Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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I LA MAE GREGORY The Sphinx “A twinkle in her eye. a twinkle in her feet As jolly a little maiden, as you would chance to meet.” Ye Ancient Muses ’20; Basket Ball I, II, III, IV; Glee Club ’21 ; Booster Club ’23; Wranglers Literary Society '23. LURA BUCHANAN “Never idle a moment.” Katcha Koo ’20; Ye Ancient Muses ’20; Basket Ball I, II, 111; Glee Club 21; Vice President Class ’23; Booster Club ’23; Advertising Manager Sphinx ’23; Spanish Club ’23; Hiking Club ’21; Platonian ’23. EDGAR TAYLOR Straight up and down like six o’clock” Sheiks ’23; Basket Ball III, IV; Booster Club ’23; Platonian ’23. AGNES BORMAN A firm spoke in the Senior wheel.” Katcha Koo ’20; Ye Ancient Muses ’20; Glee Club ’21; Basket Ball I, II, III; Junior Reporter Sphinx ’23; Booster Club ’23; Spanish Club ’23; Hiking Club ’21; Platonian ’23. FLORENCE SHELTON “For she was just the quiet kind whose natures never vary.” Ye Ancient Muses ’20; Cupid at Vassar ’22; Glee Club ’23; Booster Club ’23; Wranglers ’23. (20)

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 ■ — The Sphinx ! . Senior Class History Officers President....................................................... Donald Lewis Vice President ..................................... Lura Buchanan Secretary....................................................William Boswell Treasurer.........................Lester Melton Colors: Blue and Gold. Motto: Don't try dying, but die trying. At seven-thirty o’clock on the morning of September first, in the year one thousand, nine hundred nineteen, seventy timid children were seen to congregate about the steps of the M. H. S. Little did the upper classmen think, when they arrived an hour later, that this was destined to be the famous Class of ’23. Soon a bell sounded. We started frantically to line up, only to be informed by a mighty Sophomore that it was only the telephone. At last, however, we were allowed to pass in, and were established in the seats by the windows, following the theory that green things need sunshine in order to grow. How we survived that first year remains an unsolved mystery. We emerged on May thirty-first, however, able to enjoy the three months vacation before entering on the strenuous Sophomore existence. Our Sophomore year was devoted to athletics which took the form of football, basketball and baseball for the boys and basketball and hiking for the girls. The leisure time not employed in these pursuits was used in studying English, Geometry, History, etc. Our chief occupation during the Junior year was entertaining ourselves and others. The Junior play, “Cupid at Vassar,” was followed by the annual Junior-Senior reception which even our ancient rivals, the Class of ’22, admitted to be a howling success. Organizations were not forgotten, for the class was well represented in the school’s leading organization, “Tuffv’s Gang”. We celebrated our advancement to the dignity of Senior by a breakfast at Douglas Landing on the morning of May, thirty-first. This, our last year, has been marked by the enthusiasm and school spirit of the entire class. Aside from our work on the“SpniNX,” we have found time to engage in many other activities, chief among which are the royal entertainments given us by the Lion’s Club and Junior Class, the presentation of our class play, the organization of the Booster Club and numerous class affairs. Meanwhile we have not neglected athletics, furnishing several members to each of the teams and the captain of all of them. We leave with a deep love for the school and a sincere gratitude toward the student body and faculty for the loyal support which they have so faithfully rendered. (19)

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GEORGE SCHNEEMAN A chap who doesn’t let study interfere with his education.” Basket Ball ’20, ’21, ’22, ’23; Captain Basket Ball ’22, ’23; Football ’21, ’22, ’23; Captain ’23; Athletic F.ditor Sphinx ’23; Booster Club ’23; Sheiks Baseball ’20, ’21, ’22; Wranglers ’23. VIRGINIA TEMPLE “Never ready, always late. But she smiles, and so we wait ” S. H. S. ’20; Orchestra ’21, ’22, ’23; Booster Club ’23; Platonian ’23. CIIESTINE GARRETT Silence is the greatest art of diplomacy.” Vcspacian ’20; Glee Club ’21; Cupid at Vassar ’22; Booster Club ’23; President Spanish Club ’23; Katcha Koo ’20; Hiking Club ’21; Platonian ’23. HELEN BERNICE CAUSER “Not so meek as she looks “ Ye Ancient Muses ’20; Glee Club ’21; Cupid at Vassar ’22; Sophomore Reporter Sphinx ’23; Booster Club ’23; Wranglers ’23. VERN E LIPPERT “Never trouble trouble ’Till trouble troubles you.” Ye Ancient Muses ’20; Booster Club ’23; Platonian Literary Society ’23. (21)