Warrensburg High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Warrensburg, IL)

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1:21-TI-IE C RDlNAL'i - 17-First big snow. 18-Clinton wins by one basket in two overtime periods. 20-Vesper service. 21-Game with Kenney. Lost 19-10. JANUARY 3--Nearly everyone has the Hu. 4-Alumni banquet. VVe win from Alumni team. First time this year. 5-Lose to Maroa. 16-14. 9-American History class writes about Alexander Hamilton. Did you know he was once president? 11-County tournament starts. Down goes Macon. 12-We win third place - Whoopee ! ! 14-The little basketball player joins our family of cups and we give our team some cheers. -17-Exams. -Lose to Niantic. Too bad. 23--Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching. 25-County champs are still supreme. Basketball at Argenta. FEBRUARY 1-Orratorion program. Harper gives the Frosh-Sophs a boxing exhibition at Durfee. 2-Cardinals trounce Maroa. 5-Wapella hears the Harpers. The tune - 24-6. 8-VVe still have the winning fever. W. C. H. S. 13-Mt. Zion 9. 0-Epworth League party for all good boys and girls. 12-Lincoln dav in American History and English classes. 13-Kenney 5. Warrensburg 17. 14-Valentine Day. Will women be superior to men? 18-Paper wad patrol. Junior journal gets 'F 4' tl' Ccensoredj. 19-We win from Latham. Hot dog! Did we celebrate? 22-Clinton vs. VVarrensburg. We lose. ' 23--Mr. Beecher gets a new son. 26-Christy is kicked out of English for a week! MARCH 1-Basketball team gets revenge, drub Niantic. 7-Niantic upsets Cardinals at tournament 14-13. 15-Frosh-Sophs annual get-together. 22- W Club banquet. 27--Class track and iield meet. 28-Easter vacation. 16 18 APRIL 5-Senior play - UGO Slow, Mary . 19-Millikin Relay Carnival. 26-Cardinals delivered. MAY 3-Macon County Track and Field Meet. ll-District Track and Field Meet. 17-Junior-Senior banquet. 26-Baccalaureate. 29-29-Exams. 31-Commencement. 3I

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'1'HE C RDIISIALSE'-'f CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 3--Labor Day. 4-Registration. 5-School begins - full force. 6-Indoor baseball starts. 7M-Epworth League party. 10-Class elections. ll-juniors order class rings. 13--Three boys take up janitor work. 14-Baseball league organized. -Miss Short absent. --Juniors play Frosh seconds. -Sophs play Seniors. -Tryouts for junior play. 25-Frosh iirsts beat Sophs. 26-Freshman girls beat Grade girls. 28-Arithmetic test. How much dirt in a hole? 17 20 21 24 OCTOBER 2-Frosh beat Faculty and juniors. Hurrah! 3-'Gene comes out of English before time. Everybody cleans the mud off their shoes. 4-Annual staff meeting. Ideas wanted. 9-Election of society officers. 10-Teachers' Institute. 22-Subscription contest closes-I-Iistronics win 21-19. 23-Mrs. Ryman and the state inspectors visit school. 24-Inter-class tournament in basketball opens. 26HTournament ends. Freshies are the champs. 3lfI-Iallowe'en. Do you think? NOVEMBER 2-Junior play. Histronics give program. 5-Report cards come out. 6--Election day. High School goes Democratic. S-Mr. Beecher teaches sewing. 9-XVe exercise our lungs. IF-Subscription contest opens. loggenior Carnival. l9-First pep meeting. 21-allepreseiitative I-Ioff speaks. Argenta and the Red side win. 22-Names turned in for National Essay Contest. 234'l'eachers go to Institute. 28--Latham wins 20-16. 29MNo school -- Thanksgiving. DECEMBER 5---A word to the wise is sufficient. Report cards! 7-Mt. Zion hands us a defeat - 23-21. 13--Shall we have three parties in one? No! Voted down. 14--Vlfapella wins in overtime. -5o-

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TI-IE C RDIISIAL--4 WHY I SHOULD VOTE Hack of my generation stand many generations, extending back to and before the time of King John of England. In the mind of my people there has grown up a feeling of self government that has been sent on down through the ages. This feehng ofindependenceisrnyinhernance Many years ago, during the thirteenth century, King John of England was forced to sign the Magna Charta, which gave the people more liberties and rights. In this culminated the feeling which had been growing for years. Later came the Bill of Rights, and then the Petition of Rights-all giving more power to the people. Some of their descendants migrated to this country and the struggle for liberty was again renewedg first in the Revolution, when freedom from England was attained, and afterwards in gaining the privilege to vote for all white male citizens. Next the right was given to the negro, and finally to all who had reached a legal age and were not criminal or insane. With all this background and with all this struggle, still some look upon the privilege of voting lightly and do not appreciate it! Is this privilege earned through struggle and hardship to be looked upon as a trivial possession? This inheritance should be valued as I value niy dearest possessnnr 'Therefore,in due respect to my ancestors, I think I should vote. The second reason is, because it is my privilege. Perhaps some do not look upon it as a privilege, but, if it were suddenly taken awav, in the eyes of many it would gain a new luster and become more important. Because it is a privilege and because it has been given me I think I should take advantage of it and vote. The third and most important reason is --because it is my duty, - first my duty to my ancestors, for what they have done, - second to myself, and last to others living now and to posterity. It is upon this third reason that I base most of my arguments. I am a part of the United States. The nation is made up of just ordinary people such as I, who all together make up the whole. If every person thought it was not his particular duty to vote-what kind of a nation would we have? I have the right to vote and I should make use of it. If I do not I have no right to say anything about our government and the way it is conducted. It will give me a peace of mind that I could not enjoy otherwise, as well as it will be performing my duty. The duty to others living now assumes a large proportion when one thinks of the part one has in conducting our government and choosing our officers. You might say that all the blame for corruption and for incapable officers falls upon each individual: for the whole is made up of many parts, each of which must function properly to have a capable government. I hold it a very great duty to my fellow citizens that I should go to the polls when the time comes. My duty to posterity also looms up greater and greater when I think of where I would be now had my ancestors not considered it their duty to me to vote. Some have already considered it a duty to posterity that they should vote. Take, for instance, the case of prohibition. Far-sighted people saw that the future generation would be bettered if there were no alcohol which could be easily obtained for them to drink and thus injure the health of the coming generations. Therefore prohibi- tion was adopted. Whether it was a successful measure or not remains to be seen. Nevertheless they did it for the good of posterityg and it was accom- phshed by going uithe poHs. Safety, happiness and prosperity for my descendants and the next generation g reverence for my ancestors and the inheritance they have given meg duty to my fContinned on page 633 -5z-