Lake View High School - Red and White Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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present the valedictorian and salutatorian....J addresses .X HE winter of' 1865 was the ntost severe in the oPthe school. It was bad as enotxgh or the to struggle to school oighthe cold, but whenthe dummgy car was abruptly removed, it became necessary to take drastic measures to provide-e some means oPt1'a11s1ao1'ta1:ion. The loss was sr keenly 'felt because eelfoimhs OPIhQ123:Qh2l3' and student body lived too far away to walk. to and iiom school. N old bus was pressed into service, andthe faculty and student bod were packed close? into the vehicle. lguteventhc-1 bus had its rawbacks Rur daily the driver would discover that some part of' the machine was az bout tilgive way and excu.-SQ9 lnnvelfapeolitely. he wo start out alog 'the route For a little too eagerly to be be ved. N hour or so later hewould sway to' wardthe bus, hammer in and .aa tinker abstractedlsy with the ezgine. .14 Nleanwlule his passengers had been rozen liter: all and figuratively into silence. 'I' last Miss Cochrane came to the rescue. 5hc seciued From afniendly neiqhbor the use ofhis sledandeach studentfpaidthefee of five dollars in advance For the rest 0 the winter: ASKED in the haby- filled bobsled three.. deep. the students had many ajoll32gtin1e as' they rodeto andfiom schoo , but -two

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qirl, become benjaminis bride and the lirstclass bride of' Lake View? we T was always a coveted privilege to ride into the woods surrounding the school to 'gather so spruce, evergreen, hemlock, and arbor vitae-1 in the lovely une mornings to decorate the halls and auditoriums. After havinghgvheedled per-2 mission from Dr. Ixliqhtingale, boys comman: deered eveuky biqgz and wagon available and set out ear y in mornimzwto return laden an with the fragrant boughs. W never a moment could be spared the students fairly flew to the-' basement: there with mergequips and much., laughter they worked on decorations, the boys cutting the boughs and the weaving wreaths or sewing ar or vitae on cardboar letters which were to fashionthe school mottd Ad astra per asperaf' HE .week precedinowjraduationtheyjuniors fetecl the seniors. T party, unlike our as proms, consisted of qames and as the games proving so hilarious that dancing was alwa s forqotten. OMMINQEMENI' the halls ands: the auditorium were orged with parents friends, and graduates-thefgirls in starch- ed white dresses andthe bozs in ia? collarsand Hin? shoes. Dresses and co lars w' ed visibly as t excited students awaited their ILIYIL to speak, For each one was required to xqive a thesis of a thousand words. In addition to their r ular speeches the two rankiio 'students l13i.?fO ss

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wind that blew across the open prairie olten robbed thetripofallits pleasure as it usually resulted tn frozen lingers, ears, and noses HE sleigh made only two trips, one inthe-' aigaininthe afremoon. IP one nussed sle .... !! RIDAY, March lj, Lobj, was a red Letter .14 day in Lake Views histog .... Professor .14 seated at dinner in his home on. Diversey Street, was startled by the loud of the fire Songs. Throwing open the door, he shouted to the firemen on the apparatus drawnn by twdogalloping nags, 'Where's the fire? He-2 was ' matyed and alarmed atthe repl , The ' h schoo ! Take me along ! he ordllred. NE fireman lent him a hat, another help edhim intoaeoat, forhewas wea' a smoleinigtiieket when he dashed our1l:1ofl'tlie house. Awag Fy elanged up Clark Street , ECAU5 o the sparse settlement ofthe dis, trict the fire was easily discernible in all diree: tions and the populace had alreadys-gathered to watch the first townshipiwh sehoolinthestate o up in flames. 051' OF the first-floor Furniture and as science apparatus hadbeen rescued when suddenly a cry went up from the throng. A man was seen to clash recklessly into the-:J flames. After alfewtense fearfulminuteshestag: gered out, carrying on his shouldersvgsqruesome urden...a human skeleton! The cro , compose. ed. mainly of students who had been laieinleavz Twenty-fbf