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

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(CARDINAL! SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Having passed the last twenty years as an old maid school teacher, I found myself very tired and downhearted from trying to put modern ideas of literature and science into the dumb heads of the descendants of our generation. So I decided to spend the year of 1946 in travel. While I was speeding toward the West in my new fliver airplane, I saw some men putting up large circus signs. 1 always was interested in circuses so I slackened my speed and with a deft shifting 1 landed neat on° of the signs. The men looked up in surprise and I was equally surprised to find that one was James Eyman an old classmate of mine in 1926. He called my attention to the good workmanship of the signs and said they had been drawn by Herbert Kerwood. While noticing the wonderful workmanship I found that it was the Spitzer-Albert Circus owned by Archie Spitzer and Martha Albert. Right then I decided to attend the circus. So I asked Jim where 1 could find a good hotel. He said he know of a place better than any hotel and gave me an address. S:nce the town of Maroa had grown so much since I had last been there, I had a hard time finding my destination. When 1 arrived there and rapped at the door whom do you suppose came? It was my dear old friend, Maud. She was very busy getting her clothes ready to send to the laundry. She told me that Olive Buckley and Lucile Lehn, had just started a new laundry and it did splendid work. During that week which preceded the circus Maud and I had a lovely visit. One evening when we tuned in on the radio we were both agreeably surprised to hear it announced that there would then be a vocal duet by the famous Pease twins accompanied by Earl Rau the world renowned pianist. As we had never before had the pleasure of hearing them, we enjoyed the number very much. Then we begain talking about our other classmates of ’26. Maud said that Mildred was with the circus and she had written of other old friends in the same circus. The day of the circus dawned too quickly for me for I knew that immediately afterward I must be on my way. We started early so that we could take in everything. One of the first side shows we came to was one by snake charmers. Since Maud was so interested in snakes we went in. There were two persons, a man and a woman, with snakes wrapped around their heads and others draped over their bodies. They tossed the snakes to each other and tied them in knots and played with them in every way. 1 wanted to leave but Maud wanted to stay so we watched a while longer. Just as we were about to leave we found the eyes of the Twenty-three

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ACT 111 Time, 1924-1925 Twenty-three Juniors take the stage. Enthusiasm runs high; a tremor of excitement permeates the air. In athletics several Juniors win their letters. The Junior play, “And Home Came Ned,” is staged and goes over big. Compliments to the Juniors! When the operetta, “Gypsy Rover,” was given, four Juniors were chosen for the cast. All thru this year, the Juniors keep their banner high, preparing themselves for the title of Seniors, which will befall them in the ensuing year. As the last big event of the year, the Junior-Senior entertainment is not to be forgotten. In casting aside our title “Juniors” for a more dignified one, “Seniors” we look back upon this year as one never to be forgotten, dear to the hearts of all in the class of ’26. ACT IV Time 1925-1926 Twenty-one calm and dignified Seniors enter upon the stage for the last act of the play. All try to appear calm, but really very excited and nervous as they realize that they now hold the title of Seniors, and are to graduate within a short time. The Seniors are very well represented in athletics as many members of the “Class” are partaking in all branches of sports. In the School play, “Am I Intruding,’’five Seniors were chosen for the cast. At the time that the Cardinal was going to press, the Senior Play and the Junior-Senior Banquet had not been given but we look forward to both occasions with a great deal of pleasure. As time for graduation draws near, we cannot help but feel how wonderful and pleasant our four years have been at W. C. II. S. We realize that it has been very hard for the teachers in trying to teach us different subjects, but at the same time we feel that they have succeeded. It might be well to say again that these four short years spent here will be kept close at hand and not forgotten. Twenty-tiro

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woman snake charmer fixed on us. We began to feel creepy but suddenly her expression changed, becoming friendly. She immediately turned and spoke to her companion in shorthand. Then they both came toward us and as they neared we recognized them as Rena Rogers and Craig Waller. As we had plenty of time left we decided to go in another side show. We decided on the one showing the fattest man and fattest woman in the world. There we found two of our old classmates, Charles Hall and Margaret Eyman. We were not very much surprised because they had shown a slight tendency of becoming fat in their younger years. We had a pleasant chat with them and found them as jolly as ever. The time for the main show was nearing so we entered the large tent. There we saw a group of small boys feeding peanuts to the elephants. We wondered where their nurse was and presently we found her talking to the keeper of the elephants. We immediately recognized him as Virgil Schroeder and went over to speak to him and found that the nurse was Helen Crossman. For the center performance of the main show there were many lions in a cage with a little girl. She was ordering them around and having them leap through rings of lire. She shot blank cartridges at them when they came too close to her. Maud recognized the girl as Mildred Dietrich. Just then a pony came trotting in with a girl standing on one foot on its back. Behind this one came two others with two other girls. The girls began to dance as the ponies went faster. Then they leaped from their ponies into rings as the ponies went on around the circle. As they passed the girls jumped on them again. When the ponies with their riders came rushing past us we recognized the girls as Mary Waggoner, Ruth Gillen and Thelma Garrett. The next morning 1 started back East for I had decided to teach again as I knew that the best part of my trip was over and I felt so refreshed after having seen most of my classmates of ’26 and heard about the welfare of the rest. —Winnifred Pease. Twenty-four