Rockford High School - Rocketeer Yearbook (Rockford, MN)

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A f f if Life is an art, like music and painting, and if we will, we may live it in harmony and beau- ty of thought.-Mrs. Mills. My finest recollections of my four years in high school seem to be a growing appreciation of the splendid opportuni- ties to take part in mu- sical activities and thus prepare myself for those larger activities that came later.-Miss Vogel. The thing I look upon that I would like to see every individual have on his study wall in indeli- ble ink is: Regularity is the keynote to health. -Dr. Vlield. Some of the fond re- inembrances of -my high school days are the an- nex, then new, and the old football team on which 1 played right tackle.-Mr. Peterson. Steady perseverance effects success was our class motto, and it has always helped meg it did stimulate me on to further effort.-Miss O'Connor. Mrs. Ruth Ticknor Mills, prominent vocal instructor, graduated from R. H. S. in 1906. She attended the Coqn- scrvatory of Music at Battle Creek, Michigan. She is an active member of Mendelssohn Club. Miss Dorothea H. Vogel is a member of the class of 1913. She received the degree of Bachelor of Music from Columbia School of Music in Chicago. She played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the com- mencement of Columbia School of Music in 1921. Miss Vogel is prominent in local musical circles, being an active member of Mendelssohn Club and having taught piano since leaving high school. Dr. Edward A. Weld received A. B. and M. D. cle- grees from the University of Michigan, and M. S. de- gree in science of surgery from the Mayo Clinic Foun- dation of the University of Minnesota. Dr. Weld has the Rockford Clinic which is looking forward to a new location on North Main Street. He graduated from R. H. S. in 1901. Mr. Herbert T. Peterson graduated from Rockford High School with the class of 1898. He is East Side Advertising Director for the Rockford Daily Republic. Miss Kate O,Connor. graduate of the class of 1878, is a prominent real estate broker. She is active in club work, being a charter member of Rockford VVoman's Club and of Business and Professional Women's Clulifi She is also a member of the Illinois VYornen's Press Association and the Cordon club of Chicago. ' 1 W f, fdyff ' - - - W! one hundred seventy-six

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Mrs. Clara Morgan Savage graduated from Rockford high school in 1892. Mrs. Savage, county treasurer, is president of the Rockford Business and Professional VVOH1Cll'S Club, and secretary of Oriental Shrine. Miss Jessie Spafford graduated from Rockford high school in 1379. She graduated from Vassar College and has taken post-graduate work in the University of Chi- cago and University of Wiscoiisill. Mr. Carl O. Nyman graduated with the class of 1908. After graduation, he attended Northern Illinois College of Law, and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1914. He was admitted to the bar in 1914 and has practiced law in Rockford since 1915. Attorney Nyman is now president of the John Ericsson Republican League of Wiiiiiebago County. Mr. john Petritz was a prominent student during his four years i11 Rockford high school. He attended Georgetown University, where he received his A. B. in 1915. In 1918, he obtained his L. L. B. at Georgetown University. Mr. Petritz is manager of the Rockford Storage Warehouses. He is president of American Business Clubs, and is a school board member. Miss Marion Tait is a graduate of DeKalb Normal School. She received her Ph. B. degree from the University of Chicago. She is a missionary teacher in a girls, boarding school located at Assam, India. Miss Tait represents the American Baptist Missionary South of New York City. ' Let us insist on ahigh school education for ev- ery girl-a college educa- tion if possible, to make better citizens, h e tt e 1' h o ni c s and a better world.-Mrs. Savage. Learn to think for yourselfg 'There is no ex- pedient to which at man will not go to ayoid the real labor of thmk1ng'. -The words of Thomas A. Edison are quoted by Miss Spafford. The class of 1928 points with pride to the fact that a reunion has lgeen held every year since graduation.-Mr. Nyman. The most pleasant days of one's life are those spent in high school.- Mr. Petritz. Keen-eyed, brown- faced girls seated on bamboo mats spread he- fore low benches, Indian teachers not much older than their pupils, seek- ing to guide them to bet- ter living-these are out- standing pictures brought back from India.-Miss Tait. ,Wa - - R one hundred seventy-seven 5 5