Monmouth High School - Maroon and Gold Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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I 1 i. . MAROON AND GOLD, MONMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL Page Fourteen MISS ERMA BARBARA EXLEY Hancock, Michigan. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Freshman Advisor. Battle Creek Normal School of Physical Educaction. Attention! Right dress! Front! You must assume a good posture. Head np, chin in, chest ont. feet flat on the floor. Already now, Forward march! one. two, three, four. MR HAROLD L. MEEKER Canton, Illinois. HISTORY-Ec'oNoMIcs. Debate Coach-Annual Board Advisor. Knox College, B. A. Don't talk in general terms, display a little tech- nical knowledge. Make us think you study econom- ics whether you do or not. As John Findley says, 'Five million dollars for education and not a single scholar.' l don't care whether you people learn facts or not, just so you arrive at a logical con- clusionf' MISS BESS BYERS Charleston, Illinois. ENGLISH. Eastern Illinois State Normal, University of Illi- nois. A. B. Now get the poetic beauty of this. Just listen while I read it, 'Morning noon, and night. Morning, noon'-I do wish you people would stop chewing gum in here, it makes me so hungry at this time of day. Mrs. Meek, up on Third Street, serves such good meals. MISS MARY ELIZABETH MUIRHEAD Toledo, Iowa. CUMMERCIAL. Coe College, University of Colorado, B. S. You people must learn the meanings of words. It does you no good if you can spell a word, but not define it. Now the lesson tomorrow will be those same five spelling lessons, and I want every- one to know the meanings of those words.

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MAROON AND GOLD, MONMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL MISS CAROLINE VIRGINIA EVVAN Cuba, Illinois. ENGLISH. Senior Advisor-Excelsior Advisor-Girls' Reserve. De Pauw Universityg University of Chicagog Uni- versity of Illinois, B. A. The lesson for tomorrow is very short. Mem- orize six stanzas of To a VVaterfowl and the last stanza of Thanatopsis. You also may review the three preceding chapters in the text hook. The class is now excused. Oh yes, don't forget hook reports are due Friday. MISS LUELLA THACHER Gilman, Wisconsin. SCIENCE. Beloit College, B. S. What are you doing, taking a vacation? You seniors must not understand my method of grading. I consider that a Senior ought to do four times better than a Freshman. Therefore if a Freshman receives a one a Senior gets a four. MR. MARSHALL CLYDE GRIGGS Metamora, Illinois. Booman:-:PING. Sophomore Advisor. Bradley Polytechnic Institute: University of Illi- nois, B. S. Now see here, l want you people to understand that this is a hookkeeping class. Wait till school is out if you want to talk about the party last night. Some of you will be wondering why you got a four at the end of this six weeks. MISS MARTHA LUCILE MELOY Hoopeston, Illinois. ENGLISH. Girls' Reserve. Monmouth College, A. B g University of Illinois A. M. It seems strange to me that you all show such a preference to Shakespeare in your outside read- ings. You are just hurting yourselves when you only read Lamlfs Tales, and try to make me think you have read the real book. Page Thirteen

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