Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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R. H. S. PRESENT. OU wish to know of the R. H. S. as it is? Suppose you come with me, and I will reveal and expound its myster- ies to you. We will join the procession of big folks, little folks and middle-sized folks, and keeping pace with them, we go to that place where secrets and confidence abound-the dressing room. The few moments intervening between our arrival and the chapel summons, are seized upon, for gossiping-by the sterner sex. Looking about you, you start and say, Who is that? That, why that is a Senior, in one of those caps. Then you inquire who this person, of commanding mein, may be. That, my friend, is the general manager of the school-the Freshman. Seeing a look of awe, setting upon your face, I follow your glance, and to your look of in- quiry, reply,.wearily- That is a Junior. ' I just catch your scarcely audible murmur, Pride cometh before a fall. Let us go to the chapel, as we pass through the doors, we perceive seated at the many desks, bright intellectual looking students, studing with thoughtful expressions. These indeed are none other than the Sophomoresl You wonder concerning the gentleman, who has just given the signal for the beginning ofthe exercise. That, Innocence, is the only man in the institution, who can make puns with impunity. Shallwe not visit the Labratory? The office I shall not exhibit, for I have heard it ofttimes has rather of adamp- ening effect upon one's spirits. You thought you heard peculiar noises issuing for the Labratory ? Oh, yes, we often have impromptu concerts, and the professor has been known as to be so obliging as to open the door, to allow the pupils to catch the air. See this-placard, it will tell us in brief some of the beauties of being a student of the R. H. S. There is the Liter- ary Society, the Debating Club, and the Athletic Association, not omitting the daily mutual admiration meetings in the respective dressing halls. Perhaps you have seen enough if you are already a student, to glory in that fact, and if not, to convince you of the advisability of becoming one. At any rate, unlike Lumpson's brook I must desist, glorying as we did in our childish days: Flora Thompson is my name Rockford is my station, The R. H. S. is where I go To get my education. F- T- '96- 9

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ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL. COLORS, YELLOW. YELL -All-i-ool All-iail All-i-oo-i-oo! Rockford High School! Don't you know! Kick-a-ba! Lick-a-bo! Kick-a-bee-heel Sumus Populusl Se-ell R. H. S. PAST. HERE are a great many people who are not personally acquainted with the R. H. S. as an institution, and the work it has done in the past. That our Work has been, and is, of the big es s ian ar , Evanston,Ann Arbor, Beloit, Madison, Illinois, Lake Forest, Cornell, North Western, Wellesley, Smith, and the effici- ency and business qualities of present Alumni. Tear-hers of the best ability are employed to install into the minds of their scholars, love and appreciation for stud and further investigation into Science, Mathematics, Literature, Language and Art. .Y The increasing number of students makes a greater number of teachers indispensable, and if kept on will soon necessitate a new High School. The High School has always had its share o some les, g tion, lt. H. S. D. C., L. L. A. 581, Literary society and many others. It has been the aim, in the past, of every student, to make his Alma Mater one of the highest of its kind, and it is safe to say that in the future the enthusiasm will be none the less and the High School will continue to grow and prosper until its fame will reach from shore to shore. s h t t d d is shown by the accredited lists of such universities as f ' t' includin R. H. S. Alumni Association, Athletic Associa-

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