Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 96 of the 1919 volume:

Medly” yirtt Edition of Momence Community High School Annual and SSlineteenth Edition of the Momence High School Annual Published by Class of Tlfneteen Hundred Twenty 2 Momence High School Dedication To you, who for five years have given direction to the Educational life of the Youth of Momence, who have guided us in our studies, led us in our recreations, counselled us in our decisions, admon¬ ished us in our follies, and set before us a high standard of manhood and public spirit, to you, our honored Superintendent, Mr . T . R . Johnston, we, the class of 1920, dedicate this book . Momence High School 3 Momence High School Greetings To the patrons and friends of the Momence Community High School. We are presenting this, the first number of our Community High School annual, and the succes¬ sor of our High School yearbook, which for eight¬ een years has presented High School affairs. This number bears our greetings and best wishes, and is an attempt to reveal to you the aim, spirit, and scope of our school activities. We are grateful for the opportunity the com¬ munity is giving us, and appreciate the support and encouragement it has given us in the work¬ ings of a good school, and in the preparation of this annual. We submit this, our initial number, to your kind consideration, and bespeak the continuation of your sympathetic support. THE STAFF. Momence High School o 6 Momence High The Staff Genevieve Wilson Florence Busch Warren Gray Leila Harms Dorothy Zahl Helen Fox Francis Fetzer Ruby Bright William Porter Elno Smith Blanche Peterson Supt. T. R. Johnston Miss Dallach Miss Grosvenor Editor in Chief Assistant Editor Business Manager Asst. Manager Society Editor Snap Shot Editor Athletic Editor Alumni Editor Art Editor Joke Editor Treasurer- Advisory. Board School Momence High School 7 Fetzer Peterson Harms Gray Fox Wilson I bright Busch Zahl Smitn Porter Momence High School a Boards of Education and Faculty COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION President P. J. Cleary Secretary C. L. Tabler Irvin Hertz W. W. Chipman N. P. Jensen HIGH SCHOOL FA CULTY Gertrude B. Dallach, Principal, Latin and Algebra Kathreen Grosvenor, English Mabel Williamson, History, Mathematics, and French Elizabeth Miller, English, Latin, Algebra Irene Dalton, Commercial Nelle M. Roberts, Domestic Science, Sci¬ ence, and Physical Education Leo B. Walsh, Agriculture Bert Lester, Manual Training MOMENCE BOARD OF EDUCATION President N. P. Jensen Secretary I. E. Hardy Mrs. W. A. Burch Mrs. Paul DuMontelle P. J. Cleary Chas. B. Astle Dr. E. G. Gibson GRADE FACULTY T. R. Johnston, Superintendent CENTRAL SCHOOLS Bert Lester, Eighth Grade and Manual Training Agnes M. Christensen, Seventh Grade Gertrude Holmes, Sixth Grade Belle Rice, Fifth Grade Mildred Wright, Fourth Grade Jennie Cleary, Third Grade Loretta Smith, Second Grade Evelyn Reese Love, First and Second Grades, Music Marguerite E. Fields, First Grade LORAINE SCHOOL Ruth Hansen, Third and Fourth Grades. Helena Hardy, Fifth and Sixth Grades Evelyn Holmes, First and Second Grades Momence High School 0 Superintendent T. R. Johnston Faculty T. R. Johnston is a graduate of Evanston Academy and Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He has completed a year’s work in the Law School of the latter institution, and has also done post-graduate work at the University of Chicago and the Iowa State Teachers’ College. He taught three years at Milan, Illinois, and at Rochelle, Illinois, High School, where he was principal for four years. For the past five years he has been Superintendent of Schools here, and this year he has also taught Physics and American History in the High School, and had charge of high school athletics. 10 Momence High School Mrs. Irene Dalton was graduated from the Joliet Illinois, Township High School in 1910, and took one year’s post-graduate course there. She at¬ tended Dennison University, Granville, Ohio. She taught commercial subjects for two years at the Neoga, Illinois, Township High School, and for the past year has taught the commercial subjects here. Miss Nellie M. Roberts was graduated from Galesburg High School in 1913. She assisted in the Physical Education Dpartmnt of Lombard College, from which she was graduated in 1917. This completes her second year as the Domestic Science and Physical Education instructor in our school. The past year she has also taught Zoology and Botany. Mrs. Elizabeth Miller is a graduate of the Alton, Illinois, High School. She was graduated from Shurtleff College in 1917, with an A.B. degree. She has taught in the following places: Cotner College, Bethany, Nebraska, as Prof, of Greek and Latin; Western Military Academy, Alton, Illinois, as instructor in English; in Union Mills, Indiana, Township High School as Principal, and for part of the present year has taught English, Latin, and Algebra here. Mr. Bert Lester has attended the University of Illinois, and has had fourteen years teaching ex¬ perience in the following subjects: Manual Train¬ ing, Mechanical Drawing, and Arithmetic. He has taught these subjects here for the past year. Momence High Schol 11 Miss Gertrnde B. Dallach was graduated from the Galesburg, Illinois, High School. She attended Knox College for one year and was gr aduated from Lombard College. She has attended the Summer Course at the University of Illinois. For two years she was the teacher of Latin and Ger¬ man at the Rushville High School, and taught Latin and German here for two years. But the last year she was assistant principal of the High School and also taught Latin and Algebra. Miss Kathreen Grosvenor was graduated from the Osage City High School, Osage City, Kansas. She was graduated .from Northwestern University with a B.S. degree in 1916. For two years she taught English and German in the Armstrong, Illinois, Township High School, and for the past year has taught all the English, with the excep¬ tion of Junior English the last Semester. Mrs. Mabel Williamson is a graduate of the Springfield, Illinois, High School. She was grad¬ uated from Northwestern University in 1915, with an A.B. degree. She has taught in the Roseau, Minn., High School, and in the Walla Walla, Washington, High School. She taught French, History, and Mathematics here the last year. Mr. L. B. Walsh is a graduate of the Rantoul, Illinois, High School. He was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1917, with a B.S. degree. He has had two years teaching experience, and for the past three months has taught Agriculture and General Science here. 12 Momence High School 3fn jHemonam In loving remembrance we recall the face and life cf one who, as a teacher in our school, as the wife of our Superin¬ tendent of Schools, as the director of the Junior Red Cross work in our school, as our true friend and sympathizer in all of our student act ivities, we came to love and respect in a manner that falls to but few individuals. We desire to place this word of appreciation and recol¬ lection here in token of our sincere regard for her as a teacher and as a friend. The pupils and alumni will ever recall her devotion to the schools and to the youth of Momence. We set apart this space as a grateful memorial to HELEN STALLINGS JOHNSTON Momence High School 13 Helen Stallings Johnston 14 Momence High School 3n Jflemottam The year book hereby sets apart this space as an abiding memo rial to one of our most highly esteemed schoolmates and athletes, Frank Tomas. We recall his splendid ability as a student, his clean sportsmanship as an athlete, his high ideals as a companion, and his excel¬ lent character as a young man. We shall ever hold his example as worthy of the emulation of the students of the Momence Community High School. Momence High School Frank Tomas 16 Momence High School The Parent-Teacher Association President Vic e-Presiden t Secretary Treasurer Mrs. L. Walker Mrs. Agnes Christianson Miss Marguerite Fields Mrs. E. G. Gibson The work of the Parent-Teacher Association was seriously hindered last fall on account of the Flu. Only three meetings have been held during the year, but these have been quite well attended, and much interest has been manifested. As part of the work accomplished during the year, the president has appointed a committee whose duty it is to see that the city ordinances in regard to the selling of cigarets to minors and of minors in pool rooms, are enforced. It is earnestly desired that more of the parents of school children and patrons of the school may join with us during the coming year to make the Momence Parent-Teacher Association what it has been in the past—a power for good, working for the best interests of the community as a whole. P. A. Renstrom The good health of the student body of our schools is in no little manner due to the sanitary equipment of our building and to the fine service that is rendered by our janitor. Cleanliness is his watchword, neatness his habit, carefulness his characteristic, and with all, his manner is accom¬ modating, and his spirit is kindly. Mr. Ren¬ strom merits the good will of the community. THE STAFF. SENIORS 18 Momence High School Senior Class Lawrence Burch (Billy), Momence. Entered from 8th grade, 4 years in M. H. S. Student Council (1) ; Track Team (1) ; Student Council (2) ; Football (3) ; Basket Ball (3) ; President of Class (4) ; Board of Control B. A. A. (4); Track Team (4). “He who can — does .” Colors: Pink and white Flower: Pink Carnation Motto: Impossible is Un-American President Sec . Treas. Class Prophetess Student Council Lawrence Burch Violet O. O’Connell Gertrude Porter Frank Tomas CLASS ROLL Howard Bradley Lawrence Burch Edward Bydalek Ray Chatfield Roy Chatfield John Cook Lester Du Montelle Frieda Evans Marjorie Hall Irene Hardy Doris Harms Roy Hess Elizabeth Jensen Andrew Kinney Myron Kinney James Lamport Lorena Lewis Lydia Mussman Violet O. O’Connell Beulah Peterson Gertrude Porter Arthur Price Henry Seavey Harry Shaffer Frank Tomas Deceased Arthur Price (Happy), Grant Park. Entered from Grant Park, 2 years in M. H. S. “For even tho’ vanquished , he could argue still .” Momence High School 19 Ray Chatfield (Razor-Back), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. H. S. Basket Ball Manager (3) ; Track Team (4) ; Sec. and Treas. (3) ; Sec. Athletic Association (4) ; High School Plays (1) (2) (3); Military Drill- Sgt. (3); Snapshot Editor Year Book (3). “Oh the co-eds and the coe’s, always toward me turn their toes” Lorena Lewis (Rena), Grant Park. Entered from Chicago High School—1 year in M. H. S. Dramatic Club (3) ; May Fete (2) ; Plays (1) ( 2 ). “Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low,—an excellent thing in a woman ” Harry Shaffer (Skakey), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. II. S. Leader of Red Side Year Book Contest (3). “Beneath his cap his schemes and deviltries.” Violet O ' Connell (Vi), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. H. S. President of Junior Class; Editor-in-chief Year Book (3) ; Sec. of Girls, ' Glee Club (1) ; Declama¬ tion in Momence and Kankakee; Nautical Knot (1) ; Sec. and Treas. of Lecture Course (4) ; Sec. and Treas. of Lecture Course (4) ; Deacon’s Second Wife (4). “How shall I speak the transport of my soul?” Andrew Kinney (Andy), Momence. Entered from country school—4 years in M. H. S. Member of Athletic Association; Member of De¬ bating Club (3); Play (Nautical Knot) (1). “What he remembers he seems to have forgot . 20 Momence High School Lester Du Montelle (E. M. F.), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. H. S. “He is wise ivho talks but little” Marjorie L. Hall (Marj.), Momence. Entered from country school—4 years in M. H. S. Girls’ Athletic Association (1) ; Member of Dramatic Club (3). “That of her smiling was full, simple and coy.” Roy Hess (Dud), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. H. S. Football (3) ; Track (4) ; Basket Ball (2) (3) (4) ; Play (1) (2) (3) (4) ; Quartet (4) ; Capt. of Victory Boys (4). “As prone to mischief, as able to perform it.” Frieda Evans (Fried), Grant Park. Entered from Grant Park—2 years in M. H. S. Pres. Girls’ Athletic Association (3). “Friend of many; foe of none ” Roy Chatfield (Chattie), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. H. S. Class President (2) ; Basket Ball Team (3) (4) ; F ootball (3) (4) ; Military Drill Sgt. (4); Mili¬ tary Drill Corp. (3) ; Member of Athletic Associa¬ tion (4 yrs.) ; Operetta (1). “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise Momence High School 21 Gertrude D. Porter (Sunny), Momence. Entered from country—4 years in M. H. S. Dramatic Class (3) ; Dramatic Play (3) ; Declam¬ atory Contest (3) ; Assistant Editor Staff of ’13 (3); Class Historian (4). “She was content afar to stay, From the tumult of life’s highway.” James Lamport (Bay), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. H. S. Track Team (2) (4) ; Sec. Treas. Tennis Club (4) ; Play (3) ; Dramatic Club (3). “Study has made him very lean.” Irene Hardy (Irene), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. H. S. Declamation Contest (1) (2) (3) ; Dramatic Class Play (3) ; Business Manager Year Book (3) ; High School Play (4) ; Member Dramatic Club (3). “Fair without, faithful within.” Howard Bradley (Sgt.), Momence. Entered from country school— 5 years in M. H. S. Basket Ball (3) (4) ; Manager (4) ; Track Team (1) (4) ; Football (3) ; Student Council (3) ; Vice President (4) Pres. B. A. A. (4); Military Drill Sgt. Right Guide (3); Acting Adjutant (4). “Greater men than I may have lived, but I doubt it.” Doris Harms (Dore), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. H. S. Treas. of Year Book (3). “Life is real, life is earnest.” 22 Momence High School. Edward Bydalek (Eddie), Momence. Entered from country school—5 years in M. H. S. Nautical Knot (1) ; Member of B. B. Team (8) (4) ; Member of football Team (3) ; Member of Track Team (4). “An upright man was he, Staid, honest, frank and free.” Elizabeth Jensen (Beth),.. Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. H. S. Society Editor Year Book (3) ; Historical Pageant (3) ; Girls’ Athletic Association (2) (3) ; Dram¬ atic Club (3). “A modest little creature, bent on doing good.” Myron Kinney (Skinny), Momence. Entered from country—4 years in M. H. S. Track Team (4) ; B. A. A. (1) (2) (3) (4) : Play (1). “That womankind had but one rosy mouth, to kiss them all from north to south” Lydia Mussman (Ligia), Grant Park. Entered from tyrant Park H. S.—2 years in M. H. S. May Fete (2) ; Dramatic Club (3). “Into seclusions she did retire, For publicity was not her desire.” John Cook (Jack), Grant Park. Entered from Grant Park—3 years in M. H. S. Basket Ball (2) (3) (4) ; Captain (4) ; Pres. A. A. (3); Athletic Editor Year Book (3). “Our greatest man was near six feet tall.” Momence High School 23 After Ten Long Years We all have our ideals of being - great and doing wonderful things. To a young person, the future is a glorious series of happenings, in which they are always the chief actors. The Class of 1919, being no exception, we received our diplomas with the belief that on the following day the world would undergo a complete change by our advent. Our last class meeting was a memorable one. President Burch brought forth one of his numerous ideas, to which we at once agreed, namely: That for ten years we should remain “unsight and unseen,” to our friends. At the end of ten years, on June 1, we should hold a famous class dinner, to which all should come, even if it be from the farthest corner of the globe. I was chosen to write the happenings and results of the wonderful meeting, which is my reason for writing this. Thus it was that the morning of June 1, 1929, found me hastening (notebook in hand) with all possible speed to the scene of so many joyous High School events—the old Gym. Arriving there, I found everything in readiness, a sumptuous feast prepared in the upper hall, but no guests. However, I had not long to wait, for with a joyous, “Hurrah,” a Jackie entered, in whom I recognized our S. A. T. C. boy, Henry Seavey. He told me with great modesty that he was an officer at Annapolis. A lady had entered and Henry introduced her as, “My wife.” She lifted her veil, and I saw that Irene was prospering under military life quite as much as her husband. ! ; � ■] James came next, all fitted out in one of the best suits that Montgomery Ward Co. put out. He told us he was floor-walker in that place. The next arrivals were Myron Kinney and Roy Hess, just arrived from Chicago. Myron, we learned, is Chief on the Chicago police force, and owing to Roy’s modesty concerning his own talent, Myron volunteered the fact that he is editor of “Bedtime Stories for Children,” which appear daily in the Chicago Tribune. Lawrence Burch appeared in due time, which surprised us quite as much as the fact that he is a great lawyer in Wisconsin. His powers of arguing can not be excelled. The next to come were two beautifully attired young ladies, who proved to be Marjorie Hall and Frieda Evans. They are in the employ of Wanamaker Son of New York, Frieda being a model there and Marjorie a proficient dressmaker. This was just another instance of the ability of our class. The high aims of all are clearly brought out in the fact that the Chat- field boys are in the employ of our greatest citizens. Roy is acting as chauffeur to the President of the U. S. and Ray is head butler in the service of John D. Rockefeller Jr. Arthur Price, with his arms so full that Henry and Ray hastened to open the other half of the door, came in. The bundle proved to be books, one of which he passed to each of us. Like Rip Van Winkle he had just emerged from a ten year’s sojourn in a cabin on the Kankakee, where, fol¬ lowing the teachings of Thoreau, he studied, played, and wrote, the result of which was in the little books he had given us. His only companion had been Harry Shaffer, with whom and strangely enough, he lived in perfect harmony. Elizabeth entered trying to appear very dignified with the title of 24 Momence High School Probation Officer of Cook County. As this position involves the affairs of others, I have no doubt as to her filling- it well. Andrew Kinney and Lorena Lewis have organized a High School at Hopkins Park. Here Andrew reigns as superintendent and Lorena as a teacher of physical education, all of which involves both races. Lydia, being a Domestic Science teacher, thought it only proper that she bring us a huge box of fudge, which we all thought was the best we had ever eaten. We had just finished when Lester, Doris, and Violet entered, very excited and breathless. Lester is manager of a large coffee plantation in Brazil, from which place he had been traveling day and night to reach Momence by June 1. Doris owns a wonderful hairdressing establishment in El Paso, Texas. Violet is head matron of the New Orleans Orphanage. Life is full of sur¬ prises ! The dinner hour was drawing near, and altho the boys pleaded physi¬ cal weakness, we decided to wait awhile longer for a few members not al¬ ready accounted for. We all made a rush for the door at the appearance of John Cook, but when we learned that he had come into possession of a vast fortune, we drew back in embarrassment; but a few minutes jolly talk relieved the strain and we found him the same Jack in spite of his millions. The bell sounded and we all trooped upstairs, this time however in perfect order and with great solemnity, which would doubtless have been a surprise to our old teachers. We found Buelah flitting about the tables, and when she informed us that she was a waitress at the Palmer House, we gave her a look of great pride. Then we all sat down to the tables which she had arranged so tastefully. The last toast had been given and the last song sung, when Howard appeared . He carried a huge tin box, on which was printed in red letters: HOWARD BRADLEY Owner and Operator of Peanut Stand Corner of Oak and LaSalle—Chicago It did not take an instant to have the lid off, and there inside were peanuts to last a hungry man a month, but it took much less than that time for twenty-four hungry people (who had already dined) to consume them. Thus were all the members of that wonderful class accounted for. Good or bad, rich or poor, fat or lean, I am sure you will agree with me, that there never has been nor can be such a class as our class—the class of ’19. Written by Gertrude Porter. 3 26 Momence High School Junior Class Warren Gray (Poleon), Momence. Entered from Danville—3 years in M. H. S. Basket Ball Team (3) ; President of Class (3) ; Student Council (2) ; Minstrel Show (3) ; Cadet Corp. Bugler (3) ; Lance Corp. (2) ; Business Manager Year Book (3) ; Pageant (1) ; Leader of Year Contest (2). “Before I knew thee, Violet, Ambition was my angel” Colors: Old Rose and Gold Motto: Excelsior Flower: Wild Rose OFFICERS President Sec . Treas. Class Prophetess Student Council CLASS Earl Bartlett Ruby Bright Florence Busch Albert Bydalek Clara Bydalek Mabelle Clawson Pearl Deliere Francis Fetzer Robert Fluck Helen Fox Warren Gray Leila Harms Albert Hunte Warren Gray Blanche Petersen Genevieve Wilson Dorothy Zahl ROLL Hazel Mills Melody Morrison Charles O’Connell Blanche Peterson William Porter Lester Sanstrom Lucille Sharkey Marion Skelton Elno Smith Paul Sweeney Genevieve Wilson Dorothy Zahl Momence High School 27 Genevieve Wilson (Gen.), Momence. Entered from Tonica—3 years in M. H. S. Girls’ Athletic Association (1) (2) (3) ; Histori¬ cal Pageant (2) ; Glee Club (1) ; Music (2) ; Ten¬ nis Club Vice-Pres. (1); President Tennis Club (2) ; Class Prophetess (3) ; Editor-in-Chief Year Book (3). “O where the bright beaming glances I miss.” Earl Bartlett (Bart), Grant Park. Entered from Grant Park— 1 year in M. H. S. Athletic Association (3). “None can describe the sweets of country life, But those blest men that do enjoy and taste them.” Lucille M. Sharkey (Lu), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—3 years in M. H. S. Vice-President (3) ; Girls’ Athletic Association (1); Play (1) (2); Girls’ Glee Club (1). “Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view Paul Sweeney (Pauline), Momence. Entered from St. Patrick Academy—3 years in M. H. S. Lance Corp. M. H. S. Cadets (2) ; Corp. (3) ; High School Play (3) ; Class Stunt (2) ; Music Class (2) ; Athletic Association (2) ; Basket Ball Team (3). “His voice with rapture teeming, as he lisped sweet words to her.” Dorothy M. Zahl (Dot), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—3 years in M. H. S. Student Council (3) ; Plays (1) (3) ; Glee Club (1); Athletic Association (1) (2); Society Editor Year Book (3). “Some few upon their tasks intent, But more on future mischief bent.” Momence High School 28 William W. Porter (Snake), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—3 years in M. H. S. Football (2) ; Member of U. S. B. W. R. ’18; Art Editor Year Book (3). “Versatility was his bane, Too many roads had he to fame.” Blanche E. Peterson (Blit), Momence. Entered from country. Athletic Association (2) ; Sec. and Treas. Class (3) ; Pageant (2) ; Music Class (2) ; Treas. Year Book (3). “Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies.” Albert Bydalek (Al), Momence. Entered from country—3 years in M. H. S. Track Team (1) (3) ; Basket Ball (1) (2) ; Foot¬ ball (2) (3). “What should a man be but merry?” Helen A. Fox (Nell), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—3 years. Vice-President (2) ; Glee Club (1) (2) ; Girls’ Athletic Association (1) ; Girls’ Tennis Club (2) ; Class Stunt (1) (2) ; Snap Shot Editor of Year Book (3). “The pangs of absence to remove, By letters the interpreters of love.” Elno Smith (Hunko), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—3 years in M. H. S. Basket Ball (2) (3); Military Drill Corporal; Lance Corp. (2) ; Joke Editor Year Book (3) ; Pageant (1); Play (2). “Great oaks from little acorns grow.” 29 Momence High School Florence H. Busch (Babe), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—3 years inM. H. S. Sec. and Treas. (2) ; Glee Club (1) ; Girls’ Ath¬ letic Association (1) (2) (3); Music Class (2); Pageant (2); Year Book (Assistant Editor) (3). “For God on thee His gifts hast also poured.” Robert E, Fluck (Huck), Grant Park. Entered from Grant Park—1 year in M. H. S. Basket Ball (1) (2) ; Baseball (1) (2) ; Pres, of Class, Grant Park (2). “Not without wit, when occasion demanded it.” Clara Bydalek (Clarie), Momence. Entered from country school—3 years in M. H. S. Pageant (2) ; Music Class (2) ; Girls’ Athletic Association (3). “Strive to succeed.” Charlie O’Connell (Stubbs), Momence. Entered from country school—3 years in M. H. S. Lance Corp. M. H. S. Cadets (3). “Little, but Oh My!” Hazel Mills (Hay), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—4 years in M. H. S. Pageant (2) ; Glee Club (1) (2) ; Athletic Associ¬ ation (1) (2) (3). “Be it ever so humble, There is no place like home.” 30 Momence High School Leila Harms (George), Momence. Entered from . 8th grade—3 years in M. H. S. Treas. G. A. A. (2) ; Girls’ Athletic Association (1) (2) ; Asst. Business Manager Year Book (3). “ Fantastic, frolicsome, and wild, With all the trinkets of a, child.” Lester H. Sanstrom (Jay), Momence. Entered from country school—3 years in M. H. S. Lance Corp. M. H. S. Cadets (2); Corp. (3); Boys’ A. A. (1) (2) (3). “In disposition neither haughty nor cold, In manners neither forward nor bold.” Ruby I. Bright (Bright), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—3 years in M. H. S. Historical Pageant (2); Glee Club (1) (2); Alumni Editor- Year Book (3) ; Girls’ Athletic Association (1); Class Stunt (2). “Success means sacrifice.” Francis E. Fetzer (Fetz), Grant Park. Entered from Grant Park—2 years in M. H. S. Class President (2) ; Student Council (2) ; Play (3) ; Glee Club Member (2) ; Music (2) ; Year Book Editor Athletics (3) ; Vice-President of Athletic Association (3). “I live and love, what would you more, As never lover lived befoi ' e.” Pearl Deliere (Pick ' es), Momence. Entered from 8th grade—3 years in M. H. S. Music (2) ; Girls’ Athletic Association (1) (2) ; Pageant (2). “Virtue alone is hapjnness below.” Momence High School 81 Tokyo, Japan, May 25, 1927. Dear Leila: Congratulations! I am so glad that you are now head-nurse of the St. Luke’s hospital. You asked me about my work. I am teaching in a government school. I enjoy the work very much, for the children are so interesting. They re¬ mind me a great deal of our American children only it seemed strange at first to see them wearing such pretty kimonas. I have heard either directly or indirectly from all of our old class¬ mates. Lucille Sharkey is working at Thomas Newsam’s store in Momence. Robert Fluck runs a dairy and delivers milk for Momence and Grant Park. Charlie O’Connell has become the “Lion of Momence” over whom all the “younger bunch” are quarreling. I suppose you read in the New York Evening Times, some two months ago, about the terrible fires on Ceylon? I hastened down there to be of whatever assistance I could to Florence Busch, who has been reforming the cannibals for the past two years, but when I arrived I found that the fires had been skillfully put out by a forester named Sweeney, so I was not surprised to find out that this forester was Paul Sweeney, for you know he always liked trees, and especially bushes. The reason for these fires was the “Gray Ghost.” This ghost came among the cannibals and started “rolling bones” with the chief. After winning all the chief’s money he started to leave the island, but was captured, and brought back. In his second escape he set fire to the forests. I have had the shock of my life! I have seen the “gray ghost”—Warren Gray. I received a letter from William Porter the other day. He is now coach of the Harvard football team. He said that Elno Smith is professor of Semitic languages at Yale, you know how Elno always liked to study. His hair is white now. and he wears steel rimmed spectacles. Francis Fetzer, alias Monsieur Fetzer, is manager of a large and exclusive ladies’ millinery shop in New York. Dorothy Zahl is superintendent of an Orphan’s Home. Ruby Bright and Blanche Peterson are her assistants. Earl Bartlett is now a fully ordained Methodist minister. You probably remember how he always liked to tell about that church in Modern History. Pearl Deliere is an in¬ structor of Domestic Science at the State Normal School at Norma!, Illinois. Clara Bydalek owns a ranch in Te as. where she seems to be enjoying life, often finding time to exchange visits with the Queen of Mexico, Hazel Mills. Lester Sanstrom went to Alaska several years ago, where he is en¬ gaged in the trapping business. Last but not least are Helen Fox and Maybelle Clawson. Helen Fox is the president of the Kankakee County Home Improvement Association, and Maybelle Clawson plays the first violin in Cecil Van Nordstrand’s Orchestra. Having told you about each member of the class, I think I will stop. Hoping to hear from you whenever your work permits, I am as ever, Your tr ue classmate, GENEVIEVE WILSON. 32 Momence High School 34 Momence High School Sophomore Class Roll Colors: Oriental Blue and Gold Flower: Blue and Gold Pansy Motto: Crescat Scienta: May Knowledge Increase OFFICERS President Sec.-Treas. Class Prophet Student Coxincil Archie Ault Ruth Benjamin Della Brown Leroy Clawson Atherton Cooke Bernice Davis Hazel Farmer Mildred Fedde Leila Gibson Jessie Greenawalt Alma Hall Ernest Hardy Margaret Hobart Harry Hunte Burdell Johnson Leila Gibson Loraine Wiltse Atherton Cooke Harry Hunte MEMBERS Theodore Johnson Lila Kennedy Marie Kinney Laura Martin Lulu Meinzer Ruby Ross Gladys Stearman Genola Walker Fred Wiltse Loraine Wiltse Bernice St. Aubin Edward Hamann Cora Jensen Thelma Larkins Ralph McKinstry Momence High School 35 Back row—Clawsen, Hardy, Cooke, Johnson, Wiltse, Ault. Second row—Walker, Farmer, Greenawalt, Kennedy. Front row—Martin, Kinney, Stearman, Brown, Hobart, Hall, Fedde, Meinzer, Gibson, Wiltse, Benjamin. Seated, right—Hunte, Davis. Seated, left—Ross, Johnson. 36 Momence High School Prophecy of the Class of 1921 Poor Fred! Poor Fred! Our old fuzzy-headed school-mate had been murdered in his chemical laboratory on the banks of the Tweedle Dum Dee, The only clew the chief of police, Ruth Benjamin, could find was a small piece of paper which lay beside the body. On this paper were stamped these letters: S O D I J E ' R K E R. At once the detectives of Flea Center were on the trail of two of the slickest crooks in Pitch Fork County, Burdell Johnson, the former soda jerker and his great accomplice Harry Hunte. Let me explain here that these two detectives, Della Brown and Ernest Hardy, were not slow, for they had already trailed the crooks to Jerry Junction where they learned that the crooks had caught the Pea Body Limited for Tin Horn Valley. By the way, the Pea Body Limited was run by the most experienced cotton grower and conductor in captivity, Theodore Johnson. Ruby Ross’s job was to keep flies off the bald head of the president, Miss Leila Gibson. But the detectives had the grit and gizzard of a chicken, so they boiled a tin can, removed the tires, and used it for a hand-car. On and on they sped until, in the one hundred thirteenth mile, the tin band-car caught the Pea Body Limited and Della and Ernest climbed over the gold rail which lined the smoke stacks. They passed thru the hind car, then thru the second, then the third, and in the fourth they found the two crooks with the whale-bone ribs and ivory top knots. Here’s where the argument commenced. Della wanted to postpone the capture until they reached Junior Hall, where she had a very dear friend, Thelma Larkins, posing as a wax doll in Archie Ault’s brainless nut factory; while Ernest wanted to get off at Jensenville where he had very dear friends, the dearest being Hazel Farmer, his intended wife. Both were to be disappointed, however, for just then Lulu Meinzer, camouflaged as a negro porter, came through the car and yelled, “Pull in your ears. We’re coming to a tunnel.” This cooked BurdelFs goose for he knew there was no chance of get¬ ting his “number elevens” and his huge “flippy-floppy” ears into the car, so he and Harry went through the window. So did the detectives, who la.nded in the midst of a section gang, which was bossed by Laura Martin, who at that time was trving to convince Mildred Fedde that a tooth pick would not do for a hammer handle. The detectives were up in a hurry and were soon on the trail, which they followed by a cent which Harry had in his pocket. The crooks enjoyed amusement, so they went into Lover’s Park where they found Jessie Greenawalt and Lila Kennedy selling molasses kisses, but upon seeing someone from the old class of ’21 they soon ran out of molasses. The rogues went on, and whom should they meet but Leroy Clawson, who said he had married Marie Kinney, and that she was giving lectures on “How to Reduce”—(Taken from Alma Hall’s “Little Miss Zero”)—whi le Gladys Stearman and Genola Walker were skating instructors at River View. The culprits then passed into a sideshow where they got lost in a series of Halls. Here they meet Alma, who was serving as a walking dictionary, while Loraine Wiltse and Margaret Habart were doing skirt dances on a gasoline stove. Still another thing that mystified these two queer hopeless- characters was how Fred Metcalf pulled taffy with his left foot. When the crooks came out, they were pinched and taken to Pumpkin Center where they were brought before the honorable jrdgess, Bernice Davis. To the detectives’ sur¬ prise, they proved an alibi and were set free. Later it proved, however, that Fred had committed suicide because he couldn’t in¬ vent a powerful chicken catcher ended Sodium Jerkeroxide. It was from these two words that the clew had come. It is supposed that in printing a label he simply abbreviated the words, giving the clew SODI JERKER. After writing this brief histcry of the class of ’21, I’ll turn back and once again attempt to read the latest novel called, “Paul Sweeney’s Study on Bushes and Shrubs.” Written by Atherton Cooke. 38 Momence High School Freshman Class Roll Colors: Blue and Gold Flower: Purple Violets Motto: The Elevator to Success is not Running; Take the Stairs OFFICERS President Arthur Hupp Sec.-Treas. Helen Nichols Class Prophetess Gladys Hardy Student Council Ruth Searls MEMBERS Fred Brassard Irene Mulrooney Fred Bydalek Helen Nichols Adolph Bydalek Nettie Nozewnick George Blake Kathryn Payne Earl Chamberlain Jennie Pedersen Ruth Chatfield Albert Ponton Florence Christjensen Elizabeth i opejoy Florence Demack Gladys Ralston Edward Doyle Ruth Searls Jennie Harms Howard Sharkey Henrietta Harney Mabel Sharkey Gladys Hardy Leota Smith Alberta Hopper Cecil Van Nordstrand Mary Harlan Clyde Wilson Orin Hertz Lillie Aschbrenner Arthur Hupp Howard Burns Albert Hyrup Viola Burns Theodore Johnson Hazel Dufrain Elva Jones Irene Dufrain Albert Kelson Marguerite Gilliland Fred Metcalf Marie Krone Lucille Mills Leslie Riley Mabel Mills Alvin Zufall Momence High School 89 ■ 1 : - fd € 4 ft t m i i , mmM Standing—Wilson, Nozewnik, Hopper, Sharkey, Hoyle, Kelson. Middle row—Mulrooney, Hardy, Harney, Mills, Smith, Payne, Searls, Nichols. Front row—Chamberlain. Brassard, Christjensen, Ralston, Harms, Pedersen, Jones, Demack, Hertz, Blake. Seated, left—Mills, Hyrup, Sharkey, Metcalf, Ponton. Seated, right—Hupp, Popejoy, Chatfield, Johnson, Harlan. 40 Momence High School Freshman Prophecy The Freshman class of 1918, not having 1 been together since their graduation in 1923, decided to have a class reunion in 1925. The affair took place in the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago. All the members were present and ready to relate what they had been doing since their graduation. Leota Smith and Jennie Harms had just returned from a trip to Europe and Elva Jones had been acting as a companion to Mrs. Rockefeller. Fred Brassard was superintendent of M. H. S., and several of the graduates weie teachers in the same school. Mabel Mills was the first- grade teacher, Irene Mulrooney the Domestic Science instructor, Edward Doyle was the teacher in Mathematics, and Alberta Hopper had charge of the Commercial class. Irene Dufrain and her sister Hazel had found em¬ ployment as country school teachers. Arthur Hupp and his wife, formerly Helen Nichols, had charge of the Kankakee Hospital, one of their patients being Albert Hyrup, who became demented while a Senior in High School. Alvin Zufall had become the owner of a large theatre in Chicago, where Cecil Van Nordstrand played the piano, and Ruth Chatheld gave fancy dances. Henrietta Harney had become a movie actress and Ruth Searls was a model in a store owned by Albert Kelson. Fred Bydalek was a surgeon in a hospital and Marguerite Gilliland a Red Cross nurse. Theodore Johnson was working in a Ford factory, and Howard Sharkey was a taxi driver in Momence, which had become a large city. Mary Harlan was a great violinist, Gladys Ralston a well known singer, and Marie Krone a renowned painter. Lucille Mills had married a farmer, while Nettie Nozewing was a manicurist and Florence Christ jan- sen a hairdresser. George Blake and Orin Hertz were in college, and Leslie Riley had succeeded his father in the place of sheriff for Kankakee County. Mabel Sharkey was a great orator, Florence Demack a dressmaker, and Jennie Pederson a lecturer on woman’s suffrage. Earl Chamberlain and Elizabeth Popejoy were playing the parts of small man and fat woman in a circus. Adolph Bydalek was manager of the C. E. I. Railroad. The only absent member of the class was “Windy” Wilson, who had started on a yachting trip in 1921 and had never returned. His yacht had been blown to the coast of the Cannibal Islands, and he had become court jester for the king. Having told you the fate of all of my classmates, I will not take any more of your time, but only add that I became an author some time ago and wrote two books which I dedicated to the Freshman Class of 1923. Written by Gladys Hardy. 41 Momence High School Sub-Freshman Class First row—Wesley Langdoc, Minnie Meddows, Martha Payne, Edith Gibson, Helen Huiistrom, Clyde Coffel. Second row—Mildred Rice, Etha Shaffer, Elizabeth La Roche, Harriet Pittman, Clarice Lamport, Florence Greenawalt. Third row—Edmund Hess, Walter Logan. At the beginning of the second semester the following pupils were promoted to the High School, and became the “ Sub-Freshman” class. They have done the regular first semester’s work of the Freshman year. In the fall they will become inducted into the present Freshman class. The members of the class are: Clyde Coffel Edith Gibson Florence Greenawalt Edmond Hess Clarice Lamport Wesley Langdoc Elizabeth La Roche Walter Logan Helen Lunstrom Minnie Meddows Martha Payne Harriet Pittman Mildred Rice Etha Schaffer 42 Momence High School Sub-Freshman Party Being a small class, the Sub-Freshmen had the honor of having every member of their class present at their party, given March 14, 1919, at the home of Martha Payne. Every member of the faculty was invited. A six- o’clock two-course dinner was served; the table decorations being particu¬ larly appropriate, being shamrocks. At eight o’clock the class attended the basket-ball game in a body. They hold the distinction of being the first Freshman for many years who have escaped the annoyance of the upper classmen. Sub-Freshman Soliloquy The Sophs it is of them That we Subs sing this hymn For their own good ; We know they think they’re bright, We find it out at night When our class meets; they fight And are so rude! Those Freshmen ! Oh ! dear ! They’re ’bout as bad we fear They are so green; When for secrets we are bouhd They’re always hanging ’round Our words and thoughts to drown. But we’re too keen. The rest are worst of all, They look so big and tall, And always frown; They never glance our way Their looks all go astray Perhaps some future day We’ll turn them down. E’en tho we’re not so wise You see we Subs have eyes And lots we know ; ? Although they roast us The teachers boast of us And we’ll say this much We Subs will grow. 64 Momence High School Everette Fountaine...„._.U. S. Navy Dean Howk, teacher of Mathematics and Athletic Coach. ..._..Assumption, Illinois Capitola Hanson, teacher.....Momence, Illinois Helen Kirby......Momence, Illinois Alice Wilson, teacher.:...Grant Park, Illinois CLASS OF 1912 Florence (West) Astle...-. Wayne Allen, soldier. Jean Bigelow, stenographer... George Bukowski, railway clerk. Mary Clark..... Walter Dubridge.... Ragnhild Jensen.. Effie Lunstrom, teacher...... Maude (Hupp) Lavery. Helen Melby, teacher. Harry Seavey, student. CLASS OF 1913 Ethel Bradley... Mabel Clapsaddle. Leonard Gordinier, sailor. Ruby (Tuttle) Hampton.. Clark Howk, Consumers Company Oscar Hanson... Anthony Parish. Nora (Lynds) Snow. Charles Tuttle.. Earl Todd, aviator (deceased)_ CLASS OF 1914 Lulu Beyer! ein...... Lessie Brassard........ Helena Hardy. Selma Johnson, bookkeeper... Dorothy Nelson, assistant postmistress.... Viola (Olson) Albert.. Duwana Rasmussen, teacher. Florence (Smith) Round..... Livonia (Walker) Council.. Harry Wiechen, teacher. Zenaida (Zahl) Fredricks.. ...Momence, Illinois U. S. Forces in France .France .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois --U. S. N., Yale College .Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Gary, Indiana .Villa Grove, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois Hollywood, California ....-U. S. Navy .Watseka, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois ..Redlands, California ..Momence, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois . California .Momence, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois Blandensvllle, Illinois .Beecher, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois CLASS OF 1915 Amiee Bigelow, student of nursing. Ruth Boswell, student.. Lucy Brown, milliner.... Robert Dennis, teacher. Elva Dubridge... Fred Evans..... Viola Evans. George Feree, student... Margaret Greenwalt, teacher.:. Clay Halden...... Monroe Hayden. Edgar Jensen-----.. Hazel (McConnel) Conrad..... Hilton Nichols....... Pauline Nichols, student..----- Margaret Nelson—.... . Lucile Peterson, com. work. Lora Simonds (deceased). Gertrude Smith....... Charles Steevens....-. Philip Sweet.... .Chicago, Illinois _Northwestern University .Momence, Illinois ....Momence, Illinois .Washington, D. C. .Grant Park, Illinois ...Grant Park, Illinois .University of Illinois .Grant Park, Illinois .Chicago Heights U. S. A,, St. Anne, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois ....Rockford, U. S. Army .University of Illinois ..Hammond, Indiana ..Peoria, Illinois .Momence, Illinois U. S. Army, France .Momence, Illinois 50 Momence High School Frank Tomas-An Appreciation Perhaps no event during the year had a more depressing and sadden¬ ing effect upon the High School students and faculty than the tragic death of Frank Tomas. The following is an attempt to relate in part his connec¬ tion with the various activities of the school in the hope that it may serve to inspire others to emulate his good example. Frank was a member of the High School for a little over four years, and was always actively engaged in the athletic life of the school. During that time he was a member of practically every athletic team of the school. For four years he was a member of the basketball team, serving as its captain during his junior year. He also played on the football team, and was a member of the track squads. As a basketball player he was prob¬ ably the best forward that the school has developed. He was a hard worker, played a fast game, and was game to the core. He had a high ideal of sportsmanship, and never intentionally took the advantage of an opponent by unfair means. He was a clean athlete in everything that that term implies. He not only played a clean game him¬ self, but was constantly admonishing his fellow players to do likewise. He always kept himself in fit condition physically to play his best game. He neither smoked, chewed, nor drank, was regular in his sleeping, and tem¬ perate in his eating. In all his four years of playing he never caused a moment’s delay in a game on accoun t of injury or lack of condition. In addition to his interest in Athletics, Frank was intensely inter¬ ested in his other school activities. He was a careful and painstaking student. He always exercised a wholesome influence whether in study or play. Always gentlemanly and thoughtful in his attitude toward others, he was a favorite among his associates and with his teachers. He was always optimistic and hopeful. He was the type of athlete and student who is a credit to any school, and one whose going is always sincerely mourned. Momence High School 51 Bydalek Johnston, Coach Chatfield Walsh, Coach Bradley Smith Fetzer Cook, Capt. Gray Basket Ball, First Team 52 Momence High School Basket Ball Owing to the fact that the football schedule was cancelled on account of the “flu” epidemic which struck us just as we were ready to begin playing our games, basketball was the chief sport of the High School for the year. A full string of games was played, the first game being played with the alumni on Thanksgiving Day, and the last with St. Viator’s Academy on March 14. In addition to the regular games played by the first team, a second team was organized, and played several games. Con¬ siderable talent was developed on this team which will show results next year. The regular line-up for the first team was: Right Forward Center Left Forward Reight Guard, Left Guard Superintendent T. R. Johnston Tomas, Smith (Capt.-elect) Cook (Captain) Chatfield Fetzer, Bydalek Gray, Bradley had charge of the coaching of the teams during most of the season. About the middle of February Mr. Walsh was secured to take charge of the team. The success of the season is due in large measure to the faithful work of Mr. Johnston and Mr. Walsh. A resume of the season is given below: Alumni: Our first game of the season was with the Alumni. With former stars such as Clegg, Condon, Gelino and Thomas against us, we were beaten, but by a narrow margin. Brook: The first game away from home was at Brook, Indiana. Our men looked like midgets with their six footers, but nevertheless we gave them a close game. Every man on the team played an exceptionally good game. Score: 21 to 10. St. Anne. Our next trip was a little journey down to our old friends. We emerged out of the battle as victors, and with high hopes for the following games. Tomas was undoubtedly the star of the game, owing to his floor work and basket shooting. Cook also played a good game, likewise Gray. Score: 28 to 16. Dwight: We enjoyed a very nice trip to Dwight (thanks to the mysterious girl on the train) and were welcomed at the station by the school’s representa¬ tive. We spent the remainder of the day at the hotel, sleeping. Owing to the fact that the Dwight floor was small, with two iron posts right in the middle, we were handicapped. Tomas was called out of the game on four personals. Several other little, so called, mishappenings counted against us. With all these odds against them, the fellows still stuck to the old ship and played real basket¬ ball. We were also handicapped by the absence of our captain and star center, Cook. All of the fellows fought to the last bell. Score: 2 lto 12. St. Anne: Our return game with St. Anne was played at home, and was rather a massacre, St. Anne being defeated by an overwhelming score. The game appeared as if it had a slight touch of football instead of basketball. Fetzer and Gray played their usual game at guard, with Tomas, Cook, and Chatie all over the floor at once. The final score was 23 to 0, but could have been 50 to 0, if we had played straight basketball. Momence High School 53 Watseka: The journey down to Watseka was one full of life and pep. Every¬ body was awake that night, but at the end of the day we were a very sad bunch, owing to the fact that our star forward, Frank Tomas, was very seriously hurt. The first game was between the two second teams, and owing to tough luck on baskets our team was beaten by one point. The second game was between the regulars. It started at a rush, and Watseka managed to get a few points ahead by their superior familiarity with the baskets. The baskets were fastened on the wall, and the only way to shoot them was right underneath them. After we got acquainted with the bas¬ kets we started to merge ahead, and then our star, Frank, was injured. The remainder of the evening and night was spent caring for Frank. The next morning, with Frank somewhat recovered, we boarded the train for home. Kankakee Y. M. C. A.: When Kankakee came to play, we were not much in the mood for playing, on account of burying our dear friend Frank, but in our contract were certain clauses that bound us to play. The Kankakee team contained a number of old men and fellows who had played together for a long time. Naturally we had an uphill fight, but we did our utmost. The game was very hard fought all the way through, but by Kankakee’s superior knowl¬ edge of basketball we were defeated. The game was a clean, fast one, one that an audience is pleased to see. The K. K. K. fellows admitted that they had to fight some to win the laurels, so by this we know our boys played a good game. Cook played an exceptionally strong game at center, while our forwards always managed to evade the K. K. K. guards, and toss in baskets. Fetzer and Gray played their same steady game at guard. Kentland: Kentland came to town with a bunch of football heroes not accus¬ tomed to playing basketball, and consequently you will understand the brand of game they put up. It was a hard fought game, with our boys always in the lead. We started the game in a rush, gathering nearly ten points before Kentland got started. In this game our star, Frank, al¬ though recovered, was injured a second time, in the latter part of the sec¬ ond half. The person who fell on Frank was a large, burly fellow known for his football prowess, although in their fall he did not use any rough tactics. The game was soon finished, and we emerged victors by a large score. Dwight: Dwight came to town with victory on their lips, but went home with defeat instead. The game started very fast, and at the end of the first half, we were neck and neck. At the beginning of the second half, we started out to bring home the bacon and we succeeded in doing so. Cook played a strong game at center, while Chatfield and Smith, forwards, did likewise. Gray played a strong game at guard, and his team-mate Fetzer played his same old brand of game. Time was called before we knew it, and we emerged victors by a 22 to 10 score. Kankakee “Y.” We journeyed over to K. K. K. in the bus to play our return game, but owing to the fact that they were playing on their own floor, with all odds against us, we were defeated. But I must say this: The “Y” team certainly had team work. The K. K. K. men were much heavier and more experienced than we, and for this reason we again had an uphill fight. All of the members of the team, must be praised, especially Cook, Smith, Chat- field and Gray, for the kind of game they played. K. K. K. started with a very large lead, and it was hard for us to overcome it. We were defeated 54 Momence High School by a large score. After the first few minutes of play Kankakee used its regular “Y” team, so our defeat is not a matter ot surprise. County Tournament: This was made up to get the different teams in shape for their re¬ spective state tournaments, Kankakee, St. Anne, and Momence were the participators. Somehow we were scheduled to play both of our games at night, with no rest at all, but we made the best ol it. Mr. Johnston and Mr. Walsh, our coaches, thought it best to put the second team in first to play St. Anne, in order to let the first team rest as much as possible. The second team played a very hard game, but St. Anne was too much for them, and at the latter part of the first half, the first team went in, with the score against them 18 to 4. From that time to the close, St. Anne did not make another point, but the lead was too large and we were defeated. Then for about thirty minutes we rested, and then started to play Kanka¬ kee High School. Here we were greatly handicapped by not having our star, Tomas. Kankakee started with some simple formations, but as luck would have it, we could not stop them, and here is where they gained their lead. Cook and Chatfield played good games, with Smith always in the running. Gray played a very good game at guard, with Fetzer playing a good game also. Altho we fought hard and fast, the wear and tear of the two games was beginning to tell on us, and we were defeated. No regrets were felt over the defeat by St. Anne since we had already defeated them twice, shutting them out once. Tournament at Champaign: We left Kankakee at eight o’clock in the morning and arrived at Champaign at noon. We were given dinners, and then taken to our rooms. Our first game was at seven with Newman. These fellows, altho they fought hard, did not fully understand the game. Gray, Chatfield, and Smith did some fine floor work, while Cook and Fetzer stuck to opposite ends because all Cook would do was to stand underneath the basket and somebody would throw him the ball and he would make one. Most of our points were gathered in this way. All Fetzer would do was stay down at the other end and try to stop the Newman team from shooting. He hardly ever went away from underneath the basket. We enjoyed this game with Newman, as it offered us a good many thrills. At the close, the score stood 37 to 15 in our favor. In winning this game we were entitled to play. Urbana the next morning. Urbana: Urbana had a team of heavy and experienced players, who were ac¬ customed to playing on the floor, and thereby had considerable advantage over our boys. Momence put up a scrappy ame, and led at the close of the first half. The superior weight of Urbana wore down our boys in the sec¬ ond and Urbana won by the score of 22 to 13. Competing in the tournament was a new experience to our boys, but it was a valuable one. The team appreciates the efforts of the school which made the trip possible, and hopes that a team may be sent again next year. St. Viator’s: The last game of the season was with St. Viator’s. Momence had but little difficulty in winning this game, in fact the score was so dhe sided as to prove uninteresting. St. Viator’s put up a scrappy game, but lost by a score of 30 to 3. The season as a whole was one of the most successful in the history of the school, and the team was one of the best developed. The boys played clean and fast basketball at all times. The support of the school was all that could be desired. Only Cook, Chatfield, and Bradley from the first team will be lost to the school next year, and there will be an abundance of material in the second team from which to choose. It is hoped that the school and the city will be as loyal in their support of basketball next year as they have this year. (Continued on page 95) Moment ' e High School 65 Basket Ball, Second Team Johnson Johnston, Coach Sweeney Cooke Wiltse Hardy Hess 56 Momence High School Track Meet On Thursday, April 24, we held our interclass meet, with a very cold wind blowing all the time the events were going on. The Seniors, whom all knew would capture the meet, were the undisputed champions of the day, owing to their well balanced team, and also to the fact that some of the stars of our track team were on the senior squad. Although the wind was cold and biting, the men did their best to avoid slow marks. Following are the events of the winners: Events. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Distance. Time or 50 yd. dash A. Cooke L. Burch F. Fetzer 5 4-5 sec, Shot Put J. Cook M. Kinney L. Burch 36 ' 6 100 yd. dash L. Burch F. Fetzer A. Cooke 11.3 sec. 880 yd. dash H. Bradley B. Johnson E. Doyle 2 ' 28 Pole Vault R. Chatfield E rSmith J. Lamport 9 ' • 220 yd. dash E. Burch A. Bydalek L. DuMontelle A. Cooke 27 60 yd. hurdles F. Fetzer E. Bydalek T. Johnson 9 ' High jump R. Hess A. Cooke 5 ' 2 440 yd. dash A. Bydalek J. Cook DuMontelle L. Burch E. Bydalek 63 Mile E. Hardy A. Hyrup R. Fluck 5 ' 31 Broad jump L. Burch A. Bydalek F. Fetzer 18 ' 3 Discus J. Cook L. Burch M. Kinney 89 ' 8 Lawrence Burch of the Seniors was the individual champion, with 25 points to his credit. Several other men had close to this mark, but the cold weather prevented any records, and these marks should be excused. The Seniors were the champions of the day, with the Juniors second, Sopho¬ mores third, and Freshmen fourth. The main idea of this meet was to pick out those who would carry the school colors to victory at Watseka and elsewhere during the season. Military Training In accordance with the rapidly increasing demand for well trained fighters last fall when our Nation was making its supreme drive for victory before winter, a class in military training was organized. Regular school credit was given to those who entered and five hours a week was given to this study. Captain Astle of the Home Guards, offered his services as instructor and outlined a course which gave the preliminary training to those with no experience, and for the more advanced pupils official duties and map work was given. Advanced training was hampered by lack of rifles and by lack of room during stormy weather. In the spring the Company was leady for outdoor work. Short marches, a taste of military games, bayonet training, extended order, advanced guard problems, and short skirmishes finished the year’s training. Mr. Walsh assumed the responsibility of the work to a large extent after his coming to the school. He had previously served as a lieutenant in the army during the war, and was therefore, very competent to assume the responsibility of the military work in the school. Left to Right—Walsh, Sanstrom, Bydalek, Hess, Bradley, Smith, Doyle, Hardy, Sweeney, Wiltse, Hyrup, Johnson, Chatfield, Hupp, Johnson, Gray, Blake, Sharkey, Brassard, M. C. H. S. Cadet Officers Lieutenant Leo Walsh, Commandant. Sergeants: Bradley, Acting Adjutant. Chatfield, Ray, Acting Company Commander. Chatfield, Roy, Acting First Sergeant. Corporals: Sanstrom, Right Guide. Smith. Gray. Sweeney. Lance Corporals: Cooke. Haray. O’Connell. Wiltse. omence High School 58 Momence High School Physical Education The Physical Education Department for women has made great progress during tue past two years. The work has been made interesting and pleasant, and tfie result is that there has been a decided increase in the interest snown in this department. Tiie program tor the present year for class work has consisted of an evenly balanced amount of games, folk dancing, Swedish gymnastics, and aesthetic dancing. The extension of the work beyond that of past years had been of organizing regular classes to recite at definite periods in the day, putting it on the same basis with ether classes. A May Fete is to be given by the department during Commencement week, practically every girl in school participating. Tne purpose of the fete is to portray the “Awakening of Spring.” The program will consist of: Scene I—Mother Earth asleep. As sunbeams dance she awakens. Earth dances. (Solo). Scene II—Dance of flowers, butterflies, and robin red breast. Spring (solo). Scene III—Peasant dances in: 1. Highland Fling. 2. Weaver’s aance. Scene IV—May pole dance. (All characters). Scene V—As night approaches the dancers leave. As a result of the comparative lack of physical efficiency among men when examined for army service, there has come into the schools a demand for physical education. The school law in the State of Illinois now re¬ quires that a minimum of one hour per week should be devoted to system¬ atic physical education in each class or grade. The legislature is at present consi dering a bill which would raise the requirement to two hours per week. A bill has been before Congress appropriating to the schools a liberal amount of money to be used by them in developing physical educa¬ tion. Many schools now make physical education one of the few required subjects. The State and the Nation take the point of view that physical development is just as essential to the girls of our schools as it is to the boys. The purpose of the work in our local school is to correct faulty posture and other physical defects among our girls. An attempt is made to exercise and develop those muscles which are not commonly used by the girls in other activities. Some parents take the point of view that their girls get sufficient exercise at home or in going to and from school, without stopping to consider that the muscles which they exercise in this way comprise but a very small percent of the muscles of the body, and that the same ones are used over and over, which other muscles just as im¬ portant for the physical development of the whole body are seldom if ever exercised. The girl who does only the routine work about the home, such as washing dishes, assisting in the preparation of the meals, etc., never has an opportunity to use a great number of the muscles of the body, such as the neck, thigh, wrist, abdomen, etc. It is the purpose of the course to provide exercises which will develop these muscles, in addition to those other muscles which are not normally developed. It is also its purpose to enable the pupil to develop the aesthetic side of her life as well as the physical. To accomplish this, aesthetic dancing and games occupy prominent places in the program of the course. The following systems of gymnastics are used: 1st. Swedish Purpose—Connection of posture. 2nd. German. Purpose—All round development. 3rd. Aesthetic dancing. Purpose—Physically most effect is on lungs. To awaken the mind. In guise of play there is stern discipline in dancing. Momence High School 59 Momence High School 60 Alumni Association President Vice-President Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Toast Master Sergeant-at-arms Gilbert Willis Martha Searls Pauline Nichols Lottie Chipman Amy Bigelow Arthur Geroux Gerald Manzer EXECUTIVE BOARD Gertrude Hess, Momence Josephine Tiffany, Momence Frank Du Frain, Rockford ADVISORY BOARD Clay Hayden Edward Cleary CLASS OF 1877 Eva (Jewets) Beers.. Mary (Haslett) Brady. Eva Griffin (deceased). L. Emma Griffin... Eaton Haslett... Sarah (McKinstry) Kelly. Ida (Smithyman) Little..... Clara Thompson. CLASS OF 1888 Maggie (Brown) Cory.. Ella (Fitzgerald) Moran. Mary (Hughes) McDonald. CLASS OF 1892 Martha (Chipman) Henry. Francis (McDaniels) Taylor. Mary (Knighthart) Meinzer. Nora (Culver) Paradis...... Florence (Riker) Reins......... Martha (Clark) Watson. CLASS OF 1893 Maude (Shrontz) DuMontelle. Norman Griffin... Carrie (Griffin) Cloidt. Jay Kenrich, minister (deceased).. Bertha (Lamb) Dennison. Maude (Patrick) Rose.... Maude (Whitmore) Sweet..... CLASS OF 1894 C. M. C. Buntain, attorney. May (Simonds) Burch........ Frank C. Culver. Burr Groves. Ethel (Nichols) Einslee. Ralph Krows, reporter. Elmer Longpre, physician. Minnie (Reins) Wilkinson. John Wilkinson.... .Hoxie, Kansas .Crown Point, Indiana Clark Summit, Pennsylvania .Long Beach, California .Madison, South Dakota ..Momence, Illinois ...Bunker Hill, Indiana .Marne, Iowa ..Chicago, Illinois Yankton, South Dakota .Villa Grove, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois ..Minneapolis, Minnesota .Step!oe, Washington Highland, Park, Illinois .. .Momence, Illinois Grant Park, Illinois Grant Park, Illinois .Exline, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois Cherryvale, Kansas .Kankakee, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .La Porte, Indiana .Sparta, Wisconsin ....Brunswick, Indiana Tacoma, Washington .Kankakee, Illinois .Kankakee, Illinois .Kankakee, Illinois Gertrude (Ellis) Hess.... H. W. Freeman, dentist.. Eva (Kious) Knaur. Hilma (Melby) Kinney... Jessica (Patrick) Bacon Charles Pogue... E. L. Stafford. CLASS OF 1895 .Momence, Illinois .Grant Park, Illinois . Kankakee, Illinois . Momence, Illinois ....Tipton, Indiana .Crawfordsville, Indiana .West Superior, Wisconsin Momence High School 61 Fred Willis. Samuel Sandstrom (deceased). CLASS OF 1896 Magdeline Campbell. Elwin J. Clarke, civil engineer. Fred O. Clark. May Culver, go vt, work. Lena (Drayer) Collier. Jessie M. Gray. Ernest Griffin. Clara Langdon.. May (Buffington) Hoinke... Grayce Lane, musician. CLASS OF 1898 Hattie (Ingraham) Biglow. Carrie (Morgan) Beatty. William J. Cleary, priest.. Julia Dowling. Bertha Durham..... Hattie (Gibson) Dunn. Rosilda (Fountain) Hearst.,. Henry Hanson... Clara Kelsey....... Cora (Simonds) O’Connell. Delia O’Donnell. .. Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .New York City .Momence, Illinois Seattle, Washington .....Kankakee, Illinois,. .Yonkers, New York .Grant Park, Illinois .Portland, Oregon .Ft. Dodge, Iowa .Momence, Illinois Los Angeles, California .Chicago, Illinois ....Mendota, Illinois ....Chicago, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois .Redlands, California .St. Louis, Missouri .Miles City, Montana .Irvington, Alabama .Chicago, Illinois .| Chicago, Illinois CLASS 1899 Mary L. Burkowski. Harold Dennis.-... Edna (Paradis) McDonald. Norman Shaw. Clyde Tabler, coal and lumber dealer. Josephine (Wagner) Crowell. CLASS OF 1900 Amos Chamberlain, farmer... James Cleary, merchant... Carrol C. Clark. Georgia (Lamport) Coleman. Lena (Dennis) Felt. Nellie (Dwyer) Gordon.. Will Harris.... Junia Johnson. Lena (Garrett) Montgomery... Mattie (Babin) Mulcher............. Stephen Morgan (deceased)....... Bessie (McKee) Porter. Edward A. Porter.. Idella (Parmley) Sollitt. Phoebe (Gibeault) Sprinkle. Florence (Culver) Shaffer. Belle Rice, teacher. Fred Willis, mail clerk.. May (Lamport) Wallace. Ida (Stratton) Woody... CLASS OF 1901 Josie (Dwyer) Linton Olive (Burchard) Freeman. Birdie (Smith) Gregoire. Ida (Force) Wilcott. Francis (Clark) Hartman.. Alma (Drayer) Jackson. ... Mamie (Brady) Keltering. Wayne Kelsey.. Clara Nadolni..... George Borter, school superintendent. .. .Kankakee, Illinois Grant Park, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois ...Washington, D. C. .Momence, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois ..Chicago, Illinois ..Brazil, Indiana ......Momence, Illinois .Penfield, Illinois Grant Park, Illinois .Crete, Illinois .Stockland, Illinois .Michigan, Illinois .Chilocco, Oklahoma .Chilocco, Oklahoma Pittsburg, Pennsylvania .Villa Grove, Illinois ...Ortonsville, Minnesota .Momence, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois .Grant Park, Illinois .Ft. Worth, Texas .Lavina, Montana .Grant Park, Illinois .Tacoma, Washington .Bartlesville, Oklahoma .Hesperia, Michigan .Dover, New Hampshire .Rose Lawn, Indiana East Spokane, Washington .Chicago, Illinois .Goodland, Indiana 62 Momence High School Lucile (Thurber) Smith Ethel Weaver, teacher.... CLASS OF 1902 Jennie Cleary, teacher.:.. Elizabeth (Cleary) Riley. Masie (Kious) Chamberlain. Joseph Gibeault, merchant... Anna Hanson, teacher... Blanche (Freeman) Lewis. Laura Dennis.... Phoebe Nelson.... Ezra Porter (deceased). Grace Sea,man.... Estella (Vane) Sergeant...... Laura (Gibson) Watrous......— CLASS OF 1903 Bonnie (Weaver) Abeles.. Ivy (Porter) Bruner.-.. Edith (Bennett) Chamberlain. Flora (Dayton) Chipman. Blanche ( Wilson) Ji-sson..... Martha IBaechler) Garrett.... Frank W. Garrett, instructor. Marion (Searls) Hanson... Sarah Hanson, teacher... Blendina Miller, stenographer... Varnum Parish, attorney.... Niles Porter, farmer.... Carrie (Spry) Pifer......- Esther (Gray) Wilson.... Edna (Dayton) Wheeler.. CLASS OF 1904 Carrie (Clark) Blood... Edward Cleary, bank cashier... Agnes (Peterson) Christensen, teacher... Lloyd Crosby (deceased).....—. Sadie Crosby, nurse... Myrtle Gibeault, stenographer... Viola (Chipman) Holman... Leigh Kelsey, farmer. Clyde Parmley, electrician... Ina (Hess) Robinson... Anna Templeton, clerk. Gilbert A. Willis, teacher. Marie (Wennerholma) Wennerholm. Clara Wilson, student.. CLASS OF 1905 Georgia Bennett.—. Stella (Dwyer) Goodre...... Jessie Garrett, teacher.— Jay Garrett, farmer... Lola (Vane) Hazard... Hallie (Selby) McLaughlin... Virginia (Tabler) Roden. CLASS OF 1906 Francis Cleary, priest..... Nina Fish . ....-...,.---- ---. Will Hanson.....—-.-. Serina (Johnson) Hanson... Emma (Pitman) Vane... Irene (Buckner) Wheeler...-.. CLASS OF 1907 Grant Park, Illinois . ..Kankakee, Illinois .Momence, Illinois ..Chicago, Illinois _Momence, Illinois ..Villa Grove, Illinois Redlands, California .Momence, Illinois ..Grant Park, Illinois ..Chicago, Illinois ...Rochester, Indiana Grant Park, Illinois ..Mystic, Connecticut Naugatuck, Connecticut .Brook, Indiana ..Momence, Illinois .Cortland, New York .Grant Park, Illinois .Champaign, Illinois .Champaign, Illinois .Momence, Illinois ..Chicago, Illinois .Washington, D. C. ..Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Bloomington, Indiana ..Stanwood, Washington .Chicago, Illinois Buffalo, Wyoming ..Momence, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois ...Chicago, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois ..San Francisco, California East Spokane, Washington .Kewanee, Illinois .Edgewood, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Union Hill, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Normal, Illinois .Grant Park, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois ..Standard, Illinois Knob Noster, Missouri .Chicago, Illinois ...Cerro Gordo, Illinois ...Pasadena, California .Warsaw, Illinois Muskogee, Oklahoma .Chicago, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois Hazel Broad, teacher... John Bukowski, soldier Chester, Indiana .U. S. Army Momence High School 63 Myrtle (Crosby) Riveht.. Lottie (Hess) Chipman. Nellie (Loghry) Cleff.. Frank Dufrain, teacher. Lucile (Fish) Hunt. Harry Hoag, Bijou theatre.... Clennie Little. Mamie Halpin, stenographer Carrie (Hansen) Sauers. ...Riedel, Montana ..Momence, Illinois Oak Park, Illinois ..Rockford, Illinois .Lowell, Indiana ..Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois ...Chicago, Illinois ...Conrad, Indiana CLASS OF 1908 Meryl Boyd... Hazel (Thurber) Britton. Bessie Bennett... Francis Halpin, private secretary... Florence (Smith) Hayden. Will Hayden, automobiles. Axel Hanson, teacher. Margaret Nelson, teacher. Clare Porter, clerk. Will Parish, Radio Corps. James Ryan.... Minnie (Shoultz) Wilmot. Margaret (McMann) Sawyer. Mattie Stetson. Josephine Tiffany, musician. Jesse Wilson, farmer. CLASS OF 1909 Clara (Burtt) Allen. Mabel (Popejoy) Blakely (deceased) Ida (Anderson) Baker. Georgia Bigoness. James Crosby, ranchman. Claude DuBridge... Arthur Giroux.,,..,.... Gaylord Hess, physician. Anna Keeler (deceased)...... George Nichols, soldier. Harold Smith, farmer.. Will Tuttle. CLASS OF 1910 Louise (Astle) Wilson....... Beatrice Barsalou, stenographer. Beulah (Cremer) Cornelius. Clifford Conner. Margaret Cleary, teacher. Percival Dennis. George Grabe, soldier... Irene Garrett... Grace (Porter) Greenwalt. Irma Gordinier, teacher..... Marie Jackson, clerical work. Eva Lilly, teacher.... Neil Metcalf.... v .. Cathryn Mazur, teacher.. Harold Nelson, monotype foreman. Lester Polk, civil engineer. John Stratton..... Catherine (Halpin) Sherwood. Cecil Sherwood. Howard Walker, electrician. Mary Law, nurse. Mabel Snow..-. CLASS OF 1911 Ivan Crosby...-. Ethel Dwyer, teacher. Wessington, South Dakota .Wathseka, Illinois .Hollywood, California .Chicago, Illiois .Yorkville, Illinois ..Yorkville, Illinois .Grand Rivers, Iowa .Chicago, Illinois .Morocco, Indiana ..U. S. Navy .Cissna Park, Illinois .Amarilla, Texas .Lansing, Michigan .Great Falls, Montana .Momence, Illinois .Grant Park, Illinois Rushville, Indiana N. Manchester, Indiana .Momence, Illinois .Riedel, Montana .Chicago Heights ....-U. S. Army ...Chicago, Illinois U. S. Army in France .Lowell, Indiana .Danville, Illinois, .Chicago, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .West Frankfort, Illinois ...Momence, Illinois .Manteno, Illinois .U. S. Army .U. S. Army ..Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Mexico .Chicago, Illinois ...Sanford, Indiana Buenos Aires, Argentina .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois ..Chicago, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois United States Navy .Penfield, Illinois 64 Momence High School Everette Fountaine.-.. Dean Howk, teacher of Mathematics and Athletic Coach Capitola Hanson, teacher Helen Kirby. Alice Wilson, teacher. U. S. Navy Assumption, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Grant Park, Illinois CLASS OF 1912 Florence (West) Astle. Wayne Allen, soldier. Jean Bigelow, stenographer. George Bukowski, railway clerk... Mary Clark....-. Walter Dubridge.. Ragnhild Jensen.— Effie Lunstrom, teacher..... Maude (Hupp) Lavery. Helen Melby, teacher. Harry Seavey, student... .Momence, Illinois U. S. Forces in France .France .Momence, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois . _U. S. N., Yale College .Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Gary, Indiana .Villa Grove, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois CLASS OF 1913 Ethel Bradley.:.-. Mabel Clapsaddle. Leonard Gordinier, sailor._. Ruby (Tuttle) Hampton... Clark Howk, Consumers Company... Oscar Hanson.-. . Anthony Parish.. Nora (Lynds) Snow. Charles Tuttle.—.— Earl Todd, aviator (deceased)...-. CLASS OF 1914 Lulu Beyer]ein.... Bessie Brassard.... Helena Hardy. Selma Johnson, bookkeeper... Dorothy Nelson, assistant postmistress... Viola (Olson) Albert......- Duwana Rasmussen, teacher. Florence (Smith) Round... Livonia (Walker) Council. Harry Wiechen, teacher. Zenaida (Zahl) Fredricks. .Momence, Illinois Hollywood, California ...U. S. Navy .Watseka, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois ..Redlands, California .Momence, Illinois ...Momence, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois . California .Momence, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois ..Chicago, Illinois Blandensville, Illinois .Beecher, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois CLASS OF 1915 Amiee Bigelow, student of nursing.. Ruth Boswell, student.. Lucy Brown, milliner....... Robert Dennis, teacher... Elva Dubridge... Fred Evans.... Viola Evans. George Feree, student. Margaret Greenwalt, teacher.:.. Clay Halden.... Monroe Hayden. Edgar Jensen..-. Hazel (McConnel) Conrad. Hilton Nichols....- Pauline Nichols, student....- -. Margaret Nelson..-. Lucile Peterson, com. work. Lora Simonds (deceased).-... Gertrude Smith... Charles Steevens.... Philip Sweet..-. .Chicago, Illinois _Northwestern University .Momence, Illinois ....Momence, Illinois ...Washington, D. C. .Grant Park, Illinois ---Grant Park, Illinois .University of Illinois .Grant Park, Illinois .Chicago Heights U. S. A,, St. Anne, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois ...Rockford, U. S. Army .University of Illinois ..Hammond, Indiana .Peoria, Illinois .Momence, Illinois U. S. Army, France .Momence, Illinois Momence High School 65 CLASS OF 1916 Fay Ault. Florence Bright, assistant postmistress. Leora Bishop, teacher. Lyle Brown, teacher. Elnora Dickey, stenographer. Viola DuFrain, student of University of Illinois. Ruth Hanson. Gerald Manzer, student.... Fred Melby.. Paul Nelson... Martha Searls, teacher... Marie Seavey, stenographer. Mildred Storrs, clerical work.-. Dorothy Styles, student. Hazel Taylor, agent. Elva Turrell, assistant. ....Hammond, Indiana .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Chicago Heights ...Champaign .Momence, Illinois ..Greencastle, Indiana .Gary, Indiana -...Hammond, Indiana ...Momence, Ilinois .Momence, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois University of Illinois .Illinois ..Momence, Illinois CLASS OF 1917 Gladys Jackson, stenographer.. Elizabeth McKinstry, teacher... Martina Condon... Dorothy Durham, te acher. . Jack Clegg,. . Florence Cole, teacher... Ray Cook.. .. Alvira Dickey, stenographer.... Vivian Edwards. Alice Hardy, teacher... Mildred Hawden. . Lucy Hupp, stenographer. . Anna Johnson.. Ellen Johnson. . Ruth Johnson, stenographer. Lulu Knaur, stenographer. Amy Mattocks. CLASS OF 1918 Lafrence Benjamin, clerk. Evelyn Faucher, stenographer. Wilhelmina Fedde, stenographer. Lucy Hayden, stenographer. Alfred H or sell, student. Lon Keller. Edith Lamport, teacher. Florence Logan, student..... Belle Lunt, stenographer. Harold McKee, student.-y. Lura Nelson, bookkeeper... Robert Nichols, student... Ruth Porter. Lawrence Renstrom.. ... Alfred Schneider.. Dorothy Smith, student.-. Norma Smith, student. Grace Styles. Marian Styles, post-graduate.... Willabele Wiltse, stenographer.. ....Phoenix, Arizona .Grant Park, Illinois .Chicago Heights, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Grant Park, Illinois .West Point . Kankakee, Illinois U. S. Ambulance Dept., France .Hancock, Michigan ..Grant Park, Illinois .Gary, Indiana .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois ..Chicago, Illinois .Kankakee, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Harvey, Illinois Chicago Heights, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Chicago, Illinois .Momence, Illinois ..Momence, Illinois .Parkeville, Missouri .Chicago, Illinois .Notre Dame .Momence, Illinois .University of Illinois ..Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Grant Park, Illinois .University of Illinois .Kankakee, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .Momence, Illinois .La Porte, Indiana 66 Momence High School Freshman Party No. Ill The Freshmen decided to have a party. So on the night of Friday, April the 4th, they met at Nichols’ house at 7:30 p. m. The party was held at Hertz’s farm about five miles southwest of town. Three cars, Cecil’s, Windy’s and a hired car, were provided to take them out. Mr. Walsh, Mrs. Miller, the eats, and part of the bunch went out in Windy’s car, Miss Dallach chaperoned a bunch in Cecil’s car, while the other one was unchaperoned. When they all arrived and were enjoying themselves in the front part of the house listening to Cecil play the piano, playing games, etc. ,in walked three Sophomore girls—Leila Gibson, Lulu Meinzer and Mildred Fedde, who had come out with Archie Ault and “Ikie” Hardy in Archie’s Ford. After this surprise, a greater one followed. Mrs. Hertz announced that the eats had been stolen out of the kitchen window. Upon hearing this Mr. Walsh and all the boys struck out across the field aTter the intruders. After about a half an hour of chasing, Mr. Walsh secured the basket from Elno, who had stumbled and gotten a little dirt mixed in with the remaining sandwiches, but which didn’t make a particle of difference to them; and he and the boys returned to the house. When Miss Dallach learned that there were only enough sandwiches left to go around once, she thought the best thing to do was for some one to go back to town and get some buns. It was decided that Henrietta, Ruth C., Ruth S., and Helen should go with Cecil in his car. The Sophomore girls (Lulu, Leila and Mildred) thought that “Ikie” and Archie had de¬ serted them, so Cecil and the girls took pity on them and took them back to town. On their way to town they passed Art, walking back to Hertz’s from the corner, where some boys had carried him in Kinney’s Ford. A little farther along they passed a car which turned abruptly around and fol¬ lowed them into town. When they finally reached town, and after letting the Sophomore girls out, they went to Conrad’s to get their buns. Three of th e girls went in to see about them but as they had none and as all the other stores were closed, they decided to try at the Island Hotel. Upon coming out of Conrad’s they saw the other car, which had stopped. The passengers had all gotten out and they saw that they were: Elno Smith, Dud Hess, “Little Cookie” (not Jack), Fred Wiltse, Eggie Kent, and Art Younglove, the last two not even being members of M. C. H. S. Although the Freshmen tried to “ditch” their followers, they came right after them over to the Island Hotel. Henrietta, Ruth C. and Helen got out to get the buns, but as they couldn’t seem to arouse anyone, Cecil got out to help. By that time the other car stopped, and just as Cecil got up on the sidewalk, the six boys surrounded him and tried to take him for a ride in their car. Ruth S. jumped out of the car and the other girls came rushing from the door of the hotel to Cecil’s assistance. They, as well as Cecil himself, were bound he wasn’t going for a ride in the other car, and just as they were trying to free him, luckily for them, Mr. Van Nordstrand, who was walking across the bridges with his wife and another couple, came up in time to prevent his joy-ride. When Cookie saw Mr. Van Nordstrand coming he dodged around the corner of Eggie’s car. As he disappeared Ruth S. overheard him say, “Come on fellows, it’s time we were going.” After a little talk from Mr. Van Nordstrand, the fellows did go and the Freshmen didn’t see them again that night. Momence High School 67 They went back to Hertz’s, but without the buns. After telling their exciting story to the other Freshmen and the chaperones they passed the remainder of the eats, altho no one seeced to be hungry after all their trouble. The party started for home at eleven-thirty, but some of the cars carried back different passengers than they carried out. For instance— Mr. Walsh rode out in Windy’s car but back in Cecil’s (Miss Dallach was in Cecil’s car). Jimmie’s Letters From Over There On April 6, 1917, America declared a state of war against Germany. Many had not given the war any more than a minute’s notice until this day. After this a great change came over the people of the United States. They started to conserve on food and all things which they knew were needed to help win the war. Jimmie Holgrave was one of the first victims of the draft. So without any hesitation he responded to his country’s call. He was examined and sent to Camp Steever, Michigan, where he was trained by officers of high rank to be a real soldier. He spent three months in this camp, and was then sent “Over There.” It was two months before Jimmie’s mother received word from him, and this is the way it went: Still on the Globe, August 15, 1917. Dear Ma: I just got here, Ma, and say but it seems funny “Over Here.” There are all kinds of people that I don’t seem to recognize, and of course that makes me feel just a little unnecessary. It took us just exactly fifteen days to get across the pond, and say, you tell the folks at home that I was as sick as I ever could be without kicking the bucket. Anyway, Ma, I am all right now, only a little hungry and sleepy, and lonesome and cold and everything. One of the boys in our Company, and my bed partner, is sure a joke; he is good looking too. I’ll bet those French girls will fall for him. He’s got nice, long, curly hair that seems to want to turn upward when it reaches his collar, and say! he’s got a pair of eyes that just sparkle like diamonds. Oh, well, we can’t all be nice looking, but it makes a fellow feel kind a blue when he thinks things over. Well, Ma, they are lining up for mess, so I guess I will have to close. Your Jimmie Boy To Ma. This letter pleased Jimmie’s mother, and she determined to keep all of his letters from “Over There” so in her old age she would have them to read. So without another word she put this one in a small shoe box and tucked it away where she could always find it at a moment’s notice, if she wanted to read it to one of her callers, before the ladies’ aid, the Sewing Circle, or on some occasion like that. It was almost another month before she received another letter from her boy. He had been transferred to another part of the country, that be¬ ing the excuse for not writing oftener. Mr. Holgrave got this one from the postoffice and had almost memorized it going from the postoffice to his home. When he got home Mrs. Holgrave was waiting at the door, and instantly surmised that there was the long expected letter in Pa’s pocket. 68 Momence High School “Oh! Ma! Listen to what our Jimmie says in this letter. He is some nice boy, and one that we have a right to be proud of. Now listen!” Somewhere in France. Sept. 1, 1917. Dearest Ma and Pa: Goodness, but I am lonesome for you folks. I never suspected that I loved you so much in all my life. Say Ma, at night don’t you kind a get to thinking, and a thinking, of all the things you and I used to talk about together, especially the time I got a licking from my teacher for making her sit on a tack. And I came home and told you all about it, naturally thinking you was just going to go and clean up on the teacher, and instead you started in and gave me another one right on the same place she had used so rough. Gee! It hurt! Oh, well, I am going to let “bygones be bygones” for a while anyway and tell you why I did not write sooner. We were transferred to Co. P, 157th Inf., and maybe you don’t think they gave us some good hard work to do, but I guess I was made for such treatment, because I get so tired I think sure I will die while sleeping, but when I wake up I am still alive and feeling pretty good. So you need not worry about me because I am as tough as a pine-knot. As ever, Jimmie. It had been raining at Milestone all week, and everyone was feeling rather blue, when a letter arrived from Jimmie that would make most any¬ one laugh. Mrs. Holgrave read this one to herself the first time, and it was so funny that every now and then she would have to giggle out loud, thus arousing the curiosity of Mr. Holgrave who demanded that it be read to him, so his wish was granted. Somewhere in France. Sept. 26, 1917. Dear Ma: Dam it! Ma, I just can’t exactly say that I like France, cause I don’t. I have not run across any pretty girls or anything like that. And say, Ma, if anyone ever gets to feeding you about “Somewhere in France is a Lily,” you just tell them they are toad-stools instead of lilies, because that’s all I’ve seen since I arrived. Honest, Ma, if we boys would ever run across a real girl, them kind like grows at Milestone, I believe we would eat her up. Say, do you remember that Brown girl that I walked down the street with once? Well, I never told you before, but she is my gal. So if you love me, well love her too, because when I get home I am going to buy her a box of candy just to show her that I love her and want her for my own. Well I guess a little of that goes far with you, so I am going to change the sub¬ ject. In one of your letters you ask me if I had the cooties. Well, I’ll say I did; but I ain’t got them no more because, do you know what I did? Well we were in camp on the bank of the Soire River, so I decided I would play a joke on those darn cooties. I just put salt all over my body and went and planted myself down by the river. Pretty soon they began to get thirsty and they .umiped off and went to get a drink. While they were gone I just got up and walked away. Well say, Ma, half of them drowned and the other half died of mortification. Ha! Ha! Good bye, Ma. From Jimmie. These are just a few of Jimmie’s letters to show the attitude of most of the American boys who were sent “Over There.” —Written by Lucille Sharkey. Momence High School 69 Sophomore Story Plain Mary Smith “Have you heard,” remarked Alice to her friend Louise, “that we have a new girl in school? She came this morning.” “Oh! how nice,” answered Louise, “and what is she like? I do so hope we shall like her.” “She is quite nice looking and very dignified, scarcely ever smiles and always takes everything so much in earnest. I don’t think that her parents have much money. She dresses very plainly.” “What is her name?” said Louise, “It surely must be very sedate, judging from what you have said about her.” “It surely is; very much so; so very uncommon. You know, Louise, her name is Mary Smith.” Both Louise and her friend laughed pleasantly and speedily dismissed the “new girl” from their minds. Unfortunately Mary Smith was not brilliant in any special thing. In a school where everyone seemed able to do something better than his class¬ mates, and their merit judged by this fact, Mary Smith was more than ever unfortunate. None knew much about the Smiths. They had rented a furnished house on the outskirts of the town, and taken possession very quietly, merely bringing a trunk and a traveling bag with them. Consequently the neighbors were disappointed, for there being no furniture they could not readily judge their circumstances. Then too the tall dark pale-looking man, whose clothes were always just a mite shabby, tho always well brushed, and who was seldom seen except on occasional walks to the town, excited their curiosity. Mrs. Smith, also was rarely seen. Very quiet and diminutive she was, with fluffy brown hair and eyes that always had a kindly light in them. They all were very mysterious; they rarely had vis¬ itors, but sometimes a lady in black drove up in a big black car and stayed at the house for a day, then would go away again, as quietly as she came. Mary Smith was very anxious to make friends in school. She had al¬ ways been much alone when a child and longed very much for friends. Her father had given her all the education she had, until now, when he felt too ill to be burdened by such a care, and so well had he performed this office that when she started to school she was pronounced ready for High School. Her expectations had not been realized, for some reason that she could not divine the girls avoided her. Not that they snubbed her outright of course, but her presence always caused some embarrassment and a loss of something to talk about. She did so long to be in the thick of it, to be consulted about place cards and decorations for their parties as Mildred Brooks was. If only the girls would ask her opinion as they did Louise Wrayson’s. In her disappointment she drew farther into her reserve and plunged deeper into her studies. Three years had passed. Mary Smith was now in her senior year. She had spent her time well but still her dream was unrealized, she was not popular. Next came Commencement. Her school life was almost over. She graduated with valedictorian honors and was down for a speech of course. But Mary went to the principal. “Mr. McKinnis,” she said earnestly, “I wonder if I might sing instead of speak. You know I have never spoken before an audience and I do not know if I could carry it off successfully. I do not want my first public ap- 70 Momence High School pearance to be a failure and I know I could sing much better.” “well Mary, we snail see. Of course it isn ' t usual. Out we might ex¬ cept in this case, res, 1 guess it can be arranged.” Mary went home perfectly satisfied, sne was confident she could sing. She had done it so often at fiome. Many times when her father haa oeen in a restless mood, and the little white pins they gave him were useless, she would seat herseii oy his side and sing some plaintive meiody of times that were gone, and soon the heavy eyes would close and the weary body rest. The last day of school had been a sad one in the Smith home. All day long Mr. Smith had been very ill, so ill in fact that Mary was afraid she would have to be absent from commencement. But at seven o’clock he was quieter and Mary thought it safe for her to go. So she donned the simple white frock her mother had made for the purpose and hurried to the nail which had been hired for the occasion. She was fifth on the program, and it had just started, so it was not yet time to feel ill at ease. At the end of the third number, some one tapped her on the shoulder. It was the principal. “Mary,” he said, “your mother has sent for you. She wants you to come immediately, I fear that your father is ill.” He stopped for Mary had gone. She hurried home through the dark and her heart was heavy with fear. Soon she reached the house and the room in which her father lay. By the side of the bed stood the doctor looking very grave. Her father was lying propped up by pillows, looking very pale and wan. A lamp on the dresser was partially turned down, shedding a pale glow over the scene. The curtain of the wide open win¬ dow waved gently back and forth, swayed by the gentle breeze of a May night. Mary hastened to the bed and looked down at him, smiling sweetly. “Little girl,” he said, “Come and sing for me.” She sang a low melody in soft, sweet tones for him, and his grasp on her hand tightened. After a time she stopped and looked at him. “He is asleep, mother,” she said. “No, my dear,” he said, “she is dead. The body of Mr. Smith was sent away on the five o’clock train the next day. No one knew the destination except the station master, but a depot loafer said it was somewhere in Vermont. That evening the veiled lady in black came with her car again, and when she left, Mary and her mother went with her, and Brownstown saw them no more. Five years had passed, very swiftly it seemed to Mrs. L. M. Morton, formerly Alice Curtiss of Brownsville High School. For as a prominent lawyer’s wife, she, with her women’s clubs and charity balls and teas was scarcely a woman of leisure. But now she was going to take a vacation. She had, only the day be¬ fore, received an invitation from her school day friend, Louise Wrayson. Now she resolved to accept it. Early the next mrning Mrs. Morton was off and nightfall found her at the home of her friend in far away Brownstown. “It certainly is quite a tiresome ride,” mu rmured Mrs. Morton, after greetings had been exchanged, settling herself in an easy chair, “I am quite tired out.” “I thought you would be, so I have arranged to spend the evening here at home very quietly. Tomorroy evening I will take you to hear the famous singer who is coming to the city. They say she is excellent. Her name is so common for such an illustrious person. It is Mary Smith.” Momence High School 71 Alice Morton stirred in her chair. The name sounded familiar. It seemed to bring memories with it, but they were all indistinct. Besides, there were lots of Mary Smiths in the world. Then she remembered the Mary Smith who had entered and passed out of her life so quietly. “Louise,” she said, leaning forward in her chair, “Do you remember a Mary Smith when we were in High School? Don’t you remember, she was valedictorian, and was going to sing? That night her father died. Do you?” “Why yes, now that you speak of it, I seem to see her. She had blue eyes and black hair, didn’t she? Oh! I remember her quite distinctly now.” “She left town so quickly, that she seemed to drop out of our lives. Mrs. Marvin who lived next door where they used to live said she had a splendid voice. They often could hear her singing.” “She always looked so dignified that I almost was afraid to speak to her. And Lillian Sturm, do you remember her? Well she has recently written a book!” The conversation then went on, memories of school rooms, parties, and hazings were dug up and discussed. The next evening Alice Morton found herself expectantly watching the stage, impatient for the arrival of Mary Smith. At last she came. Clad in a dress of shimmering white with a white rose in he rblue black hair, she was a study for an artist. As the glow of the spotlight fell full upon her, both women gave a start of surprise. It was the Mary Smith. Sweet, low, and tender came the song, an evening lullaby such as one might sing to a child. Before she was half done, the shamefaced audience found itself in tears. The two women in the fifth row were no exceptions. “Oh!” Louise,” murmured Alice Morton, “let’s go speak to her and ask if she won’t forgive.” After the performance the two women met their old school-mate. She was very glad to see them for she seldom saw a familiar face. After a time of conversation Mary Smith said to her friends as they rose to depart: “Come around tomorrow and we will visit the High School. And they did. 72 Momence High School ■ An Exciting Story I had just got back from my trip to Wyoming, two years ago, and was standing on a corner talking to one of my friends. We talked about several different things and finally she said, “Did anything very exciting happen while you were in Wyoming?” “Oh my, yes!” I replied, “A man was killed while we were there.” “That is exciting. Tell me about it,” pleaded my friend. “Well,” I started, “In the first place there were two men after the same job and that job was to look after the different ranch-owners’ cattle up in the Black Hills on the government reserve, a place where cattle are allowed to graze.” “Did your uncle own any cattle up there?” my friend broke up. “Yes,” I answered, “That made it all the more exciting.” “We folks started for the Black Hills one day,” I continued, “to see the cattle.” “Doesn’t your uncle live in the Black Hills?” my friend broke in again. “No. Most of the Hills are in South Dakota with a few in Wyoming, but he lives seventy-five miles from the government reserve. We finally got to the home of Hams, as he was called, the man who got the job, and he took us in a wagon, farther into the hills to see the cattle. When my uncle was ready, we went home and learned two days after, that Ham had been killed.” “But you didn’t tell me how!” cried my friend. “You didn’t wait,” I said, “I was coming to that.” “Go on,” she demanded. I began once again. “The man who lost out on the job kept threaten¬ ing to kill Ham. “The night after we were in the Hills there was a dance. Ham’s wife had wanted to go but he didn’t.” “Did he think his rival would be there?” asked my friend. “I guess so,” I answered. “Well anyway they went and sure enough his rival was there with a gun fastened in his belt. His father was also there with a gun. ‘Now,’ says Ham, ‘I don’t want to have any trouble here tonight for I haven’t even so much as a pen-knife about me.’ It did no good. As he stepped out on the porch to get cooled off, his rival stood in one door and his father in an¬ other. His rival fired and Ham fell to the floor with a bullet an inch or two bel ow his heart. The old father was ready to shoot after he was down but Ham cried out. ‘Don’t shoot, I’m dying now.’ The old man did shoot him in the arm.” “Why didn’t the rest of the people kill the murderers?” asked my friend. “They couldn’t,” I explained, “no one else was armed and the two backet out of the door with their guns in front of them. The next morning the two gave themselves up and all the people were for lynching them but they were put in prison for life instead,” I ended. “That certainly was exciting,” my friend sighed. “Well, I must go now that I’ve finished my story,” I said. So we departed. Momence High School 73 Momence Community High School The Momence Community High School was organized at an election held on May 25, 1918, the proposition to organize carrying by a vote of about 4 to 1 at a spirited election. Some opposition to the organization of such a school had been aroused among some of the farmers and tax-payers by false and misleading statements as to the cost of such a school. The Board of Education conducted an educational campaign and succeeded in convincing most of the people, including many of the land owners, that the organization of such a school would be a benefit to the entire community. On election day probably as many farmers voted for the proposition as voted against it. The district as organized comprises all of Momence township and the east two-thirds of Ganeer, including in all some sixty-five square miles. The assessed valuation of the district is about $1,750,000, a sum large enough so that the cost of maintaining a high school will never become a burden upon any tax-payer. The city of Momence is situated near the geographical center of the district, so that the distance which any pupil will have to come will never be unduly large. The Momence Community High School began to operate as such in September, 1918. It leased from the Grade Board of Education the old building, and sub-leased to the Grade Board one room, which has been occupied by the Eighth Grade. An adjustment was made as to library, laboratory, and other equipment, whereby such equipment was appraised and will ultimately pass into the control of the Community High School Board of Education. The possibilities in the advantages of such a high school to the com¬ munity are almost unlimited. Several courses and lines of work may now be offered which would have been impossible under the old arrangement. The school is a natural community enterprise, just as is the church or any other local enterprise. The theory of the Community High School law is that all persons in the community who do their trading, banking, buying and selling at a community center should cooperate in maintaining a high school at such a community center. Momence is ideally located for such a school, and it is hoped that the great possibilities in the way of high school education for the young people of this community are just being opened up. The legislature, in framing the law, was unfortunate in including in it certain provisions which the Supreme Court in February held unconsti¬ tutional. Fortunately the legislature was in session. A committee from the community high schools of the state was appointed to draft a bill val¬ idating the thirty-two Community High Schools which had been organized throughout the state. The bill was introduced into the legislature and carried practically unanimously by both houses, and was signed by the Governor on May 1st, thereby establishing the Community High Schools organized on a secure basis. Course of Study FIRST YEAR English I, Algebra I, Latin I, General Science, History I, Manual Training, Domestic Science, Agriculture. SECOND YEAR English II, Plane Geometry, Latin II, Physiography, Zoology, Botany, Commercial Arithmetic, Domestic Science, Manual Training, Agriculture. 74 Momence High School THIRD YEAR English III, Algebra II, Latin III, Solid Geometry, English History, French I, Commercial Geography, Commercial Law, Bookkeeping, Domestic Science, Agriculture. FOURTH YEAR English IV, Physics, American History, Civics, Latin IV, French II, Stenography, Typewriting, Domestic Science, Business Practice, Agri¬ culture. CREDITS REQUIRED Sixteen credits are required for graduation. A credit is allowed for each full subject of five recitations per week, or its equivalent, carried suc¬ cessfully throughout the year. Ninety minutes of laboratory work, type¬ writing, cooking, bookkeeping, manual training, military training, or any other work in which there is no text-book assignment, are considered the equivalent of a forty-five minute recitation period. The recitation periods are forty-five minutes in length, and each student is expected to carry four subjects, unless special arrangements are made to the contrary. SCHOOL FULLY ACCREDITED The Momence Community High School is fully accredited with the University of Illinois in all work which the University will accept for credit from any High School. Twenty-six units in all are accepted by the University, including the work in manual training, bookkeeping, domestic science, typewriting and stenography, French, commercial law, com¬ mercial arithmetic, and commercial geography. No credit is given for less chan a semester’s work in any subject, or for less than a year’s work in a year subject. Agriculture A course in agriculture was established in the second semester of this year. The course is organized to meet the requirements of the Smith- Hughes law, whereby one-half of the expenses of the course are paid out of funds of the national government. The course is intended to run a full twelve months, the instructor being employed for the year. L. B. Walsh, a graduate of the Agricultural Department of the University of Illinois, was secured to offer the work for this year. During the past semester two classes were offered, one in Animal Husbandry and the other in Farm Crops and Soils. It is hoped that next year an additional unit may be offered, thus making it possible for a student to secure three units in agriculture. A definite program for such a course is now being worked out. The work offered this year has been approved by the State Department, and the government’s share of the expenses for the present year will be secured. 76 Momence High School Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Calendar 2— School opens. 3— Old feuds renewed. 4— Fetz breaks up the furniture. 5— Freshies elect President. Mystery? 6— Freshman president got a ducking. 9— New teacher arrives. 10— First call for Football. 11— James treats the girls. 12— -Dud flourishes a new sweater. 13— Soph, party. Bulla’s make their first appearance. 16— Soph. vs. Fresh, in Library. 17— First football lecture. No more fags. 19— .Junior-Senior wiener roasts. 20— Freshies bribe upper classmen with a watermelon. 23— T. R. has watermelon for supper. 24— Some Freshies are surely awkward. Ask Windy. 25— Zoology monster escapes. Riot in assembly. 26— Freshies still hunting for seats they had the day before. 27— I wonder why Arthur J. blushes so? 30—Cooke still wondering why he left Geom. class. Oct. 1—Bill, did you hit Kike? Oct. 2—Practice game. K. K. K. vs. M. C. H. S. Oct. 3—A few pupils absent. Flu. Oct. 4—A few more gone. Flu. Oct. 7—Half. Flu. Oct. 8—All Flu, but Jimmy and Art. J. Oct. 9—All Flu. No school. INFLUENZA. Nov. 4—Why didn’t the school bell ring? Nov. 5—Why the interview with G. B. D., Atherton? Nov. 6—War lecture by Canadian sergeant. Nov. 7—What’s the attraction at M. E. Church shed? Nov. 8—Rough house in S. room. Nov. 11—Peace! Rah! Rah! Ain’t it a grand and glorious feelin! Nov. 12—Seniors play train in S. room. Nov. 13—A. Cooke and Paul don’t agree. Ask Flo? Nov. 14—Windy loses his shoes. Noc. 18—Sneeze! Sneeze! Sneeze! Who has the snuff? Nov. 19—Miss Bowman visits us. Nov. 20—First Basket Ball practice. Nov. 21—Why so many visitors in library 6th period? Nov. 22—James passes gum to girls. Nov. 25—Atherton, pick on someone your size! Leave Burdell alone. Nov. 26—Arthur, gimme some candy. Nov. 27—Horrors! Blanche only got 85 today. Nov. 28—Thanksgiving. Feast and Basketball. Nov. 29—Paul recovering from fall in the Busches. Momence High School Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 2— Cotton and Windy sport their first long trousers. 3— Lydia tails down in English. 4— Warren shows Eng. ill how the sun rises. 5— Bookkeeping 4:00-4:45. Boys Only! 6— Brook defeats team at Brook. 9— Snake forgot his collar. 10— Sharkey perfectly quiet. 11— Short hand party. 12— Lydia falls down stairs again. 13— Team defeats St. Anne 26-18, at St. Anne. 16— T. R. gets bill for 15 meals, 1 bed, 1 pitcher from St. Anne. 17— Freddy M. becoming a legular flirt. 18— Jack got the flu. 19— Minstrel show practice. 20— Team goes to Dwight. Rotten deal 21-12. 21— Community Xmas Party. 23— Tests! Tests! Tests! 24— Teachers go home. Xmas vacation. 25— M. C. H. S. vs. Grant Park. Jan. 2—“Bones” Skelton enrolls. Jan. 3—Whitewash St. Anne 23-0. June 4—Saturday school.—???—?!!? Jan. 6—G. B. D. reserves seats in 1st grade for H. S. Jan. 7—Arthur goes skating. Jan. 8—Eng. IV. “Please act at least like 2nd graders.” Jan. 9—Windy gets a licking. Jan. 10—Paul, don’t give Flo all that candy. Jan. 13—Cadets take a hike. Jan. 14—Snake leaves E ' ng. III. Jan. 15—Lydia fell down again. Jan. 16—Where’s Ray? Oh! Commercial Room. Jan. 17—First and second teams go to Watseka. Jan. 18—Year Book Banquet. Jan. 20—Wild rumors of High School Play. Jan. 21—Ezra entertains the assembly. Jan. 22—Billy sound asleep, as usual. Jan. 23—Lulu and Bones missing. Jan. 24—Kentland vs. M. C. H. S. 24-15. Jan. 27—Model Eng. II class. Atherton’s gone. Jan. 28—Gee Whiz. Exams coming. Jan. 29—Wonder of wonders. Windy quiet. Jan. 30—Exams started. Jan. 31—M. C. H. S. defeats Dwight 21-12. Feb. 1—M. C. H. S. vs. Bloom Township High. Feb. 3—Wonder if I passed? Feb. 4—Mice create a riot in Algebra II. Feb. 5—Dallach rearranges assembly. Feb. 6—Ezra John Gilbert Roy Dud Hess got lost. Feb. 7—Kankakee “Y” defeats M. C. H. S. Feb. 10—New attraction. Sub-Freshmen arrive. Feb. 11—Lecture course. Feb. 12—Dot and Lu interview T. R. Feb. 13—Sharkey chews Spearhead. 78 Momence High School Feb. 14—M. C. H. S. defeated at K. K. K. “Y Feb. 17—Agriculture teacher arrives. Feb. 18—County Tournament at Kankakee. Feb. 19—Sleepy crowd. Feb. 20—Intense preparation for Junior-Senior. Feb. 21—No game. Manteno got Flu. Feb. 24—Team preparing for trip to Champaign. Feb. 25—Bones leaves law. Feb. 26—M. C. H. S. defeats Town Team. Feb. 27—Mumps galore. Feb. 28—Team goes to Champaign. March 1—Defeats Newman. March 3—Team returns with fifth place. March 4—Team stays with G. B. D. No Practice. March 5—Team celebrates John Ezra’s birthday. March 6—General Exercises. Talk on school spirit. March 7—Watseka defeats Momence 15-13. March 10—Hupp missing 3rd and 4th periods. March 11—P. T. K. U. formed. March 12—Hunko elected President. March 14—Team romps over St. Viators 30-3. March 17—’Poleon leaves Commercial Arithmetic. March 18—Harry, Jack, ’Poleon, and Hunko missing at 4:00. March 19—Hunko and Kike absent by request. March 20—Preparations for big show. March 21-22—High School Play. March 24—Spring fever. March 25—All out for track. March 26—Hupp, Burdell, and Cookie prefer Ole’s to school. March 27—Hunko slides down steps. March 28—Hooray! No school. March 31—Boys use rouge as well as girls. April 1—April fool! Ha! Ha! April 2—Cadets drill out doors. April 3—Track team developing rapidly. April 4—Who stole Freshie eats? April 7—No more pills. Parents and teachers. April 8—Team gets letter and fob. April 9—Agriculture boys building automatic hog feeder. April 10—Fred W. buys motorcycle. April 11—Most of gang go to Milford. April 14—Windy’s got ’em again. April 15—Who hid the bell? April 16—Cadets get uniforms. April 17—Excellent team pictures. April 18—Bradley making fine time in the half mile. April 21—Fags still in circulation. April 22—Soph, and Fresh, pictures. April 23—Seniors betting 2 to 1 on the track meet. April 24—Track meet—Seniors win. April 25—No school. Teachers in K. K. K. April 28—Carnival hits town. April 29—Pupils write their history for year book. April 30—Ruby comes to visit Arthur J. Momence High School 19 Jokes Mrs. Miller: William, is “to marry” a verb? Bill: No, it’s a misfortune. 5k 5k 5jc Mrs. Dalton: What are the essential stable foods of today? Fluck: Hay, corn and oats. That’s what Pa feeds our horses. 5k 5jc 5fc Teacher: Do you know, William, where shingles were first used? William (modestly) : I’d rather not tell. •i ' •!� 5 Lester: What is a periphrasis? Art J.: It is simply a circumlocutory and pleonastic cycle of oratorical sonority circumscribing an atom of ideality lost in verbal profundity. Lester: Thanks. Jack: She called me a worm. Lorena: Probably she saw a chicken pick you up. sk sk .sk sfc Never make love in a buggy because horses carry tails. 5k sk Chas.: Chatie don’t call on Violet any more. Bill: Why? Chas.: She’s got a parrot. Bill: What of that? Chas.: It kept saying “Now Warren, stop! ❖ Mr. Walsh: Can anyone tell me what a ground hog is? Kinney Jr.: Sausage. 5fc I stole a kiss the other night, My conscience hurts, alack! I think I’ll go again tonight And put the blame thing back. 5k 5jt 5$C 5jc Florence: He put his arm around me five times. Dot: Some arm! 5k 5jC j}? jfj Prof, in Geom.: What are the two sides of a circle? Bright Soph: Inside and outside. 80 Momcnce High School Momence High School 81 Kodak Finishing and Old Photographs Copied and Kodak Enlargements Enlarged a Specialty. Go To ADKINS STUDIO FOR HIGH GRADE PHOTOGRAPHY ALSO PHOTOS IN OILS AND WATER COLORS WATSON and CLEARY PURE FOOD STORE Finest Goods Obtainable Always on Hand MOMENCE, ILLINOIS Whenever you go Wherever you go However you go Take a Kodak with you. It will add to your pleasure and remembrance of the trip.. The genuine Eastman Kodak is sold only at JENSEN’s. Full line of Photographic material. De¬ veloping and Printing. JENSEN’S THE REXALL STORE 82 Momence High School Momence Utilities Co. Electric Appliances Lighten the Household Duties Telephone 163 MOMENCE, ILLINOIS Firsfl: National Bank Capital Stock $50,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits $40,000 • Our Motto : “Safety and Efficiency’’ W. P. WATSON, President E. G. WICKS, Vice President J. J. KIRBY, Cashier E. P. Cleary, Assistant Cashier MOMENCE, ILLINOIS SEND FOR PAMPHLET “How I helped Arthur Price to Reduce One Hundred Pounds in Six Weeks.” Just a few simple ex- prri qpq MADAM H. MILLS. Take it Easy Use Jay’s Corn El o cipt JAY SANSTROM, JR. LEARN TO DANCE I teach only the latest dances by mail, the only safe way. Write to¬ day. SIR ARTHUR HUPP. WANTED Rags, old iron, Paper, and all kinds of iunk. HARRY SHAFFER. - - FOR SALE TOP NOTCH HEREFORDS Raised under the supervision of L. B. Walsh of the Farmers’ Reserve of the Momence High School of T9. KINNEY BROS. Be a Knocker! Join the I. W. W. ELNO SMITH, Pres. FOR SALE AT ONCE Our modern bungalow on Pine Street, cheap. Must sell at once as Mr. Fetzer has become pitcher for New York Giants. MRS. DORIS FETZER. Momence High School 33 Enjoyment! Giggle — Let us teach you. P. DELIERE L. HARMS. “Jack said my face was a poem.” “It is dear—like one of Brown¬ ing’s.” “How do you mean?” “Some of the lines are so deep.” Wanted: Some good first class intelligence. Junior brand pre¬ ferred. Address: Sophomore Class. Extra! Extra! Big horse sale! Latin and French thoroughbred ponies. —-Seniors. Will Exchange: One slightly tilted nose for one of the straight variety. —Mildred Fedde. For relief after strenuous gym¬ nastic work try our famous Rub- itin Liniment. Sold only in five gallon jars. Look for black and blue label. Sweeney Sanstrom, Proprietors. —-+ - THINGS NEVER SEEN TOGETHER Cigarets and athletics. Mrs. Williamson and a frown. Hunko and a smile. Doris and Fetz. James and a book. Mr. Walsh and Miss Dallach. School spirit is like a fire. It has to be kindled, and it dies out when¬ ever there is any oppression from above. FOR DEPENDABLE SHOES DEPEND ON ME A. G. CROUCH Successor to CLEGG’S SHOE STORE HESS BROTHERS Dealers in Lumber, Coal, Grain, Lime, Cement, Sewer Pipe, Rock Wall Plaster Manufacturers of CEMENT BUILDING BLOCKS Phone 5 MOMENCE, ILLINOIS 84 Momence High School Quality Asserts Itself THE BAKE RIGHT PARISH BANK MOMENCE, ILL. SHOP H. W. CONRAD Individual Responsibility of $200,000 SELECT YOUR FURNITURE AND RUGS In the Biggest Furniture Store in Eastern Illinois NO ACCOUNT too big for our up-to-date facilities; none too small for our most careful at¬ tention. OBERLIN FURNITURE CO. 126-134 N. Schuyler Ave. KANKAKEE, ILL. W. W. PARISH , JR. FRONT ST. GARAGE When in need of Auto Equipment Don’t fail to let us fit you out Automobile Bus Line HARRY HALL, Prop. Faradis Bldg. Phone 15-R E. BETOURNE, Prop. SCHEDULE L. P. BASFORD Dentist Leave Momence at Central House at 8 :00 a. in., 1:00 p. m., and 6 :00 p. m. Office Over First National Bank MOMENCE, ILL. Leave Kankakee at City National Bank at 7:00 a. m., 11:00 a. m., and 5 :00 p. m. Momence High School 85 FAMOUS SAYINGS OF WELL KNOWN PEOPLE Mrs. Williamson: Up the front and down the back. Miss Dallach: Into your rooms please! Into your rooms! Mrs. Dalton: I do wish you would settle down. Miss Grosvenor: Some of you people are talking without permis¬ sion. Mr. Johnston: I have the floor now. Man. Tr. Boys: Anybody seen Mr. Burlester. Mrs. Miller: Stay in the as¬ sembly until your theme is ready to be handed in. Miss Roberts: Anybody know the pronunciation of that word? I’m sure I don’t. Mr. Walsh: As you were. H. M.: Did you make that waist, Helen? H. F.: No, I’ve never made any¬ thing I could wear. -♦- Mrs. M: Did Longfellow ever have any struggles with poverty? Gen.: Why, er—he taught school. —♦—- IMPOSSIBILITIES To cut anything but corners. To get a chaperone (?) Sleep through the second bell. Get a joke for the Annual. To sneeze without everyone knowing it. -- Visitor: Who is that good look¬ ing fellow walking down the aisle? Student: Oh, you mean Bill Porter ? Visitor: No, I mean that intelli¬ gent looking chap. You’ll Find TheClothes You Want At Wunderlich’s in Kankakee You young men know the fine shade of difference between correctly designed clothes and many of the “uncertainties” offered you. We have the right kind. Wunderlich’s 266 E. Court St. KANKAKEE ILLINOIS Dixie Highway Garage EDW. E. POMBERT, Prop. Agent for BUICK, CHEVROLET STUDEBAKER Repair Work a Specialty TIRES AND ALL AUTOMO¬ BILE SUPPLIES Phone 67 W. MOMENCE ILLINOIS 86 Momence High School Momence State Savings Bank Efficiency and Prepared¬ ness are the Keynotes to Success WE CAN KELP YOU ALONG D. E. STYLES, Cashier MOMENCE ILLINOIS O. A Burdick THE NYAL STORE Drugs, Medicines, Chem¬ icals, Toilet Articles and Stationery Cigars and Tobacco ‘Meet Me at the Soda Fountain’ MOMENCE, ILLINOIS The Freshman stood on the burn¬ ing deck, But as far as we can learn He stood with perfect safety. For he was too green to burn. Helen Fox: Was Henry Seavey a Senior? Miss Dallach: Yes, but he was absent nearly every day he was here. Blake: I have been trying all year to get ahead. Bradley: Well, you need one al¬ right. - + — We always laugh at the faculty’s jokes No matter how poor they may be, Not because they are funny jokes, But because it is policy. SHAKESPEARE’S VERSION OF H. S. COURSE Freshman: “A Comedy of Er¬ rors”. Sophomore: “Much Ado About Nothing.” Junior: “As You Like It.” Senior: “All’s Well That Ends Well.” -4.-— Freshie: How many subjects are you carrying? Senior: I’m carrying one and dragging three. Kathryn: This violinist has a wonderful power. He can make you hot or cold, happy or morose, at will. Violet: That’s nothing, so can our janitor. Momence High School 87 This is the Largest and Most Modern Mercantile Home in Eastern Illinois The Chicago Store Kankakee, Illinois A STORE —Where every Mercantile Want of the individual can be readily satisfied A BUSINESS —That includes every article of apparel for man woman and child— every necessity for the home, and every material requirement—thousands of incidental articles in assortments that are gratifying in their complet- ness. AN ORGANIZATION —So thorough that savings on purchases are accepted as a matter of course. —It’s the store deserving of your patronage. —The place where prices are lowest. 88 Momence High School HOAG HANSEN GARAGE Accessories, Storage and Re¬ pairs—Agents for OAKLAND, DODGE AND NASH CARS J. B. France Newspapers, Periodicals and Confectionery Cigars and Tobacco Butter Kist Pop Corn and Peanuts Wennerholm Bros. GARAGE AND AUTO LIVERY BUS TO ALL TRAINS Telephone 41-R Canavan Shoe Market Ifyou insist on good fitting shoes go to a shoe, man who knows how to fit your feet. Initials are sometimes confus¬ ing. See below: Prof. G. B. Dallach, Momence, Illinois. Dear Mr. Dallach: We want fifty of the biggest school men we can find to take up work with us within the next few weeks. We have a proposition that is big enough for the biggest man and in fact we are obtaining the services of some of the biggest school men in this state as well as other states. How soon would you be in a position to take up work with us? Wise One: Why do Freshmen resemble real estate? The Fool: They’re a vacant lot. Junior: I never saw anything so dirty as that Gym Hall. Freshman ' Who is he? Dixie Highway Restaurant D. R. Park, Prop. Catering to private parties First Class Service S. Range St. Momence, Ill. Phone 227W. Momence High School 89 Don’t be conceited—The Soph¬ omores. Don’t buy a “Medly,” your friend may let you see his. Don’t study, you may not have to recite. Babe’s Mother : Who was here last night? Babe: Oh, no one but Lorena. Mother: Well, you had better tell her she left her Lucky Strikes on the window. WHICH ONE DO YOU USE? The page is out of my book. I don’t find that in the lesson. Why, er—a—a— ? (Nobody home expression) I was sick last night. I studied the wrong lesson. I didn’t hear your question. Photographer: How do you want your picture taken? Burdell: I want my feet to show. Photographer: Wait till I get my group camera. BELL 102: IND. 15 JOUBERT’S DRUG SHOP Cobb Building KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS L. J. JOUBERT, Prop. Kankakee. Illinois 90 Momence High School Momence High School 91 Kankakee ’s Newest and Most Modern Hotel and Cafe Value, Quality The Schuyler Satisfaction McBROOM BROS., Proprietors You get all three at the First Class Restaurant and Cafe The Best Rooms in the City Vanderwater Clo. Co. 154-158 Schuyler Ave., KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS KANKAKEE, ILL. J. E. MELBY Cane-Hanson FURNITURE AND RUGS Dry Goods Company Now Located on Successors to Charles Hack FRONT STREET LADIES’ READY-TO-WEAR Momence, Ilinois GARMENTS SUITS AND TROUSERS CARPETS, RUGS Made to Order at and WHITE FRONT LINOLEUM CLOTHING HOUSE Momence’s Big, Busy Store Tom Melka takes the measure and guarantees a fit. Phone 42-R Momence, Ill. 92 Momence High School Farm Machinery, T r actors, Tractor Drawn WALTER T. JOHNSON IMPLEMENTS FLORIST MOMENCE ILLINOIS Fred Harms Fred W. went to the War Exposition and sunburned the roof of his mouth looking for aeroplanes. Hi Mrs. Williamson: Fred, you must be a good Geometry student. Fred: Why? Mrs. W.: Your head is both solid and plain. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Miss Grosvenor (shaking Cookie by collar) : I believe Satan has a hold of you. Cooke: I-I-I- b-b-believe s-s-o too. sfs afs sft afs Terrible accident: A car ran over a peanut, a shell exploded, and crushed two colonels. Hi Soph, to Freshie: Do you know why your legs are like an organ grinder? Freshie: No, why? Soph: Because they carry a monkey around all the time. Hi Hi ik Hi Art: The government is going to draft all the actors and jail birds into the army. Windy: Why? Art: So it can keep the stars and stripes together. Hi Hi ❖ Hi Little girl to druggist: I want three of the brightest dyes you have. Druggist: What for? Little girl: Mother has stomach trouble and has to diet, and she wants the best colors she can get. Momenee High School 93 Cromwell Bros. FRESH SALT MEATS Fruits and Vegetables, Fish and Vegetables in Season Independent Telephone 472 We Do Repairing F. A. LOTTINVILLE SHOE DEALER All New Ideas in Fashionable Footwear 162 Court Street KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS B. L. Tabler Son LUMBER, GRAIN AND COAL Office and Elevator Near C. E. I. Depot MOMENCE ILLINOIS l lNNQUNCEM ENT This Store is Headquart¬ ers For Young Men’s Suits You see more patterns— far better values—more individuality in style and fit. We specialize on young men’s suits. J. G. Knecht Co. “KANKAKEE’S GREATEST CLOTHIERS” Phone No. 348-W P. H. BROUILLETTE Dealer in FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES FRESH AND SMOKED MEATS POULTRY AND EGGS Ash Street Momenee, III. You Are Cordially Invited to Attend The Inaugural of the Summer Millinery Season MRS. M. H. SWEET 94 Momence High School Dixie Highway Barber Shop All work in the tonsorial line guaranteed. Children’s hair¬ cutting a specialty. VERNE V. PELTIER Proprietor MOMENCE ILLINOIS CHAS. H. SIMONDS Dealer in COAL AND ICE Phone No. 11 Momence Illinois Momence Milk Depot FRESH WHOLE MILK Delivered Daily Phone 179 WM. A. BURNS, Prop. W. WATSON HAY GR AIN COAL Phone 330-R Momence SAM W. CALKINS DEALER IN General Merchandise Our Line of Merchandise is Strictly Up to Date FUNERAL DIRECTOR AUTO HEARSE SERVICE Momence Ilinois CHAS. B. ASTLE Son GENERAL HARDWARE Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating, Pipeless Fur¬ naces, Pumps, Windmills, Sheet Metal Work, Poultry Feeds and Supplies. The home of the Great Majestic Range. The Genuine Round Oak Heater. Phone 12 W. MOMENCE ILLINOIS Momence High School 95 C. W. STYLES H. C. Hanson Agent for BARBER SHOP CALORIC FURNACE BILLIARD HALL HARDWARE AND First Class Service PLUMBING MOMENCE ILLINOIS Candy, Laundry Agency CIGARS, Our Seconds (Continued from page 54) Momence High had its regular Second Team this year, but it had a greater experience than perhaps any other Second Team from M. H. S. has had before, as several games were scheduled and played with compet¬ ing schools. We scheduled a game with Grant Park to be played as a curtain raiser on Jan. 31, 1919. This was the beginning of our career. We had a good line-up, which naturally led to Grant’s downfall, for we came out the victors with a score of 26-9. This encouraged us, so the school decided it was not only a good drawing card, but it made material for the coming year. In a few weeks we journeyed to Chicago Heights to play their light¬ weight team, where we met our first disaster, but came home with light hearts knowing we had made a good try. Then we met the Kankakee light-weights on our own floor. It was a fast and scrappy game all the way thru. Every one was playing a fast game, but by the Y. M. C. A.’s superior teamwork we were beaten by a score of 13-15, although we had them beaten until the last few minutes of play. Then we met Watseka at Watseka. It was our one desire to beat them, but altho we played the hardest and best game that we ever played we were defeated by a score of 18-19. This didn’t phase us, however, for we went to Kankakee with a will to win, and we did. In the first half we had to our credit 16 points, while Kankakee had just one-half, or 8. In the second half we held the light-weights to one basket, and allowed ourselves just five. It was a happy bunch of Seconds that went home to the tune of 26-10. We repeated when Watseka came to Momence, and they went home with 18-12 burning in their ears. Our team changed much during the year, but it gained some good ex¬ perience during the year, due to the coaching of Mr. T. R. Johnston. How we started: Center, E. Smith How we ended: R. F., A. Cooke Center, B. Johnson L. F., R. Hess R. F., A. Cooke R. G., Bydalek L. F., R. Hess L. G., Wiltse R. G., Hardy Sub., Sweeney L. G„ Wiltse Sweeney, sub. forward 96 Momence High School Jahn Ollier Engraving Gb. 554 WEST ADAMS STREET CHICAGO 4 Besides being the largest organization in the country specializing on Quality College Illustrations, handling over 300 annuals every year, including this one, we are general artists and engravers. 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