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EM SE ACH ESS PUBLISHBD IK THE INTEREST Of TH* MeKtMRY COMMUNITY HIOH SCHOOL McHrarr, IOteoto, March 13, I9M ± •1H n9*u STAFF in 'chief.. 4 • .Angel* INilil Assistant editor... WlUkun Nye Sewing .... Athletics ... jpjcience .. .. Commercial Alumni Senior ^ Junior ,ii 'W Sophomore . 7 . . . . . . Elisabeth Voft ........WiDkuB Green .. .William Beth . . « »'.^Augustine Freund . . . . « Harold Rneon Helen Powers .....Mildred Zuelsdorf .Adele Pufahl Freshman Music . . . Girls' Athletics..., . Humor . Floribel Baaoott ... .Lillian Buss ..Ella Harrison .Jeaaie Whrtfag It surely pays to have a good proas agent, doesn't it? Gus Freund, Zeke Bacon and Bill Nye were absent from school Monday. Not much news this week. We're all recuperating from the effects of the touranment. chains Our captain, who scored nine ;#v ATHLETICS The McHenry high school basket ball team traveled to Dundee and met the fastPWest Chicago quintet last Thursday afternoon. Right after the whistle blew McHenry made a basket . iuid kept on going thruout the first ; Jijirte quarters. They kept on plugging at the basket and at the end of ^ the first quarter the score stood 7 to 4 In favor of McHenry. West Chicago 0ien put on a spurt and Fox sur.k two long shots in the second quarter, while Vis mates helped him enough to bring :>V-»the score up to 11 to 11 at the half time. Both teams came back strong ; , ftnd kept k close score thruout the third quarter, the score standing 16 * to 15 in McHenry's favor at the end of this quarter. The last quarter proved Batal for M. C. H. S. Altho they ; . brought the score to 17 to 15 only to lose it in the last two minutes of flay. Fox's long shot put the pep inj; to his mates and, altho McHenry tried hard, they were unable to win. The score at the end was 18 to 23 in West Chicago's favor. Richard Overton, ? 'points in the first game, was given -honorable mention by the officials of the tournament. - Games of the Dundee Tournament W. Chicago beat McHenry 22 to 18. Crystal Lake beat Woodstock 16 to 9. f St. Charles beat Richmond 26 to 6. Elgin beat Marengo 61 to 4. Plato Center beat Hampshire'27 to 21 overtime. Hebron beat Huntley 25 to Geneva beat Harvard 29 to 4, Elgin beat Crystal Lake 45 to 9. - W. Chicago beat St. Charles 24 to 19 overtime. Dundee beat Geneva 26 to 18. < Hebron beat Plato Center 40 to 17. Semi-Finak . Hebron beat Dundee 21 to 17. ' Elgin beat W. Chicago 29 to IS. Finals r Dundee beat W. Chicago 19 to 8. Elgin beat Hebron 63 to 11. \ The McHenry County Towuniat Thursday, 3:00 p. m.--Hebron vs. Harvard. Thursday, 4:00 p. m.--Marengo vs. Huntley. Thursday, 7:30 p. m.--Richmond vs. Crystal Lake. Thursday, 8:30 p. m.-- Woodstock vs. McHenry. Friday, 7:30 p. m.--Winners Of Thursday afternoon games. Friday, 8:30 p. m.--Winners Thursday evening games. Saturday, .8:30 p. m.--Winners of Friday's game for championship. Wm. M. Green. SOPHOMORE NOTES Cobbie had better get skid! \vhen going around corners. Grace Granger and Catherine Walsh were absent from school Monday. Wonder why Lilly happened to go to sleep in modern history class Friday. Torchy, in botany class: "Oh no, nothing is impossible, but it's mighty improbable." Miss Richmond, in English: "What happened to Brutus, Arthur?" Torchy: "He had a flea." The basket ball fans think that Dundee has some pretty nice. What's this about Ernie's infatuation? Three students of each geometry class are having a spelling contest in convocation on Tuesday morning. When a student is absent from suspicion:) of a tut# bill anyway and will eammine it cloooly." He took the bill and felt of it and looked at it for a long time. Richard shewed only a casual interest in the process. Suddenly the bank president looked up. "Who t«H you this money was counterfeit," he askd "This bill is a real one or I dent knew anything about money,"-said the man. Richard by this time had become immensely interested. He ran to the old battered trunk and took out the rest of the money. "Will you please examine aff this money," asked Richard, very wwh excited. When the man had finished he declared every one of the bills good. Richard stood for a minute as if in a trance, then, forgetting all else he ran down stairs and threw his arms around his crippled sister and wept for joy. He told her the story and how he <hnne to find out the money was real. "Just think, sis," he said, "there's at least ten thousand dollars. Now you can be operated on and will be like other girls." "Oh Dick, it seems too good to be true doesn't it? Why it's just like a fairy story," exclaimed Betty May. In a few days Betty was operated on and the operation proved very sue mm§ of do not haif* others think this is the reason. This is like1 giving credit takes the interest away. I think that for the credit. The glee club is much cessful. She was soon able to walk Carolyn Steffes. taking tfco frm attan hfelMtt out of the class and giving them credit for the work and not giving others any credit. Some of the boys are compelled to work after aebool to earn funds to keep thwolveii in school and as the practice is done after school they cannot attend and therefore cannot ba^oo the teams. Second speaker on the affirmative, Helen VycitaL Madam chairman, worthy opponents and members of the class: The person on the negative &aid that j only some of the persons get on the practice because the practice is held first-team, that ia, only five. There after school. are more than five needed for a team, there are several subs. If they got credit the boys would work harder. In most schools credit is given, also in moat colleges and universities. It is allowed in Northwestern and Wellesley. If cradit was given for athletics it would induce more pupils to take athletics. Athletics are very beneficial to health. If the boys know that they are to get credit for the work they would work harder and try to make the first team. Second speaker on the negative side, The only reason the pupils work is for the credit and not for the interest of the game. Credit takes the spirit away from the game* If credit were given for athletics, how would it be regulated? If a pupil were on four teams would he be given credit for all together or one eredit for each team? I think that there would be a general mix-up. The summary of points is: be hard to regulate the better if the members belong to it because they like to sing, not to get credit in case they need it. One of my opponents stated that the boys seem to be picked on. Well, there are the girls' athletic team and the boys' glee chib and orchestra. One of the things I would like to know is hew the credits would be regulated. If there were five teams for four years of school would each Ret one-twentieth of a eredit and a The teams are limited, therefore (person who played only one-half 0f >®*tehee of their own. only a few pupils would get the credit, the time only one-fortieth of a credit. Many pupils would be unable to. This would make great fractions and & great bother. Instead of trying to study thir other studies the boys would rely en their four athletic credits, if one credit were takfi&g..for each year. be givea for four years' work. : ,_v. In order to play the boys must be -h'1?t* passing in threo studies so then wt«|l*p be no. extra amount of credits at the end. • A RECENT SPELLING CONTEST' - At a spelling match, Held in the gyp Tuesday morning, Mary McAndrevm obtained first place and Ernest Bar- Man. second. The competitors weHOtbree winners from each of the geometry classes which had previously heM without a crutch and she and Doctor Morrison took long walks together. One day, after Betty May had returned from one of these walks she school the report is that he has the was very excited and before she spoke mumps. Some times they prove to bej Richjird" knew what had happened. true- ishe told Richard she was going to be Dick Stenger's favorite pl^_ in jmarried ^ Richard was very glad geometry is: "That's simple!" But when he gets to the board ho has changed his mind. Many of the students looked a least bit sleepy Friday morning and I think the teachers did, too. Who wouldn't after such a wild ride from Dundee? Weston Bacon, in the bus coining from Dundee: "I feel a draught coming from some where." M iss Ashburner: "Keep your month closed awhile." Miss Stockebrand, in physiology: What are the dangers connected with eolds?" Mary Brefeld: "If we don't take care of colds in the beginning wo Mill get ammonia." to see his sister so happy and carefree. Betty and Doctor Morrison had a quiet marriage in a little cottage nestled aitftng the hills. Richard returned to'Chicago and to the girl he left behind him. (The end) Louise Chamberlin. Madam chairman, worthy opponents and members of the class: My opponent stated that when crodit is given for athletic teams the games become more interesting, but I do not FRESHMAN NOTES ' We have finished giving oral hook reports. What a relief. Quentin Walsh is back to school again after having the mumps. Miss Lillian Smith of Ringwood visited our school last Wednesday. Miss Ashburner said "The ancient mariner had a skinny eye and a gray hand." INQUIRING REPORTH* Question offered by Gladys Rietesel. Question: To what do you attribute your success as a basket ball player? Answer--'Leo Thelen: I attribute my success as a basket ball player to abstaining from cigarettes, not eating very much and especially refraining from pie. I always make it a point to go to bod every night by eight o'clock. Answer--Ernest Barbian: My success ss a basket ball player attributed to my harsh voice, which frightens the opponent when at the point of throwing for a basket. That's why I play standing guard. Answer--Jessie Whiting: I attribute the little success which I GIRLS' ATHLETICS The girls' basket ball seaao«i has come to a successful close under the management of Miss Ruth Stocke' brand. The girls are now going in for volley ball and will later take up baseball and the track. There is no doubt but that they will make a success of ..the sports under their excellent coach. The senior, junior and sophomor basket ball teams were the only entrees in the contest staged at the high schooL The first game of the series wms the senior-junior clash, which ended with the juniors in the lead 38 to 27 Then the juniors and sophomores battled and again the juniors brought home the bacon to the tune of 35 to 25. This put the championship title in the hands of the junior class. Then the senior-sophomore game was staged, which was won by the sophomores 31 to 18. This game put the sophs in the second place and seniors in the rear. The junior class has sent out a challenge to the other classes in high school to play volley ball and other spring sports and of course they in tend to keep'the championship in the class. The junior team had their pictures taken in their suits and expect to print them in the EM SEE ACH ESS, so all may look forward to seeing a picture of the girls' champion team in the juniors. Carl N. Weber, have playing basket ball to the rab- !with as y°u hke\ But should le.sure bit's foot that both my team and coach !timem«an time? ,?l J ere ifre accuse me of having with me while many th,n«8 which one could do that playing. Altho I live up to the train !would not ** detrimental to ones « SENIOR SCHOOL NOTES 7 What was the trouble with Friday morning? We wonder Miss Ashburner tried to tell us that a cosmus is not a flower, can you : imagine it? We certainly enjoyed the trip to Dundee even tho we had to climb v muddy hills, arrive just in time to see ' our fellows defeated and then get half drowned in a snow storm. English IV had their first Friday afternoon. The subject Resolved that credit toward gradua- : tion should be given for work done on athletic teams. The negative victorious over the affirmative. JUNIOR CLASS The junior team What to Do With Leisure Time I think that you have all seen the ads i n t h e m a g a z i n e s a b o u t t h e s e c r e t o f "fifteen minutes a day." This fifteen I minutes is supposed to come from your leisure time. Leisure time. What is it? When is it? What do you do in 'yours? This last is the most important question. It seems to me that everyone has or should have at least some time to do what he wishes to do. Think how you employ yourself in yotir leisure time, whether or not you do things in it that make it simply wasted time or real recreation. Reading is a good way to spend one's time. But it has limitations. | There are some kinds of reading matter which are not worth the time it takes to read them. Then, too, there are times when you don't feel like reading anything at all deep and sometimes, for instance, if you have been in school all day you are tired of books. Then there is the out of doors. Whether winter, summer, spring or fall there are always plenty of things to do. "Well," you say, "why not stroll down to the drug store or the barber shop, smoke a few cigarettes, see if you can tell a bigger story than some one else and stroll home again." Or suppose you are a girl and you don't feel like reading, sewing or doing any of the things you might do and you decide on the movies regardless of what the play is and whether or not it is any good. The time, you sayf is yours to do It would credits. ^ Getting credits away from the games. -,; Rabutta^ - * Negative, Pamela Rietesel: My opponent stated that in a number of colleges like Wellesley and Northwestern they allow credits to be given for athletic work. There are quite a number of colleges where credit is not given, 'such as Madison. It is the rule of the colleges of the North Central High School association that credit should not be given. It is better to graduate with the required number of credits and athletic) credits besides, if they want to call it so. My opponent stated that etodit would increase the spirit. They would forget the spirit of the game working Affirmative, Gladys Rietesel: My opponent stated that several schools did not give credit, but there are just as many that do, so that's even. In regard to lack of interest in the game, there are certain rules they must live up to. If they do not take interest they are put off the floor. Thus it is with the glee ciub. When a person gets started, he gets interested and fights and fights lav something. The song does not whether it is sung well. They are only on one team at a time, especially at first. They start as subs and work up to the first team. There would be no one-twentieth or one-fortieth credits. One credit wonld JOKES first artist: "Well, o! man , how% business?" Second artiot: "Oh splendid! Gil a commission this morning from i millionaire, wants his children pai very badly." First artist, pleasantly: "Well, boy, you are just the man for the joh^ Unique Lady: "I wonder why tho Has called flits picture 'Home?' Man: "Because there's M fMi like it." Inquisitive: » "Where do bugs fe winter?" ' Dumb-bell: "Search me." * V Dumb-bell:' "That guy goin' theif makes a lot of -money with his peiMT Mr. Ah! A famous writ|( I presume.'* Dumb-bell: "No, he keeps pigs."-!, i The City of Dumb-bell ^ "I don't understand it. This •eem* to be a very modest looking cow, the farmer said she was fresh." ' PATRICK'S HALL M' • • v McHENRY, ILL# * /' s * • V 1 \r. w. - • v. •• " - Hf ,r- SUNDAY ANO JflfiAr fENINfiS •ami •SMKNIiM - * THE YCPS£ PEOPLE OF ST. PATRICKS PARJSH ing rules and practice every time that the team does, my success is really due to my luck. , Answer--Richard Overton: I attribute my success in basket ball to the fact that I have no "Sheba" to take care of or watch after. health or ideals. Some of us have special hobbies which take up all our spare time. One of them is radio. It seems as if all of us ought to try to use our leisure time for pleasure which is good for us You and not just waste it on idle whims. know the old saying is: "One thing | ^arr'son" at a time and that done well is a very good rule as many can tell," so why waste your time with the girls? DEBATE Question--Resolved that credit for One thing certain is that you cannot j graduation should be given for work play basket ball with some "fair (me"'done on the athletic teams. occupying your mind. If such a con-! First speaker on the affirmative, dition exists why you would be there Gladys Rietesel; second speaker on the in body and not in mind and to play affirmative, Helen Vycital. First basket ball you have to have both.: speaker on the negative, Pamela Riete- Another thing is that basket ball sel; second speaker, Carolyn Steffes. players have to have deep and we all know girls keep you up late with dances, parties, etc. Answer--William Nye: I attribute my success as a basket ball player to the fact that I never smoke, chew, drink or keep late hours with the women. Also, whenever 1 bump up against my opponent in a game he will know better than to interfere with me again. I scrub my teeth every day and take a bath at least once a week. THE CONVICTS LAST DEED Betty May grew worse and worse. She was very brave and tried not to let Richard know her true condition. But Richard saw and became desper- no* credit for hard work done in But what to do he did not know., athletics. This is unfair. It is also as going to save his little sister I true of the girls' team in this school. First speaker on the affirmative, Gladys Rietesel. Madam chairman, worthy opponenta and members of the class: The subject for debate is "Resolved that credit for graduation should be given for work done on the athletic teams." We define the term "athletics" to include all sorts of foot ball, basket ball, volley ball, track, baseball, and sometimes swimming. The first point of proof on the affirmative is that in nearly all high schools credit is given for orchestra and glee club. In most schools the girls are for the glee club and the boys for athletics. The girls get credit for glee club and the boys do He if it was at all possible. The next day he went down to the bank and asked to see ihe president. The president was very busy, but he promised Richard to go out to his cottage that evening and discuss^business atters with him. That evening during the course of the conversation the bank president spoke of counterfeit money. Richard asked him how he could a bill was real or not. "Well, I can't exactly you," replied the bank if I had one here I could show you." "Well here's one," said Richard, going to the trunk and taking one of the bills out. "That's queer, that any< make a hundred dollar bill, the bank president. it to The orchestra receives credit for its work. There are only two girls and the rest boys in the orchestra. The athletic teams spend time and do not get credit First speaker on the negative, Pamela Rietesel. Madam chairman, worthy opponents and members of the class: Speaking on the negative think that credit should not be given for athletic work. The speaker on the affirmative side said that as credit given glee club and orchestra it should be given for boys' athletics. In all schools the orchestra is regular work, not done after school hours. The athletic teams are There are just five boys on a Some of them are good players, others 'MM: Under direction of Miss Blanche D. Pryor OF THE McHENRY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL 1 A Comedy In Three Acts . -Mi i Si,. ; • . \ L... -A • ': /;! .. t,, - fir*? ' ' Vw. \ V;: v : .. • ** pvK • : - ~ * 'j iv .. '"J?