Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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4if4Q 00lX'- THE SPIDER WEB-.1931 -gamma - 161+- amping Hi, there, Bob, yelled jim, wait a minute. i'Say, what's on your mind, you look excited. I am. I've got a swell idea. Let's go camping. Bob looked doubtful, But our mothers,- Mine's at a quilting bee and I just saw your mother and she said to tell you that she was going to the country to spend the afternoon with a friend, explained jim. Okay, I'll meet you in five minutes at your house. Five minutes later Bob stopped for Jim and they started on their journey. Bob was carrying a pupftent, two blankets, some bacon, eggs, crackers, steak, bread, butter, can of beans, and so much other food that anyone who saw them might think they were traveling. Jim carried everything that Bob didn't have in the way of food, beside two blankets, two pillows, an axe, matches, and a frying pan. They each carried a bathing suit and some fishing tackle. V How about going to Brown's woods, there is a spring creek there? Okay with me. T When they hnally reached the woods they were so tired they could scarcely walk. They managed to pitch camp and then lay down to rest. Let's go swimming, ventured Bob. When they were tired of swimming they built a dam and sat down to fish, but they made so much noise they scared the fish away. Let's dig a cave I yelled Jim. Sure. They dug until late in the afternoon. When they had dug a large hole in the bank, they crawled inside and suddenly it caved in. The rest of the afternoon was spent in digging themselves out. They Enally got out very tired, hungry, and dirty. 'Tm going towash up a bit by taking a swim. How about you? Same here. They swam, cooked, and ate supper and then decided to go to bed. Yea, let's have a pillow fight. Now a pup tent isn't much of a place to have a pillow light, because it is very small so, bang, it was down on top of them. One rope was broken so they discarded the tent and slept under the stars. Say, let's do like Tom Sawyer, an' Huck Finn an' joe Harper did, go to our own funeral! Let's-we'll hide for about a week. All was quiet-the boys were asleep, Suddenly there were voices. Someone said, just carry them home asleep, won't they be surprised when they wake up in their own beds ! The boys had failed to tell anyone where they were going. -Mary Isabel Foster. -4-IBM ' ISF 23 4591 IGH- 'K Vf 1-I E

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wvm0um muum- THE SPIDER WEB - 1931 - flQH6 QWl1+' An Afternoon in I-Iig School Sometimes I hate to study And wish that I could quitg And then somebody comes along And talks me out of it. Yesterday I sat and wondered If I'd ever make a hit. A paper wad struck me on the ear. Then I was sure of it. The teacher then laid down her book, And came swiftly down the aisle. She stubbed her toe but kept right on And didn't crack a smile. I wondered if she'd stop by me And I quickly dropped my head To pretend that I was studying, And I felt my face turn red. I wondered what she would do And if she'd question me. They say women are so changeable You can't tell what they see. But then, she passed right on by me- Went half way cross the room- And Tuffy felt it in his bones That he would talk to her quite soon. Everyone turned around and laughed, As highfschool students do When some poor, mischievous boy Gets a right good talking to. The assembly quieted down again For a few more minutes study And then the bell began to ring And my shorthand wasn't ready. I hardly knew just what to do When I got in that room- For when she began to dictate I was sure I'd met my doom. Well, that made me so nervous I hardly knew east from west, And perhaps that is the reason That I flunked that typing test. -Eva Waller. u-4-jen SE-22 -isa! 131+-

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M+mnw,wur mwum- THE SPIDER ,WEB- 1931 n 10 UJ QB9I1w Bossed by an Older Sister GH, what a lovely world this would be, if there were no older sisters in it! This morning, of course, I had to feed my rabbits and that made me a little late for breakf fast. Nobody would have noticed my tardiness, if Sis hadn't said, Well! You are late for breakfast again. Then mother had to scold me a little. The minute she got through, Sis began, Look at your dirty hands, and such a tousled head! When did you last comb your hair? I had to leave the table and clean up a bit. I was in a hurry to play a game of marbles and naturally had to eat faster to make up for that lost time I spent in washing my hands. Sis socn noticed this and made me eat slower. just as I was leaving the table she had to pipe up and say, Mother, don't you think Tom .needs a clean shirt today? lviother as usual agreed and my shirt had to be changed, although it looked perfectly clean to me. School is bad on these pretty spring days but it, at least, gives me a rest from that big sister of mine. At noon, everything I did was wrong. I ate with the wrong fork, ate too fast, didn't use my napkin, and upset a glass of water on the tablecloth. The worst was yet to come. Sis noticed my bare feet and said, Mother, isn't Tom too old to go bare footed to school? What makes your pockets stick out so dreadfully, Tom? All I had in my pockets were string, marbles, rubber bands, two pencils, knife, chalk, top, whistles, and just a few other little things. Everything had to be emptied out and shoes put on my feet. I With such a noon, how could a fellow be expected to study that afternoon? Well, I couldn't and I didn't, and the teacher punished nie. At the supper table, Sis had to say, Tom, why did you get a whipping at school this afternoon? This broke the news to father and I received my second whipping and was sent to bed. That night my sister's beau came to take her for a ride. He brought her a three pound box of chocolates, which she left cn the table. After they had gone, I slipped from my room, emptied the chocolates into a box of my own and substituted a toad. It was my pet toad and I hated to part with it, but it was the one thing that my sister feared most. Here was hoping that the toad did its duty and gave her many warts. . 4Bwrbara jean Rost. K T I ---o-isa ' ISE? 24 r-Q-ESI :SSH-W