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TO BE OR NOT TO BE To be or not to be — that is the question, and it was a question in the minds of about twenty-two seniors whether they would ever be able to learn the thirty- three lines of Hamlet ' s famous Soliloquy. It was an outrageous fortune. Even those who resolved to have it all learned were sicklied o ' er with the pale cast of thought of having to get up before the whole class, and a new teacher in the bargain. Thus conscience does make cowards of us all. But it was only one of the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. ( )n the morning of the fatal day could be heard on all sides to be or not to be. Whenever a Senior met a fellow sufferer it was, How much can you say? Should they grunt and sweat under this dreary life or should they take arms against this sea of trouble and by opposing end all this learning . If during the morning some calamity had happened or something had put a quietus to them they would willingly have faced the dreams after death. They surely could be no worse than this night-mare of life. All went to class feeling that they were about to meet the greatest calamity of their lives. Everyone was holding his breath for fear he would be the first one to have to speak. The thought of the whole class was expressed by the first one who got up and started out with To die. Perhaps she was thinking of shuffling off this mortal coil or making her quietus with a bare bodkin. Out of that whole class only one perfect recitation was made. The feeling of the class was summed up by the last recitation which ended thus: The undis- covered country from whose bourne no traveller returns, puzzles the will, — that ' s all. H. B. ' 20 A ANN-YAL What is it? It ' s the thing that causes a certain Senior class more worry than a billion dollars does its owner. But we all would welcome an opportunity to worry over such a trifle as that. Getting back to the Ann-yal we have decided it is the one chance to gain publicity and to receive attention. And that is what we are after, isn ' t it? Well, anyway, we are going to put out A Ann-yal. A committee is elected to appoint a committee to select a committee, etc. Through this process a staff is sifted out of our rocky class. And the staff had the sand. Ask certain business men if in doubt. The staff was headed by the Ed-in-Chief whose master mind moulded into form the many contributions of our faithful contributors. Expenses began to stare us in the face and our business manager scoured the vicinity in search of money. In return for donations the cheerful giver was awarded a place in our Hall of Fame, namely the ad. section. The staff labored day and night. You doubt it? Well, so do I. Anyway, they worked hard ; collecting history, writing up those basketball games we won, and a few we lost — no alibi, trying to arouse poetic nature and drawing pic- tures, were the main occupations. By and by the day came when the dummy was ready for the printer. It was escorted by an armed guard for fear something would be lost out. When safely deposited within the walls of the printers shop we all returned to await results. What would it look like? Would they print it? and Could we sell such a thing if they did print it? were the doubtful re- marks that ran through the class. It was an eager group that welcomed the printed matter home. We had put out A Ann-yal. R. L. ' 20
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Some of the class took up Manual Training or Bookkeeping with the chief guide, Jos. H. Blose. One new guide, Loreta Rush, piloted us through Geometry and History. With her came Lola Haworth, whose guidebook for us was Caesar. Some again explored Bible Study with Roy Wollam. Again our journey drew to an end. We found that the more intensively we explored, the better rewarded we were. 1918- 19. Nineteen of the second year ' s travelers came to take up our adventure again under the name of Juniors. Charles Ratcliff and Bernice Brown joined our com- pany. More and more choice had been granted. Some took up Mechanical Draw- ing or Manual Training or Physics under the new chief guide, Chester L. Reagan. Many explored History and Botany under Irvin Shultz. Edith Wildman guided the Juniors through English. Clara Kendall was again one of our guides in Vir- gil or French or Domestic Science. Miss Kendall had been to Chicago University a year. Some took Bible Study with Roy Wollam as guide. Kathryn Scanland at the beginning of the second semester came to help us go singing on our way. All along the journey the boys of our class had been playing on the regular teams with the other travelers, our upper classmen. In this particular part of the journey the Academy won the District Tournament in basketball. Along toward the last of the year we Juniors gave the Seniors a farewell party at the home of Louise Griffin. One more year and our journey would end. 1919- 20. Seniors, how quickly the time has gone ! It has seemed more like four days than four vears. Twenty returned to take the last lap of our journey together. Four new ones, Wayman Casey, Charles Jarrett, Edna Kendall and John Pratt, joined us. Glen Pierce, who had been one of our classmates for three years, left to serve Uncle Sam. With Chester L. Reagan as chief guide some took up Agriculture or Physics or Commercial Arithmetic. A new guide ' , Clyde Rogers, led groups off into Manual Training or Mechanical. Clara Kendall piloted some through Cicero or Domestic Science. We took up History with Russell Ratliff, while some ex- plored Bookkeeping, Typewriting and Shorthand under his leadership. Kathryn Scanland came again ; some took French and Harmony with her as guide. Bible Study was also resumed again by Roy Wollam, but after the first of the journey Rev. Anderson took his place for a time. All Seniors, with Edith Wildman as leader, resumed English. At the time we are writing this we are working on the play, The Man On the Box, with Miss Wildman as director. Again the Academy won the District Tournament in basketball. Four of the regular team being from our class. The last lap of the journey will soon be over. All that it has meant to us we cannot realize. Often times we have stumbled but always there was the goal ahead if we did but rise and struggle. We have reached it at last and how glad we are! But our Academy and guides have helped us to see yet other goals farther along and that we have only begun our adventure. By their help and influence we feel that we have attained an excellent start on our life adventure. L. P. ' 20
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