Chesterton High School - Singing Sands Yearbook (Chesterton, IN)

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10 THE GRADUATE. I Calendar for 1911 and 1912 SEPTEMBER. Sept. 4-First day of school. Just two Senior boys present. Seniors wish is fulfilled as the new principal is a young man. Sept. 5-First day of hard work. Pleasant '?? warning of the coming year's work. Senior boys start. the year right by treating Senior girls. Sept. 6-Much needed vacation given. Sept. T-Question: Vifhat makes the weather so gloomy? Answer: Two Seniors have 11ot yet returned to school. All the new books are here. Making up excuses isn't an easy matter now. Sept. 8-Senior boy has a hair cut. Some others better take example. Freshies think Friday is about the best day of the school week. Poor Freshies. they have yet to learn the pleasures of going to high school. Sept. 11-Sun is shining brightly today: one of the absent Seniors returned. Principal for- gets to come to English class. A sample of Sophomore English: Harold: I aint i11 the Latin class. A Senior girl needs her glasses changed, for she persisted in saying that a certain priest was jealous when. poor fellow. he was only zealous. Sept. 12-Everything sailing along nicely. Sept. 13-Any one here seen Oliver? Senior girls call out in Physics. O Gee I don 't see how you get that. Juniors realize the im- portance of Seniors i11 Laboratory door-way. Sept. 1-l-NVonder why a Senior girl wants to have shorter lessons assigned for Thursday when she does her studying at home? ls it because of VVednesday night? Returned sailor gives interesting talk for morning exercises. Sept. 15-Wonder why Senior girls are so sleepy today? Latin teacher asks Sophomore boy to tell the number of declensions. Boy answers: Why! the same number as yester- day. Sept. 18-Sun is shining very brightly today as the other Senior returned. Junior girls say to Mr. Dexter, 'LO Kiss Us COccisusD. Sept. 19-Sophomore declares in English class, that when she feels like it, she can get anything. Happy girl. Seniors decide to give a play. Sept.. 20-Senior boy goes up in the air over a problem. He mistook a p1'oble1n concerning a ship, for o11e concerning a balloon. Seniors have a meeting with their usual quietness. Sept. 21-Mr. Dexter promises to take two Sophomore girls to the circus. Wonder where we come in? Sept. 22-Mr. Goldsborough says that an educated man is one who knows what he ought to do. when he ought to, and can do it whether he wants to or not. and Oliver declares he can quit school a11y day then. Sept. 25-Seniors and Juniors have a laugh- ing spell and attract the Principal 's attention. Sept. 26--Leslie says that chairs are made to hold one, but are sometimes occupied by two. Ilas he had experience? Latin teacher gives Geneva a penny for giving infinitives correctly. Sept. 27-Little Sophomore girl stumbles over Seniors feet. Beware of the mighty Sen- iors. Sept. 28 and 29-All enjoy privilege of writ- ing on tests. A

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THE GRADUATE. nb DEDICATION. We. the inemhvrs ol tho Senior Ulass of the Clicstwton High School of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve. dcdicatc this. our an- nual to the future Seniors, hoping that tlnly will gain a deep insight into life.

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THE GRADUATE. 11 OCTOBER. Oct. 2-Test papers returned. Fourth year English receive compliments CU on papers. Mr. Goldsborough informs Phon. 4, on their way to the Laboratory, that it is warm down below as there is a fire. ,Didn't we know it e? Oct. 3-A Senior boy tells Miss Swanson that he remembered seeing the Viking Ships at the VVorld's Fair. tWhat a memoryll Sopho- mores have a religious fever. as they are all studying the Bible. Oct. 4-Senior girl says there is a class of people called men. Mr. Dexter tells Joey it is11't pay day. I wonder why. Oct. 5-Heres one for the Freshies: Mr. Goldsborough says that he would expect Fresh- men to chew gum, but not the Seniors. Oct. 6-Mr. Dexter. getting confused in his English, says. 'I think you all can get on this side board. Perhaps a Junior boy wouldn't wiggle his ears it he knew that by doing so. he gave us the idea that he still retained those cords which his forefathers tmonkeysj posses- sed. Oct. 9-First number of the Lecture Course. Oct. 10-Every one complaining of a pain in his saw-dust. lt could be truly said of Claude he was always chewing gum. Jenny has the giggles. - Oct. 11-Miss Klose gives a first singing les- son. Oct. 12-Sophomore getting absent-minded goes home without his hat. tfolumbus Day, a new holiday. We fail to celebrate. Oct. 13+First visitors of the year visit school. Oct. 16-Senior boy absent. Jennie giggles again. Did any one get caught in the shower? NVhy should it rain so dreadfully between four and five o'clock? Oct. 17-Mr. Goldsborough explains some trigonometry to the Seniors and Juniors after school. Oct. 18-XYhy does Ed Nagel forget to go to typewriting? Is it because he likes to see Miss Long chase him around the room A? Oct. 19-Nothing new. Jenny giggles again. Oct. 20-Sophomores think newspapers are important because they tell about the fashions. Oliver eouldn't tell the difference between a pretty girl and a beautiful girl. but Ernest could. I wonder why Y Ex-Senior visits school. Senior boy says he is like Caesar. for he can carry on seven wars and write seven ditferent letters to seven different people in SEVCII differ- ent languages. Oct. 253--Flaiule says in If S. History that the president is the executive department. Oli- ver came in late to Cicero class. I wonder why? Just look at his new shoes. Question ot' the school. XVhat will cure Jenny of the giggles l Oct. 24-Senior girl sits on the floor. Senior girl says. the ball would bust. tlf Mr. Dex- ter could only have heard herl. Oct. 25-Singing this morning. Joseph says women are better than men. Every one knows that. Oct. 26- Cause and etfect. Tests and sour looks. Oct. 27-Continuation of the preceding day. Oct. 30-Boys have private singing lessons. Hiram returns to school. Ernest leaves home at 9:25 and gets to school at 9:15. That 's go- ing some Ernie. Oct. 31-Mr. Goldsborough gives interesting talk on llallowe'en. Oh! you sneezer. Mr. Dexter says he wants us to have grades that we would not be ashamed to show the angel Gabriel.