Joliet Junior College - Shield Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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Class History 1923 As Told In 1965 . ■;■ Scene — Living Roi.in -P (Grandmotlicr is discuvered Mated on the ' S ' j stage writing a letter. She rises looking at . her watch.) ■ y Grandmother: ' ell 1 must phone for that l;,( appointment with the hairdresser. I shall f have to look my best when I read my paper (,; before the Woman ' s Club tomorrow. (Goes back to desk.) I feel very well satisfied with ' my paper now that it is finished. It ' s such a fresh and original subject (extends paper.) The Shocking Decadence of the Morals of the Younger Generation. The shocking de- cadence of the morals of the younger genera- tion is indeed a source of great concern to those who contemplate it from a sane and ' thoughtful view point with due consideration for the future welfare of our nation. Their manners are abominable. (Enter Jean, her granddaughter, disheveled and dust ' with a pilQ of dresses in her arms, a hat sitting dizz.ily on her head. ' Granddaughter: So thejf are, but now ' ou know j ' ou don ' t believe it. Saj ' , may I use this old junk for the Senior play? And look what I found when I was digging them out. Is this a year book when you went to high school, and what ' s this sloppy looking book? And this diary of yours. It ' s a scream! Just listen to this: Bernice and Roy had a scrap today. Bernice is broken hearted and vows that she can never feel the same again, but she said that four times in the last month and so it will probably be all right by tomorrow. Xow isn ' t that funny! Grandmother: hy, that ' s about LeRoy Wilhelmi and Bernice Lowery. LeRoy was a very popular member of our class. He was class treasurer in the Junior year, and we elected him both semesters when we were seniors. Granddaughter: But oh look here! Oh, it ' s so heavenly to be in love. He has the most marvelous ej ' es, and his smile Grandmother: That ' s enough. Let me have that hook. Granddaughter: (Looking at the year book) Oh, for heaven ' s sake is this scruldiy lookin.g bunch your class when you were Freshies? vSonie dumb looking bunch. Grandmother: Well we may look dumb to you but we were mighty proud of ourselves. There were about 400 of us, and we were an enthusiastic crowd. One of our members in writing the first Freshmen notes for the J — that was our school paper — was so enthused that he indulged in a flight of fancy, and said ■ihat the Freshmen had more ofificers in the R. O. T. C. than any other class. I remember our girls lost in the baseball tournament that year, but we were all terribly proud of the way they played. Granddaughter: Only one baseball tourna- ment in a year? ' A hy, we have one every week until the basket ball season begins. And didn ' t all of vou plav every dav like we do- Grandmother: No, not at that time. When I was in high school girls ' athletics were com- paratively new, and not nearly all the girls participated, but when I was a Freshman we organized a Girls ' Athletic Association which had that in view. A great many of our Fresh- men girls joined and were very lively mem- ers 1 he a ' .S(. nation was a great success. They boosted all kinds of athletics and gave clever parties. One year we had a Green- wich Village Follies and another a Tack and Jill party, and we all dressed in little ' gingham aprons. Our girls were very enthusiastic about basket-ball, and in our Junior year we wori the class tournament. Vhen we were Juniors ye had soccer too. We played Lock- port, which was a small town then and not a suburb, as now. As I recall we won. Granddaughter: J -Board of Control— why this bunch doesn ' t look like it could control anything. Grandmother: That was the group that managed the policy of the J. I remember in our Junior year we had ;. . our representa- tives: Joe Barr, Flizabct!: :...wver, and Billv Block. Granddaughter: C;,- ■■ ! I suppose you thought it would be ea.-y to make a board out of a Block. (jrandmother: Well, it ' s easier to make a board out of a Block than out of a block head. Bill was our first representative in athletics too. He was the only one of our felloAvs that made the football team in our Freshman year. It used to embarrass us giirls dreadfully to watch him play because he always had a hole in his sock. There was a biqr athletic boom during our four years. We 23ers always thought we had a lot to do with it. There were always more of us out to the games than from any other class and our fellows made a good showing in every sport. In our Sophomore year nine of our fellows made the football team and two new coaches came onto the scene, and though we didn ' t have much to do with get- ting them there we always took considerable credit to ourselves for being there at the same time they were, because they certainly helped to wake us up. Granddaughter: This must be one of your illustrious teams. Good heavens, what did they put on their hair? — it must have been mucilage to .get it stuck down so tight. Don ' t they look sweet! Did they take time out in a football game to comb it down slick and when they played basket-ball did they have to wear hairnets? Grandmother: ( )h, patent leather uphols- tery v ' as the st -le, but our team had some- thing besides their hair to think about when they were playing. ' 21, that was our Junior year. Here are Liess, Ashley, Alberg, and De Jarld and Hill, and (Tardwell. },!uschott and Alaxwell. Thej ' were all Juniors, and they were a hard fighting bunch: Granddaughter: (Turns page) Was this- your basket-ball team that same year? I guess they aren ' t so bad lookin.g even if they did spend their spare cash on mucilage? (Hands to grandmother.) Grandmother: I should say not. More than one femiuiine heart did gymnastics in space when they grabbed the title from Gard- ner in the tournament that year. (Turns the page) And this was our flashy baseball teanr of that year. Granddaughter: Oh, isn ' t he a cute little fellow? What a darling grin! Grandmother: Oh, that ' s Steve Resan; he was cute. It was always a sure si.gn of Spring: Continued on page 95.

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m I.EIGHTON AIILBERG Ambition: To be a Physical Director. Alanual Training. Lightweight Football 1; Heavyweight hoot- lalfi j; Basketball Suuacl 2, 3; Class Basket- ball 1 4; Blue and Gold Club; R. O. T. C. Bas- cethall 4; R. O. T. C. Sergeant 3; R. O. T. C. utenaut 4; Camp Custer 1; Rifle Team; L.ov Club 3, 4. AkWIX ALLEN M.i l!,i I ' .ioU ui.tl 1 raining. il 1. 2. 3, 4; R. O. T. C. First Lieutenant; ;v Club 2. 11.1.1b, ANDERSON inbitioii: To travel ah the re-t of my life, 1(1 never look at a textbook again. Teatber ' s Course. G. A. A.; Class Baseball 3. 1U)NA M. ARBETTER .Ambition : To be a teacher. Literature and Arts B. l-Mi Stars; Bio ' ogy Club; Biology Club Senate. Dl ' .NEEN ASfTLEY Ambition: To make all the girls love me as I love them. (That ' s going some.) liiigiueering Course. Football L 2, 3; Basketball 1; Blue and Gold Club 2; President of Gold and Blue Club 3. 4; R. O. T. C. L 2. 3, 4; Baud L 2. 3, 4; Drum Major, Captain of Band 3, 4; Orchestra 1 : J Contributor. RAYMOND BABCOCK Ambition: General Pershi;ig ' s successor. Commercial. R. O. T. C. Capt. 3; Major 4; W. J. R. C. 428; Biology Club; Biology Senate; Rad.o Club; Hi Y. Page Twenty-four