Manlius High School - Mirror Devil Yearbook (Manlius, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY We. the class of 1921, entered High School September. 1917, in the old High School building. Our freshmen class was composed of about twenty-five members. We were shy and bashful, but at the same time thought ourselves the most important part of the High School body. We were initiated a little the first day. but were really initiated worse when we elected our officers, chose our motto and our class colors. We chose for our motto Rowing. Not Drifting, and our class colors were )range and Black. When we were in the grades we had eleven subjects and thought it quite easy to have only four: but we soon changed our minds and thought that four subjects required just as much or more preparation than eleven. It was either this change or other things that caused a few of us to receive some low grades. While we were freshies we had a teacher in the assembly room who tried to he very strict. Pins, gum, notes and water guns were much in use. The boys thought that if they took books home they would be called sissies. We poor freshies, how much we had to learn. When we returned to High School. September, 1918, we went back to school with a little different spirit. We became very important, as all sophomores do. We began to take part in athletics. Not many things of importance happened that year. One of our teachers, Miss Thielbar, left fora better position and Miss Mahoney came to take her place. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were with us during our Freshman and Sophomore years. We began our Junior Year with a greater purpose in life than when we had entered two years before. We had two new teachers. D. ( tis Smith and Miss Kilburne, and our faithful teacher, Miss Mahoney. Mr. Smith left because of his health and Mr. H. 1). Holden came to take his place. After becoming acquainted with Mr. Holden we were not grieved over the substitution. ()ur boys developed a real basketball team this year. They won a large silver cup. of which we were all very proud, at the Bureau Township Tournament. The girls organized a girl's glee club, and under the instruction of Mrs. Johnson we were soon singing like birds. Dutch, one of our number, took two firsts at the Bureau County Track meet. At the beginning of our last and most important year of High School, we had three new teachers, Mr. Perry. Miss Perry, Miss Wegener and our old teacher Mr. Holden. The boys having a majority elected Glen Jensen president and changed our class colors to Scarlet and Grey. In November we moved into our new high school building. School seemed like a new job in this pleasant building. Howard Hamilton, one of our most brilliant members, was obliged to quit school for the rest of the year on account of a nervous breakdown. Hoppie is coming back next year and we know he will finish with the best of the class. Thyra Christensen, another of our members, responded to the call of Cupid and after the Christmas holidays we heard that she and Fenner were married. Thyra had often talked of taking Domestic Science. Thyra and Fenner were later entertained in the High School gym. by the entire High School and were presented with a beautiful rocking chair. We wish them much happiness and success. We ten that are left feel quite honored to be the first class to graduate from the new building, and we feel grateful to our parents, teachers and patrons of the school who have made it possible. PACK TWENTY- Martha Anspach.

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