Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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1 9 2 3 E-ID-QE Q-5-IR-HD-HD-IV!! I 9 2 3 igiztnrg nf the Qllaim' nf '23 APPY is the nation which has no history, has often been 'repeated by people all over the civilized world, and the idea has been applied to smaller groups. The logic of this lies in the supposition that there is little history unless there has been warg but this is now proved untrue, for-behold! the peaceful class of '23, with a magnificent history behind them. When there first entered into this institution of learning a large group of freshies, eager for intelligence, they were greeted by the teachers, whose faces were beaming with a brilliance far beyond the poor little ones' hope of attaining, still they were not afraid nor green, as most other classes have claimed their members to be. But this need not be stated, since we have striven, '5-Not only to equal, but also to excel. - 4 As Freshmen we showed our energy by our party fanimal cookies were servedj , and our sleighride to Dundee. I might mention here that we were the first infant class to have one of these. Our loving and generous dispositions were dis- played by contributions to the Orphan Fund. -, Then we began to claim our honors, Dorothy Fish winning first place in the Freshman-Sophomore Declamation contest. The next year Dorothy Storm took first honors in this contest, showing that our class started .out with ability and therefore must be successful in the following years. This second year was quite uneventful, since it is always quiet just before the storm. But several things most important did take place at this time. The Soph party, for instance, where we learned with delight that our noteworthy prin- cipal, Mr. W. L. Goble, could be hypnotized! We then thought we had learned something but, alas! the exception, not the rule, could accomplish this feat. How- ever, for the benefit of the underclassmen, we say, Try and see, for you might be that exception and your hypnotic powers can be of great assistance to you. In our third yearwe started off with a Whiz Bang! VVith Leon Meredith, President, DeLester Sackett, Vice President and Dorothy Fish, Secretary, we ex- perienced a very successful year. We chose blue and black forxour colors, the blue for loyalty and the black to keep us calmed down? Severakl of our class members showed great athletic ability. Lee and Ed. Meredith-deserve mention for the wonderful work they did on the teams. These fellows did much toward winning the State's football championship in the year 1921. We gave movies which, with the assistance of Mr. W. H. P. Huber, proved a great success. The Junior-Senior dance was made especially enjoyable by the balloon dance. The honor students are too numerous to be mentioned separately, although they deserve such mention. Our class is proud of them! The faculty was even compelled to change the marking system from the letter to the numerical plan, to accommodate them. ' 27

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1 9 2 3 CE-il?-QE GD-5-IK-HD-HD-119 1 9' 2 3 The last class affair of this year was the class play, When the Clock Strikes Twelve, which was another source of wealth to our treasury. We were most efficiently piloted through our Senior year by the careful and capable officers, George Brandenburg, President, Lawrence Jensen, Vice President, and Lucile Burns, Secretary. I have selected two parts from a student's diary more adequately to describe the Ansonia game and the Class play with the students' reaction to them. Nov. ?? Elgin won the intersectional game today with Ansoniag we there- fore consider our football season complete. The parade was a humdinger, especially the goat in our float- We got their goat all right-10-6. Dec. 23. Oh! hum! but I'm tired. I got so interested in the Senior class play, It Pays to Advertise, that I got tired with them. Believe me! There was some real acting in it. Student Government was proposed as a Senior class project, and although all the class members were not in favor of it, the negative vote was not because they didn't like it, but because they thought we were not quite ready for it. We all realize what this would mean for the Elgin High School if it could be successfully carried out, and the class of '23 sincerely hopes that, when the students are prepared for it, it will be obtained for once and for all time. Many of our Senior class members portrayed the leading characters in the Mikado, the opera given by the Choral Club. Their talent in acting as well as in singing proved a great success. Our Senior class dance was our last social get-together as members of E. H. S. Everything was beautiful, leaving a lasting memory of dear old Blue and Black. Let us hope that all our memories of graduation week will be happy ones, though at heart we can not help feeling a little sorrowful because we now must each go our own way alone without the friendly counsel of our faithful teachers and classmatesg but each time we meet one another fond recollections of our high school days will bind us close together. And we leave with thoughts of cheerful yesterdays and confident to- morrowsf' Eunice Abbott '23. um- Nr m was rm -s 5-5.152-QXQWLL as ' ' 4- .T L4 X xi ' ziiilmll ill wie. Will! 28 -htm'- '1-