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Janesville High School

The Phoenix 1927

--Seniors--

Class of February 1927

Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Graduate

Notes

ANDERSON, Raymond
Here is a man most modest and rare
For gossip and dancing he has not a care,
But give him an outdoor job and see
What a first class fellow he's sure to be.
BARR, Karl
Everybody picks on Karl
But if you watch you'll see
That Karl can take care of himself
Without help from you or me.
Glee Club (4)
BADGER, Dorothy
I cannot check my girlish blush.
French Club (2); Commercial Club (2, 3); Band (2, 3, 4)
BAHR, Rudyard
He has common sense and in a way, that's most uncommon.
Advisory Basketball (2, 3, 4); Baseball (2, 3)
BASS, Hazel
When in the library you go for a book,
Hazel is there to see if the right one you took;
Although she is quiet, she is studious too
And her skill as a typist is admired by us too.
Library work (2, 3, 4)
BAUM, Amy
The way she studies and recites
Gives the flunkers forty frights.
Dramatic Club (4); Squad leader (3, 4); Glee Club (2, 3, 4); Phoenix (3, 4)
BIDWELL, Vivian
She keeps her thoughts mostly to herself.
G.A.A. (2, 3, 4); Basketball (2, 3, 4); Baseball (2,3;), Volleyball (2, 3); Band (2, 3, 4); Squad leader (2, 3, 4)
BLAKELY, Irene
Knowledge is the material with which genius builds her fabrics.
Glee Club (2, 3, 4); Student Cabinet (4); French Club (3, 4); Vice-President (4); President French Club (3)
BUGGS, Norman
Did you see this boy on pig-tail day?
He was a sight to behold, as critics say.
The color scheme of his tie and vest,
Would inspire a painter to do his best.
Class Play (4)
COLBY, Roger
They say he was once caught studying.
Track (4); Hi-Y (2, 3); Glee Club (2, 3, 4); Blue-J (3, 4); Class Play (4); Class Basketball (2, 3, 4); Class Baseball (2, 3, 4); Vice-Rep. Student Cabinet (4); Advertising Manager Class Play (3)
DAETWILER, Marie
She is always ready to help you,
If you want her to.
Always good natured
Kind-hearted and true.
DIETCH, Anna
She is rather mild and meek,
But we all love to hear her speak,
Her voice is soft and low and deep;
We could listen to her a whole week.
Latin Club (2, 3); Commercial Club (3, 4)
DUSIK, Mary
Of manners gentle, of affections mild.
Basketball (3); Volleyball (3); Commercial Club (4)
FISHER, Edward
Disguise our bondage as we will,
'Tis woman, woman rules us still.
Glee Club (2, 3, 4); Class President (4); Advisory Group Baseball (3, 4); Advisory Group Basketball (2, 3, 4)
FORD, Wickliffe
He's not much for study
But he seems to get by
And in the company of ladies
He's not a bit shy.
Business Manager Class Play (4); Phoenix (3, 4); Blue-J (4)
FREEZE, Gertrude
She smiles quite often, works some too,
But best of all she's never blue.
Student Cabinet (3); Baseball (3, 4); Basketball (2, 3); Volleyball (4); Girl Reserves (2); Glee Club (2); Track (2, 3)
GESTELAND, Neva
The power of thought, the magic of the mind.
Basketball (2); Volleyball (2); Baseball (2); French Club (3, 4); Glee Club (2, 3, 4); Thrift Committee (3); Secr'y-Treas. of Class (3, 4); President of Class (2); Student Cabinet (3); President of Glee Club (4); Chairman of Class Day (4); Valedictorian (4)
GREGORY, Anetta
Full of fun and mischief too,
Doing things she shouldn't do.
Volleyball (4); Basketball (2, 3); Track (3)
GRIDLEY, Elizabeth
I do my best
And leave the rest.
Squad Leader (2, 3, 4); G.A.A. (2, 3, 4); Baseball (2, 3, 4); Volleyball (2, 3, 4); Basketball (2, 3); Girl Reserves (3, 4); Student Cabinet (2)
GRUNZEL, Ida
One of the jolliest girls in school,
Life is fun. She makes her rule.
Cheer Leader (4); Basketball (2, 3); Baseball (2, 3, 4); Volleyball (2, 3, 4); G.A.A. (2, 3, 4); Squad Leader (2, 3, 4)
HADLEY, Ida
Ida loves to laugh and chatter,
She's happy go lucky
Cheerful and plucky,
And if she's caught it doesn't matter.
Orchestra (2, 3, 4); Glee Club (2, 3, 4)
HANEWOLD, Mildred
Silence is the perfect herald of joy.
G.A.A. (2, 3, 4); Basketball (2, 3, 4); Volleyball (2, 3, 4); Secr'y-Treas. of Class (2); Commercial Club (2, 3, 4); Track (2)
HEFFERNON, Dorothy
They say she knew much that she never told.
G.A.A. (2, 3, 4); Basketball (2, 3); Volleyball (3); Baseball (3, 4); Commercial Club (2, 3); Squad Leader (3, 4)
HEMMING, William
There is a young chap called "Bill,"
Who laughed even when he was ill;
His girl friend will say
He is always O.K.
Even if he is a "hard pill."
HILT, Margaret
She takes delight in domestic science,
She is learning to cook for two.
Squad Leader (2, 3); G.A.A. (3, 4); Track (3, 4); Basketball (2, 3); Baseball (2, 3); Volleyball (2, 3)
HOOVER, Irel
This girl with brown hair,
Is always ready to dare,
She is happy and gay,
Has a friendly way,
And with a smile - she's there.
HUBBARD, Lucille
It's nice to be natural when you're naturally nice.
Band (2, 3, 4); Glee Club (2); Class Will (4)
HUGHES, Ruth
Always jolly, always kind,
She's the girl we like to find.
Girl Reserves (2, 3, 4); French Club (3, 4) Clee Club (3, 4)
HYSLOP, Helen
Not very short, not very tall,
Helen is a girl admired by all.
Student Cabinet (2); Volleyball (3); Girl Reserves (3, 4)
JOHNSTONE, Jessie
There's always some streak of mischief in every little girl.
Commercial Club (2, 3)
KAUFFMAN, Charlotte
When, in the course of human events it becomes necessary to bluf - let us bluff.
Commercial Club (2); Blue-J (4); Phoenix (4); Class Prophecy Chairman (4)
KNUTH, Margaret
How excellent for a girl to be
As graceful, as gentle, as charming, as she.
Glee Club (3); Secr'y-Treas. (3); Student Cabinet (4)
KNUTSON, Albert
The mildest mannered man.
Advisory Group Basketball (2, 3, 4); Track (4); Class Play (4)
KORBAN, Lorraine
Lorraine has a queer way,
That pleases all who comer her way.
She's not known to be a fuuser, yet,
But one of the sweetest girls we've met.
LANGDON, Lee
On, many's the maid that hath sighed for thee, in vain - alas, in vain.
Football Squad (2); Football (3, 4); Basketball (3, 4); Captain (4); Track (3, 4)
LINTLEMAN, Helaine
She lives in peace with all mankind
In friendship she is true.
Student Cabinet (2); Phoenix (4); French Club (4)
LOVASS, Vivian
Her merits are many, her faults are few.
Glee Club (2, 3, 4); Accompanist (4); Basketball (2, 3); Baseball (2, 3); Volleyball (2, 3); G.A.A. (2, 3, 4); Gym Leader (3, 4)
McDERMOTT, mary
A little girl
A little curl
A winning way
Some girl - we say.
MOSES, Lorraine
Happy, jolly, fair and free
Nothing there is that bothers me.
Basketball (3); Glee Club (2, 3, 4); Delavan High School (1); Outing Club (2)
MUNCHOW, Gertrude
A worker - yet always willing to have a good time.
Baseball (2, 3); Basketball (2, 3); Class Play (4); Commercial Club (4); Declamatory Contest (4); Dramatic Club (4); G.A.A. (2, 3, 4); Student Cabinet (4); Volleyball (2, 3)
NEWMAN, Beulah
Winning is her way, pleasant is her smile.
Orchestra (2, 3, 4); Grace Dodge Club (3, 4); Dramatic Club (4)
PALMER, Ann
The artillery of words.
French Club (2, 3, 4); Vice-Pres. French Club (2); Latin Club (2); Phoenix (4)
RADCLIFFE, Fred
The glass of fashion and the model of form.
Football Squad (3); Hi-Y Club (3)
RASMUSSEN, Harold
As prone to mischief, as able to perform it.
Mathematics Club (2); Class Play (4)
RHIENICK, Grace
A sweet, attractive kind of grace
As is show by her face.
Volleyball (2)
ROBBINS, Dorothy
Laugh away studies, dash away care
I'm off for a good time, come if you dare.
French Club (2); Commercial Club (4); Blue-J (4); Class Play (4); Girl Reserves (3)
ROBERTS, Gladys
In her industrious hands
Life is no serious task.
Volleyball (2)
RYAN, Harlan
Harlan comes to school - sometimes late
But he always things, "O my classes can wait!"
SCHEEL, Helen
She has her lessons each day in class,
And it's never doubtful that she will not pass.
SCOFIELD, Francis
Francis, you're one
Whose voice is seldom heard.
Do you thing that
To talk is quite obsurd?
SORENSON, Velma
Good humor, good nature, ready for fun,
Friendship and loyalty all in one.
Commercial Club (4)
SPAULDING, Mable
No matter the size, the amount,
It's little things that count.
Class Play (4); Blue-J (3, 4); Dramatic Club (4); French Club (3, 4); Phoenix (3, 4)
SWAN, Virginia
Her pleasant way, her pleasant smile,
Have made us all feel
She's a friend worth while.
Girl Reserves (3, 4); Secr'y-Treas. Student Cabinet (4); Phoenix Staff (4)
THOM, Mildred
Here is to the girl with the heart and the smile
Who makes the bubble of life worth while.
Squad Leader (3, 4); G.A.A. (4); Basketball (3); Baseball (2, 3, 4); Volleyball (2, 3, 4)
THORMAN, Otis
Our Otis leads an easy life,
Always free from care and strife.
TOBIN, Francis
She gets her share of fun,
And makes friends with everyone.
TREVORRAH, Owen
Though short his stature yet his name extends
To Heaven itself and earth's remotest ends.
Track (3, 4); Football (2, 3, 4); Swimming (2); Baseball (2, 3, 4); Advisory Group Basketball (2, 3, 4); Class President (4); Class Play (4)
TROON, Iva
Why is it we can't all be
As gay, yet steadfast as she.
Basketball (2, 3, 4); Baseball (2, 3, 4); Volleyball (3, 4); Squad Leader (4); Band (2, 3, 4)
WAGGONER, Dorothy
Life's a jest and all things show it,
I thought so once, and now I know it.
Class Play (4); Glee Club (4)
WELLS, Richard
Some men are born great,
Others achieve greatness.
Basketball (3); Baseball (3)
WOOD, Lyle
Thou art a fellow of good respect.
Band (2, 3, 4); Orchestra (2); Track (2); Class Basketball (2, 3); Class Baseball (4)
YATES, Margaret
She likes fun, and she likes jokes
Just the same as other folks.

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