Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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SENIOR YEAR BOOK. 3 ANNA M. HANSON. MAYSIE A. KIOUS. PHOEBE J. NELSON.

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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.

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SENIOR YEAR BOOK. 33 Program. Invocation ------- Grand Fantaisie de Concert—Franz Liszt, Salutatory Oration— u The Value of Time,” Declamation—“How He Saved St. Michaels,” Essay,—“The True Education,” - - “My Desert Queen,”—Hartwell-Jones, Glass History—“The Trees,” - - Oration—“The Prosperity of the Republic,” Class Poem—“The Legend of the Heliotrope.” (a) La Cascaide de E. Power „ (b) Grand Polonaise Militaire S tm°P ir b Oration—“Black the Heels of Your Boots,” Class Prophecy, ------- Recitation—“Tricks vs Tricks,” - - Parody—“The End Crowns the Work,” - “Class Presents,” - Valedictory Oration—“Finis Coronat Opus,” Benediction, Class Song:. Presentation of Diplomas. Rev. E. A. E. Palmquist Prof. F. M. Gibeault Elizabeth C. Cleary Maysie A. Kious Jennie M. Cleary Estella E. Vane Laura J. Gibson Phoebe J. Nelson Laura Dennis Prof. F. M. Gibeault Joseph A. Gibeault Blanche M. Freeman Estella E. Vane Anna M. Hanson Grace M. Seaman Ezra B. Porter Rev. A. W. Higby Class Flowers, Heliotrope and Lemon Lily, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Class Motto, “Finis Coronat Opus.” Class Colors, Mauve and Lemon. CLASS OFFICERS. Joseph Alphonse Gibeault ----- Laura J. Gibson Elizabeth C. Cleary Estella E. Vane