Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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 •ellie Kumpf, Carrie Inedinger, Irene Breaden.Sam Orr, Eulalia Oster, Ruth Ska Mary Senninger, Grace Engelbert, Ireue Buchanan. Mary McGinty. Sieverdena Harm Eld «- Kincaid. -- - - - - ......................— “ “ —............................................................... Hazel Holland. 1 J f trathmau, Mary Regentz, Lulu Hamsuit,

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Colors Maize and Light Blue Flower Yellow Rose Motto Carpe Diem (Seize the opportunity) Officers President .... BERT KINCAID Vice-President . . WALTON CONOVER Sec. and Treas. . . • JESSIE FERRIS Class Teacher Eva Thorne Yell Vee Rah, Ree! Vee Rah, Rah! Hickelty, Hackelty! Pride of the Faculty ! One, nine, one, naught! Rah! Rah! Rah! “Wise from the top of his head up.”—Conover.

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A Brief Review list of events happening in the course of three short years can hardly be called a history, since they are still remembered by the high school students, and possibly by others. But nevertheless, in a history of the class of 1910, things to write about are not lacking. In the fall of 1906, we entered the high school assembly room and appeared, to the upper classes at least, to be a crowd of insignificant children. But such was not the case, for when we recovered from that timidity which is bound to overcome “children” on their first appearance among strange surroundings, we began to show them what we were capable of. When, after Christmas, the principal asked all pupils who desired to enter the annual contest to hand in their names, the freshmen responded with a long list of entries. And at the preliminary we were beaten — by the honorable sophomores — by but one point, in the literary contest. The freshmen boys also made a splendid showing in the track meet at Delavan when Conover got first in the hop, step and jump, and second in the discus throw, while Barnes carried off two seconds, one in the standing broad jump, and one in the running high jump, and a third in the shot put. Our second year was fully as glorious, although the number of members decreased somewhat. Our boys were among the sturdiest on the football team and at the meet at Washington three of them added thirty points to the athletic score. Our contestants, at this time, in literary parts were equally successful. “Two heads with but a single thought.”—Mary S. and Cora Kief.