Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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CLAUDE S. CHAPPELEAR SUPERINTENEENT Character is a quality of personality difficult to describe and more difficult to define, yet instinctively recognized by a child. We trust that the boys and girls of our high school show a high de- gree of consistency, that they are moti- vated by the same principles at all times, rather than possessed with a special type of behavior for the play- ground and ball park and another type of behavior for the home and class- room. We would discourage the prac- tice of the old Roman saying: ln Rome, do as the Romans do. We trust that the principles of character will lead us to feel that even in Rome, we must do right. We suspect the boy who loudly boasts that he can be a goodfellow in any company. It is our opinion that your parents are less concerned with the number of problems you can solve and languages you can translate, than they are with the ideals which motivate your behavior. lt is our prayer that your high school has trained you to know what is right, given you gualities of character to motivate proper action, and courage and self- confidence which are so indispensable to your success in the future. WILLIAM N. ATKINSON PRINCIPAL The Class of l936 will leave behind in Macomb High School a fine record of accomplishment. This Spider Web will serve as well to keep these achieve- ments fresh in the minds of those who follow as of those who are leaving. We wish that the same qualities which have brought success in school may be employed to give each member of the class success and happiness in the future. +I Page 7 144--

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..-.--,- AOD ONIOHOMISQD of-To Bfe CALENDAR School opened. SEPTEMBER There are sure a lot of little freshmen wandering around the halls. Mr. Bradner sprung his first of the yearly series of history tests. Some of the Seniors don't look so smart after that history test yesterday. Fight! Two little freshmen! They certainly looked belligerent! Activity period inaugurated. First school paper came out. It was a very good one. Senior Class play try-outs were held. 16 17 18 19 6 51 20 0553 ussbaw 4 9 10 ,-A' 11 the ,S 1 X! ,J If f m. - Q 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 28. 29. 30. 31. l. 3 5 6 7 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25 26 27. 28. W 14 Many students were surprised to receive . Student activities opens. . Hayrack ride. . Monmouth Trio appeared before the assembly. . Try-outs for cheer leader. . First Spoon River Conference Game, Lewiston. OCTOBER Bushnell corn show lured away many of our students. Mrs. Thompson sprung a surprise on the Seniors in the form of a punctuation test. A hectic rustle and bustle. Eight periods: advisory, and assembly before 2:30. Teacher's institute. No School! l Teachers and students are all agog about the new grading system A's on their report cards. Carroll Duncan earned one bottle of pop for an A on his card. The advanced shorthand and typing class is proud of the paper they turned out. School dismissed at end of sixth period for Canton vs. Macomb High football game. Vivian Vincent celebrated her 19th birthday. Mr. Bradner's history classes had to write imaginary themes. They were surprised to have to read them aloud. Seniors had a test on the Revolution. Not so bad! Cuts from the class play, Queen's Husband. Seniors are very interested in their metrical romances. Senior Class Play, The Queen's Husband, was a great success. The physics class had a big two period test. The Seniors are beginning the study of ballads. They will have to tell one soon. The Senior Sub-Deb had a scavenger hunt at night. Began taking group pictures for the annual. NOVEMBER Mr. Chappelear gave a talk on pschycology in assembly. Students are getting permits to attend game at Bushnell. 1 Several Seniors had a good time at Katharine Wright's Hallowe'en party. Girls' Volley Ball tournament in the gym after school. Several members of the Stenographic Club won contest awards for last month. The Ballyhoo issue of Mahiscul News was much enjoyed by everyone. Armistice Day, but no vacation for us. Mr. Patterson started taking Senior pictures for the annual. More pictures taken. We look quite royal in our robes we wear. Stenographic Club meeting. Some are ready for the eighty-word test. Only one got it down. They are find- ing it pretty hard. Mr. Atkinson is ill with appendicitis. Mr. Chappelear conducts the assemblies, Madge Crone takes time off in the mad rush to remember she has a birthday. Seniors are quite pleased with their pictures. fMost of them.1 A new mixed chorus was organized, Mr. Bradner having seen fit to dispose of the old. Debate Club try-outs at 4:00. DebateLast day of school this week. Stenographic Club sold taify apples after school. Teacher's conference at Champaign. No School!! The seventh period 12B English class was not so awfully disappointed with their test. The 12B English classes are taking up the study of Shakespeare today. M. H. S. is celebrating the birthday of Mark Twain. Thanksgiving. No School!!

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The students of Macomb High School are most fortunate in having such il. ' 'X ' TX 0 sf Top row, left to right: Matthew lack, Eric Bradner, Samuel Bishop, Thomas Short, Hoyt Rawlings, Clarence 'A Ekstrand, W' Franklin Bunnell, William Strickland, Marlin Thomson. Bottom row, left to right: Laura lohnston, Helen Rothgeb, Vera Gene Morris, Marjorie Brittain, Edith Churchill, Elizabeth T. Yeast, Helen Hungerford, Pearl T. Thompson, Clara Carrison, Norma l. Veech. OUR FACULTY and every one, many more successful years. M W I ZW f STUDENT COUNCIL The student council was first organized in l935 in order to get the opinion able faculty. This group of nineteen men and Women are all specialists in their subjectps yet they are students themselves which in part explains Why they have been able to maintain such a feeling of friendship and at the same time lead and guide us as they have. We are proud of our faculty. We owe them a debt of gratitude which We can never fully repayp and as a token of our love and esteem for them, We, the members of the Senior Class, unite in wishing our faculty, eacw of the student body upon activities and events affecting them. A representative was elected from each home room and met under the supervision of Mr. Atkin- son. Qfficers were elected and dances and other activities were proposed and sponsored by the council. The same method was used this year with slight variations inasmuch as the library which was formerly sponsored by the council was turned over to other students to govern. The student council under the able leadership of Madge Crone, president, and Mr. Atkinson put over the idea of the Loyalty Club tickets which have been successful. This is the first step toward student government which will undoubtedly come to M. H. S. in the future. ---if-if Page 8 Iwi