Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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THE PEKINIAN, I 924 DOROTHY WEPNER Allhough Dorothy didn't enter high school with us, we hope that she’s as glad to graduate with us, as we are proud and delighted to have her do so. E. WALTER GRAY The wave in “Ernie's hair has caused many feminine hearts to flap. Let it suffice to say that if Ernie had been consulted, it wouldn't be there. IRENE JENE Some girls become so keen and practiced in the arts of stenography that they lose their “feminosity. Irene has retained hers, happily for us. PAUL WATSON “Pucus is quaintly innocent of his dashing good looks. His face gets pinky when we cat! him our “hero. He is a hero—ask any man on the team. CLARA FAUTH Clara can keep a marcel a month. Besides this enviable asset, she can keep her friends always. She has proved this on most of us. TWENTY-FIVE

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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

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THE PEKINIAN, 1924 GLADYS GAY If we had half the beauty Gladys has, we’d be so terribly stuck up that we wouldn't condescend to talk to the rest of us. Pshaw! Gladys doesn’t crave it! GERALD CONAGHAN Sure’n its glad we are to tell you of our “Dux.” His flashing good-natured grin has won for him a place in the hearts of all of us. ZELMA NASH elma is a dear, shy little girl who goes about minding her own business. She always takes time tho, to help one of us unfortunate ones. MELVIN GLEICH Melvin testifies that valuable goods are wrapped in small packages. We know smaller boys than Melvin, but—sit! not half as valuable. ANNA MARIE CLARK “Anne” is the opposite of her timid and demure name. Although she is the embodiment of frolic, you should hear her “philosophize.” TWENTY-SIX