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li"- ^ •»•*' '** * I : «•» * "" •; ' \ - I" " ,V * * , <1 . l , f c " -1 • t' . ^ Em Se Ach VOLUME TVVt) Published in the Interest of the McHenry Community High School, McHenry, Illinois, Thursday, March 26, 1925 THE STAFF FOR 1925 ! Editor. Richard Stenger Assistant editor Alvin Anderson Athletics .; % . William Green Science .....' Violet Vycital Senior . .Harold Bacon Junior .... ....Catherine Walsh Sophomore ».........»... .James Fay Freshman » ; , i . Joseph Diaper Commercial I*. I Paul Patzke Sewing ..... . .., ...Agnes Weingart Girls' athletics . Frances May Office boy ,...... ...... ; . . William Beth Literary .y. ..Mar jorie Whiting Cooking . .Elizabeth Vogt Music .............. jSrhest Barbian Personals .......... .Borteel Spencer Critics... AngelaPete?ch, Mamie Keg Office reporter .V. -.:-;v.. .Marie Baer Humor ..... .\ . J'.^. .John Wilson PAPER NUMBER 23 everyone has a cold or is home with Mr. Stringer threatened two boys of the grip, why does everyone get the the Latin I class to throw books at fever and walk around in the mud i them if they continue to talk as usual, without any rubbers? Over fifty per-! Mr. Stringer has no respect for books cent of the seniors have been absent I at aH. this last week. Herman Steffes is again at school Not-So-F ast Benny and was cordially invited to Miss Mil- Benny Freund had to walk hotte the ler's modern history class. other night We don't kgow why itl We Were All A Bit Hoarse A MOTTO FOR TOMORROW &nile--if that s the way you feel. But to wear a puckered brow in tribute to your real feelings is more wholesome than ta hide behind a grinning mask of radiance that is not in you. Elbert Hubbard. PERSONALS Why Paul! Tillie's actions show that he likes to look beautiful because he was trying to make a spit curl the other day in school. There's some soap in the cooking room, Tillie. If you want all the particulars ask Dorothy Marshall for them. Ernie isn't in favor of banquets because he is always served too much to eat. While talking to the girls in cooking class Miss Stockebrand jumped and moved away from the door. Oh, but did she blush a rosy red when she saw a naughty little mouse. Even mice know where there are good things to eat! Zeke says he isn't to blame for Rosalie's black eye but it looks kind of suspicious when he has a sore arm. should have such a bad effect, but he was late the next morning. ' Augustine is still having car trouble; Since the time Bill Nye and he-had an informal meeting up, in front of the Postoftice h:s car has been in the garage. ' , Page Miss Inspiration • Gee! We wish Betty would CMBt back. Nobody knows anything when shfe isn't around. She seems to have Qeorge Reynolds is again back to school after several days vacation. The trip to Crystal Lake Thursday night must h»ve been too hard on him. The Latin I class thinks that Mr; Duker was worse* than a cross word puzzle for asking questions when he took Mr. Stringer's place during the tournament^. Competition?*' Robert and Rosalind are quite talksuch an inspiring influence with the j ative the last period, someone should seniors. Gee! Gosh! We had a test j warn Lucy. . in civics today too. Oh! Boy, 1 hope we didn't all flunk. Maybe She's Seeing Red Miss Miller told us in commercial law class today that she had about t^n flunk cards that she had neglected to .send out. I hope they all aren't due to come to commercial law cuz there's only about ten in the class. We haven't noticed the four horsemen doing anything pxeept that they have found "Floradora." ( We wish we weren't seniors now so that we could look at that championship "cup Yor another year or two. It certainly is the best looking thing we have seen for several years. Mr. Duker has sent it away now to have the rest of the' engraving put on., . It Sounds "Swedish" We can all call Augustine by his new name now. He is better known as "Goose" Freund. Oh, those physicists of ours are in- The library had a good rest while George was absent, but he's making up for lost time. The four horsemen are again all present at school. Several of the sophomore boys wore orange bows St. Patrick's day, they must not agree with the Irish. JUNIOR CLASS NOTES We were all very glad to see Sib back to school again Thursday. I'll bet Kirk feels awfully lonely sometimes now since Mary's sick. We sympathize with you Kirk. Pagy and Catherine sure know how to make love, as seen in play practice. Why Catherine, I'm surprise^ at you! We all must admit that Harold Jepson does look very handsome with, a little red tie and a green checked shirt. Miss O'Sullivan gave us quite a bit of information on love, one morning. They say experience is a good teachclass are going to accomplish is to tie a freshman to the stake and»show how the Indians "used to do it." The exact person to fill this position will be determined by a popular vote of the class at some future time. Better behave, freshies, it's how or pever. i ; THIS WORLD This .World that we're a'livia' "in . Is mighty hard to beat; V'jvvv With every rose we get a th«Ht,j.' >: ; JButain't the roses sweet!' ... ', - 7*Stanton. • MUSIC CONTEST COMING 0ur school will compete for its first time in the North'Six contest. This organization holds a contest every year at this time for orchestra, band, glee clubs, soloists, debates, etc. None but high school students can take part. This leaves our orchestra minus two of the faculty, Mr. Tallmadge and Mr. Koerner, and Hubert Schoewer and Carl Weber. Without the above mentioned our orchestra will undoubtedly have plenty of work to do. This is one of the rules made by the committee. The committee has also picked out one number for each the orchestra, the girls' glee club and the boys' glee club. The numbers are "Bohemian Girl Overture," "Calm as the Night," and a song from "Ermani." comparable. Wait until you see what er. they have to show us. A s'prise, kids.1 Most of the juniors must be Irish, If only the orchestra can be worthy; because they all wore a bit of green of them. | Tuesday. Of course Kelly came with Gee! There was a tornado the other j a big green tie. day, gang. It's a good thing it didn't Sib seems to like to have people wait We hope M%fy will soon be back to I come any closer to us. Three hundred j on him since his accident at Elgin. It's school or Kirk will die of lonesomeness. i and fifty miles is far enough away to To ease his mind he has started to study. suit me. Zeke encouraged us by saying it couldn't ever hit McHenry. I guess he meant it was too small and the tornado couldn't find it. They Will, Too After much deliberation and concentration the senior class has finally SCIENCE Botany Discusses Wheat Rus The botany class has been discussing barberry and the spread of wheat rust. The government bulletins and! selected a class flower.and class motto: college text books differ on the sub-j "We Will." ject. The government states that if; Hey! Zeke! Where didja" get the1 barberry is eliminated, wheat rust will 100,000 marks. They aren't as valnot spread. The government feels it uable now" as they used to be are they ? \ play. is very important and is sending workers to destroy barberry. The harmless Japanese barberry plant has its a very common thing to hear him tell someone to carry his books around for him. Miss O'Sullivan announced in Girls' glee club, that they would sing at Woodstock soon. We hope they will make about as good a show as the basket ball team did. Warning! If you should happen to see Milly Gibbs standing somewhere in a corner crying, don't get alarmed. She's just rehearsing her part of the It's awfully tragic. MYRTYL'S REFRAIN Poor Httle Myrtyl! We noticed her in the basement last Thursday, sobbing as only a gawky, bow-legged girl can sob. Of course she didn't expect back with us again. He has been absent for some few days with an injured ankle received in the Elgin tournament. In chemistry the other day, he was the brains of the crew. Excuse us Violet. " We were analyzing groups one, two and three. Violet was Sibre's handywoman, and all he had to do was to tell her what to do. In chemistry Violet is almost a teacher and Sibre's a good scholar. When Violet would get a test she would turn to Sibre and say "What is this" and "What is that.'" They had Sibre sq excited that he was shaking his head no and saying;.jjfisa.: WHY, NOT BE ANOTHER ^ ALEXANDER THE GREAT? After the flood prehistoric being? peopled the earth. Ancient nations rose and fell. Alexander the' Great stirred things up. Ceasar cut quite a dash jti his time. We had the Middle Ages. . ; Columbus discovered, the new world. Napoleon blazed his trail of glory across Europe. In the meantime we had gained our independence. Politicians came and went. In due time You were born. That is the synopsis of the story.' Now you go on with it.--Cincinnati Emquirer. " Tis Said * . According to the "Central High Times" from central high school of Minnesota, the seniors' organizations and athletic toams had their pictures taken recently for the senior annua!.! This same publication announces' that the March "World" of the above' Don't forget to call on Wm. G. Schreiner, phone 93-R, when you get that new car, for insurance in the best of companies. McHenry, 111. , S. J. FOWLER, D. c. PALMER GRADUATE ; CHIROPRACTOR !j:i Monday, Wednesday and Friday '. Hfs., 2:30 to 8:00 p. m. Phone 158 Brefeld Bldg. W. McHENRY, ILL. Insure - 1b Sure -Insurance r*" - \vnh -- W m.G. Schreiner Auctioneering Phone 162 The Best Service Always BERNHARD POPP • Expert Shoemaker Telephone No. 108-R. St off el & Reihansperger Insurance agent for all classes of property in the best companies* £ West McHenry, :: » Illinois WEST McHENRY, :: ILLINOIS to see us down there where the worms and the mice gambol about in the sand, I school will soon be out and that the and when we asked her what was the April issue will be finished and ready trouble, a startled protracted wail. sob broke into a for distribution about April 1. paper has from 32 to 38 pages. This It isi After coughing a bit and rubbing artistically decorated and is very inher cheeks, she got hold of herself and j teresting.'" told us why she felt so bad: Really,! • Thar students of central high school she was a pitiful bit of humanity, all voted that fraternities are a detr!- crumpled there on the sand, telling her! arent to a school. The vote was 1,045 story. j anti-fraternity and 716 pro-fraternitj. I It seems that she had been standing, ity. How About It, Editor? j On account of many of the char- Dickie, our editor, is absent today I acters being ill, the junior class play and since this is the day the staff com- has not been progressing as it should, thorns growing in groups of two, its piles the paper we each will have to; But after the sick spell we all hope to berries in clusters of one or two and write his share of the paper. It's all j get right down to work, and make up its leaves in sprays of two or three. | right though cuz somebody always' for lost time.. The harmful American plant has its does it anyway. He just writes the After the tournament all the stuthorns growing in groups of three, its J headings down and then hands them leaves in sprays of four or five and its j over to somebody else. berries in a cluster like bananas. This in the south hall when Sibre Whiting came hobblihg in with all his crutches and bandages and glory. She watched him as he leaned against the wall at the foot of the stairs waiting for the way to clear so that he could lumber up to a second floor class. The stairs slowly cleared, but Sibre never moved. Why should he, with the girls, first Adele, then Berteel, and Catherine, then all the others asking how he felt and making a hero in general out of him. You can't blame a fellow for taking a little of that kind of FINE! GOOD! EXCELLENT! The Team; All the Pupils; The Ftfents; The Faculty! How does that sound for the personnel of a dance in the, high school gym f It was the first dance of its kind eve'*! held in the high school and it was a1 significant affair. Friday morning a letter was read to the students before they went tc their classes, stating that in honor of the work of the "basket ball boys, a dance was to be given to them, the students, parents and the faculty, by has been a very interesting discussion and we hope more of such material will be discussed. Physiology Notes . About one third of the class* Were absent for several days. We are anxious to get our test papers back although we know well be astonished. Whenever you wish to get some advice concerning the brain or nervous system, ask Cecelia. She can tell you. Our laboratory days must have disappeared entirely as we dont see them anywhere. If Martha Miller should happen to get caught in a rainstorm, her cheeks might lose their rosy color, but we can't be sure. FICTION! Ted: "Why are you so happy Lil?" Lil (the junior): "£>on't you know Sibre came back to school this morning." Mr. Koerner told his general science class that he had some German marks home and that he wouli give seventy HERE AND THERE In the last week's issue, we named the persons absent, but this week it is impossible to name them. They are too numerous. -- Miss Crowe was absent from her classes on account of illness. We are having a number of visitors now. Last Friday the superintendent of Barrington, Mr. Smith, visited here. Mr. Duker was over at Woodstock and met with the other members of the Northern Six. They agreed to have the musical: contest on May 6. The business contest is coming nearer all the time. H is on April 4. Get busy students. : , dents going to Mr. Stringer's classes wore such nice smiles. They all gave the reason that Mr. Stringer was !n a wonderful mood since the tournament. Wonder why? Lillian Baur. COOKING The cream puffs made on Tuesday proved quite successful. Lfst week finished the lessons on muff ins.; Qn Friday varieties of muffins were prepared. Some prepared graham, and bran, other cornmeal and berry muffins. ivc x.ruv, This week the class has been study- , ,, - ing the amount of calories needed by for a reward to the person who found __ il_. u_j„ VERY MUCH SO! We, the members of the basket ball team of the M. C. H. S., wish to take this public manner of extending our hearty thanks to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Conrad and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stenger for the reception and dance given us last Saturday evening in the gymnasium of the school. Team. "TIS SAID" We recently received a copy of the "M. C. H. S." from Metropolis Community High School, Metropolis, 111. They are located near the area recently devastated by that horrible cyclone that did so much havoc in southern Illinois. "The We-Go" from the West Chicago community high school, is one of the prettiest exchanges that we received. The copy issued during the week of Washington's birthday was thing with out much complaining^ thg bankg The letter was signed by especially if he really deserved it, the - Mr Stenger and Mr Conrad. This way Sibre does. ^ I letter met with much applause. Wei, little Myrtyl watched all his gatUrday night the reception dance triumphal procession with on y a,Vyas gjven jn honor of our McHenry] glimmering interest, but she became )Gounty championship Basket Ball i vitally shocked when two or thi-ee peo-j team by e Fqx Riyer Valley statej pie offered to carry his books and his. b&nk anWest McHenry State crutches and such thirds upstairs for i bftnk &nd was sponsored by Mr. and him. As the cripple disappeared at the top of the stairway, Myrtyl disappeared at the bottom. A mohent later she was in the basement weeping to the worms that nobody eveero ffered to carry her books and nobody wasted a minute asking her how she felt. Boo Hoo! She wished she could trip on & dish of marmalade q|j(d break her ankle, too. When weVard her sob out that terrible wish we tried to calm her spirit by pointing out that it would be useless to invite attention that way, because she couldn't hope to be as good looking as Sibre is, even after tripping in the marmalade. No, if she wanted to attract real attention, she must get out and play basket ball I came who did not "^thoroughly enjoy as well and as often as the returned J Mrs. Conrad and Mr. and Mrs. Stenger. The gymnasium was decorated with the black and orange, our school colors. The boys of the basket ball team j had each been given a large carnation. Following this came a program which had been arranged by Mr. Conrad. Speeches were made by Mr. Stenger, Mr. Duker, Mr. Stringer, R. Overton, captain of the 1925 Champs, and Mr. Overton. The evening was then devoted to dancing. During the evening punch Was served. Ask Dick Stenger and Mr. Stringer if it wasn't good. They know. We wish to thank those who made this fine evening possible. No one for a reward to p -tu1 a person. The energy which the body very attractive and they have our his fountain pen whic was e wi s nds jn doing its work is a measure hearty congratluations on the neatness red ink. Joe found t..e fountain pen - food needed. The weight, and smartness of it. but did not want to return it. Edward ^ shape of the ^ indicate8. asked him why he did not want to re- ^ 'quantity of food. And the kind| Ez Sez that joy is a boomerang. As turn the fountain pen and Joe sai i wor^ that the individual does also fast as you give it, it comes back to "Mr. Koerner said that he wouid1 give, the amount of food needed jyou. . seventy to the one wh^ f«und ^;foi. the wdy. The class figured the t afford to flunk, ^ calorieg. for ^ members of the family. This week drop biscuits were made In the baking powder biscuits we mixed the cold fat with the dry Ingredients fountain pen and I can' in any of my subjects, so I thought I'd keep the fountain pen and let my marks remain the same." Miss Miller: "Just think those ruins .p. 2000 yews old." white. Wore «M» I"-- «•' •»» ••Aw gw.1T, , t s o n * . l » 2 6 | b M n ^ then added to thc mP.k which in turn was added to the dry ingredients. All of the biscuits made in the class were quite a success Earl: "Aw g'wanr, it's only iow." v Earl: "I shall be glad when Christmas is here again. It's so jolly to see mistletoe stuck about." Jesse: "Oh! Are you one of those old-fashioned people who wait for mis- ' tletw?" SOPHOMORE CLASS NOTBS Ask Bud and Ruth how to work out cross word puzzles. Co-operation's the thing. Raymond is again back in school af- THE BAND Four antique brass instruments have been collected about the vicinity. Some j terleZrid ' d^r'ab^ence." "~He has of which were ,n very bad condition.! brought back with him a nice red tie. Mr. Tallmadge with all the chemical^ gome ^ ^ and physics apparatus managed toj • jet some of the »alve. out and oil1 ^ Herbes h»d •»» »«»' ch»"«ed them. The instruments will be given to the students to help add volume to our band. Two altos, one cornet, and a baritone horn have been added within the last week. WITH THE SENIORS / Spring fever and snow, it appears, doat so Tery well together and since for the eighth time, Wednesday morning. But Thursday found him in his former seat. How does he do it? But Paul, There are Others, Arent There? We wonder why Paul was so sad Thursday afternoon. That's easy ^to solve, "Winnie" was absent. Physics The physics class is slightly handicapped in its latest project by the fact that only three of its members are in school. Some of the boys are becoming quite expert in making. _ lightning, sky, an^ such things that were heretofore left to nature. There will probably be some new patents applied for soon as the students, due to a lack of tools, are forced to devise ingenious methods of manufacturing su$i articles as, are named above. We are beginning to think that Mr. tallmadge would make a wonderful poet. He certainly has a good imagination as to how to do things, and the best part of it is that they seem to work out just as he says. Yes, we think he'd make a good poet. Perhaps that's why he's teaching Physics. Jesse, John, and Willie Gare, the absent members of the physics class afid their absence is strongly felt as we need their assistance to help make our stage project a success. ' Among other things that the physics hero did "Yes!" came through Myrtyl's tears, "but look what Jesse got for playing such a good game, and hes^isn't treated like that!" "That's so," we had to admit, and we don't know yet what advice we should have given her. How do you make a hero anyway?. COMMERCE, ET AL Miss Miller's chief occupation is writing out tests for the upper classfii. If she treats the lower classes in the same manner they will never survive to take them as *niors. Spring fever seems to have got a very good start in the community. There have been absentees ranging from thirty-five to forty for the past few days. Miss Oates told Red to do some finger exercises instead of exercising | his tongue. • Arthur was a little boy, His hair was red as fire; And everywhere that Arthur went The girls were sure to follow. They followed him to* the shpw one . nite, Which was against Art's will; For Arthur had no (mon) you see Which gave him quite a th0r il• l. And so poor Arthur turned them out But still they stood quite near, And waited patiently about 'Till Arthur did appear. What makes you girls love Arthur so ?, His angry mother cried; Oh! Arthur loves us girls you see, The little girls replied. _ ' • - B. B. B. Our old friend, Sibre Whiting, is Nine rahs for the Conrads and the Stengersl Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! I^ah! Rah! Rah! Friends we're mighty glad to have. POET'S CORNER r If We Had The Time It I had the time to find a place And sit me down full face to face With my better self, that stands no . * show In my daily life that rushes so, It might be then I would see my soul JVas stumbling still toward the shining goal-- I might be nerved by the thought sublime, If I had the time! If I had the time to let my heart Speak out and take in my life a part, To look about and stretch a hand To a comrade quartered on no-luck land, Ah, God! if I might but just sit still And hear the note of the whip-poorwill, I think that my wish with God Would rhyme--• * If I had the time! If I had the time to learn from you How much for comfort my word would do; . , ' And I told you then ol my sudden will To kiss your feet when I did you ili. 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