Mansfield High School - Crimson Spotlight Yearbook (Mansfield, IL)

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I5-After two weeks absence, Eva is with us again. Something serious, very serious, must have happened-George sits at one end of the back row in Chemistry classg Lillian sits at the other. Mr. and Mrs. McGrew, who are assisting at the meetings at the M. E. church, played and sang for us this morning. 16-Pep meeting. NVe wonder when Melvin will learn that you can't drink everything in Chemistry just because it is a liquid. i7-Josephine, Elsie, Melvin, and Raymond took the teachers' examination. 20-Second number of Lyceum Course. 21-Clark must have been in an accident. 22-Evidently three boys must have had to go coatless this noon. Three girls were parading around, wearing coats intended for the opposite sex. 23-Miss Perrott might at least teach her music pupils to know the national hymn when they hear it. 24-Conference at U. of I. No school. XVe lost our first basketball game of the season to Saybrook, on the home floor. In the first quarter of the game Melvin received a sprained knee. 27-The first snow of the year fell this morning. Hey! look out! dodge there, brother, 'er you'll git hit with a snowball. 28-Mr. Motherway of the Jahn K Ollier Engraving Co., of Chicago was here today talking up an annual. Everybody is so enthusiastic. Here's hoping that the enthusiasm will last! 29-The girls have organized two basketball teams with Miss Halliday as coach and Elsie and Josephine as captains. They held their first prac- tice today. 30-Now say we have no cause for Thanksgiving, if you dare. VVe won from Bellflower by a score of 31-21. DECEMBER. 1-The basketball boys lost to Arrowsrnith on the Arrowsmith floor. 4-Rain! Rain! Rain! 8-The boys lost to Mahomet at Mahomet. ll-Don't get between George Bateman and Dorothy Evans, unless you de- sire to blockade the path of a sweet coquettish smile. l3-Mr. Allen, agent for The Country Gentleman, gave a lesson in salesman- ship this morning. This instruction was to help us in our sales cam- paign for this magazine. We retain 50 per cent of the sales. l5-The basketball team went to Fisher and won from them. Score 13-12. 18-Just one more week until Christmas and vacation. XVe wonder where Koke got the overalls and the nails- He must think this is a hard-time party. 20-Hardly anyone at school. Champaign seemed to have been calling. 21-The Freshmen gave their play, The Loveliest Thing. 22-XVC had the Christmas tree, but where was Santa Claus? You should ' have heard the jazz orchestra! You have heard of brass bands, well, this '19Z3

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EMCEAICHESS 5-A crowd fwe haven't been able to discover just whoj had a Wiener roast at The NVillows. 6-Chemistry and Physics classes had planned to visit the ice plant in Champaign. Of course, it rained. Since they had decided to take sup- per on the trip, it was decided to have a sort of picnic in the Domestic Science room .at 6:00 p. m. Nineteen, including our old friends, Joyce and Pug, were present. After eating as much as possible and much more than comfort permitted, the party went to the Sunny Mound School. Don't worry, Babe, it's no disgrace to be looked out for, al- though, we all agree, it is sometimes rather embarrassing. 9-This morning Mr. Midcliff talked in the assembly. The pictures came -some were proud of them-others were not. 10-NVhere, oh where. does all the water come from? Today has been one continuous doxvnpour of rain. ll-Behold, the sun is again visible. I2-The Freshmen had a wiener roast at the home of Harold Nash. l3-Teachers' Institute-no school. 14-M. C. H. S. baseball team played Fisher on the home diamond, and met ' defeat. l6+-The Commercial Law class attended the Simpson-Hesson trial. 19-The Seniors entertained several students at the Bartlett home. 20-VVe were favored with a few selections played by the M. C. H. S. Or- chestra. Arrowsmith's baseball team lost here to our nine-score 4-8. 24-First number of the Lvceum Course under the auspices of the Seniors. 26-Rev. J. I.. Hardesty, a representative of the Illinois Childrens' Home and Aid Society, spoke in the assembly. 27-The Sophomores had a masquerade party at the school house. 30-Four Commercial Law students Cand Melvinj attended the Martin- Arthur trial in Monticello. 31-The Commercial Law class, Miss Robley and Melvin attended the Mar- tin-Arthur trial. The Zoologists went on a bug hunt. NOVEMBER. l-We had to start the new month with a rainy day and the,day after the night before. 3--The Evangelist and Chorus who are holding meetings at the M. Pl. church entertained us in the assembly, and then invited us to the eve- ning services for young people. The Martin-Arthur trial and the re- vival meetings seemed to create much disturbance, especially in Law class. Weren't Charles' ear rings becoming? ll-Armistice Day. VVe were favored with some selections by the Male Quartet, and a reading by Miss Robley. 13-VVho paid for the use of the stairs? The downpour stopped the progress of the new building. One of our ex-pupils, Mary Hubbard, visited us. Q 9 2 3 .

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was a tin one. And the teachers! They have great big hearts, after all. They served ice cream and cookies. The boys won from Arrow- smith on the home floor. Here's wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! . JANUARY. 1--NVe come here this morning to start a new year. XVe do rather hate to come back on a holiday, and yet we are glad to get back, too. No wonder Dot Perry and Helen Swartz keep their fingernails polished. So could we with new manicure sets. See Gladys' new pencil, Helen's watch. Mary's pen and pencil, Dot's ear rings, and goodness only knows what! XVhere is everyone this afternoon? Seemingly we are starting the new year in the wrong way. 4-The Stunt Show was tonight. 5-Now that the Stunt Show is over, we are Hush with money-fifty dol- lars. The basketball team went to Saybrook, and lost to them. 8-The Vermont Players, who present the third number of the Lyceum Course, played here tonight. 9-Miss XVaite, representative of the Dennis Lyceum Bureau, came to see the Juniors about a Lyceum Course for next year. They signed the con- tract. . ll-Semesters today and tomorrow. 13-The basketball team won from Deland on the home floor. They were almost forced to play in the dark. 15- The Bartlettsn tried to create some excitement by having an accident this morning. 19-The basketball team went to Bellflower where they met defeat. Mr. Mclntosh. County Superintendent. visited us. Z3-Miss Halliday entertained the basketball boys and their guests. 25-The boys played Mahomet on the home Hoor, and-much to the dismay of Mahomet-won from them. 27-The County Basketball Tournament was held in Monticello. Mansfield played Monticello and lost to them. Phoebe, Georgia. Miss Halliday, Miss Robley, Clifford, Albert, and Charles Slater spend the evening in Decatur. Next time they had better take some one who knows better than to take women into the smoker. 30-Photographer came today. FEBRUARY. l- The Vilindmills of Holland was given tonight. NVe never knew be- fore that Mr. LeMarr was the funny man we have discovered him to be. 2-The basketball team lost to Downs at Downs. 9--NVhy all the commotion in Chemistry class? We lost to Fisher on the home floor. After the game, the last number of the Lyceum Course, consisting of Hawaiian music. was given in the Lyric Theater. 14-Miss Perrott invited all the teachers to a dinner party at her hqgme in Mahomet, and there announced her marriage to Hugh Rigney, which 1923