by holding food and candy sales, and giving moving pictures, hereby living up to our class motto, XVe Try, XN'e Trust, XYe Triumph. XVe were able to do all these things, and carry out our motto, only with the effi- cient guidance of our class officers: Alvin Kunke, President, Wvaldemar Rakow, Vice-President, Florence XYallace, Secretary. As we stand now on the eve of graduation and look back upon the school activities in which the members of '22 have excelled, we have reason to believe that when another history is written, twenty or thirty years hence, fame will have been brought to old Elgin High by the successful careers of many of the members who, if not possessing extraordinary genius, have developed the talents that they possess and have thus honored themselves and their school. NAN JEAN SHEPHERD '22. Z9 l g