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

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Many great squaws dwell among us, Winsome, smiling with much knowledge, First among these comes Squaw Axten, With Haxen hair like heap big dolly, With blue eyes like skies of summer, With the soft sound when she speaks. Takes the Chief's place in Assembly, When from our midst he travels. Reprimands the squaws and warriors When they linger in the hallways. Makes the fair squaws and young braves Search the book of the Great Spirit, All the dictionaries and great volumes, Looking for the derivation Of some word and for its meaning. Makes them point out all the figures, Etymology, Rhetoric and the Syntax. If they whisper, makes them linger Till the Sun God has rested long, Or if they're bad in classes, Makes them work till they no like it. Yet we love our dear Squaw Axten. Next to her is learned Squaw Joy. She has longest been among us, And has studied from her childhood, All the wonders of the heavens, All the happenings great and small Which occurred in the moons before us, In the time called pre-historic. Shares her knowledge to all students Who desire to know heap much more. Also teaches other students Of the speeches made by Vergil When in the heat of anger Of the tongue-fights he is famous. Often does the sun come up and go down, 'Ere her students have ceased working On the never-ending compounds, On the sentences and long verbs That are found in his speeches. Love we all our great Squaw Joy. Then comes Thomson, sweet and laughing, With the smile like bright sunshineg But four moons since she to please us Came to teach the squaws and warriors I-low to fight Math, our greatest foeman. Makes them hand in notebooks monthly, Makes us all work like madmeng Drawing lines and making circles Which should meet in certain places. Let some who have yet small knowledge

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Song of Hiawatha. All ye classmates, all ye schoolmates, All ye of the tribe of old Adelians, Every squaw and every warrior, ' Gather round the camp fire's circle, And your minds from books dismissing, l..ist the story of our Chieftain, This, the song of Hiawatha. vs as as First, the chief of all the chieftains, Lincleman, mightiest of the great ones, Always leader on the war path, Always speaker in Assembly. How the young squaws and young warriors Groan within themselves, some out loud, When forward he advances To the full light of the campfire. Tells them of their many evils, Of the numerous rules they've brokeng And to break up the bad feelings Tells some funny That reminds me. He it is who has traveled greatly, Visited all the tribes for miles round, Shows us pictures from a lantern Of the numerous ways and customs ' Practiced by the people far off. But love we all Chief Lindeman, Our Prof., the mighty warrior. Next is Fowler, mighty Chieftain, Seldom smiling, always sober. Who but lately left his people, Left his tribe and old hunting grounds: Came to teach all the young braves How to tackle, how to run fast, I-low to jump high, how to strike last. Makes them live on meal and bear meat Will not let them eat the sweet roots, When the squaws do tempt them so. 'Thus it is they win OJ the battles, When they meet with other tribesmen. Also teaches the new tribesmen, Freshies they are well known as, How the Sun God, when he's well pleased, Smiles and shines his light upon us. To the older tribesmen of the great tribe, Teaches how to fit the arrow, l-low to carve the bow from hickory, l-low to make the arrow straighter, When and where to pull the bowstring. Surely he is a Great Chieftain.

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Play with A B Cs and numbers, Makes them take and give and borrow, When they play with such small triflesg I So that they rray gain much knowledge, Which will let them buy at bargains. fsmallj yet great is our Squaw Thomson Then is Acly, always smiling, With the hair like danger signals, Who but lately for our pleasure, Left her home and well-known people, Left her heart there for safe keeping, C50 the young braves have discovered., Came to teach us as Squaw Joy, Of the language dead and gone long, How friend Caesar made his marches, How he made his marvelous speeches, l-low and where constructed bridges, When and how he pitched his wigwam. She it is who makes the tribesmen Work and labor like the convicts, Giving all the derivations Of the long and lengthy adverbs, Learning all the conjugations Of the indeclinable adjectives. Thus the students falwaysl working Under mighty supervision, Have twice doubled their mental knowledge UD Till the Chief of all the Chieftains l-las expressed surprised opinion. But we love our dear Squaw Ady. Now comes Newcomb, always cheerful, Almost last, but least by no means, Thirteen cubits stands she skyward, Wears a belt of rarest Wampum, And this belt is just two cubits. Teaches squaws of the older classmen How to bake the bear meat browner, I-low to mix the meal more finely, When to stir the milk and honey, How to cook to please the warriors, Of the sweet roots, which are sweetest. Of the bitter, which is bitterest, Of the hot ones, which are hottest, How to mix them all together, Making food which tastes like bubbles, Which will please the chieftains greatly. Surely we love our magna Squaw Newcomb.