Elmwood Community High School - Ulmus Yearbook (Elmwood, IL)

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18 T H E U L M U S ssfiifiliiliiiiiIfillllllIHIKIHHEHIIIIIIIIISIIllllllllllllllllllllllHHItIII!!IHIIHIHIYH!!IH!!IlllllllilllllllHillll'IlHillIlIl'Illllltlllllllllllll'll'Il!IlY!IIIWH!!!I!IllIl!lHIV!lllllIllllIllllIillllllllIIlilllllllIll!!Illlllllilllllllllllll'illllIlili1iiii 'jl1'f!'E!!!!.1tiii Senior Qlllass will XVe, the class of 1921 of the Elmwood Community High School, being sufficiently enlightened and versed in the ways of the world and mindful of the uncertainties of the future, thinking it a wise and benelicent act to leave to those fortunates and unfortunates who will in the course of time occupy our illustrious position, our many cumbrances, do hereby make and publicly declare this to be our last will and testament, thereby revoking all former wills, be- quests and devises of whatever nature by us made. Item I-I, Clare Bagg, do give and bequeath my round eyes and sunny temper to Leon Carter. Poor kid, he hasn't enough. Item 2-I, Dean Co11dit, do give and bequeath my love for the girls to Bud Hitchcock. Item 3-I, Albert XYolford, do give and bequeath my Ford to Bob Xkfasson, the Speed King. Item 4-I, Chester Miles. do give and bequeath my curly hair and red cheeks to Cornelius Kemp. Item 5-I, Ralph McKown, do give and bequeath my gentle disposition to XVilliam Schenck. Item 6-I, Fred Schlots, do give and bequeath my unequaled speed to Irma Caldwell. Item 7-I, Mabel XVorley, do give and bequeath my snappy imperatives to Iona Rambo. Item S-I, Ruby XYasson, do give and bequeath my claims on Harry Mc- Donald to Florence Threw, if she cares for it. Item 9-I, Margaret Sporrer, do give and bequeath my ability to vamp Loren Oakes to Mary XYhitney. Item lo-I, Myrta Martin, do give and bequeath my lordly independence to Chester Patton. Item 11-I, Ruth XYooton, do give and bequeath my ability to impersonate an old maid to somebody who will need it-say, Lucille Flint. Item 12-I, Edna Clark, do give and bequeath all my Sunday night dates to Margaret Seltzer. Item 15-I, Ruth French, do give and bequeath my ability to bluff in Latin to Loren Oakes. THF SENIOR CLASS. This is to certify that Iidna Clark, Dean Condit and Ruth French, repre- senting the class of 19.21, did appear before me and make oath that the above is the true XVill and last Testament of the Senior Class of IQZIE. NELLIIE C.-XRSXVELL, judge. XVitnesses: C. C. Condit and Nellie Smith. lllllll Illll I lllll Illlllllltlllllllllllll'lIllIlIl1Il,Il lllllllllllllllIllIllltHHl'lI!II.II llllIlll'lI lllllilllllllllllllllll illlllll H ll I ll ll lt I Ill II Ht ll ll ll ll Il ll ll llllt Il IlillllllIIII!II1II1Illllllllllllllllllllllllllll'llIIl'lliElllINlllllllllllitllllliilil

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T H E U L M U S 17 llll!llIillIlll'llTlIlllll5iilll!Il!?IIllllllllllllllllllIIlIllllllllllllllllllllllillllllilliliIllllfllillllllllllllIIIIIIIl!l'!li!IlIlllllllllllllllillliilll!llllilllllllllllllililll!Il'IlillllllIlllllllllllllllllltllilllIIllI3llillilllIlllliliElllll'lllll'l1INllllllllll,lllilE'll'!fil'lllil'lT Svzntnr Qlllass Iaistnrp Two very mischievous boys had decided to go through g'I'IlUlll11OlllCl'yS attic to pass away the time, for it was raining dreadfully outside. Trunks were opened, books and letters looked over, and they were about to give up because they found nothing of interest, when a small square box with a very large horn on top of it caught their eye. Beside it lay a pile of Fiat black disks which looked very much like modern phonograph records. After tinkering with it for a while and cleaning the thick coat of dust and the very pretty designs made by spiders from the box, they had it in working order. They placed a disk on the plate and wound the motor, then listened. This is what they heard. Away back in the year 1909 a class of the prettiest six-year-olds that anyone ever saw began their career in the primary department of the lilmwood public schools. In this class the best-remembered pupils were Ruth XVooton, Mabel Wforley, Hurff Flanegan, Roma Shively, Ralph XYiley, Pauline Gibbs, Lester Holt and Myrta Martin, and there were a great many more. Through the lower grades additions and suhtractions were made, but still those mentioned remained a group intact. In the third year Paul Sampson joined us. and in the fourth Dean Condit became one of us. Margaret Sporrer joined us in the seventh, and Ruth French joined us as Roma Shively left us in the eighth. On entering High School we were glad to receive Fred Schlots, Ralph McK0wn, Albert XVolford, Clare Bagg, lfdna Clark, Ruby XVasson. Chester Miles and Eva McMullen. During this year l aul Sampson and Ralph XYiley enlisted in the navy. XVe were very active and kept things going all the time. E. H. S. could never have existed without us. Chester left to go to Bradley in the Freshman year, but he returned this year to graduate with the old class. Pauline went to Moline in january, where she will finish in june. Hurff will graduate in Peoria. Persons dropped out of the class until now we have just thirteen-our lucky number. This may seem a small quantity, but it is quality. not quantity, that counts. Our motto is: Labor omnia vinciti' tLabor conquers all thingsj. Our Hower is the white rose, and our colors, purple and white. The members of our class are as follows: Mabel XN'orley, Ruth XYooton. Ruth French, Ruby XVasson, Edna Clark, Margaret Sporrer. Myrta Martin, Dean Condit, Albert XVolford, Clare Bagg, Fred Schlots, Ralph McKown and Chester Miles. XVe are graduates now and we are sorry to leave our Alma Mater and our Alma Mater is sorry to have us leave, too. we know. NYe hope that the classes who follow us are true blue and make their mark for old E. H. S. as we have before them. Good-bye. XVith this the record ended, and one of the boys breathed in awe-inspired tones: Oh, say, that's grandma's class history when she was a Senior in Elmwood High 'way back in l9.2I. M M M 'Q . f . f ., ..1. -'llllllllllltlvilllllllllllllllllillllllllh1hlinii'i.'llilIlllll'll'llillllllllllllllllIl'lllIIiIlllIllllIIll1lltllllllllillllllllllllilllllllllIlll1lllll'Il'llillilllllllllilllllIlfillllllvlllllllHUlIIll'll'Il'I1liAl!'i'lIil5iiilllllllilifliliilllllillflhllilniiii

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THE ULMUS 19 lEl'lIiHI ilHtNlliIHHill1H1H'll'HiHllIHHlilIQHSH31liIIilliIllllIlIIllllllI9ll'lI'IliII H'llillilllllflllllllfli'llllltll'li'IliIl'H ll'lHlI'lllI.Il.ll:II Hii Il Iillli H ll'Il ll'L'H1 llillll ll D! ll ll'il'HillfI3EIlll'lI.!l'l1llllll ll1lI9Il'Il1IllIili'll'lli1l'll'llillll 5mim' Qlllass iBrupbetp Clare Bagg, the well-known chief director of information at XVashington, D. C., had been ailing in health since 1936 when he was reappointed to the position. He planned and prepared for a vacation. He decided on a tour through the continents of the eastern hemisphere. He left Baltimore aboard the Trivoli liner june I2 and landed at Cork, Ireland. Below is an account of his travels. From the beautiful and interesting city of Cork he went to the quiet capital of France, Paris. XX'hile at one of the numerous Parisian theaters his heart fairly leaped with gladness, for he viewed one of his old E. H. S. associates, Ruby, on the screen in the picture, The Heart's Temptation. Anxious to learn something about her, he went to the manager. and was very pleased when he found an account of how she had become a star. One day. while Mary l'ickford's company was on location. Mary saw Ruby, and, seeing her wonderful facial expressions, gave her a chance to play a comedy act in one of the pictures. And so, step by step, she had reached the goal to which so many have aspired. XVhile dining at one of the very exclusive cafes he met Myrta Martin, who was enjoying life in Paris on money she had received from a patented idea on How to Reduce. In his chat with her he learned that she, having tried every idea and material she could find to reduce, and each failing in its turn, she finally found one of her own which worked successfully. After her own success with the idea, she thought that it might help someone else, so she had had it patented. Clare found it very hard not to fall in love with her right then. but he thought of his pledge which he had taken while in school, in which he promised never to let any woman engage herself to him. From Paris he went to the far-famed town of Heidelberg, Germany, and. being very much interested in education, visited the college there, where he learned that Ruth French was professor of languages. Un questioning her he found that she had begun her teaching in Edwards, Ill., and, after holding this position for two terms, had been employed at XVellesley. From there, through the influence of a rich uncle, she had received her present position. Traveling from Heidelberg through most of the important cities of Russia. Turkey and Persia, he finally stopped in Calcutta, India, for a few days' rest. At the opera there he was delighted to find another of his classmates, Margaret Sporrer, singing the leading role in Hitchy Koo. After the show Clare went to her dressing-room and had a long talk with her. He found that she had begun her career by singing in a Chautauqua company. Ziegtield of the Follies having heard of her. gave her a contract for a part in a chorus in his show. From this she was offered the position as leading vocalist in the play, 'tHitchy- Koo. Mr. Bagg went directly from India to Africa. and on his tour through the western part of the continent he noticed in the Bingerville Bugle, one of the leading African newspapers, that Edna Clark was proprietress of one of IlillllllllIlllllllIlIllllllllllvllllllllllillllllIIlIllIIIll1IliItIIIIliII.IIllllllilllllllllltllllilll mll lllllill'l1'llht ll.llll.lll'llll:ll'tiilluhll il.Ii'llllllllIllllllllltllilllll Ilill1ll'IlJIliIllIlilIillllillIll1HillllllllllHII'li!IllltHt'I li.lllllflflllllliilliltiiillllllll