Janesville High School

The Phoenix 1924

--Seniors--

Class of June 1924

Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Graduate

Notes

"He comes from the country far in his Briscoe touring car;

He always tends strictly to work And none have ever known him to shirk."

Latin Club (2-3)

"I may not say much but I know a lot."

Manual Arts Club (2)

"Like by many, appreciated by all."

Girl Reserves (2)

"Do not bear to wear a sober face, Be stupid if you can;

It's such a very serious thing, To be a funny man."

Boys' Glee Club (1); Rusk Debating Society (2); Stock Judging Team (3); Band (3-4)

"Ready to work, ready to play, Ready to help wherever she may."

Glee Club (1); Senior Class Play (4)

"There's mischief in this man."

"You could write and write until your pen went dry,

But to name all his merits, 'twould be useless to try."

Latin Club (1); Hi-Y (2-3-4); Sec. and Pres. (4); Phoenix Staff (4); Valedictorian; Honor Roll (4)

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

"Silence is a sweeter thing than clever words that bite and sting."

"A faithful friend with a heart that's true."

Agriculture Club (1); Triangle Club (1); Hi-Y Club (4); Blue-J Staff (4); Zip Reporter (1) Junior A Class Play (3)

"To him the law of love is greater than the love of law."

Football (3-4); Class Basketball (1-2-3); Track Team (3)

"A smiling man and good at heart, As a striving Senior he did his part."

Agriculture Club (1); Commercial Club (4); Pres. Jr. Class (3); Asst. Adv. Mgr. Phoenix (3); Adv. Mgr. (4)

"Betty's so tiny and small I vow, She must have forgotten how to grow."

Glee Club (1); Sr. Class Play (4); Girl Reserves (3-4); Dramatic Club (4); Blue-J (4)

"Let the world glide by, and I'll not move and inch."

Glee Club (2); Jr. A Class Play (3)

"A maiden here we see, who enjoys fun and jollity."

"A right jolly good smile has she."

"Calm, cool, and collected, surely she will rise in the world."

Glee Club (3-4); Latin Club (2); Girl Reserves (3-4)

"A sweet disposition in a pleasing girl."

Literary Society (1); Girl Reserves (3-4); Mel-Thalian Dramatic Club (4); Blue-J Staff (4)

"We don't know what happened to this boy,

He used to be so quiet and shy;

But now he lives at an awful pace, There's a girl in the case."

Class Baseball (1-2); Basketball (4); Class Basketball (1-2-3); Phoenix Staff (4)

"Why should life all labor be?"

Football (2-3-4); Class Basketball (3-4); Class Baseball (1-2)

"Yet graceful ease and sweetness void of pride,

Might hide her faults if she had faults to hide."

Delphian Club (1-2); Glee Club (1-2-3); Mel-Thalian Club (3); Vice President Dramatic Club (3); Phoenix Board (4)

"Happy, jolly, fair, and free, Nothing there is that bothers me."

Captain Ball (1-2-3); Glee Club (3); Latin Club (2); Mel-Thalian Club (3-4); Delphian Club (1-2); G.A.A. (2-3-4); French Club (4); Declamatory Contest (1-2-3-4); Sr. Class Play (4); Declamatory Winner (4)

"With curling eyes and laughing hair."

Glee Club (1-4); Class Sec.-Treas. (2); Vice Pres. (3); Blue-J Staff (4); Student Council (1); Salutorian; Honor Roll (4)

"Industrious, cheerful and kind,

A better pal it's hard to find."

Class Basketball (2); Class Baseball (2); Jr. Class Play (3)

"Her blue eyes rival the sky, Her smile the sunshine."

Glee Club (1-2-4); Captain Ball (1); Commercial Club (4)

"Full of wit, full of fun, Does she greet everyone."

French Club (4); Volley Ball (4); Basketball (1-2-4); Captain Ball (1-2-3); Phoenix Staff (4); Baseball (1-2-3-4); G.A.A. (1-2-3-4); Senior Class Play (4); Commercial Club (4)

"How he studies and recites, Gives the flunkers forty frights."

"A pleasing personality in "Cutie" we find,

Industry and humor well combined."

Student Athletic Manager (3); Blue-J Staff (4); Hi-Y Club (2-3-4)

"I am a man, what concerns man must concern me."

Football (4); Sr. Class Play (4); Phoenix Staff (4)

"Good natured, kind hearted, with a smile you can't beat,

A regular fellow and there you have "Dek.""

Hi-Y (1-2-3-4); Class Basketball (3); Latin Club (3); Phoenix Staff (4); Jr. Class Play (3); Sr. Class Play (4)

"Capability and kindness all in one,

We'll never forget what Virginia has done."

G.A.A. (1-2-3-4); Captain Ball (1-2-3); Student Cabinet (4); Phoenix Staff (4); Volley Ball (4); Basketball (4); Mel-Thalian (4); Sr. Class Play (4); Commercial Club President (4); Baseball (4); G.A.A. Board (3)

"Conscientious is her name, But we liker her just the same.

Study, study all day long, Is her everlasting song."

Captain Ball (1); Zip Staff (1); Vice-President (2); Literary Club (2); Mel-Thalian (3); Glee Club (3); Sec.-Treas. (3); Swimming Club (4); Phoenix Staff (4); Latin Club (3-4); French Club (4); Girl Reserves (1-2-3-4)

"Happy go lucky, A good little scout;

You can depend on Don, Without a doubt."

Class President (1); Hi-Y Club (3-4); Latin Club (2-3-4); Student Cabinet (4); Editor Blue-J (4); Student Council (1-2); Sr. Class Play (4); Honor Roll (4)

"Happy and bright, winsome and gay,

We all know Ruth in her own sweet way."

Glee Club (1-2); Dramatic Club (2-3); G.A.A. (1-2-3-4); Basketball (1-2-4); Captain Ball (1-2-3); Girl Reserves (2-3-4); Blue-J Staff (4); Baseball (1-2-4); Sr. Class Play (4)

"It's nice to be natural when your are naturally nice."

Girl Reserves (3-4); Basketball (1-2-4); G.A.A. (1-2-3-4); Baseball (1-2-3-4); Volley Ball (4); Captain Ball (1-2-3); Commerical Club (4)

"In framing an artist art has thus decreed,

To make some good, but others to exceed."

Science Club (1); Orchestra (2); Sec.-Treas. (2); Radio Club (2); Band (3); Phoenix Staff (4); Blue-J Staff (4)

"Quiet, but he gets there."

Band (3-4); Football (4); Class Basketball (3)

"By the sin of ambition Angels fell."

Class Basketball (1-2-3); Basketball (1-2-3); Football (3-4)

"If she has any faults, she has left us in doubt."

Domestic Science Club (1); Girl Reserves (3-4); Commercial Club (4)

"His merry heart makes all the day

Go gliding swiftly on its way."

Baseball (1-2-3); Basketball Class (1-2-3); Football (1-2-3)

"As the stars twinkle in the firmament,

So do I shine before the footlights."

Football (1-2-3-4); Basketball (3-4); Class Basketball (1-2); Triangle Club (1); Debating Club (1); Class Baseball (1-2); Hi-Y Club (2-3); Jr. A. Class Play (3); "Putting It Over" (3); Sr. Class Play (4); Phoenix Staff (4)

"Love stole into her heart one day, Come for a visit, decided to stay."

Band (3); Glee Club (1)

"Always jolly, always kind, She's the girl we like to find."

Girl Reserves (4); Student Council (1)

Those smiles and glances let me see,

That make the misers' treasurer poor."

Glee Club (1); Dramatic Club (1); Blue-J STaff (4); Jr. A. Class Play (3)

"Peg asked us not to say anything about her, but hen it isn't necessary."

G.A.A. (1-2-3-4); Basketball (1-2-3); Captain Ball (1-2-3); Dramatic Club (3); Baseball (1-2-3-4); French Club (4); Phoenix Staff (4); Blue-J Staff (4); Jr. A. Class Play (3); Sr. Class Play (4); Commercial Club (4); G.A.A. Board (3-4)

"Loved for her cheerfulness, zest, and ability."

Honor Roll (4)

"So sweet, so fair,and on the square."

Domestic Science Club (1)

"She is always ready to help you, if you want her to;

Always good natured, kind and true."

Glee Club (1); Girl Reserves (3); G.A.A. (3)

"Full of fun and lots of it, But willing to do her bit."

Latin Club (1-2-4); G.A.A. (3-4); Captain Ball (1-2-3); Basketball (1-2-4); Blue-J Staff (4); Phoenix Staff (4); Sr. Class Play (4); Commercial Club (4); Blue-J Reporter for Commercial Club (4)

"Not a care or sorrow troubles you,

When you know the one you love loves you."

Girl Reserves (2)

"The man of wisdom is the man of years, Or so the saying goes,

But Ellis still is youthful and yet a deal he knows."

Phoenix Staff (4); Triangle Club (1); Band (3-4); Latin Club (3-4); Pres. (4)

"With a sunny disposition, And a warm heart beating true,

With a smile that's ever ready or a cheery word or two."

Captain Ball (1-2); Basketball (1-2); Domestic Science Club (1); Student Cabinet (4); Phoenix Staff (4); Sec.-Treas. (4); Sr. Class Play (4)

"Little things are little things,

But faithfulness in little things is something great."

Glee Club (2); Dramatic Club (2); Band (4)

"A mindful of knowledge is a mind that never fails."

"In football and basketball he's won a 'rep,'

And then besides that he's got lots of pep."

Football (1-2-3-4); Basketball (3-4); Baseball (1-2)

"Real good nature and piles of fun makes him well like by everyone."

Band (3-4)

"A man with courageof his convictions."

Blue-J Staff (4)

"He doesn't care for girls nor fame, A mere diploma is his aim."

Class Basketball (2)

"A cheerful friend is like a sunny day."

Girl Reserves (4); Domestic Science Club (2)

"She looks bashful, But she isn't."

Latin Club (1)

"When it comes to pleasure she right there

With a line of giggle which sure is rare."

"Small but bound to be discovered."

Glee Club (1); Basketball (1)

"I'm so happy and so free life is all a joke to me."

Captain Ball (1); Glee Club (3)

"Her looks do argue her replete with modesty."

Glee Club (3); Latin Club (1); Captain Ball (1)

"On every hand it will allowed by, That he's no better than he should be."

Band (3-4); Glee Club (1-2)

"A quiet little fellow, with little to say, He didn't come to school to play."

Band (3-4); Hi-Y (4); Science Club (8A); Blue-J Staff (4)

"Sincere and true, And strives in all her best to do."

Mel-Thalian (3); Glee Club (1-2); Debating Society (2); Commerical Club (4)

"His possibilities are great, As good things come to those who wait."

Band (1); Agriculture Club (3-4)

"Puts his troubles in a pocket with a hole in it."

Science Club (1); Hi-Y (2) Band (3)

"He's Irish in name, in manner, and in wit,

He's as good as gold, and as bright every bit."

Jr. A. Class Play (3)

"The things are few I would not do in friendship's name."

Science Club (1); Agricultural Club (1); Radio Club (3);

Band (3-4); Orchestra (2)

"A fellow who always does what he sets out to do."

Science Club (1); Debating Club (2); Dramatic Club (4); Jr. Class Play (3)

"A cheerful fellow with likeable qualitites."

Class Basketball (1-2-3); Blue-J Staff (4)

"Have a good time while living; for you're a long time dead."

Class Baseball (1-2); Class Basketball (1-2-3); Basketball (3-4); Football (4)

"His heart is big, his faults are few,

He always does what we want him to do."

Class Vice-Presidenct (4); Hi-Y (3-4); Class Basketball (1-2); Class Baseball (1-2); Football (3-4); Basketball (3-4); Basketball Captain (4)

"Life has its charm for each and for all; Harold finds his in the music hall."

International Club (1); Class Treas. (4); Blue-J Staff (4); Hi-Y (4); Boys' Double Quartet (4)

"A right good lassie thru and thru,

Her merits are many, her faults are few."

Girl Reserves (4); French Club (4); President (4); Mel-Thalian (4); Sr. Class Play (4); Commercial Club (4); Phoenix Staff (4); Honor Roll (4)

"A jolly, happy lad is he no matter when or where he be."

Track Team (3); Phoenix Staff (4); Hi-Y (4); Gym. Leader (4); Jr. A. Class Play (3)

"If there is a man in the case, I'm interested."

Captain Ball (2); Mel-Thalian (3); Rusk Debating Society (2); Sec. (2); Girl Reserves

"I'm sure study is an enemy."

Latin Club (1); Captain Ball (1)

"Life is what you make of it, The world is how you take it."

Science Club (1); Glee Club (2); Band (3-4)

"A scholar, an orator, and a literary light,

When it comes to brains Swen has them all right."

Oratorical Contest (1-2-3); Original Oration (1-2-3-4); Track (3); Jr. A. Class Play; Sr. Class Play (4); Blue-J Staff (4); Class President (3-4); Extemporaneous Contest (2); Pres. Rusk Debating Society (2); Class Basketball (1); Baseball (1)

"She is always the same good friend to everyone she knows."

Declamatory Club (1); Phoenix Staff (4); Volley Ball (4); Commercial Club (4)

"Cheery, yes, that's Joe; Sunny that's him too; Cheery, sunny, merry, funny, without him what would we do?"

Student Council (1-2); Latin Club (1); Class Pres. (2); Track (3); Cheer Leader (3-4); Blue-J Staff (4); Sr. Class Play (4); Commerical Club (4)

"His honest heart is filled with manly kindness."

Science Club (1); Latin Club (1); Band (3-4); Radio Club (3)

"High lights has she and wit at will and so her tongue is never still."

Glee Club (1-2); Blue-J Staff (4)

"Earnest and faithful, gentle and true."

Declamatory Club (1); Girl Reserves (3-4); Commercial Club (4)

"She smiled on many a person just for fun,

But we knew there was only one."

Glee Club (3-4); French Club (4); Mel-Thalian (4); G.A.A. (4); Phoenix Staff (4)

"Hence to the maiden of bashful fifteen."

Latin Club (3-4); Volley Ball (4); Basketball (4)

"His future seems well marked out, We'll hear from him without a doubt."

Band (3-4); Radio Club (3); Agricultural Club (1); Class Basketball (3)

"I want what I want, when I want it."

Girl Reserves (3-4); Commercial Club (4)

"Rudolph Valentino has nothing on me."

Hi-Y (3-4); Latin Club (3-4); Secretary (4); Editor Mercury (4); Jr. A. Class Play (3); Student Cabinet (4); Phoenix Staff (4)

"John may come last but far from least; Of all this merry band,

John holds his own large place, inthis the best class of the land."

Glee Club (1); Baseball (1-2); Class Baseball (1-2); Football (2-3); Track (3)

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