Palmer High School - Palmerite Yearbook (Palmer, NE)

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ulklfllbi' slabs By Elma Burton SEPTEMBER 11, 1941 The junior class elected officerr for the coming year: President. June Forbes Vice-President, Joe O'Hare Secretary-Treas., Roy Walling Sponsor, Miss Kutcher. In English we have -been studying literature of the Revolutionary and Pioneer periods. OCTOBER 9, 1941 In shorthand we are studying over brief forms in preparation for our six weeks exam. In Typing class we are learning how to center. We are also reviewing the parts of the machine. In American Literature we are still reading books outside of class, and using our text books in class. Last week we wrote poems. The best ones are to be printed in the Palmerite. OCTOBER 16, 1941 ln Shorthand class we are learn- ing how to make words in past tense. We are also studying new brief forms. ln English we are studying poems by Longfellow and Lowell. In Junior Typing we have begun this week to take our assignments by the week. They are to be handed in on Friday or -be counted late. OCTOBER 24, 1941 In American Literature we are reading poems by Walt Whitman. Later this week we will read poems by Eugene Field. In Shorthand we are reviewing s's and trying to write paragraphs at a' greater rate of speed. This week in typing class we have to have our whole week's assignment in fby Wednesday. OCTOBER 30. 1941 In English class we are reviewing poems by Bayard Taylor, Richard Stoddard and Lanier. Later this week we will study Eugene Field'-.3 poems and the essays by Emerson. In shorthand class We are taking up the study of how to make o's. NOVEMBER 6.1941 In Typing class we have taken our first speed tests. Some of them were one minute and others were three minutes in length. The high- est scores on the first test are as follows: Laura Christensen 31 words Gwen Rice 30 words, and Joe O'- Hare, 23 words. In American Literature we are studying formal and informal essays. and we are also writing informal es- says. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY The sky, in times of storm, is dark And dull, 'tis wrought of leadg A chilling wind howls fiercely, The heavens rage, -far overhead. The earth is very dark and gloomy, 'Tis heeding God's commandg Waves roll up and beat the shore, Lightning flashes o'er His land! The sky repents! 'Tis azure blue, Fleecy clouds float here and thereg The sun throws off its golden light, Peace and contentment are every- where. Night has fallen. The heavens sparkle With diamonds- heirlooms precious and oldg The stars twinkle brightly in such a night. The moon streams down in beams of gold. The heart, in time of storm, is dark, For love there is not roomg It's very tense and very sharpg It sheds but darkness and gloom. The heart, likewise, in time of calm Repents, and sheds its love, Reflecting the hand of the Great Creator, It beams an image of God above, --Evelyn Newman NOVEMBER 20, 1941 In typing the scores for last week were as follows: Laura Christensen, 25 words per minute, Roy Walling 22 words per minute, Clarence Hodge, 21 words per minute. In American literature class we have been studying the essay, My Garden Acquaintancesn by Lowell. We have just finished reading the essay, Self-Reliance by Emerson The class found this essay rather difficult to understand. In shorthand we have been study- ing the 'th' joinings. prefixes and suffixes, such as con, com, coun,dog, ly, ily, ally. We are also studying the phrasing principals of the words used more frequently. PALM :mrs NOVFMBER 27,1941 In Shorthand class we have been studying the oo words. quite easy to write. In English class we are completing the study of essays. Our next as- signment is to write an informal es- say better than the ones we wrote -be- fore we studied essays. In Typing we are having one long assignment for the 21,9 days this week and all of next week. The Juniors are really glad that six weeks exams are over and they can settle down to the regular rou- tine again. The Junior class has started selling hot-dogs at the football games. They were quite successful last Friday night as hot dogs taste very good on a cold night. We also wish to as- sure everyone that they were not gyped because the buns were es- pecially large and they were butter- ed. There were also two weiners in each bun. That sounds like a dimes worth to me, doesn't it to you? They are DECEMBER 4,1941 In Shorthand class we are study- ing how to rrake the w. We find that it is more difficult to make than the other letters we have studied. In t, ping class we are finishing our last week's assignment. In American literature class we are beginning the study of the novel. We are now studying Mark Twain's writings. DECEMBER 11, 1941 In the speed test last week the scores were as follows: Joe O'Hare 27 Words per minute: Lucille Robin- son 27 words per minuteg Bill Green- way 25 words per minute: and Roy Walling 25 words per minute, This week we are going to write a story in shorthand, and then trans- cribe it next week. JANUARY 1, 1942 In Shorthand class we transcribed the Christmas story. Now we are writing sentences in shorthand. In American Literature we have been taking spelling tests. We also have had outside reading. The typing speed test scores were as follows: June Forbes, 31 words per minuteg Bill Greenway, 30 word per minuteg Gwen Rice, 29 words per minute,

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Juniors an ns.. Nfl JUNIOR CLASS Second Rowz- Lucille Robinson, Wayne Place, Everett Scott, Buren Brown, Bill 0'Hare, Bill Greenway, Donald Whited, Blarbara Power. First Rowt- Maxine Anderson, Gwendolyn Rice, Joe O'Hare., Miss Kutcher, -111119 Forbes, Roy Walling, Laura Christensen, Clarence Hodge. CLASS OFFICERS June Forbes .. ......... President Joe O'Hare ....... Vice President Roy Walling . . .. . Secretary-Treasurer Miss Kutcher .. ........., Sponsor This year, since we had already attended high school two years, we tried to set examples for our lower classmates. It is quite indefinite as to whether we succeeded OI' DOL First, we enjoyed a Wiener roast accompanied by the Sophomore class. Next we had a picnic at the river. Our program was rather full so we never found time for the rest of our allotted parties. The Junior Play which was given December eleventh and thirteenth, proved to be two of the most exciting nights we had as yet experienced. It was entitled, Don't Darken My Door. This year the Juniors decided to go to Grand Island for skip Day- April found us busy working on the Junior-Senior Banquet. We tried to make the Seniors feel they were in Hawaii. We had lots of tun together planning the banquet and decorating the church.

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Junior .labs JANUARY 8, 1942 In Shorthand last week we took up the dipthongs and found them hard to make. We also studied some new brief forms, In American Literature we have been studying for semester exams. We each made up some questions over the work we have had all year and then asked the class to answer them. We also had a short review test. ln Typing we have learned how to type letters lbusinessl properly. All the overdue typing is due this week as it is the last week in this semes- ter. At last the Juniors' troubles are beginning as exams start this weak and we have to prove how much we really learned so far this year. Coach: Why are you late this morning? Bill: Class started before I got here. JANUARY 15, 1942 In American Literature last week we reviewed for our semester exam. We took the test last Thursday, The highest scores in timed-writ- ing in typing last week were as fol- lows: Gwen Rice, 34 words per minute Bill Greenway, 33 words per minute Joe O'Hare, 29 words per minute. In shorthand we reviewed all the brief forms and words and how to write sentences. Teacher: IVhat is the highest mountain? Rudy: Mount Everett! tthis is an actual incidentb George: Lend me fifty. Bill: I have only forty. George: Well, then let me have the forty and you can owe me ten. i......1.l. JANUARY 22,1942 In first ycar shorthand we have started on unit 15. We are learning when to omit the a and aw in writ- ing. In American Literature we have been reading poems by Richard Hovey, Stephen Crane and James Vtfhitcomb Riley. We also memoriz- ed the poem, At the Crossroads. In Junior typing the speed test scores last week were: Elma Burton, 37 words per minute: Lucille Robin- son, 36 words per minute: and Bill Greenway, 35 words per minute. JANUARY 29, 1942 ln Shorthand we have been study- ing out of different books , We have been taking up Realism and Roman- ticism of the early short-story in A- merlcan Literature. In Typing the speed test scores for last week were as follows: Laura Christensen, 30 words per min- ute: Lucille Robinson, 28 words per minute: Elma Burton, 28 words per minute .This was the first ten-minute speed test the Juniors have taken. Mr. Marshall: Well, Bill how do you like school? Bill G.: When it's closed. Dick: What would you say if I asked you to be my wife? Barbara: Nothing-I can't laugh and talk at the same time. Mr. Marshall: What is pigskin used for. Buren: To hold the pig together. Dear George: Come tomorrow evening sure. Poppa is at home, but he is laid up with a very sore foot. See? June. Dear June: I can't come tomorrow evening. I'm laid up on account of your fath er's sore foot. See? George FEBRUARY 5, 1942 The typing scores for last week were as follows: Laura Christensen 34 words per minute: Gwen Rice 34 words per minute: and June Forbes 33 words per minute. In Shorthand we have been study- ing the nd and nt blends. FEBRUARY 12, 1942 In Junior typing last Week we did not have a timed-writing so there are no scores this week. After a several weeks trial of maximum and mini- mum assignments we have found them to be very satisfactory. In English we have been taking our assignments of two different books. We have begun to transcribe stories and find them more interesting than just plain business letters. We have PAL RITI been studying -brief forms out of our regular books and have learned how to write the months and days of the week. In American Literature we are studying The New Party and we find it much more interesting and easier to understand. We also learn- ed the poem The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost. Dear Lord prayed Barbara, 'Tm not asking anything for myself, but please send my mother a son-in-law. June: Boy, that popcorn smells good. Bud: Good. I'll drive a little closer so you can get a better smell. Gwen: tat baseball gamelz Look, we have a man on every base! Maxine: 'That's nothing, so has the other side. FEBRUARY 19, 1942 1 Il: American Literature we have started reading As You Like It by Shakespeare. While we are reading this book there will be no credit giv- en for outside reading. The Juniors are all hurrying around this week to get in the book reports for this six- weeks, which are due Friday. The Shorthand I class has been studying for the six-weeks exam. In Tvfping the scores for last week were, for five minute timed writing: Joe O'Hare, 33 words per minute. Barbara Power 32 words per min. Lucille Robinson, 31 words per mln. The scores for the ten munite timed writing period were as follows: Laura Christensen, 33 W. p. m. June Forbes 31, w. p. m. Lucille Robinson 28 w. p. m. John: You ought to take chloro- form. Everett: Yeh? Who teaches it Jack K: fSitting down in Power's Cafel Well, what do you have to- day? Barb. Well sir, we have frog legs, chicken liver, calves' brains and pigs feet. Jack K: Girl, li all that is wrong with you, you send mc another wait- er. You better go see a doctor!