La Salle Peru Township High School - Ell Ess Pe Yearbook (La Salle, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 174 of the 1926 volume:

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ORIS OLMSTED, Chairman FLOYD RETT KENNETH CLARK JACK HAMM Athletic: Chairman ROBERTI BOYER I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NEIL MCCLARNAN, Chairman I ROBERT LEE JOSEPHINE EASTMAN Calendar HARRY MCCLUGAGE, Chairman DELLA WEBER LOIS NELSON Clafyex EMMA YOXALL, Chairman NORMA HAMM HELEN GOLOB ESTHER BELL junior Asxiftantf ARTHUR SEEPE INES TERRANDO DANIEL JONES I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 2 I I I I I I Art FRANCES DIMMICK RICHARD.. FITZKEE LELA KREIS PETER WATSON ESTHER GUNTHER ALICE MATTERN LORRETTA VOGT ' DOROTHY LEE NIARTHA SPICKERMAN Organization: VERA RAMEY HILDA NEI.SON Typiftf I HENRIETTA LEVINE ESTHER KEUTLER . ANN SCHOTT GEORGE ROTTNER DOROTHY DEIBERT DOROTHEA HEILSTEDT VIRGINIA JASKOWIAK ARTHUR LIPKA BERNICE CAMPBELL ELIZABETH ROSENKRANZ THORA PHELPS ESTHER SWANSON Photography ROBERT LEE WILLIAM PATON junior College HENRY' TOBLER DELMER DEBO ' Faculty Adoiferf MISS BEEBY MISS BEYER MISS CROCKER NIR. MULVEY T MJ ELL ESS PI-3 -1711-1-..--.l I D 4 4 , , 4 I I ' ... ... V-- -- ,..,....1-..--4-' ----...?- I1 i ' I I .---- -L-.i, K ---- -. Q---n ,.,,.L,,,,Y -,-Q U, N .,.. .--I -.... PUBLISIIED BY THE CLASS OF A1926 LA SALLE-PERU TOWNSHIP HIGII SCHOOL LA SALLE, ILLINOIS V OL. XVI 3 rr HMM. 4 L THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND jUNIOR COLLEGE BUILDING HE foregoing cut shows the general appearance of the new addition to the high school plant to occupy the site of the present manual train- ing building. The addition, which will extend on Chartres Street , from Fifth and Sixth and along Sixth Street west, will house the new Q A junior college, several high school departments and a ciyic auditorium. The new bu1ld1ngs were made possible by the splendid contribution l of four hundred thousand dollars by Mrs. Adele Nl. Blow and Mrs. a C. H. Matthiessen of LaSalle, and by the two hundred thousand dollar bond issue of the citizens of LaSalle, Peru, and Oglesby. The civic auditorium, which is shown at the right of the cut, will be the largest in the county, seating 1420 persons, and will enable concerts, dra- matic performances and conventions of all kinds to be held in the Tri-Cities. The stage of the auditorium will be wide and deep and will be equipped with all the appliances and devices of modern stage-craft. The -plans of the auditorium also include an organ loft. At the back of the stage will be a music room, where band and orchestra practices may be held, small musicales, lectures and entertainments given, and where the regular music classes will hold their sessions. All these departments will be supplied with appropriate facilities for the storage and pro- tection of musical instruments and musical literature. Both the auditorium and the music departments are so arranged that they can be easily shut off by sound- proof doors from the main building. The basement floor of the new building, as shown at the left of the cut, will house the manual- training and domestic arts departments. The second floor will contain the administrative offices, high school classrooms and a study hall. The upper story will house the junior college and the scientific laboratories. To the biology laboratory a green-house will be added. At the west of the corridor between the auditorium and the study hall and extending through two stories is the proposed future library, which will house the seven or eight thousand volumes constituting the school's collection of books. Over the band and orchestra room in the rear of the auditorium will be the arts and crafts department. The building, which will be fire-proof and as far as possible noise-proof, is to be built of red brick with conservative cut stone trimmings in the Tudor-Gothic style. It will present a pleasing appearance from all directions and approaches. The construction and equipment of the building have been carefully studied along the most modern lines of educational engineering. The heating, Ventilating, plumbing, and electrical wiring will be modern and provide a structure that is absolutely safe. The architects are the well-known flrm of Childs and Smith of Chicago, who have built school buildings at Ann Arbor and Jackson, Michigan: Sheboygan, Wisconsin, LaGrange, Illinoisg and other places, and who are advisory architects for the McKinloch Campus of Northwestern University, Chicago.. The plans for the new building which the Township Board of Education and the architect have evolved are based absolutely upon considerations of economy and efficiency for the future. The building is also planned as to form a unit and not offer any obstacles in the way of future additions for many years. When the old Township High School building is abandoned, and as the needs of the high school and junior college increase, the present building can be extended along Sixth Street to the athletic grounds and then south to Fifth Street, forming a quadrangle built on the same lines of construction and of the same materials. It is probable that the contracts for the new addition will be let early in the summer of IQ26 and it is possible that the auditorium will be finished by June, I927. 5 llfe, the Class of IQ26, respectfully cleclicate this oolztme of the Ell Ess P T 0 s HOWARD FELLGWS ll hose high icleals of physical clevelopment, whose sleill as an athletic coach, and whose neoerffailing loyalty, haz'e helped to make a greater La Salle-Peru Q J Qf affix f ', W.. ..,1. l L lhwwllij FLL E S S' 4 . 3 , l SCHOOL 4 Buildings and,Equip'ment . . lnoard of Education .,... ' Faculty .3 ......... Classes . . .. Seniors . . . Juniors ..... Sophomores . . F reshmen, . . ' Oglesby . . JUNIOR COLLEGE . . ORGANIZATIONS . . . ATHLETICS ' Track .... Football .... Basketball . . . Girls' Athletics . . Social Center . . CALENDAR .... LITERARY .. . JoKEs .,c. 8 9-I3 14-15 16-22 23-6o 23-47 48-5 1 5 2-5 5 56-59 6o 61-70 ' 71-86 87-94 . Q5-IO6 . . . IO7-IIO . . . 111-113 . . . 114-117 118-122 123-133 134-155 M., fi If 4 ' IJ ff, 'l m 'll ' IIS ht, M34 ---f It sf i n 5 5? fx . ,I Q! X X . S l f 3 5 I G 5 i Q., l ,:. 5-2 Q ' w 1 4 4 1 1 I I 1 1 I 1 4 v 4 J S , S 15wfX. Selig x 'iw rv . Si QQ X X V I I I I I I I THE LILBRARY I Undoubtedly the focus of the acade I ic activities of the LaSalle-Peru Town- ship High School. and Junior College is glue remarkable library which it has been the good fortune of the school to acquire through the generosity of private patrons and the liberal provision of the township! board of education. An unusually well- lighted room, twenty feet in height, withfa Hoor space of fifty-one feet by twenty- two, easily permits the housing of the Ieight thousand or more volumes. The spacious walls accommodate five large oilIpaintings. Two of these, The Sacrifice of Abraham , and The Easter Sacrificelv, are original oil canvases painted by Solimena Ccirca 17405, the son-in-law of iepolo, and were presented to the school by Mrs. Adele M. Blow of LaSalle. T e third magnificent oil canvas was pre- sented in the autumn of 1925 by Mrs. C. IH. Matthiessen of LaSalle. This canvas is an oil copy by Van Salk of the famous Iportrait of an old woman by Rembrandt in the Rijks Gallery, Amsterdam. Two' other impressive paintings are the gift of the Class of 19259. They are copies in oil by Edward Salzman of New York, from originals in the New York Public Library: Milton Dictating Paradise Lost by M. Munkacsy, and RudolphIH in the Laboratory of His Alchemist, I5'76,,, by V. Brozik. i But while the paintings and the numerous original etchings and engravings possessed by the school are a conspicuous feature of its aesthetic equipment, yet the school is mosttproud of its collection of books. The effort has here been made to purchase in every department the grelat standard classical works. :Especially in books of reference is the library rich. Not only does it possess copies, sometimes in duplicate, of works like the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Americana, the International Encyclopaedia, the Catholic and Jewish encyclopaedias, but it has acquired the standard encyclopaedias of the different special sciences. It possesses dictionaries of nearly all foreigin languages and the standard encyclo- paedias in German and French. The objbect has been to establish a library from which authoritative information in any field can be obtained. The junior college has made necessary the acquisition of bo ks of a type which high school libraries would not ordinarily include and a syste atic plan of development has purchased the standard works of reference of highe grade in the fields of sociology, educa- tion, economics, political science, philosophy, psychology, logic and all branches of natural science. , ,As a further example of the resources of the library may be cited the fact that although the classics, especially Greek,I are little emphasized in middle-west schools, yet the library possesses a full coIlection of the Loeb classics for reference and for the inspiration of teachers and xceptional students. Notable also are the collections in English and American lterature and history and of the atlases and gazeteers, not only geographical bu historical and cultural. Some thirty odd magazines are on Hle in the racks at d include such periodicals as the New York Times, the London Times, Lilllustra ion, etc. The furnishings of the library whichlwill seat sixty students were supplied by the Library Bureau and include in addition to the usual standard contrivances many filing cabinets for conserving the materials for instruction used in the modern high school: blue-prints, photographs, pbst cards, lantern slides, instructional phonograph records, etc. The floor is cbvered with a heavy cork carpet, the windows and doors are of leaded glass, the Iillumination is semi-indirect and power- ful. The libraryhas been carefully cataldgued and is in charge of a professional librarian. The excellence of the equipment and the richness of the collection is due to the munificent gift of fifteen thdusand dollars made by Mrs. Adele M. Blow and Mrs. C. H. Matthiessen in IQIQI-IQZO as well as to the generous budget which the Township Board of Education has supplied for the purchase of books. 10' I N. L I L.. L LLLEL L F BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS ' The original main high school building was erected in 1897-1898. In 1903 the present manual training building, a gift of the late Mrs. F. W. Matthiessen, was erected. In 1913 Mr. F. W. Matthiessen gave to the high school four building lots to the north of the main building and the lots on which the Hygienic Institute now stands. ln the same year and on the lots to the north of the present main building the social center building was erected. To the construction of this build- ing, hir. Matthiessen gave 575,000 and the citizens of the township raised by a bond issue 525,00o. In this year the old lhigh school building was remodelled and the little auditorium in the basement built. To his gift of 1913, Mr. Matthiessen also added the building now housing the Hygienic Institute. In 1915 the large athletic grounds to the west of the manual training building were donated by Mr. Matthiessen and in 1916 the out-door swimming pool also was built by him. ln 1918, through a gift of the same donor of 545,000, an annex was added to the social center building, and the main high school building further remodelled. To these donations, in 1920, Mrs. C. H. Matthiessen and Mrs. Adele Nl. Blow added 515,000 for the equippinglof a new library. In 1923-24, the Town- ship Board of Education added a new story to the social center building, contain- ing five new recitation rooms, at a cost of about 540,o00. Altogether, in the past twenty-seven years, the late lylr. F. W. Matthiessen and his family have given to the local high school over S203,000, reckoned in values prior to 1918. During the same period, the tax payers of the township contributed for buildings and grounds 595,5o0. The new gift of Mrs. Matthiessen and hairs. Blow, together with the new township bond issue will add 56oo,0c0 to the sum spent for grounds and buildings prior to 1925. 1 12 THE BUREAU , or EDUCATIONAL COUNSEL A BRIEF SKETCH OF ITS ACTIVITIES The Bureau of Educational Counsel is in its third year of activity and although the objective-the careful study of the individual pupil-remains the same, there have been extensions and new ramifications in the work. The general emphasis falls on the study of behavior, the development of personality, and the adjustment of emotional difficulties. Although essentially educational and ethical in scope, the Bureau regards advanced mental hygiene as its chief instrument of research and considers vocational guidance an important part of its applied activities. A The approach is through the personal interview which is an objective review of individual resources and limitations. Obstacles to a healthy adjustment, whether intrinsic or extrinsic in force, are brought to the attention of the individual and analysed so that he may better understand the deterring part they play in the socialization of personality and its adjustment to academic and -vocational re- quirements. ' 1 Such an analysis reveals possibilities of other lines of needed improvement and self-development particularly in the fields of health, hygiene, interests, and recreation. Much health work has been accomplished by referring to tjhe family physician suspected medical problems for diagnosis and treatment, arid medical attention often involving surgical and 'dental treatment frequently has been a factor in removing scholarship deficiencies and general maladjustment. The plan of weighing every six weeks all pupils taking gymnasium work is being tried experimentally and will be extended to the entire student body if results warrant II. Vocational guidance-the study of occupational aptitudes, the planning of courses, and the selection of careers-is naturally an important part of a program that stresses the study of the individual, and a function of the Bureau is the giving of psychological tests. All pupils are given general intelligence tests and are re- ferred to a trained psychologist for individual attention as to special interests and vocational abilities. More specifically, perhaps, is vocational guidance ,re- presented in the employment service which arranges for part-time work, vacation jobs, and full-time positions. The Bureau is in touch with various industries and business firms, and placement is a growing phase of the work. g An outstanding feature in this scientific study is the mental health service which the Illinois Institute for Juvenile Research makes possible in offering its services in the form of a visiting clinic. A psychiatrist and a psychologist come to the school on request and their recommendations are carried out by the Counsel- or who is trained in psychiatric social work. More and more the pupils areshowing their appreciation for this service by making application for it rather than waiting to be referred-and most frequently it is the superior pupil or the pupil with special aptitudes who avails himself of this service. Because of the demand on the part of Junior College students, personnel work was extended to them this year. The procedure is much the same as for the high school student, but the technique is modified so as to be more applicable to the older student. A course-the Psychology of Personality-is offered as an elective to those having proper prerequisites. It attempts the study of human adjustments from the viewpoint of the new psychologygand harmful factors lead- ing to inefficiency are contrasted with positive constructive factors leading to satisfactory self-adjustments. Although the lectures and discussions are impersonal and academic in nature, opportunities are given for individual conferences. On the whole the course is showing remarkable results in a personnel service way. 13 BOARD OF 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 EDUCATIUN 1 Term of 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 Kfemberslup G. A. XYILSON, SR., President-LaSa1le . . . . . . 1897-1899 1905-1925 11151. CLANCY-LaSalle .... ..... 1 . . , . 1917-1927 H. E. HACKIXI.-KN-PCFU . . Q ..,. . . . . . 1917-1927 Cf C. SWIFT-LaSalle .... . . . 1925-1928 .1o11N y7OUNGiOglCS1Jg7 ....... 1 . . 1921-1929 KATHERINE KEEGAN, Secretary ..... . . 1924-1927 1 1 1 L . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 G. A. W1LSQN,sR. 1 W- J - CLANCY 1 1 1 1 I. 1 1 1 1 H. E. HACKMAN JOHN YOUNG KATHERINE KEEGAN C. C. SWIFT 15 rf L 5 I N - J THOMAS J. MCCORMACK, MA., L.L.B., M.S Principal 16 4 THOMAS C. KOHIN University of Illinois ,iff iftant Principal .Mathfrnalicf Q S 'Nm' ' -yxxs A rl , J I 1 I , r I fi 17 XX DOROTHEA J. BEEBY Chicago Normal College AB., University of Illinois University of Nfichigan Englifh HARRX' I. BOWERS A.B., iN'IcPhersOn College B.IVI., American Conservatory Graduate Student Of Percy Grainger, Carl Busch and Leo Sowerby Mufic ,IOHN H. CAIRNS B.S., University of VViscOnsin Stevens Point Normal School Scienve BARBARA F. CRABTREE Western Illinois State Normal School A.B., University Of Illinois .Mathematics L , IALICE KI. BEYER I Chicago Art Institute New York School Of Fine and Applied Arts, Paris .ffl NIARGARET F. BOVVERS Ph.B., University of Chicago ' Englirh INIARY CLARKE Rfglifffdf FLORENCE A. CROCKER A.B., A.lW., Oberlin College University Of Chicago .Englz'.rh C WM DON M. DAILEY A.B., Oberlin College A.lX1., Northwestern University University of Michigan Accountancy and Social Science NONA DIMMICK lllinois State Normal BERTHA L. DANHEIM B.S., M.S., Kansas State Agricultural College Science C. CLAUDE EBBERT lW.Acc't., Gregg School University Western Illinois State Commercial Subjectf Normal School - University of Wisconsin h Commercial Subjectf L Q W1 HOWARD FELLOWS KATHLEEN GAYNOR A B., A.lW., Ohio State A.D.E., Lewis Institute University Columbia University Director of Social Center University of Wisconsin and xlthleticf ALBERT F. GRANSDEN Houfeholcl Arif .JOHN W. GRAHAM B S., Northwestern College B.E., Illinois State Norma B P.E., American College University of Physical Education University of Wisconsin University of Illinois Public Speaking and Social Pliyfical Education for Boy: Science F' I NIILES C. HARTLEY B., AQVI., University of I Illinois lwalhcnzazicf NIRS. NAODAI HoovER S., South Dakota State College Englifh and Science Oglffby Branch KATHERINE KEEGAN Secretary ARLISLE E. lVliILLER B.S., Beloit College Iloufehold Arty and .Mathcmaticf 1 CELIA J. HATCH B.S., Knox College MatlLe1natic.f PHYLLIS JACKSON A.B., Indiana University B.E., Columbia College of Expression Chicago Normal School of Physical Education Englifh and Dramatic: y EVELYN KEITH A.B., University of Chicago l Columbia University I Nliddlebury College l French LEOTA MILLER - I A.B., Grinnell College University of Chicago University of Minnesota Latin 20 l I g - E. G. NIARSHALL WILLIAM H. iVIULVEY A.B., lndiana University Ph.B., University of University of Chicago Wisconsin M.S., Johns Hopkins Oshkosh State Normal University School Science Columbia University Manual .flrtf ef LL' RUTH lVIARQUAND MCCABE HowARD C. NELSON B.S., Northwestern Illinois State Normal University University University of California Illinois Wesleyan University of Chicago University Englixh and French University of Wisconsin Manual Arty mei, -ll VIRGINIA NEWCOMB ELMA M. OLSON A.B., Northwestern A.B., University of Iowa University A.M., Columbia University Lib rian Smith Colle e Training g School of Social Work Bureau of Educational Counfel Psychology AVIS PILLSBURY KATHERINE REINHARD Chicago Normal School of A.B., Northwestern Physical Education University Physical Education and University of Chicago Social Cenlcr Work Columbia University or Girlf Hiftory aw f' ' 21 o JI.f5J44P7 X11--- '6f'J,f4'.Z., GERTRUDE K. RICHTER LULA NI Ross B.S., University of Illinois Ph.B., Shuitleff College University of Chicago Universitx of Chicago University of Iowa Hirtory and Cwzcf University of Minnesota Dean o Gzrlr Comrnfrcial Work IVIARVIN D. STILES EVA M STUCKEY University of North Dakota A.B.Z University of Illinois Stout Institute UHIVCTSIIY of Wisconsin University of Illinois Illanual Art: HARRY L. WILMOT PAUL A WILKINSON Ph.B', University of A.B., De Pauw University Chica O Sczence g A.M., Columbia University Prychology and Education Dfan of Boyf Dcan of junior College MARION I. WILLIAMS B.S., Northwestern University Prychologift RICHARD EVANS Illinois State Normal University Illanual Arif Oglesby Branch LOUISE MANIFOLD Houffhold Art: Oglerby Branch 22 vliwngw W of I 4 i 3 Q- 3 '1 r 5 I i 1 5 I I a 5 E e 1 5 1 1 4 i .l x 4 I l 1 l LE., l l MILDRED BATTY Commercial Course, Sophomore Play. She'J Jo shy and quiet. We .feldorn hear her speak except when .rhe ix called on. r l g DONALD BRAY l ,General Course., A Wegcannot imaglirzeffhim hither becorh-l ing angry or receiving low grades. 1 l , ESTHER BELL General Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Junior Play. I She'f sincere and burinefs-like in all :he ,doe.f. : RICHARD BoRN lGeneral Course, Orchestra CI, 2, 3, 4j. Wlhen he play: upon the violin he sway: ,our emotions. Q l LUCY BERNARD ,Commercial Course, Girls' League Q2, 3, L4jg Class Volleyball C215 High Scholar- ship Legion C4D. We alwayf think of Lucy as being very earneft and hard at work. l l 24l l l v l l 1 l HERBERT BOECKLING General Course, Class Football CI, 2, 3, 4Dg Class Track CI, 255 Varsity Foot- ball CI, 2, 3, 45- Why is the assembly so quiet when Hub isnlt there? ROBERT BOYER College Preparatory Course, Ell Ess Pe, Assistant Business Manager, Sopho- more Playg Class Tracks Cljg Class Basket- ball Czj. R My name spells mischief-I used to be full of it, but times have changed and so haoe I. ELSIE CRIDGE Commercial Course, Chorus CID. Elsie is distinguished because of her quiet dignity and her good looks. JULIAN COUGHLIN General Course. His hair is proof that nature, after all, is the best artist. 1 CHESTER COGGSHALL College Preparatory Course, High Scholarship Legion Cz, 35, Ell Ess Pe Board ,Student Councilfzj ,Class President C3jg Orchestra CI, zjg lass Footb ll C4jg Varsity Football 4j. Qin ' c He is an honor student, he is a gent em 'Q in fact, he has many desirable character- istics, but perhaps the most pleasing thing about him is his sense of humor. 25 HARRY CIOCCA General Course, Elgin High School. We see so few of this chiwalrous type nowa- days. Perhaps he is a survivor of the days when lenighthood was in flower. BON-CONWAY 'General Course, Class Football C455 Varsity Football f4D. A faithful member of the football squad. We wish we knew him better. DoRoTHY B. CLARK General Course, Art Club fz, 3, 4jg Class Volleyball flj. She smiles her way through all the storms and troubles of school life. l SAM CASSATTA Commercial Course, Class Football CI, Zig Class Basketball CI, 2Dg Class Swimming Meet QI, 2D. Always ready to lend a helping hand. l l JOHN CUSICK Commercial Course. He has the rare quality of minding his own business. 26 - if if x l X . 1: DOAN CAMENISCH College Preparatory Course, Ell Ess Pe Board. K Perhapr if I were taller I could get .forne of thofe high grader. DOROTHY DEIBERT Commercial Course, Ell Ess Pe Board. Epitome of sweetness. RUTH DAUCK Commercial Course. It .veemf imporfible that .vuch a care-free gzrl could be xtudiouy, but .rhe ir. FRANCES DIMMICK - Commercial Course, E11 Ess Pe Board, Girls' League Cz, 3, 45, Art Club Cz, 3, 45, Vice-President Cgj. An arti,ft'.v :mock doe! well become her. KENNETH CLARK General Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, High Scholarship Legion '13, 45, Junior Play. Quiet, unaffumiug, and well-liked by every- one. il .N ,. R N Nx- ...SS 27 ex X f I -' sw is N N ,X Y S X X Ni? ENN, E Lum si BORIS FREDMAN College Preparatory Courseg Elyria High School5 Class Track5 Class Swim- ming5 Varsity Swimming. Hel! not the meek and mild little lad he appear! to .be. RAY FAH EY General Course5 Student Council C3, 455 Sergeant-at-Arms C455 Class Football C2, 355 Class Basketball CI, 2, 355 Varsity Football C3, 455 Varsity Basketball C2, 3, 455 Varsity Tennis C3, 45. Sometime! we jimi a football Std? who i! al!o a wonder at ba!leetball. Here we have him. ' JOSEPHINE EASTMAN Commercial Course5 Ell Ess Pe Board5 Band C455 Chorus C455 Girls' League CI, 2, 3, 455 Sophomore Play5 Junior Play5 Operetta C455 Class Basketball CI, 2, 3, 455 Captain C155 Class Volleyball CI, 2, 3, 455 Captain C155 Swimming Meet CI, 2, 3, 454 Captain CI, 2, 3, 455 Happy-go-lucky foe ZXCKIJ' in every !port. 5 ANDREW FINLEY - Commercial Course. Hi! drawl remind! 145 of the !torie! of the S oath. MARTIN FLANAGAN General Course. L17-6,1 quite a !eriou! ajair. 28 A I JOSEPH GENDE Commercial Course5 St. Bede Collegeg Class Football C3, 455 Class Swimming Meet C355 Class Basketball C45., If a tark he doef not do, he .frnile tif overlooked. I if HELEN GOLOB General Course5 High Scholarship Legion CI, 2, 3, 45: Student Council C255 Chorus C155 Girls' League CI, 2, 355 Na- tional Honor Society. She if a confirmed man-hater but we all know how thore Jtorief end. CLINTON J. GEHM Manual Arts Course5 Orchestra CI, 255 Sophomore Play5 Class Track C2, 455 Class Basketball CI, 2, 45. He tower: high both in Jcholarfhip and in .fZd1f1.t7'6. ANN GARVEY General Course5 Class Secretary C355 Girls' League CI, 2, 3, 455 Sophomore Play5 Junior Play5 Class Basketball CI, 2, 355 Captain C155 Class Volleyball CI, 25. Care-free, happy, .vrniling Ann,' the friend of all who know her. Louis GREGORICH Commercial Course5 Class Basketball C15- Hif tendencief toward fun are not greater than those toward work. - 2 9 'T 1 l l l l ..l pr-W F r X X X N X -sy. , N X X X X Xb XY. ESTHER GUNTHER College Preparatory Courseg Ell Ess Pe Board, Chorus C4DQ Girls' Glee Club CI, 2, 3, 4jg Art Club C2, 3, 4j, President C31 455 OPCFCU-Q CI, 45- It is almost a miracle to jind so much kind- ,ness in one person. . CASIMIR GUZIEC Commercial Course, Class Football C25- Girls mean nothing to him, other people's business less, but his studies mean a lot. NORMA HAMM I Commercial Course, Ell Ess Pe Board. Her twinkling eyes look at us from a zfery sober face. V JACOB GooT General Course. School would be fine if they'd eliminate the studies. DOROTHEA HEILSTEDT General Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Girls' Glee Club CID, Class Volleyball CID. A happy young lady who always jinds the silver lining. 30 ,yas Q. ff 2 F 'A li l x I JACK HAMM Commercial Course, Ell Ess Pe Boardg Student Council f4Dg Class Treasurer CID, Boys' Glee Club QI, 2, 3Dg Operetta QI, 3, 45, junior Play, Class Football C4jg Class Track CI, 2, 3, 45, Class Basketball CI, 2, 3, 41, Varsity Track facle'f .vo tall and noble looking, we wonder if heir of royal blood. VIRGINIA JASKOWIAK Commercial Course, Ell Ess Pe Boardg Chorus CI, zjg Girls' Glee Club CI, 215 Girls, League C3, 4jg Junior Play, Soph- omore Playg Operetta CIDg Class Basket- ball fzj. A winning smile and way: beguiling. VVYILLIAM HOFFMAN College Preparatory Course. So quiet in school,--but oh, after hourff JENNIE JOHNSON Teachers' Course, Junior Play. She plan: to be a teacher. We are :ure :he will be Juccefsful. ALFRED JANZ Commercial Course. I would that play could be my occupation. R 31 l MARGARET JONES 1 Teachers' Courseg Girls, League CI, 2, 3, 4Dg Class Basketball 11,355 Class Vol- leyball 0,355 Baseball QI,2J. Her ready Jmile winf many hearty. JOHN JAKUBEK Commercial Course, Junior Play. Hi! lemon: mean a lot to him and Jo do hir friends. ' EMILY JASKOWIAK General Courseg Girls, Glee Club QU, Girls' League Cl, 2, '3, 4DQ Gperetta CID, Class Volleyball CI, 25. She maker friendr readilyg then leeepf them. HAROLD JONES General Course, Vice-President Czj. If I could jwt be great without working for it. LEWIS KABLE College Preparatory Courseg Ell Ess Pe Board, Sergeant-at-Arms QD, Soph- omore Play, Junior Play. Hi: vocabulary if extraordinarily Jtupen- dous. How enchantingly he can tell a lvtory! One fairly breathe: it: atmo- . sphere. 32 ESTHER KEUTZER Commercial Course5 Ell Ess Pe Board. We all like Esther because she never thinks ill of anyone. ISABEL KLAWANS General Course5 E11 Ess Pe Board5 Girls' League CI, 2, 3, 455 Dramatic Club Play C355 Class Volleyball C155 Baseball C2, 355 Captain. She's a refreshing breeze. We find that of her many talents the best known are her art of making friends and her ability in public speaking. 5 HILTON KOHR General Course5 Class Track C35 45. All great men have striking characteristics. Thine is thy laugh. ' A MILDRED KEENAN College Preparatory Course5 Orchestra CI, 2, 355 Chorus C455 Girls, Glee Club C2, 3, 455 Girls' League C2, 3, 455 Sopho- more Playg Operetta C3, 455 Class Basket- ball CI55 Class Volleyball C25. Her lovely voice wins much applause. . LELA KREIS College Preparatory Course5 Ell Ess Pe B'oard5 High Scholarship Legion CI, 2, 3, 455 Student.Council C355 Girls' League C1, 2, 3, 455 Art Club C2, 3, 45, Secretary C455 Sophomore Play5 National Honor Society. As sweet as a spring blossom ana' as rejined as a Grecian maiden. 33 ROBERT LEE General ,Course5 Ell Ess Pe Board5 Class President CI15 Orchestra CI, 2, 3, 415 Band CI, 215 Dramatic Club Play C315 Class Football C2, 3, 415 Class Track C2, 415 Class Basketball CI, 2, 3, 415 Varsity Football C3, 415 Varsity Track C415 Varsity Basketball C3, 41. He studies when there's nothing else to do. HELEN KALASINSKI Commercial Course5 High Scholarship Legion C215 Orchestra C3, 415 Chorus C415 Girls' Glee Club CI, 2, 3, 415 Girls' League C3, 415 Operetta CI, 3, 415 Class Volleyball C11. A dignijied and winsome maid whose soul is jilled with music. EDMUND LOPATKA General Course5 Class Football CI, 215 Class Track CI, 2, 3, 415 Captain CI, 315 Class Basketball CI, 3, 415 Varsity Foot- ball C2, 3, 415 Varsity Track CI, 2, 3, 415 Varsity Basketball C3, 41. Pat is a hard worker-that, is physical- ly. LUCILLE LINDSAY Commercial Course5 Sophomore Play. She acts the part of Little Princess as swell of the stage as on. WALTER KASZYNSKI ,General Course5 Orchestra C415 Band C415 Operetta C315 Class Football C2, 3, 415 Varsity Football C415 Class Tennis C3, 415 Swimming Meet C2, 31. He whistles his own accompaniment as he trips on the light fantastic toe. 34 - 4 HENRIETTA LEVINE ,College Preparatory Courseg High Scholarship Legion CI, 3, ,455 Ell Ess Pe Board5 Girls' League CI, 2, 3, 455 Treas- urer of Girls' League C455 Sophomore Play, Class Basketball CI, 2, 355 Class Volleyball CI, 2, 355 National Honor Society. We'd call thi! young lady perfect if :he could only control her gigglef. But would we want hier perfect? . V BERNARD LEMANSKI ' General Course5 Class Football C3, 455 Varsity Football C3, 45. He ha: gentle Jeriourness and becoming 1 modefty, and with it all he'.f an athlete. CATHERINE LOEKLE 4 College Preparatory Courseg Orchestra CI, 2, 3, 455 Band C455 Chorus C455 Girls' Glee Club C2, 3, 455 Operetta C3, 455 Class Basketball C255 Class Volleyball C25. Illl try anything once,--but rnufic if my hobby. ARTHUR L1PKA Commercial Course5 Ell Ess Pe Board5 Class Track C2, 3, 45. He Jett an examplefor us-he Lo 5 to rk and edoef ork. - WL MM BLANCHE LAFFERTY Commercial Courseg Girls' League CI, 2, 3, 455 Class Basketball CI, 255 Class Volleyball CI, 255 Sophomore Play. We like to be with her, and we like to think of her. 35 R Y X DOROTHY LEE Commercial Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Student Council C45g Girls' League CI, 2, 3, 455 Arr Club C3, 45- Rernember way back when?-that'.r when Dorothylv popularity began. HARRY MCCLUGAGE College P Preparatory Course, High Scholarship Legion CI, 2, 3, 45, Ell Ess Pe Board, National Honor Society. Sharp as a whistle he is. It'.v just afamily Wall. MARY MACCRINDLE College Preparatory Course, Chorus C455 Girls' Glee Club CI, 2, 3, 45g Sopho- more Play, Operetta C3, 45. Where in all thif world could one jind a girl more exact, and dainty, and un- mistakably agreeable? NEIL MCCLARNAN College Preparatory Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Junior Play, Class Football fl, 2, 3, 455 Class Track C2, 3, 455 Class Basketball CI, 2, 3, 45, Varsity Football C2, 3, 455 Varsity Track K2, 3, 45, Varsity Basketball Q2, 3, 45. Hi: jield of accompliyhments ir wide-it take: in athletic! and romance. ALICE MATTERN General Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Girls' Glee Club C2, 35, Art Club C2, 35, Secretary C35, Vice-President C455 Gper- etta Q35. Shelf alwayf willing to render .veroice or to help anyone in diftreff. 36 i FLORINE MALONE Commercial Courseg Sophomore Play. So polite, dernnre, ana' dignified. HARRY MARZETTA General Courseg Class Basketball CID. The livelong day hi: thought! dwell on the evening before. AGNES MASON General Courseg Chorus Cljg Girls' League CI, 415 Sophomore Playg Class Basketball CID5 Class Volleyball CI, 25. Vivacity ana' gayety are her outrtancling traits. WILLIAM NEW General Courseg San Diego High School, Francis Parker High Schoolg Western Military Academyg Elgin Acad- emyg English Play C3D. f-A-Z-Z spells Life. Lois NELSON College Preparatory Courseg Ell Ess Pe Boardg Student Council CI, 4Dg Girls' Glee Club CI, 2, 35g Girls' League C2, 3, 415 President C4Jg Sophomore Playg Christmas Play Czjg Operetta C3jg Class Basketball CID, Captain C2, 3, 4jg Class Volleyball Czj, Captain C3, 425 Baseball CID5 Captain CZJ. A girl with a clever, rapid tongue and a personality as :trileing af her hair. N 37 ESTHER METZLER Teachers' Course, Tonica High School. She conceals her fun-loving disposition be- neath a shy and modest aspect. JOHN MASON College Preparatory Course, High Scholarship Legion CI, 2, 3, 455 Ell Ess Pe Boardg National Honor Society. ' A lad who is potentially a brilliant ex- ecutive or an accomplished musician. CORRINE MCMANUS Commercial Course, Chorus CI, 4Dg Girls' League C4jg Class Volleyball CQ. Q She has Irish eyes and dancing feet.' DAN MCCLUSKEY General Course, Class Football CID, Class Basketball Q41 He's just a little boy trying to be a man. IDA MILLER ' Commercial Courseg Class Secretary C4jg Sophomore Play. Although she is reserved and studious, she has her share of jolly times, too. 38 ORIS OLMSTED College Preparatory Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Student Council C4Qg Secre- tary-Treasurer Czjg Orchestra CI, 2, 3, 415 Band CI, 2, 3, 45, Sophomore Play. If kingf were not out of ftyle, he would surely be one, for he look! like a king, and he haf a regal bearing. HILDA NELSON College Preparatory Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Chorus Cljg Girls' Glee Club Czjg Sophomore Playg Dramatic Club Play Did anyone ever try harder to live up to the title Dignifed Seniorn? WILLIAM NORKUS ' Commercial Course. ' He doe5n't do today what he can do to- morrow. THORA PHELPS Commercial Course, Ell Ess Pe Board. Thora if always ready for a good time,- after her ,ftudying if done. WILLIAM GESTERLE General Course, Orchestra CI, 2, 3, 45. Everytime we meet thirfellow, he har fifty A diferent irony in the jire. 1 39 If ff 1 WD 1 '9 l ,fi X if I, 'iw 'v i F , ,.,Y,,, S R N Rs Q EDWARD PISZCZEK College Preparatory Course, Newport, New York, High School, Chorus CI, 2,35, Sophomore Play, Operetta CI, 2, 3, 45, Class Football C2, 3, 45, Class Track C2, 3, 45, Class Basketball C3, 45, Varsity Football C2, 3, 45. Hi: golden voice enchant: us. VERA RAMEY General Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Chorus C45,-Girls' Glee Club C2, 3, 45, Librarian C3, 45, Girls' League C2, 3, 45, Sergeant-at-Arms C35, Recording Sec- retary C45, Operetta C3, 45, Sophomore Play, Class Basketball C2, 35, Class Volleyball CI, 2, 3, 45, Baseball C2, 35. They Jay the fayf all she ha: to Jay. JEROME PTAK General Course, Class Football C2, 35, Class Track CI, 2, 3, 45, Class Basketball CI, 2, 3, 45, Varsity Football C2, 3, 45, Varsity Track C3, 45, Class Swimming C2, 3, 45, Class Tennis C3, 45, Varsity Swimming C3, 45. jerry if afellow with ajine perronality. He has a grim determination to accom- plish whatever he .vets out to do. FLORENCE RoUNDs Teachers' Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Girls' League C2, 3, 45, Class Basketball C2, 3, 45, Baseball C2, 35. Florence certainly knows how to have a good time-but that iJn't all-.vhe writer well, too. WILLIAM PATON . General Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Student Council CI, 2, 3, 45, President C45, Junior Play, Operetta C45, CQass Football CI, 25, Class Track CI, 2, 3, 45, Class Basketball C2, 3, 45, Varsity Foot- bal CI, 2, 3, 45, Captain C45, Varsity Track C3, 45, Manufacturers' Club De- bate C35. . With pretty .vpeech he accostx the ladief, with lightning in hir eyef, the gridiron foe,-and he alwayy gain! his point. 40 l Q s Q is X w 5 s MAE RICE College Preparatory Courseg High Scholarship Legion C155 Girls' Glee Club C2, 355 Operetta C355 Christmas Festival C25. Studying and dancing take up most of Mae's time. GILBERT RosE Manual Arts Course. X 'This serene Rose spends his time working peacefully. It is a pleasure to have him about. RUTH RIETGRAF Teachers' Course5 High Scholarship Legion C355 Girls' League QI, 2, 355 Soph- omore Play. 5 Ruth is to be a teacher-imagine! The 5 reason she spends so much time with the faculty is to get used to the atmosphere. - GEORGE ROTTNER Commercial Course5 High Scholarship Legion CI, 455 Ell Ess Pe Board5Dramatic Club Play5 Class Track C2, 3, 455 Class Basketball C25 455 Varsity Track 145. The teachers like fidge ' because he is studious, the boys like him because he is a good sport and the girls like him be- cause-oh, well. ELIZABETH ROSENKRANZ Commercial Course5 High Scholarship Legion CI, 2, 3, 455 Ell Ess Pe Boardg Girls' Glee Club C155-Il1I1iOI' Playg Nation- al Honor Society. Talk! How she can talk!-but always on the lesson. - ,:.' 41 'N f ai' J. NAOMI REITER Commercial Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Chorus Q45, Girls' Glee Club CI, 2, 3, 45, Girls' League C2, 3, 45, Operetta CI, 3, 45. What a funny, funny world! It keeps me bufy writing versef about the funny thing: that happen. FLOYD RETT College Preparatory Course, High Scholarship Legion CI, 2, 3, 45, Ell Ess Pe Board, Treasurer C3, 452, National Honor Society. Floyd doef affociate with hif classmate: but the faculty if more to his liking. JULIA STEVENS College Preparatory Course, High Scholar- ship Legion CI, 2, 3, 45, Ell Ess Pe Board, Class Vice-President QI5, Orchestra C3, 45, Student Council C3, 45, Chorus Q45, Girls' Glee Club CI, 2, 3, 45, Girls' League C2, 3, 45, Sophomore Play, Operetta Cz, 3, 45, Class Basketball CI5, Class Volleyball CI, 25, National Honor Society. Stevie if an orator,a talented musician, and 5he'.v hlled to the brim with laughter that naturally bubble: over like water from afountain. HOWARD SCHULTE Commercial Course. He never haf, does not, and never will, take life, school, or girl.v Jeriously. ANN ScHoT'r Commercial Course, E11 Ess Pe Board, Girls' League fl, 2, 3, 45, Sophomore Play, Class Basketball CI, 25, Class Volleyball CI, 25. Tutz love! her :chool work and that': the real reafon why HE carne back from Elgin. 42 SX V Y XX S X X N X s SR x I ESTHER SWANSON Commercial Courseg St. Maryls Acad- emyg Chorus C455 Girls' League C3, 455 Sophomore Playg Operetta C45. june, the month of roses, is in her blush. GENEVIEVE STUPPY Commercial Courseg Girls' League C2, 3, 455 Sophomore Playg Class Volley- ball C1, 25. e We wish we could laugh of the tasks of life as Genevieve does. - sf P q JOHN SMUDZIVNNSKI Commercial Courseg Class Football C2, 3, 45g Varsity Football C3, 45. When Smiling john smiles, the world smiles with him. g MARION SEITZ College Preparatory Courseg Ell Ess Pe Boardg Art Club Play CI5. We can't help but like her. She makes it impossible for us to do otherwise. HILDA SCHOLLE Commercial Courseg Girls' League f45g Class Volleyball C259 Class Basketball CI, 25. 'On the highway toward success she travels with a pleasant disposition to help her over any detours she may meet. 43 ll :NP x is Rx Q is fx s . FRANCIS TRATTNER ' General Courseg Orchestra '4Buzz is a radio bug. We're told some day he will be famous on the air. MARTHA SPICKERMAN College Preparatory Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Orchestra CI, 2, 3, 4jg Chorus C415 Girls' Glee Club C2, 3, 41, Art Club C2, 3, 41, Operetta C3, 415 Class Volley- ball CID. I am a dreamer. I dream day and night. What I worry about is, will those dreams come true? ARTHUR UTZ College Preparatory Courseg High Scholarship Legion CI, 2, 3, 4Dg National Honor Society. How he does it, no one knowsg when he studies, no one knowsg but his grades stay up as though on wings. LORRETTA VOGT General Course, Ell Ess Pe Board, Art Club C3, 4D5 Class Volleyball C3j. She has high ambitions though she tells them to few. f X . I I W 1 . 1 4 f .1 - If 1 . i ' RICHARD XACOLFIZ' General Courseg Class Basketball He's always up to something. Teachers cannot keep him down. 44 A ii DELLA WEBER College Preparatory Courseg Hall Township High School, High Scholar- ship Legion C2, 3, 4jg Ell Ess Pe Boardg Student Council C4DQ Vice President C453 National Honor Society. Della follows unfzvervingly the light of fashion,-and the reyt follow Della. EARL WEBER College Preparatory Course, Ell Ess Pe, Business Manager, Class President C4j5 Orchestra CI, 2, 3, 4jg Sophomore Play, Junior Play. When .romeone inventf more honors, Earl will receive them af gracefully df ufual and juxt as deservedly. MILDRED UTZ Teachers' Course, Class Volleyball CID. What a timid, reserved and blushing girl. WALTER WALLOCH General Course, Class Football Cz, 3, 415 Class Track C2, 3, 455 Varsity Foot- ball C3, 4Dg Varsity Track His grit and his unaffuming manner make him popular with both boyr and girly. DoRoTHY WEEG General Course, Girls' League CI, 2, 3, 41g Class Volleyball CZD. Sheff a good pupil and a wonderfulfriend. 45 .5 ifxf fr, X ' LORRETTA WALTER C College Preparatory Course, High Scholarship Legion Cz, 3, 4jg Ell Ess Pe, Editor, Student Council C455 Art Club Cz, 3, 45, National Honor Society. She'.v as energetic as the day is long and it would take more than thiy :mall :pace to tell of her tie? and achievements. , . . z.. EMMA YOXALL Commercial Course, Ansonia High Schoolg Ell Ess Pe Board, Girls' Glee Club CI, z, 325 Girls' League Cz, 3, 453 Operetta C3D. We fee Emma here, and hear Emma there -5he'.r the lzlfe of every gathering.. 46 47 ,IUNIOR MYTH , ' T was the desire of Dean McCormack, head of the far-famed , Temple of Knowledge, that everyone who attended his temple should be perfect. The Students at his temple were divided into ll four classes. Three of the four classes pleased him in every way- ' but oh!-the class called Junior! There seemed to be no help for K A A them. Each day thedean drew some of his perfect dears from the Freshman, Sophomore, and Senior classes into his private den, in order to gaze upon them in all their perfectness. He tried again and again to convert the Junior class, but it was of no use. The temple was gradually losing its standing, and each day the Juniors did some new thing to increase the degradation. Sitting alone in his den one day, Dean McCormack sighed to himself and said: Ah, if there were only someiway to better them. If something is not done soon, I shall be ruined, and the good works of my famous temple will be lost to the people of the worldf, As he sat there sighing and lamenting a tiny voice spoke to him saying, What wouldst thou give to have all thy attendants perfect? What would I give? cried he, I would give all my possessions and be the happiest man on earth. If thou art sure thou wilt be satisfied thus, I think it can be arranged, went on the tiny voice. I would be content forever if there were only some way to convert these people, answered the dean. Very well, said the voice, if thou art certain that thou wilt be happy and content I will bestow a gift upon thee, whereby thou canst make perfect anyone thou touchestf' The dean was delighted at this and could hardly wait to get his hands on one of the culprits. But he must wait until morning. In the morning, he went quickly and quietly about his work, touching one, then another of the impish Juniors. Before many hours had passed, two Seniors, a Freshman, and a Sophomore came to him wailing and moaning, Oh, Dean McCormack, they sobbed, whatever has happened to the temple? Everyone is perfect, and there is no excitement of any kind. Thejunior class is all so changed. Dean McCormack had been much pleased with himself, but now he rumpled his hair and scowled. Why should one of his pets come thus wailing to him? By and by Dean McCormack beganto wish he had not made everyone so perfect. His temple was now less to his liking than it had been before. Again the little voice spoke, Why art thou sad, Dean McCormack? Hast thou not everything thou desirest? I found thee this way not so long ago, and knowing thy wish, granted it for thee. Thou said thou wouldst be always happy, but what has happened? Alas! cried Dean McCormack, give me back my temple as it was in the beginning. I no longer want my school to be one of perfection as I once thought I did. a But thou Wert so certain that thou wouldst be content forever, that I doubt that I shall grant your second wish. ' ' Please, please, grant me just this one wish,,' cried Dean McCormack, falling to his knees. Very well, said the voice. Handing Dean McCormack a small bottle he said, sprinkle one drop of this on each one thou again wishest to change back to his natural state. I sincerely hope thou wilt be satisfied now and wilt get no more foolish ideas into thy head. Dean McCormack gladly took the bottle, and as each member of the former fourth class appeared, he put a drop of the magic fluid upon him. So, lo an-d behold! Everyone was again in his natural form and as mischievous as before. Once again the Dean was happy. His temple was NOW perfect. In after years he told this story to each incoming class, explaining carefully how the Class of 1927 had proved to him that absolute perfection is most unin- teresting. 48 W SG xxxxg X MX X X X 'x N Xfxxx r X xx Xxx 'N xxxxyx X XX X xN xg NN X Qx is SSQSXNQQ 'xxx wx Y xx W fTQfI T'ISES'xfYZR5 .X xX-,.::. WTTYX XMSM X X.: xx . Sxxwi . Nx ' X xxxw X f xX-X x xx xxx Q-Q XSXQQ XXX xx 1.Xr ,N - f f. ,sf is xxxx Qxxg -: sxhfgwyxfx- NC .XNFX 4 X x ' X xQXX ' x x 'mx X E , Xx x X - vxX.r,XXX' X XX, x ' iiflx - Xx-xg, xg- x x XQx x ' 'X X ex . ww x x - A Q Q x -fi: :.- 2. ARES X 1 X, XX.. .Xx 1 xX3XNXXX 5 .XXX QNX , QCXXAXQQ. E QSEXWSX X Tx A : x,.' S xi f Q- X: - 5 Xxx fxilsXq :X x ., :M .g gxgg y hxgx xg 3 ' XX ,Sf :' Q? X XX Xx x XS x N X X X x X x xx x x X x X x X X NNY X ix X X X S X Q S x X XX K X Xx xX x X x X18 'X ' 'I' X V xx X 'QL X XXmx gKxXXXN WN N,,, , , - gig X xxx . Q X Q x X X X ASX Yx X x X A x x x X x wx x x X X wx N X W X X X X X3 XXX xv? S X -X' ,-.a:a:f:x r xx Y 5 x X xxx X X xx X X X x xXx xx Q Q L ., X Six? Q fails? 1 50 N l W 5- es is. 'fv- , .. ' 'T s E ,I .1 I 5 JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS WALTER LOCKE . . President FLORENCE KLEIN . Vice-President HARRY DAFT . . Secretary- Treasurer WILBUR HARTENBOWER . Sergeantfatgdrmr Mlss L. MILLER, MR. STILES . I . . V Clarr Advirerr CLASS COLORS ' ' Green and White A JUNIOR PLAY,192i6 THE CHARM SCHOOLH ' A Comedy by ALICE DUER MILLER AND ROBERT l.h'iILTON Presented April 21, 22, 23, 1926 at the High School Auditorium CHARACTERS ' I Austin Bevans ...... . Walter Utz An Automobile Salesman with Ideas which David MacKenzie ...... . Arthur Seepe A law student, considers unpractical though ' P George Boyd ......... Albert Nelson An expert accountant, is willing to co-operate and so are Jim Simpkins ......... Wilbur Vrornan and ' ' Tim Simpkins ..... 'I .... Ray Entwistle Who toil not and have never seriously considered spinning Homer johns ........ Wilbur Hartenbower is the guardian of Elise Benedotti ........ Louise Eickhoil the president of the senior class at a school presided over by lVIiss Hays ......... . Grace Swift Who is loved and feared by all who know her, including the secretary Miss Curtis ........ .I . Rose Christopher , Who is always trying to think well of the senior class, consisting of - Sally Boyd ......... Helen Holahan Who is George's sister, and Muriel ..... . Doris Olmsted Ethel . Hester Smith Alix . . Anna Knauf Lilian . . .Leila Loekle Madge . . Leona Kawrlosky Charlotte , . Mildred Schuetz Marie . . Assunta Fusinato Celia . 4 Rose Ramenofsky Dorothy ......... Almaida Stein The plot deals with the struggles of Austin to carry out successfully his original ideas concerning education. He means well, but introduces a teaching staff of five young men into a girls' boarding school, and finds that there are endless possibilities for trouble. Austin knows his success depends upon preventing any of the pupils from falling in love with him, but alas, he is no more than human. The outcome is logical, and is satisfying-at least to the audience. The comedy is amusingly realistic, and is pervaded by the spirit of youth and springtime. 51 Q N.-.,,..... .. EIGHT LABORS OF A SOPHOMORE HE prosperous little kingdom of Ell Ess Pe lay in the valley of a certain famous river. This kingdom was ruled by good King McCormack, and a most extraordinary kingdom it was. Its inhabitants were youths and maidens who had come from several neighbor- ing kingdoms of the valley to study at King McCormack's noble temple of learning. The fame of Ell Ess Pe spread so far that soon the little kingdom was greatly over ' crowded. King McCormack became alarmed at the large numbers of young people who swarmed to his land. So he called his chief adviser, Lord Kohin, for a conference. 1 They pondered and argued for hours at a time, trying to decide on a way to relieve QE-12 i crowded conditions at Ell Ess Pe. Finally Lord Kohin came out from the King's private council room and announced to the young people of the kingdom: King lNlcCormack does decree that from this day forward, no youth or maiden shall be allowed to dwell in the land of Ell Ess Pe, or to attend the temple of learning unless he can prove himself worthy. Therefore, each young person shall this day perform eight labors to prove that he is fit to live in this happy kingdom. These labors shall be difficult, yet to those who know the magic aids, they shall seem easy and pleasant. Let any youth fail in' these labors, and his punishment shall be eternal banishment from Ell Ess Pe. But let him succeed, and his reward shall be the right to dwell in our kingdom for four happy years. The king's counselors will assign the labors which you must perform. Be you ever on the lookout for the three magic aids which will help you in your labors. Then striking a bell, Lord Kohin said in a loud voice, Go now to your labors! We shall follow one youth called Sophomore. This youth was strong and fearless, and since he had already dwelt one year in the land of Ell Ess Pe, he was exceedingly anxious to remain. Sophomore was first directed to the sex shore where he with many other students was told to go aboard the ship Study Hall which was about to embark on the Sea of Vacancy. Sophomore was given a seat on the deck. Many of his friends were seated before him, behind him, and on both sides of him. just then the tall thin pilot who called himself Bowers, came aboard, rang a small bell and said, On this voyage thou shalt gain strength for thine other seven labors. Thou shalt not speak to thy neighbor during this voyage.. i Thou shalt not stamp thy feet. Thou shalt not laugh. Thou shalt spend thy time in reading and writing. . But after the ship had passed over several leagues, the sky grew dark, the waves rose, and the wind began to shriek and howl. Sophomore looked about him. He saw his companions casting fearful glances at the pilot who stood calm and fearless at the prow of the ship. Then someone whispered stealthily to his neighbor and another began to mutter in an endless flow of jargon. A growing restless- ness was rising to the point of violent disorder. The pilot beat upon the bell and said: . Hold thy peace lest thou be cast into this wild Sea of Vacancy. And thou, mutineerf' and he pointed to one upon the deck, shalt be bound and set upon the 'red and glowing Desert of Deportmentf' Sophomore shuddered. As he looked up he saw the demons Must Talkn, lVIust Stamp , Must Throw Notes , bearing down upon him in a blast of the hurricane. Seizing a magic sword engraved with the words World History , he fought gallantly and saved himself from destruction. Soon the sea became calm and the winds were stilled and he saw the shores of a new country. Sophomore gripped his magic sword World History and as the ship dropped anchor he leaped into a boat, reached the shore and at once disappeared among the great trees that covered the slopes in the land of History. As he passed through this country he made many discoveries. But soon he came to a mountain. As he laboriously made the ascent he met a man whom he recognized as one of the Kingfs Messengers coming down the mountain. He questioned the Messenger as to what lay on the other side. The Messenger replied, On the other side you will find another mountain and another and still another. Thou hast passed safely through the country of History. Now thou shalt cross the mountains and slay three dragons. But persevere and good King McCormack will welcome thee again to his land. So Sophomore trudged on. He had no fear for he thought always of the lovely country of Ell Ess Pe. We need not follow him to the caves where dwelt the dragons English, Mathematics and Science. We know, nevertheless, that he slew all of the dragons besides many other beasts who wrought destruction in this wild country. He braved the perils of three more voyages upon the Sea of Vacancy, each time with a different pilot. But on one voyage he discovered the dark cloak of Concentration, on another the Golden Helmet of Hard Work, and on the third a little jewel called Perseverance, the three magic aids mentioned by King McCormack. Bearing these aids he returned safely to the land of Ell Ess Pe just as the sun was setting. He was drawing near to the Temple of Knowledge when King McCormack and a guard of honor came forward and hailed him. And the King said: Well done, noble youth. Thou hath obeyed and served me nobly and for thy reward, I grant thee the joy of dwelling in my country as long as thou wishest. Later thou mayest sail on the good ship Honor Roll to the port called Graduation. And the roads from this port lead to the city of Success. 52 1 ww www mfwwk , 0 -' x g fx 'fx . L, sflwwsv . YP 'M-'rv W., . AN X ' Mfqwgi X iQ Q XX lf fbi N-www Q M is . X If- 'f -f . ' lx Q it - w X 1 .-wig:-x Af :ai .-sq gt My if if . 0 .S Ribs- X X' ' fr - Q K i SX E :Q GER ' . x W A is , K f U Q X 1' Q9 A wbiwvg xx, Si W-Qffg: . NN- x V N16 ww - . - . X Ni c C : xx Y' X. w- xxvilii.-X 'l - A K XX M. x Q5-ww-15 X Q X:- x -,.. ..., A ,,.. . Q x- x .. ,.., ::xm:k...w.:.1..si :.XNxw.. X x x x . . Y. 5-1 ff 'S' SOPHOMORE PLAYS ' WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1925 A . THREE PILLS IN A BOTTLE CAST Tony Sims .... Lilian Speiss WVidow Sims . . . lXfIary Bicocchi A Gentleman . . Arthur Warmington The Gentleman's Soul . Harold Karlinsky A Scissors Grinder . . Arthur Kaszynski The Scissors Grinder's Soul Reynold Sperber A Woman . . . Esther Karlinsky The Woman's Soul . . Sarah Linnig PRODUCING STAFF Stage: Tom Golob, Gerald Hossutt, Miles Schermerhorn, Kenneth Feurer, Abner Levine, Kent Lambert. Property: Laura Culbertson, Hazel Baker, hlarcia Worm, Vern Linnig. Costume: Helen Weiland, Lynn Nlalone, Margaret Strohm. Art and Publicity: Harold Aitken, Velma Halm, Ruth Weberling. Director: Phyllis Jackson. THE KNAVE OF HEARTS The Manager . . . Helen Pierard Pastry Cooks: Blue Hose . . . Jean Christopher Yellow Hose . . . Marguerite Byrne Pompdebile, the Eighth, King of Hearts . ,Edwin Koenig The Chancellor . . . ' Cecil Scarratt . Paul Kotz Rita Donaldson Louise Nauman . Ruth Quick . Adele Steinbach The Knave . . The Lady Violetta . . Ursula, a lady-in-waiting . First Herald . . . Second Herald . Pages: Ruth Taylor, Ellen Fisher, Sophie Pirnat, Dorothy Ehrmann, Selma Olin, Dorothy Vernon. Lords and Ladies of the Court: Edith Schalla, Florence Krakofski, Dorothy Rademacher, Florence Seifert, Lynn Malone, Velma Halm, Edith Spickerman, Helen Weiland, Nlargaret Strohm, Eleanor McGraw, Marcia Worm. . l K ., ' r, .S . 3 i I FRESHMAN .MYTH .5 -.-.. gy E T was a drowsy, golden mid-summer day, and Pandora sat day- l g dreaming under the arbor in the garden. She was pretty, young swf ' and vivacious. Since she had left grammar school, however, she F had often been lonely. This day it seemed that all her dreams vxere frayed, and some were quite worn out. She was mournfully wishing that something would happen,-that somebody would come. Suddenly she felt impelled to look behind her, and as she looked, she saw on the grass, something which surely had not been there before. It was a wonderfully carved box, rich in intricate designs and delicate engravings. About it was bound a heavy silken cordj A bright' lock on which was inscribed First Day- September Eighth , secured itsscontents. Across the front was a scroll bearing the mystic letters L, P. T. H. . Now Pandora was possessed with a great troublesome curiosity. She desired above all things to open the casket at once and investigate its contents. She realized of course that it was not hers, and she remembered that she had been warned by older children against touching such boxes as this. But she could not help wishing it were hers, and for days and nights she dreamed in sunlight and in starlight of the mysterious box. Often she turned her footsteps toward it, but always she hesitated. At length she could think of nothing else. Though it might change entirely her happy, care-free life, her overpowering curiosity demanded that she investigate. Besides, she need only take a tiny peek into that mystery- L. P. At last she knew that the time had come. With determined steps she marched into the garden where the box lay. She bent over it eagerly. Swiftly she untied the knot of Registration Day. As she did so a key fell into her hands. Trembling with surprise, anticipation, and uncertainty, she applied the key, opened the lock, and then cautiously lifted the lid. Immediately she was assailed by a cloud of troubles which burst from L. P. She was smothered, swamped, flattened, crushed by them. Tardiness, Misdemeanors, Ninth Periods, Latin, Algebra, Domestic Science, Manual Training, Cross Teachers, Upper Classmen, and Examinations were only a few of them. Little Pandora was at first overwhelmed, stepped on, pushed aside, pinched and bitten by them all. She suffered thus for several months, struggling all the while against the winged tormentors. One day she took heart, for she saw a gleam of sunshine in a Cross Teacher's smile. Gradually as she acquired experience and knowledge she regained her poise and confidence so that she could look with con- descension upon even Upper Classmen and Examinations. At last one day Pan- dora courageously raised her eyes, and saw upon the horizon not the circling pests, but the vision of a scroll, tied with red and green ribbons, the L. P. diploma, -Hope of all Freshmen. 56 XX X X SXSW X X XX X XXX X X X X X XXQ X X X XX XXX X XAXX X X X X X X NQXXX X XXQXX N X S XXX XX X XXX XXXXX X X XX X X N X X XX XXX XXX X XX XXX VW X X XX X X X S X X XX XXX X N1 X WX X X XXXxgNXS QXXX XXX My SQQX XQXX XXX X XX X XXX X Q XX X X X XXXXNX 'X X XX X X XXXXX X XXX XXXX XX X X wig XXQ N XXV X X XX X XX XX X K X W Q X X X NSXXXX X XSNXX WNSX X NXXXXS X XX X XXX X XXX X XX XNXX XXX X X X XX XX XX XX XXX XXX X X X SSX QNX X X QX X XX X .X.XA l XL.L. X Q ...X , XX. Q 1 -Xi f X FX- X XWXX X -XfX XXX- XTXSQW QXXXXQXX .Q EXXXK XX, XP, X Q- il: , X K 1 -WX Off X-Q- - -X-X.',', 1 X.X.,,: X. -XX-, 1 --,gy X XXXX-XX 5 XXX,-XQXX RX N XX X X Q X: XX X, XXX X XXX ,XXX ,X Nr X5 XXXILXX, XXXXX - X KX' XX . X - XX XX XX X X ..x.., . XX - XQXQX -,XX XX X . ix E XXXXQXQ X X XT X..' XX X X- Xx., X QX X X X X X S XX u XXX 5 FRESHMAN PLAY Presented December 23, 1925 A CHRISTMAS CAROL A Pageant Play arranged from the story by Charles Dickens, and its drama- tization by Clarence Satterlee. Presented by members of the Freshman Class, assisted by Sarah Linnig, Paul Kotz and members of the Girls' Glee Club, with Helen Kalasinski at the piano. CHARACTERS P The Carolers . . Vera Rarney, Naomi Reiter, Almaida Stein, Julia Stevens Scrooge . . ....... Joseph Christopher Fred, his nephew .... . . . Robert Pollitt Bob Cratchit . . . . Max Gorenskowski The Ghost of Jacob Marley , . Josephine Klobuchar The Spirit of Christmas Past . . Laura Lilburn The Boy Scrooge . . . . Edgar Virgo Little Fan, his sister . . Charlotte Bernard Fezziwig . . . . . Lucille hioisan Mrs. Fezziwig . . . . Josephine Camenisch The Two Apprentices .... Agnes Bennett, Margaret Nlason The Fiddler .......... Paul Kotz A The Guests: Margaret Mason, Mable Pierard, Agnes Bennett, Luella Keutzer, Charlotte Bernard and Winifred Weber. ' The Spirit of Christmas Present ...... Helen Porter The Spirit of Mirth ....... - . lNIary Reinhard The Toys: Mary Reiter, Dolores Schreiber, Emily Wolff, Clara Oesterle, Hedwig Lorencki and Mable Entwistle. The Spirit of Christmas Future ....... Sarah Linnig The Street Urchin ......, . Edgar Virgo SYNOPSIS OF SCENES 1. Scrooge's Counting-house. 2. Scrooge's Lodgings. 3. The Boy Scrooge at School. 4. Fezziwig's Warehouse-the Christmas Ball. 5. Toyland. 6. The Land of the Future-behind the veil. 7. Scrooge's Lodgings. The Story takes place in hlerrie England, about the year 1810. PRODUCING STAFF Stage Manager: Edward Byrne. Assistants: Robert Pollitt, Max Gorenskowski, Roy Mason, Arlington Ailes. 59 DONINIC BAIMA HELEN BATTY LOUISE BIOLCHINI RICA CANDORI BEATRICE CAIRNS MARY CHLEBUS HENRIETTA COSTELLI DOROTHY DELARBRE SARAH DELIXRBRE JENNIE DILLON CAROLINE GILIO lWANUEL GIRDLEY JOHN HARRIS CAMILLA HEILSTEDT EARL HOCKINC. DOUGLAS HUNTER RICHARD KENNY WILLIAM KNEEBONE HELEN KOSINSKI LOUISE KRNZ ANGELENA KROWLEY ETTA LINNIG ALLETTA MACKEY MARY MALONE MAY MIZYSAK GRACE GLSZEWSKI ARTHUR OLSZEWSKI CARL PABIAN CHESTER PARKER TONY POCIUS DICK POWELL OLGA PRYATEL JOE PLANKER DOUGLAS PRYDE LOUIS PRELESNIK DALE RICE JOHN SAMOLITIS FRANK SENECA- HAROLD SNEDDEN MILTON SITAR NVALTER WAITKUS ANN VVEST ISABELLA YURGITUS ANNA ZAMBORACZ THELMA ZEPP OGLESBY BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL This is the fourth year since the birth of the Oglesby Branch of the LaSalle- Peru High School. The Branch High School has grown in the favor of the people, for the enrollment has increased from twenty-three students enrolled in I922 to thirty-seven students enrolled in 1926. The course given is a general one, includ- ing Manual Training, Home Economics, English, General Mathematics and Gen- eral Science. These Studies are correlated with studies given at the LaSalle-Peru Township High School. TO vary the routine of life in a small school, visiting trips to the main high school are taken occasionally. This year a boys' basketball team was organized. Miss Pillsbury and Mr. Evans have also organized basketball and volleyball teams for the girls. 60 X535 li l'r .-,N--,fQ,f-.- +5 V. , 1 THE COLLEGE A set O' dull, conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes! They gang in stirks and come out asses, Plain truth to speak, I An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint O' Greek! -ROBERT BURNS. Although the Junior College was an acknowledged success during the first year of its existence, the second year has guaranteed its permanency. With the extension Of the curricula, and its Organization under a Dean, the college may be truly said to have begun an existence ofits Own. In addition, a definite program of social activities has been adopted, with the organization of the Literary and Dramatic Clubs. Physical culture classes have also been organized. The scho- lastic Opportunities afforded, while limited, are in quality equal to those Offered by most of the larger colleges, moreover, the students, because they are few in number, receive personal supervision, an advantage certainly not existing in crowd- ed institutions Of higher learning. The instructors are specialists in their par- ticular fieldsg they either hold a master's degree or have completed work equivalent to that required for the degree. Although the courses of study must necessarily be restricted, yet the curricula Offered, including those of Liberal Arts and Science, Journalism, Engineering, and Chemical Engineering satisfy the average student for the first two years of college. The Oriention Course, required of all students, is of particular interest, being similar to the courses Offered at Princeton, Columbia and other eastern colleges. The course in Education has attracted many new students, and it is probable that this course will prove even more popular next year. THE FACULTY THOMAS MCCORMACK, M.A., L.L.B.,-Director Initiatory Course and Logic FLORENCE A. CROCKER, M.A. . . . . English KATHERINE REINHARD, A.B. . . History EVELYN R. KEITH, A.B. . . Romance Languages VVILLIAM H. MULVEY, Ph.B. General Engineering Drawing E. G. MARSHALL, M.S. . . . . Chemistry MILES C. HARTLEY, A.M. . . Mathematics DON M. DAILEY, A.M. . Economics, Accounting BERTHA L. DANHEIM, M.S. . .... Biology HARRY L. WILMOT, M.A.-Dean . Psychology, Sociology, Education ELMA OLSON, M.A. . . Bureau of Educational Counsel, Psychology MARION XALILLIAMS, A.B. ...... Psychologist 61 32 Ill U BECKER, BRUNNER DEBO, DELMER GILBERT, CLARA KEENAN, CIIARLEE Noox, HARRY SELMEII, CARL STEINRACI-I, EMMA BENT, EVELYN DONOVAN, ETI-IEL GORDON, MANSEIELD KEUTZER, ESTIIER jNooN, ROGER SMITH, GILBERT TOBLER, HENRY' BIRD, JULIA DWYER, LORETTA HANSEN, GEORGE KIRKENDALL, KEITH OIILIGSCRLAGER, MARY SMITH, ORAMEL WEAVER, JOHN BURR, MARY EAKIN, WILLIAM HENIIL, GLADYE LANG, LOUISE PAIJEN, HELEN SMITH, RORERT WEBER, LUELLA CLARKE, ZITA ENTWISTLE, ROLEAN HEREERGER, GEORGE LATIIAM, JOYE PETZ, BARBARA SOEDLER, MELVIN WEISIIEIT, CLAREN CooKE, LA VERNE FOLEY, MARY HERRMANN, Ross MCPHEDRAN, CATHERINE SCIAIIER, ADQLPH STEIN, MELVIN WHITE, JoIHIN HOENSCHEID, LESLIE MEYER, RAY K i n mnriam S i wr lnpaltg tu A ARTHUR W. BURKART CHARLES E. KEENAN, JR. THE c0fUN As a part of its organized social activities, there was formed in the Junior College, early in the academic year of 1925-26, the Cojun. The purpose, not at all evident in the name, was to be essentially social and intellectual fellowship, which has led, as the founders had hoped, to social and intellectual betterment. Membership in the Cojun is open to all students of the College, as well as to post- graduates who were at one time actively interested. Members of the faculty are at all times welcome to attend the sessions, which are held every third Friday evening in the Music Room of the Social Center. At these sessions a definite program-schedule has been maintained, and all members have, at one time or another, been made responsible for a share in the entertainment. Book reports, current events and vocal and instrumental selections have been featured, while debates have been held at intervals. Every other meeting has been followed by a social 'hour of dancing. From a social-psychological viewpoint, the programs have been distinctly successful, and have justified, in some measure, one of the prime purposes of organization. Poise and affability have been attained, decorum has assumed significance, and much unexpected ability has been uncovered. As a result of the interest and cooperative spirit of its members, the Cojun has made distinct progress in this, its first year,-so much of progress, indeed, that great things are anticipated for next year. DRAMATIC CLUB PROGRAMS JANUARY 16 , CATESBY He . . . La Verne Cooke She .... Clara Gilbert NTHE SEQUELU ' He . .... Henry Tobler She . . . Loretta Dwyer The Butler . . John Weaver Harrocks, Inc. ..... Mansfield Gordon MARCH IQ HELENA'S HUSBAND Menelaus .... lXflansf'ield Gordon Helena . ,.... Loretta Dwyer Paris . Melvin Stein Analytikos Clarence Weisheit Tsumu . . Rolean Entwistle Songs . . . . . joye Latham Dramatic Reading: Trojan Women by Euripides. ' Parts: Menelaus, Hecuba, Helen . . Prince . . Sleeping Beauty THE SLEEPING BEAUTY 63 . Clara Gilbert . Henry Tobler Helen Paden F i THE DRAMATIC CLUB presents HENRY TOBLER AND CLARA GILBERT in CAPTAIN APPLEJACKH with JOYE LATHAM An Arabian Night's Adventure In Three Acts by WALTER HACKETT DIRECTED BY Miss PHYLLIS JACKSON DECEMBER 17, 18, 1925 CHARACTERS Un order of their appearancej Lush .... ..... H arry Noon Poppy Faire . . ' . . . . Joye Latham Mrs. Agatha Whatcornbe Hilda Schoening Ambrose Applejohn . . Henry Tobler Anna Valeska . . . Clara Gilbert Mrs. Pengard . . Gladys Henkel Horace Pengard , . La Verne Cooke Ivan Borolsky . . Leslie Hoenscheid Palmer . . . Louise Lang Donnet .......... George Hansen Johnny Jason . . - . . . - . . . Melvin Soedler ' MEMBERS OF THE PIRATE ENSEMBLE Oramel Smith, Melvin Soedler, Charles Keenan, Harry Noon, Gilbert Smith, Robert Smith, William Eakin, Carl Selmer and Mansfield Gordon. . Act I The Adventure. Act 'II The Dream. Act III The Romance. The scene of the play is laid in the library of Ambrose Applejohnis house at Polperren, Cornwall. TIME: The Present. One VVinter's Night. NOTE: Three hours are supposed to elapse between Acts I and II. There is no lapse of time between Acts II and III. lNIusical Numbers by the HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA HARRY I. BOWERS, Conducting The Black Rose Overture ...... . Brockton Selections from Tales of Hoirtmann .... . Qgfenbach Poet and Peasant Overture ..... . Suppe-Seredy Victorious Legion March ' 64 5 fe F? if il ri i ! F 1 1 . E X 1. -z 'E , A 2 if ei fl fi , x 1 i 1 N 1 f . u i 5, fe H: . 4 li in xr , 5 '1 .I '4 ii ,r Q: :l i lf if 'f X 1 :gi i . i. -4 is sf 's if :E QE 23 W , 5 ,A , g, . r , W ,.,.4.. x N t,,,...... ... ,Q,.w ,..,.,,,,a,.,., 5+ .I .gifs A-X' f-gil if si J K if fl il li ii fl HELENA'S HUSBAND 4 Oh, let us weep, and let our tears course down- A fond ideal is shattered, and no crown f Remains for us on Helen's perfect brow: - VVe know the truth-the marital story now- For weive seen Helena's Husband. 5' gl We never thought that fairest queen' could rave 9: Of inane breakfasts to her favorite slave, ?f Alas, 'twas the beginning of her sins- She fell for an Adonis dressed in skins, if Qlt was not Helena's Husbandj. She wove a spell-a beauty or a shrew, But which, not even Menelaus knew. We saw her leave, on loveis sweet errand bent With but a note to have her ten trunks sent- The wife of Helena's Husband. 7 We heard the weighty counsellor call for war, While whining hlenelaus furned and swore, - We heard the King the Trojan war forbid, T We heard the rnobis far shouting-Cwhen they did.j fr Oh, luckless Helenais Husband! Q5 'WL' K- C. ll 65 - P ii: - l HJUJURAIS PAYE TROP MON SIFFLETH B.. FRANKLIN? Sometimes, when a nibble of Life has left a bitter taste, I grow cynical of Hap- piness. I grow weary of cigarette and chewing gum ads, seeking half-heartedly for one to read: To Trade, Happiness. What Have You ? What have I? g I say I have a soul-a soul for loving. Shall I trade my soul for Happiness? Shades of Helen, of Troilus, of Ralph Waldo Emerson! Art thou an utter fool? Life is love, and love is Happiness. Ah, but you mock me. Mock you! Think you that this Happiness comes in packages and is sold across counters? Would you be another Faustus, to barter your soul for a promise? Happiness, fool, is the spirit from the still of that soul you think to haggle for with some lying cadger. Happi- ness and love, like skeins of thread, lie in your heart, to unroll themselves as golden hours. But it needs patience to find the thread's end, once it's broken. Broken, Ah, yes. The thread perhaps, is broken. Love is poignant, as death is poignant- impressively. But, What is love? 'tis not hereafter, Present mirth has present laughter, What's to come is still unsure, In delay there lies no plenty, Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youthis a stuff will not endure. To trade-Happiness. What Have You? What have I? I say I have a memory-a memory for remembrances. Who will trade me Happiness for my mem- ory? And a voice, vibrant and low as all Eternity, answers, Wait. Wait until tonight. Wait until the moonlight finds you all alone. Wait until the shadows gather-and dreams-dreams of things that were, and might have been. Wait until these gather. When the moon shall beam on nights of June, I shall think of you, and I shall believe in you-forever, in that dear land-your memory. I sob-faintly, but with a world of woe. An echo whispers. Your memory. I shudder lightly, as does a new-born life. Humanity was slipping through my fingers-traded-for a bubble. -HENRY TOBLER. T0- A few days more Before I give you up again, When the pulse shall grow quiet, And the old days And the tyranny of hours Shall close in upon my soul again. To this far country I am stranger still, In it I have no fixed abode. In your lover there is no end and no beginning. I come into a land of shadows- I wander with your Stars, And cannot rest for the singing in my soul. A few days more And I must give you up- And down the long way I must return alone. -LAVERNE K. COOKE. 66 THE BETE NOIR OF JUNIOR COLLEGE No, the teachers really are not to blame for shouting wolf too often-yet they will suffer in reputation for not having the lambs well curried for parade. There have been too many rehearsals, the scenery is wearing out. The students have been duped so often that the original stimulus no longer produces the desired effect upon the jaded ego. The repeated waves of excitement have Washed away the sandstone of emulation and there will be no more splashes even at the seventh wave-until the eleventh hour. Nomore jockeying or spurring can save the day. It's like this, even though my metaphors are mixed: the long-suffering students of C. have been forced to study for exactly one hundred and thirty-seven school days by the threat of the immediate arrival of the U. of I. Inspectors. One day a distinguished, white-haired gentleman of pedagogic breed made his appearance, like wild-fire the whisper went around that at last an INSPECTOR had come. It was true, but he was only theinspector-of the Univent. But I am pessimistic, for the emergency study habits have been so well drilled into the students during stormy scholastic weather, that they will have easy sailing with no sign of mutiny under clear skies. And to such constant castigation, their backs must surely have become calloused-perhaps some rudimentary backbones have been developed. So much for the past-what lies behind the mysterious portals of the future, God and the President of the University of Illinois know, and only time will reveal. -BRUNNER BECKER. THE WALL FLOWER-MASCULINE When we speak of a wall flower We usually refer to a girl who stands up against the wall at a social gathering and quietly looks on instead of participating in the activities. But there are also masculine wall flowers . However, Ido not like to call these male unfortunates Cif they are unfortunatel by the name wall flower , for it is easy to imagine how well a boy likes to be called a fiower. A more appropriate name would be a wall sprout . I personally wish to defend these wall sprouts , since I am one of their group and know their various prob- lems. The question I know you wish to ask is, What kind of sprout-er-what variety of sprout, is this wall sprout? The answer is-an onion sprout, as everyone refers to him as that onion sitting over there in the corner . The wall sprouts at a social gathering usually band together because of the fact that misery likes company, or because they feel that they may turn the evening to good account by expounding their theories on some form of high science, or by criticising their friends who have social lion degrees. It is the girls that make the wall sprout what he is. Wall sprouts always turn onions as soon as a girl, just one girl, enters the room. The sprout , when placed in an automobile, becomes what is known as a Hat tire . You will have no proof that he is a flat tire, unless you watch him closely. If, while you are driving them about, she throws her arms around his neck and passionately cries, Kiss me, Freddy , and he weakly answers, Why! , stop the car and throw him out. He's a flat tire . -WILLIAM EAKIN. EXTRA!! P H. Tobler confesses in Psychology class that he used to trade with his little sister-pennies for quarters. LUCKY DOG! A hermit is a person who has no one to spend his money with. WHY, HARRY! Mr. Dailey- Give an example of division of labor. H. Noon- A lawyer specializing in divorce cases. 67 fwQ,.,:? v--f-5-W-Q-1-,-,,.,f.y-ww...-,..,...- Y. M.--rv--ff-y-,A-V' , 5 :J y. QI 5 ,A A A EL 5 v x 1 f 5 r x 25 32 I A i 1 I Z c 1 I 1 I i 1 4 f , x a s ,A 1 s 1 5 . . , 3 .. NA- Q Y ..-...,..y.s M......X I Q V V V K Wg A V YVVV H V V V VA, 1 Q w y 1 -U -W-H.. -f---A--s----A-1 - - -sv pf. ...Af-Q-vfYr,, 1' ....x1If T'E '.:- Y 'TT 'T '2t.l 3' . ' ' ' wlgf'..lFill-l-l-N.. VTZTT It J lj It LS LS I It Z' :Hill'li:'i:Ai'iiiE-fiill I . Y 1 ' I . W- pl li 'll THE NoN-DOMESTICATED A - if g l . ll.. , lr-' Q ' 7. ix I 5 .g lVIr. Dailey- llm not familiar enough with kinds and cuts of meat to use that Lf , . uf' . Qi ll as an example! ' ' 11 ' if' l . ll li l' l i N 3..- w ' A ng P fi .1 II GASTRONOMICALLY SPEAKING A A :Fe s fl . fl li s v Student- Caesar said that an army moved on its stomach. are-1 3 H ,U l Mr. Wilmot- So do Literary and Dramatic Clubsf, ll I V: V l ll ' ll il l f 5. 1 ll Q E ASLEEP AT THE POST A , ' i f il V. E w ll A 2 Mr. Hartle rousin M. Gordon - Do ou think it's oin to rain tomorrow? ll l l y Y 8 Y. 4 n .gg tg, . i. A Gordon Can hour laterj- Mr. Hartley, it 1sn't ra1n1ng, it s snowing. 3 la so THERE IS oNE AFTER ALL! 'r ll li Coach Cat play rehearsall- Harry Noon, how did you get in there? f Harry Cdoubtfullyj- This is where the fireplace is supposed to he-I guess Q , l'm Santa Claus. ' g EVOLUTIGN l il l 3 R. Herrman Cin Psychologyj-'fSeveral years later his five year old son was if i nineteen. E 'T ll TIMES HAVENT CHANGED .A F. A. Cf- Girls in Shakespeare's time used to chase the men. R. Noon+ That's the way with girls nowadays. 3 l 3 SHAD-Y!! . E Mr. Wilmot Cin Psychologyj-- It is customary in organized society to pull f down the shades. A l . 1 1 All i A! THE TRIUMPH OF EVE A g f F. A. C.- Adam was loyal to Eve,-he preferred to lose Eden rather than Z. f 5 desert her. A Q 3 . H. Tobler- Adam should have cut down the evil tree and given up another . 5 Q rib. Q 5 3 R. Noon- He had only one spare rib. il Q x ' 1 V HE USED TO WORK IN AARESTAURANT - g ll-li 1 ' 'il Mr. Wilmot-- Some people have a poor sense of smellg such people can eat bad steak. A -tg F. A. c.-'what is an emmet? z O. Smith- A bird, isn't it? 2 -+ i R T 5 if gl EV Q 55 l 69 5. gl li 5 POPULARITY Mary Foley- lNIr. VVilmot is interesting because he tells us of his experiences in cutting up dogs and cats and his adventures in the lunatic asylumsf' NEED OF BEING PSYCHED H. Noon on An Ideal Reading Room - To be an ideal place of study, it would have to have four square walls so that the student would have no windows to gaze out of, dewy-eyed at the passing fair maidens. MANNEQUINS IN ENGLISH LIT. Misprint on exam- Discuss Chaucer's use of French models. W OH, DEATH! WHERE IS THY STINGPI' A. C. Cin lecturej- According to the 18th century novel, life stops with marriage. : Footnote: captioned by Mr. Hartley. Oraimel Smith- The mountaineers of Kentuck have shut themselves off for . , Y generat1ons.' Ross Herrmann- VVell, that was for business reasons. A SIKE-SOUNDS When you donit use the clutch as you ought to, it's because you haven't made proper associations with it. ' Modern dancing is illustrative of the capacity for many movements in man. PROHIBITION C. Gilbert-'CA disutility is what we Want, but we shouldn't. Mr. Dailey- How can air be valuable? Stein- Go without it a while and see how valuable it isf' SUPPRESSED DESIRES-1926 H. Noon- VVere you up to see Miss Olson? Tobler- Yes, Henrietta, I've been sykedf' WHO SAYS SO? L. VVeber Con Melvin Soedlerj- I cannot criticize his art of making love because I am no authority on that subject. 70 5' KD 'z 1 i ,ile- LELA KREIS DELLA WEBER FLOYD RETT JULIA STEVENS HELEN GOLOB JOHN MAsoN LORRETTA WALTER HARRY MCCLUGAGE HENRIETTA LEVINE ELIZABETH ROSENKRANZ ARTHUR Ufrz NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY In 1923 the high school joined a national organization of secondary schools for encouraging and fosteringhigh standards of scholarship, character and leader- ship. It is the design of the National High School Honor Society, which is the Phi Beta Kappa of high schools, to make scholarship as fashionable as distinction in athletics, dramatics and the social arts. The members of the T. H. S. chapter are entitled to wear national pins as members of a nation-wide organization. This National Honor Society, it must be remembered, is distinct from the High Scholarship Legion of the School. CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT The following are the conditions of appointment to the society: The student appointed must have spent at least one year in the high school prior to the Senior year, must have had an honor record up to the time of election and stand in the first fourth of his class. Not more than ten per cent can be elected the first semester of the Senior year and not more than five per cent in the second semester of the Senior year. The candidates are proposed by any members of the high school faculty, and se- lections are made by the principal and a committee. The committee which Prin- cipal McCormack appointed is as follows: Miss Ross, Miss Keith, Miss Crocker, and Miss Hatch. Eleven pupils were chosen this year by the committee and owing to the scholar- ship limitations, probably not more than two pupils will be eligible for election at the end of the semester. 71 i 5 THE HIGH SCHOLARSHIP LEGION FIRST SEMESTER, 1925-1926 LUCY BERNARD LETHA BLACK GENEVIEVE BYRNE JOSEPHINE CAMENISCH JEAN CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER ROSE CHRISTOPHER KENNETH CLARK LAURA CULBERTSON ALBINA DONOVAN DOROTHY EHRMANN ASSUNTA FUSINATO KENNETH GEHM HELEN GOLOB CHRIST HAGEMAN VELMA HALM MARY HARDING LUCILLE KOTECKI PAUL KOTZ GERALDINE KREIS LELA KREIS ABNER LEVINE HENRIETTA LEVINE HEDWIG LORENCKI HARRY NICCLUGAGE JOHN MASON MARGARET NIASON ALBERT NELSON ANDREW NEUREUTHER GEORGE NEUREUTHER CLARA OESTERLE ARTHUR OLSZEWSKI PEARL PILARSKI SOPHIE PIRNAT OLGA PRYATEL REGINA RADEMACHER ROSE RAMENOFSKY MARY REITER FLOYD RETT ELIZABETH ROSENKRANZ GEORGE ROTTNER DOLORES SCHREIBER ARTHUR SEEPE HESTER SMITH ADELE STEINBACH JULIA STEVENS INES TERRANDO ARTHUR UTZ WYALTER UTZ GERALD VROMAN LORRETTA WALTER ELIZABETH WASZKOWIAK DELLA WEBER LEONARD XVEEG ANN WEST EMILY XVOLFF 1 Year ' Semester P I I v I i I 5 . Y I 'Y Il 5 1. . . PJ: ::?'?I j'f'13T-af.. -1 H T4,.,,4r4-344. ..,,.,,,..f .W E4 :N -... V , M., ,,,,,,,,.,:,,,, 'Y '1 Y - p.-ww--A.-W.--A---..-.-7-e-Y-ww-3 my -n.f4Nfp-T,w7-73.-.Y- 4 5 4 V A I1 iflmtll I Y 1 1? I 5. E I I 5 'U 1 5 I 15k'5f5fQi.::,, 5. I, 11 ij AS J ,g:,, ,.-giizz: ,. .1 'e ,' L 1 82 . 4 HIGH SCHOLARSHIP LECION 1 21 1916-1917 1 . - ii W It sr E az 4 I1 LAM If 4'f 1918 4 I 4 1919 E , E 2 1917-1918 I 2 -1919 I 2 -1920 1 2 1920-1921 I I 2 1921-1922 I 1922 . 1923 2 -1923 I 4 2 -1924 1 2 1924-1925 1 1925 3'i 24 8 1: 5 'fi E if 5 ,I 5 fr 2 -1926 1 S. 4, il 5 1 I Highest NO. in School Percentage Average 33 369 1 6-3 A 396 31 366 8.5 196 31 I 358 8-5 952-3 24 391 6-1 96 3-4 15 394 ' 3-8 93 1-2 35 A 389 8-94 94 I 32 398 -9-21 I 94 1-4 48 430 11-16 95 3-4 47 453 19-37 96 54 455 11786 95 4-5 64 525 4 -12419 96 I5 72 533 1 13-59 97 1-4 53 532' 9-1 I 97. 1-4 61 572 , . 10.66 97 I-2 48 -557 8.6 4 '96 2-5 53 553 A 9-6' I '97 1-2 55 571 I 8-9 95 4'5 49 g 569 9-66 96 1-3 55 556 19-19 I 96 3-4 HIGH SCHOLARSHIP LECIUN STATISTICS SECOND SEMESTER, I924-I925 MARY BOYLE ROSE CHRISTOPHER KENNETH CLARK LAURA CULBERTSON DELMER DEBO VERDA DIEDRICK ALBINA DONOVAN DOROTHY EQHRMANN MARY FOLEY KENNETH GEHM ELMER GMEINER HELEN GOLOB BERTHA GORDON CHRIST HAGEMAN VELMA HALM GLADYS HENKEL LLOYD HOELLE EMILY KALASINSKI IRENE KASZYNSKI GERALDINE KREIS LELA KREIS ABNER LEVINE HENRIETTA LEVINE JOHN MASON MINNIE MITCHELL HARRY MCCLUGAGE LUELLA WEBER 73 ALBERT NELSON ANDREW NEUREUTHER SELMA OLIN KARIN OSTMAN SOPHIE PIRNAT AMY PLYM FLOYD RETT ELIZABETH ROSENKRANZ JENNIE SAMPO RUTH RIETGRAF CECIL SCARRATT ARVILLA SEIDLITZ ARTHUR SEEPE HELEN SCHUMACHER GEORGE SIEFFERT ' LILLIAN SPIESS ADELE STEINBACH JULIA STEVENS DOLORES TERRANDO INES TERRANDO HILDA TRAEGER ARTHUR UTZ WALTER UTZ WILBUR VROMAN4 LORRETTA WALTER DELLA WEBER ' 3, 4, If 2 l'-5 S. E 4. 4, W il I Q8 f 1 if if 55 ,V . .. ,W . . ' THE ART CLUB One of the most active organizations of the school is the Art Club. It is com- posed of girls who have had at least one year of drawing. The chief aim of this club is to foster an interest in art in the school. Each year the members make a trip to Chicago where they visit the Art In- stitute and other places of art -interest. In order to earn money for the trip the Club gives an annual Penny Social,and sells candy at the football games and the Basketball Tournament. The Penny Social is one of the biggest events of the year. This year it was a Halloweien Social. The gym was gayly decorated with autumn leaves, pumpkins and corn stalks. There were fortune-telling booths, peek shows, aside show, and a Sweet Shopn. Cider, doughnuts, candy, pop-corn balls and apples were sold at the Sweet Shop . Ball room dancing was one ofthe main features of the Social. Music was furnished by a jazz orchestra composed of High School boys. The Art Club also gave a St. Patrick's Party to which everyone in the school was invited. Candy and ice cream lolly-pops were sold. In lVlay the Club had a social to raise money to buy a picture for the Art Gallery. The gym was elaborately decorated with spring flowers. A program was presented. The Club meets in the Art Room. There is usually one business meeting and one social meeting each month. The oflicers for 1925-1926 are: ESTHER GUNTHER ....... President ALICE MATTERN . . . . Vice-President LELA KREIS . . Secretary HESTER SMITH . . Treafurer Miss BEYER . . . Adziifer -'LELA KREIS. 74 -, , THE ART DEPARTMENT There is no busier or more interesting place in the school than the art room. This year the art students under the direction of Nliss Beyer, have worked on a variety of new problems and have produced most interesting results. First year art students have taken up the theories of art, while the second year students have specialized in such work as tie and dye, posters, wood blocks, and Chinese shellac painting. hfore complicated problems such as posters, batik, and interior decoration have been handled by the advanced pupils. For three weeks before Christmas the artists were all engaged in making some- thing for the annual Christmas Exhibit. Bright and fanciful designs were made on cloth by tying it into a tight little bunch with string, then dipping it into dye. Designs were transferred to silk, waxed, and dyed. This process is called batik. Chinese shellac work consisted of mixing powdered paint with shellac and apply- ing so as to get a raised design. The design was then lacquered and antiqued. The advanced pupils designed and painted three screens for the teachers' rest room, hffiss Olsonis department and the art room. Plays, holidays, and almost every activity of the school brought forth a demand for posters. This demand was readily met by the art students. At times prizes were offered for the best poster. This of course added interest and made for com- petition. livery week a display of the best art work is exhibited in the Assembly Hall. This helps to create an interest in art and keeps the school in touch with the work of the department. 75 THE STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council is an organization of the school, composed of representa- tive students elected from the different classes and from all of the student organi- zations. The purpose of this organization is to promote responsibility in the students and to enable them to participate in the affairs of the school. The Council attempts to control the trafiic order, and to keep the building clean and orderly. Posters, urging the need of various movements, are placed around the school by the order of the Student Council. The Council meets every two Weeks. The requests and suggestions of the student body are brought up at the meetings. During the past year, many requests have been granted through the advisers and lNfIr. lWcCormack. The Council has also a social function, for it gives parties to promote good fellowship. It endeavors in every way to create a feeling of unity in the school. OFFICERS XVILLIAM PATON . . . . . Prefident JACK HAMM . Vice-Prefident GRACE SWIFT . . Secretary DELLA VVEBER Axsiftavzt Secretary lNI1ss REINHARD . . Adviser 76 1--.......,.,.,s .., . i .Y.ti. 1 Q1 .INIIKI 335' ' 5.41 I 5 4. .- . - 5 - 1 E.-YS. Y .0 ,W N.. 11- ' ' LOIS NELSON ANNA KNAUF VERA RAMEY ELSIE ANDRACKE HAZEL BAKER MILDRED BAKER MARY BICCOCHI MARY BOYLE LUCY BERNARD CHARLOTTLE BERNARD MARGUERITE BYRNE GENEVIEVE BYRNE ELIZABETH CAMENISCH JOSEPHINE CAMENISCH ROSE CHRISTOPHER JEAN CHRISTOPHER WINII-'RED CIOCCA DOROTHY CLARK ALBINA DONOVAN MAELE DORMAN RITA DONALDSON JANE DULAR FRANCES DIMMICK MARGARET DUNCAN LOUISE EICKOFF JOSEPHINE EASTMAN GWENETH FEISER ASSUNTA FUSINATO FRIEDA HAEERMAN LOUISE GAEDE LOUISE GAEDE GERTRUDE HOSCHEIT MARJORIE PLYM FLORENCE ROUNDS JULIA STEVENS LEILA LOEKLE HARRIET HELMIG GIRLS . . Prexident . Vice-Preyident . Recording Secretary ANNE GARVEY HELEN GOLOB HARRIET HELMIG HELENE HERZOG HELEN HOLAHAN MARY HARDING GERTRUDE HOSCHEIT ADELLA JANOFSKY EVELYN JOHNSON SARAH JOHNSON VIOLET JOHNSON EMILY JASKOWIAK VIRGINIA JASKOVVIAK INIARGARET JONES MILDRED KEENAN ISABEL KLAWANS FLORENCE KLEIN DOROTHY KLAMPER ANNA KNAUF MILDRED KOENIG LELA KREIS GERALDINE KREIS HELEN KALASINSKI BLANCHE LAFFERTY DOROTHY LEE GRACE LEE HENRIETTA LEVINE LEAGUE ASSUNTA FUSINATO HENRIETTA LEVINE GERTRUDE HOSCHEIT SARAH LINNIG VERN LINNIG LEILA LOEKLE MILDRED IVIACGINNIS DOROTHY MACGINNIS ANNE MALONE ANNABELLE MARLIERE ANNABELLE MARTIN AGNES MASON MARGARET MASON MARGARET MEYER ANNA MORSCHEISER VERNA NORMAN LEONA OSTERINIEYER LOIS NELSON MARY O,BID KARIN OSTMAN DORIS OLMSTED CLARA OESTERLE AUGUSTINE PARKS MABLE PIERARD HELEN PIERARD HELEN PORTER AMY PLYM MARJORIE PLYM ROSE RAMENOESKY VERA RAMEY 3 50 Point:-Letter: VERA RAMEY MARY O,BID AUGUSTINE PARKS MARGARET DUNCAN HELEN PIERARD ASSUNTA FUSINATO HARRIET HELMIG ANNA KNAUF GRACE LEE HENRIETTA LEVINE 650 Pointf-Gold Pin: AUGUSTINE PARKS JOSEPHINE EASTMAN AMY PLYM ANNA KNAUF Correfponding Secretary , . . Treayurerj . . Sergeant-at-Arm: NAOMI REITER RUTH RIEETGRAF ETHEL ROTTNER IVIARY REINHARD FLORENCE ROUNDS ZOE ROUNDS EDITH SCHALLA ANN SCHOTT ELEANOR SCHMIDT FLORENCE SCHWENDIMANN DOLORES SCHREIBER IVIARGARET STROHM GENEVIEVE STUPPY MARIE SIKORA JULIA STEVENS HESTER SMITH ESTHER SWANSON GRACE SWIFT INES TERRANDO RUTH TAYLOR HILDA TRAEGER GOLDIE TREMBLY JOSEPHINE WALSH DOROTHY WEEG HELEN WEILAND EMILY WOLFF EMMA YOXALL LEILA LOEKLE AMY PLYM KARIN OSTMAN JANE DULAR VERA RAMEY High Pointf Q95 VERA RAMEY ...... 853 JOSEPHINE EASTMAN. . SIZM CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES i . September-The Girls' League Members entertained the Freshman girls at a Klddies' Party. The new faculty members were invited also. . . October-Members Of the Girls' League were entertained at a Harvest Time party. February-Initiation was held. ANNA KNAUF ....... 77 I K A.-Aw . WN.--e.,A.wm.n,-f ORCHESTRA F int Violin: Trumpet: PAUL KOTZ ANDREW NEUREUTHER RICHARD BORN J LANGSTON THOMPSON CATHERINE LOEKLE RUTH WEBERLING EARL WEBER MARTHA SPICKERMAN Trombone: WILLIAM OESTERLE PAUL BUENTE I 1 ROBERT POLLITT Second Violin: JOHN HARDING Saxophone: CECIL SCARRATT ROBERT LEE ,. A BYRON RAMENOFSKY ROBERT COGGSHALL JOSEPH LA FLAMME GEORGE HERBOLSHEIMER GEORGE LEE RAY ENTWISTLE Clarinet: ORIS GLMSTED Viola: RAY BENEDIX HAROLD KIRZEDER JOSEPH KALASINSKI Tuba MAX GORENSKOWSKI WILBUR HARTENBOWER Piano Tympani ana' Bell: HELEN KALASINSKI JULIA STEVENS Drum: WALTER KASZYNSKI A few of the numbers played by the Orchestra are as follows: Tannhauser Overture. Lutspiel Overture. Black Rose Overture. William Tell Overture. Selections from Tales of Hoffman . Selections from Kid BOOts . 78 x 9 , I KE 2 3 I e v A E , , ,.,, ,,,..,, . A 4 1 I K 1 r I 2 I 6 1 W 1 S 'L i E L Z E s L S Q A 1 , . f + i . Q x 1 -.A x L T S 3 1 i 5 1 I I A i C 1 1 F a , 3 2 1 . . E l Q M Q, N A ' a i Q 1 5 K 6 . 2 ' . f s 5 , i 1 5 : 1 y 3 5 1 5 l 2.1 fi - I A ' 2 f u f x a L ' 3 . , ' 1 4 .,,, , , ... ..,...W .,.,.. ..,,.. ... - 1 5 ji ........ Q .h 2 n 1 A E .. 3? K i, if I . s ' E f , 5 2 -ri 2 3 vf 5 5 if 5 9 3: ua A :gf 5 1 3 ,A 2... ,Q I Q- f fl if Xxx' ' 5 A4 . x if I ' I ,Y-N... I. . -..V GIRLS' GLEE CLUB First Sopranos JEAN CHRISTOPHER FLORENCE KLEIN MARGARET DUNCAN VERA RAMEY MILDRED KEENAN LOUISE EICKHOFF CATHERINE LOEKLE DORIS GLMSTED ALMAIDA STEIN Second Sopranos MARTHA SPICKERMAN GRACE SWIFT JOSEPHINE WALSH MARY REITER Altos ROSE CHRISTOPHER MARY MACCRINDLE JOSEPHINE EASTMAN NAOMI REITER ESTHER GUNTHER MAE RICE JULIA STEVENS Pianist HELEN KALASINSKI Director HARRY I. BOWERS so OPERETTA POLISHED PEBBLESH On March I2, 1926, the High School Glee Clubs, assisted by Junior College and Social Center Classes, presented the operetta Polished Pebbles. - a A - CAST ' H Rosalie, niece of Mrs. O'Brien . . . Evelyn Bent Mrs. Gabble, the town gossip . . , . Joye Latham Mr. Gabble, her husband . . Richard Fitzkee Nick, town boy . . . Robert Coggshall Mrs. O'Brien, sister of Uncle Bob . . Julia Stevens Millie, her daughter . . . Jean Christopher Winnie, her daughter .,... . . Doris Olmsted Uncle Bob .......... Henry Tobler Martha, town girl ....... . -. Mary Reiter Sunbonnet Girls: Josephine Eastman, Margaret Duncan, Hester Smith, Almaida Stein, Esther Swanson, Grace Swift, Rose Christopher, Florence Klein. Overall Boys Q . Jack Hamm, William Paton, Robert Lee, Howard Isham Chorus: Esther Gunther, Martha Spickerman, Catherine Loekle, Charlotte Bernard, 1 Naomi Reiter, Vera Ramey, Josephine, Walsh, Louise Eickhoif, Mary Mac- ' Crindle, Mae Rice, Edward Piszczek, Elmer Trattner. , PROLOGUE CAST Ensemble: Katherine Kirkendall, Jessie Kidd, Dorothy Reavy, Evelyn Hill, Margaret Essl, Catherine Jones, Eleanor Bry, Elvira Newton, Rose Kunacar, Lillian Ramenofsky. Lollypops: Lillian Gregorich, Ruth Hindle, Betty Lou Welch, Jean Welch, Marian Turner, Phyllis Meisenbach. Coquettes ........ Evelyn Lakin, Gale Hossutt Newsboys . . . Ruth Shere, Anna Potocnik, Alice Nichols, Adele Hossutt Lady Vanity ......... Virginia O'Byrne Scene: Home of the O'Briens. g Time: Present. PROLOGUE A children's party is in progress, and Ann, who is giving the party for the children, has them do a Country Dance. Then she tells the smaller children that if they will dance nicely for her, she will give them lollypops. For the entertainment of the children Ann has planned several dances. At the close everybody joins in, dancing the Buffalo Bill. DANCES I. Country Dance 4. Newsboys' Dance 2. Lollypop Dance 5. Lady Vanity 3. Coquette Dance 6. Buffalo Bill Dance ORGANIZATION Business Manager ...... . Marion Seitz Assistant Business Manager ....... Naomi Reiter Assistant Business Manager ...... Martha Spickerman Construction Committee: Bernard Lemanski, 'Howard Isham, Mike Liberta, Tom Golob, Gerald Hossutt. Electricians . . . George Neureuther, Ray Entwistle, Wilbur Vroman Property Managers ..... Esther Gunther, Jack Hamm Wardrobe Managers ..... Emma Steinbach, Hilda Schoening Director ..... . . . Mr. Harry I. Bowers Stage Manager and Dancing Director . . -Miss Phyllis Jackson Director of Prologue ..... . Miss Avis Pillsbury ORCHESTRA t Piano . . ....... Helen Kalasinski First Violins . ...... Paul Kotz, Richard Born Second Violins ....... Cecil Scarratt, John Harding Violas . . Harold Kirzeder, Joseph Kalasinski, Max Gorenskowski Cello . ....,... Ben Zielinski Cornet ...,.. Andrew Neureuther Clarinets . . Oris Olmsted, Ray Benedix Trombone . . . Paul Buente Tuba . . . . Q . . Wilbur Hartenbower USHERS Henrietta Levine, Florence Rounds, Edith Kleefeld, Mildred Batty, Margaret Heffron, Sophie Pirnat. t S1 LLL JUNIUR PLAY CLASS or 1926 APRIL 21, 22, 23, 1925 TI-IE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTH A Trivial Comedy for Serious People BY OscAR WILDE CHARACTERS john Worthing, J.P. . . . . . Neil McClarnan Algernon Moncrieli' . . . Earl Weber Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D. . Lewis Kable Merriman . . . . Kenneth Clark Lane . , . Jack Hamm Lady Bracknell . . Lois Nelson Gwendolyn Fairfax . ..... Anne Garvey Cecily Cardew .,,..... Virginia Jaskowiak Miss Prism . ....... Josephine Eastman Act I Algernon Moncieflws Rooms in Half Moon Street, W. Act II The Garden at the Manor House, Woolton. Act IV The Same. Time: The Present. 82 CLASS NIGHT EXERCISES June 16, 1925 I. Overture: c'Fair hlaid of Perthi' . . . . Widell HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA ' 2. - The -Spot Light. Time: 1935 I , Place: LaSalle-Peru Broadcasting Station B-U-N-K. CHARACTERS Announcer .... Louis VVoodrick Toastmaster ....... Robert Huffstodt Speakers: Frank Klein, Sarah Goot, Franklin Steinmayer, Robert Schaulin, Gilbert Smith, Richard Cork, Charles Radlifi, Gladys Henkel, Mansfield Gordon. Musicians: Mansfield Gordon, Ray Auler, Franklin Stein- mayer,Aloysius Kaszynski, Louis Ricci, William Keeley, Helen Curtin, Ann Johnston, George Seifiert, Elton Hartenbower, Evelyn Bent. Soloist: Ray Auler Q Male Quartet: Kenneth Swift, Ray Auler, Robert Huff- stodt, Mansfield Gordon. 3. Class Play: The Lie That Jack Built . Georgia Earle CAST Jack Ellison, a writer chap . y . . Leo Childers , Frank Montgomery, his friend . . . Melvin Soedler Dora Taylor, one of his other friends . . . Lillian Hamel Helen Douglas, his fiancee ...... Evelyn Bent Place: Ellison,s bachelor apartment and workshop in New York City. Time: The present. 4. Class Song-Air: Rose Marie . . Words by William Keeley 83 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM i JUNE I7, 1925 i I. Gypsy Scene. ' ' S I - 'MR. EDWARD LA SHELLE, THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AND THE GIRLS, GLEE CLUB H . 4 SYNOPSIS: F 'The evening With its quiet has settled on the gypsy camp. The fire crackles, the fireliies strike their tiny -light and the gypsies either rest or wander about lazily. One arises and sings a gypsy love song and everyone joins in. ' ' A gypsy beggar wanders in to beg for money and to tell fortunes. The other gypsies refuse her Offers. 'Becoming angry, she dances a few measures wildly: then remembering that the gypsy life is Carefree,:she dances in the pure, joy of living. A As more gypsies gather around the fire, the dancing and singing increases until the entire scene is a whirl of color and excitement. ' 2. Overture: Tannhauser March ......... Wagner Selections from Tales of HOHrnan,7 . S . . . Oifenbach I ' HIGH SCHOOL ORCHEsTRA 3. Processional of Graduates. 'A P A 4. President's Address ........,. Kenneth Swift 5. Presentation of the Class Memorial ........ Louise Lang 6. Aria: She Alone Charmeth My Sadness Cafrom The Queen of Sheba D . . Gounod MR. EDWARD LA SHELLE . CML Bowers at the pianoj 7. Address: Our Changing Program of Higher Education. DR. KENDRICK C. BABCOCK Dean of the University of Illinois 8. Group of Songs: f Trees CKilmerj ...... Rasbach Mother O' lVIine CKilmerj .... . Tours A Dawn ....... . . Curran MR. EDWARD LA SHELLE . Presentation of the Class .....,. Principal Thomas lVICCormack 9 IO. Presentation of Diplomas: GEORGE A. WILSON, SR. President of the Board of Education II-. Group of Songs: Why Shouldn't I ........ Kennedy Wreck of Julie Planteu . . O'Hara Come to the Fair . . Easthope Martin ' I2. Class Song-Air: Rose Marie . Words by William Keeley CLASS HONORS ' First Scholarship Honors, Member of the National Honor Society and Recipient of the Blow Medal: Delmer Debo. Second Scholarship Honors and Member of the National Honor Society: Ernest Hartnett. Second Scholarship Honors and Member of the National Honor Society: George Fred Seilfert. Honors in English and hlember of the National Honor Society: Louise Lang. Honors for Service and Member of the National Honor Society: lVlary Foley. Honors in Commercial Work and Member of the National Honor Society: Bertha Gordon. Honors in Vocal hfiusic and Member of the National Honor Society: Emily Kalasinski. Honorable Mention in Manual Training and Member of the National Honor Society: Elmer Gmeiner. Member of the National Honor Society: Luella Weber. Member Of the National Honor Society: Dolores Terrando. Honors in Music and Mathematics: Evelyn Bent. Honors in Art: Verda Diedrick, Charlotte Duke. Honors in Normal Training: Ethel Donovan. Honors in Music and Public Speaking: Mansfield Gordon. Honors for Service: Ruth Amsberg, Louis Ricci. Honors in Commercial Work: Helen Hoffman, Anita Seepe. l CLASS OFFICERS KENNETH SWIFT ..... . Prerident FRANK KLEIN . . Vice-President lVIINNIE MITCHELL . . Secrftary lVIANSFIELD GORDON . . Trearurer 84 l Mil V' 1 SCENES FROM HA MIDSUAIMER NIGHT7S DREALMH presented by Fourth Period English HI and English IV Classes November 13, IQ25 I. Overture: Selections from The Bohemian Girl Balfe HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA 2. Act I Scene II-Athens. Quince's house. Act III Scene I-The Wood. Titania lying asleep. Act IV Scene H-Quince's house. Act V Scene I-The palace of Theseus. CAST Quince, a carpenter CProloguej . . . Albert Nelson Snug, a joiner QLionj . . . Robert Smith Bottom, a weaver QPyramusj . . . VVilliam New Flute, a bellows-mender QThisbej . . Lewis Kable Snout, a tinker CWallj . . . . VVilbur Hartenbower Starveling, a tailor Clwoonshinej . . Howard Isham Puck or Robin Goodfellow .T . Hester Smith Titania, Queen of the fairies . . Grace Swift 3. Dance . . Hester Smith S5 Semester 1?JV'I2C7.L L.A4'l?ZV Y' .S 7'24 T'I.S 7'I'CYES 1925-1926 ACCORDING TO CLASSES Clary Boys Girls Post Graduates 3 4 Seniors 64 53 Juniors 56 SI Sophomores Q7 76 Freshmen 89 77 309 261 Oglesby Branch 16 I4 Junior College 26 21 351 296 ACCORDING TO TOWNS Town Boys Girls LaSalle 178 I5 1 Peru 90 74 Oglesby 23 I4 Utica IS IQ Spring Valley 1 Cedar Point 1 2 Henry 2 309 261 ACCORDING TO COURSES Course Boys Girls General 163 46 Commercial 65 I3 1 College Prep 70 SI Manual Arts 6 2 Agriculture 2 Teachers' 27 Post Graduate 3 4 309 261 ACCORDING TO YEARS Year First Semester Second IQI 1-1912 3 I3 7 1912-1913 288 1913-1914 334 1914-1915 299 1915-1916 387 1916-191 7 3 50 191 7-191 8 358 1918-1919 306 1919-1920 432 1920-1921 472 1921-1922 556 1922-1923 595 1923-1924 584 1924-1925 619 1925-1926 3 5 1 86 Total 7 117 107 173 166 570 30 47 647 Total 329 164 37 34 1 3 2 570 Total 209 196 121 8 2 27 7 570 321 297 334 348 392 371 391 413 440 437 555 644 589 602 647 s x 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 ! , 1 1 1 1 - L - l A ' 1 f 1 r 4 'T REVIEW or IQ25 TRACK SEASON With the opening of the IQZS track season, L. P. did not appear to have a team which could gather points in the interscholastic meets. johns, who was sure of live points in the pole vault, and Williams, sure of points in the mile and half- mile, were lost by graduation. Fitzkee, captain elect, was the only point man left. Nevertheless, the team developed into a well balanced aggregation. Captain Fitzkee gained many first places and Duncan developed into a good miler. Jane- wicz proved to be a very good half-miler. Janewicz, and Dusch the Sophomore find, are expected to do much next year. ' The Schedule of La Salle-Peru Track Team: Northwestern Indoor Meet, March 20, 21. Illinois Wesleyan, April 25. Dual meet between La Salle-Peru and Hall, April 29. Bradley Interscholastic Meet, May 2. I. V. I-I. S. A. Track and Field Meet, May 8. Illinois Interscholastic Meet at Urbana, May I5, 16. Dual Meet between L. P. and Hopkins. Dual Meet between L. P. and Mendota. MEMBERS OF THE TEAM TLETTER MEN TFITZKEE, Capt., 50 yard dash, 100 yard dash, 220 yard run, relay TDUNCAN ...... Mile and half-mile run 'FKEARNS . . . Low hurdles, broad jump, shot-put TLENSKI . ..... Discus TSWIFT . ..... High jump, javelin 'G. SMITH ...... Low hurdles 'L1-:VY . , 50 yard dash, 100 yard dash, 200 yard run 'KJANEWICZ .... 880 yard run, relay TLOPATKA . . , 50 yard dash, 440 yard run, relay TPATON . .... Shot-put, discus 'QKRATZ . . . . Shot-put, discus TWOODS .... Pole vault 'DUscH . 100 yard dash, 440 yard run, relay 'P. DUNCAN . . High jump, broad jump TDEBO . . . High jump, pole vault MCCLARNAN Low hurdles, 440 yard run PTAK . .... Mile J. KNAPP ..... 440 yard run, 880 yard run NORTHWESTERN INDOOR MEET Coach Fellows took Fitzkee and David Duncan to the Northwestern National Indoor Meet. Fitzkee won in the preliminaries and lost in the semi linals. Dun- can failed to place in the 880 yard run. ILLINOIS WESLEYAN Coach Fellows' athletes made a very good showing at the Illinois Wesleyan Meet. Fitzkee won the fifty and hundred yard dashes and in so doing, he won the trophy for high point man. Lenski won second in the discus and Lopatka, second in 440 yard dash. These points enabled L. P. to gain third place in the meet. Since it was the first time Illinois Wesleyan had sponsored a meet, the marks made, stand as records. . . 87 M, I , , BRADLEY INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET At Bradley, the L. P. squad was not so successful as it had been at Illinois Wesleyan. Duncan won third in the mile, and Kearns third in the 220 yard low hurdles. Fitzkee qualified for the finals. In the flnals he was set two yards for false starts and the handicap was too great to overcome. Hence, fourth place was the best he could gain. His previous races had tired him and he ran fourth in the Ioo yard dash. 3 UNIVERSITY OF, ILLINOIS INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET MAY I5 AND I6, IQZS In spite of keen competition at the state meet at Champaign, L. P. managed to capture five points, all of which were scored by Fitzkee as a result of winning third in the 5o yard dash and fourth in the century. L. P.'s captain had shoes several sizes too large for him because of a misplaced suitcase, and he lost the op- portunity of ,winning a first in the fifty and at least a second in the hundred. His preliminary performances-had indicated that these places should have been his. Qualifying efforts for most events were held on Friday afternoon and these proved too much, except for Fitzkee and Swift. Although most of the L. P. athletes were dangerously close to the front, Debo just missed qualifying in pole vault at ten feet six inches, while Janewicz afterleading for Soo yards in the half mile faltered at the end. Class A was won by Danville with less than twenty points., DUAL TRACK MEET IHALL VS. LA SAILLE-PERU AT LA SALLE ON APRIL 29, 1,925 Event Name Name Name Time LP Hall 50 Yard Fitzkee CLPD Surwill QHD Levy CLPQ :O6 I-5 6 3 I00' Yard Fitzkee CLPD , Dusch CLPD Levy KLPD :II 3-5 9 O Mile Duncan CLPQ Ferrarri CHD Ptak QLPJ 5:I4 4-5 6 3 Shot Pat Michaels CHD Kratz QLPD Paton CLPD 37' 8 4 5 220 Yard FitzkeeKCLPj ' Balladenski CHD Meek CHQ :25 2-5 5 4 Pole Vault Debo CLPJ ' Mazzarona CHQ . 3 , 9' 4 7 2 . ' A Woods CLPD 440' Yard Dusch CLPD Verruzzi CHD Peraditti CHD :58 5 4 R. H. Debo CLPJ Klixon CHD 5 5' I 8 I Duncan CLPJ 3 - ' I20 L. H. Kearns CLPD I Smith CLPD McClarnan CLPD 15' 9 0 880 Yard Janewicz-CLPD Duncan QLPD Knapp QLPD 2:14 9 o Difeux Michaels Lenski CLPJ Kratz CLPD IoI' 4 4 5 R. B. Balladenski CHD Verruzzi CHD Kearns CLP? I7' IOM I 8 M I 73 35 ss fs 's N .Nb 'M 'TH I SM ai P4 4 z N z m 3 .J Zi z 3 U2 3-1 U z 4 If Z 4 z N 4 5 U E ,. 5 Q F5 :S O ul E3 Ln m 3 5 2 O E1 4 Q-4 2 4 P1 .1 .A if hi 4 H D-1 ra E c as an vw ri 2 B an Z 4 11 na o Z rx: as 3 4 Q I S O Q: CK LEVY, GILBERT JA DAVID DUNCAN, M DUSCII, EE, W ILLIA ZK D FIT AR T, RICH Row-ARTHUR CIccI, DELMER DEBO, KENNETH SWIF E o R3 O0 S4 CQ HOPKINS VS. LA SALLE-PERU DUAL Event 50 YARD DASH Ioo YARD DASH POLE VAULT MILE HURDLES: ISI 2nd Final Discus SHOT 440 YARD DASH R. HIGH JUMP JAVELIN 880 YARD DASH R. BROAD JUMP 220 YARD DASH RELAY RACE Time LP Hopkznf T05 4-5 5 4 1110 5 4 10' 3 4 S 5:09 8 1 :15 :I5 :14 2-5 0 9 128' 10 . 4 5 39' -M 6 3 155 4-5 9 0 S: 21: 6 3 154 4 3 6 2:14 4-5 8 I 19' HM 3 6 :24 2-5 3 6 1:41 2-5 0 0 M E E T MAY 19, 1925 Won by Second Third Fitzkee CLPJ Buhn Glover Fitzkee CLPJ Buhn CHJ Strach CHJ Holly Debo CLPJ Woods CLPJ Duncan CLPJ Janewicz CLPJ Hartzell CHJ Kearns CLPJ Pletsch CHJ Glover Maute Glover CHJ Pletsch CHJ hflaute Fiedler Lenski CLPJ Paton CLPJ Paton CLPJ Fiedler CHJ ' Kratz CLPJ Dusch CLPJ Lopatka CLPJ McClarnan CLPJ Swift CLPJ Maute CHJ Debo CLPJ Duncan CLPJ Strach CHJ Kearns CLPJ Fiedler CHJ Janewicz CLPJ Duncan CLPJ Hartzell CHJ Strach CHJ Debo CLPJ Holly CHJ Strach Fitzkee CLPJ Buhn Hopkins L. P. V Strach Janewicz Maute Kearns Glover Lopatka Buhn Dusch Total Polnts ........1... Ik Either Ties or Breaks Record. -6453 LASALLE-PERU-MENDOTA DUAL Event 50 YARD DASH 100 YARD DASH POLE VAULT 220 YARD DASH MILE 440 YARD DASH R. BROAD JUMP R. HIGH JUMP D1scUs SHOT PUT Low HURDLES 880 YARD DASH M MILE RELAY Won by Fitzkee CLPJ Fitzkee CLPJ Woods CLPJ Debo CLPJ Fitzkee CLPJ Duncan CLPJ Dusch CLPJ Spenader CMJ Schnukel Cash . Paton CLPJ Kearns CLPJ Janewicz CLPJ Mendota M .E E T MAY 26, 1925 Second Third Massey Levy CLPJ Nlassey Levy CLPJ Massey Janewicz CLPJ Klinger CMJ Kearns CLPJ Debo CLPJ tied S Paton CLPJ Cash CMJ Smith CLPJ Duncan CLPJ Score: LaSalle-Peru 725 Mendota 36. 90 Spenader CMJ Klinger CMJ Jones CLPJ Knapp CLPJ Cash CMJ wift CLPJ Lenski CLPJ Kearns CLPJ Spenader CMJ Jones CMJ Time or Dixtance 105 4-5 :Io 2-5 91 311 :24 I-5 5100 3-5 56 191 g,,3-4 S IOS' 38' 10 :15 2:15 I-5 V41 3'5 H W, ,wmrmd 1 g. 4 g 'x ,gk 'Q r 3 5 Y ...WA-.w-.........w......-La-.--...,..,.,af..,.,.....,,,4.,...,-,wa W--W 1 1 ' H1 IE!! ' ' 'A 1. ff W1 1'-+f:1- . 1 5 Q - .. , ..i,a11:... ., ...K .1 5 46, , 4 A A I, , 2 5. L . LL. .1 .,.x,, . ...L RESULTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY R INTERSCHOLASTIC MAY 8TH, 1925 AT LA SALLE-PERU TOWNSHIP HIGH ScHooL A TRACK AND FIELD MEET 5o YARD DASH: 1 Prelims.: lst Heat Won by Ovelman fOtt.Jg 2nd, D. Verrucci CHallj. Time-:O5 4-5. 2nd Heat Won by Koennamen CStr.lg 2nd, Buhn CHop.D. Time-05 2-5. 3rd Heat Won by Fitzkee CLPJQ 2nd Masse CMen.D. Time-05 4-5. 4th Heat .Won by Glover QHop.lg 2nd, Levy CLPJ. Time-O5 2-5. Semi-Finals: Ist Heat Won by Fitzkee CLPjg 2nd, Koennamen CStr.J. Time-o5 2-5. F. 2nd Heat Won by Glover CHop.Dg 2nd, Masse CMen.l. Time-05 2-5. ina s: Won by Fitzkee fLPJg 2nd, Glover fHop.Dg 3rd, Masse fMen.Jg 4th, Koennamen QStr.J. Time-o5 2-5. ' MILE RUN! ' Won by Duncan CLPJg 2nd, Jones CMen.jg 3rd, Wolf QSwan.jg 4th, Hartzello CHop.l. Time- 4354 3'5- X Discus: - Won by Fiedler fHop.Dg 2nd, Hackensmith COtt.Dg 3rd, Keller CMor.jg 4th, Cash QMen.l. Distance-I27'. fNew Recordj. POLE VAULT: Fecht CTOLJ and Holly CHop.j tied for first: Anderson CSwan.J and Mazzarona CI-lalll tied for third. Height--Io' 3 . SHOT PUT! Won by Sleight CMor.jg 2nd, Linder CLost.lg 3rd, Fiedler QHop.Dg 4th, Hackensmith COtt.Q. Distance-43' 4M . ' loo YARD DASH: Prelims.: ISt Heat Won by Koennamen QStr.Jg 2nd CRunner Disqualifledl. Time-lo 3-5. 2nd Heat Won by Dusch CLPjg 2nd, Kaile CStr.D. Time-Io 4-5. F- 5rd Heat Won by Fitzkee CLPjg 2nd, Masse QMen.J. Time-Io 2-5. ina sz ' Won by Fitzkee fLPjg 2nd, Koennamen CStr.lg 3rd, Dusch CLPDg 4th, Masse CMen.j. Time- IO 1-5. 440 YARD DAsH: Finals: Won by Dusch CLPDg 2nd, Lopatka CLPDQ 3rd, Verrucci CHalDg 4th, Bisio QTOIJ. Time- - 56 3- . . 220 YARD DASSH: Finals: Won by Strach QHop.Jg 2nd, Koennamen CStr.Qg 3rd, Pozzi CTol.lg 4th, Kaile CStr.l. Time- 24 1-5. 120 Low HURDLES! Finals: Won by Glover CHop.Dg 2nd, Miglio fHalDg 3rd, Egleton, CTol.lg 4th, Smith CLPJ. Time- I 2- . 880 YARD ADASSH: - Finals: A Won by Janewicz CLPL 2nd, Duncan CLPDg 3rd, Wolf CSwan.Jg 4th, Paradotti CHalD. Time- 2:11 2-5. RUNNING HIGH JUMP: ' Won by Swift CLPjg 2nd, Plumb CStr.Jg 3rd, Fecht QTol.jg 4th, Maute CHop.l. Height-5' 9 . RUNNING BROAD JUMP: ' Won by Strach QHop.J: 2nd, Spenader CMen.lg 3rd, Baladenski CHalDg 4th, Kearns KLPD. Distance-21' 4 . CNew Recordl. ' HALF MILE RELAY: Won by Hopkins QStrach, Maute, Glover, Buhnlg 2nd, Streatorg 3rd, L. P.: 4th, Hall. Time- I o 54 3-5- TOTAL SCORE! La Salle-Peru 42: Hopkins 365 Streator I4Q Mendota IIQ Toluca I IQ Hall IOMQ Morris 7: Swaney 5Mg Ottawa 45 Lostant 35 Marseilles og Amboy og Seneca og Rollo o. 91 SWIMMING MEET 40 YARD RACEiW7OH by Iuter CStr.j, 2nd, Janewicz CL. PQ, 3rd, Ritchie CStr.j Time-:24. 44o YARD RACE-NNYOH by Reinhard CStr.j, 2nd, Ptak CL. PJ, COnly two entriesj Time-8:50. Ioo YARD SWIM-WTOI1 by Byrne CL. PQ, 2nd, Iuter CStr.j, 3rd Berry CStr.j Time-I:o7. . FANCY DIVING-Won by Lambert CL. PJ, 2nd, Fredman CL. PQ, 3rd, Scheible CStr.j I A MILE RELAY-VVon by Streator Cluter, Berry, Ritchie, Scheiblej, 2nd, CL. PJ, 3rd, Ottawa. Time-1:37. ' GOLF VVon by D. Wiley COttawaD. Second, G. Blakely CLaSalle-PeruD. Third, E. Godfrey CMorrisj. Winning Score-89. TENNIS SINGLES-Won by P. Carlson CLaSalle-Perulg Second, Pritchard CVVashburnD. SCOFC-6-4, 6-o. DOUBLESLWOH by Carlson and Fahey CLaSalle-Peruj, Second, Dallow and Ziegler CAmboyD. Score-6-3, 6-o. MUSIC CONTESTS GLEE CLUB-I st, LaSalle-Peru, 2nd, Lostant. VOCAL SoLo-Ist, John Swaney School, McNabb. Victoria Anderson. ':Good- bye -Tosti. 2nd, Lostant. Lucille Comiskey. Duna -McGill. PIANO SOLO-ISI, Swaney. Marcia Mills. Valse Caprice -Newland. 2nd, Hall. Eunice Johnston. Prelude in C Sharp Minor -Rachmaninoff. 3rd, Lostant. Vivian Hannum. Rustle of Springn-Sunding. LITERARY EVENTS ORATION-Ist, Mansfleld Gordon, LaSalle-Peru, 2nd, Harold Dean, Ottawa, 3rd, Arlington lVIaute, Granville. DECLAMATION-ISI, Julia Stevens, LaSalle-Peru, 2nd, Bernadine Stattery, Seneca, 3rd, Catherine Murtaugh, Amboy. EXTEMPORE SPEAKING-Ist, Virgil Hoag, Ottawa, 2nd, Charles VVhitney, John Swaney. 92 ILLINOIS VALLEY-DISTRICT CONTESTS IN SHORTHAND AND TYPING HELD AT LA SALLE, MAY 8'rH, 1925 The shorthand and typing division of the Illinois Valley Tournament was without doubt the best, largest and most successful of all our meets. Eight schools were represented: Morris, Marseilles, Streator, Mendota, Spring Valley, Gran- ville, Princeton and LaSalle-Peru. Mr. Gillert, Streator, Mr. Dickey, LaSalle- Peru, were time keepers and checkers. Mr. Serfling, judge, the Gregg Normal School, Chicago. Event No Morris .... 96.8 Hopkins ....... 96.5 Hall ................. . . . 95.5 Event No Ida Manei, Hall ....... ...... . . QQ 2-3 Y Lydia Weisenburger, Hall ....... . . 97 2-3 Henrietta Levine, LaSalle Peru 97 Event No LaSalle-Peru ................. . . 97.8 Morris .............. '. .... 92.9 Marseilles .......... 91.7 Event No V. Johnson, Morris .... QQ I-3 A. Seepe, LaSalle-Peru ...... QQ I-3 B. Gordon, LaSalle-Peru . . . 98 Event No LaSalle-Peru .......... . 94.8 I Morris ............... 92.7 . Hopkins .............. 74.6 Event No A. Seepe, LaSalle-Peru .... 98 2-3 B. Gordon, LaSalle-Peru . . . 96 H. Nelson, Morris ........ Q4 2-3 Event No Marseilles ............ 44 Morris ............... . 38.5 Princeton ...... - ....... . . . 33.5 Event No. N. Carpenter, Marseilles . . . 5o E. Gumm, Marseilles . . . 48 4-5 T. D. Scott, Princeton . . 44 Event No Morris ........,...... 63 I-Io Princeton ........... 62 1-IO Hall .............. . 48.5 LaSalle-Peru .......... . 48.2 Event No. H. Jacobson, Morris . . . . . . 70 I4-IS H. Levine, LaSalle-Peru . . . 68 V. Piccinelli, Hopkins . . . 66 6-I5 Event No. II H. Jacobson, Morris . . . 70 14-15 V. Piccinelli, Hopkins . . 66 6-I5 C. Fetraw, Princeton . . 6o I4-I5 POINTS IN DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Morris ................. LaSalle-Peru . . . Marseilles .... 93 22 INTER-CLASS SWIMMING MEET i APRIL 28, 31925 Juniors 60 Freshmen 32 Sophomores 4 Seniors 1 40 YARD: DIVING: 1. Janewicz, Jr. 1. Janewicz, jr. Byrne, Jr. 2. Lambert, Fr. 2. Shadensack, Fr. 3. Fredman, Jr. 3. Newton, Fr. 4. Lee, Jr. Time-24 1-5. 2O YARD: 100 YARD: 1. Janewicz, Jr. I. Bryne, Jr. 2. Lee, Jr. 2. Fredman, Jr. Fredman, Jr. 3. Shadensack, Fr. 3. Shadensack, Fr. 4. Morcheiser, Fr. Time-10 1-5. Time-1:12. PLUNGE: 440 YARD: 1. Kratz, Jr. I. Virzi, Fr. 2. M. Ricci, Fr. 2. Ptak, Jr. 3. Byrne, Jr. 3. Kratz, Jr. 4. L. Ricci, Sr. 4. Kaszynski, Dr. Distance-46' 1 . Time-8:07. 40 BACK STROKE: RELAY! I. Virzi, Fr. I. Juniors 2. Lee, jr. janewicz, Byrne, Lee, Fredman 3. Miller, Fr. 2. Freshmen 4. Waclaw, Fr. 3. Sophomores i Time-35 3-5. Time-1 :40 1-5. RESULTS OFT INTER-CLASS TRACK MEET 50 YARD DASH-WON by Fitzkee Ur.Dg 2nd, Ferris CSo.Dg 3rd, Lopatka Ur.Dg,Levy CSr.D. Time--05 4-5- 100 YARD DASH'WOH by Fitzkee Ur.Dg 2nd, Dusch QSo.Dg 3rd, Levy CSr.Dg 4th, Lopatka Ur.D. Time- IO 3-5. A MILE1WOH by Duncan CSr.Dg 2nd, Ptak Ur.Dg 3rd, Rottner Ur.Dg 4th, Panzica. Time-5:19. POLE VAULT'WOH by Hamm Ur.Dg 2nd, Debo fSr.Dg 3rd, Woods fSr.Dg 4th, Reinhard,QSo.D. Dis- tance-10' 3 . RUNNING HIGH JUMP-Won by Swift fSr.Dg'2nd, Debo CSr.Dg 3rd, P. Duncan QSo.Dg 4th, Walloch -Ur.D, Hamm Ur.D, Easton fFr.D. Distance-5' 3 . 220 YARD DASH 'WOH by Fitzkee Ur.Dg 2nd, Dusch fSo.Dg 3rd, Janewicz Ur.Dg 4th, Kearns CSr.D, Levy fSr.D. Time-24 3-5. -- Discus-Won by Paton CSr.Dg 2nd, Lenski fSr.Dg 3rd, Bernardi fSo.Dg 4th, Kratz. Distance-96' 5M . 120 YARD Low HURDLES-' 5 Prelims.: Ist Heat Won by Smith CSr.Dg 2nd, McClarnan Ur.D. Time-15. 2nd Heat Won by Kearns QSr.Dg 2nd, Walloch Ur.D. Time-15. Finals: A Won by Kearns CSr.Dg 2nd, McClarnan Ur.Dg 3rd, Smith CSr.Dg 4th, Walloch. Time-14 4-5. 440 YARD DASH-WOH byDusch CS0.Dg2nd, Lopatka Ur.D,3rd,McClarnan CSr.Dg4th,CicciCS0.DTime- 6 2-5. I SHOTSPUT-'WOR by Paton CSr.Dg 2nd, Kearns CSr.Dg 3rd, Kratz cJI'.DQ4tl'1, Bernardi. Distance-38' 5 . 880 YARD RUN'WOD by janewicz Ur.Dg 2nd, Duncan CSr.Dg 3rd, Camenisch Ur.Dg 4th, Knapp CS0.D. Time 2 0 RUNNING BROA?J JUMP'WOH by Kearns CSr.Dg 2nd, Walloch Ur.Dg 3rd, Fitzkee Ur.Dg 4th, Gehm CFr.Dg Distance-19' 2M . ' . RELAY-Won by Juniors Uanewicz, McClarnan, Lopatka, FitzkeeDg 2nd, Sophomoresg 3rd, Seniors, 4th, Freshmen. I HANDICAP 2-MILE RACE-WOH by Stein Ur. C0llegeDg 2nd, Kolm CSr.Dg 3rd, Bradley CSo.D. SCORE-Juniors 58 2-3, Seniors 56Z5 Sophomores 24Mj Freshmen 3 1-3. 94 Q 4 v-3 C' Lf rl. rl 'C CQ i-1 O F-'-4 KEETZER, BEENARDI, SMUDZINSK1, L.RE1N1-1AnD,G1LLETT I CONWAY, DUNCAE, LEMANSK 1927 EK, HOLAHAN ZCZ Pls BOECKLING, ENNAN FELLOWS, BR ACH O HD 3 Q Q2 Q1 D S4 vi A ra an M N E- .. LI- I-4 bfi D-4 MEE. En, WALLOCK, LEE, AK ox, FAHEY, BYRNE, B AT , MCCLARNAN P I-I o O .. Cr-1 N r- 4 an td :Z h r 3 Q W N N. 'TS 'S 'Q-w 3 c E sr L1-. Q U1 Q cu o rn rr FL O f-I Ill Z 4 A M o O A A E-4 m Di Q Bi 'C I Z .-1 ra Q1 4 M F 41 N O v-1 B nf an F A C4 :J m O ID D Q I 3 o W E 2 'S 02 h FOOTBALL GAMES Through the loss of twelve letter men, among them Kearns and Childers, All- Valley selections, gaping holes were left at ends, tackle, guards, and center. But nine other letter men returned, and the prospects for a Championship team looked bright as the season began. Paton an all-valley selection for two years was chosen for captain. With Paton in the line and a light speedy backfield headed by Janewicz a fine nucleus existed around which to work in the abundance of heavy but yet inexperienced material. A strong defense was immediately built up. This defense resisted the onslaughts of all the powerful attacks made against it, and yielded only one score during the season. As the season progressed the offense gradually matched the defense as Byrne, Lee and Knapp were worked in with the more experienced players. A spectacular forward pass attack which was used only in case of necessity, constituted one of the team's most powerful weapons. After a clean sweep in the Illinois Valley, featured by the overwhelming defeats of Streator and Ottawa, the team next laid claim tothe state title by winning the only game lost by Rock Island, champion of the western part of the state. Then it defeated Kankakee, the eastern Illinois champion. As a climax, the powerful Lane Tech men from Chicago were defeated on Thanksgiving day before a record breaking crowd- of 5,ooo. p LA SALLE-PERU O1ELGIN 3 fPractice Gamej La Salle-Peru put up a good battle at Elgin although the team had covered the distance of over a hundred miles by bus, with the temperature at go degrees, and despite the fact that Elgin had the advantage of preseasonal training. Elgin barely won by a score of 3 to o. Although this was a defeat, La Salle-Peru was well pleased with the result. Elgin was quite disappointed for they had expected an easy game. Elgin gained ground in mid-field on some beautiful passes, but was powerless in the scoring zone. L. P.'s offense was as good as could be expected, with only two weeks of preparation, and with Janewicz unable to carry the ball because of an injured ankle. . , .. LA SALLE-PERU 7--ALUMNI o The La Salle-Peru team played its first regular game against the strong Alumni team. The Alumni had eight All-Illinois Valley stars in their line-up. A fumbled punt early in the first quarter put the varsity on the defensive Where it remained throughout the half. In the second half just as the varsity was assuming the offensive, a bad pass and fumble by the Alumni gave L. P. its first break. A forward pass followed, which was knocked down by one of the Alumni into Captain Paton's hands, on the one yard line. From this place, Janewicz sneaked around end for the first touchdown of the season. Paton added a point with a successful goal kick. L. P.'s defense was air-tight against the wide end runs of the opponents, but the varsity offense still showed inexperience on the part of several players, and janewicz's sprained ankle still hindered him in carrying the ball. 96 Y .' 5 ,, , X k ...,s,..,...,.,,,,.,..,f?., A , .1 .,- -. sf., E -., :iif,-il fillvfi. .iff I LA SALLE-PERU 7-Rock ISLAND 6 Before a record crowd of enthusiastic spectators, L. P. defeated the strong Rock Island team by the small margin of one point, the score being 7 to 6. Fahey scored the touchdown by recovering a punt blocked by Walloch. Paton kicked the goal, and this proved to be the deciding point of the game. The varsity put up an impenetrable defense but a trick play and a fumble by L. P. gave Rock Island the ball inside of L. Pfs ten yard line. After holding and taking the ball on downs, L. P.'s punt was short and Rock Island again had the ball on our three yard line. L. P. held for three downs but on the fourth down Captain Liedtke of Rock Island hid along the side line, received a forward pass, and galloped over for a touchdown. Rock Island failed to kick goal, thus giving the victory to L. P. LA SALLE-PERU 7-PRINCETON o Although playing without Captain Paton and Fahey, L. P. made it four victories out of four games when they beat Princeton 7 to o. Early in the game a blocked punt resulted in Princeton's getting the ball on our 18 yard line. ,This took all overconfidence out of the L. P. boys. Three plays by Princeton brought out the old L. P. fight and the ball changed hands on our 9 yard line. Several nice runs by Cole of Princeton, offset the various gains of the L. P. backfleld during the first half. In the second half, the team seemed to sense its offensive power for the first time of the season, and Janewicz carried the ball around end for the first and only touchdown. A second touchdown came as a result of a brilliant march down the field but was lost when L. P.'s backfield was penalized on the play which carried the ball across. Later, a blocked punt and a fifteen yard penalty gave Princeton a chance to score in the last minute of play, but our line held for downs until the final whistle blew. LA SALLE-PERU I21ST. BEDE o g L. P. next played St. Bede. St. Bede beat L. P. I2 to o last year so the varsity was anxious to even things up. As a result of this determination L. P.,won with a score of I2 to o. The varsityis first touchdown came in the second quarter as a result of a forward pass from Knapp to Byrne. In the last two minutes of play Fahey who had been kept out because of an injured knee, was sent in. Then a forvs ard pass from Knapp to Fahey resulted in the second touchdown. Both at- tempts for goals failed. In this game the varsity showed considerable improvement, for the team had begun to work as a unit. p LA SALLE-PERU 31-IVIENDOTA o L. P. next took the measure of Mendota. The varsity early in the gamebegan to demonstrate their superiority. L. P. took the ball down the field for a touch- down early in the first quarter. Byrne carried the ball over. Mendota kicked off again and the Red and Green marched down the field for another touchdown. A forward pass from Janewicz to Fahey resulted in still another touchdown. In the second half L. P. put across two more touchdowns. The team worked together for all its gains. The line opened great gaps in Mendotais forward wall. La Salle- Peru had no outstanding stars in this game. But there were eleven fighting players. LA SALLE-PERU 33-STREATOR o October 30 was Homecoming Day for Streator. The main feature of the day was the football game between La Salle-Peru and Streator. L. P. journeyed to Streator, determined to show them some real football. This they did. A few minutes after the game started, a forward pass from Knapp to Baker resulted in a touchdown. Janewicz kicked goal. But the team could not keep up the pace and the score at the end of the half was still 7-o. In the second half L. P. got started. A pass from janewicz to Reinhard resulted in another touchdown. Play after play was successful and the varsity soon had another touchdown. In the fourth quarter L. P. used second string men and even then, two more touchdowns were scored. The final score was 33 to o. 97 i I .g i p . li ff 1 ii- Qi -w is l . L 5 l .. f f gf .gt f r if 1. .E g ,Q 5 lil .gl if l El 'i r-f,l if l P li l lf I 2. if l gh! ill S 2 El ll El I sg E ll ls l .1 il Sl 5 if l ,V l q 3 l E if at J Ti 1 fl if 2 I' l .l lf Qi Q e, 5 E ii 5? 3 E? ri :s If gi Er 5 E if 1: it is 5 s i wi , li LA SALLE-PERU 53-KANKAKEE 0 L. P.'s next opponent was the strong Kankakee team, claimant of the Eastern Illinois Championship. The L. P. team displayed an attack that completely baflied the opponent. The first touchdown came as a result of a poor punt by Kankakee on their own one-yard line. On the first play, Lopatka behind perfect interference, carried the ball across the line. The try for goal failed. After the kick-off and exchange of punts,.L. P. secured the ball on Kankakee's 25 yard line. Byrne and Lopatka carried the ball to the one foot line, then Byrne plunged across for the second touchdown. After this the touchdowns came easy. Paton, Rein- hard, Knapp, Lee, Fahey and Baker crossed the goal line for touchdowns. Janewicz added f1ve points by kicking goals after touchdowns. Fahey gave the fans a thrill when he intercepted a pass and ran 85 yards for a touchdown. LA SALLE-PERU 26-OTTAWA 0 La Salle-Peru 26, Ottawa 0. Thus is the entry of another battle between the two ancient gridiron rivals made in the record book. The battle was staged in Washington Park, Peru. Rain, sleet and snow drove in veritable sheets against the players and spectators. The game was a whirl of excitement. Ottawa did not make a first down, while on the other hand L. P. made first downs at will. Reinhard and Byrne hit the tackles while Lopatka and Janewicz circled the ends. The touchdowns were scored by Janewicz, Reinhard, Lopatka and Byrne. The team played good football considering the weather conditions. The work of the backfield was especially commendable. LA SALLE-PERU 7-HALL 0 L. P.'s next game was with Hall. Both La Salle-Peru and Hall had been victorious in their battles with the other Illinois Valley teams. The championship of the Illinois Valley was at stake. Both teams put up a good battle but L. P. won by a score of 7 to 0. La Salle-Peru's lone touchdown came in the second quarter when Lopatka ran 30 yards for a touchdown. ,Janewicz kicked goal. L. P. threatened the Hall goal many times but lacked the final punch to put it across. Having beat Mendota, Streator, St. Bede, Ottawa, and last of all Hall, La Salle-Peru now had a clear claim to the Illinois Valley Championship. ' LA SALLE-PERU 6-LANE TECH. 0 L. P. entered the Thanksgiving contest determined to keep the slate clean. Before a crowd of 4500, L. P. defeated the strong Lane Tech. team of Chicago 6-0. Lane Tech had four men on the All-Chicago team and three men who had received honorable mention. This meant that La Salle-Peru had to play real football to win. Lane had the advantage in the first quarter but was unable to score. In the second quarter L. P. got under way and made three first downs. Then Lane made a bad punt and L. P. had the ball on Lane's 28 yard line. On the second play, janewicz threw a pretty forward pass down the side lines into the arms of Reinhard, who galloped the few remaining yards for the only touchdown of the game. The kick for goal failed. Lane threatened to score manytimes but each time the danger was averted. The varsity made sixteen first downs to Lane's five. The L. P. team played as a unit, no one man starred. The varsity played the best game of its career, perhaps this was because nine out of the eleven players were wearing the Red and Green for the last time. 98 i l .. 4 sf :, - .. --Y S .. Q Q vi N , 'gt 5 s 5. W .5 if - X - SENIOR LETTER MEN PATON Captain and Tackle Captain Bill was one of L. P.'s best tackles. His stubborn light and aggressivenessinspired the entire line, and these qualities resulted in his being unanimously elected Captain of the All- Valley team of which he had been a member since his Sophomore year. His ability attracted state wide attention, and he was placed on the All State second team. LEMANSKI V End Although Ben was not a regular, it re- quired the best efforts of the other ends to hold their positions. Ben found it easy to nab passes because he is so tall and rangy. PTAK c Guard or Tackle Jerry,' was loyalty itself, and his aggres- siveness and light made him a dangerous op- ponent at all times. For three years Ptak forced his competition to the limit. KRATZ Center Having the advantage of size and strength, Casey never failed to give his opponent a good going over. He was a stone Wall on defense and the bigger his opponent, the harder Casey played. His election as All-Valley center was Well deserved. 99 an Tgjjw .3 J i F L il t v ! .15 sl li l If lb E 4' lt I, it Qi il' Efl f' E a' ' yi i 1, 5 ll. v it l, ll it 42 If if 5 , Q Q 5 l . A l 1 nl f I E 5 s i . is 2 rl 2 I E 1.4 is 1 4 s lj It F il S Ei E il Q :I .1 5 2 1 L Pi Q e 3 lg 2 I . ll i .5 g Q , .l I P 5 4 5 5 i i .115 2 i l i 'E Q , I Ji 'S l if! I . l ,E 'Q ,, I ll 1 1 li li G If ill l V, -5 .lt waz. ll' .iw Ilfllul 4 if if I if ,sv ..-. -- M... ,,.,.',,, p .-.- .,....q....,i.N.,..,M . CONWAY Guard Bon did not report for football until his Senior year and consequently found it hard to break into the line-up. However, his determina- tion and remarkable strength could not be denied. In the latter part of the season it was on several occasions Conway's gorilla-like tackle that kept our goal line uncrossed. LEE Fullback and End No team is stronger than its reserve strength and Bob saved the day in the backfield or at end in several games. Bob was also valuable as a punter. LOPATKA Halfback at c osed his three year career in a blaze of glory. His speed and his uncanny ability to weave his Way through an open field made him one of the best and most spectacular backfield men in the valley. Conlidence in Pat's,' ability inspired the other members of the pony ex- press to make Wonderful interference. CCP 73 1 BOECKLING Halfback For three years Herb,' was a mainstay of the lightweight team backfield. His open field running ability, and his size made him an ex- cellent reserve. 100 ...w,.n..,...,...,,... -...f-..w.....,.M.-.N .vw- fs,,..f-......- E 3 Y. .: ., ..,A ,.,.,.,,....N-,.,..f W... m..,.,,,T.....!. ,tn t , gy 'W R? l f M Q23 5' 5 'LW -l- fl, 5 . .J 1' if .4 1 E . H MCCLARNAN Guard After two years as a sub fighting '4Red made it impossible to deny him his place at guard. His ability to take out would-be-tacklers made possible many spectacular end runs. McClarnan could always be counted upon for that extra ounce of energy which prevented the opponents from gaining when in dangerous territory. WALLOCK Tackler Bebe because of his lack of weight looked out of place in the heavy line, but he was often able to break through and block punts, thus making opportunities which were quickly seized by our team and were often converted into touchdowns. REINHARD Halfback Although small inesize, Walt,, was one of the fightingest and best halfbacks in the Illinois Valley. His size enabled him-to break down the sideline for passes unnoticed. Walt believed in the theory that the bigger they are, the harder they fall , and he never failed to bring down the runner with his shoe stringn tackle. ' ' ' JANEWICZ Quarterback Sauce was one of the few high school quarters who possessed football brains as well as ability. As a result, he was a member of the Valley All-Star team for three years. Sauce's accurate passing and threatening runs. were re- sponsible for the development of a most spec- tacular aerial attack. Q 101 l ii . E Tl - A .lx ll l w v. l li 2 l n s l i l. Il 3 ll 52 Q e 5 5 3 i e Q l a l l S R gl if .5 E E l Q is P l l ilu SMUDZINSKI 1 Guard Smudge was ever reliable, and his ability to play guard or tackle, made him a most valuable man. He allowed all his talking to be done through his playing. . BYRNE Fullback A Five Yard McCarthy had nothing on Byrne, when it came to hitting the line. While on defense, his lierce tackling featured every game. His uncanny ability to solve his oppon- ent's play always brought him near the ball. FAHEY End Without a question Ray was one of the best punters in the state and his long spiral punts constituted one of our most effective weapons both on the oliense and the defense. No inter- ference could deprive Fahey of his low iierce tackling. While on offense, he was always able to get into the open for a pass for which he need- ed merely a linger hold. 4'Ray was an unanimous choice for the All-Valley team. 102 gf, Zami., gm Q W i-I' SI' OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VARSITY T E A M TLETTER MEN , 'HAROLD BAKER ' I End TLINDO BERNARDI . Guard TPAUL DUNCAN Center . ' TWILLIAM HOLAHAN .. Tackle 'FJOIIN KNAPP . Halfback TMIKE RICCI . Guard WILLIAM DUSCH Halfback WALTER LOCKE . Quarterback WILLIAM RHODE I Halfback CARL KEUTZER . Guard HAROLD BRENNAN i End IRA HURST . Fullback - WALTER KASZYNSKI . Guard, -- ' s CLASS FOOTBALL The Seniors who had won the class football championship in both their Soph- omore and Junior years, entered the Junior-Senior game determined to add a third championship. Because of their victories in previous years the4Seniors were the favorites among the fans. They made thirteen points, While all the Juniors could collect was six points. '- In the second game the Sophomores, coached by Mr. Graham, decided that they wanted to try for the championship. In the Freshman game they gained 34 points and kept the Freshmen from scoring. The Freshmen put upa good fight, but lack of experience and Weight caused their downfall. U f 7 n - i In the deciding game the Seniors were overconlident and as a result the first half ended O-O. During the iirst half the Sophs put up a great' battle. In the second half the Seniors got under Way and pushed over five touchdOWns,and the game ended with the Seniors on the long end of a 34 to O score. Thus the Seniors won their third class football championship. ' i 103 I E E Z E E 2 E E w 1 104 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL SCRIMMAGE KASKASKIA. GRIDIRON 5 Given by DECEMBER 14, IQ25 THE OLD BOYS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION KICKOFE 6:30 P. M. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 'P J. Ever Reliable Rooter Malone Stuart Depository Duncan 5 Fred Puttem Trenary GC 79 . Oskewowwow Benson . Computer Reinhard M . Currem Fullenweider . 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Isdatso Goodman THE TEAM IN MY DREAM as L How dear to my heart is the old muddy football The ball that we played with the whole season through, With old Skeezix Reinhard caressing it gently, 1 As with grace he bends over, his duty to do. Then a 4-36 and a whirl and a rush E V Our Flapper has got it with Bob in the scheme, His through outside tackle, their lines made of mush And netted a 20-yard gain for the team. The muddy old oval, The pig-covered oval, . The old leather oval I see in my dream. How fondly I,ve watched Daddy', Kratz in the play, P As frail as a fawn and as fleet as afhareg Our Mickey must truly speed up to keep with him, But if he lights on you there's trouble for fair. Thus We've got Sweetheart Paton and Holahan, too, When it comes to smash up, they're onwith the steam. . And with our Harold Baker playing right along with them, I say there's some class to that end of the team. Oh, the old oval football, The slippery old football - p The much abused football I see in my dream. 105 l Now the long mighty Puggsy next comes into view, You'd think he was there as a mascot, et al, But two seconds later their fine line is busted And long Puggsy Duncan is hugging the ball. Lopatka,.Bernardi,t and Boeckling are there, Right up on their toes a new line buck to frame, McCarty has got it, by jove, I declare, The force of the plunge'd make an elephant lame. The grimy old football, The grain leather football, The tightly laced football they used in the game. Now Adhesive Tapen Fahey next comes on the scene, - And delivers himself of a fifty yards punt, Did you see Speedy Walloch a-follow the ball? ' 'Twas like old T. R. on a man eater hunt, And Flaming lVIcClarnan, beside him Ptak, Conway making holes for a 11-yard gain. Say those other young fellows just had to crack As still in my dreams I can hear the refrain Oh, the famous old football, The kind tempered football, The dearly loved football comes back to my brain. It's the other side's ball, there's a 20-yard throw, But up in the air Pat has caught it, alas! VVith Smiler', Smudzinski making fun of their tacklers, It's LaSalle-Peru touchdown on their forward pass. There's Long Legs and Walloch in Statute 6-2 lvlakes a way for our quarter, there's nothing to hamper. The hole's big enough for an ox to go through And our Sauce is off on a zo-yard scamper. It's a splendid old oval, A grand old oval, But the muse does not wish with your patience to tamper. In the eyes of your schoolmates you fellows are heroes, You're models and idols to the kids in the bleachers, For the coaching and patience that taught you the game, I bid you remember T. J. and the teachers, For NT. C. and Gransden and our own Mr. Graham, And the mighty Coach Fellows you hold in esteem. My boys, don,t forget it's from them that it came The science of football, the heart of my theme. Oh, the wiggly old oval, The smiling old oval, The beloved old oval I see in my dream. THE OLD BOYS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Unincorporated, not for profit under the laws of good sport, December 1916, succeeding the old firm of Patron Saintsn, organized in 1907. A few shares of non-cumulative listed Preferred Stock in the Association are still available for worthy subscribers. No common or curb stock issued by the company. lX'Iain office of the Company, Matthiessen Athletic Field, L. P. T. H. S. Open day and night. ' Secret password and copyright of the Association is: --l 106 THE 1925-26 BASKETBALL REVIEW L. P. started the basketball season by a victory over LaMoille. The team next won a decisive victory over the strong St. Ambrose quintet. But the follow- ing week, the varsity was defeated by Granville after a hard fought game. After the Christmas holidays L. P. met defeat at the hands of Moline. The team next won from Hall and Toluca. L. P. came out with the small end of the scores after hard fought games with Streator and Rock Island. Next the Red and Green met their ancient rivals, Ottawa, and lost the game in the last few minutes of play. L. P. then fell prey to the strong Morris aggregation. A few days later the Hall team was again defeated and the next night Moline barely won. Next came the I. V. H. S. Tournament at Morris. After beating Tonica in the opening round, L. P. next met defeat in the hands of the strong Peoria Manual team and was thus eliminated. The following week, the L. P. team came back and defeated Ottawa and Morris. L. P. had now hit its stride and after defeating Marseilles in the opening round of the district Tournament, gained- a victory over Swaney. This victory placed them in the finals. LaSalle-Peru' and Ottawa fought it out, and after a game full of thrills, L. P. was the victor. A LaSalle-Peru next went to Joliet where they represented the LaSalle district in the sectional tourney. L. P.'s opponent was New Trier. This famous team defeated L. P., 33-17. ' The varsity was next invited to a tournament held at Illinois Wesleyan College. L. P.'s first opponent was Normal High but this team proved too strong and L. P. met defeat. ' ' SCORES OF THE SEASON December La Salle-Peru. . 5 .....,..... 30 La Moille . . . . December La Salle-Peru .... . . . 25 St. Ambrose . December 'La Salle-Peru .... . . . I9 Granville . . . . January La Salle-Peru . . . II Moline . . . . January La Salle-Peru . , . 27 Hall . . . . January 'La Salle-Peru .... . . . 27 Toluca. . . . . January La Salle-Peru .... . . . I3 Streator . . . . . January La Salle-Peru .... . . . I3 Rock Island . January 'La Salle-Peru . . . . . 20 Ottawa . . . . . . February 'La Salle-Peru . . . 20 Morris . . , . February 'La Salle-Peru .... . . . 20 Hall . . . . February 'La Salle-Peru .............. I8 Moline Q . . . February La Salle-Peru ........,..... 26 Morris .... February La Salle-Peru ........, ...... 2 5 Ottawa .... ,. . ILLINOIS VALLEY TOURNAMENT February La Salle-Peru .............. 22 Tonica ....... February La Salle-Peru .........,.... I5 Peoria Manual ' DISTRICT TOURNAMENT March La Salle-Peru. .Q ............ 29 . Marseilles . . . March La Salle-Peru ...,......,... 2I Swaney . . . March La Salle-Peru .............. 28 Ottawa .... SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT March La Salle-Peru .............. I7 New Trier . . . ILLINOIS WESLEYAN TOURNEY La Salle-Peru. . .S ........... I3 Normal . . . SECOND TEAINI December La Salle-Peru .............. 31 Peru Aggies . . December La Salle-Peru ....,......... I6 Granville .... February La Salle-Peru . . . 30 Granville . . . . January La Salle-Peru ..., . . . I9 Hall ..... . . . January La Salle-Peru ...., . , . I4 La Moille Cfirst team January La Salle-Peru ...,. . . . IO Streator . , . . . January La Salle-Peru ..,. . , . 2I Ottawa . . . . . . February La Salle-Peru .... . . . 16 Morris . . February La Salle-Peru, ..... . . . 24 Hall . . . . . . February La Salle-Peru ..., . . . 18 Streator . . . February La Salle-Peru .... ..... I 8 Morris .... February La Salle-Peru ,...... I7 Ottawa .... 107 I 4 108 5 . if - BASKETBALL TEAM I a Letter Men 1 JAN1-zwlcz--Captain and forward. His great floor work, fight, and knowledge of the game made him a splendid captain. 'Under his leadership the team had a most successful season. A I ' ' - 4 bk 5 RE1NHARD- Walt was the captain's twin player. Small but mighty, his un- conquerable fight and classy dribbling captured the heart of every audience. iliFAHEYf-iiR3Y,, was center and captain of the mythical All-District Team. Ray is rhythmical and graceful in every movement, and played his best when opposition was the strongest. Hefwas a dead shot inside the foul line. , ikKRATZ'iiC3SCY,, played guard. A giant in size, Casey had perfect confidence in his own strength. Wlhen he went after the ball no forward could take it from him. 'rig - : lXlcCLARNAN-- Red', played guard. The lack of guard material caused 'fRed'i, naturally a forward, to be used in the defensive position. Although playing ' back guard he more than once used his offensive abilitymto score baskets. g ' 'CDUNCAN-Guard. Pinky,', although a sub at the beginning, developed during the season. His ability to use his longaarms for intercepting passes and cover- ing his opponent gained for him a guard berth on the All-District Quintetf SFLOCKE- Chippy played forward. He was a dead shot from either far or near. As a pinch hitter he was unsurpassed. His dazzling speed made him a terror to his guards. . , YHOLAHAN-Forward. Holly was a dangerous man from behind the foul line and a dead shot if allowed to dribble in. 'Holly has another year in which to show his real ability. . Q ' U LEE- Bob played center. Although this was his first year on the squad, Bob' piloted the second team through a most successful season. ,It is too bad that Bob, has not another year with us. ' ' 5 A PTAK- Jerry played guard. He was always on hand and ready to do his bit. Hjerryw developed greatly during the season and was a regular leechwhen assigned to cover a particular opponent. 5 Y CLASS BASKETBALL Basketball competition between the classes was especially keenfthis year. Many thrilling games were played during the season, and it was only after the last game that the class championship was decided. The Seniors and Juniors both suffered losses when their men were taken by the varsity. Therefore, they had to canvas their classes for players. The Sophomores, coached by Mr. Graham, were going in great style throughout the season and they welladeserved the,cham4 pionship they won. The Freshmen surprised everyoneand won three games. As usual the players displayed clean playing and wholesome sportsmanship. s FINAL STANDING Won Lost Percentage - Sophomores ....................... 8 4 .667 Seniors .. . . 7 5 ' .583 - A Juniors ............ .......,,...,..... 6 , 65 .500 Freshmen .......,................... 3 ' 9 .250 NIEMBERS OF CLASS TEAMS SENIORS Lopatka, Lee, Ptak, Paton, Camenisch, Hamm, Wolf, Rottner, jakubek. ,lUN1oRs Seghi, Rhode, Benedix, Gapen, Frizol, Dusch, Hildebrandt. H SOPHOMORES Moline, Easton, Gehrn, Ricci, Welter, Smith, McCann, L. Reinhard. FRESHMEN Rasponi, Marenda, Gillett, Ramenofsky, Frost, Wallock, Coggshall. 109 1 l.,..,,, , W 110 -- i 4' T A A X 'K GIRLS' ATHLETICS BASEBALL 1925 ' 5 The baseball season was full of pep and vim. The scores were very close and when the finals came to a close, the Sophomores proved to -be the best players. The Seniors came second, the juniors third and the Freshmen last. The games were played out-of-doors giving the players plenty of enthusiasm and spirit. SWIMMING MEET 1925 V For the second time in the history of L. P. the Freshman class upset the dope,' and romped away with the interclass swimming meet when they ran up a score of 43 points. The Sophs took second place with a total of 35 points, while the Juniors, with only one entry, captured 24 points. The Seniors with three entries gained 7 points. The underclasses had lots of enthusiasm and plenty of con- testants, while the Juniors and Seniors were handicapped by lack of parti- cipants. Joe Eastman kept the Juniors close to the front by her all-around ability which brought her the honor of the high-point scorer of the meet with a total of 24 points. Joe took first place in the 4o-yd. dash, fancy diving, and under water swimg second in 2o-yd. side stroke and plunge for distance. Edith Schalla of the Freshmen, came second with I4 points. This swimmer' captured first place in the umbrella race, second place in diving, third place in the back stroke and 20-yd. side stroke and fourth in the 40-yd. dash. Verna Norman of the Sophs, ranked third with IO points, and Nlelva Massieon of the Freshmen, fourth, with 9M points. Q Two records were broken during the meet when Miss Eastman lowered the 40-yd. dash record from 40 2-3 to 34 2-5, and Miss Norman cut 2 seconds from the 20-yd side stroke, with the time being 18 4-5. TENNIS 1925 S Because of lack of time, the single and the doubles were not completed, though many of the girls had talent. The total of 98 singles and 2.9 doubles was entered. VOLLEYBALL 1925 After a hard struggle within the inter-period volleyball tournament, the third hour class came out first in the final victory. In the inter-class tournament, the Juniors battled with the Sophs for first place and won,While the Seniors and Fresh- men were third and fourth. - . BASKETBALL 1925 . 1 The Basketball spirit was great this year. Every period and class team fought for its points. In the period teams, the third and seventh came in for the finals and after a hard battle the seventh period won. In the inter-class tourney, the juniors defeated their old foe, the Seniors. Then the Sophs and Freshmen played. This ended with a victory for the Sophs. Thesfinals were played between the Juniors and Sophs, and the tournament ended with the Juniors victorious, the score being IO-I8 in their favor. 111 GIRLS' BASKETBALL CELEBRITIES Ziz! Wham! Boom! Here they come. A merry whirlwind! The shrill note from the whistle, a cheer from the side lines, an eager eye on the basket, there they go. VVhat's all the noise about? Why the interclass basketball tournament is on. There is a veritable hub-bub of conversation going on between the side line spectators- . Ah-Captain Doris lVIorrow of the Freshmen. Yes, she watches her girl and keeps her team together. There is Josephine Camenisch, a regular sport who tries her best, Clara Oesterle always willing to learn more about the gameg hiable Pierard, even if she is a Freshy you have to watch hergjosephine Klobuchar, 'a sprightly guard, Florence Schwendimann, here and there and everywhere, Dolores Schreiber, a future championgand Charlotte Bernard, the manager, always alert and on the job. Of course, they are mere babes, but next year their fight will come in handy and there will be some mighty good competition. Captain Freida Hafermann introduces her 'tiger' Sophomore team. Ah- Mary Snow, the manager and crack forward. 'Lou' Gaede, a fighting guard, Helen Pierard, a guard, but oh my! what an 'over guard'. But that is all right, Helen, we get lots of free throws. lVIarjy Plym, like her sister, is out to win. Edith Schalla loses her head sometimes, but everybody gets excited, 'Schal1y'. Jane Dular- what, in the world would they do without 'Jannie'? She is small but gets there just the same. ' ' Now which is the 'crack tearn'? I suppose we will have to admit that the Junior is. The poor Seniors are left to Weep over their lack of training, caused by the fact that they don't take gym any more. But they never fail to mention the fact that they were the 'crack' team two years ago. 'Cap' Amy Plym takes her Junior team into a corner before the game, and Joe Eastman takes her Senior team into a corner, and they form a conspiracy against each other. 'Ann' Knauf is the manager of this third year team and we guess she is about the best forward ever put on the basketball Hoor. A-b-s-o-l-u-t-e- 1-y she never fails to land a basket when she has her chance. Then Karin 'Swede' Ostman blocks the traffic and makes way for Ann to shoot. Karin is a good sport and plays with a regular school spirit. A glance at 'Babe' Parks will tell you that she means business and is playing with the letters VV-I-N flashing in her mind. 'Sis' Loekle is like a Hash in the air. She plays so fast that your head seems to be constantly whirling in order to keep an eye on her. Grace Lee and 'Irish' O'bid are two snappy guards and they certainly put up a fight, while Harriet Helmig seems to know that she is on the Hoor for a purpose and carries out that purpose. Yea Seniors! Let's see-yes, they have six players and that is all! But nevertheless lacking training or not, they are on the Hoor and playing their very best. Captain Joe Eastman has a good fight and every once in a while we hear, Oh you dirty player , but no, girls she is only a bit rough and apologizes for the 'biffs' and 'bangs' she gives . Then Rusty -a sport, clear through, who sinks a ringer every chance she gets. If Rusty isn't playing-well, we give up all hopes. Hen Levine is the general manager and she shows her opponents just what a good guard is. Em Yoxall and Vera Ramey are surely an encouragement to the team. Flo Rounds and Gert also played this year and their work proved to be very good. Cheering, fighting, playing, Every team is at its best, Though we hate to, we confess That the Juniors won the test. joe EASTMAN. 112 3 HOWARD FELLOWS AVIS IXI. PILLSBURY ALBERT G. GRANSDEN ELIZABETH RCSENCRANZ CATHERINE SCHALLA . LESLIE HOENSCHEID LAWRENCE JANEWICZ XVILLIAM BYRNE . BORIS FREDMAN . EDITH SCHALLA . VERNA NORMAN . JEROME PTAK . GEORGE IYIOLINE . LAWRENCE VIROMAN T . JOHN WHITE . JULIA STEVENS . ANNA KNAUFF . HELEN KIXLASINSKI J THE SOCIITL CEN TER THE STAFF Director of Social Center and Athletics . . Director for Women Assistant Director of Social Center . . . Office Secretary Swimming Instructor and Matron lNIen's and Boys, Club VVorker Librarian and Boys, Club Viiorker . Swimming for Boys and lNIen Swimming for Boys and lylen Assistant Swimming Instructor Assistant Swimming Instructor . . . . Attendant . . Attendant . Athletic Official . Athletic Official Girls' Club VVorker Girls' Club Worker . . Girls' Club Worker BUJLDING EQUIPMENT The Social Center embraces a large gymnasium, IIOX53 feet, an indoor swim ming pool,6ox25 feet, reading and silent game rooms, a men's club room, a large reception room, 48x30 feet, and kitchenette. In addition there are two executive offices, an apparatus room, and four large locker and dressing rooms. In connection with the building, there are ,an athletic field of II acres, an outdoor swimming pool, IOOXSO feet, equipped with hot and cold shower bathsg and also three tennis courts. THE SWIMNMTHIPOOLS During the summer time the indoor swimming pool is reserved exclusively for the girls and ladies, while the outdoor pool is used by the boys and men. In other seasons the use of the indoor pool is divided between the two sexes, so that it is possible for the people of the tri-cities to continue their swimming the year around. During this period, students are required to use the natatorium during the day-time. Trained life guards are in constant attendance, and their presence reduces the dangers of swimming to a minimum. At stated times eHicient in- struction is given both to children and adults, and hundreds of people are annually taught how to swim and dive. Tests in swimming are held periodically and those who qualify are given social center monograms. The pool is also available for holding Red Cross Life-Saving tests. The indoor pool is equipped with a modern filter and chlorinator, through which all the water in the pool is passed every 24 hours. In this way the water is kept clean, fresh and sparkling. THE AUDITORIUM The high school auditorium, which is modeled after the Little Theatre of New York City, is in the school building proper but its use is available during non- school time to the various town organizations. In it, there is large stage which has new up-to-date equipment, including a curtain background known as a cyclo- rama. The latest improvement in lighting effects has also been installed. 114 f -1 sy 1 rg ' Q Q ss Y if 1 s4,.,.si.,a.-..i.. wAs+ ..LMsn3sfi. ,1.a-Wig, .. 1 . A L . , . .1 . , ,. THE GYMNASIUM The most popular feature of the recreation building is the gymnasium which contains a playing space for basketball, 76x40 feet, an indoor baseball diamond and two volleyball courts. About twelve feet above the floor is the running track 'which is used for accommodating the spectators attending the various functions. Portable bleachers which accommodate nearly 6oo persons are placed along the various sides of the gymnasium floor during the basketball season. During the day time the gymnasium is used entirely by high school and Junior College students with the girls and boys exercising in it on alternate days. The physical education for both junior College and High School girls is supervised by the women's director, while that for the boys is under the supervision of the assistant director of the Social Center. In the evenings the gymnasium is used for carrying on community athletic programs which are divided into Senior and Junior divisions. In the fall, indoor baseball leagues are conducted, which give way to basketball during the winter months. A consolation tournament in the Junior division furnishes the grand finale to the basketball season. This tournament is one of the most popular features of the year's athletic program and usually from I2 to I4 teams take part. Formerly a twilight baseball league was conducted by the Social Center but this activity has been given over to the LaSalle Play-Ground Commission, which has suc- cessfully conducted a twilight league for the past three years on the Hegeler Park Grounds. ' GRADE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOL. ATHLETICS A The grade and parochial school students have been organized by the Social Center and all competition is carried on through athletic leagues which are formed in the following order: Indoor baseball, basketball, indoor track, outdoor base- ball and outdoor track. Prizes for championship in the shape of shields and cups have been given by various civic organizations of the tri-cities. These prizes must be won three times by the same school before they become the permanent property of the winning school. The use of the gymnasium on Saturday mornings is reserved for grade and parochial school boys, athletics, and on Saturday after- noons for girls. During the year, medal contests are held periodically and gold, silver and bronze medals are offered byzthe Social Center to those students who make the marks qualifying them for the respective prizes. These contests include one-lap race, high jump, broad jump, chinning, and a three-lap race for the boys, and one-lap race, high jump, broad jump, traveling rings and basketball l'f' f throwing for the girls. RECORDS Championships have been won during the year as follows: GRADE AND PAROCHIAL Outdoor Track lNIay 1925 St. Patrick's Outdoor Baseball 1925 Lincoln Indoor Baseball 1925 Jefferson ' Indoor Track 1926 Washington of Oglesby Basketball 1926 SENIOR LEAGUES Indoor Baseball 1925 Yankees Basketball schedule not complete, JUNIOR LEAGUES Indoor Basketball IQ25 Oglesby Tigers Basketball 1926 Maroons 115 ll lllixl ll E I l if il gi 51 gi 15 Fi ll si If ii il M xl Ei il ll gi il l ii ., gl el l L l 'E fi 5 Q THE ATHLETIC FIELD A large athletic field, in the center of which is the football gridiron, encom- passed by a I-5 mile center track, is used chiefiy by the high school athletes. A large concrete stadium is found on the south side of the field and affords the many spectators an excellent view of the various athletic contests. The cinder track is the only one in the Illinois Valley and has been used annually by the Illinois Valley High School Association for the holding of its inter-scholastics. In the northeast corner a new baseball diamond has been laid out for all future grade and parochial school baseball games and has already been used for games played in the Western Clock Co. Industrial League. By special permission, teams of the tri-cities are granted the use of the diamond for baseball practice. To the east of the baseball diamond and north of the gridiron a second football field has been laid out where the high school boys conduct their practices in order to keep the regular gridiron in the best of condition. The cooperation of the VVestern Clock Co. made it possible to surround the entire field by a modern cyclone fence. just outside the athletic field there are two tennis courts which are used by the boys and men. An excellent third court used by the girls only is found just east of the Maiii School building. Annual tournaments-including one for high school boys and one for girls-both in singles and doubles are held in these courts. During the summer time a tournament opened to any citizens of the community is run off, with a beautiful silver trophy cup being offered to the winner, by the VVestern Clock Co. TIIE RECEPTION ROOM The Reception Room, commonly known as the party room, is an interesting feature of the Social Center equipment. This room has been purposely left with- out equipment so that it may be used for almost any sort of a function. Adjoining the reception room is a kitchenette with modern equipment including a gas-stove, dishes, silverware, and cooking utensils. Private citizens as well as various or- ganizations have found it very convenient to make use of this room in the giving of parties, receptions and similar functions. g TIIE MEN'S CLUB ROOM The lXIen's Club Room is also devoid of special equipment with the result that it is used for club meetings, as well as for wrestling, boxing and handball. This room is constantly in use during the evenings of the week. 116 TIIE READING AND SILENT GAME - ROOM . I a This room is divided in the middle by a wall which extends two-thirds of the way across the room, so that one part is used for the playing of silent games while the other part serves as a place for reading. This large roomis equipped with seven large reading tables, a newspaper rack, a magazine rack, an atlas stand, an attendance desk, bookshelves and about thirty chairs. Over I5 popular maga- zines and periodicals, the local newspapers and a growing 'collection of books for all ages and sexes furnish adequate reading material for those who use the room. None but quiet games such as chess, checkers and dominoes are allowed in the game section. Although the use of this room is opened to all, its use has proved popular only to the boys and young men who nightly find it a very con- venient and attractive place in which to spend their leisure time. Children of grade-school age are required to leave at 8 o'clock' every evening except on Friday nights, so that there is no interference with their school work. This same rule applies to all activities carried on by the Social Center. The Junior College is also housed in the Social Center building and the college students use this room as a study hall during the school day. MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES Several activities are carried on during the year which have no definite place in theeathletic program. One of these is the use of the gymnasium and swimming pool in odd hours by various boy-scout organizations . Another one is the use of the gymnasium from 8 to 9 o'clock by a group of foremen of the Western Clock Co. who have found much enjoyment in playing volleyball, followed by a plunge in the swimming pool from 9 to IO. . One of the most important features of the Social Center work has been the development of boys' clubs. All boys of the tri-cities are eligible for membership and about 6o of them who are not identified with other organizations have been grouped together into what is known as the, Social Center Neighborhood Boys, Club. This big organization has been sub-divided into 3 groups known respect- ively as the Lions, the Tigers and the Tender-Feet. The boys meet every Wed- nesday evening and after a half-hour drill in parliamentary tactics and club work, are granted a half-hour's work-out in the gymnasium. From time to time a movie film is run off for their benefit in the High School Auditorium. This organization has been a most important factor in the development of character and manhood and through its influence many boys who are idling away their time on the street corners and running up and down alleys have been brought into the Social Center where their energy has been directed into better channels. The Wednesday night swimming class for married couples has also proved quite popular 'especially in the fall and spring time of the year. This class swims from 8 to 9 p. m. and furnishes an opportunity for the married folk of the community to enjoy their swimming at the same time. 117 In , mm- ..M...... ELL ESS PQE ..- 'U :- C 1 1 . Q - na 'W 1 1 1 4 . ri I P LA 5 lllllllllll l llll lllllllllll 'M 7 2 E 2 E S E 5 E 4 S T S S E i 1 S 3 5 S - 3 - E oilIlllllIIllllllllllllllllillllllllllllli to ISS, SEPTEMBER 8th-School opens. Hundreds of wide-eyed Freshmen are exploring the New World. 9th-First Assembly is directed by Mr. McCormack. Freshmen find seats by countingifrom the back of the row. 14th-Junior College opens and the Platos march continually Olllillmlllllllllll III! lllll mmm u M ir gin, E L L jj 1 ' 1915 81.34 : through the Assembly Hall. . A student is taken suddenly ill of the disease known as Englishitis . 16th-Final classification today. No more dodging Study Hall. I7th-MT. Fellow selects the 1926 track team during the fourth period fire drill. A second team picked during lunch hour rush shows more speed. ' 19th-Football season opens. Elgin defeats L. P. by a score of 3 to o. 22nd-Class elections take place without political warfare. ' 23fd1Mf. lVIcCormack,s detectives are posted ready for the Royal Order of Stampersn. The Order is abandoned. 24th-Many Sophomores are injured in the rush to try out for the Sophomore play. u 25th-Class pictures are taken. The camera is still in perfect condi- . tion. Senior class rings and pins are selected. Bon Conway is forced to ordera bracelet. , , 26th-L. P. football team once more comes into its own by defeating the Alumni. The score is 7 to o. 28th-Anti-musicians have been at work. Mr. Bowers has consider- able trouble in getting the cans off of his Ford. .OCTOBER Ist-The Student Council calls an assembly to discuss vital questions 2nd-+At a meeting in the Auditorium Alwin Kolm prescribes a new medicine for L. P. It is known as Pep , P 3rd-A valiant struggle between the L. P. and Rock Island football squads ends with a victory for L. P., the score being 7 to 6. 5th-Senior pictures are being taken. A few majestic Seniors insist upon the pose of Napoleon. L 9th-Mr. McCormack moves that the school be closed because of teachers' institute. The motion is carried by a unanimous vote of the pupils. Ioth-L. P. shows its spirit when it holds Princeton with a score of 7 to o. 12th-Seniors humiliated the Junior football squad by a score of I3 to 6. 14th-The unusual noise during the fifth period was due to the organization of the Band. P- If I7th--St. Bede's colors fall before the Red and Green football men. The score stands I2 to o. 20th-Freshmen and Sophomores battle for the supremacy of the gridiron. The Sophs,7 are victorious, defeating the Freshies by a score of 34 to O. 23rd-A program is presented by the Music Department. There were orchestra and piano numbers, followed by assembly singing. 24th-Mendota is defeated by L. P. with a score of 31 to 0. 26th-Students receive their first report cards. Parents receive their first shock. , 29th-The Art Club holds its annual Hallowe'en Penny Social. - 30th-Streator is defeated by L. P. with a score of 33 to O. ' K E E MM1. gliifgw WW it o,,,.,,..,.,,..,.,..o MMM ..-M ., 'MTW lm tmmim is if 1, 1, ES S P E w w wwmu wg L 'J X NOVEMBER 2nd-Helen May Martin a deaf, dumb, and blind girl gives an unusual recital in the auditorium. 3rd-Streator lightweights are defeated by L. P. lightweights. The score is 27 to o. 9th-L. P. defeats Ottawa with a score of 26 to o. Ioth-Senior jewelry arrives. -The football squad wins the race to the place of distribution. 11th-A program to commemorate the signing of the Armistice is given in the Auditorium. 13th-Members of the English III and IV classes give scenes from Midsummer Night's Dream . This was one of our most entertaining programs. I4th-L. P. defeats Hall 7 to o for the Illinois Valley Championship. 16th-Football men are able to come to school in spite of the fact that Hall was rough with them. I9th1Mf. McCormack advocates noise-proof walls for our new high school. ' 20th-At the Pep meeting the C. radio foretells the scoretof to- morrow's game. 21st-Kankakee is defeated by the Champions , the score being 53 to O. The radio made a false report. 5 24th-Scraps of paper have vanished. The annual desk cleaning - contest has taken place. 25th-An alarm clock frightens the Sleeping Students of the first period study hall. Anarchists are again at work. Two one-act plays, Three Pills in a Bottle , and The Knave of Hearts are presented by the Sophornores. Those 'Sophs have talent! 26th-Football season closes with a victory. L. P. upholds its title by defeating Lane Tech. of Chicago with a score of 6 to 0. DECEMBER 7th-Tony Sarg presents his famous Marionettes in the operetta L The Pied Piper of Hamlin . His black-face announcer hopes we likes it . We certainly do! h Ilth-L. P. opens the basketball season with a victory. L. P. 295 La Moille 4. 5 14th-At the banquet given in honor of the IQZS football champions Toby Knapp is chosen captain of the L. P. squad for 1926. I6thE'Ig1e score for the St. Ambrose game is IS to 25 in favor of 17th-No more loafing in the study hall between periods! This startling proclamation is set forth by the teachers. Loafers are disappearing. . 18th-The Junior College play Captain Applejackn, praised so highly by those who attended last night, will be given again tonight. 5 ' 19th-We hear that the old faculty members will entertain the new faculty members at a kid party this evening. Oh, to be able to peek in! 21st-An exhibit of Christmas gifts made by the art students is given in the art room. Enarneling, batik, tied and dyed work, and work in clay are interesting features. Miss McCabe and Miss Bowers give a tea for their English III students. 23rd-Dickens' Christmas Carolv is presented by the freshmen School closes for the holidays. 120 'I 1 --asM--M----W--.A--1-:Jaw--.-. f a.1........,,.-,... u. .-.a..:...L....a- I. l be-. Il r 1 .1131 fi .i sf-. 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Chippy,' Locke is the individual star of the game. 14th--Classification for next semester in the sixth period. Seniors all want to take Freshman subjects, ' 15th--Toluca is defeated in a decisive battle with the L. P. five. The score stands 26 to 27. 18th-The first day of review week gives the students an idea of what has been covered this semester. zoth-Streator defeats L. P. 18 to 13. ' fn 22nd-L. P. puts up a good fight against Rock Island, but is defeated by a close score I4 to 13. . - 1 25th--Exams begin. Football men appear in their new varsity sweaters. 26thf-Students are beginning to receive either good or bad news of , the finals taken yesterday. 28th-Exams are over at last. ' Today the express company delivered a barrel to school. We wonder if it is red ink! .- ,FEBRUARY 2nd-L. P. is defeated by Morris 30 to zo. 5th--Hall and L. Pfcompete once more. L. P. is victorious with a score of 20 to 19. A Freshman is seen sitting at the Junior P College lunch table. Junior College students enjoyed his company. 6th-After a hard struggle L. P. is defeated by Moline IQ to 18. 9th-Final classification takes place in the fifth period. Students request a reduction in the number of blanks to be filled. 11th-A speech on banking is given in the first period. Basketball tournament starts at Morris. The Senior class votes to wear caps and gowns at Commencement. 15th-The first weekly exhibit ofthe art department is shown in the assembly hall. Members of the L. P. faculty fThe ln- vincible Fivei play the Ottawa faculty. Ottawa loses by a score of 28 to 3. K 17th-The school hears a speech 'on Fire Prevention. 18th-Mr. Kingman of the Ottawa High school speaks at our Patriotic Week assembly, on Thomas Jefferson. 19th-Ottawa expects to neutralize their faculty defeat by beating - the L. P. varsity. They fail to carry out their ambitions, L, P. wins with a score of 25 to 18. , . 26th--The junior College Dramatic Club presents. Helena's Husband , a one-act play, at our assembly. A -iff - -ef L imma 5 z S S E if l l ' 5 :il - :ii 1 '5 E s illllllll i . 5 1 121 1 llllllllll 0 MARCII 3rd--The Illinois Valley tournament starts today. 6th-L. P.'s squad comes out a victor in the tournament. 9th-Those students, who buy candy at 7:30 in the morning, are requested to postpone their appetites until lunch time. ' I 1th-The New Trier basketball squad defeats the L. P. tive, 33 to I7 in the sectional tournament at Joliet. 12th-The Operetta, given by the Glee Club, is highly appreciated by all those who attended it. The basketball squad is enjoying the Week-end at Joliet. 16th-Rose Ramenofsky Wins the prize of 55.00 given by the La Salle Chamber of Commerce for the best essay on The Use of Corn Products. 17th- Holly Holahan celebrates Saint Patrick's Day with an enormous green tie. 19th-The junior College Dramatic Club presents three plays in the auditorium this evening. 25th-Junior and Senior classes meet for business in the fourth period. The National Honor Society holds a meeting before school. APRIL 13th-W. S. Vivian of the Public Service Speakers' Bureau speaks to the school. 14th-Francis G. Blair, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield, speaks to the school. 21st, 22nd and 23rd-Junior Play, The Charm School. 3othhStudent Council Party. .MAY Ist-High Scholarship Legion Banquet. 3rd-Dr. H. G. Paul ofthe Department of English at the University of Illinois speaks to the junior College. 8th-State District Track lXfIeet and Commercial Contests. 14th-Senior Class Dance. JUNE 4tI1'P9.U'O!1S, Night. 7th to Ilth-Examination Vlleek. 15th-Class Night. I6tI1iCL71l1IHCIlCCHlCIlt Night. 122 4 L v 4 A X 1 I ..,.....- . ........,........,w-., 5 A . 3 is sf 3' 15 g 'f .,...,.......................... ,..X . f 1. ! jf-is -- :Vil- , , , , 3 , 5 A 5 .., ,., . M H THE LOCKED DOOR Is there anything more interesting than a locked door? During a life-time we encounter these locked doors in many places. For instance, one night coming home at twelve or one o'clock one finds the door locked. One's escort may have a key in his pocket, but unfortunately mother has left her key in the other side of the door. The only thing to do is to awaken f'Papa . At Christmas time one is apt to find many locked doors. But this is because Santa is behind these doors -making toys and other things. It would be a serious breach of etiquette to attempt opening these doors. The locked door to which I refer is one before which the dignity of many great people has tumbled. At first the faculty members amused themselves by watch- ing some unsuspecting Freshman attack the door, and gasp in astonishment when it failed to swing open at his shove. ' But wait, the students shall yet have revenge. Ah-Mr. Wilmot, our omni- present dean, the man who blocks the back aisle of the assembly hall, and the one who caused the door to be locked, is coming this way. Bang! He bumps his dignity on the fatal door. Next, the faculty beauty, Miss Pillsbury, approaches with her usual impetuous haste. But even her carefully trained strength cannot budge the door. She gracefully turns and trips to the double door entrance which swings lightly at her touch. At last Mr. Bowers comes rushing pell mell through the study hall. His thoughts are suddenly brought to earth by his encounter with this immovable thing. He stares at it in astonishment-to think that anything should resist him! As all others before him have done-he, too, hurries away and out into the shadows of the main hall by way of the wide center exit. The students of L. P. are well acquainted with this door and its significance. For them it needs no explanation. T -MILDRED KEENAN, '26. TO CHARLESTON OR NOT TO CHARLESTON To Charleston or not to Charleston, that is the question: Whether 'tis better for the feet to suffer The bumps and kicks of other dancers Or to take up the slow gliding steps again, And by shunning, end it? To hop: to restg No more, and by this dance to say we gain The many aches and the thousand other pains That fiesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish,d. To hop, to rest, To rest: perchance to sweat: Ay, there's the rub, For in that dance what lovely forms emerge, When we have shaken off superfluous flesh, Must give us pause. There's the thing That we have long desired and sought, For who would bear the sneers and scorns of time The superfluous flesh, the clumsy forms, The useless diets, and the reducing soaps, When we ourselves might sylph-like forms attain VVith this mere dance? 7 7 -INES TERRANDO, ,27. 123 FANNY'S FIRST FLIGQHTH A TRAGIC EPISODE It is the horrid Univent And he stoppeth all who pass, VVith sweetest smile, he asketh them, Doth Fanny have a class? CC And at her desk Fair Fanny sits, And little does she wot The flendish Univent Without Against her peace doth plot. Alone, alone, all all alone, Her fancy Hitteth free, t And never a thought doth Fanny give That danger near may be. But look you now! Whois this I see? This stately form and tall? With solemn tread and haughty head Miles moveth down the hall. The Univent upon him turns Eyes piercing and uncanny, In accents Wild and Wilder shrieks, Tell me, where is Fanny? ' But Miles, suspecting him, replies, Alas! I do not know. fDear Heaven, forgive the lie-his soul 'Twas erstwhile white as snowj. CC 124 The Univent turns on his heel, With countenance of gloom, While Miles to save the damosel, Seeks Fanny in her room. Fly, Fanny, fly! The Univent He has you in his power! Fly, Fanny, fly! The Univent- He seeks you to devour. About, about, within, without Runs Fanny in dismay, About her neck her mufiler winds- There'll be no class today. With cautious tread, in fear and dread, The fire escape she finds, Above, below, about her blow The vicious wintry winds. - W'ith terror and with anguish spent, She looks for place to land, She jumps, and reaches earth once more Thermometer in hand. Across the campus then she speeds, Up to the tower floor, Where Univent nor man nor beast lVill ever iind her more. He liveth best in peace and rest, W'ho teacheth in a tent, The dear God he made and loveth us, ' But- WHO MADE THE UNIVENT? 125 A FRESHIE'SgDR.EAM Once upon a time there lived in a certain town a young hopeful named Johnnie Fizzlewit. Now Johnnie attended a great big high school as a Freshie and liked school very well until one day a big husky Sophomore told Johnnie he was wanted immediately on a very important matter in room I43. Poor innocent Johnnie- how could he know that the number of rooms in the school did not exceed fifty? VVell, he searched and he searched from basement to attic for that elusive room, oblivious to all bells, until at last thoroughly convinced that the '4Soph was spoofing him, he sat down exhausted on the lunch room steps. Gee,', he muttered darkly, I wish I were a Sophomore! Nobody can't pull nothing over on them guys-they're too tough. No sooner had he said those words when he was changed from a green Freshie toa know-it-all Sophomore. Johnnie thought it was wonderful to be a Sophomore, until one day as he was walking by the auditorium where a group of Juniors were practicing for their annual play. On seeing them Johnnie felt growing in his breast, a strong suspicion which was conf1rmed on the night of theJunior play. Johnnie knew now that the Juniors were greater than the Sophomores. Why, come to think of it, who had all the good times and yet were looked up to for their wisdom and skill at love-making and other strenuous sports?-The Juniors! No sooner had these thoughts filtered through his brain than he was filled with envy, and cried out: Why must I be a Sophomore? I wish with all my heart I were a Junior. Immediately Johnnie was changed into a wise and worthy Junior. - ' All went well for a time and he spent his days in unalloyed bliss until a series of incidents fanned a smoldering suspicion into burning conviction. The Seniors edited the Annual, the Seniors got class pins and rings, the Seniors sent out in- vitations for graduation, the Seniors were the center of a whirlpool of activities. At last Johnnie could stand it no longer and so cried out: No one's greater than the Seniors! I-Iow I wish I were a Senior! Immediately he was a Senior-cultured, important, and worldly-wise. Oh, how fine it was! Graduation night came. Johnnie in a stiff collar, and mail order shoes, with beads of perspiration on his lofty brow, sat through the President's address. Johnnie could catch a few words now and then. What was that he was saying-He hoped the graduating class realized what an important step they were taking-going out from the friendly shelter of the school into the storms and trials of Life-hoped they felt the responsibility of making good when no loving teachers were watching over them-if they should take a wrong step-etc, etc. Johnnie's hands gripped his chair. His high school days were over. It couldn't be true. Why he was a man, going out into the wide and wicked world alone. Great Jupiter! he cried, I wish I were a 'Freshie' again. Boom! Bong! Horrors!Fire! Police! Murder! Good Heavens! No I couldn't have stepped on him! Water! Doctor!! Water!!!', When Johnnie was convalescing from the terrible experience of being stamped upon by the student body on their daily rush up the lunch room stairs, he was firmly convinced that there was no one like a Freshie',, and doubly thankful that he was a Sophomore, Junior, and Senior only in his dream. -RosE CHRISTOPHER, '27. 126 if 's ' ,f -1 We W 1 J . 4 M ,X X i- - ,J as -w WM? U Wm 'Wm hmm Mfi ji i' fm Nur 'wwf X N .Wg E-W f- - .4 .S I' .. .1 is V L., I if ' it 1-2 f ii or f iii THE EFFECT OF HCAPTAITV APPLEJACKH The night was dark and dreary' When the C. students, weary Gave their version of that good play, Applejack g And I think the action filled 'em With a wickedness that killed 'em, t For they never got their old conceptions back. They just sit around each morning With their mouths a-stretched from yawning, And imagine that they're pirates on the sea, And the maidens that they capture Fill their hard old hearts with rapture VVhen they take them in their arms to pay the fee. And when checkers are in motion, They conceive the grand old notion That to Win the game at any rate or pace, They must work like that old pirate Who to conquer used no bullet But a deck of cards with everyone an ace. Theyive improved their works of hction, For they've added to their diction , That most realistic Word pronounced as scurn . And when Water they are drinking They keep all the time a-thinking Of the pirates and their national drink called rum. As I said before it's killed ,em And We'll never, never see 'em - As they were before this great play changed them so. But of course that doesnit matter, ,Cause they're turning for the better, And We'll learn to love 'em yet before they go. A -'HENRIETTA LEVINE, '26. l 127 A Tl' X THE TOURNAMENT Oh the Tournament, the Tournament, it comes but once a year, But those three days, they hold for us, a life of joy and fear. There's the hustle, there's the bustle, there's the noise and there're the joys, There's the hooting, there's the rooting, and don't forget the boys. And then we all get out of school, which is of course just great For with a teacher after school, there'll be no tete-a-tete. First the tickets, then the programmes, after that the seats and gum' Then attention! Gee, there goes the gun! The game has just begun! Our hopes-they rise and then they fall-with every passing of the ball, Vlie shriek, we yell, then hoarsely call, we tremble, flush, and almost fall, 7 Until, at length, the game is o'er, And L. P. holds the highest score! And now there comes the finals. Here excitement is pitched keen, The teams: our rival Ottawa, and the dear old Red and Green. The band starts up, the people jump, the gym resounds from door to door! Look whois coming! Look who's here! L. P. is on the floor! Oh, shall we lose or shall we win? Oh, shall we sink or shall we swim? That's a question soon decided by a battle fierce and grim. The gun 'goes off, the game it starts, the frantic cheering ends, On this next hour a victory and championship depends. . At the quarter we are leading, at the half-look, we are tied! Now we re losing, now weire gaining, till at last We hit our stride. First a free throw, then a basket, now a basket now a throw- Till at length we've tied our foes again, then watch our own score grow. At last the gun is faintly heard through wave on wave of yells and cheers, We've won! VVe've won! We've won! is shouted through both smiles and tears Thus was the Tournament strongly contended, Thus was the Tournament happily ended. Oh, the Tournament, the Tournament, it comes but once a year, But those three days, they hold for us, a life of joy and fear. --RosE CHRISTOPHER, 727. 128 .,..,.. rw ' N 'N iff! f 5 S fs? 5' Fr rrrfnvra ,MJ .-f. A R at s .P 4 .1 l ! i DO YOU REMEMBER ,WAY BACK WHEN- A TRUE STORY ,' Once upon a time, there lived in the- city of Chicago, a little girl by the name of Margaret Bowers. This little girl, on her sixth birthday, was given a doll which she named Arabella Jane. 1 5 Now, Margaret, said her mother as she handed her the doll, this doll's head is made of celluloid and is non-breakablef' What does that mean, Mother? asked Margaret. Why it means that the.doll's head cannot be broken. l6Oh!97 For any ordinary little girl, such an explanation would have been sufficient, but Margaret was notian ordinary little girl. She was of the famous belief that seeing is believing. One day when all the members of the family had, for a moment, released their watch over the irrepressible Margaret, she ceremoniously took the doll from its cradle where it slumbered peacefully, and removing the hatchet from its place in the wood-shed, proceeded with dignity to the back yard. In a few moments there was to be reenacted in the Bowers' back yard, that tragic scene, the beheading of Marie Antoinette. Arabella jane was the famous queen, the stump provided a good execution block, and the hatchet served as a guillotine. A little neighbor girl, Amanda, acted as a witness, while Margaret herself was the executioner. Striking a dramatic pose, she lowered the guillotine crying, Terrible woman, thy time has come to- Whack! the guillotine fell and struck the queenfs head, shattering it to bits. i A .q Most children would have gone crying, to their mothers, and told of the crime committed. Margaret, however, had a busy imaginationg and besides, it was much more fun to lie than to tell the truth! When her mother asked who had broken the doll, Margaret replied promptly, Amanda'!'. Q Now, Margaret, you know that isn't true. Amanda didnit break the doll- you did it. X Nope-Amanda did it.', However, after much shaking, coaxi.ng,and threatening, her mother extracted the truth. As a result, Margaret was sent supperless to bed and suffered the punishment of her mother's not speaking to her for three whole days. Readers! do you realize this naughty little girl is now a most honorable member of our Faculty? - JULIA STEVENS, '26. 129 ,V 2 1 .1 .- ' ' ' X POLISHED PEBBLES 'Twas way down yonder on the farm, The country folk turned out one day so merrily To welcome home the O'Bri-ahnsv from dear Paree. Their friendships were just like a charm, For Mrs. Gabble could recall. And she for one could say that neighbors twenty years Could not be changed at once by money or careers. In sunshine bright theylre polished pebbles after all. For though it was shocking to say the least- The priceless gems were Hown away, And the pebbles began to lose their gleam. VVhile townsfolk were spreading the gossip feast,- Rosalie's pleading won the day, And waving cornfields beckoned to a sweeter dream. L. W. WALTER, '26, FRIENDFSHIPS Friendships that lead men Into strange places, The black heart of unknown Africa, the inaccessible ranges Of the Andes, the great gray wastes Of the Sea, Friendships that form In cities ' And break in the quivering heat Of the tropics- The Three Fates sit on their tarnished thrones And laugh at men. Friendships that begin in VVarm surging life but End in cold, stilled deathg Friendships that change As the hour glass, Friendships that endure, Friendships that go Unbroken, Up to the very throne Of the Great Friend of man. Then The Fates retire to sulk And plan new jokes on men. LEWIS KABLE, '26. 130 7 i L. 1 C 4 5 a 1 W 1 I i l ll 'I I I 1 I 1 1 l Q 1 s Q 3 7253 , ..,, ,...-1 'L . I u THE1MYSTERY'SOLVED E I If I J J S S IJ 1 Mn.'..Zi,1I:I.,:2lLIZ,'. il - ., E E kg Some of you are curious And many others furious, Because the senior girls meet all alone. But if you should learn the reason, ' You would stop your foolish teasin' And put all your scoldings in a different tone. Of course it is a secret And I ought not to repeat it, ' But I can't resist your pretty coaxing ways. So I'll try to tell you fully With the aid of Mr. Woolley, And I hope you'l1 see it in a different phase. Now the senior girls are pretty, And they're very, very witty, But they have one fault that's hard to realize. They abominate cold water, And when told to 'swim they falter, ' And they dare not jump for fear they'll never rise. They are scolded by Miss Bowers, , And before T. J. they cower, t But they hold out withreasons strong and sure, Marcels they still can cherish A And their red cheeks will not perish t For their chances to win out are quite secure. I .F Thus the reasons for the meetings I' And the tales of verbal beatings, Reach the ears of those who know the process well. But to do me one last favor, Guard the secret like a miser, I 1 'Cause I promised that I'd never, never tell. HENRIETTA LEVINE, ,26. l 1 is li 3 ' F 1 l 1a 1? i 1 1 l 1 it ' v I 1 I 1 A I fi 1 1 1 l . '1 3 4 ' 1 l W ' I L V 1. . Ll ..:..Q....L i 131 Fir ,Qf.QQ...QQ.Q.,,QQQ.Q.gf..Q.QQ.g..IQ,..QQg,g.,-..QQ .... ,Qc all tttt e,.Qlll.u,?,Hiliggii.iIllIU.llD,lQlfl ll lllll 1 ..M...M.,-,,i1.a.,.T.n-.5--NT.: .. ':s2iT',i.i HOW THE FRESHMEN WONNE It so happened that in our towne there was a gret school, in which there was a class called Freshman. One brighte day they were to engage in the game of basketball with the classe of Juniors. And it so befel that on this day the Freshmen were determined to winne. The Juniors did throw the ball into the basket agen and agen. And the shouting of the students was gret. They yelleden as do feendes in helle. So shrille were their shouts that it seemed that even heven should falle. Now gode men, I pray yew harkeneth. In this gret assemblage was a Freshman whose heart was filled with loyaltie to his classe. This Freshman tho't, Verily, I am not I'lllCd with the juice of a prune, I will save them. So straight way he marched to the assemblie halle where there was a wondrous belle, which, when it was wrunge, 'was heard all over the schools. To the Freshmen, this bell meant to runne, to the juniors it meant to go slowly. The loyal Freshman wrunge the bell agen and agen, so the Freshmen went faster and faster, while the force of habit was too great for the Juniors and they scarcely moved. They became wild-eyed with despair. They tried to runne but it seemed mill-stones were tied to their feete. The Freshmen threw the balle into the basket full many times and when the whistle blew the Freshmen had wonne by one point. The enraged Juniors did gnash their teeth with fury to see themselves beaten by a classe they thought so inferior. I, being of the tribe of Freshmen, did shryke with unholy glee so that the in- furiated Juniors did rush upon me. A ladde of gret strengthe struck me in mine eyne so hard that the blow it resounded all over the schoole. Once, twice, full twelve times he did strike, then he stopped. With a cry of much pain I jumped up. Twelve o'clock! I shivered with the cold and cautiously felt my eyes with an icy finger. They were uninjured, thank heaven. Hummm,', I thought as I crept back under the covers, Canterbury Tales and shrimp don't mix very well. EMILY WOLFF, lzg. A LITTLE BRGWN BEAR He's a thief! And he steals to my garden, ' He sucks from my flowers the honey, And he chuckles and scolds as he's working, He thinks that I do not know. But I do! And this little brown-bear thief Will steal 'till he's full to the brim, Then away he will fly to his dwelling- He's only a bumble-bee! e JULIA STEVENS, '26. 132 THE GORGON'S HEAD OF L. P. When Perseus was a young and inexperienced Freshman he was set adrift on the deep sea of knowledge. At first the winds of fate blew him swiftly onward. Then the waves became rougher, and after Houndering through the dark sea of Sophomore for many days, he flnally landed high and dry on the shore of Junior Bay, with his unseaworthy ship, Just Seventy-fiven. Here he was befriended by King lNIcCormack who gave him much kindly advice. One day the king called Perseus for a private interview in the throne room of his palace at L. P. Young man, said he, did you ever hear of the head of the Gorgon Medusa? The puzzled Perseus slowly shook his head. VVell, well,', said the king, I thought you had, judging by the fact that you reached Junior Bay with Just Seventy-five. I have set my heart on obtaining the Gorgon's head, so that I may put it under lock and key, and if you are as brave a youth as I believe you to be, I know you can do the task. ' I shall set out tomorrow morning, said young Perseus with determination. Oh,', thought he, at last I have found someone who appreciates my ability. How wonderful that the king himself has discovered that I really am Somebody. And now what adventures I shall have! I know that success will be mine. But it was not so easy as it seemed. At the very outset of his quest he met three monsters: the Dread, the Horror and the Disgrace of Failure. They had but one eye in common-fear. In order to overcome them, Perseus had to snatch away the eye. To get the eye, he had to burn the midnight oil, and wearily plod through Virgil and English III. - Wlhile at this task, he met the nymphs of learning who equipped him with the winged shoes, text books, and with the invisible helmet, knowledge already gained. With these aids he was able to kill the dragons. Next, his quest for the Medusa took him up the turbulent waters of Senior River until he reached the city of Commencement where he was equipped with a trusty diplomaq VVith this he cut off the head of Medusa. Then to his surprise he discovered that hledusa was none other than Failure, and he realized that the quest for lNfIedusa's head was simply King McCormack's pleasant little way of getting him to study. MILDRED Scnuiarz, ,27. A SONG A song is a ribbon of gladness- It loops the ends of the earth, And binds them all together In a love-knot. A song is a phantom shadow, It steals o'er the purple moor A faint sweet breath of memory, All eluding. A song is what we make it- An echo of ourselves, A songis sadness, gladness, A song is God. . JULIA STEVENS, '26. 133 ,i-.i,...,,?..-.... 1 1 S li , . 1 I E 1 1 L 1, T P' -rw- 'v'1' -....... J QL . i Q fi f 1, 5?-24 'rw ., Ji 1 5 1 3, Q 1 1 1 R44 F L. 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D if I, I. if Q' Q I I 54' . .. .1 i.W..T'fl.'.fYi. X 'L.......-.,,.-..,..Tf,:...'..:.i, .::',., . ', A if. Y.. -:.:,p .'r y':'.'g.. K A U ,A , 5 L, M l, ' LF, 1 ,.--. 4 .,.. S.. , p 1 S ii it Z. E l if li Q i 'I il gl E EI rl 5 35 n 3 lf A 1 l Ei i F 5 E 5 3 li 5 l 3 1 1 l w ll i.: z l 5, n, l X 1 l l l 4 S 3 1 l i 4 1: il l fs 1, V 11 i, il ,J ll 1 i sl 5- ,5 iQl1 fl il 3, I IE 'fi lf' l Q T 1 'rf . WHO'S WH0 IN THE ALUMNI fI950l COGGSHALL, CHESTER-Successor to Flo Zeigfield, authority on women, noted for his success in beautifying the American woman. CUSICK, JOIIN-'NGNV York and Paris buyer and manager for The Hub ,successor to Beau Brummel. ' FAHEY, RAY-Formerly Athletic coach at the Universities of Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, now abroad as coach at Oxford. l A KABLE, LEWIS-Noted novelist, novels show influence of Zane Grey, Irvin-S. Cobb, and College Humor , Vocabularly, however, shows influence of Webster. KLAWANS, ISABEL-Modiste and Milliner, owner of exclusive Fifth Avenue Shop which caters to the Four Hundred. KOLM, ALWIN--Thirty-eighth President of U. S. A., born, La Salle, Ill. f1910J?, instructor and lecturer in Armour School of Technology for ten years, Mayor of La Salle, 4 years, Vice-President, U. S. A., 4 years, Secretary of State, 4 years, 2nd term as President, succeeded Julia Stevens, the first woman president. DAUCK, RUTH-President Kolm's secretary, has had her finger in many a president- ial pie, noted for her knowledge of political affairs. KRATZ, FRANCIS-President Humane Society, Secretary of Home for Delinquent Children, leader of I. W. W., Treasurer of Missionary Society, founder of Men's Tea and Tatting Club. LEVINE HENRIE'TTA-'Ultra-mOd6TH poet, disciple of Amy Lowell. Friends claim that in high school she had a peculiar aversion to free verse, but since then she has discovered it to be the only true means of expression. NO, DID YCU? Miss Beyer to the class- Did anyone see a bicycle looking through a book? 135 1 A, - 1 ':.g1'1,1g ' i' f . J ' , ' ' 1 :'.'g.i. ':: :g5?iig.,:,',: ,Q -2' 'wf'lf,l1gfl'l ' .,...r. ..-.b.,....,...........................,...........,.. V .........,i..,....,....a.......,. ..... . .A-. -...N-....M.....L....A-,we....s.Q.:.2.L.i.l..-M..-,.... l T l i , L1 w. ll I l 1, ,, fl i 'l E lr ii I V E34 'gl C . AA U Y- rs l Inn H HIIIIIOC U . W - Q an 5. ,' gf ,If .V The La Salle Post February I, 2000 A. D. . ANNOUNCEJWENT! On the twenty-fifth of February our new high school will open its doors to wel- come a host of happy students. For the benefit of those who have not already read descriptions of the school in some one of our issues, we herewith print a short account of some of the new features: g The school has been described as dazzling and sparkling with color -it is true. The rooms are all hung in rainbow veils and priceless tapestries. The air that comes from the univents has been made sanitary and is scented with oriental perfumes. In the corner of each room, a oeautiful, gurgling fountain, on which varied colored lights play, has been installed. In these fountains dozens of gold and rainbow fish have been placed. The principal announces that the routine is quite changed. Everyone will be expected to take a course in oriental dancing and also will be compelled to learn to smoke a new kind of opium which is guaranteed not to inspire any such confessions as Mr. De Quincey's. Mr. John White Corpuscle, instructor in physiology, announces that he has provided many interesting problems for his pupils. He is prepared to instruct in the art of piecing and constructing the bones of the dinosaur Cmany of which, the bones I mean, have been found in recent years in the Gobi desertb. After the process of constructing is finished the pupils will be taught how to reincarnate and rejuvenate the monsters so as to provide a means of supplying the zoos with these antiquated youngsters. A course in giggling has been announced. The classes are to be taught by Professor Robert Boyer, a student at L. P. away back in 1926. He claims he learned his art at that time when he received instruction in a certain English IV class. This is a rare talent and the faculty of the high school hopes Lit will be a popular course. JOHN MASON. ' THE LAST QUADRILLE Freshman Cquoting from Il Penserosow the lines, Come and trip it as you go J- Heel, toe-and away we gof' Now WE'LL TELL oNE Mr. Bowers-- Have you got your theme written? Ray Dusch-U Yes, sir. Mr. Bowers- That's all right. If you've got it, I don't need to look at it. If you didn't have it I'd have to see it. SHE SHOULD KNOW Howdy- Why is it that a red-haired woman always picks avery meek man? Rusty- She doesn't. He just gets that way. 136 - ,,f,.,,,,.....W.,,M-4,.,.,.-v.-,...,.,..r.,v,-a.. m.....,.,,....-pf.-Ava., .M ,- E f E i 2 ! 2 ' I ' ' , 'rw - . Q . ,1? fi f'L7S!Sl?B!,S ITZLLIB Among the most enjoyable hours spent in our dear high school, is the ninth period, that is, it seems enjoyable for the members of the Fusser's Club of L. P. In order to ascertain just who are the charter members of this year's new club, the research committee sought the advice of Mr. Kohin and Mr. Wilmot. The following list was complied by these noted pedagogues. t Red and Jimmy Ned and Rusty'? Ray and Ginny p Doan and Mary,' Artie and Helen ccBObn cc ra 4 Lee and Tud Klein Pinky and Doris 2' Bob Smith A Joe LaFlammc-and anybody Leo Gapen , A BOOTLEGGER'S IDEA OF HISTORY Miss Miller- When was the Whisky Rebellion? John Cusick- About the same time, the 18th amendment was passed. AND WHAT IS GRASS? Miss Miller- What is hay?,' I Harold Brennan- It's domesticated grass. LAZINESS g Miss McCabe CFrench ID - Where is your book, Lois? Lois- I don't kenow. I think it's in my locker but I can't find it anywhere. LOVEOLOGY Mr. Marshall CChemistryD- Neil, what is your failing? Someone in stage whisper- Girls I FOOD Fon F1sHEs Mr. McCormack before an auditorium entertainment announced that each student was to bring ten cents, and reminded us that this was only the price of two packages of gum. One freshman brought two packages of gum. 137 HEAVEN BE PRAISED WHEN: Ned Grube stops fussing. Lewis Kable acts his age. Bill New stops smoking. Red McClarnan wears a four-in-hand tie. Della Weber wears the same dress twice. - Rusty,' Nelson does not kid the boys. A1'thur Ut-z Hunks a subject. Grace Swift stops chewing gum. Hilda Nelson comes down to earth. Ed. Pisczeck shaves his hair off. John Mason stops giggling. Reinhard and J anewicz aren't tardy. Buzz Trattner loses his motorcycle. The Seniors graduate. And the ELL Ess PE goes to press. AMEN. GYMNASTICS Mr. Bowers Cto Druminerj- You.will take a roll on that last measure. UNEVERMOREU Miss Crocker in Eng. IV. CSpeakingi of Poe's homej- I meant to go and see it but I ate some watermelon and I couldn't get there. ' YOUTH Eng. III Student to Miss Crocker- Have you an extra 'Three Centuries' to spare? s ATHLETES OF L. P. FLOYD RETT HARRY MCCLUGAGE g JULIAN COUGHLIN J oHN MASON 'B1LL NEW tLEwIs KABLE A oUR SCHOLARS ' TWILLIAM PATON FRANCIS KR.ATZ ALWIN KOLM TROBERT E. LEE LAXVRENCE JANEVVICZ ' TWALTER IIEINHARD Those starred are three letter men. Those with dagger are members of tllie National Honor Society . Recipient of the Blow Medal for Athletics and Scholarship-Alwin Kolm. 138 139 THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA ACT I, SCENE I. OUTSIDE THE PALACE. Chris. Columbo: Pipe this brud- ' Doorkeeper Chris. : Doorkeeper: Chris. : Doorkeeper Doorkeeper: Isabella : Ferdie : Isabella : Doorkeeper: Ferdie: Isabella: Chris. : Ferdie: I've got they dope. Old bum, the doe says no hope. I'll give your dame an healthy rap, You crazy frap just lamp this map. The Queen's not in, she said to say To buzz around some other day. You crazy Crumb, pipe down-you're drunk. The Queen's at home, so can the bunk. All right, I'1l ask her is she in. SCENE II. IN THE PALACE. A nut is here from Kankakee. Let him in, I wanna see. Oh Izzie dear, not here Because of you I fear. Ferdie, dear, don't bust a lung Do sit still and hold your tongue. You tell 'em, queen. CExitD. Oh Izzie, you're so mean. Oh Ferdie, you're a scream. ACT II, SCENE I AND II. IN THE PALACE Listen Woman, here's the stuff. If I stay here, he might get rough. CExitD. 140 Chris. : Isabella: Chris. : ACT King Philip: Black Hawk: Tecumseh : Tippecanoe: Black Hawk King Philip: Tecumseh 1 I represent the house of Round and Round , have a caid, neat place you've got. Mind if I smoke? Yea-some pictures of the factory, very pretty. QThis continues for several hoursj Can the chatter man-good night. Here's the ships-get outa my sight. Thanks for the bid-I gotta goj Thanks a lot lady so-CEXitD. III, SCENE I. IN THE NEW VVORLD. ALL -and then he swiggled it and died. Looks like a storm, let's move inside. CThey go into the tentj Hey Poca! where's them cards? A royal flush-? That's a pardl Times have changed since my youth Where's the thrills-ain't it the truth? Them days is gone forever, bo. . Whols the queen-some ma. HANDS ON DE CK CThey talk while the storm ragesj ACT III, SCENE I-II. SAME PLACE AFTER THE STORM. Pocahontas Centeringb: Hey, mutts, come out, he1'e's a ship- Chris Qlandingj: Hey, guy, whose joint is this? Black Hawk: Welconie to our city. CPresents him with keysj Ch1'is:: Greetings, bo. All's well Cto valetj. Send a wire to Isabella!! QCurtainj 1 4 1 THIS WAS LEFT COVERD Mr. Kohin- What's right in this case isn't right. A Bov1NE WATERLOO Andrew Neureuther- Care should be taken not to turn in more cattle than the grass can support. Q CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE? Miss Richter- I know, William, you are a good entertainer for the ladies. Ruth R.- How do you know, Miss Richter? ' BARNYARD GOLF Miss Pillsbury Cgiving instructions on basketballj-'C Name two kinds of fouls. Violet Johnson- Chicken and geese. ' YOU SOLVE THIS Margaret Duncan-- Gee Whiz! If I had a club, I would have shot him. WE WONDER WHO: ccfrojen - ccTOmmy:y Stormy Chestie Cowboy Daddy . ARE? They sound like a bunch of Confederate Soldiers. THE CRUX OF THE SITUATION Teacher- You report to me tonight, Dorothy. Dorothy K.- I can't. I've got a date with Mr. Graham. ASK TOBY Vera Ramey claims that the natural color of her lips is fading. How about it Vera, and who is he? , TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO AESOP SAID Miss McCabe CFrench IIJ- Chester, give the principal parts of the verb Kldirefzfl Chester- What, dear? 142 ml ' 3, Helen- Rubber stoppers. - 1 ' fill If I, I SS P E 1 5 g f iii rf m .fy iv A PRECIOUS JEWEL I l Mr. McCormackf- All Seniors who have not seen their class jewelry, see E EE ip Miss Bowers. Hi l I know a young sheik, clean and neat, it Q . r 1 I Who's trying to be an athlete ' He's training it seems - I E Q! al To make all the teams, f I I But the coach says he's really too sweet. Q! ir gi . J 5 ii 1 7 , ii il il li 1, ,x li . i 42 if it 1 I ' ii WE DUNNO EITHER I .E , 5 Miss Danheim to Camcnisch- How do you expect to get a grade on I don't ri i , known? it il Kelly- I dunno. 3 CANNABALISTIC PLANTS by 1 E, I1 Blitsch Cin Biologyj- Miss Danheim, why do you keep plants in the aquar- yi if ium? ' GE li lg Fl 'i Miss Danhcim- Because they eat the fish. S Li v f I . ig soUP -I ' 5 ii ll 4 Carlier Lauer Cin Physiologyj- They eat milk and cheese or I meanidrink l .5 I cheese and milk. - ' ml l is g oUR GENIUS ww , f - f ia Mr. Kohin CSolid Geometryj- There are three types of problems. What 1 K ' fl type have we studied lately? if l w 1 4 ' yi Floyd Rett four geniusj-'-'We-'ve been studying problems in geometry. 3 YH' ooRK TREADS is .1 ,-V-5 3 , L.. Miss Danheim- Helen, tell me what is made from cork? 1E-ffl i ..,, il I in Y , . 22.1. 2 S?-li . -i 1 ,.. i-. E 143 1 al..- ....,.,,.., . . ft --'--'-- NI1 'ITf1fjf'i'.'f .'I11 ,I'iIT'Z'...LA 'o ', J A :,p :i:: ', 'i M' . 1527- ',.. .' ...' 3T..,..,,r, ,.,, ,, A, ., .. -P-'M y cf1?'r1:- .I sm if' UQ 2 , f. . .. I, -WVXY - - - 'f ' - ' .......,,,.... .,......................,.........,...,..........,.fm....--...,.........,...S..fii,iJt.i.,.1.i.L.l.u.zi..iL.i-.WA .s1..-. 1. W Ml ' l l, .n,.i,,W... i PLEASE REPORT You're wanted at the office! h To the Freshie, what a blow! The day is spent in trembling At the pain he'll undergo. You're wanted at the office! And the Sophomore's conscience pricks. But he conceals with many atgrin His thought,- Pm in some fix. You'1'e .wanted at the office! To the Junior, what a joke! I suppose it's for the many times Q In Study Hall, I've spoke. You're wanted at the office! To the Senior, what a bore! How many times I've told them To trouble ME no more! To me these little sketches show The changes in demeanor 'Twixt a humble trembling Freshie 1 And a haughty, blase Senior. Rosla CHRISTOPHER, '27. E PSYCHOLOGICAL Pinky D.- Women are steadijly growing more beautiful. Bill H.- Why not? They've been steadily trying to for several thousand years. . We'd an English teacher named Phyllis Every day she wanted to kill us, But when test week did come The class was still dumb Though she'd tried with her knowledge to fill us. .I BRANCH LOST IN FAMILY TREE Miss Reinhard CMod. Histj- Hester, who ruled after Charlemagne? Hester- His grandsonsf' . Miss R.- Why didn't his sons rule? I Hester- He didn't have any children. 144 Bonn IN l565 BND Dm QN I6 -H N! '6 HMG. 0 1 'i-an-Q-f!1Q.4-' P7 'Sf OM? Gx VE., UR fffi UL-D .4 RWQR Lp 6'rF1sF2E.6 - El. D 65-,QQR N L H T X mg. R R this 33.5 Balkixjme X-7506400 P 73 AQ I' W I K L N 1 N Ltr X I HH Gwnmf Y0u'Rs: J ff Q A I 5aNEL'+,T:zQR'B 1 I ,QJ 5ToopT6gSR'IyE. I 0 'U by I N 1 , 65,5 ' Z-. , F' X! I if Q5 lhllgfvyli 2 TS 4' M I bfi! w. 'i 'fi Mr V f A V N ST- W W1 XX XIX VWfQx 1 IX I AIX N 27' f M jx' 31 4 fc! uf 1, r 'z msg mwnnnm-N X X N eo B Samoa He Dnbu Hmsem. me 5122222121 Hn ,amz IIN ibqftcfep o o N 6-f lee Basuvw SIE-N X 0 I1 Havvms Lvmv Dfwf I GOO-GOO CLUB QSee page 47D . QThen refer to the Senior personalsb Row ONE Optimistic, happy, gay Is this maid from day to day. The funny things of all the earth I make in rhymes of joy and mirth. Beloved is she of one and all i Who has kind thoughts for great and small. My heart's in the country My heart is not here My heart's in the country Chasing a dear. Fifty irons all in the flame I'll tell the world- I'm in the game. Row Two The World is full of such as he, A radio bug he chanced to be. An artist she Would'-like-to be She shows this trait outstandingly. When my dreams come true If they ever do,-! And still the Wonder grew That one could be so kind and true. Though now a chum of the faculty He was a baby once, you see. Though meek and mild this lad doth seem He is a nightmare, not a dream. Row THREE Though with many a good point he's blest His keen sense of humor excels all the rest. Chatter, chatter all the day 'Till she's said the things she has to say. His fields of fame but number two An athlete and a lover true. 146 4,314 ggi i WN ' H , f .L I ,Q Row THREE CContinuedj 4. A gentle, quiet, laughing dame Who sings her way to modcst fame. 5. In all this world so wide and free We find no other such as she. 6. She works well, writes well, I can say And yet she finds much time for play. Row FoUR 1. If energy. were gold or pearl She'd be a million dollar girl. 2. A member of this club was he Now holds the senior presidency. 3. A clever girl both sweet and fair Personality just like her hair. 4. A teacher she has planned to be, So mixes with the faculty. 5. A rustic from whose magic hand Went forth sweet strains to charm the land. 6. Mischief is his middle name Teachers likehim just the same. Row FIVE 1. If she wears 'em long or short Girlies follow. She's a sport. 2 Cal A twinkling eye in somber face Portrays a life of modest grace. Cbj His noble looks and manly height Reminds us of a gallant knight. 3. In every trade she's had a part CThat is those trades that call for art.D 4. His even temper speaks for him His good reports express his vim. 5. With pretty speech to ladies gay, A demon bold in gridiron play. 147 ISAACUS DREAM There once lived a fellow 113111011 Isaac McCabe, Who, everyone k11ew, was a' scholar So wise and so learned, they all used to say He's as bright as a new silver dollar. Now i11 school this young Solomon , once Cl1Z1I1CCd to feel A drowsiness over him creepy His head,-it Sflfllk lower,-space would have been saved, In beginning with Isaac asleep. Zang! rang tl1e bell o11 the study hall desk, Mr. Kohin arose, and addressing- Said: Please 'break the quiet that reigns in tl1e room- This sile11ce is really depressing. The scene was then changed to the English III Class, Miss Crocker said: Pupils, I fear I shall have to assign you a li11e in advance- I hope you won't- think me severe. Then up spoke tl1e class, Cevery pupilj and said: Dear teacher, please give us SO1116 more. If you don't, we assure you in very good faith That we all will be terribly sore! N ow this is the e11d of young Isaac's dream For he felt a firm hand on l1is eollarg And he heard someone say: Worn out, Isaac dear? Don't worry, you're such a good scholar. Rosn CHRISTOPHER, '27, HEARD AT PLAY REHEARSAL Miss Crocker- Henry, that tone of voice would never i11spire me to go out and romance with you. THE PASSIONATE LOVER Found: Two volumes of Heart Throbs belonging to lXI1'. Hartley. 148 WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE: Vera Ramey curl-less Ray Fahey blush-less Grace Swift gum-less Miss Ross . test-less Chippy Locke A . sleepy-less Goldie Trembly . paint-less Margaret Duncan . talk-less Bill Holahan . joke-less Eugene Keys . height-less Miss Reinhard . smile-less Helen Holahan . giggle-less Corrine McManus . date-less THESE ENTIOING WOMEN!! Helen P.- Can you drive with one hand, Artie? Artie S.- You bet I can. Helen P.- Then have an apple. ' HORRID SIGHT! Miss Pillsbury Cln Hygiene Classj- You girls in the front seats will have to stop talking or I'll spread you all overf' WE DON'T BLAME HER Miss McCabe in English III plus Cstudying Paradise Lost j- This is Hell. HELP! KOHIN, HELP! ' Andrew N. CIn Geometryj- Is the triangle for today a two-sided or a three- sided figure? . A BOOK REPORT BY BILL PATON ' The book I am reading is a book written by the honorable Joseph Conrad. The title of this wonderful piece of work is The Nigger of the Narcissus. How- ever, I have not yet read the book. Hoping this will find you in good humor, I remain, your reformed student, Bill. THIS SOUNDS FISHY Miss Bowers- Give a sentence with the word 'elfishll' Freshman- The El fish were swimming around the bowl. 149 L. P.'s FACULTY HALL OF'FAME PROFESSOR T. J. MOCORMAOK: O Familiarly known to the vast student body as Todgy . Professor McCormack is famous because of his great age. He has often informed us that he is three or four thousand years old. He has a propensity for suddenly and miraculously appearing in classrooms to startle those with guilty consciences. . Of course it must also be told that he has translated books from the German into English, written other books, made a name for himself as a public speaker, and induced the Board of Education to build a new school. Truly, Professor McCormack deserves a niche in our Hall of Fame. PROFESSOR T. C. KOHIN: Well known for the ability to entertain his classes by telling them funny stories. He is full of epigrammatic sayings which he delivers to his students. Such gems as There is no royal road to learning 5 4' Only dumbheads make the same mistake twice -and others serve to place Mr. Kohin On a plane Csee definition of planej with Emerson, Thoreau, Rousseau and others. CMr. Kohin teaches his students mathematicsj Then too, T. C. Cas he is privately calledj, is a traflic policeman of the main hall and jailer of all those who choose to come a few minutes after classes have been called. MR. HARRY BoWERs: A genius at the piano. Handsomely Cliterally speakingb conducts the High School Orchestra. All of the feminine teachers like to talk to him. He seems to belong in high school, but not as a member of the Faculty. Miss FLORENCE CROOKER: . Freshmen invariably ask, WhO's that? Can inspire more terror in the hearts of lower classmen than Mr. McCormack himself but is admired and well-liked by all upperclassmen. Her efforts are directed toward teaching the students Of English IV to read the better class Of novels and to obey Mr. WOOlley's rules. 150 V V YY xy Y Y W - - S ,...,,.....,...-.--.--.---- E Llhaillanvl of IJ I A, S LS' I .L ..ii':, .t3::.:25: '. f5'Li:i.:gg.,. ii 9 L' I '...W,..,g..............T MISS DOROTHEA BEEBY: Forms the Board of Censors for the EH ESS Pe . Is very business-like. She helps with the Annual but has no work to do since the Annual Staff and the Senior class carry on all the work successfully and smoothly! MR. HOWARD NELSON: if I Never has been known to Smile. His stern and forbidding visage is to be seen whenever one has strayed from the Straight and narrow path in school. He is famous as the narrator of the doings of, a little yaller cur called Buster. THE THREE MUSKETEERS MISS MARGARET BOWERS: A O Jokes with the Senior boys-outside of class. She is failing' visibly under the Strain ofbeing Class Adviser to the present Senior Class. Her favorite expres- Sion is, I'll take care of that, when she confiscates magazines from Assembly Hall Students. One wonders if she reads them all. MISS A. MILLER: ' I Holds ninth period soirees every night after school, in themanual training building. Issues personal invitations so as to be sure they will be well attended. When a disturbance arises She invariably lands on the wrong one-generally the innocent bystander. Her good nature makes her a favorite with the Students. MISS RUTH MOCABE: Boyish bob. Is able to hold stern discipline in two different languages, French and English. In company with two others she inhabits a well-known local con- fectionery about five o'clock. A MR. E. G. MARSHALL: Rates the Hall of Fame because he is the discoverer of an hitherto unknown element,-namely, kindness to students. Final proof of this lies in the fact that he lately presented one Senior with his first grade of 96. MISS PHYLLIS JACKSON! Aesthetic dancer. Graduate pupil of the Linnig School. Former dancing partner of Maurice. It is said Maurice wept when she broke the contract with him to teach dramatics at La Salle-Peru. i . Ei I A A I l I .l I+ l I l y l l I I l 5: I I l I l i 151 , 4 , l TOO BAD HE DIED R. Boyer Cin English themel- In the year two thousand Mr. McClarnan in his last will and testament left his entire estate of two million to the building of a Junior College. Mr. McClarnan arranged for one hundred tutors besides the regular teachers for the backward students. He has also arranged that students getting an average of about seventy-five in their studies will be given scholarships. There was a young damsel, called June5 She danced by the light of the moon, But a storm came one night, And gave her a fright, This ended her frolic quite soon. MOON SHINE Robert Boyer CEnglish IVJ- At night they slept out under the sun. LAMENT There is a stern teacher named Kohin Whose duties to us are well known For he takes all the tardy The young and the hardy And makes all his poor victims moan. C. S. 152 A RIDDLE The1'c's something happened in our school And its not against the rule, Nor did we Hunk our English test, But I will let you guess the rest. I wonder what it is, 1 Can you guess, can you guess? I I'll bet there's some who really know- Yes, I have heard them saying so, They said it wasn't very bad But since then, some seem sad. I wonder what it is, Can you guess, can you guess? I saw her standing in the hall, She isn't short, she isn't tall, Nor books nor papers did she carry, Yet near the stairs I saw her tarry. I wonder who it is, Can you guess, can you guess? I'll tell you what I'm going to do Yes, first day she was dressed in blue. Her hair is light, light and yet, Mannish haircut-yes, you bet. I wonder who it is, Can you guess, can you guess? I don't think you will ever know The person I'm describing so, I know that she'll be here till summer She is no other than-Miss Dummer. Now wasn't that an easy test Just to guess, guess the rest. ANN SCHOTT, '26. 153 .- r .f I .1 Q -ww. hw, 54 .AW,p...4f.Mwm ,Q-.--M. 3 3 . 2 N: 3 5 ! E x 1 E E 2 2 5 X S F 1 i E E A s s 1 x - 'N ' I t t . 'l ' ml m If 1. I. If S' I 1 If egg.. so .Fx W ' N K iii' OURQFEMININE HALL OF l Since there is only one woman in the real hall of fame, I shall make P. ' hall of fame, all girls. L ' 1 ' ' 1 There is Miss Julia Stevens, famous oratress Cshould there happen to be such a wordj, and singer of the good ole homely melodies. E . D . Next in our hall of immortals comes Miss Vera Ramey, noted operatic, mezzo soprano. CMiss Ramey has demonstrated to us that she can just as easily take the part of dramatic sopranoj. ' . fp' f A p Q r - y Miss Lorretta Walter is perhaps the most promising of the young critics,-and poets. 5 . if -' 'L I Miss Della Weber is our French fashion model and noted intellectual. i li Miss Frances Dimmick is said to bgg- ugreatf' at manipulatingjal paint brush and dancing the cake walk. A I f ' ' l l u Q l I u n K . 0 ii Miss Marion Seitz has never been surpassed in spelling or in the evocation of tongue twisters. , . N ' Q . 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