Flanagan High School - Syllabus Yearbook (Flanagan, IL)

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THE SYLLABUS CLASS POI-EM. I. Once upon an evening dreary, Ivhile I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a couplet which wouldnlt ryhme, Ivhile I studied, deep and deeper, Suddenly there came to me the keeper Of merry jingles of all time. II. IVhen to me he offered aid, After an entreaty I had made, Of eoniposing our class poeni, Do you think that I'd refuse it? No, indeed, but I eonld't use it F or the rhymes I eonld not rightly comprehend III. So I sti'ug'g'led on, alone and lonely, IVould have given all my talents if only One ride on Pegasus had been permitted me. But sinee sueh was not the ease I found myself as out of place As an eagle flonndering in the sea. IV. Xow as to our honnv class, Composed of merry lad and lass, Just a word or two shall I say here, That it. is the Very best, And will stand the hardest test, And its renown shall spread far and near. V Miss Horrie is the first niaid I shall name, Small and dainty enuf to frame, Sweet and winsome seventeen. IVith eyes sparkling, tho deniure, She's a bonny little lass, to be sure, This eoquette, so dear and so serene.

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TH E S Y LTJABUS 1 3 One of the principal ones was a law made by Mr. Hill, which ran something like this: t'Thou shalt not whisper . Another one had for its aim the pre- vention of pupils from playing 'thookeyf' These two rules, with many others, caused much excitement among the Seniors. They even wrote a t'Declaration of Tndependencef' but it was never handed to the teachers. Reason: People grow wiser with age. Since our school duties are nearly completed, we have decided to forget seeming past grievances, and we intend to take up our duties in lifels school, with faces tu1'ned toward the highest goal. Ralph Monk. CTASS ST-XTlSTICS. The class of 1914 needs no introduction, as it is well known and far-famed for its success in the past. It is a sextette for whom the future holds much in store. Father Time cannot move to quickly for these boys and girls, especially towards the elosc of school. The ages of these students vary from eighteen years, ten months and sixteen days to seventeen years, four nxonths and twenty days. The average age of the boys is seventeen years, nine months, twelve days and twelve hours. The aver- age age of the girls is seventeen years, ten months and twenty-eight days. The sum of the ages of the entire class is one hundred seven years, one month and seventeen days, or thirty-seven thousand nine hundred and sixty days. or nine hundred eleven thousand and forty hours, which is only the life of about two Old bachelors. The height of the students of our class varies from live feet to tive feet seven inches. The height of the girls varies from live feet to live feet six inches. The height of the boys varies from tive feet six inelxes to tive feet seven inches. The average height of the girls is five feet tive inches. The average height of the boys is five feet six and one-half inches. The weight of the respective members of our class varies from one hundred one pounds to one hundred thirty-seven pounds. The average weight of the girls is one hundred thirteen pounds. The average weight of the boys is one hundred thirty-six pounds. The entire weight of the class is equal to the weight of a cul'e of gold with a 10-inch edge the value of which is about 352-is,ooo. All niemlrers of this class are natives of Illinois. Two have the honor and ' 'cv za 1 distinction of having entered the Flanagan public school in the primary de- partment. Two joined the class while in the grammar room, and the other two entered while in high school. The members of this class are very progressive and always in favor of new movements. Indeed, if any of the six ever get into the legislature I do not doubt that we shall have shorter school hours. Xatural gifts, both rich and rare , abide within the hearts and craniums of the members of this class. They range all the way from being an ardent disciple of Raphael to the artistic ability of honkirg an auto horn. Doris E. Horric.

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THE SYLLAB U S VI. llliss Carmon is the next one on the list, Vllho, whene'er absent, is sadly missed. Her merry laughter, daily heard All along the Senior row, Dispels gloom, lights the room, and so Cheers ns, weary, as the song of a bird. VII. Next of mention is Miss Meils, 'Whose face is always wreathed with smiles, lvho is ever teeming full of song. Quite a hortieulturist is she, Growing many a violet and sweet pea, llvhich she strews her gladsome way along. VIH. Mr. Lehmann now appears Driving out all foolish fears lYitl1 an air of feigned bravado. Caesar class is where he shines, Translating brilliantly the hardest lines, As invincible as the noted Armada. v IX. Here comes Ralph, or rather Mr. Monk, lVho has never, never heen known to Hunk, His ehief role, that of a good Samaritan. Ile, like Clirfm-d, is a ,l.atin head-light, Studying far into the silent, dead night, This manly, intelligent American. X. At last lggme to the class poet, lvho, if she were a genius, didn't know it lfntil she was assigned this onerous task. Ot' her nothing can I especially say Except that to Graymont she onee walked away, And how she got back, quite a few did ask.