Raymond High School - Ra Co Hi Yearbook (Raymond, IL)

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THE RAYMONIAN A 55 iHillIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllIlIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllilillllillllllllill1IIlllIllIIIIIIIIIIiIiIiIIIIIIIiIIlillllliiilllllllllllilillHilllllllllllllllEilIIIIIIlElIIEIIiIIlillllllllillllllllllllHilllllll4llll14Il4IHIIIIIIIliIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.IIllllilllllllllliillill Theodore Herman: I have learned to take advice, in order that I may some day be able to give it. Thelma Clarkson: I want to make a record in this class. Edith McCallum: I have raised a grade every month. Miss Garrett: VVl1atever you plan to do, you will have need of an his- torical background. Florence McKown: l am planning to teach Domestic Science. Lois Weller: I have enjoyed everything this year. Mrs. Vernon: You never know the fitness of your own ideas until you have seen them in print. Huvil Kennerly: I never knew what I could accomplish. VVrice Grotts: 1 wish the whole world were in tune. Mr. Kennerly: After all ,the products of a school should be healthy, moral citizens. .3 al .Al LITERARY SPECIES Poetry: Adam Had 'em ! V55 Q9 5 SHORT STORY A pig and a hen were standing on a railroad track. Toot! Toot! Ham and eggs. ,HE .M .5 DRAMA Act l-High test gas. Act ll-Watch him pass.' Act HI-Lost his head. Act IV-He's dead. dl V9 -3 REALISM Paradoxical as it may seem in susquipedalian nomenclature, and anathe- matized by puscillanimous valetudinarians and innocuus desuitus, but it pre- vents verbacity. IlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllilllllllllllilllllllKllllillllllllllllllillIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIllllllllllllllHllllllllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I lllllllllllllllll IllIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIlIllllllllllllllllIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIlllIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllwi

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54 THE RAYMONIAN llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllII1llll1Il!IlIIIIIIIII!IIiI!IIIIIIIIIlIIIII!!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiIIIilIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIiiIIIIIllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllHlllllllllllllllVlllllllllllllllIIIHIIIllIllIllIIIUHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII THE EMBRYO CLUB Motto: For Higher Art. The students interested in dramatics founded the Embryo Club, whose purpose and character is shown by their motto. The club officers are: President, Vtfilma Cassg Secretary-Treasurer, Veryl Chausseg Director, Mrs. Vernon. 555 THE AGM CLUB The Ag Club was organized in September for the purpose of creating co-operation and fellowship among the students of the class. The club con- sisted of fourteen members, with Merrill Sorrell, President, Ren Beatty, Vice President, James Kendall, Secretaryg Lyman Meriwether, Treasurer. The constitution was written by a committee composed of Lyman Meri- wether, Bruce Kenton and Harold Cook. They adopted a regular meeting date, club pin and, with Mr. Judson's assistance, enjoyed a profitable hour each week. .555 WI-IO'S WHO OF 1923 Famous Quotations from the Great and Would-Be Great Mr. Vernon: lf sentiment doesn't lead to utter ruin, it may at least result in mediocrity. XVilliam Luking: When we were Freshmen, Mr. Grotts said that only about thirteen would graduate together. I resolved to be one of them. Dorothy Held: I give eight hours per day to my school work. CShe has only one grade below AQ XVilma Cass: I,ll do it, for I want it done on time. Leo Eaton: Fellows, we must get in the game. Iirma Angle: l was never angry in my life. Judson: The hand moves faster than the eye, and I can prove it. Lyman Merimether: I believe I was cut out to be a farmer. l.ema Lessman: I am more interested in science than anything else in the worldf' Miss Sherman: I was sent out to teach school, not to officiate as a policeman. ' IIIIIIIII Illl Illlllllllllll Il Ililllllll Illllllilllllllltlllll illttilltllllllltlllllll1 llllllllllll Hl lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll IIIIIII IIIII I Illlllkllllllll lllllltliit IIlllIlllllllllllllllllllllll IllllllllIllllllllllIlllllllllllllV1I1llllllllllllllllllllllllllIll'

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56 THE RAYMONIAN 1' 111.1.111l1ll1111lllllll111111ll!lllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllVililllll11U11ll11111111111Willlillllllllllillllil1I!I'II1IIIIiIIl1IIli11111IiI1iIIIiIiiiIlIIlIIIIII!IIIIIIlIIIIIiIIIIiIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIllillillllllllllllIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllll THE ALUMNI During the past thirty-Five years, Raymond High School has graduated two hundred and sixty students, with fourteen to be added this year. The largest class was that of 1901, and consisted of twenty-two members. Only two classes had a larger number of boys than girls, and the class of '23 is one of them, Of the alumni group, sixty-two entered the teaching professiong seventy-eight, the business world, forty-one are farmers, twenty-one are ranked in the professional world, and thirty-four are students of higher insti- tutions. - The Alumni Association was organized in 1922. The present officers are: Robert Seward, President, Earl Kelmel, Vice Presidentg Gladys Scherer, Secretary, and Gladys Jones, Treasurer. 1888-Emma Osborne CFisherj, Litchfield, Il1.g Harriet L. Hermon Cde- ceasedjg Mamie E. Guthrie, Garrettsville, Ohio, Madge E. Porterfield, Tay- lorville, Ill. 1889-Wm. H. Barton, Jr., Litchfield, Ill., Blanche E. Day, 5239 Enright avenue, St. Louis, Mo., John W. Witt, Washingtong Lillian M. Moore QDaw- sonj, Delphi, Ind., Sheldon M. Porteriield, Chatworth, 111.5 Thomas E. Gragg lpdeceasedj. 1890-Gideon P. Chapman, New Berlin, 111.3 Elbert C. Hendricks, Edna M. XVeatherford liShererj, Raymond, Ill., Laura A. Sharp CBeadlesj, Mur- rayville, Ill., Clara B. Shaffer, St. Louis, Mo. 1891-No graduates. y 1892-Clara Guthrie QMacMillanj, Taylorville, Ill., Ida Sharp fPeckj, Raymond, Ill., Charles M. Culp, Seattle, Wash., john W. Maher, 606 N. 14th street, East St. Louisg Lula McConathy QAtterburyj, Parsons, Kansas. 1893-Anna J. Maher QPohlmanj, Gillespie, Ill., Ada C. Guthrie CKingQ, Stuttgart, Ark., Edward C. Maher, 19th and State streets, Granite City. Ill., Samuel Chapman Qdeceasedjg Bert Davis, Dayton, Ohiog Mamie Dill QTerryj, 132 W. Prairie avenue, Decatur, Ill., Luella Guthrie CCookj, Ray- mond, Ill.. 1894-VValter Scherer, 110 First, Hutchinson, Kansas, Edgar Moore- McClusky, North Dakota, Carrie Day QSchusmanj, St. Louis, Mo., Irene VVeatherford CGerhartj, Raymond, Ill. . 1895-Laura Guthrie, Raymond, Ill., Mary McConathy QRenneej, Wis- consin Rapids. VVis.g Belle Kerr, Raymond, Ill., Edith Dill QMcKittrickJ, 5813 Dorchester avenue, Chicago, Minnie Brown Qdeceasedj. 1896-No graduates. 1 1897-Dorothea Meriwether, Raymond, Ill., George Hendrickson, Coul- terville, Ill., Grace Guller, Chicago, Ill. 1898-Herbert Weatherford, 305 W. White, Champaign, Ill., Minnie Range CKentj, Morrisonville, Ill., Myrtle Bettis, Girard, Ill., Dennis Guthrie, lllllllllllillllllIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll1Il11IlllllIllllllllllllllllllIlllllllIIllllIIllllIIllllllllllllIIIlIIIIIIIIllIIllllllIllllIIIIlllIlIllIlllllIlllllllllllIlllill!llllIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIlIIIIlIIIIIlllIlllllllllllllllfllllllllllllll