Hyde Park High School - Aitchpe Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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14 the usual custom of sitting in the assembly hall. Consequently they were not bound together so well and could not as readily organize for good times. New scholars came in and old ones left: and during the latter part of the year one desk was left vacant, one place in the world resigned,rJohn Long had not completed a High School course, but entered a Higher School which is reached when our earthly study is over. The year ended sadly: our beloved principal, Mr. McAndrew, resigned. Everyone em- phatically declined to sanction this, but fate ruled to the con- trary and he went. The second year started with a new principal, and although we loved Mr. MCAl1fll'6NV, our hearts were large enough to love our new principal as well E and who does not love him 7 This year two young maids decided that it was not good for man to live alone, and so two happy young men were relieved of their loneliness and wedded the two pretty maids. And perhaps the angels missed someone from their midst, for another desk was left permanently vacant,-Miss Laura Gleason had gone Home. The Junior Yearl Ah, then we began to realize that we did n't know much after all: we began to see that we had only learned a small fraction of what was to be learned. Did any- one ever learn the signs for all those acids and salts in the chemical laboratory 7 Next, the most eventful of all, the Senior Year in Hyde Park: now we know that our education is unfinished, in fact just begun at the M117 of this year. For the first time in four years we were all together- but only for a short time. lve organized, VVill Richardson was elected President, and if ever faithful work in the Class cause deserved merit he earned it. In December the usual custom of Christmas theatricals was remembered, and the result of the work of the Dramatic Com- mittee was best seen on the evening of the event, when actors and actresses retired from the stage in a blaze of glory: and although the praise was bestowed upon the players, those who

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CLASS GF NIN ETY-FOUR. 4,-X Li .j Q ig. .- X,-j..,y,,w I '15, , '-if , - f i- ts 0 .-'.- years ago, in September, 1890, a troop of boys and girls entered the Hyde Park High School build- ing at Fifty-seventh street and Monroe avenue, for 'S if the first time. They were asked to please take their lfiifciff seats-the seats being boards elevated by means of a chair at each end. The class-room was the large uf-I. 3.9. D ff hall on the first iloor. VVith what admiration did 4 V- -C.. , they gaze upon the winding stairs, the immense corridors, and the second and third Hoor balconies, and whisper to each other concerning their future happiness! Awed into silence by looks from Principal McAndrew, they 4' seated, and then began to realize their own insignilicance, being recalled to the eternal unimportance of Freshmen in the eyes of their superiors, by the withering look of scorn from the principal and the laugh of ridicule from the previous occupants of the build- ing when the startling fact was made known that they could not write their own names Y QThey had brought no lead pencilsj Their second humiliation occurred when each had to confess by rising that he had just come from a grammar school. The disgrace of itf But they remembered these things and did as they were done by when the next generation poured in a year later. qgNevertheless, they emerged full-fledged scholars of H. P. H. S., and many, if only street-car conductors, realized the importance of these young ladies and gentlemen.j Thus beginneth the history of ,94. The last being always the best, they were a model type of Freshmen. The Class was so large it was forced to occupy four recitation rooms instead of following

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15 worked beforehand deserved, at least. a half. lYe cannot pass judgment as to who played his part best that eventful night, because everyone did the best. Mr. Kilbourne, the chairman of the committee, distinguished himself both on and off the stage. Zlllfl i11 the future we shall be proud that the actor of the day, Kilbourne, was our classmate. The Class of '94 being the largest Senior Class yet in the school, it would take too long to tell the good points of each member. life are a modest body of young people, and only hint at the beauty of the maidens and chivalry of the youths. The whole might be likened to a beautiful picture to which Mr. Gage may refer the future generations as a model of per- fection that they would do well to copy. lt is said that beauty and wisdom do not go hand in hand, but this exception proves the rule. lt seems as if the beauty of the lYhite City and clouds of wisdom which float from the classic halls of the Uni- versity come to a focus in the Senior Class .... But enough of this. The Class can speak for itself when the pen failethf Here is an example of the deep questions which vex the mind and ruffle the brow of the maid of '9-l. H To be or not to be, that is the question. lvhether it shall be dotted Swiss muslin or India silk 'f 'i Had the noble Plato any such prob- lem to solve ? No: he knew nothing of the woes of the sweet girl graduate, yet his name has come down the ages as a syn- onym of wisdom. ln such matters as these did each demoiselle win the laurels from Minerva. live entered the school as a little candle. our small lights almost entirely eclipsed by the brilliant rays of the shining lights above us. ive pass out, leaving a record to which the great search-light grows dull in comparison, hoping that the Classes to come will cast no shadow upon the previous records. Hurrah for the Class of 'SHI The record-beater of all beforef Cheer us roundly while we're here. For our exeunt. friends. is near.