Madison High School - Trojan / Madisonian Yearbook (Madison, IL)

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THE SEARCHLIGHT EMIL ERICKSON Ei’er pressing forward, believing “Fail- ure a Stepping-stone to Success.” HAZEL BURCH Speech is silver : silence is gold. VASIL VESCHUROFF A jollier fellozv can ne’er be found As you these pages turn; The richest man in all the zvorld, He has the goods to burn. Eleven Class Flower—Tea Rose

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THE SEARCHLIGHT BOBBIE MANZER What her heart thinks, her tongue speaks. HARRY STEINGER If one is to get the most out of life they must season it with a little pleasure and contentment. NINA PIERCE So quiet and demure, yet underneath a spring of jollity and f un. Ten Motto—Only a Commencement

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THE SEARCHLIGHT SENIOR CLASS HISTORY E began our high school career with twenty-four members, three of whom, at the end of this term, will have toiled together during the entire twelve years of school work. Our expectations were that we would remain together during the four years, but in this we were disappointed. If all of us hold out faithfully, nine of us will graduate. When we entered high school, we soon realized that we had encountered a new phase of our education. Methods of study were entirely different from those used in our former classes. Instead of having one teacher we had five or six. The natural result was that we were rather confused at first, but after a short time this confusion disappeared. One soon adjusts himself to his environment. Time passed quickly and we became Sophomores. If we had not worked as hard as we might have during our Freshman year, we now redoubled our efforts. Another year passed and we again realized that we had advanced another step in our education. We were Juniors, next in importance to our neighbors, the all-knowing dignified Seniors. What a grand and glorious feeling! Father Time once again appeared and we were considered as being Seniors. Our Senior year opened with an entirely new faculty with the exception of Miss Megowan, our music teacher, and Mr. Gay. We have found them very accommodating, and we consider our time spent under them well worth while. They have done their utmost to make our work interesting and beneficial. Looking back upon our high school career we have few regrets. We have thoroughly enjoyed the pleasure derived from it and profited by the work. Some people may have the mistaken idea that pupils are sent to school for the sole purpose of studying. This may be true, but we certainly managed to get all the pleasure possible out of it. So here we are full-fledged Seniors, ready to leave high school and enter into life’s school. May we ever look back with fond remembrances on our good old days spent in the M. H. S., and may the future students profit as we have by the knowledge acquired in that worthy institution, the high school. —Hazel Burch, ’20 I am not afraid of my lessons; why, I can go to sleep beside them.—Roper Harrison. Twelve