La Moille High School - Highlights Yearbook (La Moille, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 134 of the 1926 volume:

(!% jEemini The Year Book of the LaMoille Community High School La Moille, Illinois Published by the Class of ’26 WE DEDICATE THIS MEM INI TO OUR TEACHER AND FRIEND, MAURINE COBB, IN APPRECIATION OF HER GENEROUS SERVICE TO OUR SCHOOL. L. C. H. S. poarb of Tcimcation A. N. DeLong - Alfred Henry - William Samuelson John Pope President Secretary Fred Welsch M E M I N I ANNUAL STAFF Standing: Norman Fauble Glendine Neill Gladys Portzen Dorothy Littlewood Miss Cobb Daphne Graves Kate Pope Ralph Allen Ass’t Literary Ed. Organizations Ass’t Organizations Snapshot Ed. Faculty Advisor Art Editor Ass’t Art Editor Humor Sitting: Donald Dean Harold Schneider Lester Swanlund Glen Tellkamp Donald Smith Wayne McCray Robert Allen Editor-in-Chief Ass’t Bus. Mgr. Business Mgr. Sport Editor Ass’t Sport Ed. Ass’t Editor Literary Editor page six L. C. H. S. J. F. Snodgras Superintendent of the LaMoille Schools M EMIN I J. F. Snodgrass Ph.B. Shurtleff College, 1914. Graduate Work, University of Chicago, Summer '22, '23, '24. Economics, Civics, Business Law, Soph. English. Elizabeth Humf.r B.S. University of Illinois. Domestic Art, Freshmen English. Dale Foster B.S. Shurtleff College. Mathematics, General Science, History, Biology. PAGE TEN L. C. H. S. Maurine Cobb Ph.B. University of Chicago. English and Latin. Parks Forster B.S. University of Illinois. Physics and Agriculture. Myrtle Haugen B.M. MacPhail Conservatory, Minneapolis, Minn. Music and Art. PAGE ELEVEN r MEMINI To The Seniors H ike Jason and the Argonauts of Greece You dare uncharted seas and unknown vasts Seeking Truth, the priceless golden fleece, With only the cloth of courage at the masts. Take heed lest one should come Medea-like Trailing deeds of gross unworthiness, And choose as thy companions night- Shed tears, a great desire and loneliness. Fire-breathing dragons guard the age-sought fleece And walls of ignorance rise encirolingly To end in a lonely, blood-stained precipice Where iron-winged Harpies scream exultantly. And each must cut his own footpath and leave Behind security, and each must seek Not much to have but greatly to achieve, For only the doers of deeds can scale the peak And from its perilous height look down Upon the garden wild and beautiful And know the sight of Truth enough to crown His days, and make his toil a festival. May Fate be wise and send, not happiness Or wealth or fame or power in earthly marts— Too meagre these—for you I ask not less Than faith and work and understanding hearts. M. C. PAGE FOURTEEN L. C. H. S. Luella Edwards “Luellie” “Brevity is the soul of wit” Frances Williams “Pumpkin” “Do unto others as they would do unto you. but do them first ” Class Secretary '23. Operetta '25, 26. Glee Club. Girls' Baseball Team. Omer Lund “Lund” “ I worried every time I went to cla.. s without my lesson, Vd be a nervous w reck Walnut High School '23. '24. Junior Play '25. Ag. Club. Wayne McCray “Mechanic” “Study and grow learned for to-morrow ice may have a test” Dramatic Club '25. Basketball Class President '23, '26. Boys' Glee Club '25, '26. Ass't Editor of Annual '26. Associate Editor of Paper '26. President of Athletic Association '26. Member of Student Council '24. Class Play '25, '26. Operetta '25, '26. Track '26. Vice President of Class '24. Lincoln Essay Medal, '26. PAGE FIFTEEN M E M I NI Wilbur Haas “Fat” ‘■Parents and faculty — it is indeed!’' Boys’ Glee Club ’25, '26. Class Plays ’2b, ’26. Operetta ’25, ’26. Orchestra ’26. Clarion Staff ’26. Athletic Manager ’26. Dramatic Club ’25. Literary Contest ’25, ’26. Kathryn Pope “Kate” “What do you say, we go on a tear!” Glee Club ’23, ’24, ’25, 26. Dramatic Club ’25, '26. Clarion Staff ’26. Class Play ’25. Ass’t Art Editor of Annual ’26. Sec. of Student Council ’26. Tom Moore “Tom” “My only hooks were women’ ■ looks folly’s all they taught me.” Orchestra ’26. Baseball ’25. Ag. Club. a:i f Laura Williar “Sis” “They who run fast, stumble.” Girls’ Glee Club ’23, '24, ’25. ’26. Operetta ’25. Girls Baseball ’23, '24. PAGE SIXTEEN L. C. H. S. Donald Dean Dinky” “Don’t start anything that you can’t finish.” Class Sec. ’25, ’26. Ag. Club '23, ’24, ’25, ’26. Glee Club ’25, ’26. Public Speaking ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26. Cheer Leader ’26. Judging Team ’23, ’24, ’26. Baseball ’24, ’25. Orchestra ’26. Bus. Mgr. Clarion ’26. Operetta ’25, ’26. Plays ’25, ’26. Track ’24, ’26. Editor-in-chief of Annual. Grace Bryan “Gracie” “One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two after.” Glee Club ’23, '24, ’25, ’26. Athletics ’23, ’25. Class Play ’25, '26. Dramatic Club ’25. Newspaper ’26. Lester Swanlund “Leck” “I hitched my wagon to a star, but the darn thing was a meteor.” Baseball. Tennis ’25. Basketball ’26. Track (Captain ’26). Judging Team ’23, 24, ’25, ’26. Plays ’25, ’26. Business Manager of Annual. Clarion Staff ’26. Vice-President of Class ’25. Ag. Club ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26 (Vice-Pres. ’25). Glendine Neill Glennie” “If smiling were a crime. :he would gel a life sentence.” Plays ’25, ’26. Literary Contest ’24, ’25. ’26. Glee Club ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26. Operetta ’25, ’26. Student Council ’23, ’24. Class Treas. 26. Sec. Athletic Ass’n ’25. Organization Editor ’26. Clarion Staff ’26. PAGE SEVENTEEN M E MINI Harold Schneider “Slim” 7 never let books interfere with my education” Ohio High School '23, '24. Class President '25. Basketball '25, '26. Ass't Business Manager of Annual. Ag. Club '26. Vice Pres, of Ag. Club '26. Operetta '25, '26. Play '26. Marjorie Daugherty “Being too ambitious deteriorates the mind is my conclusion” Glee Club '23, '24, '25, '26. Secretary of Class '24. Class Play '25, '26. Athletics '23, '25, '26. Athletic Reporter '26. Operetta '25, '26. Floyd Bonnell “True knowledge is the basis of most hick” Ag. Club '23, '24, '25, '26. Ag. Sec. '26. Class Treas '24. Asr. Editor of Clarion '26. Helen Mackin “Nellie” 7 in the course of human events it becomes necessary to bluff, let us bluff.” Arlington High School '23, '24, '25. Glee Club '26. Operetta '26. page eighteen L. C. H. S. Glen Tellkamp “Bink” “Vd been just as satisfied if Adam had left that rib in his side.” Basketball ’24, '25, ’26. Baseball '25. Class Plays '25, '26. Glee Club '25, ’26. Clarion Staff ’26. Athletic Editor of Annual '26. Ag. Club. Operetta ’26. Dorothy Littlewood “Dot” “A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market” Basketball ’23, ’24. Baseball '23, ’24. Class Play '26. Glee Club '23, ’24, '25, ’26. Snap Shot Editor of Annual ’26. Robert Allen “Bob” ‘7 wonder how many girls have their eyes on me now?” Cheer Leader '23, '24, '25. Newspaper ’23, ’25, ’26. Literary Contest '23, ’25, ’26. Basketball '25, ’26. Track ’25, ’26. Ag. Club. Operetta '25, ’26. Glee Club '25, ’26. Plays ’25, ’26. Literary Ed. Annual ’26. Darlene Littlewood “Darl” “Don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow” Basketball ’23, ’24. Baseball ’23, ’24. Operetta ’25, '26. Treas of Class ’24. Girl’s Glee Club ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26. Clarion Staff ’26. PAGE NINETEEN M E M I N I Donald Smith “Goofy” “ am proud to be tall, anybody can be .short, 1 was short once myself” Basketball '25, '26. Track '24, '26. Aldene Scott “Aldene” “The ability to laugh i ; not despised. Baseball '23, '24. Girls Glee Club '23, '24, '25, '26. Dorothy Kleckner “Dot” No enjoyment like an exam the day after the night before” Baseball '23, '24. Operetta '25, '26. Glee Club '23, '24, '25, '26. Daphne Graves Daph” Let's have a dance” Glee Club '23, ’24, '25, '26. Dramatic Club '25, '26. Clarion Staff '26. Class Play '25. Art Editor Annual '26. Treas. Student Council '26. Ralph Allen “ not busy — find something to do. High School Electrician '25, '26. Orchestra '26. Glee Club '25, '23. Ag. Club. PAGE TWENTY In the Beginning” M E M I N I The Senior Class History Classmates, here’s a toast to the fond memories of high school life. May they never forsake us! In the prehistoric year of 1922, twenty-eight downcast souls, from various points of the township, applied for admission into that coveted hall of learning, L. C. H. S. The old saying “The first hundred years are the hardest” proved very applicable to us. Not that we resented in the least being called “Freshies, ” for we were green enough to think that an honor, but it seriously affected our dignity to bear the brunt of all the smart jokes of those “experienced Sophomores.” Bob Allen was chosen cheer leader and kept at the work until the middle of his Senior year when he resigned because of old age and infirmity. “Let youth have its fling.” With such a motto we blundered through our Freshman year. When Professor Gastello rang the bell in September and started us off as Sophomores, we were miraculously changed. In the place of awkwardness and embarrassment, superfluous pride and haughty bearing, more effective than Senior dignity, encompassed us. And so, as Sophomores, we began to develop for ourselves a history. Our class became so outstanding in English work that we were permitted to publish one issue of “The LaMoille Clarion.” Donald Dean, one of our members, made an enviable record by distinguishing himself in the Literary Contest. He was also an able man in Track, Baseball and Judging. Lester Swanlund and Bob Allen competed in the State Judging Contest held at Urbana. Glen Tellkamp, early in his school career, secured for himself a place on the basketball team. How atrocious we were during our Sophomore year is shown by the fact that Prof. Castello was afraid to risk his life with us another year, and left for milder regions. By the time we assembled as Juniors, under the baton of Mr. Snodgrass, those of us who had withstood the searching examinations of his predecessor numbered twenty-six—thirteen boys versis thirteen girls the whole year through. Being now three-year-olds, we were soon broke for actual field work. The first outstanding social event of the year was the Teacher’s Reception by the Woman’s Club. Here it was that the ability of Wilbur Haas was first realized through his painstaking preparation of his Glee Club oration entitled “Parents and Faculty.” After this we began to aspire to other places of distinction. Accordingly, we sent to the basketball squad Harold Schneider. Glen Tellkamp, Donald Smith and Lester Swanlund with explicit instructions to “cop” some laurels for us in the basketball realm. However our talents were not all brutish, i. e. physical, for wc had some rare musical ability as well. Mrs. Ella Freeman Mercer early perceived the superior vocal ability of such Juniors as Donald Dean, Kathryne Pope, Glendene Neill. Opal Shirley, Dorothy Kleckner, Grace Bryan and Wayne McCray. Consequently she chose an entertaining operetta “The Gypsy Rover,” and displayed the ability of her champion warblers. No sooner had the praise about the operetta silenced than the Juniors were PAGE TWENTY-TWO L. C. H. S. called upon to compete in the annual Preliminary Literary Contest. Daphne Graves, Kate Pope, Glendene Neill, Donald Dean, Wilbur Haas, and Bob Allen volunteered to do their bit. Donald Dean was the only contestant who survived the zone meet. He went to the county contest held at Princeton and was beaten by the close score of 156-148 in Boy’s Oration. We now began to prepare for the task of putting on that much-anticipated •Junior-Senior Prom. We selected a piay, “Green Stockings,’ which received the approval of everyone on presentation. On the proceeds from the play we were able to take the Seniors to the Community Hall on May 19, and give them a grand ball ’n everything! Toward the close of our Junior year we designated Lester Swanlund, Bob Allen and Donald Dean as our allotment to Track. Lester finished second in the pole vault at the County Track Meet, forcing his opponent to set a new record to beat him. The Seniors conferred upon us the honor of editing the May issue of the LaMoille Clarion.” We chose Bob Allen and Wayne McCray as Associate Editors and they, with the rest of the staff, acquited themselves nobly as newspaper publishers. Last, but not least, we remained loyal to the Seniors, staying by them in all their difficulties, until they finally succumbed on Commencement night. We are now the honorable Seniors of L. C. H. S.! We are twenty-five in number. We have gained two new members from Arlington, Tom Moore and Helen Mackin. We have lost, due to adverse conditions, Delbert Martin, Earl McNineh and Opal Shirley. We have participated in everything that took place this year. We have edited the “Clarion” for a year with outstanding financial and literary success. We have five members who have earned basketball letters: Harold Schneider, Glen Tellkamp, Lester Swanlund, Donald Smith and Wayne McCray. Seven of our members have showed their ability in the Literary Contest again. Wilbur Haas plaeed third in Boys Humorous at the County Meet. Capt. Lester Swanlund led the track team this year. Robert Allen, Donald Dean, Wayne McCray, Donald Smith, and Omer Lund were also track men. Since Coach Foster found it was necessary that someone should manage the athletics, he chose Wilbur Haas as Track and Basketball manager. Lastly, Wayne McCray made an enviable record as valedictorian of the class by maintaining practically an A average throughout the entire four years. Only one thing we refrain from remarking about: “Gappy Ricks our class play. We don’t want it let out but many think it was a crime that we were allowed a night to put it on! They think we should have repeated it once if not twice! Then one sad night, the 28th of May, we were handed our diplomas, thus losing our chance to make a greater history. Nevertheless, we are left with those fond memories of our High School days. We are proud of our record. What Senior of ’26 will ever forget how wonderfully Ralph Allen could wiggle his ears, or how snappy Dot Littlewood could Charleston ? B. A. PAGE TWENTY-THREE M E M I N 1 Prophecy - - A Play (In the order of appearance) Floyd Bonnell, Secretary of Radio in President’s Cabinet. Robert Allen, Attorney General of the State of Washington, the villain. Wayne McCray, Absent-minded, starry-eyed astronomer. Tom Moore, aviator. Marjorie Daugherty, A sweet and simple country lass. Leulla Edwards, Owner of a chicken ranch in Texas. Donald Dean, Head of Dean Packing Co., Chicago. Daphne Graves, World famous artist. Kathryne Pope, Head of the Department of Folk Dancing at Vassal’. Glen Tellkamp, Income Tax Collector. Wilbur Haas, At Moody Tabernacle in Chicago. Glendine Neill, Matron of Children’s Home in Watertown. Dorothy Kleckner, Sylph-like prima donna with a tragic past. ACT I Time: Midnight June 15, 1936. Scene: Lookout Observatory, Mt. Hood, Washington. Large bare room, having two chairs, table with star maps, huge telescope. Curtain rises: Discover Wayne looking through telescope pointed to Northeast. Bob, Floyd, Tom standing about talking. Floyd: While we are waiting, fellows, I have something here to show you (draws plans for specu-radio from his pocket) These are the plans for my new invention, the specu-radio which I am taking to Washington to have patented. Robert (very much interested): Ummm! looks rather interesting. Explain how it works. Floyd (exhibiting plans and explaining) : 5 ou see you sit in your room, turn a dial and hear a great singer’s voice—you have done that for the last ten years—but look here, you turn another and you see the lady’s face. Of course if it is a man, you don't care what he looks like. I have worked ten years on this and now that I’m going to be Secretary of the radio department, I am glad it is completed at last. It will make me famous, I think. Robert (glancing at his watch) : Well, boys, I think it is about time we were looking at that star because I have to bo going. 1 have some work to do— campaigning. Wayne: Ah, I knew I was not mistaken. There is the star in the constellation of the Lyre, not far from Vega. Give me the star map, quick. Floyd: Is it blue like Vega? (Looks, is visibly excited). Robert: Aw ! I don’t see the sense of getting all worked up over a star. What’s it going to do for you poor mortals? Better be out digging ditches— they re of some use—or electioneering-—that at least gets you some where. PAGE TWENTY-POUR L. C. H. S. Wayne: But, man, look at the wonder of those worlds out there. It takes twenty-nine years for the light of that star to travel to us, and light is no punk traveler either—186,000 miles per minute. Robert: Well, twinkle, twinkle little star, it’s little I care what you are. I am a busy man. I have decided I must get to Washington as soon as possible. Could you take me in that plane of yours, Tom? Tom: Sure, be ready to go tomorrow noon. Robert: But I must go tonight. Tom (looking at him shrewdly) : Whew, what’s the grand rush, staking a gold claim or something? Robert (a trifle uneasily) : No, but I want to be on the way. Can you take me or not? Tom: Be on the field in an hour. Dress warmly. I ’ll be ready. (Exit Robert Allen, Atty. Gen. and villain. Wayne still absorbed in the star map. Tom stares at the floor for a minute). Tom: Say, Floyd, how much is this Speeu-radio idea of yours good for in cold cash ? Floyd (laughing) : More than I’ll ever care about I’m afraid. It’s bound to mean millions and I hate the burden of them. Tom: I imagine there ’ll be a good many people ready to relieve you of the burden. What if some one else has the same idea and beats you to the copyright office—or has seen your plans. Floyd: No danger of the first, and I haven’t let the paper out of my sight. Tom (aside) : Yes! but I wonder how much is in your sight? Floyd: What? Tom: Oh. nothing. So long fellows. I must get my Ladybird ready for a midnight whiz. See you later. Going to Daphne’s big blowout in September, aren’t you? Floyd: Yep, got to be in New York anyway. Be good to see the old bunch again. Tom: Sure, (pointing to the absorbed astronomer) Say, when that bird wakes up, tell him I’ve gone. (Exit) (After a few moments of silence Wayne turns away from the stars with a sheepish grin). Wayne: It’s no use trying to be sociable when there’s a world out there no one has discovered. Afraid I’m a pretty poor host. Floyd: ’S all right, old man. I get lost. too. Sometimes I’d be so submerged by this Specu-radio idea that I never came up for days. Wayne (stretching and sitting in a chair) : Well how is the world outside— say, tell me first about our old LaMoille bunch. Ever see any of the twenty-sixers around ? Floyd: Yes, I stopped at the old place as I came out. It’s not changed much. They still think the high school boys and girls are going to the dogs just as they knew we were. I notice all the girls still chew gum. Wrigley gets a big income from LaMoille. I met Aldene in a grocery store in Mendota PAGE TWENTY-FIVE M E M I N I before I went over. She was buying the week’s supplies. Never saw her husband. They say she bakes the best angel food in LaSalle County. Wayne: Is Slim Schneider still farming? Floyd: Yes, on his father’s place, but he also has charge of the grain elevator in Ohio. He had just been to the city to see a specialist. He has dyspepsia pretty bad. Wayne: Nature always has revenge. Remember the candy bars he used to put away ? Floyd: Do I, and the nut sundaes! Wayne: Is Laura still in LaMoille too? Floyd: Yes, she took her MRS. degree last spring. Omer took the job of life time instructor to her and gave her a wedding certificate for a diploma. Wayne: Is he the grain farmer he always planned to be? Floyd: He was, but he isn’t. Laura wouldn’t live in the country so he is selling insurance. Wayne: In LaMoille? Floyd: Yes, Joe Showalter leaves a few pickings around the edges. Wayne: Say, I just happened to think. Last week I saw a Florida newspaper. Dorothy Littlewood’s getting a divorce from her husband. You i-emember when she married him several years ago, it was rumored that he was a retired bootlegger. She says he deceived her. Tired of him, I guess. Floyd: I suppose. Wayne (looking at his watch) : Say, it’s time to look at that darn star again, (turns toward telescope). Curtain - ACT II Time: Nine o’clock a bright June morning. Scene: Leulla’s chicken ranch near Austin, Texas. Curtain rises to discover front porch of brick bungalow. To the left and right chicken houses. Robert and Marjorie enter talking earnestly. Robert: Say, Marj, do you suppose we can be alone here? I want to talk to you a few minutes. 1 have something to show you. Marj.: Here, sit down near this table. There. Now let’s see what you have. Robert (Looks around cautiously and draws papers from his pocket) : Here are my plans for a new invention called the speeu-radio. I am on my way to Washington now to have them copyrighted. And, Marj, when I come back I ’ll be a rich man. I am going to stop off here for I ’ll have something very important to tell you. Marj. (Upon seeing plans is very much startled as she recognizes them).: You invented that! Why, I didn’t know that you had been working along scientific lines. Robert: 1 haven’t much, but this idea happened to come to me and so I thought I’d try it and I was successful. Marj.: I believe I will have to go in now if you will excuse me. PAGE TWENTY-SIX L. C. H. S. (Robert looks at plans again and then puts them away and goes around the house). (Marjorie and Tom enter). Marj.: But what are we to do? I am so worried. 1 am sure those plans belong to Floyd but how Bob got them I don’t quite understand. Tom: That is perfectly simple. Last night when we were in Wayne’s Observatory Floyd showed us his plans. I noticed that while we were looking at them Bob took out his watch and held it in his hand. I am pretty sure now that it was not a watch but an Expo-Watch Camera. Marj.: But how are we going to keep him from getting to Washington before Floyd gets there ? Tom: That’s easy. I’ll tell Bob something has gone wrong with the plane and we will have to stay here for a while. In the meantime I’ll rush out to Floyd and take him to Washington. Now all you have to do is to keep Bob here about a couple of days. Marj.: Shhli! Here comes Bob and Leulla now (They enter. Bob scowls openly at seeing Tom and Marjorie together). Tom: Well, old top. what do you think of Leulla’s farm? Quite a place, isn’t it? Robert (Ungraciously) : Yes, it is quite a nice place, but it doesn’t seem to me that you are much interested in the farm. Tom: Say, Leulla, could we hang out here for a few days. I’m afraid that aeroplane won’t go much farther without being overhauled. I think I will take it to Austin this afternoon and see what can be done. I hate to impose on you but I am afraid it is the only thing I can do. Leulla: Oh, that is perfectly all right. I could use a couple of extra men around for a day or two and I am sure Marj. would enjoy you. ACT III Scene I Office of the President of the Dean Packing Co. Elaborately appointed office. President discovered sitting behind mahogany desk. At the right a pretty stenographer, Frances Williams, .taking Dictation. Loud knocking is heard at door. Pres, (calls out): Come in! (He is much surprised to see two of his former schoolmates Floyd and Tom, travelworn and dirty, burst in, evidently in trouble). Tom: Say, Dean, we’re in a pickle. Help us out. Can you get me an aeroplane. I’ll explain later. Dean: Just a minute. I’ll see my efficiency expert. (Exits hastily). Tom (Seizes telephone puts in long distance call to Texas. Gets Marjorie) : Hello Marj. Yes, had a wreck. In Dean’s office now. What’s that, gone already? On the eight o’clock express last night? Well, there is nothing more you can do. Will wire you later. Yes, Floyd’s all right, isn’t even scratched. Goodby. Pres, reenters. PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN MEMINI Dean: I can get a plane for you anytime now. What’s the game? Somebody sick? Tom: No, but somebody is going to be. (Exits). Floyd: Lome on with me. I’ll tell you as we go. Curtain Scene II Washington, 1). C. Outside the copyright office. 3 P. M. Floyd and Tom enter from office. Floyd: Well I am glad that is off my mind. Thanks to you. Tom: You inventors are a goofy lot. If it wasn’t for a few sensible fellows like me, you would lose all you have. Floyd: Boy, that taxi is making some dust. Tom :Say, look who is in it. Bob Allen! (Bob enters fiom side street. Does not realize they are aware of his trick, but does realize that ho is too late. Greets them jovially in pretended unconcern ). Robert: Say, fellows, what are you doing in the capitol? Calling on Pres. Dawes ? Floyd: No, seeing the sights. Robert: 1 had to come down for a conference with the Senator from Illinois. Floyd: You mean Helen Mackin? How does she like the position? Tom: Gee, I bet she is thankful for the agonizing days when Miss Cobb made us stand up before the class and orate! Robert: Yes, Nellie is a good talker now. She has already put three bills through Congress and has another up before the house now. Floyd: Well. Tom, let’s go have lunch. Bye old top. Robert: (Watching them depart. Scowls and draws a piece of paper from his pocket, tears it savagely into pieces and throws it to the winds, turns and walks disconsolately down the street. Curtain ACT IV Art Studio of Daphne Graves, Greenwich Village, N. Y. Large, garishly furnished with cubist draperies. Many American beauty roses about the room. Half finished painting in the corner. Daphne and Kate discovered in a corner on a sofa chattering. Glen on the other side of the room looking at the picture. Kate (Touching a bunch of the roses) : Where did you get the beauties? Who is he? Daphne: (Smiles, crooks her finger at Glen who has his back toward them). Kate: Oh Daph. Are you going to take him after all these years? Daphne: Yes, poor fellow, but he doesn’t know it. Say, guess who’s going to be here tonight. Kate: Who? PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT L. C. H. S. Daphne (Singsong) : Wayne McCray, F. N. R. Ph. D. One time lover of Katie. Kate: 1 ’m afraid 1 will fall for him now. He is so dreadfully important. When will he be here? Daphne: Pretty soon now. Say, don’t you wish you were Marj ? Think of spending your honeymoon among the pyramids of Egypt with a Millionaire. They say that Floyd has as much money as the Uncle Him the Tribune used to talk about. Kate (still thinking of Wayne) : Yes, but don’t you think learning is so much more distinctive than mere money? Daphne (looking dreamily at Glen) : Oh, I don't know that either matters much. (Doorbell rings. Enter Wayne and Wilbur, the former in dress suit, the latter in garb of clergyman. General enthusiastic greetings). Wilbur (grinning, rubbing his hands together) : 1 want to hear about everybody in the 1926 class. Well let’s start with Ralph. He was always the head of the class—alphabetically. Glen (sighing) : He is head of the Western Electric Company of Chicago. He sent me his income tax report the other day. 1 know all about him. Wish I had some of these taxes I’m collecting for Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean Wilbur: That's fine. Ralph always was an electrician. Well, Bob always used to come next. Where is he? Wayne: Why haven’t you heard? He got mixed up in the boot-legging business out in Washington and at present is making political speeches to his fellow convicts in a Federal Prison. Kate: Oh, you should see Grace. She is a splendid speciman of school inarm spinsterhood spending her spare time speechifying to the spoiled urchins of the hills of Kentucky. Wayne: That’s interesting. What are you doing now Miss Pope? Kate (brightening) : Oh, I’m at Vassal’ now—head of the Department of Folk Dancing. Daphne: I suppose that Darlene has her M. R. S. degree and is residing near Van Orin? Kate: Oh, no. She is running a tea room in Boston. I’ve been down there several times. Wilbur: She always could cook but I thought Fat would hire her as his private dietician. Well, I saw Lester the other day. I ran down to Princeton from the Tabernacle and found that he is the Farm Adviser for Bureau County. Kate: Married yet? Wilbur: Yes. Some Irish girl from Arlington. Glen: I suppose Dinky and Glendine got hooked up? Wilbur: No, they didn’t— (Doorbell rings. Miss Neill enters—a stern-faced, dark garbed suffragette). Wayne (under his breath) : Exhibit No. 1 of calamities inflicted upon humainty by the romantic attachments of high school. (General greetings.) PAGE TWENTY-NINE M E M I N 1 Miss Neill (gushingly): My dear friends, how are you? I trust all of you have entered fields to better this sad world. Glen: Well, I guess there’s one member of the class of ’26 that will please you on that score. Goofy Smith has been a member of the African Pigmy Uplift Society for seven years now. (Doorbell rings loud and long. Dorothy Kleckner, prima donna, enters with two maids and a poodle dog. The men are immediately attracted as flies to honey.) Wayne: Ah, Mile., let me take your wraps. Kate (to Daphne seeing her desires doomed as Wayne leads Mile, to a chair) : Did you ever see such poor taste! Imagine wearing all those jewels to a simple party like this. Wayne (Standing and bowing dramatically): Friends and fellow classmates. I take great pleasure in introducing my wife—since yesterday. (Extends his hand to Dorothy. She rises and bows). (The guests stupefied. Suddenly there is a scream. Kate has fainted. Hurrying and general confusion.) Class Song Tune. America the Beautiful O wonderful for memories For days of work and play And precious, jolly comradies With friends we’ll have alway. L. C. H. S., L. C. H. S. Thy name we will revere, For industry and loyalty Ai’e things that we learned here. O wonderful for open doors And dreams so strange and high, For words and deeds from magic lores And wings with which to fly. L. C. H. S., L. C. H. S. May all thy aims be true And thy name stand throughout the land For deeds that are true blue. K. P. and D. D. PAGE THIRTY L. C. H. S. Higher Mathematics for Seniors Spring -f- a young man’s fancy = L. C. H. S. Spooning Donald Dean — Glendine Neill = Heartache Work ( ?) = Flunk Fun (?) Schneider -(- y chance for graft = Inspiration Dorothy Kleckner -|- a little attention = Ecstatic Bliss Bink = (Chewing Gum -j- Doing Nothing)8 LaMoille Clarion -j- Bob Allen = Good Editorials Omer Lund = His Nerve -f 0 (Tom Moore) X (Exceeding Boldness) 4- (His Sentimentality) = Hit on Girls Food Sleep = Goofy Smith in Business Law Rest (Helen Samuelson) X Smile = Senior — Class Ring Boh Allen = Dreamland Economics Class Mr. Snodgrass + Office = Shaking Knees Misdemeanors Seniors — Knowledge 4- Sheepskin = Alumni Commencement (Floyd Bonell -f Ralph Allen) X Electricity == Absolute Happiness Short Circuit in Studies Haas — i yhis weight 4- curly hair = a shiek Luella Edwards + a heavy date = a jilted suitor her parents Littlewood Sisters = tw'o dumb Doras in Civics a dance Arlington delegation = Mr. Snodgrass X (a balky Ford) -j- (3 blowouts) X (a loose connecter) (His wrath)3 PAGE THIRTY-ONE M EMIN] Class We, the Seniors of 1926, of LaMoille Community High School, being of sound mind and large feet, and many other notable defects, wish to dispose of our effects in this, our last Will and Testament. 1st. We, the Seniors, do bequeath our good looks to the teachers. 2nd. We, the Class of ’26, do give, devise and bequeath our sedate habits to the Freshmen (they need them). 3rd. The Class gives their studiousness to the Juniors. 4th. AVe, as a Class, bequeath to the Sophomores what they deserve. (Nothing-) 5th. Wayne McCray bequeaths to Carl Hild his studious ways. 6th. Wilbur Haas wills to John Heiman his ability to play the Saxophone. 7th. Dorothy Kleckner bequeaths her excess avoirdupois to Eileen Skeffington. 8th. Omer Lund leaves his ability to “get away with anything” to Gerald Betz. 9th. Dorothy Littlewood gives her curly hair to Marion Crossman. 10th. Floyd Bonnell wills his electrical knowledge to Robert DeLong. 11th. Ralph Allen bequeaths his renowned ability to wiggle his ears to Harry Barger. 12th. Olendine Neill leaves to Ruth McDonald her successes in love. 13th Darlene Littlewood wills to Mable Welsch her ability to make boy friends. 14th. Donald Smith leaves his superflous height to Russel Conard and Carl Hild to be divided between them. 15th. Glen Tellkamp bequeaths his ability as a pool player to Truman Davis. 16th. Daphne Graves bequeaths her artistic ability to the Freshmen—with the hope that they draw attention. 17th. Kate Pope wills her smile to Janet Smith. 18th. Grace Bryan bequeaths her slenderness to Elizabeth Dunbar. 19th. Lester Swanlund leaves to Leo Conard his ability to pole vault. 20th. Laura Williar leaves to Opal Elwood her ability for misunderstanding the question. 21st. Robert Allen donates his public speaking ability to Norman Fauble. 22nd. Aldene Scott, with sighs, relinquishes her diamond ring to Marguerite Etheridge. 23rd. Harold Schneider leaves his ability to get dates to Wilbur Richert. 24th. Tom Moore leaves his car to the Delegation from Arlington for transportation. 25th. Luella Edwards bequeaths her power to convince her folks bobbed hair is the style to Gwendolyn Mercer. 26th. Donald Dean wills his successful method of picking a good cook to Leo Conard. 27th. Marjorie Daugherty bequeaths to Jane Cassidy her success as a telephone girl. GE THIRTY-TWO L. C. H. S. 28th. Helen Mackin bequeaths her night life to Florence Gutherie. 29th. Francis Williams leaves to Hazel Harris her giggle. In witness whereof we, the simple, loquacious, and superfluous Senior Class, have hereunto set our dirty hands and worthless seals at the present intellectual center of LaMoille, the economic and social center of LaMoille and Clarion Townships, on this epoch-making 28th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six and of our schooling, the twelfth. Senior Class. DAWN As dainty dawn tiptoes on the crest Of yon purple mountain top To kiss the lazy morning clouds That slowly stoop to greet her, Each tiny dewfilled buttercup Lifts its drowsy head and smiles. K. P. GRANDMOTHER Grandmother is old and feeble, Her hair is turning gray, Her face has a look of sadness, Though she used to be very gay. Her heart is the same as ever, Always cheerful and mild, In a way she’s like she used to be, When she was a little child. D. L. HALLOWE’EN When the autumn leaves are turning Tints of crimson, gold and brown, When the first sharp frost has fallen And the nuts come tumbling down; When the shocks of corn are setting. Like wigwams in a row; And the birds are southward flitting To escape the cold and snow; Then a Jack o’ lantern gleaming Like a spectre through the trees, And bon-fires shakily beaming In the frosty autumn breeze Make me think of ghosts and witches Of all the strange things this world has seen; Of masquerades and frolics On the mystic nite of Hallowe’en. D. K. PAGE THIRTY-THREE i H'OJTj'in ct hoop m'� _1 foojtltoQ Wc. M EMINI The Junior Class First there’s Wilbur Richert. He’s president of our class, And all day long he sits and winks At a charming Freshman lass. Jane Cassidy, our Happy-go-lucky girl, Came from Arlington to join our school, And she’d dance the Charleston right here, too. If it wasn’t against the rule. Now next there’s Gladys Portzen Though she studies hard and quietly Across the aisle her eyes do stray A Senior boy to see. Next is Helen Alshouse, A demure and staid little lassie. And if you begin to tease her, Oh Boy! she sure gets sassy. “Tete” Conard the captain of our team Came to school in bell trousers clad— He likes the girl just one desk back Who insists that he follow the fad. John Hall, th? only red haired one— His greatest fright most likely is That he be forced to study hard For that is not an aim of his. One of the thin is Marion Crossman. Although in classes standing high, She loves a high old time, And she can dance — oh, my! Marguerite Etheridge is a country girl--Four miles from here too. Blue eyes she has, and a smile— Freckles? Oh, just a few. And next is Janet Smith, In extempore she shines. She’s not the least bit bashful And a date she always finds. Tom Dunbar loves fun and girls And though teasing is his art Athletics are his joy And he’s ever there to do his part. Down the line come Ruloff May A very good orator is he And though he comes from Arlington An earnest, working lad is he. Hazel Harris, small petite As we can always see Takes a place on the honor roll And stands there modestly. Gladys Swanlund is a stately miss Whose dignity is never lacking. Though many times in studies hard Her efforts may be slacking. And last there’s Norman Fauble, The wee boy of our bunch, Someday he will be somebody great— At least we have that hunch. Fourteen merry Juniors, Although in number less, They’ll always boost the ranks Of old L. C. H. S. PAGE THIRTY-SIX L. C. H. S Wilbur Richert “Bill” “Yes, ain’t I cute?” Jane Cassidy “Jennie” “Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand; Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand ” Gladys Portzen “We are friends, My mind and I ” Helen Alshause “I assure you I keep still my first opinion.” Leo Conard “Tete” “Cut if you will, with sleep’s dull knife, Each day to half its length, my friend— The years that Time takes off my life He’ll take from off the other end” PAGE THIRTY-SEVEN M EMINI John Hall “Johnnie” “In summer Vm disposed to shirk As summer is no time for work. In winter inspiration dies For lack of outdoor exercise” Marian Crossman “Bob” “My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But Ah. my foes, and Oh. my friends— It gives a■ lovely light!” Marguerite Etheridge “True worth is in being not seeming. Janet Smith “Jimmie” “I am angry with my elders; To be so miserably restrained in things— Almost at times I count this world a a tedious theatre.” John Dunbar “Tom” “IVs a grand old world.” PAGE THIRTY-EIGHT L. C. H. S Ruloff May “Rudy” “Why looks your grace so heavily today? Oh. 1 have passed a miserable night. ’ Hazel Harris There she sits upon her throne As ladylike an quiet as a nun?1 Gladys Swanlund ‘‘Happy” I cannot dance the old things now; The reason is I find them slow— Not that I can't remember hoiv they go. Norman Fauble “Shrimp” “1 love to stand upon my head And think oj things sublime Until my mother interrupts And says It's dinner time? ” PAGE THIRTY-NINE M E M 1 N 1 Junior Class History If we were believers in dogmatic statements, if we were subject to making generalizations, we might be tempted to say that as a general rule the Junior Class of any high school is always the best class; but as we are not believers in dogmatism, we will not say it. Yet if you will listen to this history of the Juniors you may be able to decide for yourself whether or not the generalization is true. In the fall of an exceedingly draughty year—1923, a group of shaggy haired, uncouth and verdant Freshmen were submitted to the Assembly of L. C. H. S. for four years of training, at the end of which time, they would be designated as Seniors and perfect ladies and gentlemen. During our Freshman year, we went through the usual curriculum required of social outcasts of our type. We spent the first six months of the year learning the technique of passing notes unobserved by our instructors. Our next social goal was to develop a Chronic Case of love between a Freshman and an upper class man. In order to do this, we had to face the greatest odds, the most unsurmountable being the air of incompetency with which most of us were regarded. Pluck wins and being plucky we finally succeeded in accomplishing our aim. Freshmen are never expected to produce first team men, but we were an odd bunch and so we had a basketball suit made to order for Leo (Tete) Conard, and he wore it for L. C. H. S. in several games of his Freshman year. Somewhere near Sept. 3, 1924, Norman Fauble bought his first pair of long pants, signifying that he had been promoted to the ranks of the Sophomores. A Sophomore’s life is a gay life and gay we were—except in Latin class. We had more trouble keeping “amo amas amat” straight than we would have had if we tried to recite “The Speech of Sparticus.” When the ground got cold and the hall got warm, we began to play basketball again. Tom Dunbar, a human mastadon, by dent of his appetite, gorged his way to running guard of the basketball team, lie was so successful at guarding his running that he broke a record of not moving over two steps for a whole game! Tete Conard, of Steckle’s Poultry Yard, learned to make baskets almost as well as he could catch young chickens. As the nine o’clock chimes rang out one fine morning, Hazel Harris walked into the assembly with her hair bobbed. The Seniors and Sophomores blinked their eyes in amazement, wondering greatly at the cause of the catastrophe. After a council of the chiefs had been called, and after Cajsar—no I mean Wilbur Haas, had talked it over, it was decided that being a Junior was the cause of the brevitation. Another surprise was the entrance into our class of a certain symetrically formed young lady of Irish descent—Jane Cassidy. Good basketball men were scai'ce animals this year and the Junior Class had to furnish the regular men—Capt. Tete Conard, Bill Richert and Tom Dunbar. Rudy May’s long legs donated him a place on the second team. In December the Ag. Club began to prepare a play “Safety First.” Janet Smith, PAGE FORTY L. C. H. S. Gladys Swanlund, Marion Crossman, Leo Conard, Jane Cassidy and Ruloff May were among the cast, and they proved they could act as well as eat. When an enlistment bureau for the Annual Literary Contest was opened, Janet Smith, Ruloff May and Gladys Swanlund joined the ranks of the eluci-dators. Janet Smith, as the girl extempore speaker was beaten in the final contest at Princeton with a score of 260 as compared with the winner’s 261. Ruloff May did almost as well in the Boy’s Oration, scoring 263 to the winner’s 265, but there was a score between him and the winner, consequently he only received third. We are not boasting of the things we have done this year for we have not given full sway to our powers. Our achievements may not be particularly colorful or glorious for we have been hibernating. We have been like the caterpillar, which encloses itself in an ugly skin, quietly rests and stores away nourishment until the time shall come when it shall break its ugly skin, when it shall emerge from the cocoon—the glorious butterfly with wings more beautiful than an artist’s brush or words could possibly depict. Haste then the birth of the butterfly, for the Junior class of ’26 is ready to put its shoulder to the wheel. B. A. GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE JUNIORS If you hear a Junior giggle — its Jane. If you hear a Junior arguing — its Norman. If you see a Junior studying — its Hazel. If you see a Junior blushing — its Helen. If you hear a Junior say “So’s your old man” — its Tom. If you hear a Junior orating — its Ruloff. If you see a freckled-face Junior — its Marguerite. If you see a Junior donig the Charleston — its Marion. If you see the Junior president — its Wilbur. If you see a Junior gossiping — its Janet. If you see a red-headed Junior — its John. If you see a Junior smiling at a Senior — its Gladys P. If you see a Junior in love — its Lea. If you see a Junior flirting — its Gladys S. . PAGE FORTY-ONE M EMIN1 ■} I’d Like To be the whole push .................... Marian A little nerve............................ Mabel To get an A in Geometry....................Louis To be an opera singer................... Mildred To be an artist........................ Gladys Every night to be Sunday night............Esther To learn how to walk faster................Alice To be a foot taller ........................ Bud To be a mind reader.......................Zelali To have black hair ....................... Helen To play in Paul Whitman’s Orchestra Johnny To have a cook ............................Kenny To be a preacher...................... Deacon To be popular............._......... Florence To be a missionary ...................... Grace To be good always .......................Eileen To grow..................................Russell To be good looking..................... Opal A bungalow just for two.................. Toots THE BROOK The little brook seems so happy today, As it laughs and sings along the way. The school' boy stops with his books on his arm To dream a bit by its woodland charm. From meadows green it winds and flows Into the quiet refreshing shadows Of some cool, thick, wooded glen, And there like chicks and mother hen It gurgles and clicks as it flows along. The contented sound of its cheery song Gladens the heart of many a one Who, tired and discouraged when the day is done, Comes to find rest from the toil and strife; And renew his strength for the tests of life. Marion DeLong. PAGE FORTY-FOUR L. C. H. S. Standing, left to right—Robert DeLong, Harry Barger, Mildred Bauer, Mable Welscli. Mr. Forster (Advisor), Marion DeLong, Zelah King, John Heiman, Russel Conard. Sitting—Florence Guthrie, Gladys Carver, Alice Smith, Eileen Skeffington, Helen Sam-uelson, Esther Swanlund, Opal Elwood, Grace Barger, Elizabeth Dunbar. SOPHOMORE CLASS President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Class Advisor Grace Barger Russel Conard Helen Samuelson Mr. Forster PAGE FORTY-FIVE ome Mo e u° vc or 1 A tt S«� r� e 01 ng r rwwtt. «) oo Pt G c A Stu.Jew't VKo t! tween ) horrid- ujo t4;IJ • • t MEMINI Standing, left to right—Truman Davis, Everett Scott, Billy Williams, Carl Hild, Carl Thornbury, Fred Martin, Gerald Betz. Sitting, left to right—Mabel Hild, Doris Baird, Pearl Bauer, Miss Humer, Helen Kin Ruth McDonald, Vada Graves, Buelah Hildebrand. FRESHMEN CLASS President Truman Davis Vice-President Mabel Hild Secret ary-Treasurer - Carl Thornbury Class Advisor Miss Humer Name What He or She Is Ambition Truman Good sport Curly hair Pearl Diligent student Movie Actress Beulah Shy little miss Cheer-leader Gwendolyn Jolly lass Grand opera singer Ruth An accident A preacher’s wife Vada Good girl Toe dancer Carl Hild Tallest freshie Organ grinder Mabel Miscreant Supt. of women’s reform Billy Villian Missionary to India Everett Hobbled rooster Supt. of L. C. H. S. Doris A girl Old maid Gerald Apostrophe equation Helen Persniekity H. S. graduate Fred Ornery runt English teacher Carl T. Milk-man Athletic manager PAGE FORTY-EIGHT M BMINI STUDENT COUNCIL Hack Row, left to right: Wilbur Haas ..... Business Manager Donald Dean ...... Cheer Leader Leo Conard ------ Vice President Mr. Foster......................................Coach Front Row: Wayne McCray Daphne Graves Kathryne Pope Norman Fauble President Treasurer Secretary Asst. Cheer Leader PAGE FIFTY-TWO L. C. H. S. NEWSPAPER STAFF Standing: Lester Swanlund .......... Sport Ed. Wilbur Haas ..............Adv. Mgr. Donald Dean .............. Bus. Mgr. Glen Tellkamp ............ Sport Ed. Donald Smith ............. Sport Ed. Floyd Bonnell ...............Ag. Ed. Ralph Allen .................. Humor Robert Allen .......Associate Editor Wayne McCray ...... Associate Editor Sitting: Kathryn Pope ....-........ Verse Ed. Grace Bryan .............. Exchanges Glendine Neill ............ Personals Darlene Littlewood ............Depts. Miss Cobb .......-.. Faculty Advisoi Marjorie Daugherty ....... Sport Ed. Dorothy Littlewood.........Sport Ed. Daphne Graves------------ Alumni Ed. The “LaMoille Clarion” came into the High School with the Class of ’22. During that time it has grown to he one of the best small school newspapers in the state, a member of the State High School Press Association, and a financial success. Page fifty-three M E M I N I The Ag. Club Five years ago, Sept. 8, 1921, Edward Zieroth organized an Ag. Club in this high school. The object of this club is to further the interests of its mem-oers in an agricultural scope. For the first two years only two courses—Animal Husbandry and Agronomy—were offered to the Ag. boys. In 1923, Thomas E. Ilenley, who was then instructor, instituted another course—Farm Management. In the succeeding year, through the influence of Mr.- Snodgrass and Mr. Forster, the High School Board ratified a plan of extending the department by adding Farm Mechanics. For the first three years after organizing, the Ag. Club was the most popular and most powerful Club in school. The Ag. Club trained its members for stock judging teams. It had several very successfully finished judges. Donald Dean ’20. Lester Swanlund ’26, Gilbert Carver ’25, Ambrose Conard ’24 and Elton Becker ’25 gained state wide recognition through ther ability to judge. Gilbert Carver was so successful in tlie work that he won a place on a County Judging Team representing Bureau County at Souix City, Iowa in an inter-state meet. Donald Dean was a member of the County Team in 1925 that won the State meet. In view of these facts, one can easily see what ability can be developed with proper training and opportunity. During the vacation of ’25, Mr. Forster took Lester Swanlund, Elton Becker, Gilbert Carver, Ruloff May and Wilbur Richert to Urbana. This team (Fat Stock) brought home a third place pennant. Elton Becker was rated as second highest man in 111. in the individual scoring. Ag. Club life is not all studying and judging contests. We have lots of good times too. No true member of the Ag. Club will ever forget the Annual Father and Son Banquet, the one time of the year when he entertains his father at a real banquet, made possible through his own initiative. The Father and Son Banquet is the greatest social event of the school year for the Ag. Club members. Each year they try to surpass the preceeding year’s performance by having more beautiful or more elaborate decoration, a finer menu or a more interesting program. The Father and Son Banquet is a tradition so strongly encompassed in the hearts of the Ag. Club Boys that only the termination of the department could disrupt it. Another gala social event is the iniation of the men members each year. Each member is put thru three degrees and then made to swear not to tell about them to anyone who is not an Ag. Boy. The durability of the Ag. Club is not questioned. It is sure to stand, it is sure to continue making remarkable records, it is sure to further its work in helping to make the community a better place to live. PAGE FIFTY-FOUR L. C. H. S. Standing, left to right—Donald Dean, Ruloff May, Omer Lund, Leo Conard, Wilbur Richert, Floyd Bonnell, John Dunbar, Clarence Williar, John Hall, Robert Allen. Sitting—Norman Fauble, Tom Moore, Harold Schneider, Lester Swanlund, Parks Forster, Glen Tellkamp, Ralph Allen, Harry Barger, Robert De long. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Instructor AGRICULTURE CLUB ....................Norman Fauble Harold Schneider .................Robert Allen ....................Wilbur Richert Mr. Parks Fors er PAGE FIFTY-FIVE M E M 1 N I Domestic Arts Department In the fall of 1921, a new course was added to the H. S. curriculum, namely the Sewing Department. That fall it was offered to both Junior and Senior girls. That year the office was used as a room in which the Department held its classes. The next year under the direction of Miss Kuny a room in the basement was improved and the girls made it into a comfortable rest room and sewing room. This year sewing was offered only to the Juniors. In the fall of 1924 another phrase of the Home Economics course was added, the cooking Dept. This course was open to both Sophomores and Seniors. A room in the basement was kalsomined yellow and the cooking department was moved in. Three tables containing 8 small drawers and 2 cupboards, and four stools were installed. On each table four electric plates were placed, one for each girl. A cupboard, made by the Ag. Boys, a cabinet, table, sink and running water were installed. This year the girls cooked and served the Ag. banquet. The girls in connection with their class work served breakfasts, luncheons and dinners to the faculty and their parents. When the class assembled in the fall of 1925 it was found that the class was too large so it was divided into two groups, the Sophomores meeting the first two periods and the Seniors the third and fourth periods. A new gas stove was added to the equipment and two drainboards were installed at the sink. The gilds served hot lunches and with the money they made bought more silverware to match the set they already had. They also served the Ag. banquet this year. This course has proved to be a popular one and the girls have all been benefited by it. PAGE FIFTY-SIX L. C. H. S. DOMESTIC ARTS DEPARTMENT Top Row, left to right—Francis Williams, Dorothy Kleckner, Glendine Neill, Darlene Littlewood, Helen Samuelson, Esther Swanlund, Dorothy Litvlewood, Marjorie Daugherty, Mildred Bauer, Marion DeLong, Florence Guthrie, Zelah King. Second Row: Laura Williar, Grace Barger, Grace Bryan, Helen Mackin, Kathryn Pope, Miss Humer (Instructor), Daphne Graves, Eileen Skeffington, Elizabeth Dunbar, Mable Welsch, Alice Smith. Bottom Row—Aldene Scott, Opal El wood, Marguerite Etheridge, Gladys Portzen, Helen Alshouse, Hazel Harris, Marion Crossman, Jane Cassidy, Janet Smith, Gladys Swanlund, Gladys Carver. PAGE FIFTY-SEVEN M E M 1 N 1 Music Department In 1924 and ’25 a beginning was made in the Music Department. Mrs. Ella Freeman Mercer of Princeton devoted two days a week to the teaching of music, both piano and voice, and the drilling of the two glee clubs. Under her direction both the grade and high school gave an operetta. The grade operetta “In a Flower Garden” was very successful and drew a large crowd hut the big event of the year was the high school operetta “The Gypsy Rover.” This operetta drew the largest and most enthusiastic audience of the year. Full of color, motion and good singing “The Gypsy Rover” proved without a doubt the value of music in our high-school. Toward the end of the year Mrs. Mercer gave a recital. These initial events of the year established the fact that a music department was needed in the school and could be made successful. In 1925-’26 the music department became a part of the curriculum with Miss Haugen as instructor. An orchestra was organized and played at many entertainments during the year. Miss Haugen has twenty-two piano pupils and two violin pupils. Besides these pupils she directs the chorus, orchestra and teaches music in the grades. Mrs. Mercer also teaches again this year. She has seven vocal pupils and five piano pupils. The Girl’s Glee Club won the zone Literary at Walnut and got third at Princeton. The grades gave the operetta “Santa Borrows Trouble” at Christmas-time. The two Glee Clubs under Miss Haugen’s direction gave the operetta “Pickles,” and Miss Haugen gave a recital May 17th in which twenty pupils took part, and at which the orchestra also played. In order to make the work more effective a number of new pianos have been bought and the department is well on its way toward becoming a vital part of the high school course. PAGE FIFTY-EIGHT L. C. H. S. ORCHESTRA Standing: Ralph Allen, Cornet; John Dunbar, Cornet; Wilbur Haas, Trombone; Miss Haugen, Director; Everett Scott, violin. Seated: John Heiman. Saxophone; Donald Dean, Drum; Eileen Skeffington, Violin; Janet Smith, Cello. Absent: Ruloff May, Violin; Tom Moore, Clarinet. The orchestra has appeared, with much applause, upon the following occasions: Open House; Children’s Week; Banquet; Freshman Party; Recital; Literary Contest, Local and Zone; (trade Operetta. PAGE FIFTY-NINE MEMINI GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB Top Row—Mildred Bauer, Elizabeth Dunbar, Dorothy Kleckner, Doris Baird, Florence Guthrie, Vada Graves, Marion De Long, Marguerite Etheridge. Second Row—Gladys Carver, Frances Williams, Helen Mackin, Jane Cassidy, Marion Crossman, Eileen Skeffington, Dorothy Littlewood, Helen Samuelson, Ester Swan-lund, Marjorie Daugherty, Grace Bryan. Third Row: Gladys Portzen, Grace Barger, Mabel Hild, Beulah Hildebrand, Laura Wil-liar, Miss Haugen (Director), Darlene Littlewood, Ruth McDonald, Daphne Graves, Kate Pope, Gladys Swanlund, Glendine Neill. PAGE SIXTY L. C. H. S. BOYS' GLEE CLUB Standing, left to right—Wilbur Richert, Ruloff May, Robert Allen, Carl Hild, Wilbur Hass, John Dunbar, John Hall, Ralph Allen. Sitting, left to right—Truman Davis, Harold Schneider, Wayne CcCray, Donald Dean. Glen Tellkamp, Miss Haugen (Director), Grace Bryan (Pianist), Clarence Willia:. Robert De Long. PAGE SIXTY-ONE ■ M E M I N I TRACK TEAM Top Row: Coach Foster, Wilbur Richert, Leo Conard, Louis Schwingle, Tom Dunbar, Omer Lund, Wilbur Haas, Manager. Bottom Row: Robert Allen, Wayne McCray, Donald Smith, Captain Lester Swanlund, Donald Dean, Truman Davis. Track The boys of L. C. H. S. decided to spend all their time practicing track and baseball this year. A meeting was held in the spring and “Lee” Swanlund was elected captain, being the only man who would have received a letter last year, had they been given. The boys were given a chance to try out and determine for what events they were best fitted. On April 30th the team went to Mendota and were beaten 56-52. McCray won two firsts in the mile and half mile; Dean won three firsts and one second in the broad jump, the 50, 100, 220 yard dashes. Swanlund won first in pole vault, third in broad jump and javelin. Allen won second in the mile and first in the four-forty yard dash. Conard won third in the pole vault and Davis won third in the high jump. This meet showed the boys what they were qualified for and what they could do. PAGE SIXTY-TWO L. C. H. S. On May 8th some of the team went to LaSalle to the District track meet in which 26 schools competed. Lester Swanlund of L. C. H. S. and Winger of Walnut tied for fifth place and Lester won the medal by tossing up a coin. Wayne McCray got sixth place in the half mile and Robert Allen got 9th in the quarter mile. Donald Dean won his preliminaries in the two twenty yard dashes but was eliminated in the finals. Dunbar, our weight man, found the going rather strenuous in the shot, and in the discus would have qualified and placed, but in his best effort fouled and failed to qualify. This was a good showing as there were a great number of competitors and the competition was very keen. The Bureau County Track and Field Meet was held at Princeton, Sat., May 22nd, with every high school in the county entering a team. Two records fell this year, when Winger of Walnut cleared the standard at 11 ft. U 2 in. in the pole vault, and a Hall Twp. athlete hurling the javelin over 154 ft. The track was in very poor condition because of a hard rain the night before and as a result no records were broken or equaled in, this part of the meet. LaMoille entrants in this meet gave a good account of themselves. Capt. Swanlund was our best bet, taking second place in two events. In bis quaint way. “Leek” remarked, “I made ’em break two records to beat me anyway,” Pole vault and javelin are his specialties. May placed third in the mile run and McCray third in the 880. Other participants who failed to place “within the money” are Dean, Allen, Smith, Dunbar, Swingle and Davis. Their alibi, if they were asked for one, may perhaps be summed up in one word. “MUD.” PAGE SIXTY-THREE M EMINI THE BASKETBALL SQUAD Top Row: Wilbur Ricliert, Donald Smith, Ruloff May, Lester Swanlund Second Row: Coach Foster, Harold Schneider, Wayne McCray, Wilbur Haas, Manager Third Row: Glen Tellkamp, Leo Conard, John Dunbar PAGE SIXTY-FOUR L. C. H. S. Basketball When candidates were called to come to practice for the 1926 basketball team about seventeen men reported. Three of them were letter men from the year before. In spite of the fact that he lost five of last year’s team, Coach Foster started to whip another team into shape. Hopes for a good team were slim when the first few games had been played. Just when it looked as if a good team might be developed Wilbur Richert, one of our best forwards, became ill for a month. Then about Christmas Dunbard and Smith took sick and lost two or three weeks’ practice. About the middle of January some of our games were canceled because of an epidemic of scarlet fever, and we lost more practice. Considering the handicaps we had a fairly successful season. Briefly the resume is as follows: 1 The first game was a Tiskilwa. Tiskilwa got a large lead in the first half but in the second half LaMoille started out strong and held them to six points while LaMoille got three. Conard starred. 2 Sheffield beat LaMoille 14-9 in a fast game. Conard and Richert starred. 3 Wyanet. Kasy game. LaMoille won. Score 28-8. 4 LaSalle-Peru won 29-8. Dunbar made first basket in first ten seconds from perfectly executed guard play. Only basket made in first quarter. 5 Neponset lost 19-2. Very good defensive playing by whole team, Dunbar and Telkamp guarding very well. Return game cancelled because of death of Neponset player. PAGE SIXTY-FIVE MEMINI 6 Mendota — slow game. Mendota played well. LaMoille off form. 7 Leland. 24-12. Made most points on free throws. LaMoille left three regulars at home. 8 Mineral. Hardest and best played game of season so far. Seore 14-10. 9 LaSalle played hard. We guarded close. Made them shoot long shols. LaSalle 14-10. 10 Tiskilwa — at home. All who had paid an admission during the season got in free. Scoreless first quarter. Hard game. L. C. H. S. lost, score 9-4. 11 Malden defeated in easy game. Conard starred. 22-3. 12 Walnut. Regulars late because of roads. Walnut wins 15-7. 13 Sheffield defeated LaMoille by large score. No team work by LaMoille. 14 Mineral defeated LaMoille. Couldn’t hit baskets. 15 Wyanet defeated by LaMoille. Smith and Conard starred. 16 Mendota ran up score 17-0 first half. Second half Dunbar, Telkamp, Richert. Conard scored, but Mendota scored 10 more. 17 Walnut beaten 23-8. Fast game. Richert and Conard starred. Richert played for first time, showing himself invaluable. 18 Malden beaten 15-12. LaMoille playing without ambition and Malden fighting hard. 19 Cherry defeated by LaMoille in slow game. PAGE SIXTY-SIX L. C. H. S. Captain Tete (Leo) Conard (Junior) as Captain and star forward was the mainspring of the team. During all the games Leo’s dogged fight for victory helped to stimulate the rest of the gang and to hold down the score when a had defeat was expected. Tete will undoubtedly be one of the bright lights in LaMoille’s five next season. Tom (John) Dunbar (Junior) guarded the floor with a blanket style, for many opposing players of reputation were unable to get the ball by Dunbar. At running guard Tom played his best game, but at center he could substantially increase the score. Next year should see Tom as the bulwark of the team. Bink (Glen) Tellkamp (Senior) alternated between running and back guard positions but played the latter mostly and with the most success. Many a hard guy met his Waterloo in Bink’s hip. Bink played very good basketball at guard and could be relied upon to be where he was most needed. . PAGE SIXTY-SEVEN ME MINI Donald Smith (Senior) was intended by nature to be a center and he was a welcome addition to the team. Besides being able to reach up in the air higher than other opposing centers be was a good defensive player. Smith did not find the basket too small to bit either, for in several games he was high point man. Slim (Harold) Schneider (Senior) played regularly at right forward almost all season. Slim was an excellent basket shot; especially when slightly peeved. On defense he easily covered bis portion of the door successfully and oftentimes reached out into enemy’s territory and took the ball single-handed. Wilbur Richert (Junior), best known as Richert, was the best basket shot on the team. Whenever Richert secured the ball under the basket LaMoille’s score could be raised without hesitation two points. Although handicapped by sickness for the greater portion of the year, Bill played excellent basketball and will undoubtedly be responsible for a majority of the points next year. PAGE SIXTY-EIGHT L. C. H. S. Swede (Lester) Swanlund (Senior) developed into a good basket shot although this was his first year. Swede was quick to take advantage of the mistakes of others and he often made a basket off an intercepted pass or fumble. Although a sub, Swede played in many games as left forward and acquitted himself with honors Rudy (Ruloff) May (Junior) was the guy with the fight that put the ball thru the hoop many times. Rudy was a good center but he was hampered in training by bad roads so he was not able to do what he was capable of doing or he probably would have been a regular. Next year Rudy will certainly be one of the first five all season. Battle-Ax (Wayne) McCray (Senior) played best at running guard whenever this position was vacant. Four years’ practice enabled him to hit the rim quite frequently and account for some of the points. Wherever there was rough playing to be done Battle-Ax was always able to take care of more than his share and come out on top. PAGE SIXTY-NINE M EMINI Baseball A meeting of the boys of the High School was called at the beginning of the baseball season this year and Coach Forster gave them their choice of having a good baseball team or specializing on track. The boys decided to have a track team and so baseball was discarded. In the spring of ’25, however, L. C. H. S. had a team which was beaten but once out of four times. The battery for the team was Captain Becker, pitcher and “Shorty” McNinch and Clark Angier were the catchers. Ponzer played quite efficiently at first, catching many high ones for “outs.” The first game was with Tiskilwa on the home diamond and was won by LaMoille. Sheffield next came to the home diamond and was beaten by a large score. The next game was with Sheffield on their diamond and LaMoille had another easy victory. The last game, which was played at Tiskilwa, was won by Tiskilwa. The last day of school the Alumni team played the high school team and was beaten. The Alumni team players seemed to enjoy very much the chance to play again. Altogether the season was very successful, due to the spirit of play which was present in the boys who wanted to win. PAGE SEVENTY L. C. H. S. Tennis This Spring Coach Forster made the announcement that all boys who wished to enter the tennis tournament should hand in their names. Two names at a time were then drawn for the opponents preliminaries. The preliminaries were played and the semi-finals were started, when the rain left the court in an unfit condition for playing, and the tournament was never finished. In tennis in ’25, the tournament was won by Ponzer, who won over Becker in the finals. Therefore he represented the L. C. H. School in all single matches of the season. Becker and Ponzer represented the school in the doubles, with Richert and Swanlund as the second team. These two teams, with Ponzer playing single, went to Sheffield. Ponzer won the singles in two straight sets. Then Ponzer and Becker won two straight sets in the doubles, but Richert and Swanlund were not so fortunate, for they lost two of the three sets. Then Ponzer and Becker went to Ohio where Ponzer won the singles. Ponzer and Becker easily won the doubles. This tennis team was very successful, as they never were beaten. PAGE SEVENTY-ONE M E M I NI Ag. Play: “Safety First Directed by Miss Cobb Jack Montgomery...... Gerry Arnold......... Mr. McNutt .......... Albor Ben Moche...... Mabel Montgomery..... Virginia Bridger..... Mrs. Barrington Bridger Zideika.............. Mary Ann 0 'Finnerty . Elmer Flannel........ Harold Schneider ... Donald Dean .....Ruloff May ... Robert Allen .... Janet Smith Gladys Swanlund ... Glendene Neil Marion Crossman .... Jane Cassidy .....Leo Conard As the school seemed to have a mania for plays and operettas, the Ag. Club joined in the ranks in order not to be antique. From the time the curtain was drawn open until it closed at the grand finale in the third act, the entire audience was convulsed with laughter with this farcical comedy. Jane Cassidy, as Mary Ann O’Finnerty, Irish cook, was the liveliest actor of the lot. Jack and Jerry, the conspirators, jail birds, and heroes were impersonated by Harold Schneider and Donald Dean, who took their parts with animation and success. Mabel and Virginia, the sweethearts of Jack and Jerry, were personified by Janet Smith and Gladys Swanlund, and they were all that young haughty ladies are expected to be. Then there was a dazzling haired youth, with sailor pants and heavy sweater—Elmer Flannel, the collegiate, who fell in love with the Turkish fortune teller. Leo Cornard will doubtlessly be as good an Elmer in college some day as he acted then. Zuleika, adventuress, Turkish lady, fortune teller, and sweetheart of Elmer Flannel, was impersonated by Marion Crossman. This part added an unique and colorful flavor to the play. No play is ever a success without a detective, and so Mr. McNutt (Ruloff May) donned the red socks, large glasses, buckled on a 22 revolver and acted the part of a melo-dramatic plain clothes man. A mother-in-law is the pest that can’t be kept out of anything—not even plays—and, of course Mrs. Barrington Bridger (Glendene Neil) was no exception. A stout heavy man, with a large white turban, a dark brown face, a shiny knife, and a stentorian voice, entered as Abou Ben Mocha (Bob Allen). The villainous part was well acted, for whenever he appeared on the stage, the small children reached for their mothers’ hands. PAGE SEVENTY-TWO L. C. H. S. Pickles OPERETTA Directed by Miss Haugen The Cast Hans Maier, proprieter of the Wartzelpraeter Inn........ Louisa, a waitress...................................... Captain Kinski, Chief of Dectective Bureau of Vienna____ B umski.............1 __. , . _ . ( Rumski..............jKtnskt faithful Sleuths ..........j J. Jennison Jones, an advertising expert................ Jigo, a Hungarian Gypsy................................. Ilona, a gypsy girl..................................... Arthur Colfont, a young American artist ................ June Pennington, an American heiress.................... Jonas II. Pennington, proprieter of “Peter Piper Pickles,” Lady Vivian Delaney, a charming English Widow............ ....... Ruloff May .....Jane Cassidy . .. Norman Fauble Dayton Pope Howard Lippeneott .....Donald Dean .....Robert Allen Eileen Skeffington ... Wayne McCray ... Kathryne Pope .....Wilbur Haas .... Glendene Neil The story is as follows: Jonas H. Pennington, an American millionaire pickle manufacturer, with his daughter, June, arrives in Vienna amidst preparations for the annual carnival. To his consternation he finds Jones, his advertising expert, advertising Pennington’s Peter Piper Pickles too well. An old acquaintance, Lady Vivian, a wealthy Englishwoman, also arrives on her annual quest in search of her daughter, who was lost near Vienna at carnival time when a baby. Kinski, the pompous police chief, plots to substitute the lost child of Lady Vivian and marry her for the fortune. A band of gypsies visits the carnival led by Jigo, the chieftain, and his supposed daughter Ilona. Events lead all to the gypsy camp, where a magic pool reveals the face of Lady Vivian’s daughter. Arthur Colfont, a poor artist, wins recognition of his art and also the hand of June Pennington. Rinski’s plot is exposed; Ilona is restored to her mother and Jones is rewarded with success in his campaign for the hand of Ilona. Burghers Glenn Tclkamp Harold Schneider John Hall Carl Hild Truman Davis Robert DeLong Kenneth Williar Janet Smith Waiters Nelson Samuelson Eugene Drummer Viennese Maidens Mabel Hild Vada Graves Helen Mackin Ruth McDonald Daphne Graves Marjorie Daugherty Gladys Carver Doris Baird Tourists Francis Williams Dorothy Kleckner Grace Barger Elizabeth Dunbar Florence Guthrie Buelah Hildebrand Helen Samuelson Esther Swanlund Darlene Littlewood Laura Williar PAGE SEVENTY-THREE MEMINI Green Stockings Junior Class Play (1924-25) Directed by Miss Cobb The Cast ............Robert Allen ............Wilbur Haas ..........1 Donald Dean Robert Tarver (empty headed young swell) .Wayne McCray Henry Steele.............................. Glen Tellkamp Admiral Grice (an old sea-dog) William Farady................ Colonel Smith (Wobbles) ...... James Raleigh............ Madge (Mrs. Rockingham) Evelyn (Lady Trenchard) Phyllis.................. ...Lester Swanlund Marjorie Daugherty ....Daphne Graves ....Kathryne Pope Celia Farady ............................... Glendine Neill Mrs. Chisolm Farady.......................... Grace Bryan Martin........................................Omer Lund Glendine Neill, as Celia Farady, carried the heaviest part in the play and spoke her lines clearly and with expression. She found herself in various amusing situations with her fiance, Colonel Smith, a part ably taken by Donald Dean. His “Arab dhows riding at their anchors” caused a great many laughs. The humorous part of the play centered about Aunt Ida, a quick tempered woman of fifty, impersonated by Grace Bryan. She was Celia’s only confidant and acted her part very well in a realistic and ludricous fashion, especially in the tipsy scene. Wilbur Haas, represented William Farady, the father of Celia, Phyllis, and the two married daughters, Madge and Evelyn, acted by Daphne Graves and Marjorie Daugherty. He acted his part very well and his “God bless my soui,” added much to the humor of the play. Wayne McCray as Bobby Tarver, acted the part of the empty headed young swell to perfection. His election was his first concern, then his fiancee, Phyllis, a very selfish and self-centered young lady much in love with Bobby. This part was acted very expressivly by Kathryn Pope . Admiral Grice a testy old gentleman, caused many a good laugh with his clever make-up. Robert Allen could not have been excelled in characterizing this part. Lester Swanlund and Glen Tellkamp, as Henry Steele and James Raleigh, acted the part, of the jealous admirers, and Omer Lund as Martin, the dignified old family servant. PAGE SEVENTY-FOUR L. C. H. S. “Cappy Ricl s” SENIOR CLASS PLAY Directed by Miss Cobb The Cast s Ellen Murray, Cappy’s stenographer .... Dorothy Littlewood John Skinner, Cappy’s right hand man...........Robert Allen Alden V. Ricks, (Cappy), eccentric and lovable .. Wilbur Haas Florence Ricks, his daughter.............Marjorie Daughterty Edu ard Singleton, typical lawyer of 35 .... Lester Swanlund Cecil Pericles Bernard, “silly ass”.........Wayne McCray Capt. Matt Beasley, quiet and intense..........Donald Dean Aunt Lucy Ricks, (sweet lady of 40)............Grace Bryan Brookfield, Chauffeur..........................Glen Tellkamp The play was one of the most screamingly funny ever presented. Cappy Ricks, the loveable, rip-snorting old ship-owner, found an adequate representative in Wilbur Haas who carried the part through with characteristic thoroughness and sympathy. Donald Dean fitted into Matt Pcasley’s coat as if it had been made for him. Poor Matt, the entanglements with Goldie Glake, Cappy’s book-keeper, Flurry Ricks and his own partner were almost too much for him, and not until the last did he know that the four were all one person. Cecil’s part added color and sometimes odor to the play and the “silly ass” was delightfully impersonated by Wayne McCray. Skinner had to be a bulwark because as Cappy said he always stood behind him in everything and just as Skinner was worth the $10,000 a year to Cappy so Robert Allen, as Skinner, was a vital part of the play, falling into his place with ease. Lester Swanlund and Glen Tellkamp, the lawyer and chauffeur were quite valuable and necessary participants in the comedy. The girls are not left to the last because they were in anyway a minor part of the play but perhaps because the best comes last. Marjorie Daugherty, the female lead, although without a great deal of experience in dramatics, carried the part of Florrie through in a charming, graceful fashion and knew how to work her old dad to perfection. All she had to do was to say “Popsy” in a coaxing manner and add a kiss and anything he had was hers. Ellen, the Goldie Glake of Cecil’s aspirations and the cause of his case of chorus-girlitis proves to be an efficient stenographer. Dorothy Littlewood took Ellen’s part with enthusiasm and carried it through well. Aunt Lucy’s part, a sweet and dignified old lady, was very capably taken by Grace Bryan. PAGE SEVENTY-FIVE with mel Jo. tf}usso))h) Shamrock Iwi is Cj«.) U ust ] W MS L. C. H. S. The LaMoille Community High School The LaMoille Community High School exists for the purpose of providing educational advantages for the boys and girls of the community which are fundamental to good citizenship and right living. Effective citizenship practice requires that the prospective citizen be well trained in those arts which are basic, as well as to be informed in all those matters which contribute to light aims and standards. The day has long since passed in which we may expect worthy citizens to appear as the result of “accident” or a happy circumstance. The people of the nation and the world are more closely related today than ever before. We no longer think merely in terms of the local community, but in terms of the state, the nation, the world. There has come about an expansion of personality that is ready to conceive and to realize feelingly the brotherhood of man without regard to geographical limitations. The local farms, the little village, do not circumscribe the breadth of our interests, acquaintance, nor economic exchange. We are beginning to realize that the business of education involves matters of far graver concern than our own local interests. Our high school is organized and supported primarily to fit the individual pupil for the tasks of the local community, and to assist him or her in doing their littlo part in the bigger and more profound tasks of the state and nation. The high school is accredited by the State Department of Education and by tbe State University. The standard of the school is that standard set up by these agencies, which conform to the standards of the national accrediting agency, the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. It is the aim and purpose of the Administrative management of the schools to enforce rigidly that standard as far as possible in keeping with the best interests of the pupils. The curriculum of the school is constructed with the view of providing the fundamental subjects such as English, History, basic Sciences, Mathematics, and the like as well as such subjects as Household Science and Arts and the important subject, Agriculture. In this arrangement is provided the careful study of the chief industries of the community, the farm and the home. The school is therefore able to assist very materially in promoting the chief interests of the community which supports it. A credit and a half is given for a year of Agriculture in which the project is successfully completed. for the four years is as follows: The curriculum First Year English 1 Algebra Latin 1 General Science Ancient and Medieval History Second Year English II Geometry Latin II Domestic Science Agriculture I Ancient and Medieval History PAGE SEVENTY-SEVEN M EMINI Third Year Fourth Year English III English IV Algebra II y2 Physics Hiology (’ivies Com. Geography y2 Economics l 2 Com. Law y2 American History Agriculture 11 Agricultural III. Domestic Art Modern History All non-resident pupils, pupils over age or those who are in anv way dis- qualified to receive free tuition are charged one hundred and fiftv dollars per year. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE ANNUAL Paid Out: Miss Cobb’s salary Editor’s salary .. Business Men Botherers Sport Editor’s traveling expenses (shoes) 1 98 Writing juice Papyrus Cigarettes, lip sticks Rouge and tobacco . Copyright encroachments Lost on lead nickels . . Printers $120.13 Taken In: Subscriptions Stealing and juggling accounts Charity Hush money, bribes, etc. Old paper, magazines, etc. General advice to public Empty paste jars and ink bottles 26.10 $120.13 PAGE SEVENTY-EIGHT MBMINI Revenge “It is a special delivery letter,’’ exclaimed Mrs. Corey. “What do you suppose it can be? Here! Open it quick.” John Corey, to the disgust of his wife, slowly and deliberately opened the special delivery letter. This is what Mrs. Corey read over her husband’s shoulder:—- “Mr. and Mrs. Corey, “I, Jas. Masten, executor of the last, will and testament of the late Mr. C'hrichton, do hereby inform you that said Mr. Chrichton has bequeathed his house and grounds to you in remembrance of a service you once rendered him. He leaves you the house on condition that you take charge immediately and that you keep his old servant who has been with him for years. Yours truly, James Masten.” Mr. and Mrs. Corey stared blankly at each other for a full minute. “ ‘In remembrance of a service’ to the rich Mr. Chrichton. John, What did we ever do for him?” “I don’t remember that we ever had any dealings with Mr. Chrichton. Yes, I do too! Don’t you remember that day when he was out walking with his gold headed cane and we rattled past him in our old ford? Don’t you remember how he choked with dust and how he shook his fist at us? That Is the only time I remember seeing him.” “But that surely couldn’t be called a service.” “Hardly! But forget it. This news is almost too good to be true. Bet’s pack and move for he said we must take charge immediately. “Just think! We are going to live in that great stone house and have a servant! I can’t believe it but it is true!” Mrs. Corey, with many ejaculations and speculating comments, began to gather up the few personal belongings they would take. The next morning after a joyfully sleepless night they loaded the battered ford and drove the few miles to the stone mansion. They were received by a tall, thin man. His age might have been anywhere from thirty to seventy years. He looked at them out of closely-set black eyes under overhanging shaggy brows. He had thick black hair without a trace of gray and his lower lip protruded slightly. He inclined his head stiffly and rapped out a curt, “This way, please.” They followed him up a heavily carpeted, circular stairway to a large, dark room. The windows were heavily curtained and admitted very little light. The furniture was massive and the whole effect was depressing. To throw off the evil premonition that assailed her. Mrs. Corey began to chat gaily, but she received such a look from the forbidding servant that she shrank back into her shell of silence. That evening, after a silent dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Corey went into the library which was as dull and depressing as the rest of the house. Thov sat in huge chairs, surrounded by walls which were covered with rows PAGE SEVENTY-NINE M E M I N 1 and rows of large books—not one bright colored one among them. They began to converse in low tones. “1 don’t know whether I am going to like this as well as 1 thought 1 would or not,” murmured Mrs. Corey. “Don’t give up yet, dear,” suggested John. “Things always seem worse at night. In the morning the whole atmosphere will be changed.” “If we could only get rid of that perfectly dreadful servant. How did Mr. Chrichton ever stand----. ” Mr. Corey followed his wife’s horrified gaze. The heavy draperies at the other end of the room swung sluggishly to and fro as if moved by some mysterious hand. “Ugh! let’s go to bed,” suggested Mrs. Corey and her husband gladly welcomed the suggestion. The next morning they had expected to feel more cheerful, but the sun shining thru the drawn curtains shed a ghostly light over everything and day was worse than night. “Let’s go for a walk,” begged Mrs. Corey. “Yes, we can look over the grounds,” returned Corey seeking an excuse to get outside. “Master never went out in the morning. He always read,” reproved the servant and he looked at them from under heavy brows as if about to add and of course you will do just as he has always done.” So they went into the library again and sat and looked dejectedly at each other. “That terrible servant,” muttered Mr. Corey, and again the heavy curtains moved slowly. Would that servant haunt them all the rest of their days? Did he always spy on them ? Did they dare to look behind that curtain? They decided they would. Both got up and cautiously advanced to the curtain but they dared not pull it aside. At last Mr. Corey summoned his courage and, lifting his hand, quickly pulled the curtain back. Nothing! Absolutely nothing there! The morning passed somehow and the afternoon and finally a week passed. 1 hey were always watched always spied upon, always rebuked, and always dictated to by the servant. He merely insinuated what they were to do with his eternal “Master never did this” and “Master never did that.” To cap the climax, something went wrong with the furnace. It smoked and smoked, and the more it smoked the happier the servant became. Mrs. Corey choked and Mr. Corey sputtered and the servant offered many profuse apologies—but the furnace smoked on. “Can’t you do something?” demanded Mrs. Corey through the smoke. “Madam, I have done all I could,” returned the servant and he actually grinned behind his hand. “John. I shall leave this house immediately and never come back. I don’t know what we came for in the first place,” Mrs. Corey almost sobbed. “But don’t you appreciate Master’s gift,” sauvely inquired the servant. PAGE EIGHTY L. C. H. S. “Oh, it is just ‘Master, Master, Master!’ I never want to hear that word again!” stormed Mrs. Corey “I am going right now,” and she turned and started for the door, choking and coughing. ‘‘One minute,” commanded the servant. He deliberately walked to the window and opened it. The furnace had abruptly stopped smoking and the room soon cleared. The servant stood tall and straight. He slowly raised one hand and pulled off the wig of heavy black hair, disclosing his own which was thin and gray. He also pulled off the shaggy eyebrows. The protruding lower lip no longer protruded. His mouth was set in a firm line and he looked like an entirely different man. He began to speak in a crisp voice. “The first time 1 ever saw you, you nearly choked me with dust. That day 1 said I would have my revenge. I have had it. Last week has been Worth all the dust 1 swallowed.” He made a motion of distaste and went on. ' ‘ hen you first came you probably did not recognize me as Chrichton. I did not mean for you to. Now I shall ask you to leave my house and I do not wish to see you again.” He bowed with profound courtesy and pointed to the door. Grace Bryan, ’26 PAGE EIGHTY-ONE L. C. H. S. Waiting “Ah, yes, it was just twenty years ago to the day that 1 stood on the bank of the Winona, bidding Molly goodby. Yes,—yes, twenty years ago, twenty long years have passed since that day. We were young then, Molly and I and happy, but now, now 1 am sad and lonely. My life has been miserable— for twenty years.” “Molly promised that she would write and would soon come back. She promised and I had faith. I waited one, two, five, ten, twenty, yes twenty years but Molly, Molly has never returned. Not one word have 1 heard from Molly since that day so long ago, not even after she promised. She promised .ihe would write and soon return—not one word. Uncle Joe drew a long breath, gave a deep sigh and leaned back in his chair. “But why, why did Molly leave? I queried. “That’s just it. I know, but only partly. The whole reason I have never learned. If you care to have me, I will tell you my story. “Do, Uncle Joe, do,” I exclaimed. Uncle Joe ran his fingers through his hair thoughtfully, tipped back in his chair, relit his pipe, and commenced: “Well .... I was young once, just like you, and in those days I was happy, light-hearted and gay. Molly and 1 spent many happy hours together walking in the wood or sitting on the old bench in the garden. Our whole future we planned in those two places and it certainly was a bright future. “Molly was always so sunny and gay, but after the letter came a change occured. She was gloomy and always sad. She didn’t seem to be the same Molly. I never found out who wrote the letter or what it said and neither nas anyone else. But this letter was what changed Molly. “A few days after the letter came I saw Molly slowly wending her way down the crooked path and as she drew nearer she came still slower, almost stopped. She was trembling and in a breaking voice she told me—told me that she was going away. That was all she could say—no more and as she urned to leave, I saw that there were tears in her eyes. “I met her at the bank of the Winona the next day to bid her farewell and she promised, promised she’d write and very soon come back. It might be a month, maybe two or perhaps a year but she promised she would come back. “I have grown old in those twenty years—long dull years of waiting they have been. But, listen, I have a mystery I am unable to solve. Will you help me?” I readily agreed to do my best and he proceeded. “I was working in the garden this afternoon and as I entered the house a piece of paper fell upon the porch. It was a neatly folded, light blue paper and upon it was written just these words: ‘A surprise, Joe. 8 P. M.’ PAGE EIGHTY-THREE M E M I N I “I have recalled all past experiences but still I cannot make out what the note means. Perhaps it is all a joke. I’ve been hoping that—” Softly out of the fading twilight came a knocking at the door, three soft taps. I was excited. So was Uncle Joe and we sat there motionless. Again came the soft tap, tap, tap and at the last tap the old clock in the hall chimed Sight long notes. Uncle Joe slowly arose and slowly he opened the door. Tie turned pale as he stood gazing at some one standing out in the dusk. Then nit of the cool air I heard a soft, sweet voice say, “Joe, have you waited?” Wilbur Richert, ’27. PAGE EIGHTY-FOUR L. C. H. S. 1925 (liabn Er 1925 SEPTEMBER We received six heavy showers, a slight change in temperature and several other misfortunes, among them two new teachers and the freshman class this month. The worst disappointment of the month was the return of Maurine Cobb, namely, the profounder of the English language. Her return is looked upon with a good deal of suspicion. However, we are consoled by the thought that “Mighty onions from tiny sprouts may grow.” It was also during this trying month that Mr. Snodgrass of the “Demosthen-ian Debating Society,” was ordained to preside over the whole and highly respected senior class, including Messrs. Schnieder and Lund. The Hon. W. W. Haas, ex-candidate for chaplain of the Prohibition League, infests the senior class and is given a license to operate for one more year in L. C. H. S. However the crudest blow, which fell during this exasperating period, was the advent of Tom Moore, who insinuated himself upon the senior class without the least fore-warning whatever. But in conclusion, though the above seem manifold hardships, we wish to assure you on the other hand that L. C. H. S. is the best high school in LaMoille, barring none. PAGE EIGHTY-FIVE MEM1NI OCTOBER 1 Jack Frost arrives and paints a picture on every tree. 2 Women’s Club held reception for Teachers. 5 Students elected officers of Athletic Association: Wayne McCray, President ; Leo Conard, Vice-President; Kate Pope, Secretary, and Daphne Graves, Treasurer. 6 Ag. Club boys initiated new member. Clarence Williar and Robert DeLong will undoubtedly long remember their degree. 7 Sophomore Cooking class fed Kraft Cheese by an official demonstrator. Assembly tastes Turkey via a returned missionary. 8 Ag. Club wins second in judging stock at West Bureau. We hope this training will later help them in judging beauty of other kinds. 9 First real pep meeting. Robert Allen is better’n ever. 12 Columbus discovered America in time to argue with Voliva. 13 Prof, defeats “Fat” Haas in heated Civics argument. 14 Students vote down Country Gentleman Subscription Campaign. The salesman reckoned without the engineering ability of the Senior Class president. 15 John Heiman weighs 1151 } pounds today and has gained pound in three months. Quite remarkable! 16 Rained today. 19 Coach Forster calls boys to meeting for basketball. 21 Wayne McCray gets straight A’s for six weeks. 22 “Goofy” Smith grows % centimeter vertically. 23 Prof. Snodgrass and Mr. Forster go to Illinois Homecoming. 26 Darlene Littlewood shows the effect of a Sunday “nite” date. 27 Luella Edwards wins prize for longest hair. 28 Second issue of LaMoille Clarion. 29 Seniors give a Masquerade Hallowe’en Party to Juniors and Faculty. Miss Humer and Miss Haugen, people of quality of 1850, win most applause. 30 First shipment of sailor pants from Sears Roebuck. PAGE EIGHTY-SIX L. C. H. S. NOVEMBER 2 President Wayne McCray appoints committee for senior rings. 3 Ag. Club boys give Father and Son Banquet. 5 First number of Lyceum Course is a “Dark Horse.’ 6 Annual staff proposed. !) Bill Richert wears extra loud socks today. 10 Mr. Foster gives talk to assembly on college fun. 11 Coach gives a humorous reading about a football game. 12 Dale Foster explicitly explains the use of foods. 13 Basketball team loses to Tiskilwa 20-9. 16 Skeeter Davis is caught making a face at one of his teachers. 17 It rained and our teachers beseech us to wear appropriate clothes. 18 Miss Cobb gives educational talk. 19 Bob Allen and Wayne McCray go to newspaper convention at Champaign. 20 Ag. Club decides on play “Safety First.” 23 Ralph Allen starts to grow a mustache. 24 Esther Swanlund and Helen Samuelson are voted our “Gold Dust Twins.” 25 Sheffield basketball team overpowers LaMoille 14-9. 26 Seniors contract with Mr. Muzzy for their pictures. 27 “Rus” Conard appears in first long pants. 30 Last of month and all is well. page eighty-seve M E M INI DECEMBER 1 Wilbur Haas writes a letter to Santa Claus—he “vants a rifle vot soots pig pullets.” 2 Charley Rapp, the esteemed janitor, gets his name in the “Clarion.” 3 Dot. Littlewood gets her first date with Tom Moore. 4 Darlene Littlewood excused from Civics with a weeks average of A (?). 7 Dinky Dean replaces Hob Allen as cheer leader. 8 Athletic Association purchases new basketball. 9 Senior rings ordered from Pamp Carlson. 10 Second shipment of sailor pants from Sears, Roebuck. 11 Basketball at LaSalle-Peru. Got beat! 14 Girls petition for one night a week at the gym. 15 Fred Martin is elected “Freshiest of the Freshmen.” 16 Ag. Club Play date set for early January. 17 John Heiman gets on the honor roll again—4 A’s! 18 Grade Operetta, Santa Borrows Trouble,” is a brilliant success. 19 L. C. H. S. win from Neponset 11-2. 21 Four more days until Christmas—everybody’s gone shopping. 22 Parks Forster anticipates a trip to Pontiac. Reformatory? Maybe—Maybe not! 23 Today, tomorrow and then Santa Claus. PAGE EIGHTY-EIGHT L. C. H. S. 4 “Oh, what did you get? Isn’t that cute? Oh, girl, 1 got a wrist watch, a perfume atomizer, a Bobbie comb, etc., etc.” Ditto, ditto, all day lony. 5 The old machine is beginning to grind again. 6 Norman Fauble is now weilding his trusty hammer in the new blacksmith shop. 7 Juniors learn how to edit a newspaper—they’ll need also to know how to dodge irate students, to find news where nothing happens, and to watch the pennies. 8 Boys play basketball at Leland. Lost 24-12. 11 Snowed today and we didn’t get the drift. 12 Rev. Tavenner speaks to Assembly. 13 Sarah Sidesteps, second number on the Lyceum course, a failure. 14 Dr. Neuberg talked to Assembly as part of the programs sponsered by seniors. 15 Bob Crossman and Tete Conard are beginning to look like an established fact. 19 LaSalle-Peru beats LaMoille 14-9. 20 Seniors are flashing new rings. 21 Mary Ann O’Finnerty and Abou Ben Mocha please crowd in Safety First. 22 Last dose of bitter medicine—semester exams—over. 25 With a second wind we begin our second semester—Finis est, Seniors! 26 Malden gets maltreated 22-3. 27 Twenty-two get their names on the semester honor roll. 28 Mr. Snodgrass failed to recognize Leulla this morning—the locks were shorn. 29 Sleepy bunch of students—we wonder why, why Monday morning of course. PAGE EIGHTY-NINE M E M I N I FEBRUARY 1 Miss Haugen has chosen Pickles for the operetta. Now for the “ picklettes. ” 2 Seniors hand in their Lincoln Essays. Who’s gonna win? 3 LaMoille loses to Mineral. 4 Haas has lost his vest! What will we do-dol-do-dol-do? 5 Mr. Icy da, Japanese lecturer, gave an interesting talk to students. 72,000,000 Japanese and not one chews guin. Oh, show me the way to go there! 8 Substitute Lyceum number procured by seniors. 9 American History class forgot today is the birthday of William Henry Harrison. Woe unto them! 10 Miss Humer tells about “The Miracle.” 11 Close race in Lincoln essay contest. Dinky, Bob and McCray running neck to neck. 12 McCray wins contest. Mr. Knapp of Mendota final judge. 15 Grade school resumes work after Scarlet Fever scare. lo Mr. Snodgrass in his “I want cooperation” speech surpasses Pat Henry. 17 County nurse taps our ribs for leakage of the heart. 18 Mendota meets and beats LaMoille. 19 The Right Honorable Ralph Walter Allen taught his sister’s school today. Ye Gods! What next? 22 Boy Scoiits decorate Main Street with flags in honor of George Washington. 23 Ag. Club is testing seed corn. 24 Miss Haugen is sick. 25 It thawed and the roads are in good shape—for hogs. 26-27 Basketball tournament. We lose to Walnut. PAGE NINETY L. C. H. S. MARCH 1 March comes in like a lion. 2 Prof, calls candidates for literary contest to the office. 3 Rudy May in Junior Class entertainment impersonates Mr. Snodgrass, “1 want cooperation. ’ ’ 4 Rev. W. W. Haas awarded free trip to Hollywood by Junior Class. 5 Basketball tournament at Sterling—LaMoille placed fourth. 8 Coach looks well after the tournament (?). 9 Princeton High-Y boys speak to masculine gender of L. C. H. S. 10 Nothing happened today. 11 Miss Haugen does some more “Pickling.” 12 Had a young blizzard today. 15 Gladys Swanlund breaks Muzzy’s camera. 16 Bill Samuelson, Coach Forster and the Prof, constituted the “Bug-Yille Orchestra ” and brought down the house. 17 Richard Anderson, former L. C. H. S. student, lost his mother today. We wish to express our sincere sympathy. 18 Everybody gets shot—Muzzy takes all of the organization pictures. 22 Yesterday expired: deeply regretted by a million of grateful Americans. 23 Esther Swanlund gets the measles. From Fred Martin? Maybe—Maybe not. 24 Judging from the increased percentage of rolled socks, we proclaim, “Spring is here!” 25 Tom Dunbar and Janet Smith attend married couples Old Time Dance. 30 “Clarion” was issued today—one of the best editions this year. 31 Belated snow blocks roads. We are living without such things as newspapers, trains and busses for a while. PAGE NINETY-ONE MEMINI APRIL 1 Quinine gum best seller today. 2 Miss Cobb’s birthday. An old maid? Should say not! 5 Time to remove storm doors and windows? 6 Anniversary of Congress; Declaration of War. 7 Shurtleff Glee club presents good program. 8 Janet Smith, girl extempo, gives an interesting talk to assembly. 9 Miss Haugen ------??!! 12 Betz finds a violet, must be spring. 13 Bob and Janet exercise their vocal cords before assembly. 14 Rudy wallops Dinky in Literary Contest. 15 Grace Bryan moves to Mendota. 16 End of 2nd six weeks grading period. 19 Jr. Class began to rehearse “Charm School.” 20 Four events in Zone Literary Contest taken by L. C’. H. S. 21 Sleeping off effects of night before. 22 Parks Forster says he has a bad cold. Doc says Measles! 23 Prof. Louis Williams, fourth number of Lyceum, gives an interesting scientific entertainment. 26 Measles in, Forster out! 27 Piano bench collapses. 28 Seniors receive play books for “Cappy Ricks.” 29 Seniors ought to order diplomas. 30 County Literary Meet; Mendota track meet. PAGE NINETY-TWO L. C. H. S. This is the judgment month, the month in which there is weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth! No one from the meager Freshmen to the potential alumnus, escaped the Edict of Work! Every specimen of humanity, masculine or feminine, who resides in L. C. H. S., watched his steps with the greatest caution fearing lest he sin, and come short of the glory of promotion! Woe unto the delinquents! They shall fall into the pit of stagnation! One good thing we did, however, was to take time from the hurry and scurry, made prevalent by the supposedly hard-working Juniors and Seniors, to remember in a quiet way the birthday of the man who gave us our school— Mr. Joseph Allen. The Junior-Senior banquet proved to be a Spanish fiesta, and gay beyond description. Everybody actively engaged. Tom Moore is seen reading a book —that things should ever come to such a pass. Senior play a howling success, and the Alumni Banquet the best ever. Dr. Revis of the U. of Chicago officiated at the last rites of the Seniors on commencement night. After many hours of procrastinated watching, Old King Sol finally rolled around the last week of May. The first few days of this week was filled with invigorating examinations, absolutely guaranteed to wreck one’s drug store physiogomy. On the last day, while the tears of the underclassmen fell in torrents, and while the instructors wrung the hands of the departing Seniors of ’26, with dimmed monocles, and while the same said Seniors were led to the altar for slaughter like the son of Abraham, there reigned throughout the entire school an atmosphere of awe and ignorance. PAGE NINETY-THREE M E M I N I (Elje ilimthtt The Memini is the first year book put out by LaMoille High School since 1922. The name Memini is Latin for “I remember,” and was chosen because an annual is, after all, a memory, the essence of a school and its activities portrayed in words and pictures between the covers of a book. The Staff takes this occasion to greet the patrons of the school and express the hope that their efforts find favor in the sight of all. Donald Dean, Editor-in-chief. PAGE NINETY-FOUR Advertisements and Jokes L. C. II. S. The Suits Smart Men will Wear for Late Spring and Summer— Suits “Tailored to Measure by Born” have lines and proportions that appeal to the man who likes to express his good taste in the clothes he wears. They are made of fabrics in patterns that vary from lighter tones, that are so popular just now, to the more subdued colorings that the conservative man likes. Visit our store and see the attractive values we offer in j our Born Tailored Suits. ) F. A. RAMBO (Class of 1907) i M EMINI McCray’s Meat Market j 1 All Varieties of Fresh and Smoked Meats of Very High Quality. Open Sunday Mornings 8 to 10 A.M. | ALBERT McCRAY, Prop. Phone L931 LaMoille, 111. EXPERT PHOTO FINISHING, KODAKS SUPPLIES, RADIO SETS Junior S.: “ Papa, who was Mike Hun try?” Prof. Snodgrass: “I don’t know. Where did you hear about him?” Junior S.: “Well, they’ve been singing in school ‘Mike Huntry ’tis of thee.’ ” We Test and Rejuvenate Tubes Billy W.: “My sister reverses Darwin’s theory. ’ ’ Gerald B.: “Howzat?” Billy: “She makes monkeys out of men.” LaMoille Postcard Works “There’s a good for nothing fellow,” remarked Mr. Forster, as he placed a zero on the exam paper. PAGE NINETY-EIGHT L. C. H. S. La Moille Mercantile Company EVERFAST MATERIALS BELDING SILKS Wash it any way you please — the color is fast. Guaranteed Pure Silk I I i i GOSSARD Corsets and Brassiers. Styles to fit every figure. Fitted by trained corsetiere. PETER’S SHOES Solid leather well put together. COOPER Underwear for men. Knit to fit the stout, the average and the tall. RICHELIEU Emphasizing quality in every article. La Moille Mercantile Company PAGE NINETY-NINE M E MINI Central Oil Co. THE HOUSE OF QUALITY PLUS SERVICE Your Business Solicited Telephone 120 Mendota, 111. An optimist is a student who enters high school and takes with him a frame for his diploma. Tom Moore: “I’m as good as my word.” Dot L.: “Undoubtedly!” GIFT PUZZLES QUICKLY SOLVED What a waste of time to worry over the gift question! A short visit here will solve your problem in a jiffy. With our wide range of suitable articles, from automatic pencils to the latest styles in Gruen Watches, you are sure to find what you want at the right price. We have helped many people to select just the gift to suit the occasion. May we help you PAMP CARLSON Jewelers Princeton, Illinois ...........f THE BIG STORE ON NORTH CHURCH STREET Seeds Millfeeds Woven Wire Fencing, etc. j The Best of Everything + + FARM BUREAU COOP- j ERATIVE SUPPLY CO. Albert Albrecht, Mgr. + + Phone 282 Princeton, Illinois “Y’ remember how cold it j was yesterday? Well, John j Ileiman and Russel Conard went in swimming together,, j but in about ten minutes the four fellows had enough of { the water and —” j “Four? I thought there were only two—” “There were at first, but they caught cramps and doubled up.” I I I ! j PAGE ONE HUNDRED L. C. H. S. Successful Man’s Plan One of the most successful business men in the Middle West claims that his success is largely due to a plan given him by his father as he left home to work at the age of 12. His father said: “John, when you get to Milwaukee buy a little book. Write in that book every cent you spend. Don’t show it to me — it’s for you only. “At the end of each month, look over your figures. Ask yourself if you would spend it the same way again.” That taught me foresight. I learned to judge carefully before I paid out money and that cut off many foolish things. Perhaps his plan will help you. Such ability is worth a lot to any one. THE CITIZEN’S NATIONAL BANK Princeton, Illinois WE LIKE TO HELP YOUNG MEN The young man is an object of particular interest to this bank. We want to help him to get a start and then get ahead. If you are a young man CONSIDER NOW the advisability of forming a banking connection with us. It will prove invaluable to you. Drop in and talk it over TODAY. FARMERS NATIONAL BANK The Friendly Bank Princeton, Illinois Entire Family Styles of the hour with quality and comfort in every pair. Everwear Silk Hosiery For Ladies THE FRITZ SHOE STORE Moore Hessenberger, Props. Mendota, 111. PAGE ONE HUNDRED ONE MEMINI THE FIRST RUNG OF “FORTUNE’S LADDER” CONSISTS OF HARD WORK; AND THE NEXT, OF Systematic Saving Deposit Your Savings With Us (Ebe iHenfrota National partk Mendota, Illinois THE EXCLUSIVE WALL PAPER AND PAINT STORE S. W. Clinite, Proprietor Phone 273 “Let ’er rain,!” cried the king with a dying gasp, as he pointed a be jeweled finger—at the queen. tSi West Washington St. Fred Martin: “I want to ask a question about a tragedy. ’ ’ Miss Humer: “Well?” Fred: “What is my mark in English?” Mendota, 111. PAGE ONE HUNDRED TWO L. C. H. S. Frank H. Gurney j Hurd Hurd ELECTRICIAN j Radios Electric Supplies House Wiring Repair Work Delco Lighting Plants Frigidaire Electric Refrigidation Battery Charging Furniture Floor Coverings Window Shades and Curtains Undertaking Phone 149 Mendota, 111. LaMoille Illinois BERLIN TOWNSHIP MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY AVERY has insured city and country THE CLEANER property for fifty years at Phone 11 an average cost of $7 per $1000 for each five year period. Why Pay More? + ♦ + C. J. Pierce, Sec’y- 22 Columbus Street Princeton, Illinois Princeton, Illinois PAGE ONE HUNDRED THREE MEMINI Showalter’s Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 25 YEARS Representing Only the Highest Class Companies in All Lines The Union Central Life Insurance Company Among Policyholders The Most Popular Company in America The Oldest and Strongest Fire Insurance Companies of the United States Fire and Tornado Policies written to protect the Interests of the Farmer. More liberal contracts, prompt and direct settlements of losses. Simplified Methods. REAL SERVICE TO EVERY CUSTOMER J. H. SHOWALTER Phone 83 LaMoille, Illinois Jane: ‘ Did you ever -take a crib to class?” FURNITURE AND RUGS Goofy: “No, but I sometimes fall asleep on the desk. ’ + ♦ Eureka and Hamilton Beach Vacuum Cleaners Jane: ‘ Three men were standing under an umbrella and they didn’t get wet?” Janet: “How come?” Jane: “It wasn’t raining.” Mendota, 111. Phone 246 PAGE ONE HUNDRED FOUR L. C. H. S. This store buys the best goods the market affords and we mark them to our customers at the lowest possible price consistent with the quality of the goods. We believe everything you buy from this store will please you. If so tell others; if not, he sure and tell us. We want to make it right. Fair Dealing, Prompt Service, and Good Goods is our Motto. PRINCETON DRY GOODS COMPANY Princeton, Illinois Dr. B. C. Hartford Dodge Brothers OSTEOPATHE + + ! CARS Nature’s Way to Health PHONE KASBEER’S GARAGE + + j Phone 491 I | Mendota, Illinois 1 1 Princeton, Illinois Whenever You Are In Need of Anything no matter what, walk or run, phone, ! telegraph, or write us a letter. We | can fill your order for nearly every- ] thing. We can help you plan your ! Wedding, Dance or Birthday Party and furnish the decorations on short order. We can do nearly everything it is humanly possible to do and we are sure willing to try to please you in every way c,t BO I T’S VARIETY STORE, Mendota If it is new we have it, can get it, or it isn’t made. “How’s business?” asked Pat (or some other Irishman) of the undertaker’s assistant. “Ah, it’s the buries,” he replied. “It’s the buries.” PAGE ONE HUNDRED FIVE M EMINI When School Time Ends You Will Have Lost Your First, Best Friends. But when you go out into the world, out to he ed-ucated in the higher University of Experience, if you choose right, you will not have lost one great friend— The Mendota Sun-Bulletin. l)o you like news of people humanly told? Do you like sports? Do you like to read an editorial well-written on a subject timely and wel-chosen? Do you like good writing — vivid, forceful, energetic word pictures? Then there’s one paper for you The Mendota Sun-Bulletin GROWING — Every Day OFFICERS E. P. Fassett. Pres. F. H. Haskell, Cashier J. C. Corbus, Vice Pres. E. ,T. Welsch, Ass’t Cashier 'Sire Rational HUink Mendota, 111. Is the oldest National hank in LaSalle County, and one of the strongest institutions. Solicits your business, both banking and insurance. We look after your insurance and see that your property is at all times protected, without any trouble whatsoever to you. Safety boxes for rent in one of the strongest and most up-to-date vaults in the state. E. P. Fassett J. C. Corbus DIRECTORS R. F. Woods Adolph Karger C. E. Shed B. Harry Reck J. P. Gallagher PAGE ONE HUNDRED SIX L. C. H. S. W. A. Mortonson PLUMBING Coach Foster: “Who do you think will be our best track man?” Steam, Hot Air and Hot Water Heating Systems. Also Fresh Water Systems. Donald S.: “My modesty forbids me to answer you. ’ ’ Bids and Estimates Furnished on Request. Mauer and Telephone 380 Zapf East Sixth St. Mendota, 111. BAKERY AND RESTAURANT Mr. Foster: “My hat represents the planet Mars. Is Opposite Union there any questions before I proceed?” Depot Skeeter D.: “Is Mars inhabited ? ’ ’ Mendota Illinois Adolph Karger Clothes of Quality. Fine Furnishing Goods and Stet- Hotel Faber BARBER SHOP son Hats. YOHN BROS. OSSMAN Mendota, Illinois Mendota, 111. PAGE ONE HUNDRED SEVEN M EMINI | GOOD Donald Smith, rounding a corner at approximately CLOTHES 80 per: “Hear those cylinders knocking.” FOR Coach Foster: “Taint the MEN cylinders, it’s my knees.” AND BOYS 1 Keep Smiling ! Chas. Erbes’ Sons Health Will Do It ( Mendota, 111. J. L. PATTERSON, D. C. j CHIROPRACTOR Mendota Nash j Sales Co. Phone 46 Nash and Ajax Cars j and Reo Trucks Over Hall’s Mendota, j Clothing Store Illinois ! EDWARD KOPP, Prop. P. 0. Box 431 Mendota, 111. MENDOTA Esther: “Oh my, what soft MANUFACTURING j hands you have.” Johnny Heiman: “That is TRANSFER CO. because I wear gloves at night.” Farm Machinery Repairs and Supplies Esther: “And do you wear a hat too?” N. 111. Phone No. 132 Mendota. 111. j I PAGE ONE HUNDRED EIGHT L. C. H. S. Tower Roller 4, 6, 8 and 10 ft. made in single section. 11, 13 and 15 ft. made in three sections. Equipped for either tractors or horses. Roll All Seed Beds Before and after planting. It assists germination and preserves moisture. Roll winter wheat and meadows in spring to reset lifted plants. Roll small grain when ground is crusted and cracking open. Roll Corn Field before first cultivation. Tower Knife Pulverizer Made in 6. 8 and 10 ft. sizes. Prepares best possible seed bed. Levels the field, fills dead furrows and kills all weeds. Successfully used after planting and before corn is up, eradicating all vines and other bad weeds or grass. 13 ft. requires five horses tor. or light trac-i 16 ft. requires s i x horses tor. or large trae- Tower Surface Cultivators One-Row — Two-Row — Walkers The most modern and practical method of cultivation. Save the corn roots. Kill all the weeds. Leave ground level with good dust mulch. The 13 ft. is composed of two of our 6 ft. 6 in. Pulverizers. The 16 ft. is composed of two 8 ft. Pulverizers. Equipped with special hitch and tie rods. Made in 13 and 16 ft. Sizes For Horses or Tractors I | 1926 Sixth Ave. i The J. D. TOWER SONS CO. MENDOTA, ILL. PAGE ONE HUNDRED NINE M E MIN I ! ! E, W. Houghton Lumber Co. LUMBER, MILLWORK, BUILDING MATERIAL Of All Kinds GRAIN AND CUSTOM GRINDING PURINA FEEDS QBE) W. A. SAMUELSON, Mgr. LaMoille. Illinois (Elje Class of ’26 This is the time of the year when everybody seems to be graduating from something. A good tip on style for any graduate who wears male haberdashery is obtainable at this store, of course. Society Brand Clothes are thoroughbreds. Smart in style. Right in color. New as the spring in pattern and design. We present a wide selection at reasonable prices. PETERSON THE CLOTHIER Princeton, Illinois PAGE ONE HUNDRED TEN L. C. H. S. j Walkers i Rudy: “Why don’t you drive your Ford more, Tom?” Tom M.: “ Oh, I get too badly rattled” THE STORE OF QUALITY Miss Cobb: “Leo, did you do your outside reading?” Leo: “No, it’s been too cold lately. ’ ’ “CHAP” The Man Who Knows Ours is the Trade How to Clean and Press Your That Service Has Made Clothes. CHAPMAN CLEANERS Mendota, Illinois Phone 439 Mendota, 111. Wilbur Haas: “Dad, please give me some money, I’m broke.” Pa Haas: “So’s your old man. ’ ’ Central Meat Prof. “I believe you missed my class yesterday.” Harold: “Why no, I didn’t. Not in the least.” Market F. E. Cavell's Sons, Prop. Quick Meal Stoves FRESH AND SALT MEATS The World’s Best Stove j POULTRY IN Sold at EDWARDS HARDWARE i SEASON COMPANY j Washington St. Telephone No. 126 Mendota, 111. 1 PAGE ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN M EMINI M ood Shoes ood Fit ■ ood Feet ood Health Miss Cobb: “Is there thing you can do 1 than anybody else?’ Robert A.: “Yes, mam my own writing.” Coss Cash Gerald: “Say, have j thumb tack?” Carl: “No, but I have ger nail.” Shoe jDenistm Store PruQ Mendota, 111. 1 (Euntpaiut Glendene: “Did you ever keep a diary, Donald?” Donald: “No, but my father has some lovely Hol-steins.” Omer: “How come flunked the exam?” you Wayne: “Well you see I had vaseline on my hair and they slipped off my mind. ” Mendota, Illinois “Eat Federal Foods and Be Well Fed” Prof. Snodgrass in Com. Law: “Jane, how many questions have you got? Jane: “Well, if I get the one I’m on and two more I’ll have three.” Sold by La Moille Mercantile Co. La Moille, 111. FEDERAL BAKERY W. J. Splon, Proprietor Mendota, 111. PAGE ONE HUNDRED TWELVE L. C. H. S. C. C. BURKART Registered Optometrist Refracture and muscle errors of the eyes scientifically corrected by the latest improved method. GLASSES FITTED Phone No. 40 for Appointment Mendota, Illinois Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicles | GRAHAM BROS. TRUCKS BEE Storage, General Repairing, Towing Service, U. S. Tires, Vesta Batteries j j E 0 E j TRUCKENBROD MOTOR COMPANY Phone 515 Mendota, 111. j i PAGE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN MEMINI (!L Authorized Dealer for RADIOLAS, ATWATER KENT, A. C. DAYTON, CROSSLEY, PFANSTIEHL RADIO SETS. BURGESS AND EVEREADY BATTERIES. RADIOTRON AND CUNNINGHAM TUBES. We Do All Kinds of Radio and Electrical Repairing. Mendota, Illinois PAGE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN L. C. H. S. Miss Cobb: ‘‘Norman, I hear that John has the mumps. Do you think you will get them?” Norman: “Yes ma’am. I’ll get ’em just as soon as he outgrows ’em.” Man (in theater): “Lady, won’t you please remove your hat? I paid three fifty for this seat to see the show.” Darlene (addressed thusly): “Well, I paid ten dollars for this hat so that everyone could see it.” FAHLER’S GARAGE Distribution of Buick Motor Cars, Gabriel Snubbers, Raybestos Brake Lining, Goodyear, Goodrich and United States Tires, Alemite and Zerk High Pressure Grease Systems. High Grade Accessories of All Kinds. j ! We Specialize in Storage and Wrecking Service Mendota, Illinois Open All Night Telephone 15 f H. D. CONKEY COMPANY Face Brick Common Brick Hollow Tile Drain Tile Sand and Gravel Mendota, 111. PAGE ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN M E M I NI A stock that's never wanting in the things that Young Men Want. Take us on the item of Greys, Tans or Blues alone — and we’ll take you by storm. Or, ask us to show you the same identical collar on shirt that Yale, Princeton and Harvard men are wearing and we will produce. This is a young men’s shop so complete that it could take a young man away from the plow and in one hour supply him with everything except a fraternity pin! a a a SOCIETY BRAND College and School Suits for Wearing When College and School are out. $25, $35 to $50 R. E. HALL, Inc. MENDOTA L. C. H. S. TOGETHER WITH OUR BEST EFFORTS IN PHOTOGRAPHING THE SENIOR CLASS, WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE WISHES FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUCCESS. THE MUZZY STUDIO Washington and Jefferson Sts. Mendota, HI. Phone 130 PAGE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN MEMINI The Place Where The Boys All Go For New Styles In Suits Top-Coats Hats and Caps Shirts and Fancy Hose Spalding’s Athletic Supplies The Colson Clothing Store Mendota, Illinois Johnny Hall: “But 1 don’t think I deserve a zero.” Mr. Forster: “Neither do I. But that is the lowest mark we are allowed to give.” Dorothy L.: “Going to get a boyish bob, Jane?” Jane: “No, it’s too effeminate. ’ ’ Mr. Neuberg, announcing hymn: “Number 428.” Marjorie (sleepily): “I’ll ring them again.” Miss Haugen: “Clarence, why aren’t you singing?” Clarence: “My mother told me to beware wine, women and song. I have given up singing.” Glen: “I’d like very much to try on that blue serge suit in the window. May I?” Salesman: “I’m sorry, but I’m afraid you will have to use the dressing room.” JOHNSON OIL REFINING COMPANY Stop and fill up with laughing gas, high grade oils and Greases. Free Crank Case Service Phone R 431 LaMoille, 111. The IMPERIAL CAFE Hotel Faber Bldg. Open Day ami Niglit Special Sunday Dinners We Cater to Students and Faculty Mendota, 111. PAGE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN L. C. H. S. i 1 BUREAU COUNTY j INDEPENDENT TELE- I PHONE COMPANY ______ I At Your Service Day and Night Fifty Thousand Calls Completed Daily A telephone is the biggest time saving devise ever invented. Time saved is money saved. Install an extension telephone and save time and steps. . -------- j It Speaks For Itself j I LA MOILLE’S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER The Mendota Reporter is La-Moille’s Community Newspaper. It reaches almost 100 per cent of the homes and it is recognized as their paper. The Editors want to thank all for their hearty cooperation. We are very glad to co-operate with t h e schools at this and all other times. NISLEY LEISER Publishers Established 1919 Capital and Surplus $60,000.00 Farmers Merchants State Bank j Of Mendota THREE PER CENT INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES TO RENT Safety — Courtesy A Friendly Place To Bank ] This Bank is under State supervision, and is I owned and controlled by Farmers and Business Men of this Community OPEN AN ACCOUNT j WITH US TODAY D. C. HASKELL, President EARL F. LEWIS, Cashier : JOHN GOETNER, Vice President A. A. LANDGRAF, Ass’t Cashier PAGE ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN M EiMINI Steckel Poultry House j LA MOILLE, ILLINOIS CASH PAID FOR POULTRY, EGGS AND CREAM Agency De Laval Separators and Milkers We carry a full line of Poultry, Hog, Mill Feeds, Poultry Remedies and Supplies. Full-O-Pep (Cod Liver Oil) Gold Medal Brands (Dried Buttermilk) Give us your next order and see what we can do in regards to prices on ton lots. Phone R 451 PAGE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY L. C. H. S. Deep Water Wells The value of a plentiful supply of good, pure water on the farm cannot be estimated, and the land owner can make no better investment than the reasonable amount that a good, deep well would cost him. A well must be skillfully made to insure long usage and constant satisfaction, and expert knowledge of the business is necessary for the correct handling of well drilling machinery. Our firm has been in the deep well drilling business for thirty years. We are equipped to do the work quickly and perfectly and our employees are skilled workmen of long experience. If you are interested in a better supply of water on your farm we will be glad to hear from you by telephone or postal card, and we will at once call upon you and submit our plans and prices for your consideration. F. L. Eggers Estate LaMoille, 111. Tel. R 871, LaMoille PAGE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE M E M I N I Drugs Stationery Get 11 Neis’ THE REXALL STORE Orsinger’s Ice Cream and Wonderful Chocolate Syrup and Flavors. SCHOOL SUPPLIES GIFTS PAINTS, VARNISHES EVERYTHING FOR PAINTING Home of Reed’s Chicken Cholera Remedy, Roup Remedy and Louse Powder. LaMoille Illinois PAGE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO L. C. H. S. We Sell- Long-lived Globe Storage Batteries; the best Lubricating Oils — Mobile, Polarine and Dearco; wear resisting Goodyear Tires and Tubes; and are experienced in repairing Storage Batteries and other electrical units; all types and makes of Automobiles. The Frank McCray Garage Phone L 701 LaMoille, Illinois (©he E ope Qress of Mendota, Illinois printed the 1926 Memini. Need we say more ? PAGE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE ItajEoille 'tate Partk Capital $35,000 Surplus $5,000 LA MOILLE, ILLINOIS G. W. Pope, President Reeve Norton, Cashier . E. Williams, Vice-President Mary A. Remsburg, Ass’t Cashier Pearl Schmehr, Bookkeeper F. E. Beatty R. Crossman DIRECTORS H. L. Hatch RESOURCES May 1, 1921, $169,000.00 May 1, 1926, $290,600.00 F. P. Fiek L. N. Goetz HATS SUITS COATS DRESSES SKIRTS WAISTS HOSIERY CORSETS The Della Allen Shop Mendota, 111. Lester: “Bink, why is it girls kiss each other and men do not?” Glen: “Because the girls have nothing better to kiss and men have.” Luella: “Boo-hoo, my lifetime Schaefer is broke.” Grace Bryan: “Well, what of it?” Luella: “Now I gotta die.” Mrs. Dunbar: “Tom, where is the cow?” Tom: “I can’t get her home, ma. She’s down by the railroad track flirting with the tobacco sign.” PAGE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR L. C. H. S. Autographs M E M I NI Autographs