Canton High School - Cantonian Yearbook (Canton, IL)

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C H. S. Tl-IE CANTONIAN I I I I I I Senior girls meet to discuss Re-p. The boys don't know whether its reputation or re- public? VVhy, yes! Sure we have school to-day. Certainly not, this is not schoolless day. VVait until to-morrow. MARCH Most everyone goes to Peoria to help C. H. S. win the tournament. Buck is a wonderful thing as the team members' speech, yells and business men talk. Shield to be presented later. The clock ran yesterday. Just notice the fact that it is running to-day. Betcha a jitney it will run to-morrow. INho pulled the stale joke that heat was intense If you want to find out you should have been to the big fire last night. Last day of school this week. Big Fulton County teachers' meeting to-morrow. Basket ball boys took a six A. M. hike. A strange dog appeared in H. S. To whom does it belong? Pep given to the final week of A. L. M. A. activities. Basket ball boys enroute for Springfield. Tourney. Debate here at home. VVe win 2 to 1. Lose at Galesburg 3 to 0. YVin at Springfield against Jerseyville 35-29. Gloom!! Lost to Normal last Saturday 20-19, but won third place by defeating Shelby- ville 20-19. - Bets taken and placed whether it's a boy or girl that is coming to school. Track team called out to practice. . First day of spring. Hookey or spring fever, which? Seniors presented with flag for winning VVar Savings Campaign. School and wories make men of us. Flag presented to Howard VVood for winning the VV. S. S. Campaign. Juniors are all in a Hurry-but wait and come to-morrow night. Juniors put on four one-act comedies. A well filled auditorium certainly appreciated their ability. Senior party at Hollandsworth's. Junior party at VVallace's. GOOD MORNING! APRIL APRIL FOOL. A good one was pulled something like this: VVhy are the soldiers so tired on April first? Bite. Because they've been on the march thirty-one days. Chemistry class test for unknown salts. Hear that our old crap shooting friend has joined the army yesterday. D Well! For one thing C. H. S. defeated Cuba to-day at baseball 3-2. Sure, school as usual. Fresh shaven? No, out late last night? To-morrow will be Tuesday. I don't know whether it was or ain't, huh? Shields presented to-day. First place in District Tournament and Third place in State Tournament. Base ball practice. Hurrah! Seniors don't have to come to school the last week. VVe're off for the grind of the last six weeks' period. Books rearrangedf?j The middle of this week. The Seniors are doing fine work on their play at rehearsal. Unsettled weather in Central Illinois. Speaker from Knox College spoke to us this morning. All Seniors preparing for their class play, The Man of the Hour. Come, all! Sure, twenty-three, skiddoo. Did you go to the show last night? Fine day to-day, nobody plays truant. Have you got that date for the Junior-Senior reception? Last day of the Calendar, so farewell kind one, and don't forget to think about me while at the reception, for this is my last dance. III -III

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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 .

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