Peoria High School - Crest Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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-ms.,-NQOAQBCH fEXT6T q-'w..a-- THE SCHOOL WRITE-UP HF capable management of Willis Ford, coupled with the invaluable assist- ance of Ruth Johnson, has added one more successful year to the already innumerable successful years of Peoria High School. This year the school has acquired a practically new constitution, or, a rather drastic revision of the old one, for it contains the good parts of the old one, and the new improvements which seemed necessary to the growing needs of the school. The most outstanding of these improvements is the judicial department composed of a member of each class plus faculty advisers. With this addition Peoria High School has copied even more closely after the federal government, for it has the same three branches of control: namely, executive, legislative, and judicial The substitution of the conference room instead of the tardy clinic is another change which involved the whole school. Now, the tardy clinic is under the supervision of Miss Bartlett, who decides whether the excuses oHfered are legi- timate or not. Formerly the student prefects had charge and every one stayed whether he had an excuse or not. Another step forward made this year was, first, the one toward the lessening of the influence of fraternities and sororities, and second, toward their final abolish- ment. It is hoped that soon this evil will be abrogated entirely. The method of marking the grades of the students has also been changed this year. Formerly the grades were E-excellent, Gfgood, Fffair, P-passing, U-unsatisfactory, and X-total failure, now they are A-excellent, B-good, C-fair, Depassing, F-unsatisfactory. The school has indeed made progress this year and has paved the way for better conditions in the future years. Much of the credit for this success is due to Mr. Cromwell, Wlillis Ford, and Ruth Johnson. Twenty six

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ORD.-:fb v C340 and EC?1fE'STF'Qf 1' LZ im, MA' fb S f ,su 75 4 f J' . J T... t ' ,N it 'f gg, ,, i t QL V ' 2 Lf. f -I THE SENIOR CLASS '27 HOWARD l,AND1s ....... Prwidcnl IOLA Ci.AYPooL . Vice-Prcfidcnf LUCILLE TRIEBEL . , . Secrciary XYILLIAM MILES ...... Trmfurer Miss STUNTZ, Miss ROBER'I'S, MR. EPs'rE1N . Sp0n.f0rJ T seems but yesterday, although in reality it was four years ago, that We, the class of 1927, entered Peoria High School. Those four lv ears have been full of studying, hardships, friendships, and pleasures, and We have emerged, the victors. Through the thoughtful care and guidance of our sponsors we have been able to do those things which no other class before us has accomplished. To begin with we had the exceptional honor of being the first Freshman class to ever organize in P. H. S. Even at that early date in our class career, athletics, leaders, and honor students were discernible. In our Sophomore year, our basket- ball team came out with flying colors. The Soph-Senior party was a huge success. The Junior Prom was the biggest feature of the Junior year. The capable committees saw to it that there was nothing lacking in the Way of entertainment. Our basketball team did not fail us either during our third year. They again carried off the honors, this time from the class of '26. In this, our fourth and Senior year at P. H. S., the basketball team became a championship team, having won for three consecutive years. The class also shone in its production of George Ade's three-act comedy, Just Out of Collegef, The class memorial is to be a built-in, semi-circular information desk to be built in the front hall. Senior Week was the scene of many brilliant events: Hobo Day, Class Day, Baccalaureate sermon, Senior Ball. As a climax to these wonderful four years came our graduation, and then, adieu. Twenty eight