Waukegan High School - Annual W Yearbook (Waukegan, IL)

Page 13 text:

STATISTIGS .0F THE GLASS 0F l904. EVA ESTY I sing of brains, and those lirst heroes, Who to the High School came, Much were they tossed about, By the pride of the Seniors and the unrelenting wrath of the faculty. N a hot day in September, 1900, thirty-six awkward youths and fifty-five bashful maidens entered the High School for the first time. Tonight six young gentlemen and eighteen young ladies, about one fourth of the original class, are here to greet you. It would seem, sometimes, that when we are gone, we shall hardly be missed, for another very promising class is ready to to take our place, yet we know that we shall be missed, for what class has ever displayed such intellectual powers as ours? Surely there has never been a greater class. As to originality, none can excel us, the teachers of English Literature and Arithmetic can vouch for this. We are noted for our quiet and orderly class meetings, brillaint essays, orations and debates, made more forcible by being dramatized. No class has ever been so well supplied with musicians, elocutionists, orators, actors, actresses and poets. One of our number has made his Mark ever since he entered the first grade and is now coming to the front as a noted journalist. We alone, can boast both of a second Milton and a second Burke, though the latter might feel out of place were they in the presence of our class orator and class poet. We certainly have no need of reference books, for we have a walking ency- clopedia and dictionary with us all the time. We also have 9

Page 12 text:

And now, most clearly of all can I read my own fate. With a diploma for a pillow, I will soon be laid to rest in a long grave at Oakwood The mental strains of this prophecy, and the ire of my classmates over its contents will soon place me where we hope to 'find caps and gowns exchanged for more shin- ing robes. I, ,Jw -' K LL f Y I , X 5 f Stl 4 , . . 'Q ' ' -:es f 41: r x yfqy, f. , f I' X? -xxx lillll. 3' if X, . all ,iv lx --A I' -iyy ,,,-if' VA 'I ' x .x 'R 1? WA -., 1, - ,f. '- age Y ', 'fl J ' 5113 . 4- E ff 'fs'-Ui :fi rg' 8

Page 14 text:

among us a young lady who is especially noted for her deep thought and brilliant ideas, two great athletes and a president who can make a stump speech of any length, at any time, and upon any subject, though it is usually upon parliamentary rules and the orderly conduct of class meetings. We are more fortunate than most classes in that we do not have to go away for our picnics since we have, in our midst, a beautiful Lake, surrounded by a pleasant Wood, which is intersected by a charming little Dell filled with Hazel-brush, Margarets, and a rare species of Rose. Not far distant lives a Miller and a Yoeman. If you desire to see the latter's daughter Helen, whose beauty far surpasses that of Helen of Troy, you may do so, providing you pay the Por- ter a Frank, for carrying your lunch-box. But if you fail to do this he will certainly Dunn you. As a whole we are an exceedingly good looking class, the girls especially, yet the boys, having failed to appreciate this fact, display their gallantry toward junior girls. It has been said that we are perpetual whisperers, that we gather in groups in passing to and from classes and that certain of the gentler sex have a bad habit of going about with their arms around one-another. We have also been ac- cused of having a fgreatj liking for cheese-straws, cookies and fudgesg but this is certainly a sweet trait on us. VVe have been more honored than most classes, for we have had many privileges, had our names in the Chicago papers, and had the honored presence of a teacher at our class meetings. Many have also had the pleasure of taking the door, so that they have formed the following motto: The way to the door is easy and many there be that find it. We are especially interested in Zoology, one member going so far as to put her Finger into the mouth of a crawfish to see if it could bite. The physical characteristics of the class are as follows: The average height is five feet and two and one-fourth inches, ranging from five feet, one inch, to five feet, eleven and one- fourth inches, the weight is one hundred thirty and one- fourth pounds, the gross weight, three thousand one hundred IO