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Janesville High School

The Phoenix 1924

--Seniors--

Class of January 25, 1924

Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Graduate

Notes

BIERKNESS, Stanley "Stud"
"Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness."
BOLTON, Stuart "Stu"
"Why should life all labor be?"
Football (3-4); Basketaball (3-4); Science Club (2)
BRADFORD, Harlan "Harlie"
"No sinner or no saint perhaps, But then the very best at that."
Football (3-4); Class Treasurer (4)
BROHM, Lillian "Diz"
"A good heart is better than all the heads in the world."
Glee Club (1); Basketball (1-2); Captain Ball (1-2); Dramatic Club (1); Senior Cabinet (4); G.A.A. (3); Band (3-4)
BUTLER, Stuart "Stu"
"He does nothing and does it well."
Track (4); Football (4)
CARLESON, Frances "Fran"
"A quiet maiden intent on her work,
We know her duties she will never shirk."
Dramatic Club (2); Baseball (2-3)
CHASE, Curtis
"My tongue within my lips I reign,
For those who talk much must talk in vain."
President of Boy's Glee Club (4)
CUNNINGHAM, Harold
"The will of man is his happiness."
Agriculture Club (1-2); Class Baseball (3); Class Basketball (3); Stock Judging (1)
CUNNINGHAM, La Verne "Tom"
"A merrier man, I vow We've never spent an hour's talk withal."
Latin Club (1-2); Football (4); Basketball (2); Track (3);
Glee Club (1); Class President (3)
DAMEROW, Esther
"We'll always remember as years pass on
How Esther always could be counted on.
And remembering we'll try to be
As strong and dependable as she."
Girl Reserves (3-4); History Club (1); "Three Live Ghosts" (4); Commercial Club (4)
DECKER, Louise "Deck"
"Laugh and be merry, Play while you may,
What need of worry, That's Louise's way."
Captain Ball (1-2-3); Basket Ball (1-2); Baseball (1-2-3); Latin Club (1-2); G.A.A. Board (1-2-3); Glee Club (1-2-3); Orchestra (1-2); Girl Reserves (2-3)
DIXON, Eileen "Dixie"
"The world is no better if we worry, Life is no longer if we hurry."
Girl's Glee Club; Domestic Science Club
ELLES, Bessie
"A maiden who is both fair and sweet,
Upon the stage she can't be beat."
Captain Ball (1-2-3); Baseball (1-2-3-4); G.A.A. (1-2-3-4); Student President (1); Vice President (2); President (3); Vice President (4); Debating Society (3)
EVERMAN, Edith
"I believe a "C" is a disgrace."
Baseball (4); Class Sec. (4); Phoenix (4); Class Oratory Winner (1); Commercial Club (4); Captain Ball (1-2); G.A.A. (1-2-3-4); Salutorian; Honor Roll
GALBRAITH, Jean
"May laughter and sunshine and blythe good cheer,
Follow Jean as passes each swift year."
Class Sec.-Treas. (2); Girl Reserves (2-3); President Girls' Glee Club (5); Girls Glee Club (1-2-3)
GILLINGHAM, Harriet
"Thou hast no winter in thy heart."
Dramatic Club (1); Debating Society (3); Baseball (4); Class Play (4); Honor Roll
GOWER, Lawrence
"Blushing is the color of virtue."
Band (4); Glee Club (3); Sec.-Treas. (3); Debating Club (1); Class Play (4)
GRANGER, Clara
"If off her dignity she should be
The end of the world we'd expect to see."
Dramatic Club (3)
HELANDER, Gerald "Jerry"
"I bother no one, No one bothers me,
That's the secret of living happily."
Band; Glee Club; Debating
HENSEL, Alfred "Al"
"The boy worth while is the boy with a smile."
Glee Club (1)
HOORT, Louise
"True blue to all is she."
G.A.A. (1-2-3-4); Basketball (1-2-3-4); Volley Ball (4); Captain Ball (1-2-3); Baseball (1-2-3-4); Track (3); G.A.A. Sec. (4); Athletic Council (4)
HJORTH, Edna Post Graduate
HOWARD, Edward
"Silence is golden."
Agriculture Club (1)
HOWARD, Robert "Bob"
"A jolly good kid, Too tall to be hid."
Class Basketball (2-3); Football (3-4); Hi-Y (1-2-3); Radio Club (3); Baseball (2)
HULBERT, Mildred
"She's jolly and small, And friendly to all."
Commercial Club (1-4); French Club (4); Assistant Cashier (4); Honor Roll
HYSLOP, Frederick "Fred"
"A manager is he; whatever work he undertakes he does it thoroughly."
Debating Club (1); Class Sec.-Treas. (2); Hi-Y (2-3-4); Class President (4); Student Cabinet (4); Chaiman of ushers committee; Phoenix Staff (4); "Three Live Ghosts" (4); Oratorical Contest (4); Extemporaneous (3-4); Honor Roll
JENSEN, Dorrance
"Women--thou shalt have a place in my heart."
Band (3-4)
JOHNSON, Jessie
"As welcome as the flowers in May."
Dramatic Club (1); Glee Club (2-3); Cashier (4)
KING, Robert "Bob"
"A man polished to the nail."
KRAMER, Maurice "Duke" "Well, all Seniors can't be tall."
LEARY, Joseph "Koke"
"Koke is a boy admired by all, For his fine playing in football."
Football (2-3-4); Captain (4); Basketball (3); Baseball (2-3-4)
LOWRY, Kenneth "Ken"
"Fair and square, tall and slim, Lucky lad, We envy him."
Valedictorian; Honor Roll
MALMBERG, Arthur "Art"
"A studious chap with a great big grin,
We certainly think a lot of him."
Student Council (1); Class President (3); Class Vice President (4); Extemporaneous Contest (4); Gym Leader (4); "Three Live Ghosts" (4); Dramatic Club (1-4)
MALONE, Richard "Dick"
"Much may be made of an Irishman if he is caught young."
Debating Club (2); Science Club (2); Radio Club President (4)
McNULTY, Murray
"Once I resolved a bachelor I'd be,
But as yet the women appeal to me."
Dramatic Club (1); Orchestra (2); Debating Society (2); Glee Club (3)
MILLER, Woodie
"A sparkle of mirth and good fellowship."
Glee Club (3-4); Librarian (4); "Three Live Ghosts" (4)
MOONEY, Joseph "Joe"
"This sweet little boy from the prairie,
Has just learned how to make merry,
Now, when he gets started there's only one thing to do,
Just send him back to the prairie."
Baseball (1-2); Glee Club (1); Agriculture Club (1-2)
NELSON, Ellen "Mike"
"To be like by all this age and day,
Is the highest compliment we can pay."
Dramatic Club (1); Girls' Glee Club (1); Student Cabinet (4); Commercial Club (4)
NICHOLS, Esther
"Thy modesty's a candle to thy merit."
Dramatic Club (1); Commercial Club (4)
PESKE, George
"Oh, who is so wise and witty? Who is good at work or play?
But isn't it a pity All the girls say
That George is so bashful, But then, he's built that way."
"Three Live Ghosts" (4)
RANSOM, Beulah "Budy"
"Her heart line shows she will never lead an old maid's life."
Glee Club (1-2-3); Basketball (1); Baseball (3); Girl Reserves (2-3-4)
RASMUSSEN, Elmer
"Disguise our bondage as we will
Tis woman, woman rules us still."
SOMMERFELDT, Bernard "Steamboat"
"You can't keep a good man down."
History Club (1); Glee Club (1-2); Class Basketball (1-2-3); Class Baseball (1-2-3); Baseball (3); Football (3); Class Play (4)
TOOK, David "Davie"
"He's a short little Senior, With shining red hair.
He carries himself well, With a stately air."
VanALLEN, Cora Mae "She's short and fat, But all for that, She's good natured."
WAITE, Hazel
"May joy be Hazel's portion Wherever she may go,
For on her life's long voyage, May none but the fair winds blow."
WILT, Alice "Oddie"
"She little but she's wise, She's a terror for her size."
Girls' Glee Club (1); Dramatic Club (1); Class Vice President (4); Blue-J Staff (4)
WOODMAN, Helen "Woodie"
"Helen loves to laugh and chatter,
She's happy go lucky, Cheerful and plucky,
And if she's caught, it doesn't matter."
Blue-J Staff (4)

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