Georgetown High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Georgetown, IL)

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22 THEfGETOWHIS lllllllIlIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIII II Illllll ll I IIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIllIIlllIIIllIIllllllllllllllllllllllll I I I I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Out of the ceaseless struggle for existence in school life have emerged twenty-nine Seniors, battle-scarred, but not defeated, and all the more pre- pared to contend and conquer in the great battle of life. Would, dear reader, that you turn with me for a few moments from the turmoil of existence to a retrospection of the history of those twenty- nine, which is unparalleled in the annals of G. H. S. Uncultured and untutored in the conventionality and etiquette of high school, we, the twenty-nine and fourteen others, entered our freshmen year in the fall of 1918, but we soon acquired scholastic tendencies and participated in all activities. Parties, numbers of them, were our diver- sions after the primal charms of entrance into high school had withered. We elected Orville Macklin to pilot us over the unknown, stormy sea of our first semester. Glentis O'Neal, long since departed to Ohio, was our presi- dent for the last half of the year. September, 1919, and our troubles began again after a greatly en- joyed vacation, for geometry, ominous and forboding, towered like a mighty giant, eager to destroy us, and Caesar, mighty conqueror that he was, stood ready to vanquish the thirty-tive that remained. Because of the athletic record that Orville Macklin, by that time more generally known as Shack had made, we elected him again the president of what was then our sopho- more class. That year, more parties and roasts and a pusillanimous at- tempt to ensnare the elusive hearts of the upper classncen were our enter- tainments. Our president, our speed king, also showed his ability as a runner by winning in the county, Charleston, and state meets. '20, as Juniors, there were twenty-six of us, proud and haughty, for coveted Seniorship lay but one year before usg but school activities soon grew strenuous enough to bring us back to earth and to cause us to think of the present and not of the future. For the first time in our history, a girl was given the honor of being our president and Alta Powell filled the position exceedingly Well. Football first, for we had a number of stars on the team, and then basketball, and, later, track claimed our attention. Junior play, sighs, nights of anguish for Miss Ruth Clark, our coach, end- less labor, and then All of a Sudden Peggy reaped its own reward as one of the best Junior plays ever given in G. H. S. More exhausting training and sleepless nights and Lois Satterfield and Frances Mingee emerged as victors from the school declamatory contest. Then Lois and Horace Stark, in declamatory and extempore, respectively, wan out in the district, both representing us in the county contest at Westville. Shack won places in the County and Charleston track meets. At the Junior-Senior banquet, we showed the Seniors that they had met their equals and we served them a ,very sumptuous and long-to-be-remembered banquet. Now we are Seniors, lacking all that dignity that people say is charac- teristic. Emma Keenan, Denzel Edmonds, Effie Pribble, and Sarah Crom- IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllll Ill Ill III lllll IIIIIIII IIIII IIIIIIIII Illl ll Illl lll I lllll lll lllll lllll Ill II II I III I Illlllllllll lllIlllllllIllllllIlllllllllllIIIlllllIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllll lllll l Il

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THE GETOWHIS lllllllllllllll lllllllllllllilllllll IIIIIIIIVllllllllllllllllllllllll Il llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllll llllllll ll ll IHIIIIIIIII lllllllllllllllllllll lll lllllllllllllllllllll N OW Fieshman days now bring a smile, For our faults we realize, Though they laughed so at us then, We have proven we're bound to rise We, as Sophomores, improved, Added knowledge showed its trace, No longer were we trampled on, We were gaining in the race. Jolly Juniors rise still higher With our growing learning bold. We have passed the halfway mark, Now we're on the outward road. Seniors, now, we're almost through. High school life is passing fast. We will soon be far away, Dreaming of the days long past. Memories of happy times, Roasts and pranks and lively fun, Droll mistakes and all such things Will remain when we are done.. Thoughts of future' life and work, Rosy dreams of ease and rest, Wealth and happiness untold, With success and fame so blest. Though we wish for all these things, Though our hopes are rising high, Yet we know that heavy hardships Wait-to meet us bye and bye. When they come and battle with us, When they strive to overcome, We've a shield which then will guard- 'Tis the knowledge we have won. Lois SATTERFIELD. III Ill ll Hill lllllllIlllllllllllllllllllll lll ll lll IIII I Illllllllll lll ll ll I Ill! llll lllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lll llllllllllllllllllllllll ll lllllllll IIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Illlllllllllllllllllll HHIIII IIIIIIIIIII Ill lll

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THE GETowH1s 23 lllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHlllHlllllllllllllllllllllllllllHHH!HIIIIIIEIIIIIIIIIHHNlllllllllHlllllHllllllllllllllllllHllllllllllNll1llllllllllllllllllllllllKHllllllllllllllllllllllllI Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll IIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIll'- well, all valuable members, have joined our class. Lois has been given the honor of representing us both as president and editor-in-chief. The record our fellows have made in football and basketball this year speaks for it- self. Shack is expected to bring us honors again in tl ack. Lois Satterfield, Emma Keenan, and Robert Cornelius are to represent us in declamation and Fred Snyder and Robert Cornelius in extempore. We have already had three parties and are intending to have many more. In proof of our quite exceptional ability, here is our record: Of the eleven men on the football team this year, eight were Seniors. Shack Macklin, Denzel Edmonds, Thomas Jenkins, Herbert Thornton, and Lester Dunivan made exceptional records. Herbert, Thomas and Lester have done likewise in basketball. The countless victories of Orville Macklin and Robert Tharp prove unquestionably our superiority in track. The school tennis champions, Lois Satterfield and Robert Cornelius, are both from our class. The records of Frances Mingee, Lois Satterfield, and Horace Stark, as speakers, are a source of pride on our part. Alta Powell, Eulah Morris, Denzel Edmonds, and Robert Cornelius have been members of the high school orchestra for four years. We have given successfully two plays, one of which, the senior play, Betty's Last Bet, drew, undoubtedly, the largest crowd that ever attend- ed a high school play. Our average in grades has been superior to that of all other classes in this school during the past three and one-half years and still continues to be. Lois Satterfield and Robert Cornelius are breaking all records of G. H. S. by graduating with nineteen credits each. Thomas Jenkins is doing likewise with eighteen and one-half. ' We have reported more news through the agency of Eulah Morris, Denzel Edmonds, and Robert Cornelius, to the newspapers than any other class that has ever been in G. H. S. High school notes have also been sent to others besides the local papers, a thing which has not, heretofore been done by this or neighboring high schools. We are successfully making this annual with the greatest cost of any annual ever made here and during the worst economic conditions this coun- try has known for the last two decades. The moral and social standing of our class is distinguishably pre- eminent. Holding these truths to prove conclusively my first statement, we, the senior class, leave you to go out and conquer in the world as we have con- quered here. ROBERT CORNELIUS. LlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllillIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIHltllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllHHllllllllll!llllIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllll1IllllllIIllIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllll