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•W' • V' %" \;* %r, "i '- ,f - *M/, • *"K': _._. . _ CLASS SONS Strop to "America" CMI Mess our high Firm may she ever Thru every storm When the wild juniors We hope the walls they'll For all that thou hast gS|>ve»^ •> We honor thee. • *" For her our voices rise, Far, far above the ski©S, Well sing her praise. ifiVT*?.* Freshmen and sophomores, ^ Filled with such mighty love,' ?',l For thee we all adore, ,-*• . - . We honor thee. Helen Powers. ftlSTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1924 ., ^ ($ $ We entered on a fair September . 1 ^ V .morning a true fairyland of wonders. ", Vfiow little of this vast world did we ,vi « -4cnow and ho\tf proud we were when "v,'A'r:'%i(ve could decipher one or two words N°n headlines of our daily papers. :*• 'V :4k.'.^years passed quickly. New members oined our ranks and old ones left em. As the years passed our knowledge gitew, each year we knew fnore than we had ever known before. When in eighth grade we had completed our courses in grammar school land were presented with certificates of promotion we felt proud and happy indeed. We planned for our high school with pleasure and looked forward to the opening of the fall term with great joy and maybe just a little bit of doubt for we had heard many vague and uncertain reports about the many duties which must be done in ; high school. We entered high school in the fall of 1916, xa class of thirty-nine mem' bers, all of whom were willing workers. We escaped the usual joshing which most freshies who are "green but growing" receive. Who of us does not remember that dark, ghostly night when we were initiated into the right royal order of high school ' students? With the aid of our will ing instructors most managed to "pull thru" and the following year in October we had a grand time initiating the new freshman class of that year. It seems to me that our junior and senior years in high school were the most enjoyable. During the junior year the members of the faculty en _ tertained the students with a party in the gym. A few months later the senior class of 1923 gave a "kid's party," at which dear old Santa was •present and gave us many gifts- In May of 1923 we made our first appearance on the stage when we presented our c^ss play, "Assisted by Sadie," which proved a great sue cess. Later we gave our prom aB a farewell dance for the departing senior class. This was also a success. This last year has been full of pleasure and work. Some of us had J to work very hard in order to be able to graduate this spring. During the . -year those of us who were members of the glee club took part in the "Gypsy Rover," an operetta given by the high school. Lately we have been so vary busy preparing for graduation that we have had little time for anything else. And now that we have reached the end of out high school life we are at the beginning of our real business of U!•»' Gladys RietaaaL WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 28= J • 7$ OUR CLASS MOTTO "Life is what you make it" has been chosen by the class as our motto arid during our four years of high school life we have tried to live up to this motto. Everyone has some aspiration-- some hope--that he will be or do something when his school life is ended. Whether we live up to these aspirations--these hopes--time alone will tell. A few years ago our greatest hope was to graduate from high school, to sit up here on this stage, our school life ended. We have ac complished that which we set out to do. It is not always the richest or moat famous men that are the greatest. Consider for a moment the story of the "Great Stone Face." For many years people sought for a man whose profile resembled that of the stone face, for it had been prophesied that this man would surely be a great man. Men came to the valley among whom were many who had been raised here, but none resembled the face. Finally the resemblance was found in the . person of Ernest, an old man who had lived in the valley all his life, and " had been uppermost in the search for the man who resembled the face. .So you see the wealthy and famous men are not always the greatest. If you try to make life in your community more agreeable, your own life will be made more agreeable. So you see the motto we have chosen is 'well chosen, for after all "Life is what you make it." - Leana Gives*, CLASS POEM ..A is for Asburner, Our kind guiding star, We'te thru with English And glad that wa are. B is for Biggers, ^ Our Essie, you know, ; When she isn't busy, Thru the hall she will C is for A senior so fair, He isn't very oMi, But he's got the white D is for Duker, So intelligent is he, He can teach any class Whatsoever it be. . E is for Eleanore, An Irishman true,' ^",.5" She loves dear old Irel*#-^; And young Sweden, too. > f i F is for Florence and Freuife:.;;A Two industrious girls, you Ma^ If it wasn't for vanity cases Where would they be? G is for Gordon Stringer, With his permanent wave and a grin When he thinks of Spanish II He gets madder than a "wet hen." H i3 for Honper and Helen Vycital, Powers and Peet, *'u When in a hot argument It takes a lot to beat. S* I is for imagination, Of which we all have •audi. The most excellent kind, The brand is "none Buck." J is for the juniors, \ Our underclassmates dear. Who must follow our good example Thruout the coming year. K is for Kathleen, , - A jack of all trades,-- When a teacher, Kitty, Give them good grades. L is for Leo and Leone, The Mutt and Jeff of our class, The former a high ideal lad. The latter a growing M is for memory books, With autographs of the classmates; When a teacher does espie She always trys to confiscate. N is for Norma, Our unbobbed classmate dear, Many times did we threat ^ Her preserved locks to shiST. O is for obedience, iii=i Which always was our mollis It wasn't "if you wantta," _ But just "you got to." P is for Pufahl and Pryor, A student and a teacher, Being of the same proportion Is more than we can feature. Q is for questions Found in every quests But the worst ones of all Are those found in a test. R is for Rietesel and Richmond, Whom everyone dearly loves, They never have a temper, They're just like little doves. S is for Stilling, Steffes and Stoffel, Three members of the class; The latter is speedy typing, All others does surpass. T is for Tallmadge, A well talented teacher, One day he killed some time, The cruel, heartless creature. U is for the unnamed ones, Of the class you find, All of who took an important part, Especially when we dined. V is for our vim, Vitality and vigor, When a professor happens by, It's always "Hey kids, gigger." W is for Wells, Henry Ford's best patient, Not many try to pass him, For they know they shant. X, Y and Z stands for Things we'd like to M|T, We ask now of thee "Remember as you may." Ellen Frisby. ninth president of the U. S., noted for his famous orations on the "proper punishment for children." Ralph Clemens shall ba a missionary to China, but he shaU not go to that far country alone, for a young lady from Crystal Lake shall accompany him there. Leone Givens shall, <m account of her wondrous eyes, be admitted to the movies, where she shall play opposite Larry Lemon. Pauline Pufahl shall be a farmer's wife, but the strangest thing about it will be that she shall reign like a queen for she shall even have a page." Lyle Hopper shall go to Australia, where, while making a study of the habits of wild animals for a book on same, he shall discover a gold mine. Carolyn Steffes shall be the world's most famousjournalist. KathleenPowers. THE PROPHECY AWemg the petals of a giant tea rose were hidden the futures of the members of the graduating class of •24. Gladys Rietesel will, after graduation, wander out west and eventually become a champion broncho buster. Cornelia Freund will be the wife of'a pharmacist and also an artist of great renown. Rosalie Stilling will be a famous dancer in one of the many cabarets of McHenry. Florence Rothermel will be the president of the Illinois Women's Prohibition society, the headquarters of which will be located at Elgin. She will also be famous for her debates. Helen Powers will follow Miss Dake to the position of county superintendent of schools. Eleanore Walsh shall be a famous saleslady. She shall also make many important voyages, two of the most famous of which shall be one to Sweden and one to Ireland. Helen Vycital, who always wanted to teach, shall go out west where she shall conduct an advanced course in the growing of lima beans for disabled farmers. Pamela Rietesel shall have a home in Oak Park--yes, he's curly headed. Emily Stoffel shall be the world's swiftest typist, employed by the president of the U. S. Norma Whiting shall be a noted taxi cab driver and shall have the express permission of the president to drive at full speed. Helen Peet shall be a teacher of physical education in the famous high school of Johnsburg. Ethel Biggers shall be employed as a typist in the noted Teddy Bear Manufacturing company of McHenry. Ellen Frisby shall teach in the famous university of McHenry. She shall conduct a class in giggling. t*eo Helen shall ba the sixty- Tune "So This Is Venice1' So we, so we are seniors, *Pon my word, by Jove, we're seniors, Don't you think we're fine to look at Even better than the juniors? Thru my monicle We're so comical, lust like fairies, Oh I think-i-o, Strike me pink-i-o. We're the berries, So we are seniors, ^ I wonder where a man can find feoftie , brains?^ Pamela Rietesel. - ' CLASS GIFTS Eleanore, being the stout lady of our class, I thought a Wallace record would be useful. And "Wallace" signifies more things than one also. Florence has such an elevated idea ;eif indoor sports. I feel sure Florence ^Ibid these dice will spend many enjoyable hours together. Carolyn's themes written, for English IV make me feel confident that die will be a journalist. This enormous pencil will write many stories for you, Carolyn. I hope this fan wiH add to your comfiture and keep you cool and calm at normal school this summer, Helen Vycital. I have a premonition that Gladys Will some day join Ringling Brothers and become a famous rider. Practise on this horse, Gladys. When a life guard on one of the Florida '"beaches, Pamela, safe guard your life with these life savers. , Leo has the reputation of destroying any article, however trivial or eostly. Perhaps this hatchet will assist you in ridding yourself of some surplus energy. This is a model of Ralph's future home situated at Crystal Lake. 'Nuff said. We have all worried considerably about Red's trip to Australia. Take this gun along as a protection against wild animals and women. When teaching next year this ruler will help discipline the youngsters, Helen Powers. Another Helen, another future school teacher and another ruler for the same cause. Presented to Helen Beet. Ethel always reads the latest books. I don't believe you have read "Peppy Pup," the very latest, have you? Norma take this scissors as a hint and we will be twenty strong. > To be a success in,the matrimonial state one must possess a sweet disposition. Then Pauline will be a huge success. Add this wooden spoon to your domestic collection. Being short myself, I extend my sympathy, Leone. This medicine is guaranteed to stimulate growth in twenty-four hours. Emily when you are somebody's stenographer this little note book will take may dictations for you. For all the mean things Rosalie has ever done to me. This in part ex presses my thoughts. Presented with a little red devil. Ellen, the baby of oar class, must have a rattle. When you are rolling in money as the result of a brilliant stage career, don't forget the class of '24, Kathleen, and take us out in this speedster occasionally. ; Cornelia Freund. success in life. 5. Cornelia's surplus height we bequeath to Arthur Kennebeck. 'Nuff said! 6. The horrors of transcendentalism the English IV class of '24 respectfully bequeaths to the English IV class of *25. May they struggle with it in the same way we have. 7. The mirror, with which all the girls are familiar, that was willed to two of the senior girls last year, we leave to Ruth Whiting and Berteel Spencer. No doubt you will keep it from getting lonesome for us. 8. Helen Powers' well modulated voice and sobriety we bequeath to Bernard Newman, believing that he could make good use of it. 9. Mildred Zuelsdorf has often expressed a desire for red hair so we do not hesitate in bequeathing Lyle's lovely locks to her with Lyle's complin ments. 10. Eleanore's art of- reading from a civics book at first sight during (recitation we bequeath to Elizabeth Vogt. Of course we know that Betty will always have her lesson well prepared, but she may need this in case of emergency. 11. The patiently acquired dull of the senior girls in the use of a vanity case and comb we bequeath to our infant sisters, in other words, the freshmen, they being so young and inexperienced. 12. The superior intellect of " the class of "24 we so thoughtfully bequeath to the undergraduates, sincerely hoping that it nay prove useful to them. 13. As a final bequest we leave to the faculty a sweet rest from our petitions, which have been numerous. However, we marvel that they could ever have refused such a class as that of *24. Altho Miss Pryor has done favors too numerous to mention for our class, we ask her to do one more in part ing, and that is to request that she act as sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness thereof, we the class of '24, the testators have to this will set their hand and seal this twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty-four. Rosalie Stilling. CLASS WILL We, the class of '24, being about to depart from this sphere of life in full possession of a sound mind, do make and publish this, our last will and testament. Before doing this we request that our funeral services be conducted by our friends and faculty with all the dignity and ceremony oifr situations in high school have merited. 1. The honor of the senior girls in basket ball we bequeath to the freshman class of *25. May they duely appreciate this, tho they will probably never realise the magnitude of this gift. 2. Also we bequeath Ralph's deep bass voice to Carl ThorseU. May he use it to advantage. 3. We bequeath Florence's diligence in glee club to Lenore Cobb, believing firmly that Lenore will make good use of it. 4. Leo's ability as a great soap box orator we solemnly bequeath to Wm. Green, Mating that it will bring him dent is required to learn vocabularies, conjugations and rules for sentence structure. The second year la spent mainly on translations. The Spanish class this year used Wilkins' Spanish reader and also read the story of Captain Grumpy. This course Is very beneficial because Spanish is "being used to a great extent in the commercial world. Altho I have had to study hard on this course I enjoyed it very mudk. America" Oh, patria mial Vs* Bendita tierra. .• y^-7- De libertad. ' ^ J • A ti dirijo V~ • Todos los diss 1 f J jfeas harmoniaa - '* ", De mi cantafv •! • •• •' Amo tu nombre* v" - '"-' Amo tus rocrt,-.";.j • Amo tu sol; . . . y-y V ante ti sieiriptfe, " • Tierra gigante, ; ; JPalpita amanttf Mi corazon. • Dios adorado • w De nuestros pddvee, Oye mi voz; Protege al pueblo Que honro tu nombre, Dandole al hombre La redenion. Helen Vcyital. Mrs. F. E. Boger and daughter, Elizabeth, rfpent Saturday in the metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block and daughter of Chicago ffpent Friday and Saturday with relatives in this city. ALFORD H. POUSK Attoi ney-at-Law Phone 26 West McHenry, 111. Telephone No. 108-R. ^ SIMON STOFFEL -ti Insurance agent for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY, :: ILLINOIS BOBBIES OF CLASS OF 14 Our president, Leo Thelen. Leo's favorite hobby is giving speeches which enlighten others. He delights in imparting his, knowledge to his classmates. Our secretary, Leone Givens. Leone's pet hobby is going out nights. No wonder she doesn't grow. She says she gets eight hours sleep each night, but we doubt it. Our treasurer, Kathleen Powers. Kathleen spends her spare moments writing stories and telling us she's Irish, lest we forget. We can't decide on Rosalie's hobby. It's either dancing or swimming. Carolyn and Pamela spend much time looking up cases for the Pim and Carol detective agency. Helen Powers is our faithful scholar. She always knows her lessons. Ralph's hobby is making very frequent trips to Crystal Lake to call on our old classmate. Cornelia's favorite hobby is writ? ing letters. She, rushes the Madison route. Lyle's hobby is blowing a Ante and annoying all his neighbors with the noise. Ellen Frisby's hobby is writing poetry. She spends some of her spare time giggling. We can always find Ethel "helping others." She is the helping hand of our class. Gladys RieteselV hobby is riding horse-back. Florence's hobby is making- banana splits for a certain few. Pauline's hobby is having a variety of young admirers and trying to keep her dates straight. Nerma's hobby is combing and ad miring her long tresses. Helen Vycital's hobby is taking snap shots. If you want your picture taken Helen will do the job. Helen Peet's hobby is studying, She will make a good school teacher, Emily's hobby is typing. She if oar; moat accomplished typist. ' Eleanore Walsh. « SEWING • Sewing has been taught in McHenry high school for four years. A course sewing is very beneficial because very few girls learn to sew under the instruction of their mothers and those who do do not in a skillful or systematic way. Sewing when1 taught in school is a time saver and is very economical. It is saving because they never have you make anything that you cannot use. In sewiiig they teach you to dress suitably and attractively. Sewing gives the pupil whole credit and is as practical as any. e Florence Rothermel. CLASS YBLL Ka Bif, Ka Bony, Ka Bock, Ka Boo, Qa Zip, Ga Zary, Ga Zoc, Ga Zoo, Rickety, rackety, rockety, roar Seniors, seniors, *24. Lyle Hopper. FAREWELL ADDRESS Parents, Friends, Teachers and Classmates: Our four years of high school have now ended and We have attained th goal for which we have strived these four happy years. The time has now come to say farewell to you. We have tried hard to do our best in our school work so that we might be a credit to you and to the school wc love. Then we wish to say good-bye to our teachers who have endeavored to put some knowledge into our heads that we may go out into the world wise and learned like themselves. W« may have been a trial to you, teachers, especially in our senior year, but we hope jfou will remember us and think kindly of us when we are gone. - Classmates, it is the hardest of all to bid each other good-bye, isn't it? We have laughed, cried and struggled together for the last four years and we will miss each other sadly. If there have been any disagreements among us in these four years let us forgive and forget them as we say farewell. Dear old school, we must not forget you. Tho you are old, we have had our happy time within your walls even tho we felt prejudice toward you at times. Look at us old McHenry high, we, the class of '24, are your last graduates. The next class will graduate from a newer and better building, but never mind, dear old school, our class will always be loyal to you. Friends, ' parents, everybody, our class as a whole now bids you a last fond farewell. Carolyn Steffes, RINGWOOD NURSEKY As there is very little change ta prices, am using 1922 price list again this season. Have a full line in everything of No. 1 stock for the spring trade.1 Price list mailed on application. Phones: McHenry 603- J-l and Richmond 947. J. V. Buckland, Prop. 42-tf Money flowed like water thru Deadwood City in the days of the Black Hills gold rush. Read about it soon in this paper. THIRD NUMBER INDOOR FETE DR. JOEL W. EASTMAN Epigrammatic Orator hi Ragged Philosophy. THE SPANISH COURSE One of the new and interesting subjects taught in high school is Spanish. During the first year a Spanish grammar la naeft, Hw atu- Kastmal Midland Chautauqua has maintained from the beginning that the serious message was the heart of Its mission Music is essential; plays are fine; but the thought back of the lecturt wisely evolved and well delivered b the chief justification of Chautauqua The Midland is proud to present Dr. Joel W. Eastman In two marterly die couraea. He urgee attendance upor both to bear the full Idea developei, ST. 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