Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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Then we settled down to have a good tlme and succeeded so well that we had to stay ln almost every mght for an hour or so fTh1s was mconvement to say the least, but ue are able to count al most to exgwht vnthout burstmg 1nto blankety blanks and whatnots when ever we thlnk of ltj The very first soc1al event of course was the usual Freshle receptlon Clsnt lt a plty vte cant have It on St Patrlcks day J Anyhow, a good tlme was had by all the party breaklng up at an early hour 1Repr1nted by permlsslon of the Repub llcan Prlntmg Companvl Treadmg on thls came the Senlor Cncus, whlch was a success, of course, due to our large contrlbutlon of talented talent Then what wlth athletics oratlors tudles, money makxng and what ro, the year passed and we a am qultted the halls of learnmg for a brlef vacatlon Along came our Jumor year, Kwhxch so far has always follovsed the boph year Strange 1sn't lt But then may theory! The Cl8Ctl0h of OEICCTS was Just a but fufferent thxs year You see, slnce the Sec of War had taken su h an espec al interest ln our Montlcello boys, they had condescended to attend the CMTC and returned lmbxbed pardon me, lmbued vuth the formal mlhtarlstnc ldeas Con sequently, we dispensed with the Presl dent Vlce Presldent, etc and elected a Magor General, hls alde, and a quarter master The next lmportant event was the al leged Frosh receptlon Thls tlme we really recepted the Frosh fPo t1c llc ense, No 1077 1ssued by State Depart ment of Conservat1on J Then, durmg' football season, we Jun IOTB, mdlfferently asslsted by an under classman or so, tacked up the Okaw Val ley Football Banner 1n the Gym fWh5 vse d1dn't steal lt, any such thmg The very ldea J Frlday mght, October 19 we 8Xl'llb1f6l our thlrd Semor Cxrcus It w1ll always be remembered, smce two of us became mebrlated Cby paltakmg of alcohollc llquorsj, before the audlence too' And then there were the dancmg girls and the petlte candy sellers who greatly con trlbuted to the attractlveness of thmgs That year, we dldn t study much You see, we d1dn't need It llke other students Once m a wh1le we'd go to class and try to brush up the hlstory teacher on 1n tematlonal law or the Phys1cs teacher on our WCTQIOH of Emstem's theory, but really, It wasnt much and we shouldnt recene so much credlt for It We also played quxte an lmportant part ln the productxon of the Beacon Oh yaas, indeed' Semesters were dlspensed wxth tex cept ln a case or soy and we loafed along mth nothlng to do except wm some bas ket ball games and later a few track meets Besldes thls we were represent cd m the commerclal contests glee clubs oratxons, and what not And why not' We were the only ones of sufflenent call Then, after consldermg- previous at tempts, we proceeded to glve the Semors the best banquet ever heard of ln dear old M C H S It was dear all rlg-ht, too Why, Just to make lt better, we even pr1n'ed the menu 1n French, a hxther o vnheard of sophlstxcatlon And I am proud to say that we enterta1ned our selves royally and even a Semor or tvso enjoyed lt Then, as we always deem necessary durlng the summer months, we dJourned for the vacation Nme months are not enough for rest We mus' have at least twelve Our Semor year started the first day of school fvery unusualj and we 1m medlately declded to cast about for a good substantlal advlsor, finally choos m on the old Semor stand by Mlss Flemmg Wlth that done, we made short uork of the election of offxcers, all are orlgmal And so, we concelved the xdea of Omlttlng a 'Memor1es ' and IH stead of puttmo ln our tlme on a school paper The ldea seemed to take well ' v 1 A , n ' I V ' U Q , . . , . . , ' Y m. . . W ' ' Y , Y . ' - I .. l . , a 1 ' I -1 l 1 1 . S . Q . , I t V. . . K- , C . . . . . . , 4 y v N n . ' s V n be its just another proof of Einsteins' ber. QMental caliber, that is.J . . . , L L , . . , . . 1: ' ' . ' . - I 'M . .ln I 1 . . . . - .g . - , . . V Y . . . , , ' . 4 4 l W C 1 I t - - . . 1 , , , , y '- . , ,'

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CL ASS HISTOR1 Q-Xll copyugrhts leseryed 111 ll..4ll gr th Scandlnay mnj I lhllofzraphy College Humor Pubhshmg Company 1879 1866 Dyseases of the Horse Gugeenheun Dr Johnstons Dxctxonary JO Famous Cocktaxl RGCIPQS Cnohdge Arbor V1tae Caesar COIISIFCSSIOHZII Record, 18821 Hong Kong Dally M111 Away back 111 25, a mob of green ht tle Freshles thronged the portals of M C H S , as they say 1n the class h1sto ues But WE illllll t' Na, SIT' We yyere far aboye the ayerage F1esh1e Hadnt yye put on the best Grade School Operetta ever pyroduced Tyy1l1ght Al lay? Well Be that as lt may, so let It be Shakespeare -Xnyhow, yye came, moyed toyyard, ap proached, appeared at, arr1ved or ente ed Qwhlch ever you preferj school vuthout the usual facu1tyfob1a that most Fresl 1es have We possessed POISS, self con not terrorlze us as It had other Fresh es But, I fear that I am not mak nv my self clear I mean that yye possessed all the necessary qual1t1es of the super freshmen, modesty tto a large degxe ly generos1ty, soc1ab1l1ty, scho1ast1c anl athlet1c prom1se, etc We formally met and lnformally elec ed a few offxcers, shoyymg our on 1na ty and good sense by chspensmg yy 'yll prey1ous o1T1ces exe pt Pres1 nt, YICQ Pres dent Secretary, Treast rer, SIX honorary Vxce Pres1dents, e1ght Sear gents at Arms and fifty tyyo Jan to s Then af er due ll9l1b81'at1 n we decxd cl that yye yyould entrust our welf re to the aood lookmg Engllsh I teacher, M15 Jones Th1s vyas because we coull on ly take one class of Englxsh Haymg mace th1s neccs an proyls o t tended the Irosh receptnon yylcrt yy: condu ted ouzsely s 'md othcl most 'ul mlrably yyell or otheryy1se Then, settlmg doyyn to scuous bust ne s, y e plunged lnto our ala s V501 Wlodesty fO1blLlS me t say thlt vf elect l the ll211llCSt LOUISCS md 'It th end of the semester, yye had 1'7 f of our names on the HOINOR ROLL Q thc flunkmc, l1stJ A couple of us less f0l tun'1te ones had to take our semesters because of the yyhxspeune lxsts Hoyv eyer, we ye almost folg, ven that by now B mt don t get the ldea that durmg thls er1od of scholastlc Z1CC8lCI'1t10Il yye new lected athletxcs, llterxlule, drama etc Just look what our bovs dld on the Junlor H1 h footbxll and by ketbzll team e1n mb K ou l1ar, you' V how vye lost the County Tournament by one measlv httle po nt 'lhen our 1 of lk membershlp n the Rotaro W yyorth son ct uw y 1le our Ol,ltStlIlU1llf., y ork 1n pzyduclng pelhaps I should y lelpmg to proc uee the Sen1or C11 cus and Operctta ll Cl1Stll'lg'l.llSll our 1 c fmeyer fn th mals of dear oll Sw ash I must ha en to add also, al t ougfh modesty restralns me Just a l1t tle I sa1d modesty not conscxence that 1n a busmess way yve yyere yely suc cessful Therefore yye succeeded and by selhnz Xmas cards and candy hot do s or y hat had ye we hyd a com fortfyble treasurv surplus at tle end or t e year 11 mu t haye be n '11 9 c W lf ffllf had mach yy mcpf back 1n those davs, yye would Faye ly ll a monopoly or at least 'y 1oy11t cn ll procluctlon Back yye came 1n 26 to enter our sec ond glorlous year ln cl 1 old Qyyv s Cou e st 'r few offlcers, fnot the mounted yflrxetyl 1 to select sy plf g 1' 1 . f - . . . ' . ' , ' 1 1 'r' f c c '. ' ', ' 3 'e. l 's .' . - I. . . 1' . . . l ' . ' '. fl' . . '. ' ss ' ' ' . s. ' 'k. F 1 . ' .-- 1 ' j . 1 ' ' ' . 0 '..' z y - . ' ' - 1. . . ' 1 ec ' s - 3 , L , L2 n 1 I ' .. 2. , 1 '1 ..-1 ,' ' V 4 I' I . . .- '. or 2 , , ' v ' - U . . . t. 4 5 ' L . C A n S x I. . . . . ' , 1 ' ' - ' v I -- S ' ' - w. ' , I , 1 , C K . .A , I, . v v v ' L 7 ' ' H- ' ' - v , A K , K. .6 , . rx- . I xc 6 ' ,, -- 1 2 - C y y ' . L' ' L ' y H' t .' . ' . ' 2 of 1 2 - , . 1. R '3 er y' ,' . . ll 4' ' I - I ' I ' .V ' , ' W ' 1 111, ' v N f' , ' . ' i as . , , ',' ' ' I y- T- . , U, W 1' . 4 7 I . . t. I. 4 V ' 1 1 - - ' Y' 5 - ' I ' ' v . fldence, assurance. The currlcula and , 1 A '- - ' I ,,,- ' 1 , c lu- .1 D . . 1 I 5 15 P5115 5 e az 4 ', , ' , , 1 C' fn! . ' 1 . S' 1. . - v - f ,A . . - . V - Q -L - K 'Y I .... , I ' I ' I ' I I ' ' ' ' ' , v ' . V -f- , . I .- . . . 1 . A A n. . . .II T V , ,V L K V , L ' ' '. .' 'ith 1 . -' . A H 6 v' ' 3 'jc , h . t fa .' ' 5 .I of .1 , j 1 '17 I. hp' ' ,R I 1 3 I : we ' ' ' I.. . - .I . '. , ' Z2 - - , .'- ' I ,,', - ' ,c .'. 4 ' 2: If l I I . t ' 'o A. ' e - ' ' - R c ', I y y . .,- ' ' i S A - .' A C- Y - ' zu lx. -- - ' - - V ' Of ff I. the fir, ac, was to ole -t n ' A I I I J 'L A 'VI l ' . St ' .1 11 W: 21 ,- im l . 1 . fnsin pl: SS zIrly '1',

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Be that as IU may, so let If be Before we knew xt, there was Old lllan Clrcus mght before us shoutlng for r cognxtzon Wlth a llttle anlmos ty, we set about and xmmedl ztely thele mme folth 1n the halls of M C H S the Worlds Greatest Show fAt least the b st yet put on ln our vlllagej Be rdes clearmg a neat llttle sum uf 8st21bllQl16Cl the precedent of admlttmg absolutely flee of charge all performers, a deed almost unheard of before tl1 s 111116 Our envlable athletlc reputatxon was splenchdly upheld all durmg foot erm Cvsell we wont then,J of the num berous track meets Af Cl observlng wlth arrused con tempt the efforts of the Jumors to put on a play, we 6Xlllb1t8ll the 'Poor Nut Only the Senloxs could haue done th xt fHey Ed J Then we attended the alleged banquet glwen by the Junlors for us It was al T1 ht of course, hut not up to the stan dard we had set, not neaxlx Then we dropped our 11 ht heartedness and be came ser1ous for Just a short whlle The occaslon for thxs, I mlg-ht add, was th Commencement CXQTCISQW We wore black gowns, and caps and proudly car Tl l hr me a sleepskm 1l'lQlI'1b6ll Whom lt mav Concern An Honorable K S CLARK, M A, Lltt D1 R F FOWILR M S Ph D 'Till 'lv TO IHE CLASS Ol 29 I ve no words to tell the glory That 1s thme Ive no words to slng your prmso Oh Class of mme' Fvur years you defended your colors You were true to the purple and gold Ylu were fan' to both fuencl und znal A warrlors Jn days of old The fr1endsh1ps folmed ne Lt1 these col ors Wlll warm our hearts llke an flame And glve us courage 1n wears to como When plavmg l1fe's Kllffllllllt game bor weve lesrnf d other thmgs bLN1Kl9r4 books lo ourselves we have learned to be true And lf future years treat us unkmlly Well smlle and Just see them through Tho pralse may never be yours Tho glory may never be thme Well be loyal to the best that rs ln us, Dear class of '29 M. Davis A .. ll ll ll ll l gg ' , ' ry - L. ' S . ' , Y , , ' ' I 77 3 . . I , , . A 7 Q , - ' 'Q , .ki Y , I 1 , 15. D ig , -L , C - 2 ' ' ' ' . ' ' Q ' I I 13 'E - .. Q 'L W ' ' . . I 5 l . , : '- vt . ' . y Q - - ' 'er 1 .wc , , ' ,' ' : To ball and basket ball season, to say noth- fllSCh211'Hf2ll1 35 it Were- ' cr ' ' ' l - . 5 1 1 1 I 0 In n, ' l ' , A A ' . 4. J X , - ., , . , ,dll ' - 'll ' ' P , X .Y - is 5 1. l 7 1 v A 1 7 . . ' v ' 2 . - 1 f '1 BAL I 3 . 5 A 1 L 7' I :1 ' . ' . . 1 , ' . ' 1 A ' 2 l '. -1 1 1 . E: A ' : 11 I l I ,' 4 'l ' ' 71 C x 1 ' S xp If , ' v . ' . ' x , , . . I . l ' l '. ' . l a G