Roanoke Benson High School - Ro Vic Yearbook (Roanoke, IL)

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R. V. H. S. 63 eat on the table. First Basket Ball game, Hip! Hooray! We lost, but we 've got some team, believe me! Thanksgiving Day. We 're thankful for our vacation. Basket ball game. Athens' victory but our team is O. K. December Shorthand and Stenography courses started. Another intelligence test. We got our trial balances in bookkeeping. Second number of the lecture course. Game at Averyville. Our boys treated pretty rough. Even if we lost, we haven 't lost our contidence. Assembly singing for opening exercise. Ten more days of school and only twenty four hours long. The last intelligence test in English was given today. They will soon know how much we know. Juniors decide on play. To be or not be. That is the question in English 4. Elsie again asks for snaps. Intelligence test in Am. History. Miss Bullock and State inspector here. Mr. Castelo gave us a lecture. Sr. girls make fudge. Sr. Home Ec. girls treat the Physics boys to ice cream. Physics Class very dull, too much pleasure yesterday. Victorian Program. Teachers warn us of some exams after vacation. Our motto is Don't cross a bridge till you come to it. 'Won our game with Metamora. January In place of a Happy New Year greeting we are given the Semester Exams. Sounds like it might mean some work. Casey became too bright for the bookkeeping class so made his exit. Played Eureka there, we Cthe fans! lost the game but our team did their stuif. The teachers had a sleighing party and went to Eureka. Miss Dorsey is all here, so they didn't mob her last night. We beat Minonk here. g All very studious getting ready for exams. Every one goes to bed with the chix. Tomorrow Exams! Beware! 14 16 E-xcruciating moments for students with X-yloid-like heads a-nd plenty of low m-arks for those who did not s-tudy. 14 Beat Metamora at M. T. H. S. 16 Play Washington there. Got beat. No wonder. We have such loyal students. 19 New Semester. i

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ECHO Eddie is back in school, though still quite lame. We played Metamora here. We won. Seniors go back to childhood days. They begin reading fairy stories in English. Seniors, Miss Moore, and Mr. Blue go to Granville to visit the school. All the Seniors are enthusiastic over what they saw. We have a Museum all planned and ready for inspection, Qin our dreamsj. Editors chosen for the school Notes in Post, Leona Hohl, Editor-in-chief, Anna Schuler, Ass't Editor. The long postponed sack fight was held. Literary Societies organized. Miss Moore has her hair bobbed during week end. Mr. Hawkins gave us a talk. We got a new ironing board, and believe me, the sewing classes aren't sorry. Miss Whitnah gave the girls a lecture. Rest room is ready. A game with Metamora. We won. This was our last game and we 've won all. Some record, I'll say! Mr. Pettigrew gave us a talk. Some one nionkeyed with Big Ben and school strarted seven minutes early. Juniors go to Metamora to visit the old Court House, for American Litera- ture. Some of the Senior girls Hnished their dresses. Now we'll see some real styles. The spook visited the school house at midnight. Sophis party. November Rev. Rogers gives us a talk on Bacon 's essay, 'tStudies. Election. LaFollette won by majority of one in American History. First number of Lecture Course. Every one well pleased with it, so are the Seniors with the net proceeds. Pictures taken for the Annual. Lucky that Mr. Nash had a couple of cameras. Eunice Schertz visits school. ' Pictures arrive. We all think they 're fine. Juanita Fisher isn't on them. Armistice Day. Joint program. Special feature double quintet. Had a quiz in Chemistry. Three members of the staff give speeches, K C., L. C., and Toots. Some of the Seniors break camera at Peoria. End of six weeks. Mr. J. J. O'Conner gave us a talk. This is Education Week so let 's make the most of it. Pep meeting and a real one. Dr. Rodaway gave us a talk. Two day's vacation, let's shoot off a fire cracker! Had assembly singing this morning. Seemed like old times. Intelligence test in English. Quiz in History. Don 't make a pig of yourself tomorrow just because there's something to

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'L ECHO 7 Game at Minonk. Got beat. Third Number of Lecture Course. The best ever! Sleepy bunch of students, we wonder why? Played Averyville. Lost by one point. Good Game? You bet. Vile wonder Where the girls got their country complexions. Virginia Heppard and Lucille Wagner pay us a visit. NVe beat ElPaso there. Freshman girls are all dolled up with rouge. February Mr. Milligan gives the Physics class a lecture. The Seniors started the museum. V Played Washington here. Their game, but Oh boy! welve got some team too. Last number of Lecture Course. f'Big success. First day of county tournament at Wlashburn. VVe played Washburn. Who Won??? Washburn-17, Roanoke-19. Six points in less than a minute. No school on Saturday but we can win a tournament just the same. WE played Minonk and beat them two points. Have we a team? VVell I guess. Oh! boy! Some pep meeting. Real celebration. Faculty sings Doodle Doo Doo in honor of victory. Seniors and Faculty give Basket Ball boys a banquet. Joint program given by the Societies. Wle played East Peoria. Junior Class play. Great success. We played Eureka. Test for alcohol in Chemistry. Senior boys have a treat. Washburn game here. March Lois' birthday. Andy 's birthday. District tournament at Eureka. We lost our game but Andy made second all star team. A lesson on courtesy in Civics class. Alumni play. Juanita Fischer plays school teacher. Alumni vs. H. S. Special between halves. The shield arrives. Operetta, The Gypsy Rover. Quiz in Chem. Interclass tournament Won by Seniors. Holiday. Bright sayings in Bookkeeping class. Physics class take a trip to the telephone office Where Mr. Wheelwright explains the telephone system. The boys certainly enjoyed the trip