PJ Jacobs High School - Tattler Yearbook (Stevens Point, WI)

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NOVEMBER Our school rooms were transformed into plains from the wild and woolly West the first night of this month. Yes — you ' ve guessed it — our 26th annual Fair. It was a costume affair this year, and after visiting the mess-halls, ranches, and barrooms , a big round-up dance with grand march was held in the gym. Hi-ho-Silver! Oh heck!! the teachers will be gone three days for their annual state convention. (Gosh! how we ' ll miss the dear things!) And now another free day for Armistice The Girls ' Pep club held a fitting assembly the day before Armistice at which they presented the school with a beautiful American flag as a gift from the club. Mr. Bannerman, principal of Wausau Senior High school, also gave us a very interesting talk on our country All of us kiddies got a big thrill for the one and only Dizzy Dean made a personal appearance in the high school gym after school. Even though this is November, ' tis said that many baseball fans went home after the meeting and dug out the of bat and ball. Turkey Trot sponsored by band members was held in the gym. Games of skill, shooting galleries and a hamburger stand were some of the most patronized attractions. By the way — did you win a door prize, or better yet, a turkey? The morning before Thanksgiving the high school and grade students marched in a body to the home of Jules Iverson, who had done much for the good of Stevens Point youth. There we presented him with an appreciation paper, signed by nearly 3000 students School out in the afternoon to start off the Thanksgiving holidays Thanksgiving! — ah, this is the day we break our week ' s diet! Have we ever got an appetite for that crisp, brown turkey and pumpkin pie — fall to, every- body!! The day after — ooh! our poor tummies — now we know why we have to have a free day after Thanksgiving. DECEMBER The High School band opened December ' s social program with a concert held the first night of this month Our basketball season was also inaugurated this month with a game against Tomahawk .(And we won too, — by heck!) Oh yes, we got our long awaited report cards today. Well, anyway, this second six-weeks the teachers couldn ' t hand us a C with that line of Well, I ' ll have to get to know you better before I can give you any better grades , etc. Beginner ' s Luck certainly brought the Junior class much favorable comment and generous financial reward. Every- one pronounced the class play one of the best they ' ve seen Basketball game at Rhinelander. Oooh, how we blush to think of that score — (59-24) — Now that the Juniors have elected their class officers everyone is beginning to wonder who Dobber will pick as his queen Another game with Merrill here, and did we beat them??? You bet we did! And yet another at Antigo, and as luck would have it, we lost by a single point The Commercial students took their annual tour through the Hardware Mutual Insurance offices All of our future business executives returned with fixed ideas on speed, efficiency, and the like The hockey squad donned their red flannels and reported for their first practice Looks like some good material for the team The D. O. P. E. club held their informal dancing party in the gym The crowd was rather small What ' s the matter with you bashful boys? Hurray, our Christmas holidays are nearly here — just a few more shopping days till| Santy Claus comes! A holiday assembly was held the day before vacation under the direction of the Student Council. Professor Steiner of CSTC was the guest speaker. Merry Christmas, everybody! The Alumni defeated our tsam in a game held during the holidays — a dance was held after the game. (Oh, these jitterbugs!!) The last day of the old year — and then — New Year ' s Eve! (Wasn ' t THAT a Sweet Little Headache ?). PAGE 12 ■ Kwi nfT fi tifin i ii i ■ ■■SHKIHBBH

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SEPTEMBER Once again the well-worn path to the school door is swarmed by knowledge-seeking (?) youths, hurrying to the first session in our new school. Amid the strange surroundings it seems mighty good to sight a few familiar faces. The traditional welcome assembly is held in the morning, and it seems that this year no jokes are in order about the green freshies . For the first time in history, we upper classmen haven ' t anything on the young stuff , seeing as how they know about as much concerning the layout of the school as we do. Anyway we certainly aren ' t quite as dumb as the freshies — for instance, the day after Mr. Kraus commanded us to put our noses to the grindstone 30 odd Freshmen came to school with discreetly bandaged smellers. (It ' s a fact) One of the year ' s first assemblies was held commemorating the memory of our deceased teacher, Miss Alice Leahy. Ah. our football team makes its debut invading Merrill only to be driven back 8-0. (Oh v ell — it v rasn ' t a conference game). Everybody ' s got the boo-hoos to- day. Reason — our ball-carrying he-roes lost to Marshfield Oh my! sadness again! It was Wausau this time (20-0). Tears and more tears All ' round school, clubs are getting back in swing Among the infants this year are the Bat Roost club (Boys ' Pep club), the F. F. A. and the Student Council. OCTOBER A big pep assembly was held in the gym for the Nekoosa game with several peppy cheer leaders directing the yells But honestly — we just can ' t be jolly for we lost to Nekoosa by one point The jitterbugs held a jam ses- sion in the gym with the circle two-step and Lambeth walk claiming the highlights of the evening Our football men trekked to Rhinelander only to be defeated 34-0. (Say, can ' t somebody break this jinx?) Our eleven battled An- tigo ' s squad. Score 41-0. ' Nuff said!!! Our annual magazine selling campaign was launched by the Crowell Publish- ing company How many thousand subscriptions did you sell?? The student councilors are busy preparing for the annual homecoming festival sponsored under their leadership. We had a lively pep meeting in the gym, and a huge bonfire and snake dance were held the night before the game. The morning of the game a big ribbon sale was held and in the afternoon there was the biggest (and best) Homecoming parade in years. The variety of floats distin- guished the parade as one to be long remembered. In the evening the team tied Rapids (6-5) and after the game a big dance was held in the gym More fun!! Senior class elections were conducted this month. The under classmen need more time to vote for their class leaders — so their elections were conveniently postponed. PAGE 11

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JANUARY The first day of the New Year And piles and piles of good resolutions Judging from today these coming 365 days are certainly just a sweet little headache School starts again and we ' re all back on the job. (Per usual). Basketball game at Rapids. We started the New Year wrong and lost 44-43. (Tut! tut!) Friday, the 13th — but who cares! We ' re not superstitious (much! ). Anyway, we won the Marshfield game played in our gym with a score of 23-19. (With an overtime at that!) Musical assembly with the High School orchestra and Boys ' Glee club perform- ing — tra la la! Game at Nekoosa Woe for us! Semester exams are upon us. The all-school motto for the week is Grind, groan and gone. Game with Wausau here Gorsh! all the purty girls!!! Anyway, girls or no girls we lost by a few points Another game with Antigo Jeepers Creepers!! we lost again The debating squad has started arguing under the direction of Mr. Moreau. Seems to us there are more and more people out for this each year Intramural basketball is in full swing with more boys out for it than ever. And leave it up to the fellows to choose the snoozy names! Some of the flashiest team titles are Jitterbugs , Angels and T verps The twelfth annual gym exhibit is being held in the gym This year in addition to the boys ' and girls ' gym classes, and Girls ' Tumbling club, the seventh and eighth grade Emerson boys performed Whe v! are they limber The Sophomore class held their annual party in the Emerson gym on Saturday night. Dancing, games, and stunts were enjoyed, and at the close of the evening, hamburgers and punch were served to the weary dancers Many of the students are enjoying the thrill of the toboggan slide these nights, judging from the aching bones the morning after Oh, the thrill of it all! ! ! FEBRUARY The basketball squad battled Antigo and we came out victorious! (Hip, hip, — hooray!!) The Freshies enjoyed themselves at their first class party Saturday night. The small fry danced, played games and generally had a wonderful time until 11 o ' clock. (My, my, what ' s this world coming to?) A district debate tournament was held in our school all day Saturday. About 26 schools participated. Several of our high school students acted as hosts to the various delegates We played Rapids here and beat them too! If you don ' t believe that revenge is sweet, just ask some of the Point players how they felt after the final quarter ' Victory dance held after the game in the Emerson gym. (Wow! these Rapids fans certainly can trip the light fantastic ) The Student Police held their first annual Policeman ' s Ball in the Emerson gym on Saturday night. Oh, there ' s something about a uniform!! (Sigh!!! — Sigh!!! — ) Attorney James Van Wagenen was the guest speaker at a defense assembly this morning Yippee!! another basketball game tonight. Nekoosa this time! — We sent them back defeated, too! (Ahem, are we good!!) An all-school dance at the Emerson gym (Swing your partner!!) The annual Pep club dance held this Saturday night. The girls took their best dates , and music and laughter reigned supreme Washington ' s birthday, and an appropriate assembly held this afternoon under Student Council supervision P. M. Vincent was the guest speaker Free after the assembly (Woo! Woo!) We played at Wausau — and by golly, we won both preliminary games and the final one. (Rah, rah, rah!!) Bad snow storm to-day, so we had vacation this afternoon Oh — if it snows, who cares? (We don ' t) The flu epidemic seems to be making its way around town with many students out each day It ' s even striking the teachers. (Gosh, maybe they are human after all!) PAGE 13