Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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The Yellow Rose. “Yellow rose, O dainty flower, Chosen blossom of our class, Thy rare frangrance will grow sweeter As the many years shall pass, When in after days thy fragrance Wakes the memories we caress, We shall bless thy yellow petals And our days in P. H. S.”

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SUB-SENIORS FRANK DFiAX - - General Roanoke 11. S. (t-2-8). JOHN M. GOAR - General B. A. A. (1-2-3-4), “An Economical Boomerang” (4), Joke Editor Pekinian (4). SUB-SENIOR ROLL CALL Howard Brooking Frank Dean John M. Goar Delia Grossweiler Berdine Ilaake Mary Mott Miriam Sipfle Earl Trainer SPECIALS Edith Bohlander Bernice Cooney Elsie Hagney Hester Holland Virginia Strathman Virginia Van Horne

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| o„==C===3=c=a ] | Class History fj □ By Howard Brooking. □ IU.--=---P---------C=3--3Dt—H N September (5, 1911, we, the ('lass of 1915, entered the Pekin High School to seek tiie knowledge that was stored up within its sacred walls. We were accompanied by two new teachers, Miss Toland and Miss Anderson, the latter of whom we chose for our class teacher. During our first year, we accomplished but little either for ourselves or for the school. We decided upon our class flower, the yellow rose, and chose purple and gold as our class colors. We also adopted the inspiring motto, “Seize the opportunity,” but whether we always lived up to it is a disputed question. Certain it is that we did not take as much interest as we should have taken in the various athletic and literary activities of the school. At the beginning of our sophomore year, we could see that our class had diminished in size. Nothing of much importance occurred during this year, but we managed to jog along pleasantly, finding a little sunshine now and then to brighten the daily routine. In the spring, two very enjoyable parties helped to strengthen the ties of friendship that bound us together and made us regret the separation that summer always brings. With the advent of September, we entered our junior year. With the knowledge we had acquired in our previous years, we were well prepared to carry out the work that was carefully planned for us by the faculty. But it wasn’t all work—there was just enough play mingled with it to keep “Jack” from becoming a dull boy. Early in the year we had the pleasure of being entertained at the home of Miss Ruth Ehrlicher. On February 14, a valentine party was enjoyed by the class at the High School. The great event of the year, however, was the presentation of the class play, “A Little Savage,” which occurred on April 2d and 24 at the Lincoln Auditorium. This was followed by a banquet given by the juniors to the seniors at Hackler’s Hall. On June 15, we celebrated the close of school and the beginning of vacation by spending the day at Copperas Creek Dam as the guests of the class of 1914. o J 1 n—in