Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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JUNIOR YEAR BOOK. 2Kigk School ©ratorical Contest. The Fourth Annual Oratorical Contest of the Momence High School was held at the opera hall Tuesday evening, May 3. The attendance was good, quite a number from Kankakee and St. Anne being present. The orators and declaimers all did credit to the High School and to Mr. Crum, of the Soper School of Oratory who trained them. The program was as follows: Music Cone’s Orchestra Invocation Rev. T. S. Pittenger Music Orchestra ORATIONS. “James Abram Garfield” Frank Van Inwagen “Robert Emmett” Edward Cleary “The Brutus of the Nineteenth Century” Gilbert Willis Music H. S. Sextet DECLAMATIONS. “True Coura ge” Serina Johnson “The Prayer of Rehoboam” Marie Wennerholm Music Orchestra “How Salvator Defeated Tenny” Virginia Tabler “As the Moon Rose” Floy Brown “The wrestler of Phillippi” Marie Harish Decision of Judges Music Orchestra Bert Willis won first honors in oration and Edward Cleary second. Floy Brown was first in declamation. No second was awarded, each of the three judges voting for different contestants. junior’s Troubles. Devoid of sense, The Latin tense We often have recited; We’ve paid out cash, And other trash And never been requited. We’ve all changed snow To H2 O, A marvelous reaction; Divided four By twenty score And never got a fraction. To all this stuff, And there’s enough, We’ve paid our best attention; But Edmund Burke And all his work We think should have a pension. And “Wilhelm Tell” Should go to-well, A place we will not mention.—The Mirror. We saw a thing Of greenish hue And tho’t it was A lawn of grass, But when to it We closer drew We found it was Our Freshman Class.—Ex. “O, peerless one,” he looked at her, “Without you, give me death; You are the very ‘Breath of Life’,” And then—he held his Breath.—Ex.

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JUNIOR YEAR BOOK Snap Shots. Business. Favorite Song. Public Opinion. Summary. Catching Flies. To peddle Milk. “Shall we gather at the River” Embryonic. He’ll do. Talking to Helen. To be popular. “The Blue and the ’Gray.’ ” Walking Encyclopedia. So young, yet so wise. Studying. None. “Jim Crow.” Not so bad. Sweet. Rushing the Year Book. To be a “Mann.” “Dear Heart.” N aughty. She’s a daisy. Talking to Maude. To see a “Miner.” “Maude.” Timid. Easy going. Delivering her Oration. To be a “Farmeress.” “Beyond the River.” Too Short. In love. Eating. To get there. “Annie Rooney.” Left home too soon. Real nice. Orating. To be an Orator. “To Her.” Sweet. Pretty good. Playing with Snakes. To talk about nothing. “Mr. Dool ey.” Means well. All right. At the Window. Studying Paradise Lost. “Forgotten.” Who Next? Changeable. On the Merry-go-round. To keep house. “Sammy.” Cute. About right. Skating. Singing “Just One Boy.” “Old Black Joe.” A good girl. Tip-top. Combing her hair, To be a hairdresser. Battle Hymn of the Republic. Real smart. She’ll do. Talking to Agnes. To be an athlete. “For You.” Pretty good. All right. Talking. To be a good talker. “Hot Time.” Embryonic. A clever man. Raking old leaves in the 1 Fall. To be a contortionist. “Marching Thru Georgia.” A cute little boy. A daisy. Making Faces. To speak Latin well. “Just One Girl.” Rather “Brown.” He’ll get there. Reciting Geometry. To be an Elocutionist. 1 “Eli Green’s Cakewalk.” Rather “Vane.” Cute. Making Pictures. To treat the girls. “Capt. Jinks.” Real sweet. “Foxy.”

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JUNIOR CLASS. VIRGINIA C. TABLER. S. JAY GARRETT. JESSIE M. GARRETT. HALLIE A. SELBY. NINA PISH. LOLA M. VANE. STELLA DWYER.