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

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THE ULMUS Ralph Melville Dorotha Young Willard De Ford

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4 I THE ULMUS I7 Senior Class History From a land where day was one of endless play, where games and toys were our instruments of living, we came to open the door of the kingdom of knowledge. Wfe were a carefree band, mirthful and gay, for to us life was oinly play and we were the conquerors of play. Our chief, a short stocky fellow full of everlasting fun, the mightiest warrior of olur realm of pla.yland, called our small band together and said, VVe have come to the place where we must conquer this kingdom of knowledge or cease to advance. It is hindering our progress. XVe have done every- thing within our realm that can be donie. VVe must add this new field of knowledge to our field, or cease to walk the path of life. VVith that he ordered us to arms and gave the command to charge. Among those war- riors that entered were Della Brown, Mary Demick, VVillard DeFord, XVH- liam Schenck and Millard Day. XVe were somewhat awed at first by the magnitude of this kingdom. XVe not merely met one army, but many, each after the other, and the one last conquered seemed to invite another and stronger one to cope with our gained experience. Nile slowly gained victory after victory and time seemed our only check. The liquid voice of our mother tongue was a for- midable foe in itself, but we learned her ways. The great mathematical figure with his army was so thorough in his systematic ways that it seemed complicating to us. But we gradually learned many of his meth- ods. The general with his army who knew every river and cliff on the globe led us into many new lands until we too became acquainted with the globe and became his equal. So each army made its defense. liach year of victory paved the way to another until we had been in the conquest eight years and were ready to enter High School. During this time we had gradually changed from a band into a class and had increased greatly in numbers. Those that had been added were Earline Wleeks, Margaret Seltzer, Irma Cald- well, Lucile Flint, Freda liohrer, Elsie Manuel, XValter Dalton, Yvilliam Jaques, VVesley Dawson, Harold Wlhitten, Cornelius Kemp and Harry Stotler. On entering High School we were further strengthened in our forces by Margaret likstrand, lilva VVolford, Pearl Clinch, Leah Maher, Kathryn Cusack, Everett lipley, Paul Miles, john X'YOlll8lHl, john Cullings, Donald Schultes, Cecil Coon, Lester Turl, Floyd Brown and Robert Myers. During our stay in High School we gathered Doris Colvin, Dorotha Young, Edith Stevens, Donna Kirkbride and Ralph Melville. Thus strengthened, we felt fully equipped to enter our last four years of con- quest. The tirst year we tinished with a triumphant victory. Every mem- ber of the class received unusually high grades and the fllculty WHS amazed at our progress. The upper classes looked upon us with admira- tion for our courage in the conflict. The second year, we began to take