Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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McKinley School FRANK BETHEL: —“I only speak right

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E have published this book for several reasons. First, the public expected it. Second, the Faculty and Board of Educa- tion wanted it. Third, class sentiment de- manded it. Fourth, precedent and custom claim enough of our time and energy to produce a year-book by which we may be remembered. Irving considered his books his friends; regard this book one of your friends. You have bought it because you want to know something of the class of ’15. Keep it for the same reason, for all mortals forget. Read it occasionally to refresh memories of doings of the class and school in T4 and T5. And finally, remember that a good thing should not be abused. We tried to make Granois T5 a good thing. There- fore, respect our efforts; keep and cherish our pro- duct as a companion having tho’ts of days gone by.

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E itnrial E echo the sentiment of the Class of ’14 that the yearly publication of Granite High School should have a perma- nent name. It is embarrassing, to say the least, when one refers to the “Imp ' or the “Sphinx, to have someone ask, “What sort of a creature is that?” simply because he had not heard what the Annual for that particular year was called. We want to have our publication known everywhere every year by one name, so that that name may reflect credit upon the literary ability of the students of Granite High. The Class of T4 adopted the name of “Granois,” an ell ipsis of the terms “Granite” and “Illinois,” for their Annual, and asked us to follow their lead. We think it is a good name; we doubt if a better or more appropriate one could be found; and since we are strongly in favor of a permanent name, we have called our year-book “Granois 15. May the name live long, become widely known, and always symbolize honest literary effort whose object is to exploit the successes and tell the happenings in Granite High ! . B. L. MONG the notable additions to the school this year are the Departments of Manual Training and Domestic Science. Both are well equipped, and the students are doing justice to the equipment in the quality of the work they turn out. The Manual Training Department is under the supervision of Mr. Hunter, formerly a foreman in the pattern- shop of one of the local foundries. Mr. Hunter’s ability was unknown in school circles when he came to us. but it didn’t take him long to show everybody in general and the boys of the student body in particular that he knew woodwork from A to Izzard. Under his instruction the boys became very useful around the school, making necessities for all the depart- ments, besides improving their own. A few evidences of their handiwork are the shelves for plants in Botany Laboratory ; an extra blackboard in the Shorthand room; the windmill for the stage settings in the operetta. “Windmills of Ilollland;’ a bookcase for the assembly; in fact, when the construction or reconstruction of anything was involved, the Manual Training boys were called upon. Moreover, they have developed a very creditable department from small beginnings. September found the (dass assembled in a rectangular room completely innocent of all equipment. Now there are individual benches, the best machinery, and the kind of tools used by expert cabinet-makers. Of course part of this is due to the generosity of the Board, but much of the results must be accredited to the skill and diligence of the boys. Miss Cooley is showing the girls of the school how to increase their efficiency in cooking. They have a good equipment and the best of materials to work with, and if we may judge from the savory odors which we sometimes get in the halls — gen- erally just before dinner, when we are hungriest — ' they put these materials to extremely good use. The members of the Fac- ulty were invited to a luncheon prepared by the class; every teacher except Prof. Coolidge praised the work of the girls, and we suppose that he was too well satisfied to express his contentment in words; anyway, we all noticed that he was very lenient that afternoon. Members of the Board can testify as to the quality of creamed chicken and cranberry ice prepared by the class ; therefore, we conclude that the girls are successful cooks. We think that these two departments are a credit to the school and we are proud of them. W. B. L. L OUI9E BOYER: — “Whose dark eyes glow like sparks of fire.”