Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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SOPH MORE CLASS

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Sophomore Class Motto:— “Do others before you do yourself.” Colors: —Crimson and Gray. Flower: - Sweet Pea. Class Officers. President.—Edith McMillan. Vice-President.—Phillip Sweet. Secretary.—Aimee Bigelow. Treasurer.—Charles Stevens. Historian.—Marie Seavey. Bernice Astle. Aimee Bigelow. Mattie Hayden. Robert Dennis. Margaret Greenawalt. Ruth Hansen. Clay Hayden. Class Roll. Beatrice Butterfield. Mae Hunt. James Kirby. Raymond Keeler. Edith McMillan. Hilton Nichols. Pauline Nichols. Phillip Sweet. Catherine Peterson. Lucille Peterson. Marie Seavey. Lora Simonds. Gertrude Smith. Charles Stevens. Mildred Storrs. “ So gentle, so kind .”—Edith McMillan.

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Sophomore Prophecy. One day, while with a company on a concert tour, I sat in a station waiting tor the train which was to take me to Paris, where we were engaged for the next evening. Desiring a magazine to read for pastime, I bought one at a near hy news stand. And, on opening it I found an editorial on “Woman Suffrage,” written by the widely known suffragette, Lucile Peterson. This set me to thinking, of my school mates, and I wondered what had become of them. Just then 1 heard a voice addressing me, and, looking up, saw my old friends, Mil¬ dred Storrs, and Margaret Nelson. They informed me that they were then on their way to China as missionaries. I asked them of my other classmates, and they told me that they had all prospered. 1 was not surprised at this as we had, indeed, been a model class. Robert Dennis was then a noted professor of astronomy. Catherine Peterson was the English instructor, and Margaret Greenawalt was grind¬ ing indiret discourse and ablative ab¬ solutes into the Latin students of the Momence High School. Aimee Bige¬ low was now a famous violinist, and was said to have excelled Kubelik. James Kirby had bought the “ Black- stone Hotel” and if he was not making a fortune, he was at least contented. Hilton Nichols and Edith McMillan had found happiness on a farm near Momence. Clay Hayden had found success as a lawyer, and with his wife, Gertrude Smith, was leading the New York “400.” Philip Sweet had be¬ come a ‘ ‘ high dyer ’ ’ and had just com¬ pleted an aeroplane, which had broken all records of altitude reached by any man. Ruth Planson was in California and was making a fortune raising or¬ anges. Pauline Nichols was a wonder¬ ful classique dancer. Mae Hunt, as I was much surprised to hear, had be¬ come a second “Dr. Mary Walker ” Lora Simonds was an old maid, and lived in Momence, and spent most of her time drinking tea, and talking to her two cats. Charles Stevens was a captain of the military college at West Point. Mattie Hayden was a. nurse, and Raymond Keeler was a college foot-ball coach. Just then my train came and I left them, feeling very hap¬ py over the success of the sophomore class. Marie Seavey, ’15.