Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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CALENDAR March 23-The boys who ere in that dramatic play, Submerged aid them-selves proud thi3 evening when they presented their melodrama before a capacity audience. Everything conducted itself in real (reel—very clever 1) theatrical style. Congrats boys I March 24--Teacher1s Institute--Yippee ! March 25—The Girls Glee Club traipsed over to Canton and then traipsed back again. Our luck wasn’t so excellent, but our intentions were certainly gooc. March 29--Assembly. Oh boy I April 1—April Pool (Original, don’t you think? Or do you?) April 5-- Passion Play presented in the gym, in motion picture form. April 5-Coach Kent of Waynesvilie presented some specialty acts from his annual Circus and his results are astounding Such acrobaticsJ And how they did throw one poor 13 ttle gal around. April 7—Mrs. Faye Berquist of the School of Beauty Culture in Bloomington addressed the senior girls. The first baseball game of the season had to be postponed. Darn and double darn I April 9--A lovely Easter Sunday. April 10-The junior and senior classes collected themselves and held a class meeting to discuss the annual Vocational Guidance Program. The juniors and seniors went last year and are planning to go again this time. April 11—The Civics class had intended to go to Springfield today, but due to the death of J. Hamilton Lewis, the legislature was not in session. To console the poor dears there was an assembly. April 13—A red letter day on the calendar of those in the Driver’s class. Tests today with real cars to manipulate. (P.S.) Nary a bent fender. April 14—An assembly again. No baseball game either. Such weather I April 17—The Monday set for the Vocational Guidance session and the juniors and seniors spent a day listening to experts in each line of practically every occupation. April 19—Glory be I Two (2) assemblies too ay. Miss Blum held a ti.ira hour dancing class today, and can some of us really step. April 20—Ahat fun I Guess what we had today? Tests. April 22—Are v;e thrilled 1 The Junior-Senior Banquet, at Hotel Tilcen-Ilall, followed by a theatre party. A simply splendid evening, and we seniors say that the juniors did a darn good job. April 24--Here it is Monda again and all of us .re simply dying to et back to work Just simply dying. April 25--The boys had a burst of energy and proceeded to have some baseball practice. Such experts I It's amazing April 26--Vug had on assembly, we had on assembly, da-da-ca-da-da-cia-da ! I Mr. Wright had us elect five tentative rueens for the prom, and Mr. Price passed out our driving cords. April 26--Armingt.on here for a baseball game. Are we good or are we good? April 29—Shirley Perlman tore over to Urbana to give her original orations at the state contesL. Good luck, Shirley. May 1—May flowers everywhe May 2—Beason at Beason. The baseball game, we mean. May 4—We're off to bioomington for a game, and what a game 1 Tension in the alr--honesti May 6—G.A.A. Play Day. Suits everywhere. All had lots of fun. May 12--Game at Athens this time. And our high school prom. Grand time ! j May 14-G.A.A. girls have their banquet. May 21-The big event, one of them anyway. Baccalaureate for the seniors. May 25-High school picnic. Ilad tons of fun. Junior High Commencement. May 26--Commencement (Sob, sob) We do hate to leave. May 27—Alumni Eanquet. Just think, now we are alumni. (27)

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I CALENDAR Yea, Yea, Atlanta!!! January 2b---Mr. Wright addressed as- sembly and made a few points clear. County tournament had its official opening in the Lincoln gym. January 27---Atlanta faced Middletown on the basket ball floor. That was about ell we did--face them.College party for students held at Lincoln College gymnasium. January 30—Blizzard, practically. No school--good for Old Man Weather. January 31—-Shucks I-—School resumed. February 1---New month and it started off with a long assembly. February 2---Crounu hog day. Shadows loafing around everywhere. February 5---All of the fairer sex in A. C. H. S. plan a party. Wheeeee ! February 8-—United Photo recorded our handsome countenances for pos- terity. February 10 Poor Price-------A scarlet fever germ got the best of him. And just when we have a game with Elkhart, too. February 13—Mr. Seelye of THE Seel-ye s addressed several classes. Following that—a fire drill. February 14----Basketball opposition furnished by Waynesvilie. Valentine's Day, too. February 16--Staff for this master- piece decided on book cover. Don't you think we did a good job? Or do you? February 17-—Beason was our opponent for this combat. P. McCullough has charge of team during Mr. Price's absence. Yea, Phil-----Yea, McCullough. Yea, Yea, Phil McCullough. February 20—Basket ball is drawing to a close. WilliaiLSVille here tonight. Close game, too. Until the fourth quarter. February 22--Mr. Bentfeld fell victim to one of those horrid flu germs and missed a day of school. Fine thing 1 February 24—Monotony! February 27—Miss Walker and Miss Blum are sick as is Mr. Wright. Since the faculty is indisposed,no school today—such a shame I Miss Knowles also slightly under the weather. March 1---New month at its start. Spring is here and Shelley was right. Remember If winter comes, can spring be far behind? March 2---All is well, for school was dismissed ten minutes early. All for a pep meeting. And whatta pep meeting. Cheers running around everywhere. Reason: our very last basket ball game of this season.Our opponents were Mt. Pulaski and such fun—for Mt. Pulaski !!!! March 4—Time Marches On!(So original, don't you think?) March 7—The basket ball team called a halt to school and proceeded to head for Peoria Thursday and Friday of this week. All for more basket ball. Say, girls: it's a gyp. •March 8--Assembly this bright and cheery morning.Mr. Wright announced the list of exemptions and were our faces sad! But again-----were they glad J March 9—Mr. Price back in circulation He visited the study halls for a few minutes. vYecome, kind sir------ welcome. March 10-G.A.A. buffet supper and following that were games to aid digestion or something similar to tnat. We don't get technical on these points. ATALANTA STAFF meeting. Yea ! March 13—Off to the old grind for our coach, but he didn't seem to mind it. We rather imagine he thought the old schoolhouse looked good after a long seige with a few germs. March lb—Assembly again. The sextet warbled at the Woman's Club and then proceeded to make hogs of themselves when the luncheon was served. Such etiquette! Mr. Harmon of Eureka was here to discuss college with the seniors. Look intelligent,kiddies ! March 16—-Boys of!' to Champaign this time. It's getting to be a habit with them. Again the reason is a basket ball tournament. Lucky dog3 ! March 17—St. Patrick's Day. Were we green I (26)

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SENIOR ESSAYS iVRITIKC AN ESSAY Our English assignment for Tuesday is simple. Just write an essay of about two hundred words writing on one side of the paper. Pick out any topic you like and write about it.” Veil, thi3 sounus easy enough. First you decide on Just which topic you can .vrite the best essay. So far it is still easy--about as easy as finding a needle in a haystack. Everything you think of would make a good paper. But when you try to write on just one, your mind goes blank. Then you decide that it just wasn t the right subject anyhow. Now you begin to wonder why the teacher ever thought of such an assignment. It seems that she mu3t have known just how easy it is to write an essay. After staring out of the window for a while, then looking at everyone inside the room—the pictures and even the posters on the back wall—nothing seems to be worth writing about. Then you begin some deep thinking. You can see ideas for hundreds of essays. Again you try to pick the subject that seems the clearest in your mind, but you have the,same luck you had the first time. This is too much. You put away your paper and decide to take a zero. Now you can get out your chemistry book and really study. No 1 A new idea just flashed tlirough your brain. This proves to be the one. You have a flying start. The first paragraph is good. Then the bell rings. Gee I that was hard work, trying so long before you found what to write; then that brilliant idea, and a good introductory paragraph. Eut you still don't have an essay! Joseph Speciale TliE NURSING OF A FORD Before you can nurse a Ford you must have one. When you find one that has been sitting out in the weather all winter long, you must get someone to help you pull it out of its lodgings. Usually you would have to pull it all day, but if you get hold of a good one. It may start in a few blocks Now that you have it started, you ride around in it the rest of the day to see how it runs and how it drives. The Junior Woman's Club will be having the annual dance, so the thing to do is to get all dressed up ana go get your girl and take her to the dance in your new Ford. Of course you have to park your Ford so it won't be facing the wind because it might rain and get the heart of the motor wet. After the dance is over, you walk as proua as a king out to your work. Now here is where the nursing begins. The starter doesn't work, so you have to crank it. You can't get mad at the Ford when it doesn't start right off, because if you start using profane language and paw the earth, a Ford just seem3 to hear you and fails to start as long as you carry on. Finally, after most of your knuckles are skinned from hitting something while cranking it. the Ford finally starts. The next day you get up early and go out to your pride and joy, your car. You try to start it but it just doesn't seem to want to start running on the Sabbath. After cranking for about ten or fifteen minutes, the Ford starts and away you go. In the afternoon you nurse your Foru all the way down to the show and back. The trouble of having a new 1S27 Model T with 22.5 horse power whose license number is 1250486 is that you are never sure when it is going to run. Of course it isn't your car's fault, but most generally the fault of the men wj.o put the car together, or, farther yet, the man that thought her up, Henry Ford. When you have your first flat, you must hop right out and change it without a mean thought in your mind because after all those tires have been on that car for about seven years and the treaa is just starting to wear; in fact it has worn clear through. (23)