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

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Oscar—‘Paris is the literary center of the learning of Europe. Joe C.—“Oh yes, they make dresses there. Anna 'defining an altitude in Geometry) —“An altitude is a straight liue that doesn’t slant.' Janitor “Are youi feet clean? Student (as he runs into the room —“Oh yes, it’s only my shoes that’s muddy. Miss Stansbury (very sweetly 1 “Earle, will you kindly go and sweep the crumbs which you left, from my desk? I’ve had my dinner once today. Miss Cook, after a heated argument with a Sophomore retorted, “Now take that and smoke it. A favorite saying of our pupils, especially after having been corrected, is “I said the same thing—only different. In Latin class —“William, how much time did you put on this lesson? William—“One hour by railroad time. Miss Stansbury “What do you mean by railroad time? William—“Including stops and all. Axiom 1—Nothing is better than a good lesson. Axiom 2—A poor lesson is better than nothing. Therefore, a poor lesson is better than a good lesson. Those awful questions: Anna “Oh, do you want me to tell you that? Joe—“I couldn t hear what they said. What was it?” William—“What was your question? Earle — Were we to hav » that? Flo—“Did you call on me?

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SOPHOMORE NOTES Pro. (after having asked Joe to read a topic in Modern and Med. History class)— “Joe, aren’t you going to read it? Joe— Yes, but I thought you meant for me to read it internally. Pro.—“Into what four classes were the Athenians divided? Scholar “Those who had five hundred jugs of wine, and—’’ Pro. “No, no, it might have been jugs but in this instance it was measures. Flo, when called on to translate a sentence in Latin, absent mindedly began, “The farmer translates, Senior to Soph. “How far along are you in Latin? Soph.—“Page 73, to the picture of that house. Miss Cook—“He was small for his size. Pro.—“Anna, what is the base of a triangle? Anna—“Why, that’s the part of the triangle it sits on. Senior —“Only fools are certain. Wise men hesitate. Soph. “Are you sure? Senior—“Yes, I am certain of it. Joe C.—“Miss Cook, how do you pronounce c in Latin? Miss Cook—“Like k, I think. Joe C.—Then do you pronounce Cicero, Kickero in this story? One of our Sophomores in English told us coal was ignitable. We would like to know: — How long Joe Cogdal’s mother allows him to stay when he takes a girl home. Whether or not Earle has found his “special desire. If William still expects to stay on the fence. If Anna has changed her ideals any. When Flo will quit giggling. If Mr. Niedermeyer still believes Variety is the spice ol life. Whether Miss Cook likes Botany excursions yet or not. If Miss Stansbury’s drilling on rules has any effect. Pro. (in Roman History)—“Now William, tell us some of the principal events of Roman History and mention the date. William “Mark Antony went to Egypt, cause he had a date with Cleopatra. In Caesar class—“Earle, will you please translate, ‘Haec in Gallia, est important us?’ Earle—“Hike into Gaul, it is important. Flo 'studying Silas Marner)—“What was the Stone Quarry like? Miss Cook—“When you get to Joliet, you can see what they look like. Joe laughed when Pro. read the story of the Roman who swam across the Tiber three times before breakfast. When Pro. asked him if he didn’t believe it possible, he said, “Yes, but why didn’t he make it four and get back where his clothes were? Kindly inform Joe Moore at what time the 7:34 train leaves.

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In The Beginning As the bell at the school house doorway began to toll on the morning of the fifth of September, five little freshmen entered the massive shed.1 Their eyes were wide open and their faces red. In the front of the room was the desk and beside it were seated the three members of the faculty. After standing around sucking their thumbs and looking down at the floor for half an hour, a great voice sounded which came near scaring the newcomers to death) and all of the classmen, except the Freshmen, seated themselves; but Professor Nieder-meyer had to come down from his official perch and seat them. The course of study was given them but before all the arrangements could be made the whole school was greatly interrupted by the actions of one of our classmen, namely Cliff Weatherholt, when he took his drinking cup and put it under the faucet of the ink keg and to his great astonishment instead of water there came forth black ink. He was so startled that he dropped the cup of ink on the floor. Lera and Mildred were called down for chewing gum. Louis came near being initiated the first day and Retha took stage fright and had to have a friendly little cry before her nervousness stopped. At first when the freshmen were called up to recite, their faces turned red and their voices were shaky but in two or three weeks they became as smart as any of the rest, with the exception of Cliff saying one morning that Chicago was in the eastern part of Africa. In fact Louis got so smart that the upper classmen had to tie him in a sack “to take him down a notch or two, but Cliff was so smart that whenever he got wise to an initiating party he would stay at home and leave Louis to get full benefit of the party. After these exciting events we all settled down to a tedious nine months of study and also to endure the jeers and taunts from the upper classmen. But next year we will be one of the jeerers instead of the jeered, and we are looking forward to