Tolono Community High School - Talisman Yearbook (Tolono, IL)

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Gkxx x 'zxxlxxxxzzxxxxxxxzxxx H1115-Qahgmntxxmxxrxzxzxzxxzxxxxxrnxxxxxxzfxszrxwij Haven t we a r1ght to be just a l1ttle chesty over our accompl1shments 1n theT C H S As to the d1stance traveled by the class 1n gett1ng the1r h1gh school edu cat1on I haye no means of knovymg except 1n my own case wh1ch IS easlly fngured Each t1me I leave my home attend school and return I travel ap proxlmately 10 m1les Had my attendance been perfect I would have traveled 7 ZOO m1les If you want to know how far that IS just crank up your I 17Zy and travel l20 m1les per day for the next two months you w1ll then be 1 200 m1les from home If you want a more def1n1te 1dea walk back and you w1ll see that some of us students have had someth1ng to do bes1des study Even at that we are occas1onally approached by some calam1ty howler who 1nforms us that th1s ger1erat1on of youngsters do not apprec1ate the ad vantages g1yen them That the world IS go1ng to the bow wows ec Frlends do you know that 1n n1ne cases out of ten IH the good old days when the sa1d calamlty howler was a youngster that they only had school SIX months 1n the year and most of them d1d not attend that? We do not bel1eve that the world IS go1ng to the dogs but 1f It does go 1t w1ll not be caused by h1gh school students or graduates but w1ll go 1n sp1te of them Now for a few personal Hgures The total he1ght of the class IS ll4V IS DOI glV61'l CLASS PROPHECY THE ISLE OF 26 The Class of 26 myster1ously d1sappeared In the headlmes of one of the largest newspapers of the world a great catastrophe was announced to the people Class of 26 myster1ously d1sappeared any 1nformat1on con cern1ng the whereabouts of sa1d class Wlll be greatly appreclated In the art1cle on th1s myster1ous d1sappearance If reads that one member of the class d1d not dlsappear But she d1d not know anythmg concernmg what could have happened to the class Ten years ago the Class of 26 graduated from Tolono H1gh School They were always amb1t1ous to do someth1ng or1g1nal so they dec1ded that all would stay together When the Un1ted States bought the Danlsh West Ind1es the Government offered them to any class graduat1ng from h1gh school who would agree to establ1sh an 1deal Commonwealth The New York papers reported that the offer had been accepted by some school 1n the West and then the matter had been forgotten It was IH the agreement that all expenses were to be borne by the Pr1nc1pal who was to serve as guard1an Managers were ap po1nted and some one yy as put 1n charge of the finances One afternoon 1n the year of 1936 the rays of the mlld m1d summer sun were beg1nn1ng to slant a l1ttle westward A gentle western breeze blew 1X meteen 395933 19 5 XS CCH? 1, -H,--.,.,,..,,-,CC .,-,Y: . 2 , ,Q ei, .X Te., . sara. -V,F,,,,, W., ', N M M .,.,,.,.- ,een h . . , ,, i ix .21 ' J xl .... . xy X . . , . . ffl Ex 1 - xl ,K x, fx . Y V . I . . . . V x 1 1 1 xx Y: -J fx 1 ' 1 , 1 - xl . . , ll! 1 zz, lx 1 1 :Z is ' B ' ' -- Z B I 4 :Q B ' ' V :S fx , . I Q 2 . . . V 5 .. . 1,7 L3 3 Se - 1 1 - , 1 1 ms lij ISL If 'xi' I ' ' A 1 v v ' - Q V sf vs My E - Y 3 - 1 - 1 . - Y 1 1 t ' rx ,3- E . ' . . y . 5 E ' 1 A ' 1 v E' E ' E .3 . - . ? F, - 3 IX ' E lgvv , 1 1 1 i 'X rw :X , . ai ' 1 en . . : tx . 2 2? IK E feet: total we1ght, 2630 pounds: total age, 385 years, and the total dens1ty 5 E X, Z. E 5 3 If xr X rf B. ,xl IE, x, V ' 57 3? Q 121. rf IZ? xxf ll! 1 1:3 IX. - zz' IK zz' B v 1 1 1 X lx: P if lx . , - . , . . l . ,, 3: - .. ,Q . . . , . 4 .N H rx, fx . . . , , zz' ta . si IX. xl 31. ' I :xi lx 1 f ' 1 zz, Q 1 1 ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' 1 Q11 xi , 1 1 X1 . ' , . F1 11- 1 1 1 1 xy in . . 5 '5 ' 1 V ai . . e. 5 1 ' 1 - x li . 7 Xl 1 . 1 1 S4 7 - i ,Q , . ,L E 1 1 1 ' U -1 cf X, X 1 r 1 1 , xl .. ,,f Q ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 3 . - 1, ,N E . ,. l ghx,,x.zi,L:11xx:,!1,xMx 4,1 :,,:::,..5xx:.1 1: xqfjfiglf 2 xlxlzz:xggggxxxz,::,::,g,ii:,:11::,:t,z::::j,g:,x,::,::Q::ii K

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3900151XXIIXIXXIKIXUXIXXXZXXIKIXXXXIXIX T119 31155111311 xlxr xxxzxnxixvzxxxxxzlxxlxlxxxrxxxlxzxgfb CL ASS STATISTICS It has been sa1d that everything and eyerybody was good for something The steermg comm1ttee of the Talzsman could find nothmg else that I could do therefore accordlng to the above statement they reasoned that I mlght make good collectlng stat1st1cs When asked to take the job I replled that I would be delighted slnce produclng static was my favorlte pastlme Immedlately I was mformed that statlc and statlstxcs had nothmg 1n common Statlstlcs I was told yy as a systematlc compllatnon of facts or lnstances from whxch other facts or IH formation mlght be deducted Well they did not say where to begm so I shall begm at the begmnlng Just how lonv the Almlghty worked on th1s old earth of ours before He consldered xt ready for a member of the Class of 26 sc1ent1sts do not agree They do agree hovy eyer that He had created mountams r1vers pralrles plams etc and destroyed them to create others that c1y1l17at1on after c1v1l17at1on had been trled found wantxng and destroy ed and others begun However on August 23 1903 every thmg yy as ready and the iirst member of our class appeared demanded lmmedlate attent1on and got xt Others followed at lrregular rntervals unt1l the date of July 6 1909 when the last member arrived The next date of partlcular mterest to all of us was September 1 1922 our first day rn hlgh school Since that t1me we have spent th1rty SIX weeks out of the 52 weeks 1n each year 1n school a total of 144 weeks or 720 days Each student IS supposed to have four forty mlnute rec1tat1ons each school day ThlS means that each student vuth a perfect attendance record has spent 1920 hours or equal to 240 e1ght hour days of mental angu1sh rlght 1n front of a teacher who was trylng to find a questlon we could not answer Or was xt the teacher who was 1n mental angu1sh trymg to find some questlon we could answer? Lesson asslgnments are from a page or so 1n Latm up to 10 20 30 or perhaps more pages 1n I-Ilstory Enghsh and some other subjects If five pages of readlng matter are taken as the average lesson Ca small asslgnment mdeedj 35 llnes to the page a student who prepares four lessons per day reads 20 pages or X00 llnes or about 7 000 words per day Th1s means that IH four years we haye read a total of at least 5 040 O00 words If all these words were prmted on one sheet of paper the width of an ordlnary text book the paper would have to be almost one and one half m1les long E1 ghteen EQEIQQ5 alzllzltelelelwzimlelgaamalm Xl X 51313513121 1 lun EIEIZIEIEZIEIEZIIEZIBJEZIXIZIEIZIEIZIZIAX X nies K ff E V F- ' ' S' I' if 'E '7II F I I I 'ff D , av I V SQ 'UI' ' 7 f1'f f,ffE i'k1 I if ' M IX 'zz 1:5 E! 7? xi 3 5 FL X Iv x7 ,,. . . . ,. lx :rj 'x x C . . J al .. C 1 .2 IQ 'L 3 - 5 lx , at Iii. ' ' ' a Z vg . . , . . . E 'X if E . . , . . . . Y ,Q Q . , Y 5 -a K . . .... - X Yi, ix . E . . . . . 3 E4 . . Yi xx, lx ' 1 1 ' 1 23' ,xx o ,I jxg . . , . . xy ,xl , . x 1111 . . . . . X 'xg ' V H 1 V x 1 H Y . Y 21: ix ' 35- V s s ' f' ' ' ' ' ' ' E lx, -' A 4 zz 21, . . 35 ' v -I . B 5 15 1 v v s v 3 15 ' ' ' Ei 3 . . I, . 1 ' E . . . 5 ' , , li ' TE I5 ' 'rg IK, - ' 23 IK v ' Z IK . . . . . . X 552 - If li ' 522 331 ' ' 5 E . . . , 2 B IS E f ' V 3 Y ' Y E - - he E ' ' ' ii ES, ' E Ex V'-L lx . . . . is Ig . , ll! - Xl IX, ' Q lx . . . rg lx , , Ei IK 4, 111 ' ' ' 's Xl US. ' ' 129 Lx a - - at JS ' 21 ll! , X ki, 1231 lx ... . . . 39 IB, ' ' IK , K .rs , , . xg IK . . . ffl IK , - , '25 IK :U B ' X K ' ' ia lil I

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GN Ullw FGZZIIISIIIAII W3 slowly across the halls laden w1th freshness of the sea and touched the cheeks of the l1ttle party of three standmg on a grassy knoll of the Island of 26 an the Atlantlc Ocean Wonderful Explam xt I do not understand Thas IS all I knovs about tlae place I had recexved an 1nv1tat1on to v1s1t the Ideal Isle of 26 I started at once and here I am The speaker was Mary E Davls The other two were Loulse Norton and Howard Rush the latter be1ng Governor of the Isle From th1s hall we can vlew the general outl1ne of the Isle and see nearly every store and a great portlon of the resrdentlal d1str1cts Howard replled The Isle IS lard out ln the form of a wheel the park IS the hub and the branching streets the spokes That tall whlte marble shaft marks the center of the park It IS a memorxal to tlae dear old 'I H S The group of burldmgs to the north IS our mdustrral center To the east IS our waterworks 1n charge of Paul Barker Wonderfull I exclarmed Go on Glenn Colee IS our chref archltect He planned all our burldmgs Can you see the sxgns over the stores an the buslness sectlonp No? Then take these Held glasses sard Howard That small sh1p w1th an 1mmense stack of candy for a slgn IS our Candy Slaop The proprretors are Clara Schweope and Dorothy Kaskle The next slgn you see IS IVIIIIIHLFY and Ready to Wear Apparel thas 1S run by Sarah Bates and Frances Daeger That art1st1c buxldmg almost covered by vlnes IS a studlo There one fmds wonderful pamtmgs by Margaret Parry All the land outslde of the resrdence dastrnct 19 devoted to the raaslng of sugar cane Harold Mac Dxarmxd surpasses all other ln thrs lndustry and hrs hobby IS st1ll that of sellmg electrlc sweepers Farther up the street IS the prmtmg buxldxng where our books and news papers are prlnted Beulah Kldd does some wrltmg Her latest book 19 Hants to Hrgh School Cnrls on the Verge of Marrlage Pardon me Howard I exclarmed but I m nearly staryed We went to one of the damty restaurants owned by Frances McDonald and had luncheon and then strolled baek to the place where we were formerly seated Howard went on w1th the story of the Class of 26 Now the governor was poantmg to the resxdentxal sectlon Harry Bedlent and has housekeeper Harrlett Duell lne rn that large whlte house Harrlett s1n0s1n our theatre Across the street an the yellow house Dr Stanley Ring lrves a bachelor Queer rsn t 1t' He always yy as such a shrek Bernrce Wh,eler IS hrs OITICG g1rl You can also see the theatre just on the other slde of the street I thmk the b1ll for today 19 Mary Adams and Donald Rowland starrlnv 1n LaVanche Weakly s latest musrcal productaon Pralse of the T H S That huge gray stone buxldlng IS the llbrary Our l1brar1an Marguer1te Wrgner prrdes herself on hav1ng the fmest collectlon of books rn the world Look Howard there goes an aeroplane Yes at belongs to Thomas Wrlght He goes from one srde of the xsland to the other and back agam every hour untll the plane gets out of order and he has to land to fix xt There was a long srlence and finally I spoke The Isle of 26 IS one ldeal place The lrghts began to twmkle ln the c1ty Sllently Iou1se Hovy ard and I left the h1ll top and as we crossed tlae narrow Held nlght fell on the Class of Nlneteen Hundred Twentv Slx MARY E DAVIS Senlor 26 Twente! MGM x xxx x :zz L14-, xxexzxxxxxxxxxxz. xxxxxzm K :::::: ...:':::.:rzxzzzzzzxxxxrgifzxzs t ' - : '1x::.1.:EiEi'::'::' M . 1 . . -I , 2' ' 22 u Y- v 1 x ' . 1 y .1 I vv ul .1 A A ' ' ' ' , 2: g L 1 1 1 1 1 gg 1 1 , zz 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . .1 ' 1 1 1 N .1 ' Xl . C11 .. .e z: A K 3 sr .1 . . . . . ,, x s: , Y IA X so u ' 7 .. H . . . . Q .1 , X1 v , , 3 '- 1 1 1 'rl .1 1 1 1 4 ' xl , . . . ,,1 .. 1 1 1 .. , . . . . N 1 1 . 1 . . f' A 1 1 1 1 11 2: - 11 zz .. . 1 1 1 . .. 1. 11, .1 , , .. A , . . . . . a X 1 3 x 1 2: 51 7 sl X , , . ,, 1 . . . X 1 zz ' ' ::' 22 V Q a 21 1. ' 1 - , W :z Y ' - if 1 - ,, zz - 21 V , , . . . . . , , Y .. 1 1 3.1 K' 1 L 1 1 , 'f .1 1 1 1 .. , e . ' . .J jj ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3, X . . , . . . V . .. - , . . 1 . . 21 1 1 - - - - - 3 '21 21 ' 21 21 1 22 uv ' ' ' ii' N 1 1 - - - - 11 2, 1 1 ' v v 1 V 13 1 1 2 ,, 1 1 1 . C Z1 w V I3 . ' f V zz 1 - 1 721, zz - A - :xx vu A A V I ' ' ' ' ' A 1 vv' .. 1 1 1 1 .. u 1 C 1 v' 1 2 1 . . . gg 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3' 1 . . I jj 1 1 1 1 1 - Q, . . C . , . . . : I Y B L.. 1 ..,. x .1 11 xl x , , . , . xy 11 1 31 1. . . . . 1. ,, .. zz 1 ' o X 1 - - 1 - 1 x -H , . . . x. .. , , . . . . . . . 1 1. Q.. . 1 1- . . . 1 . ,, rv 1 1 e . , ' , I 1 1 V 1 1 - . , . ,ea zz , , . , .. so I 5 vi .. 1 . .., 1 . . 1 gg ' 1. ,N f ' v .1 sv ' V Y 14' S.. .. 22 , zx 1 25: ,zz 1 . 1 - - 1 1 :tl sz: c 1 xi , 1 . . . . . 1,7 L V 1 Q, Z1 - , 33. P4 ' - H. 24 1 ' 5 LX 1 ' ' 5. Pi ' ' ' 5. ' Tl L33 TSA 221 Xl 83, X' 1 -re ,, , NTY, ,E , , I ' ' , 7 , - ,fl y 11.4, y , Y., . , , 77-13.717 , B1 21 1 X!i3.XX2K222!21 212i,X7.21212i!12k!k. 1- L 212.21252221212122 f 2 '21 'Z M