Hononegah High School - Mack Yearbook (Rockton, IL)

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Rena1ssance Age Do the words Renalssance Ag meanneth anythlng to our readers bes1dr-rs a penod 1n World, Hxstory of many years gone by? We the cru sadiers hereat Hononegah, Castle taketh on new meanmgs of the afbresexd term We beheveth that our hagh school educatmn hlath stnved to pre pare us for a new Renalssanoe Age Renmssaznce' mcaneth 'new birth And we as students of chool re here to prepareth ourselves for a 'fnsew birth ln the sense that after 'we have completed our cofusrses and duploma we mov-eth forth 1nto a paslt one Instead of hnavmg sofmeon cut amongst our comrades to earn meet new pe0ple learn by exphrl have recewed the long wanrbed 11fe completely changed from our handetnh us what we deslre we gwo our own hvmg In domg thus we nce tzo diooth our tasks the shortest the qtuckest way to accomphsh success It as necessary to adJust our selves to transact the tasks our forefathers have vahantly performed m the management of the V3aI'10US governments busmness enterpnses and other Jobs wfhncht cofntmue year after year We w111 Iealn to taketh on respovns1b111t1es wh1ch heretofore svmeone else hath taken fOr us Ou' new bxrth must be successful for us to have a happy a peaceful and engoyable world m wh1ch to 11Ve We beheveth we w111 go hence bedtore we have beftook most thmags mlngle w1th others m the realm we wazrdls or to remam the same but to place for all to hve We mayst rem m Search of hxgher xdeals Here for graznrhedi, but as we go forth to covet c1v111zat1on not to go back 1mprove thereby bemg a bettel mber from our stud1es LH school what mxstakes our ancesfbofrs hath made xn then' progress and tryst to 1'SfI'3.1I1 from comrmttmg the same errors agam The freedom of press rehgron, and speech that we have, we must preservehh, as well as tc beseech newer hbez-hes for ourselves and our postenty We must go hlflhlel' ms pursuance of lngnher 1d-eals 1n our Rensaxssance Yes, we the Krughts, 1n our h1gh school ed.ucat1on, have moveth through the Dark Ages the Med1eval Age amd are about to enter the Age whnerewlth we hope to conrtxbute our utmycst 'vlayst we be as successful as our leaders have been 1n preparmg us for xt 16 I sc - . I - I . I I . , . . , I I - , ' 1 ' 1 ' - as ' I 91 . ca ' , 1 4 u - . , S ' 5 ' .77 ' . v , : , 1 . ' - , I, , ' 3 1 ' ' I .III I a ' - a . . I . I I I . I I . I I . I . a a ' 1 W 4 ' . I. . . . . I I I sc f In I I 1 1 , I - 1 1 I . 0 . . . . . . I I - 9 . . . , A . ' . . . . . 1 ' ' 15 , . . t ' - 1 f ,

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Crusades of the Prmcesses and Pr-mces NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Each year the facu'ty chooseth members for the Natlonal Honor S clety on the basls of scho1arsh1p ervrw leadershmp and character Thxs xs a natzoral orgaruzatlon and It 1S quxte an honor to belong to rt Lady Northrop IS the sponsor of the Soc1ety Thls year five students were 0-hl0Se'I1 to b'9C0m6 m9mb9'l'S f0ur were Knlghts and one was a 5111121-F6 Knights VlV13U Cartel' Clare Clover Betty Ann Mack and Don Olds Squxre Irene W1l11a1ms DA.R. Bettyjane Carlson was chosen by the faculty to receweth the Daugh bers of the Amemcan Revolutlon award based upon depenfdabmty ser vme leaderslup and p-atnoftrsm Four gxrls were nomnnated by the Kmghts they were VIVIBD Carter Rane Laddle Betty Ann Mack and Berttygane Carlson BRAIN AND BRAWN The Bra.1n and Brawn Socr ty as an honorary orga.mzat1on of the Honnonegah Commumty Hrgh School whlch hast for 1tS purpose the encouragement oat' a hrgh standard of sdholarshmp strong athletlc Rnd good c1t1zensh1p It attnbuteth specral recogmtxon to those who have attamed d1st1nct1on 1n mtellectual or athletlc acluevernents Students may become members m the followmg ways 1 By makmg' an average of 90 ln four subjects LTL 356 years 2 Byv makmg a letter m 3 sports um one year and competmg 1n 3 sports durmg the Sel'1l0'l' year 3 By breakxng the scholarsh p track record 4 By bemg sel cted by the lla-ulty as the w1nner of the ,good c1t1zefn slnp award! 5 By fulflllmg the followmg requlrements Cg1r1sJ QA! Must be a member of the G A A three consecutwe vears m 1Il.C1LlJ'i1I'g semor year CBD Must WIH the State League emblem CCD Must ppart1c1pate m two class sports each. of the three years LH mcludmg SCIIIOI' year Those chosen for the Braxn and Brawn Soc1ety thls year Scholarshlp-V1v1an Carter BettyJane Carlson, and Clare Clover Athletxcs-Don Olds C1t1zensh1p-Rane Lxddle GA A V1V13.11 Carter 15- l I A W 1 . . . . . ' C v rv- 1 ' . . . yu. . . . . . A . u ' ' , , , . . , , , . . . . . 7 . . . . I .- , - . . . . . . , f a r - 1 ' 'I 1 ' 1' s - .G . . . . ' 9 . W . .- , , . . , 5, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' X. . . . ' s . , . .. . we l . - . . . . . ' . . .. . , , - . . . . 9 ' 1 , , - .- .

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The Kmghts P1lgr1mage It was four years agvo on a brxght September day that srxty five green and bashtul crusaders entereth the gates of the great castle We begxnneth our great struggle as a group of shy and awkward Knaves fully unaware of what the future holdeth m store for us Nevertreless we all had the determmatlon that some day we wouldst ach1eve the t1t1e of Krughts though th1s seemeth far od We soon becameth acquamted wxth the rules and customs of the court and began to feeleth more at home We elected Elleen Shlelds D1ck Sh1e1ds and Gerald Snyd r as our class offxcers Under tlheu' lead erslnp and the guidance of M1ss Larson and Mrs Barrnore who suc c ed th Mlss Larson as our c ass sponsor, we progressed rap1dly through our first year As we starteth our second term at the old castle we of course choseth a new group of leaders They were Rubby Tuttle Jack Zahn and Marcla Gleasman We hadeth Mr Ga'lup as our class sponsor thls year our second step m the sta1rs to our Kmghthood goal We began to feel and see famt H pes of reachmg our destmatxon asKn1,ghts so 'we starteth to make plans for a 'mp to New York As a help to rarse money we sponsored a movie 1n the castle audrtorrum the name off wluch was Remember the Alamo In 1942 we find th Ourselves full fledged Squrres now and very proud through two years of learnmg at K ng Arthurs CourtAs we are begm mm to feel more at home we nesolve thxs to be a bxg' y ar of success rr our 11164 To lead us thls year me chlcse Betty Ann Mack Darlene Dahlgren and Helen Olmstead Mrss Theobald served as our sponsor t.h1S year Under then- leadershlp we sponsored a dance had several c- ass p frtves and! as usual we had the respons1b1l1ty oaf puttmg on the Squure Kmght prom At last we be an the one final step m our ascent to Kmghthood We are ofhcally Kmghts this year and resolveth to make ourselves known We elected as our leaders Bettygane Carlson, Pres1dent, Don Olds V1ce Presrdent, a.n.d Mary Garner, Secretary Under then' leadershxp and the gvudance of MIQS Klltzkle we are readv to maketh our way up the final step We sponsored a dance early 1n the year and of course presenteth the Kmghts play-all to further rncrease our funds for at least a short tmp to Chlcago or some nearby place As the year of 44 draws to a close we shall probably regret leavmff the C urt of Kmg Arthur bfut wxll rave the sat1sfact1on of knowmg that we madeth a success of our four years at the old Castle 17 0 I 0 0 r ' s . ' u - . Q I U I , X ' . u n . . . , . . in . . - . ' . ' . B I o , ' A . , 1 . p , 1 I - 1 J 9 . ' ' , C I . , . . . , I 1 u .- I Q X . Q .5 , . , e - . ' of the fact. Just think, we have madeth our way, struggling at times, ' 4 ' V ' - 4 Q V 1 . . F U . ' . . 1 A , - 7 , 1 k 'L l ' V 7 ff - ' ', , 1 - s X 1 1 , , V 0 , .