Adel High School - Scarlet and Black Yearbook (Adel, IA)

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I-lark, the class bells call! Miss Ady Wakens from her reverie, ' Looks to see if someone's whispering, Writes a nameg each thinks That's me! Soon the classes march in quickly, Then Miss Axten takes the stage, From the desk picks up the tablet, Glances down the fateful page: As she reads the list of culprits Who have not been doing right, Sighs escape from high school members Whom she says must stay tonight. There is Darwin. Myrtle, Alma, Irene, Golda, Ward, Chrystelle, Cleta, Mary, Lena, Beatrice, Rodolph, Hazel, Mary, Nelle. Clarence. Millie. Merle. Marcella, There's Fred, Harold and Leone- When at last the list is ended All emit a wrathful groan, But Miss Axten says, I want this Groaning all subdued here, quite. School's dismissed, and I want also All these to stay in tonight. L

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Cleta's one we all remember' In this class just before noon, For she tells us that Athenians Were suspicious of the moong And another that we'll not miss Is our sweet-faced Nellie Knoli, Who is always bright and merry, And whose name we all extol. Irene Black has grievous trouble Keeping up her notebooks trite, And she wonders if for whispering She will have to stay at night. Farther down the roll comes Lena, And her sister, Golda, too,- There is nothing in our textbooks That these two can fail to do. Next comes Bea, our missionary, Who will make fine Figi' stew, Who converts I. 0. U. Hfs 'Til they're Christians through For geometry in Room One When we don't draw figures right, Miss Thompson tells us sternly To stay in with her at night. Hazel, who made loveiy tatting With that pretty orange' cord That we used for making circles. and throng When we drew them on the board: Millie, goirg to the blackboard With an autocratic air, As she reads her proposition. With the pointer streaks the air. Harold, with his ruler fumbling As he tries the book to cite. Wonders if Miss Thompson'll make Stay a while with her at night. Mary Merryman, our brunette, Just can't get geometry, And the wav to solve her problem is one thing she cannot see: Clarence has a nice grade record That few can, if any. beat, But his very greatest failing Is in tipping back his seat, Ceometry's Myrtle's hobby. , And she turns with sudden fright When she sees the teacher writing Down her name to stay at night. hin:

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IPL I had my hair combed, my shoes blacked and could sit still, I would give the impression of being a strong man. Fred Weidner. My piano of speech was not out of tune, I might be able to sing. Leone Barngrover. My size was in proportion to my wisdom, wouldn't I be big? Marcella Lindeman. I study Caesar as hard as I chew my gum, I may astonish Miss Ady with a good lesson. Alma Anderson. The teachers would call on me more, I would get more practice in elocution. Millie Houston. Painting was taught in school, I would get more ideas in color schemes for mv clothes. Myrtle Mcwhinney. I would go out into the back yard and practice yelling, I might be able to make Mrs. Joy hear me in class occasionally. Lena Reeves. Donald wasn't so tall and I wasn't so short, we would be nearer the same size. Hazel Ulery. Caesar couldn't construct complex, compound sentence conro'tions, I don't know who could. Beatrice Miller. I didn't think someone was looking at me all the time, I could make a better recitation. Myrtle James. I'm not the most stylish young lady in high school. somebody's wrong. Cleta Harmon. I had a girl I would be in my seventh heaven of delifzht, Rodolph Valentine. I wasn't so slow, I would be faster. Harold Long. The teachers knew how much I dislike a front seat, they wouldn't persist in me occupying one all the time. Darwin Hubbard. Im' not a wise and witty child, who is? Merle Chance. Well wasn't in the English language, how could I recite? Ward Miller. It doesn't make me mad for someone to criticise my theme, when there is nothing wrong with it. Irene Black. I could understand my geometry, somehow. I would be glad. Mabel Cooke. Ninety-eight is a good grade, a IOO is better, so her'-'s where I work harder to get a IOO. Clarence Van Fossen. ,Toy and duty clash let duty go 'to smash. Mary Merryman. Une curl is becoming, then several curls must be most be-omi-W. Mary Harsh. I didn't live in the country, I wouldn't have any topics for mv themes. Nellie Knoll. It wasn't for rry golden curls, I wouldn't be called Goldielrrlcs. Golda Reeves. You do not think I am the quietest Sophomore. I will write you a lecture on the subject. Christelle Harsh. We're not the smartest class that ever went to Adel High School, we missed our guess. The Sophomores.