Lena Winslow High School - Win Nel Yearbook (Lena, IL)

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711171-11t'l CLASS PROPHECY JETTA LEVERTON While attending the World's Fair in Chicago during the summer of 1934, I entered a building and found two glass globes there. The guide told me that when looking into the globe a statement would be read about each one whose name came into my mind. I decided to find out something about each one of my classmates. This is what I read. Marian Augsburger is a teacher in the Beloit High School. She is teaching the two subjects, Latin and English, that she always did enjoy. Theron Brauer is president of the Rayhorn Delivery Company. He also plays basketball on the Winslow Town Basketball Team. Florence Burgin is teaching the Snake Hollow School. She has taught this school for five years. Margaret Heitz took a nurse's course soon after graduation. At present she is working in the Mercy Hospital at Janesville. Evelyn Jordan has become famous because of her new cake recipe. She has been working in the Franklin Bakery at Des Moines, Iowa, after months of experi- mentation has successfully completed the new recipe. Margaret McKelvey is a teacher and is teaching in the high school at East St. Louis, Illinois. She is very strict and will not allow anyone to do the things she did while in high school. I wonder if the saying that if a person is a cut-up in school when she becomes a teacher she will have very strict discipline, applies to her. Woodrow Keener is a professor in Johns Hopkins University. He has enlarged upon Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Marjorie Klemm is a lady taxicab driver in Dubuque. She has a great honor because she is the only lady taxicab driver in the city. Mildred Kuhl is a farmerette. She owns the largest farm near Winslow and manages it very successfully. Howard Smith became interested in drawing and took a course in it. His fame was established by the cartoon, My Old Home Town. Lee Owen Stamm has joined Ringling Brothers Circus as the smallest strong man in the world. Marcella Stamm is.a leader of the McConnell Band which she organized about three years ago. It has twenty-five members. After graduation Janet Tyler attended Beloit College where she met the man of her choice. She now is in high society in Chicago. Wilma Zunker attended the University of Illinois where she studied Home Economics. She now is a dietitian in the Michael Reese Hospital at Chicago. Soon after graduation William Rice began work for the F. W. Woolworth Company in Chicago. Because of his good work he was promoted until he now is manager of the store. Harold Miller is proprietor and owner of the Pleasant Hill Dairy Farm. He may be seen on the street every morning at four o'clock. . Leona Mauerman attended a music school in Chicago. At present she is teach- ing piano lessons and has fifty pupils. Norman Leck is a veterinarian who attended school at Madison. He has lately replaced Dr. Rabe. Doris Kunkle took a course in story writing and now is writing for the McCall's Magazine. Marie Leck had taken piano lessons after her graduation. She at present is teaching music to twenty-five pupils. Having finished the list, I wondered how all this could be possible when I had seen my classmates just a few months ago. Reading farther I found that this was a prophecy of what each would be doing in 1954. f9.v! Page Twemgf-three

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hvfzz-114 I SALUTATORY JANET TYLER Dear friends: It is my pleasure and privilege tonight to greet you in the name of my classmates and extend to you a sincere welcome. To you, we hope this may be a pleasant occasion, but even so, it is just one of many in your life. To us, it is a great occasion, the goal toward which we have been striving during the past four years. To you, it may be but a pleasant place to be entertained and while the time away, to us, it is one of the milestones of life and bound to live forever in our mem- ories. The interest you show in us by coming here is sincerely appreciated, and we trust you may long remember with pleasure the associations of this hour. To you, who can remember your own thoughts on similar occasions, this will be a reminder of those happy days and will bring to you an understanding of our hopes and aims. To our parents, who have planned and sacrificed many things in helping us reach this goal, this commencement must surely be one of great pride and joy. It is you, dear parents, who have realized our need of a high school education and have given us all the assistance and encouragement within your power to help us obtain this education. We have tried to show our appreciation by our perseverance and by making the most of the opportunities which you have given us. To our teachers it is an hour of happiness in our success and sorrow, we trust, over the necessary parting. It is you who have contributed much to our success during our four years of high school by your unfailing kindness and patience. The examples you have set, the ideals you have held up before us, and the principles you have taught us have been an influence which will follow us through life. We hope that you will find us ever faithful to those virtues as we face the problems of life. As for us, this occasion closes one of the most important periods in our life. Yet it is not the end of our education, but only the preparation for work that lies before us. The time has come when we must leave the associations of the high school and step out alone-no longer Seniors in school life but one and all-Freshmen in life's school. As we are all joining you in the school of life, taking our places in the social and business activities, we seek from you the hand of welcome. Be ready, then, dear friends, to applaud our every effort and encourage us in our endeavors to obtain greater success, as we, the class of 1934, welcome you to this, Our Commencement. I Qjij Page Twenty-two

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.. .. .11.---..----- .A,.. - -.-.,...,---...lvfi11 - 111 CLASS HISTORY Wooonow KEENER In the year one thousand nine hundred fifty-four, after Divinity, Lee Owen Stamm, noted modern historian, opened his high school diary and glanced over its many entries. Soon he became interested, he forgot this age of transparent steel, hurtling rockets and invisible rays, and lived again those happy carefree years in Winslow High School. As he read on, his face relaxed, his muscles slackened and he seemed to be in a trance. I walked up to his chair, took the diary from his fingers and glanced through its pages. FRESHMAN YEAR 1 930-1 931 September 1.-School began today. There are twenty-eight freshmen and none of them know where to go or what to do. I got lost but found my seat at last. 7-We boys were initiated today, that is, we were paddled by the upper classmen. There were no casualties but our seats were rather uncomfortable. 1.oAThe Sophomores gave us a party last nite. We had lots of fun, but I didn't like the worms. They were too salty. September September October 16-We returned the party to the Sophomores, I don't know if they enjoyed themselves but we surely did. However, the fun was rather expensive-we broke a barometer. October 30-Two of our number, Alton Kuhl and Leo Kohl, have quit school. I wonder how many will graduate. November 7.4-Thanksgiving vacation. Soon the semester exams will come. I hope I don't fail. january 2.5-Exams are over. They weren't as bad as I thought they would be. Gee! the Seniors think they are big. March 14-Spring is here, the paper wads are flying again. May 1.8-I'm a Sophomore. Yesterday was the last day of school. SOPHOMORE YEAR 1931-1931 September 4-School has begun again. All twenty-six of our class have returned to school. September 16-We elected class ofhcers today. I'm the president. September zo-EVC initiaged the Freshmen. None of them were injured but they didn't like to be branded with ice . October Lo-The Frosh returned the party. They were lucky, we didn't break anything. May 30-Hurray! I'm ajunior. JUNIOR YEAR 1931-1933 September 3ASchool starts again. October zo-Margaret McKelvey joined our class. November 5-junior Play- Apple Blossom Time was given last nite. November 15-Theron and I are on the basketball squad. December 1.4-Christmas vacation. Program given. january Lo-The Seniors gave us a party. Our first attendance at a wedding Cmockl May xofjunior-Senior Banquet. May 7.5-Boy is it hot! Only two more days of school. SENIOR YEAR 1933-1934 September 5fThere goes the bell. This is my last year of school. I simply must make it count. September 2.1.-We gave the Freshmen their licking today. Did they like it? January I4'ThC Win-nel is gradually progressing. It will be sent to the press by the middle of April. February 17-We gave the Juniors a party. Our last dance. April 14-Senior Class Play- Oh! Professor is tonite. May Lo-Baccalaureate. May 1.5-Graduation. As we read the last words, our historian seemed to notice us. He sat up straight, his face, formerly registered happiness, became mask-like, and he spoke half apolo- getically in a clear metallic tone, I have been day dreaming. I was born in an age when to dream and to make dreams was an honor. Today, because of Science, a man's success or failure depends on his ruthlessness now called 'scientific principles'. Sir, what can I do for you? A . I -, ,,,,,,,, -,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,.1.,,,d,,.,.,,.,,....,.,..,.--..... vi... ...,. ...,-.... Aa. ....-..- ,...,.-.. .. ,. Page Twenty'-four