Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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Our Faculty Now, ladies and gentlemen, don’t think me a fool, If I tell you about the faculty of A. H. School, And if you doubt what is said after reading it through, Just read it again, and you’ll find it’s true. Mr. Richardson is the principal of dear A. H. S. And he is certainly fine; I'm sure we couldn’t find a better one now If we’d hunt and hunt all the time. Needles and pins, needles and pins, When Miss Ferguson enters, the silence begins; She gives you a look that freezes you cold, And then after that you do what you’re told. Miss empen’s a teacher that all of us like, And she’s done a great deal of work Helping to get money for the Tatler this year, And her duty she never has shirked. Mr. Ritcher and Mr. Schaefer are two bashful teachers, You seldom see them at assembly time; But when it comes to teaching their subjects, I tell you they sure are fine. Miss Bishop’s been here for several years, And in teaching French she’s a wonder; But among us, it has been discussed, Whose great mind it is that she has plundered. Mr. Haight is very prominent, Because of his being coach; Of all the teachers I’ve ever had I think I like him the most. Mr. Oertli teaches Geometry, And at it he is a “bear;” Of course, that’s probably due to the fact That he has curly hair. Miss Cartwright has been absent so much this year That we forget most how she looks; And if she doesn’t hurry back We’ll soon be quitting our books. Miss Lowry attends to the Tatler work, And knows what it should be about; And if you put something in that she doesn’t like, She sure will take it out. 16

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RUBY McCLURE, B.A. (University of Missouri), English. ADELAIDE WIKEN, (La Crosse Physical Educational School), Physical Education. A. R. WEDDELL, Physical Education. HARRIET BURNAP, A.B, (University of Illinois), Latin, History. ARDIS KENT, (Iowa State Teachers’ College), Commercial Subjects, BESSIE CAMPBELL, A.B. (Illinois College), English. 15

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Miss Paul is a nice teacher in the assembly, And she is just as good as pie; But to choose your seat and companions— Rather than that—she would die. Miss Perrin had a visitor In English class one day; Although it was just a tiny mouse. They would not let it stay. O here, O here, comes Miss Fiegenbaum, You know she is always late; But I think after this she’ll make a new rule, And try to get up before eight. 0 come, O come, now all of ye, Join in this merry song; It is the desire of Miss Maguire To have you belong to this throng. Mr. Sayre is our Physics teacher in school, And he is surely very w ise; He is the principal of night high school, But you wouldn’t think it by his size. Miss Schlutius, I’m surprised at you, For you’re a teacher in Chemistry, And you haven’t discovered a hair tonic yet That will suit your own small vanity. Miss Curdie takes care of the Cafeteria, you know, And you cannot do as you please; If you wish to buy cones, you must stand in a row. Even if you do get squeezed. Now', pupils, be quiet if you’re on the third floor; Let this warning go unheeded if you dare; But “Move on,’’ “Move on,” is Miss Mulliner’s song If you’re passing up and down the stairs. “Now learn the rules of capitalization” Will be sung by another teacher; For Miss McClure is going to be married To one wfho is a professor. 1 know a man named Mr. Smith, A very merry old farmer. Who’ll teach you to reap and sow, Nowf that the weather is warmer. Children, children, take my advice, Don’t eat your cones in the hall; It w-ill go hard on you if you do, For you'll hear Miss Whitney’s call. 17