Fairbury Cropsey High School - Crier Yearbook (Fairbury, IL)

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Only those who seek the light shall find it for it lies through the gate and beyond the wall and it is the key to unlimited happiness. Without it we plod wearily onward, slo 1 sinking, slowly dying, but with it comes new the gate! Come, open DIVISIONS ADMINISTRATION CLASSES ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS FEATURES DEDICATION It is three hundred years since the founding of the first high school in America. This year the schools throughout the nation have observed their own tercentenary. It is the men who have made possible our democratic system of educa- tion, however, who most deserve our praise; the men who held high the lamp of learning, fanned it to white heat, made the open book and the lighted lamp its worthy symbols. Fame came to few of these men, fortune to even fewer, yet our lives are richer and immeasurably fuller for the golden heritage which they have passed on to us. It is to the living spirit of these men, to their undying memory, that we dedicate this book. ADMINISTRATION A. C. Watson Principal University of Illinois, M. S. BOARD OF EDUCATION R. R. COOl 0 JOSEPH GERBER K. V. KECK E. T. LANGE W. B. FUGATE J. W. WADE, SECRETARY A. C. WATSON E. F. LAW, PRESIDENT ORGANIZATION Finance: Joe Gerber, W. B. Fucate, K. V. Keck Building, Grounds and Supplies: J. W. Wade, Joe Gerber, R. R. Gooi.d Janitor and Fuel: F!. T. Lange, R. R. Goold School Management: W. B. Fugate, K. V. Keck, E. T. Lange, J. W. Wade THE SCHOOL New faces, new students, new teachers, new equipment, new times, a new picture of our high school, somewhat smaller than you have seen in the past but more inti- mate, more enticing, more life-like, more welcoming, a school well abreast of the times, in step with today. Since Fairbury Township High School was built some twenty years ago, more than six hundred young men and young women have passed through her halls, di- ploma in hand, into the world which lies beyond the wall, into a friendly world which welcomed them with open arms and a firm clasp of the hand, into a cruel world which threw them back and crushed them beneath her iron heel and broke their spirits and bruised their bodies and destroyed their ideals. It was not without sacrifice and unselfish effort that our school was built but who would not now say, who could not now say, that it was a worthwhile investment which each year returns to the community, in the enriched lives of well-balanced and well-rounded future citizens, far, far more than it asks. Nothing has ever cost less nor been more efficiently administered than our public system of secondary schools, a tribute to the foresight, the vision, and the unfettered courage of a few public- spirited men. Mary E. Sharp Northwestern University, A. B. Northwestern University, M. A. Epsilon Alpha Epsilon Latin and French H. E. Shaw Illinois Wesleyan University Illinois State Normal University, B. Ed. Phi Gamma Delta Kappa Mu Epsilon, Honorary Mathematics Fraternity Kappa Phi Kappa, Honorary Educational Fraternity Mathematics J. E. Rose University of Illinois, B. S. Phi Epsilon Kappa Delta Theta Epsilon, Honorary Coac..ing Fraternity Social Science, Athletics Frances C. Ciioyce Illinois State Normal University, B. Ed. Kappa Delta Epsilon, Honorary Educational Fraternity Pi Omega Pi, Honorary Commercial - Fraternity Commerce, Physical Training 16 Geneva,R. Taylor North Dakota State Teachers College, B. A. University of North Dakota, M. A. English and Music G. T. Moore University of Illinois, B. S. Alpha Tau Alpha, Honorary Agricultural Fraternity Agriculture and Biology J. D. Roberts James Millikin University, B. S. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Kappa Delta Chi Manual Arts, Physical Training Grace Whitford Western Illinois State Teachers College University of Illinois, A. B. Kappa Delta Pi, Honorary Scholastic Fraternity Foods, Clothing 17 R. I). Moore University of Illinois, B. S. Science Marjorie V. Kkmplk James Millikin University University of Illinois, B. S. English CLASS ADVISERS SENIOR JUNIOR MR. WATSON MR. SHAW MR. RALPH MOORE MISS WHITFORD SOPHOMORE..MISS KEMPLE 1 MR. ROBERTS FRESHMAN... I MISS TAYLOR ACTIVITIES FUTURE FARMERS...... HOME ECONOMICS CLUB.. GLEE CLUBS.......... OPERETTA............ DRAMATICS........... COMMERCE TEAMS...... LIBRARY............. PUBLICATIONS........ ATHLETICS........... ARCHERY CLUB........ SOCIETY OF ALCHEMISTS HOMECOMING PARADE... HOMECOMING DANCE.... HOMECOMING PUBLICITY. MR. GLENN MOORE MISS WHITFORD MISS TAYLOR MISS KEMPLE 'i MISS TAYLOR MISS KEMPLE ) MISS SHARP MISS CHOYCE MISS SHARP f MR. SHAW MR. WATSON I MR. GLENN MOORE MR. ROSE MR. ROBERTS MR. RALPH MOORE MR. RALPH MOORE MR. GLENN MOORE j MR. SHAW 1 MISS TAYLOR ( MR. SHAW ( MR. RALPH MOORE 18 I E N I € E Duane Morris President 2, 3, 4. Vice-President 1. Science Club 4. Basketball 2, 3, 4. Junior Play 3. Crier Editor 4. Scholarship 1, 2, 3. Basketball Honors 2, 3, 4. I Mildred Hartley Vice-President 2. Secretary 4. Pep Club 3, 4. Junior Play 3. Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Contest Chorus 3. Crier Literary Editor 4. Music Honor 3. Verse Reading 4. President Secretary THE OFFICERS T re astir cr Vice-President Charles Addis Treasurer 4. Football 1, 2, 3, 4. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. Track 2, 3. 4. Basketball Honors 3, 4. Football Honors 3, 4. Track 3. Wilma Jean Troehler Treasurer 3. Vice-President 4. Pep CIud 3, 4. Junior Play 3. Typing Team 4. Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4. Contest Chorus 2, 3. Quartette 3, 4. Ass’t. Editor Crier 4. Scholarship 2. Music Honors 3, 4. Operetta 4. 22 John Langstaff Secretary 2. Pep Club 3, 4. Science Club 4. Football 2. Baseball 4. Junior Play 3. Sr. Representative 4. Geraldine Brown Science Club 3. Shorthand- Team 4. Typing Team 3, 4. Operetta 3, 4. Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Crier Staff Secretary 4. Dramatic Contest 4. Commerce Team Honor 4. Literary Contest Honor 4. Music Honor 4. Charlotte Gruber Pep Club 3, 4. Junior Play 3. Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4. Literary Contest 1. 2. 3, 4. Band 1. Scholarship 3. Literary Honor 4. Music Honor 4. Richard Phelps Baseball 4. Kenneth West F. F. A. Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4. Track 1. Glee Club 1, 2. 3, 4. Quartette 3. Stock Judging 1. Grain Judging 1. Band 1, 2, 3, 4. Edyth Stevens Secretary 3. Pep Club 3, 4. Shorthand Team 3, 4. Glee Club 1. 2, 3, 4. Quartette 3. Ass’t. Literary Editor 3. Scholarship 2. Music Honor 3. Commerce Honor 3. Betty Nussbaum Pep Club 3. 4. Science Club 3. Junior Play 3. Glee Club 1. 2, 3. Contest Chorus 2, 3. Crier Literary Editor 4. John Frangf.r Treasurer 1. Pep Club 3, 4. Junior Play 3. Glee Club 2. 3, 4. Contest Chorus 2, 3. Quartette 3. Operetta 2. 3, 4. Solo Contest 2. 3, 4. Crier Assistant Busi- ness Manager 1, 2, 3. Crier Music Editor 4. Cheer Leader 1, 2. 3, 4. Oration Contest 1, 2, 3. Band 1. 2, 3, 4. Music Honor 4. Literary Contest Honor 2. 23 John Householder Track 1. Football 1, 4. Football Honor 4. Athletic Editor Crier 4. Delpha Harvey Pep Club 3, 4. Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Contest Chorus 2, 3. Music Honors 2, 3, 4. Dorothea O’Donnell John Bushman Science Club 4. Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Operetta 2, 3, 4. Band 2, 3, 4. Baseball 4. Junior Play 3. Scholarship 3. Bruce Barnes Pep Club 3, 4. Science Club 3. F. F. A. Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4. Class Play 3. Glee Club 2, 3, 4. Operetta 3, 4. Stock Judging 2. Grain Judging 3, 4. Music Honor 4. Ag. Honors 2, 3. Viola Winterland Home Economics Club 2, 3, 4. Typing Team 3, 4. Glee Club 2, 3, 4. Commerce Team 3, 4. Music Honor 4. Operetta 2, 3, 4. Margaret Reavis Dramatic 4. Literary Honor 4. Contest Play 4. Charles Wink Pep Club 3, 4. Science Club 3. F. F. A. Chapter 1, 2, 3. Football 2, 3, 4. Track 3. Grain Judging 1. Poultry Judging 2. Dairy Judging 2. Football Honors 3, 4. Ag. Team Honors 1, 2. 24 Lyle Beatty Football 4. Glee Club 3, 4. Operetta 3, 4. Band 1, 2, 3, 4. Mabel Wagner Home Economics Club 2, 3, 4. Muriel Bemis Pep Club 3, 4. Science Club 3. Shorthand Team 4. Glee Club 2, 3, 4. Contest Chorus 2, 3. Dramatic Contest 1, 2, 4. Quartette 3, 4. Scholarship Honors 2, 4. Music Honors 2, 3, 4. Commerce Team 4. Literary Contest 4. Henry Bess Baseball 4. Bill Beckley Science Club 3, 4. Football 2, 3, 4. Junior Class Play 3. Grain Judging Team 1. Poultry Judging Team 2. F. F. A. Chapter 1, 2. Baseball 4. Quartette 3. Dairy Team 2. Football Honors 2, 4. Basketball Honors 4. Ag. Team 2. Mildred McClure Pep Club 4. Transferred from Col- fax High School 35. Mildred Cooper Pep Club 3. 4. Science Club 3. Glee Club 4. Dramatic Contest 1, 2, 3. John Goold Pep Club 3, 4. Archery Club 4. Stock Judging Teams 1. 2. Corn Judging Teams 1, 3. Ag. Team Honor 2. 25 Donald Barnes F. F. A. Chapter 1. 2, 3, 4. Archery Club 4. Football 2, 3, 4. Basketball 3. Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Stock Judging Team 2. Corn Judging 3. Football Honors 2, 3, 4. Basketball Honors 3. Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Louise Martin Pep Club 3. Junior Play 3. Shorthand Team 3, 4. Typing Team 3, 4. Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Quartette 3. Contest chorus 2, 3. Trio 4. Junior Reporter 3. Band 1, 2, 3. 4. Scholarship 3. Music Honors 2, 3, 4. Commerce Team Honor 3. Operetta 2, 3, 4. Emogf.ne Ricketts Pep Club 4. Home Economics Club 2, 3, 4. Delmar Bi.air Football 1, 2, 3. 4. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. Track 2. 3, 4. Football Honors 2, 3, 4. Basketball Honors 2, 3, 4. William Hallock Archery Club 4. Basketball 1, 2, John Somerville Treasurer 2. Vice-President 3. Football 1, 2, 3, 4. Basketball 3. Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Football Honors 3, 4. Track Honors 3. Eldon Barnes Pep Club 3. Science Club 3, 4. Football 3. Baseball 4. Track 2, 3. F. F. A. Chapter 1. 2, 3, 4. Corn Judging 1. Stock Judging 2. Claude Bean Pep Club 4. F. F. A. Chapter 2, 3. Track 3. Baseball 4. Dairy Judging 2. Football Manager 2. Basketball Manager 2. Ag. Team Honor 2. 26 Louie Downing Football 1, 2, 3, 4. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Stock Judging 2. Dairy Judging 2. Football Honors 2, 3, 4. Basketball Honors 3, 4. Ag. Honors 2. Junior Play 3. Harold Garland Football 2, 3, 4. Track 2, 3. Baseball 4. F. A. A. Chapter 2. Football Honors 2, 3, 4. Wayne Newnam Pep Club 3, 4. Football 4. F. F. A. Chapter 1, 2, 3. 4. Track 2. Grain Judging 1. Dairy Judging 2. Ag. Team Honors 1, 2. Lyle Bean Pep Club 3, 4. Science Club 4. Track 2, 3. Baseball 4. Scholarship Honors 1, 2, 3. Clifford Yoder Archery Club 4. F. F. A. Chapter 1. 2, 3, 4. Track 2, 3, 4. Stock Judging 2, 3. Grain Judging 2, 3. Poultry Judging 2. Stock Judgiiig Honors 3. Lloyd Knott F. F. A. Chapter 1, 2. Football 2, 3, 4. Easketball 2. 3, 4. Track 1, 2. Mgr. 3. Stock Judging z. Grain Judging 1. Basketball Honors 3, 4. Ag. Teams 1, 2. Football Honors 3, 4. Baseball Manager 4. Francis Steers Pep Club 3. Science Club 3, 4. Archery Club 4. F. F. A. Chapter 1. 2, 3, 4. Junior Play 3. Grain Judging 1. Poultry Judging 1 Corn Judging 3. Dairy Judging 2. Arthur Ferguson Pen Club 3. Football 3, 4. Baseball 4. Football Honor 4. 27 T H E C K I E E THE CLASS OF 1936 To pick up the first records of the members of our class we must go back to the first grade when we entered school in the fall of 1923. Eight of us started that year, Betty Nussbaum, Wilma Jean Troehler, Lloyd Knott, and John Franger in the Isaac Walton school; Charles Addis, Francis Steers, Mildred Hartley, and Edyth Stevens in the Edison school. More joined the original eight as we gradually worked our way up to graduation from grade school. By the time we were ready to leave in 1932 there were twenty-two of us: Charles Addis, Muriel Bemis, Henry Bess, Delmar Blair, Geraldine Brown, Mildred Cooper, Louie Downing, Arthur Ferguson, John Franger, William Hallock, Mildred Hartley, Lloyd Knott, John Langstaff, Duane Morris, Betty Nussbaum, Dorothea O'Donnell, Richard Phelps, Margaret Reavis, Francis Steers, Edyth Stevens, John Somerville, and Wilma Jean Troehler. When we entered Fairbury Township High School the next fall all but five of our present class were with us. Our Freshman year was not a particularly happy one. We were the lowly under-foot class. However, we showed the rest of the school that we had some talents when some of our boys did well in athletics, when John Franger placed second in the literary contest, and when the class put on an assembly program consisting of tap dancing, readings, and songs. By the end of the year the Juniors considered us worthy of serv- ing at the Junior-Senior Reception; Charlotte Gruber, Wilma Jean Troeh- ler, Delpha Harvey, Mildred Hartley, John Franger, Duane Morris, John Langstaff, John Householder, and Charles Wink were the members of our class chosen. The class officers were: Francis Steers, President; Duane Morris, Vice-President. Although we were happy to enter high school even as Freshmen, we certainly felt relieved when we became the mighty Sophomores and could look down upon a new Freshman class. We also became more active in school activities. Louie Downing, William Beckley, Donald Barnes, Harold Garland, Delmar Blair, and Charles Addis made good showings in football while Delmar and Charles repeated their successes in basket- ball. In the literary contest, John Franger placed first and Charlotte Gruber third. Six of our members represented us in the Contest Chorus. Our class officers for the year w-ere: Duane Morris, President; Mildred 1 9 3 e 28 1 9 3 € Hartley, Vice-President; John Langstaff, Secretary; and John Somerville, Treasurer. In our Junior year we found more activities and social interests. The boys who received letters in football were Louie Downing, Harold Garland, Charles Addis, and Charles Wink; our boys did well in basket- ball and track. Our play, “Am I Intruding?” proved to be a big success from a financial viewpoint. We kept alive the old tradition on April 1 and amused the whole school, even the teachers. Other interests were: furnishing two members to the Typing and Shorthand Teams, assisting in the preparation of a Halloween Carnival, providing ten members for the Future Farmers, singing in the Contest Chorus, being represented in the contest by a soloist. Our one great achievement of the year was the Junior-Senior Reception which was enjoyed by everyone. The class offi- cers were: Duane Morris, President; John Somerville, Vice-President; Edyth Stevens, Secretary; Wilma Jean Troehler, Treasurer. Finally we have arrived at the top and we are all looking forward to the time of graduation, though we will certainly miss the good times which we have had here, especially next year, when the under-classmen will be returning to their studies. We have been anticipating this year ever since we entered high school and we don’t think anyone has been disappointed. There have been many interesting and pleasurable activities and there are still more to come before we finally leave. One of our most important accomplishments was the publishing of the second Crier, su- pervised, this year, not by the English Department, but by Mr. Shaw. The Carnival was a success this year as last and it helped finance the annual. Ten of the boys were valuable in football and six in basketball. John F ranger did well in the Sub-District Vocal Contest. In the Prelim- inary IJterary Contest, Margaret Reavis won the Dramatic Reading. We still have the class play, “The Family Upstairs,” spring sports, grad- uation and the Junior-Senior Reception to look forward to, and they are sure to be enjoyable occasions. Officers: Duane Morris, Pres.; Wilma Jean Troehler, Vice-Pres.; Mildred Hartley, Sec.; Charles Addis, Treas. Colors......Blue and Gold F lower.......Yellow Rose T E E C I I E R 29 SENIOR CLASS WILL T H E C R I E R We, the Seniors of Fairbury Township High School, of the City of Fairbury, State of Illinois, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this, our last will and testament, in manner and form as follows: I, Charles Addis, will not leave anything because I am going to take “Willie” with me and we will need all that I have. We, Bruce, Donald, and Eldon Barnes, bequeath our love for a common family name to John. Wilma and Wiilard Bess. I, Claude Bean, leave my toothsome grin and farmer walk to Clara Ella Kilgus in the hope that she may trap some boy just as I have trapped so many of the opposite sex. I, Lyle Bean, do hereby bequeath my singular love for Latin to Helen Huette, since she is having such a difficult time with the course. I, William Beckley, give, devise, and bequeath my clattering shoes to Coach Ros . I, Lyle Beatty, do bestow on the truthful Mary Anne Alexander, my adeptness at “ditching” dates. I, Muriel Bemis, not being exactly sure about who I am since Mr. Rose is under the impression that I am Louise, Mary, or Viola, cannot leave anything to anyone. I, Henry Bess, leave my mathematical mind to Mr. Shaw, for although he has been my instructor, I now feel that I know more than he. I, Delmar Blair, appoint the modest James Tipton, the sole possessor of my ability to tell the public what a good basketball player I am. I, Geraldine Brown, leave my snickering and giggling to the shy and retiring Phyllis Deputy. I, John Bushman, leave my enormous clodhoppers to Harry Bedell in the hope that they may take the place of his tiny feet. I, Mildred Cooper, will to James Lindsay my shapely legs which have served me as excellent props during the past years. I, Louis Downing, leave my pseudonym—“Five Yard Downing”—to my young brother, Jerome. I, Arthur Ferguson, leave my unsurpassed cleverness at escaping to Ely’s barn for a smoke during school hours to Almeda Fouts who has the same bad habit. I, John Franger, request that all my track, basketball, and football letters be given to Donald Kurth. I, Harold Garland, bequeath my willingness to give the “Alphygitties” a lift to James Lindsay. I, John Robert Goold, leave my Oldsmobile which has made many a trip to Ep- worth League Mid-Winter Institute, to Raymond Householder so that he will not miss any meetings next winter. I. Charlotte Gruber, request that Harry be left to the members of the faculty providing they will watch him closely—(he can’t be trusted). I, William Hallock, leave my lovely soprano voice and my ability to reach high “C” with the greatest of ease to Rosella Finnegan. I, Mildred Hartley, leave my week-end “whing-dings” to Evelyn Carter. I, Delpha Harvey, out of the kindness of my heart, leave my uncontrollable tem- per to Miss Taylor. I, John Householder, leave my Freshman girl friends to Harry Bedell that he may not have to travel, in the future, all the way to Champaign to get a date. I, Lloyd Knott, realizing his dire need for the same, give that bar of soap which I bought when I was a Freshman to the filthy Jack Morris. i 30 © - w I, John Langstaff, leave my innocent looking countenance when my neighbor sits on a thumb tack to Katherine Yeagle since she is always getting caught. I, Louise Martin, will my art of making love by mail to Arline Stiver who needs to get a boy friend in some manner. I, Duane Morris, will my Prom date to Willard Mack, and hope that he will do a little better than I. I. Wayne Newnam, bequeath my likeness to Frankenstein to Abraham Mattioli on the condition that he will not scare the girls. I, Eetty Nussbaum, will my dainty little nose to my brother John who is in need of such a feature. I, Dorothea O’Donnell, leave my rubber neck, which I have craned for many long years, to Dorothy Hagen. I. Richard Phelps, leave my love for school life in general, to Perry Munz. I, Margaret Reavis, leave Charles Addis to Wilma Jean, since the Senior Play is over and I will have no further use for him. We, Emogene Ricketts and Mildred McClure, will our disgraceful composite grades to John Fugate and Herbert Patrick. I, Francis Steers, bestow the presidency of the Future Farmers upon Hugh Sutton Iluntoon. I, Edyth Stevens, leave my parlor stories to Miss Sharp so that she will no longer need to be telling such raw stories to her French classes. I, John Somerville, leave my erect posture to the sway-backed Martha Steers. I, Wilma Jean Troehler, leave my love for red hair to Garnold Rigsby if he will be as proud of his as I have been of mine. I, Mabel Wagner, will my kinship to “Slim Jim of the Force” to little “Jumbo ’ Metz. I. Charles Wink, leave my Scotch characteristics to Robert Von Bergen in the hope that it will soon stop his squandering habits. I, Viola Winterland, leave my love for gaudy colors (it’s the gypsy in me) to Ada Mae Kerr. I, Clifford Yoder, leave my beautiful Adam’s apple which has been my pride and glory all these years to Mr. Glenn Moore in the hope that he may encourage it so that it may become bigger and better. I. Mary Schroeder, leave my manly and husky voice to Ralph Simpson so he will have no more trouble in calling the cows, and pigs. In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this nineteenth day of May, in the Year of Our Lord nineteen hundred thirty-six. SENIOR CLASS OF 1936, FAIRBURY TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. i 9 3 e Signed, published and declared by the above named Senior Class of 1936, in the presence of us and each of us, who, in their presence and at their request, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. ALVA CLINTON WATSON, County of Livingston. State of Illinois. HOMER ELI SHAW, County of Livingston, State of Illinois. T H E C I I E C 31 ■ T H E C I I E E WORTHY HOME MEMBERSHIP Betty Nussbaum The high school of colonial times did only one thing for its students. It gave them a good classical background. The pupils learned to speak Latin fluently, they were taught some Greek, and they touched upon mathematics, but little or nothing was done to develop their characters. This was left to the colonial home. But it is quite possible that the parents were not as well suited to assume this task as the school. In the first place, they were too fond of their children—perhaps they were partial to some. They could not train their children to accept responsi- bility for the children always knew their parents were there to fall back upon. The children could not grow into individual characters; their lives were so intermingled with those of the other members of the family that they became just like them. They had the same ideas so they were not interesting to the other members of the family. Too, the parents could not see the faults in their children so they, therefore, could not correct them. Instead of the school developing the characters of the students, the task was left to the home. The school of today not only trains minds but it develops our characters in such a way as to make us worthy members of our homes. First, the teachers are impar- tial—every student is the same in their eyes. The girl who has been pampered and spoiled at home is treated the same as the girl who is a member of a large family and has always had to look out for herself. Thus the pampered girl will soon learn not to expect everything she wants to be given her. She will learn to accept dis- appointments. It will make her more friendly with other people and teaches her to think of others, not only of herself. Certainly this will aid in making her a more amicable and worthy member of her home. Such is the effect of the teachers’ impar- tiality upon all students. The school teaches its students to respect the opinions of those who are older. It is not unusual for young persons to think that their parents are too old-fashioned, that they know nothing about how things should be done today. In fact, they have that idea about all older persons. At school they soon learn that those who are older are often quite a little wiser and that it is usually the best policy to accept their word. The development of such an attitude in children is often quite gratifying to the par- ents and the other members of the home. Students learn to accept responsibility. If they do not do their homework it does not get done by itself. They cannot expect to get a good grade just because someone else recited well. They will get credit for what they do and no more. The student soon learns that he alone is responsible for preparing his lessons and many other things. This carries over into the home. Schooling gives a student confidence. At home he previously felt that he was not capable of doing things because his parents were older and could perform the tasks much more efficiently. However at school the student soon learns that when he does things for himself the results are quite satisfactory. It gives him self-con- fidence and this attitude would naturally carry over into the home. I think perhaps the most important thing a school teaches every member is the advantages of being honest. It doesn’t take him long to decide that if he isn’t honest about preparing his homework, that if he copies and “snitches” in other ways, he can’t pass his tests and that his going to school isn’t developing his mind at all. He soon learns that “honesty is the best policy.” One of the lirst prerequisites of being a worthy member of a home is to be honest and trustworthy. Other attributes of a good home membership which are instilled by the high school are: individuality, patience, and the ability to work harmoniously with others. All in all, the school has produced remarkable effects upon its students in making them more worthy members of their homes. The members of these homes certainly should be grateful to the faculty for their work. i 32 © w WORTHY USE OF LEISURE TIME Charlotte Gruber During the last few years of the depression and the unemployment, numerous people have had time on their hands. Those people who have attended high school and have become interested in its various activities will find many diversions for their vacant hours. Those who have not attended high school and thus are interested in nothing outside of their own little world, which includes nothing more than eating, sleeping, working, and occasionally attending a wild west picture show, will be at a loss as to what to do with their leisure time. This type of person will neither be interested, nor will he know how to use to the best advantage, the libraries, games, and clubs that have been formed in connection with many commercial factories, for those whose work has been cut down to only a few hours a week. This kind of citizen, who will probably spend all his leisure time loafing, is cer- tainly no asset to our community or our country. Thus we can readily see how it is up to the high schools to teach the boys and girls of our country the worthy use of leisure time, and they are doing that very thing. In the first place we have athletics in our schools for both boys and girls. After we have become interested in the various sports we will enjoy attending the different games and meets, and might even like to organize an athletic club of our own. The Glee Clubs not only teach us to make the best use of our vocal cords but also enable us to appreciate the better kinds of music. Thus as we grow older we take more interest in attending and participating in musical events in our communities. The outside reading that our English classes require, teaches us to enjoy reading not only for educational purposes but as a pastime. Through this outside reading we also learn to use our libraries to the best advantage. Once acquiring a taste for read- ing, we will spend much time in the public library as we grow older. Through our plays, contests, and other activities in which we participate, we learn to cooperate and to be not only followers but leaders. Once we have learned these three things we will always be needed and wanted at social gatherings through- out our lives. The talents of high school boys and girls are often found and developed through the high school activities. The development often proves to be the nicest and most enjoyable way of spending leisure time—not only for our own pleasure but for the entertainment of others. Through our high school activities, we strive to be the kind of person who knows how to use his leisure time and enjoys higher types of entertainment than jazz or- chestras and wild west picture shows. T H E C I I E I 1 9 3 6 Music Original Sonnet Wilma Jean Troehler The Stone Age man, of music had not learned; The ancient Greeks wrote songs to play on lyres; And Nero played his fiddle while Rome burned; In days of old the kings did minstrels hire. Good music plays a part in history. Great writers were inspired by Civil War, And patriotic songs sang constantly, They’ll linger as fond mem’ries gone before. In Nineteen-ten the ragtime tunes were played, And music lovers, shocked by this new rage. Were soothed by syncopated rhythm that swayed The young and old of this new. Modern age. All through the ages music plays a part, Expressing feelings of the soul and heart. 33 T H E C E I E E VOCATIONS Muriel Bemis Several years ago the high schools of this country were highly spe- cialized institutions. They had two purposes: a preparatory school for the children of comfortably wealthy families, who went on to college for higher education; a school for practical vocational training with courses in woodworking, plumbing, tinning, and mechanics. When there was no demand for this training, the process of elimin- ation began. The curriculum went to the opposite extreme. At the present time all over the United States the high schools are beginning to restore some of the courses previously offered. It is certain, however, that they will never fully return to their original programs be- cause of one outstanding factor. Today young people have to be able to enter the business world immediately after they are graduated because each “fond father” is no longer financially able to send his son or daughter to college. This definitely leaves the question of special vocational training up to the high schools, and I think they have responded admirably. We have two departments in our own high school, sponsored by national and state laws. They are the home economics and agricultural departments which aid young people to fit into their home and community life. A portion of the home economics teacher’s salary is paid by the federal and state governments. T his gives us some idea of the importance of these subjects in the minds of the leading men of our country. Agriculture is also under state law and is one of the best vocational courses offered for fitting our young men to serve their communities intelligently. Last, but certainly not least, is the commerce department. It does an unexcelled work in turning out well-trained young people to fill posi- tions not only in their own “home town” but also in larger cities where they must compete with students from the best schools in the country. The individual, who does not wish to pursue a career, is equally well provided for by our curriculum. The scope of study is broadened, giving an adequate cultural background. Our interesting history classes keep the rising generations well informed on the existing world conditions as well as those of ancient times. The study of literature and music develops appreciation and interpretation of the finer arts. In conclusion, it can safely be said that a better balanced individual is now produced than ever before and this is indeed a high tribute to the high schools of the present. 1 9 3 6 34 PEPYS’ DIARY Wilma Jean Troehler June 3, 1663. Morning. Had to give my boy another beating. Started day off wrong. Wife said I shouldn’t have. Family troubles started, my temper out of con- trol so went to office. Dry place, no pretty women—instead boring meetings. Thought about my wife. Maybe she’s right; think I’ll apologize and try not to lose temper over nothing. Home for lunch. Forgot to apologize to wife, everything’s all right so I’ll let it go; apologize next time. In middle of afternoon went to very boring play at theatre. Some Shakespeare fellow’s tragedy of “Hamlet.” Much rather see French play with beautiful women. In evening a few friends dropped in to chat. And so to bed. June 6, 1663. On way to court this morning stopped to see them hang a poor creature, probably didn’t even know what he’s being hanged for. Hanging’s getting common, becoming boring. Had nice chat with Miss Spuffle, pretty little thing. At court some kind of plot uncovered, popish plot trying to overthrow His Ma- jesty. Read my name on list of conspirators. By my Lord, I swore I had nothing to do with it. Many of my few enemies insisted I did. Holding important office in the court of king, further investigation promised. Until then my office in Admiralty at end. Worried and chatted with wife. At night, to bed. T H E C I I E R 1 9 9 e SIR ROGER GOES HUNTING Richard Phelps My friend, Sir Roger de Coverly, and I enjoy nothing better than a good deer hunt on his country estate. Sir Roger is an expert in the use of the bow and never fails to bring in a stag whenever he goes hunting. The morning that we went out was a clear, crisp day in October, a perfect day for a hunt. We had heard several bucks send their noble cries over the wilderness, but as yet had been unable to approach one of the wary animals for a decent shot, although we had got several glimpses of them. Then I saw one standing in an open glade, but in my haste I shot over him and the arrow embedded itself in a tree trunk about two feet above his head and the deer bounded away into the forest. Sir Roger made fun of my poor shooting. How- ever, a few minutes later I got the laugh back at Sir Roger, for he missed a much easier shot than mine at a large stag. It was a very unusual thing for Sir Roger to miss a deer at such close range. After about an hour more of hunting without success, Sir Roger brought down a large buck. This deer was about three times as far away as the one he had missed, but Sir Roger brought him down with an arrow through its heart. As usual, I re- turned empty-handed. 35 T H E C I I E R Cowboy Bill Ballad Harry Bedell The cowboy left the ranch at dawn, Aridin’ Silver Streak; With sobs he took his wife in arms And pecked her on the beak. He then rode up into the hills, To meet his friend Snake-eye; He had a bottle on his hip, For throats when they were dry. So Cowboy Bill and Snake-eye Pete Kept eyes upon the flock; But Bill smelt trouble in the air And hid behind a rock. Just then on yonder hill was seen Some rustlers closing in; But Bill had guns upon his belt And in his bottle, gin. The cattle rushed in wild stampede, The thieves they drove them on; But Susan saw the family’s fate With all the cattle gone. She sent them aid and wished them luck And then when Bill began. The rustlers all were scared to death And left undone their plan. His Susan stood with open arms To Bill as he rode in; They went into the ole homestead And drank the pint of gin. Cowboy Bill Ballad Harry Bedell He took ole Silver from the barn And left the ranch at dawn; Poor Nell bid him a last good-bye, But wept when he had gone. He met his friend, ole Snake-eye Pete, A waitin’ on the hill; The cattle all were rounded up Ly him and Cowboy Bill. The rustlers caused them to stampede And get from their control; To steal the entire cowboy’s herd Was plainly seen their goal. But Susan saw her husband’s fate. And sent him ten more men, So they would be there with the two When the shootin’ did begin. Bill had three guns upon his hip, If rustlers did him harm; He took his gun from off his hip And used his accurate arm. Whenever Cowboy Bill would shoot A rustler bid farewell; Ar d after what a life they led They’re probably now in Hell. Now every rustler bit the dust, The herd at last calmed down, Were rounded in by Cowboy Bill Eefore the sun went down. This Guy About Town Willard Mack You know there’s a guy that lives in this town, Who rates all the girls from Skip Hartley on down. First this one, then that one, they’re all in a whirl; And the way he drives Plymouths would make your hair curl. Though at times a bit flashy and inclined to be rough, We manage to calm him by threat or by bluff. He’s nice and polite as he sits in his seat. But his conduct of evenings for sure’s hard to beat. When acourting he goes with some pretty young maid, He does himself justice without any aid. “Take me home,” cries the maiden in frightful distress. But he only hangs tighter in love’s sweet caress. When worst comes to worst and the Plymouth won't run, He resorts to the Olds” and then has the most fun, When trailing some lass on a wild stormy night, And lighting her path with his powerful spotlight. While enjoying a drive his old tire went flat, And this usually occurred on the side “Maggie” sat. But the tire was soon patched with much fume and much fuss, But alas! his girl’s gone, she’s gone home on the bus. i 9 3 e 36 OLD MAN WINTER OF ’36 Duane Morris Weather forecast for Illinois and surrounding states: “Severe cold wave the first part of January; continued cold throughout January and February; no relief in sight.” Those were the words all of us heard over the radio or read in the news- papers nearly every day during the past winter. These waves of cold kept repeating each week until about the third week when the weatherman became lazy and instead of reading the barometer and the weather charts, he merely predicted continuing cold weather. Did he guess right? Well, everyone ought to know. History was writ- ten with this winter’s extreme cold. Temperature records toppled and people’s backs were broken trying to keep enough fire in the furnace and clearing the snow from the sidewalks. This cold snap set a record for the longest cold wave ever recorded in this area. Temperatures lower have been recorded but of only a few days’ duration. During the thirty-two days of the latter part of January and first of February, twenty- five days of temperature lower than zero were registered. The cold snap began with the low of twenty-three degrees below on January twenty-second and continued until the great thaw of February exactly one month later. The cold was accompanied by snow which remained on the ground for two complete months. It was packed so hard that when the thaw came, ice and snow blocks eighteen to twenty inches thick were found floating around in the melted waters which had formed small gulleys and streams. With the beginning of our late blizzard, came many stories of the old blizzard of '88. It started about the same time as this one, but according to legend, it was more severe. The snow was as fine as flour and blew at the rate of sixty-six miles an hour for more than a day. The temperature dropped to 483 below in twelve hours. Many were frozen to death in their paths, while others were caught away from home and could not get back for a week. When telling of the hardship of that blizzard, the old- timers call our later storm a mere snow flurry. Most stories of the cold wave are dictated by the author’s sense of humor. Many people remember when it was so cold that anyone without a stocking cap would freeze his ears so quickly that they fell off when he accidentally shook his head. Fish were said to have become fur-bearing animals and fishermen broke their hooks when they threw them into the waters which would not freeze. One old-timer said that the mercury in his thermometer got so low that it pinned a mouse between itself and a piece of cheese below. Although the weather seems of little importance to most boys and girls, no one could pass through this winter without some comment on a few of the outstanding happenings. I have recorded this merely to let it become the basis of more and better stories of the cold of ’36 when those of us who, as school boys and school girls, went through it, have reached our more expansive years and commence to spin tall yarns about the past. i 9 3 6 Betty H.: “You had no business kiss- ing me like that.” Charles W.: “That wasn’t business, it was a pleasure.” Harold T.: “They tell me ‘Skip’ has a lot of will power.” Donald K.: “Yes, but it’s nothing com- pared to her won’t power.” Dorothea O.: “Do you believe in free speech ?” James L.: “That depends on whether I’m bigger than the other fellow.” Coach Rose: “Which sports do you like the best?” Betty N.: “Those who know when it’s time to go home.” T H E C E I E C 37 T H E C I I E K Parodies on Poor Richard John Bess A bluff stands on one leg, a recita- tion on two. A little neglect may breed great mis- chief; for want of an assignment the lesson was lost; for want of a lesson the test was lost; for want of a test the course was lost; for want of a course the year was lost; for want of a year the student was lost. If the school were gone we would know the true value of education. No one can get through school on his good looks. He that is of the opinion that educa- tion will cure all ills, may well be sus- pected of believing in fairies. Things are not so soon learned as forgotten. One never loseth by getting his lessons. One mistake ruins not the real stu- dent. Scholars are born; good students made. Bluffing and reciting are two things. The Passing of a Note Wilma Jean Troehler Betty passed a little note To Skip one day, ’tis said; And on the way back to her seat Full many times ’twas read. Mr. Watson walking past Espied this harmless note; First smiled, then laughed, at the silly thing, And popped the buttons off his coat. The ending of this episode Is very sad indeed, Both girls are in the office now Praying they’ll soon be freed. Heroic Couplets After the Manner of Pope Opportunity knocks but once. For second chances you must never wait Without a doubt it will be much too late.—B. N. Beauty is only skin deep. A pretty maid is often nice to see, But if a temper’s there, how good is she?—W. J. T. If you want a job done well, do it yourself. Depending on your neighbor for your work Will never do because he’s apt to shirk. —B. N. Opportunity knocks but once. If opportunity knocks at your door It knocks but once and never more.— W. J. T. Practice what you preach. To others you may be inclined to teach But you should do exactly what you preach.—B. N. All that glitters is not gold. ’Tis many times that you will find All that glitters was not mined.— W. J. T. ♦ Not taken from anything. If we could see ourselves as others see us No doubt we’d never, never want to be us.—B. N. Rolling stones gather no moss. A man who changes many times for greed, Discovers no place that he can succeed. —W. J. T. Don’t cry over spilled milk. Now don’t you ever moan o’er what’s been done, Just try a smile and half the battle’s won.—B. N. i 9 3 6 38 PAGES FROM PEPYS’ DIARY Betty Nussbaum November 12, 1664. To my office at an early hour, but not early enough. Those afflicted by the plague seem possessed by the very devil himself. They sit by their windows the whole day through, and blow their contaminated breath in the face of every passerby. It being my necessity to pass by a neighborhood where the plague was taking a heavy toll, I rose early, in high hope that the demons were not yet to their posts, but it was with little success. All there is left for me to do, is to pray to God that he will exempt me and my household from this terrible affliction. My wife is in little danger, having removed herself to the country. November 13, 1664. It doth sorely grieve me to see the state of ruin into which this city has fallen. The silence of the days and nights is broken only by the tolling of bells and the rattle of the carts, carrying the dead to their graves. Already the graveyards are overflowing. The streets are almost covered by the grass, due to the inactivity of the city. Every day I see more homes with the fatal red mark upon their door and “Lord, have mercy on us” written above it. It is almost impossible to eat. My baker and his whole family were dead within two weeks of the first sign of contagion in his family, and my butcher fell ill with the plague but two days ago. Today a man came from door to door with a cart of meat. Overjoyed, I ran out to purchase some of it, but Lord! the stink was so abominable that I could not come close enough to touch it and above all, the man wanted such an outrageous price for it that it was beyond my means to buy it, had it been fresh. It grieves me to thin what will become of us. Why just today I learned that near 7,403 people died in the last week. Every night I pray to God to deliver us before the entire English race is wiped out and hope that he will pay some heed to the humble prayers of me and the thousands about me. November 14, 1664. I met with a certain Doctor Woolton today who claims he hath some tonic which hath so far delivered him and his family from the plague. Since he once knew my father rather well he has agreed to sell me some of this tonic and I hope it will do the same for me as it hath done for him. November 29, 1664. And so to Doctor Woolton to receive another supply of tonic, my having swallowed the last drop this morning, when lo, upon looking at his door, I found that horrible red cross staring me in the face, and I felt like to swoon! I now feel that there is little, if any, hope left for me. T H E C I I E E 1 9 3 e A Tree Original Sonnet Richard Phelps A tree is nature’s greatest work of art; Out in the woods so lovely and so free, Far from the reach of any woodsman’s mark. It stands in beauty and in symmetry. A tree is home for birds and squirrels too; They frolic in its branches all day long, With nothing in the world to make them blue, They’ll sing in trees their fullest song. In fall their leaves do turn to golden brown, In contrast to their summer leaves of green, And then do fall and lie upon the ground To fill the autumn skies with fire’s bright gleam. And now its branches are all bleak and gray, But spring will bring green foliage back in May. To a Paper Wad Mildred Hartley You poor little paper wad; You’re thrown around like sod. Nobody cares and nobody knows Your tribulations and your woes, You poor little paper wad, you! Often I think I’d like to be In your place and you be me; But such a life is much too brief. And such a life too full of grief. You poor little paper wad, you! Even though you need a change— Such a thing we can’t arrange ’Cause you are you and I am me, And that’s the way it has to be. You poor little paper wad, you! 39 1 T H E C I I E R MATRIMONY—SATIRE Evelyn Carter The other day our preacher says he’s goin’ to preach a sermon on how to be happy even if you are married, and to git some idees he passed out some slips for us to fill out before he got so far into his sermon that we went to sleep. One of them questions said, “What was your biggest mistake durin’ courtship?” Well, that set me to thinkin’. I guess my biggest mistake was in courtin’ the girl instead of her family. I ain’t never had no trouble with my wife—outside of a few words now and then that didn’t lead to nothin’ more serious than me havin’ to sleep in the barn that night. But her relatives alius had the same opinion of me that I’ve got of them. Now I figger if I’d courted them a little more, when I was in a courtin’ frame of mind and puttin’ my best foot forward, we’d got along a blamed lot better since then. Either that or have got me a gal who didn’t have no relatives a’tall. But on the other hand, I know a feller that did that once and it didn’t work so well. lie treated his prospective mother-in-law too dern nice and when he came to, he found himself married to the widow in- stead of her daughter. So I guess that idee ain’t so good. ( I finally told the preacher that I thought that most of our mistakes ain t made in courtin’, but in not keepin’ up the courtin’ after we’re mar- ried. If we did that, though, there wouldn’t be nothin’ in our private lives for the preacher to worry about. I guess mebbe married life is somethin’ we’ve got to work out for ourselves without takin’ nobody’s advice—least of all that of the relations. Freshman Sorrows Richard Phelps I really haven’t learned to spell, And don’t write poetry so well; I seldom get to school on time. V hen I get here it’s half past nine. I don’t like history at all, It has me backed up 'gainst the wall; Can’t see what algebra is for. And working it is such a chore. English, it is sort of tough, I think I’ve had it long enough; It’s getting harder day by day, School sure is holding me at bay. Le Fromage Abe Mattioli Old Iother Hubbard, Went to the cupboard, I o get her poor dog a banana. When she got there I here was no sponge cake, So the poor dog had to eat cheese. 1 9 3 6 40 T H E C E I E E THE JUNIORS AND TIIEIR ACTIVITIES RALPH MOORE KENNETH COLUMN I WILMA BESS ROBERT GRUNERT Junior Play 3. PATERNOSTER Stock Judging Shorthand Team 3. Withdrawn. Team 2. Band 1. 2. 3. Scholarship Honors 2. 3. COLUMN II HUGH HUNTOON ANITA DART CLOYD WILSON President 1. Home Ec. Club Science Club 3. Vice-President 2. 1. 2. 3. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. President 3. Glee Club 1. Stock Judging Pep Club 2. 3. Team 2. Science Club 3. Grain Judging Junior Play 3. Team 1. Adv. Mgr. Crier 3. Corn Judging Cheer Leader 3. Team 1. Ag. Team Honor DOROTHY DUGGAN Home Ec. Club 2. 3. Junior Flay 3. Shorthand Team 3. Glee Club 1. 3. Literary Contest 1. MARVIN SHILTS Secretary 1. 2. Vice-President 3. Pep Club 3. Science Club 3. Scholarship Honors 1. 2. COLUMN III HARRY BEDELL CLARA KILGUS football 1, 2, 3. Hobo Queen 3. Basketball 1, 2. 3. Track 1. 3. COLUMN IV HAROLD TRIBLEY ELAINE RAlPH HUBER Secretary 3. McKINLEY F. F. A. 1. 2. Pep Club 2, 3. Home Ec. Club 2, 3. Stock Judkins? Band 2. 3. Team 2. Dairy Judging Team 2. Ag. Team Honor 2. JOHN BESS Archery Club 3. Junior Play 3. Scholarship Honors 1. 2. 1 9 LOUISE WEISSER 3 Science Club 3. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 6 42 COLUMN V WILLARD MACK Treasurer 3. Pep Club 3. Science Club 3. Track 3. Junior Play 3. Glee Club 3. JAMES LINDSAY Pep Club 2. 3. Science Club 3. Junior Play 3. Glee Club 3. FLORENCE BROADWELL Pep Club 2. 3. Home Ec. Club 2, 3. Junior Play 3. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Home Ec. Editor of Crier 3. Humor Editor of Crier 3. Jr. Representative 3. GENE GAHWILER Archery Club 3. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. Poultry Judging 1. Corn Judging 1, 3. Dairy Judging 2. Ag. Team Honors 1. 2. 3. LeROY HUBER F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. Basketball 3. Baseball 3. Ag. Crier Editor 3. Grain Judging Team 1. 3. Poultry Judging Team 2. Dairy Judging Team 2. Ag. Team Honor 3. DONALD KURTH Football 3. Basketball 1. 2. 3. T rack 1. MARY FRANCIS GLENNON Pep Club 2, 3. Home Ec. Club 1. 2. 3. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Literary Contest 1. 2. 3. Literary Honors 2. COLUMN VI DOROTHY HAGEN Pep Club 2. 3. Science Club 3. Junior Play 3. Shorthand Team 3. Glee Club 1. 3. Scholarship Honors 1. 2. WILLIAM FRISBY Pep Club 3. Archery Club 3. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. Junior Play 3. Stock Judging Team 2. Poultry Judging Team 2. JEAN DRENNEN Pep Club 2. 3. Home Ec. Club 2. 3. Glee Club 1. 2. 3. Contest Chorus 2. Band 1. 2. 3. COLUMN VII GARNOLD RIGSBY Basketball 2. Glee Club 2. 3. MARY YODER Pep Club 3. Science Club 3. Junior Play 3. COLUMN VIII LOUISE VAUGHN BAERLOCHER HORINE Home Ec. Club 1. 2. 3. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. Dairy Judging Team 2. Band 1. 2. 3. Ag. Team Honor 2. HARRY ZEHR Pep Club 3. Science Club 3. Track 1. 2. Junior Play 3. NORMA BRANDT Glee Club 1. 2. 3. COLUMN IX KENNETH JARVIS Transferred from Saunemin 1. Football 2. 3. Basketball 2. Track 3. Glee Club 3. Football Honors 2. RALPH SIMPSON F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. Stock Judging Team 2. Grain Judging Team 2. Ag. Team Honor 2. GWENETH HOUSEHOLDER Pep Club 2, 3. Home Ec. Club 1. 2. 3. GRANT VAIL Science Club 3. F. F. A. 1. 2. 3. Football 2. Track 1. Stock Judging 2. 3. Grain Judging I. Corn Judging 1. Ag. Team Honor 1. 2. COLUMN X MISS WHITFORD ELLEEN RUNYON Home Ec. Club 2, 3. Glee Club 1. 2. JOHN YODER Transferred from Streator. EVELYN CARTER Vice-President 1. Pep Club 2. Science Club 3. Junior Play 3. Shorthand Team 3. Glee Club 1. 2. Crier Staff 1. 2. 43 � ©■� © HI I H THE CLASS PROPHECY Place: Living room of the Frisby home. Time: 1950. Characters: Mr. William Frisby and Mrs. William Frisby, once Wilma Bess. Scene: William is seated with his feet on the table listening to the radio and smoking an evil-smelling pipe. Wilma calls from upstairs. Mrs. F.: Oh, Bill, just look what I’ve found up here in this old trunk. Mr. F.: What is it, Wilma? Some more old trash stored up there, I suppose. Mrs. F.: Oh, no, it isn’t. Just wait until I get down there and show it to you. (Enters the room breathlessly). See, it’s The Crier for 1936. We were Juniors then and put on the Prom that year. Do you remember? Mr. F.: As though I could ever forget! I believe I danced almost every dance with you that night. Oh, but didn’t we have good times out at the old high school though! Here, let me look through the book a bit. Mrs. F.: Look, here are the pictures of the graduating class. Don’t they look natural though? Just as they did when we knew them. Mr. F.: Look at Mildred Hartley. It was seldom we saw her without that grin, wasn’t it? What was the nickname she went by in those days? Wasn’t it Skip? Oh, yes, that’s it. I wonder what she is doing now? You know what a live wire she used to be. Mrs. F.: Why, I heard her mentioned just the other day. I think someone said that she is the superintendent of an institution for the feeble-minded somewhere in Illinois. Mr. F.: Poor Skip. I never thought that she would come to an end like that, with all her bright ideas. Some of the boys used to tell her that she would probably be an inmate of one, one day, but I don’t suppose anyone ever had any idea that she would be the superintendent. Mrs. F.: And look! Here’s the midget of the class. Dot O’Donnell. Remember how she used to want to go to Hollywood? I wonder if she ever got there? Mr. F.: Why, of course. Didn’t you see in The Tribune that her picture is at the Palace? She’s co-starring with Jimmy Lindsay in “We Two Against the World.’’ Mrs. F.: And Delmar Blair? Doc used to be a fine athlete. Mr. F.: Yes, I received a letter from him just today. He says he is becoming quite prosperous running a tavern in the old home town. Mrs. F.: And what about John Langstaff? I always did go for him in a big way. I never will forget him. Mr. F.: Nor I. We all thought that he would become a famous doctor, didn’t we? It was only last week that I noticed a bulletin from New York in The Tribune that he had performed a very difficult operation. You know he set up his practice among New York’s “four hundred.” Mrs. Addis told me last week that Betty Nussbaum was numbered among New York’s highest. Mrs. F.: That isn’t surprising. I always did think she would climb to the heights of the social ladder some day. Mr. F.: Yes, and she is very well suited for a social position like that. And Char- lotte Gruber. How well I remember her. She has been Mrs. II. B. Zehr for quite a few years now, hasn’t she? Mrs. F.: Yes, I believe it will soon be ten years. I would surely like to visit the school in Alabama where she is teaching Public Speaking. Mr. F.: Well, she at least picked a place where she could use her southern drawl to some advantage (laughs). Mrs. F.: Look, Bill, isn’t this a pretty picture of Emogene Ricketts? She was such a quiet girl. I wonder what she’s doing? Mr. F.: Why, the other day when I went through Weston I stopped at the Weston 44 ©we 9 fcy w i Hotel, The Imperial, I believe it's called, and there was Emmy running the place. She's doing a thriving business, too. Say, whatever became of her chum, Mabel Wagner? They were as thick as two peas in the soup in those days. Mrs. F.: Oh, Mabel’s a hostess on the Graf Zeppelin. She tried to get on an a.r- plane, but there they must be under 5'4 , so sne had to take the other position. Mr. F.: Here’s Louie Downing. Remember? He was the star athlete of the school. Did he keep up in sports? Mrs. F.: Why, no! He now has a job as manicurist in the Ritz Hotel. All the ladies want his service too! Mr. F.: Quite acomedown for Louie. He might have amounted to something. Isn’t this a good picture of Buck Morris? I hear he is manager of our new A. P. Store. The year he was a Senior he started his career in the A. P. Why, here's Chuck Addis! What ever became of him? Mrs. F.: Why, I saw in the paper last week that Charles was dead. It seems that Wilma Jean Troehler ran off and married a man from Pontiac, and it was too mucn for Chuck. He died of a broken heart. Oh, Bill, remember the operetta that year ? Here’s Louise Martin, who took the lead. She’s now taking the place of the late Madame Schumann-Heink in the opera. She had a nice little voice. Mr. F.: Yes, we surely had some talent then. How did Margaret Reavis ever turn out in her literary work? Mrs. F.: Poor Margaret! She was all set for a grand career when she married a preacher, and they are now in China on missionary work. Mr. F.: It seems that they all give up their careers. Take Geraldine Brown, for instance. After high school she was one of the best secretaries in Chicago, but she suddenly gave up her job and married her boss. Mrs. F.: Here’s Charlie Wink. I ran into him downtown the other day. I saw a flat-footed policeman coming toward me, and then I recognized Chuck. What a shock that was! Mr. F.: What ever happened to Johnny Somerville? Mrs. F.: Oh, he’s settled down in Peoria and leading a very domestic life. Mr. F.: Just like John. He always was rather quiet. Then there was Lloyd Knott, Dubb we called him. He was another of our athletes. He is certainly leading anything but an athletic life now. I met him the last time I was in the city. He was sporting a brand new Hupmobile and dressed fit to kill. Why, I hardly knew him. He told me that he has started a number of candy factories in the East. He intends to extend them all over the U. S. within the next few years. Mrs. F.: Look at Viola Winterland. I wonder whatever became of her? She was an attractive girl and she wore her clothes so well. She always looked as though she had just stepped out of a clever shop. Mr. F.: Why, haven’t you heard! She became quite an actress. She is appearing on Broadway now in some new musical comedy. I never thought that she, of all people, would be an actress. She always was so quiet. Mrs. F.: Yes, and another one just like her was Mildred McClure. I heard the other day that she had become one of these “ten cents a dance girls’’ at the Dream- land ballroom. Mr. F.: Mildred always did like to dance. Speaking of quiet people, here is Johnny Goold. It’s not hard to remember what has become of him. Mrs. F.: No, I should say not. His picture is in the paper every day since he be- came the new boxing champion. He certainly must have started eating his spinach after he left high school, for he was much too small when he graduated. Mr. F.: Look here at the three Barneses, Bruce, Donald, and Eldon, weren’t they? Bruce was the one that was prominent in class dramatics, and Donald was the one that took agriculture. Eldon was pretty quiet, wasn’t he? Mrs. F.: Well, whatever they were like in school days, they’re all famous now since Mr. Barnum died and they bought his share in the Barnum and Bailey circus. 45 T H E C I I E E And, speaking of Barnes and Bailey’s circus, that makes me think of Wayne Newnam. They hired him as the living skeleton, didn’t they? He should make a good one. Mr. F.: Here’s Harold Garland. Every time I think of what he turned out to be I have to laugh. Mrs. F. :Why, what’s so funny? Dave always said that he was going to join the army and I thought he probably would. Mr. F.: Well, he got in all right. He’s head potato peeler at West Point. Poor Dave! Mrs. F.: And here are Mildred Cooper and Muriel Bemis. Mr. F.: Those two were certainly pals, weren’t they. I wonder if they live close to each other now'. Mrs. F.: They certainly do. I got a letter from Mildred a few weeks ago. They are coming along splendidly. When they graduated from high school they took over the Cooper Cafe and now they have established a number of them all through Illinois. Mr. F.: Well, that is fine, isn’t it. I always thought they would amount to some- thing, they were boVn so studious. And if here isn’t Bill Beckley. Mrs. F.: I wonder what happened to him. I always thought he was a pretty nice boy. Mr. F.: Haven’t you heard? He said, ‘T do,” a number of years ago and settled down to a quiet life in Cropsey, and then there was his friend, Lyle Beatty, who be- came a long distance telephone operator. Mrs. F.: He certainly ought to succeed at that. Anyone with ears like his— Mr. F.: I wonder if there ever was a boy as bashful as Henry Bess? Mrs. F.: I don’t believe I ever knew one more bashful. And he ended up some- what like I thought he would. Mr. F.: Why, what is he doing? Mrs. F.: Haven’t you heard? He is radio expert for the Four Marx Brothers. He is doing something really worthwhile but where his name won’t be mentioned. Mr. F.: Look, here are the Bean brothers, Claude and Lyle. You know they moved over near Peoria when they graduated from high school in ’36, and I heard they have started a dairy there. They are now supplying that part of the country with fresh and canned milk. Mrs. F.: Were there any more girls in that class? I can’t remember. Mr. F.: Oh, yes. There was Edyth Stevens. She was another lively one, wasn’t she? Mrs. F.: Yes, and she’s now head model in Marshall Field’s in Chicago. Mr. F.: Well, she certainly attracts a lot of attention anyway. And look, here’s Clifford Yoder. He used to talk some about being an aviator when we were going to high school. I wonder if he was able to carry out his plans? Mrs. F.: I should say he was. As soon as he graduated from high school he began to study aviation. I saw in the paper last month where he is one of the Transconti- nental Airway’s best pilots. Mr. F.: I surely never expected Clifford to turn out like that. I thought he would probably spend all his days on the farm. Mrs. F.: Here is Delpha Harvey, the last of the girls in the class of ’36. I bet she has amounted to something in the world, for she surely was ambitious. Mr. F.: Yes, that is what one would think, but she turned out to be anything but successful. I heard at the last church social that she never married, but is an old maid in a little country town, running an institution for homeless cats and dogs. Mrs. F.: Well, forevermore. I just can’t imagine Delpha doing anything like that. And if here isn’t Art Ferguson. It isn’t hard to find out what he’s done these days. Every time you pick up a paper after the baseball season opens you see his name. Well, he always was a good catcher, and I think he is as good a hitter, too, as any other man on the Cub team. Mr. F.: There were quite a few more boys than girls in that class, weren’t there? Here is Johnny Householder. Remember that swell Ford V-8 he had when he was a Senior? i 9 3 6 46 9 W « Mrs. F.: Do I? Many is the time I have ridden in that car! He surely hauled lots of kids around in it, didn’t he? Mr. F.: Yes, and he chose an appropriate career, too. Mrs. F.: Why? What is he doing? Mr. F.: He is a taxi driver in Chicago. Mrs. F.: Well, well! And will you look at this! If it isn’t Johnny Franger. I wonder what he is doing? I suppose he studied voice and is now an opera singer. Mr. F.: Oh, no, he isn’t. He didn’t follow up in either dramatics or music. When he graduated he began to work in his father’s garage. He now gives ten driving lessons with every car they sell, and I’ll bet he is more interested in giving lessons to the ladies than to the men. Mrs. F.: Yes, Johnny always was quite a ladies’ man. And here’s Dick Phelps. I understand that he is teaching mathematics in Fairbury Township High School. Mr. F.: Just imagine Dick teaching school. He was always so bashful. And here we have Johnny Bushman. He was quite a long legged fellow, wasn’t he? Mrs. F.: Yes. He is another of the class who took up athletics as a career. He plays first base on the New York Giants. Mr. F.: And Bill Hallock. I guess he is about the last one of the class. I wonder what became of him? Mrs. F.: Why, he studied manual training in college after he graduated from high school and he is now filling Mr. Roberts’ place in the Fairbury High School manual training department. Mr. F.: He was always good at that. He used to make some dandy things when he was taking manual training. Mrs. F.: Well, I guess we have seen all the Senior pictures. They were a fine bunch of boys and girls, weren’t they? I’m certainly glad to know that most of them turned out so well. Mr. F.: Say, Wilma. Let’s go look for the Annual we published when we were Seniors, and try to find out what our class has been doing these last fifteen years. (Exit) T H E C R I E E 1 WORTHY USE OF LEISURE TIME Gene Gahwiler One of the greatest objectives of secondary education is the worthy use of leisure time among the students. The Boston Latin-Grammar School could not do much for the students but make them study because of the lack of accessible facilities such as the library, the gym- nasium, the workshop, and so forth. The Fairbury Township High school does quite a lot for its students. We have a library where we may go to read books, magazines, and many other interesting pub- lications. These not only keep us busy but we gain knowledge through the use of them. There are also classes which do quite a lot toward this end such as Agricul- ture, and Manual Training. The clubs such as Archery, Future Farmers, and many others give us something to do and something to look forward to after school hours. These clubs keep us busy and give us a place to go in the evening to pass away some of our leisure time. There are the class plays in which one may take part. Physical Training classes help take care of leisure time. In these classes we develop our bodies, and learn desirable habits as well as having something to do. These habits carry over after school is finished and we may spend our leisure time reading a book or playing a game instead of going down town to the pool halls, taverns, and other similar places. When we are through school if jobs are scarce we have a lot of leisure time and this leisure time can be used to good advantage through the creation of the reading habit, or we may make ourselves workshops and make furniture and other useful things which we learned in our school days, thus giving us something to do in later life through the desirable habits formed while we were in school. 47 T H E C C I E I THE PROM 1936 A tropical night under a glamorous moon in a palm-filled garden. Beautiful girls and handsome boys. Fine food and cooling drinks. Lazy, languorous music. A night in Havana, or Mexico City, or Miami, or New Orleans. The faculty, the Seniors, and the Juniors gathered together for the Junior-Senior prom for the class of 1936, an evening that each one will long remember. The prom is probably the outstanding event in the stu- dent days of every graduate. Program Toastmaster, Hugh Huntoon Welcome ......................... Marvin Shilts Response.........................Duane Morris Piano Solo.......................Jean Drennen Class Will...................... Betty Nussbaum Music....................... Senior Girls’ Trio To the Seniors...................Mr. Watson Reading ....................Abraham Mattioli Music....................Junior Girls’ Quartette Class Prophecy.. William Frisby and Wilma Bess Play.............................Junior Class School Song ........................... Everyone And then the dancing. Colorful dresses and enchanting music. The hours slipping merrily by. The balcony filled with parents and friends and numerous people at the windows. Midnight far too soon and the prom is over. Monograms ou can always tell a hreshman by his green and haughty stare; i ou can always tell a Sophomore by the brilliant ties he’ll wear; ou can always tell a Junior by the girls he dates and such; ou can always tell a Senior but you can never tell him much. 50 1 9 3 e 48 HEALTH IN THE SCHOOL Wilma Bess Of the Objectives of Secondary Education, it seems to me that one of the most prominent is health. Not only are subjects taught which are concerned with the study of the anatomy, the way in which the body’s different organs function and the care of the body, but also the physical features of our high school building and grounds all tend toward bettering the health of each individual. Let us consider first our up-to-date heating system. Several times it has proved its efficiency with much satisfaction. For instance during this last winter, with its not-soon-to-be-forgotten siege of sub-zero weather, the heating system of our school was put to a real test and the building was kept comfortably warm. The clean, fresh air is taken into the school through two large shafts at the front of the building by large fans. This air is heated to a certain temperature, that temperature being regu- lated by the action of the thermostats that are located in each room. When the pure, heated air that passes through pipes into each room becomes foul, it passes out through another shaft that is near the floor of that room. Therefore new air is continually coming into the room, an important factor in healthful breathing. Then, too, we can be sure of safe water because the Health Department of the State of Illinois has declared it pure. We can rest doubly assured that the water from the new city well is even more pure than the old because of the several purify- ing processes through which it goes. Not only is our building well kept, so that it is pleasant to the eye, but it is also well kept from a sanitary viewpoint. Our rest rooms are kept very neat and clean, a thing that is hard to do in a public place. The floors of our building have a some- what glossy finish, much more sanitary than the old-fashioned oiled floors. One is not so very apt to slip on our floors either. Our janitors have plenty to do, but we find them to be very efficient. The lighting system of F. T. H. S. is adequate. Every classroom has at least one side filled with windows and many of the rooms have two sides. Windows are located entirely across the rear of the study hall and much light is let in through the sky- lights. If the skies happen to be gray or cloudy, thus making the room darker than usual, the lights are immediately turned on to aid the student in his work. i 9 3 6 Not only do students at F. T. H. S. have healthful environs and attend a school with healthful physical features, but they are also taughf much concerning the ways and means of acquiring a healthy body. At the head of the list for consideration is the Home Economics Course, including Foods and Clothing. The faculty and students found that the girls really learn something worthwhile in cooking class as a result of the delicious, well-balanced, and nourishing lunches that were prepared by these classes and served during the last winter. In Clothing the girls are taught not only to sew, but also the kinds of clothing and materials suitable for warm weather and cold weather and the type of clothes that are most healthful. A somewhat detailed study of the care, the parts, and the functions of the organs of the body is made in General Science. Many worthwhile rules for good health, pre- ventives for accidents, and first aid are acquired in this general but instructive course. Our high school has. as other high schools have, the privilege of State Clinics if we so desire. When these are taken advantage of, there are almost unbelievable facts discovered about the average health of the students. Our teachers have told us about a high school that had one of these clinics, and found there was an average of T H E C R I E I 49 T H E C I I E I seven cavities in the mouth of every pupil, a thing theretofore unknown. The state also has certain requirements concerning the physical training of each student. Ever student must have at least two periods a week of physical training and exercise un- less he has a statement from his doctor stating that he is unable to participate. One of the finest health-building factors in the high schools of today is the ath- letics. Since we are living in an age of machinery and less manual labor, it seems to me that athletics is one of the important things to keep our race from deterioration. The students have a chance to partake in these sports: football, basketball, baseball, track, and spring football. Even though many of us regard only the entertainment and recreation found in sports, I am sure that if we think a second time we will realize their importance in relation to health. Thus I think we can plainly see that our Township High School with its healthful environs and its program for health can be considered a real asset to the community. School Days Gweneth Householder I find I love to go to school. Not just to learn the golden rule. My teachers kind, I like and praise, But D’s, they keep me in a daze. My classmates, too, I hold quite dear, But to sit and study brings a tear. I like the games of ball and such, But with exams I get in dutch. Every morning at the rise of the sun, I think of the day that has just begun; Just a repetition of the day before, With plenty of work, and then a lot more. But every evening when homeward I turn I find there are some things I have learned. And as the days go flying by, I’ll treasure the hours spent in Fairbury High. Iris B.: “Mr. Rose, I’d like to use that telephone. You’ve done nothing for the past fifteen minutes but stand there with the receiver to your ear. You haven’t spoken a word.” Mr. Rose: “Please be patient. I’m talking to my wife.” ♦ Mr. R. Moore: “You all know that heat causes an object to expand and cold causes it to contract. Now I want someone to give me a good example.” Byron Dunn: “Well, in the winter the day is short and in the summer the day is long.” Freshman: “I notice that Delmar Blair, Harry Bedell, and Don Barnes got two votes apiece in the recent ballot for this year’s most valuable athlete.” Same: “Yeah, that’s right. What I want to know, though, is who were the other people who voted for them be- sides themselves?” Mr. Shaw: “If you had a pie and cut it into eight pieces, what would each piece be?” Delmar B.: “I would say mighty small.” John Langstaff: “Captain, what shall I do if I get seasick?” Captain: “Don’t you worry about that. You’ll do it.” Kenneth J.: “All money these days is tainted.” Garnold R.: “What do you mean by tainted?” Kenneth J.: “’Taint yours and ’taint mine.” Miss Taylor: “I see you have a room for rent. How much do you want for it, including the use of your piano?” Renter: “I won’t be able to tell you until after I hear you play.” Mr. Watson (who had just dropped in on the football game): “So this is your brother’s funeral, Rose?” Mr. Rose (with great presence of mind): “Looks like it. He’s the referee.” i 9 3 6 50 1 9 3 6 THE DEVELOPMENT OF ETHICAL CHARACTER Mary Yoder One of the most important things that our modern institutions of secondary edu- cation do for the student is to aid in building up his character. It used to be that the sole purpose of any degree of education was to teach the fundamental processes, reading, arithmetic, spelling, and writing. But ideas have changed a great deal dur- ing the last few years, and it has been shown that the world needs high character as well as brilliance in the men that it produces. As a result all teachers are doing their best to turn out pupils with high moral standards. The home, of course, is, or rather should be, the most important factor in the character molding of boys and girls. This is not always true, however, and some children start to school without the slightest knowledge of the distinction between right and wrong. This is where the teachers’ duty begins. As the children learn much in grade school concerning truth and honesty, the high school teachers’ job is teaching them responsibility and trust as well as truth and fair play. Here in our high school for instance we have many programs to aid in molding the character of students. One important thing is the clubs which are formed every school year. These clubs not only give the students a little recreation and a place in which to spend their evenings, once every two weeks, profitably, but they also place upon them a sense of responsibility. It is up to the club members to prepare the program, refresh- ments, and to get things ready generally. Anyone who is appointed to one of these committees or is placed at the head of one, has a feeling of pride and the sense of having done something worth while if events go off smoothly. Not only does club work teach leadership and responsibility, but it also creates versatility among students. At these meetings different matters are discussed, each person giving his own point of view. In this way, with an instructor handy to keep things in order, the meeting goes along nicely, each one getting a chance to speak his own mind and the others to cheerfully contradict or agree with him, whichever the case may be. Another activity that aids in character building is the printing of the school annual every year. One of the teachers chooses his staff, gives each a certain section to work on and the rest is mostly up to him. This not only gives the young people a chance to use their brains and think some original ideas, but it also gives them a feeling of responsibility and trust. Each one on the staff knows that his bit must be in by a certain time and works dutifully at it until it is completed. Still another factor in character building is our physical education program. In the physical education classes the students engage in different sports and so learn the necessity of teamwork and cooperation. Seeing how successfully this works in their games they also try applying it to their daily lives, and most of them find that it works wonderfully. Last but certainly not the least important in this character-building program, is the Student Council, which our high school lacks. In a student council system a pres- ident is elected every year and chooses his council. Any cases of truancy, disobedience, or dishonesty that come up during the school year are tried by the student council. If the student is found guilty he is then expelled from school or suspended for a cer- tain length of time, according to the seriousness of the charge. If during the year the president does not appear to be performing his duties as he should, or if he shows partiality in any of the cases, he may be impeached by the student body. This, then, is another instance in which great responsibility is placed upon a few students and they are trusted not only by their teachers, but also by their fellow classmates, to do what is right. All told, it is not what the teacher says, but how the student reacts, that develops the right attitude and the right character in the individual. T H E C I I E E 51 T H E C I I E E COMMAND OF FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES William Frisby In 1635 when the first school was established, the only subject available was Latin. Our school today has many additional fields of education. English is the most essential of all the studies. English teaches us to read well, write well, and speak well. The ability to speak well in private conversations and in public is the sure sign of an educated man. The study of foreign languages gives us a better understanding of the English language and gives us a larger vocabulary for, through this study, we learn new Eng- lish words which are derived from the foreign languages. Public Speaking helps us to use better English. It exercises our ability to con- centrate on pronunciation, enunciation, and interpretation. Mathematics is usually thought of as teaching students in arithmetic. This is true, but mathematics also trains us in thinking and in reasoning. Reflective thought and good thinking are required in all vocations and in everyday life. Our Sciences, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and General Science are very essential for the understanding of life and its problems. Every person desires to have some scientific knowledge. Science is necessary as a tool for increasing the understanding and in some occupations it is valuable for itself alone. History tells us of the past. To ably understand the present and the future, some knowledge of the past is necessary. Typing, Shorthand, Agriculture, Manual Arts, and Domestic Science all exercise our ability to concentrate, to think, and to reason for ourselves. All in all, the Fairbury Township High School of the present fits us much better for a fuller, richer life than the Latin-Grammar school of 1635. You Guess Donald Kurth Now Harry’s a boy in our old school, Sometimes you’d think him smart but most often a fool. Some think he cuts up just to be funny, But I know he’s affected from losing at rummy. Now Harry’s smart in some ways but dumb in many, And at times you can’t find on him even a penny. He’ll let his beard grow for weeks and weeks And then get mad because he can’t see his cheeks He’ll tell you a story and he’ll tell you a joke, And he’ll make you laugh till you almost croak. He’ll borrow money and pay you back slow, But what can we expect? He’s a deadbeat we know. i 9 3 e 52 DO THEY BALANCE? Evelyn Carter After all, of what real benefit is civilization? Are men any happier than they were in the days of the cave-dwellers? Civilization has its advan- tages for some people, those of the wealthy class. They have no physical work, theirs is entirely mental; but it is those of the poorer class that civilization has deprived of happiness. They have only the barest neces- sities and they work hard for these. Often a poor man’s job is to tramp the streets looking for work, which sometimes he is not able to find. Thus he gets no pay and often goes hungry, and perhaps homeless. Men of long ago never went hungry. There was plenty of food for all of them, yet they were not greedy. They took only what they needed and left the rest for their neighbors. None was wasted. Today enough food is wasted to feed all the hungry people. Store- keepers would rather let their food spoil than give any of it to those in need. In wealthy homes large quantities of food are prepared, a small portion of which is eaten. The rest is destroyed. The same principle applies to the problem of shelter, clothing, fuel and other necessities. Why is it that there are so many vacant houses, when a multitude of people are homeless or live in crowded, unhealthy tenement houses? It is hard on a house to stand vacant. Many families would be delighted to keep a house in shape, to tend to the gardens and keep the lawn in good order for the rent, until the owner found some family who could pay. This would be a wise plan for both owner and tenant, yet it is never done. If a man in the days of the cave-dwellers had found a tree heavy with fruit he would have taken only enough to have satisfied his hunger; but if a man of this age should come upon the same tree, he would pick every piece of fruit from the tree and place it in a pile for himself. Is civilization worth the change it has wrought in man? Would not old men be happier if they were back in the days of the cave-dweller with every man ignorant and no man surpassing the other, where men did not know the pain of hunger and want? Does the need of the average man balance the luxury of those wealthy few? T H E C R I E C THE CHANGES IN A BOY’S LIFE Donald Kurth. It is always interesting to me to hear something about someone’s life. I hope everybody feels that same way. It seems to me that there is always a change in a person as he grows older. Either a person quiets down or he gets noisier; maybe he turns out to be a “sissy” and then again he might be a “tough.” I know there has been a change in my life, only I think I have changed so slowly that nobody notices it but me. My mother has often told me that when I was a young boy she never had to worry about me because I always stayed around home and never ran away. She never had to hide things because I never bothered them. In fact I might say that I was a perfect little boy—but that sounds as though I might be bragging, so just forget that I even mentioned it. But it is surprising how a person can change. from the first grade to the eighth grade I was one of the orneriest boys in school. I graduated from the grade school in eight years, but I don t know whether I deserved it or whether the teachers wanted to get rid of me. In the seventh and eighth grades I spent half of the time in my classes and half in the office. But please don’t ever think that I was alone, because every time I went into that office Harry Bedell was right beside me. Even though we did get sent to the office quite a few times, I think we did our share of running the play-ground. This wasn’t enough. Every night that there was a party some place, a gang of us would be right there doing our best to break it up. We did this for a long time and kept getting away with it, but one night we did a little too much dam- age and got caught. The next night we all had to report at headquarters and were ordered to be home every night at nine o'clock for the rest of the year unless we had a good reason. I think this was the main reason for another change in my life. Since I have been in high school I don’t think I am quite as noisy as before, although sometimes I do make more noise than is my share. I also am much more interested in athletics because they are much more exciting than they were in the grade school. I have grown to like girls better since I ve been in high school. I think there is a very good reason for this. It seems as though when a girl gets in high school she dresses much better and you notice all the charms she possesses. Also, the Seniors like to show off to their underclassmen and they strut across the assembly twenty times a day. Anyway, that’s what all the girls did when I was a Freshman and a Sophomore, and they certainly got plenty of my atten- t on. In fact they still get more than their share. 1 9 3 € 54 T H C c I I E E THE SOPHOMORES AM) THEIR ACTIVITIES IRIS BEATTY Glee Club 2. Pep Club 1. 2. Home Ec. Club 2. Literary Contest VIRGIL TROEHLER Band 1, 2. 1. 2. Band 1 2. Column 1 HELEN HUETTE Glee Club 1. 2. Literary Contest 2. Pep Club 1, 2. Band 2. Class Treas. 1. WILMER NUSSBAUM Band 1, 2. Artist Crier 2. FRIEDA KENNEDY Home Ec. Club 2. Column 2 STERLING VIRGINIA JOSEPH CRAIG SCHLICHER VANCE Glee Club 1. Glee Club 1. 2. F. F. A. 1. 2. Band 1. 2. Home Ec. Club 2. Track 1. Basketball L 2. PEARL BINGHAM Withdrawn. JIM CLAUDON Pep Club 1. RUTH O’DONNELL DWIGHT SEALE F. A. A. 1, 2. HAROLD WILKEN Football 2. F. F. A. 1. 2. Column 3 ETHEL FAE SIMPSON Home Ec. Club 1. 2. Column 4 MARY JEWELL HAROLD MERRILL HEUBACH Glee Club 2. Pep Club 2. JIM TIPTON Football 1, 2, Basketball 1. Track 1. BERNICE DUNN Glee Club 2. Pep Club 1, 2. Home Ec. Club Literary Contest 1. 2. Prom Waitress 1. ALMEDA FOUTS Glee Club 1. 2. ROSS DICKSON Football 1. 2. Basketball 1, 2. 1 9 3 e 56 � « « - THELMA ZIMMERMAN Home Ec. Club 1. 2. Column 5 LESLIE BILLS JEANNE CLAUDON Transferred to Pontiac. JOSEPH GOUGE Football 1. 2. Basketball 1, 2. Football Mgr. 2. F. F. A. 1. 2. Sectional Grain Team 1. State Grain Team 1. MARTHA STEERS Home Ec. Club 1. 2. Vice-Pres. Home Ec. Club. Prom Waitress 1. T H E Column 6 GLEN MOORE JEAN CRAIG ROYCE Glee Club 2. Glee Club 1. 2. CARTER Home Ec. Club 2. Literary Contest 1. 2. Bund 1. 2. RUTH VIRGIL ZILLER WILBORN Home Ec. Club 1. 2. Column 7 BETTY SMITH WILLIAM Home Ec. Club SPENCE _ 2- Football 1. 2. Pep Club 2. Basketball 1. 2. Track 1. MARGARET ROBERT AZALENE RATHBUN GAHWILER KNOPP Glee Club 1. 2. Archery Club 2. Home Ec. Club Pep Club 1. 2. F. F. A. 1, 2. 1. 2. Home Ec. Club 2. JAMES STERNS Basketball 1. 2. Archery Club 2. MARION RAMSEY Trans, to West Palm Beach. VIVIAN JESSUP Glee Club I. 2. JAMES GRUBBS Transferred from Piper City. Column 8 WILLIAM ORTH Archery Club 2. Column 9 ADA MAE KERR Glee Club 1. 2 Vocal Contest 1. 2. MARGARET COMBES Glee Club 1. 2. Pep Club 1. 2. RICHARD ATTEBERRY Transferred from Pontiac. ERSOLL RUNYON Basketball 1, 2. ISABELLE HARRIS Home Ec. Club 2. Column 10 ARNOLD ARLINE ROSS RIGSBY STIVER MOWERY Basketball 2. Home Ec. Club 2. Football 1, 2. Class Secretary 1. Pep Club 1, 2. Track 1. Glee Club 1. 2. Band 2. HELEN BECKLEY Glee Club 1. 2. Pep Club 1, 2. Crier Staff 2. PERRY MUNZ Pep Club 1. 2. Football 1. 2. Prom Waiter 1 C I I E I 1 MARY ANN LLOYD ALEXANDER ZIMMERMAN Transferred from' Football 1, 2. Bloomington. Track 1. Glee Club 2. Pep Club 2. Column 11 ROSELLA ELMER FINNEGAN HALLOCK Glee Club 1. 2. Glee Club 1, 2. Pep Club 1. 2. Pep Club 1. Home Ec. Club 2. Basketball 1, 2. Football Mgr. 2. Band 1. DERETHA HORNSBY Home Ec. Club 2. Pep Club 1. Column 12 MISS KEMPLE EDITH HUBER Withdrawn. JOHN NUSSBAUM Glee Club 1. Pep Club 1. 2. Crier Staff 1. Chemistry Club 2. Pres. Chemistry Club 2. Archery Club 2. LOUISE TIPTON Glee Club 1. 2. Pep Club 1, 2. Literary Contest 1. GLENN SPARKS Basketball 1. Track 1. 57 - HI T H Songs of the Faculty Isabelle Harris Geneva Taylor went to town Reading the New York Times. She won’t read Shakespeare any more; Wants “Rhythm in Her Nursery Rhymes.” Homer Shaw went to town Driving a mule with a stick. The city's changed his ways a lot; He’s teaching “Rythmatic.” Mr. Watson went to town Eating on a watermelon rind. When asked, “Who’s that switch for?” He said, “That Little Boy of Mine.” Mary Sharpe went to town And did a lot of tattin’. And as she worked she sang so sweet “She’s a Latin from Manhattan.” Mr. Roberts went to town So early in the morning. And always when e’er he’s about Kids sing, “Without a word of Warn- ing.” Coach Rose goes to town When the moon is all abeamin’. When found napping, he yawns and says, “I Ain’t Lazy, I’m Just Dreaming.” Glenn Moore, when he goes to town, His old horse is a-snortin’. The song he loves to sing and shout Is “Froggy Went a Courtin’.” Now Ralph Moore went to town To sing to his turtle dove. And when he came on her He crooned, “I’m in the Mood for Love.’ The Picture Mary Ann Alexander “Oh, Harry! Come here a second, will you? I just got my class picture. What do you think of it?” “Why-----it’s swell, yes, it’s swell! A good picture of you.” “Tell me, does my nose really look that big?” “No-o-o, I guess it doesn’t. Of course not.” And look at my mouth! It looks as if I were screaming! And what do you think about my forehead?” “H-m-m-----it does look rather wrinkled, doesn’t it?” “I think that man deliberately put those wrinkles in. And he made my hair look like a bundle of straw. Just look at it! Now, Harry, dear, what do you really think of my picture?” “Well, I’d say it’s a very poor one.” “Why, you brute! I never want to speak to you again!” Richard Thomas: “I’m glad I won’t be living a thousand years from now.” Virgil Ziller: “Why?” Richard Thomas: “Just think of all the history there’ll be to study by that time.” Bruce B.: “I, my friend, am a self- made man.” Grant V.: “How bad you must feel about being interrupted before you had completed the job.” Claude Bean: “ My grandfather has a leg made of hickory.” Eldon Barnes: “That’s nothing, my sister has a cedar chest.” Charles W.: “My car has a 100 mule- power motor in it.” John H.: “You mean 100 horsepower, don’t you?” Charles W.: “No. I don’t. It always balks just when I’m in the biggest hurry.” i 58 r c E I E n A N THE FRESHMEN First row: Miss Taylor (sponsor); William Hibsch, Lucille Streib, Carlyle Hayes, Waunieta Rinkenberger, Maurice Ricketts, Fred Householder, Mildred Adreon, Her- bert Patrick, La Verne Metz, Francis Fosdick, Mr. Roberts (sponsor). Second row: Barbara Foster, Robert Von Bergen, Ruth Downing, Glen Lewis, Dorothy Zehr, Raymond Householder, Jeanette Hodges, Byron Dunn, Joan Williams. Leslie Tappan, Reathel Shields, Jerome Downing. Third row: Melvin Bushman, Lucille Gibb, W’arren Beckley, Evelyn Reany, John Healy, Betty Leetch, Edward Orth, Lola Range, Jimmy Lester, Phyllis Deputy, Thomas Nance, Catherine Yeagle. Fourth row: Marguerite Hauswirth, Raymond Renken, Helen Reavis, Harold Ward, Melba Wilson, Kenneth Bentley, Alice Roach, Rudolph Jarvis, Eldora Zimmer- man, Eugene Carlson, Ogarita Wessels, John Fugate. Fifth row: Willard Bess, Judy Ann Bean, Jack Morris, Esther Runyon, Charles Scherr, Robert Wessels, George Taylor, Helen Rosenberger, Glen Cooper, Cathryn Wink, Elmer Bennett, Betty Hirstein. i 9 3 e 60 ® w © THE INITIATION Evelyn Reany Frightened by a harsh warning, all Freshmen came out to school Friday night, September 20, decked in green hats and carrying white handkerchiefs for blindfolds. Fach Freshy had been warned of what the results would be if he failed to do these two things. All Freshies, their hearts missing a beat, gathered outside the north entrance at 7 :30 sharp. The initiators began immediately to usher us one by one down the manhole into the basement (each Freshy being ac- companied by a slap or two from a paddle). In the basement each one of us was blindfolded and instructed to follow a string which led all over the building. We were told to stoop and crawl and to be careful when there was no need to do these things. We obeyed all orders, going upstairs, downstairs, crawling behind water fountains, over chairs, under tables, and our eventual reward was to be fed worms (cold spaghetti). T his first adventure ended in the gym where all of the other students had gathered. Here the Freshies were compelled to put on a program. The day before each had been given a slip on which was written the thing that he was to do for the program. If he refused he had to go through the paddling machine. Some of the directions were quite difficult to per- form hut after each had finished his act he received an all-day sucker. After this, all f reshmen were shut up in the locker rooms and then the nerve tests began. All were again blindfolded and taken through the successive tests. One of these was for the Freshman to remove his shoes and jump off a platform onto the nails and glass that were scattered be- low. Mustering all the courage possible he took a big jump only to land on a smooth lower platform. Another test was to kiss the flower of the school, which was a brush dipped in flour paste. Another was branding with ice (some tell me that several of the little Freshies were actually shedding tears during this one). Then we were served with refresh- ments which pleased everyone and made a perfect ending to the hilarious evening. Monday morning the Freshmen were no longer quite so timid and frightened by the big high school, and by the big, bad upper-classmen. T H E C E I E I 1 High School Cathryn Wink A high school is the grandest place, To have a lot of fun. You study at the fastest pace To get your studies done. And when your work is over, And you have done your best, You go down to the dear old gym And exercise with zest. For four long years you toil and work And make good friends and fast; At work or play you do not shirk, But stand by till the last. Spring Wailings Barbara Foster Spring has cub, there ain’t no doubt, But ma can’t see that way. I still have got my “long ones” on; I still take tonics every day. “Don’t get your feet wet, wear your hat. Pull up your socks, tie up your neck.” I thought that I could shed my clothes; Instead I get it in the nose. Kerchoo and sniffle, wheeze and sniff, I think ma’s wrong this time. In fact she’s made my cold the worse The topic of this silly verse. 61 cn-co ih Ballad of a Fisherman Joan Williams There was a gay young fisherman, Lived down beside the sea. He fell in love with a mermaid, As pretty as could be. Each night when the moon was riding high, She’d rise from the briny gloom. And they’d talk until the morn was nigh And list, to the breakers boom. And once as they were talking About the sights they’d seen. She said, “Come down and view my home, That I call the palace of dreams.’’ The fisherman said, “Oh, my dear, Are you very sure it’s safe?’’ And she replied, “Oh, come along And I’ll show you the beautiful place.” And as they swam along so gay The mermaid did remark, “Beware, take care, O fisher-boy! For that looks like a shark.” But the poor fisher-boy was gone And alas, alack, Oh me! The mermaid died of a broken heart, What a calamity! And now upon a summer’s night, The villagers can be seen, Dancing the “Ballad of The Fisherman” Upon the village green. The Game Robert Von Bergen Most students stayed after school one day To see the members of the faculty play. They picked some boys whom they knew they could beat, So we all turned out to watch the meet. Well, that gym was a thrilling sight; The students were yelling with all their might. The boys were warming up on the floor When the faculty players appeared at the door. First came Glenn Moore; he didn’t look bad. Next came Ralph Moore, and he looked sad. He made his first two without much strife, But he couldn’t make another to save his life. Then John Dale Roberts appeared at the door. Loud huzzas could be heard all over the floor. Coach and Dewey appeared about then, So we had to huzza and shout again. Then the game was on; what a time we had! But the way our boys played was ac- tually sad. The faculty took them three to one. But we didn’t care. It was so much fun. The Freshman Party Judy Ann Bean The Freshies of ’36 long will remember One lovely fall evening; ’twas late in September A party was given for us alone That we would really have liked to postpone. We each an enormous green hat did don From big Harold Ward down to wee little John First through the paddling machines we were sent, And then to the gym we reluctantly went. Then we each had to give a five minute talk On “why is a chicken?” or “how is a hawk?” Or “why we have rain” or “how we propose,” Or “how we should dress” and “in what kind of clothes?” They then put us all in a very large room, And locked the door tight and left us to our doom; There was Betty and Barb and Phyllis and Kay, And even Jerome could not keep away. Mr. Watson laughed and he had so much fun I’m sure he was sorry when it was all done; We went through all kinds of catches and tricks; The rest would like another one, but I would say “nix.” 62 ■ 9 W « T H E C R I E I Seated: Florence Broadwell. Hufch Huntoon. Betty Nussbaum, Duane Morris. Geraldine Brown. John Householder. Wilma Jean Troehler, John LarurstafT. Standing: Evelyn Reany, Mildred Hartley, Leroy Huber. Helen Beckley. THE CRIER STAFF Editor............................... Assistant Editor................... Literary Editors .................. Senior Representative ............. Junior Representative.............. Sophomore Representative........... Freshman Representative............ Feature Editors Humor, Home Economics Music, Commerce.......... Agriculture.............. Athletics................ Alumni .................. Secretary ......................... Artist............................. Advertising Manager................ Advertising Representatives........ Adviser to Editorial Staff......... Advertising Adviser................ Business Adviser................... Linoleum Blocks.................... ....................Duane Morris ..............Wilma Jean Troehler Mildred Hartley, Betty Nussbaum ................... John Langstaff .............. Florence Broadwell ...................Helen Beckley ................... Evelyn Reany ..............Florence Broadewll ...................John Franger ................... LeRoy Huber ..............John Householder ................... June Johnson ................ Geraldine Brown ..............Wilmer Nussbaum ................... Hugh Huntoon .....Helen Beckley, Evelyn Reany ....................... Mr. Shaw ..............Mr. Glenn Moore ......................Mr. Watson Jack Macdonald, Wilmer Nussbaum i 9 3 e 66 1 9 3 6 “THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS’’ CAST OF CHARACTERS Joe Heller, the father ....... Bruce Barnes Mother Heller ...................... Mildred Hartley Louise, the elder daughter .... Margaret Reavis Willie, the brother ....._... John Franger Annabel, the kid sister .... Betty Nussbaum Charles Grant .............. Charles Addis Mrs. Grant, his mother ....... Muriel Bemis Herbert, his brother .................. John Goold Miss Calahan ............. Charlotte Gruber Act I: The Heller living room. New York. Supper time. Act II: Same. The following Sunday morning. Act III: Same. Sunday afternoon. Joe Heller is a street car conductor who earns forty-two fifty each week. His wife has one ambition in life and that is to get her daughter, Louise, married to “some nice young boy.” Louise is now twenty-one and as Mother Heller says, “When I was twenty-one, I was the mother of two children, God bless them.” When Louise informs her family at the supper table that she is expecting a young man to call that evening, Mother Heller immediately begins her plans to catch him. She gets out the two pieces of silver that the family possesses and puts it on display. She coaches lazy, young “Willie” to say “Yes, sir” and “No, sir,” and makes Father put on his collar and tie. When Charles comes, Mother puts on her company manners, and sets out to im- press the young man with her chatter of the little sedan Father is going to buy, and the new parlor furniture soon to be theirs. Mama’s bluff causes many complications, and results in a misunderstanding be- tween Louise and Charles. It isn’t until Father takes a hand at matchmaking, and brings Mrs. Grant into the scene of action that the difficulties are happily solved. Throughout the play little Annabel adds to the general excitement with her piano practicing, and Willie—well, he says he’s going to be a big politician, but his ambitions get him no farther than the parlor sofa. “The Family Upstairs” is a realistic picture of the average American Family, but its many complex and humorous situations make one say with Father Heller, “This is an insane asylum—and I’m the Father of a crazy family.” T n E c ■ i E E 67 “INTRUDING ON HORACE” Directed by Ralph Moore Susan Wimple, the housekeeper .......................... Wilma Bess Tom Donlan, a mysterious intruder ............................... John Bess Elmer Coons, hired help ............................. William Frisby Madge Sinclair, another trespasser ...................... Mary Yoder Horace Weldon, a youthful historian ................... James Lindsay Nannie Datchett, Susan’s helper ..................... Dorothy Duggan Harrison Coulter, a bogus detective ................. Hugh Huntoon Lois Adams, Horace’s new secretary ............. Florence Broad well J. T. Adams, her dominating father ..................... Harry Zehr Eetty Blair, the belle of Caratunk .................. Dorothy Hagen Josie Evans, a guest at Caratunk Arms ................ Evelyn Carter Timothy Regan, of state constabulary ................. Willard Mack Earthquakes must love Horace and tornadoes tag around after him; for the min- ute this scholarly young man hides away in an island bungalow to write Egyptian history undisturbed, chaos and bedlam burst upon him. First a trio of crooks try to cache their loot, thinking the house deserted. Then a pretty runaway girl seeks refuge from a tyrannical, match-making father. No sooner has Horace come to terms with her, making her his secretary, than he has the enraged papa and the hand-picked husband-to-be on his neck. In a short time the harassed scholar finds himself so deeply involved in a summer hotel jewel robbery and so bullied and badgered that his beloved history bids fair never to be written. Finally the worm turns. The mild anti inoffensive Horace goes Tartar and gives his tormenters a taste of their medicine, incidentally solving the mystery of the jewel robbei y, with the aid of his admiring secretary. 68 GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB Music, it is said, has many charms and there is no reason to doubt it once you look at the forty-eight members of the Girl’s Glee rx Club. This year the Glee Club took an important part in the pro- v f duction of the operetta, “Miss Cherryblossom.’’ Since the Music Association is now in a reorganization, there was no Contest Chorus this year and very likely there will not be one for • ] 1 % the next several years. Unsettled conditions throughout the whole of ) the reorganization period make it wise not to enter the contests. The Girls’ Glee Club as well as the Boys’ Glee Club is under the direction of Miss Taylor. First row: Ogarita Wessels, Delpha Harvey. Wilma Jean Troehler, Jean Craig. Judy Ann Bean, Vivian Jessup. Dorothy Hagen, Gweneth Householder. Dorothy Duggan, Mary Frances Glennon. Second row: Geraldine Brown, Louise Martin, Florence Broadwell. Muriel Bemis, Mildred Cooper, Dorothea O’Donnell. Margaret Rathbun, Dorothy Zehr. Louise Tipton. Margaret Combes. Mary Ann Alexander, Jean Drennen, Helen Beckley, Norma Brandt, Miss Taylor. Third row: Ada Mae Kerr. Alice Roach. Betty Hirstein, Almeda Fouls, Virginia Schlicher, Louise Weisser, Catherine Yeagle, Lucille Gibb. La Verne Metz, Wilma Bess, Mildred Hartley, Helen Huette, Bernice Dunn. Phyllis Deputy. Fourth row: Jeanette Hodges. Evelyn Reany, Barbara Foster, Mary Jewell Merrill, Viola Winterland, Joan Williams. Charlotte Gruber. Edyth Stevens, Iris Beatty, Arline Stiver. T H E C ■3 I E E 69 hath First row: Sterling Craig, Leslie Tappan. Charles Scherr. Jean Drennen, Miss Taylor, John Healy, Glen Lewis. Jerome Downing. Second row: John Franger, Robert Weasels. Carlyle Hayes, Garnold Rigsby, Willard Bess, Kenneth Jarvis, Fred Householder. Raymond Householder. Third row: Willard Mack. James Lindsay, Elmer Hallock, Lyle Beatty, Glenn Moore, Kenneth West, Bruce Barnes. BOYS’ GLEE CLUB The Boys’ Glee Club, somewhat smaller this year than in years past, has done its part in the promotion of worthy use of leisure time m among its members. What the Club itself does is really not nearly as y important as the interest in Music, both popular and classical, which ©J it inspires. c 1 The club has entertained at numerous school functions and joined with the Girl’s Glee Club in the production of “Miss Cherry- S blossom,” an unusual Japanese operetta. One of the club members, John Franger, was selected as a mem- ber of the All-State Chorus which appeared in Champaign at the -j (i iT State Teacher’s Conference last fall. John also won first place in L I the tenor solo at the sub-district contest at Dwight. 1 70 © w © BAND In addition to the Boys’ and Girls’ Glee Clubs, the music depart- (A _ ment at F. T. H. S. furnishes instruction in the instruments which make up a band. This work has been under the direction of Mr. E. L. Meeker for a number of years and, under his supervision, the high ) • school band has grown into a rather large organization. It is, per- P haps, somewhat smaller this year than it was last because of the A r many members of last year's band who were lost through graduation, but there is every reason to believe that, with the addition of new t members from the incoming classes, it will soon be up to its regular ■A size. The band furnishes music for many high school and civic func- { B tions including the football and basketball games. During the sum- VL mer many of its members play in the city band. Standing 1 : Helen Huette. Jean Craig. Wilma Bess. Louise Martin, Arline Stiver, Elaine McKinley. Sterling Craig. Willard Be � . Virgil Troehler. Vaughn Horlne. Dorothea O'Donnell. Mr. Meeker. Seated: Bernice Dunn, Iris Beatty, Lucille Gibb. Betty Hirstein, Jean Drennen, La Verne Metz, Carlyle Hayes. Wilmer Nussbaum. T H E C I I E I 71 MISS CHERRYBLOSSOM The three-act operetta, “Miss Cherryblossom,” was successfully performed by the Boys’ and Girls’ Glee Clubs of Fairbury Township High School on Wednesday, Feb- ruary 26, 1936. THE CAST: Cherryblossom .... Kokemo ........... John Henry Smith .. Henry Foster Jones Horace Worthington James Young ...... Jessica Vanderpool ... Togo ............. ..... Louise Martin ...... Willard Mack ...... John Franger ..... Kenneth West ....... Bruce Barnes .... Garnold Rigsby Wilma Jean Troehler ....... Lyle Beatty Miss Evelyn Barnes, an American girl, born in Japan, and whose parents die ot fever, is brought up as a Japanese maiden. Her father’s secretary uses her property for his own ends. When Evelyn, who is known as Cherryblossom, is about eighteen, Worthington, the secretary, returns to Japan on his yacht with a party of American friends. One of them, John Henry Smith, falls in love with Cherry and wishes to marry her, but Kokemo, who has brought her up as his own daughter, wants her to marry Togo, a rich politician. The action centers around Jack’s efforts to outwit. Togo and Kokemo. Eventually Cherry learns her true identity, comes into her own property, marries Jack, and all ends happily. The performance of the cast and choruses showed the tireless efforts of Mis3 Taylor, who was in charge of the solo and chorus work, and of Miss Kemple, who directed the speaking parts. The Geisha Girls and the Japanese decorations gave the stage an Oriental atmos- phere. The remaining members of the club, not in the cast, portrayed American tourists who had accompanied Worthington on the trip. i 9 3 e 72 ® W w 1 HOME EC. CLUB Initiation of New Members 12 ts. Introduction 4 tb. Jollity b e C. Music 3 C. Calories 6 tb. Cheerfulness Dash of Pep Measure introduction, add music, and sift calories in slowly. Garnish with jollity and cheerfulness. Serve with dash of pep. Club Meetings 2 C. Discussions 2 ts. Plays 6 tb. Demonstrations 1 C. Sociability 1% ts. Promptness 4 C. Good-times Mix the above ingredients and serve with plenty of good-times. Sprinkle with parliamentary law. Banquet to F. F. A. 3 C. Cooperation 4 tb. Dignity 6 tb. Good Manners Decorations Cream cooperation and good manners until light and fluffy. Serve with dignity among the decorations. Ec. Club Special 1 C. Fun 3 ts. Judgment 2 tb. Vigor 1 ts. Kindness Mix the fun, vigor, and kindness, and stir constantly. Then sift in judgment thoroughly and eat with a hearty appetite. First row: Alice Roach. Pearl Bingham. Jean Craig. Gweneth Householder. Margaret Rathbun, Jean C audcn. F.orence Broad well. Dorothea O’Donnell. Dorothy Duggan, Mary Frances Glennon. Second row: Ethel Fae Simpson. Wauneita Rinkenberger, Arline Stiver, Bernice Dunn, Lucille Gibb, La Verne Metz, Ruth Wilborn. Azalene Kn pp. Ediora Zimmerman, Rosella Finnegan. Third row: Rowena Simpson. Thelma Zimmerman. Mildred Adreon. Edith Huber, Eileen Runyon. Betty Smith. Anita Dnrt. Jean Drennen. Fourth row: Iris Beatty, Elaine McKin’ey. Martha Steers, Mabel Wagner, Louise Baerlocher, Reathcl Shields, Virginia Schlicher. Miss Whit ford. T H E C I I E E 73 T5 T H E F. F. A. Learning to do, Doing to learn, Earning to live, Living to serve. President ....................... John Goold Vice-President ............... Eldon Barnes Secretary and Treasurer ...... Francis Steers Reporter ..................... LeRoy Huber The Future Farmer Chapter of Fairbury was organized in 1929. The purpose of the organization is to train the boys to be good farmers as well as good farm citizens. The Chapter teaches the members to cooperate with others and to make new acquaintances during the contests and fairs. Fairbury ranked second in all-around judging in the contest at Normal on May 9. The dairy team placed third and was awarded a cup. The fat stock team ranked sixth. Two of the Fairbury boys ranked within the tirst ten for individual honors! Vaughn Horine ranked third, and Elvin Skinner seventh. The boys on the dairy team were: Gene Gahwiler, Ralph Huber, and Vaughn Horine. The boys who judged the fat stock were: William Frisby, Kenneth Grunert, Grant Vail, Cloyd Wilson, and Ralph Simpson. 74 The State Judging Contest was held June 15, at Urbana, Illinois. Fairbury was represented by a fat stock team which ranked eleventh; a dairy team, a poultry team, and a corn judging team. Ralph Simpson placed first in judging horses and Grant Vail placed first in judging beef cattle. A corn and poultry show was held at Eureka, November 8. Gene Gahwiler, Clifford Yoder, and Cloyd Wilson exhibited corn and won a nice prize. In the poultry exhibit Gene Gahwiler, Dwight Seale, and Clifford Yoder won prizes, the latter show- ing a Grand Champion pen of White Rocks. In the Sectional Contest held in Normal, November 15, Fairbury ranked first. Twenty schools and two hundred forty boys participated in the contest. The corn team placed fifth, the grain team second, the poultry team fourth, and the seed iden- tification team placed seventh. In the individual placings, Clifford Yoder received third place and LeRoy Huber sixth in grain judging. In poultry judging Robert Gahwiler placed fifth and Dwight Seale seventh. In seed identification of weed and crop seeds, Harold Wilken tied for second. John Goold ranked eighth in individual corn judging. At Homecoming, October 4, the Future Farmers won lirst prize in the parade, with a float depicting the F. F. A. seal in life. T H E C R I E I The Pontiac, Chenoa and Fairbury Chapters of the F. F. A. held their annual jamboree, February 22. A trophy was given to Fairbury for having the largest attend- ance and for winning the most contests. In basketball, Fairbury defeated Pontiac, 20 to 19, and Chenoa, 30 to 8. Fairbury also was first in the stunt and free throw contests. The basketball season proved very successful. The first game was played with the Freshmen in which we were victorious. The team entered one tournament this season which was held at Dwight. They were successful in defeating Pontiac, but lost to Dwight by one point. i 9 3 6 Fairbury’s Chapter of Future Farmers proved to be a great help to farmers of the community in testing seed corn. Because of the severe winter the corn stored outside was badly damaged. Corn stored in doorways of corn cribs tested from five to eleven per cent good, and corn stored inside tested more than ninety per cent. More than one hundred twenty-five bushels were tested. The annual banquet given by the F. F. A. to their fathers was held in the gymna- sium on the evening of March 25. John R. Goold served as toastmaster. Mr. Glenn Moore, instructor in Agriculture, gave a short resume of the objectives of the F. F. A. and introduced the speaker, R. A. Snapp, Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Illinois. Following Professor Snapp’s address, the guests saw the play, “The Unseen,” in the assembly. 75 First row: Evelyn Carter. Dorothy Duggan. Miss Choyce, Dorothy Hagen. Wilma Bess. Wilma Jean Troehler. Second row: Loui.se Martin. Edyth Stevens. Harold Tribley, Geraldine Brown, Viola Winterland, Muriel Bemis. COMMERCIAL CONTESTANTS Advanced Typing Team Louise Martin Viola Winterland Geraldine Brown Wilma Jean Troehler, Alt. Shorthand Team II Louise Martin Ldyth Stevens Muriel Bemis Geraldine Brown, Alt. Shorthand Team I Wilma Bess Dorothy Hagen Evelyn Carter Dorothy Duggan, Alt. Bookkeeping Team Louise Martin Viola Winterland Harold Tribley Edyth Stevens, Alt. Because the Commerce Contests occur too late in the school year to get the results in the current yearbook, this year’s results will appear in the 1937 Crier. The results of 1935 are as follows: Pontiac (1935) District Results TYPING I TEAM, SECOND PLACE. 1. Frances Pittman ............ 43.20 2. Louise Martin .............. 33.33 3. Viola Winterland ........... 31.40 Average ................ 35.99 Individual Typing: Frances Pittman, first place. i 76 1 9 3 6 The Beginning Shorthand Team, consisting of Frances Pittman, Lou- ise Martin, and Edyth Stevens, won second place with an average of 97.77. Pontiac ( 1935) Sectional Results TYPING I TEAM, FIRST PLACE. 1. Frances Pittman 51.47 2. Louise Martin 36.40 3. Viola Winterland 42.00 Average 43.29 Frances Pittman again won first as Individual and received a Gold Pin of Merit. State Contest—University of Illinois, Urbana In the State Contest, Fairbury placed eighth in Novice Typing, and Frances Pittman placed sixth as an individual in Novice Typing. We have added to our Commerce Department this year a picture of John Robert Gregg, founder of the Gregg Shorthand, and now Editor-in-Chief of the Gregg Writer, a monthly commerce magazine that comes to the Shorthand students, and an interval timer for timing speed tests. There has also been the addition of four Motivation Charts to the Typing Room. These charts show in graph form the speed and accuracy of speed tests of each stu- dent. The charts have been quite an inducement to each student to try to advance beyond his previous record, and also have caused keen competition of student against student, and class against class. The advanced typing class has been organized as a real office, with positions as follows: Office Manager, Assistant Office Manager, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Copy Clerk, Assistant Copy Clerk, Detail Clerk, and Assistant Detail Clerk. Each po- sition is executed by each student for a given time. The positions are rotated and thus every pupil is given a chance to learn and carry out all office duties. All teachers have had a student assigned to them for the whole year. The stu- dent acts as private secretary, taking dictation and typing such letters, test materials, plays, or Crier material, as the teacher may desire. Our classes have also played a great part in keeping the public well informed about our school activities by compiling the news of the week for the local newspapers. A number of Gregg Writer Awards have been given this year. The highest honors have been: Emogene Ricketts, Edyth Stevens, Eileen Runyon, and Wilma Bess each gold O. G. A. pins for submitting exceptional specimens of penmanship; all stu- dents of both shorthand classes, with the exception of three, O. G. A. certificates, in Typing II; Louise Martin, Geraldine Brown, Viola Winterland, and Wilma Jean Troeh- ler gold pins for typing 50 words per minute or above with five or less errors; Louise Martin sixty-word Competent Typist Blue Seal Certificate. On March 24, Mr. G. E. Taylor, of the Taylor Typewriter Company, of Blooming- ton, talked to the Commercial classes about “The History and Importance of the Type- writer. He traced the art of writing with all its alterations from its beginning in the stone age up through the years until the present day. He gave the economic and social values of writing and exhibited three different typewriters, a blind typewriter, one of the first portables, and a new Underwood. T H E C I I E I 77 PEP CLUB Cheer Leaders: Mildred Hartley and John Franger. The Pep Club, now in its second year and doing very nicely, thank you, got into full swing early in the football season. Its large and enthusiastic membership staged nu- merous pep meetings before crucial games and even went so far as to build a more or less huge bonfire before the Pontiac game. Only the quick thinking of Mayor Franzen, and the restraining influence of a few members of the faculty, prevented some of the more adventurous wags and scalawags from ringing the firebell. A great crowd was present and, it is said, the cheers could be heard for many a mile throughout the countryside. At all ball games, special sections are reserved for members of the Pep Club whicn assures the locals of a strong cheering section whether the game be played at home or abroad. Some of the bolder members are reported to have traveled as far as Ottawa, Morris, Dwight, Normal, and numerous other places to cheer their team to victory. In all, the Pep Club has turned out to be a valuable organization and one without which we will never be. i 9 3 € 78 DRAMATICS One of the most valuable, and certainly one of the most interesting, of the many extra-curricular activities which find a place in the program of a thoroughly modern high school, is the work offered in dramatics by Miss Kemple, Miss Sharp, and Miss Taylor. The complete field embraces a number of subdivisions which include oratory, declamations, verse-reading, extemporaneous speaking, voice, and acting. A large group of our student-body has shown its interest in activity of this type throughout the past several years, but it is readily apparent to any interested observer that interest in this field has taken a decided upturn in the last year or two. With the addition of one-act plays to the competitive card, numbers of young people who had never evidenced much interest in dramatics before have become active partici- pants. The outlook for the future is very bright and the time may well be at hand when nearly all students will actively engage in these classic types of self-expression. MUSIC AND SPEECH CONTESTANTS John Franger ............. One-act Play, Solo Ada Mae Kerr ........................... Solo Margaret Reavis .... One-act Play, Dramatic Reading Wilma Bess ..................... One-act Play Charlotte Gruber ........ Humorous Reading Mildred Hartley ....................... Verse Reading T H E C I I E I 1 9 3 6 Standing: Wilma Bess. Mildred Hartley. Charlotte Gruber. Margaret Reavis, Ada Mae Kerr. Sitting: John Franger. 79 fflTH SOCIETY OF ALCHEMISTS Afliliated with Student Science Clubs of America, Illinois 13, U. S. 432 Illinois Junior Academy of Science 119 It has been centuries since the first alchemists awakened an artificial interest in Science and nature with their never ending quest for the philosopher’s stone with which they hoped to transmute base metals to gold, and their fruitless search for the elixir of life with which they hoped to defy death and attain immortality. From such humble beginnings has the complicated structure of our scientific civilization grown. The philosopher’s stone has never been found, nor has the elixir of life, but through them we have gained untold advantages. Without the interest in science which these alchemists presaged we should most certainly not be far along on the road to the unravelling of many of nature's mysteries. To promote such an interest in science is the purpose of the Society of Alchem- ists which was formed in November, 1935. The organization has had a number of interesting meetings dealing .with all the phases of science. The Alchemists prepared the science exhibit for open house, presented the Stanley-Hoskins electrical show to the entire student-body last winter and have, in addition, participated in many other activities. The officers: John Nussbaum, President; Harry Zehr, Vice-President; Hugh Hun- toon, Secretary; Willard Mack, Treasurer; Mr. Ralph Moore, Sponsor. Seated: Robert Gahwiler, Edward Sauer, Mary Yoder. John Nussbaum, Duane Morris, John LansrstafT, Hugh Huntoon. Standing: John Goold, Harry Zehr, Willard Mack, Marvin Shilts, Cloyd Wilson, James Lindsay, Ix uisc Weisser, Sterling Crai� ?, Ralph Simpson, Dorothy Hagen, Mr. Ralph Moore. 1 80 © HI 5 H First row: Wilken. J. Downing. F. Householder. Lester. Gouge. Ward. Rinkenberger, W. Beckley, Zimmerman. Cooper. Bennett. Dunn. Second row: Knott. Wink. Captain Garland. Bedell. Berkley, Addis. J. Householder. Somerville. Third row: Asst. Mgr. Hayes, Mowery. Spence. Blair. L. Downing. Barnes. Tipton, Dickson. Manager Hallock, Coach J. E. Rose Fourth row: R. Jarvis. Ferguson. Kurth, Beatty, Vail. Alt, K. Jarvis. FOOTBALL G RAD CAT ING LETTE R M EN Captain Harold Garland, guard; Charles Addis, end; William Beckley, tackle; John Somerville, guard; Charles Wink, center; Lloyd Knott, end; John Householder, end; Louie Downing, fullback; Delmar Blair, quarterback; Donald Barnes, halfback; Arthur Ferguson, end; Lyle Beatty, tackle. RETURNING LETTER MEN Captain-elect Harry Bedell, tackle; Ross Dickson, halfback; Kenneth Jarvis, guard; James Tipton, halfback. THE Fairbury....28 Fairbury....33 Fairbury....31 Fairbury....40 Fairbury....0 Fairbury....26 Fairbury...27 Fairbury...26 Fairbury.... 8 Total Fairbury..219 SEASON Farmer City .... 7 Forrest ....... 0 Normal ........ 0 Leroy ......... 0 Ottawa ........ 0 Dwight ....... 20 Morris ........ 0 Pontiac ....... 7 Chenoa ........ 0 Opponents .....34 i 84 9 THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS OF 1935 BIG VERMILION VALLEY CONFERENCE STANDING—1935 Won Lost Tied Rating FAIRBURY .................. 3 0 1 1000 Dwight .................. 3 1 0 750 Ottawa .................... 2 11 667 Morris .................... 1 3 0 250 Pontiac __________________ 0 4 0 000 This year Coach Rose did not have such a difficult job to get a team organized. His greatest loss through graduation was John Ulfers. There was much experienced material to replace those who were graduated. In 1935 Fairbury was confronted with a very difficult schedule with Dwight and Ottawa at the top of the list while Pontiac, Morris, Normal, and Chenoa were not to be discounted. The 1935 team showed all that could be desired of a championship team. They had a morale which pulled them out of many a tough spot. The fact that they went through the season undefeated, made them a team that any coach would have been proud to be responsible for. Champions! Fairbury vs. Farmer City The first game of the season was with Farmer City, September 13. In the first few minutes Farmer City blocked a punt and scored. The rest of the game belonged to the Green and Gold, who ran up a 28-7 score. Downing and Addis were outstanding on offense and the line showed much power on defense. Fairbury vs. Forrest September 20, Fairbury played Forrest, who were out to win but who succumbed to Fairbury’s powerful team 33-0. Barnes’ open field running and Downing’s work on defense and offense were outstanding. The line, while weak at times, appeared to be functioning well. T H E C E I E E 1 Fairbury vs. Normal The Rosemen were next the guests of Hap Arends’ Normal Community boys on September 27. Hap was hard hit by graduation but had developed a fair team, with Ross the main cog. Fairbury outplayed Normal at all times, making consistent gains and rolling up a 31-0 score. Captain Garland, Bedell, and Beckley turned in outstand- ing performances. Fairbury vs. Leroy The Green and Gold was host to Leroy on October 4. The F. T. H. S. Homecoming was brightened by the victory with the score of 40-0. The visitors did not threaten to score once; our boys scored frequently. The blocking and tackling of the Rosemen was good as was the interference. The whole team played very well. Fairbury vs. Ottawa Fairbury and the powerful Ottawa team battled to a scoreless tie October 11. The defensive strength of both teams was excellent. Each team had a chance to score but failed. Fairbury got the kickoff to Ottawa, who started for the goal but the Green and Gold held on the five-yard line and the attack failed. Fairbury ad- vanced once to Ottawa’s twenty-yard line and, at another time, to the twenty-five- yard mark but both times failed to score. It w'as Fairbury’s toughest game of the season. Speed Bedell was outstanding in the line. 85 T H E C I I E I Fairbury vs. Dwight Fairbury met Dwight, an undefeated team, October 18. With the score 20-14 against them and 2 4 minutes left to play, Fairbury staged a great rally. It resuite 1 in two touchdowns and we won the game 26-20. The game was thrilling throughout and kept the spectators on their toes. The whole team fought hard and well deserved the victory. Downing starred for Fairbury as did Beckley, who, with his right foot, gave the home team a distinct advantage in the exchange of punts. Fairbury vs. Morris Morris invaded Fairbury October 25. The local team was battered up after the Dwight game. It took the Green and Gold about 25 minutes to get its football ma- chine functioning and after that it was Fairbury’s game. Scoring once in the second and third periods and twice in the fourth, the Rosemen won 27-0. The Fairbury line was rather weak but the wicked, ground-gaining, shovel-pass from Downing to Addis was deadly. The locals held a 14-3 advantage in first downs. Fairbury vs. Pontiac The Fairbury Warriors held a powwow with the Pontiac Indians on November 1. The home team was alert enough to profit by the Indians’ mistakes and won 26-7. The game was no walkaway for the Fairbury lads, all touchdowns coming from mis- takes made by the Indians. Addis made a 96-yard run for the first score of the game. In the final period Fairbury displayed some of the driving power of which it was capable. This game gave the Rosemen undisputed first place in the Big Vermilion Valley Conference. Fairbury vs. Chenoa Fairbury ended the season by trimming Chenoa, November 11. The game was played in a sea of mud and water which did not allow Chenoa to use its trick plays to any advantage. For Chenoa it meant the first defeat of the season and to Fairbury it spelled a “clean slate” for the season; the score was 8-0. Fumbles were numerous due to the muddy field. Captain Garland played 40 minutes of the game with a broken rib, but it did not disturb his excellent playing. The whole team turned in a fine game; Beckley did some wonderful kicking and Downing displayed good generalship. The 1935 team showed better form than the team of last year, which was supposed to have been superior. Louie Downing, whose plunging and all-around play won him honorable mention on the all-state football team, was the real backbone of the team. He received the name of “Five-yard Downing” for his consistent gains of five yards. “Doc” Blair and Don Barnes also did some excellent work in the backfield. Our cause was helped by a brilliant line composed of Captain Garland, Charles Wink, Charles Addis, Harry Bedell, Bill Beckley, John Somerville, Lloyd Knott, and John Householder. Each boy did his part and by plenty of cooperation we had a verv successful season. A FOOTBALL SAGA John Somerville. Fairbury’s Warriors, green and gold, Went out to meet their foes of old. Their powerful opponents were good old Dwight, Trying to seal up the Conference fight. Dwight was leading at the half, But the game wasn’t over, so hold your laugh. A steady march straight down until. We made a touchdown. What a thrill! Dwight then got a lucky break And another bid for the game did make. Then the final quarter came with lots of chills, And the crowd was roaring, crying for thrills. With fifty seconds left to play We threw a pass to save the day. The final score was more than plenty, Fairbury twenty-six, Dwight only twenty. i 9 3 6 86 © w ® Seated: Dickson. Blair, Downing. Bedell. Captain Addis. Kurth. Barnes. Standing: Runyon. Lester, Morris. Hallock. Conch .1 E. Rose, Knott. Sterns. Somerville. Hayes. Mgr Gouge with ball. TIE FOR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP 1 BASKETBALL After getting off to a rather slow start in basketball this season, the Green and Gold of Fairbury High continued to amass power and reserve strength and soon made the most of a couple of bad breaks which occurred at the very beginning of the sea- son. Probably the best game of the year was played in mid-season at the Pontiac Tournament where the Rosemen downed Gay Kintner’s Decatur Red Devils to the tune of 32-26. Decatur, this year, won the State Championship, which greatly mag- nifies the feat in the eyes of all who follow the Green and Gold. The season closed with Fairbury holding a .875 rating in the Big Vermilion Valley Conference, tied with Ottawa for first place. Of twenty-seven games played this season, the locals won twenty, which gives an all-season rating of .741, unusually good when you consider the class of competition in which Fairbury is always found. While several of the regu- lars, Knott, Downing, Addis, Morris, Beckley, Blair, will be lost through graduation, enough of their teammates who have shown real promise on the hardwood will remain to give us a fighting chance for a good team next year. 87 NTH - T ii E C E I E E BASKETBALL F. T. H. S. Loses Opener to Cornell The Rosemen got off to a bad start in the opening game of the season by losing to Cornell 25 to 24. Cornell was the first to score, but Fairbury led at the half 4 to 2. The score was close throughout the game, although Fairbury held a 22-17 advantage at the end of the third quarter. With the start of tne last quarter Cornell started to close up the gap and had control of the ball the greater part of the final period. The visitors allowed Fairbury only two points in the last quarter after they had put on their scoring spree. The Fairbury reserves won from the Cornell seconds 20 to 8. Ottawa Bows to Green and Gold Fairbury made up for their defeat suffered the week before by defeating Ottawa 21 to 14. The first quarter was purely a defensive battle, with the visitors in com- mand of the ball most of the time. Fairbury was the first to score and held the lead throughout the rest of the game. Blair put Fairbury out in front 4-1 in the second period, increasing the lead to an 11-4 advantage at the half. The last half was just as hard fought as the first with the local lads leading the way. One of the outstanding feats of the game was the defensive playing of Fairbury as they allowed Ottawa only two field baskets throughout the contest. The Fairbury seconds lost a close and exciting game to the Ottawa reserves 19-18. Fairbury Wins from Forrest Fairbury had it on the boys from over east in their game of December 21, with a score of 34 to 18. The Forrest team threw a scare into the F. T. H. S. lads in the first half, which ended 9 to 8 in favor of Forrest. While Fairbury played well in the first quarter, Forrest led them a merry chase in the second period to take the lead. Fair- bury opened up in the third quarter which ended with the home team in the lead 22 to 10, and then went on to win easily. The Fairbury seconds defeated the Forrest seconds by a score of 24 to 18. Normal Wins from F. T. II. S. The Rosemen suffered their second defeat of the season at the hands of Normal, losing by a score of 27 to 26. It was a hectic battle all the way, with Fairbury out in front most of the time. The Green and Gold took an 8 to 3 lead in the first quar- ter, only to have the Normal shooters come back strong in the next period and hold a 12 to 10 advantage at the half. Fairbury managed to stay out in front until the last two minutes of play when the Normalites took the lead that spelled defeat for Fair- bury. Bedell and Blair were high scorers for Fairbury, while Downing also played a good defensive game. The Normal seconds defeated the Fairbury reserves 28 to 11. Take One-Sided Game from Ciienoa A game that started out as though it might be a good contest ended in a one-sided victory, when the F. T. H. S. team defeated Chenoa 35 to 10. Chenoa started the scoring but it was short lived. The half ended with the score 10 to 6 in favor of Fairbury. The third quarter was a parade of baskets for the Green and Gold, as was the last quarter. Fairbury showed wonderful ball handling and also had a good eye for the basket. The F. T. H. S. reserves overwhelmed the Chenoa reserves by a score of 45 to 10. Win In Last Minute from Dwight Although Dwight was ahead a greater part of the time the Fairbury Warriors finished with the score in their favor 23 to 19. While the two teams were evenly i 88 © W « � w © - matched the first three quarters, Fairbury was able to stop Dwight cold in the last period, not allowing them a single field basket. With 15 seconds to go, Addis was fouled by Olson who was banished from the game. Fairbury then took time out and Addis came back to make good both shots. The Fairbury second team also put up a rather finished looking game to defeat the Dwight reserves 25 to 11. Pontiac Invitational Tournament The Fairbury cagers entered the Pontiac tourney paired against the strong and fast Decatur team. Fairbury upset the dope by defeating them 32 to 26. The Decatur team took a five-point lead over the Green and Gold at the start of the contest. This did not dishearten the Fairbury boys in the least and they finally started to do some scoring of their own, with the result that at the end of the first period Coach Rose’s five was out in front 9 to 7. At half time Fairbury was still leading by two points, the score being 17 to 15. Fairbury displayed a fine passing game. Bedell headed the scoring list with nine points. After the trying game with Decatur, Fairbury was next the opponent of Quincy and lost 38 to 19. The winners got off to an 8-point lead by sinking four baskets in the first four attempts. Quincy was not only hot on baskets, but they played a fine defensive game. Fairbury played a much better game than the score indicated. Come from Behind to Win from Normal With Bedell leading the way with five field baskets and four free throws Fairbury came from behind to defeat Hap Arends’ Normal boys by a score of 24 to 20. The game was hard fought, rough in spots, indicated by the fact that several of the players left the game by the personal foul route. Four times during the game the score was tied, three times in the second quarter, and again in the third period. At the begin- ning of the third quarter Bedell made his first field basket of the game, to tie the score. Then Wade fouled Addis, who made one of the two free throws to put Fair- bury out in front and from then on they were never headed, although Normal put on a scoring spurt in the last period. In the preliminary game the Normal second team defeated the Fairbury reserves 20 to 19. T E E C I I E E 1 F. T. H. S. Defeats Kingman Fairbury added another scalp to their string of victories by defeating Kingman High at Peoria in a thrilling game 20 to 19. Kingman jumped away to a 6-4 lead in the first quarter and increased its margin to 12 to 7 at the end of the first half. In the third quarter Fairbury gave some indication of what was to come when they drew' within two points of the Blues, trailing only 16-14 when the fourth got under way. Both teams did some nice offensive work at times. Fairbury won the game in the last 15 seconds of play when Hall of Kingman fouled Addis with the score tied at 19 all. Addis then connected with one of the two attempts he had at the basket. Rosemen Lose to DePue The Fairbury team lost to DePue 30 to 15 on January 11, at DePue. DePue was out in front early in the game and held a comfortable lead all the way using a number of second team men in the last quarter. Fairbury felt the loss of their tall center, Bedell, who stayed home nursing a case of mumps. Blair was high point man for the losers, while Lopez of the winners carried off the scoring honors of the evening. Victorious Over Morris Fairbury won another conference game at the expense of Morris by defeating them 20 to 19 in the last 30 seconds of play. Both teams played an exceptionally good brand of ball, with Fairbury out in front most of the way. Fairbury entered the last 89 T H E C I I E R quarter with the score 16 to 11 in their favor, but Morris was not defeated and started a rally. With a minute left to play Morris was in the lead 19 to 18, and tried to stall for the remainder of the game. Beckley was fouled and had a chance to tie the score, but missed. A second or so later in a scramble for the ball under the Fairbury basket Addis came up with it and sank the winning shot. The Fairbury second team lost to Morris 15 to 8. This was a close game until the last quarter. Win Fast Game from Pontiac On the local floor January 24, Fairbury defeated Pontiac in what looked to be a setup for the Rosemen but turned out to be a tough battle. Fairbury started the scoring when Beckley made one of two free throws. The first quarter ended with the home team in the lead 10 to 3. Fairbury forged ahead to hold a 19 to 10 advan- tage at the half, but from then on the visitors started to close the gap. However, Fairbury withstood the rally to win by the score of 29 to 25. The Fairbury reserves also won, the score being 25 to 15. Win from Cornell The Fairbury team journeyed to Cornell on January 25, where, with Blair sinking baskets at regular intervals from all angles, they defeated that team by a score of 23 to 14. Kurth was the other high scorer of the Green and Gold team. The game was rough, assuming the aspect of a football game at times. Fairbury took a 7-1 lead at the end of the first quarter, and held a comfortable margin throughout the contest. Conference Tourney at Morris In the Big Vermilion Valley tourney Fairbury was paired against Pontiac. The Indians, who gave the Rosemen such a battle on the local floor the week before, melted away before the attack of the Green and Gold, the score being 30 to 14 in favor of Fairbury. Fairbury got out in front in the early stages of the game and just kept on going, Pontiac being unable to put on their usual last period rally. After defeating the Pontiac Indians, Fairbury met Morris who had overwhelmed Gardner. This was a close contest throughout every minute of play, the basket shoot- ing of Blair keeping the Fairbury team in the running. The score was tied at 11-all when the last quarter got under way. Fairbury’s better guarding and shooting gave them the 16 to 13 victory in the last minutes of play. After getting Morris out of the running, Fairbury won the right to play in the Championship game against the strong Marseilles team, who were the champs of ’35. This game proved the undoing of the Green and Gold team and gave the champion- ship to Marseilles, 33 to 16. In the first two periods the Fairbury defense had func- tioned perfectly, but in the third quarter fell to pieces and as a result Marseilles was able to score 16 points. Scandavino, the Marseilles captain, was high scorer for his team with four field baskets and two free throws. Bedell made six of Fairbury’s points. With the exception of the third quarter, when Marseilles ran away from Coach Rose’s team, the game was on even terms. Win Hard Tussle from Dwight Fairbury and Dwight staged one of their characteristically hard fought battles at Dwight on February 7, which Fairbury won by a score of 24 to 20. Fairbury forged ahead in the first quarter, having a 6-2 advantage at its close. Dwight scored seven points in the second quarter, the score being 10 to 9 in favor of Fairbury at the half. Dwight got busy in the last quarter and tied the score at 18-all. Fairbury managed to win through the baskets of Downing and Kurth. Fairbury made ten out of 17 free throws, and Dwight made eight out of 12. From the field Fairbury made seven out of 47 shots, while Dwight made six out of 32. In the preliminary game Dwight seconds defeated the Fairbury seconds 28 to 18 i 90 © W « Win from Lexington The F. T. H. S. cagers met Lexington, February 15. Lexington scored five points before Fairbury made any, at the end of the first quarter held an 11-6 advantage, and at the half were leading 18 to 16. Fairbury tied the score up during the third quarter but the Minute Men were leading 25 to 23 at the close of it. The last period saw Lexington step farther out in front, but the Rosemen came up from behind to over- take and pass their opponents. The final score being 36 to 29. Bedell stole all scoring honors with nine field goals and four free throws; Blair stood second in Fairbury’s scoring column. The Lexington seconds won 19 to 15 from Fairbury. Fairbury Scales Indians The Fairbury High basketball team went to Pontiac on February 21 and instead of being scalped by the Indians did a little scalping themselves, the score being 36 to 26. The game belonged to Fairbury all the way. Addis sank a basket in the first few seconds of play and the visitors were off to a lead that Pontiac was unable to overcome. Pontiac outscored Fairbury in the second half 17 to 12, during which time the game developed into a more or less rough and tumble affair, Soule of Pon- tiac going out on fouls. Bedell of Fairbury was the high scorer of the evening with 11 points. However, all the eight players who got into the game for Fairbury were in the scoring column. The Fairbury second team did not fare so well, the Pontiac Papooses defeating them 19 to 18. This game, put on as a preliminary attraction, stole some of the thunder from the main show, going into three overtime periods before it was finally settled. Fairbury Defeats Kingman High Fairbury continued their winning ways in the basketball world when they de- feated Kingman by a score of 26-19. Fairbury took a 5-4 lead at the end of the first quarter and were never headed, the basket shooting of Addis and Bedell keeping the Rosemen out in front. These two players made 21 points between them. In the second and third quarters Fairbury outscored the visitors 7 to 2, and 11 to 6, respec- tively. Kingman carried off the scoring honors in the last period 7 to 4. Coach Rose used substitutes freely during the game, especially in the last half. T H E C E I E K 1 9 3 6 Loses to Morris The Morris High quintet came over to Fairbury on February 28, and forgetting about two previous defeats they had suffered at the hands of Fairbury earlier in the season, proceeded to hand the Rosemen a 34 to 22 defeat. The game was fast throughout and at times rough, Olson, Blair, and Downing going out on fouls. Morris was the first to score and the quarter ended with the visitors leading 6-3. The half ended with Morris still in the lead 14 to 11. Morris came back strong in the third quarter and held the lead at the close of the period 22 to 17. Morris shot the Fair- bury defense to pieces in the last quarter scoring nine points before the Rosemen made a basket. In this last period Morris outscored Fairbury 12 points to five. This defeat meant more to Fairbury than just losing a game. Had they won they would have� held undisputed claim to the championship of the Big Vermilion Valley Conference, but as it is, that honor is now shared with Ottawa. Morris made it a perfect evening when their second team won the preliminary game. 91 Regional Tourney at Gibson City In the regional tourney at Gibson City, Fairbury was the first opponent of Thawville. Thawville got off to a three-point lead early in the first quarter, and was leading at the end of that quarter 8 to 5. At the half the score was 14 to 12 still in favor of Thawville. Although Fairbury won by a 35 to 18 score this wide margin did not develop until the final period, and does not do justice to the stubborn game which the losers put up during the first three quarters. After defeating Thawville, Fairbury lost their chance at the championship crown when they bowed to Paxton by a score of 24 to 20. Paxton took an early lead and maintained it to the finish, although Fairbury came back strong in the last quarter to outscore the winners 7 points to 3. While the Rosemen were defeated, they were a hard working aggregation and had they had a little better luck on attempts that would ordinarily have meant baskets the score might have been different. In addi tion to playing an all-around good floor game Blair scored six free throws to share the scoring honors with Bedell. Van Antwerp scored 11 points for the winners. The Fairbury quintet of basketball shooters closed their season when they de- feated Melvin 21 to 18 for third place. Blair, who was high scorer of the game, got Fairbury off to an early lead which they held to the finish. However, in the last period Fairbury was held scoreless, while Melvin gathered in six points to make the last minutes of the contest exciting. Big Vermilion Valley Conference Standings Team— Won Lost Pet. FAIRBURY ............. 6 2 750 Ottawa ............... 6 2 750 Morris ............... 4 4 500 Dwight ............... 3 5 375 Pontiac .............. 1 7 125 Basketball Lettermen Captain Charles Addis, Delmar Blair, Bill Beckley, Louie Downing, Duane Morris, Donald Kurth, Harry Bedell, Lloyd Knott. Graduating Lettermen Captain Charles Addis, Delmar Blair, Bill Beckley, Louie Downing, Duane Morris, Lloyd Knott. i Limerick Catherine Yeagle I here was a young fellow from Borem, Who bought some new pants so he wore ’em. He stooped, felt a draft, Heard the people all laugh, I hen he knew for sure he had tore ’em. 92 9 W « Barnes, Eldon Bean, Claude Bean, Lyle Beckley, William Bess, John Bushman, John Ferguson, Arthur Garland, Harold BASEBALL Grubbs, James Hallock, Elmer Healy, John Heubach. Harold Knott, Lloyd Langstaff, John Morris. Duane Morris. Jack Mowery, Ross Newnam, Wayne Nussbaum, Wilmer Patrick, Herbert Phelps, Richard Spence, William Troehler, Virgil Von Bergen, Robert i 9 3 6 For the first time in history, Fairbury Township High School put an organized baseball team on the field this spring. The revival of our national pastime is very strong throughout the Middle West and many high schools are taking up the sport once again. The team this year is inexperienced and lacks polish but nevertheless many of the boys are showing unusual talent. The team is showing phenomenal develop- ment and within a few years it is hoped that we can put a team into competiton that will compare favorably with our football and basketball organizations. The most promising boys are: Ross Mowery and James Grubbs, pitchers; Arthur Ferguson and Claude Bean, catchers; John Bushman, first base; William Beckley and Herbert Patrick, second base; Duane Morris and James Grubbs at shortstop; Harold Garland and John Langstaff, third base; and in the outfield Leroy Huber, Richard Phelps, Lyle Bean, Jack Morris, Wayne Newnam, and Eldon Barnes. An attractive schedule has been arranged including games with Pontiac, Piper City, Lexington, and Colfax. Regular letters will be given to those who play a suffi- cient amount in the games. When this annual goes to press we probably will not have played any games and so next year we hope to publish the record of our baseball team in the 1937 Crier. 93 T Ii E C E I E E Barnes, Donald Bedell, Harry Bess, Willard Blair, Delmar Carlson, Eugene TRACK Downing, Jerome Dunn, Byron Householder, Fred Jarvis, Kenneth Jarvis, Rudolph Yoder, Clifford Lester, James Mack, Willard Nussbaum, John Ricketts, Maurice Somerville, John Zimmerman, Lloyd Sparks, Glen Tipton, James Ward, Harold Wessels, Robert Wilson, Cloyd The track team this spring is showing a great deal of enthusiasm and meets have been scheduled with Chenoa, Forrest, Chatsworth, Cullom, Pontiac, and with several of the relay carnivals. The most promising on the track team are: Donald Barnes in the middle distance events; Harry Bedell in the shot and discus; Delmar Blair in the pole vault and dashes; John Somerville in the high jump and javelin; James Tipton in the dashes and javelin: and Clifford Yoder in the hurdles. LOUIE DOWNING WINS MOST VALUABLE ATHLETE AWARD This year we have something new in the athletic honors given to members of the athletic teams of our high school, a cup to be awarded annually to the student voted by the members of the student body to be the most valuable athlete at Fairbury High School. The cup is a self-perpetuating honor remaining in the possession of the re- cipient for one year and then passed on to the next person so honored. The choice is based upon the following four characteristics: scholarship, sportsmanship, coopera- tion, athletic ability. RESULTS OF VOTING Louie Downing 95 Duane Morris .. 4 Charles Addis 43 Donald Barnes 2 Bill Beckley 22 Harry Bedell .. 2 Harold Garland 5 Delmar Blair .. 2 i 9 3 e 94 Mi VTv T H E C E I E I APPRECIATION The students of Fairbury Township High School wish to thank those merchants of Fair- bury and Central Illinois whose many purchases of advertising space in this yearbook have made its publication possible. As a group we feel pledged to patronize those businesses whose gen- erosity and public-spirit have caused them to par- ticipate as partners in this worthy community enterprise. CALENDAR 1935-36 Sept. 3. Today we resumed our studies at this most commendable institute of learning. Sept. 4. Spent the time looking over the new teacher and the freshmen. They’ll do in a pinch. Sept. 5. Everyone decides his course isn’t such a snap as he thought it would be. Sept. 6. Everybody settles down to work (?). Sept. 9. The freshmen are losing that dumb look. Sept. 10. John Householder is still looking around—hasn’t decided yet which of the freshmen to “rush.” Sept. 11. John Franger becomes cheer leader by feminine majority since the Hartley- Rigsby combination got cold feet. Sept. 12. Oh, you big high-minded resolves to get out of exams! Sept. 13. Miss Taylor’s footwork has deteriorated since last year. She skidded down the stairs. Sept. 16. The freshmen are beginning to think they run the school. Sept. 17. First test. Sept. 18. Papers returned—midnight oil burned the rest of the week. Sept. 19. Very embarrassing note read in the assembly for Bob P. and Marion R. That ought to teach them not to be so careless with their notes. Sept. 20. Freshmen initiation party—that ought to take them down a notch or two. Sept. 23. It doesn’t look like “Abe” has shaved since the first day of school. Sept. 24. Boys wear bow-ties. Evidently Ralston's are having a sale. Sept. 25. The girls wear hair-ribbons today. What is this, a kindergarten? Sept. 26. Wilma Jean Troehler comes to school with a black eye. She claims that someone hit her in the head with a baseball bat in P. T., but we notice that she and Chuck have been none too friendly. Sept. 27. University Singers entertained us today. The Freshmen evidently don’t appreciate the finer qualities of music. Sept. 30. Speed is teaching his pet boxelder bug a few new tricks today. 98 w © Oct. 1. Edith Stevens breaks the monotony of study with her effeminate sneezes. Oct. 2. “Abe has finally shaved and given us a better look at him. Oct. 3. John Franger makes one last endeavor to run the Senior class. Oct. 4. Homecoming. Gala time had by everyone. Oct. 5. Ever since John Fugate’s “Dance of the Seven Veils” he has gained great popularity with the Senior girls. Oct. 7. These Freshmen! Willard Bess has been trying to attract the attention of Dorothy Zehr. Oct. 8. Lloyd Knott is looking rather pale. When asked the reason he replies, “Oh, I just had a bath.” Oct. 9. Nussbaum is slipping. Macdonald missed a night. Oct. 10. Dorothy Zehr skipped out once too often at noon and ended up on the platform. Oct. 11. Bob P.—“God must have loved the flunkers— He made so many of us.” Oct. 14. Percy Plans to Park and Pet but Parking to Pet Proves Perilous to Percy and his Pal. A Plymouth with Powerful lights compelled Percy and his Pal to Proceed to a Path free from Pests in Plymouths. Oct. 15 Women’s Exchange is formed in school. Several girls trade dresses. Oct. 16. When times are dull, plenty of amusement may be found in the Freshman “cases.” Oct. 17. Report cards come out. It won’t be “Home Sweet Home” for a while now. Oct. 18. Who are those bridge fans who like it better than school on afternoons? Oct. 21. Kenny Jarvis gives Garney Rigsby a black eye, but it was all in fun (?). Oct. 22. What do Hess and Nussie do that so annoys Tope when they are up in the Chemistry lab? Oct. 23. The Senior boys think they are grown men. They opened the windows in English IV and bared their chests just to prove their point. Oct. 24. Robert Von Bergen walked into the Gray Goose and spent the fabulous sum of three cents on candy. Spendthrift! T H E C E I E I 1 9 3 6 Congratulations We congratulate the graduating class on passing another of life’s mile- stones. Make each mile smoother by paving the way with a systematic savings plan. Farmers State Bank FAIR BURY, ILLINOIS Deposits Insured by The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D. C. $5,000 $5,000 99 T H E C 12 I E C Oct. 25. Those Senior girls must be hard-up for a man. Every time they see a Fresh- man boy they start to chase him. Oct. 28. The Freshmen say that Phyllis Deputy has a crush on Jack Morris. How about it. Jack—is it a one-sided affair or not? Oct. 29. Sweet smiles pass between “Percy” Lindsay and Dorothea. Oct. 30. John Fugate and Warren Beckley fall down a flight of stairs, screaming all the while like a couple of women who have just seen a mouse. Oct. 31. Speed is up to his old tricks. Late almost every day. Nov. 1. Perry Munz has already begun to dream of his Thanksgiving dinner. Nov. 4. Kenny and Brick evidently believe in this “back-to-the-land” movement. They appeared at school clad in overalls and work jackets! Nov. 5. Manners: Freshman: “Please, sir, what is the question?” Sophomore: “Sir?” Junior: “What’s that?” Senior: “Eh?” (In the case of John Langstaff, “Huh?”) Nov. 6. Miss Taylor became a little more light-headed than usual and fainted. Nov. 7. What’s all this we hear about Pinkie, Perry, Jim and Nussie and a certain Sophomore girl? Nov. 8. Nussbaum deserts Macdonald and has a date with Buck Morris. Careful there, Buck! Nov. 11. Armistice Day. Everyone goes to program at the theatre. Nov. 12 Annual argument over selection of class pins and rings. Boys were vic- torious as usual. Nov. 13. We have all had high hopes that soon Arlene Stiver would discover that she isn’t nearly as cute as she had always supposed, but, alas, all our hopes are shat- tered! She still laughs at all her dumb jokes, pulled in Latin II. Nov. 14. Horrors! Miss Sharp came to school wearing lip-stick. Nov. 15. Thanksgiving Day is growing nearer. Perry can hardly wait. Nov. 18. Arlene Stiver’s note to Alex giving a detailed account of the previous eve- ning is read to the assembly. Very embarrassing for J. L., H. H., and Iggie! J. N. BACH LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL GENERAL CONTRACTING Insurance Carried on All Workmen Large Stocks Reasonable Prices A Good Place to Trade FAIRBURY AND FORREST 1 9 3 € 100 ■ Nov. 19 Our Freshman he-man—John Fugate—completes his term in the office. Nov. 29. Sharpie has a boy friend! He brought her to school in his car and then played “Sir Galahad” by stepping out and brushing off her coat where his dog had shed hairs upon it. Nov. 21-22. Teachers announce that they are going away. Tears are shed by all students.! Nov. 25 Arrival of class rings and pins. There is a new moon tonight—a grand time for “hanging” pins. Nov. 26. Leona has taken it upon herself to see that Speed is no longer late. He is driven to school in her car. Nov. 27 Ah! Just one more day. Perry! Nov. 28-29. Thanksgiving vacation. Dec. 2. Lyle Beatty treats all the girls—a box of Smith Bros, cough drops. Dec. 3. Coach, your worries are over. Percy just checked out a book on “How to be an Athlete.” Dec. 4. That Public Speaking class is hopeless. Miss Kemple has them reading, “First Grade Readers” now. Dec. 5. The English classes turn poetic (?) and write jingles for The Crier- Dec. 6. John Householder makes tour of Freshman class looking for a date. Dec. 7. We heard from a very reliable source that B. F.’s father will not allow her to date Seniors. Johnnie, there is the secret of your failure. Dec. 10. Percy Lindsay throws a party for three couples. Isn’t that sweet? Dec. 11. Ginger has gone to Florida. J. L. just mopes around all day and we know why. Dec. 12. Mr. R. Moore sets an example for the students by being late again this morning. Dec. 13. First “Dust Pan” comes out. Amusing to all and embarrassing to some. Dec. 16. Dorothy Zehr tries to sneak out of assembly and is caught, again. Dec. 17. 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Kenneth Grunert sways the Public Speaking class with a thrilling wild west story. Jan. 9. Cully cuts loose with a line of profanity from the assembly door at Duke and Mack. They deserted him when he signed out. Jan. 10. No dirt sheet today! Aw shucks! Jan. 13. Kenny Jarvis has the habit of taking off his shoes in the assembly. Must be sore feet. Jan. 14. John Fugate’s shoes need oiling. Jan. 15. Homer plays with the shade once too often and gets a bump on the head. Jan. 16. Mr. Rose told us a love story about Lincoln and Anne Rutledge—he blushes —Ah! I wonder why. Jan. 17. Lincoln players entertain us. Exemption list—the Freshmen look worried. Jan. 20-21. Exams!! Everyone is seen to be making “ponies,” notes and other de- vices for passing. Jan. 22. Temperature drops to twelve below. Free chili is served and some “poor suckers” walked home! Jan. 23. 20° below! A few of our hearty basketball players (Doc and Brick to men- tion a few) found it too cold to come to school. Jan. 24. 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Almost instantly, the entire assembly broke out with a thundering applause. Much blushing on the part of Henry. Feb. 4. Perry Munz, bellhop. When the bell is ringing and Prof, looks at him he hops for the bell. Feb. 5. Hugh Huntoon goes to the office to spend a few days, weeks, months??? Feb. 6. Skip finds a mouse in her notebook—Rats. Feb. 7. To show his appreciation for Perry’s fine behavior in the office Prof, gives him a week’s vacation from school. Feb. 10. Skip is a bit startled when Brick (her true-love) heaves a book at her dur- ing the 6th period. Feb. 11. The peace of the sixth period was a little disturbed today by an alarm clock in the piano! Who put it there? Feb. 12. Hangover—Hartley wasn’t at school today! Feb. 13. Our poor little editors of the scandal sheet stayed up night after night, slaving to prepare the paper for Monday. Villain—Watson hasn’t read it yet. Feb. 14. Our editors swear there will never be another Dust Pan. Everyone takes a sigh of relief; for, after all, it was not a little embarrassing. Feb. 17 John Langstaff tires of playing with Lassie’s pups and returns to school. Feb. 18. Chuck and Willie are caught holding hands on the stairs! T H E C E I E I Fairbury State Bank FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS 1 9 3 € Capital Investment $75,000.00 A General Banking Business Transacted “A Bank of Approved Soundness” Deposits Insured by The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D. C. $5,000 For Each Depositor $5,000 103 T Ii E C E I E E Feb. 19. Rumor has it that Skip and Brick are getting more and more “that way” about each other. Feb. 20. Is it Willie or the poker-joint that keeps Chuck out so late? He just can’t keep awake in English. Feb. 21. Seats changed! Doesn’t Prof, realize all the budding romances he is so utterly ruining? Feb. 24. This damp weather certainly is hard on hair curled by a curling iron. Quito a few young ladies were seen to go about bemoaning their suddenly straight locks. Feb. 25. Man-Mountain Kemple sat on a chair and broke a leg (on the chair). Feb. 26. Mr. Rose to his American History class as he stands with a gun in his hands, “I must keep order.” Feb. 27. Why do they call Mary Ann “Sparkler”? Feb. 28. Mr. Rose delves into Speed’s private notebook. A few students remarked that they would like to see “Rosey’s” face when he reads it. Mar. 2. Skip, Pat, Gruber, Harvey and a few of our post-grads celebrated our bas- ketball victory last Friday with a little trip to Chicago, returning some time about 7 A. M. Mar. 3. Steve and Alex went out to get a lift from a Camel and imagine their sur- prise when they returned and found that school had taken up without them! Mar. 4. The Aiphygittis sport new club pins—who are their “sugar-daddies”? Mar. 5. Charlotte and Harry took a little vacation the other afternoon. Charlotte had to hand Prof, quite a few tears before they pulled through. Mar. 6. A few members of our student body found a ride to the Cross Roads in a truck—but how to get back? Two hitch-hiked, two skated and the other two waited and waited for a ride but finally had to walk—got home at 4 A. M. Mar. 9. Jailbirds Bedell and Rigsby spend the night in the Forrest “cooler.” Mar. 10. We are entertained by a woman’s negro quartette. Speed sat with his mouth agape to see a woman taller than he. Mar. 11. We never knew what good-looking girls some of our he-men would make until the Public Speaking boys returned to the assembly wearing make-up. Mar. 12. These Freshmen! They won the inter-school basketball tournament. They On Our Toes! Need Printing? Then call us. We’re always ready to give you the best of printing at the lowest price. Whatever it is—office forms, sales books, letterheads, statements, envelopes, we can print it correctly with the minimum delay. CALL 82 The Blade Publishing Co. 1 9 3 6 104 beat the Sophomores and then the Seniors who had beat the Juniors. However, they were defeated by the faculty. Mar. 16. Our beloved Dust Pan editor (Hess) has the mumps. Mar. 17. Prof, reads the Seniors’ names as they will go on their cards and diplomas. Quite amusing—especially these girls who wish to be called “Miss.” Mar. 18. No wonder Choyce and Leona looked as if they could play “skip-the-rope” with the circles under their eyes on Monday morning. They were seen to be hav- ing a good time at quite a late hour Sunday night. Mar. 19. The eternal triangle—John Householder found himself with two dates for one night—then with none. Mar. 20. Johnnie finally landed a date after asking four others. Apr. 1. The Juniors entertained us in their ragged clothes. A few of the boys ap- peared to have had a little too much of what it takes to bolster up one’s courage. Apr. 2. Everyone is quite on edge preparing for “Open House.” Apr. 3. The poor parents sat through several trying hours listening to their children perform at “Open House.” Apr. 6. Gweneth is exercising her sex appeal to wrest Percy from Dorothea’s clutches. Apr. 7. There are rumors that “Skip” has settled down and is going steady. Apr. 8. Budding romance! Ed Sauer has been walking to school with Ruth Downing. Apr. 9. Prof, calls for a vote as to whether we want an Easter vacation or not. No more need be said. Apr. 14. Miss Taylor was disappointed because the Easter bunny didn’t leave her any eggs. Apr. 15. Dorothy Z. is inhaling when she gets a “lift” these days. We have a second Tope Carter in our midst! Apr. 16. Prof, is too wild with his baseball and bat. He hit a long one and we heard glass shatter. T E E C I I E I P. M. Hotaling The Home of Call 567 HOTALING MONARCH and for COAL i 9 3 € BLUE RIBBON FINE FOODS Telephones 109 and 516 EASTERN KENTUCKY FRANKLIN COUNTY SPRINGFIELD 105 T H E C I I E R Apr. 17. Edyth Stevens figures up how many more hours she will have in American History. Apr. 20. We decide that Louie Downing was our most valuable athlete. Apr. 21. Pat Broadwell proves popular with the Freshmen and is elected May Queen for the Woman’s Club dance. Apr. 22. What a wonderful day for playing hookey! Many vacant seats. Apr. 24. If the Seniors progress with their play in the future as they are now, it won’t be shown till the middle of the summer. Apr. 27. The Sunday nighters go to Champaign. Apr. 28. In the Spring a young man’s fancy often turns to thoughts of love. So it is with “Arny” Rigsby and Iris. Apr. 29. Speed almost had heart failure when he is awakened by the wind from his deep slumbers. Apr. 30. Prof, discusses next year’s curriculum. The Freshmen are undecided as to what the easiest subjects will be. May 1. Johnny Fugate is very busy today getting his May baskets ready for tonight. May 4. Skip to Steve—“Oh, well! If someone loved you as well as Brick does me, he'd give you his ring too.” May 5. Sure sign of warm weather! Abe got a haircut. May 15. Senior Play—finally. May 18-19. Senior Exams. May 22. The Seniors are royally (?) entertained by the Juniors. May 24. Baccalaureate services. May 25-26. Exams. May 27. Commencement—the Seniors finally get their diplomas with sighs of relief. You Want Security—We Supply It Farms Loans Secured i KARL V. KECK (J CHAS. W. KECK PERRY J. KECK KAI Office in Keck Bldg. Phone 59, Residence 60 Fairbury, Illinois 3 6 106 QUALITY T H SERVICE HERFF- JONES CO. Class Rings, Commencement Invitations C I I E R INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Jewelers and Engravers to the Class of 1936 of Fair bury Township H. S. 1 9 3 6 E. H. HALL 107 DECATUR, ILL. 1U3 � W W © w Upper left: Mr. Rose (with stick) discoursing at length upon some weighty Asiatic problem which had something to do with American History or something, no doubt. Lower left: The assembly in a busy moment; so busy, in fact, that if you didn’t know you might almost imagine that this picture had been posed. Mr. Shaw and Mr. Watson keeping a watchful eye. Upper right: Mr. Watson’s bookkeeping beehive with all the drones (pardon me) and others busily trying to learn how to keep two and two from making three. Lower right: A smoky scene from Mr. Ralph Moore’s den of science and invention and numerous other things. When smoke cleared away we found him slightly be- fuddled but otherwise still engaged in explaining why the sea is full of salt and whether birds have wings. o o THE MONEY WISE ECONOMIZE THEY PATRONIZE Uie Co-operative Coal Co. “Quality always higher than the Price” H1TH SMILES SCOWLS SINGS SMOKES SWEARS John Langstaff When he gets a let- ter from “Ginger. When “Ginger” goes South. “Oh, How I Miss You.” When the Doctor isn’t in. Moderately. Mary Ann Alexander At all the boys (par- ticularly Junior Claudon). At Margaret Rathbun. Frequently. Very little. In private. Chuck Wink When he thinks he’s getting away with something. When the family won’t go to bed. In his own way. Big black cigars (his dad’s). With great variety. Arline Stiver At her own jokes. When the boys won’t look at her. To attract attention When she can mooch one. X? XX? Kenneth Jarvis Like a chimpanzee. When his “dogs” complain. Like a nightingale. Too much. Naturally. Skip Hartley When Brick asks her for a date. At dead mice. Just to be funny. A corn-cob pipe. Like an old sailor. John Fugate At Freshmen. When his shoes squeak. Just tries to. Bull Durham. At Senior girls. Wilma Jean T At Chuck and a few others when Chuck isn’t looking. When she doesn’t get a telephone call. Not so bad. She quit for $5. Never (?). Jimmy Lindsay With those experi- enced lips. When too many boys get in his car. Soprano. Oh, mercy, no! Of course not. Edyth Stevens For no reason at all. Never. But you can’t rec- ognize the tune. Not since her moth- er found out. Since she was able to talk. John Householder.... At those Freshman girls. When they refuse to go with him. Never. Luckies. Of course. Hugh Huntoon From ear to ear. When “Mom” w’on’t give him the car. When no one is around. To be sociable. He’s on the wagon. 9) SMILES SCOWLS SINGS SMOKES SWEARS Betty Nussbaum .... At a certain gradu- ate of ’35. When she gets her hair mussed. Off-key. When the coast is clear. Worse than most boys. Abe Mattioli Never! All over his face. Like a fog horn. Probably chews. He will shave the next day. Chuck Addis At Willie. At Miss Kemple. “Love is the Sweet- est thing.” Under-cover. — At all times. Pat Broadwell When the spirit moves her. When her smiles disappear. Because she likes to hear her own voice. Surprised? Not at all. Not as much as you’d expect. Buck Morris Like a chessy cat. Quite often. In monotone. Under-cover. A great deal. Charlotte Gruber ... When she sees Harry. When people say she drawls. Tries hard enough anyway. Not since Harry told her to stop. She will never dye her hair red again! Speed Bedell When he makes a basket. When he has to hurry. “If love makes you give up steak and potatoes.” Butts. When he loses in poker. Tope Carter Occasionally. At those silly Freshmen. With plenty of rhythm. Yes!! And how! Doc Blair All over his face. When he misses a free throw. When he imitates Jack Benny. When Coach isn’t around. At times. Brick Kurth At Skip. Not so often. In assembly. Camels. When he gets real mad. Louie Downing When he sees some- thing funny. Quite a bit. Not too much. In the absence of girls. Dubb Knott At Steve. When Steve talks to some other boy. To Steve when she will listen. At Steve’s permission. Not in Steve’s presence. nr ™ m m w _ T H E C I I E E Are Your Clothes Becoming to You or Should They Be Coming to Us? Tires Gas and Oil Batteries Greasing Levi Tells You Vulcanizing Electrical To Have Your Clothes Cleaned and Pressed Regularly O TEIDINGER UPER ERVICE Appearance Helps Make the Man It Helps Graduates to Get Positions and to Hold Them Road Service Sanitary Cleaning Works Expert Carburetor Service Phone 389 I call Charlotte G. gloves, because she is always on my hands. I call Jimmy L. railroad because he has so many ties. I call Speed B. curtains because he rises at eight-thirty. I call Skip H. tide because she changes with the moon. I call Wilma Jean T. coffee because she keeps me awake at night. Iris B.: “I don’t like that Moore boy.” Bernice D.: “What’s wrong with him?” Iris B.: “He’s one of those persons who always turns around and stares after you.” Bernice D.: “Is he? How do you know?” Louie D.: “It’s all wrong about Irish- men being such terrific fiighters.” John Franger: “Oh, yeah?” Louie D.: “Yeah! Last night my little brother and I and two other fellows nearly knocked an Irishman silly.” Betty N.: “They say stupidity can be inherited.” Skip H.: “That’s no way to talk about your parents.” Miss Taylor: “I take great pleasure in giving you 90 in English.” John Fugate: “Aw, make it 100 and enjoy yourself.” Kenney J.: “I’m for a five-day week. How about you, Speed?” Sneed B.: “I’m for a five-day week- end.” Rumor has it that recently, while two of our dear faculty were week-ending in the windy city, the following occurred in a very crowded street car. The some- what slender woman, almost crushed by the rather large bulk of the lady sitting beside her, finally remarked, “They reallv should charge passengers by weight on these cars.” “If they did,” replied the hefty one with a faintly an- gelic smile, “they couldn’t afford to stop for some people.” Bill Beckley: “Mr. Stevens, I’ve been thinking about it for a long time now; I want to marry your daughter.” Mr. Stevens: “Well, young fellow, you can leave your name and address, and if nothing better turns up, I’ll give you a ring.” i 9 3 6 112 1 9 3 6 TH H O I E VI E FAIRBURY AUTO CO. L- A r L A Good Place to Eat CHEVROLET SALES AND SERVICE Carlyle H. (green freshie): “Say, mis- ter, hold these books a minute.” Each day in my trusty car, Ride, ride, ride, Prof. Watson: “Little boy, don’t you know I am the principal of this school?” Carlyle H.: “Oh! That’s all right, you look honest.” ♦ Through every recitation, Slide, slide, slide, Before examinations. Cram, cram, cram, Edith Stevens: “I think I caught cold while I was in the theatre the other night.” Mary Ann A.: “Why? Weren’t the heaters working?” Edith Stevens: “Yes, but I sat in Z row.” When dad sees my report card Scram, scram, scram. Mr. Ralph Moore: “I’m not going to talk very long, but if you get what I’m going to say into your heads, you’ll have the whole thing in a nut shell.” Mr. Shaw: “If you subtract 14 from 16 what’s the difference?” John Healy: “Yeah, I think it’s a lot of foolishness, too.” DIGNIFIED SENIOR A Senior stood on a railroad track, A train was coming fast; The train got off the railroad track, And let the Senior pass. Iris B.: “Hear about Bernice? She swallowed one of those small camera films.” Margaret R.: “Gosh, I hope nothing serious develops.” The Claudon family was seated at dinner honoring a rather more-than-im- portant guest of Virginia’s. Little C. J. (rather impatiently): “Mother, this is just roast beef we’re having tonight, isn’t it?” Mrs. C: “Yes, dear, but why do you ask?” Little C. J.: “Well I heard Pop say this morning that ‘Ginger’ was going to bring home another fish for dinner to- night.” T H E C I I E I 113 T Ii E C E I E E BETTY T. MOORE SAM H. MOORE Telephone 776 ylrt Cjfoto JO() N. Main St., Bloomington, III. PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR 1935-1936 CRIER PORTRAITS BY MOORE — SHOW MOORE INDIVIDUALITY 9 3 6 114 T E E C I I E I When you need Printing call or visit The Local Record Forty-nine years at the trade gives us a knowledge of the printing industry that will enable us to give your job just the care it needs. Call and let us quote you prices on your next order, large or small. i 9 TBe J ocal rRecord M. A. Anderson Sons Phone 198-W Fairbury, 111. Charlotte G.: “What are those cater pillar things they used in the war?” Kenny West: “Tanks.” Charlotte G.: “You’re welcome.” Rudy Jarvis: “What sort of a grade does Jack Morris expect to get on his Latin final? Is he worried!” Leslie Tappen: “Worried is right. Why he’s got so many wrinkles in his head he has to screw his hat on.” Perry Munz: “Hey, Freshie, shut the door. Where were you raised — in a barn?” Charles Scherr: “Boo-hoo, boo-hoo.’ Perry Munz (taken aback): “Come now, old fellow. Don’t be like that. I know you weren’t brought up in a barn.” Charles Scherr: “That’s just the trou- ble, I was brought up in a barn, and it make me home-sick every time I hear a donkey bray.” Dorothea: “Mm. but that popcorn has a heavenly smell.” James L. (driving past): “My, hasn’t it! I’ll drive a little closer.” Junior C.: “Who beat you up?” Elmer H.: “You see, it’s this way. I took Barbara to a cafe and she found a fly in her soup. She called the waiter and said, ‘Take this insect out of here’. ’ Junior C.: “So what?” Elmer H.: “So he threw me down a flight of stairs.” Charles W.: “How did you make your neighbor keep his hens in his own yard ?” John H.: “One night I hid a half- dozen eggs under a bush in my garden, and next day I let him see me gather them. I wasn’t bothered after that.” Tourist, to Kenny Jarvis: “And how far is it to Bloomington, my lad?” Kenny Jarvis: “Well, sir, I don’t rightly know, sir. but I’ll ask my broth- er. He’s traveled all over. He’s got shoes.” Lyle Beatty (at the Prom): “I sup- pose you dance?” Edyth Stevens (also there): “Oh, yes! I love to.” Lyle (still at Prom): “Great! That’s better’n dancing.” 115 T H E C I I E I NUSSBAUM BROTHERS PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTORS No Job Too Large or None Too Small JVe Go Anywhere Oil-O-Matic Oil Burners Weir Furnaces Westinghouse Refrigerators ABC Washing Machines Mapel Brothers Fairbury, Illinois Established 1880 Manufacturers of Hand-Made Harness For 55 Years Black Hawk Corn Planters Ohio Cultivators Spring Tooth Harrows and Spreaders Tools and Tanks of All Types Binder Twine “Isn’t this terrible, dear, cried Virginia, wife of a more or less absent-minded faculty member. “It says here in The Blade that I was killed yesterday in an automobile wreck.” “Is that so?” replied her husband, ab- sently wiping a dish and humming in- tently a snatch of “Onward Christian Soldiers.” “I’ll phone the florist, my dear, and tell them to send a wreath.” Charley Wink: “Why did you kiss that man? You had never even seen him before!” Delpha Harvey: “Well, it was so dark that I couldn’t tell who he was.” ♦ Mr. Moore: “Does electricity have any meaning to you?” Arthur Ferguson: “Only in a dim way.” Mr. G. Moore: “Since I am a biologist, I speak the language of wild animals.” Perry Munz: “Next time you see a skunk ask him what’s the idea.” Miss Taylor: “Herbert, give me a sen- tence with the word flippancy in it.” Herbert Patrick: “Let’s flippancy whether I pass or flunk.” Miss Sharp: “This is the worst reci- tation I’ve ever had. Perhaps you’ve noticed that I’ve done most of the re- citing myself.” S—for Seniors of this school, They think they’re quite clever—as a rule, J—for Juniors, jolly class. Some of them have loads of brass. S—for Sophomores, too, you know, Full of pep, and kick, and go. F—for Freshmen, foolish things, They just wander around in rings. Clever, Jolly, Fresh and Green, Such an assortment you’ve never seen. We Agree A woodpecker pecked on a Freshie’s head, And settled there to drill. He pecked away, for half a day, And then he broke his bill. ♦ The Freshman Version of It Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust, If Latin don’t get you Algebra must. i 9 3 6 116 James L.: “How do you like my tan roadster?” Dorothea: “I love cars. I learn all I can about them.” James L.: “Fine. Just for fun tell me how to cool an engine.” Dorothea (thinking a moment): “Oh, by stripping the gears, of course.” I gazed into his darK and glowing eyes. His lips were saying those three wonderful words I had waited for so long. I could not believe it, and yet it was true. Again Mr. Shaw said, fulfill- ing the dreams of my life, “No geom- etry assignment.” Modkrne Girls when they went out to swim. Once dressed like Mother Hubbard. Now they have a bolder whim. And dress more like her cupboard. Evelyn C.: “I hear that at church they have such a small congregation.” Mary Ann A.: “Yes, so small that every time the preacher says, ‘Dearly Beloved,’ you feel as if you had received a proposal.” Mr. Shaw: “Tell me, do you know what a polygon is?” Glenn Moore: “It’s a parrot that has escaped.” Abraham M.: “Miss Kemple, what makes the Tower of Pisa lean?’ Miss Kemple: “I don’t know, or I’d try it myself.” Lament (Dedicated to Miss B. N.) Nothing ever happens to me. I’m more decorous than a tree; A tree, at least is shady, But I’m just a perfect lady. Never bang doors, sit upon floors, Break fine plates on shiny pink pates; Seldom get mussed, never get cussed, Not kissed, missed, dated, hated. Oh, nothing ever happens to me, For I’m so much what I ought to be. Mother: “What did your rather say when you smashed the car?” Hugh H.: “Shall I leave out the swear words?” Mother: “Yes, of course.” Hugh H.: “He didn’t say a word.” T H E C I I E I A. B. McCullom’s Central Theatre i 9 3 6 FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS First Run Pictures Perfect Sound Reproduction The Best in Movdng Picture Entertainment Congratulations Seniors! Saving Means Success Save ff7i h Us The A P “Where Economy Rules” Herb Kammarmeyer, Manager 117 1 Now Is the Time to Buy Your F. T. H. S. 1936 Class Members PLUMBING Congratulations c FIXTURES Our Store Has Anticipated in Advance Your Every Wardrobe Need They Never Were So Cheap “From the l ip of Your Toes To the Top of Your Head” g Let Ls Repair Your Gutters and For One of the Greatest Events Roofs of Your Lifetime E GRADUATION R C. B. DAY WALTON Plumbing and Heating Department Store Mr. Watson: “Can you give me an ex- amole of wasted energy?” Jean Drennen: “Telling a hair-raising story to a bald-headed man.” Brick: “If I were to die suddenly, what would become of you?” Speed: “I’d stay here; the question is, what would become of you?” Arline S. (leaving theatre): “I’ve never seen a worse picture in my life.” Eernice D.: “Have you ever seen your own?” Louis D.: “My little brother thinks :i football coach has four wheels.” Jimmy L.: “Ha! Ha! And how many wheels has the darn thing?” Mr. R. Moore: “Jean, can you give me the three classifications into which all men are divided?” Jean Drennen (absently): “Rich, poor and good-looking.” M:. s Kemple (in English class): “Har- ry, ive me a good definition of home.” Harry Zehr: “Home is where part of the family waits until the others are through with the car.” Mr. Hartley, proud of his daughter’s dramatic accomplishments, to a neighbor at the contest: “And what do you think of my daughter’s execution?” Lloyd Knott, who happened to be the neighbor: “I’m in favor of it.” Garnold Rigsby: “I’m trying to grow a mustache and I'm wondering what color it will be when it comes out.” Iris Beatty: “At the rate it’s growing, I should think it will be gray.” Mr. Rose: “When Abraham Lincoln was your age, he was earning his own living.” Doc Blair: “Yes, and when he was ycur age he was President.” Barbara F.: “Do you think it’s right to kiss a boy good-night?” Betty H.: “It is if there isn’t any other way to get rid of him.” Famous last line: Now is the time for all teachers to go around with that quiz-zical expression. i 9 3 6 118 1 9 3 6 Brick: “There’s Skip. I hear she bought that dress on the installment plan.” Speed: “Looks like the first install- ment she’s wearing now.” Miss Whitford: “Don’t you know it’s against the Humane Society’s Laws to tie tin cans to a dog’s tail?” Johnny Fugate: “Oh, he doesn’t mind. He’s so used to it now that every time he sees one he backs up to it.” Abraham M. (to neighbors): “You did a fine thing, you did, when you let my goat eat that prohibition paper. She’s gone completely dry.” Mother: “Well, what have you been doing all afternoon?” Speed: “Shooting craps.” Mother: “That must stop! Those poor things have as much right to live as you have.” Eeggar: “Have you enough money for a cup of coffee?” Miss Choyce (on the way to school): “Oh, I’ll manage somehow, thank you.” Miss Taylor: “Johnny, give me an ex- ample of nonsense.” John Fugate: “An elephant hanging over a cliff with his tail tied to a daisy.” Skip H. (reading paper): “It says here they have found a sheep in the Himalaya Mountains that runs forty miles an hour.” Miss Choyce: “Well, it would take a lamb like that to follow Mary around these days.” Wilma Jean T.: “I suppose you expect me to believe that you came here straight from home.” Charles Addis: “Sure I (hie) did. I came just like (hie) a crow flies.” Wilma Jean T.: “So I see, stopping frequently for a little corn.” Menu The gambler should dine on steaks, The policeman on beets, The woodsman on chops, The critic on roasts, The jeweler on carrots, The husband on pocketbook rolls. Lloyd Borngasser General Agent Franklin Life Insurance Company Springfield, Illinois Pennies Saved Today Mean Dollars Tomorrow THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR A WELL-GROOMED APPEARANCE AL KILGUS BARBER SHOP T H E C E I E I 119 120 � M W © © © Upper left: Miss Choyce and her stenogs and future heads of big business (tycoons to some of you), busily pounding away as if their very lives depended on it, and who knows, maybe they do. Upper right: Salute the journalists, the authors, the poets, the actors, the speakers, the politicians, veritable beavers under the watchful eye of Miss Kemple, who seems to be the only one who isn’t doing anything. Lower left: So this is algebra! Mr. Shaw busily en- gaged in explaining some of the mysteries of Mathematics to the ever-so-intent and not-altogether-unawed Freshmen. The time has come,” the walrus said, “To speak of many things” and so on he goes delving into the intricacies, and prob- ing the obscurities, of a scientific study of cabbages, and kings, a nd other things. Lower right: The builders! Mr. Roberts and his crack saw-pushers hard at work making something for someone or a whatnot for your corner. Rumor has it that Mr. Roberts runs a separate department whose sole purpose is to locate corners in which to stand the myriad, multi-colored, Roberts whatnots. SKYHAWK GASOLINE GOLD PENN MOTOR OIL SWENEY GASOLINE OIL CO. Locust at Fourth Street JohnP. Cook Funeral Home FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS | INSURANCE REAL ESTATE D T XT R FARM SUPERVISION K R 1JN G E FARM LOANS BROTHERS c C. W. VEATCH D “Say It JTith Flowers” | Langstaff Building MEMBERS F. T. D. | Telephones: Office 142, Residence 512 412 North Seventh St. FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS Business Telephone 45-W FARM LANDS FOR SALE Residence Telephone 45-J Louise Martin: “Geraldine, your dress is too short.” Geraldine Brown: “Oh, I don’t think so.” Emog ne Ricketts: “She’s just in it too far.” Miss Steidinger (in the oflice): “Did the phone ring?” Mr. Watson: “I don’t think so. That was just my nerves jangling.” Bruce Barnes (selling automobiles): “Let me show you something new in one of our snappy roadsters.” Dorothea O’Donnell: “It wouldn’t do you any good, and besides. I don’t think you could!” ♦ Mr. R. Moore: “They say that if there’s anything in a man, travel will bring it out.” John Langstaff: “Yes, indeed! I found that out when I crossed the ocean!” Salesman: “You seem to have a lump on your chest, but when you get this suit it won’t be noticeable.” Carlyle H.: “I know it won’t, that’s my pocketbook.” Three Jingles Leroy Huber Dale Roberts is the funniest guy, That silly walk of his, His body wobbles to and fro; I wonder why it is. Geneva Taylor is so stern, You cannot look around; Your papers must be in on time Or else your grades go down. Marjorie KemDle is so strict You cannot break a rule, If you bring in your lesson late She’ll keep you after school. Tetty N.: “Your skirt is so tight that I ran see what you have in your pocket.” Mildred H.: “But I have no pocket.” Betty N.: “Then what’s that lump?” Mildred H.: “Oh, that’s a mosquito bite.” John H.: “What do you know about cows? You don’t even know if that’s a Jersey cow.” Hugh H. (visiting in country): “I don’t know from here, cause I can’t see its license.” i 9 3 e 122 FANCY GROCERIES Hudson - Terraplane T H FRESH PRODUCE Take a Discovery Drive E Kroger’s with the Electric Hand C C It’s Leap Year—Propose a 1 YOU ARE ALWAYS WEL- Terraplane E COME TO Franger Motor Co. 1 SHOP WITH US MOWRY INSURANCE AGENCY Fashions! THAT SPEAK WELL FOR Fairbury, Illinois Phone 417 i WEBER’S ® Meat Market E. L. Weber, Prop. Phone 49 YOU AND FOR US Come in at once . . . dress up for summer with wearables that speak well for your taste . . . with clothing, furnishings and shoes that speak well for our store as men’s style headquarters. T. . Lyons 123 ALUMNI NOTES June Johnson and Others 1935 1936 Lyle Kurth .................... President Marjorie Abbott .......... Vice-President Edyth Schnetzler ...............Secretary Virginia Haag ................. Treasurer June Johnson ................. President Dorothy Schnetzler ...... Vice-President Lucie Marie Carrithers ....... Secretary John Gerber .................. Treasurer Doings of 1935 graduates: Mary Hagen, secretary to C. W. Veatch; Dorothy Schnetzler, secretary to Dr. Marshall; Dorothy Thompson, Mrs. Richard Stevens; June Johnson, clubwoman; Sara Ann Braun, Gallagher- Keith Anderson, Wesleyan; Wilma Hibsch, State Normal; Maude Broad- well, working in Pontiac; Mardelle Howell, Detroit; J. B. Smith, Sweney Oil Co.; Lucy Marie Carrithers, at the Gray Goose; James Glennon, Sweney Oil Co.; Charlotte Larkin, working in Pontiac; Eugene Herzog, Herzog Produce Co.; Mary Eleanor Combes, Eureka College; Helen I.effingwell, P. G. at F. T. H. S.; Harold Finnegan, Eagle Grove Junior College, Eagle Grove, Iowa. Doings of the 1934 graduates: Mac Convis, Brown’s; Elizabeth Ann Goudy, Wesleyan; Richard Steinberg, State Normal; Alyce Nash, Millikin; Emily Purdum, Wesleyan; Helen Zimmerman, Mrs. Ray Tate, Gibson City; Alma Broadwell, Mrs. Victor Dernier, ’33; Wilbur Troeh- ler, Chicago; Eloise Wink, Chicago; Florence Dickson, Nurse’s Train- ing, Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington. M iss Mary Ellington, of the faculty, and James Donaldson, of Nor- mal, Illinois, were married last June. After an extensive wedding jour- ney, they are now making their home in Danville. Miss Ellington is well remembered by her many friends among the students made during her three years here. The Alumni Basketball Team, managed by Clyde Gunn and com- posed of Virg Munz, Bud Decker. Bob Tipton, Hart . Munz, the brothers Hartman, and Tut King, took it on the chin in their annual encounter with the Green and Gold, 38-27. It is said that some of the boys are now almost fully recovered from the tremendous exertion of the game. 124 1 9 3 6 Three Jingles Betty Nussbaum Miss Kemple had a nice new car, Which was her pride and joy. When Sterling Craig bumped into her, He was a naughty boy. T FOR QUALITY CHICKS |_| He has the dumbest looking face That I have seen most any place, He wiggle-waggles when he walks, He stutters a little when he talks, Sometimes he’s the boldest boy I know, Sometimes he’s meek as falling snow. A typical Freshman boy, is he. It’s Johnny Fugate, can't you see. You’d think him a tough guy the way he struts, But he’s really the king of all the mutts. Friends clear their throats to see him walk; He thinks he’s so important, but it’s largely talk. The boy on whom we’ve all the laugh Is no other one than our John Langstaff. E SEE c isthuff ] Hatchery e Carlyle H.: “Did the noise we made worry your folks when I brought you home last night?’’ Mary Ann A.: “Oh, no! It was the si- FAIRBURY ILLINOIS Quality Drugs Stationery Grover’s Cara Nome Toiletries Garn ffp Greeting Cards vJ Cll Ciwv Allis-Chalmers WADE’S and Oliver-Hart-Parr THE REXALL Tractor and Implement Dealers DRUG STORE Phone 203 121 West Locust St. Phone 81 FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS Hydrox Ice Cream School Supplies 125 T H E C I I E E If You Want the Newest Fashions In Ladies' and Children’s Wearing Apparel Visit THE FASHION SHOP 205 E. Locust St. FAIRBURY. ILL. FAIRBURY PRODUCE COMPANY PURINA CHOWS POULTRY, EGGS AND CREAM MILL FEED, HAY AND STRAW It Pays to Look Ifell H. E. TROF1 ILER’S BARBER SHOP 102 E. Locust St. Fairbury, III. DR. E. M. GERDES Chiropractor Phone 260 DR. F. H. MILLER DENTIST Phone 416 DR. A. W. PENDF.RGAST Optometrist Fairbury Illinois FRED A. WERLING Quality Meats and Groceries Fresh and Smoked Meats Fish. Oysters, Poultry Phone 18 J. W. NOSEK Men’s Wear and Shoes Shoes for All the Family CHRYSLER AND PLYMOUTH Sales and Service H. H. PHELPS THE ILLINOIS HOTEL Forest Boose, Prop. GEORGE L. MOWRY MORTUARY Ladies’ Apparel, Men’s Suits to Measure General Dry Goods, Men’s Furnishings Rugs, Linoleum, Carhart Overalls THE BECKLEY STORE Fairbury, Illinois STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMO- BILE AND GENERAL INSURANCE We Sell Nothing But Mutual Insurance The Oldest Known Form of Protection A. O. CONVIS SON Kunkel's 5c to $1.00 Store Yoii Can Always Find It At Kunkel’s i 9 3 6 126 FAIRBURY ILLINOIS Fairbury, Illinois THE ENGINEERS Anyone who has ever been con- nected with the high school knows and admires the fine qualities of these two men, Dewey DeMoss and E. H. Bastion. Ready and willing at all times to help anyone who needs them, they have won the respect and the devotion of both students and faculty. 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