Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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£}jc $Jekiman, 1920 WALTER GROSSWEILER Who has ever seen him angry? His good nature and his smile he has with him always. A merrier man. I neoer spent an hour’s talk withal. FLORENCE GOODWIN Small and quiet with the very excellent motto Children should be seen and not heard. However. Florence also has a very excellent report card. She belongs to the class of people called The salt of the earth. Her voice was soft, gentle and low: an excellent thing in a woman. ESTHER M. HARDT Father is always good nalured. She seems to see only the happy side of life—a view we cannot all have, especially at tne end of each quarter. Her silence of pure innocence persuades, when speaking fails. WM. F. HELFENSTEIN Bill is earnest and industrious. He is one of the few people who can successfully combine work with play. '7 dare do all that may become a man: Who dares do more is none. Macbeth. It is a cardinal virtue for me to keep awake Eugene Derrick- Page Fifteen

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{Tfjc fJetunian, 1920 EUGENE S. DERRICK Demosthenes the second! And he is just as good a letter writer as a public speaker. ‘Gene has been quietly forging ahead with admirable persistance. “ Upon his brow shame is asham'd to sit. For ’tis a throne where honour may be crown'd.” ELIZABETH ERXLEBEN Happy and gay, her laughter and cheerful smile are contagious. She is imbued with a kindly spirit of helpfulness and sympathy, which makes the world a heaven on earth. ‘Forbear sharp speeches to her; she’s a lady.” LELA M. GARLISH She is so tiny that strangers in High School mistake her for a Freshman. However, she has the mentality of a proud and haughty senior.” So wise, so young, they say. do never lice long.”—Richard 111 EDWARD GLUNZ He has so many virtues that we hardly know which to enumerate. However, he has one weakness his inclination to talk of the pleasure of Murphy’s”. He doth indeed show spares that are wit.”—Much Ado About Nothing. Youth is the time to learn.—Justin Kern. Page Fourteen

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$3 Human, 1920 MARY L. WALDMEIER Mary is one of our quiet industrious classmates who considers herself irretrievably lost if she fails to recite. O spirit so still and quiet.”—Othello. ALBERT HILLMAN He is so quiet and unassuming that we hardly know he is with us. yet the honors he has received while in High School show us that he is always on the job. A fellow of plain, uncoined constancy—Henry IV. NORMA L. HOFFERBERT We are very proud of her! Verily, she must have an unusual amount of gray matterl Not only has she musical and literary ability, but also the ability to make and retain friends. O. most excellent, accomplished lady.”—Twelfth Night. SYLVIA F. ICENOGLE A quiet girl, always with a cheerful word for everyone' Sylvia hasn't told us her aim in life, but we know she has the qualities to make her a successful nurse. will believe Thou wilt not utter what thou dost not know; And so far will trust thee.” Once I was a good boy; alas! I’ve had a fall. Now I am a bad boy. and go to every ball. — Herman Smith. Page Sixteen