Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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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

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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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mfmimwu. inmwum- THE SPIDER WEB- 1931 -E109 - self-M I o 0 Our School Building I HAPPENED to hear a couple of men arguing the other day about the need of a new high school building in Macomb. One of the men insisted that we needed a new buildingg the other insisted that we did not because it had not been many years ago since the present building had been considered a fine one. I wish that I might have invited the latter to visit our school some day when we had an assembly. I would like for him to see the grand rush for a seat in the assembly. I would like for him to see them sitting there with three crowded into the space intended for two. Perhaps that man would change his opinion if he could see one of our fire drills with everyone pushing to get through the doors first. He might understand, then, how hard it would be to get out of the building quickly in case we did have a fire. A visit to our laboratory rooms with their inconvenience might convince him that we need new equipment and more room. An observation of the reading table would probably impress upon him our need of a new library. Then a visit to the gymnasium. while a basketball game was in progress, would show him how inadequate our gym is, The students of the high school all realize the need of a new building and I believe, if all the people could observe the crowded conditions in the building, they would be willing to support the reection of a new high school. -Eva Waller. .il - . Q- fu! fm-X, - ' f , ,. Il I 'gE' .'w.et'5i:Ma 1 jp. NL., . ',, gf.-friqi 5 'fAa,--wig, '22 was wifi- -' 'S1: :. ' .- , 1 I Tf:.'!'i1i4g u, H? :Midi iv , -it ,M-gggyrf. I 'L :A -c -nzimldnzlu , 5' M ggtir 77:2 gg-'ir' gr.'f' 1a dfqlylp .. ,. , --with IS' 25 -'Rt :BH-