Flanagan High School - Syllabus Yearbook (Flanagan, IL)

Page 59 text:

THE SYLLAB US 5 7 January January January January only defeat. January CALENDAR. 1. Rutland High School Basket ball team defeated F. H. S. 8. Flanagan Basket ball team defeated Panola. 10. F. H. S.Basket ball team defeated Saunemin H. S. 16. F. H. S. Basket ball team gave Cullom H. S. their first and 26-28. A period of great unrest. and anxiety. Many worried. Semester exemptions were the reasons. January 29-30. First Semester examinations. February S. A jolly bunch of ll. S. students enjoyed a bob-sled party, going to the home of Roxie Thompson. All had a fine time. February 0. The Y. M. C. A. Basket ball club defeated the Pontiac All- Stars. February 10. The Sophomore class began the second semester work with Bookkeeping. February 11. Several H. S. students attended a home talent paly in Graymont. February 14. Several H. S. students were much flattered by l'0f'OlVlllf5 valentines from Cupid. February 10. A party of H. S. students enjoyed a bolrsled ride to Gridley. February 17. Ada Meils, '1-1, was employed as a substitute teacher at the Smith school. K February1S. Karl Kalkwarf had tl1e pleasure of enjoying a front seat in the Senior row. February 19. Vvilliam Louden, '15, for divers reasons was unusually quiet in German class. There was a good reason. He was asleep. Lucille Ryan, '17, enjoyed the seat of ho-nor upon the rostrum. February 20. Ralph Monk, '14, Vivian Harkness, '14, Dorys Zinn, '15, Nora Cavanaugh, in Pontiac. February 23. '15, and YVilliam Louden, '15, took the teachers' examination Many students were absent on account of bad weather. , February 24. Elbert Lockwood had an explosion in his right coat pocket. Cause? Matches. February 25. Cliiford Lehman, '14, was on the sick list. February 26-27. The H. S. students enjoyed a vacation on account of the 8th grades examinations. I j -N - I 4 M gf 3 . March 2. L C1iffoi'd'Lehmaii, '14,'forgot'his 'yiiatch' and-was sorry he did it. Why? Because Mr. Hill had to inform him he had spoken four minutes. March 4. The Junior class were detained after school for the purpose of getting that Geometry lesson, which they did not have. The Senior class were treated to a very good lecture on self-reliance. March 6. The high school enjoyed a quarter holiday.

Page 58 text:

56 THE SYLLABUS Class of 1909. Charles WVhalen, Traveling Salesman, Flanagan, Illinois. Hazel Litchfield, Graduate of Eureka College, now residing at Flanagan, Ill. Inez Mette, now Mrs. Elton Garrison, Flanagan, Illinois. Eva I.oeku'ood, now Mrs. Edward I.eister, Pontiac, Illinois. Lila Kearfott, Teacher at I.ittle Falls, Minn. Pierce Barnliart, llookkeeper, Farmers State Bank of Flanagan, Flanagan, Ill. Jacob Colm, Clerk, Milwaukee, IVisconsin. Carl Zeliren, Student at Xormal, Illinois. Class of 1910. Hazel Milbourn, Graduate Xurse of Ilrokaw Institute, Iilooinington, Illinois. Ralph Carlton, fornier Student of Agriculture at Iv. of I., now residing at Flanagan, Illinois. Elias Zinnnernian, Teacher, Flanagan, Illinois. David Cohn, Clerk, Spring Valley, Illinois. Class of 1911. Da11iel Allireelit, Student at Iv. of I. Elizabeth Dillon, Teaelier at Flanagan, Illinois. Class of 1912. Claire Sherry, Steiiograplier at Flanagan, Illinois. Ora Gingrich, Student at Xorinal, Illinois. Edna Cullen, Teacher at Flanagan, Illinois. Class of 1913. Faun Fden, Student at Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois. Iiridia Feriter, Teacher at Flanagan. Illinois. Ollie Joosten, Teacher at Flanagan, Illinois. Doris E. Horrie. Teacher in Zooloffv class : 42Ian1es where would von look to find a bf 7 . eentlpedef' James tfwlio uses much slangl : '4Searcl1 me 5 Hans to Henry: 'tVas you nefer in Greece Z Henrv: '4Nix. Vot vou tink I vas' a ClOl1f7'l1I111t Z ., ., 7 b Quiz: Did she say anything dove-like about me ? Siz: Yes She said you were pigeon-toed. Botany and Dutch run smoothly, In English I can mostly float, But that dog-gonen Junior Geometry Simply gets my goat.

Page 60 text:

5 8 THE SYLLABUS March 9. Ruth Rich, '17, is again in school after an absence of two weeks. March 10-11. Everything as usual, only a few very hard tests. March 13. Robert Cullen was told that there were many stars in the back of the room, but if he looked much longer they would hurt his eyes. Susie Carmen, '16, had avery serious'-calamity, but not much damage was done. Clifford Lehman, '14, learned that a period marked the end of a sentence. March 17. St. Patrick's day all day. Many of the students Wore sham- rocks, as tho some were not green enough already. March 18-19. Preparations for the annual program are well under way. March 20. Miss Ryder, a Red Cross nurse, visited the school and gave a splendid talk on tuberculosis. March 23. The school children were very much excited on account of the fire which took place in the Sherry buildings. March 24. Miss Ryder, the Red Cross nurse, was here again and gave a short talk to the high school. ifmii 27. The Flanagan school gave a program in the K. of P. hall. All rooms were well represented and the whole program was certainly rendered be- yond expectation. March 30. Gordon Meils had his scat changed to the next aisle. Lucille Ryan, '17, again enjoyed the honor of a front seat. It seemed rath- er nice, as she has not had that honor since February 10. March 31. Every student in thc high school is present. This has not happened for some time. April 1. Vida Mctte, '15, taught the Geometry class. Here's success to Vida. Many of the students and also teachers were April fooled. April 2. Ralph Monk, '14, is absent from school. Vivian Harkness, ' 14, informed the Lit. class that a rogue was a '4devil and a vixen was a deviless. April 3. The high school students enjoyed a quarter holiday. April 6. Clifford Lehman, '14, is absent from school. April 7. This being election day, we held a mock election. There were seventeen who voted wet and twenty-two who voted dry . April 8. Mr. W. H. Hill gave the Caesar class an interesting lecture on principal parts of verbs and construction of words. Ralph Monk, '14, and Clifford Lehman, '14, ,Were told to take this to themselves. April 9. Vivian Harkness, ' 14, and Doris Horrie, ' 14, were excused after General History class. April 10. This daybeing Good Friday, a number of the high school are absent to attend church. April 13. VVilliam Louden, '15, our famous athelete, is preparing him- self for a meet. All the Seniors were absent but Vivian Harkness.