Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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contest and first in the girls'. Clara Hogan won first place in the Lake County contest, while Glenn Rearick took sec- ond. In the Northern Indiana contest Sherwood Judson took second place. George Dunleavy, captain of the Emer- son football and basketball teams and a member of 1920, has probably gained more renown for Emerson than any other one man. In social life we also took the lead and gave two of the finest dances of the year. All this meant much to us and always will be cherished as fond memories. These deeds, all more or less concrete, will with time be dimmed, but though it may not realize it, our school can never forget our gift to the spirit of Emer- son. We have nurtured and cared for it patiently, and through such organizations as the Senior English Club and the Boosters' Club, both founded and led by mem- bers of '20 , we have sought to strengthen it. We have succeeded, and left that school spirit a living, breathing fac- tor which exerts great influence on the life of old Emerson. Future classes may not know our names or our deeds, but we have left to them all a priceless heritage in this revived spirit, and the result of our good work will live as has that of few other classes. -Glenn R ecwiclc, '20. 'WN 5 P19 lg I Q ' Z? 4 ,gl 2' Q - I Q , -r - 'Ti I 4 ygilr, 5 4. 1 I as A f ,ff gf '21 1, , - 'flee ,l' ' dl -1 I Y ' i , L, f img ZIZX, Ed Tw en ty-four

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.. CLASS HISTORY OF 1920 OETS have sung praises, and inspired authors ii have woven melodious eulogies in honor of their classes, but the history of the class of ,,-.QL-fbi 1920 speaks for itself. There is no need of T It I silver-tongued orators or musical bards to paint the glory of 1920. Judge this class not by the individuals nor by the many honors which were showered upon it dur- ing those four happy years. Rather judge it by the perma- nent stamp it left on Old Emerson-an impress not to be defined in terms of memorable events or actions, but in the spirit of Emerson. The class of '20 makes no other claim to notoriety save that it left things better than it found them. We have, however, had as great an interest in school life as any other class, and it is only fair that you should know of such matters in connection with this class. We entered high school in 1916, the largest class in the history of the school, and from the first the class of 1920 took a prominent part in all high school activities. Although that first trying year proved for us, as for others, full of hard work, yet we were well represented in all phases of school life, athletics, oratory, even society find- ing boosters in the class of 1920. Year by year we grad- ually worked into school life, and each year found more participants in school activities. In athletics, Dunleavy, Smith, O'Connor, and others made 1920 famous. The girls upheld the athletic honors of the class and captured more championships than any other class ever did. In oratory Smith again placed '20 in the foreground when as a sophomore he took first place over all the juniors and seniors. As juniors we were looked up to by most of the school in almost everything. The great event of that year was naturally the Prom , and it was a wonderful affair in the opinion of all who attended. It was easily the largest and finest ever given and the class was proud of it. So passed the first three years with all their trials, and troubles, and happiness. The last and most serious yet happiest year was ushered in on the relentless wheels of time and as relentlessly ushered out-forever. Gone but not forgotten. That last year found our ranks thinned but still sturdy, composed of as fine a group as ever went through any school together. Once more, and for the last time, we did our school honor and took the lead in every- thing. Our greatest service was the fine example we set the rest of the school and the honorable way in which we car- ried the name of Emerson to the front. In athletics we showed our ability when the boys won the inter-class track meet and the girls won both hockey and basketball cham- pionships. In oratory the class of 1920 carried off all the school honors save one, when Sherwood Judson, Glenn Rearick, and Clara Hogan took first and second in the boys' Twenty-three

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