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

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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

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