Springfield High School - Capitoline Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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1f, ,. Hx ELIZABETH RUTH WICKS. ln arguing, too, Bessie owned her skill. For e'en though vanquished, she could argue still. Latin Play, '12g German Clubg Dramatic Club, Play Committee. WILLIAM ROBINSON. Speech is silver, silence is golden. 24 u

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MILLICENT MAY WALLS. For s1.c wi s just the quiet kind, Whose natures never vary, Like streams that keep a summer mind Snowhid in January. Commencement Program Committee. STEWART FRANKLIN REID. My might and right move hand in hand And glorious must my triumph be! Class Pres., '12, '13, '14, Wranglers tSec. '13, Pres., '14J, Bulletin tAss. Editor, '13, Editor-in-Chief, '14J, Student Mgr. Foot- ball, '13, Lawrence Contest, '13 12d prizej, Athletic Association, Dramatic Club, Plays, Prop. Mgr., Man Who Wins, Queen Annets Cottage , Class Play tBill Shorty, Latin Play, '12, and Entertain- ment, '13, Arbor Day Program, '13, Photo, Social and Baccalaureate Committees, Commencement Program. I RUTH SMITH. Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consum'd the midnight oil?,' HARRY C. TOMLIN. Not rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhiliarate my spirit. Forum, Athletic Association, Commence- ment Program, Class Play LKennith Sum- nerl. LOLA ELIZABETH VINCENT. She is pretty to walk with And witty to talk with. Class fSec., '13J, Pin and Play Committees, German Club iSec., '12J, Commencement Program, Class Historian, Year Book, Dra- matic Club, Salutatorian. 23

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February '14 in History 2 Development is the keynote to success. An organiza- tion which does not develop is a failure. The February '14 Class does not desire to boast of its accomplishments nor to assert its eclipse of all other classes which have passed through the portals of our High School into the world, but it is proud of the fact that development was shown step by step since its organization as a class on November 2, 1911. The class wishes to point out a few characteristics which must be recorded in its history as worthy of especial merit and distinction. February '14 displayed dramatic talent worthy of mention when their members presented the college comedy, t'Half-Back Sandy, at the Chatterton theatre, Friday evening, January 30. Mr. Thomson, the members of the faculty and all who witnessed the performance, had but the highest praise for the acting and talent shown. The crowning triumph in the annals of the class was the commencement exercises held Thursday evening, February 6, at which time twenty-two members of the class stepped out into the sea of life. The general theme for discussion on this occasion was '4The School, in which a strong appeal was made for a modern and up-to-date high school. The class was highly commended in their excellent exercises by President Robert E. Woocliiiarisee of the Board of Education, and Su- perintendent of City Public Schools Hugh S. Magill, Jr., in their addresses to the class. This was the first class in the history of the school to hold the commencement exercises in the school auditorium. The class is proud of the general average of grades made in the members' studies. Each member had credits in excess and the averages were the highest in years. Waltei' liee Browning received the valedictory, and Lola Vincent the salutatory. The class was represented in every phase of High School life. On the speakers' platform, in dramatics, on the athletic field, on the track, in journalism, in school standing, in the social whirl, its members excelled. I The class began its career in its Sophomore year, November 2, 1911, and at once became a unit in the life of the school. At the organization of the class the officers honored by election were: President, Stewart F. Reid, Vice-President, Vera Rein- both, Secretary, Williariri McGrue, Treasurer, Phil H. Potter. At the annual election held October 15, 1912, Stewart F. Reid was re-elected as President. The other officers elected were: Vice-President, Marie Green, Secretary, Wziltei' Tice Browning, Treasurer, Phil Potter. 25