Auxvasse High School - Saber Tooth Yearbook (Auxvasse, MO)

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THEM GOOD OLD DAYS C a ballad 7 I I rode the range, when I was young From Kansas! grassy plains To desert flats of Arizona, Where it hardly ever rainsg Drove trail herds up from Texas In the 8O's and before, But things ain't like they used to They'l1 never be no more. I shorely was some reckless guy, In my younger days, Could shoot a gun with either hand A dozen different waysg I had the bad men'buffaloed- Had 'em bluffed, for shore- Naw,things ain't like they used to They'll never be no more. Me and Murphy,of the Brazos, Went to town one day' And loaded up on liker, In the good old-fassioned wayg We plum broke up two dances- y Put the dancers off the floor. Nope, things ain't like they used They'll never be no more. Nowadays folks won't believe Some of the things I did - When I run around with Billy, That wild and woolly Kidg ' Why,we broke the jail at Iincoln, Shot-two deputies at the door- things ain't like they used Shucks, They'll never be no more. Yep,I surely was a had one, In a rougher,tougher day, Only one that had 'em skear't, The gunmen used to sayg If a hombre tried to pull a gun, I'd lay him on the floor, No, things ain't like they used to They'll never be no more. The woolly west has got effete, It makes me sore to think That nowadays a guy can't buy Hisself a decent drinkg So all I can do is sit and sigh For the good old days of yoro, 'Cause I ain't young like I used t I'll never be no more. -R.V.Gilbert. be, 9 be, to be, o be, t be, o be,

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. Which TO Choose The clock had just struck onegbut Mildred Wilson was still sitting up in be d reading,or at least she had been reading. Her mind was now dwelling on Tom Harding and Clay Christian.Each wanted her to marry him but how could she when she couldn't make up her mind which one if either she really loved.Last'night she had been out with Tom.He was about twenty fiveytall slender,had and dark'blue eyes,wealthy but spoiled muscular,had coal black hair and eyes. the country into the city and made his position he now held as vice president banks of Chicago. - -blond curly hair, Clay was tall .He had come from own way to the of one of the large Oh-wellQwhy let it bother her now,so turning off the light,she was soon lost in sleep. Two weeks later as Mildred descended the stairs of Wakefield,a hush came upon the dinner guests assembled in the hall.She was alone on the stairway,and back of her on the landing hung a rug of deep purple which set off the gold of her lace gown and beautiful red hair.Some one in the crowd murmured Wwhat a beautiful wife she will make Tom and what a lovely hostess she would be here at Wakefield Tom,standing near,heard but said nothing. Later that night as Tom was taking Mildred back to her apartment,he told her of what he had heard.WAnd don't you think you would make a lovely hostess for Wakefield? WIS that all you want me for? To use me as another piece of decoration to go in your home?W asked Mildred. ' Tom stopped the car,took her in his armsgand said,WYou know that isn't all I want you for. Mildred,you've got to marry me. Ican't go on this way forever? Mildred held her breath as she looked up into those dark searching eyes. Could she marry him?Yes,she believed she could. The next morning as Mildred ate her breakfast the maid YT brought in the morning paper.As was her habit,Mildred read as she ate.Her world seemed to reel around her as she saw the headlines,UClay Christian seriously injured in an auto- mobile wreckU Surely he wasn't hurt very badly,he couldn't be,beeause she loved him! It had been he all the time whom she had loved,but it had taken this to make her realize the fact. After spending half an hour in the slowest taxi in Chicago she got to the hospital.She asked a nurse if she could see Mr Christian.The nurse looked her overyseemed to read her thoughts,and saidUyes,you may see htm a few minutes? Could that still white figure be Clay?Her Clay? Without realizing what she was doing,she had spoken out loud.He opened his eyes and she had to bend over to hear what he was-saying.UDid you say I was your Clay?U She had time to sayUyesH,before the nurse came in and lead her away.As she left the hospital she happened to think of her promise to Tom. Oh well,she guessed he would live through it.

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Latin in One Breath Daeder than the Dead Sea,drier than the Saharagand -- thats my conception of Latin. It is no wonder that Latin became a dead language. Look at its effect on the Romans,and look at its effect on the poor Latin student of today. Why,that language is so pass'e it is funny. ' The only reason Caesar was great was that he did not live in Rome all of his short life. The Greeks adopted some of the ideas of the Romans ,but when they sniffed their lingo,they soon returned to their headquarters in a hurried re-migration It is a seditious libel to teach such an unearthly tonguel A language is often refered to as antongueU HDanU Webster describes Utonguen as a point or long narrow strip of land projecting into a body of water. The only thing wrong with that is that it dosen't project far enough into the water. Latin caused the death of Latium,and the people didn't sentence the death of the language until the seventeenth century,at which time they were becoming more intelligent. How that the world is three centuries more educated the people use Latin.iThis is the reason that I believe that I was born eight centuries too sooni. Some people laugh because the Chinese read backwards. Did they ever stop to think new Latin is read? no: That shows you how people think. nGee whiz!W Everything has a beginning and And in the an end. Why should Latin be an exception. face of all that,then,why is it that we all study Latin,and --- enjoy it?