Rantoul Township High School - Eaglet Yearbook (Rantoul, IL)

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PURPLE AND GOLD 21 EU Z 55 4. sl -Yu X 5, 1 ff' ' 1 ' 'X ' g .six - L.,-f',.--j :TS A ' P' . i fs' N - '- g A C-J-L-lie ' M HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1926 President ,,............ .,..,...,. C harles Condit Vice President ...,.,.... ,,.,.... ......,,... .....,.,,.....,,. M e 1 -rill Ainsworth Secretary-Treasurer ...................,,...........,.,......,.,.,.,,...,..........,...,.. Ida Zander Class Colors-Maroon and Black Class Flower-Red Rose Class Motto- Be natural, be sharp, but never be flat. It was in the year of 1914 that the present class of '26 started on its way through school. Of course not many of us knew that sometime it would be the best class in Rantoul Township High School. Miss Thompson, our first good shephardess, impressed us with the meaning of school and started us on our path of learning. Nothing out of the ordinary run of First Graders happened this year. I may men- tion now that of the ones started in first grade and who have come through

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'sul ti' l PURPLE AND GOLD 3 E N l O R S CLARK WEBBER Illiolian, Athletic Board of Control, '23, Hi- Y, Spotlight Staff, '25, '26, Orchestra, '26, Debate, '26, Stunt Show, '26, French Club, '26, Glee Club, '26, Annual Staff, '26, Class Play, '26, Inches do not make the man. LEOTA WILSON Illiolian, Annual Staff, '23, '26, Stunt Show, '24, '25, '26, Literary Team, '25, Spotlight, '25, French Club, '26, Chairman Illiolian Program Committee, '26, Class Play, '26, To be efficient in a quiet way That's my aim throughout the day. 0:0 nz. 4 IDA ZANDER Parthenian, Love Pirates of Hawaii , Girls' Basketball, '23, '24, '26, Chorus, '24 '25, '26, Literary Team, '24, Spotlight, '23, '24, '25, Orchestra, '25, '26, Debate, '26, Stunt Show, '25, '26, Editor Annual, '26, Secretary and Treasurer of Class '26, Class Play. Her fingers shame the ivory keys, They dance so lightly along, The bloom upon her parted lips, - Is sweeter than the song. OUR ALMA MATER

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22 , PURPLE AND GOLD to graduate are James Hampel, Leota Wilson, Emmet Holmgren, Don Green, and Clark Webber. In the second grade we were taught a little more than in first grade. Charles Kuhne, another member of this class was kept in first grade be- cause of illness. We were in Miss Allan's care this year. Merrill Ains- worth and Vivian Burkhardt joined us this term. Our struggles began in earnest in third grade under the direction of Miss Faye Perring. Mr. Justice was our new principal this year. We seemed to be beginning to get into the swing of school now and some of the students even began to dislike school. Then came the fourth year. The arm of the law changed, the new man being Mr. Stevens. Miss Alexander was the teacher this year, and we added to our list Gertrude Drinkwalter, Weldon Mulliken, Herman Meuser, and Charles Cheek, the last two who dropped out later on. Doris Brown joined the ranks in the fifth grade under the leadership of Miss Mabel Lovejoy. About the middle of the year our old institi- tion of learning, the school house, finally succeeded in destroying itself by fire, after several unsuccessful attempts. This began a new lifeg We were housed in the Free Methodist Church, all gathered around a little stove. We all remember the map upon the wall with the products of each state placed upon it. James Alexander confiscated the tobacco and put it to a better use. This year James Alexander fEsq.J , Emmet Hyde, Earl Cone, Henry Miller, Raymond Dowling, and Donald Lindsey. We had a great time at the church, and the year passed very rapidly. Sixth grade found us anchored in the Lodge Rooms above Leonard Brothers' Store, under the care of Miss Tina Miller. This year we tried a new style of bombardment, for some one had placed about a half a box of cartridges in the stove, and we had a noisy afternoon. This year Ken- neth Morgan, Ida Zander, Lena Susdorf and Richard Leonard. This term we purchased our beloved Hag which was carried through the grades and which now hangs in the hall of fame fmain corridorj of Rantoul High School. In seventh grade we entered the new grade school building, under Captain Kidd. We all had more or less encounters with our teacher. We staged a Washington play, also started a basketball team holding the school record. The High School gymnasium was opened and the county track meet was held in Rantoul. We picked up Ruth Gordon, Dora Howe, Mae McCain, Ruth Marshall, Rose Warren, Beulah Mahaffey and Myrle Menely. - In the eighth grade we were under a new ruler, Mr. Miner the new principal of the grades. We were joined this year by Dwight Hall and Frances Smith. The grade school won the County Championship also