Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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Wal .taht 1 V sursroizv , l' . '-viii' l y llilxillmlm n . ff' ,. 1 rg -swim A ?LAiA,. On a dreary, rainy day in September, 1916, the Class of '20 made its debut into the halls of learning at old Blackstone lligh School. We did not allow this gloomy beginning to depress us long and were soon happily launched on our first high school year. During our first year we followed the usual course of study and remained very timid and meek, perhaps a little over-awed by the knowledge which is so frequently displayed by the upper classes. We succeeded in placing our class eolors in the assembly hall at Blackstone after a short struggle and even went so far as to help the Sophomores in displaying their colors although they were rather loath to admit that they needed the help of Freshmen, though they objected not at all to profiting by it. However, in our second year, being now located in the new Township High School, we became more lively and began to establish ourselves as a class with a great deal of enthusiasm and pep. This year we saw three of our classmen winning honors on the football field and one on the basket ball team. Silas Marner, the first play to be given in the High School Auditorium was staged by the Sophomore English Ulasses. Although this was only an amateur theatrieal, it was here that we began to diseover the dramatic ability in our class. The High School also made use of our talent in the minstrel show that was given by the students during this year. When we became Juniors, our class was again well represented in ath- letics. This year there were five of our men on the football team and three on thc basket ball team, needless to say they added to the laurels won by our class in former years. In the first deelamatory contest which took place in our third year, three of our members participated, each sharing part of the honors. As our Junior year was drawing to a close we found that we did not have sufficient funds with which to entertain the Seniors so with our usual prompt- ness and enthusiasm we gave our class play, For One Night Only , which enabled us to take the Seniors to Starved Rock and later to a banquet, held in their honor, at Hotel Kaskaskia. T went y-one