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

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Spring, Nineteen Thirty-two 13 + Med ©D(0)ii0(dl9§ (Srattittaode --------------------------------------------------------------------— It was springtime in South Carolina and the pioneers in the colony of Savannah were busily working. Men were plowing, trees were being felled, land cleared for new homes, and log cabins were being erected. One could see smoke curling into the sunny blue sky from the chimneys of the fire places, and the blue ocean where a ship lay at anchor could be seen. These colonists had come from the Isle of Man in the ship “Sea Gull.” They were strict Puritans and every Sunday went to their little log church in the wilderness where they heard David Jericho preach the Gospel. David and his wife, Rachel, lived in a small cabin at the far end of the colony. They lived like the rest of the colonists. Rachel spun coarse cloth with her spinning wheel which she had brought from England and Dave wore loose fitting buckskin clothes and a black beaver hat. On Sundays they would dress in their best attire and go to the log church where Dave officiated as minister. “Rachel, I am going hunting this morning,” said Dave as he took the musket down from over the fire place where it was hanging. “Be sure and be back in time for dinner,” said Rachel as she was sitting by the fireplace stirring a pot of maize. “I hope you have good luck at killing deer, for our meat supply is getting very low!” David plunged into the forest. He was not successful in killing deer, but still he plodded on. Soon he came to a large rock and climbed upon it to see if any game was near. The rock was in an elevated position and as Dave looked below him he saw an Indian riding a pony. The pony shied as it came to a curve in the trail and nearly threw its rider. Dave saw the tawny form of a panther with its tail swishing and lashing the air getting ready to leap on the Indian. He raised his musket to his shoulder and shot. The panther fell over dead, with a screaming cry like a child. The Indian looked up at his white protector on the rock and said “Ugh,” with a shrug of his shoulders, and disappeared into the forest. “A lot of thanks these red men give you for saving their lives,” muttered Dave to himself as he walked home. He didn’t realize that in the future the whole colony would be saved by this incident. It had been two moons since the incident in the forest occurred. Red Cloud and his Indian braves were preparing to attack the Savannah Colony. A huge fire was built and brown faced squaws in bright colored blankets carried armfuls of wood. Arrow7 heads were poisoned and Indian braves were painting themselves in hideous colors. Dry pieces of pitch were fastened on arrows. In the midst of this barbarious commotion stood Red Cloud and two bright streamers of colored eagle feathers

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12 Spring, Nineteen Thirty-two was being held in the tiniest hand, by the sweetest little girl! She wasn’t dressed very nicely and something was wrong with one of her legs, but I fell in love with her, right away. She and I started out right then to compose a theme, and we have been through thick and thin together ever since. Now, although Mary is quite grown up, she says she wouldn’t part with me for the world. Now, don't misunderstand me, for I’m as contented with my lot as I can be, but, sometimes I wonder what would have happened to me if I hadn’t fallen out of that young man’s pocket. Betty Caverly. HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS. Clubs in High School are sometimes very useful. Of course every high school has its own idea of what a club should be and so there are social clubs and business clubs and clubs which are dull and those which are active. I believe that one fault of a great many clubs is to have no restriction as to its members. People can join any time and once they are in, there is no interest to keep them there. Nothing but high grades in a certain subject is one way of restricting members and another way is to put a requirement of a year in a certain subject on the member. But once the members are decided upon, your interest must be kept up in the club. Pot luck dinner can be given to get the members together; money should be raised in various ways and programs given. I believe that a club in a foreign language is a good thing. If a restriction of a year in that language is put on the members, they ought to know a little about how to speak it in the club. They can give plays and get speakers to talk to them about the country whose language they are studying. One club which I admired a great deal was a dramatic club. This was hard to enter, for the members had to be good scholars and be chosen by the dramatic teacher. Dramatic instruction was given and the members all tried to earn enough points to get a pin. It was surprising at the talent discovered among the students in acting. But to speak from another point of view. It is sometimes asked, “What do the clubs in a high school amount to?” It is true, a lot of them amount to nothing. Once in a while their president calls a meeting, and nothing happens except that a lot of time is taken up. And just the opposite are the clubs that have so much to do that the members cannot get their real school work done. In some schools, although they cannot be called clubs, are the “special class periods,” which do a great deal of good. These are periods in which the student can pick out the study which he thinks he most needs, and get extra help in it. In closing, I wish to say that I think it a great mistake to condemn all high school clubs because a few have not accomplished anything. I believe that any effort in clubs should be encouraged. —B. Caverly.

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14 +------- Spring, Nineteen Thirty-two down his back and a bright colored blanket over his shoulders. The throbbing of tom toms set the savage warriors to dancing around the fire, shrieking and hollering to the top of their voices. At last when the war dance was over the savages leaped on their ponies to make their attack on Savannah Colony. The colonists were taken unaware. Dave was plowing the tract of land which was his, and Rachel was in the cabin when they heard the terrorized cry that the Indians were coming. Rachel and Dave fled towards the block house, but they were too late to escape. A shower of arrows fell around them but left them uninjured. Red Cloud galloped toward them and stopped. The chief gazed hard at Dave, but Dave didn’t recognize him in his war regalia. Red Cloud gave some directions to his braves in an unintelligible Indian language and they then galloped off on their ponies, leaving Savannah Colony safe from attack. —Floyd Norman. WHAT TO READ AND HEAR. When you read, what do you read? Do you pick up a newspaper and read only the comic sections and all about the murders ? If so, you are not getting the full value of all the good articles in newspapers. On the front page, and also scattered throughout the whole paper, are articles on governmental affairs. High school students who think that these are for older people are mistaken. Who should know what is going on in our country better than the coming generation? In all papers there are editorials. These are always interesting and helpful if one only takes the time to read them. Most every newspaper also has a space devoted to poems and pieces of good prose. There are some very lovely and inspiring thoughts in these columns. Also, there is usually a page devoted to writing up the best books of the time. Then there are such worthwhile things in magazines. Magazines are bought generally for the fiction in them. However, besides this there are good editorials and many articles of universal interest. Most radios are tuned to dance orchestras or serial stories. Have you ever heard the college debates or news flashes'? If you will only sit and really listen to them you will see that they aren’t nearly “so dry” as you think. Of special interest are the programs given by the Navy Department of the United States. In these they explain, as they actually do it, just how people can be rescued from sunken submarines or like incidents. These should interest boys especially. Next time you feel like gossiping, why not show your friends how learned you really are and also how entertainingly you can talk without criticizing someone? —Elizabeth Newton. A FAMOUS ATHLETE. “I am always on the team,” said the horse-fly.