Bureau Township High School - Beuro Yearbook (Princeton, IL)

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THE BEURC ROOM ll. My, what a busy, 'happy year we have had. We just can't realize that vacation time is so near. It seems such a short time since September third when the nineteen of us with our teacher, started on our year's school journey. Because of illness, Earl Lee was not able to join us this year. We were sorry tof have Darlene, Herbert, and Leona leave us in March. I Our Bureau Township Fair was again a big event for us. We prepared an ex- hibit, decorated our room in red, green and yellow, and several of us were in some of the contests. We had Christmas secrets this year, too, for we again made presents for our mothers. We painted book ends, shoe trees and hangers, and we proved to be pretty good painters, All of us took part in the grade school pageant at the Christmas program. We had an Indian Village on our sand table, and at Christmas time we repre- sented Saint Nicholas with the aid of cotton and artificial snow. Now we are going to transform our sand table into an old fashioned garden, and each one of us will be a gardener and care for his part of the garden. We have plenty of fun together in our school work and at our parties. We have had contests in learning our multiplication tables, in seeing how many stars we could get on the different months' work, and we have a Good Manners Club too. We cer- tainly enjoyed our Hallowe'en, Valentine, birthday, and surprise parties this year. We worked hard before our parties, and then just enjoyed ourselves immensely. Most of all, we tried our best this year to be 'iGood Citizens , both at school and at home. We want to learn how to work well with our neighlboirs, to be of what- ever help we can in the community where we live, and we want our manners to be such that people will want to be with us, and enjoy our company. Soon we will have another school exhibit, and we're always glad to have visitors. We're glad to have visitors see what we are doing, and the work that we have already finished. Maybe our Harmonica Band will play when we have our exhibit. Have you heard us play? If not, you had better come. We played the most interesting games in Gym this year. And we had a basket ball team-a girl's team and a boys team. We played two games one night after school. Oh, yes, we are glad for vacation to come but deep down in our hearts we hate to be separated from some of our best friends this summer. We won't get to see them nearly as often. There will be so many things to do-fishing, swimming and picnicking-that perhaps it won't seem very long until September again. Page Forty-one

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THE BEURO ROOM I. When school opened in September, there were thirteen pupils in the first and second grades. Dorothy Price, who was in the first grade, was not with us long until she moved away. The dozen children remaining were 'Gordon Johnson, Burton Hasen- yager, Charlotte Lampkins, Bobby Phillipi, Paul Phillipi, Orval Fay, Ivan: Carlson, Donald Pierce, Leo Mass, Elma Hoover, Darlene Garland, and Wayne Hasenyager. This is the smallest number of children that has been in the first and second grades for some time. Though we were least in numbers, smallest in size, and in school experience, we managed to capture the first prize for the room exhibits at the Bureau Township Fair. We were very proud and happy to receive the prize which was ten dollars. We have some new sets of readers in our library this year which we like X very much. The first grade has Beacon Primers, Child Library Primers, and Child Li- brary Readers, Book I. The second grade has Child Library, Elson, and Learn to Study Readers. Each grade has a set of Thought Test Readers. With some of our prize money we bought seatwork pads 'to go with some of our Readers. Like Billy and Sally in our Wag and Puff books, we learn to read, to sing, and to play games. We 'have parties too. We had a Hallowe'en party in our room. Then on Valentine's day, everybody in the grade school went down to the lunch room Where we were all served withlwafers and ice-cream. The ice-cream was white and had pink hearts in it. This treat was given to us by our teachers. Of course each room had a Valentine's box and everybody got many Valentines. On the last day of February we were given a waffle party Joy Mrs. Foushee at her home. How those waffles disappeared. Ivan Carlson brought a treat of 'Tango Bars the same day as it was his last day with us. Ivan and Darlene moved away the first of March. We hope we shall get some new pupils. On the fourth of March we all went into the auditorium' to hear Presi- dent Hoover speak. We can sing many songs now and we are going to be in the operetta, 'Lady- bug, Lady-bug. We also have a Primary Band. We like best to play the Jack and Jill March. Donald Pierce and Leo Mass are learning to play the harmonicas. We play games in the gymnasium and we know some to play in class. In Phonics class we like to play the 'KGuessing Game. 'Some of our other games are Hoppity-Skip , Tip-tap-toe , and the Racing Game . We had everybody guess- ing when we played the Singing Handkerchieff' We are glad that spring is coming. We can soon play outside, hunt pussy- willows and find spring flowers. Page Forty

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THE BEURO HISTORY OF ROOM III. When school started September 3, 1928 there were eighteen bright and shiny facets in Room III. The ones who started were: Charles Lee, Francis Schultz, I.eland Peck, Burton Johnson, Russel Johnson, Eleanor May, Eleanor Pihl, Mildred Purvis, Madge Odell, in the fifth gradeg Milford Jontz, John Garland, Dorothy Jackson, Roger White, Russel Richards, Lovilla Herlean, Iris Schultz, Gilbert Neiman, and Hiram John- son in the sixth grade. John Garland, Iris and Francis Schultz have moved 'to another locality so now we 'have fifteen pupils. On the 29th and 30th of September we had the Bureau Township Fair. The high school had stands. There were premiums to tlhe winners of the Livestock and Poultry Shows. There were races and horse races. The grade rooms competed against each other, Miss Walker's room winning first place. On the 23rd of December we had a Christmas program. The pupils from the dif- ferent rooms spoke pieces and sang songs. Our room gave a play. After Santa Claus had come and distributed the presents the board members gave a treat of candy and oranges. We all enjoyed that. On the 31st of December and lst of January our school had an invitation basket- ball tournament. Malden was Champion. On Wednesday, January 3rd, we came back to school. February 14th. we had a Valentine party. We were surprised to have ice cream and wafers as a treat which the teachers served. We all received Valentines from different school mates. On March 4th, we went down stairs to the auditorium to listen to Mr. Hoover take his oath of office. We had our lunch in the auidtorium. We gave two operettasg one for Rooms 1 and 2, which was Lady4bug, Lady-bug and Tad's Inspiration , given by Rooms 3 and 4. The grade school has an orches.tra and a harmonica band. The orchestra consists of six violins, three clarinets, one trombone, one guitar, and two cornets. The har- monica band consists of about twenty pupils from this room. Our grade school has a basketball team. Hiram Johnson and Gilbert Nyman from Room 3 were on the regular team. Our games were as follows: Bureau ............ 8 Malden ............ 30 Bureau ,,.......... 7 Kewanee .,..,.....,, 22 Bureau ...,........ 11 Buda ...... ....... 1 5 Bureau ............ 22 Ohio ,,,....,.,.,...,,... 2 Bureau ..,......... 28 Ohio .......,........ 4 Bureau .....VV,..Y. 12 Kewanee ........,... 18 Bureau ....,,.,..., 5 Manlius ....,.,... 10 Bureau ........,.,. 4 Wyanet ,.,.,.,,,,,... 11 Our grade team went to two tournaments. Soon our school will close, when we all hope to climb a step higher in our work. Page Forty-two