Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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reported for their last year in dear old P. H. S. On account of the crowded condition of the assembly hall, we were assigned seats in Room A. We were a happy company of classmates and time glided by much too fast. The festivities of the year began with a nutting party at Mapleton. Not many nuts were found, but all day long a huge bonfire snapped and crackled and blazed, while appetizing odors of roasting apples, potatoes and “weenies” filled the air. It was a day long to be remembered, and I wonder if any of us will ever eat toasted marshmallows again without recalling its beauty and charm. Early in the year, the girls of the class organized a sewing society. Hilda Holland was chosen president. The meetings were held on Saturday afternoons at the homes of the various members. On the evening before Thanksgiving the class furnished a pleasing novelty in the nature of an informal entertainment for the parents. After a short musical and literary program, light refreshments were served. Then a hayrack and a Christmas party followed each other in rapid succession, and the month of January was made memorable by a birthday party given by Mary Holmes. The school year is now rapidly drawing to a close bul the best of all high school festivities, the social functions incident to commencement week, are still before us—a delightful anticipation. In this brief history, I have tried to recount some of the good times we have had, and have said little about our work. The school records bear witness to the fact that we have worked, and worked well. Not the least precious among our possessions will we count our hard earned diplomas. Surely we, the members of the class of 1912, can look back to the four years spent in the Pekin high school as the most enjoyable and prosperous of our lives, and we are indeed grateful to the faculty for their patience with us, and for the efforts they put forth for our improvement.

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