Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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M-C-H-S IIdIdOHME6!. 1-9-4-0 CALENDAR %39 ’40 Sept. 1 Sept. 5 Sept. 5 Sept. 9 Sept. 19 Oct. 6 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 18 Oct. 20 Oct. 25 Oct. 27 Nov. 2 Nov. 7 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 24 Nov. 27 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 6 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 8 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 15 Dec. 17 Dec. 19 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Jan. 2 Jan. 2 Jan. 5 Jan. 10 Jan. 10 Jan. 12 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 17 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 19 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Registration Day. Lots of new faces. Classes begin. Greetings from our new principal. Senior Committee select invitations. Annual initiation of Frosh on football field. Class officers elected. Six man football with Mounds. Trojans triumph 45-0. Clubs organized and officers elected. What a shock! Hi-T'ri sponsors Morris, electrical wizard. Eldorado tramples Trojans 19-7. Farmer’s Institute begins. May I help decorate? Hooray! Teachers’ Institute and no school. Chance for glory and prizes. Magazine campaign begun. Carmi game postponed. Two day’s vacation! Faculty leaves for Urbana Conference. Carmi game at last. Juniors turn thespian. Their play a huge success. Teachers go to school again. County Teachers’ Institute begins. Turkeys are surprised. A new Thanksgiving originates. Watch the boid please. Illohmet pictures started. Another Thanksgiving. Bigger and better vacations. Second six weeks exams pull students to earth with a bang. Robbsville open basketball season here. Trojans win 59-14. Dongola here. We won again 47 to 21. Joppa here. Again! 34-12. Senior Hi-Tri impressively initiate Freshmen girls. Carthage College Quartet entertain Assembly. Golconda game with Trojans out in front by 30 to 25. Much shivering in respective shoes. Report cards distributed. Second Lyceum number, the King’s Quartet, attended by students. Metropolis routs her traditional rival, Brookport by 28 to 14. Trojans vanquish Mound City 58-37. Christmas spirit invades the halls of learning. It’s too good to last! Rosiclare defeated 41-21. Special Christmas edition of Illohmet made. Merry Christmas!! Vacation begins. Heath, Kentucky, overcome 46-13. Time off from Yule festivities to see Trojans subdue Goreville, 43-13. End of vacation. Back to the halls of learning. Football heroes feted by a banquet at the Central Hotel. The spell is broken. Cairo whips Trojans 44-31. Trojan come back fighting. Beat Rosiclare 48-31. Band members invited to S. I. N. U. Clinic. Another defeat at the hands of the Galatia five, 39-28. Students exposed to tuberculosis. By film of course. Semester Exams loom near. Exemption (lucky devils) and deportment lists completed. Work, worry, work! Semester Exams begin. Everybody stares at everybody else. Brookport trounces Trojans, 25-23. The hand is quicker than the eye. Frye, the Magician, mystifies the students. Metropolis retaliates by beating Cairo 40-23. Band members and Mr. Doolin leave for Carbondale. A new semester begins. Trojans try hard but Tilghman wins 40-38. County Tournament at Joppa opens with Metropolis advancing over Brookport 24-11. Metropolis new County Champions after beating New Columbia 65-22 for the trophy.

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M-C-H-S 1-9-4-Q IIdIdOHMIdT. Lloyd Siebeck—“Lloyd” Hi-Y 3, 4; Secretary 4. Calista Starkes-“Podge” Latin Club 4, (Senator); Commerce Club 3, 4; Treasurer 4; Band 1, 2, 3; “Campus Daze” 3; “Charm School” 3; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4. T. J. Sheppard---“Tally” Hi-Y 3, 4; Sergeant-at-Arms 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; “Campus Daze” 3; Glee Club 1. Mary Louise Tolei--“Toler” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Economics Club 4; Illohmet Staff 3, 4; “Charm School” 3; Glee Club 1; Hi-Y Queen 4. Russell Simpson--“Simp” Football 1, 2, 3, 4; F. F. A. 1, 2, 3; Commerce Club 4. Helen Wehrmeyer------“Hel-un” Illohmet Staff 3, 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Treasurer 4; Home Economics Club 4; “Charm School” 3. Robert Smith—“Unk” Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Treasurer 1, 4; Basketball 1; “Rose of the Danube” 2; “Cam-pus Daze” 3. Dorothy Wilkins—“Dothead” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Latin Club 3, 4; Consul 4; Glee Club 1; Pep Squad 1, 2. Glendell Stout—“Glendell” Doris Marie Wilcox-“Dink” Hi-Tri 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 3; Pep Squad 1, 2. Joe Zaricor-“Joe” F. F. A. 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Vice President 3; President 4; “Charm School” 3; Class Vice President 1; Band 1, 2, 3. Jean Smith—“Jean” Peotone High School 1, 2, 3, 4; (Transferred December 1939); Basketball 1, 2, 3; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, part of 4; G. A. A. 2; Year Book 1, 3; Librarian part of 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; All State Chorus 4; Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3; “18 Carat Boob,” Home Economics and F. F. A. Play 3; “Miss Ginger,” Home Economics and F. F. A. Play 4; “Hollywood Bound” 3; “Star Flower” 2; Style Show 1, 3; Music Festival 1, 2, 3; At M. C. H. S.; Illohmet 4; Commerce Club 4; Hi-Tri 4. Clarence Yates—“Yates” Joe Troutman—“Joe” F. F. A. 3, 4. Paul Teckenbrock—“Paul” Doris Schneider--“Dedo” Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2; “Hollywood Bound,” 1; “Rose of the Danube” 2.

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¥ ¥o¥ oO ¥¥ M TIFo T Jan. 26 Jan. 31 Feb. 2 Feb. 3 Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Feb. 9 Feb. 13 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 16 Feb. 19 Feb. 23 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Feb. 27 Feb. 27 Feb. 29 Mar. 1 Mar. 6 Mar. 6 Mar. 8 Mar. 9 Mar. 21 Mar. 27 April 5 April 19 April 20 May 3 May 17 May 22 May 23 May 26 May 27 May 31 Groans and Laughter. Report cards given out. Mr. Doolin’s instrumental sextette entertain assembly. Heath goes under to the tune of 61-28. Math students attend lield day at Carbondale. Trojans strike back at Galatia 41-32. Paducah again smashes the Metropolis red and whites by a score of 32-31. Oh for one little basket! Clubs electing candidates for basketball queen. Proceeds of Keidland game go to buy modern scoreboard. Trojans win 41 to 25. Since everybody paid, we’re ti'ying to figure out who the ticket-sellers paid and etc. Vienna goes down again before Metropolis 58-25. Land snakes alive! The Hi-Tri brings Jack Raymon and his Snakes to students. Everybody boosting their choice for basketball queen. Mound City lowers the Trojans ego by swamping them 45-40. Joppa beaten 45-25. Trojans run away from Golconda 64-17. Oh those smells! Homemaking class give dinner to the school board. Ouch more six weeks erams. Regional Tournament starts here. Are we proud! Jessie Gullion, our candidate, is chosen Tourney Queen. Metropolis 53-Vienna 29. Metropolis advanced further over Rosiclare 23-Trojans 51. Metropolis wins over Brookport 33-25 for the Trophy. O why didn’t I study? Reports given to the hapless students. Carbondale here we come! Carrier Mills goes under 50-27. Again the Trojans score; Marion is beaten, 44-37, and we advance to the finals. Trojans win second place when Herrin wins finals 63-35. Better luck next year. At last the vacation! Teachers go to Carbondale. There’s a string to this one. Franc Still’s Marionettes are brought by the Hi-Tri. The band gives an old-fashioned musical concert. Here we go again—report cards issued. Did you ever see so many wimmen? The Hi-Tri is host to state conference held every spring. Delightful Senior Play enjoyed by young and old. Joy and sadness mingled. Junior-Senior Reception passes in a wave of glory. Those lucky Seniors receive exemption notices. Senior exams arrive and everyone works doggedly. Bacculaureate held for the lofty Seniors. Regular exams begin three-day session. Farewell to M. C. H. S. Sixtieth Annual Commencement is impressively held.