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

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7-- l QifiiF.i.f ' fQ,L.f ' rm'-r--f,Q.lei.'L' f N -.vi num WTB 2 f Q 'lla E. W 'i E I l l ii if 'i Il if , .l ' il, lls QQ ui L E lii 'T 'z- .E- L t I 55 YZ L.... THE HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF FEBRUARY 1926 The thirtieth day of January IQ22 brought great joy to the four hundred awe- stricken but extremely proud group of freshmen comprising the class of February 1926. My classmates and I had assembled here at Parker, coming from many different elementary schools, intent upon benefitting from this new portion of learning which was being so energetically thrust upon us. We found that which we had dreamed of: a place with an unlimited amount of pep, opportunity and interesting activities. For the first few weeks we were simply lost in our new surroundings, but before long we began to assume the aspect of old-timers. From the start we took a keen interest in all the activities of the school, supporting the Samson Club, the fresh- men's own organization, The Green and White, The Parrot,', and The Annual with full strength. The Homecoming, the Haines Christmas Treat, and the Field Day were the outstanding events of the year and brought out the spirit of the class of February ,26. A year passed and we were no longer freshmen, but sophomores, and how we liked to exercise our authority over the lowly freshmen from whose ranks we had but just passed. We began to show the stuff we were made of by going out for athletics, in which line we made an enviable record. The officers for the first semester were Robert Brooks, Lydia Niemoth, and James Muncaster. During the second semester we organized what was known as the Sophomore Clubf, The club was created to promote greater interest in Parker activities and social life. The officers of the club and also of the class were Jack O,Leary, president, Mellicent Hoover, vice-president, Morton Brookes, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Hyman, sponsor. juniors! what pride we felt at being thus termed. The seniors were no longer the subjects of admiration, but we seemed to gather some to ourselves. The Homecoming, Stunt Day, and the banquet for the B Division football champs were the crowning social events of the year, and were wholeheartedly backed by the juniors. The officers of the class were jack O,Leary, Marian Kuehne, William linglehardt and Bernard Lutz. Another year passed and we were seniors! How fast the time had sped since we were freshmen and wondered if we should ever reach this rank! The class was organized early in the year and for the first time in three years met daily as one group in 3I8C. Donald Kline, Pearl Andrews, William Englehardt, Dorothy Spengler, and Tack O,Leary were chosen officers The members of the class took lizard ,. Fl! fl FJ . l i l L .. ,-4 ri ag- Q Q H. a al M rv 3.1 IJ, Ei the E l gf' 5 1 'gl' 4 yi 1 . N . . , jf as if 5' ' D ,lf l 5 , 1 iLi3' Q4 t fi .... 4 if Af., -s,fpn s .A 1 L' ' bi 1

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FEBRUARY GRADUATES

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l 'mu II IICJEI' .-:Q A ZEN XXI! WlIl'Ili. f:--:i n mu nunuwx z- f'- w..f.'.4f an active interest in the athlet cs and all the other activities of 'the school, and were the leaders in many of th school organizations. The happiest semester of r chose as o Spengler. officers Donald line Jack OLeary Roger Smith, and Dorothy Prom, luncheon and play were all very successful and brought to a fitting lose our high school career. ,T ' And now, you have done for us and kno i that the influence of your guidance will always remain with we made here will ever be amo g our most cherished memories. ' By DONALD KLINE as we leave you, Parker, our Alma Mater, we appreciate all that our school life was spent durin our final half-year at Parker. At this time we us in whatever we maya undertakeg and that the'friendships which l 5-xf,,,0 'o, n A 3-as l R C l , l I l Q 1 l 1' 1 3 2 7 J I u n 5 i I . 4 EE l 3 THE HISTORY or THE TWO YEAR . COMMERCIAL CLASS OF FEBRUARY 1926 In the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, in the month of February, a group of grammar school graduates from4No Man's Land came to Par er High School and formed a small army, an army which was to work for a goal. hat goal was not lamd, not gold, nor fame, nor even the Fountain of Youth that Ponce de Leon sought. It was a prize that these young people valued far more highly. It was an education. When the army was organized, it consisted of thirty-one privates. Each soldier Was ambitio ls, full of stored-up elnergy, and ready to fight at the side of his buddy 'for a mutual-l cause, high marksl Their opponents, as they then thought, were their teachens, but after a year dr so, the army found that the teachers were not their enemies but their allies, ready to help them in the conquest. The batt he was a hard one. Ih the fight that ensued, only the stron ones held ' out, the wea er ones were left behind with their D's. But all was not discourage- ment, there were little victories all through the struggle. There were parties, the football championship of section B, the homecomings, the bonlires, and most important of all, the Promenade. There were sleepless nights and exciting days for some of he army. There were times when the small army felt that victory was a long vsiay off and that the lprice to be paid for the prize seemed almost too high. . Yet, aftei two hard years of battle, victory came. The army that gloried in the fame tha comes with the winning of a prize was only twenty strong. Gradua- tion night ap roached. The privhtes realized that they were now being promoted to oHicers an that they had to live up to that station. The small army, so am- bitious at th beginning, was eveln more expectant now, for with the winning of and more fa e to be gained. T By HELEN SEx.'rzER 1 W Pagr I9 I ' 1 . l 1 I l l i l 1 l i Y l l ' r' ...ffva sf- 4:-1. . fa f .iuuuus f .ummlmgszaizzzgmzis g nmmmun llllmllllllllllllllllll l n i nimuseamunus YQl '.'.f f-aw-:Q I l I the prize ca e real toil and battle for the future years, more victories to be won, li l