Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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SENIOR YEAR ROOK. 29 PARODY. ROMEO AND JULIET. Once the ladies of the High School, Fearing that the youthful smartness, Of their male contemporaries Might destroy their lives completely, Asked them to produce a program, Without help or substitution; Thereby in this great performance, See themselves as others see them. So the girls made out the program, And the boys submitted meekly, Knowing that the least resistance, Would be overcome completely. So with good will they went at it, Worked from morning until night, And with their united efforts, Produced something very bright. Days and weeks went flying quickly, Till at last the hours came round, When excitement reigned among them And the people thronged the streets; Eager to obtain admission. To see the sight so grand. At the time appointed for it, The curtain was uplifted, Then the scene of rarest beauty Met the gaze of the spectators. First a program of rarest music Came to charm the vast assembly. When upon the gorgeous balcony, Juliet appeared before them, Clothed in lobes of purest whiteness; On her face a look of sadness, Till from out the shady orchard, Came a form so young and lovely, Spake to her in accents tender; Told her that he loved her dearly. So their troth of love was plighted. Capulet, the lady’s father, Was opposed to her young suitor, He had promised one, Sir Paris, That his daughter should be given him, In the holy ties of marriage. When her mother had informed her Of her father’s proposition, She refused to listen to- Continued on page 1764.

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SENIOR YEAR BOOK 27 JOSEPH A. GIBE AULT. LAURA J. GIBSON. LAURA J. DENNIS.

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3» SENIOR YEAR BOOK. ANNA MARIE HANSON . “Faithful, gentle, good, Wearing the rose of womanhood.” Miss Hans on first beheld the beauties of Momence, Nov. 24, 1883, and its fascination still holds her enraptured. Anna is a general favorite of the class and has proven herself a faithful, hard-working student. She has never had the ill-luck to fall in love, but thinks it would be nice. Evidently she has had no experience in that line, or she would hold an entirely different opinion of Cupid and his snares. She does not expect to attend school after her graduation, but hopes to teach the coming generation in “reading, ’riting and ’rithmetic.” Anna will be sure to meet with success in her work, as she has great perseverance and tact. MAYS IE ALICE KIOUS. “She dwells down in a deep calm. Whatever storms may shake the world.” The history of Maysie Alice Kious, dates back to the thirtieth of September 1883, when she made her appearance in Sedgewick, Kansas. She afterwards removed to Oxford, Ind., from thence to Grrant Park and then to our enterpris¬ ing city. She became a member of our class in 1892, and is one of its most agreeable members. She has no nicknames, does not use slang, chew gum, tell tales out of school, or do anything that is naughty. She hopes to become a missionary in the East, aiding in the education of the heathen Chinese. Life, fiction or history, seldom produces a more lovable character, than Miss Kious. RHOEBE JANE NELSON. “She is one who rises with a knowing frown, And talks and talks; gets rattled and then sits down..” She began to talk on the 13th day of October, 1886, the second anniversary of her birth, and ever since has been trying to giake up for the “two years lost time.” She established her reputation as orator of the class by winning first prize in the oratorical contest April 26, 1901. As President of the Philomathean Society, she emphasized the recognition of “the most important people on the floor,” during the parliamentary work. For her life work Miss Nelson has chosen the profession of teaching, ex¬ pecting to begin with a “District Skule,” and as she becomes more proficient in the art, to assume the management of a “select school” on the condition that the pupil grant her eight hours per day for talking. The only pupil who can comfortably fill this place will be a deaf man.