Fenger Academy High School - Courier Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THEME STORY Books-why yes, they are our life: our educa- tion and our recreation, our vocation and our avocationg they form our life in its entirety. They shape and mold us in extreme youth, broaden us in our high school and college years, and, after spending a lifetime with us, bring our lives to a dignified close. What better theme for our semi-annual, a mem- ory book, than books? There! at last the theme of our book, our own work, was decided! A novel manner of presenting this theme was suggested by the ever popular song, The Story Book Ball, and by it our vague notions were crystalized. A great decision had been made, and then there came a hesitant pause-we were all so afraid of spoiling our beautiful theme, so afraid that our group might not contain the necessary talent, that in some way we would not portray our Story Book Ball as it so vividly appeared in each of our imaginations. Picture a scene where all the most prominent of your book friends gather in a great ball, where Old King Cole charms an equally delightful Alice-in-Wonderland, where we see the Pied Pi- per of Hamelin leading the throng of boys and girls from the rat-freed town to the hills never to return, where we have Uriah Heep, him of the slimy, slippery personality, where we see old Mother Hubbard watching over a small David Copperfield, made immortal by Dickenis taleg and where we count among those present Hamlet, Jack and Jill, and all our other story book characters. Would it not truly be wonderful if it were pos- sible to visualize such a scene, to see our loved friends together instead of each in his or her own setting? This we have tried to bring about for you. We see our childhood fairy tales equally as important in shaping our destinies as our more serious works by Dickens and Shakespere, there- fore, we have used both in carrying out our theme. As to future books, for there will doubt- less be many, many more before we have reached a settled and staid old age when our ideals and prejudices are so firmly rooted that nothing new can enter into our minds, as to these books, we leave them as we think right for the future, and concern ourselves only with the books we have enjoyed together in the nursery, all through grammar school, and in our high school careers. The books we have read and the books we shall read will form an important section in the list of our friends. An old quotation that illustrates this phase of books is: A blessed companion is a book. A book that,s fitly chosen is a life long friend. Book friends can be relied on, too, they are ever in waiting for our callg they are ever faithful and helpful, and always willing to spend an afternoon or evening with us to fill our thoughts, asking nothing in return. Each new book we read will bring us at least one new friend. We borrow the opening lines of Wordsworthis Daffodils,' and suggest not daffodils this time, but books and book friends, as the theme of this charming poem: Qc For oft, when on my couch l lie In vacant or in pensive mood They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitudef' PURE EOOLISHNESS What happens in a chemistry book, Locked up in a desk at night? Why the H's and O's and 2's Gather together, of course, And hold the wildest of balls. What happens in your red English book When you hold it up, but Are thinking of Spring? Why the nouns, and the commas All begin laughing and joking. And here's a bit of advice- The most valuable I could giveg Never leave your Algebra alone With a green Geometry book. Page Six L A For the ais and the b's and the xls Will be climbing and sliding All down your angles, and Mixing your theorems and axioms. And think of the gay time The ancient and modern history Books have. Why, behold Pericles himself Arguing and ranting with Bismark. What would happen to you if, perhaps, You should become famous some day? Why, you will be gay For the rest of all life In somebody's blue school book. -Margaret Smith

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F. W. Sehacht Principal F. Zipf Assistant Principal Elizabeth Campbell Dean of Girls George Aiken Acting Dean of Boys Jessie E. Anderson Gymnasium Laura B. Ayers Art Maud A. Bailey General Science Harry Beals Engineer Emil C. Bennett Chemistry Lois Bennett Vocational Azlciscr Dorothy Blachly Mathematics Marian F. Brazelton Commercial Walter H. Brill Mathematics Ella M. Burkhart Mathematics Williani R. Burnham Banrl Florence B. Caird Com mercial Nora M. Carroll History Eleanore Castle English Congetta Change Italian Sgt. Carl Chistotfersen R. O. T. C. Irma F. Clark Assistant Librarian ' Lois A. Connor English Louis Cook Mechanical Drawing Lena M. Crum Cooking Sarah B. Dargan Commercial George F. Dasher Acting Asst. Principal Peter DeGraff History Ellen DeHaan Gymrzasimn Norma D. Diamond Zoology Leo E. Donnelly Mathematics Alice C. Eddy Mnsic Clara T. Fenn History Douglas A. Fessenden Coach Etta B. Fluke Lihrarian George J. Foster Electric Shop Wesley W. Fotch Gymnasinm Charlotte V. Fowler Mathematics Harriette Freeman General Science Wlallace H. Fristoe Physics Sayers A. Garlick Geography FACULTY Dorothy Grant 8 o-'clock Snlastitnte Nelle Green Art James J. Griffin Coach Fanny A. Hall MaI'hc nzatics Heber M. Hays History Idah A. Henicksman Comnicrcial Margaret S. Hill History Leo P. Hopkins Mathematics, Registrar Dorothy Huebner Botany Gladys Jacobson Commercial Geography Alice R. Kavauaugh Comm ercial Edith M. Kay Commercial John J. Kehoe Printing Anna Kelly Matron Luella Kcttclhon Commercial Frank W. Knight Coach G. H. Knight Music Uda Koerner Mechanical Drawing Nelda Koos Commercial Josephine R. Korten Spanish May B. Kring Cafeteria Lillian E. Kurtz Mathematics Ernest E. Lange Com mercial, Anzlitor William J. Lechtenbcrg History Belle H. Liberman Comn1i'rcial Grace B. Lincoln Grneral Science Esther Lundquist English Mary G. Lusson Music Sadie Mandelstein Commercial Edna M. Marlin Art John McClain Art Marie McCutcheon Commercial Isabelle McKirdie English Winifred McPartlin Latin Hilegarde Meisekothen German Anne L. Milburn English Ethel Miller Covnrnercial Marion D. Moran History Rita H. Morris Clerk Grace G. Murray French William E. Music Art lngeborg Olson Civics XValter O,Keefe Commercial Hellen M. O'Malley Commercial Helen O,SulliVan Coninicrcial Elsie L. Parsons Sewing Gorman Pickard Mathematics Marguerite Plummer C om in ercial Edna M. Randall Commercial William C. Reich Physics Margaret M. Robertson English Ruth W. Robinson English Walter NV. Sampson Commercial Sarah E. Schmid Clrrle Anna Schmook English Norma H. Schroeder Gymnasium Gertrude Schuessler Nlathcinatics Bernice Shine Commercial Ruth M. Smart Latin Charlotte Smith Civics James H. Smith Geography Claude Smitter Commercial Jessie Solomon Salesinanship Edna M. Stephens English Katherine M. Stevens English Nora B. Stevenson English Stanley F. Sullivan Gcneral Science Julian Sykes Auto Shop Margaret Taylor English Mildred Taylor Mathematics Grace A. Thomas Latin Sarah Thomas English Leland R. Thompson Chemistry Neil Trimble Orchestra Thomas L. Van Seoyoc Wood Shop Laura A. Verhoeven English Helen Vizard Art Ira M. Wagenman History .kf,, ,.., . F. W. Schacht Principal Elizabeth C. Campbell Dean of Girls F. Zipf Assistant Principal Vera H. Wertheim Cleopatra Wilson English English Mabel M. Whitney Ruth M. Wise English English Myra A. Whitworth Frank E. Young Spanish Gymnasium Page Five

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