Oneida Community High School - Mohawk Yearbook (Oneida, IL)

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SENIOR ANNUAL—CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN—ONEIDA HIGH SCHOOL LULA THORNE DESCRIPTION Pious and demure; rather quiet and dull; likes boys that go t«• Sunday school and repeats the Sunday school lesson with them; captain Kiris' basket ball team, but could not throw a goal »f the room was full of baskets. Nationality. Bohunk. Photo by Helene Glenn. CLASS HISTORY This year two new members were added to our clans. Grace and M a belle. .Music lessons were one of our hard studies this term. We were compelled to take examination In this subject about once a week. As music was very difficult for some of the pupils to understand it was a frequent occurrence to see Helene gilng some of the strugglers aid. We worked hard on our music les- sons and finally succeeded. We envied the pupils In the eighth grade struggling over their lessons and wished that we might enter the High School in the coming September, but little did we know what Joy and mirth was awaiting us in the eighth grade. When school opened in the coming Kail we found ourselves under the Instructions of Mr. Holiday. Arithmetic had now grown to be one of our diffi- cult subjects, it seemd to be imposlble for some of us to understand papering, carpeting, annual interest, compound proposition. prom'jssary notes, plastering, stock and bonds and even to multiply and divide cor- rectly at all occasions. one night after school a Jolly group of Grain mar Room girls were going up town when we met several High School girls. We were told some sad news that Mr. Holliday soon would leave us for he had resigned DESCRIPTION A poor little skinny, starved and cruelly mistreated infant who loves to embroider and crochet things—likes to play with the little girls In the gram- mar room; has serious inten- tions of becoming a minister. Nationality, he is the last of an obscure tribe formerly occupy- ing the Andaman Islands. Photo by te. A. Sundell. J ROYAL SUNDELL

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SENIOR ANNUAL—CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN—ONEIDA HIGH SCHOOL MABELLE LETHERMAN j, DESCRIPTION Tall and skinny and very wlhi. chases the boy and maybe smokes cigarette , very noisy and loud a real old-fashioned Tom- boy: write notes to all the boys and ha no more ear for music than a hop-toad. Nationality, Ksklmo. CLASS HISTORY teacher. Ml Conyers, belter known a Mr . Charles Higgins. In this room we labored two years under various difficulties, some of the hardest being Arith- metic and Grammar. Toward the middle of the second year our teacher resigned her position and Mi Boyd filled the va- cancy. I'ruler this teacher’s guiding hand we «pent many happy days. When spring at last arrived we were all sorry to leave the dear old school room, where we had spent so many happy hours. During this year five new members were added to our num- oer. whom we were very glad to have Join our class. The next year we found ourselves under another teacher. Mr. David Struthers. from whom we learned about mother nature, painting, drawing and writing. We also were taught that cleanliness I next to god- liness ami various other thing pertaining to our character. After remaining two years under Mr. Struthers in- struction we were promoted to the fourth room. Hy this time we thought we were growing real old. for our room was situated on the second floor. Our first teacher in thl room was Mr. William White. We worked very hard this term, having taken up Geography and Physiology in addition to our other st udies. DESCRIPTION A bold, bad man. and a reg- ular lady killer; is ambitious to become a sand-heaver in a foundry. A great big. heavy, awkward, clumsy lumrnlx. Na- tionality. probably Scotch-Irish. Photo by Helene Glenn. •»w LESTER WESTLUND

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SENIOR ANNUAL-CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN—ONEIDA HIGH SCHOOL EVA WEECH DESCRIPTION Rnjoy being In company with the boy ; has long. wavy, black hair; doe not like basket ball or study. and loafs most of the time at school. As to her bas- ketball playing, the less said the belter; almost as awkward as Lula. Nationality, Terra I el Kuegrom. CLASS HISTORY his position. At first we did not believe this, but we soon realized that It was the truth, for the dew-drops were falling thick and fast over the cheeks of two of the Kiris. The next Monday morning a nine o'clock we were all in our seats gazing at our new teacher. Miss Blg- low. The remainder of this year was spent In the most happy times. We were taught all the common branches, among them being Grammar and United Stales History. This year several pupils Joined our class but among the most promising was Kva Weech. In the coming fall we found ourselves In High School with two new teachers. Mr. Fultz and Miss Mosher. Surely this was a red letter day when we first started to High School. Several new members Joined us in the freshman year, among them being Lulu Thorne, James Kenney, Royal Sundell and C Rylander. Many happy hours were spent together this year, going sleigh riding, skating, picnlcing and other sports. The sedate sen- iors thought we were green to act so foolish, as we some times did, but we managed to pull through the Freshman year Into the Second Year. The studies in the Freshman Year were Algebra. Knglish. Physiology. Zoology and I atln. In Zoology we had merry times before and after GRACE MELTON A mournful cooing turtle dove looking for a nest; would be quite human looking If not so overburdened with adipose tis- sue: one of these pale, washed- out blondes; halts conversation and just glooms by herself in dark corners; perpetual grouch. Nationality. Kamchatkan.