Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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HIGLH SCHOOL FACULTY. MABEL GROVES. FLORENCE L. CRAIL. R. E. SELBY. ALICE GRAY KALLANDER. A. JEANNETTE FOSTER.

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JUNIOR junior Glass. Motto: A past forever gone, a future yet our own, Class Flower: Goldenrod. Colors: Black and Old Gold. y ELL: Skin ’em alive, Skin ’em alive, ■Hurrah, for the Class of Nineteen Five. HISTORY. On the ' first morning of school, September 8, 1901, what was it that blazed upon the High School; what was it, the brilliancy of which caused the Seniors to fall down upon their faces? Was it some heavenly meteor? Who can tell? Just quiet your fears, dear friends; do not become alarmed, and I will complete my story. When the sun¬ light had banished some of its brilliancy, and the Seniors were able to raise themselves, they saw before them—not a great heavenly body, as they had supposed it to be, but only a row of smiling Freshmen. The first year of our High School life passed without many incidents of note on account of our “great numbers ’ (13). But when we, as Sophomores, filed into our accus¬ tomed places the following year, one could not help but J notice that a few of our most brilliant members had been BOOK. lost, had strayed or had been stolen during the past vaca¬ tion. As Juniors we have been very sedate and dignified.. We number seven—the smallest class, but the brightest intellects in the school. Our combined age is. 124 years; the avoirdupois of the class, 894 pounds and our entire height, 28,875 feet below the summit of Mount Everest. Yet our ambitions are by no means to be measured by the distance which we tower below the clouds. We have indeed,, been wonderfully successful, and ’tis thus the teachers are accustomed to ad¬ dress, their classes, “Behold the Class of 1905! See their noble work! Observe their attentive attitude! Notice their animated countenances! Learn how to acquire name and fame as they have done! Take them for your models! In short, be perfect!” All this, and yet the half has not been told. Words fail to express the greatness of the Class of 1905.

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JUNIOR YEAR ROOK. splice Gray Thailander. Teacher of Latin and German. Alice Gray Kallander was born September 25th, 1868. She finished her public school course here and began teaching at the age of seventeen. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1894. Upon her graduation she was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, the only Greek letter society of America, which is recognized abroad,—an honor for scholarship only. She taught about ten years in Cook county, and for the last two years has been Principal of the Momence High School. She has accepted the position of teacher of En¬ glish in the Blue Island High School at an increase over her present salary. Florence £. Grail. Supervisor ,of Music. Florence L. Crail was born in Janesville, Iowa. She was educated in the village school and at the Iowa State Normal at Cedar Falls. After completing this course, she was for eight years a successful teacher in Iowa, and then four years in the Minneapolis public schools. After studying music at the Northwestern Conservatory in Minneapolis, she accepted the position of Supervisor of Music in the Shell Rock, Iowa, schools. She graduated from the New School of Methods in Public School Music in Chicago. During the school year of ig03- , 04 she has been our sue cessful Supervisor of Music. ‘ GF Jeannette Foster. “Teacher of English and Mathematics. A. Jeannette Foster was born in Evanston, February 22, 1882. (The month in which all great, truthful people are born.) She attended the public schools of Evanston, graduating in 1896. After three years at Northwestern Academy and four years in Northwestern University, she graduated from the University with high honors, being elected to the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. The past year she has been the teacher of English and Mathematics in the Momence High School. 3 iabel Groves. Teacher of History. Mabel Groves was born in Fairview, Indiana, March 17, 1866, since which date St. Patrick’s day has had a new significance. She graduated from Sidney, Illinois, High School in 1884. She same year she was elected to the po¬ sition of Primary teacher in the home school. She served in that capacity for eight years, filling in vacations regu¬ larly with Normal and Institute work. In 1892 she was elected to fill a vacancy in the Momence schools. This year finishes her twenty consecutive years of teach¬ ing, during which time, neither absence nor tardy mark has been recorded against her. At present she is the His¬ tory teacher in the Momence High School.