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

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w Sept. 9—School opened. Sept. 10 Nine Freshies. Sept. 11 —General confusion. Sept. 13 Hurrah for Saturday. Sept. 16 Freshman class dwindled to six; three didn’t like Latin. Sept. 17 Miss Cook has a sore throat. Sept. 18—Mr. Allen talks Esperanto for us. Oct. 1—Paul laughs at Merton in history class. Oct. 2-Mary addresses Mr. Allen as “du. Oct. 3—Visitor and director. Oct. 4- Examinations. Oct. 5- Teachers’ meeting. Oct. 6 Faculty entertained in the country. Oct. 7- Exams so bad Mr. Niedermeyer won’t let us see our papers for fear we will have heart failure. Oct. 8 -Mr. N. holds an algebra class after Oct. 9—Basket ball team organized. Oct. 10— Dictionary agent and alumni visitor. Oct. 11 Basket ball game with LaPlace. Don’t ask for the score. Oct. 12 First hundreds in algebra of the year. Oct. 13—Seniors hold meeting; no results. Oct. 14 - Ditto 13. Oct. 15—Mr. Niedermeyer has a hard time saying “juxtaposition. Oct. 16-Senior election. Oct. 17 Speeches by basket ball stars. Oct. 18 Basket ball game with Bement. Beat us one over a tie! Oct. 19 New set of Encyclopaedias. school. Sept. 19 Mr. Niedermeyer has a sore throat. Sept. 21—Freshman party at Flickinger’s; Juniors and Seniors not honored with invitations. Sept. 23 Book agent. Sept. 25 Another book agent. Sept. 28 Hammond backed out of a basket ball game. Sept. 29 Mr. Niedermeyer spends Sunday with Decatur friends. Sept. 30 —Two new scholars. Oct.20 Maud, Gertrude, Elsa, Annie Laurie and Helen receive special written invitations to attend a 4 p.m. lecture by A. W. Nied-ermeye r. A pleasant time was had by all. Oct. 21 Miss Cook and Mr. Niedermeyer spend Sunday in Decatur. Oct. 22 Victrola agent takes a few minutes of our time. Oct. 23 Three fifth graders promoted to high school for afternoon on bad behaviour. Oct. 24—Old-fashioned spell down. Oct. 25 More fifth graders. Oct. 26 No basket ball game. Oct. 28 Heated debate, Two Societies or One? Oct, 29 -Board pays us a visit. Oct. 3D Head of spe lling line changed to foot. Oct. 31 Hallowe’en!

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HOW THEY WILL LOOK IN 1923 Last night Maud Weatherholt, the celebrated high soprano, sang before a large and enthusiastic audience. Miss Weatherholt possesses a voice of unusual sweetness and quality and those who did not hear her may be sure they missed something worth while in this life. From New York Tribune. Forward and onward, oh my sisters! Let us fight for this noble cause! Let all else be put aside for this perfectly grand undertaking! Let us be up and at work! I, Mary Colyer, will lead you! Forward! Onward! ! March! ! Ah hum. This is what I call comfort. Bachelor life for me! I don’t want any girls hanging around. Poor things, they are sort of crazy about me. How those girls in the A. H. S. used to run after me! And I never gave them any encouragement either. But no more girls in mine! But no more girls in mine! But no more girls in mine! Believe me, Paul Fisher’s not the fellow to get married! “Senator H. F. Baker, of Illinois, made a strong and impressive speech yesterday in the Senate on Protective Tariff. He advanced many new and valuable ideas which doubtless will be adopted. Senator Baker is one of the most active and progressive members in Congress. He is well known all over the United States and on the Continent for being one of the best statesmen the world has ever known. From the Washington News.

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 Nov. 1--Seniors and Freshmen entertain Juniors and Sophomores. Nov. 2—LaPlace game 15 to 45 in favor of LaPlace. Nov. 3 Gymnastics first fifteen minutes under Mr. Niedermeyer’s direction. Nov. 4 - High School votes for president. Roosevelt elected. M „ Nov. 5 Mr. Niedermeyer sports new duds and goes home at noon to vote. Nov. 6 Wilson elected! ! Nov 7 Half the Grammar Room visits us. Nov. 8 Spelling match with Grammar Room High School wins. Nov. 9 Examinations. Nov. 11 English IV has a discussion. Nov. 12—New library books arrive. Nov. 13—English IV in recitation room. Open dcor into assembly room. 3rd grader thrusts head in. After looking around a spell, “Mr. Neidermeyer ain’t in here, is he? Miss Cook, “No, you’ll find him in the west room. Three seconds later, open door into hall. Head appears again. 3rd grader, Mr. Niedermeyer ain’t—Oh! this is the same room, ain’t it? Nov. 14 Mary takes Paul and Miss Cook auto riding and is twenty minutes late. Nov. 15 - No school for three days. Nov. 16 Mr. N. has a new hat. Nov. 19—One of the faculty takes a slide. Nov. 20-Member of rhe board visits us. Nov. 21 Mr. N. finishes the story he was reading to us. Nov’ 22 Singing for a change. Nov. 23 - Basketball game with Arthur. Mr. N. gives an oyster stew. Nov. 24—Snow! Nov. 25 Two societies organized. Nov. 26 Maud gets lost and goes to Cicero class instead of Greek History. Nov. 27 Mr. Eldredge talks to us the first fifteen minutes. Nov. 28 Thanksgiving. Nov. 29 - No school. Nov. 30 Basket ball game at Arthur 25 to 16 in favor of Atwood. Dec. 1 New month. Dec. 2 Miss Cook says she is not interested in farmers. Dec 3 Annie Laurie gets back from her Thanksgiving visit. Dec. 4 Algebra class plays “Simon says Thumbs Up Dec. 5 Rain. Dec. 6 Algebra class doesn’t like long lessons. Dec. 7 See October 8. Dec. 8 Snow. Dec. 9 - Mr. N. sports new black suit. Dec. 10—Physical geography class goes on an excursion down the railroad. Dec. 11 Maud tries to bluft in history class. Dec. 12 12 12 12. Gertrude goes to sleep the first fifteen minutes. Dec. 13 Mr. N. carries a box of pigeons about under his arm. Dec. 15—Mr. Allen’s brother pays us a visit. Dec. 16- District spell i n g match. Dec. 17- Floyd has a party. Dec. 18- Juniors and Sophomores give Seniors and Freshmen a party. Dec. 19— First society programme. Dec. 20 Mr. N. is disturbed about something. Dec. 21 Only three more shopping days before Christmas. Dec. 25 Christmas vacation. Dec. 31 Alumni Watch Party.