Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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The Spider Web iqiq o-»:------ -o Macomb Higk School Our Faculty QjllK Faculty this y« it has Inen very successful under tin leadership of Mr. Lynch and Mr. Wriglev, our mijkt-intcndi lit mid principal. We have, under their dircc-lion, rovui into nn institution of harmony and disci-pline, with a school spirit of which we may be proud. Mr. Lynch came to us from Davenport. Iowa. He is well qualified educationally, having B. Di. and A. B. degrees, and having been elected a member of the Alpha chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa society of Iowa. As an executive of the Macomb Public Schools, lie has brought them up to a high standard and they arc now prospering. Mr. Wriglev, our principal, was formerly of Abingdon High School, l cing principal there. One of hi.s “hobbies” is discipline and he has firmly, tho kindly, held us under it. At first it seemed a little hard, hut now we an- beginning to appreciate more and more tin- icsults obtained. Miss Horton, one of the alumni, could n t stay away from her old Alma Mater and has returned as an instructor in the Junior High School. She has always a good word for us. When Miss Fuller stcp|n-d into the building one day last fall about the first of September, wc wondered who she was and what she was going to teach, for she was more like a student than an instructor. She is a graduate of Knox College, which has gained a reputation for supplying good teachers to M. H. S. Miss Thorne, instructor in History and F.nglish. has fast won r place in our school. She has show-n herself very well trained in her line of work, the Seniors can testify, as they have been under her instruction in various classes during the year. Miss McCollum, another graduate from Knox, is known in our faculty for her work in Science and History. She came here from Stronghurst where she taught last year. Misses Smith. Martin, Duncan. Callihan. Kenner. Purdum and Holden, and Mrs. Walker and Mr. Bugg came hack to M. H. S. again this year. They are well known to all of us thru their former years of teaching here. Miss Park, instructor in F.nglish. has done her part to provide the students of M. 11. S. with a large, flexible vocabulary with which they can express their hril)iant( ?) ideas. Because of her excellent services we hope sin will remain with us. Miss Langenstein. our Science instructor, was on - of our new teachers this year. She has proven a very fine and accomplished instructor in her line of work. If you can't learn science from her. it must Im- your fault. She has also assisted in Mathematics. Miss Foster, who teaches F.nglish. graduated from Millikin University (Mo.), and is very well qualified in her tins of work. She is always willing to help and do it with a smile. Altho new at the vocation of teaching we are confident of her success. Serentfc

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The Spider Web iqiq Superintendent’s Address Macomb High School To the Students of the High School: HE editor of the 191i) Spider Web” has generously given me a page for an address to you. The close of the school year is an appropriate time for looking back over the past, to review its accomplishments and to note its lessons, and for looking into the future to discern. if possible, its opportunities and its demands upon us. The past year is unique in its importance in history. The world has been dazed by the vastness of the year’s events and by the rapidity of their movement. Invincible armies have been organized and placed in the field; the enemies' hosts have lieen defeated and scattered; dynasties have been overthrown, thrones have fallen, empires have crumbled and new nations have risen out of the ruins. Chaos, famine, and epidemic have laid their burdens upon suffering humanity. The very foundations of civilization have been shaken. These great events have not left vour school life untouched. Obstacles such as you had never encountered before have tested the strength of your purposes. Happily you, like your older brothers. have risen to the demands of the occasion, and will finish this year's work successfully. But what of the future? What does it promise you and what will it require of you? It will call for men and women of great jlowers, large vision, and strong faith; men and women who can seize great op|M»rtunities. and | erform great tasks. Preparedness” is the big word in the lexicon of success. It is claimed by some that education consists in being prepared for one’s opportunities and then seizing them when they come. The past has shown that the men and women who have reached the greatest heights of achievement an those who could take advantage of great op| ortuniticH because they had prepared themselves in advance for big tasks. Goethnls. Pershing. Foch and Wilson rendered mighty service to humanity because they were prepared when the call came. Society always offers a place to him who is prepared and willing to serve. Are you preparing for these great things? This is your time for preparation; this is Youth’s golden op| ortunity. J. I. Lynch Sislet a

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Macomb High Sckoo Our Faculty Mr. Clark is another Knox graduate. Hr came to us after the signing of the armistice, having been an aviator until the close of the war. Ilis work has been in science courses. Mr. Coleman, our coach and physical training instructor, came Talent is born, genii are made. Keep cool and you command everyone. In the game of success the level head is the trump, and the silent tongue the joker. Be sure vou’ie right, then think over it awhile.” Everyone can give advice, hut few can profit by it. “The pen is mightier than the sword, but who wants to go to the pen? Water on the brain will not quench a fiery spirit. Beauty is only skin deep, but what is a good book without a good binding?” from the same city and graduated from the same college as did our Principal. In the gymnasium, as physical instructor, he has accomplished very good results. I.et us hope that because of his sterling qualities. Mr. Coleman will stay in Macomb High School for many years to come. Blindness is a misfortune, a club foot a deformity, but ignorance is a man's own fault. A black horse may win a race, but a ‘black sheep’ never. Even a sick cat will fight for its life. Only the brave deserve the fair, but In not over-rash. A white lie makes a black mark on the heart. If we could see ourselves as others see us. we would have to enlarge the cemeteries. To-day is short, yesterday is gone, to-morrow may never come. If you have anything to do. do it now. Eighlffm