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She said that when we go along the streets in the early morning, we see on the doorstep or porch of everyiuMise a newspaper and a bottle of milk. "The milk is clean we know," she said, "but how about that paper? Does that contain clean news and wholesome literature or has it impurities in it?" She explained that it is as necessary for a newspaper to be clean as it is for the milk, for impure newspapers poison the mind just as impure milk poisons tha' body. She made farther comparisons of the milk and the newspaper and then ended her speech & class grades. TTiey didn't tell us on- three. The men spent a very enjoy- 3a& Literary, Cooking Music Personals .. ....Berteel Spencer j success to the staff. It looks good doesn't it? ^Vell, it's; ---- i gt>ing to be good and they will have no ' trouble in keeping up* the good work of the old staff. The next issue will show what they can do. The school , gives the new staff a hearty welcome and wish them good luck their Nrork. . " S: MOTTO FOR TODAY tfp and to the work! Work today takes tomorrow's play possible. " - * EZ SEZ v",;: If them whales wouldn't blow so :i^nrht they would keep out of a darned Mte of trouble. til Wednesday whether or not we were exempt from the exams. By so doing w* find that we are--in some cases-- farther ahead in our sleep than we might have been if they had told us earlier. We would then have spent the time in studying, bat, alas, it is too late now. But we firmty grantee to reform by next quarter. able evening playing basket ball, baseball and volley ball. Augustine Freund hurt his knee in the basket ball game last Friday night %n/t was absent from school one day this week. Poor Gus. A basket ball game was held at the grade school gym Jan. 17. The grade the girls to learn the cuts of meat, as he said it is much easier for the butcher if a customer knows the exact cut desired. We were given this demonstration as the cooking class is takuig up the study of meat at present. A good example is in the school. I One may notice that during recitation j periods that a goodly port'~n of thej ear seat students are remarkably int-i ;it>-- . « SEWING T"fie giVls are now working on Ihetr ir -ik #OULD YOU LIKE TO COMEBACK |, You who~are grown up have left the ||igh school. For the most part you Ijgbuld not return if you wished for few indeed can carry with them to maturity the impetuous generosity, the exalted standards and the never ending Aspirations of youth. * As jfou look back thru the years at have carried you from oyhood do you sigh as you say to yourself, "Oh, those were the days of fjoyal sport! The children don't have •jhe fun today that we had back there Jn the little white school of my childfood." If you say that, the heart of the boy fs gone and in its place is the slower, folder heart of a man. If you believe e are not like the companions of. our boyhood, it is because you have llowed the years to estrange you .^rom us. The little old school is gone, but the 'spirit that made that school is the tame that fills every American school today. The spirit of youth does not Change; it is as restless and as seething today as it was when Peter Pan <was born. If, now that yoU are a man, you are still a boy, we want you to know us, Tto appreciate us, and most of all, to understand us. We cannot- call you *back to high school days, but week after week we bid you come if you wish. It is for you, whose children we are, that this little paper is published. If you read it, do so sympathetically, for it is our invitation to you to enjoy with us the thousand and three bits of humor and pathos which go to make up oUr high school life. PEACE ON EARTH, ESPECIALLY IN COMMERCE It was very quiet in the stenography class room, A death-like, tragic stillness seemed to prevade the air. It was Wednesday, the last day before the exams and Miss Oates was pronouncing words "Abandon, melanc h o l y , M E L A N C H O L Y . " The melancholy days have come. Tilly is sure of it. He wonders if the girls will miss hun very much on the 25th. Clara is talking: "Miss Oates, will you make up your own exam or will it be a county exam?" "It will be my own examination." McHENRY HIGH WILL JOIN NORTH FIVE -In an interview with Mr. Duker we learn that the McHenry community high school has accepted an invitation to join the "North Five" conference. He tells us that it is composed of five schools from these parts, namely: Woodstock, Crystal Lake, Harvard, Marengo and Belvidere. It has been in existence from three to four years, but not until this fall have we felt able to apply for admittance. Last Saturday the board in conference at Woodstock invited us to join, on the departure of Belvidere high school from the North Five. Mr. Duker mentioned that there will be regular athletic schedules just as Big Seven and other prominent conferees have. He expressed a desire for it to be our aim to compete with others of this group in debating, oratorical work and music. We are sure our orchestra and glee clubs will lead in some contests of the latter. Our school has the smallest enrollment of any of the group. Therefore we deem it an honor to take this distinct step forward and hope to join in seme real interschool competition. Torchy: "Oh joyl There's hope for me yet." Arthur! Prepare, cfcpitol--.% The prespiration is pouring from Mike's brow. He decided a week ago that he-wanted to pass in this stuff and he's afraid it's too late. He looks at Miss Oates' tired face and wonders if the woman has a heart. Gee, he's studied twenty minutes day for the past week. "What more could anyone expect?" A\tmile spread over his face. "Instead of the commercial department getting a victrola, why not get a radio? Maybe we could take more time off for the bedtime stories." Mike likes bedtime stories. It reminds him of the old days before he heard of shorthand. Stacomb busted his pencil. "Where's your pen?" comes crisply from the lady in charge. The sharp tone pierces Stacomb'^ heart. Last night on his ben knees he begged her to be merciful. He promised to spend ten hours a day on typing and fifteen hours oa shorthand, if she'd only pass him. "Pamphlet, union"-- "Please don't go so fast," inter rupted Sheik, alias Mr. Krause, "I cant get them then." Albin giggles. Ida titters to Lillian, "One would think he was in the habit of getting them." Harold's l§nky extremities give Lisle a poke. "Gosh, I missed fifteen out of twenty." "That's nothing1/ I missed twenty-one out of twenty." Lisle is grading Vera's paper and his eyes fairly pop out of his head 98!! It's the first time <he evert saw 98 on paper. "All right, ready client--" At this point s sound. like a^stiain engine is heard from the back of the room. It's the exhaust pipe from Rubber's brain. Rubber has grown fat on shorthand. Monday he expects to be the fattest boy in the room. Clyde, it is universally anticipated, will die a natural death qn. Friday. The bell rings. Torchy shouts. Berteel squeals. Clyde approaches the desk, tears streaming down his cheeks, Unutterable suffering is displayed in I every step. He offers his hand to Miss Oates in farewell and speaks of the funeral. Miss Oates smiles. What's the grinning at? Holy horrorsl Suppose there aint any deaths. Suppose she s planning on giving everybody 70! !l JUNIOR CLASS NOTES t Was everybody happy last week when they found out they were exempt from exams. Dick Stenger and Ernie seemed to he very dear pals last Wednesday. We wonder if it was because "Misery wants company." Ask Dick Overton to do his "funny face" act for you. Hell be so pfeased if you laugh. -How'd you like to be Ben Turpin, Dick? How did Miss Stockebrand like the fair juniors who were in her sixth period study hall last week? Weren't we will behaved little dears ? After hearing an oral book report, on "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" in English I, one of our extraordinarily bright freshman said* "1 was going to read that, but I Ihuiught tint It' was about a rabbit." A new name has been chosen by the staff and the pattern has been sent to a Chicago engraver to have plates made; This will be adopted as « standard M. C. H. S. insignia. We hope everyone will like the new BUM to we have put forth a great effort in eating it. ^ About five minutes after the outburst due to a very humorous joke read by Mr. Stringer to Spanish I class, had subdued Frank seemed to be h-'f terical from laughter. kr.cw Mr. Page's nationality before but now we could make a good guess. (You know how to make an Englishman happy in his old age, don't you?) school players showed exceptional abil-1 kimonas and bathrobes. The next ity as basket ball players and won the game from Woodstock. It is likely that the grade school wiD play Hebron sometime in the near future. The students all worked hard to get high grade In the examinations for we are going to publish the names of the people who get the first fifteen highest grades. Who will they be? ~>eenj ick-4 ness: Dorothy Marshall, Lorena Jepson, Harold Bacon, Lenore Cobb, Louis* <attasbe*lin, Wynnie Bylimn. project will be the remodeling of garments., •; Some of the girls are inefficient Where were yotir garmefij^s, girls ? Did you want to join the group «n the study hall? Martha Miller surely is an expert dressmaker. She had her kimona all I ready for the trimming and then didn't The following students have been j know whether a collar belonged to it absent from school on account of sick-^or not, Elizabeth McCabe should be good at opening French seams after _ last week's practice. Few of the girls were exempt from MUSIC sewing examinations. I wonder why ? The orchestra is now playing difficult music. Most of the members play well enough now so that we can go along speedily. Rehearsals occur every Thursday afternoon from*8:30 until 4:45 and Tuesday from 7:15 to 8:45. All outsiders are cordially invited to play with us. We are practising Barcarolle, Hearts and Flowers, Thombonium and Washington Post at the present. During last Tuesday night's rehearsal something very peculiar'happened. It may seem foolish to many/ Our leading clarinetist, Anna Popp, was playing her solo part in "A Night in June." The clarinet being pitched GIRLS'ATHLETICS Several girls have responded to the call for basket ball players, but it al ways happens that something else is happening on practice nights so that the old stand-bys can't appear, Every nqw and then we have to fall back on the boys for help. It always makes ^the game quite interesting to have the boys p'ay because they are so ignorant of girls' rules. Ethel Whiting and Rosalind Nye have started their career as extraordinary players. They think the whole game is nothing but fouls because whenever they get their hands on the Boost the man for whom you labor; Boost the stranger and the neighbor. Boost! Don't be a chronic knocker, Cease to be a progress blocker; elligent and billiant or even those sit^ • ll\ you'd make your business betlar, ing near a student above average are Boy^t things to the final letter, the same. But if a glance is taken of; J -• .* :he exmination grades after a strict WHAT WE DIDN T KNOW examination such as the quarterly test ABOUT DUSKY LONGLTEGS jne may readily separate the "b!ack Spiders are formed all over the heep ' from the rest in a^comparison; United States. Their chief dwelling places are in buildings or in trees. Sometimes they live on the ground. The poisonous spiders a'l live in a.mer countries. The spiders that |ve around heie are on'.y poisonous to sma'.l animals and insects, but not poisonous to large animals or human beings.. " of grades. , J. A. Anderson, Jr. about half a tone lower than the rest ball Miss Stockebrand blows the Business, stock, ^ • WITH THE SOPHS Test Thursday and Friday# Arent We glad tho. Ill say we are not Another week gone by and Torchy still has his white card. Everybody has a chance to turn over m new leaf. A new semester has started. What a relief, no more soology, but we suppose botany wiH be as hard. We hope not. Winnie Byslma has returned to school again. Some little boys are not so blue now. Some people wore big smiles Wednesday. Why shouldn't they? They had to work to get them. Richard Overton has a mysterious way of getting to the dressing room first despite his last period class. The big subscription selling contest for the Country Gentleman was won] by the Reds. The contest closed Monday. Miss Miller suddenly oalled for modern history note books? There was a sudden flurry of hard working students. Why are note books, anyway ? i Mr. Talftnadge: There will be no zoology Wednesday^-. Class: How about tho grades? Mr. Tallmadgvi 6*,/, tkat Wont take long. naturally sounded terrible Mr. Tall- We never] madge noticed it and signaled for the orchestra to pause. Mr. Tallmadge: "Anna, you're flat." Anna: "That's as high as I can tune it" v Mr. Tallmadge: "Try putting a handkerchief in the bell." „ Anna: "Yes sir," But we never saw the handkerchief. And speaking of wind instruments, we have some that will always B flat. Others we think should be in A flat In a flat in the Philippines. „ whistle. A'tho Rosalind is quite t^h-i-n, die makes a very good player. Girls! Girls! C'monout'n lernowda play. , rHE STORY OF THE TOWN THAT YOU LEFT LAST A man;in a Ford, packed with his wife, children and other belongings, rame into town. His first stop was at the drygoods store, postcflfce and fur- -liture store. : Here he inquired of the town ,propri-| »tor. "What sort of a place is this? Is t the sort of a place I'd like to move into? ' "Well," drawled the resident, "1 ain t atall sure. How did you like the ast towto you were in?" "Rotten," answered the traveller. "Everything was off there."' . "I'm sorry, stranger, but I'm afraid* you'll find all towns the same!" That's right, alright--so . here's a poem apropos: *•. Be a Booster L Boost your city, boost your friend; Boost the club that you attend; j Boost the town in which you're dwe'ling, Boost the goods that you are selling. Boost the people around about you-- They can get along without you, But success will quicker find them If they knew that you're behind them. Boost for every forwatrd movement, Boost for every new improvement; Continued on last page) "Why NEW STAFF HOLDS % FIRST MEETING Of course a meeting is nothing unusual, but this one was important j dirt on ^ neck. especially, because it showed what interest the teachers are taking in our SENIOR CLASS NOTES It seems that some of the seniors are changing their minds about taking up a post graduate course next year. They are going to do practically the same thing only -class it as the fifth, year of high school. For lack of anything dse to do the seniors are trying to figure out what makes their sweater collars dirty, inside it is caused by oil on the hair or fluence and second, if the influence is Frst, is it an inside or outside in- Anyone solving this • - paper. i At the beginning die editor tokl the new staff what was expected of each member. And then came a few surprises. First Mr. Tallmadge gave us a fine lecture on how to write our articles, in which he quoted other newspapers, pointing out the good features, and also telling how we could improve upon our work. When he hfd finished, Mr. Duker walked in and told us what he thought about our paper. He said that he would do anything in his power to help us improve it That surely sounded encouraging. He has already ordered a plate for our new heading, M. C. H. S. When he had finished, who should come in but our friend, Miss Miller. She gave us an inspiring lecture, which made quite an impression on the little group. Her talk not only helped us to write better articles for this paper, but will slo help us if wi pueale will be amply rewarded by be ing exempted from the exams cover ing this subject "Fear is man's greatest enemy, Some of the basket ball boys wanted to see the Elgin-Hebron game last Thursday, but were prevented by the fact that they were afraid to put a ., HtESHMAN CLASS N0TB8 How good it seems to see the smiling face o< Winnie back In .school again. Mr. Stringer, in English I: did Stevenson write Donkey?" We wonder if "Kenneth G. forgets school starts at 8:46 on Monday as well as other days. rEarl D.: "To put agony into-some people who read the story." Most of the other students agreed. We are very proud of our second team and wish the first team better success the rest of the season. Does anyone know why Kirk was so lonesome Tuesday morning. We are all anxious to learn the reason. In English Albert Blake said that the city of Pompii was covered with saliva. We wonder if he meant lava from Mt Vesuvius. In geometry the other day Alota Patzke was explaining a problem at the board. Mr. Koerner asked her to stand to one side as the pupils could not see -her work. One of the junior boys has caught the fever of wearing long pants for Albin Anderson was seen parading the halls Monday morning with a swell new suit You'd think he was a freshman. In our combination basket ball and foot ball game Earl Dowell was COMMERCIAL NOTES Last Friday Miss Oates lost one of her most favorite students. Put on the brakes "Chuck" this is bookkeeping, not a race track. Clyde's favorite saying is, "The world is yours, go out and get it" Miss Oates informed us thst the work is getting harder. We should sha sho. Clyde is rapidly working his way out of stenography. We sympathize with you, Clyde. I Lillian, who has been sitting in the rear of the room, made steps foreward when Miss Oates suggested a front seat The bookkeeping students have started the second part of set III This set covers two months, March and April, and is the first of its kind we have h^jLMiss Oates looked real sad last Wednesday. We wonder if she realized that it was the last day she could look upon Clyde's smiling face. But we bet Tilly will miss her more than she will him. He wont receive sf much attention in the next class. See you again next week. TIS SAID > The Tattler (Hebron) gtv>W pT»rtlcally a whole page to athletics. Its write-ups are good, but cant we hsve more of F. A. *25? His "cross word puzzle erase" is a topic of common humor well localized by its application to Hebron people. The little Beardsley, Ehle editorial on Pep, is good, too. Really, • our MWpiw Do You Live to Eat It d'M'sn't nr«ttiter. piiftit is, no matter why you eat you want the best. We sell the best teas ar.d coffves, purest «<f lards, highest patent ll« ur, best canned go 'lis. fruits, vegetables in season and th«> best general line of groceries to be found la this twwftk M. M. Niesen McHenry 11 studies are worth as much pep as are our parties, if we just think of it so. L. T. H. S. Rattle (Libertyville) rattles merrily along this week. Even to outsiders, the locals are a most interesting part of the paper. They show a real broadness of interest on the part of the school. Fluff and Ra* Rusa'inade to' order nMKDC5 . IB. nPAyPrP weIs'Ht OMNcFh le»n2 ry SCIENCE The physics class have been making Travels With a [chlorine, bromine and iodine, members of the chlorine family. The next task was to make liquid chlorine John stayed after school one night to make some liquil chlorine. When six o'clock approached John cried, "I've gota drop!" He hadn't, it was HCt. Most of the zoology students seem to be very glad they only have to take zoology one-half of the year. But what about botany? The general science class have just completed their study of acids and bases. They tested acids and bases *&ith litmus paper and found some very amazing results. THE VALUE OF EDUC In every high school the question yearly arises and especially of plain' geometry, "Why do we study tt.i> stuff that we will never use when get thru?" Well, is there a reason Most people will never use the infm mation derived from a course mathematics? but whether they us« it or not it is well to be on speaking terms with the subjects which otiwu educated people understand. Education's important in the development of our tfoinds and upon -it very largely depends the future progress of the world. It develops our natural innate talents. Besides this it is very essential in the business world. What would happen if no one were educated? Would you be happier if you were not educated ? If you believe that a dog is happier when he is asleep by the kitchen stove than a human being is when he is doing a great work, or when he is enjoying the work of other creative minds, then your answer is "yes." As for ourselves, we believe that the mind of man is his great gift. It is on the work of his mind and his mind alone that he must finally be judged. Is education' worth its cost? ^ Yes, if the human mind is our richest blessing, its cultivation ia ene of our first duties. ? OSS. M'CHESNEY k BROWN (iNConronATK* DENTISTS Dr. J. W. Brows. Dr. R. M. Walker EaUblished over 4S years and Mill doing Business at old stand Pioneers in Flrst-Ctass Dentistry at Moderate Prices Ask Your Neighbors and Friends About Us 1*8.' R. Cor. Clark & Randolph 145.N ('lark St.. Ctiicajr > PHONR CENTRAL J04" Daily 8 to 5; Sundays 9 lo 11 CREDIT Means of Obtaining Credit We all yearn for credit, but we are ^ Something | four classes in that respect i- e., those they didn't know before. They will who want it but are too lazy to get it, soon take up the study of physiology j those who take the credit of others, PAINT NOWF Thie Is the best time In th* jrtar to paint! I h« v« had years of experience and can guarantee results. I use 100% pur* paint made W white lead, sine and linseed oil. My prices are lowest. Let ma quote on your work and show you oolors. H. J. KRENTZCR West Mi Henry. It) inolf Plujur "l-W Painter's APbrantlpajnt Oxo-Gas Oil Burner Air Pressure System The invention and development of Oko-Gsk Is iu line with the spirit of modern progret-s The home of today has it« eleorvic light, telephone, radio ,and now Oxo-Gas »ds further to the comf.) rta of the home by producing a "neat that is cleaner and better and lower in cost th*n has ever been known heretofore in the whole tield ol home heating. Constant, Never Varying Heat iHumpfT and Cleamtr" 1 " than Coal. | Nomore^ml pile, no more mess and soot. The Oxo G*i burns evenly, silently and with utmost cU aoiines*. No matter what type of range, heating stove or furnace vou n»ay have there is an Oxo Ghs Oil jlurnei to fit Math. B. Lan County Distributor West McHenry, Illinois Watch Plumbing Uncle Sam Cautions! Hoover Issues Standard Code Washington, D. C. -- The Department of Commerce have approved a people's, plumbing code" with the hope that it may be adopted by states and municipalities, it was announced. The bill is for the protection of the public "from insanitary plumbing, the use of defective and cheap material and improper ' installation." The code was prepared by a special committee appointed by Secretary Hoover and headed by William C Groeniger of Cleveland. 1^' 3 propositi*! before the economics 1 knocked oot.. It m «- d thit he |ike<J the knock-oat bet. teacher, from whom they hadlto take p ^ ^ ^ fV>Q „atjBP as felt the an exam the first thing Thursday morning. Want to know what the proposition was? Ask Jess. John says the gods rule that he is to take physics. John was about to meet success with a proposition presented him by Mr. Tallmadge whereby he might escape the terrible plague. But at the last moment poor John's success was drowned in a maelstrom of water. Yes, he got water in his liquid chlorine after traveling for two hours on the one road to success. Why do the teachers persist in holding the pupils ia suspmiss about their ter than he did the water he felt the knock out less than the water. In ancient history Mi^s Miller said that next semester would not be so easy and that we would have more outside reading. A deep sigh went Here's hoping you like it, freshies. Ask the sophomore girls how they enjoy it S's wonderful. At the beginning of this semester the chemistry classes are going to analyze coal. They are also going to analyze some ore found in the coal bin which looks like a mficture of copper and lead ore. •" COOKING -Wrt%ttle Pigs Went to Market and'One Was Killed." On Monday afternoon of last week the cooking classes journeyed to Pries' to see a pig slaughtered. After waiting for some time, in order to allow the water to boil, we finally went to the slaughter house, where we witnessed the murder. The pig was first hit on the head It • • - . . I m - J . * r e . . ' over the room. Miss Miller doesn't j so as to stun it and then stabbed, seem to realize that it takes them un-^j was then transferred to a trough til 12 o'clock to make up their outline those who take credit falsely and those, who get credit honestly. j Even in school we find those lazy people who envy those few who have! just'.y earned it. And in school wej find those who falsely make their in-1 s t r u c t o r ( o r a t l e a s t t r y t o d o s o ) b e - j lieve that they are worthy of credit. But in most instances, even tho they; may think that the teachers are not aware that they copy or recite from the , back seats with open books, the teach-1 era in most instances have enough! sense to correctly estimate each individual student's abilities. The glory of credit comes to those who know that they have gained it honestly and fairly and on the other hand, nothing is so heart touching as to see someone else get credit that,is rightly yours. Those who receive . A1 C c c-.' •VCA N i is: ':ADE TO ORD IfLWfP ujlassos ?DEP iCiN LY •1M c. Opiom of r/s/ Opn CompUtm «a Ittmtralmd WO wOMnTUl HVfni Qt p» J $ 3407 N. PAULINA ST. CP-^OSCCE AN- LiNCOlS AVE. My spectacles and eye glasses are Save up to40<fc 3SffS the way it is. OPTfCB PUP An exceptionally large group of older men were here for athletic* at the last mooting There were twenty where boiling water was poured over it and then it was scraped to remove all the bristles. After the pig was scraped and cleaned Mr. Pries explained the dif ferent cuts of meat and showed where someone else's credit know that their | enow a all over America. Thirty years conscience has been violated and j experience testing eyes and grinding despise themselves after they learn to rlasses to order only, ^e make all play the game fair and square. tepair.fi. Absolutely guaranteed How Credit Is Placed I is aB of Mpsrior qeakty. (Mat daas a [wSiaathai ,«••• aivatnt In most cases, however, all our hopes, fears and angry moments culminate in what is frequently called a vu found. He alto advised all |'show-down.' Dr. C. KELLER, afw3 jpptometrist and Optician _ ' * *-- McHenry, HI. Phone 1ST Chicago Address 8407 N Paulina St Qraceland fl +>:-.v