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

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THE MADISONIAN Jfreoijmen Class J istorp Our class had the honor of being the largest Freshmen class in the history of Madison High. We started the school with four and seventy pupils but as the year progressed our number dwindled to seventy- one. On the opening day of school, as we were sitting in that gigantic room called the assembly, waiting for the show to start, a bell tinkled, and we were herded by the faculty into various rooms, which we after- wards learned were class rooms. As we proceeded from class to class we were hooted and jeered at by the upper classmen, who gave us to understand that we were a very unintelligent and insignificant company. Our first class meeting was looked forward to by one and all, and that great day finally arrived. We cast lots for the officials of our class. Miriam Schermer was elected President; Thomas Sterling, Vice-President; Gordon Routh, Secretary; and Norma Bailey, Treasurer. At the close of the trail marked first semester, we found a sign labeled “Mid-Term Exams’’ in our pathway; most of us managed to push this obstacle aside, and proceeded down the trail marked second semes- ter, although some of the weaker members of our class could not sur- pass this obstacle. On the whole, our Freshmen years proved a success, one of the main events being a class party held in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. hour of our members were placed in the High School Orchestra, and many others gained fame. Here I will repeat the words of our Freshmen advisor, “Watch this bunch in the years to come.” Virgil Phipps. 1 9 2 6 .................... Page twenty-one

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THE MADISONIAN Jfresfncs We’re just a bunch of Freshies, Out for victory—not defeat; We’re just a bunch of Freshies, That really can’t be beat. We started in. September first, Our history has begun, Yes, started in we 84 To have a lot of fun. Instead of play we settled down, And on our lessons started; For we were out for victory, And we weren’t to be thwarted. With such a goal, we’ll never fail. Through struggle or through strife. For we mean to win this four years’ course, And ever on through life. Dorothy Hazner. Page twenty 19 2 6

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THE MADISONIAN “itlissi ftomebobp €lse” SENIOR PLAY Cast Constance Darcy Marie Mullen Celeste Bernadine Horrell Ann Delavan Anna Braunsdorf Mildred Delavan Vestal Goode Mrs. Blainwood Mary Greenlee Fay Blainwood Nora Rogers Alice Stanley Trula Walk Freda Mason Kathleen Wood Mrs. Herrick Mildred Martin Susan Ruggs Fay Croach Cruger Blainwood Readus Skinner Ralph Hastings George Lybarger John Milton Goldman Jasper Joseph Richardson Sylvester Crane Russell Alvey Bert Shaffer Ralph McBnan The story is a delightful adventure of Constance Darcy, the daugh- ter of a multi-millionaire. Constance embarks on a trip to find a young man who had been in her father's employ and had stolen a large sum of money. She almost succeeded when suddenly all traces of the young man was lost. On her return trip from California, she stops at a club house to visit a friend of her mother’s, and finds them in dire financial circum- stances, owing to the fact that they are failing in their attempt to main- tain the Tuxedobrook Club House. After a few explanations on the part of both, Constance remains with Mrs. Delavan for a time. In order to assist Mrs. Delavan and also to work out some plans of her own, she decides to submerge her own aristocratic personality into that of a refined but humble little Irish waitress. The family and her friend Cruger pledge their support to her, and from this time on she is known to them as Nora O’Brian. She not only carries her scheme to success in assisting the family, but finds romance and much tense and lively adventure during the period of her incognito, aside from capturing the young man who defrauded her lather. Page twenty-two