Canton High School - Cantonian Yearbook (Canton, IL)

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C H. S. THE CANTONIAN I I I I I I VVent to school to-day and saw sign on door: No school to-day, come to-morrow. Scare me again. School first two periods. School is dismissed for the week. The Pennant is sent thru the mail. Cold weather, and we are coming back this afternoon. No school. No heat. Hallowe'en ! !? NOVEMBER The day after the night before. A wagon is discovered in front of school door. Great excitement. - More excitement. Still more excitement. 8. Censored. Pennants are distributed in assembly at noon. First basket ball practice tonite. Blue Monday, no chapel, no fire drill, not even a half holiday. Why all this excitement? Mid-week routine. Oh, you tests in Amreican History. Campaign on for Senior class rings and pins. Sunshine for first time this week. X A Robert W. Service program this morning. Vacation for two days. Talk on food supply, also on Red Triangle campaign. Fire drill, but nobody skipped. Bright Day. Good chance for Ditto students. School assembles as usual. Quack! Quack! Last day of second six weeks period. Prof. and teachers making out grades. Blowing colder. What cha gonna wear at the Junior-Senior party tonite?', Look on page sixty-five Qpicture in Annualj. Group talks about the grand success of the party given last Friday by the Seniors. Thi hdokey trio use the old expression in the afternoon, School to-morrow, no school to- av. Everybody takes things pretty easy. Thanksgiving to-morrow. Pep meeting for the game next Friday night. ' 8:00 P. M. Big game, Elmwood vs. Canton. Everybody here. Great game, 33-3-lf, but DECEMBER Blue Monday. Some even wearing blue shirts, altho everyone is looking fine. This is the Fourth? Big campaign on. Annual Staff appear before Assembly with pledge cards. One buck each. Big success. The mysteries of the 'Dutch Club.', Blanket of snow covers the ground. Xmas surely must be coming. Pennant out this A. M. Second team off for Cuba tonite. First team stays and hears the boys' declamatory. Robert Powell first, Dean Barrick second. Cuba 21, Canton Second Team 20. Mr. Bourn delivers a patriotic speech this morning. YVe sing America and the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Singing as usual, same old grind. Ditto. Mr. Buthod puts the Prnss in Prussianism this morning on a patriotic talk. G. W. Gaylor gave a good finish to Patriotic VVeek. Chem. Lab. invaded by gas, gas roasksv made of young sheets. H:SO4+N'aOH+Heat:S024SOa-l-H:-Q-NaS-J-HQSO1-Q-Bs. Pep meeting for big game with Peoria Central. VVe win, 30-15. Announced that Powell won second in Galesburg at Big Eight Declamatory Contest. Disappointment for the Juniors who were planning a bob sled party-everything melted, the Juniors were one day late. Jackies from Sousa's Band entertain this A. M., from the rostrum with songs, playing, and flirting. Snow all gone. Everything cleared up for the Senior Benefit Concert. Mr. C. Frederick Bonawitz, baritone, Mr. Rudolph Kafka, violinist. Played at Galesburg, beat them 241-19. Vacation for two weeks. Hurrah! Hurrah! Victory for C. H. S. Beat Galesburg 21-19 and second team beat Cuba 30-15. we are good losers. III III

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f Tl-IE CANTONIAN C.H.S I I I I I I CALE DAR 1917 SEPTEMBER School folks meet to begin another year. Much curiosity about new principal. School work begins in earnest, the faculty stand the test of the student hoard of censors. A gentleman from Kalamazoo has arrived to teach us Physics and Chemistry. VVe have a practice fire drill to-day. Sh! Seniors meet and organize. Hooray! Big circus in town. Had another fire drill so that the faculty could sce the parade. First base ball practice in P. M. Do, te, la, so, thus Mr. Campbell, our music instructor, receives our first attempt. VVe also learn that Prof. Hyma can play the piano. Hooray! Big circus in town. Had another fire drill so that the faculty could see the Juniors organize and elect oflicers. Receiving word that the Senior roast is to-morrow they decide to solicit the aid of Fresh. and Sophs. A. L. M. A. officers elected. Seniors hold special meetingg also decide to have an annual. Base ball game with Y. M. C. A.-defeated? Juniors claim that THEY cleaned up on the Seniors Friday night. Is it possible? Music day again. VVe all can make a noise at the same time now, but- A. L. M. A. membership contest, with the Seniors and Juniors leading. Annual staff appointed at class meeting. Cuba defeats us in base ball to-day, 3-2, in a closely contested game. Many Cuba visitors. First meeting of A. L. M. A. Yell leaders are elected. Tui spouts 0E about nothing. The girls have a hike. The boys have a base ball practice, yea, lots of exercise. Seniors and Juniors have voices tested in music. VVhat do you know about it? There is a teachers' quartet. . Seniors vote on Green and VVhite as class colors. Hot, ain't it! Learn that the Juniors are going to have a house party, but when and where? What color is green? Time to get upg didn't you hear the alarm bell this morning? Base ball game lost at Cuba., 5-4. OCTOBER Sophomores win the A. L. M. A. membership contest. The Tale of Two Cities. Go, everybody, and see how it is executed. VVe have a heap big yelling practice this morning. The faculty go out for a good time last nite. Mr. Cohen played for us to-dayg we were certainly glad to hear him. Why play hookey to see the Horse Show? A fine Public Speaking program is given this A. M. VVe defeated Farmington in base ball here in P. M., 13-3. Seniors kidnapped the Junior president, also mopped out 'on the bunch in Corbin,s farm yard. Help! Police! Did you see that picture the Seniors are showing about? Captured Alive. A Senior overcoat returned. Rumors of a dance. English IV class test some cake. Junior and Senior class meetings. The girls are wondering whether they will be asked to go to the dance or notg well, some of them? On account of rain we can have no base ball practice. Grammar School dismissed, no heat. Grammar School dismissed again to-day. Freshies complain that we should be dis- missed, and even some of the dignified Seniors think so too! Horrors! Murder! Report cards come out this noon. VVe hear to our disgust that the ball game is postponed until to-morrow. So try music instead. Awful! Farmington defeats us 5-3. We have a Kipling program this A. M. Also a talk on Liberty Bonds. Jumping Jupi- ters! we get out early to-day. Hoorah! No school to-day. Teachers' meeting at Galesburg. l III III llllll 154

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THE CANTONIAN C.I-l.S. I I I I I I H918 JANUARY C. H. S. loses to Peoria Manual High there, 15-14. Snow, snow. Just like a clean leaf. Everybody that wasn't snowbound back in school. Awful! Seven young men came to school dressed up as chorus girls. They must have been stranded from the great Burlesque-Stop, Look and Listen. The seven are back. Mac gets back in Am. History after a lay oif of seven weeks. Junior and Senior regular class meetings. Talks about Animal at noon. Cold, cold, 20 degrees below. Seniors make C. H. S. seals. Thrift stamp talks. School censorship committee for Annual. Oh! First team B. B. picture taken. Did you QCD Murphy's black eye. Of course Chicago pupils got a treat. No school. Senior and Junior meetings. Mr. Perkins and Mr. Anderson give talks on Thrift Stamps. Last day of semester week. B. B. team defeats Elmwood this eve, 40-30. SECOND SEMESTER Noon reports given out. Calamity and ruination. Many flunk. Ouchl Many Juniors and Seniors being shot by the photographer. The proof is enuf. VVell. don't get flip ! Axiom I. Seniors make seals again at Helen Graham's. Blank - -- - - ' W Big pep meeting, parade before the game. Biggest crowd of the year, causing Manual's defeat, 25-19. Reports of Peoria Central gameg we win, 23-15. Next round, Powell vs. Vampires. XVe were shown the loving cup to be given to the person selling the most savings stamps per capita. Big sign on board this morning, Uncle 'l'om's Cabin Burlesque' by the Senior boys. NVatch for the date. Still school, nobody working, waiting fo1' to-morrow to start the day right. FEBRUARY First of month. Everybody clean shaven. A nice, cool school room. Fifteen degrees below last nite. First Tuesday of the month, K'Calendarless day. Do or Bust, Senior motto. 'Tis a good one as long as we don't bust. The boys are sure patriotic. An observance of Tieless Day? Carrie Crockett w.ins first girls' preliminary declamation contest. Frances Saville, second. Pinky in favor of upassless days. Caution! Keep out of the Halls. Game postponed until Saturday. VVe beat VVashington 35-21. VVell, first day of this week. The Honorable cast intro- duced. Sang song hit. I.incoln's birthday. Chapel this morning. The big show is on to-nite, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Two shows had to be given and over seven hundred people were accommodated. VVell, the thirteenth is over. Be back to-morrow. Claude Berry is presented loving cup for selling the most Thrift Stamps. Our team goes to Monmouth and defeats them 32-24. Carrie Crockett goes to Rock Island but does not place in contest. Seniors hold a special meeting. Efort to raise S100 at the Macomb-Canton game next Fridav. The second time in 1918 the Seniors hold a party. A grand and glorious time was had at Dale Earnest's home on North Main Street uninterrupted by Juniors. The Juniors have charge of A. H. to urge the profits of Macomb-Canton game. Sophomores have a large surplus of pep to give to the B. B. team. Phix has news that Teddy Roosevelt is dead. Tish, oho!! YVith the combined efforts of the High School and outsiders we beat Macomb 55-13. VVarm and increasing colder. Basket ball boys go for a hike. III III uni!! 156 .