Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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THE ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Class of 1909 H'lilNliAR'l'NER Motto Be Original Colors Navy Blue and VVhite Officers RAY WEINGARTNER President CARL RANG FLORENCE HITCKINS Vice-President THIQRIQSA RAY LAWRENCE VVIGELL Secretary EL1z.AxB1zTH HIQLM C.'XRRlIi XfVA'i'nRM.fxN Treasurer Rm' xfVIiING.-XRTNICR Yell Rika-Raka-Zicka-Zaka Zip, Boom, Zine Rockford High School 1909 Not the end, but the beginning C.-XRI, R

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18 THE ROCKFORD Thoughts for the Future Seniors Ye Sophomores, juniors, and Freshmen, too, XX'ho forth from this school must go some day, Confcss to yourself q'twill be good for youj, just answer these queries-please don't turn away l lf every member in my class XX'ere just such a member as l, What kind of a class, when it comes our turn, XYill go forth from Rockford High? How well will we have upheld the fame Hur predecessors so painfully gained? XYill we leave the 'scutcheon bright and fair, Ur will it be blotted and stained? XN'hat kind of athletics would our school have. lf each promoted them as much as l? How much school spirit would be displayed. lf every one patterned from that of mine? XYhat kind of a bird would our old 'Owl' be. Honored by twenty long years of success, lf no one took any more pains than l 'l'o add a soft feather to his nest? XYhat standing in studies would Rockford have Ainong' other school of our size, lf my work in the classroom was depended upon 'l'o bear oil: the much-longed-for prize? How much of our school life and ways Vvould the 'Annual' display, lf each one did as much as I To smooth the rough fand lonesomej way ? Now, Sophomore. Junior, and Freshmen wee. XN'hat kind of an answer will your answer be? If all its members were just like me. What kind of a class would my class be? HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Asa Senior Looks at June Twenty-Fourth Of all the woes that e'er befell Dear, grand, old Rockford High, The worst of these is sure to come VVheu Naught-Nine says Good-bye . VVe've labored long and faithfully, And no one can deny VVe've added glory to the fame Of our dear Rockford High. Wie have had athletes, not a few, NVho have done battle royal Un gridiron. diamond, track and floor, To prove that we are loyal. VVe've studied all our lessons well Throughall these gladsome days: Upon our record you will find Plenty of bright and shining ,AX's. In every way we've done our best To prove that we are true, Not only to the red and black But also to our white and blue. No wonder, then, this school will mourn, The birds get out of tune. XVhen we from these dear walls depart The twenty-fourth day of June.