Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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THE SPHINX 27 Gladys Stearman. Gladys maintains a per¬ manently tired look which seems to gain results from sympathetic teachers. She is considerable wise for her years and believes it herself. Albert Hunte. This bird has more lead in his feet than a twelve pound shot. Some¬ thing made his hair rust too, but it wasn’t study. One of our best athletes in spite of it all, for a football or basketball just natur¬ ally seem to gravitate toward him. Leila Gibson. Leila is one of the best all- around gigglers in school, which is saying a forkful. She can do many other things equally well, however, which shows efficiency. Harry Hunte. Harry seems to be the most modest little fellow one could imagine, but some folks know he’s a regular devil away from his own home town. Carries matches, plays pool, rides bicycles, ’neverything. Mildred Fedde. Mildred is one of the few bright and shining lights of the Juniors, even of the whole high school. Strong on knowl¬ edge of all sorts and famous for her aversion to such nuisances as boys.

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26 THE SPHINX Bernice Davis. Bernice is one of the few M. H. S. girls who believe that Leap Year is worth while. Spends most of her spare time at the Bijon, storing up the intellectual energy dispensed therefrom ably assisted by various and sundry males. Theodore Johnson. “Cotton” is one of the foremost lady-fussers in M. H. S., due prob¬ ably to his splendid ability to blush when a maiden speaks to him. Says six studies are running him raggety. Jessie Greenawalt. Jessie is a most capable girl and shows results of growth both in mind and body. With her disposition, even Miss Beardslee would be popular. Walter Scott. Walter may be all right and he may be honest, but he certainly looks crooked. There are only two “hard guys” in M. H. S. and Sir Walter is both of ’em. Strong (?) for study and Miss Beardslee. Della Brown. Della comes pretty near being the “Sphinx” for which this book is named, but she has a lot of fun on Exemp¬ tion days while some of her gabby friends are taking their exams.

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28 THE SPHINX Junior Class Prophecy Grandpa Cooke’s Story. “Oh, look what I’ve found! An old album! Why it’s Grandpa Cooke’s. Come on, let’s go tell him to tell us who and what these funny looking girls and boys are”. Off they went, and poor Grandpa was roused from his dozing in a very uncere¬ monious fashion. “Well, for Pete’s sake, what do you call this, you hoydens? Sixteen year old girls like you should be in bed. It’s nine o’clock. The idea! What are things coming to? Why, when I was in High School— “ That’s just what we want to know ”! interrupted the two “ hoydens ”. “ We’ve just found your old photograph album with pictures of your class mates in it and we’d like to know the history of those “angelic personages”. Come now, Grandpa—let’s hear it. Who is this innocent looking young male, with the baby stare, and what happened to him”? “That? Well, well, that’s my good friend, Sir Walter Scott. He made a tremendous hit on the stage, playing various parts. He pulled the curtain, played the victrola, and at last became the villain, playing that part to perfection. Oh, lolly! He was a villain of the deepest dye. His leading lady was Miss Ruthena Benjamin, the; imposing vampire. She is this girl here, the one with her nose in the center of her face. Do you know which one that is? Sure”! “Well, who is this girl here, the one with all the hair at the side—looks like ear-muffs”. “That is Marie Kinney. She was the gym teacher in the old H. S. after finishing school, and then she shocked the whole town by eloping with the superin¬ tendent, Harry Hunte. He’s that fellow there with the decided flaxen pom¬ padour”. “How romantic! And who is this girl with the eyes? Two of ' em”. “Why, that’s Lulu Meinzer, an old girl of mine. She went to India to convert the heathens and came back a Princess, the Princess de la Huppino”. “Oh, gorgeous! Who is this athletic looking girl, and what did she do to become famous”? “That’s Della Brown. She was the noted French milliner on Fifth Avenue. Very chic shop, n’everything”. “ Look at this fellow with the bold smile on his face. Why he’s looking right at me! Oh Grandpa, who is he”? “You mean Leroy Clawson? He always did make a hit with the ladies. He had quite a career, was married seven times. He always picked a girl from the “Follies”. His last was Gladys Stearman, the girl here who appears to be counting the stars. He completely beat Theodore Johnson’s time, who was in hot pursuit of the fair damsel. Theo, or rather “Cotton”, is this gentleman of the sort of blondish hair. He was heart broken, and work alone would console him, so he buried himself in invention and at last came out in triumph, having invented the “invisible button holes”. You should have seen the girls fall for him. He wooed and won my classmate, Miss Ruby Ross, the famous elocutionist. She is this girl, the one with the coquettish mouth”. “Perfectly charming story, Grandpa, tell us some more. Who is this sober¬ faced gink, glancing so expectantly at the girl with all the curls”? “How singular! They later decided to waltz thru life together. That is Attorney Archie Ault- and Miss Leila M. Gibson, the prima donna, of Dwight. Don’t tell anyone, but Archibald had the reputation of being the crookedest