Joliet Junior College - Shield Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1917 volume:

G_l MRS. W. FRANKLIN BARRETT 961 Western Avenue Joliet, Illinois 60435 In JHemnry of Wttt (Eta 15X7 Page One J. T. H. S. itxtntimx ta Mt. ] . X lillmnn tohuse sinrere interest in the 3 4l e i ILtftonship High ;S ' ciuutl has been felt bg eiterg stnoent, toe respettfullg mxix affettitutntdg oeoit xte this bnnk r ns an expression nf a«r appreciation of his efforts tit onr behalf Page Two MEMORY BOOK J. STANLEY BROWN, A. B., L. L. D. Joliet Township Board of Education George Langford, President. Clarence Sterling, Secretary. Dr. F. W. Werner Albert Ohlhaver Arthur Montzheimer Page Three . T. H. S. To the Boys at: the Front From the beginning of time the pages of the world ' s history have been filled with war. But wars differ. First they were the means of settling private disputes. Then the world advanced and they grew to be means of settling international contro- versies. But today we are engaged in a war not for the individual, not for the grati- fication of the mad lust of power possessed by some one man, but for freedom, for humanity, and democracy. We are now engaged in the world ' s greatest war, a war different from any prev- ious war experienced by this nation. No longer are the praises of some one individual sung; no longer of one race or nationality or creed, but of the melted army made up of all races, of all creeds and all nationalities. This is the thing which characterizes this war of the twentieth century. During the past this institution has stimulated not only a patriotism for America, but a respect for the thing which is right. So there were those in the high school who heard the call of humanity and answered it by their enlistment. We who are at home cannot fully appreciate the offer of self for the good of others made by the boys from the high school. But when tomorrow is history and the world shall resume the ways of peace, in recording the history of this period, the historian will lcserve a large Epace for the praise of those who made the world safe for democracy and democracy safe for the world. Grant Houston Brown The Roll of Honor Niles Cagwin John Guthrie Justin Laing Nels Tessen Howard Ayers Harold Ayers La Verne Ohlhaver Roy Peale Forrest Hutchinson George Lagen Maynard Murr Albert Schneider Charles Fischer Ralph Patterson William Connors James Bell John Johansen Harold Heap Henry Vreeland hobart schulenberg Stewart Muschott Robert Tonge William Jacobs Page Four MEMORY BOOK To Mary M. Spangler With stammering lips and insufficient sound We pledged to you our hearts ' sincerest praise; Your judgments ever wise are interwound With high-faned truths that win us to your ways. Yours is a friendship we shall not forget: It buoys our hopes and lingers in the mind Through all the perils which our paths beset, A constant benediction, dear and kind. O do not doubt, however Life may run, That always in the yet-untrodden ways We shall remember all that you have done And dedicate to you our votive praise, That we shall put unfaith and faltering by Because your life is leal, your faith is high. Page Five . T. H. S. Top Row, Left to Right— Le Roy Ginter, Ardelia R. Olden, Arthur Johnson. Middle Row, Left to Right — Mary M. Spangler, Ralph Patterson, Hayes Kennedy, Lee Daley. Bottom Row, Left to Right — James Whitehouse, Helen Carson, Grant Houston Brown. Page Six MEMORY BOOK Top Row, Left to Right — John Cowing, Albert Schneider, Franklin Barrett, John Guthrie, Harry J. Atkinson, Henry Wanner. Bottom Row, Left to Right — Gertrude Sehring, Lee Daley, Veronica Conroy, Dorothy Shaw. Page Seven ■i ™ . T. H. S. Top Rcw, Left to Right — Armacost, Arthur, Baldwin, Atkinson, Bannon. Bottom Row, Left to Right — Barns, Blair, Boese, Borland, Boston. Top Row, Left to Right — Broughton, Brown, Buell, Bush, Cairns. Bottom Row, Left to Right — Mrs. Castle, Clow, Carlquist, Converse. Page Eight MEMORY BOOK Top Row, Left to Right — Criswell, Daley, Denning, A Drew, E- Drew. Bottom Row, Left to Right — K. W. Duncan, M, Duncan, Eldridge, Frisbie, Gilpin. Top Row, Left to Right — Givens, Grose, Gunn, Hammond, Harris. Bottom Row, Left to Right — Holmstrom, Hubbard, Hughes, Hurd, Irwin. Page Nine J. T. H. S. Top Row, Left to Right — Johnston, Large, Lawlor, Lohr, McAllister. Bottcm Row, Left to Right — McClenahan, Mack, Mather, Mayo, Mueller. f s Top Row, Left to Right — Nielson, Parker, Ryan, Ruggles, Schutz. Bottom Row, Left to Right — Shideler, Sidell, H. Smith, Snyder, Seacord. Page Ten MEMORY BOOK Top Row, Left to Right — Smith, Spangler, Spicer, Spurgin, Stewart. Bottom Row, Left to Right — Shelton, Stokes, St:rm, Strong, Trams. Top Row, Left to Right — Van Antwerp, Van der Veen, Wagner, Webb, Wilcox Bottom Row, Left to Right— Williams, Wood, Woodruff, Yaggy. Page Eleven iSv. ( ;3 r JS _ JC % iL . ' w— T J - °- ,S i «?47 . T. H. S. ADLER, GEORGE. Literature and Arts A. Vice President of Eatin Club, ' 17; Xenior Play, ' 17. - ( ( C ALLEN, ELIZABETH. Teacher ' s Course. ANDERSON, EDITH A. •= Commercial A. Basketball, ' 13, ' 15- YS-7S Ip ■ J hM BADGER, MILDRED C. Commercial. AHLSTRAND, ELLEN. Commercial. Entered High School, February, ' 14. ALLEN, LOTTIE. Commercial. Play, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch ; Senior Play, ' 17. V £ tf,A ATKINSON, ALICE R. Domestic Science Course. AYERS, HOWARD R. Manual Training Course. En- listed in hospital corps, ' 17; Foot- ball ' 16; Track, ' 16. Mr. Kennedy, are you married? Page Twelve MEMORY BOOK BANNON, ANNA LOUISE- Commercial. f b , 1 BARRETT, FRANKLIN. Literature and Arts. Treasurer of Senior Council, ' 17 ; Class. Basketball, ' 17 ; Business Man- ager Senior Play, ' 17. s  7 y -CLJt - BATSON, CATHERINE. Literature and Arts B. IV- DER, ercial. BELANDER, ELLEN. Commercial. JARBER, JEAN. J £ Cj _) A -cr z ' ' General Science Course. Freshman Council, • ' 13 ; Class Basketball V - team, ' 13, ' 15 ; Winner of class tennis tournament, ' 13 ; Winner ■of tennis tournament, ' 15, ' J.6 ; Gymnastic exhibition, ' 14, ' 15; French Play, ' 16 ; Senior Play, ' 17. BASKERVILLE, CECELIA. Teacher ' s Course. ' 17. Senior Play, BECKWITH, ROYAL M Engineering Course. Inter-class track meet, ' 15, ' 16; High School Cadets, ' 16, ' 17; Senior Play, ' 17. BENSON, ETHEL P. Teacher ' s Course. Entered in February, ' 14; Play, Just Pat- ty, ' 15 ; Shakespearean Pageant, ' 16 ; Examination in English at Chicago University, ' 17. Which Bob C. finally won out, Arline? Page Thirteen I . T. H. S. BENSON, BENJAMIN J. Literature and Arts. BLOOMQUIST, IRENE. Domestic Science Course. Class basketball team, ' 14, ' 15; Exhi- bition, ' 14, ' 15 ; Danced at Senior Party and Entertainment, ' 17; Cheer Leader ; Laura Royce in Senior Play, ' 17. N I - BRENNAN, ANNA LOUISE. Commercial. q BRODERICK, MAYME. Teacher ' s Course. Entered Sep- tember, ' 14; Teacher ' s Certificate, ' 17. BERGGREN, OLGA. Commercial. tf BOLES, KATHERINE. Teacher ' s Course BRINKERHOFE, JOHN. Literature and Arts. BROWN, GRANT HOUSTON. Literature and Arts A. Vice President Athletic Association, ' 14 ; Junior-Senior Debate, ' lb As Ycu Like It, ' 16; Associate Editor J , ' 16; Editor-in-chief J , ' 16, ' 17; Memory BooH Staff, ' 17; Second prize Extem- pore Speaking Contest, ' 17; Mathematics and History exam- inations, University of Chicago, 17; High School Cadets, ' 16, ' 17; Arthur Frietchie in Senior Play, ' 17 ; Speaking Contest, Aurora, ' 17. Grant Nordstedt, a quiet modest fellow, noted more for his studiousness than anything else. Page Fourteen MEMORY BOOK BROWN, MONA. Literature and Arts B. Entered February, ' 14; Senior Play, ' It. CAGWIN, NILES. Literature and Arts. Football, ' 15, ' 16, ' 17; Basketball, ' 15, ' 1G ; Enlisted in Navy, April, ' IT. ' (s CAREY, MADEE. Literature and Arts A. Entered, September, ' 14. CARSON, HELEN. Literature and Arts A. Fresh- man-Sophomore Reading contest, ' 15; Audrey in As You Like It , ' 16; Social Editor of Year Book, ' 17 ; Latin and German examina- tions, University of Chicago, ±7 ; German Club ; Extempore speak- ing Contest, ' 17 ; Wrote 1917 Class Song; Senior Play, ' 17. 24JL— BUSH, FRANKLIN. Literature and Arts B. Band, ' 13- ' 17; Senior Play, ' 17. CAMPBELL, CHARLES. Literature and Arts. Boys ' Glee Club. CARLSON, EMMA. Teacher ' s Course. Entered, Sep- tember, ' 14 CHALSTROM, ARLINE. Commercial. Girls ' Glee Club. Miss Drew: Where is the Rhine? Bill Heise: In England. Page Fifteen . T. H. S. CLUTE, BEULAH. Literature and Arts B. Secretary of Freshman Council ; Gym- nasium Exhibitions, ' 14- ' i. ; Freshman-Sophomore R e a di n g Contest, ' 14; Class Basketball Team, ' 13- ' lo; Chairman of re- ception Committee for Junior- Senior Reception ; Class Historv for Year Book and Class Day, ' 17; Senior Play, 17. CONROY, VERONICA. Literature and Arts A. Gym- nastic Exhibition, ' 1. ' ], ' 14 ; Juraior- Senior Debate, ' 1G ; Junior-Senior Reception, ' 10 ; Extempore Con- test, ' 17; Originator, Hot Dog Day ; Girls ' Glee Club, ' 13- ' 17; Financial Chairman Year Book, ' 17; Senior Council, ' 17. • 1 COWING, JOHN. Literature and Arts A. Foo ' 14, ' 15; Baseball, ' 14, ' 15; ketball, ' 13, ' 14, ' 17; Council ' 17; Track, ' 14, ' 15, ' 17; Master, ' 16, ' 17; Glee Club; Team, ' 17; Jack Negly in S Play, ' 17. CURTIS, A. COVEL. Literature and Arts B. Orchestra ' 15 ; Senior Play, ' 17. COAKLEY, MARY. Medicine Course. COPLEY, MARY. Literature and Arts. B. ' 13- ' 14| Representative of Athletic Asso- ciation; Latin Play, ' 13, ' 14; 1 Rosalind in As You Like It || ' 16; Senior Play, ' 17. t CUMMINGS, IRA R. Engineering Course. Scholarship I Examination at the University of Chicago in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics, and Received Hon- orable Mention in Chemistry; Senior Play, ' 17. DAVISON, CLARA. Literature and Arts. G. Houston Brown is a Daley visitor in room 61. Page Sixteenl! I I DICE, VERA Commercial Course. DREVNIAK, HILDEGARDE. Commercial. Editorial Assistant on the J ; Glee Club, ' 17; Feast of the Little Lanterns ; Senior Program, ' 17 ; Senior Play, ' 17. ' , -f ULT DYSTRUfp, GLADYS. Literature and Arts A. The Re- sponse to Seniors of ' 16 ; Examina- tion in German at Universit of Chicago, ' 17 ; Hatchet- ffresenta tion, Class J)ay, EKLUND, EDNA. Commercial Course. | k MEMORY BOOK Qy-fr DREVNIAK, HELEN. Commercial. Entered February, 1914; Glee Club, ' 15, ' 16, ' 17; oue Royce in Senior Play, ' 17. DUNNE, MARGARET. Teachers ' Course. Gymnastic exhibition, ' 13 ; Chairman Deco- rating Committee Senior Dance, ' 17. EHRHARDT, LORRAINE. Medicine Course. Spent three years in Beecher High School, en- tered J. T. H. S. September, ' 17 ' s- -r? ERICKSON, HELEN MARIE. Teacher ' s course. M ■ U£— k j£y. Mr. Broughton: Bob, what is the longest sentence? Page Seventeen Bob Smith: Life. . T. H. S. 1 IRBAIRN, SALOME. Literature and Arts A. University of Chicago Examination in Eng- lish and Mathematics, ' 17; Senior Play, ' 17. FISCHER, LOUISE. Literature and Arts B. German and English Examination at Chi- cago University, ' 17. FRITZ, PETER Commercial. FUNK, CECIL IRENE. Teacher ' s Course. FAUST, CARL Commercial. Glee Club ; High School Double Quartet ; Presenta- tion of Flag on Ivy Day. FLINT, ARTHUR. Commercial. 4 71 A{ ( FRY, MAE. Literature and Arts B. Entered, ' 14; Glee Club one year; Gym- nastic Exhibition, ' 14. GABEL, WILLIAM. Manual Training Course. Was Gene Ganson practicing for a bomb plot, Mr. Lohr? Page Eighteen GANSON, EUGENE Literature and Arts A. Gelwex in Senior Play, ' 17. GIFFORD, DOROTHY. Domestic Science Course. GOLDBERG, ALBIN. Commercial. GOUGAR, MARY. Literature and Arts T) c s MEMORY BOOK frX b J2 ,GEISSLER, ELMER. f - - - . Commercial. Football, ' 17; Band, ' 13- ' 17 ; Band Manager two vears. GINTER, LEROY. Commercial. Entered February, ' 14; Assistant Business Manager of the J , October and Novem- ber, ' 16; Class Basketball Team, ' 16; Business Manager of the J , December, ' lb, to June, ' 17 ; sec- retary of the German Club ; Speaking Contest, ' 17; Year Book Staff, Sports, ' 17 ; Captain Trum- bull in Senior Play, ' 17. GOSPODARIC, MARY. Domestic Science Course. GREENBERG, ROSE. Commercial. Wanted: An asbestos diploma to keep thru eternity — Art Johnson. Page Nineteen . T. H. S. GURNEY, ARCH. Commercial. Glee Club. GUTHRIE, JOHN. President of the Senior Class, ' 17 : J Staff, ' 10, ' 17; Glee Club, ' 16, ' 17; Senior Entertainment; En- listed in the Navy, April 8, ' 17. 5 HALEY, JOHN P. • Literature and Arts B. Gleey-CJub Cadet Corps. HERSHBERGER, RUTH. Teacher ' s Course. Orchestra, ' 14- ' 17; Columbus Day Program, ' 16; Senior Play, ' 17. GURNEY, GEORGE Commercial B. • HACKER, WINIFRED M. Commercial. I s A ' HASTINGS, ROBERT. Literature and Arts A. fUi -iW, o7 HINRICHS, HAZEL L. Literature and Arts. Treasurer of the German Club ; As You Like It , ' 16; Extempore Speak- ing Contest ; Entertainment for the Junior-Senior Reception, j.o; Examination in Latin at the Chi- cago University, ' 17 ; Ivy JJav Poem V AwJ Wanted: Man to dig a garden — by a young lady — forty feet square — Mona Brown. Page Twenty HOLMES, EDITH E. Commercial. Glee Club, ' 13. HOLLSTEN, BERTRAND. Engineering Course HULTGREN, PAUL. Commercial. Football, ' 17; Glee Club. « JOHNSON, ARTHUR. Literature and Arts JB. Class Treasurer, ' 13, ' 14; Fcotball and Basketball, ' 14, ' 15; Three years with Boys ' Glee Club ; High School Cadets ; Staff Artist for the J ; Designed Class Pen- nant ; Staff Artist, Year Book ; Sergeant James in Senior Play, ' 17 MEMORY BOOK ' S 2- 7 HOLMES, EDNA J. Commercial. 47 s ? IIOTCHKISS, ISABEL. Literature and Arts B. Gymnastic Exhibition, ' 14, ' 15 ; Class Bas- ketball Team ; Chairman of Dec- orating Committee for Junior- Senior Reception. s a J HUFF, MARGARET. Literature and Arts B. Entered February, ' 14 ; Reading Contest, ' 14; Freshman Play, ' 15; Just Patty ; Junior-Senior Play, ' 16. JOHNSON, CLARENCE. Commercial. Senior Play, ' 17. What ' s the attraction in Morris, Hildegarde D.? Page Twenty-one . T. H. S. JOHNSTON, IRMA. Commercial. KAFFER, K.ATHRYN. Teacher ' s Course. Senior Play, 17. KELLY, ALICE M. Commercial. I KENNEDY, HAYES. Literature and Arts A. Basket- ball, ' 14, ' 15; Track, ' 14, ' 15; Junior-Senior Debate, ' 10 ; Prize Tercentenary Contest, ' 16 ; Senior Representative of College Loan Fund, Secretary ; Won the Public Speaking Contest, ' 17 ; High School Cadet Corps ; Associate Editor of the J ; Editor of the Year Book ; Chairman of ClaS ' S Day Program ; Glee Club ; His- tory and Mathematics Examina- tion at Chicago University, ' 17 ; German Club ; Mr. Frietchie in Senior Play, ' 17; Speaking Con- test, Aurora, ' 17. f JONES, ROBERT. Literature and Arts. Senior Play, ' 17. KAYE, JEAN. Commercial. KELLY, ARTHUR. Commercial. KORST, RAYMOND. Literary Profession. Secretary of Latin Club ; Senior Play, ' 17. A dimple, a smile — and nothing more, Arline Charlstrom. Page Twenty-two A- LAING, JUSTIN. Literature and Arts. Football, it), ' 17; Glee Club, ' 16, ' 17 ' ; High School Cadets; Enlisted in Com- pany E, First Regiment, I. N. G., April, ' 17. LARAWAY, MARY. Literature and Arts A. Hymen in As Ycu Like It , ' 16 ; Class Prophecy for Year Book and Class Day. ' £- £,££ As LEARNARD, RUTH. Literature and Arts B. Enter tainment for Junior-Senior Re ception, ' 16 ; Court Girl in You Like It , ' 16. McEWAN, ANDREW. Commercial. Class basketball, ' 14 ; Basketball four years ; Baseball four years. I MEMORY BOOK LAKIN, LEONA. Literature and Arts B. LARSEN, HARRY A. Commercial. Senior Play, ' 17. LOGAN, FRANCIS W. Engineering Course. Orchestra, ' 13- ' 17; President Orchestra, ' 17; Boys ' and Mixed Glee Clubs, ' 15- ' 17; Won Junior Tercentenary Contest, 16 ; Col. Negly in Senior Play, ' 17. MAINWARING, FLORENCE. Literature and Arts B. Entered September, ' 14 ; Orchestra, ' 17. Anna Louise will put the Bannon hard work after June 15th. Page Twenty-three . T. H. S. MARER, SIDNEY. Commercial. Senior Play, ' 17. MECHAM, EOUISE. Literature and Arts A. Phoebe in As You Like It ; English examination at the University of Chicago ; Annual Extempore Contest, ' 17; Class Prophecy, ' 17; Year Bock and Class Day; Senior Play, ' 17. MEDIN, MYRTLE- Commercial. MIDDLETON, HELEN. Literature and Arts B. i MARIETTA, EDITH. Commercial. 1 1 41 MEDER, EVERETT S. Engineering Course. Charter Member of the Band; Senior Play, ' 17. MEYER, JOSEPH L. Medical Course. Senior play, ' 17 MITCHELL, KATHERINE. Teacher ' s Course. Mrs. Hunter in Senior Play, ' 17 Introducing Mr. Franklin Bush, the friend with the naughty eyes. Page Twenty-four MEMORY BOOK HURLEY, FLORENCE. Teacher ' s Course. Girls ' Club; Girls ' Drill Team. Glee tx- OLDEN, ARDELIA R. Literature and Arts A. Athletic Association, ' 14; Glee Club, 14; Reading Contest, ' 14, ' 15 ; Lake Forest College Contest, ' 16; J Staff, ' 16, ' 17; Year Book Staff, ' 17; Barbara Frietchie in Senior Play, ' 17. 0 PETERSON, ELLEN. Teacher ' s Course. PETTIGREW, CHARLES. Engineering Course. Class Bas- ketball ; Senior Play, ' 17. NORDSTEDT, GRANT. Literary Profession. Boys ' Glee Club ; Contributor to J ; Tim Green and Stonewall Jackson in Senior Play, ' 17. t PATTERSON, RALPH T Engineering Course. Track Team, ' 14, ' 15, ' 16; Class Basketball Team, ' 14, ' 15; Basketball Team, ' 16; Football Team (lightweights), ' 16; Year Book and J Staff, ' 17. Enlisted in Company E, First Regiment, I. N. G., April, ' 17. PETERSON, RAYMOND. Engineering Course. Senior Play, ' 17. POHLMAN, FLORENCE. Teacher ' s Course. Which was it Trachman, a Packard car or a pack of cards? Page Twenty-five . T. H. S. OUIGLEY, JANE F. Domestic Science Course, ketball Team, ' 14, ' 15. Eas- RAJALA, EMMA. Teacher ' s Course. ROBERTSON, NELLIE. Teacher ' s Course ROWLEY, EDMUND. Medical Course. High School Cadets, ' 17 ; Corporal Perkins in Senior Play, ' 17. iA REECE, VIOLA. Commercial Course. RETTIG, CLIFFORD. Engineering Course. Class Base- ball Team, ' 14 ; Senior Basketball Team, ' 17. ' si-si ROSS, ANTOINETTE E. L. Teacher ' s. Course. Basketball team, ' 13; Track Meet, ' 14; Gymnastic Exhibition, ' 14,; Glee Club, ' 16, ' 17 ; Senior Play, ' 17. RYLANDER, ELEANOR. CommerciaJ Cou rse FutpreH ' 14. Should Leona fall the Lakin would Marshall Wheeler out? Page Twenty-six i SANDER, JENNIE. Commercial B. Senior Play, ' 17. ' A SCHLUNTZ, H. HOWARD Literary Profession. Student Di- rector of the Band. Winner of Inter-Class Oratorical Contest; Baseball Team, ' 17 ; Senior Play, ' 17. s r SEHRING, GERTRUDE Literature and Arts B. Play, Junior-Senior Reception; Senior Play, ' 17. s SIMPSON, VIOLA. Commercial Course. Ou Long in The Feast of the Little Lan- terns ; Mrs. Schultz in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch ; Mammy Lu in Senior Play, ' li. MEMORY BOOK SCAHILL, JOSEPH. Commercial. Baseball, ' 14, ' 15, ' 16; Extempore Contest, ' 16; Junior-Senior Debate, ' 16. SCHNEIDER, ALBERT. Medical Course. Yell Master. Senior Council, ' 17; Enlisted in Coast Artillery, April, ' 17. SHAW, DOROTHY M. Literature and Arts A. Secre- tary of Senior Council; J Staff; Won cup for Archery ; Junior- Senior Reception Entertainment Committee; Senior Play, ' 17. 1lJ SMITH, GERTRUDE. Commercial Course. Much to do about nothing. — Cliff Rettig. Page Twenty-seven . T. H. S. SMITH, ROBERT. Literature and Arts B. Football, ' 16. STETTLER, FRIEDA. Teacher ' s Course. Track Meet J 14 ; Girls ' Cadet Corps. SWANSON, ELSIE- Commercial faikjt £. A J TESSEN, N. EVERETT. 1 Commercial. Enlisted in the Cav- alry, April 16, ' 17. STAIXFIELD, ADRIENNE- Literature and Arts A. Gym- nastic Exhibition, ' 14, ' 15 ; Junior- Senior Reception, Refreshment Committee; Class Basketball Team ; West Aurora Football Dance, Reception Committee; Senior Play, ' IT. I STRASSER, JOSEPH. Engineering Course. Class Basket- ball, ' 15, ' 16, ' 17; High School Cadets; Boys ' Glee Club; in charge of the Senior Pictures, Harrington ' s Studio, ' 17. TEHLE, ALVIN N, Agricultural Course. High School Band, ' 13- ' 17 ; President of Band, ' 17; Baseball, ' 17; Senior Play, ' 17. THOMAS, ROBERT M. Engineering Course. Class Bas- ketball, ' 14 ; Lightweight Basket- ball, ' 15, ' 16; Boys- ' Tennis Cham- pion, ' 16 ; .Lightweight Basketball Team, ' 17; Track Team, ' 17; Class History, ' 17 ; Dr. Hal Boyd in Senior Play, ' 17. Helen Carson, Oh, Hayes won ' t go if I can ' t. ' Page Twenty-eight fyv THOMPSON, MARIE. Literature and Arts A. Athletic Exhibition, ' 14; Class Basketball Team, ' 14; Gymnastic Exhibition, ' 14, ' 15 ; French Play, ' 16 ; Senior Program, ' 17. TRACHMAN, HARRY H n Literary Professions. Entered September, ' 14; Circulation Man- ager of J ; Reading Contest, ' 15, ' 16; Extempore Speaking Contest, ' 17; Glee Club, ' 17; Two Latin Plays ; Business Manager, Senior Play, ' 17. VARNER, RUTH. Teacher ' s Course. Girls ' Cadet Corps. „ ' l. VREELAND, HELEN. Teacher ' s Course. Junior Coun- cil, ' 16, ' 17; Play, Just Patty .cpHkemory book TIMM, ELDA. Teacher ' s Course. VANCE, GEORGE. Engineering Course. VOGT, EMMA ADELLE. Teacher ' s Course. WALKER, LI LA. Commercial. John Haley naturally bluffs even when he knows his lesson, they say. Page Twenty-nine . T. H. S. WALLACE, JOSEPH J Engineering Course. Freshman Council, ' 14; Band, ' 13- ' 17; Or- chestra, ' 13- ' 17 ; Address to Jun- iors, Class Day, ' 17. ' 9- WANNER, HENRY. Literature and Arts A. Senior Council, ' 17 ; Cadet Corps, ' 17 ; Edgar Strong in Senior Play, ' 17. WARNING, FERN. Literature and Arts B. WETTELAND, BARBARA. Commercial. WALSH, MADELINE. Teacher ' s Course. Girls. ' Glee Club ; Feast of the Little Lan- terns ; Gymnastic Exhibition, ' 14, ' 15. WARD, JOSEPH Teacher ' s Course. Senior Play, ' 17. WEHMHOEFER, ETHEL. Teacher ' s Course. Three years in Beecher High School. Entered J. T. H S., September, ' 17. WHITE, BESSIE. Teacher ' s Course. Play given at the Junior-Senior Reception; Girls ' Glee Club, ' 17 ; Feast of the Little Lanterns , ' 17. Why is Ellen like the Jersey shore? Ahlstiar.d. Page Thirty WHITE, J. GLENNETTE. Commercial. Girls ' Glee Club, ' 16, ' 17; Class Basketball Team, ' 13, ' 15; Field Meets, ' 15, ' 16. WILLCOCKS, ANNA. Commercial. 1jA I K 1 s1 WORTHLEY, BEATRICE. General Science. Class Basket- ball Team, ' 13, ' 15 ; Gymnastic Exhibition, ' 14, ' 15 ; Runner-up for tennis three years ; Officer, Girls ' Cadets ; Play given at Jun- ior-Senior Reception ; Won indi- vidual points for ' 17 class at Field Meets, ' 13, ' 15; French Play, ' 16; Cheer Leader, ' 16, ' 17; Sally Negly in Senior Play, ' 17. WAGNER, REGINALD. Commercial. Banjd ; Won Read- ing Contest, ' 14, il5. MEMORY BOOK 9 VvHITEHOUSE, JAMES. Literature and Arts. Glee Club, ' 15, ' 16; Business Manager of the Year Book, ' 17. WILLIAMS, JOHN P. Literature and Arts A. Attended Elgin H. S., ' 13; Yorkville, ' 14; Blue Island, ' 15; J. T. H. S., ' 17. WYLIE, ELEANOR. Commercial. °l ifX ZINSER, MERRILL. Engineering Course. Band, j.4- ' 16. Gertrude was constantly Sehring the hearts of her friends. Page Thirty-one .1 I : MEMORY BOOK Memorial To Carl Calmer A life spent nobly should be measured by deeds, not by years. — Byron. Carl Calmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Calmer, 506 Union Street, died December 25, 1915. He was a member of the Class of 1917, Joliet Township High School. He wished always to be of service to his class, to add his strength and power to the sum of class effort. His determination, ambition, and friendly attitude of the athletic field was equally displayed in the class room. Thrust in a moment from the full tide of this world ' s interests, from its hopes, its ways, its aspirations, its victories, with unfailing tenderness, he took leave of life. But always, we shall have him in the immortality of his youth, a close, honest friend, a devoted classmate, and a gentleman. He will live in us as we knew him best. Page Thirty-three J. T. H. S. Trtt DAY OF R CKONlNG ™ 3 JURim Itil DARK AGL5 BY BEULAH CLUTE AND ROBERT THOMAS Scene: Garden at the home of Beulah. Time: June, 1918. Beulah is seated on a bench reading the account of the Class Day exercises of the ' 18s aloud. Bob enters from behind and overhears the reading. B. The class of 1918 held its Class Day Program this afternoon in the As- sembly Hall of the Joliet Township High School. The — R. Gee, so those noisy Juniors are graduating. Anyway I bet it isn ' t as good as ours was a year ago. B. Why, hello! You just got home this afternoon, didn ' t you? Have you seen any of the kids yet? R. Yeh! Just saw Cowing on the way up. (Laughs). I never see that kid without thinking of the time we had trying to get a commencement dance. B. Oh, that ' s the time Johnnie and Hank Wanner had visions of another term in the old pen. Diplomas sort of going up in smoke, so to speak. R. Say, that old bunch was just about the slickest class that ever stepped out, I ' m telling you. B. Oh, that Junior-Senior Reception! Why no class has ever compared with ours when it came to giving parties. R. And that first Senior Dance was some, too. I mean the one that the Seniors put thru for the Aurora fellows. B. Yes, you were dance shouter. I can still see you standing in the middle of the floor shouting, Partners for a Fox Trot, when the orchestra was playing a waltz. R. No! Why I didn ' t even hold the office of ring master at that one B. Yes you did, but to settle the dispute, I ' ll get the memory book. R. Sure! Drag it out! Page Thirty-four MEMORY BOOK B. (Leaves garden — returns with book. Both sit down by a small table). There, see, I told you! R. (Sighs). Turn over the page. Turn over the page. (Turns pages). B. Here! What does it say under Athletics — Um! Freshman Class Basket- ball Team — James Burke, John Cowing, Andrew McEwan, Arthur Johnson, Harry Larson and Robert Thomas. R. Say, you know, we were lucky that first year in getting suits from the class treasury. Who was on that council, anyway? B. Just a minute (Reads) Freshman Class Council — James Burke, President; John Cowing, Vice President; La Verne Ohlhaver, Secretary; Arthur Johnson, Treasurer; Jean Barber, Beulah Clute, Gertrude Smith, Isabell Gordon and Joseph Wallace. R. It ' s too bad they cut out the class organizations in our Soph and Junior years, but our Senior Council was a peach. B. Let ' s see who was on that one, John Guthrie, President; John Cowing, Vice President; Albert Schneider, Treasurer; Dorothy Shaw, Secretary; Gertrude Sehring, Veronica Conroy and Franklin Barrett. They started all the money-making schemes of the school — the Hot Dog Day, the — R. Yes, and along with the aid of other loyal boosters of the class, they got out that vaudeville stunt at the East Aurora Football game. Miss Hazel Kennedy, Col. Brown, Mexican Cowing, Grandma Barrett and the rest. B. They ' ll have to hand it to the Class of ' 17 for starting everything — R. And leaving it for the Juniors to follow us. They were always pretty good at making ditto marks. B. We started a hot dog day — they followed with a candy sale. We had a pigtail day, duly to be copied. But then, you know, Imitation is the sincerest flattery. R. You said a mouthful that time. Say, what else have you in that book any- way? (Opens to athletics). B. Athletics again! They just can ' t keep us out of it. R. Look! We won the Basket Ball Championship in our Sophomore year. B. Yes. Tom Linane, Hayes Kennedy, Swede Larson, R. Morris, Joe Stras- ser and Ed. Duffy were on that team. The Sophs won in our Senior year, but we came in a close second. R. Say, who was on that team? (Reads.) Franklin Barrett, Joe Strasser, Arthur Johnson, Howard Schluntz, Clifford Rettig, Niles Cagwin and Raymond Peterson. B. Not only did we show up the other classes by our class teams, but we were well represented on the regular high school squads. Andy McEwan, the star basket-shooter, was captain of the heavyweight team during our Senior year, and do you remember how that boy played? R. Do I? Well I should say, — Ralph Patterson and I were on the squad, too. B. That ' s all about basket ball, but our class was just as well represented in other lines. R. Oh! Look, Girls ' basket ball. Irene Bloomquist, Jean Barber, Beatrice Page Thirty-five J. T. H. S. Worthley, Adrienne Stainfield, Isabell Hotchkiss, Glennette White, Mona Brown and you were on that team. That was the Mr. Gesler girls bunch, wasn ' t it? B. Yes, and speaking of girls ' athletics, here ' s Jean Barber, down for the School Tennis Championship for three years. R. And by the way, didn ' t we win some other things too? Reading contest or something? B. (Turns back to contest.) Oh, yes, we won the Junior-Senior Debate — Veronica Conroy, Grant Brown and Hayes Kennedy made up the team. R. And the Junior Tercentenary contest was won by Francis Logan and Hayes Kennedy. B. Oh! I almost overlooked the fact that Reginald Wagner won the Read- ing Contests in our Freshman and Sophomore years, for our class. R. Say, he was right there with the goods. (Pauses while B. turns back the athletics.) B. In football John Guthrie and John Fairbairn certainly showed us up. R. That ' s right, too, but you know, Fairbairn decided to graduate with the ' 18s, of course it was just a case of poor judgment. We got second place in track on the Field Day when we were Freshman. And in our Sophomore year we had no Field Day on account of the quarantine which closed school in May. Of course, we were terribly sorry, you know. B. But in our Senior year we were going to have a good representation on the school track team — Ralph Patterson, Jack Cowing, Franklin Bush, Everett Meder and you. R. Yes! The fellows surely would have done something. (While B. turns back pages). B. Here we are at the social doings. The first thing we have is the Matinee party the Seniors gave us. I don ' t remember much about it though. R. Neither do I, but we returned the compliment, didn ' t we? Yes! I re- member that dance we gave them over at the Gym. B. Do you remember the picnic we had at Bush Park when we were Fresh- men? That was the time Hayes Kennedy swiped Helen Carson ' s lunch. R. Yes! — But I ' ve heard he made it up at the Chocolate Shop later. B. Well, Bob, we are almost through the book, but the best thing that our class has ever stood for was the loyalty its boys showed to their country. R. You bet! and that didn ' t have to be written in a memory book to make it stay with us. The scene of departure of Guthrie, Lagen, Cagwin, Laing, Tessen, Ohlhaver, Schneider, Fisher and Patterson, we shall always remember. That was, in my estimation, the greatest event in the history of the Class of 1917. B. We still have the pictures of the kids here, but there never was a History for a more glorious class, for a class with more pep, a class with more spirit. Re- member the time we put our colors on the flag pole and had to sign a document that we ' d be good. There never was a class with such a jolly bunch of kids as the class of ' 17. R. Amem! (Pause). Well, let ' s look at some of the pictures now. Ellen may Belander now, but wait till Johnny comes marching home again from the army! Page Thirty-six MEMORY BOOK Time — 1930 — Afternoon in June. Place — Louise Mecham ' s Garden — Washington, D. C. CHARACTERS Louise Mecham Hostess Mary Laraway Guest Thelma Vaughan Maid ACT I. LOUISE MECHAM ' S GARDEN The stage represents Louise Mecham ' s beautiful garden in Washington, D. C. Reed furniture is used. Ferns, palms and box wood trees. When- the curtain rises, Louise Mecham is sitting in the garden playing her ukulele. She plays one selection. Thelma Vaughan, the maid, with a basket of flowers on her arm and shears in one hand walks thru the garden. L. Oh, Marie- Marie. Yes, Madam. L. Have you cut the flowers for the dining room? Marie. Yes, Madam. And I found such beautiful roses in the rose garden north of the fountain, {shows roses to Louise.) L. (looks at roses, takes several from basket). They are lovely, so soft and velvety. Arrange them in the crystal baskets; put one basket on the table and one on the buffet. Tell the cook to bake some of my favorite tea cakes — the ones with the chocolate frosting. Marie. Yes Madam, is that all? L. I think so. Oh, yes, and bring Miss Laraway to the garden as soon as she comes. (Plays ukulele.) Marie. Yes, Madam. (Exit Marie.) Page Thirty-seven J. T. H. 5. L. (to herself) I do wish Mary would hurry. Mary. (Outside to Marie) What a quaint little bird house. L. There, I know her voice, that is she now. Marie, (to Mary). Yes, Miss Mecham had it built for a darling little wren that comes to the garden every year. Enter Mary Laraway, followed by Marie. . L. (lays down ukulele, starts to meet Mary). Oh Mary, I ' m so glad to see you fembracej. Mary. Louise, Louise, you are the same Louise, you look just as happy and as jolly as ever. L. Marie, take Miss Laraway ' s wraps, (to Mary). I was so surprised and so delighted when I learned you were visiting in Washington. It is strange, I never knew you were so well acquainted with the Crenshaws. (Exit Marie, with Mary ' s wraps). L. (takes Mary by the arm; they walk to chairs where they are seated). I have so much to tell you, and I am so anxious to hear all about your affairs. I am so glad you are going to stay several days with me. It will seem just like old times, again. Do you realize, it is six years since we have seen each other. M. As I entered the garden, I heard music, (sees ukulele) Oh, you were play- ing. L. Yes, I was amusing myself, while I waited for you. Prof. Elmer Geissler and Esther Larson conduct a Conservatory of Music here. I take lessons from Prof. Geissler. Surely, you remember Elmer and Esther. M. Certainly, I do. What a lovely garden! It is so cool and so quiet. It is an ideal spot in which to enjoy one self. L. Yes, I enjoy it very much. You know this garden is part of the natural woods, called The Forest of Arden. Well, Mary, how do you do anyway? M. Just about as I please, I guess. . L. Well, never mind, you won ' t do that long. I have the man all picked out for you, Mary, and you simply have to try to land him. He ' s a perfect Apollo. M. Thanks awfully, Louise, but I wouldn ' t trouble myself so very much if I were you. You see, I just announced it last Wednesday. L. You did? Well, you never sent me an announcement! While I think about it, would you like to go to the theatre to-night? M. Yes, I should like to go very much. Who is playing? L. Geitrude Sehring is playing at the Powers to-night, and they say she is ex- ceptionally good. Have you seen her? M. No, I haven ' t. L. And guess with whom she is playing. M. Whom? L. Clifford Rettig. M. Clifford Rettig? For goodness sake. I didn ' t know he was in the movies. L. You ' ve probably heard about him as Francis X. Bushman II. And oh, yes, Alice Atkinson is playing to-night, too. Opposite Reginald Wagner. I saw them once, and their technique is excellent. Shall we go? M. Guess whom I saw on the train this noon. Pardon me for interrupting you. L. Surely. Whom? M. Merrill Zinser! And he ' s a tall, slender man. I was greatly amused when he told me what he was doing. L. Why, what ' s he doing? Page Thirty-eight MEMORY BOOK M. He ' s the most popular dancing master for New York ' s elite society. L. Honestly? M. Honestly. L. I can tell something just as queer. John Haley is head of the Anti-Saloon League of America. M. I knew that Ruth Varner and Viola Simpson and Bertrand Hollsten were interested in that work, but I never thought that John would enter into it. L. I didn ' t either. M. Well, we seem to be having a regular class reunion, all by ourselves, don ' t we? As long as we are, let ' s try to think what has happened to as many of our old classmates as we can. L. That is a good idea. Do you realize that it was thirteen years ago this month, that we were graduated? M. (Thoughtfully). Thirteen years. It seems just the other day to me that we sat in room 30 and heard Miss Lawlor tap on her desk and say, Come to order, please. L. Miss Mack ' s Virgil Class will stand out in my memory as long as I live. You remember George Adler ' s firm conviction that he could beat Dryden translating Virgil any old time? M. And it was in just such a garden as this that we gave the class prophecy. Do you remember how we labored over it, and how relieved we were when the curtain dropped. We guessed the future of Mary Copley correctly. I wonder if she ever thinks of it. You know we said she married a nobleman. Well, listen to this letter, I received from her the other day. (takes letter from bag, and reads it). ' London, June 7, 1930. Dear Mary. It certainly has been a long time since I saw you, but Sir Edward and I have been so busy with our social affairs this season, that we simply didn ' t have time to go over to America. Last night we went to the theatre to see Irene Bloomquist. She is certainly a star, every one is disappointed because she ' s going to leave the stage and marry Professor Andrew McEwan next month. Do you remember Hildegarde Drevniak? Well, she and Carl Faust sang last night, and they were wonderful. They ' re making a tour all over Europe and the Isles, and are certainly meeting success. Katherine Mitchell read In War Times, and she was called back three times. Have you heard about the invention of Joseph Meyers and Ira Cummings? I don ' t know just exactly how it is con- structed; it is an aeroplane, and experts assert it is much more practical than the old models. The inventors were nobly assisted, they assert, by Sidney Marer, Ev- erett Meder, William Gable, Charles Fischer and George Vance. I ' m going over to America in it sometime, if I can get up my nerve. If the great aviator, Franklin Bush, will take me over, I ' ll go over to see you next summer. ' I guess that ' s all she says about any of the classmates. She signs it Mary Copley Livingston! Enter Marie, with afternoon mail. % L. Thank you, Marie. Will you pardon me if I read my mail, Mary? M. Surely, go ahead. L Well, of all things! Here ' s an invitation from Senator and Mrs. Robert Thomas to dinner, Saturday night. I shouldn ' t have thought that Jean would have given her dinner party Saturday, when the knew I was giving a reception that day for you. How thoughtless of her! M. Well, I should say so. When did you send out the invitations? L. Let me see — oh, perhaps I forgot to mail them. I think I must have lost my mind. (Rings bell frantically.) Marie, go up to my room and see if there are any letters on my desk. Bring them rigru down if there are. (Exit Marie.) Wasn ' t Page Thirty-nine . T. H. S. that a careless thing to do? Thank goodness you reminded me of them. M. Whom did you invite? L. I ' ll show you the names when Marie comes down. I didn ' t ask very many, because there aren ' t so very many of the old class living here in Washington, and I just asked those who were in our class. M. I understand. By the way, there are a great many of the old class who live out in California. You knew that Paul Hultgren opened that famous Honolulu gold mine, didn ' t you? L. Oh, yes; isn ' t he the one who married the Hawaiian? M. Yes. Some of the people who are working with him were in our class. Let ' s see. Arch Gurney and Raymond Peterson are the chief managers of it. Arthur Kelly and Joseph Ward and Harry Larson have something to do with it, but I can ' t remember just what, now. L. Is that so? Enter Marie. Marie. Pardon me, Madam, I looked all over for those letters, but I couldn ' t find them. L. Well, never mind, Marie. Maybe I did mail them, after all. (Exit Marie.) M. I just happened to think, I heard the most wonderful sermon against cigar- ettes Sunday morning in Chicago. L. You did? I imagine I know who gave it. — Rev. Nordstedt? They say Grant devotes his time to lecturing on that topic, and that he delivers excellent ser- mons. M. No sir-ee. It was Robert Hastings, D. D., L.L.D. L. (Laughs.) Q. E. D. I always knew he was intended for a minister. Did you see anyone else? M. Yes. Elsie Swanson, Ethel Wehmhoefer and Barbara Wetteland are con- ducting the kindergarten in connection with the church. L. Oh, are they? M. Yes, and Viola Simpson and Fern Warning and Emma Rajala are singing in the choir, and that choir compares favorably with grand opera. L. How becomingly you have your hair dressed, Mary. M. Oh, do you like it? I thought I ' d be extravagant for once, so I had it dressed at that fashionable beauty shop on Pennsylvania Avenue. L. You did? Not the one managed by Vera Dice and Helen Drevniak? Leona Larkin and Rose Greenberg are the manicurists, aren ' t they? Enter Marie, with tea wagon on which tea service and dainties to be served are arranged. Sweet peas and ferns are the decorations. Marie assists Louise. M. Yes, I was pleased with their work. L. My goodness, but you ' re stylish. It ' s always been one of my little pet dreams to have my hair dressed at that shop, everyday, but I guess I ' ll never be able to have it done more often than once a month. M. Did I tell you that Emma Vogt and Elizabeth Allen are practicing law in the same building in New York? L. No. For goodness sake. M. (to whom L. gives a corsage bouquet of sweet peas which she took from the tea wagon). What large sweet peas — and so fragrant! L. Yes, they are beautiful this year, and there are so many different shades. Isn ' t this lavender one a beauty? L. Did you happen to meet Dr. Rowley while you were in New York? M. No, is Edmund a doctor? I didn ' t know that. What beautiful china you have, Louise. L. Yes, isn ' t it? I had to borrow about a million dollars to buy it. When I Page Forty MEMORY BOOK found out that Alvin Tehle and Joseph Scahill made it, I couldn ' t rest until I had it. I guess I ' ll be in debt the rest of my natural life on account of it. M. (takes letter from bag). I received this letter from Elda Timm a month ago, I know some of it will interest you. (Exit Marie). M. She seems to like her office as mayor of Manhattan (reads). ' You may be surprised to hear of some of the changes that have taken place since you left. John Cowing succeeded J. Stanley Brown as superintendent of the J. T. H. S. ' L. (laughs). That ' s good. M. Florence Pohlman and Florence Murley ran away and were married, but I understand they ' re happy, that is their letters imply it. Glennette White, Jeanette Bruenig, Mayme Broderick, Emma Carlson and Frieda Stettler have organized a baseball team and play here every Saturday afternoon. I guess that ' s all. L. Do you take cream and sugar in your tea, Mary? M. Just sugar, please. L. Have you seen Francis Logan and Ruth Learnard lately? M. Do you mean in the movies? L. Yes. Their latest comic play is a perfect scream. Charlie Chaplin can never be ranked in any way with them. (pause). L. These are my favorite tea cakes. The recipe was given to me by a Swiss peasant when I was abroad. You must have a copy of it. M. They are delicious and so out of the ordinary. Don ' t let me forget the recipe. M. Louise, don ' t you feel rather proud of the 17 ' s? Every one of them has attained great distinction along some line. But I can ' t help feeling that General John Guthrie is one of the greatest of all. L. Yes, I think it was mainly due to him that we finally did defeat Germany, don ' t you? M. Yes, what a great thing to have crushed imperialism. But, then it must be remembered his associate officers were indispensable. Let me see, there were Major-General Tessen, Captain Laing, and Colonel Patterson. L. Yes, and then the navy too — Admiral Schneider and Lieutenant Cagwin. And just think, Mary, all the truly great ones were members of our class. M. There were several Red Cross nurses from our class, weren ' t there? L. Oh yes, that reminds me, several years ago, just after the war closed, there was a list of names in the paper that received honorable mention. I cut it out be- cause they were all members of our class — wait a minute, (goes over to table, after looking through several papers). Here it is. ' The following are women whose bravery and courage will forever place them among the great. The head of the Red Cross nurses was Helen Middleton. Others receiving especial honor are: Alice Kelly, Jean Kaye, Mary Gospadoric, Ellen Ahlstrand, Ellen Belander, Eleanor Wylie, Olga Bergren, Katherine Boles, Mary Coakeley, Lorraine Ehrhardt, Helen Erickson and Edna Ecklund. ' M. Those are pretty shoes you have on, Louise. L. Do you like them? They hurt. I told Eugene not to send me as small ones as he sent the last time. M. Eugene? Eugene who? L. Why Eugene Ganson. He and Covel Curtis have an exclusive shoe store where Dinet ' s used to be. I buy all my shoes there. M. Hm! I ' ll buy some on my way back. L. Gene writes to me and tells me how Joliet is progressing. In the last letter, he said that the old J. T. H. S. had entirely changed. Gladys Dystrup is head of Page Forty-one . T. H. S. the German Department and Ethel Benson is teaching English. Won ' t you have another cake? M. Thank you. L. Let me give you more tea. M. Anna Louise Bannon and Anna Louise Brennan both taught there for a while, I knew, but finally, they both fell in love with the same man. L. They did? Well, who captured him? M. I don ' t remember now, but I know the one who didn ' t get him ran off to Canada and married his twin brother. L. For goodness sake! There are several about whom we don ' t know any- thing. What do you say we consult the ouiji board? I just bought one the other day; it is very interesting. All you have to do is to put down the name of the person that you want to find out about, and then pretty soon letters begin to appear, and fin- ally, it tells what that person is doing. M. Yes, that ' s a good idea. Why don ' t you let Marie do it, an d then we can go right on talking. L. Thanks for the suggestion. (Rings bell. Enter Marie). Marie, here ' s a list of names. Get the ouiji board out of my room and see what ' s happened to all of these people. Bring us the paper first. There may be some news in it. Marie. Yes Madam. M. Oh say, did I ever tell you that Hazel Hinricks came out to see me last summer? L. No, did she? M. Yes, and she ' s just the same as ever. All the fame she achieved as an author never changed her a particle. L. I knew it couldn ' t. Did she change her name when she married that man from Kansas? M. Teddy, you mean? No, because you see, most of her books were written before her marriage. She said herself that half the popularity of her books was due to the illustrations by Dorothy Gifford. Enter Marie, with paper. L. Thanks, Marie, (takes evening paper. Exit Marie). Let ' s see what the paper has to say. Well listen to this Mary, (reads). ' Much interest has been taken in the late move of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Beckwith, ' you remember Peg Dunne, don ' t you? ' They have started a dress reform. Their costume consists of a flowing purple robe, a red helmet, and pink sandals. They have sailed to the Island of St. Helen, with many disciples, among them Salome Fairbairn, Louise Fischer, Charles Camp- bell, Ellen Peterson, Katherine Kaffer, and Charles Pettigrew. ' Well, what do you know about that? What foolish, outlandish thing will those people do next? M. Anything else in the paper? L. Wait a minute. Yes, here ' s something. Did you know Harry Trachman? M. Of course, I did. L. He spoke at the Auditorium in Chicago last night, it says, (rejerring to paper) and he received great applause. I should love to hear him. Do you remem- ber how he made everyone weep in that extempore contest when we were seniors? He always was a wonder. ' He was entertained at the home of Mayor and Mrs. Brinkerhoff. ' I wonder if Louise and John are as happy as ever? Let ' s see what society is doing. Listen — ' All New York society is interested in the approaching marriage of Miss Beatrice Worthley to Rev. Joseph Strasser. One of the pretty pre- nuptial affairs was given by Mrs. Stanley Munroe, formerly Miss Isabel Hotchkiss, this afternoon. A delightful program was arranged. Miss Ruth Hershberger and Howard Ayres gave an interpretive dance, assisted by Robert Crossen and Robert Page Forty-two MEMORY BOOK Woodruff on the base trombone. ' I know it was pretty. Here, would you like to see the paper? M. Thanks, (reads a minute). Well, there ' s something you missed. The Adler-Smith circus is coming here next week. We ' ll certainly have to go to see George Henry John Jacob Adler as a clown and Bob Smith too. It ' ll be worth while. L. Well, I should say so. M. Louise, look here! of all things. It gives a list of performers, and a num- ber of them were graduated in our class. ' Everybody come, and see the wonderful stunts of Bob Jones and Joseph Wallace, John Williams, Carlos Wagner and Clarence Johnson on Reno the new eight-legged animal. Other attractions are the acrobatic stunts of Madeline Walsh, Marie Thompson, Antoinette Ross, George Gurney, Edith Anderson, Winifred Heaney, Albin Goldberg, Nellie Robertson and Hollis Miles. ' Do you realize that every one of them was in our class. Believe me, I should think they would want to do something more — er dignified than act in a circus, Enter Marie, with ouiji board. L. I should think so. Here comes Marie with the ouiji board. Thank you very much, Marie, (starts to read.. Exit Marie). ' Since Jennie Quigley ' s third and last marriage, to Ford June, she has finally consented to settle down. Arthur Johnson and James Whitehouse have bachelor apartments out in Salt Lake City. Le Roy Ginter is out on the Hawaiian Islands vainly trying to compose poetry. However, he has never surpassed the remarkably beautiful poems which he wrote during his senior year. ' M. Do you mean to tell me that he could ever write poetry? L. No, but he thinks so. ' Howard Schluntz, Arline Chalstrom, Edith Holmes, Helen Vreeland, Erwin Blackburn, Florence Mainwaring and Edith Marietta have formed a philanthropic society. They have just completed a five million dollar home for stray cats over in Siberia. ' M. A rather expensive fad! Is that all? L. Clara Davison is over in Hawaii taking in dressmaking Her specialty is blue middy blouses. Her assistants are Peter Fritz, Mae Fry and Arthur Flint. M. Did you ever join the United States Suffrage movement? L. Do you mean the one Mona Brown and Veronica Conroy are organizing? M. Why, they ' re not organizing that, are they? They are organizing the move- ment to free Ireland, I thought. I mean the Suffrage Society that Edna Holmes started. L. Oh, that one, no I never joined. Did you? M. Well, a whole delegation — let ' s see, there were Winifred Hacker and Ce- celia Baskerville and Mildred Badger — came to California and so I just had to join. L. Oh, I remember now; Irma Johnston and Catherine Batson and Lila Walker came here and made a house to house canvass for it. M. We ' ve accounted for nearly every one in the class, do you know it? Margaret Huff tells about several in this letter. Shall I read it? L. Yes, do. M. ' Chicago, May 25, Dear Mary, I heard that Adrienne Stainfield (I mean that was Adrienne Stainfield) is going to plan a class reunion in Paris. She asked me to write to you and tell you what I knew about any of our class, and she said that you would send my letter to her, together with any information you could add. In the first place Cecil Funk, Mary Gougar and Ray Korst are running an experi- Page Forty-three . T. H. S. mental farm out near the Forest of Arden. Lottie Allen is teaching here, and from all reports she ' s very good. Madee Carey, Myrtle Medin and Susie Jenco have gone on the stage, and Gertrude Smith, Anna Willcocks and Viola Reece are in Grand Opera. They ' re wonderful, because I ' ve heard them. Margaret Marsh, Jennie Sanders and Eleanor Rylander are forwarding the play ground movement here. ' Enter Marie, with invitations. Marie. Madam, I happened to go up to your room and I found those invita- tions after all. L. You did. Well, give them to me for just a moment, and then you may mail them. See (to Mary) here are the ones I asked. Would you like to have me read their names? (Marie, removes tea wagon). M. Yes, I should say I should; I want to know whom to expect. L. Well, here ' s one to Secretary of State and Mrs. G. Houston Brown. M. Say, which one of the twins did he marry in the end? L. Louise, I think. And here ' s one to Miss Ardelia Olden. She ' s promised to sing. M. Oh good, but say, I thought she married some man from West Point? L. She did, but she keeps her maiden name in Grand Opera. And I asked Mr. and Mrs. David Cooley, because Dave and Bess are going to be here over this week-end. M. They are. Oh, I ' d love to see Bess. L. And this one is to the Speaker of the House, Henry Wanner. You know, I always knew he would be a great speaker. And he always looked just so, too. M. Yes, I should say he did. Did you ask Congressman Dorothy Shaw? L. I most assuredly did. Here ' s the invitation and these two are to people who didn ' t turn out exactly as one might have expected. M. What do you mean? L. Well, this one is to the Duchess of Rutland — Helen Carson, she was, you know. She ' s visiting here in Washington at present, but of course, she lives in Eng- land and is an assured social leader. M. I always thought Helen would aim high. L. Yes. And this invitation is to Hayes Kennedy. I know he ' ll find time to come, too. He never neglects his old friends, even if he has become President of the United States. M. I know it. Who could have believed that a Socialist would ever become president? L. This last invitation is to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Barrett. M. Well, what are they doing here? L. Why they ' re here making a house-to-house canvass for that patent medicine of theirs. M. Don ' t I hear music? It is ' Love ' s Old Sweet Song! ' L. Yes, Marie is very, very fond of music. And she knows I enjoy it, especially when I am in the garden. M. ' The man that hath no music in himself Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds Is fit for treasons, strategism and spoils; The motions of his spirit are as dull night, And his affections dark as Erebus. L et no such man be trusted. ' L. (looks at watch). It is just five o ' clock. We shall have time before dinner to walk through the garden. I am anxious for you to see the fountain and my flowers. (Exeunt). Page Fortv-four MEMORY BOOK Page Forty-five J. T. H. S. BY HELEN CARSON. Four short years ago we, the Class of Seventeen, made our entrance into the Joliet Township High School. We were determined that there should be some good times mixed in with the hard studying which we intended to do. I am sure every one will admit we accomplished our double aim. As Freshmen our life was running along very smoothly and we were studying (at least some of us were) as if our little lives depended upon it, when suddenly we received a severe shock. The high and mighty Seniors, at whom we had hitherto thrown timid glances, were going to entertain the Freshmen at a party in the gym- nasium. We were all highly excited over the prospect and when the day at last ar- rived troops of Freshmen flocked over to the gym, all anxious to find out what was going to happen. We were entertained royally and given delicious eats after which dancing was the diversion. Here was the place where the Seniors shone while the Freshmen looked on. Not long after this, the Freshmen council decided to return the compliment and a party was given to the Seniors, similar to the one given us. Again the gym was filled with little Freshmen and big Seniors, only this time the table was turned and the Freshmen did the entertaining. After this affair, there were no more social activities for some time among the Freshmen. It was drawing near Christmas and everyone was busy with that, and then after Christmas exams held sway, so we all abandoned any thoughts of parties. However, along in the spring time, our council again put on their thinking caps and soon the gladsome news rang out that the Freshmen were going to have a picnic. West Park was the place and on a warm April day, (I ' m sure it must have been April) special cars carried us out to the park. Our first thought was our lunch, so at four o ' clock we began. It was a good thing we began early, for about four-thirty down came the rain (I said it was April, didn ' t I?). It was not a little light rain, but a pouring, drenching one, that sent us all flying for the pavilion as fast as we could go. The remnants of our lunches were piled in a corner and some of the very prominent Senior boys, who would probably hate to have us tell their names now, actually stole them; and when we went for some of the remains of our cake, it was gone. However, a little thing like that didn ' t bother us and the rain seemed to heighten rather than dampen our spirits. So passed another pleasant day for the Freshmen and incidentally, the last social affair of our first year. And now I am thinking of the Sophomore year and, you know, I can ' t think of Page Forty-six MEMORY BOOK one social activity during that year. I think, as is the custom of most Sophomores, we were very diligent then and our thoughts turned to studies rather than to dances, parties and such things. How about it, Seniors? Our Junior Year! Alas! Our social affairs were a minus quantity this year also, I ' m afraid. In the fall, I remember, a football dance was held in honor of the Aurora Team and a goodly portion of our present Senior Class was there. Oh, yes! Why, I nearly forgot the Junior-Senior reception, for which the Juniors pleaded so persistently and which proved such a success. It was held in the corridors of the high school and how the Juniors did work that day. Half a dozen or more Junior girls met bright and early and soon frappe was in the making. After finishing this the same corps of ready workers hastened over to the school, where just the same corps of ready workers hastened over to the school, where just as efficient a troop was decorating the halls. And it certainly looked pretty when we were through. For the program some of the girls had prepared a little play and after that a moving picture was tried and found wanting and stopped. Then the dancing commenced in the cor- ridors and continued till eleven o ' clock. When at last the reception was over, every Junior felt that it had been a grand success. And at last our Senior year. The year upon which we had counted so much and which proved so fatal to our hopes. But we are not complaining, when we think of conditions in other lands. The year started with another football dance, the most successful ever held here. Then our Senior dance was held in December, and was a most enjoyable affair. In addition to social dancing, there were solos by Hildegarde Drevniak and Ardelia Olden and a dance by Irene Bloomquist. Frappe was served all through the evening and everyone had a dandy good time. On St. Patrick ' s day, a matinee dance was held in the gymnasium for all the students of the school, and the Seniors certainly took advantage of that. Other affairs had been planned too, but they were cancelled on account of the war conditions. On the whole, I think, our social affairs all through our high school life, if per- haps far between, were appreciated the more on that account, and at least they were all grand successes. The Senior Class has done its share this spring toward entertaining the school and the general public. In addition to our commencement entertainments, Class Day, Ivy Day and the Senior Play, a program was given in the earlier part of the semester by the Seniors, which was certainly enjoyed by all the students of the school. It consisted of vocal solos by Madeline Walsh, Ardelia Olden, Carl Faust, Hildegarde Drevniak and Anna Willcocks; solo dances by Irene Bloomquist and Marie Thompson; a reading by Viola Simpson; and dances by four beautiful ladies from Ringling Brothers circus, Hayes Kennedy, Grant Brown, Arthur Johnson and John Guthrie. Our Ivy Day program was also successful and was carried out over in the park near the Domestic Science building. The Ivy Day Poem was written and given by Hazel Hinrichs, and the oration and the presentation of the Betsey Ross flag to the Juniors, by Arthur Johnson. In the afternoon of the same day, the Class Day program was given. Class Day is perhaps most enjoyed by the students of the class graduating and this day was no exception. The following program was given: Overture Orchestra Introductory Remarks . . . • Hayes Kennedy Page Forty-seven . T. H. S. Class Prophecy Louise Mecham, Mary Laraway Music Orchestra Class History Beulah Clute, Robert Thomas Solo Hildegarde Drevniak Address to Juniors Joseph Wallace Reply to Seniors Violette Krusemark Hatchet presented to Violette Krusemark Gladys Dystrup Class Song. . .Words, Helen Carson; Music, Hildegarde Drevniak Music Orchestra THE SENIOR PLAY. And, of course, the crowning glory of the Senior class was the Senior play. The play chosen was Barbara Frietchie, the Frederick Girl, a war-time play, written by Clyde Fitch for Julia Marlowe. It was a grand success as everyone will say. The scene was laid in Frederick, Maryland, at the time when this town was held alternately by the Confederate and Northern troops. Whittier has immortalized this place in his famous poem, Barbara Frietchie. The love episode is the old one of a Northern army officer who is in love with a Southern girl. The latter is torn between love and duty. Love calls her on one side, and on the other duty to the South, her relatives and friends. Love finally triumphs. CAST FOR BARBARA FRIETCHIE. Barbara Frietchie Ardelia Olden Sally Negly Beatrice Worthley Sue Royce Helen Drevniak Laura Royce Irene Bloomquist Mrs. Hunter Kathryn Mitchell Mammy Lu Viola Simpson Capt. Trumbull LeRoy Ginter Mr. Frietchie Hayes Kennedy Arthur Frietchie Grant Brown Col Negly Francis Logan Jack Negly Jack Cowing Fred Gelwex Eugene Ganson Tim Greene Grant Nordstedt Edgar Strong Henry Wanner Dr. Hal Boyd Robert Thomas Sergt. James Art Johnson Corporal Perkins, (Orderly) Edmund Rowley A boy Ira Cummings Gen. Stonewall Jackson Grant Nordstedt Songs (opening of Act 1) Hildegarde Drevniak Aides and Staff of Gen. Jackson — George Adler, Ray Korst, Franklin Bush, Clarence Johnson. Soldiers: Robert Jones, Harry Larson, Sidney Marer, Everett Meder, Joseph Meyer, Royal Beckwith, Raymond Peterson, Charles Pettigrew, Howard Schluntz, Alvin Tehle, Joe Ward. Townsgirls: Mona Brown, Adrienne Stainfield, Beulah Clute, Cecilia Basker- ville, Salome Fairbairn, Katherine Kaffer, Mary Copley, Helen Carson, Louise Mecham, Jennie Sander, Lottie Allen. Mammy Nurses: Dorothy Shaw, Antionette Ross. Page Forty-eight MEMORY BOOK ATHLETICS 4y? t W fM mm Miff JloU Page Forty-nine . T. H. S. Football The 1916 football season failed to bring us a championship, but it did show the public what could be done in one season with a team of new men. When Mr. Shelton, our coach, came here, prospects were indeed bad. After a great deal of perseverance Mr. Shelton with the help of Mr. Wagner, the assistant coach, had a creditable team whipped into shape and they were ready for the first game of the season. The first game was with Maywood on September 23. Joliet defeated them with a score of 7 to 0. A week later Joliet easily won from Streator in a 21 to game. On October 7, the jinx started when Elgin defeated us with a score of 28 to 0. Our next game was with East Aurora, who administered our second defeat, 40 to 0. Free- port won the next game from us. The score was 28 to 14. On November 4, we were lined up against West Aurora, but went down to defeat in a 14 to game. But there is an end to everything, as the last three games showed. On November 11, Page Fifty MEMORY BOOK Joliet defeated Rockford to the tune of 26 to 20. The following week, November 12, DeKalb fell prey to the Gold and Blue and they went home with the blot of a 12 to defeat on their football record. Thanksgiving Day, we met Kankakee in the final game of the season. This proved to be another easy victory, for Joliet romped off with a 28 to 9 victory. Considering the adverse conditions against which Mr. Shelton and the team worked, Joliet did not make a bad record as the last three games prove. It was not until then that a fully organized football team had been attained. Much credit is due our coaches and the team. They were not daunted by defeat. Defeat only spurred them on anew. Even tho Joliet failed to get a championship in football in 1916, the outlook for 1917 is indeed good as only a few of the 1916 team have been graduated. The fol- lowing is a list of the football men: Fairbairn, Guthrie, B. Martin, Block, Geissler, Mauer, R. Martin, Newbold, Learnard, S. Waesco, Shlensky, Button, Cagwin, Hult- gren, R. Smith, H. Ayres and Simonds. Page Fifty-one . T. H. S. Basketball Saturday evening, December 16, saw the opening game of our 1916-1917 basket ball season. Bloom High School of Chicago Heights proved to be our first victims for they went down to defeat in a 48 to 16 game. The next game was with Farragut A. A., which was composed of the crack high school team of 1915-1916. The game ended in a 46-24 victory for the Farragut A. A. On December 29, Joliet went to DeKalb. After a hard fought game, Joliet was defeated in the last five minutes of play. The score was 29 to 22. The next game was at West Aurora on January 12, where, after a close game, Joliet achieved a victory of 22 to 18. The next game on January 19 saw all of Rockford ' s hopes for a clean basketball record fade, when Joliet defeated them by a score of 25 to 18. On January 26, the team went to Bloomington to play the 1915-1916 State Champions. The first half ended with a score of 10 to 10, but the second half told a different story. Joliet was powerless be- fore the overwhelming attack of Bloomington and the game ended with the score in Page Fifty-two MEMORY BOOK favor of Bloomington, 33 to 16. The next week East Aurora, an old rival, was de- feated in a 29 to 24 game. The following game was with Freeport and after forty minutes of rough-housing on Freeport ' s part, Joliet was defeated by a score of 62 to 8. On February 16, Elgin defeated us in a very exciting game. The score was 25 to 23. This was the last of the conference games and was a fight for third place. Then came the tournament with all its surprises and excitements. Joliet ' s first game was with Antioch. The Joliet substitutes were gradually put in after the first five minutes of play. They were more than a match for Antioch, whom they defeated by a score of 46 to 17. The second game was with Waukegan — remember it? Some- what exciting! The game ended in a tie, 28 to 28. Five minutes were then allowed to play off the tie. It certainly looked as tho Joliet was done for, when McEwan shot the basket that won the game for us, just as the whistle blew. That last five minutes was certainly a good test for the heart. The next game was with La Salle who were defeated 30 to 18. McEwan was unable to participate in either this or the following games, due to the fact that he was taken ill after the Waukegan game. Then came the final game with Thornton, where Joliet ' s championship hopes were blasted by a score of 32 to 16. Joliet ' s team was exhausted for they had played the hardest games of the tournament while Thornton had had an easy schedule. The 1916-1917 basket ball season was without doubt very successful for the J. T. H. S. Mr. Shelton developed a first class team from a group of young men who had had little or no basket ball experience. Inasmuch as McEwan, Thomas and Pat- terson are the only members of the team to graduate, the prospects for next year are indeed good. The following men received basket ball J ' s: McEwan, Larson, Mauer, Sehring, Ohlhaver, Waesco, Thomas, Patterson and Fairbairn. THE HEART CONSOLER All questions must be written plainly, straight to the point and must be brief. -Editor. My Dear Editor: I have been engaged to Chas. Campbell for two years and we are to be married the 4th of July. He wishes me to go to L ockport for our honeymoon, do you think I should go? Bessie White, Ridgewood. Editor ' s Reply: I wouldn ' t advise you to go so far with a strange man. Dear Editor: I have been going with Hayes Kennedy for ten years, do you think that I should continue to do so? Helen Carson, 3052-R. No, ditch him, he is a woman hater. Bright old ' 17 went thru Latin Riding on a pony, Stuck some knowledge in his head, But left most on his pony. Page Fifty-three . T. H. S. Baseball Bloom High of Chicago Heights had been our first opponents in basketball. They likewise were destined to be our first opponents and victims in a farce baseball game on April 21. The game proved to be very one-sided, so Bloom asked to have it called off at the end of the seventh inning. The score was 21 to 3. The next game was with Blue Island and proved to be another easy victory for Joliet as they de- feated Blue Island 9 to 4. Wendell Phillips High of Chicago came next. The Gold 1 ' % and Blue warriors annexed another easy victory by defeating them 5 to 1. The next game on May 12, was to be with Morgan Park and was to be played at Joliet. The rest of the schedule for Joliet was as follows: May 19, Blue Island at Blue Island. June 2, Oak Park at Joliet. Inasmuch as these games are to be played after this record has been made, it is impossible to give the scores. Joliet defeated these schools in 1916 and if our playing ability does not meet with any misfortune, these games should prove to be easy vic- tories for us. The men who have played in the games, thus far, are: Larson, Sehring, Schluntz, Tehle, Mauer, M. Waesco, Broderick, Keniston, Wright and S. Waesco. The team this year bids fair to follow the foot-steps of our championship team of 1916. Page Fifty-four MEMORY BOOK Track All track athletics of the school were cancelled on account of the war. Joliet joined with other large high schools in so doing. We withdrew from the Beloit inter- scholastic which was scheduled for May 5. Our track team of 1916 had easily annexed the championship at this interscholastic. We also withdrew from the Big Seven conference meet which was to be held at East Aurora in June. The University of Illinois interscholastic was the only other important track date remaining. The cancelling of this interscholastic ended the track schedule of the year. 5LVENTELNC 1DL LIGHT) Miss Barns: So you see, for a time the Northern and the Confederate armies virtually played hide and seek in the inaccessible hills and valleys. What put a stop to this? Bob Thomas: Sheridan rode. Ginter prohibits jokes on the following subjects: his mailing list, the last car, his photo collection and the state of his affections. Ginter, in Public Speaking: Don ' t exceed the speed limit. In Herald-News, (later), Ginter — Speeding — Five dollars and costs. H H 4 s Ardelia, tactfully suggests that LeRoy G. rehearse the first act of the Senior play with a Barbara of his own choosing. If Grant Brown made a brilliant speech sustained only by a glass of milk, think what heights he might have reached on three pieces of apple pie. Mr. Yaggy: Have you some thumb tacks? A. Olden: No, but I have some finger nails. Mis s Barnes: Administration means rule. Use the word in a sentence. Joe Strasser: The teacher hit him with an administration. Page Fifty-five . T. H. S. msQ§) Military Training- BY HAYES KENNEDY. Military training as an adjunct to education is no new thing. The greatest civilization the world has ever known, that of the ancient Greeks, was attained by a system of education under which every boy for at least two years of his life was given a course practically identical with that of our best military schools of today. Educators have realized that military training not only verses the student in the art of war, that it gives him the discipline, the will, the power of endurance, the sturdy physique, and the moral qualities of loyalty, devotion to duty, and self-sacri- fice that are essential to the citizen no less than to the soldier. Many of the high schools of this country have introduced military training into their regular courses of study. Joliet Township High School was one of the first thus to adopt it. As a means of encouragement to this movement, Culver Military Academy has provided a two weeks ' course of training for high school students. After the two weeks ' training, the students return to their respective schools and instruct their fel- low students in the principles and tactics they have learned. Page Fifty-six MEMORY BOOK In the spring of 1916, Joliet sent eighteen boys to Culver. Here they ac- complished the same amount of instruction in seventy-two hours that the National Guard receives in eight months training. Joliet received more individual honors than any of the one hundred and two high schools represented. Five of the eight members of the wall-scaling squad were Joliet boys. Three were chosen representatives in the Culver Military Training Association, a national organization formed at that time. After the boys ' return to Joliet, a High School Cadet Corps of forty was formed with LaVerne Ohlhaver as captain. Shortly after this, arrangement was made with the authorities at Culver to obtain suits and rifles for the corps. They participated in several patriotic and civil celebrations about the city. Lieutenant E. Z. Steever, organizer of the Wyoming plan of military training, succeeded in having the Wyoming plan introduced into the high schools of Chicago. Joliet was asked to join the movement and as a result, the High School Cadet Corps resolved itself into this regiment. Under the Wyoming plan, several companies, a battalion if possible, is organized in each high school, and the various battalions taken together constitute a regiment. A regular army officer is detailed by the government for instruction. The organiza- tion is called the High School Volunteers of the United States. This does not mean that any member is subject to military duty; it simply means that the student is tak- ing the training as a part of his regular school work. We now have a full battalion under command of company leaders selected from the battalion at large by the training officer. This method of selection has proved most successful, because by it the most capable leaders are bound to be given a fair chance. Joliet comprises companies G, H, I, K of this organization. Altho we have not had as much training as the other schools have received, we shall hope to see our companies forging ahead in all the competitive drills to be held in the future. Page Fifty-seven . T. H. S. The Band Play skillfully with a loud noise. — Psalm 33: 3. Here they come, swinging down the street with steady stride, shoulders erect, and every one of ' em tooting away for dear life. Heads are craned out of windows, and crowds of people gather on the line of march in no time, for there is something irresistably live and peppy about that bunch in the band. Organized in the fall of 1913, (when we were Freshies) the boys have worked steadily under the leadership of Mr. McAllister, always striving for a higher standard of quality, until they are un- doubtedly the finest high school band in the state. The instruments include all the pieces requisite to make up a reg ' lar band and the fellows who play them (thirty-five in all) pledge themselves to support anything that is for the betterment of Joliet. This organization is, as it deserves to be, the pride of our school, our city and our community. Ardelia Roper Olden. Dorothy Shaw: I suppose you are mama ' s darling? Mary Copley: No. ma ' am, I am my mama ' s moving picture. Dorothy: Your mama ' s moving picture? Mary: Yessum, she is always telling me that I should be seen and not heard. Clarence Johnson: I have invented a new dance. Paul Hultgren: What do you call it? Johnson: The High School Waltz. You swing corners, dodge teachers, and side step. Page Fifty-eight MEMORY BOOK The Orchestra Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast. — Congreve. This organization is probably the oldest of a musical nature in the high school. In the year 1905, Axel With formed a high school orchestra, and since 1912, it has been under the able direction of the present leader, Mr. Converse. At present, the membership comprises twenty-two students playing the following instruments: first and second violins, cornets, cello, flute, drums and piano. Mr. Converse has taken the organization on several trips, and the programs presented have been of the very highest quality. At home, they have appeared before the Assembly in programs and plays, and have also played for outside organizations. Altogether, the orchestra has had an extremely successful 1913-1917 term, and being Seniors and thus prover- bially puffed-up, we take the glory unto ourselves, for it is true that in June, Mr. Converse will lose some of his finest musicians who are illustrious members of the Class of 1917. Ardelia Roper Olden. GIRLS ONLY. •ureg-e A isourto .moA s ( }j_ - oo[ p noA M9u a Recruiting Officer: Sorry, but you won ' t do. You ' re near-sighted. John Haley: But I am a very close observer, sir. Book agent: This book will save you half your study. Jake Adler: Are you sure? Give me two. Page Fifty-nine . T. H. S. The Girls ' Glee Club And the night shall be filled with music And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arab And as silently steal away. — Longfellow. Our daily cares did indeed steal away and lose themselves in a mist on that night when The Feast of the Little Lanterns played to a crowded house. As a culmina- tion of the musical endeavors of the Girls ' Glee Club, it well showed the careful practicing and training of the members, singly and collectively. Mrs. Castle, who has had charge of the vocal music in the high school for the past two years deserves a great deal of credit for the manner in which the membership of the club has increased and remained intact after a successful presentation of the opera. Since its foundation in the year 1910, there has probably been no organization in the school that has fur- nished more pleasure to students, teachers and public than the Girls ' Glee Club, and we sincerely hope that it will always be given the support and praise which is its due. Ardelia Roper Olden. CORRECT PHRASES I forget it. I lost my book. I don ' t know. I haven ' t any. 34 for you. Page Sixty MEMORY BOOK The Boys ' Glee Club Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved. — Isaiah 5:1. Unhappily, the musical comedy that the boys intended to present during the latter part of the year went under with other things of a like nature after the edict. Nevertheless, the private enjoyment which we have all gained from the weekly practices of the Glee Club, by lingering at an open Assembly door, is not to be lightly passed by. And so, as a class, we tender our hearty appreciation to the faith- ful members of the Boys ' Glee Club, who have made life a little sweeter, a little richer by their music. Ardelia Roper Olden. BARBARA FRIETCHIE REHEARSAL NOTES. FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS IN THE SENIOR PLAY. Helen Drevniak: Sweet cookie. LeRoy Ginter (being called upon to be romantic): Oh Pickles! Ardelia Olden (under same circumstances) : Oh dear, do I have to do this over again? Gene Ganson (from the sidelines, watching a love scene) : More action, please, more action there! Grant Brown: I get you! It ' s reported that the treasury expects to be busted after buying the outfit for Grant Nordstedt, Franklin Barrett nearly succumbed when he discovered (upon measuring the aforesaid) that he was six feet, three inches tall! Do you see that star? promises to be a popular question around the J. T. H. S. Page Sixty-one . T. H. S. Our High School BY HAYES KENNEDY. As the last few days of our Senior year draw near, we are standing at the eve of the proudest, happiest, and yet it seems, the saddest season of our school life. We regret to leave; we envy those blithe young Freshmen just entering. But let us hope that the new classes will have the same pleasure in acquiring knowledge, let us hope that the classes of the future will uphold and even strengthen the prestige gained by the classes that have departed. The history of our school is one of remarkable and rapid development. Back in ' the early days when Joliet was not the glowing industrial city that it is today, and when the youth did not deem it necessary to pursue a higher education, the first Joliet High School was established, in 1880, on the corner of Chicago and Webster streets. Only the upper part of the school was employed for school purposes, as there were only two hundred students attending and a faculty of five teachers. But with the rapid strides in industry, in education and in other fields, expansion became necessary and as a result of the election held April 4, 1899, a Township School was established, our present high school which occupies the magnificent build- ing at the corner of Eastern Avenue and Jefferson Street; which with its superintend- ent, its faculty of seventy-two, its fifteen hundred students, its excellent laboratories, and equipment, its fine interior decoration, its comfort and safety, is second to none and equalled by few. We have been foremost in adopting new and better educational methods. We Page Sixty-two MEMORY BOOK were the first to adopt the supervised system of study. Our organized committee system has won nation-wide recognition for us. A College Loan Fund has been established in our school to aid those who desire a college education but could not acquire it without help. Three members of the faculty and two students compose the board. They receive applications for assist- ance and aid the most deserving applicants. Joliet Township High School has always given post-graduate work, but our Junior College, organized in 1916, is one of the finest in the country. Here there is offered the same work that is given in universities and colleges during the first two years, and our students enter all higher institutions with full credit. A year ago the board voted to build an extension to our present building. This extension will be completed during the summer and will be occupied this coming school season. It is of the same material as the present building, Niagara limestone trimmed in Bedford limestone in perpendicular Gothic architecture, except that the walls of the inner courts are to be of brick instead of stone. An assembly hall and a girls ' gymnasium are to occupy part of the building, the remainder is to be used for class rooms. This will greatly relieve the crowded condition that now exists. Although we the seventeens as a class will not be able to enjoy this new addition, we wish to con- gratulate those pupils who will use it, we also sincerely thank those instrumental in securing this magnificent school-home. As a last word, let the work that we have accomplished at our Alma Mater stand as a symbol of the perseverance we must always have to achieve success. At the close of this war some European nations are going to be so thoroughly tired of Imperialism that the people won ' t ever be wearing crowns on their hats. Page Sixty-three . T. H. S. Urn J Staff and Managers Grant Houston Brown. Hayes. Kennedy. Harry H. Trachman. Hildegarde Drevniak. I eroy Ginter. Ardelia R. Olden. Arthur Tohnson . Dorothy Shaw. John Guthrie. Ralph Patterson. Page Sixty-four MEMORY BOOK IH Class Song of 1917 I i Words — Helen Carson. Music — Hildegarde Drevniak I. We, the Class of Seventeen, the class we love the best, Must sing a song of cheer before we go s We are passing on to bigger things and we must pass the test We must show that we can win come weal or woe. Chorus. Let ' s all cheer, cheer, cheer, dear class of Seventeen, Lift your voices loud and clear. There never was a class like the class that ' s going to pass From the school that we shall always hold most dear. II. All the lads and lassies in the Class of Seventeen, Are noted for their steadiness and grit. If you hear about a deed p2rformed or marvel done, I ' ll ween, That the Class of Seventeen has done it ' s bit. (Chorus.) III. Four years we ' ve been to-gether and now we hate to part, But some have left us now and gone to war. Then pour out all the praises that are ringing in your heart For the classmates who have journeyed to the fore. (Chorus.) Page Sixty-five