University of Illinois High School - U and I Yearbook (Urbana, IL)

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NGreat Ual-cs from Tiny Acorns Grown S-'u Any relevancy which this quotation bears to the Senior Class of 1945 is not accidental but altogether probable. Ahem-so you don't believe us? Well, let's look into the future to see the Class of ,45 in the sixth decade of the 20th century. tlianfare, please, Tonylj Charlotte You tell me yours, I'll tell you mine Allen is being featured daily on her modernized Good XfVill Hour. joseph Ambrose, Thomas Buda llenner, 'llony Fay, and Henry Alabama Hamilton, bachelors-in-waiting, are now living in their Park Avenue penthouse. janet Anderson is now appearing in the traveling Charles Atlas Show, prov- ing that VVomen, you too can be strong. Klaus Brain llaer, who suffered a mental relapse, is now raising pigs on his lllinois farm. Roberta Bubbles Bloom is touring Europe as the featured star of the llallet Russe. Professor lfrances Brigham, Ph.D., has finally completed her new book, hvkvlllllllll and Mary and lf' james Card and his happy little family can be seen riding on their motor bike built for seven. Catherine Clinic Christie, noted surgeon, is now working on her new experiment which concerns turning a man into a robot. Willaiii Hotel', Danielson now owns a chain, not of hotels, but around his ankle. P.S. The ball comes with it. llarbara The Shape Dobbins is Hipping coins to decide which admiral it shall be. Martha They used to call her Fatty Dodds has just been elected Miss America for the fifth time! Clinton Flashbulb Granger is now Chief Photographer for john Powers' models. jean Hannagan is wearing a threadbare navy wool gabardine skirt which she swears she made when she was a Senior in Uni High. Elizabeth Chem Harding has just informed lletty Crocker that more vitamins are obtained from biscuits made with nitric acid than with baking powder. Shirley Giggles Harris is now known as The Smile. Albert VVindy Helton, who has been in the Air Force since l945, hasn't learned to lly yet. Doris I hate peoplew Hershbarger has finally left her hermitage to become a teacher of economics at Uni High. Kent Long time, no see Hobart, who is a missionary to a south sea island, arrived in Champaign with grass skirt, suntan, and tennis racket in tow. Marilyn Ace Hudson has just completed a round-the-world rocket trip in the record time of tive hours, twenty-six minutes, eight seconds, three ticks, and two tocks. Jeanne 'lLanky,' jackson is the American Ambassador to France. As a pas- time, she works as a chorus girl at 'llioliez llergersf, Page T'zc'r'ufy-four

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Response to the Hatchet Oration sf I receive this hatchet with the greatest of pleasure. l am humble because I have the honor of representing the .Iunior Class on this auspicious occasion, and I ani full of pride because I realize that this year's -lunior Class has come to the standards symbolized by the hatchet. I feel it my duty to put this symbol to use in explaining the circumstances of this year's Junior and Senior classes. As each class enters University High, it might be compared to an insignilicant ripple on the ocean of life. lt is like the slow but sure forming of a wave. As Juniors, the class has reached its crest. lt recognizes its obligations and sets forth to meet them with the vigor of youth. This is a high point in the career of a high school class. As a Senior Class the crest is passed, and it believes that it has ful- filled it duty to the school: it can feel proud of its accomplishments and watch the lower classmen work. The Class of '45 is an especially good example of the preceding statement. Two of its most industrious and intelligent members, seeing the error of their ways, found it convenient to move out of town. One of these members lzcijifvnczi to be the illustrious president of the class. Unable to find a replacement for such an indispensable personage in its own ranks, the class was forced to till the void with a post-graduate student to lead it to success. Ilut even with the excellent leadership of a post-graduate student, the class saw that its only way to avert bankruptcy of the U AND l was to enlist the aid of the Junior Class president in selling advertisements. When the Senior Class received the abbreviated axe last year, it apparently believed the latter was an instrument for rug-cutting, because, for some unexplainable reason, it managed to expend approximately twenty dol- lars more than the amount received. Luckily they, as industrious Juniors, had been able to accumulate enough money for their retirement as Seniors. On the other hand, this year's Junior Class has been able to set some notable goals for its successors. Through energetic projects the class has been able to set a record for receipts ty and expendituresl of class funds. lt set another record for donations to worthy causes, and still another for excellent entertainments given to the school. In addition, it sponsored the most successful play in the history of University I-Iigh School. The Seniors, nevertheless, unable to trust other organizations had to be affirmed and reaffirmed of plans for sponsoring the junior-Senior prom. In conclusion, I wish to SEQ' that, although these records will probably never be broken, we of the Junior Class hope that our successors will strive continually and hopefully to come up to these standards, and that they will be as eligible in the receiving of the hatchet in the following years as we have been eligible this year. VVILLIAM H. GRAHAM Page Twenty-three

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Willzircl Last minute jackson is now No. l box office hit in Hollywood. He developed his technique by practicing in the Uni High dramatics productions. Harlan Johnson, matinee idol of millions of adoring females, has added to his laurels by swimming the English Channel tor the thirteenth time. Sanford come closer 'cause l can't see you, Elinor Johnston has retired from the lllerchant Marine and has settled on a south sea island. Peter Elite Lessaris now directs that new lrlroadway success, Sweets to the Sweet. Doris Maier, who is in charge of all airline hostesses, obtained this position because she dared to step out of a plane to prove that she could land in the hospital. Jewel stage prop Marco has finally gotten her first big part on llroadway. She howls for the hounds in The Hounds of llaslcervillef' Carlotte Mittendorf Englund, torch singer, is traveling with her noted or- chestra leader husband. llarbara -lean Moore has just put the jillislzilzg touches on her new book, My llrother and l, or It Could Happen to You. Peter Gosh, l'm stiff Moyer is giving riding lessons to adoring eques- triennes on his 'lleton Valley ranch. Dolores Overmeyer has realized her ambition to be a kindergarten teacher and has joined the faculty of Uni High. Evelyn Patterson, the second Lillian Russell, has a fashionable studio for Debs. She specializes in How to get your mangand keep him. Artie white scarf'l Reeves now follows his profession, up tand downj Hollywood and Yine, trying to convince the girls that they are photogenic. Wlilliam Stoop'l Schoonmalqer no longer stoops because he has reached the height of nine feet. His voice raised him to that pitch. XVesley Sandburg Schulthes has finally been recognized as Illinois' greatest poet. ln addition, he is known by intimate friends for his rapier-like wit. Harriet Shedd, red headed manager of the Cleveland lndians, is starring her son, Harry, at shortstop this season. Merle Heine Stautfer has now become famous as the soldier who captured Hitler. Mistaken by imperial German body guards as one of themselves, he ab- ducted Der lfuehrer under their very goose steps. Richard Thomas, after many years of trials and tribulations as sports editor of the Chicago Tribzozc, has resumed the war against Indiana basketball. Douglas NYeitzel, junior partner of lfVeitzel and Son, Lawyers, has been con- tracted by the Hotsy Totsy Night Spot to play boogie woogie. Mrs. Paul Hartman, the former Barbara VVerstler, has been seen painting a new sign for Hartman's Floral Shopfl XYe see the graying teachers of old Uni-long may they liveistill waiting for the long-needed vacations on Easter, Armistice Day, Lincoln's Ilirthday, XYashington's Birthday, and Doc Hartley's lelirthday. XVe remain with foresight- CHARLOTTIQ ALLI-:N Rom-:RTA Rrooivr BARBARA DoisB1Ns lrlliNRY HAM1LToN JEAN HANNAGAN DORIS H1-3RsHisARG1iR XVn,L,xRD 'l.fXt'IiSON HARLAN Jonxsox .ll'IXX'IiI, Mfxizco l'lOI,ORl-f5 fflVl-IRISIICYICR Page Twezztyfve