Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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20 THE ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL appearance, and the teachers smile broadly as they say, XYhat can they not do when the new building is all nicely finished? The curtain falls amid a deafening clash of noises of carpentering. Scene 2. The rising of the curtain reveals thc room in Scene 1, now finished off beautifully. The confusion of carpenters has quieted and cleared away. The juniors. decreased still more in numbers, are work- ing most industriously. Anxious puckers have al- ready begun to appear in their foreheads. Yet the reports are still a credit to their labors, and the ath- letes have grown surprisingly in number and glory. The juniors are also well represented in the lland, tilee Club, Debating Society,-in fact, all the organ- izations of the school. liveryone is proud of our heroes and heroines. Only one event marks the pleasure of this scene. .-Xt the close, the kind gen- tleman who first welcomed these people as Fresh- men enters and bids a sad farewell to the mourn- ful study body. ffurtain falls.:I ACT IY. Scene 1. I.-Xll stage settings blue and whitej . The curtain, rising, reveals a very busy scene. ln the foreground the main body of now dignified Seniors is poring over deep volumes, their brows contracted with the mighty concentration of their brilliant intelleets. A group of teachers, now head- ed by a dark young gentleman, look on approvingly from the background. To the left is a group of ath- letes. football, baseball, basketball and track heroes, each crowned with a wreath of fresh laurels. and surrounded by a worshipping throng of lower class- men. At the right is a large table, over which hovers a grand old Owl, the task master of the large company about the table. At their head is a Naught Niner, however,-so of course the old bird is very happy and prosperous. Not far away another group is busy compiling the Annual, CXVith what sue- cess you are witnessj. At the other side of the stage a young orator, resplendent with a well won medal, is vying with a young lady who is deelaim- ing at his side. The teachers are busy piling up the work, For, as they say, 'tis our last chance at this banner class. Scene 2. ltefore R. H. S., as in Act I. Scene 1. .-Xll set- tings bluc and white, draped in black. The beauti- ful statue of Fama is shining with more glorious blaze than ever before. llefore the door is the class of IQO9, increased in stature and wisdom, and, though diminished from its original number, still the largest class ever graduated. All are weeping cotxiously,-athletes, orators, artists and students. The teachers and under-classmen are sadly bidding them farewell. Men and women of the world, too, are here, eagerly beckoning the Seniors forth into society, business. education, philanthropy,-all the different walks of life. Then, each proud graduate receives his or her diploma, earned by slow and pain- ful degrees. and fondly looking back all cry, l are- well, dear Rockford High l fCurtain falls.1 -I.. O. VV. 'o9.

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THE ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL t History of the Class of 1909 ACT l. Scene 1. All stage settings a bright, vivid green Loca- tion: llefore Rockford High School. Above the door is a shining statue of Fama, patron goddess of R. H. S., resplendent with trophies brought to her feet hy former classes. As the curtain rises there is a great commotion, and with the aid of opera glasses one can see a large company of small boys and girls entering, some with playthings. They are met and welcomed by a kindly, intelligent looking man and a lady with raven black hair, piercing black eyes, and the original vinegar aspect. The Freshmen Qfor such the small people arej fairly shrivel up for fear, more so when behind a screen they see some older boys, in waiting with red and black paint. In spite of the gentleman and the tiger lady, these boys soon rush out, and with the cry, 1-lail! Class of 'o9! set upon the wee boys with a literal flood of red and black. fCurtain Falls.j Scene 2. The curtain rises, revealing the interior of a school-room. The green scenery is a trifle faded and very mouldy. The cross-looking lady is en- throned behind the desk, spy-glass in' hand. The The new little people are all very busy over a high stack of painfully new books. A teacher here and there smiles at this remarkable industry, and glances significantly at a pile of report cards. A few upper classmen, looking in, turn away with alarmed looks, anxiously feeling for the laurel wreaths on their brows. Guess we'd better look out, they say, 'Tis plain the Naught Niners are here to work! fCurtain.1 ACT II. Scene 1. A schoolroom, much like that in Act I, Scene 2. All green scenery has given place to crimson, black, navy blue, and white. The lady of the vinegar aspect no longer rules at the desk, but in her place sits a Beau Brummel, with red hair and a jolly red face. All the teachers are beaming upon the Sopho- mores, who are somewhat decreased in number but increased in size, and very busy at their books. Thru open windows can be seen some athletic youths performing with balls, and playing antics upon the track, to the wonder and admiration of a new class of Freshmen. I:Curtain.1 Scene 2. Same as Scene I. The company of main actors, though in rather crowded a condition, are working away faithfully. Teachers and other students ex- press unfeined admiration for this enterprising class. There is some dreamy, air-castle talk of a wonderful new building that is to be. lCurtain.1 ACT Ill. Scene I. As the curtain rises there is a great deal of ham- mering, sawing, and disturbance in general, and we see the honorable juniors bravely trying to study amid the tumult of the carpenters. The room is larger and more splendid than before,-all brand new. On the high new platform is a kind, gray- haired lady, keeping faithful watch over the Juniors and Seniors. The report cards still have a flattering

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Rockford Daily Repegistar Circulation Guaranteed NOVEMBER 19, 1919 Price 10C Per I-laps 759 Slater Caught Shoplifting in L. i Wigell's Hardware Store l l ALMOST GOT Y ' LQCALS l With 2 Stoves and Gas Fixtures. Caught by C. Brocksh aw B rown ATTORNEY COLIDGE T0 DEFEND Continued on page 8. ,T..0,,1 The lady patrons of Strots meat market will grieve to learn that the good looking young floorwalker, Merlyn Trescott, has left the firm. R. Decamp is now ass't mg'r of substation No. 4 on the Beloit line. Prof, B. A. Frost has taken up a professorship of science ln W. Springs Business Col- lege. Oaursmegatheir prot . uni: confidentially ' ' predicts that it will be colder tomorrow if the temperature drops. .ii.0,T., P. I. Graves has left his be11ch in E. Widman's shoe repairing shop. He simply cau't hold the lasts between his knees. Lawyer Alice McPherson is coming to the front in sut- fragism. She will be candi- date for mayor of Roscoe next spring. M. Hemenway has bought an interest in Dreamland, We will soon see his face at the window. l l Miss Grace Barnett has ac- cepted a position as stenog- rapner at the suspender fac- tory. Ralph Billingham wishes to thank his friends for their liberal patronage of his truck gardening enterprise. Miss Pearl Burrell has ac- cepted the position ot' dem- onstrator at Pekin, China. for Denatured Iron Filing, a new brain food. Ralph James has taken a position as warden at the Vtlinnebago Insane Asylum. Drs. E, B. Rowley and C. E. Boswell will open offices in the Trust Bldg. soon. They leave a well established prac- tice in Rockton. Both are srraduates of the Dakota tIll.J Academy of Anatomy. Prominent Citizen Passes Away at Brown's Creek. Carlton Welsh is now a Dead one. Undertaker W. Anglemire buries him in brick yard by mistake. Deceased was prom- inent worker in Ladies' Aid Society. Discontinued on Pge. ti. -,ol Miss Theresa Rea is now with the Trescuit Battle Creek Co., makers of sand baked breakfast foods. Miss Belle Hinchliff has been awarded t.he position of domestic science teacher in the Marengo high school. By Qin! llire Roscoe Times-Chronicle Nov, 18th. Hallet Mershon, an agri- culturist of this locality, was thrown from his wagon in a collision with a street car this morning. The body was torn from the running gears and his products were strewn over the road, but fortunate. ly he wasn't hurt.