Gilman High School - Owl Yearbook (Gilman, IL)

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begsnnsng of the better day for thss no how dsgnsfsed sensor I fsnd that after gettsng ready for school there ss no tsme for breakfast so I grab myself an apple or perhaps a cookse Ipeanut butter cookses are my favorste vegetablel and take off for school I have a psle of books usually that reach to my chsn but you don t see any of these good Iooksng I?l hsgh school boys gsvsng a poor lsttle sensor a Isft do you? Wslmer Condst passes you up lske he dsdn t know you from Eve Elmer Tammen sometsmes doesn t even wave at you and Roger Buckner s eyes never leave the road but the poor boy ss concentratsng so what could you expect? After strugglsng wsth the arm full of books for about fsfteen msnutes I arrsve at school I often wonder why the heck they dsdn t busld the school out another two msles It would be a most enjoyable as well as healthful walk every mornsng and after walksng st for four years one should be sn perfect health should one not? Here we are at school' Then I go through the regular routsne of combsng the hasr and powdersng the nose Then by that tsme st s tsme for the bell and I scram upstasrs to the assembly I sst there a whole blessed forty msnutes and wrste shorthand by the page Ah the bell rsngs st ss now 9 IO Central Standard tsme and you are lsstensng to statson C C H S at Cslman Illsnoss lor are you lsstensn hmmn?l Then thss would be dsgnsfsed sensor gets up out of her seat and qusetly walks down to clothsng class I sst there and so and so for two persods Then another free persod What Il I do' What II I do Oh I remember Coach gave us some questsons to wrste out for csvscs today so I guess I d better get myself busy for a msnute or two and wrste down somethsng anyway even though I know nothsng' Good Frsend Sensor that dsdn t take long Now you can look around the assembly for a whsle or per chance you d lske to concentrate on some deep smpendsng problem Iwsth what' wsth what'l Fsnally the bell rsngs and now my ksnd frsends st ss I I I9 Central Stand and lssten to Coach rave about present day polstscs land what a bad condstson our country am snl and almost go to sleep Saved by the bell however and then we eat' Doesn t st seem a shame that we have only one hour I58 msnutes to be exactl for a lunch persod the most smportant and that we have SVP. hours for school' Now when l m the Pressdent thsngs wsll be dsfferent you watch and see' Anyway at I2 55 we re all back Isstensng sntently to the announcements etc Then to shorthand and typsng for two persods of torture and take st from me underclassmen when you get out of there you feel as though you had been to-shorthand and typsng class You ve often heard that you should save the best tsll the last haven t you? Sensors always do the conventsonal thang' But we often wonder as we meek ly pass snto the Englssh IV room the esghth hour who sn the heck sasd that After esghth hour there are always outssde actsvstses glee club dramatsc club or somethsng every bst as unsmportant Or sf there ss nothsng else to do I can always type for an hour or two Iconssdersng there s absolutely noth sng else to dol About 5 30 or 5 45 thss studsous lsttle sensor turns her footsteps toward home sweet home Supper ss on the table lust stchsng to be et and so we all 8 It After supper sf there ssn t play practsce or somethsng lske st I can go skat sng or or or or maybe I study MAYBE Anywhere between 9 and I2 30 I start gettsng sleepy and so as the occasson may permst l get myself snto bed and sn almost no tsme the sand man has come and sprsnkled so much sand Inot smokel sn my eyes that I can t see to count sheep and so at last I s eep -CAROLYN BOWLES Thss Page through the Courtesy of Dr A I. Seng W-Zvi 1, f Z,,., I .Z 'fs .g ol' -XT? if -J Y . v , . - . ' . 3, ! , . I I Q . . , -N ! 3' . . '. ' . . 1 . I ' . ' - 2.21: , ' . . v . . . - . . . . -,T x X . . ' I ' . ' S va ard Time and you're still listening to Cs. C. H. S. at'C-ilman, .I go to clvics class ' . . ' . . . . N , ' ,- f . ' . . 1? N, ' ' fm.. -. ' , . . . 'iwaali' .1 5 Nf- ' 3 s . . . - I I V . V ' ' I I ' A iii' ' ' . . . . S A I fr . . . I . V 1 .' ' ' s ll I ' s5 g ' 1 ' ff ,X gf X

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I --f fllyc 642 fl GQ f Sensor Closs Hsstory ln September I93l a group of freshmen entered the assembly through the west door and made a dash for back seats Very few of them were suc cessful however as there were only a small number of back seats Marsan Stephens was elected pressdent and Msss Muller was class sponsor Because we were freshmen we had to have some partses rsght away Dursng our freshman year we started the F S A A a dramatsc club under the dsrectson of Msss Kertes lt was also dursng our freshman year when the Megaphone was started Other than thss our freshman year was uneventful When we entered school sn the fall of l932 we felt Iske we knew more about everythsng than the freshmen The Freshmen certasnly were green but I guess we dsdn t realsze lust how green we had acted when we were freshmen or we wouldn t have felt so supersor Allen Arends was elected pressdent of our sophomore class Nothsng of smportant happened dursng thss year At the begsnnsng of our sunsor year we elected Gerald Whstted for press dent of the class Dursng the year we presented the play Three Taps at Twelve Most of our tsme dursng our junsor year was spent sn maksng money for the sunsor sensor banquet The banquet was a bsg success besng gsven sn gypsy style Msss Connell and Mr Treado were class advssors It was wsth a feelsng of prsde that we came back to school sn l934 We were sensors now' Lester Stame was elected pressdent and Mr Bremer was our class advssor We gave the play entstled Call lvle Early Ssnce we were now sensors we hadn t the tsme for partses that we dsd when we were As the tsme for graduatson drew near we felt a thrsll of pleasure and prsde and yet we had a feelsng of sadness We hope that the lower classmen wsll apprecsate and love our school as we have as we now surrender our place to the sunsors I-lomecomsng The fsrst homecomsng of C-slman Communsty Hsgh School was held on Frs day November 9 Thss homecomsng brought back fsfty three of our alumns who expersenced a pleasant and ensoyable get together Bussness houses closed sn the afternoon for several hours and most of them entered sn the mammoth parade staged sn the afternoon The parade went around town and then to the hsgh school where a receptson commsttee greeted the homecomsng guests After the parade reached the hsgh school a stunt show was gsven by varsous members of the hsgh school student body The numbers conssdered of noveltses an dancsng acrobatscs dramatsc presentatsons mussc etc Fol lowsng thss a receptson tea was gsven for the alumns guests Everyone spent a delsghtful hour wsth thesr schoolmates of the past The ensoyable event closed wsth the annual football clash between Gslman and Onarga Hsgh The game was the fsnal battle for both teams and was won by Onarga I3 O A prelsmsnary game was played between the freshman squad and the grade school team Through the untsrsng efforts of Mr Bremer thss reunson was trsed for the fsrst tsme sn the hsstory of our school lt was such a success that we hope to make our homecomsng an annual affasr Through the Doywsth cs Sensor Yes Mother l m gettsng up rsght now sound to my ears Yes Mother I m getsng up rsght now Ten msnutes later I arrsve down stasrs rubbsng my eyes and looksng as though I had seen better days and nsghts too Thss however ss only the Thss Page through the Courtesy of Dr E V Henderson N, V - V I .xg-1' , ,. .' . . ., , ll, ' . U - ' - . s- sit 'T ' t I I Mg A 1 . . i . . ' is .- U'ff xl I ,, ' . . ' . . '. . sl' T I--'-'N freshmen. U I t 1 ' --Y . I. . A - . 5 Q . . . . , .- I s e r 1 s ' 6 ' . . . , I . ' . ' Q ' . V .. - Q my . . . w - M 5, Il . ' . H . 'qw I fl - , I . y, - , ,L ' y 15 1 . Q 'I r f , I - I .I H .I I I .H f I! ' . . . V I4

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