Victory Township High School - Echo Yearbook (Roanoke, IL)

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ECHO Senior Class Song? That Certain Class Are we the Senior Class? Yes, we are the Senior Class, Of Roanoke, Old Victory High School, Have we worked and studied hard? Yes, you bet we've studied hard. That Senior Class of Roanoke High. Hard work here, hard work there, loads of fun, everywhere. That's we Seniors. Are we out to do our best? Yes we're out to do our best. THAT SENIOR CLASS OF ROANOKE HIGH. Who 're the ones that took English? VVe're the ones that took English. Our Senior .... our Senior High Class. Who're the ones that took Civics? We 're the ones that took Civics. That Senior High Gang of ours. Bookkeeping. Typewriting, Sewing Four, Everything. We 're that class g Have we our work complete? Sure we have our work complete. THAT SENIOR CLASS OF ROANOKE HIGH. Verna Pfister. Ubservalions Made in the Senior Class Illustrious Seniors come to class And act as if they're murdered, Just because of poetry, in which Their talents should be furthered. Shorty looks at me and smiles, Now iSn't she real cunning Ada begins with studious look, Words from her pencil are running. Marie just gazes into space, Do you s'pose she'll be inspired? Verna looks 'as though she's dead Or- indisposed, or fired. Through his fingers one doth gaze, With words he sure is dandy, You all can .guess Who this boy is 'Tis little Frankie Sandie. Sammie the stalwart, Sammie the fair Hardly needs much mention, To him singing is not a task To a piano he turns his attention. Viola writes with languid grace, Every word is proper: Arwilla writes so fast 'Twould take a cop' to stop her. Nettie though, as you all know, Puts in a little humorg Victor also follows suit, And starts up little rumors. Katie comes next She deserves honorable mention: I'm very sure that Ella never will Receive an old maid's pension. Two more Seniors still remain Whose names are not mentioned at all The girl happens to be very short And the boy is very tall. PAGE TWENTY-SIX

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R. V. I-I. S. 5. Annabelle Schulthes is a cheerful little lady whose sole ambition is to be a school marm. She will go to the Sate Normal for one year and while there will become acquainted with a Wesleyan Student studying for the Min- istry. They fall madly in love and are married the following summer. He is given a charge at a small town in the southern part of Illinois where they will begin house keeping in the parsonage. 6. Verna Pfister, a very stylish young lady, accepts a position as Sales Lady for National Cloak and Suit Company, New York City, New York. She will spend her vacations at Roanoke, Illinois, her old home town. Some future day it is likely she will change her name from Miss to Mrs. , 7. Viola Gudeman is a studious young lady who will this year receive a scholarship to the University of Illinois where she will spend four years quali- fying herself to be an English teacher. 8. Ada Moser, a shy young lady, who is very fond of reading and writ- ing, will eventually become famous for her short stories and in a fewyears will write a number of novels which will be published and sold extensively, establishing her name as a great novelist. 9. Ella Belsley is a very industrious young lady whose desire it is to be- come an artist. She will go abroad where she will spend many years in Ger- many, painting. Some of her pictures will find a place in the Art Museum at Chicago. 10. Anna Schuler, an attractive young lady, will go into nurses' training at the St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. She will become a successful trained nurse and all who know her will love her. 11. Marie Sauder, a refined young lady, will study to be a missionary. She will be sent by the board of Missions to China for three years, where she will work in the mission fields. 12. Kathryn Sassio, a modest young lady, after finishing a course at Brown 's Business College, qualifying herself to be a stenographer, will secure a position with the Standard Oil Co. at Kansas City, Missouri. . 13. Frank Sand, a fine looking young man, will in time complete a sort of enginless car which will burn water. His business will excel even that of Henry Ford. 14. Arwilla Bloom, an attractive blonde whose ambition it was to start a beauty parlor, is a city missionary in New York. After refusing many an eligible young man, she has decided to enjoy single blessedness, and to devote her life to the alleviation of suffering in our greatest metropolis. Now, do not offer objection to these prophecies, for this Prophoscope is considered absolutely infallible, and the writer has spent much time and money in her endeavor to ascertain the fate of each member of the Class of ,26. ' Arwilla Bloom PAGE TWENTY-FIVE

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R. V. H. S. Last W ill and Testament of lhe Class of 1926 We, the senior claslof 1926, having finished our career at R. V. H. S. and wishing to banish our worldly cares and possessions, do make, publish and de- clare this to be our last will and testament. We make the following bequests z- 1. To the faculty:- I. Our sincere thanks for all they have done for us. II. All of our back work. 2. To the underclassmenr- I. The Freshmen, our conduct in class. II. The Sophomores, our manners in the assembly during UAssembly talks. ' ' III. The Juniors, our ability to put out a good Annual. 3. Personal bequests z- . Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Item I, Nettie Beer, leave my ability to boss, to Glenn Hodel. 1, Arwilla Bloom, will my sea-sick permanent wave to Leona Sand. I, Victor Blunier, will my wit, to Franklin Hunsinger. I, Ella Belsley, leave my studious habits to Emeral5Schumacker. I, Sam Designe, leave my ability to hit the ivories, to Lester Nauman. I, Viola Gudeman, leave my ability to translate Latin, to Rowena Steffen. I, Ada Moser, will my giggles to Samuel Spalding. I, Verna Pfister, will my ability to bluff ,to Clara Imhoff. I, Kathryn Sassio, leave my ability to walk fast, to Litta Cox. I, Annabelle Schulthes, leave my blonde complexion ,to Marie Chambers. I, Anna Schuler, will my cosmetics to MarthaeFererro. I, Marie Sauder, leave my slenderness to Elsie Ruble. I, Frank Sand, leave my argumentative ability to argue in Ameri- can History and Civics to Charles Kauffman. - I, Eugene Zimmerman, leave my shortness to Wilmer Riley. 4. Lastly, we the Senior Class of' 1926, leave R. V. H. S. for good. Signed, Sealed, Published and declared as and for our last will and testa- ment by the above named Testators, in our presence, who have, at their request, and in their presence, and in the presence of each other, signed our names as witnesses thereto. Witnessesl W. W. Emrich. Dean of Agriculture. C J. D. Helmuth, Janitor of R. V. H. S. Eugene Zimmerman He who does his level best, Gets more kicks than all the rest. ?????? PAGE 'rwENTY-sEvEN