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

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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.

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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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JUNIOR NOTES The Junior class lias only live members; but nevertheless that is one better than four. Paul Fisher is both a distinguished orator and a star basket ball piayer. It is said that he scored 51 points in a single oration, and delivered 3 pages of basket ball at one i ame. Ada wishes she could always be a Junior. It is much nicer to be a young Junior than an old Senior anyhow. ‘The following are some of the methods of reciting Caesar’—“I looked that word up and couldn’t find it.” “I know what it means but I can’t trans'ate it.” I couldn't get no sense out of this passage.” Following these remarks there can be heard a terrible gnashing of teeth. Then Miss Ross having described an ellipse after the name of this brilliant scholar, kindly asks: “Who can give a reasonable translation for this passage.” Such apparel as fur coats, felt boots, blankets, and feather beds are worn in the geometry class, zero being a frequent thing here. ‘IN THE HISTORY CLASS' “The massacre at Glencoe was a terrible thing.” “He died after breathing his last and never fully recovered.” “Wolf and Fox were the opposing generals at Quebec ” Once just after the History class was over Mr. Madden was heard to say several times, apparently to himself: “Well geese will be geese ” We wondered what he was talking about. the modern coffee house —THE LABORATORY Pro.—“Fisher, what is a spark plug?” Fisher—“It is a—er-r-a—Well I don’t— Pro —“What is it? Don’t hesitate” Fisher—(speaking low and very rapidly) “a tall hat that a young man wears when he goes to see his best girl. The (Great) sophs are inclined to laugh at (little) Freshies and call them greenies, babes, etc., but when they (the Sophs) have seen a huge zero, with its ever lean and hungry looks and wide open mouth, approaching, they have been known to melt away in tears hide in a waste basket, or run home to mother. Tug especially. Maud and Fisher have been able to learn a few German words, especially the following: “Ich liebe dich”and “Lieben Sie mich?” “Fifty multiplied by one hundred is five hundred.”—A learned senior. The Junior class is especially honored by having as one of its members, Paul Fisher, who will represent the high school in the oration tins year Annie Laurie sometimes gets civics and physics mixed. Once when magnetism was being discussed in physics Mr. Madden asked Annie Laurie what her opinion on the subject was. She said she was in favor of Taft and woman suffrage. The following conversation was heard by a Junior after the Sophs had an examination. First Soph—What did you get on the exam? Second Soph—(with a metallic ring in her voice similar to a dishpan falling on concrete) “Thirty. What did you get” First Soph (innocently)—“Only one hundred ” Maud is in the habit of getting things mixed without noticing them. This happens especially in the Physics class. But she is so innocent; at least that is what Fisher says. junior motto ‘Work diligently when the teacher’s eye is upon you.’ Favorite song—Old Black Joe. hekschel baker