Junior Class Officers: President..... Zelda McDonough Vice-President.....Clifford Ridge Secretary and Treasurer.....William Kohl Class Roll: Wilko Abels William Kohl Lowell Oranger Floyd Jones Clifford Ridge Elizabeth Roberts Zelda McDonough Frances Caldwell Rachel Schneider Grace Tidball Joseph Tallyn Loris Niman Ruth Schneider Helen Vogel Frank Matuszewicz Junior Class History On the first Monday of the September of 1914, thirty-one shy and half-frightened students filed into the large assembly room of M. H. S., the Freshies of 1914 and the Juniors of 1917.  Of course all eyes were cast on us and then the fun (for them, but indeed not for us) began. All were graduates from the Eight grade of our public school with the exception of Loris Niman, Ruth and Rachel Knapp of Bloomington, Joseph Tallyn, James Bentfelt and Helen Vogel of Benson, John French of Bellmont, Ill., and Marion Hawk, Edna Rithmiller, John Underwood and Marie Uphoff, who came in from the rural districts. We chose as the president of our class, Floyd Jones. A party was held in the high school gym, each one inviting some one of another class and the faculty were also invited. This proved to be a despondent year, for we were the objects of ridicule and the source of many jokes, all of which we bore bravely and before we knew it were doing the same as our upper classmen, when a new class of Freshies enrolled the following year. In our Sophomore year our class numbered only twenty-five, as Walter, James, Pearl, Myrtle and Ruth and Rachel left us and Sanford Stewart came into the class. Sanford was chosen president of our class and the class colors were old gold and navy blue. We enjoyed several social affairs this year, among them a party at the country home of Ruth and Rachel Schneider and also one at the home of Loris Niman. This year rolled peacefully on and here we are Juniors! The first event of the year was the election of officers, at which Zelda McDonough was chosen president, Clifford Ridge, vice-president and William Kohl, secretary and treasurer.  Our class colors are lavender and white. Our large class sadly decreased this year.  Only seventeen of the thirty-one Freshies remain in our class.  John, Marion, Edna, Sanford and several others did not return to school this term. Several of the Junior boys became members of the W. G. G., and a few of the girls joined the M. M. C. Club. Of course everyone is a little bit conceited about our High School basket ball team and we Juniors are equally as conceited because in our class we have three of the players of the first team.  They are "Buckie" Jones and "Shorty" Mat, the goal-shooters and Captain "Red" Kohl whose team has not lost one of the ten games played this year. Next years, as Seniors, we will strive to raise our standards and do our best to promote the aim of our high school.  We hope that we may prove to credit to our faculty and also that all those now enrolled as Juniors, will enroll as seniors of the '18 class. Razzle, dazzle, Hobble, gobble Sis! Boom! Bah! Juniors, Juniors, Rah! Rah! Rah! ___Z. M. M.   Sophomore Class Officers: President.....Marie Ryan Vice-President.....Leta Ervington Secretary and Treasurer.....Juanita Green Class Roll: Gussie Raymond Rufus Charles Walter Eilts Minnie Barth Helene Beutel Margaret Roberts Eddith Jones Marguerite Norton Leta Ervington Edith Meils Juanita Green Marie Ryan Louise Pease Martha Hilscher History of Sophomore Class We, as Freshmen, began our High School career the first Monday in September 1915, after having crammed our brains with all the studies of the eight grades.  but like all great people, we were anxious to explore and conquer more regions of knowledge. We looked, with mingled feelings of fear and happiness, at the great assembly room across from our smaller room.  We expected to be greeted by a stern professor with a birch rod, which he would exercises at the slightest irritation.  We even went so far as to imagine ourselves writing wonderful themes and compiling great volumes of poems and history. At the end of the first day however, our air castles had crashed to the ground in hopeless destruction.  Instead of the stern, grim professor we expected, we found a man kind and gentle, who was - and is - ready to help us conquer all the demons in our High School career.  Also we found the Misses Schiffbauer, Sharp and Sutton, who tried to excel their adversary, the professor, in ability to cram the heads of the less brilliant students and those of the more brilliant students likewise.  Our wondefull themes and volumes remained things of the future. As Freshmen we proved to be as brilliant as the general fun of Freshman, our greatest failure occurring in Latin and Algebra.  Our class seems to have failed utterly in climbing the ladder of success in Latin.  English seems to be the good old "stand by" of our class. By the end of our Freshmen year six our our members left our class. Our Sophomore year dawned hopefully for those who had given up all lofty Freshman ideas and who had decided to make up for all errors made in the unfortunate year.  It dawned happily and brilliantly for those who could enter with four whole sound credits.  It has been said:  "Little bits of Caesar, Little grains of sense, Make a Sophomore wiser, Who once was very dense." But if we were to depend on "little bits of Caesar" for enlightment I fear we would be very much in the dark, for there is only one Sophomore who takes Caesar.  The rest of the class are getting nearly perfect grades in German I and II.  The efforts of our new teachers, Miss Miller and Miss Hodgkins, together with those of our other teachers, Miss Schiffbauer and Mr. French, have helped us in a great degree, to have "little grains of sense" enter into all our work.  Our English work is still our great work.  We are truly English speaking people, for we cannot get the "lingo" of dead and foreign languages. The social affairs of our class have been few and far between.   Claris Fulton, Frances Caldwell, Grace Tidball, Margaret Roberts and Leta Ervington have each entertained at parties for us, either when we were Freshmen or Sophomores and we have always enjoyed every one; so let us get up spirit and have more to enjoy.  Our meetings have been few and our class presidents fewer.  When we did have a class president, his powers were very limited.  We, as Sophomores, resolve to have organization enter into our work hereafter. Men are great rather for their heart qualities than their fame and the names of all great men are not written in the annals of history.  Many of the names of our classmates may be placed in the hall of fame, others may never be hear of outside the home, but knowing the real qualities of each, I predict, "great will be the future of the class of '19". ___Leta Ervington Freshman Class Officers: President.....Hilda Hindert Vice-President.....Minnie Horneman Secretary and treasurer.....Ellen Heick Class Roll: William McIlwrath Joe Bennett John O'Gorek Fred Ruestman Franklin Esther Schneider Dorothy Schneider Ellen Heick Ethel Schneider Hilda Hindert Minnie Horneman Leanore Raymond Louise Cassens Helen Blankschein Minnie Rabenhorst Freshmen Class History Though our Freshman class is not great in numbers, we are endeavoring to put forth our best efforts to make it stronger as the days go by. While still in the eighth grade we looked into the high school and much above us and we longed for the time when we would be Freshmen. On September 5, 1916, we entered high school.  We then regretted leaving the eight grade but we decided to make the best of it and make our class strong and loyal.  We were greeted with welcome and were not teased and called "green Freshies" as much as we thought we would be. We elected our officers first and the class spirit was shown by the fact that almost everyone of our class was present.  The officers are:  President, Hilda Hinder; vice-president, Minnie Horneman; secretary, Ellen Heick. Though we still look upon the rest of the boys and girls in high school with envy we must prove ourselves worthy of being Freshmen before we can be higher advanced, as every girl or boy entering high school must be a Freshman first even though he is teased. At a box social and basket ball game held at the Schlitz opera house this year our class helped to make the money with which the girls of the Domestic Science class bought a sewing machine. We girls enjoy Domestic Science very much and we make delicious things to eat and make useful things to wear. Our class also has some good basket ball players.  The three girls who play have proven that they are good players and are interested in basket ball.  One of the girls of our three played as a "sub" in a game between the Senior girls and girls chosen from the rest of the players. One Freshman also plays on the first basket ball team, and bids fair to become one of the efficient athletics of the High School.  Thus one may see that the Freshmen have played a part, even though a comparatively small one, in High School enterprises and activities and it is our earnest desire that we continue to contribute our best efforts and capabilities toward the betterment of our school. ___Minnie Horneman '17.