Nokomis High School - Old Nokomis Yearbook (Nokomis, IL)

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Senior Alphabet A is for Anna Lee, who sings like a bird; B is for Belford, who makes himself heard; C is for Clarence, studious and tardy; D is for DeWitt, laughing and hardy; E is for Enno, tall, lanky and lean; F is for Faye, who sings Chili Bean”; G is for Gilbert, who has books in his satchel; H is for Hebe, who is little and fragile; I is for Isabelle, quiet and flighty; J is for Joe, little but mighty; K is for Kinney, the shorthand reporter; L is for Lillie Mae, professional courter; M is for Mike, who is exceedingly bright N is for No one anywhere in sight; O is for Orlieu, happy and carefree; P is for Plummer, Vivian’s fiancee; Q is for Queer, which none of us are; R is for Ruth, our Latin 4 star; S is for “Sody ” confiding and spunky; T is for Tosetti, short, smiling, and chunky; U is for University which we all will attend; V is for Variety, we don't break—we bend. W is for Welsch, who is seldom alone; X is for X—our quality unknown Y is for Young, who stands true through the test; Z is for Conclusion —and give us a rest.

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Senior Class History A very important event occuried in the lives of a number of young boys and girls on September 3, 1917. Some forty-two boys and girls entered the Nokomis High School and received from the other classes the compliments of being the most verdant class that had ever entered the High School. Of course they did not keep this opinion of us very long for we soon proved to be “Not so green as we were cabbage looking.” Since then this class has continued upon the great highway of knowledge and has become in turn the wise Sophomores, the Proud Juniors, and the Dignified (?) Seniors. In our career through High School we have met with the usual hard knocks, but our pleasures have been more numerous than our disappointments. We shall be able to look back upon our High School days with great joy, and especially shall we remember the jovial Mr. Thacker, who was the only teacher to remain with us during our entire four years of High School life. Some of our members have left us to enter other schools or other walks of life and others have come to fill some of the vacant places, until now our class number thirty-six and is destined to be the largest class to graduate from the N. T. H. S. So we are leaving our places to be filled by others who, we hope, will pass them on and on forever or until the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.

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Seniors S—Strong is the class of 1921. E—Efforts, by which we hope to rise. N—Note-writing is our specialty. I—Interest for our class-mates. O—Order is Heaven's first law—which we obey. R—Rade is our class advisor. S—SENIORS—again before we close. j JK Senior Class Will Nokomis Twp. H. S., 10:30 p. m., May 27, 1921. By these articles know ye that the Senior Class of the N. T. H. S., being of disposing intentions, having no more use for the articles and good will to be disposed of, to be strewn about and distributed among the lower classes who have been so unfortunate as to have the present Senior class as an example, we wish to make these bequests: First: We wish to thank the faculty for enduring from us what is customary for every Senior class to indulge in. Second: We, the entire Senior class of 1921, wish to bequeath our most humble gratitude to the other classes who helped make our school life enjoyable. Thirdly: To the Juniors we bequeath our exalted position of prestige over the coming Juniors on one condition and that alone, namely: That they do not usurp their authority any more than we have. As soon as the Juniors do not fulfill this condition the exalted position shall be wrested from them and be placed in the hands of the---------“Faculty. Fourth: Personally we wish to make the following bequests: I, Belford B., will to Harold Evans my distinction as the oratorical authority of the N. T. H. S. I, Irene Becker, bequeath my sweet and ladylike disposition to Katherine Shoemaker. I, Clarence Michaelman, bequeath my honored position as H. S. president to Burr Powers. I, Joe Pendleton, will my place as star forward, along with my personal B. B. belongings, to John Grugan and the captaincy to Gilbert Kettlekamp. I, Lillie Mae Sullivan., will my title as the most popular young lady in the N. T. H. S. to Jennie Ronchetti. I, Helen Bridge, bequeath my distinction as the tiniest Senior to Lillian Woltman.