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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1922
Page
2
A note from the Western Courier by tenth graders in Miss Corbin’s English class. The piece marks a farewell issue, acknowledges amateur errors, and asks readers to overlook them with understanding.
A whimsical inventory of students and staff names with humorous scenarios. It imagines Mr Bassett, Vera Coffman, Orville Robeson and others in odd outfits or antics, from high jumps to parrot taming, fashion tests, and campus scenes.
The fragment mixes a poem praising Western on the plain and a tribute to nature, comparing the university setting to a shrine. It includes student dialogue from a class and a contest note about Normal University winning an inter-state oratorical contest, with stray school life vignettes and reflections on spring and nature.
The Grand Theatre presents Disraeli and The Three Musketeers, while Sentimental Tommy shown at Western last Friday night. These films, by Louis Parker, Alexandre Dumas, and J M Barrie, interest students and demonstrate quality cinema.
Inquiries compare two student groups The Forum and The Green Door With varied opinions The Forum is broader and more beneficial in the long run but The Green Door currently attracts more students and yields practical help The Green Door is valued for student turnout while The Forum offers more varied objects and long term benefits
A tenth grader explains figures of speech with simple definitions. The text covers simile personification metaphor iteration and apostrophe in concise terms, noting a simile compares what it isn’t and a metaphor identifies something as itself.
In the W C T U contest at the Methodist church Beulah Beam Meta Bossong and Florence Mosher from the Academy competed Beulah Beam won the silver medal the only prize awarded They advance to Colchester and Bardolph to contest for the silver and then the winners face Schuyler county for a gold medal
The Girls track teams meet on Tuesdays and Wednesdays after school under instructors Louise McDonough, Helen Crawford, Helen Erickson, Matio Standard, and Mildred Breckenmaker. They train hard in hurdles, running, dashes, and jumping for the May era meet.
A list of teachers with confirmed placements includes Mary Wright 7th grade Farmington Cornelia Woods 1st grade Macomb Susie Leftridge 7th grade Boys' School Lake Villa Gladys Turner English Junior High Macomb Olive Reed primary Joy Alma Schemel English Lat in Milton High School Jeanette Terrill mathematics Canton Mary Orwig near Prairie City Nellie Champ Yard school west of Macomb Gladys Bjorkman 4th grade Pekin Mildred Marrs 4th grade Pekin Ruth Lucas Moline Katherine Amlong Keithsburg Ruby Jennings near Avon Katherine Turnbull Milledgeville Isabelle Hartley Lake Geneva Inta Sharp near home Susan Baxter Birmingham Vera Morris University of Chicago next year to study English.
A ninth grade voice laments heat and boredom in study hall on a warm afternoon. He weighs English work against swimming with friends, fantasizes about slipping away after the bell, and imagines escaping the heat by a quick dip and a late attendance check in the corridor.
Alumni are invited to a faculty reception at 6 o clock on Wednesday June 7 in the Museum for the Arts Building followed by a brief Alumni Association meeting and a banquet in the Arta Building cafeteria. The notice also mourns the death of Albert Eads, longtime Normal School supporter and former treasurer from June 6 1907 to July 1 1917.
The seventh and eighth grade class under practice teachers Goldie Kinman and Alta Cory are writing a grammar project. They have produced a very good presentation and enthusiastically continue the work this week in class.
Pupils create definitions and write original sentences to illustrate them while practicing clear speech. Sixth graders prepare an original spring play as Fifth graders study ecography and make manufacturing charts. At the Audubon society meeting a flower and bird play was given in Miss Thompsons room on Wednesday May 17. First graders plant a flower garden.
The preliminaries to decide which girls will represent the school in the Cariige meet were played last week. Olga Schubkegel defeated Gladys Turner and Frances Kelly, and Cora Tuck defeated Minndbel Switzer. In the second round Tuck beat Switzer, and Schubkegel beat Tuck in the final, giving Schubkegel first place and Tuck second.
Last Saturday morning the A A A girls held a breakfast in the woods. Julia Walters Dorothy Lawrence and Marion Black were initiated into the association and required to complete difficult stunts and follow orders for the next week. Each initiate received a purple and gold letter signifying entry.
Monday chapel talk by Mr Cleveland urged students to count their hours. He titled Counting the Change and focused on how eight hours of recreation fit into a day. He urged better division of the remaining sixteen hours between study and sleep.
Friday program by the chapel arts department featured Living Pictures directed by Miss Buckner and Mrs. Strome. Ruth Strome described subjects including Reynolds portraits and works by Miller Breton Lavery and Alexander. Performers Marjorie Simpkins Ruth Currens Olga Schupkegel Vera Hall Eleanor Black Virginia Greer and others presented scenes with orchestra music enhancing the event.
Schedule lists events from Friday June 2 to Thursday June 8 including spring festival Baccalaureate commencement Alumni banquets receptions and a faculty president's reception. Music and chorus events plus a class play and field day appear in the May dates with track meets and dating week activities.
The Coffer-Miller Players return to perform outdoors on June 29 and 30 with three shows Scott's Guy Man nering Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew and Motivo's The Imaginary.
The girls baseball squads led by captains Julia Walters Dena Whitsell Glaydis Turner and Helen Thompson prepare for the counting tournament, aiming to win as they practice and build team cohesion.
The Illinois League of High School Girls Athletic Associations runs a summer camp for Academy members two and a half miles from Petersburg at the Old Salem Chautauqua grounds. The camp borders the Sangamon river with an artificial lake nearby and requires applications by June 1. Fees are 15 dollars total, or 7 dollars at application and 8 dollars on arrival. Representation last summer included Mary Bailey, Mary Louise Russell, and Elizabeth Millsom. more girls are hoped to attend this year. Roseville Wins Grade Meet as Roseville leads with 57 points followed by Vermont 33 and East Peoria 21. The Academy’s Training School did not win, but Dale Pittinger earned 7 points and Richard Mercer 3. Other schools tallying points include Macomb, Bueknell, Western College T S, Colchester, Ferris, Adair, Blandinsville, Good Hope, New Canton, Stronghurst, and Knoxville.
The Athletic Association seeks at least two more courts to relieve after school crowding from four to six. With four courts, a better schedule could ensure players get desired hours, especially as classes run late into August. A rain delay last Friday postponed a scheduled match with Carthage, due to ruined courts and roads. Miss Grote spoke in chapel about Oberammergau 1910, detailing the drama and staging.
A large group of students rushed to the Auditorium at chapel last Wednesday morning to hear a Saxophone Trio from High School named Kenneth Coats, Max Woodworth, and Professor Kenney. After a song by the audience, the trio performed several pieces to widespread satisfaction.
A whimsical diary style notice lists Eddie Hayes seeking a snake charmer position while Dorothy McAvoy is to be taught Ford operation. It mentions renting a rocking chair for Room 31 for Lucy Cadwallader to sleep in English class and asks about Mr Crilly's hem stitching progress. A two year mustache curling job with guaranteed work is offered, plus a call for Wm Pennington observers and a sundry of school activities including biology classes and vanilla ice cream sodas to finish.
State Primary Supervisors held meetings here last Friday and Saturday. The schedule covered planned events and a citywide automobile tour, drawing a well attended audience and active participation.
Friday and Saturday sessions covered remedial teaching, limited training teachers, normal school trained educators, and supervision. Speakers included Vera Shelton Rockford Sarah Imboden Decatur Edna Keith Joliet W P Morgan Cicero W W Lewton and Pearl M Tiley with guests from Peoria Alton Juliet Galesburg Ottawa and Cicero. Luncheon and dinner were hosted at Monroe Hall and the Cafeteria.
The wind wagon was finished late due to experiments. The Doll Show at Ilindis Theater Wednesday night benefited the W A A. Ruth Coffman and Dorathy Robertson featured acts with dancing dolls. Olga Schupkegel displayed dolls wound by a black key. Dolls included Russian Dutch U S Soldiers Sailor Clown Japanese Chinese Swedish Scotch New Quarterly on Student Activities notes.
The play features about 600 actors and a village council, with a Bible character role to be performed at 8 o clock in the morning. It will be staged weekly beginning September at the large Singa world theater, drawing Englie figures and an audience that will witness Anton Lang in the Christ role, similar to 1900. A Chicago trip is noted for May 10 with Foreign News correspondent Flay yy of the Tribune.
The report notes pending results of tennis matches between jp and Western at Hedding, with results to be published in the next issue after games Wednesday and Thursday.
A garbled vintage courier text presents a parade of names and actions with no clear narrative. It reads like spoof dialogue with partial phrases about pole vaults erasers smokes and clocks, lacking coherent events or outcomes.
Fragmented text appears to describe a student praising Miss Corbin as a teacher. It mentions lessons, dictionaries, and guidance, with phrases about preparing a speech and feeling overwhelmed yet helped by instruction. The fragment references a classroom setting and a yearn for wisdom.
Harold Schuppert plans to attend the University of Hin year and Harry Bostick to the San Diego Norm next year. Catherine Hayes and Carl were married at Carthage today. Eleanor Black and Verspect to return to Western. Garnet Douglas plans to be a country schoolteacher in the fall. Donald Grubb exporting medicine at Washington Court, Louis next year. Mr. Peck connected with the Chautauqua circuit. Helen Sherman intends to move to W. 1.8. T. next year.
Saturday events at Monroe Hall featured Miss Edna Keith of Jolie and Miss Honu as hosts. Teachers and students including Mr. Hutsh and Miss Cooper planned June activities while judges evaluated a Lombard Colleg study contest in Augusta.
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