Warrensburg Latham High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Warrensburg, IL)

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([CARDINAL]) COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM May 26, 1925 Overture ........................ Orchestra Invocation .................. Rev. Cotton Salutatory ........................... Paul Waggoner Piano Solo................... Myra Kretzer Valedictory .............. Katherine Albert Commencement Address Myron L. Pontius Presentation of Diplomas..... J. M. Eyman Benediction ....... Rev. Gordon Waggoner BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM May 24, 1925 Invocation ................. Rev. Cotton Senior Charge ...... Jeremiah Slonaker Junior Response .............. Earl Rau Quartet.......Paul Waggoner, Miss Stubbs, ..........Erma Robbins, Archie Spitzer Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev. Gordon Waggoner Benediction ............... Rev. Cotton LOOKS LIKE RAIN On May 15th, the Seniors staged their play, “Looks Like Rain,” quite successfully, with many laughs for the audience. The scene of the play was the Sherwood Inn in the Catskill Mountains ; the time, the present. Monty’s health resort might have been a paying proposition but after a persistent lack of rain, everything dried, the mineral springs refused to go on springing, the guests all left the hotel, Monty’s little fortune was wiped out and Cousin Elmo came to await the crash and grab the inheritance which was to be his if Monty proved to be a business failure. All the characters are rich: Monty, the hard luck, hotel proprietor; Jerry, the lazy caretaker; Martha, his domineering wife; Nellie, the girl in the case; Reggie, with impractical ideas; Elmo, the next of kin; and last but not least, Vilut, the farmer’s daughter. CAST OF CHARACTERS Monty Mansfield Reggie Van Wert Elmo Armstrong Jerry Watson ... Nellie Watson... Martha Watson Vilut Hickey..... Paul Waggoner .... Archie Spitzer James Eyman .... Charles Hall Myra Kretzei Katherine Albert Winnifred Pease Twenty-two

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY On September 5, 1921, four very much frightened young people were found seeking admittance to Warrensburg Community High School. A short time later in the same year two more joined the class bringing the total to six for the year. During the year several parties were held. One, a Hallowe’en party and the other given by the Freshmen and Sophomores in honor of the Juniors and Seniors. The class contributed to athletics and other student activities. The principle student activity of the year was the operetta, “Miss Cherryblossom,” in which most of the class took part. The class acted as all true Freshmen should, by taking part in the activities of the school, and by giving the upper classmen the awed attitude that so delights them. The class neither increased or decreased in size the next year. That year proved to be more eventful for the members of the class. During that year the orchestra was started and three members of the class contributed to that organization. The same year track was started and our class was also represented in that sport. The year closed with all members agreeing that they had spent a very successful year. The enrollment of the Junior class of 1924 dropped from six to five which made our class the smallest in the school. During the year the class took a prominent part in the play, “Star Bright.” The class also gave a banquet to the Seniors at the close of the school year, thus keeping the custom that had been started the previous year. The class always kept before themselves, the necessity of education so it was only natural that all of the members of the class were back to enroll as Seniors. The graduating class of 1925 entered Warrensburg Community High School and enrolled as High School students for the last time. They had the privilege and honor of being the first graduated class to spend the entire school year in the beautiful new school building which was ready for occupation at the close of the school year 1924. The size of the class was increased to six during the early part of the year but dropped back again to five when one of the members moved away. Although we have had the disadvantage of being a small class, we feel that our class has been very successful due to advice and help from our teachers. We realize the need of more education and although this concludes our work in High School we are planning for larger things in advanced education. Paul G. Waggoner. Twenty-one

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([CARDINAL]) LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CLASS OF ’25 We, the members of the Senior Class of ’25, being very greatly concerned with the welfare of a certain few insignificant persons and hoping that they will at least get as much enjoyment out of school as have we, bearing in mind that it would be impossible for them to absorb as much knowledge as have we, realize that it is our duty to give them advice and therefore do make and affirm our last joint and individual wills and testaments in the manner and form following: Considering it is our duty to warn our successors as to the consequences of tipping their chairs on freshly waxed floors, as such actions may prove fatal, we give strict warning against such. To the long suffering faculty, we grant peace of mind, trusting that they will find it very different but nevertheless, welcome. To the remaining students of the W. C. H. S., we bequeath all of the lockers on the third floor, hoping they do not fill them with waste paper and old Literary Digests. To the Juniors, we give self-possession of the back row of seats in the assembly hall and a three inch square on the under side of the desks, on which to park their chewing gum. To the Sophomores, we give the honor of being the most dignified and “largest” class in the W. C. H. S. To the Freshmen, we bequeath the power of casting the most innocent and angelic expressions. We leave to next year’s Physics Class that bottle of highly concentrated perfume which exists in ammonium sulphide hoping that it does not gain in strength by 1926. To the rooters of next year’s basketball and baseball games, we bequeath our strong voices and megaphones wishing that they make as good use of them as we did. I, Myra Kretzer, leave my ability to vamp every new man that comes to town, within a limit of one hour and fifty-nine minutes, to Edna Turner. To Mary Waggoner, I leave my ability and position as champion jazz piano player. I, Jerry Slonaker, do bequeath to James William, my place as right forward on the famous quintet. I give to Virgil Schroeder, the sole privilege of being the last person to Botany class. I, Katherine Albert, do bestow my skill in appearing to be the most interested and studious girl in school to Marie Trusner, hoping that she may profit by same. I also confer upon Velma Baum my place as champion flute player of the W. C. H. S. I, Paul Waggoner, do leave to Earl Clem, my position as leading ladies’ man of the school. To Helen Crossman, I leave my “marcelle” hoping that she may find it useful and beneficial during the remainder of her stay in W. C. H. S. I, Orval Robinson, do bequeath unto Eugene Ault my position as the champion wiggler of the W. C. H. S.. I also give to Craig Waller my front seat in American History and hope that he may keep it as long as I have. Sealed and signed this tenth day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-five. The Class of 1925 Tiventy-tliret