Atwood Hammond High School - Post Yearbook (Atwood, IL)

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Nov. 28—Hurrah for to-morrow. Nov. 27— One of us given job of teacher. Nov. 28—Snow! Nov. 29—Boys give a program all by their lonesomes. Nov. 30—Oh you turkey! Dec. 1—Alethenians entertain Proto-topians. Dec. 4—Miss Bennett’s hair is unusually curly. Dec. 5—Gee that Physics quiz. Dec. 6—Juniors and Seniors go about with sober faces after seeing their papers. Dec. 7—Miss B.-You freshman drive me distracted with the punctuation of your themes. (New?) Dec. 10—Oscar Collins has his arm in a sling Dec. 12—Miss Bennett doesn’t wonder she’s getting grey headed with such a Geometry class. Dec. 13—Mr. Baksh from India spoke to us last hour. Dec. 14—Paul Fisher had on a green tie and purple sox. Dec. 15—Basket Ball tournament. Bread and milk banquet. Mansfield wins first game. Dec. 16—La Place beat Mansfield. We beat LaPlace and the triangle is the same as ever. Dec. 19—A blank date. Dec. 21—Team given sweaters for “good work so far this season.’’ Dec. 22—No more school this year. Jan. 2—We return with good resolutions. Jan. 3—Look at Florence Quick’s new locket! Wonder who gave it to her. Jan. 4—Resolutions beginning todis-appear. Jan. 5—Mr. Madden doesn’t think “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and a Shakespeare program jibe. Jan. 6-Look at Oscar’s first long trousers. That’s why he’s s o happy. Jan. 9—If anyone knows how to cure a bunion please tell Mr. Madden so he will recover his sweet temper. Jan. 10—Announcement no school fi Thursday or Friday. Jan. 15—Finals. Jan. 16—And finals. Jan. 17—Mr. Madden sports new duds. Jan. 18—Miss Bennett mad at the plane geometry class. Jan 19—Guess what happened. Jan. 22—Miss Bennett thinks.;.,Carl Hassig would be better off in the other room. Jan. 23—Alethenians Literary Society holds election. Jan. 24—Mr. McIntosh visits High School. Jan. 25—Seniors elect the officers of their annual. Jan. 30—Contestants chosen for inter-society contest.

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CALENDAR Sept. 4—School begins. Sept. 5—Eleven scared, green, little Fresliies. Sept. 6—Getting down to biz. Sept. 7—Is it hot? Well I guess. Sept. 8—Thank goodness. To-morrow’s Saturday. Sept. 11—Athletics well under way. Sept. 12—First Freshman ducked. Sept. 18—There is music in the air. Sept. 14—What happened? Sept. 15—Everybody settled down and working (?) Sept. 18—And it rained. Sept. 19—The high and mighty Seniors elected officers. Sept. 20—Nothing doing. Sept. 21—Pro. visits English IV. Wonder if he learned anything? Sept. 22—Speeches for first Basket-Ball game. Sept. 23—Did we beat Cerro Gordo? Such a foolish question. Sept. 26, 27 and 28—Grand Fall Festival. And no school. Sept. 27—Arthur played Basket Ball here Who beat? Well , we’ve forgotten, really. Oct. 2—Who studied during vacation? Oct. 3—Oh those Physics' notebooks. Oct. 4—Orchestra has first meeting. Oct. 5—First visitors of the year. Oct. 6—Gee whiz, a written quiz Oct. 7—Hurrah for Atwood. Sure skinned LaPlace. Oct. 9—Ding! Watch everybody jump. Oh that’s only our new class bell. Oct. 10—Miss Ross has a new blue skirt. Oct. 11—Seniors choose their class pins. Oct. 13—Friday, the thirteenth. Oct. 14—High School celebrates victory over Bement with a wiener roast. Oct. 16—Cicero Prose! E nuf sed u no y. Oct. 17—Girls organize their class basket ball teams. Oct. 18—Literary Societies formed and elect officers. Oct. 19—Girls hard at work practicing basiret ball. Oct. 23—Lit. societies choose their names. Oct. 25—Johnnie Biggs gets a new basket ball suit. That’s the reason he is playing so well. Oct. 26—Mr. Madden finds a mysteriously lighted lamp on his desk when he comes back suddenly. Who did it? Get. 28—What you know aboi t it? LaPlace beat us. Oct. 30—Quiz day. Oct 31—Prototopian Masquerade. Nov. 1—What’s doing? Nov. 2—Prospect’s of Winter. Nov. 3—Literary Program. Nov. 6—Last of month’s exams. Nov. 7—Senior Class Pins! Nov 8—Four visitors all to once! Nov. 9—Brrr! It’s cold. Nov. 10—Miss Bennett gives us a peach of a lecture on notes. Nov. 13—Company. Nov. 14—English IV gets a lecture. Miss Ross says she’s discouraged Nov. 16—Ditto Sept. 14. Nov. 21—Announcement no school Friday. Bless that Teacher’s Meeting. Nov. 22—Mr. Lehman speaks first period.

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Jan. 31—Such lovely Freshmen themes. Feb. 1—Mr. Madden is mad at the Physics class. Kindly(?) promises a nice little quiz. Feb. 2—Ground hog day. Six weeks more winter. Feb. 5—Della has pneumonia. Feb. 6—Nothing unusual. F'eb. 7—Inter-Society Basket Ball game. Ale-thenians 26, Prototopians 25. Feb. 8—Red and white! Ain’t it a sight! Feb. 9—Prototopians hold election. Feb. 13—See September fourteenth. Feb. 14—Miss Ross got such a pretty valentine. Who sent it? Feb. 15—Our favorites beat Bement 27 to 13. Our ‘‘northern enemies” are not so small as they think. Feb. 16—Patron’s Day and of course the Physics experiments didn’t work. Feb. 17—No one had his lessons. Feb. 20—What is the matter with Mr. Madden? Feb. 21—Suspense till recess. We all thought we had lost Linda in the snow. Feb. 22—Birthington’s Washday. Feb. 26—Della Van back again. Welcome fellow invalid! Feb. 27—What’s Helen Kaiser so happy about? Feb. 28—Herscliel Baker thinks Fox and Wolf were two generals in Battle of Quebec. Stop dreaming, Herscliel. Feb. 29—An extra day. March 1—An excellent (?) program in Assembly. March 5 —Nelle McClain has some ‘‘divinity. ’’ March 6—Everybody working hard for contest. March 7 — Reports out. March 8 — Prototopians make Mr. Madden sick. March 12—W i n i f r ed is writing “spring pomes” Just so she doesn’t want them put in Post. March 14 and 15-No school H. S. teachers’ meet-ing. March 18—Back again and making up for lost time. March 19—One little grey mouse can make lots of excitement. March 20—Anybody here seen Spring? March 21—Ask Miss Ross if it’s slippery. March 22—Alethenians win contest. March 25-Baseball practice. A SIGN of Spring at least. March 26—Everyone ‘‘that tired feeling.” March 27—That mouse a- gain! Visits Miss Bennett this time. March 28—Why is Miss Bennett so excited? Ask her. March 29—Seein’ things. Physics quiz. April I—April fool. April 2 —Nelle finds the mouse. April 3—Mr. Madden is beginning to think his Physics class is mentally incapacitated. April 4—Miss Bennett gets SO tired of hearing ‘‘I don’t know.” April 5—Mr. Madden still cross Maybe his bunion hurts. April 8—Florence Quick has a new dress. April 9 -So has Winifred. April ll—Mr. Madden’s cross again. April 12—The High School pictures ‘tooken. April 13—Opening of Base Ball season. April 15—Seniors decide about their play. April 16—Cold!!! April 17—April showers bring May flowers. April 18—Everyone but the Freshies, and they don’t kno jv enough, is scared stiff. Why? Mr Hollister. H. S. Inspector is here. April 19—When a fourth of a Cicero class is gone, the rest have it hard. April 22—Another spring sign. Marbles. April 23—The literary societies break Benner's camera. April 24—‘ Pigs is Piggs.” And so is Miss Ross—especially when it comes to ham. Ask Florence about it.