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

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NOVEMBER, NINETEEN TYVENTY-FIVE girls interested in the activities of the different clubs. Every girl in the High School is entitled to be a member. Each girl who is a member of the League is en- titled to a letter if she has been an ac- tive member of two or more clubs during the year and has earned a certain number of points in club work. Each girl can belong to two or more clubs besides the Health Club. The 23 League is evenly divided into two di- visions, one of which is called the Peps and the other, the lmps. Atrthe end of the school year a banquet is to be given by the side which has earned the fewest points to the side which has earned the most points. The letters will be awarded at the' banquet. The League has elected two good anddependable officers and is looking forward to a successful year. llllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllIllIllHllllIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIlIIllllIIlllIllllllllIIIllIllllIIllIllIIIlllIIIIllllIIllIIIlllIIIllIIIllIIIllllIllIIIllIIllIllIIIllllIllllllllllllllllllllIllIIIllIlllllllllllllllllllllll ALUMNI DEPARTMENT One of our last year's graduates in one of our nearby colleges, whose name we are not permitted to tell, has given his advice to High School stu- dents as follows: lf I said anything, it would be for students at T. H. S. to study for 'Heaven's Sake,' and get their lessons so they won't have to disgrace their school at college. Studies here are very, very hard, and if I had studied when I was in High School, I would be better off now and could go into outside activities in a way that would be a great- source of benefit to me. So therefore, High School boys and girls, take my advice and study hard. In the Days of Real Sport the Lux Solis was called the Helioga- bulus and was an institution of the old Toulon Academy. Its function, however, was the same then as now -that of lighting the hard-working QU student through his Senior year. Each member of the Senior class was to keep the candle for a specified time, and during that time the candle was to be visible for at least a part of the time, in plain sight of any Jun- ior who might happen to call. In aforesaid days, the relinquish- ing of this valued aid to scholastic endeavor to the next class was an oc- casion of great moment, and was done at the Senior reception, where the en- tire student body witnessed the cere- mony. Not having a spacious gym n-me-W - - in which to hold the social' functions incident to school life, special parties were held in Odd Fellows' Hall. And then, as now, the Sophomore class at- tempted to gain possession df the precious Helio, and in all probabili- ty were in as much need of its help- ful presence as the Seniors. On one occasion in particular, as the time approached in the course of the Senior reception for the ceremony of presenting the Heliogabulus to the Junior class, a youthful member of the Sophomore class, who, by' the way, is now an eminent physician in Long Beach, California, stationed himself on the roof -of the building adjoining the hall, ready to grab said Helio when it should be passed through the window as it had been the year pre- vious. lt might be mentioned in passing that of his two confederates, one is a respected member of the faculty at Oak Park High School and the other has done creditable work at the Chicago Art Institute. However, while the Forward Pass was an un- known quantity in those days, by the skillful passing of 'several boys who were members of the football squad, the Helio's light faded, and even tho the Sophs searched the hall and premises diligently, they failed to find the candle, reposing all the time in a market basket among silver, dish towels and other paraphernalia ne- cessary to the execution of a success- ful reception. .J- And it is. needless to add that the FU.-La 'Wx

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li ,,- s -1 .Q ...e ,,. L 24 effects of the Helio were very ap- parent in the lights that were grad- TOULON HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERLY uated the following spring. Jess Fleming, 1901. IllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllIllIllllllllllllIllllIlll1lIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'lllIIIllIllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllilIIIIlllllllllllllllllllIllIIlllllllllllllll!llllllIllllllInlllllllllllIIlllllllllllllllllllllll IIllllllIIllllllIlllllllllIlllllllIllIIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll DAY. By Arnold Bennett. Arnold Bennett is one of the best known and most popular of modern playrights, novelists and philoso- phers. How to Live on 24 Hours a Day is one of the most interesting and logical of the group of his works known as the Pocket Philosophiesf' The book deals with the wasted hours of the average person and shows how these hours might be used to a great advantage not only to the individual but to society in general. Many families -successfully solve their financial problems by use of the Budget System. Why not apply this tothe use of your time? One of the best uses one could make of their wasted time would be to give an hour and a half or two hours at the most to reading this small book, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. PENROD. . By Booth Tarkington. Penrod Schofield is a real boy, with a dog. He lives in a small city, and his pal is Sam Williams. Two colored boys who live across the alley, and Georgie Bassett and Maurice Levy are other playmates. He is eleven years old and has given his heart to Mar- jorie Jones. Penrod is much misun- derstood by his elders and has ac- quired the reputation of being the worst boy in town. s He tries the drug, junk, and show businesses with varying success, but f Xi this show creates quite a sensation in is 2 'r , town. Then, being favored with a invid imagination, a picture he sees oh the evils of a drunkard's life sug- gests to him a story which he tells his teacher as fact. This helps him Psi lllllllllllllllll llIlIllllllllllllllllllllIInlIllIllllllululllulllullllmlNnullnn1unlunlunmuunun temporarily but gets him into trouble later. ' Next he discovers that the name little gentleman applied to him is particularly obnoxious. This leads to his getting into a tar fight during which he goes crazy, or so his father believes. For the same insult he takes a fearful revenge on their min- ister. ' But later he and his friends decide to be ministers, for Herman has por- trayed it as a very interesting pro- fession requiring a good voice and the ability to climb trees. In the con- test which naturally follows, Georgie Bassett has his reputation ruined, and Penrod, as usual, gets into trouble. Perhaps the best of the stories is the one of the pageant, for it illus- trates a boy's modesty and self-con- sciousness in front of a crowd, in the matter of dress. Penrod is really des- perate and will do anything rather than appear in the costume which his mother and sister have constructedg so one can hardly blame him for the astonishing disguise in which he seeks protection. The funniest thing all thru the story is Penrod's unconsciousness of how funny it is. It is all so natural to him and he is so serious about it that it makes the story all the fun- nier. As a man gets older he forgets more and more how he felt when a boy, until he finally loses the point of view of the boy entirely. Very few men can keep the boy's point of view, but I think that Tarkington is one of these few. Allen Williams. Cathryn Graves- What have you in the way of vanishing cream ? Art Pierson- Two quarts of sour milk. A - I--' -Y -X 1-as g -f r -4 ---w-- -------emi-r 1 ---- ' f-1-A