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

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gling blindly on. At the end of the first semester before “exams,” the Faculty's cry seemed to be, “They shall not pass. ('ramming was our only salvation, what more could we do? After the exams, we had our Sophomore Party which was far different from the first. We did not run through the whole building as we did the year before, but we were more dignified and reserved. We played games in the gym under the direction of our Sponsors, .Miss Smith and .Mr. Delcour. We hope to have another party at tin- close of tin second semester. Our officers are: asil asileff, President; Robert Xewgent, Vice-President; .Melvin Lee, Secretary-Treasurer. The faith we have in ourselves is to te used in gaining the third step of our goal with this motto, “Safe on second, now score.” —Helen Doniff SOPHOMORE POEM One year of high school career has passed, This year we are the Sophomore Class, Still pushing onward toward the goal, Everyone working with heart and soul. Though some of last year friends have dropped, The rest of us can not be stopped, We’ve made up our minds to reach a place And we’ll not stop till we've won the race. Step by step each year we rise, In two more years to reap the prize The prize for which four years we’ve sought, Which time and toil have dearly bought. —Robert Xewgent 19 2 9 Page twenty-three

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THE MADISONIAN SOPHOMORE HISTORY Un September sixth, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, fifty-six Freshmen entered the M. 11. S. As we entered tin auditorium to take our choice of seats, tin Seniors seemed to have the laugh on us; then we understood that we were considered “greenhorns.” When we wore seated and peace prevailed throughout the assem- bly, Mr. Winsor, who proved to be our life-saver, explained the bell system to us. My, but the Seniors were downhearted! He had de- prived them of a laugh. After exams we had a Freshman l'arty which was a success. At the close of the second semester some students dropped by the wayside; others kept pushing on toward “Success. Our class Spon- sors were Mr. Delcour and Mr. Winsor. The class officers were: Lloyd Williams, President; Adam Zentgraf, Vice-President; Itichard Mefford, Secretary-Treasurer. On September sixth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight, forty-eight Sophomores came trooping back, while several dropped out com- pletely. This year turned out to be harder than the first, because Geometry could not be mastered with ease by all; still we kept strug- I’aye twenty-two 19 2 9

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FRESHMAN HISTORY On August thirty-first, ninety-one pairs of eager feet carried into the assembly what was to constitute the largest l-'reshman Class in the history of the Madison High School. Many were the sneers from the upper classmen as we made our stupid errors; but we were dauntless ami kept up the struggle until we had learned the ways of high school life. When the basketball season opened, our hearts were filled with pride and admiration, when we learned that one of our fel- 1 o'w-classmen, Paul Ivelio, was to be a sub on tin first team. We dearly loved and admired our teachers from the start, and if we have vexed them with our mischievous pranks, 1 a in sure we are all truly penitent. Haring the second semester, our Algebra teacher, Mr. sprout, sent his wife to teach us the “type forms,” while he spent several weeks in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. The smallest teacher in our school, Mr. Delcour, decided that he needed a life partner, lie soon realized that a teacher’s salary would not furnish the luxuries for two; he left the teaching profession, and as a result we have Mr. Iblings on our faculty. Our Freshman Party, given February twenty-first, was a great success, due to the supervision of Miss Jessup and Mr. Kobe. 1929 Page twenty-four