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

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The Class Poem X2 The scene is a peaceful valley Where the river Hows on to the sea Where the wild flowers are blooming And the winds blow over the lea. The tents of an army are pitched there Gleaming white in the shining sun, And the bugle sounds its message For the day is just begun. But the scene in the valley changes And the peace that was there before Is replaced by the din of battle And the cannon's awful roar. And the sun that was just rising Is now well over head, Instead of a living army, On the ground are piles of dead. But the din of the battle passes And the smoke goes slowly by While through the shattered branches The sad wind seems to sigh. The remains of the splendid army March on their weary way, NVith a glance at their fallen comrades, In the light of the dying day. And the night settles slowly downward The sun has left the sky As the ranks of the living army, Press on-to win or die. And so let us-dear class mates Press onward to life's fray, With a thought for weaker comrades Who have fallen by the way. And, if success be lacking Let us nobly meet defeat, 'Till in some more distant country We shall all together meet. -Edythe Gunn Poet y

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ities of life. XVhetl1er the above come true or not, I feel safe in saying that the Class of 1906 will be a credit to XVaukeg:1n, to its individual 1ll0lllb01'S, to the teachers who have borne our sliortcoinings so patiently, to the Alumni whose ranks we are about to enter and to the XVaukegan High School. Edward Gillan, Prophet. 'V'

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Statistics of the Class of 1906 N a certain bright day-and a fortunate day for this school-in September, 1902, a, class of eighty-eight brilliant boys and girls began their eventful careers in the lllaukegan High Sch-ool. On this more eventful day only thirty-six of that number are ready to take their Bight from the school world into the world of work. . VVe have always shown our great enjoyment of good times. In our Freshie year we were entertained by Thomas Durkin, and later in the winter we gave a class dance. In our Sophomore year this quality was more plainly marked by the numerous dances and farewell parties which we conducted. Even as Jun- iors we did not forget our previous record and as Seniors kept up the reputation by a dance at Perrinis Hall as a farewell to Ethel lVard, and a sleigh-ride to the home of o-ne of our memb- ers. Leaving such things to be said by th'e historian, I will pro- ceed to develop the statistics of this interesting class. The weights vary from eighty-six to one hundred and sev- enty-nine. The average is one hundred and twenty for the girls in Civics class. The gross weight is 4,177 pounds, the average for the class is one hundred and twenty-six. The heights range from five feet to six feet, one inch. The total is one hundred sixty-five feet, four inches. The average height is five feet, five inches. The a.verage glove measure is six. The average hat number is six and three-fourths. The sizes range from six and five-eights to seven and three-eights. It is rumored that if the boy who wears the seven and three-eights were to have his foot- ball locks shorn he could easily wear a six and one-fourth. Wle have very small feet, the shoes ranging from two and one-half to eleven. The average is four and one-half. 'fAge before beauty would not do as a maxim for our class since we are all as beautiful as we are young. Some .resemble very closely our ancestors, who, according to Darwin, climbed trees in the forests of Asia, others approach the beauty of the Sistine Madonna. The hair varies from a. jet black-straight or curly-to a light brown with various shades of reds and browns 25