Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 248 of the 1913 volume:

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'I' I I I' av I on .... 1 ' ' I mf' 'I I I 'I 5 . fo Q--A-- us:-'J . ' ' 'J XWUVV 'i .r ffdfi 'm'f7W. 'lfixf-' MA' fi? I-'AI fdholif 'I.-42 'f?IF1 .:f I 'I' 44 M0121 . -'N I -' ',4l 'p47fi,'934 ILM 'M' ' X L5'? f ZI4I4 'Ia r 5- 4 v' Vik 1.103 by 0 I I 5 v R I - V52-' 1 x I- , If-i N I ' ' 'Q Q 31.4 Ii -f -QQ If-22 2 FRANK A BAEHR 1894 1913 Co jfrank El. JBaehr 'whose energn ano kinolp spirit, whose achievments ano whose noble life will he an inspiration to us all for better things, this volume is affectionately oeoicateo. GZ. LE. 05. 'S it W0 ii F . v 'mf ly Q Wo H NH fin l4l,H,:m A AHS. fq,1SQjfg2.' 4 31 fE',rQx3'::. f ? .S taxi? 1K WSX DH NOBIS SIIPIENTIBN 1fI 73 - ogh X, i -3433 Q 1 3 . 1,4 77451: ph fi., if' - 5, .'i,..5gT:-f:.I f qi Q - '. ax v- '2 ' Ixus ' 151 gn il 'lwlxivz ' Wg!! 4 flnggufw L. :N 1' I 0',f1s4 ' 'fps 'I if 1-' . Yf' fl -4 ,. 6? WMM I ggi 'W vlal Ef't .x5, xl rigxtmw - 'qi xF,Q,ds:k.6H A .. ,xii X Nui .44 Foreword XYhcn uarth's last picture is paintcrl. anal thc tuhcs are twistcil aml flriccl, XYhcn thc olnlcst Colors have farlcrl, aml thc f'llllIlQ CSt critic has rlicml, NYC shall rest, ancl, faith, we shall ucccl it-lic clown for an acwm ur two: 'l'ill thc Xl:1stc1'ufz1llg'oml wm'kmcn, shall put us tu wnrk anew. Anil thusc that were gmail shall he happyq they shall sit in a gmlilen chair, They shall splash at Z1 ten-league canvas, with brushes of camels hairg They shall fiml real saints to draw from-hlagclalcne, l'ctcr aml Paul: They shall wrvrk for an age at a Slltll-lQ,2lI1tl ncvcr he tired at alll Anil only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall hlamcg .Xml nu imc shall work for mmicy, anal no mic shall worlf fwr fame, lint each fur thc joy uf thc XVOI'lilIlg', aml each, in his sep- arate star, Shall flraw thc Thing as hc sccs lt, lortliclilmlul''l'hi1igs as lhcv arc v -Kiffiiliyf -J U ,Ni Q gy VJ Board of Educafion MEMBERS R. K, WELSH, , Mrs, Laura P. Gregory Mr, Frank M. Smith . President Mr. C. J. Lundgren Mr. Harry B. Andrexys Mr. A. J. Anderson Mr. J. A. Hollenbeck Mr. Maurice R, Reddy Mr. John A. Bowman Mr. Frank S. Datin Illr. C. 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Rorkford College Algebra, Geometry, Astronomy Miss Etta N. Brown, A. B. U111'z'm'sity of Miclzigau Algebra, Geometry Miss A. Blanche Clark, B. S. Rockford College Algebra, Geometry Miss Ethel Vincent, A. B. Rorkfoni College Algebra, Geometry H. S. FaCuIfymCont1'nued Miss Eleanor Pierpont, A. B. Vassar College Algebra, Geometry English From panic, pride und te-rror. livvenge that knows no ri-in, Light haste and lawless l'!'l'0l l'roli-ct us yet again. Mr. Charles C. Gordon llezul of Depzlrtniexxt lf4lNfL'l'lI llliimis Slate Nuruull Srlzuul LII! ii'vrsz'ty 0 f Ch ivagu Miss Alice Burt, A. B. Uni1'crsity of Chicago Miss Grace B. Wilbur, A. B. llft. Holyoke, Mas.f. Miss Isabelle Duffey, A. B. Rockford College -n f 1: A S. Faculty- Continued Mr. Frank B. Russell, Ph. B. Uv111l'Z'6'l Slljl of Clzirago Miss Anna S. Hunter, A. B. Rorleford College Mrs. Sarah L. Thomas Rockford College Miss Frances Fell, A. B. fame.: Milliken U7'LiZ'8VSlfj', Illinois English, Latin Mr. Robert G. Collins, A. B. Simpson C olloge, Iowa H S. Faculty 'Continued Language f Was der Lehrer tut ist immer reeht. ? '! ? '4Quid mugistcr fm-at est semper honnmf' ? ? Ce que le muitre fart est tonjours hon. . , Vail Iiiraren giir iir alltid riittf' ? ? 1' Herr Ferdinand Stedinger Slinlied in l-lauowr, Germany German Miss Hazel G. Putnam, A. B. IflIl'Z'Cl'.Yllj' of lllivlzigalz Caesar. Cicero Miss May Dobson, A. B. Rockford College Virgil, Latin Miss Elizabeth Cdrcoran, A. B. l?ni'lsf0rfl Collzqyc Caesar, Latin Mr. Carl Bergman, M. A. Azlgustarza College, U. of i. German, French, Swedish '7'7'7 R H S Faculfy-eContinued Science 'SLIGIICQ is a Hrst rate piece of furniture fm '1 mms upper plumber, if he has 4-ommon sense on the i,iound floor But if ai man hasn't got plenty of good common sense the more scienc-e he has the worse for his pitlent Mr. Arthnr C. Norris, B. S Oberlin Collvgu Chemistry, Physics Miss S. Aleta McEvoy, A. B Rorlcford College Physics, Home Economics Miss Agnes Brown, B. S. Lake Forest Collvgc, lll1'nm's Physiography, Botany Miss Jennie E. Waldo Wellesley College, M ass. Physiography, Zoology Miss Elizabeth Grace Sinderson, Uniwrsity of Mimzcsota Physiography, English R. H. S. FaculfyeeeeContinued Miss Grace Bull llllysiogrnpliy, Algebra Commercial Gatln-r the knowledge- of thy lifm-'S vm-ation Wlu-rc-'c-1' thou find'st a. gleaming ne'er so poor lleaml thou! 'Phy lesson shall, in 'l'imo's probation ill thy mind. which. fruiting, shall sci-ure lhy place in honor, peaceful and secured. Mr. john T. Haight Head of Departme-nt Iflflzitcicirrtvl' Narnia! Srlzoul, I Vis. Geography, Arithmetic, Pedagogy Mr. William H. Johnson, L. L. B. Clzaddofk Collcgv Veinnansliip, Commercial Correspondence Miss Pearl Agnes Richie Cwzfnzl Collcgf' Acadcuzy I,7III.'Z'l71'Slfjl of Iowa Stenograpliy, Typewriting Mr. C. Leon Bailey, B. S. Marion, Ind. lenmanship, Arithmetic, Commercial Law, W Commercial Correspondence aw , 0 , S. Facultyf Continued Mr. Hugo H. Hering, A. B. lJIllt'Z'Cl'Slfj' of lfV1'sro11s1'11 Bookkeeping, United States History Arithmetic, German Mr. Alfred J. Loos, B. S. Grimzcll Collage, Iowa Arithmetic, Algebra, Physiology Mr. Carroll King, A. B. Lotw'c11c'e College, Wis. Stenography, Typewriting, Arithmetic Mr. Arthur Kleinpell, A. B. UlIl'T'Cl'tYlfj' of I-V 1'svo11s1'11 Accounting, Arithmetic Hisfory In dark 'Phermoplyue they lie, Oh. death of glory thus to die! Their tomb an altar is, their name A mighty heritage of fume. Miss Czarina Giddings, A. B. Rockford College Greek and Modern History J R. H S. Faculfyee. Continued Miss Flora E. Eddy, A. B. Rorkford Cnllvgv Greek and Roman History Miss Nellie H. Stevens lx'1m.1' Cnllcgz' Greek and Roman History Domestic Science Wo may live without poetry, music and art, Wa- may live without consclenc-e, and live without heart Wi- may live without frit-mls, we YTIZIY live without hooks Hut 1-lvilizoil man 4-annot live without cooks. Miss Ada Lillian Baldwin, B. S. I7lIiT'CI'.Yff'l' of lllnmis Cooking, Sewing Miss Beulah johnson, A. B. Rufkford Cullvgc' Cooking, Sewing, Home Economics Manual Training Tho busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms aklmho set, Until occasion tolls hlm what to ilu: 4 Ami he who waits to have his task marked out i Shall die, and leave his errand unfulfilled. Mr. Wm. Allyn Richards, B. S. Umf7'ersity of LVi.Yt'0llSfll Forge and Foundry HS. Faculfy-Continued Mr. William H. Haupt, B. S. Bradley Polyteclmiral Institute NV ood Shop Mr. H. T. Schrom, B. S. Unitfersity of Purdue Machine Shop, Forge and Foundry Miss Louise Josephine Pellens, B. S University of Illinois Mechanical Drawing Mr. Roscoe Brightup, B. S. lllirlligalz Ay1'iculf1u'al College Mechanical Drawing ee with Oratory Ilemernhering some past occurrences, we agr the boy who when asked by his teacher: ' of eloLution XVhat is the meanmg e . To whiz-h he replied: It is the way people are put to death in some states. Mr. Charles T. Mauller, A. B. Cornell College, I mva Oratory, Argumentation, English R. H S. F acultyesContinued -. fT ': Art Fi-uni tho mingled strength of shade and light l' A nm,-W vrezition rises to my sight, ,g ' Suvh heavenly hmires from his pencil tlow, 1 Su wairni with light his hlendml 4-olors glow. - ' 1 , A Miss Margaret Boyd I Pm!! Institute Pi ifrcc Hzmcl Drawing X Physical Training Tho it he mzulness, yet there be method in it. Miss Gertrude Ione Hill 1X'nrfl1ft,'0ste1':z U n'iz'ersity Dr. Sargwzt's, Boston Civics All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in it l-ongrvss of the United States which shall vonsist of a Svnzitr- :intl at House of Representatives. . Mr. Charles A. Beyer, A. B. W ff' t - l.a1w'encc College, W-zs. ' Civics, Economics, Arithmetic Miss Florence Foster Secretary to Mr. Briggs Miss Eleanor Lagerquist Secretary to Nr. VValker ,I -'il I SERRQR I 1, ,N figff In v 1 I flick Q w. Akimil ff Y, N First Semester Class of 1913 A COLORS Light Blue and Gold MOTTO Give us Wisdom CDe saprentiam nobisj Class Officers . First Semester Second Semester FRANK BAEHR RAYMOND BILLETT Presidents RUTH IHERGQUIST CATHERINE MCNEANY Vice-Presidents RUDGER WOLCOTT , JOHN VVELDON Secretaries WILLISTON RECKHOVV HOMER COTTA Treasurers Yell lioom jig boom, boom jig boom, Boom jig a rig a jig a boom jig boom, Rip ray res, Rip ray res, Class of '13, well I guess! Second Semester 24 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Senior Class Hz'story The FolZz'es of 1909-1913 A MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA IN FOUR ACTS Place-R. A. Chess Boards DRAMATIS PERSONAE Spirits , K. D. VVHISTLE-A blatant, clamorous and persistent individual, who always makes his entrance from the west. followed by K. D. BELL. They are arch enemies of PEDAGUGICAL TRANQUILLITY, a coy maid, who invariably swoons at their entrance. K. D. BELL is clad in a Nell-Rose gown, Or- pheum typeg K. D. VVI-IISTLE wears a green hat, with a c. l. b. in the back. GENTLE BREEZE-An understudy of VENTILATING SYS- TEM. She is dressed in opalescent hues and carries in her right hand the Lotus flowerg shy but accsesory to the deeds of K. D. VVHISTLE and K. D. BELL. RECITATION-Sister to PEDAGOGICAL TRANQUILITY Both are clad in navy blue on Mondays. CLASS BELL-Not so popular as his brother, LUNCH BELL. He wears a police uniform and carries a club. CITY ORDINANCE, 1. D.-A learned Doctor of Law. Mortals Roy Johnson Mary johnson May johnson Ray johnson VVilliam johnson lllae johnson Alice johnson John T. Johnson Naie johnson Oliver Johnson Harold johnson lllai .lohnson Ruby johnson I-XX Pearl Johnson Some More finclusivej flohnsons, Nelsons, and Laclies-iii-Waitingj Invocation of the Muse Come, gentle Muse, that doth the English class inspire, Come goddess of the themes that were and are And shall be without end: Hll up my fountain pen With dulcet music that I may career Through follies of this year and those that were. 4 ACT I. Time: 1909-1910 K. D. WHISTLE Oh comrade, why are these mortals gathered here, Why are they thus those many books perusing? ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 25 K. D. BELL They are the class called Freshmen in this place: They are but lately gathered to this fold. See how the newness marks them as they go As fresh as May and like to emerald. fThe Freshman class of 1909 enters and takes its place on the pedagogical stage: business of calling the roll, Roy johnson, Ray johnson, etc. The principals take their places near the front, the chorus forms in solid phalanx behind and sing the following plain- tive but hopeful songj: NYe'll be bigger when we're big like you: We'll be wiser when we're wise like you. Get your laugh while you can, Call me papa's little man, For you'll dasen't when I'm big like you. K. ll. XYHISTLE and K. D. HELL join in on the refrain, and GENTLE BREEZE wafts the harmony on highj. ACT II. Time: A spring morning of 1911 QRECITATIUX and PEDAGOGICAL TRANQUILITY are seated enthroned before the chorus, the Sophomore class of 1911. As they listen to the discource of RECITATION, they.are changed miraculously into juniors. The change takes place during the fol- lowing speechj : RECITATION I gather, forsooth, from this weighty book That the Greeks were most wonderful men, And here you can see, I'm sure you'll agree, That x is the tenth power of teng lfor 'tis said by one. lloyle, that, according to Hoyle, W'hen a sonnet's inclosed as you know 'Twill expand to a dithyrambic, iambic ode, As 'Z-Xmara virum que cano ........ Now the principal parts of irregular avoir VVere found in the Greek Pantheon, And thus you can see what in 1063 Die Lorelei getanf' 26 ROCKFORD HIGH' SCHOOL ANNUAL CGENTLE BREEZE Warns K. D. WHISTLE and K. D. BELL, who approach with blood in their eyes. CLASS BELL rushes in and rescues RECITATIONJ ACT III. Time: A Monday morn in the spring, 1912 CRECITATION, clad in the deepest blue, is now seated before the junior class of 1912. She resumes her speech so rudely cut short in the previous act, While PEDAGOGICAL TRANQUILITY does an aesthetic dance in the rear of the stage. K. D. VVHISTLE and K. D. BELL approach once more, rush into the room and mur- der RECITATION and PEDAGUGICAL TRANQUILITY be- fore the horrified eyes of the junior class. VVRITTEN TEST enters with star and club and takes command of the scene. Quick curtain! ACT IV Time: The spring of 1913 CCITY ORDINANCE enters and takes his seat on the throne. K. D. VVHISTLE and K. D. BELL are brought before him for trialj. CITY ORDINANCE: It seems to me, as Justice of this court. That you as vile and guilty culprits stand Convicted of a crime which here is proved, Thrice proved: and I do hereby sentence you To be forever banished from this earth. And. furthermore, this engine which you own As wretched sponsor for your double guilt, Shall go forever more on rubber tires, And slip in silence past this sacred place. fK. D. WHISTLE and K. D. BELL vanish in a cloud of smokeg whereupon RECITATION and PEDAGOGICAL TRANQUIL- 'ITY spring into life again. They join the Class of 1913 in a joy- ful songj. THE END. NOTICE The Tragedies of l9l3,' will begin its First performance June 20, 1913. Frank Baehr Clyde Allen Kath rvn Barrett Alneer fnlafl 0 Z x Myrle Bartholomew Arthur Anderson Bartholomew Ruby Andrew Beth as 4-f Q2 e Bartl Iren Andrews 4 'U U L-4 TE P4 A Rose Baumgartner Marguerite Armour Lena Braconier Mabel Beard Brewster VVi1lmer tson Beng Frances L-4 Bur CC l'Cl'l Cla lack 72 CCI T FTS cu O-v 11 Burr to ay D Billett aymond R Irene Burr Esther Bond GJ C L.. P1 IQ 3 E Ca OH gt lia Boyin Ce Condon ttO Lore cla Cameron cc N Ienneth Cooling I1 v- Ruth Carlso Con way rion la 4 Le OJ 'cs : FJ GJ O : E : A! ... Homer Cotta Helen Chapman Q2 C Cullla arion M hase Roy C 1th Crill R1 ristopherson h C Stanley SON Affie Dickin Fred Davis Dickinson Rena avis D Iva OCTF D HTH Day Cl .2 lt! I-I-I THU oretta Do W D-4 7. 0 G L' U Q U1 U -4 8- W H 5 ,2 :A o Q Q .S O I CYHIHH ck Di Frances 3 ,... Ecklun THHCCS 1-' ewitt D red F Miriam Fisher Elsie Erickson Hazel Floberg Er ckson Ethel Foote Margaret Ernst I Forsberg Ruth Eychaner ,.-. N 2 U Ev m Fred Gallagher Feldeen Hay Lauretta Gartland Clara Fisher Donald Grover Robert Gibson Gustafson Lvdia CH lildred Giff 6 'U L' rd rlH Ca Marie Gleasinan Clifford Hand Camilla Govern rned Lora Ha Greenlee lllabelle CS le Hay vil .-. CU f--1 Z4 'Jw L4 O bb 33 LD C CD s- a.. 5 f pf Ill ohnsm J red Mild I1 HetTra Margaret johnson auline s P .- .-1 rd 'SL S p- Lf- F .- .- 41 LL4 GJ U Pu CJ J gela A 11 SZIEICSOII C I adeliu M eda Kellstrom B ll h .I olmso Bet gc .2 1- 'U : Q2 I A GJ 4: U s: rd Bl H5011 Einar Joh f- -- I-1 e Ke HIS Lo Hattie Johnson Laura Larson ball E M .M C1 cd L. I-11 John Lewis Dorothy King Gertrude Lonergan Letitia Knight Lundgren Amelia ullberg Ruth K Mason Florence I'Ol'l1 andst L Gilmore Nettie Malmquist ont en Lam E cLce I 1X rd dwa E Mannix eu CI I 5 rd C1-4 EN EE fu MCX Catherine McCauley Cec 1 .-1 Meusel Martha Calmon lc R arold H Metlin Pearl ld 0113. D M c ly 'Q I-I-I Mary Mershon McGrath Frances Iiller IN lildred I rath IcG Mary IN OYIHCI' O'C C1 GJ Hel orris e M Elsi e Olson ic on Al ester Mort H Eskel Olson XVesley Newman Ella Osgood g Nicols din E Geneva Overstreet Clarence Oakes Q f O .-'I .ac U ev Cd ,- .- illisto XY acock Frank Pe ice cl R lildre 3 eacock P aucle K .-4 inson b Ro Helen Petersen ecla ..- x.. 14- .-. 'Y' ubi n R dore Isa Pearl Petersen Rurlelius Ernest Porter 1eodora Tl Rundquist Ielen ll I VV C yPo CD .... ci Q. 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J la viii I lull I lllrltlllllllllllllla Senzor Class Poem Pour years ago OUI lathels brought LllltO tllls school ft cllss QOIICEIVSG to be the gleenest one That exel came to pass Thelr llllsiit clothes then plasteled hftll Thelr avwlmalcl lalllbllllg galt lllGlI' open lll0llfllb and fllgllfilltjd St'1l9 They lealned th ll 19550118 well though yea' 'lhey collld not lealn enough POI tronl the llppel C1ELSbl1l91l they Had ex ell leallled to bluff Thev learned to get 'l headache ol All ulcelated tooth lo louse the teachers synlpathles Fhey Slllalged upon the truth YV1th YBHIS came 1l1CI6HbGd age ot coulse Wltll 1llCI'Q3bGd age came thought They learned when blillll pow l luled 111 f0ILQ To do as thev had ought For lnstance lt they should teel slck Alld school WOIK lllllt tllelr bralll They d stop tllelr wolk as they had ougllt And thus IQIIQVE the paln tl have no doubt that vely soon Fheyd teel all rlght Elgalll J If asked to stay the seventh hour To rack tllelr musty dome They d say My work I cannot shlrk Viv lllotllel needs me llollle Thus they were human IISVQI clallned Perfectlon ln each alt But a race begun Ol goal once alllled Was IIQVGI lost at start' I--I , ,V - - I-I 07 -uf fl-MH'-l t X' win'- lf ell l A I ' I ' l ' l ' Y 1. . .' 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'z' ze 1 ,g V - V . V. ' 11 'sx ,' in , I M111 lezlveh him dlmost. deed. , I 1. ' 1- '1 ., '4'l n flf f I 1' ' I U. L ' 123.1 gh 7 Sq zlzillllllllllkqlllllllllllg 44 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Class Prophecy I. ASPER SANDEHN slowly came to the realization that he was very cold and wet, and that some one was raising and lowering his arms. He stirred, and the people around him wrapped him in a warm blanket and he was carried up the dark pathway to the hotel. His dazed mind gradually untwisted, as he reviewed the events of the evening. Wliile hurrying along the shore of Lake Kegowauwan to get to shelter before the storm broke, he had heard cries for help. Dropping his suitcase, he had rowed out to the Houndering girl, but himself capsized, he had been forced to swim with his half drowned burden until picked up by a boat. His ac- cident was far from unpleasant in its conclusion, as he found himself among the inhabitants of the summer camp of the Popular Grove High School alumnae. Here he felt at home. Ten years ago he had disappeared, because his father had threatened to send him to College, not that he didn't like to study, but because he had had enough in high school. Under the warming influence of the fire and the gratifying thought that he had saved the beautiful Miss Vogel, Casper began to enjoy the experience of being the center of attraction. Henry Utter, the owner of the Utter Traveling Dog Troupe, had scented trouble immediately and was one of the First to arrive. He aided the doctors, Allen and Salisbury, to revive the victims, and showed the two nurses, Helen Stewart and Amy Lundgren, where the hot water was to be found, and had joined the crowd at the Hre- place. Others that were present were the manager of the Trahern Pump Company, Robert Gibson, Homer Cotta, president of the Si- wash Business College, with his assistants, Alice Olson, Frances Bengtson, Lena Braconier and Lauretta Gartland, joke editor of the Popular Grove Gazette, professor Swenson, dean of penmanship- who, under the influence of the normalized solution of grape juice passed around by Dayton Burr, the proprietor of the Sanitary Ap- plied Chemistry Grocery Store, revealed all the gossip of the past years. She told that Marguerite Armour and Mildred Giffen, feeling that it was their Christian duty, had gone as missionaries to the tor- rid dominions of the Hottentots, with their loyal friend and sup- porter, Sidney Van Duzer, who, after ten years of futile chasing ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 45 after the elusive fair sex, had given it up as a bad job and had gone into the ministry. Claire Scone's name was next mentioned, who, in order more quickly to recover from the effects of being linked to the chain of Hill Pratt Reliquesf' had entered Grand Opera under the name of Napolietta. Pauline Mannix had preceded her after tiring of the role of College Widow at Champaign. Unbelievable as it may seem, William Pratt had at last resorted to matrimony, and had persuaded Irene Bartlett into making the rash plunge with him. llill Vogt and Mabel Beard had married also. It came about when William, in his capacity as a civil engineer, had put in a drain- age system on the lleard farm. VVhen Lauretta had tired, Francis Peacock, the playwright, took up the conversation and told how Miss Sara Paden Bidlack was being recognized for her wonderful genius and effective ways. Here another voice, that of Ruth Kullberg, the dietition of the Popular Grove Hospital, was heard to interpose, Excuse me, Francis, but where is your sister, Maude, now? Um-a-um, she gives piano lessons down at Madison. Popular music is her specialty. The fellows seem to like that better. What I'd like to hear, would be the latest gossip about Helen Chapman and Kenneth Cooling! cried Helen Lamont, a renowned musician. 'l'hat's easy, said Fred Gallagher, the warden of the State In- sane Asylum, his case came up only a short while ago. He sits all day, mourning away because he made the dreadful mistake of dancing five dances with another girl at one of the Winter parties, and by so doing, lost both Helen Do Sita and his mind. I heard that she had moved her bachelor apartments and had repudiated man as a false creature. Too bad it ever happened, because George was a nice boy. A little sewing bee was established during a pause by Grace Lee, a representative of the firm of Ruby and Myrle Bartholomew dressmaking establishment. The information was given that Clara Doerr and Erma Sechler, designers for the company, had been awarded first prize for having the most original and effective spring model at the Paris exhibition. From the standpoint of Norman Alueer, owner of a publishing house, this was uninteresting. In a loud voice he said, Say, Kys, I read in the paper about a month ago that Mr. Norris was going back to his calcium carbonated farm in Ohio, and that Frank Kim- ball has been appointed to take his place. 46 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Casper: Is that so? I thought Howard VVolfley would get that job. Norman: Nopeg he has a fine position as a government ex- perimenter in high explosivesg good pay, lots of experience, but no insurance. It's just his line of work. just then the landlady, Mrs. Anderson, formerly Florence VVess- man, announced that Fred Davis had arrived with his English Ponies to take his wife, who was Mildred Rice, back to their farm. The party then dispersed, leaving only Casper and Wilbur Osgood, the lively correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. l've been interested in the conversation, said Casper, as the last person disappeared, but what live been aching to hear about is, what has happened to Dorothy during the last ten years, Tell me about her. How does she happen to be here with the Reckhows ? VVell, it was this way. Dorothy had run away, because her parents had been cruel to her, soon after she graduated, so that Dor- othy was obliged to work. She had a chance to do a vaudeville act with Marion Culhane, but as Marion wanted to be scientific, using her extensive Physics knowledge, she gave this up. Finally, she and Kathryn Barrett opened up a studio, Kathryn giving vocal lessons and Dorothy instrumental. Mary Mershon, who has since gone west as a Hunter, was their First pupil. This income permitted their living at Alfrieda Peterson's boarding house until their pupil graduated, and then other sources of revenue had to be found. This came in the form of playing the piano at Hilding's Nichol show, where Angela Joyce sang the illustrated songs. An exceptionally large crowd was attracted to the theater one day by the advertise- ment that some pictures of local interest were to be shown. It was a film showing Rev. Brewster laying the corner stone of the Popular Grove Library, this magnificent structure being designed by Ed- ward McLee. VVilliston Reckhow, after settling himself in a front seat, as his extensive study of the Law had weakened his optics, was much surprised and pleased to see who the swaying figure was that was tearing off the syncopated rag stuff in front of him. After the show, he escorted her home. The following nights were the same, except that he took her into Ernest Rudelius' confectionery store to taste the delicious dainties, where Madeline Caroline C. Isaacson slung together the sundaes that were known afar. After five or six years of this, the Reckhows commenced to think that Bill was serious so they acted as her guardians and gave her every advantage in the educational line. Mlle. Crill and Fraulein Porter were obtained as the best tutors in French and German. Later she ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 47 was sent to Smith where she found her old friend, Catherine Mc- Neany, as one of the deans. This winter she will make her debut, and then in june they will be married. At this moment the proprietor Mr. Arthur Anderson, himself, came sleepily down the circular staircase, put the cat out, turned out the light, and the gas meter was allowed to fold its tired hands and rest. II. Popular Grove, Feb. 3, 1923. Dear Esther:-Since the Bond between us is so great, I thought l would write you all that has happened since Casper rescued me at Lake Kegowauwau. We came back to Popular Grove soon after, that is, all but Casper, who was sore because I wouldn't give up Willistoii for him. Down in my heart I like him better, but I feel as if I ought to marry VVilliston, after all the Reckhows have done for me. Things were pretty dull until winter set in and all the functions began, and from the time I announced my engagement at Margaret HCHf3l1,S luncheon things moved rapidly. Margaret, you know, works all the time, trying to get up enthusiasm for the new Popular Grove H. S. Band. You see she has never gotten over her interest in bands, so I felt quite honored that she would take time to do anything of the sort. I wish you could have been here, but I suppose you are having just as good a time in Canada with your cousin, etc. The first thing was the Big Affair, a dinner and cabaret. Loret- ta Doran, Nettie Malmquist, Daphne VVatson and Donna Hollem, who made their debuts last winter, assisted in receiving. Geneva Overstreet, in her green spangles, mesmerized a boa constrictor, while Louise Kern tickled the ivories as well as the audience. Louise studied abroad last year. Irene Burr, the whistler, amused us with her birdlike notes, while Naemie Norberg read little legends about the different ones thus interpreted. The quartet, composed of Marion Tait, Beulah Thomas, Iva Davis, and Lila Spalding, sang the touching little melody, Nobody Loves a Fat Girl. The closing number was one which brought tears to the eyes. Warren Gregory rendered his great production of O, Tannen- Round A bon! School ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 49 baum, O, Tannenbaum! which he has been perfecting since the first time we heard him practicing in 1913. Mildred Andrews, whose paintings I suppose you have noticed in the papers, gave a studio tea last week. All the people there were celebrities of some sort, either writrs or painters. Pearl Metlin and Elsie Sundgren were the most prominent, although Lora Har- ned has been doing some very good work. They all had some of their paintings there. You remember Theresa Zumdahl, the one who thinks she can paint masterpieces? Well, she had a piece of work there. It was a picture of those awful 1913 Dayton floods. They evidently made quite an impression on her. In the middle was the top of a house sticking up, supposedly. Marie Gleasman, the art connoisseur, came up, and, looking critically at the picture said, Wl1at a verv good likeness of Noah's Ark! Of course, Theresa was very incensed to think that she COLlldl1,t tell the difference between a modern house and the Ark, so Hazel Floberg, who has been studying with Mildred Johnson to learn the art of what to say at any and all times, came to the rescue and said, VVell, never mind, Marie, they both had the same mission in life. Helen Lamont came up just then, inquiring for the scandal, so then the conversation turned to gossip. Beda Kellstrom and Affie Dickinson have adhered to the old cubist ideas and were so very much behind the times, that no one noticed them. Ruth Ward's picture, The Height of My Ambition, took the prize. It was the figure of a girl standing beside a measuring stick, which registered six feet. The most prominent writer was Daisy Powell, who read a se- lection from her latest publication, Athens Under the Rule of Charles II. It showed a lot of thought. Following her, Elizabeth Tynan read her sensational essay on Vivacity. Mae Feldeen is still working on her novel, She Smiles to Con- quer, which is quite pathetic in places. O, the lectures I have been attending lately! Clara Fisher spoke very intelligently on Chemistry in the Home, and in con- nection with this, Cecil lNlcCauley, The Fellow of the Ladies' Aid, gave his address on Improved Methods of Dish NVashing. .50 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Elsie Ericson demonstrated the new hair curler that she and Ethel Erickson have patented and called the E-E-Hair Charm- er. I tried it the other night, and it worked beautifully. O, did you know that Beth Johnson is engaged to Roy Chase? She announced hers a week later than mine, at Frances Dicker- rnan's luncheon. We had the best eats, for Fran engaged Celia Boyington, the famous caterer from New York. My kitten will insist on getting up on my lap and scratching until I pet her. She is cunning, but a terrible nuisance. I got her at Emily McDonald's cat farm, where Grace Lee works tying bows for them: big bows, little bows, pink ones and blue ones, and in all conceivable shapes. Last night, Hazel Eychaner, the heiress, entertained at a box- party, Einar johnson and Mildred Srackangast taking the leading roles in the opera. Afterwards we had a chafing dish supper at the home of Fanny Ingalls, the Popular Grove Belle, but as luck would have it, Lucile Welch upset the chafing dish and spoiled that lovely dress she made While working at Snow's. The night before, we saw Blanche Ken- drick, who has gained high favor as Lady Maczeth. I have been doing quite a little charity work under the directions of Mildred Miller. who is very capable along that line. Helen O'Connor is doing a great deal of settlement work, and with the help of Mary McGrath, the president of the VVoman's Club, has done much for Popular Grove this year. just a few minutes ago I received a perfectly wonderful bunch of roses. They came from Pauline Johnson's hot-house. She makes a specialty of them. She has it in connection with Rose Baum- garten's English Tea Garden. I must tell you about the crazy county fair we had last summer. It was in imitation of the kind we used to have way back in the days when we lived in Rockford, with the balloon girl, who, by the way, was Zada Cameron and her barker was Mabel Waterman, and all the other features of a fair. Laura Larson was exhibiting her home-made bread, calling in a loud voice to everyone that passed by to vote for hers. Ella Osgood, the greatest fiutist in the country, was really the only good thing there. They had one feature there that I haven't heard of since the spring of the year we graduated. Beth Andrew was there as Bonnie Burr , you remember how much she looks like her? Pearl Alice Peterson made the sensational high dive. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 51 On our way home we stopped at Hester Morton's Delicatessen and had a dainty supper after all our red lemonade and cracker-- jack. I can't think of any more news, except that Miriam Fisher has just opened up a sanitarium. I went over to visit it. and I don't see how anyone could help getting well in the presence of her rosy cheeks and sunny ways. Who do you suppose I got a letter from just now? The last person you' clever think of. Roger VVolcott. He is at Tchermuk- hovskaia as war correspondent and is becoming quite wealthy on the side, with his dancing. They say he even excels the natives. I have an appointment with Rena Dickinson, the hair dresser, so I must stop my raving. Do write when you have time. Lovingly, DOROTHY. III. Since one good turn deserves another, Raymond Billett decided to run for Mayor of Popular Grove. The last two years had been highly successful as a business administration. There had been a general cleaning up. All the old pavements had given place to long' stretches of smooth asphalt, and cement had replaced all rough side- walks to such an extent, that Clarence Oakes, Acorn doctor, was- fast losing his patients. Billett had come to the conclusion that if he wanted a thing Wel - don he should let him do it, so john Regi- nald Weldon had control of all contracting that affected the city's buildings, paving, etc. An Orphan Asylum had been instituted, of' which Effie was the Day matron and Letitia had charge at Knight. Other municipal officers were Clifford Hand, occupying the position of city attorney, Donald Grove-r park commissioner, Earl Hayes, city engineer, while John Lewis was again running for highway commissioner, having received his training while out for track. One of the large corporations backing the present administration was- The Tritle Chewing Gum Company, Consolidated, which had swal- lowed up n1any of the smaller concerns, such as Wrigleys, Wests, etc. Casper had been called from afar to take the position of cam-- paign manager. To intimately acquaint himself with the delicate job of landing the suffragette vote. Elsie Morris and Mabelle' Greenlee were found to be favorable to the present rule, but the- leader of the whole west side, a very influential personage, was vio- 52 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL lently opposed. No one had been able to Govern Camilla, and the chances were that no one ever would. However, Earl B. Whitcher had been chosen as conciliator, and there was still some hope. He pointed out that her choice' had given up the race a couple of months back when he had lost his voice while holding a heated debate with Eskel Olson on, whether Politics should be al- lowed to enter the portals of our Educational Institution, he holding the affirmative. Several big guns had been exploding around the burgomaster's head with the evident purpose of shattering his character. It had been claimed that he had wiped away all the graft of the petty of- ficials, and had kept it all for himself. Even if this was true, the op- position admitted that it was pretty good business. To allay the suspicions of the common people, the whole time of the De Witt publishing house was used in printing circulars on the merits of the administration. This was very disagreeable to Roger Wolcott, in his capacity of printer's devil, and made it necessary for him to work about fourteen hours a day. To take every precaution against the opposition, realizing that wherever there is music there is har- mony, and that it hath charms to soothe the Savage heart, Billett had installed a piano in the City Hall and had hired Osborne Weth- erall to operate it. This applied to the male contingent, but, O. the perversity of woman! At this time a bolt was made by the suffragettes in favor of Gertrude Lonergan. Both tried to effect a compromise. Long and strenuous were the conferences. Gertrude having Camilla Bryne and Zada Cameron with her as aids. These ladies had their handbags Hlled with bombs, if any persuasive argu- ment was needed. Billett had anticipated some of these arguments and had stationed Theodore Schrom, headquarters detective, as his private secretary in the adjacent room. The leader consented to a dark horse, if such an animal could be found. There was none, so the only way to unite the party was by matrimony. All during the election day, Charles Dela-ney, chauffeur for Mrs. Limekiller, carried voters to the poles. As each one entered the Auto, Audrey Nelson pinned a pink carnation on them and smiled. This was an emblem of the cause. Before two o'clock the supply of carnations from the Eklund greenhouse had given out, but there was still enough smiles and forget-me-nots to distribute. This was so popular that officer Weirick of the motorcycle squad was forced to accompany the car to regulate the number of passen- gers. Both Izetta Witherstine and Marion Conway refused to vote at all, because they had carnations pinned on them, and they de- ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 53 manded either a vote for each flower, or none at all. As Chuck was rushing the last two voters of the day, Mabel Steinman and Loretta Condon, down the Main street, he turned a sharp corner and sliced a button off the uniform of Traffic Officer John Doyle. For this disrespect of Law, he was arrested and fined by Judge Smith. That night, after Billett hade made his speech of thanks, H. Joseph Hefferan distributed oranges in the park across the street. IV. The Reverend Dr. Ernst ambled placidly up the driveway of the Reckhow mansion, escorted by Ralph E. Johnson, dressed in his stove-pipe hat and a Prince Albert coat. This was the morning of the wedding of Dorothy Vogel and Williston, which would be celebrated within a half hour. Arthur VViedman, the best man, welcomed them at the door, and the final preparations were com- plete, except for Williston's giving over the license. At this mo- ment the bridegroom rushed into the room, dived into a closet, pulled out a coat, and commenced to search its pockets. An ex- pression of deep perplexity came over his lily white features. What could he have done with the license? The ceremony was postponed for a half hour, while the search was renewed. Meanwhile, Helen Robinson, the maid of honor, and the two bridesmaids, Ruth Fors- burg and Helen Rundquist, tried to comfort Dorothy, who at the end of that time vowed she wouldn't wait another minute. Willy was nearly desperate, finally admitting that his mother must have burned it up when she cleaned out his pockets the day before. This was the straw that broke the camel's back. The bride tore off her engagement ring and declared that she would never marry a man that cared so little for her as to lose the marriage license. The same afternoon, Lydia Gustafson, a book agent, made the biggest sale in her life, when XVilliston bought her whole stock of Burke's Speech on Conciliation. Dorothy left the house that night. Deep in her heart she really loved Casper, so that when he called on her at the G. Landstrom Hotel, the arrangements for a European honeymoon were quickly made. During dinner that evening, the two were entertained by hearing lsadore Rubin, traveling salesman for the firm of Philbert McNut, tell of his romantic adventures with Ethel Stokburger in the Philippines. Ou their trip east they stopped at Buffalo to inspect Clarence Burr's publishing house, where he had a collection of all the books of Ruth in the country, so as to corner the market. In New York they were delighted to see Stan- 54 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL ley Christopherson as the electrical enginer of one of the surface cars, while Lawrence Olson manipulated the fare register in the rear end of the same car. Mr. and Mrs. Sandehn decided to go aboard their steamer, the Delania, the night before sailing. The first person they met on board was Margaret See-More, who was personally conducting a sight-seeing party. She immediately found the other tourists in the saloon. One was Gertrude Olson, who, after a short trip to the Scandinavian peninsula, was going to fulfill her contract to play at the Roman Circus. Lloyd Shierk said that he intended raising chickens on the Scottish heather, and to study the native poets at close hand. As the party was going to Germany, Frances McGrath and Dorothy King had been taken along as in- terpreters. During the evening, Herr Stedinger, who had retired from Grand Opera, and had taken the leadership of the Delamia Orchestra, serenaded Dorothy and Frances with 'fWeep No More, My Ladies. Margaret Foote played the piano, Carl Hand the violin, and Wesley Newman the iiute. It was enough to bring tears to the eyes of any mortal, making the crowd retire in a pensive mood. Next morning, after breakfast, the young couple went up to shake hands with Rubin Celander, the wireless operator, who was preparing to send out the usual lot of messages of farewell. The boat left at ten olclock. At one minute after ten the passengers could see some one on the dock pushing his way through the crowd. The gang plank had been withdrawn, and he was too late. Instead of being angry, a rather disappointed, but real, smile came over his good natured face. Everyone was curious to know who this strange being was, who on examination turned out to be Sunny Souders. ' -I x ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 55 Senior Slaff The Nineteen- Thirteen Class Song We came to Rockford High School In the fall of nineteen-nineg The brightest class of Freshmen That ever crossed the line. We struggled in our studies To get the A's and B'sg And finally we reached the goal That every Freshman sees. Chorus : Hooray for nineteen-thirteen, Hooray for the Blue and Gold g Hooray for the underclassmen VVhose records are yet untold. VVe doif our caps to the teachers, The faculty of widespread fame. Hooray for this class of classes, Immortal is our name. Through English, Math., and Hist'ry We've labored year by year: Each foe fell to our glory. Y ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL To pease our gay career. The echo of our footfall Will soon be heard no more, But let it cheer you comers, That we have graced your door. In football, track and basket-ball, VVe've made our standards highg Likewise in oratory VVe've passed all records by. In general, you who follow Will have to step in time, If you intend to pass this class VVith records more sublime. VVe'll oft remember and recall This institution dearg Amid good times with friends so true Throughout our great career. As Seniors wise and otherwise, There's one thing We have learned: That, Wl1at you get, at all times, Is exactly what you've earned. D. V., T. Z., M. P., D. G., E J Girls ' Department The Old Norfh Door Mr'. Harbaugh among his planls I JUNIO ' W' F irsl Semesfer Class of 1914 COLORS MOTTO Red and White Always Ready O icers First Semesfer Second Semesfer LAWRENCE PENNIMAN RAY JACKSON Presidents A ALICE PORTER KATHERINE HARPER Vice-Presidents ALICE FREEMAN ROBERT LEACH Secretaries FERN COLTON KATHERINE SCHMAUSS Treasurers YELL Rickety, Rackety, Rickety, Roar, VVe're the class of 1-9-1-43 Sis boom, Sis boom, Sis boom Res, The only class in R, H. S. Second Semester 60 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Junior S faff Junior Class History QFor the benefit of Freshmen and other Ignoramusesj NE September day, like all other school dignitaries have once done, we entered the Iron Gates, which lead to the Hall of Fame. At first our greenness was a little more prominent than that of our rivals, the dignified CPD Sophomores, but we soon changed colors. They were transformed to a rich crimson and white, due to the atmospheric influences. Kind teachers pointed out the way to our recitation rooms, but enticed by the Sophs, We followed their lead and ended by returning to our beloved initiation Room 2 to get an admit, which we easily received after pouring forth our woes to Miss Putnam. YVhen week-old Freshmen, We lost our timidness and gathered sufficient courage to scramble through the first year. When Sophomores, we entered the battle in earnest, winning our way to fame under the guidance of our faithful teachers, Mr. Haight and Miss Giddings. This, our Junior year, being our most important one in High School-so far-we might go on and write volumes of history of our notorious class. As it is, We have not sufficient time or space to express the desires and feelings of each individual member of our incomprehensible class. The wide, Wide world esteems us as the leaders of all organiations and all High School affairs. We ourselves went into what our young ambitions told us would be a charming occupation, with intellectual companions and happy Chlldfefl. B F 714 The Seniors fo Be OFHONORE ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 63 FirsISemesler MILTON HULT STEWART RILEY ALICE KNIGHT KURTZ BALLOU Firsl Semesler Class of 1915 Ufjqcers SecondSemesfer TRACY TAYLOR Presidents LUCILE FRANCES Vice-Presidents ALICE ROSS Secretaries FRANCES ROSECRANS Treasurers YELL Ice Cream, Soda Water, Ginger Ale and Pop 1915 is always on the top, Stand them on their head, Stand them on their feet, 1915 can't ever be beat. Second Semester 64 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Sophomore Staff Sophomore Class Hz'siory EXAMINED the papers of 260 Sophomores, and took these as examples of the average students. The total age of these 102 was 4065 years, and the average was 15.6764705+ years. The total height was 1755 feet, and the average being 5.441l705+ feet. The shoe for the Sophomore 260 was 1245 inches, and the average 5.0784313725+ inches. Nationality-2 English-German-Scotch, 103 Americans, 55 Swe- dish, 21 Svveclish-Americans, 3 German-American, 20 Germans, 10 Scotch, 30 English, 2 Irish-French. 2 German-French, 3 Irish, 2 English-German, 2 French, 3 Scotch-Irish, 3 Yankee. Age-15,176 years. Weight-121,933 lbs. Heaviest, 186 lbs. Lightest, 81 lbs. Height-1755 feet. Average, 5.44 feet. Tallest, 5 feet 11 inchesg smallest, 3 feet 8 inches. Native-240. State Born-200 in Illinois, 8 in NVisconsin, 4 in Indiana, 2 in Missouri, 6 in Minnesota. 4 in California, 3 in Iowa, 8 in New York, 4 in Qhio. Size of Shoe-Smallest, IM, Largest, 105 Average, 4M. PRES HIGH SCHOOL CITY UI RUCKFORII 1906 5 lb: S4 Z Aw 66 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL ? ?? ??? ????-! We, the Freshman Class of 1913, have started out to break rec- ords, even in the first semester of our high school life. Being alone and friendless, we had no one to care for us or help us to organize -our class. As far as we know we have broken all previous records in this respect by being the only Freshman class who went through its first semester without either organization or oificers.-What won't we do in the years to come?!l Clasii 1916 ' Ofjqcers Second Semester Chas. Weldoni ..... ...............,.............,........ ............... P r esident Clyde Oliver ...... ......... V ice-President Virgel Lange ...... ........,... S ecretary Helen Snyder .,..............................,......................................,.... Treasurer Freshman Officers ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 67 Freshman S fajj' Freshman Class Hz'siory EI l'I2lN'lIlER 9th, 1912, was a big day in the lives of about 300 Rockford youngsters. Room 2 at the High School was a busy place on this opening day of school. Child NVelfare notes from different states have, for several years shown forth the value of Baby Contests, and Rockford par- ents decided to have a real live contest in our own city. Experts Putnam, Beyer, Corcoran, Vincent and Brown, and their assistants were on hand with book and pencil, to receive the infants and note peculiarities, that an accurate account might be kept of the growth of each. They led each little tot to his individual class room, and gave further study to the case, then explained food and treatment to the nurse. liresh air, copious bathing and plenty of sleep, were part of each child's care. Pickles, picture shows. candy and gum had no place in the treatment. Algebra, Latin, Civics, Physiography, Arithmetic and English were given at frequent intervals, and in such doses as the child could take and digest. Some gained pounds under this diet, while others lost steadily. The year is almost ended and the Contest has been interesting in many ways. Some of the hopefuls have surprised everybody by their greedy appetites. They are more like billy-goats than human beings-devouring all things in sight, and topping off with dainty tid-bits growing only in the Principal's office. liven the doctors have marvelled at some of the results of the Contest. The girls can most all find X when it is not very far away. Can do graceful gymnastics, including Highland Fling and conjugate verb Amo, 68 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Half the boys have lengthened trousers and pompadour and some can spell down-y all alone or with help of safety razor. Lloyd Samuelson has added the most pounds to his weight and inches to his girth, while Lloyd Shiek was found to be losing weight steadily. just in time the nurse found she had exchanged their food for two whole months. They are doing all right now. Chalmers Seymour's case baffles the whole force. It is thought some baneful germs are do- ing deadly work in his system. He is stunted, and all efforts fail to add to stature or weight. Chas. VVeldon has made such all around growth that many feel he will have the blue ribbon in his curly locks when the contest closes. Clyde Oliver, Virgil Lange, and Helen Snyder are close to the head, and all of class '16 parents think the experiment a good piece of work, and are grateful to the ex- perts for what they accomplished with the material submitted. Hully Gee! XVe're Sophs now! Uh Me! Oh My! just hear us cry-- Best ever seen, Is old '16! R. A. K. Jil!! sk.-5 if?-X V M. V 1 , f V X V L, , , , i V 1 ' gXXX 4 f ' ' 'T ' -7. 4-SY 1 - , '12, ' 1 Q A J A ll, vi K - , ,, I ' J 1- ylr' , fig HN X Q, ,ly ,L X WE . ,H g . X. 4, , I . Xb, XX . X X 3 : X- q , QQ X XL. 1' K I EXW .XXX-SZ, X X Q' XX - X. 'N X 'L 2 X XX X XX5 X XX,SfPsfTi,Xf ,X .1 gs , ..X..,,, X is L-. :A MM ,Q,E,,,X.,.XE.,X .ig ,X-N, 1 X- J XXX, X3 XX ,XXX Wim X Q - k .I X m,,vNXNX, U ,AX rl1fixXN'r1rM:NAnE1ET, HE RETURNS AND vnsws 'rms mF ii'T-qi' f XX R519 GAP CAUSE- D BY HIS REMOVAL. 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X X Q X X 1.5 Y , 2:3 5: X ,fix 4 ,AX . .XX,X, A L' X M-X Mm M 'K Fdxryximw A in X L WL' E X E X X ' Y X X TXXATA LINFA Tmxr' Al-wma, Q5 WM ' 77135-'rdf' A AACRO'-TS' 'VHE ST REET Qmk d ' F H 'M 1 Nu :,X. www. ,QF 1-gg A ,X T M ..X , A X ,, L X1 N X, .4 1-HE , Mmoav LAQT IQOCICFORD HIGH SCHOOL .-1,Y.N'UfII. L2 Hilvmnrmm Ahvlheri ilunhrg Tfecz f1912h p Bpff ll 1 'i' . .- 1 1 ass Q as resenfed the R. H S. apzcture of John ihe a is as a mcmorin 0 11.717, ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 71 Alumni Dear Editor: I used to go to Rockford High, For those dear days I oft do sigh. One day I found an Owl or two, And thought, for fun, I'd look them through. I found some things about Alumni, Things otherwise quite hard to come by, They made me think of our old school, And how it used to be the rule To give the Alumni Annual space. l thought they'd surely have a place. And so I wrote a few things down, About some folks of great renown, About the things they used to do, A few jokes on the faculty, toog Some bits of news, found here and there, Some exchange jokes, both good and rareg A verse or two of poetry. To use all,- you're at liberty. If anyone sticks up his nose, You'l1 tell him this, so I suppose, Remember, they're just hoots and howls. They're only clippings from old 0wls. AN NLUMNUS. January 15, 1892 Snow. Cold. Oysters, Sleigh- rldes. Tipover. Good drivers. , Good walking. Well, I should persistently wink! April 29, 1892. Several young gentlemen of the Senior class are considering the idea of issuing a school annual. The price will probably be not more than twenty-flve, possibly flfty cents, and it will be well worth the money. November 30, 1892 Miss Ida Patterson lnow princi- pal of Church Schooll, received the first prize for the best essay on Why Women Should Be Given the Ballot. The prize was offered by the Equal Suffrage Society. Why does Florence Foster dis- like our city streets? Because she thinks more of the 'Allle'. March 23, 1893 The bored of education-the pu- pils-Ex. October, 1894. - Mr, Reckhow has been engaged as a regular teacher. March, 1896, was a special la- dles' edition, edited by the girls. September, 1896 Florence Foster, '96, is Mr. Walker's private secretary, and also has charge of the library. Harriet Vincent and Mabel Dob- son entered Rockford College this fall. September, 1897 Miss Annie Walton, who re- turned from Europe this summer, is the 'Old Reliable' in Miss Sher- ry's Ovid Class. December, 1898 Cicero has a bad effect on Miss Corcoran, for it makes her sick. January, 1899 This issue contains the constitu- tion of the Athletic Association, printed ln full. Teacher: Define footbal1. Fresh Freshie: Football is a pe- culiarly tortuous system designed by the ancients for disposing of male maniacs who persist in wear- ing their hair below the authorized length. February, 1899 Mr. Stedinger: Miss Putnam! Miss P.: Well, what about it? June, 1899 The cup won by Mr. Edward Weld at the interscholastic ora- torical contest at Champaign, May 19, was presented to the school at a special assembly. Superintendent P. R. Walker accepted it on behalf of the schools of the city. May, 1900 Fred Carrico's tlrst attempt at rhyme: I've set my cap For a girl named Knapp. His second: My soul's a burner For a girl named Turner. fNote-He married Mabel Miller, '00J. 72 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANXUAL October, 1900 Elizabeth Corcoran, '00, is em- ployed in the office of F. P. Crotty. Arthur Lawton, '00, is on the staff of the R.-G. Hazel Putnam, '00, attends Ann Arbor. November, 1900 The Junior and Senior classes formed a literary society. All the officers were girls. How's that for woman suffrage? Miss Elizabeth Corcoran is stu- dying Latin at Rockford College. January, 1901 Arthur Lawton has entered the grocery business with his father, under the name of Lawton Bros. March, 1901 The Annual Staff for 1901 con- sisted of an editor fRuth Burling- ame, '01J, four assistants, a busi- ness manager, and an illustrator. April, 1901 Money talks, As we've heard tell, And to most of us, It says farewell -EX. May, 1901 Isabelle Duffy, class of '95, was recently elected treasurer of the Rockford Federation of Wonien's Clubs. October, 1905 In my daily flight through the halls, I was surprised to hear aw- ful moans, shrieks, sobs, cries. groans, wailings, and gnashing of teeth. Alighting on the transom and looking into the room from which the sounds came, lo and be- hold! I saw the oratory class. THE OWL. May, 1906 Miss Hazel Putnam, a graduate of the High School, has been se- lected as instructor to fill the posi- tion left vacant by the retirement of Miss Bull, who is to be married in the near future. Miss Putnam is a graduate of Michigan Uni- versity, and is at present teaching in the High School at Colma, Mich. January, 1907 Resolved, That Mr. Norris teach domestic science. March, 1907 EXTRACTS FROM THE TEACHERS' DIARY Herr Stedinger's Diary. June 18, 1907.-In honor of the '07 class, I have donated a flag for our new flag-pole. It is a two-faced affair, with Ich weisz nicht on one side, and Ich kann das nicht tun on the other side. Mrs. Stevens' Diary. March 7, 1907.-I gave a basket- ball player a B today. Still they say teachers have no school spirit. Mr. Norris' Diary. April 16, 1907.-Lost my lunch- box, which served to carry my mid- day meal, and also as a camera. Resolved, That Men Teachers Should be Married. Affirmative-J. T. Haight, A. C. Norris. Negative-D. Kayes, S. M. Kan- agy. fNotice that the affirmative gen- tlemen remain, while the negative have gone long ago.-Ed.J April, 1907 Freshie: Why do so many Sen- iors and Juniors have 6th hour va- cant? Wise Junior: Oh, that's because they have the Orpheumimus fever- imus or Bijouitisf' Miss Brown: What does the dor- sal cavity in the brain contain in life? Ralph Hay: Brain storms. Lucky Freshmen! Miss Put- nam has charge of Room 2 this year. November, 1908. Miss Putnam, reading a notice in Room 2: There will be a big foot-ball raly in the auditorium to- night. All roost. In the school year 1908-9, the Owl had 15 pages of ads, and 20 pages of good material, and the subscriptions were fifty cents a year. December, 1908 Mrs. Stevens: fW'hy! Icouldn't stalk. January, 1909 The Girls' Literary Society, the Philippic, have held about twelve meetings since they organized. April, 1909 H. R.: Dem is a manly cuss fmannlichesl. lrOC'lx'liORI7 HIGH SCHOOL .flNNl7.A1I. 73 Goat Hollow, Monday, April 4. Deer liditurz- i just red a letter you wrote to a young feller what used to live with us. he went fishin, one sunday and fel in the river, an we haint herd from him sinse. you asked him to tel you about the scool he used to go to back east, and as he left a lot o' books and papers about it, l thot mabie l could tel you what you want to no. Y in f i -iii LEU .Q A 'A W ildigf ,1Q..J fx... ix- Jig -..f 2 l 5.5323 V - i ' Qggzfsf 'if I q 's'-T if ' - X - -2' , - l E5 '- ... .-5-4, .- A E, - BURIHNG NGDUIIOMT on. - -T Q Rf - ' V' .1121 1 T N :Qing H, -'-4 in - ,,.,?L-, cg .f N ,gil -- 5 X 2 ee ll l -.I-'RONT view- he has got a paper what he left in our librarie which is dated 1886. On the front page is a pictur of a scool bulding, and under it says Rockford purposed new hi scool. It is a gol darn big affair, an I recken it would hold darn ueer five hunred people at once. down below it says their is five recitation rooms and room 11 was goin' to be fitted up as a spacious labratory. on top of the scool is a great big bell that i supose could be heard fer miles round. l found another little red book wha has printed on the front, 74 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL R. H. S. Annual, '92. it is just like a story book, only it has a lot of pictures and storys about the scool. the editurs were named XV R Sanborn and N E Catlin. it has got a list of teechers and their is nine of them. i also saw a bit further over in the book a pictur of the class of UZ. Their was 27 of them. They all dressed like dudes. l :f f,'T A lf C ' '- X v 4,-, - .,.- L i lk' ix .7 . - E 21 ,- 'U' ,' Bl' ' V r ? i -1L,2,, '4t,!.z, A lf is WWI' of fv-s I 4 QI' -Z 'UK :fri fa F 5- U5 A L -il! ' ' ' s f VI ,f 0 Q., - .fe-vf.? HK F' x E 1 1 --- lr-fi -: - -3- -A' E-.Tr ' Q Also in the book is a lot of funny pictures. I have sent you some of them, so if your artists arent good drawers you can use them instead. if i find any more things about your scool i think you could use, i will send them too you. i hope i have helped you out, and say, if you are goin to print my name in your book, write and tel me an' if it dont cost to much i will by one. Yours Truely, ABNER K. SISSER. Dear Editor :- In September, 1884, the City Fathers, in their infinite wisdom, rented a few rooms in XVest State Street, took the four classes from the East and XYest Side High Schools, joined them. and made a Central High School. Because of the inadequacy of the rooms, two classes recited in the forenoon and two in the afternoon. No provision was made for study rooms, and, until the completion of the new building with the Owls thereon, in the spring of '86, physical conditions were unbear- able. But the joining of the schools and the advent of P. R. Walker opened a new era. The present high standard of the Rockford ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 75 High School, however, really began with the principalship of Charles A. Smith, in 1885, and the Class of '88 here acknowledges a debt of gratitude to his memory-A perfect gentleman, a true scholar, a marvel of self-control. Alumni Slaff April 14111, 1913. My Dear Miss Editor:- Of course, we belong to what I believe is called now the ancient history period of the high school, when everything was i11 the one old building. VVe had nothing like your elaborate lunch room, and most of us brought our cold lunches and ate them on the K. D. rail- road trackg Miss Walclo and Miss Morse were pioneers along with ourselves. One of my vivid personal recollections is that of col- lecting a supply of live frogs for Miss Waldo's Zoology class. They were captured with the aid of hook, line and red flannel at Lauder- dale Lake, where I always used to go in the summer and still go now, when I get a chance. They were bull frogs of a peculiar size 76 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL and agility, and the first lot, which were put in a tub with burlap tied over the top, jumped clean through the burlap during the night and escaped. I caught some over again and put them in the tub with boards on top, and during the night they jumped up and knocked the boards off, too. The third time I put them in a barrel with boards on top of the barrel, and a heavy rock on top of the boards, and they were unable to lift this. They were brought down to Rockford in a cloth bag and the sight of this bag on the floor bumping up and down aroused the wonder of the conductor and all the passengers who saw it as they walked by. It was in our day that we first sent a track team to Champaign, something that I was very much interested in, as I was one of those who ran, or tried top we came out third in the interscholastics, but in some dual games with Freeport a little later, won, I think, every event. We had picnics in the summer sometimes, and sleigh-rides in the winter, and one of the latter during which we tipped over somewhere in the neighborhood of Belvidere and had to return by train in the early hours of the morning, is remembered by all who were there, I imagine, with special vividness. With best wishes, believe me, Yours very sincerely, ARTHUR RUHL. Class of 1898 By Edwin Armstrong. Glancing over a class prophecy 15 years later makes one smile at the joke revival. But as the boy is father to the man, so the originalities and ambitions adhere to the grad. The class of '98 has developed some fine men, beautiful wives, and a few suffragettes. Chauncey E. B'lake is now one of Wisconsin's best attorneys, in the well known firm Sanborn Sz Blake, at Madison. Ralph Spottswood is a prominent banker with the Forest City National. Robert Waldo Ruhl is making a record with his newspaper at Medford, Oregon. Will Etheridge is an authority on seeds and horticulture with H. W. Buckbee. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNU.-41. 77 Edward Montgomery has realized his ambitions, and is now a prominent minister in VVisconsin. Guy jones is writing special correspondence for the VVestern News Syndicate. Mrs. Josie Alexander-Short is directing the policy of the cele- brated Short Cafe. Margaret Mulroy, now known as Madame De Maurice, is mapping out the fates the future may bring forth at her chosen pro- fession, clairvoyancy. Mrs. Dr. Oliver, formerly Elizabeth Lane, is giving mental as- sistance to one of Chicago's best surgeons. Miss jane XValker has a very responsible position in New York City. james NValker is ranching in the West. Miss Ethel Vincent, you know, is with the High School. Louis Vincent is a prominent civil engineer at Pittsburg, 1-'a. Paul Bennett owns the Bennett box factory. Miss Ada Ades holds a responsible position in Rockford. Al Richardson is doing well in the great southwest. Miss Anna Walton is one of Rockford's prominent pianists. Miss Lillian Childs holds a responsible position in Rockford. -I. Edwin Armstrong is selling Semi-Ready Clothing. Dear Editor 2- The Class of 1898 hung Shakespeare, yea, fastened the cold and unfeeling rope around his neck and suspended his revered and ancient plaster bust from the gas jet in the Senior Room of the old High School. During the fifteen years which have elapsed since then, no ef- fort has been made to round up the offenders. They are still at large in the land. Should a suitable reward be offered by the proper authorities, there are those who would be willing to make known the names and whereabouts of the leaders. Otherwise silence shall reign. A Member of the Class of '98. wjvkw 4 e5 N ls'b'i 'f'- Honor Qall Eemiq lsraiichf game Jo vizsovg n io C' ' Ceiza rgojnafon Hildina Uichols Gerfrude Olson, Doronnyvocel Helc?hO'Con17or 522332236 6 Hsu! H. Ecfe rsorg gqlvnllg Efayes Rgieaacix I 33:1- rT' ' plql if 'J If V l,g.'b 44 I g p Igjhvf -eww., iq, 4 . bf' 4 as 4 if '. 'b : 7:37 W , 5 4 I ' nd 'rift X X l 4Xi'S4 X 1 ., .'.'.'..-'tug 's' I f f .14 'Q fm '-- ' 'I Nui ' .I ..- .1 -mg! . ' n5v,33e',g: v ' 5 N JN' 4' - sxwfl f Nw 1 1 - -' -. ' for 'I gl 9491916 In 7 f I . Y. ll - ,215 Q ' .xx.',1A ' ' X .Vff'X ' Hr f lllllllllff 7 Z -1' is if-, 2 QL 'Ei Si 5 E S ' 4, ii' D 0 QNI IUN J B GEWHTQ? 71 Q J S ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 81 Organization S laff Organizations ' HIS year has been an active one for the many organizations of the Rockford High School. Although one, the Wireless Club, failed to come back, two new ones, the Girls' Tennis Club and the R. H. S. Engineering Society, have been formed. They were both organized in the second semester and the later one espe- cially seems to be making great headway. Already a constitution has been adopted, the membership list has nearly reached its limit, and money has been raised to purchase books and models for a spe- cial library for this society. The organizations in Rockford High now cover a great many of the branches of education taught here. They are a great help to the students, as they not only give them a chance to get help on these certain lines, but add a great deal to their interest in the work and often give practical demonstrations of the things they are study- ing. They also add a tinge of fellowship and social life, which makes school a source of pleasure as well as of work. Next year it is probable a new system will be tried out in con- nection with the organizations. It has been suggested by Mr. Briggs and several of the faculty to have a common auditor of all the or- ganizations appointed. This person will keep a record of the money taken in, money paid out, funds in the treasury, officers, etc., of all organizations and classes of the school. These books will be open to the inspection of every student at any time. This will be a great improvement, as it will help to bind the organizations together from year to year and put them on more of a business basis. D. G., '13, 0 i !KUC'lx'l-4491617 llllfll .S'C'llUUl. .I.XfX'l' Nu 1 E523 -NVW E.. 12- I3 9 Qaljf J! XII ill Ula L 1 mul HI llcml uf thc I'l1U'1l'4I1 l7c'w:11'I111vut. IS ilu 1 S.1'l , 1 .,. ' I uultx XIIIIIIIQCI' url thc lllgh bclnml lllIlJllC2llllJllS. llu- Hx 1111 xl. EDITORIAL STAFF lzmlltm' ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,A,,,, .,.,A,,,., l luuzllml QJVUYCI' .XSSiF-Ulllt lfditnl '.,, ,, ....... l'c:u'l Ilicllzlck KlIll1Ilg'CI' ,,,,,,,, ,......,,,, ,.,,,,,,,,,.., l l cnry l'ttc1' .Xssistzmt XIZUIIIQCI 'A,..,. Y........,,.. llomcr Cuttu l'1Z!k'llllj' ,,,,Y,,,.,,,,,,,,,, ,, ,,,,,, XYillistmm Rccklww .-Xthlctics .lfnkcs ....,.,,..... IQXCIIHIIQCS .,,, K JI'QZlI1iZIltiU11S A rt .........,,AAAA,AA, literary .... .........,...l':Z1l'lC SZIHSIJIIVB' .. ,,,.. lffllllk lluchr ,,..,.,..,Nilto11 Hult .. .....,., Irfllllli liimlmzlll ...,Y..l:l'ZlI'lk Ilzlbcuck .A...,,.l.UlliS0 Kern vl 11 8-l ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL A REPORTERS A Roger XYolcott Claire Scone 10 Stanley Storey Norma Boone 12 Neal Collins Vivian Marks 2 Fred VVilcox Maxine Julian DISTRIBUTERS A Roy Chase Stanley Christopherson Cecil lXlcCauley Raymond Billett 10 Lowell Bartlett Kenneth Lu11d Philip Carbangh VVells Burr 12 john Tuite George Bradley Milton Clothier Joel Seedolf 2 Clyde Oliver VVilfred Baker Fred VVilcox Paul Srackangast The CWI is twenty-four years old, and this past year has shown that '13 is not an unlucky number. This year the Owl has contained a large number of illustrations, and the jokes are un- usually witty. A new plan has been Worked out this yearg each month an or- ganization has had charge. This brought out competitiong each number trying to be better than the preceding one. Next year the Owl will have reached the quarter-century mark, and we sincerely hope that it will have as successful a year as that of 1913. ll ill i....,. 1 .ii.i.. 1 ii,,. Mmwalm?a'iti1Ii.Illl ..,.., .I we ll'lllllllllUlll lllWlNWl 'l ff fi' l ' vit, lCUC'lx'l7Uli'lJ llllill SCIIUKJI. .lX,X'I'.ll, 85 4.g-l.L MOTTO COLORS Work and Win Old Rose and White llli first literary society of which we have any knowledge was in the olcl Grecian :lays when llyrhagoras ancl his followers organized an association and callecl themselves l'hilosophers, or lovers of learning. The first literary society in the Rockford High School was forinerl in 1908, when a group of earnest girls banded lllt'IllSClYCS into a society, which they calleil l'hilippic. .Ns every organization must have a 'raison cl'entre,' this so- ciety's purpose is to promote interest in good literature and ,live topics ol' the ilay, to clevelop the literary style and power of its in- rliviilual nieinhers. to encourage original ctlort ancl hy thus cle- veloping its parts. inake the whole a perfect High School literary society. 'I'he prograins include clelmates, original stories ancl poems, ex- leinporaneous speaking' anfl reacling, which inclucles good literature, hoth prose and poetry. ,AX new feature of this year's work is the open meeting plan. These open meetings are heltl once a month to which a corflial invitation is extencletl to those who are interestecl in the work :mil progress of the society. l.ahor that is willingly perforniecl niust prove henelicial, so the literary society is helpful in quickening the impulses to voluntary work. 'l'here shoulil he a social as well as scholastic life in every HILIPPIC OCIEUY S6 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL .LINNIL-1 L ...J school, thereby widening the educational bounds. Each year the Philippie society holds a reunion for the purpose of keeping in touch with its past members. These functions are always enjoyable af- fairs. The observance of Hallowe'en and other occasions is en- joyed in a more informal manner. The spring picnics and parties are events to which everyone looks forward. lf an organization, like an individual, is measured by what it aspires to be in the light of what it is now. no one may say what shall be the glorious future of this organization. Q. fx'UC1fx'f Ufv'l7 lllfjll SCIIOCDI. .iI.Y.X'l,'.Il. 87 Vt---':1,,v,. - I ,15, :-'g','1fl!1'l' ,' f' X X ,. .1i':'111i-if1j'f., 51 K ' , -, 1'-'?-':'Ff'- L f 1 ff: 'i 7 ,fini - zfasaf-vdfra' 1:1 tale ,A - N ff ,ni-IU 1,., 1' - - ly, 1 . A LN X X 5115, . . 1... . 1-ingzjlvq ,,--- ,t 1-vw fm if N X -'hir 5, wi 17gE:4'g1-ZiE.x- f5ex'sm-.1 A X X X - Wk :sig K f Sim T-ii -.-, -:,..Q4 ,-- .l . --. X . 5.,.....1, . . , A N I . -2' :Cj'Z,L ' . X' E555 N-'f-. fi XV .-'Vfmi 3' , I-1-:ws K - --'N ,, pin, 5? I IJ :Tea pt WIC? 'gl'-3 , 3, 6 :' 'NEWS ir-xiijrialfibefs ., 9 H , ,-.'t !? ?'f??fI Q:? W'ff.. . . -I ' -3 1. .-f .., f. .1 'ho Iv ' '4' .uf 11 4' iv' W X A to ,-QQ, Co 1 ,V .y ,.. M5 4:-V ' K ' .L , W ,, 5 if Q A, , W Q, ,, , susan ' Lug 111i Vaniera Clnh was urganizetl 1 e1mrnary 10. 11113. .-Xhout fnrty attenflecl the first meeting and to make things more convenient they were clivitlecl into four seetinns. The uhjeet of this club is to obtain pictures of everything in- teresting-even flugs-fm' the .'Xnnna1, and to learn inure about pho- tuggrapliy. The first trip was made to the Yestine Stnrliu on lfast State Street, at which time an instructive talk was given hy Nlr. Yestine. 'l'he seewnml meeting was he1c1 in the 11I1l'1i-l'uu111, and developing was learneml. 'l'he next meeting' was again in the clark-rumn, where Hr. Nnrris taught printing. .Xfter this, trips were taken every week hy the elnh, and many guml pietnres taken. 11 9 '1-1 I f i t MMF -ir ' 1? uf. 1 1 0 Q 1 - in I ' R8 lx'Ot'lx'liOKD HIGH SCHOOL .-IXXIK-fll, 4 7,0-L' iv 15147 sg' 114:-,Lv P e ffm-g-.'1f1j lW -w- 0-hi -rs. ' In AVF- ,'? ll fy 1i.,4f'f' T. ' - g ,Y Lffigfd fl lVjg.,,r,i1,'. ,.-.,. .,.. st 43f.g5,,'.i 3: -5,-.37E:,f1f5::.,' r Q Qiiflfl I ' 4' vt! 'TJ If Ill' -- .9 'Z fill! , ' fl' 11' 3lf 'i',l V W'-ff ' r.fge:.1.A-v .-2l.:i? iliac? EH- a'31:i 'ffff55f, f f f- ,N f ,-L,. 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The club now eontains seventy-live members. Tourna- ments are planned with finals at Sinnissippi Park. 'llhese closing activities of the year will be capped by a tennis tea. '!lIIIIlI!!' Q SHIRE 1 P lCOC'lx'lfOlx'l7 HIGH SCIIOOI. .IX.YI'.-II. SU , , .- - ,A -1 ve ugg- . ',, - ---- - ,, I ' A' ' Sam' 9 gi ' - -A1 ' ' ----0 '-.U-5 '.-i.-'ii ' gt , uni' 11 :Ja :. :tI,,q:I. ,,- . ?, H- 'M ,I ups: 255 5 . vu, iff' Hang. , I . , v i ' I I 'P-3.5 'g ' ' , :gn ','-as - - 'alll' Ezzefrf ' 1.2 filff-'::...' - .1.1i ':L'f'2?1.3z'.?5'E21. f 1: 0' . 'HX :Q .. , ,E mu. ,I I 5, I. I- . Iukuu n gs 'fi-' ffszffszm 7 2 - fu fm ,l ':f 1 ' ' 7 i lm. li 2 ...IIt,l'. , I I ' I II II, - ' lf' I - I . 5 V' ' ' .t I 'Ib .i i V i J if i - l il NWI I I JJ Jiri ' .ig V 1 - I K .LTI-I- - ' A - '-- ,. ' . .. ' -- 4 42 , F ,.... . ' ' I I ,Ju if ' ' I Ifjlg 5- . ,A, , I . , II .IM , Ii: Y. W' iw...-1 f-i I CH II. ... .-. . , ..- ,-- .'.. --- -. ' 'g- .-,s..... ,W I .y - ps ' :E 27 U C13-'sir' '1- Sjvzfhfz 'f'.- 5 .: l'f:' . 3'-2'4'nH i ll U' i ll ' E191 , 1 A. nfzsznxv J, .1 -., , 1 r-gre: 1 ,: 4' ..., ,, , ,. 67.6. X 1: I , : ' .VJ ff' 3 -4 f r ' i H3 x v Q , . .v ,t . . . X 1 . 1 lg , . . -'., .-vt' , ' f J , 9-4. 4 ., in li . .' -'v.. H. , N:-'.-' Q.: -., ,-,. gan- --fp..-.,' 21: e t ' Il' gi QS1l'Q122aQ1Lf:i5g13.f:' ' midi? '1' --f- fIf.,'-Ia lldgfevl' Q3 ' If I I 4 ' I ' ing bn in -. iv- 4 , I , l I I l ' II ' a .x ' I 'r F' 71g4?' ' ok' ii ' . 4 I L I ,I ll ' l- I , 1 ll 1 1 . 'f', Sl xx In . K ' .14 ,A I, I f H , .,.g Mm J H- ..l , f f I g' nn i 3 I ll I 1 ' I .-yn. , . -4 ' , J W ' QI ' 'P 'I ' I I u.' 'J ' 1- I J ,, l l' J ll H lf .ii II tn Y' XI ll I 1 H ' l l I ' I ,I 1 i. I l X II 'li ,.i, Il V' I I ll vi ' xl I V J' I 'l I i i i if ylf X U I J f I i A ei I i V gi, ii ff- II lllb year saw the iiitmcllictimi nl :1 new society in R. lil. S. .Xfter several ineetinffs, the name of R. ll. S. lfi10'ii1ee1'i11f1- 90- Pw h ZS eiety was zuluptefl, 21 eunstitutiun was llrawn up :incl the ut'ficers for the ensuing year were eleetefl. The pnrpuse of this lJl'g'2llllZZltlOll is, primarily, fur przlctiezil instrnetinn in engineering, as well as the sueizll henelit mleriverl frmn sneh Z1 gathering. .Xlrezuly working' nnirlels of nizlehinery have heen secnrecl zlncl the lessons reeeiverl have lmeen invzllnzlhle. The sueiety is. at present. well along un the ruzul to success. l'nfler the lezulership of Klr. Sehrinn uncl other competent utlieers, Z1 hriglit fntnre can he prellietecl for this sueiety in years to come. '-0 ffUC'!x'FOl?D HIGH SCHOOL .f-lXXU.flI. HE Girls' Glee Club was organized the first semester of 1912, under the direction of Mrs. Edward Maurice Pierce. Tuesday. seventh hour of every week, is devoted to very pleasant rehearsals. The club this year has done but little public singing. Its iirst appearance was january Oth, at Parents' Night, when it gave an excellent prngrain. lt also appeared March 22, at the Public Speak- ing' Contest. Under the capable direction of Mrs. l'ierce, the girls have had El very successful year, and enjoyed their work. F -W R . S 92 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL p. V ry .gg . ,Tl Q9 iviiliimlliliillll Elllililllillill Inlllmlllllll llll' Jill! 5 mmlmlllllinltililillldliigllll . Q jig Il , Ml M I if mm,pz5r..W....ii I.: 3, Illliillil U li llilil J 41 Lat Il!lllllIIIIIIl!i! mililliillliulllprjw j. 1 if .?5i'5W ufilii 4'-1 z mf? -1-mfs if-ss nk ..V' E9 rsruomrcrraeori. Colors: Gold and Black. HE second successful year of the lr'hiloinathean has drawn to a Close. lf dear Mr. Reader will hunt up his '12 Annual, he will see that the prophecy about our coming back strong and pro- gressive in Nineteen-Thirteen has been fulfilled to the letter. The knockers did their work last year: they tried hard to hinder us this year, but here we are, and what's more, we're here to stay. Some people seem to think this society is composed of such a select bunch, that only some of those who have a pull with some of the members have any show of joining. Now, the select part of this is all right, for no sluggards or drones are allowed, but we al- ways leave a vacant place or two for fear we might hear of some worthy person who would make a good member, but otherwise could not get in. ,lust as many members of the different school organiaztions an- swered to the roll call as last year. and what is more, all except one of the famous llxtemporaneous 'lfeam was a l'hilo. The last three of the charter members leave the society this year. XYe are surely sorry to see them go, but we all know that such things are unavoidable. liven though ourlllramatics have never been staged outside of the Society. much has been done along this line. lf you do not be- lieve it, just attend some of our meetings: visitors are always wel- come. , ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL xIXNU.4l, fa fk V My how you have grown in one year' Come ou, fellows, all join in the yell: llc! Dil Do! Daryl NYC arc literary. Rel Rx! Ru! Ran' l'l1ilom:1tl1c:111l lXl.l H la 'J-l ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL lil-' : -' Y ' -Y I p q-N f Y X qi, ,T tl 5 T ' A ' Q QT j'a1lfa'.llW - : Q -D E A - QZYW U-all lV'J9:.!llll 'Wave' tr 0, 'l 'wkjtzt . 9' -r fl' ' lj Mi -'ll llBlhgli,i,.gf,Q3 w ill ,sgllX'lV'.lM f ilk it l I Ill TIDTEIIIJS alkyl Eyayzgg I j 7 jllu H. ' Tir T T- 9, V j V Jllsjtij-Elur a lk ' Nj' X Q JQ 'fl fl -T all , -J T- 'X 2 ,ll- lfh ,rj Elsugifgjjh xx A if ,il 'l'.l-WW -1 F KI X' 'ltllx visual ,lf Q- ' ' 'I 'Vf '05! l C 1 IQ F all the organizations in the school, the one which, perhaps, has enjoyed its most successful season this year, is the Biology Club. A constitution has just been adopted. The club is made up of the members of the botany and Zoology classes. This year it had quite a few outside members, who have taken these subjects. The club was formed to give a better opportunity of studying plant and animal life. On every Friday during the spring and autumn the club takes a field trip. This gives those taking botany a chance to get specimens of plants. flowers, leaves. and fruits. Wlhile those taking Zoology get insects and study bird and animal life. A meeting of the club was held at Black Hawk on lX7ednesclay afternoon, Qctober 16th. to elect officers. At this meeting. Marion .lobns was elected presidentg Milton Hult, secretary: llelen Sax, treasurer: Grace Newman and Carroll Smith, Botany committeeg and Irene llubser and Helen McAllister, Zoology committee. All of these officers act in their capacities during the full school year. Perhaps the most enjoyable occasion was a sleighride party to the president's residence. February 28th. Nearly all of the mem- bers were present, and a very enjoyable evening was spe11t. This spring the club will take several held trips, at which many speci- mens will be secured. li'fJC'Kl ORl7 HIGH SCHOOI, .-IXNUQII, Qv , . . . . lhe zninnnl pienie in the elnh exnne in Mziy. This always an ueezisiim never tn he inrgntteii. The ineinhers break IUVZIV frmn eunventiiinzility uf the class mmn, :ind enjiiy ll rezll, gnucl tiine. liven the unrelenting' sternness nf Miss l1i'owii's face changes for :1 eheery smile. She piwwes herself to he :is gmail Il se1int as anyone enuh he un :ni IlL'l'1lHilill like this. Must nt the sneeess of this elnh is clue tu the hzirml work of Miss X'Yalclu and Miss llrnwii. XYe hope that it wil increase in size and interest, next year, ns it certainly is ll line thing for those who lik to stnrly nature. S. P., '14. 'vi' if-vu! Ill 9'-of li the li'UC'lx'lfOlx'lD HIGH SCIIOOI. .AI.X'Xl'.-ll. O7 'Qu' Wx my : '7' 'l '.-L : L' 5'-E-: it Y? 'wif' it -X fray- - . ' , :.,. :.- nfff,-7-' Q -1 ,-.Lg'E5if3: - '. ' Q gv 5'-F121-' 544, . . .. i .A . - . . - -Q-,. 'l 2' 1 'Q'f?E'7'I: . 1' 9-r fix 'pu WX 5 '.iii21'liii'1:l gif, . 'Q H- -3 i -v r A -.n -1, . -M , . -. -. n . . 'lgz- .gf-z , -1 .ps 3:2311 156, 3..5zzzQ:2 -- -H' ,fl-'Q.Zf'a.g .-, ., -gg 4 1. a . :i ' any Q? .sf 'iq .1::!'.4'x5,.K 4 Tvhz: . X. i 115' ..':,,.r , -X re 2 I . 1551, 9..- . 'ni' 35-415 21 1 ji x ' GV, 41 Q' UE 5 2 .s' ' H nf, Ji: .gif I' A ' ff C x i 'f',f'1 L...' aiifuu ,Q 51:16 .L.2,.' ft-L X. e, j W 4 55 F, n' . M- .K '.-.s L, ' ' -,0 ' 'kai .' 1 buf 1 .. 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Our hancl is now composed as follows: lfonr lil' cornets, seven Ill' clarinets, one li clarinet. two piecolos. two oboes, two saxaphones, three troinhones, two baritones, live altos, three bases, two snare drums, and one bass drum. ow 1 your warn 70 gLL,Afr'4iuS4vL vo ar HW xlib' mil iiiillllp lllllyi r .iilizieiuilipf 'b'q,liirl.l1i V 16 if-iiiiiaiig D ax Y ? itiiil 5 A f ifi i llllliiil .1 .J-3 if I Ay!-H Cf w. , L f TJY- - Odlnllf'-'Y' Nluvw, hesules playing for all athleti leeeive the meclals this year, aucl tl I 18 lx'OC'lx'lfOl?l7 HIGH .S'C'HOO1. .AI,Y.Yl'.Wll. The hauml praetieeml fluriug the summer anal uuee a week flu f' Illlh e seluml year. L'ucle1' the emupeteut leaclership of Ml' Hailfht ' x e haucl has heeu successful, musically aucl Huaueiallv. .Xt the Xuuual Cuueert ou April -lth, 55243.23 was elearerl. The haurl gave llll ' 'ee 1Jl'tlg'l'Zlll1S at the KIzule-in-lxuelqfurcl Show auml two at the .-Xutw ' e meets. Uuly three uf the lmys te imlieaticms are that next year lx H S wlll have tht hut l3'Illfltll'1tLNll . I x 1 it . . - ' x ' represeutecl nur seluwl. C. C. ll., 'li Ls' ff THE ROCKFORD H IGH-.SCHOOL BAND ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL AXXZIAI. 99 Dramaiics Sfajj Dramaiics The Kleptomaniac A Comedy in One Act CAST UF CHARACTERS Mrs. john Burton fl'eggyj ..,...................,..,...........,,,,,.... Pearl Bidlack Mrs. Valerie Chase Armsby. a young widow ............ Mrs. Charles Dover fhflabelj, a bride .................. Mrs. Preston Ashley fllerthaj .,,......... ,,,.,... Blanche VVilson .,....Leta Hazard .Mabel Greenlee Miss lireda Dixon ......,......................... ..,..... l 'auline johnson Miss Evelyn Evans, a journalist .,,....... ......... 1 frances Eklund Katie, Mrs. lEurton's maid .............,,......,.............,................ Helen Carter The act takes place in Mrs. I3urton's rose-colored boudoir. VVhen the curtain rises, Peggy, still wearing her hat and coat, is tele- phoning to her husband. She explains to him that she has invited Mrs. Utis Howard. the nnacquainted wife of his client, to dine with them that evening. She visits with Mrs. Armsby, and Katie takes their wraps. Suddenly she discovers that her pocketbook containing one hundred dollars and valuable rings is gone. She recalls that while she was at the concert her coat slid off her lap and that the elegantly dressed lady by her side awkwardly picked it up for her. Peggy believes this woman took her pocketbook. She 100 ROClx'l ORD HIGH SCHOOL .1l.Y.YU-sll, heard her l'Cll12lI'li that she was staying at the Van NX'ylce Hotel. Consequently the concert hall officials. the police. 211141 the hotel are notiiiecl. .X very precise cleseription of the womaii is given. Miss Dixon 211111 Miss llover share in lileggys misfortune. Xliss Evans takes notes on the affair to report to the Top Crest. Mrs. Ashley calls mul eompliiiients Peggy on the clistinguisherl Ctllllllillly she hacl at the concert. l eg'g'y is horritiecl when llertha tells her that the lzuly who piekecl up her coat was Mrs. Otis Howard. Im- nierliately the police clepz1rt111ent z1ncl the hotel are phoned in orcler to prevent further proceedings ag'z1inst Mrs. llowarcl. Miss l':V2lllS is also phonecl, so that the ineiclent will not he puhlisliecl. lYhile tl1e girls are fearing that Mrs. Howzwfl will hear of being aecuseml, lfrecla in l1er excitement, slips on l'eggy's coat instezul of her own. There. inside the lining, she discovers the precious purse. To cap the climax, Mrs. Howard arrives. thus proving that no ae- CllSZltl0ll is known by her. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL A.YNUAl, 101 The Passing Show of 1913 fGlven under the auspices of the Senior Classy Synopsis of The Passing Show of 1913. The entire r-lass of 1913, aeeompanied by the Faculty, visit the Sphinx. Ray 'Billett leads the procession to the feet of the Sphinx. Demosthenes the Sei-ond makes an extemporaneous plea that she reveal the secret by which all Seniors may obtain their diplomas without the worry of Fat-ulty or Finals. The Sphinx inquired what rem-ompense she would receive for her information. The lllustrious Ringleader replies that they have no valuable presents to give, hut would try to amuse her hy the Follies of 191Il. She answered that if there was anything de- serving a smile, she would gladly comply wllh their wishes. Thereupon the class perform their antics. After many hours of labor, the countenance of the Sphinx would not change-in rushed the Hero Shark and Heroine Sharkess presenting their marks as the result of their toll. For the first and only time the Sphinx ra- diated a glow of mirth. Hero Shark .......,,.,.. .......... C lyde Allen Heroine Sharkcss ..... ..... L etitia Knight Demostlienes II ....... .. ......... Ray Billett The Suit Case Brigade Izetta Wetherstine, Camgilla Govern, Rubin Celander, Ruth Crill, Fred Davis, Zada Cameron, Carroll Day, Mildred Rice, Mel- ville Hayes, Beth Andrew, Mabel Beard, Mabelle Greenlee, Herbert Mundhenke. Dances by Shy Little Lads and Lassies Frances Ecklund, Carl Ernst, Margaret Foote, Lloyd Shierk, Loretta Gartland, Gertrude Lonergan, Donald Grover, Nettie Malmquist, Clifford Hand, Margaret Armour, Fred DeWitt, Ella Osgood, Gillmore Landstrom. Relay Race, in order to get Far From the Maddening Crowd Fred Gallagher, Raymond Swenson, Stanley Christopherson, Warren Gregory, Ernest Rudelius, William Vogt, Casper Sandehn, Russell Souders, Wilbur Osgood, VVesley Newman, Norman Alneer, Arthur Anderson, Clarence Oakes, John Wierick, Howard Wolfley. Osborne Wetherell. Pursued by the Chorus of Learned Ladies Lucile Welch, Amelia Lundgren, Iva Davis, Donna Hollem, Hattie Johnson, Dorothy King, Theresa Zumdahl, Dorothy Pell, Loretta Doran. 102 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANXU.-IL The Passing Show of 19I3 - Con. In turn followed by the Less Learned Ethel Erickson, Pearl Bidlack, Hazel Eychaner, Mildred Giffen, Marie Gleasman, Grace Lee, Erma Sechler, Helen O'Connor, Alice Olson, Ileulah Thomas, Dorothy Vogel. Charade by Gigglers Chief Giggler .....,........,.....,....................,,,.......,.......... Sydney Van Duzer Cecilia Killeen, Clara Fisher, Ileth Johnson, Atifie Dickinson, Margaret Heffron, Matilda Isaacson, Pearl Peterson, Helen Robin- son, Ruth VVard, Eleanor Shaw, Helen Stewart, Rose liaumgarten, Florence lVessman, May Feldeen, Katherine Barrett, Lora Har- ned, Emily McDonald, Lena Ilraconier. Parade by I Should Worry Club Drum Major .................,,.,.................,................................. Robert Gibson John Lewis, Harold McCalmon, Mildred Miller, Irene Bartlett, Edward McLee, Daisy Powell, Charles De Laney, Blanche Ken- drick, Alfreda Peterson, Theodore Schrom, Clarence Burr, Eskil Olson, Hilding Niekols, john Welcloii, Arthur VViedman, Roger Wolcott, Martha Mensel, Ralph johnson, Ruth Bergquist, Lydia Gustafson, Frances McGrath. Fashions of R. H. S., by Beauty Chorus Chief Model ...........................,.....,....,......................... Frances Dickerinan Hazel Floberg, Roy Chase, Ruth Forsberg, Frank Peacock, Theodora Porter, Bill Pratt, Vlfilliston Reckhow, Earl Salis- bury, Celia Boyington, Lawrence Olson, Pauline Johnson, Leon Tritle, Mary Mershon, Isador Rubin, Daphne Watson, Homer I-Ieffron, Frank Kimball, Audrey Nelson. Catherine Mc- Neany, Ralph Shapley, Genevieve Overstreet. Looked upon in Disdain by the Haughty Dames Rena Dickinson, Helen Lamont, Mildred Srackangast, Marion Culhane, Maude Peacock, Helen Rundquist, Loretto Doran, Irene Burr, Ethel Stokburger, Ruth Kullberg, Mildred johnson, Esther Bond, Laura Larson, Miriam Fisher. Grand Finale Entire Class of 1913 Some of Qur Athletics FN L 9 IO4 k'OC'lx'lfOl6l? HICIH SCHOOL .Al.Y.Yl'.-ll, .cgi y, Football Basketball Baseball Track The Rockford Hzgh School Athletic Association HE past season was not a failure for the R. H. S. Athletic As- sociation, but it should have been much better for a school of twelve hundred students. The membership this year exceeded last year's by a few subscriptions. It has often been said that Rocktord showed fine school spirit, but did you ever stop to think that not two hundred can present an Association Card? This given an aver- age of one-sixth, leaving five-sixths of the students as dead beats. Theres room For mor-c,Bcb. fm, ff, JSE V C cmecsrszorvu X' 'W gl li'OC'lx'l Oli'lJ llllill SCIIOOI, .AlX.X'l'.-ll, 105 The Rockford High School Athletic Association- Con. 'l'he football and basket-hall season were fairly successful from the financial sicle, but track ancl baseball were complete failures. At the Aurora track meet about fifty turnecl out to see the Crimson ancl lllack compete, and at the lfreeport baseball game there were not enough people to pay for the grounds. :Xncl yet we talk about our school spirit! lfootball ancl basket-ball shonlrl not be the only games attenrletl in ormler to show spirit, but we shoulcl give them all a try. Next year we will have one of the best football schedules that the school has ever hail, :incl basket-ball, track anml baseball will be the same. so everyhoily get out aml boost ,Nthletics next year, so that we may buy our own lielfl. which a school of this size certainly needs. IIARKJIJJ ,X. L'.XKll.lN, l'res. , -fx 'X-. ?T ROCKITOICD HIGH SCHOOL .LINNUAL 107 -1 1- .e...,. Football Squad Foot-1912-Ball l,t PNG in the latter part of .Xngnst and rlnring the tirst week in September, some of the athletes of the lloekforcl lfligh School, who aspiretl to fame antl renown in the line of football, clonneml their football arnior ancl went through a sort of preliminary training, nnrler the supervision of the heacl coach, .XIr. lleyers. The training eanip of previous years was almanclonecl, and the lxoys set tlown to real work. They soon fonnrl that llQie lleyers. as he is known. was no sloneh when it eanie to making the fellows work, anml it was not an nneonnnon sight to see the grimy, sweating' warriors shell their various colorecl jerseys in their frantic ellorts to eool olt. The team sorely felt the loss of several of the stars of last year, lint there was some splentlirl material and lmoth the Coaches startenl tooth anfl nail. to rlerelop it. hall on that hall, anml Het that man. heeaine the various slogans of the coaches, anul graclnally the raw reernits lmeeanie a splenclifl, smooth-rnnning niaehine. This niaehine, however. had not, as yet, been opposed hy other teams, other than our worthy sernbs, ancl it was with interest that the school wateheml the approach of the Saturday when the crimson F ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 109 shi. - A-1 unaa A First Football Team and black warriors were destined to play their first game of the season against Thornton High School. Amidst a veritable 'Slough of lJespond', the game was contended, and deep into little puddles the players dove for the pigskin oval. The game ended with a score of 0-0, but with the advantage on the side of Rockford. The next week was spent in correcting faults of the machine by changing the positions of different men and training the Whole team to the finest condition with the purpose of journeying to Aurora and beating the VVest Side aggregation of the City of Lights. The first half of the game was decidedly in favor of R. I-l. S., but during the latter part of the game the Aurora players suc- ceeded in getting the heavy end of the score. The score ended 31-'9 in favor of Aurora. The game was attended by a number of enthusiastic rooters from Rockford. Saturday, October 12, Rockford showed that it still had a foot- ball team, by defeating the North Division High School of Milwau- kee. The game was fast and furious, and the team showed great improvement. F ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL .AlX.YU,-ll, 111 Un October IU, the team went to lilgin to pit their strength against the watch factory's team. The only touchdown of the game-for R. ll. S.-was made by llrewer. For some reason the old time pep seemed to be lacking, and the game ended in a tie of 7-7. Porky XYelsh starred in the second half at guard. Uctober Zo witnessed the defeat of Morgan Park lllilitary Acad- emy of Chicago, by the the score of 38-O. The Crimson and lllack men clearly out-played the visiting team at every point of the game, and the score might just as well have been 80-0 instead of 38-O. but for the fact that the home players slowed up considerably dur- ing the latter part of the game. November 2-same old story-another victory for R. H. S. liast Aurora thought to repeat the defeat inflicted by the XVest sid- ers, but were vanquished by the score of 37-O. john Daley played a splendid game at guard. November 9.-A trip to Rockford for Joliet High School. After dinner a race, on the part of R. H. S. to beat the score of 72-0 gained by Elgin the Saturday before. The race was won, as the score ended 77-0 in favor of R. H. S. Un November 16, Rockford rooters witnessed a fairly good game between the Crimson and Black and Rock Island. The visitors had a strong team, but the home team was better, and the game ended with the score of 12-3 in favor of R. H. S. The stars for Rockford were llrewer, Schrom and jackson. fi R The FHS showed plenty head work In H16 furkey day game '--'Zsf1. 3 .AEQN 3Q .-1'- Z, K ' Z i 7, C Cmnlrm- . ,f2-- ., -, , ,.. 112 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Cnr Thanksgiving Day game was played against Elgin and re- sulted in an overwhelming defeat for the visitors. Brewer was dis- qualified and could not play, but the backtield played fully as well without him, because he is too fast for the interference and does not gain consistently. This game closed the season for Rockford and marked the close of the football career in R. H. S. for Heffran, Burr, H. Cotta, Johnson, Garver, Doyle, Schrom and perhaps Gene Welsli, who has quit school. The men who received a sweater bearing the insignia of Rock- ford, for playing twelve quarters and reporting every evening for practice are: Homer Heffran, Ray Jackson, John Daley, Carl Svaren, Dayton Burr, Robert Leach, Lawrence Pcnniman, Homer Cotta, Ralph Johnson, Eugene VVelsh, Roscoe Brewer, Howell Garver, Theodore Schrom and John Doyle. The season of 1912 was not a success financially, although the Athletic Association broke about even. The games were poorly attended as a rule, and the spirit of the student body was abso- lutely lacking. Let us hope that this lack will not be repeated next vear. A., f , T 'l 3 fill l l , ' 'ull 1 'Y . , f O Q. 5 'Q u ' ' i 'ig' M11 ff 13 .7 My , i f- 'ai V, 3 5, Vu ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL ll3 Homer Heffran .... john Daley ....w..,, A Carl Svaren ,,,..AA Dayton llurr ,,,,, . Rohert Leach .. .... Lawrence llennim llomer Cotta ..,.,.., Nicknames of the Squad il Ralph johnson ,.,,,. Eugene XVelSh .,,, Raymond Jackson Roscoe llrewer ..l,l Howell Carver john Doyle .......e,, Theodore Selmrom Aclelhert Dennis . Casper Sanllehn Frank Vllagner Ralph Cotta ..Y,,,,, O'O Heff black Twinkle Fat Holm .,..,,.,.,..,..... Penny C l Man Cotta Diana rx Porky -y.'--iKRay . Roxy Gravy ..., Dinnie fl'aters Real Rupture .....,..KKHCJ1lllS Sluefoot 1117919919199 umal lr'OClx'l ORD HIGH SCHOOL .LIXXKX-ll, 115 Basketball, 1912-13 HON after 'l'lianksg'iving the eall was issued for basketball candidates. The usual spirit was shown, and about seventy- live fellows reported. After two weeks of weeding, fifteen fellows remained for the rest of the season. ,-Xt the beginning of the sea- son our ehanees for another championship team seemed possible. ln laet, many of the schools in this section of the state believed that Rockford would take the honors at the sectional tournament held in the lfast Aurora gj'lll.H llut owing to the disqualification of one of last year's stars and the desire for another tu graduate, our cham- pionship hopes were somewhat erushed. Nevertheless. the re- maining players went to work with much vim and vigor and pro- 116 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL duced a team that stayed to the semi-finals. The new players at first showed their lack of experience, but as the season progressed they began to get together and work as a team. This was best shown in the last game with the Alumni. No doubt this team, with a few weeks' more of practice would have had a better chance with other teams and at the tournament. With a new gymnasium next year, why can't the fellows get out early in November and not in December, one month after most of our opponents have started? Captain Garver, or Gravy, upheld the high standard set by all of the Banana Belt Athletes. Although smaller than a great many of the centers that he jumped with, he always worked hard and for the team. Taters Schrom, after being shifted to all of the positions on the team, finally located at forward, where he proved to be the season's star. Bud Burr, playing the other for- ward position, could always be relied on to put forth his best ef- forts, which he certainly did all season. At guard we find the two Cotta brothers, Homer and Ralph. Both of these fellows put up a steady, consistent game. In Dinnie Doyle and Ernie Ru- delius we had two excellent substitutes, always willing to do their best. Taking the team as a whole, they were certainly a clean bunch of athletes, who were working for Rockford High School. Next year the team will be managed by John Daley. As every R man graduates, no captain will be elected until next year. The Second Team For the third straight year the second team won the champion- ship of Rockford. There are a great many people that do not realize what it means to play on the second team. Evening after evening they come out and are the prey for the First team Csometimes the op- posite, howeverj. The team this year was as near to being a first team as they could be without intruding. In fact, at a certain city they had to uphold the standard of R. H. S. fThree guesses where this wasj. E To Alfred J. Loos the duties of being Basketball Coach were as- signed. Mr. Loos is a graduate of Grinell College, Iowa. There were two things that he was noted for saying: Well, fellows, I don't know what to say, but go in and win. Have any of you fel- lows noticed what my college team has been doing this year? ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 117 First Team Schedule for 1912-1913 VVon By Played At R H. S ..,......,,.... Alumni ...........,.. 37 Alumni Rockford R H. S .,............. Batavia .............. 17 Batavia Batavia R H. S. Belvidere ,....... .36 Belvidere Belvidere R. H, S ...,,,......... Freeport .,....,..... 20 Rockford Rockford R H. S. Elgin ....,...,....... 32 Elgin Elgin R. H. S ............... Belvidere .......... Z1 Rockford Rockford R. H. East Aurora ...... 13 Rockford East Aurora R. H. S. Iilburn .............. 6 Rockford Tournament R. H. S. Geneva .............. 17 Rockford Tournament R. H. S ............... Batavia ............ 23 Batavia Tournament R H. S. Freeport .......... 37 Freeport Tournament R H. S. Freeport .......... 37 Freeport Freeport R H. S ......,......,, Alumni .............. 27 Rockford Rockford Total ............ 330 Total .....,...... 323 Second Team Schedule for 1912-1913 Won By Played At R H. S ............... Freeport, 2nd .... 14 Freeport Rockford R. H. S ........... Stillman Valley 17 Rockford Stillman Valley R H. S ...... ,. ...... Uncas ................ 22 Rockford Rockford R H. S. Freeport, 2nd .... 24 Freeport Freeport R. H. S ............... St. Thos H. S. 3 Rockford Rockford R H. S ............... Gimlets ....,......... 23 Rockford Rockford Total ............ 149 Total ........ 103 The Theodore Sch rom team lined Clarence Burr .... Howell Garver Ralph Cotta ....,.. Homer Cotta ...... John Doyle ...,......... Ernest Rudelius ....... up as follows: .........................Forward ............................Forward .......Center and Captain ............Guard and Manager .........Sub-Guard and Forward .........Sub-Guard and Center HClll1CliU sairl to 'ZX1' H SCHOOL A .YXUAL ll8 NOCKFORID HIC .fX1't Lllillilll was n'allqi11g QllJX'VIl tl1e Street trying' to explain to 'flineku Pinlw. about the last ganie. A5 most people of his race clo, IC was talking' or ejacnlating' a great cleal with his arms. Finally ' ' ' ll' inuehg the people t Say, 1-Xit. don t ta X NU would like to get hy. 'ntta iaftei' the Elgin ganiejz Give me e1'e1'ytl1i11g i11 Homer L the house. ' ' ' ' ' 'll he Sure to get itlu C. l.lll1'l'I lake hash ancl 11111 ' l it iieeewary to have a .Iy11x. Rockfurcl All athletic teams hnc ,. hacl one anml he sure was a clancly. Fm' all i11fm'111ati1,111 un this, see H. Ca111li11 fn' XY. llnrr. f7H'ice l1c1u1's l:I'U1l1 6 until ll. ',l'l1e Season this year f1'o111 a financial point was Certainly a Sne- ' ' 1' ' ' team and we may cess. lfverylmocly be Sl1I'C2lI1Cl boost tm 1lLXt3 eai 5 ' ' ' P 'l'fo1'cl. be able to holcl ann 1tl1ert11u111a111e11t 111 xot x A nt., 2 lf- yX.li Zgw C. Garlen- r ICOCIIITCDIED HIGH SCHOOL .flX4YC!'flL 119 Iroquois This bunch has been sponsored by Mr. Charles C. Gordon The Iroquois llll.lf the Iroquois is not am Uofficialy' high school team, it is cmnposccl of high school buys of the Sophomore class. This team was 0I'g'1ll1lZCCl on their first entrance into the high school, :tml have held together for two years. 'l'hcrc is some good material m thc hmich that will be licard from later. This team won the City Clmmpionsliip in thc H135 pound class in the tournamclit held in the gym of thc Sccimcl Cmigrcgzltimmztl flllll'Cll lust winter. NIJ E 9 9. l6OClx'IiORlJ I-lIGl'1' SCHOOI. .'lXXl'.All, 121 Baseball Team The Baseball Season of 1913 'I' a meeting of the Athletic Association early in the year, it was decided to have a regular baseball team again. 'Ralph Johnson was elected manager, but later he resigned in favor of Harold Camlin. on account of his studies. It was thought best to form a league of five teams, and from this to pick the players for the regular team. So on March 20th all the boys who wished to play baseball were divided into five teams. On March 31 the teams met and elected their captains as follows: No. l-Reclchowg No. 2-.Iacksong No. 3-Tritleg No. 4-Carver: No. 5-Asprooth. April April April April April 1-No. 5-53 No. -l-1, Heffran and NValldeng Markley and Ciarver. 14-No. 3-65 No. -l--l, Tritle and Soursg Markley and Gai-ver. 15-No. 1--lg No. 2-3, VVibom and Harteliusg Daley and Frost. 17-No. 5-l-lg No. 3-7, Asprooth and Wlallden: Ralston and Sours. 24--No. 5-83 No. 2-4, Asprooth and XYallden: Daley and, Sours. 122 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL April 24-No. l-6, No. 4-3, VVibom and Harteliusg Markley and Frost. A April 28-No. 5-123 No. 1-ll, Asprooth, VVallden, Baehr, Daley, and Hartelius. On April 29 Coach Kleinpell issued a call for all players who wanted to try out. The team for the game at Freeport was picked, but several changes had to be made, because some of the players were disqual- ified. The team went to Freeport on May 2, where it was beaten on a wet Held by the score of 8-7. The game was interesting throughout. Bonn scored the winning run for Freeport in the ninth inning, when he stole home. The score was: Score by Innings Freeport ....... ....................... 2 2 l O O 1 1 O 1-8 Rockford ..... ...,........... O .1 3 1 0 2 O 0 O-7 Summary Sacrifice hits-Freeport, 3, Rockford, 1. Two base hit-Hart. Struck out, by Bonn, 9, Guhl, 83 Markley, 9. Bases on balls-Off Bonn, 8g off Markley, 10. Stolen bases-Asprooth, 2g Garver, Da- ley, Hart, Thompson, Lonergan, Bonn, 2, Franks, 2. Hit by pitcher, Morgan, Garver, Wicks, Fisher. Passed ball-Garver. VVild pitch- Markley, 4. Time of game-2:30. Umpire, Douglas Grant. Freeport came here the' following Saturday and won again, S-3, because of the superiority in hitting. Following is the score: Score by Innings Freeport ....... ....................... 0 1 3 O 0 1 2 O l-8 Rockford ..... ......... 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 O 0-3 Summary 2 Three base hits-M. Guhl, Stolen bases-Hart, Franks, 23 Johnson, 2g Garver, Tritle, 2, Markley. Struck out-By Bonn, 10, by M. Guhl, lg by Lentz, 23 by Markley, 6. Bases on balls-Off Bonn, 3 g off M. Guhl, 1 5 off Lentz, l 2 Off Markley, 3. Hit by pitched ball-By Markley, Rigney. Wild pitch-Markley, Passed balls- Franks, 4, Garver, 1, Left on bases-Freeport, 6, Rockford, 4. Umpire-Loos. li'UC7lx'l UIi'l7 HIGH .S'C'llOOl, .rIX.X'L'.-IL 123 Un lirialziy, Xlzty 23, the teznn went tu lielvitlere, where it sus- tzlinerl its thircl strztight tlefeztt. 10-U. lielvimlere ttmlc thc lentl at the stnrt. getting' eight rnns in twu innings. ID. llnrr went in to piteh :hiring this inning, zlnrl after this inning' helml theni scoreless. Rnekl'm'fl entlecl with :t line rally, hnt luilecl hy one run, hloliiismfs hitting, 'l'ritle's lielcling, zlntl ti:1rx'er's lllI'tlXYlIlg', were features of the gznne. 'l'l1est'wreliy innings: Qtrekfutwl ....... 0 til 0 O O -l 2 3 0-0-14-5 lielvitlere ,i,, ...... 2 fi Z O 0 O O 0 x-lO- 5-2 tlnly twn nr three inure guinea renizlin tn he plztyetl this year. tizlrver. llurr :intl 'l'ritle :ire the unly tunes wht: grzulnzite, so the prnspeets fur 11 gnntl teznn next year are very bright. The three flefezxts uf the tezini can in nu way he tl'2lCCll tim Coueli Kleinpell. He has gntten out early every zlftermmn annl given instructions on all rhzlses ul' the game. 'lin slum' their appreciation for his work, the teznn gave Klr. lileinpell zu silver luvinff enp. be f'f WEE? 'ff -fitfxi' ffl 2 W , + 1721 X 651 fl,,,1 f ,, ,-- - . g - f X4 .X '. , n r ki '5 , falls A Bunch of Mr. HamiIlon's Roolers 124 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Track Team Track for 1913 N.March 17, Coach Beyers called for track material. About seventy-five boys responded and met in Room 40. They were given a little talk about the value of track work along other lines. such as football and basket-ball. They were instructed to get in condition for the Freeport Relay Race, as soon as possible, by taking a run of about two miles every evening. The try-outs for the relay began the week after spring vacation and lasted until the race. The Track Schedule opened on April 22, with the race to Free- port. Mayor Bennett started the race at 2:45 sharp. Donahue of Freeport jumped the gun and got a five-foot start of our man. The first half mile ended with a lead of about half a block for Freeport. They kept this lead more or less all the way to Freeport, thereby winning the cup which Rockford has had for the last two years. The last three runners for Rockford, R. Cotta, Dennis, and H. Cotta, deserve a great deal of credit for cutting down the lead the way they did. D.on't blame the fellows that ran for losing the cup, but blame about twenty big husky fellows, who were too lazy to run. ROCKFURD HIGH SCHOOL .-fX.YU.4I, 125 VVe will have to give Freeport credit for having a good team and winning the race. llut this is the last time we ever intend to give them credit for winning. April 26 our track team niet the strong team from Aurora and defeated it 65M to SQM. It was one of the best and most interest- ing meets that has ever been held in the Driving Park, as each side would alternate in the lead. Three Rockford men won their R's in thin meet, Dennis, lirewer, and R. Cotta. Dennis made 17 points, llrewer 14, and R. Cotta 8, seven being the required number to win the letter. We have a wonderful track man in Dennis: he entered in five events and placed in all of them. llrewer is not far behind. He is great in the sprints and the broad-jump, in which he broke the school record of 19 feet, by going 20 feet 5 inches. Heffran also broke the high jump record of 5 feet 1 inch, by going 5 feet 2 inches. Homer Cotta ran a very pretty race in the mile and beat his man by just a shade in a spectacular sprint. Ray Jackson was a surprise, as he took second place in the shot put, with only one night's practice. He has great possibilities. Clarence Burr had a piece of hard luckg he was easily leading in the hurdles, when his spikes caught in the last hurdle and he fell. Rockford gained her points in the following manner: 50-Yard Dash-Brewer, first, 53 Dennis, third, 1. Mile Run-H. Cotta, firstg M. Cotta, third, 1. 100-Yard Dash-Brewer, second, 3, Dennis, third, 1. Shot-Put-Jackson, second, 3, Brewer, third, 1. 440-Yard Dash-Dennis, first, 5, R. Cotta, second, 3. Pole Vault-Nothing. Discus-Dennis, first, 5. High jump-Hefifran,Qfirst, 55 Daley, tied for third, M. Hurdles-Wagner, second, 3g Burr, third, 1. Broad Jump-Brewer, first, 5. Half Mile-R. Cotta, first, 55 M. Cotta, third, 1. 220-Yard Dash-Dennis, second, 3. Hammer Throw--Dennis, second, 3: Putnam, third, 1. Relay Race-Rockford, first, 5. 126 ROCKFOKD HIGH SCHOUL ANNUAL On May 10th we sent some of our men to the Beloit Inter- scholastic, but on account of the stars that were entered from the large schools in Chicago, we were unable to win any points. On May 17th our track team showed what it was made of and the results of good coaching, by defeating Beloit 60 to 49. There were several close finishes, especially i11 the mile event, when Couch of Beloit and Homer Cotta ran practically a dead heat. The race. however, was given to Couch, it being claimed he finished a few inches i11 advance of Cotta. The individual point winners follow-Dennis of Rockford and Moss of Beloit tied with 18 points each. Ray Jackson of Rockford, 13 points. Dutton of Beloit, 9 points. Couch of Beloit, S points. Ray Jackson was rather a surprise, this being the first year he has done any track work. The summaries of the events are as follows: 50-Yard Dash-Moss of Beloit, first, jackson of Rockford, second. Time, 54 sec. 100-Yard Dash-Moss of Beloit, first, Dennis of Rockford, second. Time, 10 3-5 sec. 220-Yard Dash-Dennis of Rockford, first, Moss of Beloit, second. Time, 24 2-5 sec. 440-Yard Run-Dennis of Rockford, first, Evans of Beloit, second. Time, 54 2-5 sec. 880-Yard Run-R. Cotta of Rockford, Hrstg Couch of Beloit, second. Time, 2 min., 11 sec. Mile Run-Couch, Beloit, first, H. Cotta of Rockford, second. Time, 4 min., 55 sec. Pole Vault-jorgenson of Beloit, first, Denson of Beloit, second. Height, 8 feet, 6 in. Broad Jump-Jackson of Rockford, first, Ralston of Beloit second. Distance, 19 feet, 52 in. ' High jump-Heffran of Rockford, first, Johnson of Beloit Second. Height, 5 feet, 2 in. Shot Put-Jackson of Rockford, firstg Heffran of Rockford second. Distance, 35 feet, 112 in. Discus Throw-Dennis of Rockford, first, Dutton of Beloit second. Distance, 96 feet, 11 in. Hammer Throw-Putnam of Rockford, first. Relay Race-Rockford first. ROCKFGRD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 127 As the Annual has to go to press before the schedule has been completed, we are not able to give the rest. The ones who have already won their Rys are jackson, R. Cotta, H. Cotta, and Heffran. Track Schedule April 22--Freeport Relay Race. April 26-NVest Aurora at Rockford. May 10--lleloit Interseholastie. Nay 17-Beloit at Beloit. Nay 24-Class Day. May 31-Fast Aurora at Aurora. G Nffl ' I W all lll W. fl xl All 'll ' ' lil I nun., i X I 2 ft A A F, , -- lg!! on E K ,235 , The Janifor's Pasfime Dennis, Brewer A 13464 My HW. iv WMM WC? V I ' MM? M- fQj g,,,'Z,,, WWW fgjg3,jW' V MMM lsiwmwwjwfaim mmm I mf www Wwwmfvmvinxw GenH..11. QQAMZTW . an , vnnvvahw. y 4,4, .. . ' . , 71- - M Mw WWW rnlgfvitva, P- mu Aww n .51 ' iMf - Wm W7 MMWJMQZZSQVF ,mmm ., ' T I ' Q X fp -. - N' Q A ff I K T f W. E, A- - ,- gg. - xi ' . QNOTV t 'Lg.V'Y'C 'I'Y1'arc.h.i-NG! li'OC'lx'l7Ol6l7 HIGH SCHOOL .'lX.X'l',All, 1297 Physical Training IIYSIQIXI, 'l'R.-XINIXG work, under the rlireetiun of Miss llill, is earriecl on in the gynmasiinn with apparatus bought with the proceeils frum gymnasium exhibitions. The apparatus eunsists of lnrlian clubs. bar-bells, club-bells, xvanrls,parallel bars, lsulmlers, basket-balls, base-balls, a jumping staurlarcl with mats, anll last, but not least, a pianu. The usual dances, exercises, sports an clealisthenies are taught. l'hysief1l training is required of all lfreslnnen girls, anal many upper elassmen girls take it voluntarily. ln fact, all the classes are overcruwcleml, and little inlliviilual atten- tion is possible. ln connection with the regular gym work, basket-ball teams have been organized, anml although the opportunities for practice have been few because of Miss Hill's crowcleml program, the girls are always eager to play. Un parents' night four teams played, and annmg them a Helen team , unique because every member of it was namefl llelen. Miss llill has encleavcmrerl tu create a more social ancl flemocratic spirit annmg' the girls by means uf gyin parties in the form of in- furnial clanees, helrl after school abnut once every two months. The factulty as well as the students enjey these clanees. H. R. 130 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Gym Staff Gym Gosszp HAVE YOU HEARD ? That after many years of strenuous labor in the gym, Helen Robinson is able to smile? That the gym piano with its sweet tones, instead of lulling the Seniors to sleep, makes them Hunk in the next class? That Lucy Derwent lost her f'gym slippers and when a pair of number lOys were found, she tried to disown them? That awful noise like falling timber? That was just some girl slinging the baseball bat down before she started to first after making a foul. Oh, by the way, you should see those girls play ball, with about 25 on each side. The pitcher's arm is twirled around several times and the ball generally goes away over the batterls head. or hits the catcher in the face. If the batter chances to hit the ball, it goes about four feet, is muffed by about twelve girls, who fall on it to stop it, and she arrives safely at first. The excitement continues, and the score creeps up, perhaps, 39-42, in the last half of the ninth. About this time the bell rings and amid wild shrieks and polite CU yells, Qwhich can be distinctly heard in the Auditoriumj, they ascend the stairs. Then you can hear that sorrowful refrain: Who's got a button-hook? May I take it when you are finished ? CGET THE HOOK lj Our New Hzgh School 132 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Uur New Hzgh School OR the third time since Rockford High School was founded in 1886, an addition is now being constructed, which will make our high school building the largest and best in the state. The rapid and steady growth of this institution of learning is suit- able evidence of the prosperity of our city, and the interest taken by the citizens of Rockford in our public schools. The new addition, now being built, will include many features. The manual training department, which has been located in the middle building, will find new quarters in this addition, with the mechanical drawing rooms close by. The cooking and sewing departments, which really consist in manual training for the girls, will also be located in the new building. The plans have been worked out so that each phase of our high school work will be in a separate portion of the building. For example, all classes relative to the commercial de- partment will be on the second Hoor of the new building. Here there will be rooms for the study of stenography, typewriting, pen- manship. business correspondence, accounting, bookkeeping, com- mercial geography and arithmetic, and all other studies that per- tain to commercial education. A feature of the new building that will greatly influence our athletics, is the new gymnasium. The old one will undoubtedly be continued to be used by the girls, thus leaving the new one exclusively for the boys. Our track team has been seriously handicapped by not having quarters to use for winter and early spring practice, but by the use of the balcony in our new gymnasium as a running track, the efficiency of this branch of our athletics will be greatly increased. Another feature, closely con- nected to the gymnasium, is the swimming pool. Few high schools in the state have a pool such as we are to have, and by adding this feature to our equipment the people of Rockford have won the gratitude of every student in the city. Other features of the new building are a museum, a trophy room, a library, and a large audi- torium, to be used exclusively for assembly purposes. In the years past, the additions, when added, were of entirely different style from those previously built, and as a result, our high school, as it stands today, is not very impressive in appearance. But before the work ceases this time, our building will be uniform throughout. That is, the exterior as well as the interior of the old buildings will be so changed as to correspond with the two new buildings, both in architecture and material. The chief change in the interior of the old buildings will be the adding of a lunch room, capable of supplying the entire school at one time. These ideas are not pipe-dreams, as many think, but are definite plans, which will only require a little time to carry out. When all these changes are brought about, we can be more proud than ever of our buildings and can say with pride thatiwe were once members of the High School of Rockford, Illinois. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL The Old North Siazr Quite worn out, old, and scant of size. An arehaeologist's rare prize, There in the red, north building lies- The Old North Stair. For forty years, it bore aloft, VVith creacks and wheezes far from soft, A thousand pupils, who have scoffed The Old North Stair. VVho knows the varied history Of boys, and girls who used to be The climbers, full of energy, Upon that stair? Wliere are the hundreds-thousands, who Before. when first those steps were new Tripped lightly down, when school was through Upon that stair? From out that narrow way has spread Some thousands living, hundreds dead O'er all this land-who once did tread Upon that stair. From coast to coast, in foreign lands, On prairie farms, and seashore sands, In every trade, are little bands Who've climbed that stair. If all who've trod on thee should die, And will to thee their learning, my! With knowledge thou wouldst petrify!! Thou Old North Stair. 134 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Debaiing ONTRARY to the usual custom, Rockford was not represented by a debate team this year. The interest in debating was, however, stronger than ever before. The two Argumentation classes conducted by M r. C. T. Mauller carried on a series of debates which aroused the interest of the whole school. The classes decided Qipon the following questions, Resolved, That the Federal Government should'own and operate all public telephone in the U. S. fi, One class the negative and the other the affirmative. Each class was divide-d into four teams and the debates between opposing class teams were arranged according to average ability of the teams. The interest increased as the series progressed and was at its height when the final debate was given. This debate yvas un- doubtedly the best of the seires and compared favorably with many previous debates held between high schools. The closeness of all the decisions showed that all the contestants were in to win. The first three were held in the Lower Lunch Room. The final debate was held in Room 12. Faculty judges rendered the de- cisions in the first debates, while outside judges officiated in the Hnal battle of words. The following are notes of the different debates: Notes on Telephone Debates Jan. 15. Affirmative won, 2 to l. Nelson got so hot that the sweat dropping off his nose made the fioor slippery, so that the fol- lowing affirmative speaker had to hold on to the desk to retain his customary dignity. Engstrom got balled up and made his ges- tures with his feet instead of with his hands. He looked like a traffic officer doing the Boston on roller skates in an egg basket. The last affirmative speaker made so much hot air that time was called until the door and windows were opened. jan. 16. Affirmative won, 2 to l. Wagner's knees made so much noise that one of the judges thought it was the radiators and tried lv'Ot'lv'I7ORl7 HIGH SCHOOL .LlX.X'l'.ll. 135 to shut off the steam. l,each got his speech stuck in his pocket. He finally opened his month and it came out all right. McClure tried to say statistics and got his tongue caught between two of his teeth. Ile was frightened ont of his dangerous condition by Vheyne winding his Ingersoll watch. t'hief notes of debate were laughter and applause. Klostly laughter. Cheyne said: My honorable opponents have provedf XYagner said: The last rebut- ter for the negative-- .lan. 20. .Xtifirmative won, Z to l. The judges were the chief attractions of this debate. The first affirmative speaker waved his arms so much that one of the judges fell asleep. lle thought it was an electric fan. XYard gut so much telephone wire into his speech that the entire audience thought liim quite a live wire. The most amusing thing about this debate, as well as the preceding ones, was the decision. Alan. 22. .Xh! .-Xt last! l thought there was one good Negative team. The negative won today. Same score, 2 to l. This was the last and also the best of the debate series. Several features are worthy of mention. .VX young lady seated in the back of the room continually xvinked at the affirmative speakers. They attribute their defeat to this and also In the fact that she always smiled very sweetly at the negative speakers. l can't tell who she was, but I have heard she makes tine fndges. ll. Utter gave a fine imitation of a hlew selling shoe strings. The negative give credit for their victory to the fudge girl, and also to a perfectly good lemon, obtained from the lnnch room. This sweetness, mixed with the lemon, made excellent lemonade, llence the victory. lf ll '13 . ., Q. 136 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Exlemporaneous Team Public Speaking HE spirit of R. H. S. along the line of public speaking has been the best, perhaps. of any previous year. Never has there been a more loyal lot of workers and rooters. Victories of a real kind have been hauled in from every quarter. The new extempore speak- ing contests proved a success. Many feared that our high school would lose its inagnincent record of last year because of the new type of contest and because all the contestants, except one, was without any platform experience. The Rockford quintette of speakers were: Frances Rosecrance, Robert VVinn, Herbert Munhenke. Raymond Billett and Frank Baehr. Each of the speakers had twenty-five subjects. They met and defeated Elgin. March 21, getting first, second, fourth, and sixth places, and tieing for third place-some showing. On April ll, the same five speakers met the 'fold rivals -Free port. The boys completely buried the old hoodoof' by taking all Hrst five places out of the live possible chances-some more show- ing. The District Contest was held at DeKalb on the evening of April 26th. Frank Baehr and Raymond Billett went to compete for extempore honors. They both could not get Hrst place. so they ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 137 came away, taking first and second places respectively. Earle Salis- bury, with the subject of john Brown, secured second place in the averages with his oration. Saturday morning of May 3rd found Earle Salisbury in two of the closest contests, preliminary and the final, ever pulled off in the Beloit Interscholastic contests. He had real competition. He came away with a beautiful bronze medal, which represents third place. With absolutely no experience, never having appeared in a contest of any kind, pulling a second and a third in two extraordi- narily strong contests, is a remarkable record. At DeKalb he ranked first in delivery, with all three judges. His success is due to work- ing and training from the first of October, his modest yet sincere personality, and his willingness and susceptibility to training. Each contestant is worthy of no mean amount of praise and congrats Some hints about the extempore boys: HERBERT FRANCES ROSECRANCE Hints ROBERT WINN Little, but oh, my! What's next? A hard worker. ltanked higher than any Freeport llliln. Keep it up 1. Fourth against Elgin. 2. Ranked second against Freeport. 3. A faithful trainer. 4. Never late. 5. A Junior to watch next year. 6. Watch transitions. MUNHENKE NUT9. I xcellent composi- tion. The big find. A regular war horse. Another Junior to watch. You can get it. A Sophomore of promise. C RAY BILLETT FRANK BAEHR A Senior we will miss. A sure and easy speaker. , Secondt at DlStTlCt N t Lon es . Good organization. Always in good spirits. Don't repeat. The original. First against Elgin. First against Free port. Captain of team. Logical. Break it up. A ROCKFORD HIG H SCHOOL ANNUAL Earl Salisbury NVinner of Second VVinner of first 1 Frank A. Baehr ITL Captain of extelnpore speaking tea 1 ce in ewtelnpore speaking XYinner of first p a . ' ' rt contests with Elgin and lfreepo ulace in District Contest Place in ntest at DeKalb District Oratorical Co B e f I. Vtfinner of Third Place at loit Interscliolastic Oratorical Contest Mr. C. T. Mauller Coach in Oratory, Debate and extempore speaking Vol. X. No.Z Summer School 1912 l-10 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL AS THE TEACHERS SAW R. H. S. SUMMER SCHOOL OF 1912. Elizabeth said: HI will. John T. said: I will, and each pupil of the first R. H, S. summer school said: I will. All together, teach- ers and pupils of the summer school, said: We will, and we did. Yes, from our standpoint, the summer school was a success. There was regular attendance, good, conscientious work, and a genuine spirit of co-operation on the part of the pupils-and pupils make a school. The weather was no hindrance. In fact, it is doubtful if there was a cooler place for work anywhere in Rockford than either Room 2 or Room 12. The size of the room and the small number of pupils, made it different from the latter part of the year, when the regular session closes. It is hot then. Try summer school to keep cool. The session, coming from eight o'clock to twelve, made it possible to get through with the work be- fore the day became very warm, and it left the pupils free for a por- tion of the day, With fewer pupils in a class, than during the regular session, it made it easier for the teacher to get results with each one. For the pupil, who through illness, had fall- en behind, it presented an oppor- tunity which several accepted. There were some who lacked a credit, or half-credit, because of failure, who found this means of keeping up with the class. There were others who wished to finish school in three years, who made extra credits during the summer. Look around you, find out why the summer school was a success. There were none ill as a result of the extra work. There are none who are not doing as well, and f many who are doing better right now in school, than they ever did before. There is no good reason for two or more months' vacation, anyway. The time will come when schools in Rockford will continue the year round, as is the case in some other cities today. All work and no play, etc.-you know-well, we all looked after that end of it too, We had a good, pleasant, profitable summer's Work. lt will pay you, student reader, to consider the summer school. Get some of the so-called Seniors of the summer session to tell you about the mock-graduation exer- cises. We, the undersigned teach- ers, can truthfully say that the commencement exercises were im- mense, and that the pupils met our expectations and more. Elizabeth Corcoran. John T. Haight. Painless Extracting without Chloroform, Gas, Ether, Cocaine or any Poison nn Rovozn r: Tuu. Man H pl D0 'T 55-'TTER cn ER wlT'40 'ILHE U N I I ED D QN T 1 51 , - 4l 8 E LL lx'rlf'lx'l f7lx'l? lllffll THE OWL Published by Students of ROCKFORD SUMMER SCHOOL Terms: 50 Cents Single Copy Thrown in with Annual EDITORIAL STAFF Censors lfilimbvtli Corcoran John 'l'. llziight Committee Effie Day lri-no Bnhser tzirroll Smith Repo rte rs lflvc-ryhody M...-:,,X .,U11.g:'giEnt9 Editorials Snnnnvr sc-hool is proving to bc il vnmition ol' working und winning, nl, lonst tho crmdil, lt also proves that plc-nsnro is lonnd in knowing that ono is Ftfllliy doing something. ln-sich-s lniving thi- so culled good l,inws. - C. S., 'I Cl. Snnnnvr school will always inoan :L good dual to ns, but probably the most tliznlklnl om-5 will be onr par- onts to Miss Corcoran and Mr. llziight for the good care taken of the little darlings nnder their care. LS YCIIUCPI. .Al.Y.Yll.1ll, 141 ATHLETICS Truck work was readily taken np by tho pnipls and all spovtl records were brokon throo times a day. 'Pho llrst at night o'clocli in getting lo sc-hoolg tho next to the confec- tionvry store at rccoss, but the rm-ul record lmrenlior was at noon in gotting homo to dinner. Sonic cxlrcllwly spirited jumping ri-cords we-ro made by the feminine sox in trying to elude the frolick- ing mice. E S f , nf W of .3-vmmrv .f . 142 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Summer School Play The Players' Club Among the other clubs of the school, the Players, Club holds an important place. During the warm summer days this club brought forth two wonderful productions, namely, Hamlet , and The Teeth of the Gift Horse, The tragic play of Hamlet held its entire audience in open-mouthed suspense and the scenery was most extraordinarily enjoyed by the spectators. The Teeth of the Gift Horse, the sec- ond production, was none the less enjoyed, although its fame as a play was for the first time dis- played by the chosen actors. Miss Corcoran, the director general, competently fulfilled all expecta- tions, and much of the success is due to her diligent and persistent direction.-E. D., ,13. THE TEETH OF THE GIFT HORSE Last summer, on August 16th,the Sophomoresxand Juniors of the summer school presented this play on mock-commencement day. Miss Corocoran was the coach who made it a success. CHARACTERS Richard Butler .... Sidney Van Duzer Mrs. Butler ..,..........,.. Louisa Blake Aunt Marietta ..........,... Helen Carter Nan ,,.,.,.............. .... M ildred Anderson Derlin Blake .......... Clarence Larson Kate, the maid .......... Lila Spaulding A dear aunt of Mr, Butler had given him a pair of hand-painted china vases for a wedding gift. Growing tired of them, Mrs. Butler had sent them to a recent rum- mage sale. When she hears that this aunt is coming to pay them a visit, she endeavors to regain them so that the aunt will not be of- fended. But Aunt Marietta arrives before they are found. During the con- versation which follows, the sub- ject of the vases is touched upon merely by chance. Mrs. Butler slips behind Aunt Marietta and makes signs to her husband, who is. perfectly ignorant on the subject, ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 143 Seeing that they must come to an understanding, they leave the room. While they are gone, Aunt Mariet- ta, not seeing the vases, and be- coming somewhat suspicious, asks Katie about them. Katie can give no knowledge concerning them, However, she tells about a pair of hand-painted vases which one of her relatives bought at a rummage sale. While matters are growing worse, Nan enters with the vases in her arms. Aunt Marietta is told that they were at a loan exhibition, where many beautiful things are gathered together so that the poor people, who have no beautiful things of their own, can enjoy them and reap the benedts derived from them. Dear old Aunt Marietta is very pleased at this, and never once suspects that these same vases were those which Katie's relative had bought at the rum- mage sale. All was still as still could be, When soon we heard a sound, te! he! We all looked up, and round about. And you'd thought that Katherine had the gout. She was jumping here and jumping there, And, when we laughed, said, I don't care, You'd do the same if you could see Those two small mice so awful wise. The girls looked up and then looked down, For one of the boys a mouse had found, What could they do, they all were mute, But some thought mice were awful cute. Just then an awful shriek was heard, And every one around me stirred: There lay our Katherine limp and pale And everyone began to fail. The bell tolled out the parting knell, . Two lives were lost, and all went well. No more those mice Room 2 will see, For Edgar killed them on the lee. SUMMER SCHOOL SLAMS. Louisa Blake I am resolved to grow fat and look young at forty. Carroll Smith Blessings on thee, little man. Effie Day Her life is an open book-to A. Dennis. Clara Doerr Every little fish would become a whale. Howell Garver Night after night He sat and bleared his eyes with books. Miss Corcoran Then she would talk-good gods! how she would talk! Llla Spaulding When I beheld this, I sighed, and said within myself: Surely mortal woman is a broomstick! Helen Carter Only the good die young. Kathryn Barrett An old maid is like a llddleg without bow or string. Lydia Gustafson Don't aim so high, and your hopes won't have so far to fall. 144 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Myrtle Reeves The woman who talks the most is not always the wisest. Ruth Ward Perhaps she'l1 grow, J. T. Haight I am not in the roll of common man. Ewdgar Wessman I heard a hollow sound, who rapped my skull? Mary Mershon Weep not, fair maid. He will return to thee. SUMMER SCHOOL SPEECH Four weeks and several days ago, Mr. Briggs brought forth upon this high school a summer school, con- ceived in study, and dedicated to the proposition that all pupils should have opportunity to be taught even in summer time. Now we are engaged in a great Work, testing whether that school or any school so conceived and so dedi- cated can be a success. We are met across the street at recess. We have come to find out the news of the day. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this ibut in a larger sense, we cannot find out anything importantj, The brave pupils who struggled here, who graduated here in 1912, did not accomplish what we are now doing in our summer school. The world will never know what we say here, but we can never forget what We do here. It is for us, the pupils of the summer school, rather to be here dedicated to the unfinished work which they who studied here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored pupils we take increased interest in our work, that we here highly resolve that these pupils of 1912 shall re- gret that they could not have stu- died hereg that this summer school under Mr. Haight and Miss Cor- coran shall become a success, and that the pupils here shall not re- gret their coming. G. A., '14. R. B., '13. FRESH MAN CLASS. This class consisted of all pu- pils taking Greek History under the direction of Mr. Haight. Irene Bubser, President, Evange- line Condon, Rena Dickenson, Edna Glover, Lydia Gustafson, Everetta, Keeling, Ida Leonard, Florence Ransom, Harriette Johnson, Mil- dred Anderson, Clarence Larson, Arnold Lundgren, Flower-Clover. SOPHOMORE CLASS The Sophomore Class consisted of all students taking Roman His- tory under Mr. Haight. Clarence Larson, Presidentg Florence Conley, Everetta Keeling, Myrtle Reeves, Howell Garver, Florence Ransom, John McCann, Carroll Smith, JUNIOR CLASS This class composed the CIII Eng. 29 students under the guiding hand of Miss Corcoran. Helen Carter, President, Rose Baumgarten, Louisa Blake, Lydia Gustafson, Beda Kellstrom, Mary Mershon, Ethel Odell, Lila Spauld- ing, Beulah Thomas, Sidney Van Duzer, Edgar Wessman. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL AXNU.-Il. 145 SENIOR CLASS As usual the Senior class is the biggest and best of all classes. Un- der the leadership of Miss Corco- ran, the following students will fln- lsh their school career today. John McCann, President, Gene- vieve Asprooth, Ruth Ward, Beulah Thomas, Myrtle Reeves, Ethel Odell, Mary Mershon, Frances Mc- Grath, Emily McDonald, Grace Lee, Beda Kellstrom, Clara Doerr, Mir- iam Fisher, Rena Dickenson Effie Day, Kathryn Barrett Clara Fisher, Howell Garver, Carroll Smith, Gil- more Landstrom. Motto: Earn thy credit by the sweat of thy brow, Colors: Green and Yellow. Flower: Sunflower. SUMMER SCHOOL CLASS PROPHECY Twelve long years have passed since we were Seniors in the dear old Rockford High. Yes, I remember them all. You ought to have attended our last reunion. All of our classmates were there, we couldn't stay away. All told how they had spent the long twelve years, do you know that:- 1. John McCann, our president, ls a Starr in a new production of Hamlet-he made a great hit at the Orpheum last week, 2. Clara Doerr our class poet, wrote a play entitled French Doll. It has been played in New Milford, and met with a howling success. She is trying to get John to take a part so that it can howl more. 3. Grace Lee, our most learned, has long since had in her poses- sion a large cat farm. She takes the cats for their morning walk past the High School, and down to the river. They will not drown, don't worry. 4. Beulah Thomas has followed her artistic impulse. Her painting of Paradise Lost is on exhibition at the Public Library, To look at this picture will lead one to make strenuous efforts to regain Para- dlse. 5. Rena Dickinson, the statell- est of our tribe, is now struggling to manage a husband and a home. Poor thing! 6. Kathryn Barrett is living with her bird, her cats, and her tea, and, as ever, detests those horrid men. 7. Beda Kellstrom is now teach- ing English in Punkdum High School. Oh, how we do pity her! 8. Frances McGrath is a nurse in an insane asylum for love-slck men. 9. Ruth Ward took advantage of our last leap year, and, as the re- sult of her plunge, she is now the wife of a millionaire church dea- con, Now her happy days are over. 10. Carroll Smith has long been a leader of the Holy Jumpers . One day he is in the city and next day he is out. But I suppose it is rather hard for one of the Jump- ers to remain long in one place. 11. Miriam Fisher, the Senior member of the Fishers, is an en- thusiastic athlete. At Lake Geneva she is noted as one of the most dar- ing navlgators, in the two-passen- ger launch called The Silent. 12. Ethel Odell teaches 'Gym' in the Elgin High. She is a boost- er for the Bear Cat for all physi- cal purposes, 13. Effie Day ls traveling for Dennis 8a Co. She is advertising puffs, rats and curly, auburn hair. 14. Genevieve Asprooth has long been tied up. Her blonde hair 146 KOCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL easily captured a Rockford youth. Happiness reigns supreme in that small cottage built for two. 15. Emily McDonald has long ago graduated from the Harlem Park pavilion and is now starring in a comedy entitled Graceful Emily. 16. After reading Paradise Lost, Gilmore Landstrom decided that there was no place for a ministers son below, so we now find him preaching in the Valley, 17. Mary Mershon is using her persuasive oratory to secure Votes for Women, and is doing well, 18. Myrtle Reeves has continued her music. She is now a drummer in Maryls Suffragette Band. 19. Howell Garver is now a mis- sionary in the Great Desert of Af- rica, where he is doing a good work Zcarrying water. 20. Clara Fisher who was the jolly one of our bunch has forsak- en frivolous joy and just smiles. 21. Miss Corcoran, our dear teacher? C, F. C. S. COMMENCEMENT The Seniors were nervous Cas usualj for fear they would Hunk, But no one need have worried, for we were all perfect students. The day of commencement and gradua- tion was one of the greatest Rock- ford High School has experienced for many a day. The Seniors were pushed into the room during the playing of the March of the Clowns. The customary services were given in fine style, our Will, poem, prophecy and our song be- ing iof courselj the very best ever given in Summer School. Come afon ,gouk orreofed fhgr efecffoneerm xxx? 'QQ 73 'F 'S 4 aff' 42:- C 6,114 qnq QQ YM Our Hzlgh School Election necessitates fhe arresting of some of lhe sfudenfs ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 14 Ode to Copy Paper Oh, Copy Paper! Unto thee Our homage now we pay, For many and many an hour we've spent To write a page of thee. We've served thee long, we've served thee well, Upon thy golden sheets, We've set our thoughts most neatly down, I'm sure we've done great feats. We've learned to love thee dearly QPJ Thou Wert so good and kind. We used thee, Copy Paper, So the printer'd not go blind. Oh! Generous Copy Paper, A day of rest we crave. Thou hast been with us now for months, And we have been thy slave. Have we not rather slaved for thee, To decorate thy face? To cover thee with inky lines? To fill thy empty space? So leave us, Copy Paper, And let us rest a while. Next year, our friends, the juniors, Will want thee by the pile. Our High School life is over now, And we must say Good-bye. just one farewell, just one last word We say without a sigh: y To thee, oh, Copy Paper, My hard-worked friends and I, To thee, thou hard task-master, We are glad to say, Good-bye ! -A Member of the Annual Staff ' r 1 , ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 149 Annual Staff Faculty Manager .......... ....... C . C. Gordon General Manager .....,.. ........ F rank Baehr Business Manager ...... ........ H enry Utter Editor-in-Chief ........ ........... L ouise Kern Assistant Editor ...............,.... Raymond Billett Organizations-Donald Grover, Celia Boyington, Frances Dick- erman. Jokes-Franklin Reck, Helen Lamont, Harold Camlin, Alice Freeman. Athletics-Earle Salisbury, football, Wells Burr, basket-ballg Lawrence Penniman, track, Dayton Burr, baseball. r Faculty-Stanley Christopherson, Catherine McNeany. Alumni-Cecil McCauley, Letitia Knight, Raymond Carlson, Pauline Mannix. Dramatics-Margaret Seymour, Cecelia Killeen, Marion Cul- hane, Beulah Thomas. Art-Henry Utter, Frank Babcock, Carl Carlstrom, George Hodge. Girls' Department-Pearl Bidlack, Mabelle Baehr, Claire Scone, Cecelia Parker. Senior-Frank Kimball, Margaret Heffran, Willistoii Reckhow. Junior-Stanley Storey, Bernice Fulton, Raymond Jackson. Sophomore-Harold Sherman, llflilton Hnlt, Grace Kellogg, Constance Fisher. Freshman-Fred Wilcox, Lea Gordon, Russell Kern. Gymnasium-Helen Robinson, Cammilla Bryne, Marjorie Flint. Frank A. Baehr N this spring of the year 1913, the Senior Class as well as the whole school has experienced the greatest loss in its history - namely, the death of Frank A. Baehr. This misfortune which comes as it does just previous to one of the most important events in a person's life, is felt all the more because of his personal connections with so many organizations of the school. There is probably no person in school who is so well known as Frank and who is so loved and esteemed by all. The strength and force of his character, together with his rigid determination, has brought success to many of the organizations with which he was connected. To the people who worked with Frank and knew hz'm as he really was, hz's loss is of double consequence, but it is safe to say that there is not a pupil in this school who does not realize the tremendous consequences of his loss to us. 5 W 'ia 'ig 1 THE Q RO GUES D sf 6l.CzIsf.1Wk ACCOMPLICE 2559 Zum b . toe, 3 1 6 1 J Q LV . N3 X I X . 1 c X N f x .gl 0600 . fs 42 .J DNN M 3 NX V, A 4. 2 5 J wiv? W1 , Q ': K 41 hi 'H h rm-r f' i k, ,, . E ' F1 2 X. ououu , X . xuc 'N km Hum, Y N' vp, ' '. 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Kern-President of the Allied Federation of Heartbreakers. 3. Henry Litter-Elevator boy at Ashtonls Dry Goods Store. Third floor a specialty. CThere's a reasonj. 4. Theresa Zumdahl-She now tickles the ivories at the Knox 5 and l0c store. 5. Raymond Ilillett-Entertains UQ the audiences at the Rockford Moving Picture Parlor by his vocal selections. 6. Geneva CJverstreet-Conducts a private dancing school at New Milford. She is assisted evenings by Roy Chase. 7. Rev. Fred De Witt fdeceasedj-Gave up his life after a hard Fight fwith his wifej. 8. Letitia Knight-Widow of the aforesaid Rev. Fred DeWitt. 9. VN'illiam Pratt-C Matinee Idol j-Wins the hand and for- tune of the aforesaid Widow DeWitt. 10. Camilla Byrne-Because of her love for our Silver '1'ongued Class Urator turned her future in the direction of Still- man Valley, where she conducts a lunch counter in the railroad station. ' ll. VVillmer Brewster-Now a jocky of fame. He and his horse Mudhoof captured first prize at the Winnebago County Fair. 12. Hazel Floberg-A leading society woman of East Rock- ford. I3. Homer Heffran-Now an employe of the Home Telephone Co. of this city. In case of damaged telephone poles, Nr. Heffran acts as a temporary substitute. 14. Maude Peacock-Sad to relate, has become a suhfragette leader in Freeport. 15. Frank Kimball-Is now pushing the broom at the Poole Hotel, at 35.00 per. I ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 151 16. Pauline Johnson-Joins a Shakespearean troupe as Cleo- patraf' 17. Edward McLee-Rockford agent for Arrow Collar Com- pany. Many are surprised at this pursuit, but if you recollect, Steve became fond of these collars during his Senior year in R. H. S. 18. Pearl Metlin-Disappointed in her school day love, set sail for an around the world trip on her bicycle. 19. Marold McCal1non-Manager and leading man in his fa- mous stage production Uncle Tom's Cabin. 19. Pearl Bidlack-Now playing the part of Little Eva in Harold McCalmon's Uncle Tom's Cabin. 20. Irene Bartlett-Prima donna in the well known Zeigfeld Follies of 1908 21. Helen Chapman and Kenneth Cooling- Two hearts that beat as one. 22. Osbourne Wetherell-His piano playing has reached the stage of perfection and far surpasses any of Paderewski's exhibi- tions. 23. Florence Mason-VVhen asked what she expected to be when she left school, replied, Married, Our most heartfelt sym- pathies, Flossie!! 24. Clyde Allen-ls principal of VVinnebago High School, head librarian at the Winiiebago Public Library, and also chief of the volunteer fire department of that city. 25. Lila Spaulding-Traveling agent for Lydia Pinkham's Pink Pills for Pale People. 26. Sidney Van Duzer-Manager, salesman, repair man, of- fice boy, janitor, and in fact everything, except book-keeper, of the famous C. Sidney Van Duzer Co., manufacturers of wire nails and tooth-picks. 26. Ruth Crill-Much admired book-keeper of the famous con- cern, C. Sidney Van Duzer Sz Co. 27, Mildred Miller-President of the Won1an's Talking Club. 28. Roy Chase-Recently bought out Charlie's hamburger stand on North Madison St., and has become a Royal Chef. 29. Mildred Giffen-Private tooter . Mr. Robert Gibson's 1897 Ford receives most of the tooting. 54 13 .A :E 46 t ,il 90 B A K X, 45 4 kb HA, xr U v F.-g ' W -L,-ff5.,uJ 5 ' s k 1 GDWJG ,. Mm nckpmw can if g 1 ' , - ' gg .V ' 5 , 1 U B x R X umm: 'M A M ww , - f' v . V ' - f 1 f , Q. -jg . I .I A 7111111 X E u L A ' fm I mn, 0,.,,,,, 1 of! .1 ,C , in 4 A . d ' ,, I f' M' 1 A ff Y, ensynyllgm sy 4' It Q N j ' 4,fln?.2'?7,l W0 wx , fm H F ' ,ff Q2 ,Xe 4 if 47? ,J iw- 4 1 fu, 'T' 1- L ef V' fm? :Nw H so fx X 5 F , -, -fx Q , 2 It 1 - 2 - A 1 5 I ' 7 A 0 f-f 5 ' 1 X 1 , , A I1 fx, V .AX w,,,mm A .-X vo , LW H 34, ,R ', L u 4 0 ' 51' 'XJ' 1 , , 54 ,-I io d snmrl . L ,I WW L HUM Lamont L 1 I lime mar nr Sk - 'a . .lyf Enlum .. . 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It landed him a job as chief of police at Stillman Valley. 32. Alfrieda Peterson-Still retains her position as manageress of the VVhite Front Restaurant. 33. Frank Peacock-Holds down the responsible position of head waiter at Lerch's Restaurant. 34. Claire Scone-First Wife of W111. Pratt, is running the Pratt movie in Marengo. 35. Melville Hayes-We doubted his early intentions of be- coming a pugilist, but, alas! a pugilist he is-a regular second Ad Woolgas. 36. Dorothy Vogel-Poor girl! Is an invalid for life, due to having her locker next to C. Sidney Van Duzer's. 37. Lloyd Shierk-Holds down Cell No. 37 at Elgin. He be- lieves he is a noted and daring aviator. 38. BURR-Dayton-Irene-Clarence-Present a marvelous vaudeville act, including slack wire and daring acrobatic feats. 39. Helen Lamont-Sells tickets at the Colonial Moving Pic- ture Parlor. The management has lately passed a rule that bars young men from visiting with the fair maiden while she is in the ticket office. 40. Helen Stewart-A graduate of the Nurses' School of Rock- ford Hospital has had a romantic young life indeed. She was the faithful nurse of Roger Wolcott, who underwent an operation for heart trouble, and it was through her nursing only that Deac pulled through. 40. Roger VVolcott-Operation! Nurse!! Minister!!! 41. JOHNSUN-Hattie-Einar-Mildred-Have also taken to vaudeville. They appear on the big circuit as singing and dancing comedians. - 42. Pearl Peterson-Succeeds Mrs. Holmes as matron of R. H. S. She is Well liked by all. 43. Willistoii Reckhow-Casts his lot in the lawyer's profes- sion, although he has a worthy rival in E. Salisbury. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 157 44. Pauline Mannix-Clarence Oakes--Strange to say, were also attracted by the footlights of the vaudeville stage. They ap- pear as Topsy and Flopsy, blackface comedians. 45. Earle Salisbury-As heretofore stated, a rival of Mr. Reck- how's in the law profession. 46. Donald Grover-His experience as editor of the Owl, has been of great benefit to Donald. He is head office boy in the office of the Chicago Daily Tribune. 47. Ruben Celander-What! Still another star of the footlight. He is the inventor of a marvelous little monologue entitledf- 48. Eskel Olson-Takes Mr. Lembke's place as fireman at dear old R. H. S.. ' 49. Hazel Eychaner-Is making her name known throughout the civilized world, because of her swimming and diving ability. She can dive into live inches of water and never come up again. 50. Elsie and Ethel Erickson-Have recently left for a trip through the Old Country. Their loud traveling hats attracted a great deal of attention, we hear. 51. Elsie Morris-Famous aviatress. Her most famous flight was across Kent's Creek. The Republic read, With one great swoop she flew across and landed in the Fair Grounds, amid the cheering crowds watching the ball game. 52. Howard Wolfley-Is now playing shortstop with New Mil- ford's league team. 53. Casper Sandehn and Earl Whitcher conduct a peanut stand on First St. and State St. Mr. Sandehn is cook and Mr. Whitcher is engineer. 54. Carl Ernst-Follows in his father's footsteps, as a cigar manufacturer. He is never seen without a City Hall tucked away in one side of his mouth. 55. Clifford Hand-Lately moved to Pecatonica, where he be- came an active member of the renowned band of that city. 56. Lora Harned-Is still going to Beloit College. She must enjoy school life, or perhaps there is some other reason? 57. William Vogt-After trying in vain to win the hand of some fair maiden, shoots himself with a cap-pistol. 58. Ruth Kullberg-At one time noted for her smartness, is now teaching kindergarten in Podunk Centre, Oklahoma. 'X ,X Q? 4, , all R 7 . , xi f' g i 1 Q, K 1 1 ,I 7 V 'f V V K 5' k l ,, X-fx u f' X -I' . X ' ' 5' WW' f ff 410' '-'-P ' 'wQ'5--- 1 7 New X an P14 Q , -CW X 1 ve ' RW 2 Q J X X K f- f ,U J , Q N 26 13 H H is Jjlx 0 Q' if Fe-1' X Eg I . X 'Tic Q I mn cu m? 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Margaret Heffran-Marries money and has. become a lady of leisure. 61. John Doyle-Has recently moved to Cornstalk Center, Mo., and has entered into the contracting business. 62. Laura Larson-Has been signed to teach at R. H. S. next fall. They haven't decided what they'll have her teach, but it will probably be some study. 63. john VVeirick-Still in the employment of the Home Tele- phone Co. Part of the time he bothers the hello girls and the rest of the time rides his 1904 Indian motorcycle. 64. Ella and NVilbur Osgood expect to buy a two-acre farm on Halsted Street in Chicago. 65. Stanley Christopherson-Conducts a harem in the jungles of Nevada. 66. Cecelia Parker-Conducts a hair dressing parlor on Four- teenth Avenue. 67. Homer Cotta-Agriculture is Homer's occupation. He has a farm near the corner of Fifth St. and Fifth Ave. 68. Mildred Andrew-Too bad! Boys, have you been asleep? Think of it, the idea of letting this once attractive little blonde be- come an old maid. 69. Cecil McCauley-Now an angelic priest. He resides at 2142 North Main St. 70. Clara Doerr-joins in the ranks of Red Cross Nurses. In the 1921 sale of Red Cross stamps she far surpassed all competitors. 71. VVesley Newman-A street car conductor on the School St. car line. 72. Ruth Carlson-Manages a millinery store on Seventh St. Hats made to order by hand or machinery. 73. Mildred Rice-Conducts a hair dressing parlor. Ladies only, however. 74. Iva and Fred Davis-Were both so attached to their last name, that they decided to keep it together. They are on a farm near here. 75. Marion Culhane-Has recently purchased a Ford racer and is fast becoming known to the police force of Rockford and vicinity. 160 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 76. Hilding Nichols-Joined the army and is serving as private in the company captained by Isadore Rubin. 77. lsadore Rubin-Captain of the 888th Regiment, Company No. 40001. Izzy is a second Napoleon. Wliy? 78. Arthur VVeidman-Has gone to Spillersville Academy near Comshoot, Nebraska, and is progressing rapidly-as end of the third team. 79. John VVeldon-Poor lad! He had to move to the equator, Where the sun will be directly overhead. Wl1ile here, he became so thin that his shadow was often mistaken for him. which made it very embarrassing for John. Therefore he solved this predicament scientifically and set sail for the tropics. 80. Ruby and Myrle Bartholomew-Are also to be pitied. They had a squabble over a New Milford guy, and which came out ahead you can decide from the picture. 81. Norman Alneer-Has become a doctor of world-wide re- nown. He has invented a pill which is the key to the secret of beauty. He has become very popular among the feminine sex. 82. Celia Boyington-Has recently accepted a position as hello girl with the Bell Phone Co. lt is not expected she will re- main long, because centrals are not supposed to use the line for their own use and Celia simply has to talk. 83. May Feldeen-Has reached a high position. She is queen of Montenegro. 84. Catherine McNeany-As a pianist it will be hard to find her equal. She has lately become president of Piano Tuner's As- sociation. 85. Amy Lundgren-Is a fullfledged member of the Salvation Army. 86. Mabel Vlfaterman-A noted chauffeuress. She owns a 1917 Marmon racer and makes Barney Oldfield and De Palma look like alligators. 87. Audrey Nelson-ls playing first base with the Boston Bloomer Girls' Baseball Team. Her pick-ups are marvelous. 88. Loretta Condon-Is a noted church singer-at Scales Mound, where they recently moved. 89. Erma Sechler-The sailor's life for hers! She persuaded her hubby to buy a row-boat and she now plows the briny deep in Kent'S Creek. K fu: I -Z Il , u fu 1,73 1 2-:Mu I V Y 13, , r i' ' ' 'f i X ,ly l j E, f ' P- ' ' 5 xl f ' CY? ,.,,,.., ww IM I J' N Z Q L if X jud8 MM wt Nh J Mmum nsner . A TQ , X W I no MMD' 2,0 ,H ff f. all , f-.1 43,1 J f 0 L' wqiuu fn, ' X M: it :if ,f no x . 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VVarren Gregory-Chief freak in Madam Dickerman's Mammoth Consolidation of Human VVonders. Admission, 10c. 'KThe Boy Umphallalla -he's all feet. 93. Beth Andrew-Human aggregation of consolidated flesh. Beter known as the Fat Lady in Madam Dickerman's aggrega- tion. 94. Marguerite Armour-Third booth to the left. The most marvelous snake charmer in existence. 95. Loretta Doran-The world-renowned f'Tattooed VVoman, traveling with the Dickerman Company. 96. Mabel Beard- The Bearded VVoman. The woman with the wonderful beard. 97. Elizabeth Tynan-Madam Dickerman's famous strong wo- man. 98. John Lewis- The Human Skeleton. He subsists on Angleworm soup, so that his bones may be supple-mostly supple. 99. Margaret Seymour- The Dwarf in Madam Dickerman's Aggregation of Human WOI1ClCfS.,, A living advertisement for Grape Nuts . 100. Leon Tritle-VVent across Rock River in a tub in 1913, and since that time has devoted his life to the waters. 101. Gilmore Landstrom-Captain and cabin boy of his big ship Nancy, which plows the waters between East St. Louis and St. Louis. 102. Theodore Schrom-Still pursues his propensities for the track. He is official tie examiner and knows the whereabouts of every good barn on the road. 103. Rose Baumgarten-Dressmaker. Puts out Cnot extin- guishesj the latest in ladies' wearing apparel. 104. Russell Souders-Follows his school-day use of a pony flsatinj and has left Illinois for the wild west to become a cowboy. 105. Elinor Shaw-Marries a foreigner and lately accepted the position as Duchess of Holland. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 163 106. Angela Joyce-Is attending Cornell college and is in her seventh year. She is the favorite in the grand stand. 107. Emily McDonald-Rockford agent for Rudelius' Face Powder. An excellent demonstrator. 108. Ernest Rudelius-Manufacutrer of the powder that drove lllennen from the map. 109. Kathryn Barrett-This is the lady who occupies the house that Dip Foley built. 110. Daphne VVatson-This is the maid to Miss Kathryn Bar- rett, who bosses the house Dip Foley built. lll. Effie Day-This is the cook who sleeps with the maid who is bossed by llliss Barrett in the house Dip Foley built. 112. Arthur Anderson-This is the cop that goes with the cook, who sleeps with the maid, who is bossed by Miss Barrett, who lives in the house Dip Foley built. 113. Lawrence Olson-This is the janitor who kicks out the cop that goes with the cook, who sleeps with the maid, that is bossed by Miss Barrett in the house Dip Foley built. 114. Fanny Ingalls-This is the girl who sold a set of books to the janitor, who kicked out the cop, who went with the cook, who slept with the maid, who was bossed by K. B. in the house Dip Foley built. 115. Frances llengtson-This is the lady who wrote the book, that was sold by the girl to the janitor, who kicked out the cop, who went with the cook, who slept with the maid who was bossed by K. Barrett in the house Dip Foley built. 116. Lena Braconier-This is the girl who read the set of books, written by the author, sold by the girl to the janitor who kicked out the cop, who went with the cook, who slept with the maid, who was bossed by Kathryn in the house Dip Foley built. 117. Ray Swenson-This is the doctor who 'tended the girl who read the set of books, written by the author, sold by the girl to the janitor, who kicked out the cop, who went with the cook, who slept with the maid, who was bossed by Kathryn B'arrett in the house Dip Foley built. 118. Gertrude Lonergan-This is the sulfragette who founded the colony of No lNlan's Land, in the southeastern part of Turkey. i F 58 r I f f X xx K ffm j ,va j Q fx.: X ' X X Q , wg 's f T? 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A Mn 3 n uanism Wand Uidun ,Dem Johnson i .Helga Rohm-sm ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 165 119. lNlary Mershon-This is the woman who commands the army of No Man's Land, which is composed of 20,000 militant suffragettes, and whose purpose is to keep all men out of their do- minion. . 120. Zada Cameron-This is the mayoress of No Man's Land. lt is her duty to keep on hand rat biscuit, so that there my be peace in No Man's Land. 121 Marion Conway-This is the clerk and financier of No Man's Land. She sees that no love missiles passes the boundaries of the dominion. 122. Allie Dickinson-Chief of Police in No Man's Land. Only one arrest was made, and that was a young man who pined longingly for a woman's love and strayed into the wrong place. 123. Frances Ecklund-'l'his is the chief of the fire department of No Man's Land. Prompt attention is their motto, unless a tea party is in vogue. 124. Miriam Fisher-The barber in No Man's Land. Al- though her profession is not in demand, she has been assigned the job of shaving the bristles off the Brussels rugs in the royal palace. 125'-Carroll Smith-The unfortunate bear who was wrecked off the coast of No Man's Land, and captured the Royal Arms and placed under arrest. He was forced to assume the duties of the lowly fhouse maid, mouse extractor, etc.j. 126. Margaret Foote-Who, overcome by the charms of the captive man, revolted from the rigid discipline of the suifragettes and who is now leading an insurrectionist army, in the hopes of rescuing the unfortunate prisoner. 127. Ruth Forsberg-Marries a Kankakee millionaire and leads a life of leisure. V 128. Lauretta Gartland-Now a famous woman detective. She is employed by the Hair Spring Center Gazette. 129. Marie Gleasman-When our artist, Mr. Babcock, accepted a position with the Kirkland News as a cartoonist, he took with him this charming model, not for cartoons, of course. 130. Camilla Govern and Grace Lee are engaged by the S. Sz A. motion picture company to portray Mutt and Jeff to the public. Whether masks are used or not, we do not know. 131. Mabelle Greenlee-Supports a husband and five children by washing neckties at low rates. - 166 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 132. Madeline Isaacson-Traveling contestant for various beauty shows. 133. Blanche Kendrick-Public stenographer at the Leland Ho- tel. 134. Naemie Norberg and Nettie Malmquist-Have recently opened a ladies' tailoring department in the rear of Larson 8x Hult Furniture Store. 135. Dorothy King-Acts as nurse girl to the neighbors' chil- dren. 136. Hester Morton-Became attached to Bonnie Burr's pro- fession, and has diligently applied herself to learning it. 137. Elsie Siindgren-Went to Snow's College, where, during her third year, she distinguished herself on the basket-ball team of that institution. 138. Helen O'Connor-Was destined to be a great artist, but accidentally she spilled a bottle of Higgins' Wfaterproof India Ink all over her landscape, and since that time has run short of models. 139. Mabel Steinman-VVent to Colorado, where woman suff- rage prevails, but, being unused to the methods, was caught trying to stuff a ballot and put in the pen, 140. Helen Rundquist--Declares, VVomen must have power! I shall undertake to establish a military academy for girls only, and in time, we, the feminine sex, shall conquer the worldll 141. Alice Olson-A well known clown, who, with her partner QNO. 143j, are making jingling's circus among the foremost in Nevada. 142. Theodora Porter-Delights in horseback riding. 143. Gertrude Olson-One of the Jingling's famous jesters. 144. Helen Robinson-Spends most of her time and money de- vouring ice cream sodas at the Palace of Sweets. 145. Marion Tait-Runs a penny picture gallery on First Ave. and Fourteenth St. Special rates to the class of 1913. 146. Ruth VVard-Book-keeper at Charlie's Hamburger Stand, now operated by Roy Chase. 147. Donna Hollem-Plays the life in Woman's Relief Corps. 148. Beth Johnson-Is an active agent for the Spearmint Gum Company. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 167 149. Florence Wessman-Popular engineer on the Harlem Park Miniature Railway. It is a great male train. 150. Daisy Powell-In order to better her health went to Can- ada. Here she learned to skate, and now wherever there is ice there is Daisy. 151. Mildred Srackangast- The Tennis Fiend. Every day from 9 A. 111. to 5 P. M. Mildred haunts Sunset Park with tennis racket and Mac. 152. Ethel Stockburger-Society, society, society! Ethel is spending her time winning prizes at masquerades. 153. Lucile VVelch-A nun. Her costume isbecoming, at least. Of her life we know nothing. 154. Mary and Frances McGrath-Contemplate a tour around the earth. They expect to use the walking or box car method. 155. Esther Bond-She is now married to Sam Story. 156. lzetta VVetherstine and Lydia Gustafson-Present a mar- velous act in vaudeville, entitled Over Night in Holland. 157. lleda Kellstrom-NVhile teaching at Broken Nose Indian Reservation, fell in love with Chief Blue-Necktie, and now their domicile reposes in the depths of the deliciously primeval forest. 158. Martha Stenholm-Plays the part of Aunt Mary in the Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary. Mostly rejuvenation. 159. Clara Fisher-Has gone insane. Troubled over many matrimonial entanglements, she has become possessed of the idea that she is destined for Cupid's understudy. 160. Rena Dickinson-Author of the famous novelette, He Laffs Lalfs, Who Laffs Lafff' 161. Carl Hand-Professor in VVirelessology at Huntley, Ill. Mostly ology. 162. Dorothy l'el1-Upon devouring the contents of the Rogues' Gallery laughed UD. until she was finally changed from the ruddy- cheeked, healthy maiden of 1913 to an austere, sallow-faced lady of today. NOTE-Messrs. Babcock and Utter wish it known that the moment this Annual comes from the press they will be far, far away from the maddening throng. They have gone so far, that it will cost 9517.98 to send them a postal card, and, furthermore, are heavily armed, so that any attempts to wreak vengeance on them will be futile. HDWM X Pr ce: Sense Hn XXUMQJ qeavxlng A GMRS Xssue: M'em52.,f.W5. Civcvmiorx Nealdy ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 169 ANYHAHA'S AGAZINE VOL. XX-XCE-PTIONALLY BAD The heiroglyphics below tell of future pages School Daze ............... ......... C arl Carlstrom Agitated Editorials ............................ ............... B y Andby The Slaughter of the Innocents ......... ........... B y The. Wayye Fellow-may-see-ins' Litry S'ciety ........ ......... B y Pork and Beans A Miracle ........,............... t ..................... ......... I iuy The Annual Plaze and Plaires ..... ........ B y Sickle fbite?j Whoze Hoo and Y ...... .............................. B y Ped Perpetrations ..,..,,,,.. ,,,,,,,,., B y t' whole bunch A1 I Sluff .School Illlaze ll ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 171 Agifated Editorials Jokee Slaff MANYHAHA'S MAGAZINE Founded-Oh, ever so long ago. CTweet, tweetj Published--Now PunishedtLater Price, 81.00 Note: The rest of the book comes free when you get this. When sent out of town, this volume should go by Parcels Post. Why? It is a Joke. Anyway, absence makes the heart grow fonder. THE NON-PASSAGE LAW The recent session of Congress was particularly noted for a vic- tory by the Briggs faction. There was, practically, no opposition to Representative Morse's bill restricting morning traffic, although it is apparently an infringement upon the rights of the common people. This law prohibitsany person i11 district A, from removing himself therefrom after 8:30 A.CheJM., with a passport from head- quarters. At each outlet from A, are placed massive fortifications which, peculiarly enough, are sweetly open to incoming traffic, but are grim barriers to outgoing exports. This measure evidently proposes to subdue the migratory in- clinations of certain irresponsible characters. It does fill a great want, it gives the teachers a chance to write more admits. It also fills the auditoriumg that is, if the pupils will fall into the trap, regularly, every morning. 172 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL HOW WE DID IT When answering the question, When is a joke not a joke? , it has truthfully been stated,. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred. To contradict this statement would be folly, and so, the editors have been overturning their musty cerebellums in an effort to get around it some Way. They did not care, certainly, to go around ninety-nine times, and then succeed once. Neither could they imagine one- hundredth of a pupil's face laughing, and the rest gloomy. But,- it was up to them to do something. What? Four hours of deepest consultation, consideration, and exasperation were spent in vain, until finally, a bright, pink-cheeked, ah-auburn-haired lass offered a solution Csalt solutionj to the whole difficulty. Why didn't we think of it before ! she exclaimedg If only one joke in a hundred is a joke, why not leave out the other ninety-nine P Moral: Become bright, pink-checked, and auburn-haired. Moral, also: All our jokes are la u gh a ble. Think it over! SOLVING BY ELIMINATION All those funny little verses and jokes about the terrible gym piano, the seventh hour. and the lunch room rush, which made us laugh like the swaying birds in the twittering trees,-are devoted to this paragraph. You must understand that they are not down here in black and blue, but are in the pillow-soft air about us like ethereal essence of laughing gas, intangible, and yet sense-reeling. In fact, you could lose your senses after reading some of them. fWe almost went crazyj. Therefore, to print them would be a sacrilege to their superior humor, and a hardship to you. Here- after, then, if through sense of time-honored custom you miss some- thing, consider those excruciatingly funny jokes understood. Note-This is not sarcasm. lx'OC lx'lfORl? HIGH SCIIOUI. .LlXNI7.'lI. 17 The Slaughter of fhe Innocents Sandy T. Colesmudgu :X gumlly ship was Nlll1lllL'L'llCL'.u :Xml lull ul' angels ytlllllg, XYlm rmupcrl :xml pluyccl about the mlvclcs ln lmppy, L'l1l'C-fl'CQ fun. 'l'l1oy szlilusl upun HX'llC2llllJll Scsi. XYl1c1'c ull ll1cy'cl szlilcml lmcforcg lfm' tllllllgll 'twzls small zmml limitccl lllcy llk'YCl' tlluugllt ul slmrc. A ,LWB 7h. f'N-N ,,.f-g,.. ,T-Z-i +-A.-f vagal: -2... ,,,-Af - ,ak llut suclclculy a llczullzmcl clark Appeared uplm the main! lllack clouds czuue up and formed that curse: Reviews. Reviews again?l 74 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL .l4XXU,'ll. Thc pupils slwutccl in lwzlrsc fright: The llCllllS1llZlll turned thc prow. Ye liocls! the current T i m C took holrl' Thcrc was nu cllzmcc. their tale was mlcl. Thcy criecl, XYc'rc in hzul now! F7 Thcy sank uplm their lcuccs in przxycrl Their time, alas, was lwricfg lfm' orc thcv criccl, Q Ph, school bonrcl sparc They struck upfm 21 reef. ,BABCDC ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL XD X 1 1 Z ff Lf' , TQ f fy V f7' ,ff , rf. 4 j X f' . A - . .., o 'K ' T ,E --.-:Q x f. J 'Off . ,3,.S,l1-iz f ,L .V . ' Tl-'J ll - '.. QQ: Fwcif' 1 'Y e- ,lgf w The sun went up-the ship went down 'Til it was seen no INOFC. The new day shined upon the seeneg The pupils all, though pale, were clean' For though they oft had washed at sea, They now were Washed ashore. A Jenned-u 1, test Jlaee it wasg I I Y I An inkling had they not, Of what their fate, 'S death, would be Before they left the spot. ,'oDLouN05PY2Z glEFg ig'lm AvA:T mine Me ru oreNa1f'NK 'SE ?w'Eh'E0 X 'mu ,i 4'?rQ::-'Ig 0 1 L: iff u'-2 15.-1.425 F q, ,71,K.,5,Q. 'f ,lf 'MW W 555' wr. . fr- ff I' ll --wx flmwg-. dll' 'xxlgl ff T ' stvtxeivtef ....,..,.: I' 'HWmnhx..:.,q'. xxxi But halt !-was that a rowdy yell, They heard, not far away? lt was! They heard another yell, So tipsy, loud, and gay! an 176 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL .Aal.YNUAL Four bad tests on a bad boy's chest. Yo-ho-ho- and a bottle of ink! Chew Spearmint-use Pillsbury's bestg We're blamed good pirates. we donlt think ! 4 C K-lx 5. V' K ,fix l 'Xu my X? ff f N' A A M - ' 431-,! fl' lllv --xX ?Pf 0?1Q .i,9Q 'wifi'?1'75fg ., - it e X 7 -ff i '?S4a 4lf,1SX'9 -PS twins E I 41 if U W ii gg - to t r,,,, mm 1- e' This horrid yell. a deathly kuell, Sent shivers through each kidg Nor looked to peep, they ran like sheep Behind E1 rock, and hid. ff 3 , fi l +1 53 4 ll W lx'OC'KlfUli'lJ HIGH .S'C'lrlOOl. ,l.YyX'I7.fIl. 1 Yet ere they well harle made them safe, A motley ernwcl came ont. All clressecl in green, with high tripped boots, lianclannas recl, to hlow their snouts, They hiecnnghecl, jeerecl. ancl limped like hrutesg Gave vent their glee in shunts. The pirate llryggs was at their heafl, Well rlrnnk with thought anrl think. lflwrenze Ifustier, thwngh pale with flreacl. Draggecl on :L pail of ink! Xwllffiik S, ' 4 4:-' 15 ri The -lUllllSlll1 twins, their arms were locked lly the key tu the situation. He was an artist-rlrew his pay, She slung the hash with Cation. lint lu, a most ferocious hancl Jumped out in cleath's array. Carlos Ciordonne was in commancl, Giantess llnrte at his right hanclg X -L-', ' H yva , X etq, 7 ls ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL A XX U A I Ye Mawliere so tall did standg Ye F. B. Rustle, handsome mang Tomaso, Steefens, Fell, oh, land! W'ilburro, Colyins, Duljfee-grand! They sang with rythmie sway, They sang both hoarse and gay: XWe English corps-we wage a war. Vtlhere ne'er was waged beforeg Vtfe dip our swords in bloody gore, And slav the student lad. 'lW'e're armed with tests, both long' and VVith book reports. our lives we guard: NVe fire at them the monthly card, And slay the student lad. - NVe never jabber-slang,-nor swearg Our speech is courteous and fairg Wfelre never Wrong, we only Care To slay the student lad V' But lo, from out the thieket sprang-- QExcruciating woe D, All armed with guns and brunette bangs, A deadly, mortal foe! hard lx'OClx'lfOlClJ HIGH SCHOOL ANNUn1l. 17? 1' K- llliss Here-yet Moree, ll little lass. Two V-incense at her sicle. lYith llruwn-ey l ierp0nte, wild and I'l1Sll,---- A poor, lllzinch-Ccl creature with them ml:1shecl-- And with the rest, she cried: NVe're ucrohzits-we can perform Upon the Mzlthe-nmtg XN'e're rnissiunzirics-we reform The hrzlin of :my brat! If magic makes the clrone Z1 hee- Then true inagieizms, sure, are we: VVe're everything from A to Z, By Gosh-wclre more than that! f 'X CZK- ' KL-N X,--J L, f fp f Nw inure hzul these uSl1l:l-Sli reached t' hunch. lhzln, mit twn villznns crept. 'liheir huts were slwiiclieml, their sliunlders hnnchemlf- Uh, huw the IJlllJllS wept ll The thin, the wiry l'4Cl'tllIl1lIlllC Strode many El stezilthy stricle. lX'ith fnrtive eye, light llL'l'Q'Q'lllZ1llll spry, llisserl ll:iltl -luukecl 'ronncl-then cried: fi X ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Ah, ah, ah, ah, a couple of harsh ha-ha s We twirl our black inustachios, And hiss out several bah's! The reason that we ba-a, you see, Black wolves in sheep's clothing are we We fool the Knaben easily. Nicht war, Studentcn? -Ia! fff But who was this that now appeared Upon the sandy scene, Dressed up in garb fantastic, Flowing robes, and turbans green? They danced upon red slippers, yes They danced upon the'groundg They danced upon the slightest Provocation that was found. I .-K ROCKFORI7 HIGH SCIIOUI, ,AI.X'.YUfll, 181 g--. ,Z C . ,N K 2 71X he 1 ,K 5 i lrfkff ft ,Iv 'l'hey danced, they danced upon my xvorilg Yet 'ere they'd well begun, Ye Norris sprang from out the herd, And sanggiwe fain would run! XYe're the-ctnhl-bloodecl, clog-dissecting, scientific corps .-Xverse to heing' put in verse, we're versed in all folk lore. XX'e grab a rloggids gizzarcl, anal we turn it inside outg We cut a cat's left lung to see why humans get the gotlll XX'e spike a turkey throu,Q'h the ears, to see if it will rain g :Xml if we don't succeed at first, we try, try again l Look, look, see, gaze, perceive, perceive! The cause of such poor luck that-- They make the tortured pupil grieve: Yes, sign the achnit saying leave g Anil inake the poor niuts, l believe, Turn p ai l and kick the bucket! 182 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL jack Haight, oh gosh! Ye Kleinpell, gee! Ye Hugo H3, Oh! goodness me! Pearl Agnes Ritchie, Well I swan! 'Tis they, or are my senses gone? X gg - j 1 ,A 'mlm ,1 ,I r lt Alt . ml T A. T I XX if X43 Rx X XX i xXx goof' List! H3 piped upon his Hute, Rude to me brute, rude to me brute. The trombone, Johnny started goin' The bucket, 1,111 seasickf' was its groan. Miss Ritchie sang, low and forlorn. Herr Kleinpell blew his own new horn. Herr Bailey neither sings nor blows, But last agreed to blow his nose! And when the whole blamed bunch set loose!! I can't describe-it is no use! Alas, oh ma! will Woes ne'er cease? just cast your glims that way Those Wimmin three-they sure do be Enough to make one say: Thou-English misery, I passed thee easily, And German too! I passed thee-Shrums and Bills, Johnsons and Ione I-Iills, But-when-I-struck those Latin chillsi I could not get through. I ,ul ICOCICITORIP HIGH SCIIOOI. A-I.X'rYU.fll. fi Then out there steppecl-alone and grand, XVith feature chiselled fine, W'itl1 clothes so plane, and Skin S0 tan, Braced up a bit by stick in hand, VVl1o said, Eye shell knot pinef' A self nmcle man, eye wood knot pine: W LTP Mx'- 95 XD, f'fN S4 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL f1XiYL7Al', VQ3 555 0 txx7.nxxnxuu, ,,,x ns-x ri ' I 7 H I fx I L lb ' i 1 y V fl rx i cvewi ? f I S ZA i Two haggard ones then sprang in view, With teeth, and eyes, and hair All glittering, to prove to you That they would ne'er despair. They cried, Arrest us, if you will, And put us in a cellg We'l1 keep on deprecating still, VVe like the jail quite well! Come, beat us up, and knock us down, VVe'll get you men folk yetg NVe've got our hatpins, guns, and bo1nbs-- We'll fight-our rights vve'l1 get! ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL si . Q .l .Qi ' lichen' xxf'3Mg5Il':'4 ff ,ffZff gfflieszssssssssssgf , ,f -4..n '5iE5E7i55EE5El57 if 'io 001-5 l 4 '- ill ll52E....,, ' ax 'ii ' .agiiiiiillit WY ' 'l --m::1s2::f- W , 5 . f ' I 1 lf! f f fll' ll l -1 . - 9 ' I 1 .95 My head is block, my heart is leadg ln silver tongued speech l'n1 breadg And yet, eye dew knot pine :ul Yea-out there stepped, a man. f'1'he foregoing lines are poetr speakingj This manually mamifaetured Artificial man VVas followed by two little twins, Who toddled hand in hand. y, figuratively 186 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL . .I-1 V1 .W fs x M f-Xgjjif , -. .- A ' 1 in , -my ' . I . 1 r 5' xlT' ,I ! M 4 lr 2 lf E D., l f' J 4-R f 1 x 4 N fl l N V JW lr Q mg j 222'-312 We're the cutest little tots In all the facultyg Don't 'oo dare to say we're not! We're sweet as we can be. We love our puipls, every oneg We love to treat them right. We greet them nice when school's And say good-by at night. just after these, in single file, Each Hercer than the rest, Marched all the other teachers out, To fight the pupils pest. begun, lx'OC,'lx'lfOlx'lJ HIGH SCIIOOI, 4-'I.Y.N'U.-Il. 187 . ' Q ffzv' gk . I N ,, EQ ,t 1 H JI J W K! J xl an V. , 1 1 52 U- a fl L ' P I KW 555. ' X, K ' ' f Y Xb ' 'Gigi X 4 ' glial-fm f Q if K if ' .jf '.L:.'- f KU X f uh, V' 1 YQ K' X 41 1 N' ,ghecoo 1 L W uycl 1 'I ' ' gggg U zmiclwin f X X f I r ,ff ff? V-A X 'L -X -BQBA hmgEL'z1111011r cle XI ichc Y! ,ff-X 188 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL A W fl., L-k N10 1?-Z 1 I- M X ' J YL QQ! 'P 4 H I fm, U Qygqxplvl-Maxx E: 4 ii I x 1 X -64131 C. Gidclinffs Richards b bay, 1' cop I e ! M . M-, ZF X 1 gf! ' -ff P 9 0 K - di! -X x ' , -Q hrum Sinderson Sweet SUUPS, Tm ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL S 'H is fl 5 ii gi U .llllllqmmmii 1 r fr ' K ! Q i i AZ - X, ' Z WO- Assemblecl all! the Lord be praised! fThe author thanks his stars.j Hark! at this time I1 voice was raised, The battle cry of Mars! 190 PUPIL ORATOR Fried pupils, list, foe teachers, hear! I speak for each unfrozen ear. My words are fraught with wisdom, clear Cast are we, on this bare isle, Victims of fair nature's guisle. These pirates, then, say we must dye, No more to eat our mother's pyeg No more shall we the Orpheum see, To dance, to laugh, no more shall wee. Happy were we before we came To school-besides which death is tame! We used to rise late as we wisht, And all day long we swam or iisht, No work to do 'ere day was done, Such fone we had, we had such fone. We never had to dress up neat, The only thing we dresst was meat. We never washed to go to town, Except to wash our dinner down. VVe never worked before school time, But often worked pa for a dime. Oh, why did we start going to school, To la the es 1na'am, no ma'am fool' Y y -To kill us, teachers, you're unwise, To rob us of our happy lives. No wpeople, all, this last word mark: Before I close, ye teachers hark! f ll y M X0 AX WUYIK ,N I K 5 N , C K, lf ai F E , ,-ssivaszi i li et' ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Professors, you are paid to teach, The dough thus earned, means bread to each. If you should slay all pupils, though, Who would you teach, I'd like to knough! The pirates deeply thought at this, 'Til out at length stepped oneg Who, small in size, his massive mouth Stretched west and east, and north and south. That mouth began to run. TEACHER SPEECHER: 'Tis so, 'tis even thusly, YCZIT I never thought of it that wea! Of course, if all you kids were dead We'd have no kale to buy our bread, A sweet Salvation Army dame Miss Eddy'd have to be, oh, shame! Can you see her at Ashton's store, A-singing, singing hymns galore? Perhaps C. P. would drive a truck, And A. C. Norris write for Puck! The faculty quartette would go And sing songs at the Orpheum sho,- Oh, what a sad calamity, fFor the audiencej, That would be! Alas, these tears well o'er and o'erg I never felt so sad befo'er, Yea, salty springlets are my eyes, From which, the tears will ever reyes, How much of woe will seize the wurled When each of us is in it hurled! No, teachers, no, we must keep on, And teach, and teach 'til life is done-- Let's bear-y awl R N-mit-T's And this I chance let E-ch I C's, Of binding fassed teacher to Kant, Bi comradeship, which fue have sant. The-N pew-pillz will N-joy there work, And find know gl-E in trying two shorkg Th-N will thee teacherz simp-ath-i's, And dis-mis N-E kid hoo size: 'Ime Ill.'-Sew thus weel settle awl, And start anu tu skool this fawl.-- And let this new resolve stand high As pale, bright stars up in the sky: 'Teacher for pupil, for him the best, Pupil for teacher, for R. H. Sf! 192 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL FELLOW-MAY-SEE'-IN-LIT RY S'CIETY Yep-I visited the Fellows onceg gosh! purty slick, I tell yer. Y'see, knowin' I was a Freshie, livin' in Cherry Valley, a fellow wanted me t' join, 'n' he 'nvited me tew go down to thet there Lonely Bunch Room, I guess they call it. When I fust come in, I swear t' Goshen if the hull place wa'n't full o' tables. I wonder'd what a bunch of litry guys like the Fellow-may-see-ins wanted tables fur, unless it was tew stand on when a fellow gave one o' them lur'nd the Gents. I didn't ask no questions, howsumever, but set down on a seat in the front row, and settled down fur a doze, when a guy rapped so loud my hat fell off. I jes' had time tew set it on again, when the same guy sed: Ef the gentleman in the front row will kindly remove his hat, we will percede with the roll call. Seein' he said gentleman, I thot he wuz speakin' tew sumbuddy else, an' I didn't get wise he was speakin' tew me until I saw him lookin' at me. Hemlock! I blushed like a tomato, 'n' grabbed off my lid perty quick! When I went tew set it down, by jinks, they warn't a place to put it, fellows sittin' on both sides o' me, and the Hoor in front. Where'll I set it P I asked. The guy up in front answered, sweet as shurger, The gentleman will find room on the table fer his worderobef' I cussed myself fur bein' so darn stewpid as not to know thet the tables wa'nt tew stand on a tall, but fur coats'n hats, 'n such like, so I went over, got rid o' my top-piece. I got back and told the fellow I was ready, and he- could start sewn as he'd a mind to. He sed not to consarn myself, and I up and answered it was no use tew tell me thet, I was a Presbyterian, and never swore. First man on the program got up and read some names, but was stopped by some muts sayin' here . I asked the boy next t' me what they wuz doin', 'n' he told me that if a guy was here he sed so, but when the reader called my name, Johnson, I had some sense and sed: Yuh poor rube, can't yew see me? Course, I'm here ! ' He sed they wuz other Johnsons 'sides me, and I wasn't the only jackass in the stables. No, I 'lowed there wuz plenty others. Next number wuz a Cur'nd the Gent, and I though it was goin' tew be a bloody story, but the durn fool talked fer ten minutes on the Panama Canal!! Then up come a fellow tew give a reading, but the sly cuss didn't have to read aytall, had the hull thing learned by heart! ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 193 After this a mutt stepped up and said he'd give some jokes. It wuz good he told us what they wuz--we'd a never known. Per- haps they was funny. yew never can tell. After another Cur'nd the Gents, that wuz about railroads, a boy got up and began slammin' the country. He said that the city was better every way, 'n' that farmers never have enny fun. I guessed he'd never been tew Stillman Valley in a sleigh. His speech was called The Advantages of City Life. but it sounded more like The Disadvantages of Country Life. I noticed he swung his arms around sumpin' fierce, so I axed a guy in a purple suit next tew me if he had St. Vitus's dance in his arms, but the man answered, no, them was gestures used for effect: yep--he sure was affected purty bad. After the program ended, they had a bizniz meetin', but it seemed to me like a sort of free-for-all contesttit would take tew long to tell all that hap hap pened ho hum gosh! my tongue's tired. I should worry myself hoarse, get buggy, and drive back tew the farm. A MIRACLE: A MODERN VERSION 1. And Miss Morse said, Go, sit ye down, and straightway learn.' ' 2. llut the Student was amazed, and said, Wherewitl1al shall I learn such a vast amountg Lo, I have here but a few minutes, and what is that against such a multitude? 3. Then the Teacher asked, How many have ye F 4. The Student brought forth his Ingersoll, and straightway gave answer, Fifteen minutes, and seven seconds. 5. Have ye no brains ? 6. Nay, Nay! 7. The Teacher bade the pupil be seated, took the red book and opened, saying, This is the mark book which is opened for ye 3 8. Then took the Teacher the red ink, and said, This is the blood, which is spilled, that ye might work. 9. Then the Teacher said, Learn ye the multitude. 10. The Student cried, Witli so little time? 11. And Miss Morse answered, Yea, that this blood be not shed. 12. Though sore amazed, the pupil passed his minutes learn- ing the multitude, 194 KOCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 13. And when all was learned, the Teacher commanded, Count together the minutes which are left over. 14. And when all was learned, Lo, the Pupil had yet f1VC min- utes! Moral: Concentrate. -- Morale: Bluffs may come, and bluffs may go, but murder will out. More ale: He who says HI can not will not. Can he? Yes. YVill he? NO. Does he? Yes. Wfhy? Search me! F. R., 'l4. Freshman Elllrance io High School ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 195 Whoze Hoo and Y 1. Clyde Allen-The noted shark who started his career in a country school. In other words, a Twentieth Century Abraham Lincoln. 2. The Nelson Twins, Norman and Bill-Noted for their quiet and unassuming ways, have shown wonderful attention in assembly. Their brotherly affection is remarkable. 3. Lowell llartlett and Victor Engstrom-Are members in good standing in the Ii. N. R. Society. 4. Louise Kern-lllade a new discovery g the explosion of chemicals. 5. Alice Freeman, Helen Smith-The noted fussers. 6, Dorothy Vtfooclwarcl-Says, No Florida climate for mine: l must have Frost. 8. Henry Utter-The leader of society and all things of im- portancef ?j. ' 9. 'l'orchy Kellogg-Tlie pretty little miss has many strings to her bow this winter. 10. Carolyn llrown-VVhat sticks worse than a Burr? ........ .... ll. Diana johnson-Believes in dancing, because he admires Grace 12. .Katherine Schmauss-Declares that home is not complete without a Victor, She knows her master's voice. 13. Irene llartlett-Is not a good American, because she pre- fers the monarchy of a King 14. Alice Ross--The pretty one, who knows you only now and then. 15. VValter Frost-Says: Boys, beware of girls whose father owns an electric. 106 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ,11XXU,lI, ERPETRATIONS ERPETUATED pvgsfrlt 3 fx -f '?' XJ Q! ,. ...i- l 1 flu, THE PUNCH OF HUMOR, OR A FORCED SMILE NYC hold you responsible in that you must appreciate. or laugh at every one of the following verses and jokes, in accordance with our second erlitorial. There are only a few, llowevcfr, which may appear not be cleserving: but if you ponder upon these long enough for them to penetrz1te,you will feel the point. TWO OBSERVATIONS lf you ever get hard up' for Cash, purse your lips, zlncl spit kniclcles.-.-X. C. X. lf Z1 young' lzul tells ll Bally story. his father perehes him upon his knees :incl whz1leS him.-A. C. X. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUJI. 197 PLAIS AN D PLAIERS ICVIER before this year has such an interesting line of plays been put before the public. NVe wonder how such a multi- tude of them are able to make good, until our attention is called to the marvelous ability of our twentieth century actors and actresses. Unly a few of the most popular stage heroes and heroines will be here mentioned. Great care has been exercised in selecting those who are to be named, and the author sincerely hopes that no one will be offended because his or her name is omitted. A very meritorious play which has lately been produced is The l'crplexed Husband. in which lienueth Cooling is playing the title role and Helen Chapman is sharing his honors. Miss Chapman and Mr. Cooling are making up for their recent failure in XVhose Helen Are You? This play failed because everybody knew. lloth these young stage satellites are making great names for themselves in nv-In M-.L Kennefh Cooling the world of the footlights, and we expect to hear of even greater achievements for them both. The photograph shows a characteris- tic pose of Mr. Cooling, taken at his famous summer home on Moon- light Hay, where he spends a large share of his spare moments, when he is free from his stage activities. 198 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Miss Pearl Bidlack and Mr. Clarence Oakes are doing great work in Much Ado About Nothing. At no time in the history of the stage have two such eminent Shakespearean players been known, and it is hinted by certain well known critics that they will soon outdo even Sothern and Marlowe. Miss Bidlack is Clarance Oakes Pearl Bidlack especially noted for her wonderful vocal power and for her dramatic gestures, while Mr. Oakes, with his rich, romantic vitality, sends the spectators into ecstasies during his touching interpretation of the Shakespearean drama. Mr. Oakes has a commanding presence, and Miss Bidlack is noted for the irresistible charm which she lends to her role. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 199 Lelifia Knighl The latest hit on Broadway has been made by Mademoiselle Le- titia Knight, the charming little classic dancer, who has come straight from Gay Paris, to make her debut in this country. Ruth St. Denis has decided to appear before European audiences this season because lllademoiselle Knight has greatly threatened her popularity in the Vnited States. No one can witness a performance of this dainty, graceful dancer without praising her airy poise and almost bird-like possibilities. She is well known in New York, Iloston, and Chicago, having played for three months at a time in each one of these cities, and always before a full house. Since child- hood, Mademoiselle Letitia has devoted the flower of her life to fancy dancing lessons, and it is only after years of untiring effort that her nnequalled fame as a classic dancer is won. Mr. Clyde Allen isbecoming famous in the problem play, Schoolboy Follies. The serious story depicted in this play has set thousands to thinking, and is inuch talked of in all the leading ZOO ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL .f1.YiN'UAL . i Claire Scone cities of our land. lt is hoped that parents will insist that their sons witness this play, in order that they may beinspired to pay better attention to their lessons. lt is said that Mr. Allen, in his boyhood, abhorred his studies. and that the serious consequences into which his mistakes led him caused him to wish to prevent the present generation from following in his footsteps. This is why he is now playing in Schoolboy Follies, which was written for him by Mr. Wells Burr, the well known playwrite. Claire Scone is playing a leading part in NN7illiam Pratt's new twentieth century melodrama, Napoleon,'l which it is worth the while of all lovers of artistic stage setting to see. Miss Scone plays the role of Francesca Cabrnccio, a Corsican maiden who is ardently in love with the great hero, Napoleon. This dashing young lady appears in the first act riding a fiery charger. and armed, like all Corsican belles of that age, with a Eerce stiletto. She captivates her audiences with her extreme simplicity of manner and her over- whelming love for her hero, whom she worships almost to the point lt'UC'lx'lfOl6l7 llllfll SCHOOL QIXXV.-Il. Zfll of irlnlatr '. XYhcn Xa mlcun Hnallv tnztrrics oscahinc. thc sorrow 5 . nf thc vntliw' inaulcn is 1 mainful to witncss. ancl many strung-willed . 35 incn havc lmccn inuvccl tn tcars by Miss SCtJ11CiSlllZll'YL'lUllS1lCtlllgZllltl icr tragic snicirlc. .-X scnsatinn is now lacing niaclc in liranrl Upcra hy thc ncw inixccl qnartcttc consisting of Caruso. Salisbury, 'lqQl.l'ilZZllll, :xml s' 'iv' in The llrnkcn llcartj one nl C , . Xlantlc l'cacnclc. lhcy arc flllgll N Mr. Salishnrx s 1-wn npcras. which is now playing' in llnttc, Mun- tana. 'l'hcir cnnccrt tour will also inclnrle Rcnn, and 'l'ninbstunc. Xrizi ina. Yiulct llnlmcrcincr and Malay llcslys have gone into partnership, anal arc starrin-f in 'l'hc liriskv liliclcf' a cnnicclv xvrittcn cs mccial- Pc .1 v ' uhnsun. The icatnrc of this play is it charm- lx' for thcni hx' lxalph I ing rlancc, thc l risl:y Clliilcf' which is pcrfnrinccl by Miss llcslys :tml Miss llnlmcrcincr. lt is ilillicult to tell which of thcsc acknowl- cclggcml stars is thc inorc atti'actix'c tu thc hcwilmlcrctl pnhlic. llnnalil tirnvcr is fast nutflning Harry Lauder as a Scotch conic- clian. llc is vcry fctching' in his typical Scotch custtnnc, anal his rcnclcring uf thc Ilighlanrl lfling has inatlc hiin fanmns far and wiflc. llc is alsn an aclcpt at playing' thc Scotch bagpipcs. U dome of our New Years fd-I i 7' f O9 X f ' p allof our X sf! rl' Yum '51 ' oven 'Q for- ofudy i fy ' X 365 4 ' il t t I 5 Dfw ' ' X bO0lr.s hang 'fo 1 . H, X x i X , ff' if ffl :cha-5,1732 iimq L 202 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Want Ads WANTED-Year 1913, a football team, that can win the champion- ship of Illinois. Apply, J. Daley. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that W. Burr made a hit while at Elgin. WANTED-Position to teach R. H. S. girls how to take care of more than one fellow at a time. L, Harned. WANTED-A chaperon. Apply to C-b-i-, B-y-n-t-n. WANTED-More dogs, to be brought into the building, by the south end fof the buildingj. WANTED-More students to send to the office, for loitering in the halls during second lunch hour. Mr. Bailey. WANTED By the Athletic Association Some fellows that are willing to support their school. By the Oratory teams, JUST A LITTLE SUPPORT, PLEASE! By R- H. Sn SCHOOL SPIRIT!! WANTED-Someone to tell me how to look plump in a. basket- ball suit. K. Heming. WANTED-A Cityfied row-boat, for a lady with shell oars, Knot earsi. NOTICE!-Large reward offered to anyone giving information as to who broke our bed at Aurora. T. Schrom and C. Burr. LOST-Between R, H. S. and my carelessness, a smile that won't come off. Irene Bartlett. WANTED-Position as quiet obe- dient husband, in some reliable family. Hilding Nelson. WANTED-Someone to put our flag on the flag-poleg our boys are afraid. '13. WANTED-Pupils for our dancing school. Boston, a specialty. Demonstrations given daily, Will and Katherine Nelson. LOST-A few cents, matching pen- nies in the English class. Anonymous. LOST-The Junior picnic, June 13, Finder will please return to the Seniors. WANTED-To know if Mr. Briggs has found out how many stripes there are in the flag. WANTED-To know what has be- come of our '13 banner. Seniors. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNU,-II. 20.3 Adverz'z'sz'ng Section MANICURING Moles, Warts, and Money Painlessly Removed Letitia Knight Phone 0O0.3x R. H. S. Real Estate Big Lots Little Lots job Lots Reckhow 81 Lamont A LOT FOR YOUR MONEY When a -Band is Too Tight, Loosen up and Blow Yourself My Latest Song Hit John T. Haight DON' T Accept Imitations Our doughnuts are the only variety of nuts put up in dust- proof, germ-proof, and police- proof, tight, packages. Guaranteed to anchor any schooner!! Carver 8C MCClUFC Latest Books FUN BOOK. All the latest ....jokes of the season, including ....us. H. M. AND R. COTTA How I Made a Man of Myself R. WARNER How to Grow Fat D. BURR and R. GIBSON On Sale at the Branch QMap1e Branchj Ci Look Me Over Be- fore Buying Cahhage Victor Engstrom How to Get Along With The High School Faculty For information, see W. BURR President, and Official Woman Hater P. MARKELY Vice-President, and Official Bouncer No. 1 WM. NELSON Secretary, and Official Bouncer No. 2 H. CAMLIN Treasurer, and Official Heart-Breaker THE BIG FOUR 204 ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Faculty Siaff Mr. Briggs: If there are not enough boys to form the parade, We will have seven stripes of boys and seven stripes of girls. Miss Hunter: Who wrote thecryptogram found by the Legran in the story of the Goldbug? Bob Leach: Capt, Kidd l Miss Hunter: Yes, he signed it by the picture of a goat. Bob: Miss Hunter, were his initials '0. U'? Mrs. Holmes is our matron, and one of i the best friends we have. She has en- deared .herself to all by her pleasant face and her ready sympathy. ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 205 Mntfhram is Oo my :EE frvv ffnnfx 41' Qnce 0 0145 AP X iimf f l Mr. Schrum sets the planer and leaves it to do the work itself. ln place of Mr. Schrnm's sweet singing, the canary-like singing from the planer belts, the gentle back and forward movement of the carriage, the squeaking' of the shaftings, and the groaning of the planer tool as it cuts. will comfort the baby. IN PHYSICS Mr. Norris: XYill electricity go through my head? Miss Shepard: I clon't think sog there is too much bone in it. M. C. IN CAESAR Miss l'utnam in Caesar class em mhasizinw the foolishness of an rs intransitive verb transitively: Yon can't be able anyone. I ean't can't can yon. IN COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY M. Ilallquist: ln DeKalb they call their Owl the Barb. Bl ffm ae4WB SE'Evf ' . 'L' 01 . iEEmQ::,sigQEEI 45:5 A ' Y' 1 flu .. a.- ws' X I' 5' ' 1' MQW,-f X s' Wkfilfik ffzlis av ' . 'L Y N952 H' 5' Qqfqlf 150 19 Gr' ag Q. :ai-' Q 5 1 'Q Aff: qgfj 405: '.0. 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YVater from Private VVell. Our Own Make Bakery Goods High School Books and Supplies X Q 4 'lm 'QV' Mu.: fm JWX WM. M. SHIMMIN at Co. 414 E. State Street OPEN EVENINGS LIGGETT'S CHoCoLATEs JOHN R. PORTER 8: CO. The Rexall Store DR U GGIS TS State and Main Phones 539 The Home of Porler's Famous Chocol f S da. If's Daferenl Fro th R f Il t' TheA l t tl 1 I We Furnish the Home Complete WE MAKE LIBERAL TERMS ON EVERYTHING Rockford Home Furnishing Co. 426-428 East State Street 5 Young Women Everywhere Look- oo o ing for Stylish Garments - If We are glad to announce to the young A ladies of Rockford that we have at all times the newest creations of the season. Quality, k ,V Style, no comparison at far lower prices X ever known. We solicit your patronage. y f All we ask is price the goods elsewhere and il 1 1 then let us quote you our price. We can 'IVA save you 25 ,to 35 per cent on your ready fl? 44 ' it ll swf r 'R I V ff' to wear garments. 'I lil 5 T l ll 5 I Y T l 3 H1 ,ik .il THE WERNER l ' I 7'l i i El . . . . . Mill :lx High in Quality --- Low in Price K 0 'l n W' 326 East state sf. RocKFoRD, ILL. 2 THE PROGRESSIVE STORE s E iyis y Q BU TT E RFI ELD S and Have you read about or seen the -lk gif, Y You're going to take very kindly to the V, .,:i' smart new styles in our Coronet Hats ,jil l 5' The're the take kindly shapes. The 'f' TgQQ.., - ' Q',g,:1,,11L,, 1? ' fth C tH t 35.00 PTICC 0 ISO gli-slieor 1353 are EDW. BUTTERFIELD co. ' 309 W. State St. f Rockford, Belvidere, Aurora, Chicago and Beloi WHAT WE DO WE DO WELLH A N N N The Printer 409 East State Street Both Phones Better Facilities Than Ever The only Exclusive Koclalc Shop in the city Kodaks, Cameras and everything the Kadaker Wants. We have it. PHOTO SUPPLIES Films Developed l5c per roll Prints 50 each OPTICAL DEPARTIVIENT We Fit Glasses and do it Right, or No Pay. AXT OPTICAL Sc KODAK SHOP 127 North Wyman Street NORTH, EAST, SOUTH OR WEST--ALL ROADS LEAD YOU TO OUR STORE American Fruit House The Best and Puresf Ice Cream and Ices OLD PHONE 831-R 1 NE W PHONE 7753 Parsons Lumber Co Lumber, Cement and Building Material 213 N. MADISON STREET Jackson Bros. Jewelers 104 W. STATE STREET Our Stock of Special Interest to Young People WE DESIGN AND MAKE JEWELRY IN OUR OWN SHOP Pl mention Th X l t tl' 'd ti ' Treat Your Feet As Friends ...WEAR... WALK OVERSH WALK-OVER BOOT sHoP 110 South Main St. OUR LUSCIOUS CHOCOLATES Put up in attractive boxes, please the Young Ladies of R. H. S. more than anything else. We serve dainty and delicious drinks. W I L L B U R N S 501SIfERi1l6f'?TE ur Ready- To- Wear Department Shows at all times the very newest styles from the best makers in New York City. Our New York buyer is constantly seeking for the latest ideas. Then, too we are in a position to offer our custom- ers inducements in the way of prices which no other store in Rockford can offer. We are mem- bers of one ofthe most powerful syndicates in the United States. Over 300 large stores with one purchasing department. Our lines of Muslin Underwear, Corsets, Millinery, Etc., are always complete. Don't fail to look here before buying. A SHTONDR YGOODS CO Please mention The Annual to the advertisers Cameras and Photo Supplies Developing, Printing and Enlarging THE CAMERA SHOP The Only Exclusive Camera and Supply House in Rockford ' 100 W. Stare Sr. A. T. PETERSON, Prop. For the Best in FLO WERS Go to Rockford Floral Co. 101W West State St. Commencement Flowers a Specialty L a X- ,I its T U i ,QM tv p -' ... .4 ...W ,v Rocnronu. nu. OUR PICTURES Represent the Highest Ideals in Art OUR FRAMING is in Keeping with these ideals 121 NORTH MAIN STREET Uh, how I hate to come to school, When I have stayed away! I often call myself a fool lfor skipping' half a clay. I really cannot tell a lie: liaeh time l try, I fail. The teacher sees right through me, .Xml I am sure to quail. .Xml when at last my aihnit's signed, l always feel eonfuserl. Xlhen I look down to see wl1at's there. lt's always- unexcused Y M. L. K., '13. It is hetter to buy your suit at .-Xrmstrong's than wish you hafl. r 1 Please nlention The Annual to the advertisers in S. JE WEEIQ You can get 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 Class Pins of us H H Cuifing cc? Son ...JE WELERS... 524 EAS T S TA TE S TREE T H. D. McFARLAND COMPANY Booksellers and Stationers, Office Supplies 421 WEST STATE STREET ROCKFORD'S NEW BOOK STORE The One Best Place in all Rockford To Buy Soda Water, Ice Cream, Candies and Cut Flowers. Luncheons : NVe are serving a 35 cent table de bote dinner in our dining room from ll to 2, and from tu to 7 daily. In addition we are serving almost everything a la carte in the way of soups, sandwiches, 1321St1'16S, salads, etc. XVe are also serving a four-course table de hote dinner Sunday from 12 to 2:30, and our a la carte bill from 5 to 7:30. XYe make all of our bakery goods, lee Creams and the large part of our candies. Everything about our place is san- itaryg everything we use in the manufacture of our goods is the best that money can buy. Come and see us and bring your friends. BURR'S 110 West State St. You Will Always Be Welcome WE CARRY IT Full line of Cameras and Supplies BIGGEST LINE OF SPORTING GOODS ON EAST SIDE Agents for A.IVI. C. Motor Cycle Call and Inspect Our Stock E. A. NELSON, Sporting Goods 219 Seventh Street For Goodness Sake Wear Schu1ein's Shoes and Hosiery 111 SOUTH MAIN STREET Please mention The Annual to the advertisers Central Book Store J. O. HANSON, Proprietor The Store Thai Caters to the High School Trade We carry a complete line of High School Books and Supplies, Oflice Supplies, Stationery, Fountain Pens, Drawing Instruments, Etc. 301 EAST STATE STREET ' ' . 55 n LAT f' Urn IN BOXES NAME ON EVERY PIECE IF YOU DON'T BUY NELlN'S YGU DON'T BUY THE BEST ll tion The Annual to the nd I .lohn E. Redin's Machine and Tool Co. Is the place to have your Lawn Mowers and other small Ma- chinery repaired. Phone 3320 1026 Charles St. VACATION TIME You will Want a CAMERA Worthington 8: Slade 422 E. STATE ST. J. G. .lohnson BARBER SHOP AND Barber Supplies Wholesale and Retail 306 E. STATE STREET G. J. PETER Dyeing and Cleaning Establishment 121 NORTH COURT STREET Armstrong's store always has the most attractive line of caps the city. STEADY CLUB Club Rooms: So1nebody's', locker or any secluded corner where there isn't a teacher. Motto: All the world loves a lover. Flowers: Nlarqueries and Sweet VVilliams. Colors: Red and Yellow. Members: Carroll King .........,....................................... A blonde in the Class of '13 Frank Baehr ..,....... ................. ..................... ' ' His Queen, F. M Roger Wlolcott .............................. ........................ S aint fCej Celia Harold Camlin ......................................... ............. A 'My Red Rose, 13 L. B. CA Sophomore who leftb .......... little girl with curls who attended football games Ray jackson ............................................................................ The Editor Carl Hand .................................................................................. The Blonde Names to be voted upon at next meeting: Letitia Knight, Raymond VVarner, Marion Tait, Carl Ernst Frances McGrath, Homer Heffran. Hats of extreme style: telescoped or rakish shapes, 32.00 to 33.00 at Armstrong's. Geo. E. Hanson GLBNL QUALITY JE WELERS 409 Seventh St. ROCKFORD, ILL. E. L. and A. . Headquarters for SPORTING GOODS Brown Building Geo. F. Thompson PICTURES AND PICTURE FRAMES Artists' Material 125 N. Main ROCKFORD, ILL. When in need of Stationery, Per- fumes, Toilet Soaps, Face Creams, Pure Drugs, Combs, Brushes, Sponges, Pocket Books, or Rubber Goods, we invite you to see our stock. COYNER BROS. DRUGGISTS 308 East State Street IN ORATORY II Nr. Klauller, giving some valuable instruction: Scratch around in your head, and see it you cannot find something funny, I usually can, see if you ean'tf' IN ENGLISH Teacher, lin reference to iloldlmugj: How do we know whose treasure was buried on the Island ? I'upil: Captain Kidd drew a picture of a kid as a signature. Holm I.eaeh: XVhat were his initials, U. UP' IN FOURTH HOUR HISTORY CLASS Miss G.: XYl1at have you there, Mr, Seedoff?'l IXIr. S.: Sources of knowledge. If Louise Kern would send Ray jackson home earlier, he wouldn't go In sleep in lst hour class. Mr. Beyers, in 5th hour class: Miss K., how many senators are there from each state and name the two from Illinois. The two great disasters of the year-The Omaha Tornado and Nelson Sheldon falling in love. Please mention The Annua1 to the advertisers 5135? The Smart f f E ff' Wortham Exclusive y ,bA :f f Label on a Styles b M I I ' U Garment For the A K A I, f sl .,f ' ,:,Jf- 7 f ','::1'i 7 ' V I .','1 'f'. f Stands Hlgh .I ,fl . For Style School l 4ia'f5r,g' , and Miss I I ' I Quality LCUTFITTERS Tb WOMEI1 The The sfyze shop I 9 ' szyze shop! For For Young Women Young Women LAT 9 MFG . BY BURTIVLALLEN IT IS SERVED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM TRY IT P1 mentio n 4'The Annual' t tl d t C. H. KNAPP w. H. BARNES KNAPP, BARNES 8: CO. Real Estate and Mortgage Loans Insurance and Rentals Both Phones 800 ROCKFORD, ILL. ','m esm ZIlVllVlERlVIAN'S ' , , PHOTO SHOP Swan Peterson 1 -llli lj. St:1teSt., Over Datin's Store BLORIST Fl C 1 d Pl' Chime owen in Ants svlcclfxl. RA'l'1cs 'ro THE l l.UNVlfRS lfoR ALL GR1Xl7ll.'X'l'l'1S Ols 'l'lllC R. ll. S. 0CC:XSlUNS for. li.Stz1te, Lougwoocl X Cltzlrlrs S0fiSfl1Cfl'0ll Gllllfllllfeed THIS OLD OAKHN BUCKET llzts nothing on our Sotlzl Fountain wllvn it routes to lIlIBlll'l1lllglllll4Sf. VVQ servl- :lll the latest tlurwt queuvllers in up-to-date style, as Cold :ls you like tlxetn. lvc Crczun, lm: Vrezuu Sotlzt :mtl lu-s also served in ull the morulnr flavors. NVQ- l I would lu: glntl to lmvc you tlriuk with us gm WGS JD K , g I . nf- ' A E 'wtsunm ' Old, 211.4 5 tg con, 71: ST. .Nu 310 Avcmoc - NSW. 794 l'lt-also mf-nlion Tho Annual to the zulvt-1'tis4rs Rockford's Largest Ready-To-Wear Store Three complete floors of women's, misses' and junior's outer garments and millin- ery. Everything new and up to date and prices absolutely the lowest at all times. ix . - T N . ol' Jo A b' , I' NVUNTENS aU'rr1T'rERs Center of Business District 116 W. STATE STREET XXX? T 'EQRTR TS T H4g 9, 2 2570 Discount allowed on all graduation Portraits 111 NORTH CHURCH STREET DRAKE di TUCKER lgarhmarr, Svpnriing Mumba anh Glutlerg 318 WEST STATE STREET A FISH STORY Fish Wish Bait Vkfait Bite Flight Roam Home Buy Lie. Please mention The Annual t tl I t ...Z'LVhP... il-Ilanufarturvrn Natinnal Earth Resources over S2,300,000.00 0 on Deposits United Sfaies Deposiiary NOW AM THE TIME When we all like to hike to the country. Decide on the kind of Picnic or Summer Outing you want and we can take you to just the most ideal spot for it. THE ONE BEST BET HARLEM PARK'-Rockford's Ideal Amusement Parkg has fifteen new features this year, including a thrilling Giant Coaster, Roller Rink, and Tub Ride. HONONEGAH PARK-The most historical and picturesque spot in Northern Illinois. NE W EQUIPMENT Rockford and lnterurloan Railway Company For Special Car, Excursion Rates or other information see C. C. SHOCKLEY Pl mention The Annual to the 'd t Good Farm Management Involves careful selection of implements. With proper tools- those which do your work well season after season-you can farm proitably. The Emerson Line Has been giving entire satisfaction for sixty years. With the recent consolidation, this well known line now consists of plows, harrows, pulverizers, spreaders, drills, listers, planters, cul- tivators, stalk cutters, mowers, hay tools, baling presses, corn shellers, gas engines, farm tractors, steam traction engines, threshing machines, clover hullers, road rollers, saw mills, wagons and vehicles. 3 : EMERSON BRANTINGHAM g IM P LE M E N T C o M P A N Y :lass ilt, all YYY l l f o r ' i Goon FARM MACHINERY L. C. Sehorn Wholesale and Retail Meals Fine Home Made German Sausage a Specialty 112 S. MADISON STREET Both Phones 26 Please mention The Annual to the advertisers COME TO LARSON 81 HULT CO. 420-422 Seventh Street- FOR YOUR SUPPLY IN Furniture, Rugs, Linoleum, Pictures, Go-Carts and Carriages Get your lunches at the High School Lunch Room Managed by the Woman's Club for benefit of High School Student. Ill We aim to serve the best possible food for the least possible price . . . Tickets 331.00 For Sale by the Cashier CHEMISTRY Seniors have at last learned, after a year's study, that cream of tartar docs not come from milk of magnesia. Q.: XVhy is Miss Alice Freeman so pretty ? A.: Because the Little Rogue puts so much rogue on her face. Une of the .-Xnnual reporters went to Mr. Norris in search of jokes, and was told that he did not have any like him this year. Miss Lamont: Why is talcum powder put on rice? Mr. Norris: To improve its coinplexiouf, lllr. Ileyers, to Miss XYhite: l'lease act like a gentleman. lfrom a big theme: So to accomplish their purpose they stab tal Caesar in the Senate House. Comedy: Midnight's Summcr's Dream. He probably was one of the most learned men, but it would have been better if he had left one some of his knowledge. Armstrong's sweater coats and jerseys look better and wear longer. They cost less. Plonse mention The Annual to the advertisers 'V 1' .' ,, .A A Check Account Advantage It will systematize wz'th constant accuracy the details of your busi- ness. It will furnish you a record that is indispensible and always accessible. It provides safety for your funds and confidence z'n your business transactions. It furnishes a business prestige of great value. Keep your business and personal check account here. THIRD NA TIONAL BAN'K ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS should worry until you were in side an Olson young fello-suit. find our Norfolk and En- glish models in all the new shades and fabrics at a very reasonable price. Our assortment selected with aims to please and satisfy. COMPLETE Qziifizxagzasi: X gal shoes to the Stetson hat. if A OL ON'S n I i 218-220 Seventh Street nfl pl il Hi , l I vw Us lin ' ll . J X I Up- To-Date Clothes Shop Please mention The Annual to the advertisers Use Gas For Light BECAUSE the Welsbach gas light is the best and cheapest light made. One will light a room well for less than one third of a cent an hour. Use Gas For Cooking BECAUSE it is the modern Way. It saves time, work, trouble, money. The food is cooked better. Use a Gas Water Heater BECAUSE you will then have hot water Without Waiting to build a fire that saves time, work, annoyance. Rockford Gas Light 85 Coke Company Please mention The Annual to the advertisers CHARLES C. GORDON suPERvlsoR os Eucusu, Rocxronn HIGH scuool. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS June 21, l9l2 Rockford Printing Co. City Gentlemen: The 'l2 Annual which we have just put out has met with uni- versal praise. The contents of a book does not count for all--the mechanical side adds its half. The work you have done on this book is of the highest quality and we are more than pleased with it. Aside from that, the interest you have taken in getting out this book and the courteous treatment you have always given us, I thank you for. Yours Sincerely, CHARLES C. GORDON Faculty Mgr. R.H.S. Annual H HN HHH HH W HN N W W W W H HH HHH HH HH HHNHHWIHHM'WWWWWWUWWWWWWI4HWEHHHHHHHIUNNWHHWHHH1HHH1'HHIIHHHNNHH W HMMUHHNHHH'WHHHHNH!HHH1HHMHWI'HHVHWIWNIHHH11HHM'HHNIHHHZHHMHW'HHIUHNHHH This, the 1913 Annual, is the fzfth consecutive Annual we have printed for the Rockford School. The above letter referring to last year's book ex- presses the appreciation of the school's management. The fact we work harder to 'retain customers than to get new ones, is one of the reasons our business has attained its leadershqo in Rockford. Isn't that worth your consideration? ROCKFORD PRINTING CO. 218 EAST STATE STREET Please mention The Annual to the advertisers ? Behead Your False .57 ' w , , R' 1 ' 51 -1 cl- .- ,Q Illuslons 'YQ V I jg' ' Know that life is a game, one that will h M l require all the spunk and tact you are N722 able to muster. You must specialize along some detinite line-let that be a Qigffx . . . we-7 I hne, which you may rest assured will re- ,WQEI 4 .N cornpense you for all the training it ,sip 3,5 ,, W- L WlfW5j,Zjf.Xil I l exacts. l ssl-T' Q-. ' L,4t- Be a Technically Trained Man The Rockford School of Engineering now offers thorough and comprehensive courses in Electrical, Civil, and Mechanical Engineer- ing, Architecture, Furniture and General Designing. Day or evening school. You Earn While You Learn to Earn More. Investigate! Literature and full information upon application. Call or Address ROCKFORD SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Bell Phone 1034 212 East State St. Both Phones Delivery Service New Method Cleaners E. L. LAGERQUIST, Manage? 310 Seventh Street ROCKFORD, ILL. Cart -Dever Co. FOUR MARKETS 321 West State St. 418 East State St. 1055 West State St. 1018 South Main St. PACKING HOUSE Corner Auburn Street and Central Avenue OUR MEA TS WILL PLEASE YOU Ph-use mention The Annual to the advertisers Swedish-American National Bank 1 f l I3 JhAA1a lv I .xt QQ oo 55m william John 5 - 0 Pmr.1.f.1 Vw, Otto edler V.'- I Ii C. Arthur R hl Cmnt, f. D Ass' C Q ft BANK A.w I CAPITAL AND SURPLUS -5141,500.00 Seventh Street Rockford, IIIinos SCI-IIVIAUSS CD. LEADING MEAT DEALERS Finest and Best Equipped Markets in Northern Illinois WE DEAL EXCLUSIVELY IN HIGH GRADE MEATS Fancy Sausages All Our Own Make A Specialty P1 . mention The Annual to th d EGE AN The engravings in this luml: are representative exam- ples of the high grade work being produced hy the Rock- ford lllustrating Cu., for many colleges and high schools. That they specialize in this class of work and that this feature uf the Rnclcfnrrl lllustrating Cofs business is ap- preciated hy business managers of annuals, year books, etc., is lmest evidenced hy the fact that they have produced the CllQ'l'2lVlllg.fS fur the twu largest Year Hunks in the Middle Viest. Users uf designs and engravings for cemmercial pur- pnses shuuld write the Rockford Illustrating Co. for other specimens of the work it is producing for leading firms in many diFferent fields. ilinrlafnril Zllluntrating Glnmpang Engrunrra anh Elsrtrntgprra llnrkfnrh, Jlllnnia Please mention The Annual to the advertisers The Forest City National llij Bank l.T,,l Your Financial Education will be well founded if you form the habit of --Saving - WHILE YOU ARE YOUNG Come in and let us help you to a Successful Financial Future Boih Phones 213 We Never Close UNE MILLINERS Geo. M. Keyf QQ Son 3 TQEFPTRQ LIVERY AND TAXI CAB LINE f' Rm C0 'lm' .W ii xv in Y hs 2111 ' 'I' gl H Nobby Single and Double Hitches 4 0 4 EAS T S T A T E S T R E ET 218 5, Wyman sf. ROCKFORD, ILL School Supplies of All Kinds WALDO BOOK STURE 508 East State Street Please mention The Annual to the advertise ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL MA HONEY CHILE Sung by the Senior Chorus in the Senior Assembly VVritten hy Pearl A. Ritchey, member of the Faculty Come Honey Chile put down yo' toys, Hm. lt's bed time now fo' li'l boys, Hm. Climb up in yo' Klam1ny's lap, Shet yo' eyes an' take a nap, Hm. Refrain : U go to sleep, O go to sleep, Ma Honey Chile. ma Honey Chile, Dream man come an' fetch dis baby Pun'kin pie an' cookies maybe, U go to sleep, O go to sleep Ma Honey Chile, ma Honey Chile, Mammy loves her little colored baby. Yo' Mammy'll hum a li'l song, Hm. An' den sho' 'nuff 'fore very long, Hm. Sand man come an' wif his hand, Fill yo' eyes wif sleepy sand, Hm. De li'l fiow'rs an' birdies too Hm. Have gone to sleep an' so must you, Hm. Hush! ma bahy's sound asleep Angels now der watch will keep. Hm. XValt Lamm-on-it He is tall Ilelen's Blyth-ah She is small, Another case ?-ah- Not at all. One day- XVe reach the Lunch Room, Ham and Eggs. W'hy did we rush our XYeary legs. Another-- XN'e hurry down there, Chops and Veal. No money left for Friday's meal. ckford Printing Company Rockfor d Illinois I!! 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