Sycamore High School - Leaves Yearbook (Sycamore, IL)

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H293- le ' IC a lg- :V .,, -Ev s,e.M, - mn, Freshmen F-stands for FAIRNESS, Which we Freshies possess, Above all qualities This one we'll confess. R-stands for RESPECT, Which we Freshmen do claim, For teachers-for everyone, This is our aim. E-stands for EXCELLENCE, This our cards show, There are very few V Who are not blest so. S-stands for SINCERITY, Held in high degree, By Sycamore Freshies, I'm sure you will see. H-stands for HONOR, To all we would give This token of friendship, The best way to live. M-stands for MIGHTY, Our Freshman team, Just slaughters its opponents, If you get what I mean. E-stands for ENERGY, Of which freshies have plenty, Not just one, But all hundred and twenty. N-stands for N EWNESS, But worn off at some cost, In this short year's progress, 'f 51- The green coat has been lost. 'x BURToN BINGHAM, 'sa 74, cs ,,. .. ,,1' Page Twenty , -A----r---.-f' .,,, - f-1:. . : .. ,J fs . f'lQQ,11 ',', . ' 'tfiff' 1 D- V0.4 . 'i.. ,. -V i-'rr-- s

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'f-X '. . fl Ji . , ,, ,cnt .C nuns, ce, 2,1 C li ,Q , -,-swf 'Q fx ' tw' 7 3 gr. 35-,. ,J Mid 1 5 H-sf FRESHMEN-First Section First Row-Mary Kathern Hart, Veronica Lalley, Margaret Brooke, Helen Hudson, Alice Fox, Margaret Byers, Elsie Jacobson, Eldora Hall, Edith Clarke, Lily Dowdy, Grace Johnson, Evelyn Carlson, Mary Jane Dutton, Carolyn I-Iemenway. Second Row-Jane Anderson, Lola Lindstrom, Miriam Edwards, Delia 'Anderson, Kathryn Bogenrief, Helen Hoffman, Mary Begley, Alma Dobbins, Mary Gorenz, Virginia: Bleifuss, Lola Gustafson, Dorothy Allen, Mary Jane Coles, Helen Bulzzell, Geraldine Birkner, Edith Lind Third Row-Helen Burcum, Nellie Greenaway, Allen Campbell, Eugene Bock, Charles Lindberg, Russell Carlson, Donald Burkart, John Emerson, Ronald Brooke, John Connolly, Clifford Anderson, William Lossmaln, Louie Lindsay, Ralph Geithman Fourth Row-James Beckler, LeRoy Barth, Carl Kellman, John Dooley, Isaac Iaycox, William Gardner, LeRoy Anderson, Francis Lind, Thomas Dugan, Otto B. Hammersmith, Burton Bingham, Cecil Caldwell, Bernard Bodeen, Harry Carlson, Ralph Fisher. The Diary of the Socks N THE year of Our Lord 1929 A. D., a goodly group of lusty young Socks en- tered the dinghies which brought them to the good ship High School which lay riding at anchor in the harbor of Syca- more. Despite the calmness of the sea, some of the Socks turned back, evidently frightened by the shadow cast by the big ship. However, most of the socks kept on and clambered over the sides of the vessel, right glad to feel the firm deck under foot. Despite the friendliness of the officers and people on board, they decided that We Socks must undergo .tests to prove our hardihood and our ability to stand the long sea voyage. These tests were of var- ious natures, such as ducking us in the swimming pool to get us acquainted with the salt Water, making us walk the plank to see Whether we had the correct sa,i1or's stride, climbing the ladders to prepare us for the first thrilling ascent of the masts, rolling dust on our already sore backs, so that we might readily learn to scour the decks with sand, going through the thorn bushes on Rose Island to prepare us for the pangs of sharks teeth and fins if un- happily, we fell overboard in sha.rk-in- fested waters Without rapidly being rescued. When we had passed these tests suc- cessfully we decided that it might be Well for us to organize a union of Socks. CThe Socks being a nickname given us amateur sailors by the Shell Backs in the creW.J We met on the poop-deck and set to work .. '-:1. Page Twenrytwo ,la of , . if '---,. ...,..,,... 1 r 'M' ,Q fsis lia