Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Ye Clden Tymes Hb. first Annual publlshed by tlus school that of 18J2 had several pagts duotcd to klumm matters Now after an mterwal ol some ughtccn xcars the ed1tors ot the len Annual wxsh to resume the A1umn1 teature and to make thxs book of mtcxest to all former students 111 Rock ford Hxgh School When 1t was declded to publxsh the 1892 Annual there was only one other lngh school 1n the country xssulng a year book as far as was known lhe first edxtors chosen to ploneer the local held were Nlessrs Latlm and banborn 1he1r work was successful but lack of mterest made xt pos slble for succeedxng classes to publxsh only three Annuals before 1897 Smce that date the R H S Annual has be come an estabhshed mstntutxon and IS grow1ng yearly Many former ed1tors have attamed prommence m college lxfe and busmess lhe edxtor of the O8 year book Ray C nual publ1cat1on at the UIIIVCFSIIY of 1ll1no1s Besndes thls Vlr McLarty has also rece1ved other school honors 'lhe edltor of the O9 Annual 1 merson Hmchchff stood fourth hxghest 1n hrs studxes of all the lrreshman Class at Belolt Lollege for the first semester NN ho can tell what honors awamt the edxtor of the len Annual P In complhng these Alunnn pages the most helpful source of mformatxon has been a nle of old Owls datmg back to 1892 'lhe Owl began on Apr1l1:J 1890 as a seml monthly leaflet wrth the edxtors Elmer Bruner An drus Jones and J Vernon Hall Lxke the Annual the Owl has steadxly grown to a respectable s1ze GLEANINGS Neath Ye Sprawhng Chestnut Vme Bxbles were advert1sed mn the Owl of 92 and an under tagcer s ad was placed under that of a bakery m the 96 wl MISS Morse came here 1I'l the Fall of 81 and began by teach mg Enghsh and Mathematlcs Before com1ng here she was p1nc1pal of the Oregon Hlgh School for seven yeals The MISSCS Morse and Waldo are the only present members of the faculty who were here at the t1me of the publlca txon of the first Annual rn 92 Twelve , Y . ' .i L ,, a v i Q X 1 V 1 4 1. 4 , ' - 1 ll x 1 'v . -, ' 9 9 - , . , , N . K . . l , , . , - , I McLarty, was recently elected editor of the 1llini , the an- 1 . ' . ' . , T . . 3 4 ! ' ' Lt . ,Y . . . , ' ' ' st U ' ' A4 7? ' ' . , , .. 'Z , - ' CC 77 I ' ' ! , s . I - . . . ,, .. y , , - 9 ' Q CK Il I ' 9 . . ,

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Back rn the nmetxes the faculty attended every athletrc event Nlllll the nmctres of another century come be fore the old custom IS renewed? oke m Owl lNovembcr 30 92 W hy does llorencc boster dxslxke our cxty streets Because she thmks more of the Allle County Judge lxeckhow taught mathcmatncs ln thls school rn 94 lhe Owl welcomed lierr btedxnger to the Iaculty 111 96 sxx years after he arrxved 1n Amerxca The first receptlon ot any kmd mn Rockford Hxgh bchool was glven durlng December 90 rn room ten IH honor ot retrrlng pr1nc1pal Prot Lhas bmlth and Wlfe In 92 Freshmen ww ere sent to other towns as advance agents for school teams because they could travel on half fare The Owl of September 91 sa1d lhe lreshxes are so small th1s year that they fear bemg eaten up by Hxes Who was that Bud Hughes type of humorxst on the 91 rag P Owl subscrxptlons were not pald m adx ance ln 9 Pathosl lhe Athletlc Assoc1at1on of 92 bought suxts for the entlre football eleven at a cost of S519 OO lxmd of a my mother uses Wool boap stunt after the first shower' lhe Debatmg Llub of 93 debated the questlon Resolved 'lhat d2,IlClI1g should be encouraged by rehgxous so cxetxes lhe afhrmatxve won Daily chapel was held rn the nmetxes A student court was mamtamed here 111 99 The class of 81 wlth only forty members left a plano to the school lhrs mstrument was the only one here un txl the completlon of the new bmldmg The class of 94 had the colors whxte yellow and green but the class of 95 prox ed ltS art1st1c Judgment by exhxbnt mg the colors lax ender and lemon Where Are They Now? Class Presrdents Semor 92 George Nelson Holt smger 111 ClllCElgO Jumor 92 Mabel Dans now Mrs Theodore X an de Nlark Freshman 92 Harold Clarke ln Clark Nlnfg Co Jumor 93-Henry Blake m Spaldlng Athletlc Store Chr cago Senior 94-Harry H Chase III newspaper work at Colo rado Sprmgs Colo Jumor 94-John Dlckson 1n real estate busmess at Mt Vernon South Dakota Thirteen .. . A . i Y i - - . ' .4 yr 7 A ' , .. I ' , 4- , D 7 ! ' . . . , . Q QPU . .. ' , X . ' 1 as . . , . . . - , V ,- , . 2 ' J . ' ' 4. n ' ' - ' ' 7 . . - . . . . ! ,Y ' ' V I . cc n ' ' ' , tl : ' , . . . . . ,, , -. V . , .- Y' Ks I7 Q U ,, . . . . Y . , f, he fa . . . , . . . V' th f u , . f- . . , . I H ' Q , . . .Y Q Q . . ,, fs . . . . . . , . , -v - . ! 7 1 - . . . - . r - Y 7 1 , v . . . . . . . 7 . . --... . . , - . . . 'Q A , . . , v. 7 1 Y ' 4 a y , - T , A , . u , 4 V I v v x , . , . . , - , . . , . . . n - - , .