Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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Clarissa Mplvey, G. A. .1.. 1913-14; Vice-President. 1915 and 1919; Glee Club, 191.1-14. Norma Soiileder, County Moot Preliminary. 1910, ‘‘Eigen Sinn. 1910; Deutsche' Verein, 1913-14; Philo, 1913-14; G. A. A.. 1913-14; Glee Club, 1913-14; Girl from I orto Rico, 1915. OFFICERS Walter 11 eckmax..............President Walter Preston...........Vice-President Paitl Lohmann.................Secretary John Aydelott.................Treasurer Class Colors.............Cherry red and gray Class Flower....................Red carnation Class Me tto...........................Upward (’i.ass Advisor.................Mr. Allison FTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 1111111111111111111111111111 i 1111111111111111111i 111111111i111111111111111 111 111111i1111111111111111111111111111111111111 i 11111111111111111111111111111111 i 11

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Donald Vki.dk, Elkawatawa. 11)16, B. A. A.. 1915-16. Margie Stropf.s. Business Courae. 1 13-14 15-10; G. A. A., 1910. Jessie Huffman, 1915; G. A. A., Editor. 1914. Girl from Porto Uico. 1913-14-15-10 ; Calendar Mary Mott. G. A. A., Club. 1913-14. Howard Brooking. B. A President of Class of . A., 1913-14-15-1 f 1915, 1910.

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 ItllllllttlilllllllltllllllllllllllllltlllllllltlllllllllllMlltMlllltlllllllllllltllllllMlllltltllllKllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllll! Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Lest Te Forget Class of ’16 Berdine Haake. X H, DEAR, my High School days arc almost ended. Whatever shall I do, separated from this dear Class of 1916? How well I can remember that third day of September in 1912. I entered High School with nine-! ty-ninc other green freshies, ’ and how I ever survived through that day is a 1 mystery to me. The Seniors, although they pitied us for our ignorance of High School life, laughed at our mistakes. But we got through many such 1 days and were none the worse for it. I think it was in October that we had | our first class meeting. How proud we felt after we had elected our officers. But we were rather timid and backv ml and just a little bit awed by the “dignity of the Seniors.” We enjoyed only one party our first year, a valentine box social, but such a time as we did have! What pleasant thoughts come to me as I recall that first party to the Class of T6! There were only fifty-seven of the one hundred Freshmen to enter the Sophomore class. But we clung together and made ourselves noticeable | anyway. We began to take more interest in High School affairs since we were no longer green’ and were not the laughing stock of the upper class-men. We enjoyed several parties that year. We lost our Principal. Mr. Shirley, and gained a new one, Mr. G. E. True, History and English teachers were also renewed; Miss Hartford took the place of Miss Toland in English, and Miss Rider and Miss Chapman took the place of Miss Baldwin in History. Then in our Junior year we lost a few more of our beloved teachers— Mr. Crosby resigned and Mr. Smith took his place as Superintendent. Miss Chapman was replaced by Mr. Lawrence, and Miss Hartford by Mr. R. Y. Allison. The latter, we forty-two Juniors chose as our class adviser. He has led us through two years of English study and two years of pleasure, combined with much hard work. But if he has enjoyed himself as much as we have ourselves, I am sure he has been duly compensated for his labor. We bad our first party in the latter part of September. It was a hayrack party. The thoughts of that wonderful Indian dance around the dying embers where we roasted weiners and toasted marshmallows, set my spirit on fire. How we enjoyed ourselves! Then followed the long debate over that little article—class pin. R»t it was a big subject for us, and after much discussion we decided upon i.ie dearest little pin one could imagine. We were always an energetic class, so we gave a bakery sale and a box social to pay for our pins. In March we enjoyed another party at the High School Yes, we almost froze. It’s a pity the Juniors could not have had a fire to keep us warm! And we had a cake stolen, too! The most wonderful event of all, though, was the Junior Class play, The Girl From Porto Rico, ’ given on May 6th and 7th, 1915. That was a grand success and we are proud of the class, the characters, and, most of all, our class teacher, for the efforts used to make it the success it was. I Yes, we made enough money and more, too, to give the Seniors a banquet three weeks later at Hackler’s Hall. How7 we Juniors eagerly awaited that all important event, and how much wc regretted that it was over. We gave the Seniors and ourselves a “royal good time.” I, and surely the rest of ’16, left the Junior Class with a sorrowing pang and pleasant memories which will linger with us always. Ah, I almost forgot the Junior-Senior llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUI llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllll Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiimimi... minnm.urn..... limn....