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Em 5e Ach . '.V*V.' %, VOLUME TWO M. Published in the Interest of the McHenry Community High School, McHenry, Illinois, Thursday, April 23, 1925 PAPER NUMBER 37 • STAFF AEditor .v. i.»Richard Stenger Assistant editor ..... Alvin Anderson Athletics ... ^J..William Green Science .., .•». .*.%>«.. .Violet Vycital Senior . ......... Harold Bacon Junior ..2y.V...v** Catherine Walsh Sophomore . r.;.Y...... .James Fay FreshmaA ........ .Joseph Draper Commercial.. .^-i.... .Paul Patzke Sewing ....-. ;.:,;w-Vw^Agnes Weingart Girls' athletics .:.. .Frances May Office boy . .1. .William Beth Literary •. «.?>; ..Marjorie Whiting Cooking \J.$..Elizabeth Vogt Music . Ernest Barbian Personals v.;.... Berteel Spencer Critics... Angela Petesch, Mamie Keg Office reporter Marie Baer H u m o r . . . . . . . . . J o h n W i l s o n Short stories ....... Kathleen Givens OFFICE NEWS Graduation will occur on June 5. A temporary date has been set for the senior class play, May 26. The grade boys are having great fan with their new vaulting pole. In De Kalb, on May 1 and 2, there is to be a district superintendent meeting. Miss Cpe, the county superintendent was here last Tuesday for a ahort Visit. The community club met at the high school auditorium last Thursday night. The Lyceum number is to be held in the high school auditorium this (Thursday) evening. Preparations are being made for the rural gTade examinations, that are to be held on May 8. The Public Service company sent a speaker up to give a talk to the physics class last Tuesday. In the Waukegan and Wauconda basket ball game, McHenry's Athletic association received $18 profit. Wauconda won the game by a 2 point margin, after 5 minutes overtime. Mr. Duker is going to Woodstock to attend the School Masters' club. The following matters are to be discussed. The helpihg of the schools, giving financial aid to the schools in the tornado stricken zone, the formation of a circulating library for -the rural schools. , . * V SCIENCE The Botany Class Studies the Spinal Cord of Plants Recently Mr. Tallnfadge developed a.new habit. He makes us study a certain lesson for school and then he talks to us for forty minutes on something that isn't in the book. We don't know whether we like it or not! Last week we studied the development of the fibro-vascular bundles in plants. The book pointed out that they were comparatively recent but Mr. Tallmadge told us how the world must have looked when there were no supporting stems and all plants lay horizontal. He gave us a new ideal--of the plants of early history. We .are so accustomed to thinking of them as our own but in reality they were not as large. We think jit is time for a Botany field trip. Lucy Hughes has promised to guide 'us through the Tamarack woods if we should care to go there to look for flowers. We are looking for hip boots at the wholesale prirce! Some one suggested that we go on horse back. The only objection is that the horses would have to be suspended from tree branches to keep from losing their shoes in the mud and we understand that many of the horses object to the suspense thus caused. We think, however, that we will go. If the physics class can g" to Crystal Lake and the basket ball boys to all the towns in the neighborhood we think we ought to see the tamarack woods; especially if they are as famous as the teachers say they are. Physics Class Had Fine Trip The physics class is very grateful to Mr. Miller, of the Public Service company, for his veiy interesting explanation of the Crystal Lake Sub-station. He took them through last Wednesday. The boys have been looking forward for several days to the trip which h&s0 promised to show them the practical side of the distribution of electricity. It surely was a worthwhile trip inasmuch as it showed the enormous power that engineers had harnessed and the marvelous accuracy with •yvhich it is controlled. Mr. Miller's explanation was very interesting concise. Chemistry Class The chemistry class made- sympathetic ink, indelible ink, and many other inks. Jhey turned out good: Yes! we could write with them! The class his been writing themes on ink, photography, cement, and other compounds. We like that kind of work very well. We hope laboratory will prove more interesting however. how the generators at Waukegan generated 132,000 volts and sent them down to Evanston, where the lines con-' nect with the lines of the Common* wealth Edison people of Chicago. From Evanston a line is run to Crystal Lake via DesPlaines, while another is run from Waukegan to Crystal Lake via McHenry; still another line comes into Crystal Lake from Dixon where it connects with the Northern Utilities company's lines. Each of these three lines which come into the Crystal Lake sub-station, carry 33,000 Volts. With 'this arrangement the house to house service may continue even if two of the high lines go down in a storm. When the high lines come into the sub-station they are connected with a switch that may be grounded to prevent injury to those who are working on the lines. Inside the switch there is a wire leading down to a lightning arrester which carries off the high frequency charge of lightning by means of chemicals. Attached to this wire leading towards the lightning arresters is the line that carries the current to the oil switches. To pre vent the lightning from going to the oil switches there is a choke coil which permits only 33,000 volts to go through. Any higher current is forced down to the arresters. The oil switches are there so that any line may be cut off and another one switched in. From the toil switches the' 33,000 volts go to the transformers where it is stepped down to 2,300 volts. A single iron core is used in these transformers around which both primary and secondary coils are wound. There are three transformers hooked up in a series whiclfc makes it a three phase connection. The largest part of the current is then brought into the sub-station and from there dispatched to the different towns which that station supplies. The rest of the current is sent to the potential transformers where it is stepped down to the voltage required for use in the sub-station. Inside the sub-station there are several machines that keep the voltage constant at all times as it is easily seen that more voltage is required at 8 p. m. than at 2 a. m. There is also another piece of apparatus which keeps the amperage at the right point on the street lights to prevent them from causing a "yellow" light. This macnine consists of an iron core and a stationary coil around it. Another coil is suspended around it by means of a pulley and weight. This produces a magnetic field. When other lights go on the amperage per light is lessened and the repulsion due to the magnetic field is also lessened. This brings the coils together and the amperage is increased. By this arrangement the street lights seldom vary. The rest of the sub-station equipment consists of meters and switches to control the lines. j It was a very interesting trip and the class considers themselves lucky to have any one as well versed in electricity and teaching as Mr. Miller to explain things to them. myself. More news some other day. Yours truly, Sasbox. * r" April 16, 1925 Dear Nickodemus:" You had better see the junior, class play. I visited the rehearsal the other evening and it was uproarous. Mr. Tallmadge directed the practice. He demonstrated by tripping in in his effeminate way and planted himself on the arm of Disk's chair. The climax 'came when he tickled him under the chin. He gave a good demonstration of a horse laugh too. We better ask him to officiate sometime when we are giving the horse laugh yell. I'm so peeved right now I could eat someone alive. Everybody is craty but you. Bored to tears, Sasbox. April 17, 1925 Dear Nickodemus: Our Spanish class has been solving cross word puzzles lately to improve their vocabulary. Fom one puzzle he learned the people love with their extremities. Haw! Haw! I guess he's purty smart. Last nite we went out for a ride ir a real swell car. There's not much more than the engine and the front seat to the whole works, but it held eight people on, to say the least. Mayme ought to be an expert horsewoman after her experience of bouncing on the rear, spring. She nearly shut off my supply of fresh air in her desperate efforts to stick on. The only way you can keep warm is to put your feet on thp'engine. Toots had the advantageous point of sitting on the engine, but she said it didn't keep her especially warm. She had to bat her arms around like one giving, signals in order to keep her blood circulating. We lost Floribel for a minute, but after much unpiling we discovered the poor dear at the bottom of the pile; that is, with Cornelia and Lill on top. Mayme was all the time a polo ^izing for having her arm around Teddy's neck. She insisted she couldn't hang on any other way, but we all noticed that it wasn't especially distasteful to her. I'll send you a picture of the open air bus some day. Feelin' good, Sasbox. P. Sjt Every now and then we had to reach out an<3 haul Toots down out of the air. She just seemed to disappear whenever we hit a bump. PHYSICS CLASS "VISITS SUBSTATION |The five boys forming the physics April 13, 1926. My Dear Old Nickodemus:. Old pal, you should be a member <Jf our staff. The other day we had a waffle party--but, strange to say: there weren't any waffles. Inspite of the fact there were no waffles, we had plenty to eat. There were wienies and rolls and barbecued steak and marshmallows and mustard and sweet pickles and dill pickles and SALT, but no water. After eating the lion's share of thip Mr. Tallmadge innocently declared he had lost his appetite temporarily, but my gosh I wouldn't have been surprised if he lost it permanently. Weren't we nuts, though, to go without drinking water? We found a spring, however, after much scouting around, but it was two feet below the level of the ground. Some of the gang dived down after it while the others drank from the pickle dish. Oh! Good nite! You should have seen Ernie. He tore his trousers on the fence. Ha! Ha! Today in our commercial law class Gus was causing quite a disturbance with his feet In order to prevent the noise she (teacher) moved him back a couple of rows where she said he would have plenty of room for his big feet. Now what do you think of that? I'm writing this the last period and there's nothing to do but whistle. Yours truly, Sasbox. April 14, 1925 Dear Old Nickodemus: I made a very important discovery the other day and since it is so unusual for me to discover anything I'll tell you, my best pal. What d'ya think There's only two boys in the whole high school that still wear short pants. Even Skeexis, the infant of the school, has don^kleng trousers. "FOLLOW MB" Mr. Ralston bought a beautiful home on Mirror Lake in the Ozark mountains. This was to be a summer home for his family. It was a large white mansion-like house with a wide porch extending from the front to one side. The lawn was soft and green and it looked like a large velvet carpet spread upon the earth. There were flower beds near the house which contained flowers of the most beautiful hues of red, yellow, orange and pink. Back of the house were large evergreen trees in groups that made* a beautiful background for the house. Catherine Ralston invited three of her college chums, Olive Harmon, Dorothy Holmes and myself to spend a week of our vacation at her summer home. William Ralston, a big brother of Catherine, took her to meet us at Spring Brook, the nearest town, which was five miles away. We arrived home about sunset, the time of day when everything is most beautiful. We all thought that Catherine had an ideal summer home and told her how fortunate she was. After supper we went down to the lake and there we found Bill with three other fellows from the next cottage. We all went to the show at the nearest town. After the show it was such a beautiful night we went canoeing on the lake. The next morning we got up early and dressed up in our knickers and sweaters and packed our lunch. Olive looked especially nice for she was very plump and had sparkling Drown eyes and jet black hair. We started at eight o'clock on an all day hike up the mountains. It was a beautiful morning. The sun shone brightly and the birds were singing gaily. We were chattering together as we walked single file up . the winding mountain path. Soon the clouds began to gather in the heavens, the thunder roared and the lightning flashed. Then the rain began to pour. We were frigtened to death.._ "What shaft we do?^' wailed Catherine. "Oh! We will be struck by lightning," I screamed. "Let's go back," cried Dorothy. "But it's too far," said Olive, "We will find shelter some place. Follow me!" ^ So • *• "T .,.'1 (>hvi- ami kt>pi on roing -r;.-.v>;• getting freightened When we reached the house Catherine cried, "I hear all kinds of noises, I bet this is a haunted house, I've read about them in stories." "That is the lightning and thunder that you hear," said Olive, "don't be scared." There were the moat peculiar sounds coming f|om the yj.tic, however. "That noise seems like a hun^an being calling, for help, so I am going to find out what it is," said Olive. She then started for the stairway. "Don't go, Olive, j-ou will.get hurt," cried Catherine^ V V ;/":v: *There may be .witches or ghosts up there," I cried. "Don't go! aliened together. t . "Nothing will hurt me if you do as I say," said Olive. "You come with me and stand on the stairs, if I need you I will call for help." So we agreed to do as Olive said. Olive climbed the stairs and when she reachedAhe landing paused for a moment. Sne heard a faint voice cry, "Let me out," from one of the rooms. She went to the door and turned the key. The door pened and there stood a little old man with a bag of money. Olive stepped back for" she had never dreamed of seeing, an old man there. "Don't be frightened, my child," said he, "I just came up here to count my money and the door blew shut and 1 was locked in. I heard some one down stairs so I made a lot of noisfe so that they would come up and let me out. When we saw that it was an old man we were no longer frightened. Jle then told us to go down stairs and make ourselves comfortable. "How did you girls happen to'get up in the mountains so far?" asked the old man. Olive spoke up and told him about how we got lost in the storm. "How do you happen to live - up here all alone?" asked Catherine. He then told us that a long time ago he had read about the wonderful Ozark mountains and that men were wanted to cut down trees in the mountains. He said he wanted to go but his mother did not want him to. He said he was determined to go so one night he ran away. "Little I knew what I was up against," said he. When he reached the mountains they had all the men that were needed. He could not find work anywhere and he did not want to go home empty handed. He said that he met an old hermit that wanted him to stay with him for company, so he finally decided to stay. He said that the hermit had a lot of money and before he died he told him he could ave it all for taking care of him while* he was sick. He said he did not want to go home with that money or people would think that he had stolen it and so he had lived there ever since. . ,r~" , "My name is Frank Harmon," said he. At this Olive jumped from her chair and ran to him. "You are my uncle that mother told me ran away," said Olive. "We thought you were dead long ago." "Well if it isn't my brother's little Olive," he cried. "Thank God my people have found me at last!" John F»y told us that he knows a jeweler who eats the carats off his diamonds. The Absent-minded Professor (looking at the bristle side of. a hair brush instead of the mirror)'. "Gee! But I surely need a shave." . George: 'What makes a train"go?"' James: "The engine . of coures." George:, "Mistaken." ;* V * • James: "What is it, -then. I'd "like to know ? '* >, ' t L Ge6rge: '*TFh|r freight rtiakes.the cargo." : • • : T.' •V-'*"" by those attending. After telling the story of the absent- minded teacher, the toastmaster introduced Mr. Stringer. He thanked the team for the gift and praised them for the splendid co-operation through out the season. Hie seems well satisfied with the prospects for next year also. He then read the names of those who won letters for their work dtiring the season. \ Mr. Duker then spoke of the rise of McHenry in athletics during the last two years. He mentioned the success Ida: rtDid you call for help when.^ bf the football team in the past sea, Sibre kissed you last night?-" „ i Son and expressed his desire that the Lill (the junior) : ^Not I helped my- track team would give a good account self." of themselves during the season. Mr. Duker then present the follbWing men with major "M's": Captain Overton, Captain-elect Whiting, Harold Bacon, Jesse Whiting, Augustine Freund, William Nye, Ernest Barbian, LeRoy Conway, Adrian Thomas. Also minor "M's" were awarded to Earl Conway, Joseph Barbian, James Fay. Arthur Krause. After more singing and two yells let! by Angela Petesch,, the party adjourned to the gymnasium where a few hours of dancing were enjoyed. The music was furnished by Carl Weber, Ernest Barbian,^ John Young and Herbert Schoewer. BASKET BALL TEAM ELECTS NEXT YEARS CAPTAIN "Sib" Whiting Elected Captain For 1925-26 Thursday a meeting was held to determine the captain of the McHenry high school basket ball team. Eight members voted. "Jess" Whiting was not present, his vote being cast by his brother. There were only three players eligible for the position, namely: Overton, Whiting and Barbian. The first vote cast "resulted in a tie, Overton 4, Whiting 4, Barbian 1. • The second cast also was a tie, Overton 3. Whiting 3, Barbian 2. J. Whiting's vote was not, put in this time. The third cast resulted in Whiting being elected. Ex-Captain Overton of the "County Champs" was the first to con- i gratulate the new captain. j S. Whiting is well equipped for his new position having shown himself up as a good player in all his games. S. Whiting is a good man for he can guard and can also shoot. We have confidence in "Sib" and are sure he will be the next captain of the team to receive a cup. All right nine rahs for Overton and nine rahs for "Sib." Rah, Rah, Rah! Rah, Rah, Rah! Rah, Rah, Rah! "Overton." Rah, Rah. Rah! Rah, Rah, Rah! Rah, Rah, Rah! "Sib." PERSONALS Mr. Tallmadge: ' Richard, what is a ust for celluloid ?" Dick O.: "Sinks." Tillie said that his report card resembled the American flag except that it is redder. ----^-- r-- Zeke's civics book has been in the office for three veelfs anjlrway. He says it will be better preserved in there than if he had it. Disk S. eats flam in* marshmallows and blows smoke out <>f his ears. Catherine at the Wienie roast,:' Ooo! something is burning'" After eating on" yard of wienies, three quarts of buri-s forty drachms of mustard, four routed apples, twenty marsmallows an<i three barbeques. Mr. Tallmadge lost his appetite and he couldn't understand why. .« . HUMoB Miss Miller: "Joe. 'hen was money first invented ?"_ Joe "When the greenback to Noah." Bill: ""This wirele^ telegraphy reminds me of a grou' >lless quarrel. Mr. Tallmadge: "What possible connection is there between the two? ' Bill: "It's practically having words over nothing." ^ Mr. Koerner'k "What makes well water so hard Earl: "Being s^qw do^n, I guess." Miss O'Sullivan: "Why do people always apply the name of "she" to a city?" \ Bernard: "Because every city has outskirts." Tillie: "When I asked her to be my wife, she said I would lhave to ask her mother first." ; Art: "Did yoi Tillie: "No." not. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY - We extend our thanks to the patrons of the McHenry community high school, the members of the orchestra, and also the members of the cast for their support in helping us, the juhiors, stage our play very successfully. Every member of the cast carried his or her part well. Don't you think that Catherine Walsh acted the heroine's part well and the same might be said of te truthful Frank Page. We hope that Frank will derive some benefit from his six weeks' endeavor to tell the trath. He just couldn't lie for the sake of the $10,000 and the heroine. Paul Patzke, although he filled a minor role in Clarence Van Dusen^ gave the audience many laughs I y his own innate talent. He's going to be Harold Lloyd's understudy when "he grows up." Arthur Krause as E. M. Ralston, Ernest Barbian as Richard Donnelly and Albin Anderson as Bishop Doran help considerably to make the play a success. Violet Vycital played the part of the irritable Mrs. E. M. Ralston splendidly. We cannot over-estimate the parts played by the dashing shebas, Lillian Baur as Mabel Jackson and Amelia Regner as Sable Jackson. Albin Anderson, as the Bishop, took his part well. Monday afternoon news came that Mildred Gibbs had the measles. We thought surely that our play would be spoiled, but Mary McAndrews came to the rescue and took Milly's part very well. Frances May certainly did make a good maid. She surprised us. Only a few can realize and appreciate the work of Miss Miller in staging this play so successfully, but nevertheless the juniors wish to give her special thanks in aiding them. BASKET BALL BANQUET On last Saturday evening the students of the McHenry high school honored the basket ball team with a banquet and dance. The dinner, which was prepared by the cooking class under the direction of Miss Stockebrand, was very delicious, consisting of chicken a lacking, salad, potatoes au gratin, ice cream, cake and coffee. Needless to say the dinner was enjoyed by all. After we had finished eating, Mr. Koerfter, the toastmaster, gave a short talk, telling us jj^>ut his third and fourth teams aiwexpressed his opinion that they would be the future champions of the county. The toastmaster then introduaed the retiring captain, Richard Overton. Captain Overton praised the team for their splendid work. He also praised Mr. Stringer who coached the team during the season. After/ hw~~tall^ Overton presented'Mr. Stringe^ with a fountain pen as a gift from the^M" mfen. A Sibre Whiting, ouiBnew captain was the next speaker ojthe program. H of the projects of I vxpressexl^^^Lfaith ir ree tea FROM THE Songs Somebody's Wrong" . .Algebra Class "Why Should I Worry Over You"... . % Lessona "Blue" .Report Card Day "Sitting In A Corner" Timid Freshman "I Love You" .........Cake Eaters Reporter: "The name of that man on the West Side, who was struck by lightning, is Brzinslatowskiwiz. Editor: "What was his name before he was struck^by lightning?" "This is on me," said the man as a bucket of paint settled on is head. Senior: "Her eyes were peculiarly distinctive. Junior: "How So?" Senior: "She was cross-eyed." Kirk: "I never saw such dreamy eyes." Mary: "You never stayed so late." Ask The Teacher "John, why didn't you. come to school yesterday?" "I couldn't, Miss Oates. I had to go to a dentist with a toothache." "Well, that's too bad. Does it still ache?" "I don't know." "You don't know? John, you are trying to deceive me. How is it that you don't know whether or not your tooth aches?" "The dentist kept it." She: "Where do you get youi jokes?" * - He: "Oh, out of the air." She: "Then I suggest you get some fresh air." "I've decided not to drink coffee in the morning any more." "Is that so? How com^?" "It keeps. me awake during my morning classes." Teacher: "I will have to give you a zero." Fresh: "Well, that means nothing in my young life." Admirer: "If you quarrel with the manager will the other girls stand by you?" Leading"Lady: "They've already offered to take my part." "Where were you over the week end?" "I went to my home ip Lima." "Oh, so that's where you've bean." Judge: "Now, tell us about it---why did you steal the purse?" Prisoner: "Your honor, I won't deceive you--I was ill and thought the change might do me good. Advertisement -- Why kill your wife ? Let our washing machine do the dirty work. ' "Will you get my watch?" It's upstairs." "Aw, wait a minute and it'll run down." "Oh, no it won't, my dear, ours is a winding staircase." Marjorie: "Mary isn't a bit afraid of a mouse." Hazel: "She ought not to be with her catty disposition." r Mother: "Get up, John. Remember, it's the early bird that.gets the worm." John (drowsily): "Let him have 'em I'm not hungry." Captain: ' "If anything moves, shoot!" Sentry: "Yess§h; an' if anything shoot, Ah move." "I have been on this train seven years," said the conductor of a slowly moving Southern^ train, proudly. "Is that so?" said a passenger. "Where did you get on?" The nervous passenger approched the captain timidly. ^ "What would happen, sir, if we struck a large iceberg?" she asked. "The iceberg would pass along as if nothing had happened," replied the captain. And the old lady was very much .ved. Insure--in sure--insurance with Wm. G. Schreiner. Office at rail dence. Phone 93-R, McHenry ID. Auctioneering. Phone 162 The Beet Serrio* Aljpy*. '• ' BERNHARO 'v Expert Shoemaker West McHenry, :: 1DM| East Side Service #nd [ Transfer Station Herman Schaefer 4 Co., Props. 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