Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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THE PEK1NIAN, 9 24 WILLA ROLF SECRETARY Willa’s going to be the peppiest, go-get-it-est newspaper reporter when she starts her career. Talk about ideas—hers are from cover to cover in this book! HOMER HEISEL “Doc” is so studious that his hair turned gray. Some of the things he learned lias put a permanent wave in his hair. What won’t Nature do for her boys! PAULINE CAMPBELL “Cammie” retained that clever drawl from our class play. We tempt her just to hear her talk. If there’s something new, “Cammie has it!” GARRETT ROELFS “Balo’s” wonderful mellow voice could still the savage beast. We sit enchanted whenever he speaks. Compared to Bato’s elocution, Carttso lisped. ELIZABETH KRAEGER Elizabeth's name is much larger than her own wee self'. We hear that she’s a wonder at shorthand. Wouldn’t she make an adorable little “steno I TWENTY-THREE

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THE PEKI N I AN, 1924 ADELAIDE HANCOCK Adelaide was ideal on “eats” committees. She knew what we wanted to eat, and when we wanted to eat it. From the depths of our hearts we say there should be more like her. DAN JURGENS Daniel” suddenly blossomed forth as a ladies' man. Perhaps his fatherly smile and stern dignity had something to do with it. ADELAIDE HEGGLUND When Adelaide sits by a window the light on her lovely Titian hair is coppery. Although she has artistic temperament, her good nature prevails. LOUIS GINTI-IER “Louie” has a way about him that simply makes you like him whether you want to or not. We are glad to say that it hasn’t been compulsory on our part. DOROTHY GRIESSER Dorothy doesn’t cling to any special clique. The Senior class is her “bunch,” and we all depend on her, claim her, and like her. TWENTY-TWO

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ruth McDonald Ruth was about the first in our class to have her hair bobbed. In spite of her pride in her own black, shining hair, she would “flip” it for some of lighter hue. JUSTIN SIEBENS “Flip” of the feminine blush, is the kind of big boy that everybody likes. We especially like him because he is sincere and earnest in all he does. ISABEL GRAY VICE-PRESIDENT “Issy” has played “middle age” so often that she should not find the real condition difficult. She is athletic and sports-loving. - VIOLA CHAMBERLAIN Perhaps it’s because their first names begin with “ V”, but Viola and Vergilius Maro, otherwise Virgil, mix agreeably. Awe stricken we gaze on her. JAMES DIEKMAN “Jim is always on a freshie-girl's list of beaus. Oh well, a man with a saxophone usually does arouse romance in one’s soul, doesn't he? TWENTY-FOUR