Addison High School - Panther Yearbook (Addison, MI)

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- ,, -11 HKICKED OUT OF COLLEGE Presented by THE SENIOR CLASS sToRY OF THE PLAY busy with inventing a patent air brake and with his various social and athletic activities that he Ends it impossible to go to class. Accordingly he is dropped from thle roll and is kicked out of college. This news is received at the college boarding house when the lads are in the midst of a rehearsal for the annual college play. Bootles' father arrives and is furious to think that his son has wasted his opportunities at college. He threatens to disinherit Bootles, but promises to relen-t if Bootvlefs will marry and- settle down. Sandy McCann, the coach of the dramatic club, is always trying to fix things for his friends. Hle therefore informs Mr. Benbow that X B OOTLES BENBOW, the most popular boy in college, is so Yi Bootles is already married and introduces Bootles' roommate,'Tad Cheseldine, who is the leading lady of the college play, as Bootles' wife. The scheme worlos successfully. Bootles and Tad move tv0'Honey- moon Flatts and live off the fat of the land, entertaining the college boys every night and doing as they please by day. Bootles completes his blue print drawing of his patent air brake and sends it to the Speed M'otor Car Company. In the meantime the supply of money provid-ed by Mr. Benbow is running short. A colored wash-lady, Sala- manca Spivens, calls to collect a bill and discovers the fact that 'the so-called Mrs. Benbow is a man in disguise. She informs th-e police and immediate discovery is prevented only by additional advice from the ever-ready S-andy. Why n'ot introduce another wife? No sooner said than done, and Mll-e. Fleurette, a French costumcr, is introduced as Bootles' wife. She is wife Number Two. A 'suffrage parade is held and Bootles fa-ther and mother arrive to visit him. Both wiv-es appear on the scene at the same time and Mrs. Benbow, Sr., is informed by the faithful Sandy that Bootles has joined the Mormons and has two wives. Bootles' father is not so easily 'taken in. He employs audetfective to search out the truth. This detective is really an absurd Irish police- man, and when he tries to disguise himself as a Freshman he is hazed by the students. At last the truth comes out. Mr. Benbow threatens to disinh-erit his son, but the agent of the Motor Car Company accepts 1921 e?LgZ1Q'6y-zlne

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To anyone who wants to fish it out, -Oram-an leaves the gum that he has had to put in the waste paper basket by the request of the different members ofthe faculty. To Leland Wheaton, Mildred Van Ette-n' leaves her height. To the one best fitted for it, Beulah leave-s her job as ticket seller at the Maryland Theatre. Mary leaves her fondness for red hair to Jo Anderson. John leaves his strong voice to Squeek Gortner. To Grace and Leonard, Fannie and Marian leave their seats bythe pencil Sharpener. They waste so much shoe leather walking 'back and forth to sharpen their pencils and deliver their special delivery com- munications. To Goldie Adams, Paul leaves his talent as an artistic painter. Doc leaves some of his speed to Harold Maloney. We don't know wheth-er Doc is practicing for track -or what, but anyway he is always running. , To Beryl, Cecil l-eaves her six feet eight inches so that Beryl can drop the ball in thle basket in future basketball games. To Curly Babcock, Dick leaves his ability to imitate a chocolate- drop from Coon Town. To some unfortunate student, Mark Erk leaves her natural complex- ion. She feels that she will not need it any more because she can face the world better behind h-er coat of paint. To Rhea Beecher, Dorris Cole leaves hier quiet ways. To Estiell, Merrill leaves his seat by the wastepaper basket so' that he may have the time between bells, in the morning and at noon, to visit with Mildred. VVe hope they will have a wireless by that time. To Rupert Miller, Velma Smith leaves her quiet laugh. All the rest of our property, whatsoever and whleresoever, of what- ever na-ture, kind, an-d quality it may be, and not herein disposed of Cafter paying our debts and fun-eral expensvesj we give and bequeath to our superintendent for this use and benefit absolutely. If he sees fit, he may use the valuable knowledge and startling information we have given him at whatsoever times we may have had written tests and examinations. This is, however, entirely at his discretion. And we do hereby constitute and appoint the 'said superintendent sole 'executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness thereof we, the class of twenty-four, the testors, have to this, our will, set our hand and seal this twenty-ninth day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four. mljvgzzrg

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Booties' air brake and makes him a liberal otTer for it. The faculty reconsiders Bootles' expulsion and he is allowed- to re-enter college. Under the circumstances his father relnts and he wins the hand of Mfiss Jonquil Gray and promises soon to introduce h-er as his third little wife. CAST OF CHARACTERS Bootleg Benbow, a popular Senior ........................................ Merrill De Fay Tad Cheseldin-e, the Colliege Cut-Up ---4------ -------- S YSUICY Shoemaker Leviticus, the Ace of Spades ...............----- ---------- R idiafd Haight Scotch'MlcAllister, a hard student ........ ........ M onier Scott Shorty Long, on the Glee Club ........ ........ E dward Cole Slivers Ma-gee, a happy Junior ....................v..,v....,........,....... Harold Dayt011 Mr. Benjamin J. Benbow, Bootles' father ............................ John HarriS Mr, Sandy McCann, Coach of the Dramatic Club ............ Robert Harper Officer Riley, from -the Emerald Isle ............................ Oraman Babcock Mr. Gears, of the Speed Motor Car Company ............ Hubert Van Camp Jonquil Gray, the little chauffeur ,.....,.................. ................... M argaret Erk Betty Benbow, Bottles' sister ...................................................... Cecile Dunn Mrs, B. J. Benbow, Bootles' mother, a suffrag-ette ............ Mary Harris Ma Baggsby, a popular landlady ...................,.....,.......,..., Dorris Ebbert Mrs. Mehitabel McCann, a jealous wife .........,., ............ M +arian Hoffman Selina M.cC-ann, aged thirteen ...,.................................... Mildned Van Etten Miss Juliet Snobbs, the college stenogirapher ......... ....... F annie Davison Mlle. Mimi Fleurette. a French costumer .......... ......... B eulah Groom Salamanca Spivens, a black wash-lady ...........,........,............... Velma Smith A Suffragette .,........i....,.,.............,.,....,..i.................,....i.....,..,............ Dorris Cole Students ......,..... ..,.... P aul Thompson, Harmon Young '23 '33 '33 AS YOU LIKE IT To the preacher, life's a s-ermon, To the man upon the engine, To th.e joker, it's a jest: Life's a long and heavy grade: To the miser, life is mon-ey, It's a gamble -to the gambler: To th-e loafer, life is rest: To the merchant, life is trade. To the lawyer, life s a trial, Life is but one long vacation To the poet, life's a song: To the man wh-o loves work: To the doctor, life's ia patient Life's an everlasting effort Who needs treatment right along. To shun duty, to the shirk. To the soldier, life's a battle, Life is what we try to make it, To the teacher, life's a school: Brother, what is life to you? Life's a good thing to the grafter, -E. S. Kiser, in It is failure to the fool. The Craftsman. 192110 cgzzfzfy- fum