Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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THIRTY-SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR CLASS ARE READY TO CARRY ON IN 1938-39 It was in the year 1935 that 44 of us enrolled as Freshmen to climb the hill to the '39 graduation. C. H. Summers received the honor of being our first president, Verne Purcell, vice-president, Frank DuBree, treasurer, and Albert Mohler, secretary. During our Sophomore year, after the opening of school, we again voted. This time C. H. Summers was re-elected president, Mary Townsend, vice-president, Payne Harris, treasurer, and Robert Clapp, secretary. Some of us helped serve at the junior- Senior Banquet to see what it was all about and get some ideas. The fall of 1937 found us re-entering dear old M. C. H. S. as Juniors. In the annual class election we chose Albert Mohler to take the throne of president and guide us through our most difficult year. Sally Phillips, as vice president, Ernest Lohr, treasurer, and Blossom Bacopulos, secretary. Albert, The Great, called in his prime ministers, Felts and Fink, and after some discussion proclaimed that we could have a masquerade Halloween party. There was everything present at this party from ghosts to clowns, but it was Mary Ellen Cox who hobbled in Cpoor old ladyj and walked away with first prize. Under the supervision of Miss Hussey and Miss Turner we gave our Junior Class play, Heart Trouble,'l on Friday December 6, 1937. We had a capacity crowd in spite of the weather, and we were all very proud of the chosen cast. We are now in the last lap of our junior year and are looking forward with great anticipation to the junior-Senior Banquet. BACK Row-Brown, Harris, Hiett, Abner, Mohler, LcVeck, Shaffer, Allen, DuBree, Timmons, Thompson, Keller, Summers. SECOND Row-Sprague, Chambers, Moore, Thompson, Lohr, Hickman, Piatt, Brighton, Phillips, Townsend, Smith, Norris, Denison. FRONT Row-Mullvain, Brady, Prosch, Ellis, Ellis, Bacopulos, Denny, Bennett, Rhodes, Cox, Blacker. 18

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The Underclasses Come . . . Into View XTX Freshmen President . . . GORDON TRUMBAUER Sophomore President . . JUNE PIATT Junior President . . . ALBERT BIOHLER juniors, sophomores, freshmen They will be ready to take up Where the seniors . . . stop

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BACK Row-Duvall, Wright, Hubbard, Plankenhorn, Yockey, White, Lohr, Hosler, Angel, Thomp- son, Martin, Hazlett, Moyer. THIRD Row-Blacker, Clark, Davis, Merriman, Salyers, Hancline, Barclay, Spooner, Seyler, Stiver- son, Bushee, Martin, Varner, Hankinson, Hammerschmidt. SECOND Row-Norris, Rudisill, Comell, Secrist, Piatt, Mitchell, Meece, Chambers, Cox, Higgins, Widick, Shaft. FRONT Row-Mackey, Hannah, Hodson, Ellis, Musick, Smith, Bensyl. THE HISTORY OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS HAS A PURPOSE The purpose of this co-called class history is to impress in your minds the impor- tance of the present day Sophomores, and the struggles we endured to shed the all too enveloping rage of the lowly freshman. In 1936-37, as Freshies, we were meek, wide-eyed, gullible children fwith a few brazen exceptionsj typifying all freshmen. Our triumphs funless you call the dis- tinction of being the largest class a triumphj were for the most part individual, for we were awe-stricken youngsters striving for a substantial foothold on the ladder of school activities. Of course we elected class officers, since it was the proper thing to do, and in our atempt not to appear too freshly-green, we strove for the conventional. We chose Berlyn Beautiful Scott as our president, and Francis Utall, lean, and blond White as his right hand man. The honor tif it so might be calledl of the secretaryship went to Eleanor jane Bushee Cinformally known as just plain Bushee l. We handed the money-bags over to Dwight Card-Slickster Mackey. tYes, we trusted him that much -then! J. In the fall, 1937, we returned more or less willingly to our familiar haunts. As Sophomores we have newly discovered that we are individuals, and verv interesting individuals at that. Somewhere along the line we dropped our inferiority-complexes and have emerged to face the world with the bright confidence so characteristic of youth. With our new-born enthusiasm we really made the 'LSoph election a closely con- tested affair. Our number one man, or I should sav woman, turned out to be Mr. Piatt's little girl, June. To back up her authority we elected Dean '4Lady-Killer Carrow, vice-president. Our class officers are complete with Fleta f'Horsey Orrison to push the pencil and a newcomer Revis 'fthe boy with the beautiful voice Haslett to horde the gold. fWhat gold?J 19