Stewardson Strasburg High School - Comet Yearbook (Strasburg, IL)

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l 1 'fri-IE REMINISCENCERH in ef. . A 1 Ygg ic PRES!-IMEN 1. Margaret Volkman, Imogene Rankin, Grayce Schroeder, Alice Lane, Helen Doeding, Hazel Bingaman. 2. Paul Terry, Frank Giertz, Dean Volkman, Henry Williams, Leonard Rawlings, Virgil Rankin, LOIHS Ifll'Ch6l'. CLASS HISTORY On September 3, 16 Freshmen bought tickets for a trip across the ocean of wis- dom on the good ship S. H. S. However. two suddenly found they could not go. We chose Henry Williams captain and Mr. De- Laurenti, ship's physician, to patch our troubles. We had fine sailing for several weeks except for the rougher seas of Eng- lish, Science, Latin and Algebra. The rest of the passengers gave a party for us. They initiated us into ship life properly. Dean Lenz became seasick and wanted to be put ashore so we left him behind. Soon we saw some black clouds on our horizon. They were the storm clouds of exams. Most of us weathered them safely. We encountered several of their storms the worst being the semester exam. Shore leave was granted for 10 days at Christmas time. We all en- joyed ourselves but were glad to get back to the life of the ship once more. Some of the passengers may not weather the storms that we expect in the future but we hope most of us will. The last night abroad ship the youngest passengers gave a party. We invited the ship's officers and each of us brought another passenger. We were half sorry and half glad when we dropped an- chor arid landed. But we will put to sea next year again, so Bon Voyage. OUR SONG OF SONGS Freshman Class- Don't Give Up' the Ship Mr. DeLaurenti- We Love to Take Orders from You Frank- The .Music Goes Round and Round. Hazel- I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze Leonard- Alone. Margaret-' ' I Wonder! Dean- I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All? Freshman Class and Class History Alice-- Alice, Where Art Thou Going? Virgil- Show Me thc Way to Go Home. Helen- The Beautiful Lady in Blue Henry- I Dream Too Much. Imogene- The Lady in Red Paul- Keep Your Sunnyside Up. Grayce- A Little Bit Independent Louis-' 'Wa-hoo ! ' ' P51519 11 en, W Q1-3, A, sm: ly, X. 'l ll ws ,I H la M T7 U 3, ,. ln lm I l' 6175 l F fi iff l , LW I l r l as 1. lr 1f'f x

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. W . sl' 2 X uf lv. 'I 1 :ll UV . ? r - r -ei' -.ev QL ,Dill ug Mau? ll ' . ,, l l it . Nl lil H , P 1 , I P l i. . agg- I cy 1 l 'Q l. :I l I, , fa l, 3. it KU agw THE REMINISCENCERU SCDPHGMCDRES M Iggxvl 1. Ava Jean Griffith, Lavonne Staehli, Fay Eileen Webner, Evelyn Ruth Storm, Dolores Gaddis, ae u . Row 2. Kenneth Volkman Lillian Wirth, Lowell Green, Alfred Bingamon, Kenneth Wilson, Floyd Kull, Fern Reel, Guin Renshaw. Not represented in picture: Irvin Thomas. FLY TO KNOVVLEDGE On Sept. 4, 1934, 21 Freshmen bought passages for a transcontinental flight over the country of knowledge. Vsfe joined a group of experienced flyers who duly in- itiated us into air-service. We took off with a zoom under our instructors, Mr. DeLau- renti as Pilot, Mr. Jackson as Co-Pilot and Mrs. Grant as air hostess. We flew along smoothly for six weeks and then we struck an air pocket which was called our first six weeks examinations. This caused us to lose considerable altitude but after that we steadily climbed, although we had rougher flying. In the meantime Cordelia Kite left us. Next we were surprised by finding ourselves in a fog. Ervin Storm sensed the danger and descended to earth in a parachute. However, we faced it bravely and managed to fly through the second six weeks exams fairly well. It was only a mat- ter of a few weeks until we landed for a well earned Christmas vacation. On Jan. 2 we all went aboard the plane once more to continue our interesting trip. We had no more than risen to a very high altitude when our plane went into a tailspin. VVe were all white with fear but after it was all over we decided that semester examina- tions were not so bad after all. During all this excitement we lost one of our class- mates, Vale Wood. We started the next semester with a bang and decided to work much harder than we had formerly done. We passed all hail- storms and rain-storms of exams without much dread until one day We had some very serious motor trouble. Our Pilot, Mr. De- Page 10 Laurenti, told us to work harder than ever or our plane would crash. We did so and saved the plane by making good grades in the semester examination. The next day we landed for a long hoped for vacation. We celebrated our happy landing by a picnic at Nelson Park in Decatur. On Sept. 3, 1935 we again boarded our plane to continue our flight to knowledge. Neva Diepholtz, Letha Kearney, and Mary Steele remained on terra-firma. This year we zoomed off under the direction of our instructors, Mr. DeLaurenti as Pilot and Mr. Jackson as co-Pilot while Miss Weber served as our new air hostess. We now had the pleasure of initiating' a new class of Freshmen. We did not dread all the exam- ination storms as we had done in the past, but faced them boldly and flew swiftly on. Ruth Ruff, a member of our class, was called home and compelled to leave our plane. We again landed for our Christmas vacation and on January 2, our happy gang again boarded the plane of knowledge. Un- fortunately Waldo Wiandt arrived at the airport late and was left behind. We got a very good start only to be hindered by a semester examination. All the students were kept busy furnishing entertainment for P. T. A. programs. They also had the pleasure of promoting a box supper. Five girls of the Sophomore class started the Harmonica Band. Now When, our plane was at its highest altitude we found ourselves in the midst of a cloud of six weeks exam- inations mingled with an epidemic of the mumps. Sophumores

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' 5' . ...Qi fl E33 - ligl THE REMINISCENCER tl'51i'Z 1 X ' lflll 1 l ,W 129 l, 'li V .al l ll lil l .l l'i l l Gig QQ ll ll l li ll LQ , i l ...il High School Band , Lillian Wirth, Melba Terry, Olin Wirth, Grayce Schroeder, Woodrow Wilson, Ava Jean Griffith, Lawrence Krlle, Earl Renshaw. Clarence Baumgarten, Daisy Collins. Mr. Jackson, director. The band consists of the following mem- bers: first cornets, Woodrow Wilson and Grayce Schroederg bb clarinets, Olin Wirth, Melba Terry, and Lillian Wirthg alto horns, Lawrence Krile and Earl Renshawg bass horn, Daisy Collinsg and trombone, Clarence Baumgarten. The band has developed three new members this year Lillian, Grayce and Ava Jean. The high school band of 1936 and 1937 will welcome these new members as it will Page L2 lose a large number of its old ones due to graduation. We have instruments available for nine new members next year. On April 7 the band formed part of a very interesting program given with the harmonica band and dramatic club. The band played eight new compositions just published by the Hubanks Publishing Co., We wish the band ia very happy and suc- cessful year for 1936 and 1937.- High School Band