Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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tUlaas instant A bunch of sparkling geniuses entered the High School in the fall of 1913. They refrained from making the ignorant blunders of the former Freshmen and from being daily caught in their misdemeanors. Before the first fruitful year was ended, many of the members had been bluffed away by the fearful frowns from the rostrum. Another was called by the tinkling of the wedding bells. Those who stuck applied themselves industriously to weiner roasts and general amusements, excepting the few who labored night and day that they might be candidates for final honors of Valedictorian or Salutatorian. Disappointed and disgusted because they were not awarded their expected star for superior intelligence in the Freshman year they began the Sophomore term. It was this year that the girls won the long coveted star, not lor their wonderful mental ability, but for their supremacy over the other teams in basketball. The coming spring seemed brighter than ever to the trudging Sophomores. Teachers no longer frowned upon them but treated them as human beings, until one day a great calamity occurred; five members of the class played truant. The spring darkened and members of the Faculty resumed their usual expressions. The responsibility of guiding and directing the Fresh- v. — 15 —

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men, together with the extremely hard course, made the Sophomore year a difficult one, but the class emerged victorious, leaving their burden to be taken up by the coming Sophomore class. When the third year began, each member of the Class felt they were well on the way to the final goal. All minor things were laid aside that they might apply themselves more closely to the work of preparing for the dignified position of Seniors. Notwithstanding the fact that in each of the first three years Cupid had entered and stolen a girl from the Class, the proportion of girls to boys is two to one. During this last year their energies have been spent in raising the standard of the High School and have cheerfully given suggestion and words of advice to all from the Freshmen down to the Faculty. Although these seem to be slow in meeting our expectations, nevertheless the class has been patient and for-bearing. They feel justly proud of their accomplishments and the talent which they displayed in various ways. They hope their example may prove a help in overcoming difficulties of the following classes. ☆ ☆ — 16 —