Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1916 volume:

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ILLINOIS lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.Illllllllll..... Pasre Eight ffitstmiral krtrli of (!)lii anil 2mu Umliiuuj HE High School movement had scarcely begun in Illinois at the outbreak of the Civil War, but after this great struggle the cause of secondary education was again taken up by some of the most influential men. From 1865 to 1870 there was at least one high school established in most of the counties of the State of Illinois. In the summer of the year 1865, a movement was set on foot to erect a modern school building of eight rooms, to establish a high school, and to employ a comptetent educator who could teach in the high school and also organize and systematize the grade schools in the other wards of Macomb. The building which was erected is the old high school building in the second ward. Some of the men who were foremost in establishing this high school were; Jas. L. Anderson, Joseph K. W ne, William E. Withrow, C). F. Piper, Joseph Updegraff, and Horatio Bartleson. On September 1. 1866. school was begun in this building and continued until the year 1915. The number of students attending the school increased each year and this building was not large enough to properly accomodate all who wished to attend, neither did it have modern equipment necessary for an up-to-date high school. In the year 1913 the question as to whether Macomb should have a new high school building was voted upon, but there was a great deal of opposition and the vote was not carried. The next year the school building in the fourth ward was condemned and torn down. At this time the question was again taken up and it was decided that a new fourth ward high school building should be erected. The new building was begun in the year 1914. The building committee were; J. H. Millsom. k. B. Gorbach, S. C. Stremmel, and A. Fisher. The architect contractors were J. Grant Beadle and P. H. Tiernan. It was hoped that the new building would be ready for occupancy by the beginning of the school year in 1915, but there was a great deal of delay in the transportation of some of the materials used in the construction of the building and two months of the school year passed by before the moving from the old building to the new could be accomplished and school properly started in the new. At the present time the new school building presents an example of manifold activities. ith the new building so properly and modernly equipped and everything concerning either social or school activities organized as completely and thoroughly as it is, the present high school is entering upon a great opportunity. THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS lllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Nine S CH Oo Bod T D -1)- D. M y. j jiltpuZ-t - 3. “THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111)111111,11111,111 Pajce Ten ScHOol Bod TD - f J THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.................................... Page Twelve B. H. WATT Principal A. B. Wabash College, 13; Macomb High School, 13, 14, 15,’16. Economics, Physics, Bookkeeping, Algebra. ‘AA voCft'Vv, | I 1 j tv-t X.. . I I 1 — C-fc vvvvV . 11 oJi -LmJ: MTSS FAYE E. SMITH A. B. Northwestern University, ’10; Knoxville High School, ’io-’i3; Macomb High School, i3-’i6. Latin, German. , ( - ''1' MISS BELLA S. TURK A. B. University of Illinois, ’ 11 ; Moore I'wp. High School, Farmer City, ’n-’i3; Macomb High School, ’i3-’i6. English. ‘ 11 — ’ t VT, MISS MARIE E. CARLSON B. S. Northwestern University, ’ 11 ; Del-avan High School, ’11-L3; Macomb High School, ’i3-’i6.' 1Science. — L “THE SPIDER WEB. MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS lllllllllllll.Illlllllllllllll...Illlllll..Illlllllllll..Illllllllllllllll.I....Illllllllllllll. Pajfe Thirteen G. W. NORMAN A. I?. Knox College, ’15; Macomb High School, ’i5-'i6. Mathematics, History, Athletics. f H.s. 9 7 jUcsh (1(% MISS TERESSA HOLDEN Macomb Conservatory, ’12; American Institute of Normal Methods, ’14; Macomb Public School, 'i4-’i6. Music. 'n i , MISS MARIE PURDUM Western Illinois State Normal School. Art. E. G. BLACKSTONE Iowa State University; Macomb High School, ’16. English, Civics, History. THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIilllMIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIliiiilllllllllHIIIII Page Fourteen MISS IDA BON WELL McDonough County Normal School; Teacher Marshalltown, Iowa two years; West Superior Wis., one year; Macomb to date . 1 Mathematics. MRS. HENRIETTA CAMPBELL Macomb High School, ’75; Teacher in Bushnell and Macomb Public Schools. History. l 7 7 — MISS EMMA CALLIHAN Western Illinois State Normal, 'jj; Carthage College; Teacher in Macomb Public Schools. Science. -?7|. M. s . V 7 1 r MISS SUSIE WILLIAMS Western Illinois State Normal, '14; Teacher Galva, 111., ’14-T5; Teacher in W. I. S. N. Summer ’14. English. £st l$V$ M | ty - jyfcP - mSm vVv ';:- ,v: 1 THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS •inn......................................................... Page Sixteen MAR S H A LL WOODWORT H Shall” Wattonian Literary Soc.; Track ’12, ’13, ’14, Captain ’14, B. B. ’13, '14, 'is. 16, Captain T6; Glee Club, Class Play. “My school work interferes terribly with my education. r in VERA CREEL “B” Girls’ Glee Club; German Club; Oxford Lit. Soc. “Oh! My soul!” ill. eP. d.yi. v7 -k . ESTIiER PENNINGTON Penny” Vice President, Class T6; Class Plav; German Club; Calendar keeper. “A flower of meekness on a stem of grace.” • f tv A . ■ . 7 {r I “0 'v THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Seventeen BESSIE HAYLESS “Betty Girls’ Glee Club; German Club; Class Play; YVattonian Lit. Soc.; Pres. Class ’15 and ’16; Student Council. “May she never change except in name.” . r OpL MILLIARD McBRIDE “Mac” Business Manager; Athletic Editor; Foot Ball. ’14. “There's no yellow streak in hint.” ? ? ELEANOR HURST “Jack” Senior B. B.; Girls’ Glee Club; Zetalathean Lit. Soc.; Girls Declamatory. “H it. not loud but deep.’’ THE SPIDER WEB. .MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS ..........................................................IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.Illllll Pape Eighteen ALTA MOORE “Altie” “Her faliter's pride, her mother's joy.” MARY ANDREWS “Andie’’ “Hear diligently when I speak, for not often do I speak.” LEROY DANIELS “Dusky” Class Play; Bovs’ Glee Club; Track, ’15; Football, ’i4-'i5; Baseball, T6; Class Will. “We know what he is but not u’hat he may be. n n f ut tf f THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItllllllllMllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll PaKe Nineteen LENA WOERLY German Club. Her talents are of the more silent class.” ? 7 CHARLES SULLIVAN “Charlie” “Men of few words are the best men.” J . — T. '.-v y .20- oJL Sl LUC ILK FOSTER “Dene” German Club; Girls’ Glee Club; Oxford Lit. Soc. ’16; Asst. Art Editor. IVhat a whirlwind in her head. Oh! that grin.” THE SPIDER WEB, MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS lllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiiliiilllllllllllllllimilllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin Pape Twenty HELEN BOYCE Pres. German Club; Class Historian; Class Play, Girls’ Glee Club; Class Treas. ’16. “Tall, stately, aristocratic.” uJ.r9-.cL7C H'7 DON PURDUM Class Play; Football, ’14, ’15; Class B. B. ’16. “His heart runs away with his head.” i% BERTHA THOMPSON German Club; Zetalathean Lit. Soc. “Silence has become her mother tongue.” “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HICH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS llllllllllimilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Twenty-one ■ MARY STOVER “Dogerty Girls’ Glee Club; Class Play, Art Editor; Class Pres. ’13; Senior B. B. T6. “Here's a girl of spirit and roe’ll drink her health.” 'I't pt ( a_aj: I % - 1 ‘t ■ o LESTER GRAHAM Jim” Boys’ Glee Club; Class Play; Pres. Oxford Lit. Soc. '16; Football, ’13, ’14, Capt. ’15. “How dangerous it is that this man goes loose.” VDUk k 'WV H . 11 RLTTH CRARB “Babe” Girls’ Glee Club; German Club; Zetalathean Lit. Soc. “Of manner gentle, of affection mild.” THE SPIDER WEB, MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllliiHiHilllllllllllllllllllllllllliilllllimillllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllHIlllllllllllliliiimiHIII Page Twenty-two VERA GRAHAM “Biddy” Class Play; German Club; Secv. Class ’ 16; Glee Club; Wattonian Lit. Soc.; Capt. Senior B. B. Team. “Amiable and agreeable but just try to slif anything or'cr on her.” FRANCES SENN “Franky” Pres. Wattonian Lit. Soc.; Pres. Do and Don’t Society; Class Play; Girls' Glee Club; Senior B. B.; German Club; Society and Joke Editor. u.. X- I ‘M'X MERLE VERNON Class Play; Cartoonist for Annual. II hatever anyone may do or saw I'll be good.” ■r X I “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIilllllllllllllMllillllllllllllllMIMIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIII Patfe Twenty-three FRANCIS PURDUM “Frank Class Play; Football, ’14, ’15; Capt. Track Team, ’16. “Not that I lore Watt less, but that I love the Senior Class more.” MARY WAGGONER “}ack” Pres. Zetalathean Lit. Soc.; Girls’ Glee Club; German Club. “Mary's a grand old name.” ,s8,7 . i °i n - n OLLIE GRAVES “Skinny Sec. and Treas. German Club; Girls’ Glee Club; Senior P . B. Team. “As long and bright as a darning needle.” THE SPIDER WEB. MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS .......................................................................... Page Twenty-four DOROTHY MAGUIRE Dot Literary Editor for Annual; Girls’ Glee Club; German Club; Wattonian Lit. Soc. “If she ivill, she will, and if she won t she leon't, and that's an end to it.” OLGA PETERSON Swede Wattonian Lit. Soc.; Senior B. B. Team. “Frequently within my brain I gently think a thought.” GLENN SWITZER Switz” Editor in chief of Annual; Class Poet; Class Play; Boys’ Glee Club; Student Council; Football. '15 and T6; Track. ’15 and T6. “More ability than has been brot to light.” q-'i-l q X THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS unit..................................................him..... Paite Twenty-five Jht HU'nwriam , THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Patce Twenty-six Senior (CUihb (Affirm? President............................Bessie Bayless Vice-President..................Esther Pennington Secretary............................Vera Graham Treasurer...............................Helen Boyce Class Colors—Yellow and White. Class Flower—Yellow Rose. Class Motto—“B natural, B sharp, but never B flat.” Class Advisor—S. W. Norman. (Class liistimj Seniors? es. Dignified? That is too personal a question. Are we as dignified as our predecessors? How can we be as dignified as the Seniors seemed to us when we were Freshmen? Were we not the meekest and most humble group of people that ever entered M. H. S. ? Every morning of the first year we came to school, obediently tex k our places and resumed our work. Painfully conscious of our inferior position and want of years we dared cast only occasional sheepish glances toward that “Holy of Holies”, the Senior side of the room. Life was only misery for us. On every side lurked those terrors of squeaking shoes, literarv programmes and threats of ablutions at the pump, ready to spring upon us with glittering teeth and ravenously clenched claws. In some way most of us survived the first year, although a few succumbed and resigned their position in school life forever. During our Sophomore year we began to be a living class and not merely mechanical objects. Yes, the upper classmen became aware of our presence; and most wonderful of all, at times even spoke to us in the hall. Of THE SPIDER VV'FB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS iiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Page Twenty-seven course, we were the sympathetic big brother of the freshman. Alas! was something wrong with the sympathy? Surely not, but it didn’t seem to inspire the most friendly spirit that could be imagined. But perhaps it’s just a natural lack of appreciation, characteristic of all Freshmen. Maybe we were guilty of the same thing at one time in our lives. In that same year came the awakening that we really belonged to the High School and that we might take a part, in Athletics and the various other activities. We heard a great deal about school spirit and were wondering where they kept it; why they didn’t give us some, and if they should in what form it would be. A few of our members attended a very exciting basket ball game one evening and being filled with the joy and wonder of it, reported their experience to the rest of us; and we were at the next game. Before the game was over we were involuntarily clapping, screaming, dancing, prancing, yelling and going through all the various antics called forth by the realization that our team was winning. Then came the awakening, and we knew what we had acquired. It was school spirit! And it wasn’t tied up in a box and doled out with the report cards. Oh, no! It was just some dormant thing within us, which when it was aroused kept growing and growing until it received inspiration from things other than athletics. By the end of the year we were considered as a matter of course; and eagerly desired to assume our places in the ranks of the Juniors and let the world know that we were in it. At the beginning of the school year of 1915 we were Juniors in every sense of the word. The inscription, “Senior,” held no pangs for us. The Freshmen and Sophomores were there also, but what cared we? We organized and entered eagerly into the conquest. We were not the quarreling class which never gains anything, nor were we an indivisible unit, but a class joined by the desire to make people sit up and take notice. We had class parties for ourselves, parties for the Seniors and for the football team. Everyone came, everyone enjoyed themselves and waited eagerly for the next invitation. By means of these social activities many of the natural talents of different people were developed. For, beware, when an overlooked star in the firmament was discovered he was dragged forth to display his talent or talents before the critical assemblage of a class party. We soon had quite a constellation which has rapidly increased until now it includes everything from a Paderewsky to a Harrison Fisher through a Schumann-Heink, Daniel Webster and Don Juan. The most notable feature of the year was the banquet which we gave to THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIilllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllM Page Twenty-eight the Seniors. At this most serious affair the dramatic element which was constantly bubbling forth was given expression in a little farce entitled, “The Garroters.” With the coming of spring ideas were constantly being expressed which resulted in numerous weanie roasts and excursions to the woods for the purpose of eating and incidentally walking home under the stars. However, no one became interested in Astronomy. On such occasions our cheerfully beaming countenances made the hearts of the most severe (members of the faculty and otherwise) leap with joy and for their lost youth. So we tripped along in this perfect harmony until exams came. With exams came also cloudy, rainy weather. On one of the most dismal of dismal mornings a group of Juniors gathered in a secluded spot and—why not some excitement. All is so correct and proper. And—a general absence of Juniors around school the next morning. Hut the early risers—what saw they floating from the lightning rod? Surely it was the colors of some class. A fig for those who slept. By afternoon all was quiet; while only an angular lightning rod, a sticker on the ceiling and a rather gummy appearance of those austere busts of Lincoln and Longfellow, remained as emblems of the night's hard, decorating, beautifying labors. O Heathens that we were! Did we repent ? Yes. For three long months we were separated only to unite again under the regime of being Seniors but without the least change in our good fellowship. With a different meaning in the term “school” we worked with everybody else for the school. “Pep” meetings and bonfires were held, enthusiasm arose and soared, while athletic victories were added to the name of M. H. S. When we entered the new building the position of being models for underclassmen and especially the Junior High School was given to us. Even though we are Seniors we feel no older nor less childish than we did the first day we entered High School. So, alas! for the impression we give forth and especially for those who have chosen us as their life models. Just after the Xmas Holidays spirit and enthusiasm were lagging. Something had to be done even if we had to go back to barbarism for the inspiration. We went, and the result was that a little bird, bedecked with our class colors, went floating through chapel one morning, proclaiming the glory of the Seniors to all. There are a great many pros and cons (mostly cons) as to the propriety of this deed; but nevertheless didn’t it reallv arouse everyone from their slumbers? Wasn’t the need of co-operation brought positively forward and taken up by the Seniors who worked to arouse enthusiasm.-' However, social activities were not wanting in the future. Besides •THE SPIDER WEB” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIMIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIII Pajce Twenty-nine the usual class parties there was the class plav and the famous circus. Girls’ Basketball served as an incentive to enthusiasm, especially as we were the winners for the season. New plans were constantly being unearthed and carried out; all of which resulted in a statement of plain facts concerning grades from our advisor. Then until we were able to forget his kind injunctions we worked as though the wolf “Failure” was harking at our heels. We have tried to live up to our motto, “B natural, B sharp, hut never B flat and When into the world we come We've made good friends and studied some; But till the birds shall cease to fly. We ll still he true to Macomb High. £ ruUu‘ (Class Hill Bi| Crriiu Dnnirllo To Whom It May Concern: We, the graduating class of 1916, before finally taking leave of Macomb High School, do sincerely feel deep down in our hearts, that it is our duty as individuals and as a class to bequeath our beloved and sacred possessions, which by trials and hardships we have accumulated during our four years in High School, to our fellow students. We are giving these treasured possessions with the best intentions, and trust that they will be received with gratitude. We, the Seniors, are trying to do things in this world that count. One may have all the good intentions in the world, but if they are not manifested in deeds and actions what do they amount to? So we hereby wish to be known and remembered by what we have done and are hereby doing. How are we known ? By These Precious Gifts. We the Members of the Senior Class of Macomb High School, McDonough County, State of Illinois, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby draw up and publish this, our last will. We wish after we have gone that our belongings he distributed among our surviving classmen. THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIMIIII Page Thirty First: The Executor of this Will shall pay all of our just debts, in- cluding funeral expenses and matrimonial fees. Second: We bequeath to the Board of Education the assurance that in sending forth such a class as 16 the long Democratic administration and European War need not be feared, because our glorious nation under the Stars and Stripes shall be put on a more substantial foundation by our class members as citizens. We hereby bequeath to the school as a whole, our intellectual Superintendent, our noble and respected Principal and our inspiring Teachers, so that the great educational movement of which we are an exponent, shall not die out. We hereby give and bequeath all of our written excuses and examination papers to the aforementioned principal, Mr. Watt; so he can remember us as Scribes. W e devise and bequeath Don Purdum’s admiration for the girls to Glade Porter, who is rather modest. We hereby give and bequeath Charles Sullivan's quiet disposition and mild musical voice to Ward Ingram, and this endowment added to his brilliant locks of hair will give Paderewski or Bohumir Kryl nerve to face death by knowing their places can be taken in the tonsorial musical world. We hereby devise and bequeath Bessie Bayless’ intellectual influence as president of Senior Class, and member of Student Council to Homer Thompson, who needs courage. W e devise and bequeath Esther Pennington’s knowledge as a pianist to Helen Eaton. We hereby give and bequeath Dorothy Maguire’s well developed resonating voice and stout physical makeup to Margaret Hanan, who should accept. We hereby devise and bequeath Lester Graham’s gracefulness and popularity among the girls to Fatty Turner, a woman hater. We hereby bequeath Mary Stover’s heavenly voice to Lenore Mecum. We devise and bequeath a lock of hair from each Senior girl and Lucile Fister’s encouraging smile to Wayne Barclay who has faithfully prayed for them. We devise and bequeath Frances Senn’s extra knowledge of German and her note book to Lena Wehman. “THE SPIDER WEB, MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS llllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllimillllllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll P� kc Thirty-one We hereby give and bequeath Glenn Switzer’s poetic ability and Shake-sperian characteristics to Faye Snyder, who desires them. We give and bequeath Vera Creel’s surplus energy bv which she was able to graduate one semester before May 30th to William McGraw. We hereby devise and bequeath Vera Graham’s school loyalty with which she attended every football and basketball game to Evelyn Kenner. We hereby devise and bequeath Merle Vernon’s feminine voice and carriage to Roy Coats who needs them. We hereby devise and bequeath Marshall Woodworth's strong, manly voice and distinctness of speech to Harry McBride who needs them to lead veils. The Seniors bequeath to Mr. Norman a box of powder for a flushed face, and a beautiful white flower (forget-me-not) for service rendered as class adviser. We hereby give and bequeath Leroy Daniells’ Oratorical and athletic ability to Bennett Rush, who will need them in his Senior year. We devise and bequeath Helen Boyce’s mild and gentle disposition to Georgia Frances. We give and bequeath Lena Woerly’s loud student voice and extra inches in height to little John Leander. We hereby give and bequeath Milliard McBride’s over knowledge of athletics to Walter Price, who needs it. We hereby give and bequeath to the Juniors as a class our seats in the chapel and out, the use of room seven for class meetings, the good spirit existing between the Seniors and Faculty, the pleasure of learning quotations from Hamlet, Macbeth anti Julius Ceasar under Miss Turk, and lastly the privilege of imitating us. To the Juniors we would say, have a mind that is not easily shaken, forget what others think, think and believe yourself. The thing that matters is what vou think yourself and that you believe in vour-self. We give and bequeath Frank Purdum’s medals won on track to Alfred Rush, who is collecting medals. We hereby give and bequeath to Miss Holden the power to maintain the Edison Phonograph and the Boys’ Glee Club. “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiii Pajce Thirty-two e devise and bequeath Ray Murphy the right to he star quarter back of the football aggregation next year, provided said person can wear an orange and black sweater without having it torn off throughout one game. We de vise and give the Freshies the following privileges: to do as the Seniors do, both in work and actions, to be as well thought of as the Seniors are, to be represented in Student Council, and compete successfully with other classes in all forms of school activity. We hereby give and bequeath Mary Waggoner’s sympathy which she posesses for bovs whose rights are imposed upon to Grace Pennington. We devise and give each class in High School the right to attend any movie in the city once every month and to attend a private dance once each semester, providing instructors (one or more) approve of said privilege. Last but not least we do hereby devise and bequeath any special attribute or individual characteristic, unmentioned above, possessed by any or all Seniors, to those most desiring; such desire to be made known publicly before graduation; after that time all accumulations unclaimed are to be placed in a gold box to be laid in the corner stone of a greater High School for Macomb. Witness: Leroy Daniells. Signed: Bessie Bayless. President Class ’16. Sworn to before me this 24th day of February, 1916. (Seal) B. H. Watt, Principal H. S. “THE SPIDER WEB,-’ MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHMIllllllllllllllllllMllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Paj?e Thirty-three (Haas {farm anil Jjrn;ihrru I’d been feeling rather blue For |uite a spell,—a week or two, So yesterday I skipped a class And took myself where newest grass Did spread a blanket 'neath the trees. I there composed myself in ease. Anti listened to the melodies Of birds, and winds, and busy bees. ’Twas then the Blues all took a leap, Went up in smoke, and I in sleep. Perhaps I slept an hour or more, Perhaps for years, as Rip of yore. But as I slept there did appear A vision, that brought the Future near. I saw a river flowing bright Ami happily on thru the night. While the hills along the way I)itl guide it toward the break of day. And then the river pure and free. Toiling onward, met the sea; Altho it then was lost to view. Still it had a work to do. So pushing onward as before, It carrietl warmth to distant shore. Then a soft voice spoke to me: “’Tis a prophecy you see; The calm river strong and clean Represents the Class ’ 16, As the river in the night. You have toiled on toward the light, As it left its native clime So you'll leave the school behind. And as it met the noisy sea So you will meet adversity. But, as the Gulfstream, you will be A blessing to humanity.” Verna ty xis-itjajqj, 33BJ IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIII SIONmi 'HIVOOVN IOOHDS H!)IH HWODVW H3dIdS 3H1� “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Thirty-seven Himunr (Elaas (iffirrra President ............... V ice President.......... Secretary .............. Treasurer .............. Class Colors ..............Homer Thompson ..................J ohn Leander ................Dorothy Logan ................Lenore Mecum Lavendar and White Junior (Elass mull Laura Andrews Stella Arnold Wayne Barclay k-wuc Silver Burnham Louise Creel Roy Coats Helen Eaton Georgia Francis Florence Gamage Marguerite Grafton Harriet Hendee Ward Ingram Georgia Johnson Evelyn Kenner John Leander Dorothy Logan Lenore Mecum Ray Murphy Harry McBride Maude McGann William McGraw Louis McMillan Grace Pennington Walter Price Ella Pollock Glade Porter Cecelia Quinn Howard Rexroat Ruth Rodgers Reva Roll Mahel Ruddcll Alfred Rush Gale Swango Mildred Schell Marjorie Smith Faye Snyder Homer Thompson Howard Turner Lena Wehman Carrie Willey Marquis Williams Paul Hughes inatnru of the Kuninr Class G The Annual Board have insisted that we inform the world of our achiev-ments through this year’s “Spider Web.” The class has been blest with a very generous supply of athletes whose services have been used to an advantage by both the class and school. Ever since we entered as Freshmen we have been represented on some of the varsity teams. We were fortunate enough to place five players on the varsity football eleven this year. Four of this year’s basketball five were Juniors. Our class boys’ basketball team easily defeated the Seniors and Sophomores, thereby winning the championship of the Senior High School. To prove that the Juniors shine intellectually as well as physically, a Junior won the right to represent Macomb High School in the Boys’ Oratorical contest at Galesburg this year. Besides being indispesible to the welfare of the school we are quite as necessary to the idividual. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii siONmi awoDVH 'ioohds hdih uivodviv ,.'aa,v asaias 3hjl.. 1 THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 j 1111111111111111111111111111111111,11111111 j 11111111 n | j! 1111! Page Forty nplumuuT (Class (Affirms President .......................................William Hegstrom Secretary..............................Naomi McCutcheon Treasurer ...............................Lewis Van Etten Ada Andrews Walker Bayiniller Lucile Creel Cecil Cofrin t Bess Cox Lawrence Dunsworth Charles Foster Edna Hall Margaret Hanan Helen Hebhle William Hegstrom (Class lEnll Czerna Jobe Mabel Justus Ruth Krauser I- Bertha Lane Vada Legg Vernon Murray Naomi McCutcheon Ruth Newell Hazel Parks Mary Purdutn Leslie Ruddell Ernest Runkle Louis Tiernan Leslie Toland Frieda Towle Ruth Tutt L- - - '■',l Lewis Van Etten Eva Watson Robert Lewis Oliver Wisecup Delbert Rexroat “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllll Paare Forty-two jFn'slmtmt dDffirrra President.........................................Lewis Erwin Vice President .........................................Alfred Clem Secretary and Treasurer...............................Gertrude Black Jfrrslmtmt iEnll Byron Atkinson Cecil Forbes Leona Miller William Strickland Anna Barclay Charles Frowein A.t, ' Eugene M unson Howard Stuart Deane Bartleson Katherine Fuhr ( Beulah Murphy . ’’'Terressa Myers Clarence Tipton t Gerturde Black .. Fuller’ -J L Wayne Thompson S: iszyRk ■ ftarry Gamage Leo McCourt James Towle Maxwell Gould Robert McCutcheon Ruby Tutt Lucile Bonham Edna Hagerty Albert McGann _ Imogene Tyson Harold Butterfield • V Arnold Hegstrom Paul Nebergall Margaret Ulm , a Helen Campbell Alta Hill Glen Newell Lucille Vance— M1 n- La Motte Carter Beryl Howd Helen Oakman Helen Van Etten F.dythe Cash Elmer Jennings Helen Parks Dewey Walker Alice Carter L ’ . ' F.dward Johnson Oscar Peterson Helen Whalen '' - 1 Alfred Clem Martha Johnson F.lmer Price Mary Wilson Geneva Danielson Sulavan Kinney Wayne Purdum Irene White Edith Woerly I . ' Frank D’Camp Ernest Kline Lewis Randolph Mabel Doerr Harold Kline Eva Reihm Percy Yard Loyd Dunsworth Kenneth Lawyer Harold Schnarr Harriett Farwell 1 Martha Kelleher Lewis Erwin Harold Logan Helen Marx Isabel Senn Harris Smith HIGH .. v',? ■ «- ••• ,y . f . • • • • , ? V.V 1 • ' Vf •• '� . •. • . - ar V “THE SPIDER WEB, MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS Mllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Page Forty-four dlmtinr iinuh rluml nU Mark Amerine Ruth Price Roy Terry William Durr Archie Applegate Fred Rainey Harold Eddy Edith Roll Ralph Ausbury Elizabeth Reynolds Edwin El ting Everett Roll Ruth Baker Dilla Reno Theodore Foster Albert Sala Clyde Bartley Lora Rigg Eleanor Fuhr Frances Shenor Adrian Beck Ursa Ritchey Robert Gamtnage Maurice Simmers Clarke Billings Carmcnita Robinson Percy Gallagher Loyd Snyder Evelyn Bonham Robert Rodgers Madeline Gemming Iva Singleton Louise Bosler Della Sears Everett Gordon Eugene Snyder Beryl Branchfield Edward Sears William Greeley George Solomon Leroy Byerly George Sheets Francis Grier Minnie Stoneking Clara Burton Florence Smyser Lorene Grit fee Harold Sullivan Ralph Butterfield Minnabcl Switzer Marie Haulk Alice Sweeny Stella Butterfield Elsie Taylor Helen Hainlinc Louis Schnarr Harold Case Myrtle Thomas Mildred Hampton Hazel Stone Carlos Chapman Emmons Towle Beryl Hanan Marguerite Sturgeon Bertha Church Mary White Marie Hockensmith Max Terrill Carl Connelly El van Wright Luan Hendec Kathryn Thomas Lillian Doerr Chas. Willey Laura Hedge George Thorpe Marshall Foster Vera Woodworth Vera Howd Ruth Van Etten Lawrence Fosdyck Catherine Allison Eugene Hurst Blanche Vliet Helen Fox Edna Allison William Jackson Louise Waggoner Mabel Fugate Bert Amerine Hazel Johnson Lola Ward Herman Fugate Roy Applegate Ross Kepplcr Lcnore Welch May Fuhr William Applegate Gerald Lackens Mure! Wilson Lawrence Gamage Francis Applegate Robert Little Charles Greely Robert Geiger Mary Ausbury Mary Lemmer Lloyd Adams Josephine Greenup Elsie Rallard Reba Lincoln Francis Duffield Marjorie Griffin Alleyne Binnie Beulah Lovell Anna McIntyre Samuel Grogg Earl Benner Doyle Mcdus Carol Houston Bernice Hampton Kathryn Blume Hazel Miller Neva Duncan Jesse Harned Faye Butterfield Mabel McCullough Flo Blodgett Marie Hill Reuben Burnham Leslie McHendry Zoc Barnett Ruth Jones Dorothy Carter Lewis Moon Alonzo Billings Myrtle John Anna Carlson Earl Murphy Clarence Bolen Emily Johnson William Carlson George Myers Ruth Brown George Killingsworth Fred Carsten Mildred Naegele Harold Carlson Lola Legg Hazel Chatterton Esther O’Hara Gertie Carver Carol Little Rosy Clayton Helen Owen Frank Clark Florence Lovell Ivan Christenson Carlin Peck Abbie D’Camp Vera Luthey Oakle Cheesman Leonabelle Peck Harold Diamond Bert Lane Urias Compton Vira Pittinger Ambrose Douglass Wilbur Lane Clarence Croyton Clarence Pope Geo. Dunsworth Golda McCullough Carl Danielson Charlotte Price Eva Gibson Howard Miller Mildred Danielson Bertha Purdum John Gibson John Norton George Decker Earl Purdum Alzina Gloyd Beulah Owen Clyde D’Camp Dale Rexroat Vera Lamer Mary Parks Kathryn Dudman Eddie Ritchie Raymond Laughlin Cuba Parks Pluma Dumhlazier Gueletta Rodgers Albert Legg Harry Piper Homer Dnnsworth M ary Roark Howard Logan Harold Mullen Orville Shryack Helen Thompson Norris Moon Lorraine Mulvin William Simmons Cora Ulm Virginia Welch Minnie Owen Martha Smithers Twilla Vance Elizabeth Welch Bert Potts Faith Stewart Edna Van Fleet Kathryn Hood Irene Rogers Elnora Hulsey A die ♦ DEUTSCHE THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Pajre Forty-six Unttsrbp (SpHFUarliaft Zum ersten Male in vielen Jahren haben wir in unserer Hochschule cine Deutsche Gesellschaft; die von Fraulein Schmidt, die Lehrerin, gegrundet war. Der Yerein hat als Zweck, die Mit-Glieder anzusporen, sich gegenscitig in der deutschen Sprache zu unterhalten, sowohl wie das Leben und Wesen der Deutschen besser kennen zu lernen. Demgeitiass, in den Begegnungen singen wir deutsche Volkslieder, erzahlen Geschichte und Anekdoten und geben die Ratzeln. Auch spielen wir gesellige Spiele, so wie “Kofferpacken,” und vide andere Spiele. Vir spilen bis zelin Uhr und sprechen mir deutsch. Dann-haben wir etwas zu essen und sprechen englisch bis wir nach Hause geben. Wir haben eine Geltstrafe von vier Pfennige fur jedes engliscbes Wort das in der Gesellschaft gesprochen ist. In diesem Jabre wurdum die folgenden Beamten gewablt: Prasidentin, Helen Boyce; Schriftfuhrerin und Scbatzmeisterin, Ollie Graves; Die Mit-glieder sind: Mary Waggoner, Bessie Bayless, Lena Woerlv, Frances Senn, Vera Graham, Lucile Foster, Ruth Crabb, Bertha Thompson, Esther Pennington, Dorothy Maguire, Ollie Graves and Helen Boyce. tin ICirft ©lutr fflnrtrr Ich muste ein Deutches Gedicht schreiben Oder beute Nacht zu Hause bleiben. Also letzte Nacht begann ich es Mit Bleistift inder Hande fest; Ich schaute das Papier an Das vor mi r lag einsam; Ich war fertig etwas zu schreiben, Aber Worter in meinem Sinn nicbt zeigten. Ich dachte und dachte, aber nichts zu mir kam; Also ging ich aus Hause unter einem Baum. Ich shoute hinauf zu dem Himmel so hoch, Und sagte, “Ach, Sterne, erzahlt mir etwas zu scheiben doch!” Dann ging ich hinein und versuchte es wieder, Aber, ich glaube, nichts von dem Himmel kam nieder. Dann war es gerade drei viertel auf zehn, Und das ist mein Bett-Zeit und zu Bett musste ich geh'n. Und das ist warum ich habe nicht, Anstatt diese Ziele ein Deutsches Gedicht. B. B. THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Forty-eijfht ICUrrarij £ nrirtipfi itt £ nttnr iSjtglj S rluuil WATTONIAN LITERARY SOCIETY President....................................Frances Sen n Vice-President........................................Faye Snyder Secretary..................................Helen Eaton Critic.................................................Mr. Norman ZETAI„ATHEAN LITERARY S()CIETY President.............................Mary Waggoner Vice-President........................................Ray Murphy Secretary..................................VVayne Barclay Critic........................................Mr. Watt OXFORD LITERARY SOCIETY President...........................Lester Graham Secretary........................................Ernest RunklE Critic.............................................Miss Williams Sliuttor tBiitfi rlinnl iCitrraru nrtrltPH ORTHAPATETIC—President............................Albert McGann PLATON I AN—President.............................Harold Ychnarr IONIAN—President........................... Lewis Erwin FORENSIC—President..........................Anna Barclay EXCELSIOR—President................................Wayne Purdum PHILOMATHEAN—President..........................Clarence Tipton ODur IGitprarg Uork The ability to think on one’s feet and deliver himself of his thoughts in clear, correct form ought to he a product of the daily recitation. The power to organize one’s thought, formulate it into expressive language, and make a respectable presentation to the class is of as great value as any other product of the class work. This power will be retained and augumented in maturer “THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I’age Forty-nine years whereas the particulars presented will not in most cases be long retained. No phase of high school work is more fundamentally imjx rtant than this one of language. The student well stocked with linguistic store is the one who is most apt to be able to think accurately and comprehensively. There is no doubt whatever that the foregoing considerations are not sufficiently realized by the average high school student. The nine literary societies of the Macomb Junior-Senior High School afford wider opportunity for the development of the powers of expression. The public programs furnish added motive for language growth. Infelicitous or ungrammatical expressions as a part of a public program provoke readier disapproval from one’s fellow students than as a part of a class exercise. Care with one’s language in class, on the street, and at home is eminently worth while as a preparation for the trying hour of forensic effort. Furthermore, from those who have come through the schools, modern life is so full of demands for public speech that this phase of school training is probably of more genuine practical worth than any other offered by our high school at the present time. V. L. M. Editorial It is well that we say a few more words in regard to the dedication of this book. When we first decided to publish this Annual, one of the first things to come into our minds was—whom shall we dedicate it to? There was not the least doubt or hesitation as to the reply, and all answered with one accord, “Mr. Watt.” The Senior Class owes more to Mr. Watt than words can express. He has been a general peacemaker, always calm, considerate and helpful. In times of the most trifling or the worst troubles, Mr. Watt has ever been our first aid. He has always been quiet, dignified, and unassuming. As a personal friend to the class his words of advice and counsel have been of inexpressible value; and as an instructor he has opened our way to a broader and better understanding of true knowledge. He has been with us three years, two of which he has been principal. When thinking of our High School life Mr. Watt will ever hold a prominent place in our thoughts, as our most respected and beloved instructor and friend. For the first time in vears, the Macomb High School is to be represented in both the Girls’ and Boys’ Oratorical Contests at the Military Tract Meet this spring. We are particularly fortunate this year in being represented by the Senior and Junior Class presidents; and the entire school is confident that both Bessie Bavless anti Homer Thompson will return with first honors. “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMI Paire Fifty FROM THE EDITOR’S WASTE BASKET ‘As a man thinketh so is he!” This is no doubt the inspiration for many people to cultivate the habit of spending much time trying to think lofty and unreal situations. Now the mere thinking is no doubt a commendable trait on the part of any individual but it should be followed up by a living up to the standard of the thoughts. Many of us are able to place ourselves, with a little concentration, in ideal circumstances and live in our minds an ideal life. So far, so good, but when we come out of our reveries we go hack into the old rut and lack energy and initiative to expend a little effort and sticktuit-iveness to create for ourselves the proper environment of our pipe-dream life. Thus we merely exist until our consciencs, or, the appreciation of our own incapability forces us into another life of thought. Here again we form what we think our place in the world should be and then follow the previous broken habit. Thus think high, live up to these thoughts, and then think higher, and thereby make each thought as a step or round in a never ending ladder which has as its summit the achievement of the always good motto, “the greatest good to the greatest number.” How much better it would be if the thought of any of our meditative periods could be made the governing ideal of the life directly following, and we not be allowed to indulge in another illusionary self-denialization until we had in a fair measure attained the first. This is the condition in the life around us and the business world, for seldom does promotion come by chance but through merit and attainment of present perfectness, in the position of the individual at that time. A SMILE A smile is something that we hear advocated by many, accepted by some, rejected by others, but I would say understood by few. Webster says that a smile is a look of happiness, pleasure, and kindness; or a look of slight contempt. Now let us make our choice from these two opposed meanings, but in so doing be sure that we are acting not from what we have so often heard as the proper use, but from the facts we find back of the smile itself, after a little experimentation. I think the first set of meanings should be used only to describe the smile which comes from within and is the real expression of the best there is in the person. By the best, I mean the person’s real self, and the real self is surely the best, if for no other reason, than that it is the only part of the person which can be depended upon in all circumstances. Now let us see whether this is the motive or the essence of all the smiles we see in the world today. How many times do we see our personal enemies lavishing smiles upon us? How often do we see people THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIillllllMIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Fifty-one scoffing at advancement and culture scatter smiles of seeming kindness around for all? 1 would say that all of these are only sucessfully masquerading under a smile. Therefore can we justly say that our first definition for all smiles or shall we use “a slight contempt”. Had you ever thought of it in this way? Try out the smile you see and determine first whether the generous giver of that which appears wholesome is sincere, or, whether he is masquerading under this treacherous smile so as to catch you at your point of least vantage. Now 1 do not wish to try to make anyone skeptical and thus doubt all, and thereby misjudge the good, hut I would like to discourage quite a number of these conceited people who admit to our faces that they are superior by bestowing on us this expression of a clean heart and then play the part of a wolf in sheep’s clothing and use their superiority in vice alone to our undoing; all because we regarded them bv appearances and thought the smile bespoke kindness. As “all is not gold that glitters”, we can just as truthfully say, all is not happiness and kindness that takes refuge under a smile. POPULARITY Popularity is a state of happiness no doubt desired by all but attained only by few. These few when they attain the fullness of their hopes are in a way unconscious of their position or they soon find that they no longer have the desired state. When popularity is desired for the sake of popularity itself it brings out the worst there is in a person so desiring, for he or she does not wish to rise in the affections of their friends but for their own selfish ends. The condition of a person’s popularity may well be likened to the moon sailing through the clouded sky. At times it seems to he in all its splendor but this radience may be blotted out, completely, by only a small cloud. So it is with a person who is self-satisfied enough to rest on undeserved popularity. He may awake suddenly to find that only a small intervention has robbed him of all that was seemingly his permanently, only a moment before. Instead of popularity being an ever increasing ideal, as some like to term it; it is the harvest of unconscious endeavor on the part of the person attaining it. When adopted as an ideal and worked for, the effect it is very detrimental. in so much that, the mere craving of that state of happiness is the self confession and the confession to the world, that the party so desiring is unfitted for confidence, and only wishes it because of jealousy of others, who have through confidential, straight dealing with associates won the deserved praise or the so-called popularity. To those desiring it is never given, but to those who are true to themselves and the world it is God’s way of blessing on earth for fair dealing man to man. THE SPIDER WEB, MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Fifty-two OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT What a different scene meets our eyes when we step into the High School building, compared to what it was last year. Everyone is on the run ; with committee meetings, athletics, contests of all kinds and social affairs, all are busy from early till late. There are two main causes of this; one is the new building; and the other is our new Superintendent. With the new building came opportunities undreamed of in the old building. However, the new building alone could not bring about the elevation of the standard of our High School that has been accomplished this year. There had to be something to start things, and that something in this particular case proved to he our new Superintendent, Mr. Mangun. Mr. Mangun is a graduate of the University of Iowa, and of Cornell College. He has also taken work in the University of Chicago. Under his supervision the standard of our public school system has been gradually raised until now it is such that Macomb may be justly proud of it. He has introduced a great many new systems; as well as modernized and improved many of the old ones. Mr. Mangun is very energetic, as well as competent. He has done more for our public schools in the one year that he has been with us than seems possible for any one person to have done in two years. One evident cause of his ability to accomplish so much, is his systematic method. Everything he does is done in a careful, systematic manner, and it is clearly evident that very few moments of his busy days are wasted. He has a pleasing personality, and a highly valuable and desirable influence. The best wishes that the Class of '16 can extend to the Macomb High School at parting, is that it may he able to keep Mr. Mangun, as Superintendent for years to come. A ttt tbr Atr I suppose we will have to admit that the day did dawn in the same way that days usually dawn; but nevertheless, the day at M. H. S. was entirely different from any that had ever dawned there before. In the very beginning, an air of mystery surrounded the whole place and took possession of every one. As to actions, there was nothing unusual but those glances of the Seniors! How defiant and yet how fearful when shot at teachers! How condescending when falling on lower classmen! For some unaccountable reason everyone felt as though something dreadful were going to happen; hut not a soul, except the select few who belong to the Senior hand, knew what this terrible something was. At about eight thirty a slv figure came creeping along the hall. This particular figure was not a remarkable one as in THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Page Fifty-three truth, it was no other than Glenn Switzer. But alas! Glenn was not himself this morning. He looked and acted as though he thought the whole Faculty were sending searching glances toward one of his pockets; and he seemed very nervous for fear some of these piercing glances might go straight through his pocket and discover something which was inside. After a sleight of hand performance, amidst many side glances, this certain something was transferred into Frank Purdum’s coat pocket. Glenn felt slightly relieved now; and Frank was the one who felt as though he were about to be gultv of a deed no less serious than murder. Matters drifted thus until time for chapel. It was an anxious bunch of Seniors who took their places that morning. Would the first song ever end? It seemed half an hour long to the Seniors, but finally it came to an end. Then came the prayer. If Mr. Watt had chanced to lift his eyes, he would doubtless have been very indignant at seeing so many on the north side of the room “peeking up”. The time was drawing nearer—it came— and the something in Frank’s pocket, assisted by a gentle shove, went sailing back and forth in the lofty air—and behold! there were yellow and white ribbons streaming from the certain something. All eyes were turned toward the ceiling. Dorothy Maguire was afraid it would come down and light on her; and for a while there was a little anxiety among the Seniors for fear she might cause a sensation by screaming. After a few minutes Mr. Watt asked all to be quiet and not let a “little thing” like that cause such a disturbance. Whatever the effect was, at least a little excitement was aroused which did not entirely die out for two or three weeks. Clltr (Chmutr JFnmt an {Eighth Gkahrr to a JFiTslnnan The third of September dawned bright and clear. It was a very important day on the calendar of a certain little girl named Peggy, as it marked her fourteenth birthday and first day in High School. She rose early and began making preparations for school, fully an hour before time. W hen the first bell rang she started out, her books under her arm, and her head tilted pertly upward. To Peggy. High School meant a place where eighth grade graduates retire to ponder over the knowledge already acquired, have parties, plays, and banquets, and enjoy life in general. However, she was doomed to find out that it was an entirely different place; and the seed of doubt was first planted in her mind when she was several blocks front the school building. She was walking along behind some older High School girls and her eyes THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Mill HIM Mill Mill llllllllll mu mu Pa� re Fifty-four were opened considerably at their remarks concerning: “initiation of green Freshmen;” “blundersome ninth grades;” and “studying until twelve o’clock on Chaucer. By the time she reached the building the tinv seed, already mentioned, had begun to take root, and its growth was very promising. She ascended the stairway with the expectation of being met by the teachers and older students with open arms of heartv welcome and even imagined herself looked up to and congratulated on all sides because she had passed the eighth grade without having to take any examinations (a fact of which she was truly proud). She was quite surprised when she reached the main hall that no one had spoken to her, but she reflected that possibly they did not know of her capabilities yet. She soon found the wardroom where some of the girls were taking off their hats, and she marched proudly into it. reflecting thus, “They probably don’t know that I am Peggy White, who didn’t have to take an examination in a single thing last vear! Thev will soon find out who I am and then won’t they be ashamed to think that they didn’t speak to me the first day! In a few days they will all be thronging round me begging me to help them work their Algebra or write a compo-sition. My! I feel just like a Princess in disguise.” She took off her hat, and then stood around quietly listening to the chattering that was going on all around her. In a few minutes a bell rang and everyone went towards a big room at one end of the hall. Peggy followed. Meanwhile, recognizing several of the girls who had been in her class the year before she sp; ke to them with the condescending air of one who had been in High School two or three years. When she reached the big room she sat down in the first vacant seat she came to, and failed to notice that she was on the side where all the older students were sitting. Her head was swimming—there was such a large crowd of students, and she felt as though she were in another world, and completely lost. The growth of the little seed of doubt was almost stunted for a few moments. Even when the cross-eyed principal came out on the big stage and said,“All those starting in for the first time, please sit on the East side, she was so dazed she couldn’t tell which side was the East side or whether he was looking at her or someone else. She was aroused from the stupor, however, when a girl behind her punched her violently and whispered cuttingly, “Didn’t you hear what he said? Go on over to the East side—you are in my seat anyway.” The little seed began to grow rapidly as she scrambled to her feet and started blindly to the other side of the room. No one else moved—evidently she was the only one who was out of place. Why had she not talked to some of her girl friends instead of treating them so snobbishly? No doubt they would have told her where to sit! She felt the keen glance of every eye in the room. Her feet seemed so heavy that she could hardly drag them. She wondered whether her dress was fastened all the way down the back or not and whether her hair was smooth. By the time she reached a vacant THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS mini......................inn...in................................... mu Pajce Fifty-five scat on the other side of the room she had shrunk from the star who had passed the eighth grade without having to take any final examinations to an insignificant Freshman. All the while the little seed was growing larger, and within a few days had reached a high state of development; and Peggy learned that High School, instead of being an Arcadia for eighth grade graduates, was a work-shop where only those who “deliver the goods” are mentioned. B. B. (Cmik limk A FRESHMAN. From his fond mother’s care, take an infant of twelve. Who in childish pranks is delighted to delve; To this add some brains—although not required— Paint him green, and you have the Freshman desired A SOPHOMORE Take an overdone Fresh, add school spirit thereto Athletics and studies, mix in a few; Then cook him well till his head starts to swell, A Sophomore you’ll have if you do as we tell. A JUNIOR Get a big, husky lad, remove care and sorrow. In addition, all thought of work for tomorrow, Stuff him with grit, school spirit to flavor. And you'll have a Junior who’ll never waver. A SENIOR. Strain a Junior till only his dignity’s left. Cram his head full of learning and beat till he’s deft. Work him hard and then add a gray hair or two. The result is a Senior, who great things can do. —Ex. firs. JterktttB’ Jlrisr HJrlUj The week of the annual county fair in the small town of Junisville was slowly nearing. As usual, prizes had been offered by the Committee. for the best pies, cakes, bread, jellies and canned fruits. All the THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS ....mu ii 111111111111111111 iii 1111111111 it i ii 11 ii i mi i it i mi i ii 11 ii i ii i mi 11111 mi 111111 in 11 ii 11 ii i in ii 11111 in i hi i hi H Page Fifty-six women within a circle of ten miles around the village were hustling and bustling in preparation for the much-looked-forvvard-to occasion. The jellies seemed to create more interest than anything else ; the why. 1 do not know, for Mrs. Perkins always took first prize, as regularly as the Fairs took place. Mrs. Perkins had a secret recipe by which she made her famous jelly. All the neighbor women tried and tried to get a copy of it, but in vain; she refused their request, saying that the recipe was a family relic that had been handed down from generation to generation, and that she simply could not break the record already made bv spreading it among outsiders. This prize jelly was made of peaches and had a delicious flavor of the seed which no one else could successfully imitate. It was three days before the fair. Mrs. Perkins was right in the midst of making her jelly when in popped Mrs. Bluejay, a neighbor. “Oh! Dear. You are making your jelly aren't you?” she began. “I do wish I had mine made. I feel so poorly all the time I just can’t get at it. I had a terrible severe coughing spell yesterday. Why, I coughed so hard that I turned purple in the face. Dr. Sourcraut told me the other day that my circulation was so uncertain that if I even coughed very hard I would turn black in the face. So yesterday when I was coughing the hardest 1 thought I would look in the mirror and see. I guess it would have turned black if I had coughed much longer, but I took some salt water and stopped it.” Mrs. Perkins’ jelly was on the stove cooking so she did not suspect that her caller could in any way tell what ingredients she had used. But Mrs. Bluejay was a very sharp little woman, and when she saw a bottle of almond extract on the table sbe formed a conclusion. ell, I must go”, she said after a few minutes. “I hope you have good luck with your jelly.” But fate seemed to have it in for the prize jelly. Just as Mrs. Perkins was lifting the kettle containing it from the stove an innocent little mouse ventured from his hiding place in the toe of an old shoe in the corner, round the feet of Mrs. Perkins, to a pile of papers under the table. Bang! went the kettle to the floor and Mrs. Perkins to a chair. Nor did she venture down till her six year old son had killed the mouse with a huge bar of home made soap. She looked with tears on the kettle up-side down and the oozy stream slowly wading its way across the floor; but decided not to crv even over spilled prize jelly, anil began to make some more. She thought she knew how to make it without referring to the recipe but found that she had forgotten the exact quantity of some of the ingredients. So she went to the cupboard to get the recipe and lo! and behold! it wasn't there. She thought she had neglected to put it awav after using it a little while before. But a thorough search on the table, under the stove, in the coal bucket, and every other imaginable place brought no results. Just then a thought struck her. Mrs. Bluejay had taken the recipe. What else could have happened to it? •THE SPIDER WEB. MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllinilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Fifty-seven Mrs. Perkins made a resolution that very moment never to speak to her neighbor again. She tried to remember the recipe, but failed; her jelly was tasteless, compared to that which she had formerly made. That year the whole county was indeed surprised when Mrs. Bluejay’s jelly took first prize. Mrs. Perkins felt as though she were disgraced forever; she never breathed jelly tf anyone, and no one ventured to mention jelly to her. Matters went along in this way for several days. At the end of that time Mrs. Bluejay’s conscience could no longer stand the strain. After knocking timidly at Mrs. Perkins’ door, and being admitted by that lady with a contemptuous toss of the head, she breathlessly told how she had received an inspiration from the bottle of almond extract on the table and had gone straight home and made some almond flavored peach jelly for the fair. It was an accident for which pure luck alone was accountable that she put in just the right amount of each ingredient to taste well with the extract. “That’s one tiling that I forgot,” exclaimed Mrs. Perkins, very much surprised, but easier in spirit on learning that her neighbor had not stolen her recipe after all. Still, the whereabouts of the recipe remained a mystery. “I don't see where in the world it can be,” she added. “Possibly you put it in the stove by mistake,” suggested Mrs. Bluejay. Still it was not found any place. Several days later, when getting the clothes ready for the laundry, Mrs. Perkins found the thumb-scarred piece of blue paper in the pocket of the apron she had worn on the eventful day of the mouse and the jelly. B. B. IJmr £ tnnj The following original story by Helen Hebble of the Class of ’18 won first prize in the Spider Web Original Story Contest. £ ara Amt’s jlrnurrha Child alivin’, what ails ye?” inquired Mrs. Mullen, as she came upon Sara Ann who sat swaying back and forth on the garden seat looking at a time worn volume in her hand and muttering to herself, “Here I been ahuntin' ye this half hour! Don't ve know them dishes has got ter be washed?” Sara Ann did know, but she was too deeply interested to mind. “A sti—itch in ti—ime same ni—ine, a sti—itch in ti—ime saves ni— ine,” she drawled, continuing to peruse the book in her hand. “THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS llllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Fifty-eight It sure do, Sarie, so git ye on an’ do that patcliin’ what’s got ter he done fer yer pa!” “‘After dinner sit a while, after supper— I here s no sittin goes at this here house, Sarie, so yer kin jest mosey on along and git them dishes did!” exclaimed the exasperated Mrs. Mullen, striking at Sara Ann who ducked her head and ran into the house, laughing. A miss is as good as a mile,’ ma, but ‘delays are dangerous’ so here 1 go, ’ and she flew around the roomy kitchen scraping dishes and gathering hat ails that child I don’t know, soliloquized Mrs. Mullen as she followed Sara into the house, “ever since her pa give her that book she can’t say nothin but proverbs. Too much learnin' I reckon. I told her pa when he bought that book that too much education wasn’t good fer a plain country gal, an I guess I was right, too. hen 1 was a gal I never seen inside of a book, but I reckon I kin git meals an’ keep house just the same.” W ill they ever be done? wondered Sara Ann, looking meditatively at a pile of dishes yet to be washed. “If it wasn’t that ‘things done hv halves are never done right’ I’d hide some of them and do them tomorrow,” and Sara went on with her work, consoled by ‘things done by halves’. At last the seemingly everlasting pile of dishes was finished and Sara Ann stepped to the porch and yelled; ‘A a Bob-be, ya Bob-be! Ain't you hungry, Bobby boy? Why, where can that dorg be ?” “Here I am, Sara girl, replied a strange specimen of a “dorg” rounding the corner and approaching the porch. It was Bob Logston, the son of a well-to-do farmer. Gossip had it that Bob was in love with Sara Ann. although they could not see why, since “Sarie” was “sich a plain little thing and him so well edyercated.” Bob Logston, what do you mean cornin’ round that corner tryin’ to scare me to death?” asked Sara Ann trying to look frightened, but at the same time adding, “Maybe 1 was ‘more scared than hurt’.” “Well, I should say you were, Sara girl! Come, let’s go for a walk while the weather is fine. That cloud in the west looks like rain, but it may pass over like troubles, girlie; so let us he off before it does cover the sun.” “I can’t go this afternoon, Bob, ’cause we’re goin’ to have company,” replied Sara Ann in a dreamy manner. Oh, company! Well, I suppose I’m not company then, huh?” inquired Bob with a smile. I wasn t thinkin so much of that as I was of ‘idleness is the root of all evil’.” “Well, Sara Ann, don’t worry about idleness now, for the sun’s going under the cloud and we’ll not get our walk to-day, I’m afraid.” “‘If the cap fits, wear it’,” went on Sara, recalling what she had read and not heeding Bob. THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIimillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHI I’aire Fifty-nine “What?” exclaimed Bob in a mystified manner. “‘Idleness is the root of all evil’ and ‘if the cap fits, wear it’, Bob” replied Sara Ann with a self-satisfied air. “Well, I'll he-----” but Bob checked himself, 1 take that, Sara Mullen, as a dismissal. So, good-dav!” he exclaimed angrily as he walked proudly away. “So therefore,” went on Sara Ann, who had been so interested in her own thoughts that she did not know Bob had departed, “therefore, I'll stay home!” Here she looked up and saw only Bob’s back as lie marched stiffly down the road. “Well, if that don’t beat all!” said Sara Ann. as she watched Bob’s retreating figure. “You’d think I'd insulted him to see how he carries on. Well, ‘a bad penny always returns'.” “Great Scott! Sarie, what ye talkin’ ’bout now, huh?” asked Mrs. Mullen, coming onto the porch to shake a rug. “Oh, nothin’ much, only Boh walked off without even savin’ ‘goodbye’ and I says ‘a bad penny always returns',” “Guess they don’t nuther,” replied Mrs. Mullen, looking searchingly at Sara Ann. “Sarie, Bob didn’t perpose, did he? Hey, Sarie, answer yer ma, ve didn’t refuse him, did ye?” “Propose?” laughed Sara Ann, “Well. I guess lie didn’t ma,” and she ran toward the fields giggling to herself. In the meantime Bob Logston reached home, sat upon a stump debating the time-worn question “to be or not to be.” “You see it’s this way,” he told himself, “to he called lazy and idle even bv Sara girl is more than my pride can stand. I shall not------.” Here Bob’s monologue was cut short by a scream coming from the adjoining field. “Who would be out there this time of day, I’d like to know!” said Bob and because he wanted to know he ran in the direction from which the sound came. On reaching the barbed wire fence which divided the Logston and Mullen land, Bob espied Sara Ann hanging by the hem of her dress to the top row of wire and at her feet lay a book, which when Bob opened it. gave him a clue to why Sara had said, If the cap fits,etc. “Help! Can’t you see I’m caught. Bob?” yelled Sara Ann. for Bob stood and gazed complacently at her; “Don’t you know I want down?” “I don’t see why you should; you look quite comfortable,” replied Bob coolly, his eyes twinkling, “and besides ‘after dinner you’re to sit a while’; but maybe hanging’s just as good, so don’t worry about that.” “Bob Logston, you’re the meanest, worst old thing I ever knew, and I ani’t never going to speak to you again!” exclaimed Sara Ann shutting her lips tightly. “Well just as vou say about that, of course; but I'll just sit down here THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Page Sixty a while for fear you 11 need me, you know,” replied Bob calmly, as he sat down beside Sara Ann and began to read proverbs. ‘‘You’re the most provokin’ mortal 1 ever did see, and I’m a notion to ‘strike while the iron is hot’,” exclaimed the exasperated Sara Ann, (quite forgetting her resolve) as she made as if to strike Boh. “‘A man forewarned is a man forearmed’,’ ’read Boh, as he moved out of Sara Ann’s reach. You’d better employ vour time differently than In-striking at me, Sara girl; for, ‘idleness is the root of all evil’ and ‘if the cap fits, wear it’. went on Bob triumphantly reading from the proverbs. Sara Ann, seeing Boh was immovable, immediately changed her tactics, and said sohbingly, as the meaning of Bob’s words dawned upon her; Bob, I didn’t know you could say such horrible things to me!” and then Bob relented, for tears were his Waterloo. Don t cry, Sara girl, I ve just been having my fun anil vou aren’t hurt bv hanging, but stand still or you will tear your dress more, and ‘a stitch in time saves nine, you know; as I was saying, you aren’t hurt by hanging there, hut instead, something good is going to happen, for look! the sun is about to come out from under that cloud where it went when you and 1 parted. By the time the sun comes out, smile, Sara girl, and I'll take you down from there and save my wife-to-be nine stitches.” Sara Ann rubbed her eyes. It was hard to forgive Bob, but it was harder still to bang there; so when the sun broke through the clouds Sara Ann’s face lighted in a smile of love for Bob. 1 want down from this high perch,” she said, as she stretched forth her arms. Bob quickly lifted her down from the fence and as be did so he said; “Sara girl. I’m sorry I grew angry today; but I am glad it was righted in one day, instead of nine, aren’t you?” ‘A es. ‘A stitch in time saves nine’,” replied the happy “country gal joyously, as the sun sank down in a clear sky, giving promise of a clear, bright day on the morrow. Senior Alphabet A is for Alta who always is square, Whether at home, at school, or anywhere. B is for brains for which our class is noted; Altho’ the teachers say our heads are bloated. C is for Crahb—not an apple this time. But a light haired girl with eyes divine. THE SPIDER WEB, MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS ....................................................................................Illlllllllllll Page Sixty-one L) is for Dot and likewise for Don, The same as J is for Jack and for John. 1C is for Eleanor—the girl who grins, And also for Esther whose music praise wins. E is for Frances, both a girl and a boy; And also for Fun which Seniors enjoy. G is for Glenn, who 'tis needless to say, Will surely become a great poet some day. II is for Helen who always gets A, In all of her classes every day. I is for me who am writing this way, Pray have mercy—I don’t mean all that I say. I is for Jim, our football capt., Who surely for nerve never does lack. K is for Kute which we all think we are, Who happen to have any kind of a car. E is for Lena and also Lucile, Who never were known their thoughts to conceal. M is for Marshall as well as for Marv, Neither of whom is ever contrary ( ?) N is for Norman, advisor of Seniors, Who certainly calls us for all misdemeanors. O is for Olga and also for Ollie, Both of whom think basketball is not folly. P is for Pranks which all Seniors enjoy As much as any Junior III boy. O is for Quizzes, in which teachers delight, Which to all of us mean a sleepless night. R is for Rose—a yellow one, too; The Seniors’ flower to which they are true. S is for Senior which everyone is Who knows enough to attend to his biz. T is for teachers whose patience we try. And then go home and perhaps do cry (?) LT is for You whose names I have not, I assure you. you were not forgot. V is for Vera—both Graham and Creel, Who are always punctual every meal. W is for Watt, our principal worthy, Whom some call “Ben”—isn’t that nervy? X is for Xmas—which we all know. Brings final exams as well as snow. Y is for Yellow which put with white. “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS .................................................................. Page Sixty-two Are the Seniors’ colors for which they will fight. Z is for Sullivan, Daniells and McBride, Who their names front me have tried to hide. is for all who read this lav, Again have mercy on what I say. B. B. “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Page Sixty-four burial Hiunttfi “THE MERCHANT OF VENICE UP-TO-DATE” The class play, “The Merchant of Venice, Up-to-Date” was given on March 24th this year. It was a complete success from start to finish, both dramatically and financially. It was presented at the Chandler Opera House, and nearly every seat was sold. The class play this year was one that appealed to everyone, old and young, educated and uneducated. The play itself is a modernized form of Shakespeare's “Merchant of Venice”. The plot is wound around the greatest of school athletics, football. The play was filled throughout with the color of real High School life and local take-offs. Cast of Characters Antonio.................. Bassanio................ Gratiano................ Shy lock................ I -auncelot.............. Tubal.................... Professor .............. Policeman............... Portia.................. Nerissa................. Jessica.................. Miss Abbie S. Threedice Polly................... Antonio’s Mother........ Mrs. Gobbo.............. . . . Lester Graham . . . . Glenn Switzer ..Francis Purdum ...Merle Vernon . . . . Ward Ingram ....Don Purdum ....J ohn Leander . . . Leroy Daniells .... Frances Senn . . . Bessie Bayless ....Mary Stover ....Helen Boyce Esther Pennington ....Vera Graham ........Ruth Tutt Football Players, Referee, etc. J UN IOR-SENIOR BANQUET The Seniors were guests of the Junior Class at the Annual Junior-Senior Banquet on April 18. It was given at the Universalist Church. The guests were received in the Church parlors. A little later they were led to the dining room below where an elaborate four-course banquet was served. The room and tables were very artistically decorated in lavendar and white, the Junior Class colors. Later an interesting program was given, which included toats by the Junior and Senior Class presidents, Mr. Mangun, and Mr. Watt, and the reading of the Senior Class Will and Class Prophecy. •THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS HiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Page Sixty-five SENIORS ENTERTAIN FOR FOOTBALL HEROES After a victorious season of football the Seniors gave a fare-well party to that branch of athletics for the gridiron heroes. The evening was spent in the form of a stunt party. The football men were kept up in the library while the other guests assembled in the gym. After everything had been arranged the mole-skin wearers were blindfolded, one at a time and led down into the gym where they were given a welcome into the party by a stunt testing their reputed football nerve. All made good! Numerous other antics were indulged in for the amusement to say nothing of the enlightenment of all present. The faculty stunt, an improvised quartet, delighted even the most fastidious (?) Our new Edison kept any part of the evening from being dull. Light refreshments of sandwiches, pickles and olives, and hot chocolate were served. All the members of the faculty were invited. December ix, 1915. GERMAN CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY On Tuesday before Christmas, the German Club entertained the German classes and the Faculty with a Christmas Party. Everyone assembled at the High School building at seven-thirty. After their wraps had been removed, the guests were ushered into the Auditorium. At eight o’clock a German Program was given. It included German stories, poems, songs, and readings. At the close of the program the guests were led down the stairway to room number two, to the strains of “Heilige Nacht.” The room was beautifully decorated in red and black, the German colors. The lights were shaded with red and a soft glow filled the room. In the center of the room was a Christmas tree, covered with decorations and loads of presents. It was attached to an automatic music box which turned the tree slowly around and at the same time played soft Christmas carols. After the gifts had been distributed, refreshments consisting of apples and popcorn balls were served. SENIOR-JUNIOR KID PARTY On St. Patrick's day the Seniors entertained in honor of the Juniors in the form of a kid party”. All assembled in the gym, at the early hour of seven o’clock. The little girls wore curls, short dresses and brought their dolls to help amuse themselves. The boys wore knickerbockers and had their pockets full of marbles. The little tots amused themselves quarreling, playing marbles, dolls, and various other games. At an early hour the children were treated with animal cookies, suckers and lemonade. All departed at THE SPIDER WEB, MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIimilllHI Page Sixty .six an early hour in accordance with the strict injunctions of loving mothers, that they must he in bed before the sand man came creeping along. The faculty members present were: Mr. Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Black- stone, and Mr. Watt. THE JUNIOR PARTY The Junior class entertained in the gymnasium in honor of the football team. Each member of the team had the privilege of inviting a young ladv. The gym was decorated in accordance with the evening, which was Hallowe’en. The evening was spent by playing games and telling fortunes. After a very delightful evening had been spent the following refreshments were serv ed: Sandwiches Pickles Cider Pumpkin Pie Candy The members of the Ouincv football team were the guests of honor. THE PICNIC SUPPER On February 9th. the lower classmen were tantalized to the highest degree by seeing the Seniors coming and going from room No. 11, with baskets, sacks, buckets, and in fact everything that was significant of a big “Feed”. About six-thirty o’clock that evening the Seniors arranged themselves on the floor around an enormous cloth that was covered with all the essentials of a real picnic. Everyone was as hungry as if a mile’s walk into the woods had just been undergone. About eight o’clock the crowd dispersed. Mr. Watt, Miss Holden, Mr. Norman and Mr. and Mrs. Mangun were the invited guests. The spread consisted of: Ham Sandwiches Cheese Sandwiches Baked Beans Pickles Waldorf Salad Olives Cookies Cake Oranges Candy Bananas Cheese Tid-bits THE SOPHOMORE PARTY On January fifteenth, the Sophomores busied themselves (luring the day preparing for the party held that evening. Each member of the class had THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIII Page Sixty-seven the privilege of bringing a partner. The evening was spent in a general good time at the close of which refreshments were served consiting of the following: Chicken Sandwiches Pimento Sandwiches Pickles Olives Waldorf Salad All the faculty members were invited. Till-: SENIOR CIRCUS Macomb High School was a scene of gayety on April 8th. That was the date of the Senior Circus. All during the day mysterious personages with queerly-shaped bundles were seen hastening towards the High School building. The Circus proper began at seven-thirty. Crowds from all parts of town thronged the circus grounds where everything that belongs to any up-to-date circus and carnival combined was at hand; side-shows, wild animals of all kinds, lady bare-back riders, tight rope walkers, trapeze performers, clowns, a twenty piece band, a minstrel show, a real fortune teller, and many other attractions too numerous to mention. Some of the side show offerings were the most hair-raising, eye-opening wonders ever seen in this part of the country. Ice cream cones, cracker-jack, peanuts, popcorn, candy, and lemonade disappeared in unbelievable quantities; and everyone laid aside all cares and enjoyed a specimen of real merriment. THE ELSON ART EXHIBIT On March 30, 31. and April 1, the Elson Art Exhibit was brought to Macomb under the supervision of the public schools of the city. I he exhibit was held in the gymnasium of the High School Building. It was a magnificent display of about two hundred fine pictures; direct copies from the most famous pictures of the world. There were two exhibits each day, one at 3 130 and one 7130 p. m. An admission of ten and fifteen cents was charged to each exhibit. Two prize pictures were offered by the Exhibit Company; one to be given to the class in the upper six grades that sold the most tickets to the exhibit, the other to the class in the lower six grades that sold the most. The competition proved quite a success in selling tickets. The ninth and sixth grades were winners in the contest. The funds cleared from the exhibit were used to purchase pictures for the public school buildings. It is hoped that the exhibit was a success in lifting the standard of culture and general appreciation of works of art. as well as in providing a means of supplying the school buildings with pictures. THE SPIDER WEB. MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIMIIIIIHiniMIIIIIIMIMIHMIMIIMIII,IIIIIIIIMII,IIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIII,IIIIIIIIMMIII IIIIMI MI1 Page Sixty-eight (6irla’ (Birr (Elub Tlie Girls' Glee Club met every Friday afternoon and practiced special music. The Glee Club furnished music for several of the Institutes that were given in this High School building. The members are: Helen Boyce, Bes- sie Bayless, Ruth Crabb, Vera Graham, Dorothy Maguire, Esther Bennington. Marv Stover, Mary Waggoner, Helen Eaton, Georgia Francis, Evelyn Kenner, Dorothy Logan, Maud McGann, Lenore Mecum, Reva Roll, Mildred Schell, Grace Pennington, Harriet Hendee, Lucile Foster, Beulah Murphy, Theresa Myers, Lucile Creel, Margaret Hanan, and Czerna Gobe. The Boys’ Glee Club is composed of the following members: Leroy Daniels, Lester Graham, Roy Coats, Wayne Barclay, Ward Ingram, Ray Murphy, Homer Thompson, Howard Turner, Harold Schnarr, Clarence Tip-ton, Vernon Murray, James Towle, and Lewis Van Etten. They met once every week and practiced. They furnished musical numbers for several Literary Programs and Institutes. Soya’ (6lrr (Club FOOTBALL THE SPiDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS iiiii iiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiii Page Seventy iFimtball Xnrirui THE call of Coach Norman twenty-five men responded of which nine were letter men of last year. I lard practice was begun at once and the men were put through the daily routine. The first game was a practice game with Blandinsville. No attempt was made to pile up the score, but the team easily won 34 to o. The ability of the men was shown in this game. Galesburg, a new team for us, was our next opposing team and they put us down to a 7 to o defeat. 1 hey were heavier than we were and made consistent gains through our line. Down at Quincy we went and downed the river boys in a 10 to o defeat. Turner and Murphy were the stars behind the perfect interference. Murphy used his toe to a good advantage. (. arthage visited us and we showed them a good time bv beating them 28 to o. With good interference Murphy and Turner starred on the end runs, while Graham and Switzer went through their line while ours held like a stone wall. Monmouth, another new team to put in an appearance on our football schedule, made us like it 13 to 6. They were a big, rough team. We lost. The game stood 6 to 6 until the last two minutes of play when half-back Benson made an off-tackle run to victory. The game was hard fought all the way through. Quincy came tip to be avenged of their 10 to o defeat but—failed.They went after us and had 11s beaten 12 to 7 at the end of the first half. But at the end of the game we laid them down with a 26 to 12 defeat. Murphy initiated a new pair of shoes by kicking two field goals. e traveled over to see what was left of Carthage and found them weaker than ever. We beat them 34 to 6 letting them score in the last quarter to spare humiliation. All the subs were tried out in this game. Our next and last game was the biggest of the season. It was the first time the High School had played the Normal in a good many years but feeling had run so high on all sides that the two teams were matched for Thanksgiving Day. Our team went on the field with high hopes of victory—but were disappointed. Daniels and D. Purdum, our tackles were out of the game and the team was somewhat crippled up. The Normal line was heavier than ours, and they made steady gains through the pounding method. Punt- THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIINIIIMIII I’aKe Seventy-onl- ine was a great feature in this game. Normal made a touch down in the second quarter and no more scores were made. Murphy was the lone star behind our line while Coats and Huey were stars for the Normal. It was the roughest game we played all season and was hard fought to the very end by both teams. However, we have no alibis and we still think we had a good team. ahc 'Nnxt GJnarh Our last year’s coach being appointed principal of the school tended to draw his time and mind away from athletics. At the annual Board meeting for the selection of teachers, Mr. Gerald W. Norman was selected Coach for the year. He hailed from Knox College of which school he is a graduate. He played quarter-back on the Knox team the last two years. He took a summer term of coaching at the University of Illinois under Coach Zuppke. He went to work with great hope and put the team through some of the hardest practice it ever had. On the field he proved to he a stern man who meant business from start to finish; and he could he heard “from afar” calling to his men to get to work and quit their loafing, or for goodness sake freeze on to that ball. With patient drilling and constant pegging away at the men he brought out a wonderful team. Selecting his men with the greatest care possible according to the ability of the players he put the school into an “a number one” standing when compared even with the schools of larger towns. With two coaches (as Mr. Watt made his appearance on the field once in a while to help out) digging at the team, was just like being between two fires and the closer they got to you the harder you had to work to hold your place. You had to work hard and work hard all the time. 4 j ci A r� 111111111111111111111II11111111111111!111111111111111111111111111111111111111311111111111111II111111111111111111111111111II1111III SIONITII aWODVW ‘lOOHDS HOIH aWODVW „ aHM H3QMS 3HJ,.. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii siONmi awo3Vi 'iooh.)s hoih awoDviv ..aaM, aaaus am.. “THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiHMiiiiiiiiiii Page Seventy-four JluiUuiiUial HUnte-upa Lester Graham, lackle, Half-back, I9i2-’i3-’i4-'i5, Captain of the 1915 Football Team. He was always there when a few yards had to he made, and could stop the opposing side from making a long gain, by his sure tackling. He possessed that sticking quality which makes a good football player. As captain of the team he will be greatly missed next year. Howard Turner, Half-back, I9i4-’i5, has been with us two years. He may easily be distinguished from the rest of the squad by the characteristic which he possessed, to slip out of a man’s grasp, when they thought they had him. He will be one of the star players on the 1916 team. ayne Barclay, Guard, 1915, was considered one of the strongest men in the line. Whenever a hole was needed on his side, he always ploughed until it was made. He will be one of the main linesmen on the 1916 squad. Francis Purdum, Center, 1914-’ 15. could always place the ball just where the quarter-back desired it. He could also clear the center of the opposing team, and stopped all runs through the center. It will be hard to get a man to fill his position next year. Don Purdum, Tackle, I9i4-’i5, played every game, except the Thanks-giving game, but was kept out of that by an injured leg. The team was somewhat crippled by his absence. Don was a good tackier, and very seldom missed his man. The team next year will miss him. William Strickland, Guard, Tackle, 1914-’ 15 was a strong and tough little tackier, who always beat up on his opponents. It is hoped he will be on the lineup next year. Ward Ingram, End, Quarter-back, 1914-’ 15, possessed a good deal of humor throughout the games. Small but mighty, he will make a promising quarter-back next year. Leroy Daniels, Tackle, igiq-’is, was the only colored player on the team. He held his own throughout the season and was one of the trusty tacklers. He would constantly annoy his opponents by saying. Let’s go, gang . He will be missed on next year’s team. Ray Murphy, Tackle, Quarter-back, Full-back, I9i3-’i4-'i5 was con sidered one of the star players of the season. He could always take the ball and make long runs, and is distinguished by his managing ability and carefulness. He will be captain of next year’s squad. Harry Gamage, Guard, 1915, although a new man, he is strong and considered one of the best men on the team, and could always make a hole in the enemies' line. He will be a great benefit to the team of T6. Glenn Switzer, Full-back, 1915- noted for his ploughing ability, behind the line. He would go through the center like a cannon ball, and never THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Pajce Seventy-five stopped so long as there was a hole he could see through. A good substitute will be needed to fill his place next year. Glade Porter, End, Half-back, 1914-’!5 was noted for his ability to break up plays around the end. He would often astonish the opposition by rushing in on them from behind, before they got started. His running and dodging will win him a place on next year’s team. Gramm’s rhriUilr and §nirra Sept. 18 Macomb 34 Blandinsville 0 Oct. 2 Macomb Galesburg 7 Oct. 9 Macomb 10 Quincy Oct. 16 Macomb 28 Carthage 0 Oct. 23 Macomb 7 Monmouth 13 Oct. 29 Macomb 26 Quincy 12 Nov. 6 Macomb 34 Carthage 6 Nov. 25 Macomb 0 W. 1. S. N 7 139 45 IGinr-up C F. Purdum R. K Ingram, Rush R. G Barclay, Gamage L. E Porter L G . . Strickland (). B R. T Daniels, Barclay R. H. B Graham (Capt.) L. T D. Purdum L. H. B F. B...............Switzer, Murphy ICust nf iCrtlrr Hint L. Graham, Capt. W. Barclay V. Strickland V. Ingram R. Murphy H. Turner G. Switzer F. Purdum G. Porter D. Purdum L. Daniels Gam age ‘‘THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIII Paife Seventy-six TnurpM y YJ cod Vl'Ort K C IT - THE SPIDER WEB. MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Seventy-eifcht A'oi'Wtn Co c I i sec f. THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS iimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiimiiiiiii Page Seventy-nine Uafikpthall At the close of the football season the men were all tired and worn out and a much needed rest was given them. While they were resting we were getting our gymnasium equipped with baskets and marked off to play basketball. They were somewhat slow in getting started and our season did not open until after the second semester. When we did start. Turner, an old regular and a reliable man was out of the game with an injured foot, and new recruits were used. Murphy was also out of the game the first of the season. The first game was with Quincy at home. They came up strong anti after an hour’s hard fought battle were beaten by a score of 23 to 12. Porter starred for Macomb while McCarl carried the honors for Quincy. We next journeyed up to see our old rivals at Buslmell. About 25 students went along to see this game. Lack of material and spirit and with “old man luck against us we were beaten. Buslmell piled up 19 points while we only got 7. The Macomb rooters received the very best kind of treatment while in Buslmell. Again we were beaten by the little town of La Harpe. The game was well fought, hut they fought harder than we did and beat us 21 to 14. For particulars see some of the players. The next game was with our old football rivals. We went down to Quincy to get a little revenge for the defeat they gave us in the first game. Turner and Porter started in the game, hut failed to make enough baskets to win the game. We lost again by a score of 29 to 19. Lummis starred for Quincy. Turner threw 11 foul baskets out of a possible 14. Losing was beginning to be a regular habit with us and Buslmell came down and repeated the victory and we lost to them 20 to 17. Wisecup, a star of the day was put out of the game on four fouls. La Harpe was our next opponent and we finally “broke away” and won a game. The team began to get form and team work and at the final had them beaten. We now began to get into shape for the tournament at Galesburg. We played Anna wan the first game and heat them 34 to 31. Everyone held their breath all through the game. The team had perfect team work but could not find the basket for a long time. “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllimilllllllllllllllMllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Papre Eighty Our next game was with the winner of the Geneseo and Rock Island game. Rock Island won and then beat us 34 to 18 in a somewhat loose game. The team could not get together and played as they did in the first game. This put us out of the race. After arriving home we began to practice for the tournament to be held at the Normal. In the drawing we drew Farmington, the team slated to win the tournament. In a very exciting and hard fought game we beat them 26 to 23. Heckling College was our next opponent and we trimmed them down and beat them 23 to 13. Our hopes were now rising as we had a good chance to win a cup, when up comes Bushnell and beat us 26 to 18. This put us clear out of the race, but worse than that, they beat 11s three games in the season. Basketball now' ended and track began. Te results of the tournament at Normal were: Farmington, first place and the cup; Bushnell, second place and a cup. In the all tournament team, which follows, Murphy, our right guard, got a place: iHarnmli ijiuh £ rluuil iCinruy All-Star Tournament Team High School I.i IN E-UP R. F Allen, Farmington K. F L. F .Van Meter. Bushnell L. F C . Hedden. Farmington C R. G . . Negley, Farmington R. G Murphv L. G L. G Sub . . Woodworth Sub rorra nf £ raami Macomb . . . 12 Quincy 23 Macomb . . . Bushnell 17 Macomb . . . 14 La Harpe 21 Macomb . . . 19 Quinev 29 Macomb . . . 17 Bushnell Macomb . . . 34 La Harpe 7 “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflll Pajfe Eiprhty-one R G -f a. e rfg Gr l . ■JTV H-S. THE SPIDER WEB, MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIII Page Eitfht-two llaskrUiall anurnamrut Saturday. March twenty-fifth, the girls’ basketball tournament was held at the High School Building. The Saturday preceding the tournament the basketball girls held a sewing bee and made an orange, gray and black felt blanket. The body of the blanket is black and the letters are orange and gray. It reads as follows: GIRLS’ BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS Seasons 1916, ’17 T8 ’19 ’20 ’21 Winners— This makes the blanket good for six years and gives each class the chance of having its numerals on the blanket as victors. Refreshments of icecream sandwiches and peanuts were served. There was much chattering and speculating as to the probable numerals to be added to the blanket. Each class could see visions of its numerals there. The first game to start the tournament was between the Junior I and Junior III classes. The Junior III girls proved themselves winners by a large score. Gertrude Black became famous as a center. Helen Van Et-ten’s basket shooting was a marvel. The second game between the old rivals Senior II and Senior III was hotly contested. Senior III won after a hard struggle by the score 9-1. Mary Stover needs special mention for her good guarding. The third game between Junior II and Junior III closed the morning session. Junior II was again victorious. Miss Esther Fuhr acted as referee. The afternoon was opened by Senior I vs. Senior III. Early in the game the “Sophs” showed the Seniors that they must play and plav hard if they wanted to win. The final outcome was in favor of Senior III by the narrow margin of 8 to 9. The first of the losers schedule began with Junior II and Junior I. Junior II proved superior and won. Senior II and Senior I closed the afternoon session. The “Sophs took the Juniors by surprise and eliminated them. This left the finals to be played in the Senior High School between THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllillllllllllllllllllll Page Eight-three Senior I and Senior III and in the Junior High School between Junior II and Junior III. Miss Irene Harris attained more popularity than ever by her able officiating. The final games were played Tuesday, March twenty-eighth. The first game of the evening was between Junior III and Junior II. Junior III easily won, although Junior II in the first part of the second half made the outcome look doubtful for a while. The Senior 1 and Senior III game was a fight for first place from beginning to end although poor playing was exhibited on both teams. The Seniors however, were winners by the score of io to 3. After a short rest, during which time Mr. Watt, Mr. Norman and Hilly Holmes entertained the spectators bv fancy basket shooting, the final game was staged. There was quite a contrast in size of the different teams and the quickness of the “Freshies” quite overcame the Seniors at first. To make it look bad for the Seniors, Frances Senn turned her ankle in the first half and was out of the game for about eight minutes. Olga Peterson ably filled her place and with Eleanor Hurst co-operating the team work was of high standard by which several points were added to the score. Did Ollie lose all hope when Gertrude raced after the ball? Not all hope at least, and even put the ball into the basket from a difficult angle in the center. By her excellent guarding Isabell showed big sister that she was not the only Senn who could play basketball. In the last part of the game the Seniors seemed to remember their conception of team work and with Frances back, won the right for the ’ 16 to be placed on the blanket. Score 18 to 6. The blanket now stands: GIRLS’ BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS Seasons 1916, ’17, 18, T9, 20, 21 Winners—T6 The all tournament positions were filled by considering the ability as exhibited, not alone at the tournament, tournament first team is: First Tram Center.................Gertrude Black Forward.................Frances Senn Forward........Helen Van Etten Guard..................Margaret Grafton Guard......................Vera Graham throughout the season. The all Second Team Center..............Ollie Graves Forward ............Helen Hebble Forward.............Helen Eaton Guard................Ruth Rodgers Guard................Mary Stover (Hrark 1U15 As soon as the weather broke the men started out for track. They went out fifty strong. As track was advancing Air. Watt started a cross country run of five miles and two silver loving cups were offered as prizes to the winners. The ones having the best time for the five mile run in five races won the cups. Francis Purdum won first place and Lloyd Dunsworth second, while Weston Williams won third. Field events were also tested out and everything was gotten in readiness for the County Meet which was held at Bushnell. Macomb carried the meet away with 46 points. We also won the relay cup again, which gave us the permanent ownership of the cup. The winners of points were as follows: Macomb, 46; Bushnell, 25; Adair, 16; Industry, 13; Bardolph, 11 ; Prairie City 6. Winning the County Meet so easily and with a week to go on we thought that we were going to have a good chance to win the Military Tract Meet. On Friday, May 7, everyone went to Galesburg to see the meet. After many records were tied and broken and points were counted up, Macomb was only running in fifth place. The standing of the various towns follows: Aledo, 31 : Elmwood, 27; Knoxville, 25; Roseville, 7; Macomb, 6; Rushville, 5; Viola, 5: Kirkwood,5: Avon, 3: Biggsville, 2; Abingdon, 1 ; Alexis, Bushnell and Yates City, o. “THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS iiiiiiiiiilliiillilllllllilllilllliiillllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllillllilllilllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Phkp Eifchty-six Coming home from Galesburg soennvhat disappointed we went to work again for the Neighborhood Track Meet to be held at the Normal, May 15. It was one of the best athletic contests held in this part of the country. How-aril Rexroat anil Leroy Daniels were disqualified in the half mile run. Pur-dum did not gauge bis speed for the mile and only won a second place. faults nf iflilttani (Tract iUrrt 50 Yard Dash—Trials: First beat, Williams, Macomb; Giles, Knox- ville;. Time 5 4-5. Second heat, Bradford, Aledo; Esslev, Viola. Time, 5 3-5. Third heat. Long, Elmwood; Davis, Roseville. Time, 5 4-5. Finals: Lang, Elmwood; Bradford, Aledo; Giles, Knoxville. Time, 5 3-5. 100 Yard Dash—Trials: First beat, McFarland, Aledo; Rezner, Kirk- wood. Time 10 3-5. Second beat, E. Kilpatrick, Elmwood; Taylor, Yates City. Time, 11. Third heat, Kinneal, Rushville; G. Bener, Abingdon. Time, 11. Finals: McFarland, Aledo; E. Kilpatrick, Elmwood; Kinnear, Rushville. Time, 10 3-5. Mile Run—Fuller, Elmwood; Purilum, Macomb; Shoemaker, Abingdon. Time 4:51 2-3. 440 Yard Run—Tarpv, Knoxville; Pittman, Roseville; Rexroat, Macomb. Time, :53 4-5. 220 Yard Hurdles—Trials: First beat. Giles, Knoxville; S. LaGrow, Roseville. Time, 3-5. Second beat, Erwin, Macomb; Roe, Kirkwood. Time, :28 3-5. Finals: Giles, Knoxville; LaGrow, Roseville, Erwin, Ma- comb. Time, :2j 3-5. 220 Yard Dash—Trials: First heat, Bradford, Aledo; Pagon, Roseville. Time, :23 4-5. Second beat, Rezner, Kirkwood; Rush, Macomb. Time, :24 4-5. Finals: Bradford, Aledo; Kinnear, Rushville; Ragon, Roseville. Time, :22 4-5. 880 Yard Run—Tarpv, Knoxville; Fuller, Elmwood; Kinnear, Rushville. Time, 2-11. Pole Vault—Burkhalter, Knoxville; Lang, Elmwood; Bissell, Viola. Height, 9 ft. 9 in. Shot Put—Monticue, Kirkwood; Rosenbaum, Aledo; Thompson, Macomb. Distance, 41 ft. 8 in. Discus Throw—Rosenbaum, Aledo; Youngquist, Knoxville; Henderson, Biggsville. Distance, 105 ft. 5 in. Standing Broad Jump—Rosenbaum, Aledo; Esslev, Viola; Youngquist, Knoxville. Distance, 9 ft. 8 in. Running Broad Jump—Bradford, Aledo; E. Kilpatrick, Elmwood; Ess-ley, Viola. Distance, 21 ft. 8 in. “THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHI Page Eiffhty-seven vi He. Running High Jump—Lang, Elmwood; Merrill, Avon; Jamison. Biggs-Height, 5 ft. 6 in. Relay—Aledo, first; Knoxville, second. Ni'Utfiluirluuiit U-rark fHrrt 50 Yard Dash—Parkins, Canton; McElvaine, Avon; Miller, LaHarpe. Time, 5 4-5 seconds. Mile Run—Fritz, Hedding; Purdum, Macomb; Benner, Abingdon. Time, 5 min. 14 seconds. 220 Yard Dash—Benson, Monmouth; Rush, Macomb; Grim, Adair. Time, 25 1-5 seconds. 100 Yard Dash—Legrew, Lewistovvn; Benson, Monmouth; Miller, LaHarpe. Time, 10 2-5 seconds. Half Mile Run—Ross, Table Grove; Brown, Vermont; Benner, Abingdon. Time, 2 min. 19 seconds. 440 Yard Dash—Benson, Monmouth; Cross, Avon; Dillibar, Kirkwood. Time, 56 3-5 seconds. 220 Yard Low Hurdles—Parkins, Canton; Lewis, Plymouth; Erwin. Macomb. Time, 29 2-5 seconds. Pole Vault—Gibson, Kirkwood; Bissell, Viola; Carr, Riseville. Distance, 10 ft. 3 in. High Jump—Rankin, Vermont; Bissell, Viola; Cassidy. Table Grove. Distance, 64 inches. Running Broad Jump—Essley, Viola; Miller, LaHarpe; Williams, Macomb. Distance, 19 ft. 2 3-4 in. Discus Throw—Monticue, Kirkwood; Mack, Viola; Thompson, Macomb. Distance, 105.3 feet. Shot Put—Ross, Table Grove; Thompson, Macomb; Monticue, Kirkwood. Distance, 41.4 feet. Standing Broad Jump—Parkins, Canton; Brown, Vermont; Essley, Viola. Distance, 9 ft. 5 inches. The schools each won points as follows: Canton 15. iola 15, Mon- mouth 13, Macomb 12, Kirkwood 12, Table Grove 11, ermont 11, Roseville 10, Avon 6. LaHarpe 5, Lewistown 5, Abingdon 2, Adair 1. iBrDmuumh (Emuitu arark fHrrt. 191fi The weather being bad so long this spring the men have not been able to work out much in track. 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MACOMB. ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Paice Ei|fhty_nin ? Spider Web Board, 1916 THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Pagre Ninety (Ealntftar rytnubrr Sept. 6—Everybody on the job. Students 170 strong. New teacher and new “Spt. The Pig Skin Chasers optomistic. Sept. 7—Classes begin. Sept. 9—Mr. Mangun makes his first appearance in Chapel. Sept. 11—End of the first week. Sept. 17—First “pep” meeting. Sept. 18—Blandinsville o. Macomb 34. Sept. 21—Senior Class organizes. Supt. Mangun explains new grading system. Sept. 22—Junior Class organized. Sept. 24—7:30 p. m. Mr. Norman’s wager party. Pep meeting, bonfire, speeches, refreshments, moonlight Ford-rides. Sept. 25—Galesburg 7. Macomb o. Went to new building and had seats adjusted. Sept. 27—Chapel speeches on results of Galesburg game. GDrtnbpr Oct. 1—Meeting for organization of Society for Preservation of New-Building. Oct. 9—Quincy o. Macomb 10. Oct. 12—Columbus Day. Oct. 13—Mr. Watt speaks of our one aim “We will beat Monmouth”. Oct. 14—Mr. Mangun speaks in Chapel of the making of A Model High School. Oct. 15—Two Seniors, viz: Mary S. and Frances S. forget to go to Agri. Class. Where were their minds? 7 :30 p. m.—Pep meeting. Oct. 16—Carthage O, vs. Macomb 28. at Macomb. Oct. 18—(Chapel) Speeches by four members of the team, also Watt, Norman and Mangun. Main subject, Carthage game last Saturday and Monmouth game this week. School spirit ? Oct. 19— . Riley Small of Chicago entertained in Chapel with a short talk and some fine piano selections. He is a pupil of the well-known composer Edward MacDowell, and was at one time accompanist for Madame Schumann-Heink. Oct. 20—Meeting of Senior High School. Object, to regulate rules for preservation of new building. THF. SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllllllllllllllllllllHIII Pave Ninety-one Oct. 22—Pep meeting. Speeches by Mr. Watt anti Mr. Norman in regartl to the Big Game of the year, Monmouth vs. Macomb. Oct. 23—The big day is here. Some Macomb girls hilarious. Why? Everyone loyal to their home team. Final score, Monmouth 13, Macomb 6. Big crowd. What happened at “nite”? Ask the Macomb boys. Oct. 25—Knowing looks between Senior girls and others. Chapel talks by Watt, Norman, Mangun, and a few members of the team. Also our deserving yell-leader, Howard Rexroat. Oct. 27—First Student Council meeting. October 29—Quincy 12 vs. Macomb 26, at Macomb. Organization of Literary Societies. Celebration after the game. At “nite” Junior entertain M. H. S. and Quincy football boys in gym. •Xmtrmhpr Nov. 1—We move to new building. “Do and Don’t” slips given out. Nov. 2—Lessons begin in earnest in new’ building. 340 enrollment. Die Deutsche Gesellschaft entertained at H. S. Program, refreshments and fine time. Nov. 5—Pep meeting. Nov. 6—Carthage 6 vs. Macomb 34, at Carthage. Nov. 16—Mr. Norman wants Fatty and Ward to realize that the assembly seats are not willed to them for life. Nov. 18 19—Vacation. H. S. teachers conference at Champaign, Illinois. Nov. 22—Wayne Barclay says he will take a malted milk in Ag. Class. Nov. 24—Zethalathia Society and Conservatory of Music give Thanksgiving Program. Nov. 25—Thanksgiving. W. I. S. N. S. vs. H S Football game We lost to them, 7 to o. Most exciting game of the season. Normal rooters attempt to bring a goat on the field with H. S. colors on it. but the goat does not stay long. Nov. 26—Vacation. Nov. 30—Die Deutsche Gesellschaft entertained. Drrrmbrr Dec. 2—9 p. m. A. J. Laughlin entertains Normal and High School football teams with a banquet. Dec. 3—Celebration of the 97th Anniversary of Illinois being admitted to the Union as a State. Mr. C. S. Townley, D. A. R. and a few High School students give a program. THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllliiililliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH Patte Ninety-two Dec. 21—Die Deutsche Gesellschaft entertains. Program, Xmas tree, refreshments. Dec. 22—Wattonian Society give program. Dismissed for Xmas Va-cation. Sanitary Jan. 3—End of Vacation. Everyone resolves to finish first semester with strong “finale”. Jan. 9—Senior Indoor Picnic. Jan. 12—Varsity B. B. Team starts practice. Jan. 13—Class B. B. Teams start practice. Much interest shown. Jan. 17—Abingdon vs. Macomb at Macomb. Jan. 19—Bushnell vs. Macomb at Bushnell. Jan 21—First semester closes. Jan 2.)—New semester opens with new teacher in our midst, Mr. Black-stone. Jan. 29—Basketball team g es to Quincy. Come back with defeat and a broken nose. Jan. 28—Mr. Livingston gives us a talk in Chapel. Jfabruary Feb. 1—Miss Holden asks if any of 11s ever visited Monmouth II. S. M. S. and E. P. want to know if she would like to send some representatives up there. Feb. 6—Vera Creel becomes Mr. Watt’s secretary. Afternoon in office, evening at picture show! Feb. 7—Several II. S. members busy rehearsing for Fireman’s Fair. Feb. 8—Vernon Murray says he would take Ruth Tutt to the Fireman’s Fair every night, but her folks think she is too little to go with the hoys. Feb. 10—Mary S. in Ag.—“Why is a mule-footed hog any different from any other people’s feet?” Feb. 11—Captain H. B. Wild’s aviation lecture. Feb. 12—Bushnell 20, Macomb 17. Feh. 24-25-26—Basketball Tournament at Galesburg. Annawan 31. Macomb 34. Rock Island 33, Macomb 18. fflarrh Mar. 8—Senior III entertains Senior II with a Kid Party. Mar. 15—Seniors busy rehearsing for Annual Class Play. Mar. 24—“Merchant of Venice Up-to-Date”. A big success. Thanks due to our Director, Mr. Wratt. •THE SPIDER WEB, MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMill Dili lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllll Papre Ninety-three Mar. 25—Girls Class Basketball Tournament. Senior II girls win the Pennant. Mar. 28—Senior Class present Mr. Watt a Masonic Ring as a token of their appreciation for his direction of the Class Play. Mar. 29 to April 1—Elson Art Exhibit. Geo. B. Kerman, our former teacher, makes talk on “Preparedness” in Chapel. Ayrtl April 8—Senior III Class give circus which was equal in entertainment to Ringling Brothers. April 14—Annual Junior-Senior Banquet and Reception at Univer-salist Church. April 15—Home Declamatory Contest. Preparatory for County Meet, April 29. April 22—Freshman Party. Fine time. April 29—County Meet. Afternoon, Track Meet. Night, at the Opera House, Declamatory and Presentation of Medals. matt May 5—Military Tract Track Meet at Galesburg. Bessie Bavless and Homer Thompson represent M. H. S. in the Girls’ and Boys’ Oratorical contests. May 13—Neighborhood Track Meet. W. I. S. N. S. Campus. May 28—Baccalaureate Sermon. May 30—Commencement. An eventful school year closes. Nuf Cf.d Miss Turk (in study hall)—“If you boys can’t sit double, you had better move to one of these front seats.” Mr. Watt (in opening exercises)—“Have you anything to say Mr. Mangun ?” Mr. Mangun—“No, I believe not.” (Is it possible?) Here's to the language Ceasar used, Here’s to its teachers much abused, Here’s to our text books much disused, Here’s to our knowledge much confused. I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to earth, I knew not where Until a man on whom it fell, Came around and gave me—the information. Don P. (in English)—“If he grabbed him bv the ankle, I don’t see why his heart should grow weak.” Mr. Mangun, (English IV)—“Can anyone cite an instance in the Bible where Christ used force?” Ward Ingram, promptly—“He used force when He carried the Cross.” Glenn S., (English IV)—“Is ‘we’ second person? Talking of aviation in English IV: Don P.—“As many people get their necks broke in the air as on the ground.” Francis P.—“Crazy. The ground is what they break their necks on.” ‘THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Pa re Ninety-five Mr. Blackstone, in Civics—“If a child were horn in Hamburg what would he be?” A. Rush—“ A Hamburger.” Fatty—“No, a weenie.” Miss Carlson, in Agriculture class—“What has Holland done to increase the area of its farm lands, Frances?” Frances—“Why, they have irrigated. Miss Turk wishes that the Sophomore Class would try to civilize Cecil Coffrin. Leslie T. (History II)—“There are high and low Dutch.” Mr. Norman— Yes, but what is the difference?” C. Coffrin— One’s tall and the other is short.” Too bad Mr. Norman won’t ride in Rex’s Ford. In Agriculture Lab. Miss Carlson turned on the faucet which as usual sizzled and foamed. Wayne P .—“Yes, I'll take a malted milk.” (And to think that Miss was mad.) Surprising, isn’t it?— Why Turk and Carlson like the boys so. How Howard Rex can sneeze so loudly. Why Mr. Watt looks sleepy every other morning. That a stitch in time saves an embarassing exposure. That a word to the wise is useless. That it never sings hut roars— That Truth may win in the long run, but a lie is always the best sprinter. That people who live in glass houses should always dress in the dark. First day in the new building—Mr. Watt called Charlie Chaplin down for putting on a show. Glade was lounging in geometry class. Mr. Norman— Glade, tomorrow you bring a sofa cushion and I'll bring you a foot stool.” One of the Monmouth rooters to Mary S.—“If you don’t quit flirting with me. I’ll call an officer.” THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiii Page Ninety-six Mr. Norman— Faye, explain your proposition. Faye— I can’t, I’ve got it all crooked up.” Leroy—“Mr. President, I do not approve of Mrs. Senn’s suggestion.” (When did it happen?) Roy C.—“I'm going to get over there where I can talk a little hit.” “ V is for Ward, well known as Ingv , But sometimes we fear he is actually “dingy”. Youngster to Mr. Mangun—“Say, that was some spill you took this morning, wasn’t it?” The fi re hell rang during the solid geometry recitation. Mr. Norman, rushing madly to a window—“What’s that?” A student—“The fire bell.” ..... Mr. Norman—“I'll see if it is my house.” Lumps, grandpa, lumps. Mr. Watt—“Is there anyone of you whose name is X, Y or Z?” Dot Maguire in German—“Why frequently and seldom mean the same thing don’t they? Miss Holden, in Music class—“Violin strings are made of sheep and goat skin and not what people think they arc. Georgia Francis to Ward Ingram—“I’m sweet sixteen and never been kissed.” We haven’t heard her repeat the statement since. JPTzlT 5 THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Ninety-seven Many students were disappointed at not being introduced to the Bush-tiell guests (?) at the Junior reception given in honor of the Quincy football team. Freshmen desiring advice about which girls to go with, go to “Copenhagen” Rush. We are expecting at any time the publication of a revised addition of “Wentworth’s Plane and Solid Geometry bv Roy Coates. Mr. Coates is an advocate of simplified geometrical expressions. Howard Rexroat’s cousin from the wild and wooly West experienced his first snow storm last November. He was mildly surprised at not seeing us all come to school on dog sleds. No wonder we lost the Monmouth game, Leroy Daniels had thirteen cents in his shoe. A peep at a meeting of the Student Council disclosed a representative from the Senior Class with his feet resting on one of the new chairs, listening to a talk on the good influences of the “Do’s and Don’ts” Society. Rooter at Carthage game to Ward Ingram—“Hey you little shrimp, who cut your hair and made it bleed?” Mr. Mangun in English Class said, “In Chicago University High School the students are taught dancing instead of basketball, as basketball affects the heart and dancing does not.” Some students who know all about affairs of the heart beg to disagree with him. What does the outside world expect of our High School ? A lady visitor, very interested, asked our janitor if he could direct her to the Christian Science room. Now that the girls have to carry locker keys, the dealers in colored ribbon are doing a big business. Porter is campaigning for a law to the effect that although some students are juniors for two years they pay banquet dues only once. Don’t trv to be Miss Turk’s pet—unless you are a boy. Miss Turk’s slogan—no boy’s around. THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page Ninety-eight Switzer—“Mr. President, I make a motion that no bent pins be put in the seats.” Snyder—“Mr. President, I object to that motion as the pins would not hurt the seats half as badly as the occupants.” Glade P, in History Class—“Ben Franklin started out in life at the age of sixteen.” Mr. Watt—“Well, be got a better start in life than most of us did. President Lester G.— If there are any objections please ‘rise’ your hands.” Lucile F. in English IV—“Spencer went north and fell in love with Rosiland.” Mr. Mangun—“Moral, don’t go north.” M iss Holden, in Music Class—“Beulah, please read the scale of A sharp the way you have it.” Beulah—“A, B, C sharp, D sharp—Oh, 1 ain’t got it right.” M iss Smith, in German I—“Wie viele Beine hat der Hund?” Mary S.—Ich habe flntr.” President Graham—Is there anymore meeting to come before this business ?” CAN YOU imagine:— Ben rushing? Mary Stover with straight hair? Mr. Norman singing a lullaby? “Bidddy” without a date? Ray Coats cutting a class? Freshmen—'12—’ 13—Position: Everyone’s goat Sophomore—’13—’14—Disposition : Angelic. Junior—’14—’15—Indisposition : Work. Senior—’15—’16—Supposition: Perfect. Mr. Watt in Political Economy class—“Wayne, why can a rabbit run faster than a squirrel?” Wayne—“Because its legs are longer.” Mr. Watt—“Why are its legs longer?” Wayne—“Because the squirrel all went to tail.” “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Phkc One Hundred BLOUNT’S SHOES ARE BETTER. TRY THEM NEXT TIME. Holmes Hospital Macomb, Illinois J. B. Holmes, Surgeon-in-Chief STAFF Dr. W. M. Hartman avis Dr. S. F. Russell Dr. J. B. Holmes Dr. E. R. Miner Dr. D. S. Adams Dr. J. H. D Dr. S. S. Allen SNAPPY SCHOOL SHOES AT BLOUNT’S. 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SNAPPY SCHOOL SHOES AT BLOUNT’S. COME AND SEE THEM THE SPIDER WEB, MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIM Page One Hundred Five BEST VENTILATED THEATRE IN TOWN—THE CHANDLER. GOOD PHOTOGRAPHS The Kind You Always Get at Black’s Studio Students’ Pictures a Specialty Phone 672R North Randolph St. Macomb, III. American Sugar Bowl. GEO. F. GRONEWALD Homemade Candies and ICE CREAM Phone Main 590 Macomb, Illinois The Home of the BEST Hardware and Implements at the Right Price CHANDLER THEATRE. PHOTO PLAYS AND ROAD SHOWS. “THE SPIDER WEB.” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIimilllll Pa re One Hundred Six BLOUNT’S SHOES ARE BETTER. TRY THEM NEXT TIME. DIAMONDS WATCHES FOR THE GRADUATE 11 EAST SIDE SO. MACOMB. ILL. The HALLMARK Stor James Scott Hainline UNDERTAKER J. E. JAMES SON Eastman Kodaks and Supplies Developing and Printing Northwest Corner Square Macomb, Illinois When on the East side Drop Down in HALL’S BARBER SHOP The H. S. boys all do. SNAPPY SCHOOL SHOES AT BLOUNT’S. COME AND SEE THEM THK SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. M ACOMB. ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Yjf Page One Hundred Seven Cj. BEST VENTILATED THEATRE IN TOWN—THE CHANDLER. Huy your llaccalaureate and Graduating Gowns of II. II. SMITH THE DRY GOODS MAN If you wish to look dressy and at the same time save money. We have the goods to please you. Start a Bank Account regardless of how small, and in that way start you a financial education. 44 YEARS successful experience Total resources over $1,100,000 ALBERT EADS, Pres. B. F. McLEAN, Vice-Pres. J. W. BAILEY, Cashier. L. F. GUMBART. Asst. Cashier. ALBERT E. BAILEY, Asst. Cashier. Northern ! Cor. Square Chandlers The Best of Everything Fruits Vegetables HOME KILLED MEATS Fancy Groceries, Kaiser Inn Canned Goods. Hest Coffee at Lowest Price Chandlers North Side Square ROARK Se,u l!,si Clothing, Hats and Furnishings For Men and Hoys 128-130 North Side Square Macomb. Illinois CHANDLER THEATRE, PHOTO FLAYS AND ROAD SHOWS. “THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIMI Page One Hundred Eight BLOUNT’S SHOES ARE BETTER. TRY THEM NEXT TIME. LOMBARD COLLEGE GALESBURG, ILLINOIS Founded 1851 Sixty-fifth Year Co-Educational Four year Courses leading to A. B. and B. S. degrees. Vocal Art Studio, Piano Department, Department of Home Economics. Personal Contact and sympathy of instructor and student emphasized. Helpful guidance in selection of life work. Tuition low. living expenses reasonable. Dormitory for Women. For further information, write. Henry A. Niven, Field Secretary (Unmmrrrial Art Press iflakrrs of Wu}h (6raiie -Printing—tl|r IKinfi (That Appeals in iEiiergbnfig Iflr Printrii dhr ippthrr fflrb” 21U IFirst t. iHnnmnntlt, Illlinnis SNAPPY SCHOOL SHOES AT BLOUNT’S. COME AND SEE THEM THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL, MACOMB. ILLINOIS ..................... min.................... until........... Page One Hundred Nine BEST VENTILATED THEATRE IN TOWN—THE CHANDLER. ENGRAVING (? CHIC AG- O % - jVIakers of Hiohcst Quality Designs and Plates for College and High School Annuals0 ° BRANCH OmCES ATLANTA COLUMBUS DAVENPORT DB MOINES MINNEAPOUS SO. BEND CHANDLER THEATRE, PHOTO PLAYS AND ROAD SHOWS. THE SPIDER WEB. MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB. ILLINOIS IIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page One Hundred Ten BLOUNT’S SHOES ARE BETTER. TRY THEM NEXT TIME. ASK FOR THE NEW EDISON Forget the various trade names of the various talking machines. All talking machines are now like last year’s fashions. Edison has developed a new art in music. It can be heard only in his new invention, the New Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph. If anyone claims to have a talking machine that equals the New Edison, ask them if it has ever been publicly tested in direct comparison with living artists, and if so, where—and ask them also to let you see what the newspapers had to say about the test. Come to Us and Hear Edison’s actual Re-Creation of the work of the world's greatest vocalists and instrumentalists. Ask for every kind of music. No form of music is beyond Edison’s new art. Edison Records In strong contrast with talking machine records. Edison Re-Creations arc in a practical sense unbreakable, and with proper use can be played indefinitely without diminishment of their musical perfection. Yea Macomb! Lewis N. Rost Son Southwest Cor. Square Macomb, Illinois SNAPPY SCHOOL SHOES AT BLOUNT’S. COME AND SEE THEM THE SPIDER WEB,” MACOMB HIGH SCHOOL. MACOMB, ILLINOIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllimmillllllllllllHIHIIIIIHIIIIHIIIIIIIMNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIimillllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIII Page One Hundred Eleven BEST VENTILATED THEATRE IN TOWN—THE CHANDLER. SCRIPPS, RENO CO. DRY GOODS The Right Merchandise The Right Price At the Right Time WE SELL Columbia Talking Machines and Records Also the Latest SHEET MUSIC Hear this MUSIC demonstrated on our Talking Machine. We have a RECORD for every Song. “HEAR THEM.” Kodaks and Kodak Supplies School Books and Supplies McClellan book store CHANDLER THEATRE, PHOTO PLAYS AND ROAD SHOWS. Linotyped and Printed by the COMMERCIAL ART PRESS Monmouth, Illinois V % ' i- 3fcK£ 's ss.)6t d - - y • v-� v w Mofla w wCOAJPtioGfirt wOMm 1� T u 'jwwi' - + u .T -I