Parker High School - Parker Pine Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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I I its work in the most efficient wayg determine to do nothing which will lessen the confidence and friendship existing between -teachers and pupilsg honor, respect, and cofoperate with the faculty, and you will aid- in making Parker an even better school than it now is. . And to the faculty: The Class of 1919 wishes to express its deepest appreci- ation of your work and anxiety on our account and of the ennobling influence which your lives have had over usg we can make no adequate return to you for these most valuable things, unless it be to promise you, as we do, that we will endeavor always to be true to the highest and best ideals which you have attempted to inculcate into our lives. And so, farewell! Here's to the faculty of Parker! Barker jflilusit Stanh Back Home Again in Indiana-lVIr. Peacock. I Want to go Back to Michigan.-llflr. French. Smiles-Miss Stillman. K-K-Katy Qcecedij-Nliss Bassett. Land of Mine-lVIiss lVIacArthur. Come on Papa-Mr. Wigger. I Don't VVant to Get Well-Miss Deming. How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm ?-llflr. Post. Mickeyf-Miss Doyle. You're So Pretty-Nliss Wentworth. The Generalls March-lVIr. Nlaysack. Oui, Oui Marie-Miss DeFrees. Farewell To Thee-Senior Class. Mary-Miss Dopp. I'll Say She Does-lVIiss Frake. I Hate to Lose You-Mrs. Lovell. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp !-Parker Regiment. - Nlillion Dollar Doll-llfliss Gibson. Sweet and Low--lVliss McAllister. The Worst is Yet to Come-Miss lVICDonald. What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at hfle For?-lVliss Bednar. ' Oh Frenchy!-lyliss Dunlap. . Syncopated Tune-Miss Daly. Ain't Got Weary Yet-Nliss Stebbins. Then You'll Remember lVIe-bliss Sherman. There's a Long Long Trial-Miss Sinsheimer. Sand Dunes-Mr. Coon. Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag-Kliss Camenisch. Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia.-Nlr. Staley. Abide With Me-lVIiss Walbridge. Helen-Miss Laird. The Lost Chord--llfliss Baker. Si, Si, Senor-lyliss Grill. Page I7

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,. ...-,i, ...? i i The jfatultp The Faculty! At the mention of these awful words, dear reader, unless you are somewhat out of the ordinary class of students, you conjure up to your mind's eye visions of red D's and F's and loads of homework, you remember Hbawl- ing outs, such as: 'fWhere were you sixth period yesterday, John? Oh, you were, were you? Who excused you? No one! Now see here, young man, if this thing happens just once more, l'll take the matter up with Miss Bednarug and a feeling of misery and a mad desire for vengeance arise in your bosom. Is it not so? But did it ever occur to you that the faculty really exists for a serious purpose, and that that purpose is to help you, not to make you miserable? And did you ever stop to consider the fact that it is just barely possible that you, yourself, are some- times at fault, and not always the teachers? Let us be more broad-minded, more reasonable. Let us not be so small as to discredit the unselfish service which our faculty are performing for us, the service of devoting their lives to the difficult and discouraging task of implanting knowledge and sense in our heads and a determina- tion to lead wholesome, successful lives in our hearts. And surely the faculty of Parker deserve great credit for the efficient and, on the Whole, successful manner in which they discharge this trying duty. We may be sure that, when they seem to fail, it is usually true that the students are much more to blame than the teachers. They are thoroughly acquainted with the studies which thev teach and with the best modern methods of giving instruction in them. And many, many times do they go the second mileg they not only teach their classes faithfully and well, but they are glad to give special help to those who find it dif- ficult to keep up with their work. And, when you get under their skins a little, our Parker teachers are delight- fully human. Being human, they have their faults, but they also are endowed with a sympathy for the trials and troubles of their pupils, with a desire to be just and reasonable, and best of all, with a sense of humor which keeps recitations interest? ing and helps things to move smoothly. The result of this human spirit in our faculty has been to make Parker High School unique in several important respects. There is a refreshing spirit of friend- lines between faculty and student body, manifested by the absence of formality which exists in class room and corridor. Then, too, a certain mutual confidence, between teachers and pupils serves to clarify the atmosphere of the school by doing away with many of the rules and regulations which would otherwise be necessary. How much better it is to have such a spirit of freedom in the school-freedom of action, and freedom of expression in giving both helpful criticism and merited praise-than to allow the atmosphere to become strained and formal! And it is owing largely to the teachers that this happy state of affairs exists. A The friendship between faculty and pupils is manifested most clearly, per- haps in the splendid co-operation which the teachers give to the pupils in supporting all school activities,-athletics, clubs, and entertainments. The success ,which Parker has attained in these respects would hardly have been possible without this aid from our faculty. And so we, the Class of 1919, wish to leave a parting word of advice to the lowerclassmen. It is this: strive to help our faculty at Parker in accomplishing Page 16 A 4, ,,

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V,-. I :Z 1 69:1 iiaahing The jflu As I sat in my seat and studied, Away up in SISC, A sudden strange feeling came 0'er me, A feeling as strange as could be. INI5' cheeks felt as if they were burningg IXI5' spine was a column of iceg The room spun around and around me- I sneezed, once, twice, thrice. Horrors! Footsteps approached mel A face sternly looked into mine, And a voice came out of the silence, Of flu, sneezing's surely a sign! I was hurried down to the office, The doctor looked at my tongue, He sent me home to my mother, Whose nerves I almost unstrung. I raged and raved and muttered For a couple of weeks or so, 'Bout the things I saw on the ceiling, And the people that went to and fro. At last I was up in an arm chair, And trying to walk about, But my knees gave way beneath me, I was weak, beyond a doubt. But when I went back to Parker I found I was quite in style, For all the students I knew there Had been through my self-same trial. The Flu was King of our City, In the month or two of his stay, And we all bowed down to his sceptre, Till he Hed on his troublesome way. MARY L. DA if Of whom do these remind you? KC-.1-and !5Y I see you are not yet ready for self-government. --of such a nature. People! Will you be quiet? Please put away your paint pans. Please do what you're told, even if you are seniors. Plus haut, plus hautll' Tell two ways of making carbon monoxidef' H Page 18 I ds... , ,J ,