Tremont High School - Echo Yearbook (Tremont, IL)

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Cf)c £cf)0 , 1 925 VERLA HODGSON. 22- 23- 24- 25; Stunt Show Photos and Class Poem it •Echo.' ’23; the Always ready to lend a helping hand. CARL WOERNER. Jimmy’s Aunt Jane” ‘22; Stunt Show 23; Prairie Rose ’24; Chorus 25; Basketball 23- 24- 25; Baseball a.n Basketball Manager ‘25; Ora- tion 24- 25; Quartette ‘25; Student Council 25; Secretary-Treasurer of Athletic Association ‘24-’25; Track 25; Baseball '25; Class Secretary- Treasurer '24- 25; Baseball in the Echo. 7 he secret of success is constancy of purpose. CAROLINE STRUNK. “Lena Rivers '23; Stunt Show ‘23; • • OSC 24: Vice-President 25; President of Student Council '25; Foreword in the Echo.” 7 is good u)ill that ma es intelligence. TWELVE

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Z I) c e c li a , 10 2 5 WAYNE HODGSON. Stunt Show 23: Basketball 22- 23- 24- '25 and Captain 24- 25; Baseball ,22-’23-,24-’25: Baseball Captain 25; Chorus 25: Glee Club 24; Track Meet ’22-'23- '24-'25; Student Cour- cil '25; Quartet '25 ; Basketball in the “Echo. He plays the game hard, yet fair. NAOMI GREEN. Stunt Show 23; Glee Club 24; Calen- dar in the Echo. The word ‘impossible’ is not in my vocabulary. IRENE WEEKS. Lena Rivers 23; Stunt Show 23; Class Will and Class Poem in the Echo. The only way to have a friend is to be one. BEN SAUDER. Stunt show ’23: Track ’25 Literary Editor of the Echo.’ Tts only noble to be good. ELEVEN

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 £cf)o, 1925 Commencement Cxercises Tremont Gymnasium TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1925 March Invocation Music by Orchestra Address of Welcome Class History . Music by Orchestra Class Prophecy Farewell Address . Music by Orchestra Address .... “The Tragedy of Short Cuts” Music by Orchestra Presentation of Diplomas . Dr. J. E. McIntyre Benediction ... Rev. E. E. Diffenbaugh Music by Orchestra Rev. E. T. Gandy Caroline Strunk Hazel Roberson . Carl Woerner Mildred Becker Dr. P. C. Somerville Senior Class istorp In the memorable year of 1921, thirty Freshmen entered T. C. H. S., hesitant yet eager to learn what was hidden behind those doors of knowledge. This we all found out too soon, for we were to spend many hours struggling with Algebra and Latin. The advanced classes thought us “green” but not so, for we were able to elude most of their tricks and to win the favor of our teachers. Our class was soon organized with William Harris as President and Verna Getz as Vice-President. One night we attended the Initiation Party with feigned boldness and in spite of all that happened we returned home after an enjoyable evening. It was with regret that we lost three of our class- mates. Ruth Pflederer, Edward Getz and John McGinnis. After a year of hard study and much progress we were glad for the summer vacation. The Sophomore year found our membership diminished to twenty-five, as Archie Kellar and Paul Foley did not return. In this year we became more interested in our work and progressed more rapidly. We gave an Initiation Party to the Freshmen which was greatly enjoyed. We took a prominent part in school activities, chief of which was our class play Lena Rivers , which proved to be a great success. 'R e took an active part in the Stunt Show and in Basket Ball. At the close of the Sophomore year we had reached the midway mark of our High School career, with an excellent record. Twenty members remained to take up the work scheduled for the Junior class. We again lost several members, Hermina Hampton, Lewis Brenkman, Clare Norman, Earl Riley, Herbert Suchert and Donald Cottingham. Millard March took up the Junior subjects which gave us twenty members. We won honors in Baseball and Basket Ball and again exhibited dramatic skill in our THIRTEEN