Tuscola High School - Tuscolian Yearbook (Tuscola, IL)

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 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF ’22 One rainy morning, September the first, nineteen hundred eighteen, fifty-nine pupils entered the Tuscola High School as Freshmen. School had not been in session long when the members of the class began to drop out. Albert Groves, Cleo Savage, Minnie Rahn, and Elmer Sweney soon left us. Not long afterward Bernice Carroll moved away, and Nellie Leonard left school . Orville Roderick was our president during the first semester, but he left school, and Godwin Coni ad was then president. Godwin and Earl Smiley represented us in athletics that year by playing football. February the ninth, nineteen nineteen, we had our first party. It was a Valentine party, and was held in the High School building. Later on in the year we went to Armstrong's woods where we had a picnic. Several of our Freshmen met with the misfortune of falling in the river, but none of them were hurt. At the end of the term forty-nine of us were promoted, while seven of us had to take the first year over. When school opened in September, nineteen nineteen, only forty-seven of us entered as Sophomores. We elected Virginia Jones as our president, and John Bruhn as vice-president. In athletics that year Donald Carrothers, Godwin Conrad, and Earl Smiley played football, while Smiley, Carrothers, and Harold Lincoln were on the track team. We also had two girls basketball teams that year. In December we and the Freshmen class had a farewell party for Godwin Conrad who moved a few days later to North Dakota. Not long afterward we had a farewell party for Dale Dillman who moved away. Emil Hansen, Theodore Jones, Cora and Lester VanWinkle also left us during the year. May the eleventh, nineteen hundred twenty the Sophomores went to Romine’s woods where we had a marshmallow roast. While we were there Miss Boyd slipped while trying to cross a small brook, and fell into the water. Miss Cunningham went wading during the evening. We Sophomores decided to have a picnic the last day of school, and May the twenty-eighth we went to Patterson Springs. Thus ended our second year in High School. In September nineteen twenty about forty of us entered the High School as Juniors. Doris Romine was elected president of the class, and John Bruhn, Vice-President, Donald Carrothers, Harold Lincoln and Earl Smiley represented the Juniors in football that year. Donald, Everett Stallsworth, William Read, and Earl Smiley played on the basketball team. One evening in October we Juniors gave a party to the school and the faculty. November twenty-second we had a Thanksgiving party in the gymnasium. We wanted to make some money so on December eighteenth we had a Market at Wamsley’s grocery store. We sold all of eats, and made a nice little sum of money. By the work shown by the Junior Class, it has proved itself to be as “peppy” as any of the rest of the High School. —M. L.

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 £ 11 t i! l 1! !j HISTORY OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS On the fifth of September, 1919, we eighth graders, laid aside our grammars and ascended to the heights of Freshmen. With hearts overflowing with pride we hippity-hopped into the assembly and filled the room with our chatter. Upper classmen looked upon us as youngsteis and inferiors but we paid no attention. Before many days passed there was a general rearrangement of seats, to break-up the too friendly groups. The class proceeded to awaken the school by its “pep.” A class meeting was called and the chief officers were elected: President, Carl Woods, Vice-President, Max Wayne Vest, Treasurer, Esther Bruhn. Towards the end of September, we felt that a party would divert our minds from Latin and Algebra which were wearing upon our minds. We were told that the gymnasium was spoken for by the Sophomores. Since the authorities wouldn’t consent to us having a party during the week, we either had to change the date or prevent their party. Neither was possible, so we finally urged the Sophies to have one big farewell party with us for Godwin Conrad w'ho was moving aw ay. This our first showing of real diplomacy. The Juniors and Seniors passed many compliments on our good behavior. When the members of the Athletic Teams were called, the Freshmen furnished, Max Wayne Vest for football and Glenn Thompson and Fred Williams for the basketball squad. The two girls teams with Lyra Bird as captain won every game from the upper classes. A wiener-roast at Romine’s woods w as a great success. With the new year came several parties then semester exams. Saint Patrick’s Day was a great event. At the party all the faculty members came with an Irish joke. Miss Boyd told us that the Irish tell time thusly: “When a Ford goes down hill following another Ford, it is ’tin after tin’ ” With a few grains of our hard earned knowledge we said good-bye to the Freshmen rows and became Sophomores. The following September 1920, we returned as Sophomores. What superior characters indeed! The Freshies were so little and so green. We laughed when told that we had acted in the same manner when we were Freshies. At our class meeting, Harriett Michener was elected President, Fred Williams, Vice-President and Helen Hollingsworth, Treasurer. We Sophies, put out several football men, Max Wayne Vest, Carl Woods, Dwdght Moody, Charles Monroe and Fred Rahn. Fred Williams was elected cheer-leader with Irene Dickinson as his assistant. Freddie broke his arm leading cheers, thus proving his loyalty. We contributed; Benny Luetz, Charles Monroe, Glenn Thompson, Joe Busby and Fred Williams to the basketball squad.