Princeton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Princeton, IL)

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SENICDR FACTS AS VIEWED BY A IUNIOR Seniors, the ultimate peak of success and the highest pinnacle upon which one may rest in this institution of learning is yours at last. Four long years you have struggled upward, never daring to cease in your pull toward achievement. At last you wear the robe of pride and of cool, aloof dignity. Who am I to think ill of these seniors who look down on me? They deserve this superior throne upon which they sit, for well I know' how they have strived for this position, this sweet success which lasts only a moment and then is gone, leaving them with more dismal years before they reach another rung on that long steep ladder of fame, fortune, and success. There are some in this noble class of '39 who have found school a mad hilarious party, some who found it dry and were eager to escape such impediments as civics, French, and trig , and others, the minimum minority, who filled each hour with some- thing valuable. No matter into which class they fall, all feel sorrow at departing and wish they had it to do over again. We, the class of '40, can know but little of the feelings of a senior. Right now we stand awe-inspired by their prestige and grandeur. Soon we shall fill their places and look down upon and be looked up at. Only when we close the doors of these class rooms behind us, will we at last truly understand seniors. Until that time comes, our chances to show the present seniors what we think of them are few. We join with them to make the prom a great success, and that is our last act toward them. When we step up to inherit the mantles they are wearing, may the under classmen be as reverent and think as kindly of us as we do of those who are leaving with the class of '39. It will be mighty lonesome, you know, without them here. May we guide the others as well as they have guided us. -ELAINE HELLSTRN '40 AS VIEWED BY A FRESI-IMAN When writing a theme of any kind, we ought to know what we are writing about. Since this is to be a theme concerning seniors, we had better find out just what a senior really is. Among other things, Mr. Webster says a senior is an aged or infirm person. I don't believe that there is an over abundance of infirmity or agedness among the seniors here, though. At the first of the school year some green little freshmen were completely awed by the examples to be copied -seniors! I didn't quite understand why. Let us try to re- member 'way back when we were in the first or second grade. The fifth graders, who seemed to have reached the peak of superiority, were none other than today's dear seniors. But when we reached fifth grade, there was nothing so wonderful. At the same time we were overcome by the idea of ever reaching high school. If we even knew' one of the freshmen, we felt quite important. These important freshmen later became the lordly senior class of '39. As we go on, we become freshmen and again we wonder what it was that impress- ed us so. When certain rather pale green freshmen now attain the senior rank, I hope they feel a bit ashamed for being awed by a bunch of human beings who are not much better than themselves. Going on now to next year, the present seniors will be the insignificant, irrevelant, trivial, paltry, immaterial freshmen or' college. They may even be writing their impressions of the college seniors. Who knows? -RICHARD SKINNER, '42

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FACULTY MRS. FRANCES MAYEUR 1'Il'L'Ilt'l7 and lizlgliylv MISS EVELYN GRAHAM L.zli11 and lillgliflv MR. CYRIL EWART Science and Alfvlelici MISS MARGARET BELL ljzzgliib rum' Girls Allvlefiui' MISS FRANCES MALSBURY 1101110 Et'!llIUl1lf4i.l' MISS JEAN PALMER Hirfnrry and Cilicy MISS LUIS HENDERSON lillgfiilv .md Dm11mlic,r MISS ARLENE PRINCE Sclwal INIIIIKYL' MISS DONNABELLE FRY lfl1gff.l'f7 and Mnric Mrs. Mayeur spends her time planning and postponing senior parties . . . Caesar, Virgil, and Cicero still have one loyal and staunch supporter in the person of Miss Gra- ham . . . We have often heard the remark, especially from freshmen, that Mr. Ewart is a handsome man . . . We really think that Miss Bell should be in the Olympics in- stead ot just teaching gym . . . Miss Malsbury keeps up on the very latest recipes and dress patterns . . . Miss Palmer's hobby is collecting guillotines and chopping blocks . , . Miss Henderson is our newcomer from Traer, Iowa, where the Scotch people celebrate Robert Burns' birthday every year . . . Then there is our R. N., and incidentally, a very good bed maker, Miss Prince . . . Miss Fry, our Madame Schumann-Heink and our feminine Toscanini.

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PRESIDENT . . . . Dclle Duffield VICE PRESIDENT . . Dexter Nelson SECRETARY . . . Marlow Morgan TREASURER . . Icmet Wickey SENICR CLASS OFFICERS WHAT A SENIOR TI-IINKS Well, we have been in Princeton High School for four years now, and we haven't done so badly for ourselves either. Being the progressive type, we spent only one year in each class. Now as Seniors we can look back over our progress and simply marvel. The question, How did we do it? , will always remain a mystery even to a brilliant bunch like us. Considering all the things we've had to put up with, it could be called the eighth wonder of the world. The under classmen we ve come in contact with would be a problem to Frank Buck, and he's no third rater with wild animals. Besides being snoopy and bothersome, some of them went so far as to doubt our superiority. Imagine! Oh yes, we know what y0u'll say. You'll say, You probably were just as bad when you were under classmenf' But-that's where you're wrong. It was once said to us that only green things grow, but we showed 'em. The class of '39 was the ripest class ever to enter Princeton Township High School. It might also be added that that goes for the future too. What does a Senior think? What doesn't a Senior think? That's all a Senior does. Why, if it weren't for the Senior class, there wou1dn't be any high school. We've got all that it takes, athletic ability, scholarship, leadership, and, well everything. When we're turned loose in june, just watch the world sit up and take notice. We may not be the largest class to graduate from this high school, but by golly were the best! -ANN WILLIAMS