Dakota High School - Talebearer Yearbook (Dakota, IL)

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Calendar JANUARY 5-Santa Claus must have taken l'auline's curly locks for some doll next Christmas. 9-First basketball conference game. l-l-Ralph says big shoes keep one-'s feet warm. Does that acount for some of the big shoes around here? 2l-lfxam and cram sound alike. They travel together. too. 26-.Ngain Harry is forced to swallow another stick. FEBRUARY Salfarni lnstitute here. Ugtlh. if we could see Miss XYarren now. lt is re- ported that she has chicken pox. l3fSeniors don ribbons and overalls. lo-Nellie believes in getting there and getting there fast even if she has to slide half way across the floor. 23--Began literary work. 2-l-.-X beautiful spring day. 27 and 28-County basketball tournament. MARCH 2iNoon hour lengthened. 5-Room 5 turns into a bird cage. 6-Mr. Stitzel catches a mouse in the laboratory, much to the delight of the masculine half of tl1e class. l3--Lost, strayed or stolen. Suspenders are found in Room 5. ll-School party. 20--Elimination contest. 2-l-Senior girls proved themselves quite competent in dissembling and assembling motors. You didn't think we could do it, did you boys? 27-lnter-Society Contest. Blizzard with snow drifts ten feet deep. Thirty-six stay at Frank Meinerts. APRIL 9-Only good excuse for a sleepy class. Physics ex- periment with ether. l7-lmagine this. lt was reported that Mr. Stitzel went to a picture show alone. 22-Again I-larry is forced to swallow another stick. MAY 8-Senior fleet day. Ralph swipes his dinner by the pocket method. Sl-Baccalaureate. JUNE l and 2-lfxams. 3-Class Night. 4-junior-Senior banquet. 5-Commencement. 6-Alumni banquet. Page lvwrzly-.rvvcll ' S

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Calendar SEPTEMBER 2-School begins with the usual enthusiasm. 5-One of the Freshmen decides to go to class about 1:05 P. M. 3-Florence Vehmeier, a Freshief' would rather fall than walk downstairs. 9-Elected the annual staff. 12-lnitiated the Freshmen. Lyle Heck wonders who the Juniors are. 15-NVhat happened. XVoodrow has a black eye. 2-l-The dentist came. Sit still, Wayne. this won't take long. 25fFverybody seems to have brushed their teeth today. OCTOBER 3-Kittenball, Dalitonians vs. Lakohis. Dope bucket upset. Lakohis win. 6-Francis fell out of her seat in biology. More power to you, Francis. 9-A mercury experiment in physics. Results, new platinum rings in the class. ll-Six week exams. Teachers find out how much we really don't know. 13-School saddened by news of the death of Mrs. Moss, neighbor and friend of the school. 15-Navy Band at Freeport. 16-Report cards. Tears, groans, etc. 17-Lots of smiles in anticipation of short vacation. 20-Teachers' Institute. Kenneth Meinert forgets about it and shows up every morning, 9:05 as usual. 27-Start practice on Senior play. 29-Seniors disabled. Gladys, Maurice and Virginia appear with bandaged faces. 31-Lvle Heck leads Freshmen in voluminous outburst. NOVEMBER 1--School Carnival party. K'Fountain of Youth. Swimming Match. 7-School supply of paper must be low. Friday and no exams. 10-Grand display of Senior rings. ll-Armistice Day program. Thirteen missing. 12 and 13-VVhy are there so many absent? 14-Senior play. 19-You can feel it in the air. Another six weeks is about up. Z5-According to the length of one of our exams the school must have a surplus of paper now. 26-Thanksgiving program. Thankful for a vacation. DECEMBER 8-That bell will wake Lester when he's sleeping. 12-Basement floor received an awful wallop when John fell down the steps. 19-Student Council gave Christmas program. Page iwcfnty-si.r

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Jokes This is dedicated to l'hilip. Philip who? Philip space. vt ik Miss Nlfarren: Now then we're all ready, run up the curtain. Don: VVhat you talkin' about--run up the curtain-think I'm a bloomin' squirrel? af 1: Don: Does your algebra teacher mark close? Russell: Does he? He takes off five if you get a decimal point placed upside down. . wr wk Miss VVarren tto Seniors who have not handed in their note- booksl: ls it true that you leave your work when the bell rings even if you are in the middle of a word? XVoodrow tanswering for the whole classl: Certainly not. If we know it's as near as that for the bell to ring, we never begin a word at all. 4: af Teacher: NVhen is the Cash account credited? Student: 'l'he Cash account should be credited when cash is departed with. ar 4: Teacher: t'NVhat is dairying? . . Pupil: Dairying is the milking of cows and putting them in bottles and cans to be sold to the people. -if if A school teacher had found one boy backward in writing coin- positions. At last she had a brain wave. She would have him write an account of a football game. lt seemed that she was succesful, for the paper was handed in promptly. lt read: Rain-no game. Dx at The teacher was giving a lesson to his class of young hopefuls. his subject being the circulation of the blood. Now suppose, said he, I stand on my head-the blood will all flow to my head, won't it? Yes VVell, how is it when l'n1 standing on my feet the blood doesn't all rush in to them? Promising Youth: Cause your feet isn't empty, sir. PF ak Lyle: How long could a person live without brains? Lewis: I don't know. How long have you been living? fbrotherly lovel. rr bk Stitzel: What is steam? Alberta: VVater gone crazv with the heat. as -of Truant Officer: Why haven't you sent your son Johnny to school. Don't you want him to learn to read? Proud Father: lt hain't necessary now that we have the talk- ing movies. in at Father: VVhere were you with the car last night? Ezra: Oh, just riding around with sonte of the boys. Father: VVell, you had better return this vanity case one of the boys left in the car. vt if Geometry Teacher: Tommy, what is a pol-y-gon? Tommy fafter some hesitationjz A dead parrot. Hr br From Geometry Class, l930: A circle is a curved line whose ends join. A circle is a curved straight line and it has a given point from which it is drawn. A circle is a large round ring having 360 degrees. Page fwvrlfy-figlzf