Erie Community High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Erie, IL)

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THE CARDINAL Bug House Fables Harold Senkel, a very wealthy, eccentric, old gentleman, willed to the Poor Farm, a million dollars and his dearly cherished wheelbarrow, in which he was prone to ca rt around an unabridged dictionary. ,Esther Primmer, queen of the movie stars, went to Europe to star in The End Of a Perfect Jay. ' Allen Pratt, an absent-minded professor, was observed, while supposedly helping his wife from the street car, gallantly assisting to alight, a lady of color and heft. Esther Perkins has just received her P. H. D. from the Palmer School of Davenport, Iowa. After a trip abroad, where she will take a post graduate course, she will start practicing in Pumpkin Center, her home town. Charles Brown, a bashful bachelor, in his search for heart balm resorted to Doris Blake. Senorita Irma Young recently broad-casted from station B. V. D., her latest song hit, 'fHot Time. Virgil Bacon, a budding artist who is just completing his studies in Paris, carried oh' first honors at an art exhibit with his painting The Lost Paradise. Mildred Swemline, our fascinating, wily vamp, has at last settled down to married life with Chester Burns. Anton Williamson, a struggling, young lawyer in Stickville, won his first criminal case by his brilliant, unhalting plea. Gladys Dennis has suddenly taken on so much avoirdupois, that she lamentably needs a shoe horn to get into her clothes, a button hook to fasten them, and a strong pull to get out of them. John Grau, now a speed-demon-would you believe it?-was arrested in the African Jungles for stepping on the gas in his flight from a blood-thirsty, grinning tiger. It has been reputed that Alberta Miller eats six eggs and nineteen pancakes every day for breakfast. Chester Burns has blossomed forth in long pants, the same having been purchased at Sears and Sawbuckf' Clifford Reisenbigler, a quack genius, has invented a tonic to grown fur on furless coats. Lois Kellogg has been studying so extremely hard that she is now suffering from a psycho- logical collapse. Robert Fuller, the soda fountain squirt, prided himself on attracting all the young damsels of the town to Henwood's drug store. But Alas! He was not the source of interest, it was, Gunn's Magic Mud. Loretta Doll occupies the chair of Latin at Wellsley College. U Qgt has been prophesied that Mary Petitjean will be valedictorian of the class graduating Ill . Wa ne Hein, a seven day Adventist, is busy getting his aeroplane ready so that he will be prepared, the next time Gabriel is supposed to blow his trumpet. Evelyn Primmer is the crystal gazer of the future. Beware! Ruth Perkins is becoming overly fond of apple sauce. Esther DeWeerd has joined the front ranks of bathing beauties. Gladys Holland has been seen promenading with several imported cake eaters. Raymond Williamson has become manager of the Rinky Dinksf' Three cheers! The organization is now saved. What to dol What to do! Kathleen LaRue still goes to bed with her teddy bear. . -Kathleen LaRue. 38

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W THE CARDINAL Class Officers President-Kathleen LaRue Secretary-Robert Fuller V ice President-Cha1'les Brown Treasurer-Allen Pratt Class History On the morning of September 2, 1924 a large crowd of infant cardinals swarmed in the eorridors of the nest. When gathered together in the Assembly, they numbered twenty-nine in all. During the following months, however, two mem- bers of the flock were lost, leaving a remaining twenty-seven. The first two weeks were times of depressing confusion for the nestliiigs. This was evideneed by their gaping mouths when the teachers tried to aecustom them to the heavy food which they were forced to swallow. One bright day they timidly assembled and elected the following officers to guide and plan for the welfare of their fellow mates: Kathleen Laliue, presidentg Charles Brown, viee president 5 Allen Pratt, treasurerg Robert Fuller, secretary. Then came the Initiation. After this formal affair, the young ones settled down, trying to carry on their simple duties more seriously. The return party, a few weeks later, demonstrated to the upper classmen the latent ability of the Hedgelings entertainers. The first semester exams almost swept the whole flock from their perches, but after the storm had subsided, they discovered that all that was needed, was a little more eoncentrated study. During the eourse of this year of probation, the nestlings found that basket- ball, tennis, and field practice suffieed as prescriptions for strengthening their feeble wings and envigorating their frail minds and bodies, in preparation for the ordeal of the Sophomore year. -Gladys Dennis. 37

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