Jacksonville High School - Crimson J Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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wmmmmm. Ah we wander down I he hall way Of the great school. J'ville High School. Varied are the things we hear there, When we pass the different classrooms. We cannot go in the order As the rooms are in the building, Hut for your accommodation. To identify the teachers. We shall greet them as we see them In the pictures just preceding. First approach we Kaiser’s office, Where we see him in his glory blithely handing out ‘‘eighth periods”, Punishment for misbehaviour. To the sad, repentant culprits. Who before him stand all trembling. Next, we come to Emma Leonhard. Epic “Beowulf” and Chaucer Are her Juniors’ favored topics; While Miss Russell, much loved lady. Tells of Hamlet and of Shakespeare, Tells of Shakespeare's great play, “Hamlet”. Mitchell teaches Mathematics, But as “Coach” we know him better. Coaching our boys in athletics. Higher Algebra as taught us By Miss Baxter, deals with square roots. Deals with square-roots and equations. You must use the Palmer Method”, Comes a voice from Myrtle Moores' room. Myrtle Moores, the penman teacher. Oh, my Freshmen, will you never Learn to write the English language?” Cries Miss Dell in desperation. Come here for your reference reading,” So Miss Havenhill invites us. As we near Pop” Carter’s classroom. And the room where dwells John Agger. Not the voices, but the odors Speak of Chemistry and Physics. What did Greece contribute to us? Thus, historical Miss Merrill, She who is the great historian And advisor of the Seniors. What is atmospheric pressure? Asks Miss Thompson (General Science). Name the products of New England, Minnie Mulberry is saying. Mr. Scott, a brand new” teacher. Telling of our great republic, Deals with History and Civics. Orators in Public Speaking Try to learn Miss Gorham’s methods: While the closing of the cash books Is the subject in John Baird’s room. Page Fifteen

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Esther Tholin speaks a language Algebra in its meaning. While Miss TUbe, her companion, Talks of Vergil and Aeneas, Of the wanderer, Aeneas. “Translate now in Sans Famille' ”, Says the young, but stern Miss Ash wood, As she tries to make us Frenchmen By her teaching of the language. Vernon Barnes, in Manual Training, Talks of woods, but mostly “Ashwood . Mabel Ruyle, with Freshmen struggling. Tries to teach them nouns and pronouns. Vainly tries to teach them pronouns. Murderous sounds come from Miss Golden’s, As her pupils cut up earthworms. Cut up harmless little earthworms. “As your sewing, so your ripping”. Greets us from Miss Ross doorway. Quotes Miss Moore, “Patres conscripti,” Drawn from Cicero’s orations, Cicero, the Roman speaker. Loomis talks of Agricult tire To his 1)0ys—prospective farmers; While the air around the classrooms Of Miss Newman and Miss Munson, Fragrant is with spicy odors, Harbingers of t sty pastry That the white-capped girls are baking. And the boys in John May’s print shop. Labor on the High School paper. The “Exhaust,” the Hign School paper. From the rooms of Miss Bea Ellis Come the sounds of busy typists. Typists with their fingers flying. In the Art rooms of Miss Sibert. Harriet Sil ert, the Art teacher. Millet and Corot are studied. Much renowned and far-famed artists. Sounds of music, sweet and soothing. Voices trained by our Miss Hopper, Greet us from the room of music. Miss Maud Rvman says but little. But she keeps us strong and healthy. Strong and healthy keeps our bodies. So that we may know no sickness. Now our tour is ended. We have Learned their names and all their secrets”. And we all reach this conclusion: Very learned are the people. Very wise and very learned. Both the teachers and the pupils Who attend our J’ville High School. Page Seventeen