Creston High School - Crest Yearbook (Creston, IA)
- Class of 1918
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Page 38 text:
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Svnlrlnqmvz Gllzum uf IH
THOSF FIRST DAX S
Wheys' the hrst day ln the new school' The ether boys are alrerdy thcre to greet
m Well I must hurry I hope rt s not a threshrng that I m rn for I erhxps I d better
neak around the back of the IJUlldlIlg," No I Il go ln the front door for I dont know
any other w ay ln anyhow Now for 1 brayc fxce I dont see w hy they should be going
to be at up a poor fellow lrke me anyway just because rt s my hr t du xt school humph'
So that s Soph out there blocklng the wav' All right come on old fellow
Wlro d be afraid of you3 ust think you re eyerythrm, that s all there IS to you Oy
then hut me ln the back Say I dont call that a very cordnl greetxng It felt more lrtte
a snnk than r pat ht call me nby you5 l v W u ue ld t
see Pardon me X es I II forgne you thrs tlme of course
w ouch' Say ay what was that3 Oh a unlor and benlor I s
What s the matter wrth you two amw ay je1lous3 If that s the case you mu haye this
fools companlonshlp X ou dont want3 What do you w rnt then3 I havent spoken
vet3 That s tru I havent I we just been formmg my opmlons of you
truth that I must be gomg rn No no thank you I dont need your guldrnce N
really I can find my w ay alone I yes I ll see you some other tlme Co d bye
Chapel' o that s what they call rt Ihls IS 1 pretty large room assembly they
call lt3 X e I belleye that s lt Rather nlce up here peaceful At lea t I don t bellue
that those fellows wrll hurt me no there s no danger
Guess I ll look at the platform Why all the teache s are smrlmg at me I wonder
rf they thunk I m handsome3 Guess I ll stralghten mv tle Oh my hair s all ruffled up
No I guess lts all rrght II hey seem to thunk that I m all rrght Why gee whlz Im
the biggest boy In the school' Dont care lf I do make the other fellows jealous Id
just as soon get even somehow Well lt s oyer now for the real work
It s qurte a whrle smce I started rn the school X es I must agree that Im much
better acquamted now I really belreye that I llke the other boys lots better all bu
Soph I can compete with the others but he never ranks anywhere except on the
d lmquent llst Say really now I am lad that I ranked so hugh and dldn t get a lot of
black marks like Soph drd I wouldn t even be satrsfied w 1th unrors record
Ho-hum let s see what colors shall I wear3 I ll take Green and Wlrlte and Ill
wear them w heneyer I have the opportunity I ll try to make those colors stand for some
thlng too'
Oh yes here come those fellows agarn Every trme I take some goodres out some
where and settle down for a httle party w1th myself along they come Well I suppose I
must entertain them
March the twentreth for rs lt the twenty first of March mneteen slxteen I hear
some nolse outside sounds like a baby crying along w 1th a steam whistle along mth
well I ll go out and see what s up Well what do vou call that5 Well that IS too Ind
Soph and Semors have their old necktles caught on the flag pole and they re out there
fusslng about rt Well well such demonstrations I we heard of ldlocy and neryous dls
ease of different sorts before but I didnt know that was lrke this Ch be calm well
get those colors down for you Restored at last and peaceful' It does beat all how
some people can fuss about trrfles
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Page 39 text:
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One year over and another Commenced' Im the Soph nov I must strive to
raise the r1ame above the mire in which tI1e former hoph I ft it II It 1che1s IdY9
already expressed tI1e1r desires for my domv so
1 so here comes the nevv I reshman' C r e11I11 id' I2 1I1yI Don I ven Icnovv t1e
vv 1y to your seats do youi Here I ll shovs you WI1y I it 1 1 vou ilvlllf., I1
1 11t I1u1t you nt s notiing ou SIOU 1 ve e ll vvhat ot v ou
0 n t be aIr11d after vu r.,ct 1cqu11nted youll s tl t 1 1 11ttv LII 1II1u1
un111r' Iovv mucI1 tI11t vvoid me ins novv ic I vs u1I I 1 vv n
oo I1acIc to this vcar bo much I1 IQ I1 xppencd since I ruled Ill lift 5 I1 0 Illl
h1ven t even had time to thinlc things over
or one thing I must sav that my school QJICCI 0 I1r I11 Iecn 1 uec
m 1y not have been perfect III many vv ays but I can 1t 11 t I11 1 to IJ perI11t1on I hen
too measuring mvself bv the method most commonlv ll 1d 1 1 Ill v 1 cll C1 I it tI11t I
just as good a tI1e best OI them X es is KQUI 111v 11I 111v COIIIKIH
raries iave equated them for vv as not mv vvorlc 1111 tI11 Ioothall I1 ld Ol 1111 the IJ ISKI I
0 school last year dcmonstr1te my abilities therel X d then a I1r mv IIJIIJIIIIIIN
deelamation could I not feel justlv pioud vvhen tI1e iesult ol rh COIIIPI vverc re 1d I1oth
in t is year and in my Freshman vear3 Be 1de v I1o c Il xv tI1at I I1 1ve IIOI done mv
part in Clee Club vvorlc OI in any other I11ncI ol v orlc v I11c I1 I I11v1 IIICIHPUCID It occurs
to me novv that anybody or xnvthmg tI1at is equal to IIIK I11 t Ill e1c I1 v 1v 1 1IIv 1 tI11 JFQI
in every vv ay ut 110 there is o11e thinv tI1at I must 11ol It Ill t 1 t I11 v
et somehovv I cannot Iceep from Ieelinf tI11t for s11111 It 1 ll 111111 IJ I11v1d Co OIQ
o mine the Grefn and Xvhlte may ever I1e re p11l1d It 1111 c ll v1I1o n av
come to this dear old school tI1at they m1v I1e I1o11o1ed IJ IU 1 111 NIITISIIIIIIY v 1111 I1 thev
have stood for vvhen the class vv high Illey rep1e e11t vv 1 111 att1nd111ce her1 homething
perhaps vvhich pertains to that great chool spirit vvI11cI1 I have developed he1e that
spirit vvhich drovv ned all antagoni m tovvaids my scl oolmat vvhcn vvc tr1un1pI1ed tofethei
over a vvell Iouvht held
bo vv hen my last school days have pw s1d and I 1m out Ill rho vvo1Id doinf mv I11t a
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I1nov1 s all Ioolc baclc to these d1vs in High 5 IIOOI 1 tI1 one v Illcll I11ve been t1e
most humorous the most pleasant and the most 0Io11ou ol III 111v I1Ie
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