Princeton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Princeton, IL)

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SENIORS MOTTO: Not only to be good, but to be good for something FLOWER: Shasta Rose. COLORS: Black and Gold.

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' H ' iv We .- ' Here's to the lads of the old days And here's to the lassies who strayed Through the halls of the old P. H. S., boys, And sat neath these trees' classic shade. Their hats and their gowns would look queer now Their school suits might call forth a smile. But their fun was as wholesome as ours, boys, And their work-well, they beat us a mile! There are some who stand fore- most as lawyers, Some who've chosen to teach or to preach, f There are doctors and bankers- f X fact is, boys, 'r- .4 'P -s'---'-- --'- E ach one in his line is a peach. But with all the learned professors And others whose names are revered, There is none with a title so grand, boys, As the Mothers this High School has reared. Then honor and praise to the old grads, So loyal wherever they gog And here's hoping when we are their age, boys, XVc'll have such a record lo show! Page Twenty One

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The Class History of l9l l On September, 1906 about seventy bright, wide awake youngsters entered the high school. Un account of the remarkable way in which we adapted ourselves to circumstances, our class was noted even in the Prep. year for the dignified and unassuming' way in which we conducted ourselves. As a result, not one slur is to he found in ll'lC.lQO7 Annual about Those Preps! As we advanced through the year plain arithmetic was too simple for us and so Mr. Young began to add from time to time minute and intricate explanations of the experiments for his physics classes. As we became more and more interested our instructor told us that if one of the boys would bring him an egg' he would demonstrate how it could he put in boiling water and not cook. True to their word the boys brought two eggs, one fresh, but the other hard boiled, and they put the fresh one on Mr. Young s desk. He tested it and of course found it all riglit, but as soon as his back was turned, that was exchanged for the hard boiled one. lt was put in the vacuum and after three minutes our instructor said impressively: Now l will break this taking out his pen knife, and show you that it is as raw as before it was put into the vacuum. XYith this he cracked the egg. holding it carefully over a saucer and. of course, the egg was so hard that the yolk was ahnost green. XVQ were the first class to petition for class organization in the l'reparatory year. but this was such an amazing and audacious request that we were refused: but it had this effect. that the next class asking for this same privilege was granted it. ln addition to physics experiments the class easily finished grammar the first semester and continued its scientific research, this time in physiography, a study never taken by a Preparatory class before. So intensely interested were we in the subject that we prevail- ed on Miss Cole to take us to Starred Rock to study the formation of stone there C?!!j ' Pa ge 'Fwen fy Three