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

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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.

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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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Spring, Nineteen Thirty-two 15 •+ R Premelh) Le§§dDmi -------------------------------------------------------------------+ “One, two, or three or four. Down by the—” came the words from the piano as Jane, supposedly carefree, reviewed her regular evening course. “Jane, how about those French lessons ?” inquired her mother. “Oh, I hate this more than anything,” she complained leaving the piano and returning to her deserted book lying on the table. “Lessons come first; then pleasure.” “Mother, when did you pick that up ? I’ve never heard you say that before. How strange! Well, surely we don’t have this lesson. No, it must be this one. I’ll confess I don’t know. Where was I when she assigned the lesson ? What’s the diff. Mary will know,” she added hastening to the telephone and calling the familiar number. The following conversation was heard by Jane’s parents while the girls chatted happily. “How’re you anyway! Oh, I’m fine considering my embarrassment today. Wasn’t that terrible? You know I just didn’t know what to say. Oh, it may be funny to you but not so here. I know it. I don’t blame you a bit, Mary. By the way, what is our assignment in French ? Wasn’t that sweet of her. Thanks a lot, kid. So long.” Jane proceeded to procure all her necessary articles for the terrible French lesson. She had been studying about five minutes when she encountered difficulty. “That’s tough. I just can’t remember what she told us to substitute for that noun. Oh, well, I’ll put ‘la,’ maybe it will be only one mistake.” “Telephone, Jane.” “Hope it’s Ruth. Hie! Well, now what am I always doing? No, French. Oh, didn’t you like that pale shade? So becoming, too. I tried one on just like it. Sure. I’ll bet I know what was occupying your mind about that time. Why silly of you. I’m not either. Never was, and never will be. Did you notice that every noon the same kids are always in the same places? No, indeed, you heard wrong. Oh, I see. Well, I fear you’ve called the wrong number as I’ve just started mine. I wanted to ask you about the answer to the fifth question. Oh, that isn’t right, is it? Didn’t she say to substitute whenever possible? I always did have a time with those old pronouns anyway. What pronouns do you substitute in the first blank in the seventh part ? I believe you’re right. Thanks so much. I may get it done after all. All right. I’ll be seein’ you.” Never did the girls tire of refreshing the days’ events on the telephone every evening when asking about lessons. But sometimes the elongated conversations were interrupted by the assurance of their parents that they had talked overtime. Anyway, lessons came first. —B. Price.