Toulon Township High School - Tolo Yearbook (Toulon, IL)

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io not the exact requirements, they were about as sensible. But, in the course of time, the college professors decid- ed that even if we couldn't converse freely with the wops, the sheenies, the dagoes and a few others, it was no reason why,We couldn't receive the benefits ofa higher education. They also agreed that the foreigners in America 'did not always talk the way the books said anyway. These college professors, whom we always joke about their absent-mind- edness, in time came to agree that it was not fair that -just because a cer- tain boy had left out a year of Eng- lish, a half year of, mathematics or some small detail, fthat is small com- pared to one's life workj, he should be robbed of all the future prosperity and happiness brought by a college education. As colleges became -more numerous 'about the country, the requirements were somewhat lighter and they found by experience that the boy or girl who had skipped one or two of the minor requirements for gradua- tion from high-school was not always at the foot of the class in college. . Now, we find that some of the leading colleges of Illinois such as Bradley, Loyola, Lake Forest, Eureka, Lombard, State University, Illinois Wesleyan, and the Illinois -State Teachers' College, have requirements such as: The student must have graduated from an accredited 'high school with fifteen full credits or thirty semester hours and shall have full credit in the following: , Three years of English, one year of Algebra, one year, of Geometry, one year of Sciencefand one year of fHistory. A few schools such as Knox, Rockford, Monmouth, and Lake'Forest, require two years 'of a foreignlanguage, and in some cases Latin is specified. N Thelelective subjects of practically all of the schools'may be foundin this list together withthej amount required: Advanced ' Algebra ............... 36 Botany . .......... ..... 56 Chemistry ...... ..... 1 Civics .... .. ..... 1742 or 1 f TOULON HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERLY Commercial Geography Economics ....... . ......... .... .. E l' h . . 16 1242 1 ng is . . . . . ........... . . . . French .......... . ..... ..... 1 or 2 History ....... ..... 1 to 4 Latin ........... ..... 1 to 4 Physics .. ....... ..... . . . . 1 Solid Geometry ........ .... 'za Bookkeeping ............ ..... 5 if or 1 Commercial Arithmetic . . .... BQ Domestic Science ...... .. ..... 1 or 2 ,Mechanical Drawing .... - ......... 1 Tvpewritling .......... - ....... 1 .... 1 Manual Training ................. 1 or 2 From this list and the preceding data you may form a very good idea of what is required for college en- trance. The tuition ranges from S5125 ,per year up, in most cases it is from S75 to S100 per semester. Catalogues may be obtained by writing to the registrar of any school. In that way you will get all -necessary information about entering college. John Cole. THE OLD DESERTED FARM HOUSE. The old deserted farm house is lo- cated near a lake and not far from the road. 'It has been deserted :for about four years. The neighbors say -it -is haunted, as they and passing people have seen a small, dim 'light in the building, not only at night but through the day, and it flashes at times all over the place. They also claim they have seen figures walking around in the rooms.. Theiapnearance of 'theifarm is very disreputable, as might be expected. The.g1'ass and weedsihave grown up around the house till they are quite high. Thepaint, which was white, is very dirty andpeeling off in some places. Some ofthe shutters are off and others swing by one hinge.'Win- dows are broken- and shades are hang- fing' in only ' a ffew' rooms. None, of the neighboring .people ever hadnerve enough to go in and investigate. 'But one day a man from the city came out there, and he, with another man, decided to look' through the house. Theyufound the first door to be unbolted, so they went -in. -They discovered that -the - downstairs 'did I QR., L , . -...zghg,..,.-1,-L. -,rsh -

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NOVEMBER, NINETEEN TVVENTY-FIVE ing gum. Margaret James, Sophomore, says one should not chew gum because it detracts from one's appearance. Who thinks that one can chew gum and look attractive and well mannered at the same time? Imagine a beautiful girl chewing gum! Gerald Sweat, Sophomore, thinks it is alright to chew gum because it whitens the teeth and is healthy for a person 9 it also gives one something to do. Edgar Claybaugh, Senior, says chewing gum is a poor way to spend one's time, you chew it just to annoy the teacher. If we would spend this time on a lesson, we would have less names on the flunking list, and every one would have to go to some other place to find out something to gossip about. Ruth Schmidt, Junior, says chewing gum is one of the worst habits one may have. It does not look nice for a person in school chewing while studying. It detracts from the ap- pearance of the school and gives it a bad reputation. ' Roy Burcham, Freshman, says there are several reasons why chew- ing gum in High School shouldn't be permitted. Some of them are: When you chew you cannot studyg other people cannot studyg it does not sound good, it makes too much noiseg you cannot get interested in your workg and it hinders -other people. Irene Burcham. I ELIZABETH ENTERTAINS UNTIL HER MOTHER COMES. Elizabeth, said her mother, here comes the company that I am going to have this afternoon. You run down and talk to them While I finish dressing. Elizabeth ran down the stairs to let the ladies in. Her mother was to entertain one. of the clubs that after- noon, and several of the members had arrived before she expected them. Come right on in. Mamma will be down pretty soon. She has some U 9 beauty clay on her face, and can't come down just yet, said Elizabeth. The ladies went into the parlor and sat down. One of the women who was one of Elizabeth's mother's new friends had never been to their home before and remarked, My, what beautiful chairs these are. Yes, I think they are pretty, too. answered Elizabeth, but they don't belong to usg mamma borrowed Mrs. Jones' for today. At that moment the doorbell rang, and a maid appear- ed to answer it. One of the ladies said, I see your mother has a maid. Oh no, that isn't our maid. Mam- ma just had her come for today, replied Elizabeth. My, but it takes mamma an awful long time to get dressed. She had that old black dress made over to wear, and I sup- pose she can't get all the pins in the right places. Oh, my! what was that noise? I suppose that girl dropped one of the .plates and they are Mrs. Brown's best ones, too. Iwonder if shehad any salad on it. Mamma only had enough to go around, I hope she didn't. l At that moment ,her mother entered. . 'Tm sorry I was late but I hope my daughter didn't annoy you. . Oh! no, she is just too cute for words, replied one of the guests. Yes, wepenjoy having her with us, said another. And they all agreed with her. . Dorothy McClellan. - English, I. COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS. A few years ago it seemed as though a man or woman who wished to attend college had to be able to talk to the old German butcher, the French cook, the Greek banana peddler, each in his respective language, besides knowing a few dead languages, being able to say the alphabet backwards till he was black in the face without making any mistakes, also being cap- able of saying the multiplication tables up to fifteen. Altho these were

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NOVEMBER, NIMETEEN TWENTY-FIVE not look any different from any oth- er old deserted house, so they went on upstairs. Up there in one room they found an old spindle 3 as they went into another room they found a flash light lying on the floorg and in the next room they saw a couple of trunks and a curtain hang- ing up in the middle of the room. Be- hind this curtain was some hand ma- chinery of some sort. The trunks 11 were locked but the men broke the locks, and, to their amazement, found the boxes filled with counterfeit mon- ey which had been made by this ma- chinery. The men left the house and went to tell the people that there were no ghosts but a couple of men had been using the house to make coun- terfeit money. I Janet Nowlan. llllll IIlIIllIllIIllIIIIIIllllllIIlllllllIlIIllIIlIlllIlll'lI IllIIIIIIIIIIIllIIllIIIIIllIIIIll'IllIIIIIIlllIlllllllIIIllIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll BOOK REVIEWS MOBY DICK. By Herman Melville. Moby Dick is a stirring story of whale fishing. The author describes many scenes on the whaling grounds and gives the origin and history of whaling, but this part, although im- portant, affects the story very little. The character who tells the story is Ishmael, a philosophical schoolmas- ter who wants to try the life of the whale fisher. Knowing absolutely nothing about this sort of life, he goes to Nantucket where he meets a harpooner named Queequeg. This Queequeg is a native of one of the cannibal islands of the South Seas, and his habits and character provide astonishment for Ishmael and the reader alike. After necessary preliminaries, Ish- mael and Queequeg ship together on an old whaling vessel decorated with carved whale ivory and commanded by the half crazy Captain Ahab. Captain Ahab is a short, weather beaten old man with an ivory leg. He is in search of a white whale known throughout the fisheries as Moby Dick. In a past battle this whale For Additional Book had bitten off one of his legs, and he is determined to have revenge, He is a very peculiar character and his actions keep the whole crew anxious, half filled with his wild purpose, and the others inwardly rebelling but bound to obey him. For almost a year they sailed, and each time they hailed a ship Captain Ahab would ask if they had seen the White Whale. Some had never heard of him, and laughed at the idea, but others had dreadful tales to tell of him. After many months of thrill- ing adventures with ordinary whales, came the cry There she blows! There she blows! The White Whale! Moby Dick l The boats were lowered away and Captain Ahab started forth to the three days' battle which was to de- cide whether the skillful old skipper, armed with a hatred almost' insane, can conquer Moby Dick, the terror of all the fisheries. The details of that famous fight, together with the fate of Ishmael and Queequeg I will leave for you to learn from Melville who can tell it with all the real whaling atmosphere. Arthur Pierson. Reviews see page 24. I Something Fluey About This: A flee and a fly and a flue Were in prison, so what could they do? Let us flee, said the fly. Let us fly, said the flee. So they flew through a flaw in the flue. .