Flanagan High School - Syllabus Yearbook (Flanagan, IL)

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THE SYLLABUS 59 April 14. A man from Cullom w'as here taking pictures for the Annual. None of the classes had any trouble but. the Seniors, and they forgot their hair dresser. April 15. T'he Seniors are busy preparing their essays for Class Day, which are to be finished April 17 . April 16. A number of the high school were excused and took a walk to Graymont. April 17. New rules made on account of the number that were excused the day before, the rules to begin April 20th and extend to May April 20. Ada Meils, '14, spent the day in Streator. April 21. Helen Herbert, '16, was absent from school. April 22. The Botany class took a field excursion during Botany period. A good time reported by all. April 23. The Seniors are practising for their class play. April 27. Jessie Carmon, '14, was absent from school. April 28. The Botany class took a field excursion to Patton's pond. April 29. A number of high school students were detained after school. The reason? Ask Clifford and Ralph. April 30. New rule today. No permission for speaking to your neighbors is allowed. May 1. The high school was awarded a quarter holiday. A number of the high school went to Potniac to attend a play. May 5. Practice for class play held at the school house Tuesday evening. May 6. Vivian Harkness '14, and Jessie Carmon '14 were in Pontiac on a business trip. May 7. Juanita iVilcox, '17, was in school after an absence of two days. May 8. Mona Meils, '17, was absent from school. May 9. The Sth grade took the diploma examination. There were seven- teen from this school who took it. May 13. Practice for the class play. May 15. Class Day. The class exercises were held in the K. of P. hall. A very large crowd in attendance. May 20. The students are counting the days until school will be out. May 24. Baccalaureate day. The services were held in the Christian church. Rev. G. W. Zink gave the address. May 26-27. Second semester examinations. There were quite a number who took them. M ay 25. The Juniors gave the Seniors a reception at the home of Dorothe Barnard, '15. Everyone had a very good time. May 29. Commencement day. The exercises were held in the K. of P. hall. A speaker, Rev. HE H. Frost, gave the address. 7 7 7 Mr. Hill: Vivian, how would you define rogue and vixen ? Vivian: Putting it pretty strong, T' d call a rogue a devil and a vixen a deviless.

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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.

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60 THE SYLLABUS VVIT, HUMOR AND LAUGHTER. Indeed! Tn some school not located-locate it to please yourself-the teacher was hearing the history lesson. Turning to one of the scholars she asked: tflarnes, what was lVashington' s Farewell Address l The new boy arose with a promptitude that promised well for his answer. Heaven, 1I12:l,,3.IT1,,7 he said. Teaching Tommy. Where,s Tommy ll' asked M r. J ones, on his return from business one even- ing. 'tGone to bed, was his wifels reply. I hope he's not ill.', No, I sent him to bed as a punishment for swearing. Swearing ?,' repeated Jones, I'll teach him to swearf' Withoiit waiting for a light the angry father rushed upstairs to interview the culprit, only to fall over a loose stair-rod and bump his chin. At once he became exceedingly fluent, and when the air had cleared he heard his wife call, gently: 'fBetter come down, dear, Pm sure Tommy has heard enough for his first lesson. A When the Scriptures Failed. Hlvhy, lVillie, said the Sunday school teacher in a pained voice, have you been fighting again? Didnlt you learn in last Sunday's lesson that when you are struck on one -cheek you ought to turn the other one to the striker Z ii178S,1T1,,7 agreed lVillie, Hbut he hit me on the nose, and I've only got onef' Possession is N ine Points. The lovely girl, having lingered a minute in her room to adjust her trans- formation, change the angle of her Grecian band and make sure that her skirt fitted like the peeling of a plum, descended to the parlor to ind the family pet ensconced upon the knee of the young-man caller, her curly head nestled com- fortably against his shoulder. t'VVhy, Mabel I the young lady exclaimed, t'aren't you ashamed of your' self ? Get right down from there. The child looked at her queerly, and remarked: UNothing doini, sis 5 I got here first. The Following is One Boyfs' Idea About Elijah: 'tThere was a man named Elijah. He had some bears and he lived in a cave. Some boys tormented him. He said: :If you keep on throwing stones at me, l'll turn the bears on you and they'll eat you up.' And they did and he did. and the bears did.