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fyffy I 1 I II I - II l'- Valedictory Members of the Board of Education, Members of the Faculty, Parents and Friends: Our reward for four years of striving and effort has come to us this lrfghi of all nights, our commencement. For four years we have looked forward to this night with expectation; it has been the goal toward which we have strived, It seemed to lift to be the stepping stone into the World, but now that it is here, mingled With the joy that comes with success •ltd the knowledge that we have done our work well is the thought that we must say farewell to McHenry com- -munity high school and our classmates. For four years we have worked and played together and perhaps no group of students has ever been so loyal to one another as we and now that parting of the ways must come it saddens the most joyous. Previously we have worked for the jflory of our class, but now that we "jure going out into the busy world we must struggle for success and fame for ourselves. We must make the most of the knowledge we have gained. We owe this not only to ourselves, but to our parents, who have flriade many sacrifices in order that we jjgiight have the benefit of a high school education. It is to them, as a Representative of the class of 1922, that I extend our heartfelt gratitude and love. To the faculty who have labored to instill in us principles" that will tend to make us better and stronger men Mid women we extend our appreciation and gratitude. They have endeavored' to teach us those things •that will prove useful to us in our future life and I firmly trust that we shall ever be a credit to their teaching. A strong bond of good feeling and friendliness has always existed between the seniors and underclassmen and I hope that they will always regard us as true friends and comrades Who are interested in their welfare and ever ready to help them attain the success we have. We thank them for the good times we have had this year and assure them that some of <wr fondest recollections will be of those high school parties and gatherings. We bid them farewell perhaps in a somewhat envious spirit, for they undoubtedly will have many advantages which we haye not had the opportunity to enjoy. Our : fondest i^ream, that of a new school with proper equipment, and above all a gymnasium, is we trust about to be realized. Classmates: Tonight we are assembled for the last time as a class, ~Hbut let us not forget the friendships We have formed in high school, but keep them sacred in our memories. Let us always strive to merit the highest esteem and regard of all our friends and the community in which we live. Let us build up high ideals and attempt to live up to them, for no --fine can do his best unless he has high Ideals and standards to work for and to maintain. Let us remember the poet's words: "Give to the world the best you have And the best will come -back to you." * In the name of the class of *22 I extend to the teachers, friends and classmates a last farewell. Mildred Kinsala. Salutatory 6oard of Education, Members of the Faculty, Parents, Ladies and Gentlemen: In behalf of the class of 1922 I extend to you a most cordial welcome. You cannot realize how much your presence here tonight means to us. It ihows our interest in and sympathy for us, the class of 1922, who have completed four happy, useful years in the McHenry high school. Our commencement is an eivent to which we have looked forward. It is an event which we shall remember as a happy one, but happy as this night may seem, each one of the seniors is conscious of a certain regret, regret that the class fellowship born of these four years in McHenry high school will be ended. Commencement is, I am sure, a happy event for you as well as for us; for is there anyone who does not experience a feeling of satisfaction upon beholding a class at its commencement? Such a feeling exists because everyone knows that the training received during these four years will make better citizens of us and consequently will make a better community. This occasion is, of course, a happy one for us because we realize now what we have gained. The remembrance of the happiness and experiences of these four years spent in McHenry high school will always be cherished by us as one of our dearest memories. Our feeling of gladness when we look back over these four years more than overshadows the sorrow at leaving our beloved school and so it is with a feeling of the greatest joy that the class of 1922 welcomes you -to its commencement. • # Lillian Doherty. ADDITIONAL PERSONAL Mrs. William Bishop passed Monday in the metropolitan city. Mrs. J. W. Fay visited her daughter, Helen, in Chicago Sunday. James Burke of Chicago passed Sunday with McHenry relatives. Richard Meade of Oak Park was calling on old friends here Sunday. Mrs. Margaret Wallace spent several days last week at Long Lake, James Edwards of Chicago passed the week end with McHenry friends. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Baron were Lake Geneva, Wis., visitors Sunday. L. A. Erickson was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Tuesday. Miss Kathleen O'Reilly spent last Wednesday in the metropolitan city. Harry Thislow of Chicago was the guest of friends here over the week end. Edw. J. Knox was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Saturday last. Mrs. George J. Schreiner and Miss Theresa Freund were Elgin visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Moltie Givens and family were Sunday guests of relatives at Fox Lake. u Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sutton of Elmhurst spent the week end with relatives here. « Mr. and Mrs. Math. Freund and daughter, Marie, were Rockford visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Cowen of Harvard called on relatives and friends in town Sunday. James Overton of Elgin passed the week end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Overton. Glenn W. Wells has returned to his home here from Galesburg for the summer vacation. Mrs. Lucy Thomas of Woodstock is a guest in the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. H. Wattles. Donald Lamphere of Elgin attended the alunmi banquet and dance here last Saturday evening. Mrs. Carl Nelson of Elgin is spending a few days in the home of her mother, Mrs. A. Wolff. Harvey Dam of- Kenosha, Wis., spent the week end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bacon. Edwin J. Heimer of Chicago passed the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Heimer. Misses Martha and Margaret Swanke of Chicago passed the week end with McHenry friends. Chas. Frett and Miss- Rose Frish of Aurora attended the alumni dance here last Saturday evening. Goo. Kluber, M. T. Pidgeon and !W. J. Cloughessy of Chicago ware week end guests of McHenry friends. Mrs. Mary Montgomery and daughters spent several days last week with relatives in the metropolitan city. i Mr. and Mrs. Jos. C. Holly, Mr. and Mrs. George Bohr and A. H. Watson motored to Elgin last Saturday evening. Ralph Van Natta of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Van Natta. Mrs. Lulu Sherburne and granddaughter, Glendora, of Crystal Lake were recent guests of Mrs. and Miss Sherburne. Mrs. Emma Colby and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Colby of Crystal Lake were calling in the home of Mrs. Sarah Sfterburne last Friday. Miss Beulah Larkin and brother, Robert, of Elgin spent the week end with McHenry friends and attended the alumni banquet and dance. Miss Mabelle Wheeler is spending the week as the guest of Mrs. Ralph Walkup and Mrs. Anna Mollohan at their beautiful country home near Rid^efield. Mrs. B. A. Murray of Chicago passed a recent day as the guest of McHenry friends. Mr. Murray now owns a third interest in a growing Chicago business concern. Mr. and Mrs. John Conway and son returned to their home at Green Bay, Wis., Saturday after a few days' visit in the home of the former's father, P. F. Conway, south of town. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sayler of this village and Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Besley and sons, Vernon and Walter, of Woodstock were guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Moore at Harvard Sunday afternoon and evening. Misses Frances and Elsie Vycital and Alice Miller left Monday for a trip thru the West. They will visit many places of interest, including Glacier park and expect to be gone until about the middle of August Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carey of Wilmot, Wis.; Mrs. Leo Rohles, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Malone of Elgin; Mr. and Mrs, John Bolger and family, Mrs. David Rosencranz, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ware, Mrs. William Fleming, Ed. Welsh, Michael Weston, Ed. Thompson of Woodstock; Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Martin of Round Lake; Mrs. Patrick Hanrahan of Chicago; James Relihan and sons, James and John, of Superior, Wis., attended the funeral of the late John Relihan here last Thursday. -- . I Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block and children of Chicago spent several days this week as guests in the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block. Mr. Block, who for several years was employed as a traveling representative for the Lathrop-Poyl- B«n company, has given up his position with that concern and is again employed at the Englewood plant of the Borden Milk company. Theo. Bickler and John A. Worts, two more former McHenry residents, are also employed at the same plant. Charles Kruse, Jr., of Richmond, a student at the State University, is one of five students to receive master j swimming honors at the school this year. Those receiving the degree {must be able to swim 440 yards in eight seconds and 100 yards in one 'minute and eighteen seconds. Besides !this they must also be able to demonstrate four strokes in speed swimming | saving tests. The Richmond lad made the 100 yards in one minute and ten seconds, while the 440 yards I were made in seven minutes and forty- seven seconds. I Real values in teen's work shoe* JUt Erickson's store.