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

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. 2 - HISTORY or THE CLASS or '25 'Twas on the sixth day of September, in the year nineteen hundred twenty- one that I, the Class of Nineteen Twenty-five, first came into this world which presently I am to leave so sadly, yet so hopefully. In the 'beginning I found myself, with bashful look, in the magnificent hall called Practice Gym, where Miss Bednar, assistant principal, gave me a lecture and .placed me under the loving care of my division teachers, whose duty it was to see that I made no false steps and, incidentally, to chastise me should I become indolent or procrastinating. Now, as I was turned loose in this new and strange world, which is called Parker High, I felt lost, and walked with fearful look and downcast eye among the other inhabitants of this world, continually in alarm lest I he fearfully mal- treated by them. However, my feeling of strangeness wore away, and I became a part of my surroundings, unnoticed, quiet, but ambitious. My determination to make something with my own hands, which I could call my own, resulted in the formation of the Samson Club for the promotion of the health and happiness of the community. During my second semester I devoted myself to the absorption of knowledge. But life was not without its pleasures then, for I was still fresh ant eager to get into the game of life. ' A year passed and no longer was I the Freshman Class, now I could do unto the Freshmen as had been done unto me. I soon showed the stuff I was made ol by going out for football, captain basketball and especially lightweight basketball. At this time I chose as my leaders, for the first semester, Fred Nichols, I-larry Hagey, John Monroe, and lVilliam Kelch. The second semester the offices fell to Robert Brooks, Lydia Niemoth, and James Muncaster. As I gradually grew in wisdom and knowledge, my second year of existence ended with my dear teachers promoting me to the rank of Junior. In my third year I helped win the Division B football championship for Parker, and was, in general, the sustaining and leading spirit of most of the activities of the school. Under the leadership of Robert Brooks, Karl Hawk, Helen Ratcliff, and I-Ioward Beyer, the second semester, I lived out a year of much work and more pleasure, ending it in one grand picnic at Palos Park. At last I was the Senior Class, the height of my ambition for three long years. Though despoiled of 3I8C, which tradition says the Seniors shall adorn with their presence, I passed the happiest semester of my life with Miss Potter and Miss Dun- lap for division teachers, and with Morton Brookes as class president. At the end of the semester I was no longer frightened by final examinations, for after years of experience I was at last their master. In my present and last semester, I chose as my standard-bearers, Alexander Irvine, Robert Brooks, Mary Foster, and Mary Allen. I gave a Prom, where many came to revel for one last time. And now having lived in this world for four years and having derived many benefits from it, I turn and, with firm step and confident look, go from this world into another. I have been O.K. for four years and I'm still some class! ' U l j23

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n ' 2 s I CLASS MESSAGE U XVe, the Class of Nineteen Twenty-five, do now take our parting farewell of thee, our dear Alma Mater. Parted in body we shall be, but not in spirit 3 the spirit of the Class of Nineteen Twenty-live shall forever frequent thy halls and direct thy activities, and the memory of thee shall remain in our hearts - till death do us part. To our teachers, for their untiring efforts in making us largely what we are today, for their patience in directing us through the most critical period of our lives, and for their encouragement in our aspirations toward greater things, we express our most sincere appreciation. ' To our fellow Parkerites, graduates to be, we pray that you keep alive and undeliled the Spirit of Parker-the spirit of loyalty, of industry, of fairness in play and fairness in class. XV e leave you this Annual to remember us by, a record of your deeds and ours. ii Now, let F ate have its way! Our fate is to be scattered abroad: to be business men and women, political leaders, professors, inventors, stenographers, housewives, some to be leaders, others followers g some to find fame, others obscurity 5 all to be needed. If we have failed in any respect, let others profit by our failuresg if we have done anything worthy of praise, let it be as a shining light to those who will follow 3 fobr as we do in high school, so shall we do in later life. And, as we, with a sigh, watch the end of an absorbing play, so now we draw the curtains on our little drama, a drama of which we have been playwright, director, actor, audience, and which we shall fondly re-live again and again in our remembrances in the years to come. 22

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u 2 n OFFICERS OF THE FEBRUARY CLASS President ........ .... C liiford Parker Vice-President .... ...... F rances Boal Secretary .......... .... M ildred Patterson Assistant Secretary .... .... D orothy Schaefer Treasurer .......... ..... R oss Hoffman Frances Boal SOCIAL CoMM1'r'rEE Grace Geist Carrol Kirk Alexander Helen M erryweather Maturin Bay Francis Farrell INVITATION Co M M ITTEE Marion Shobe George Bakerq GIFT COMMITTEE Cornelius Oker Dorothy Schaefer RING AND PIN COMMITTEE Edith Jacobs Oliver Cartwright Kathryn Randall Irvine Edwin Berndston Margaret Adamson Evelyn Pratt .24