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try-* - / A" EM SE-ACH ESS PUBLISHSD IN THte INTEREST OF1 THE McHENRY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL , ' * : *, . •. i$k- r&eHeory, Illinois, January 31, 19M No. 9 STAFF Editor in chief.,.. Angela Peteech Assistant editor..*..William Nye Sewing ........ Elisabeth Vogt Athletics ...'."William Green Science ..*•«'«.,»....• William Beth Commercial; \ . J.... v Augustine Freund Alumni . . .Harold Bacon Senior .. .Helen Powers Junior . . A . I. .Mildred Zuelsdorf Sophomore s.....Adele Ppfahl Freshman ...... ... .... , Music ;. oifloribel Bassett Girls' Athletics. • • .Lillian Buss Humor . . • » . . . * . . . " . . Ella Harrison Literary . Jessie Whiting good work. Some of the botany students have began to admit that botany was4 a hard subject. Jimmy Fay must have been asleep during exams as his general science paper surely showed it. Some high school students went to Richmond from Ringwood in a bob and tipped over in a deep snow bank :::Winnie Bytsma. "• 1 1 1 1 WftAT Id READING in the midst of the freshiee, some others to be there soon. Will the sophs kindly remember | There are very fe,w students in a that my theme was not on bobbed | hi?h who do not ^ what they hair, but the "Fickleness of Dams have to an(j more too, but do they I'ashitgi." Oh well, "they all nop,rcad or do they just scan words? sooner or later"--Gladys. A student may read different ma- Mr. Wells and a number of others terial, school work and books, and discovered a star, all colors of the thjnk that for hig own benefit he has rambow, on the way to Richmond, un(jerstood it very plr.inly, but when ATHLETICS The McHenry basket ball, teams went to Richmond last Friday night and defeated the Richmond teams by scores of 13 to 12 and 28 to 26. These were two of the closest games that McHenry teams have played this season. The first team boys were required to play a five minute over period because the score at the end of the fourth quarter was 24 to 24, Our boys mdde the first basket and Friday. Leo claims it was only different colored gases surrounding an old star. Maybe theyus$d a prism, who can tell? JUNIOR CLASS NOTES Arthur TToppe is another victim of the mumps. " •' •*" Milly Zuelsdorf has come down with the mumps. ' - : : - Four of the junior girls just cleaned house in the typewriting room. Come to the school gym Friday night and see McHenry trim Huntley. he comes to give a discussion he finds that only the things that have interested him can easily be repeated. In rereading he finds many small points that he never saw beforfe. Even the third time he grasps different ideas. This shows that his mind wasn't on his reading the first time, perhaps he just read some words and once in a while he found a point of interest. Another student may read the same thing and when he had finished he knew what he had read. As for time it was twice as long, but the print was more than a bunch of letters grouped sound. While he was The juniors will fun an encyclo •pedius Americuss in the paper «ach together for week. - i reading his mind was, on his work, Look in the mirror, Milly, and youj^ 0n What #aa happening around will see how "our friend Wop" would ijjjm - fr^m then on they kept the lead until j have looked. j Do you read or just scan the words the. last quarter, when Richmond tied I Well, we won again. We have to ^ gee jjOW aoon y0U can get thru with the score. Bacon did the starring forKand it to our boys for bringing home the work? Do you acquire the facts McHenry, he succeeding in making six the "Bacon." that you have read of? After exambaskets. All of these were made by 1 Willie likes chop suey. Since when jnations fare over is a good time to long shots and we are beginning to I have .the Irish quit eating corn beef believe that "Zeke" can't miss the|and cabbage? basket. The sensational shot of the game was when our speedy right forward/' Jesse," had a held ball with one of the Richmond boys and he jumped up and knocked it into the basket. This shot was made from about our free throw line. The last Mr. Stringer is "the proud, father ef | a baby boy, but he says he is not | passing out the cigars. The English III class are now struggling with "Paradise Lost." Everyone is both paralized and lost. What does all this talk about Bernie start to tead. Do you thiph that you know what reading is? _ j INQUIRING REPORTER Question offered by Miss Richmond. Question: Should the high school require home study of its students? Answer--Mr. Stringer: basket in the five minute over period jand Carj fighting a duel on Friday1 j^^'^rl^ves6 If^ student was made by Bacon, which made the Light mean ? Ask Green and Carr. j . , have a real thirst for 'scare 28 to 26 in favor of McHenry. The junior class expect to turn out » ^J* ^LeS for * The second team won at Richmond Jas a wh0le Friday night and see Mc-| n°w e ' , tem of last Friday night by a score of 13 to|Henry whip Huntley. How about 1/^redhonie\ ^ sy8tem °f 12. Newman did most of the scoring for our team. Green and Whiting, wnen roe oeu rang at whs ait- ^ estion 8atisfactorily. Under each succeeded in scoring. The de> ernoon tJhe hall was as busy as the u 0f work ciding point of the game was a free throw made by Newman in the last quarter, which gave our boys a lead of three points. Richmond made a extra credit for superior work as used in many of*%ur schools today solves corner olf, State a,n d Madis. on during done outside of the school is deter- ™:h"sJnJas ruJh- . , mined by the student and the teacher The bob load of rooters showed the ^ forced ^ require home work spirit of which our school boasts Each student should spend at least "Penny for your thoughts, dear.1 "Well, I was just thinking how per*^ fectly awful ' it would be if there would be a ghost in that house. I heard Jim Jones say it was haunted." "Yes, and old Mt-s. Babcock says that house has been there for an awful long time. She says he* mother used to tell her there was a man murdered there once. You don't suppose his ghost would be there now do you?" ""Say, now don't try to get me nervous or you'll have a real lunatic on your hands right now." By this time the girls had reached their destination. With a final chug the Ford stopped right at the front dour. The girls mentioned -were a group of four college girls wljo* had decided to spend their summer vacation in the haunted house about three miles from college. The haunted house was owned by Marie Driseall's uncle^nd was on the land of his farm. With a rusty Jjey given them by Marie's' uncle they managed to unlock the front door, which creaked and groaned as a result of not having been opened for such a long time. The first room entered was the parlor. "Say, girls, 111 just bet this is the room he was murdered in," cried Dot. The room was a very gloomy one, papered with faded, dull green paper. The furniture was heavy and nearly all was carved in a fashion of former years. They proceeded to explore the other rooms and were quite impressed by the number, size and gloominess of them all. There was a long corridor upstairs, from which the doors of the many bed rooms opened. At one end of the long corridor was a very large miiror, which pleased the girls very mufch. the first flight they were naturally nervous and spent a great deal of the time talking about ghosts and murderers. , Finally about one o'clock they were all sleeping, suddenly Marie woke up with a start. What was that? Thru the long hall foot-steps sounded. Should she wake the other girls? No, she might be heard and then what might happen? The foot-steps came nearer and nearer slowly, now and then pausing. Her heart beating fast, Marie waited. Finally the foot-steps stopped directly in front of the door as if someone was listening. ; (To be continued) Staadiag of T W DEFENDERS GO INTO LEAD REXALLS DISPLAY VERY POOR FORM AND LOSE LEAD Defenders Rexalls Buicks '-f-i i Fords iC, Leghorn# Oh Henrys This week finds the Defenders leading the local bowling tournament, the cigarmakers having toppled the Rex-: alls from the lead on Tuesday evening of last week when they succeeded in handing jthe druggists a three-ply trimming. • the balance of the teams remain in the same positions as occupied last week, altho the Oh Henrys are now within eysy striking distance of the Leghorns. The standing of the teams, as seen above, is for the first thirty games and,««s there are but fifteen more contests left, the teams this week enter upon the last lap. Rexalls Fall Before Defenders The Rexalls displayed a very poor form on Tuesday evening of last week' and as a result they proved easy picking for the Defenders, who made a clean sweep of the three-game series. A. Meyers led the winning team with -a total of 573. Richardson, also of the Defenders, was second high with 537." Vogt, who led the losing quintet, registered a total of 480. Hie scores: Fordi lit 2nd Srd Total Av. C. Boat ......199 122 188 Bacon .....181 145 18ZE. Buss .......140 140 140 F. Nickels ....123 128 119 JusteH* ^...^|64 178 225 ^ i 797 713 859 2369 790 6. Leghorn* 1st 2nd Srd Total AT. Heimske .....124 117 172 413 188 Bolg^r .......140 140 140 420 Stoffe! .......161 209 205 565 Steilett ...... .192 189 168 549 Conwajt . .... 184 222 202 558 186 "V to date are as follows: Art Meyers, 788; Walter Vogt, 178: Lester Bacon, 172; Alfred, Patcke, 171. High team averages; Rexalls, 828; Defenders, 808. 741 877 887 2505 835 Oh Henrys Bump the Buicks • 'The Oh Henrys kept up their winning streak last Friday night by taking two out of three from the Buicks. P'. Meyers, of the winning team, was high man of the evening with a total of 542, while Agfatzke, of the Buicks, ^vas second Mgh with 527. The scores: Oh Henrys" 1st "2nd Srd Total A v. TERRA COTTA Mr*. Ralph Wingate was a VWtor in Chicago Friday. ^ Mrs. Earl Wilcox , Woodftock 140' spent a few days recently With her si*- 188 £®r' Mrs. BN J. Shine. 183 The teacher and pupils of the Terra. Cotta school enjoyed a sleigh ride last Thursday afternoon and visited the Prairie school. " ' Rexalls Spurling. Rossman Boley . . , Bieklei^r basket after this, which left us a lead|th braved the icy blasts to getto----,o ; , h . \ of* one point. The .or. stood *,|Ri Lond Fnd,y Stringer at Richmond: Corfte on,i . , , r . ^ Ernst Barbian was out of the 8*™* | Willie, get up." ^ !Tn™er_L« Theta.:"" Willie, dreaming he was hunting Inteliertll»,.aI,d pr01!Tnri*. ,M* of „ . . . . . i t h e c o u n t r y h a v e c o m e t o r e a l i z e t h a t Encyctopedma AwwimM. ^ ^ , day „ , 9ufflcie„t w 0 amount of time for any man to ^Wqrk. When they make the statement work they mean results,^ not just putting in your time, a very common thing If ^ou intend having an auction sale, farm or anything in the auction line, let W. G. Schreiner cry it for nl AO D at Richmond because of sickness. It Is hoped that he will be back for the | jj^ug jn Africa: Huntley game Friday. ^ McHenry 1st •J£G. FT. PF. FTM. Overton, rf . Whiting, If . Freund, c .. Bacon, rg.*.. Thelen, Ig .. Wye, lg ... • , . • .2 ......0 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 Total...... ..12 2 8 1 1 Richmond 1st - PG. FT. PF. FTM. Johonnott, rf . ..<3 1 1 2 Anderson, - If i . A 0 1 0 Buchert, c ... jgi's ...2 0 ".1 ; 0 I , S^inkle, rg . ...1 3 * 0 3 I ^pbgel, lg u ...1 0 1 j Total..;.. .11 4 6 McHenry 2nd < FT. PF. FTM. Green, rf ...i 0 0 2 Newman, If .. ...4 1 . JL- .3. Hopper, c ...... V>.o o :kt"- 0 Thomas, rg ., . Jr..O 0 'd • • • ® \ ^hiting, lg .V.». ..".1 0 1 2 ijf: Total..;.,. ,.,.6 1 « 7 ' Richmond 2nd ^G . FT. PF. I^M. Itrumpen, rf ... ...4 0 8 8 * _-f. McConnell, If ...0 ¥ 0 2 0 " Pred McConnell, c ..0 a \ Q ^ Jtice, rg . . . . . . :i:::5 -- 2 Barnard,lg .... 0 0 © Dumb bell: The guy bell hop is a new dance. Hick: The guy who thinks Lansing Mich, is a serious operation. ~: 7~ Lost--A fur liped^toothpick. Return to Mr. Tall: Wanted--A niw calendar for the library. Please Veave same with Mr, Stringer. Lost, Strayed ^ Stolen--A maxime silencer for the\iunior assembly Finder please returtv to JMiss Ashburner. Lillian Buss. among the laboring class of the pres ent day. You will have to admit I ai)»' justified in making the statement. The very same proposition confronts the high school student.--If the average student spends six hours a day on his subject and continually applies himself he will have absorbed a sufficient amount of knowledge for one day. . „ , But, viewing the situation from an SOPHOMORE NOTES other point, if the student is not cap- No wonder Art H. had a pain in hisjable of prc)<iucjng satisfactory workneck. He had the mumps. Poor boy. in six hours he should devote himself Ask Dick S. to give you the formula | for his wonderful peanut colored paint he's so proud of. to his subjects for any length of time until he obtains results. That's the thing every organization in the world The first and second teams are to J demands, and in my estimation that's I be congratulated on their winning the the thjng every teacher ought to de- | games at Richmond. ^ Ifnand. v Did the crowd that went to RichU Answer--Sibra Whiting. . , jmond in the bob like their snow bath t---persons who have graduated from high school regret that they did not do more studying when they were in high school. If lessons are studied by the pupils, they are usually understood but many of them fool away their I Ask Lenore or Toots. According to repOTrts the basket I ball boys must have done some dam- |age at the hotel in Richmond. Did the boys' chorus scare Mr. testa both by a close score. ^: Wm. Mt Green. 1st 2nd Srd Total Av. .144 127 169 440 144 . 148 141 161 .1&2 130 133 ..153 133 159 .lffT 126 187 445 385 445 480 148 128 148 160 \ Defenders Whiting^.. Thompson . Knox ,77. Richardson A. BCeyers. 729 6&7 809 2195 728 1st'2nd Srd Total Av. .153 167 187 507 169 .158 136 138 432 144 .146 140 162 448 149 .167 169 201 537 179 .207 188 178 573 191 fiankermeyer .158 155 151 Watties ......164 127 139 R. Page ...... .155 150 158 Schmitt ......152 168 ISO P. Meyers •Buicks A. Patzke .165 171 206 464 430 468 450 542 155 143 154 150 181 7G4 771 784 ^329 763 "1st 2nd Srd Total Av. 178 179 L. Page ......123 156 157 Kreutzer .....133 144 145 W. Patake ....142 136 109 Laures .......189 170 160 527 436 422 387 619 176 1 4 5 141 129 173 > • 831 806 866 2497 832 < Leghorns Sefatch Up Ford* The Leghorns scratched up the Fords considerably last' Thursday night, when the "chicks" took two out of the three games rolled. Lew Stoffel led the field with a total of 565, while Conway followed him a close second. For the losing teamr Gdprge Justen was the big gun, he getting a I total of 557. The scores 757 784 750 2291 764 Miaprint In Schedule •'A slight mistake has been discovered in the printed schedule of the bowling league. On Feb. 14 the Rexalls will meet the Oh Henrys, while the Buicks and Leghorns will clash on Feb. 15. High Score to George Justen George Justen won the high score as offered last week, his mark being 225, registered last Thursday'evening. Who's Who In Bowling League For the firsfc thirty games in the league's schedule some quite interesting figures ^gre obtained. For instance: Alfred Richardson bears the distinction of having hung up the high score for otfe game with a mark of 261. The high three-game honor goes to L. Bacon with an "average of 217 1-3. The highest score registered by any team in a single game was made by the Defenders with a total of 924; the Fords were second high with 915. High scores for three games were: Defenders, 2693; Rexalls, 2610. 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Diatrict Total ...5 2.8 S Friday night of this week, Feb. 1,- cHenry will meet Huntley at Mc- j Tallmadge when practising Monday ^jme jn school and never take home " H e m a d e - a v e r y h a s t y a n y o { t h e i r b o o k s . " I t h i n k t h a t ver at Huntley McHenry^won the I exit. !high school should require some out- >;jirst team game and lost the second J Carl Weber is beginning to tl^ink gj^g work, which should be not less geometry is easy. Wonder why ? than an hoUr and as much over that Good reason, because he'* <not taking Lime ^ needed. If all high schools reahis semester. ^ v; (quired work outside of school they The sophomores were very glad to-ould have no fajiure8. see Alvin Anderson's name with those) j)^nswer Earl Peterson: of the honor students, but wish there j think a high school student should cbuld have been more. English II are studying argument and debating and by the interest taken in clasB some of the students are thinking of becoming debators. • SENIOR SCHOOL NOTES Nine out of fifteen honor students ! «fre seniors. A-a-ahem! r'*'r,", The Latin III class are .beginning to ^ , doubt the saneness of Cicero. The English IV enjoyed (?) the ex- . temporaneous speaking last Friday. Did-you notice Mr. Stringer's ear to i ' car grin? Well, do you blame him? Well, juniors, what do you think of our team? We keep you on the jump, wot say? The physics students have ,formed an art class. Our d*awings are all » securely labeled. One reason why a certain group of seniors never have their lessons Mon- , day--school notes. ^ The penalty for talking above a ^ whisper in, the typewriting room is forty minutes after sctfool. Everyone is taking close observation and measuring his jaws to see if they have increased in area--mumps. It's too bad that the girls' basket -ball game last Friday night was not a scheduled game. The seniors beat th* - juniors 25 to 13. Loss of appetite was prevalent in school Friday morning. Nothing ^serious tho, we received our quarterly reports at noon, Miss Pryor claims Gladys tried to make the regulations of becoming a r senator harder by saying "breach of promise" instead of "breach of peace." I, Skiing must have a peculiar effect * o« some of tile girls. Some walked rather lame on Monday morning ?*. while others complained of loose teeth 2 and dented heads. Misa pryor has taken drastic measures to stop the talking in the devote an hour or even more if possible to good hard studying outside of school hours. At school there is always something that .-is drawing his attention away from his work, while back some candy for the unfortunate ones. * I wonder if Lisle and Rubber en- at home he can study harder and' rejoyed going .to the green house Mon-|member it ionger than if he studied it day morning? They at least brought at school. Answer--Bernard Newman: I think that the high' Achool should When it comes to taking the egg reque8t every student to put at least shell off the egg withoyt breaking the I one g0od, solid hour of concentration membrane Mr. Tallmadge is a wizard. |on hig or her school work outside of He even admits he hahdles the ftle like: ^hool. There are many trifling noises a wood cutter. ' ;at school which will attract one's at- One night last "week when the basket1 tenti0n and ^fe will lose a few moball boys were practising they heard ments 0f his studying and by putting the shrill sound of a fire whistle., one hour at home to his studies he They were very mucti excited and woujd make up for all the timV lost rushed to see if they could see where minor disturbances. it was. Much to their surprise they -- found flute. Mr. Tallmadge playing the Ellen uUccd FRESHMAN NOTES ^ Herman Steffes was absent last week. Some class/ to Buddie's white sweater The English ! class ai% learning how to write real themes. s' Bernita GrunO has just come back to school after a three days' absence. Since when has Eva Whiting got so bright that she can sit in the senior row? * We hope Milly Zuelsdorf gets over the mumps so Elmer may cSfaie back to school. Our basket ball team sure is a peadti,, j&e hope they keep up th^ir HONOR ROLL High School Honor Roll • ' .Seniors--Leone Givens, Kathleen Powers, Helen" Powers, Gladys Rietesel, Pamela Rietesel, Carolyn Steffes, Pauline Pufahl, Norma Whiting, Helen Vycital. Juniors--Ella Harrison, Elizabeth Vogt. v / Sophomores--Alvth Anderson. Freshmen--Jacob Byisma, Lovena Jepson, Marion Wegener. In tiiis list from the highest grade to the lowest there is not more than six per cent difference in the grades. MIRRORED MAN , Continuwt <Story by Leone Givens "What's fiie matter, Marie? You are so awfully quiet." Lli V' for the Continuoiits Growth of eNferthern Illinois A ' - s\. ' ' TNDUSTRY haa turned Id (he growing: towns of £ Northern Ulinois. Plants are being moved out mtiv this tetiiluy, crossed by«all of the railroads entering Chicago, where space is cheaper and electric power industrial gas services are adequate and dependable. 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