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

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18 THE ALARM 1925 Senior Class History FOUR YEARS AGO, thirty-eight green and shy Freshmen crossed the threshold of old Manlius High. They came with that determination to graduate or die in the attempt. Our first year was a very happy one. Due to our superiority in knowledge, the teachers assigned us to rooms three and six. Some of the upper class men said that it was because there wasn’t room for us in the assembly but we re positive that wasn’t the reason. Mrs. Rudiger tried to conv.nce us that a plus and a plus equaled a plus and repeatedly reminded us in Latin class that a grade below seventy was “flunking ”. Miss Perry taught us that “ain’t” ain’t right and Mr. Perry exposed us to General Science but very few of us caught it. We chose Mr. Rudiger for our class advisor and for our choice of class colors toko purple and gold. Our Freshman year soon passed and the first thing we knew we were Sophomores. It was now our turn to tease the Freshies. This year was more important than our first and we now better realized that each year took us nearer to our goal—graduation. We chose Mrs. Glassburn for our advisor and with her aid chose the carnation for our class flower and adopted the motto “B-sharp, never B-flat“. During our Junior year Mrs. Glassburn remained our advisor. Helen Ash from West Virginia entered our class and we chose her for our class president, Norman Miller for vice-president and Donald King for secretary and treasurer. We wish that Helen could have remained and graduated with us this year. We gave the Seniors a banquet, as is the custom for every Junior class to do every year. We believe that all will admit that it was some banquet, and our only wish is that the Junior class of this year will give us a still better one—if that is possible. Now there are twenty that remain. Our class advisor is Miss Fields. We, as Seniors have reached our goal, but we must not stop—only keep on pursuing higher ideals and goals. We have spent four happy years in old Manlius High, each better than the one before. We can go no longer, but our only wish is that the classes in High School and those that will some day enter will learn to love the school as we have. We have found that school days are the happiest—let’s hope that school day memories will be too. —Ella May Adams, 1925 Mother—“Now, children, don’t quarrel. What’s the matter? Karl—“We re playin’ shipwrecked, an’ Eunice won t go in the bathroom and drown herself.’’ Here is the new name for flappers: “Bungalows!” “Painted in front, shingled in the back, and nothing in the attic.

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I THE MANLIUS TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL I 7 JANICE RUDIGER Delphia, Delphian Secretary 4, Operetta 1-2, Minstrel 1, Play 3-4, Student Council 2, Basketball 1-2-4, Orchestra 4, Yell Leader 4, Assistant Business Manager 3, “Alarm” Joke Editor 4. “Romantically resolved” “Relentlessly reliable” ARM1NNIE SONS “Minnie” Philomathean, Basket Ball 1-2-4, Play 1. Secretary of Glee Club 3, General Manager Operetta 2, Official Ticket Seller, Senior Play, “American Beauty”, Assistant Calen-dor Editor 4. “Seriously sagacious” “Secretly Sensible” HELEN STONEWALL “Plain Helen” Delphian, Operetta 1-2, Glee Club 3, Basket Ball 4, Senior Play 4. “Seemingly silent” “Sedately self-reliant” RUBY VAN DEUSEN “Patsy” Delphian, Minstrel 1, Operetta 1, Junior Play 3, Senior Play 4, Glee Club 3. “Valiantly vivacious” “Vaciferously victorious”

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THE MANLIUS TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL 19 Senior Class Prophecy T HILE VISITING in Southern California in 1930, I determined to visit Hollywood and see how the movies are made. 1 was taken into the studios by a tall fat fellow who I immediately recognized as being Roy Hewitt. He said he had been given the position of guide through Movieland through correspondence with a noted movie director, John Smith. While conversing with him he told me that in a short time the scene would be laid and the greatest picture ever produced would be put upon the screen. It was a portrayal of the lives of the Seniors of '25 in the old M. H. S. building. Two years later I walked into the Palace Theatre in Paris and saw the actual play given by my old classmates. This play proved to me, that, beyond a doubt 1 had graduated with the most brilliant class that ever stepped inside a High School building. Oh!, 1 almost forgot to tell you about the play itself. It was, of coarse, put on under the direction and supervision of John Smith, the noted director. The leading lady was Jeannette Murphy, whom, it was proved was so extremely popular that even the teachers of old M. H. S. waited upon her with the utmost desire of doing her every wish. In the beginning of the play Jeannette had run away, leaving all the country swains crying their eyes out over her disappearance. In an effort to console the boys , Mr. and Mrs. Norman Miller, (Thelma had finally won out in the end) had set up a boarding house called the “Comfort Inn , where each night a party was given. The purpose of these parties was to set off the charms of girls to best advantage with the object of Matrimony. The Belle of the parties was Ella Adams, a sweet girl of seventeen summers. Her curly brown hair and dancing blue eyes are noted everywhere. Mrs. Miller was about to introduce Helen Stonewall and Ila Hartz into the society. Helen was a sweet shy coleen of Ireland while Ila was a titled French woman. Beautiful gowns and costly jewels were much in evidence at the Grand Ball given in honor of their debut. The newspaper rang for months afterward with glowing accounts of their successful entrance into society. Just when things are progressing rapidly Jeannette appears on the scene, much to the amusement of Mrs. Miller. She is garbed in costly silks and treading on air. She takes the city by storm; however her success is but for an hour. Some late guests arrive while she is sitting out with half the boys of M. H. S. She is much disturbed to find that two beautiful creatures have entered the ball room. Their grace and light heartedness, together with their altogether pleasing manners bring them popularity at once. Jeannette, remorseful, jealous, retires to a corner and spends the rest of the evening in a temper.