Cerro Gordo High School - Gordian Yearbook (Cerro Gordo, IL)

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339 9 -.ff :X if Ks, DECEMBER ,?nfx 5 J i 5 T 2-We sfarfed fhe baskefball season wifh a big pep meefing 3? and fhen a hard foughf game :fix KAR wifh Argenfa. Our defeats A L E N D A R Q 5 X Score, 27-23. 6--No school! Teachers mo- fored over fo lvlonficello fo Teachers' Counfy lnsfifufe. 7-Our old gym rang wifh mer- rimenf fonighf as fhe hardwood gleamed and fhe raffers rang and young afhlefes gave us a vicfory in fhe firsf home game of The season wifh Weldon. 8-Emily Grove's advice fo all would-be gamblers when punch- ing fhe punchbocrd is Before punching counf rapidly fo fiffy, while iumping up and down on your escorf's foes. If you don'f gef punched firsf, your punch will be a winner. 9-F. F.A. sfudenfs have gone in for debafing. We feel fhaf Mr. Nelson is frying 'ro Teach fhem fhe arf of arguing wifh fhe fufure Mrs. Farmers. IO-Cerro Gordo swamps De- land, 33-6. I4-The grade school sfudenfs presenfed a porfion of fhe op- ereffc in assembly. 1937-38 Sw me DECEMBER I5-Cerro Gordo Took advan- fage of Cisco when we de- feafed fhem by approximafely 30 poinfs. I6-Corporal lnglesfon gave us a word picfure of 'rhe ferrors of war. Alfhough he 'ralked a half hour over fime, no one yelled dinner. I7-No chemisfry! 20-Grade school gave a P. T. A. program. Nice going, kids! 2I-ln geffing revenge againsf Argenfa we were vicforious wifh a score of 28-IS. 22-Vacafion sfarfs +omorrow! Big general assembly before dis- missal. German band gave a rag fime version of Jingle Bells and Jimmy Tyler and Norma Seafon gave confribu- fions. 25-There really aren'+ many mischievous people, I guess. Even so, Sainf Nick was looking fhe ofher direcfion and missed ii. 3I-Remember! There is al- ways a day offer! Lafe hours and The nexf day's work clon'f agree. Affer December 3l a new year fakes ifs course. lf's fime you're affaining your goals, Seniors! iii -- is

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NOVEMBER I6-Our school was hosf +o +he coaches and prin- cipals of neighboring schools a+ a banquel in our gym. Don'+ fell, buf we heard fha? our praclical joker feachers gave a box of sliced Bermuda onions as a prize. I7-Home Ec Club sponsored a s+yle show This evening. Wha+ slylesl Whal chic! No wonder some of our lads venlured in +o look 'em over. I8- Shi Sh! Go noi near. A bil of snow has fallen, 'Tis The firsl This year. I9--Afler weeks of praclice +he fall concerl is over and wi+hou'r a single misfakez Congrcdulalions, band! 22-Groans! Six weeks exams! - NOVEMBER 23--A crowd of nearly iwo hundred foofball fans and players assembled in our orange and blue be- decked gym fo feasf a'r The annual foolball ban- quet Twenfy-nine boys received leffers and nu- merals. 24-Assembly +his morning. Edward Edmund. Slale Traffic Officer. impressed upon us The necessify of careful driving. 29-Have lhe girls s'rar'red a new fad? Wearing boys' shirlrs and frousers? No-jusf +he band being snapped once more. 30-Today Melvin Wagoner was crowned Prince of fhe Corn World. Cerro Gordo does produce cham- pions once in a while. I ln This Cres+ An lnferesling Display I Of Pholographs I BY I BOWEN STUDIO Cerro Gordo, Illinois 4l J 'll FERC5USON'S ' DRUG STORE l School Books and School Supplies I Sfarionery ' General Drug Sfore I I I Merchandise

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JANUARY 3-New Year's resolulions are being broken already. Wha+'s fhe mailer. sludenls? No will power? 4-This evening we ballled our old baskefball rival, Hammond, and defealed Them, 37-I3. 5-Somelhing happened fo 'rhe refrigeralion uniiq leaking gas, causing violenr coughing fils by sludenfs. 6-Our baskelball boys show falenf a+ fumbling. Marion Edgecomb's forward roll and Jack Mikels' rhree poim' landing on his lummy are bolh com- mendable. 7-We were delealed by Ar- cola 26-I9. 8-Why lhe recenl burning of so much midnighf oil? Reason enough, sernesrers are near. ll-Beal Bemenfl-a rrue prophecy. Score C. G., 2I- Bemenf, I6. I2--Our new sludenr, Jim Ald- rich, has srarled a new fad-he wears a unique, unequalled har. I3-Headaches and wri'rer's cramp minor ailrnenls from se- mesfers. 43 CALENDAR Zopth C .LAM i 1937-38 JANUARY I4-Monlicello make former viclories mere 'rwaddle wifh a margin of IO poinrs over C. G. 7-Several changes in sched- e due +o single semesier ses. Q8-We iaunled over 'ro Al'- wood io defeal' ihem 25 To I8. I9-Sighs of agony by super sensiiive, sfulfering sfudenis are affer resulls of public speaking. 20-lndus+rious hisrory sludenis are slaying home nighrs fo ponder over fhal' weighly prob- lem-'rhe Term paper. 24-An epidemic of sore ioes and bruised ankles resull from boys' P. E. Kick lhe medicine ball wilh rhe side of your fool, boys! 26-Lovely Ladies is of course +he only way lo speak of our moihers, buf, when ihe Band Molhers pul on 'rhe play of The same name we're sure +hey're iusl' plain lovely. 27- Early +o bed is slill good advice. Groggy knowledge seekers find classes preH'y dull.