Grant Community High School - Trumpeter Yearbook (Fox Lake, IL)

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IUNIURS -- These are the Thrice-returned. They, too, were once the bashful, They the boastful. But now their levity is quelled, For theirs is not A task to be ignored. The speeding months Foretell another year When they must be Big brothers to the weak 'Qtr

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THE CLASS 0F 1941 During the past three eventful, happy years the members of the junior class, with few changes in per- sonnel, have been plodding down the hall of knowledge. We entered as forty-six freshmen, subdued and appalled, in the fall of 1936. Standing at the brink of the gigantic maelstrom of high school life, we looked askance at the clock-like precision of the workings of our new found institution. Could we ever hope to be absorbed by this smooth-running monster! What gratitude we felt for a kindly word, a sympathetic smile. Quickly our adjust- ment followed. Seemingly, at once, we were absorbed in club organizations. Our classes passed pleasantly, and the trepidation we had so keenly experienced in the be- ginning was gone forever. After a few weeks our class organization was com- pleted with the selection of four very elated class ollicers. Under the guidance of these officers and two sympathetic faculty advisers, we began to spread out. Six of our boys found their way to the football held. No freshman ever displayed more valor nor added more glory to his class than did those youngsters. Later, when the basketball court beckoned, nine freshman stalwarts made the sacrifice. Nor was all of our accomplishment in the direction of brawn. Two of our girls and six boys entered the music organizations. Before the school year ended, we realized, with some misgivings o-f course, that we had become a vital force in the high school life. Our sophomore year found us contributing even more to the well being of the school. Our athletes displayed startling finesse. Ten of our classmates made a brilliant showing in basketball. Our social life took on new importance. An occasional date was not an unusual thing. Shirley had conhded that she was much enamored by Chuck Sampson. Yes, we had indeed grown up. All of our innermost hopes and aspirations have been culminated in this, our junior year. There has been no stalemate in our activity. We have accepted proudly the effuse congratulations of our