The Illman School - Span Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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struggling hard for an education, but has some difficulty, I believe, in getting it. He isn't much good at mathematics or Latin, but when it comes to business methods just watch him. He's a great coon. In the next booth is George Vanderhoef, the human jumping-jack, who was never known to be entirely still for even one-fifth of a second, and I guess some of his competitors in a roo- yard dash thought it was less than that. By some mistake the Lord put a horseis mane on his head instead of hair, and it has caused him some embarrassment at different times. I have shown you a number of mighty athletes to-day, but now we have come to the great- est of them all, W'ashburne, the Strong. His mighty biceps and calves so overpowered Shevlin when he returned to the Alumni reunion that he shrank one-third and returned on the next train. His magnihcent victory over Cavour Hartley on the wrestling mat will long be remembered by his proud Form. . Now, patient friend, we are approaching the end, and I beg just a few more moments of your attention. Next I would have you look at this babe-in-arms. His prodigious brain has earned him a place among the sages of the class in spite of his age, and his feats on the mouth organ, a place among its great musicians. Morrisy Willets is his name, six and a half, his age. Now, we are at the last, but far from the least of these wonders, Peter Wheeler'-tlie man of stone. iFor hours he will sit as you see him now, staring, always staring, until something arouses him. Peter isn't very big, but what there is of him-O, my! Actions speak louder than words and he isn't often silent, although he doesn't use his mouth much. So, we have finished the category. You have seen in their separate personalities the individuals that made up the Class of 1904. They made mistakes, separately and as a whole, but they made something besides mistakes, and they spent their last year together here in a spirit of good comradeship and friendliness that will have an irradicable effect on the life of every mem- ber.. There is no one of them who took anything but pleasure and proiit from his last year here, and there is no one of them but that will swear, heart and soul, by his Class, now passing forever from the life of the School it has learned to love so well.

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a seat, you will soon be able to have the future disclosed. Ah ! I thought so. The lecture has begun and your head is nodding. There ! just a moment more and it is done. ' Pk X :F X Pk FK X Pk FK DF ' Presto ! Awake ! What a strange world is this ! 'Tis 1925. First of all we ascend the old familiar steps of the Sixth Form Flat. But, what a sight greets our eyes ! Small children occupy the rooms which once held Washburne, Congdon, and other great men, and the halls are iilled with the childish prattle, which, however, is much more sensible than the language used here in the year 19o4. What is the meaning of this ? you ask. That's easy-the new rule went into effect last year, and no boy is allowed to enter the school who is more than four years old, and no one can enter above the First Form. i - E As we contemplate this pitiful sight a sudden whirr is heard at the window, a11d looking out we behold a fully rigged airship hovering in the air. Whose invention? you ask. Why, that of Great Edisonis Greater Pupil, otherwise known as Diana Shaffer. He has already invented fifty-eight scientiiic wonders, and now is at work upon the fifty-ninth, by far the most difficult. However, as we are to tour the country we had better board the airship which is waiting for us. First stop, Lancaster! As we reach North Duke Street a strange sight meets our eyes. Can this be our old friend, E. Graybill, of bygone days? Alas, 'tis true! He has broken all the scales in Lancaster County, so his weight is not determined. As he sits by his barrels of sauer kraut and pretzels, smoking his long pipe, we get this answer to our inquiries, K' Vas I efer un adelete? Ach, yah I Back by der Hill School yet. Und mein left pectoral muscle-H but here we leave him, as he has started on an unending subject. Our good ship takes us northward, and we pause a moment over the famous town of Scranton. Ringling Brothers are exhibiting one of its citizens, VV. J. Phillips by name, and we see him advertised as nine feet tall and still growing ,H but there are others who claim a pass- ing glance. Here is the board of aldermen with J. Taylor-Schneider Foster throwing books and ink at the chairman, and demanding to be recognized. He is also prominent in social circles. Oh, yes!