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

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22 decided to drop our Class literary programmes and put all our efforts into the Society. The great event of all the year was the removal, on March 26, from the old building to the new, and this affected each Class in a little different manner. To us comes the thought that with greater facilities we must have higher and nobler purposes, and strive still more to improve our opportunities for knowledge. Vile trust a Junior may be pardoned for the next few state- ments: they are made 1113011 the old saying that if you do not think well of yourself, ergo, of your Class, who will '? If there is one thing more than another that has taken up our spare time, it is the Ray Society. iYith the feeling noth- ing ventured, nothing gained, we V9lltll1'9Cl.,ii and entered into the Ray with all our might, and it is not a very rash statement to say that ww established it and made it what it is now. Of course the whole Junior Class is saying this, but we know well and admit to ourselves who our leaders were. A great many looked on half-curious, half-incredulous, as if it were some peculiar experiment and they were doubtful of the result, but we came out victorious. It is not to be gath- ered from this that the 'L Ray is a Class affair. No, indeed. far from itg there were willing helpers, but most of the work and planning fell first upon the Juniors. Hut we did not object : on the contrary, we were proud to establish the means toward the great end in view. lt is not to be supposed that the same number who began their High School career in '91 will end it in '95. There have been many changes. a large number have left, and some have come from other cities and schools. A few have entered the Class of '9-L, and intend to graduate with them. This is their gain and our loss. And now we hope there will be no other material change, and that, having always in mind our motto, Labor 0112121-ll rz'ncz'z', our Ninety-tive M may graduate with high honors. A

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21 iicult than the one preceding. and that any outside deviation received hearty cooperation. And again, it is apparent that a Class is what each individual makes it, a11d that the manner in which anything other than the regular routine is received determines whether it shall be for good or evil. It was our custom to give Class entertaimnents. These were chiefiy literary: they were instructive and amusing, and were well attended. Of course the other Classes were invited, and thus we became acquainted with many that perchance might not have come our way otherwise. Then, there were the Inform- als- not strictly Class affairs, but we usually took an active part. They were held in Rosalie Hall, and were very popular. About Christmas time the Class gave a dance known as the H Sophomore Dance, which will be long remembered by those who attended, and during the same winter several enjoyable sleigh-rides were given under the auspices of the Class. Another thing perhaps of greater benefit to our work was the privilege of hearing the Senior lectures. These were given Thursday afternoons, especially for the benefit of the Senior English Class. Dlost of them were delivered by University professors, and were exceedingly interesting. The most important years of High School life are the first and third. The first is such an entire change from anything that has preceded it,- it is then our character is formed : the other years mark the development of that formation. But the Junior Year is the prime of High School life. It is then, hav- ing learned how to study, that we may enjoy it to the uttermost and reap a full benefit from it. And we all naturally look for- ward to becoming Seniors, and this seems to add to its import- ance. It is often the anticipation more than the actual reality that possesses the charm, and the Junior is nearer ai Senior tha11 any other Class, without being one. WVe started out the way of all Junior Classes. Our Presi- dent, Mr. Ahern, has kept us together by H occasional Class meetings. At the institution of the Ray Literaryf' it was

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03 P. S. - Populi Nz1nu1.s.' Of course we an-ef c ave we no J c ic la Jtain Hovle u Jon the dialnond two H t la el L l successive years '! Have n't we the Manager 'f Have n't we the foot-ball Captain 7 Have 11't we put Juniors into all the offices of the Athletic Association except one 'f Have n't we furnished two H silver-tonguedl' orators to charm the 4' hyenic display of North Division ? Have nit we, through our ability, received the recognition of the board in having two such teachers Y Have n't we breathed the spirit of re-creation into the de- parted soul of the S' Ray Literaryf' and has it not become a liv- ing soul 7 And the old saying that U History repeats itself has for us a deep and significant meaning, for our past success is the powerful lnotive which inipels us to the undertaking of lifeis greatest problems with a zeal unsurpassed by the Classes of by-gone days. UFFICERS. President . . . DANIEL W. AHERN. Vice-President . . NVILLIAA1 K. llIAULL. Secretary . . . ELEANM: Mwzns. 'I'x-easurer . . lV1LLoiwsH1sY XVALLING. CoLoRs : -Apple-Green and lVl1ite. lllHTTO I - Lfllwr Ullllllifl r'z'1z0z'f.