Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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A dignified group of young people, the Juniors, all looked forward to upholding their ideals and goals for the third year. They carried out their class activities willingly. With enthusiastic participation in the Scrap Drive, they came near to being victorious. The Seniors are looking forward to an enjoyable Junior-Senior Banquet due to the tireless efforts of the Juniors. ON TO VICTORY!

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Ray Suppiger, President Estelle Dill, Vice-President. Nothing ventured; nothing gained. Class Sponsors: Miss Dowdy and Mr. Pulliam. Class Colors: Purple and yellow. Class Flower: Violet. Mary Jane Siegrist, Secretary Delores Hosto, Treasurer.

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CALEDDAR September 1 October November 18 21 25 The sun was shining brightly as the students of the Highland Public School once again took up their studies for the year 1942-1945. Tonight our Bulldogs met the Collinsville football team composed of men not yet on the Varsity squad. The final score was 59 to 7;Collinsville. Greenville Lake saw the FFA and their dates enjoy an outing of boating and eating, plus all the other happenings of a picnic. At the Boys' mixer, the Freshmen, willing guests of the upperclassmen, partook of the excellent program prepared for them and pronounced it the best ever. After a long and tiring bicycle hike to Marine, the GAA indulged in a delicious weiner roast. The Bulldogs and the Edwardsville B-Team Tigers met in football for the first time. Highland came off the victor, 14 to 2. The Bellville B-Team suffered a 14 to O defeat at the hands of our boys today. This took the sting from our defeat by them last season. 69 history students today answered ten questions on the course of the war. The kids proved they were at least average. Highland played the best game of the season in defeating Roxanna 18 to 6. It was the seniors' last football game and the entire team played to win for them. Highland's scrap drive ends with the mighty seniors the victors and now entitled to a scrap party. The total amount of scrap collected by our school exceeded 350,000 pounds. At the invitation of our GAA, girls from various towns came to Highland for a Play Day. The several games played enabled the girls to work up good appetites to do justice to the lunch prepared for them. Songs and sketches completed a very enjoyable day. A faculty party was given in honor of Mr. Davis, our coach, who has received a commission in the United States Navy. Mr. Davis expressed his thanks for the gift of the athletic teams in no uncertain terms. The GAA gave a Halloween party, couplete with spooks, jack-o-lanterns, corn shocks, and weird shadows. Good music by our high school orches- tra and well planned games helped the plentiful refreshments to taste all the better. The large attendance agreed it was a very good party. As the high school teachers attended the Conference at the U of I, and the grade teachers visited various schools, we had a holiday. The bands and glee clubs of both schools participated in the annual Armistice Day program given in our gym. This date marks a great deal of fun for everyone, for it was the GAA initiation day. New members came to school dressed as all kinds of queer characters. After a trying day of bowing to the commands given by the older members, everyone attended a pot-luck supper and a formal induction. Brri It's Friday the 13th and the entire assembly was chilled by the dire predictions of Junior Essenpreis. In addition if we all follow the way Shirley Hug made her sales in the dramatics club play, Selling Our Way Through Life will be quite easy.....and howJ! The Senior playlJj And what a playj It was packed full of humor and comedy. The plot concerned the problems of the Jones family; the title being Almost Summer. (Continued on Page 34)