Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES AUTUMN MARY PHFLAN 19 7 rw cv, 7 E sat alone 1n the tw1l1ght Grandmother and I The ? only llght 1n the large l1v1ng room was thrown out from the old fash1oned fireplace Queer shadows Y flxckermg here and there made more uncanny the R -as f cracklxng and falhng of the glowmg embers We had ci-If 1-A sat 1n s11ence for oh' so long a t1me The dull sound of the leaves fallmg and now and then a low mumbl 1ng of the w1nd SWC8p1Dg the leaves along made us feel glad for a little warmth wxthm We both gazed 1nto the fire then I broke the sxlence Tell me Grandmother wh1ch 1S your fa.vor1te season? Lost 1n reverxe for a moment she d1d not answer and I qu1etly sa1d M1ne IS the Sprxng And why the Spring? Because I answered then l1fe seems to begm the b1rds smg anew the t1ny blades of grass peep through and oh' everythmg IS just bubbhng over It seems the lxttle rob1n w11l burst hlS throat w1th song The card1nal calls and all the world crxes Spnng Is Here Ah yes she answered IIS sprmg for then the heart IS young but all through my l1fe I have loved the autumn the tlme It 1S now Then nature IS preparmg to settle down and rest You see my dear I am 1n the autumn of l1fe Wlth the sweet memory of the sprxng Tell me I Sald why you l1ke the t1me when as the poet sa1d The melancholy days are come The saddest of the years No my ch1ld she answered not the saddest but the sweetest They are the days when the sunsets are the finest makxng us remember the hand of H1m who IS master of all And then the woods IS full of wonders' Each leaf IS a del1ght to the eye The orchards are hangmg w1th fruxt the fields are splashed w1th yellow pumpkins the nuts are 1n the woods the squ1rrels are busy and fr1sk1ng and the b1rds do not forget to sxng I remember the sweetest song I ever heard was a cardz nal s love song and yes' It was 1n the autumn Then the joy of the well f1lled cellar' The wlnter supply arranged on the good roomy shelves the b1ns of potatoes red and yellow apples squashes and sweet potatoes all snugly fixed for wmter' And so my dear each season has 1ts own wonders I . , . fi ...4 Ii. 1 ' 1 E L . . . . - N ' o 0 T 1 . l - .. .1 I ' I , ,. , , fl Q 1 1 3, , : . . . 9,55 1 I Q . . . ' - , Z .. . . . ,, 1 1 ' . 11 . . . ,, , . sl . ,, ss ,, 11 . . . . 1 I 1 1 1 ' . . 1 . , H , . ll ,, ss, - - . 1 1 1 ' , . ' U I . . . . ,, , . u ,, . 11 . . . 1 1 1 K 1 1 I1 H . ,, ss 1 1 1 ' 9 1 1 1 , - , . . ll n Q a 1 1 1 , . ll ' 11 I I '

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES the ch1mney howled the accusatlon My nerves were gone I slept only to dream of gallows and of graves W1th shakmg nerves and blood shot eyes crmgmg at the sound of a voxce I tr1ed to drown my sorrows rn hquor Stmll ln my drunken tits I could see the fingers of the dead man pomtmg at me and could hear hxm say Frxend betrayer mur derer fiend' DESERTED ANNA McK1rrR1cK 17 MQWM HE old frame structure weather beaten and dxlapxdated stands alone IH a deserted farm yard The w1nd has .J IAN 12 Q Q: - , - 1 , e i. ' L ? played havoc with the shattered shingles of the slop- , f ing roof. Rusty hmges loosely attach several broken, X P: ,fm X . . . ' My Q' fl - I d a I I unpalnted shutters to the crumbly sldes of w1ndows Boards are here and there worm eaten and decayed Weeds ID the neglected yard are so h1gh as to almost shut off the v1ew of the house A sohtary owl rests upon the frayed doorstep and lends xts mournful cry to 1ntens1fy the dreary lonelmess of the place The home once hvened by happ1ness and cheer 1S now sadly d1smal1y deserted DRQUGHT EMILY HITCH 17 HE quxet country road sleeps laz1ly through the summer day Not a breath of amr shrs the dr1ed leaves on the trees Through the stxll atmosphere comes only the monotonous drone of bees or the subdued call of a smgle bxrd as xt H165 across the expanse of blue sky The sun beats down on everythmg steadxly and merc1lessly The road lS ttuckly carpeted wxth dust whxch has spread from passmg vehxcles over the waysnde plants and flowers These are thickly populated w1th grasshoppers whxch when they jump from stalk to stalk send down a mxnxature shower of dust

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES PNA' X rf 3, ,411 ff 61 KQ Z QNX- gl' 3 41? llflglllll, j 4 1 V 1 we if f,5,,fnw1,5pl ,L X Q ,L K is fans '-iii: The Faculty The new scholastxc term has produced a faculty mn whxch many new members appear From that of last year there remaln Superxn tendant F A Welch Pr1nc1palJ W F1Sh M1ss Glenn Ogden M1ss O11ve Terrxll M1ss V1nn1e Garret M1ss Selma Stempel M1ss Leonora Carr M1ss Helen Jones and Mxss Ella Bower The new members are M1ss Hazel Hess1nger M1ss Gertrude Whltmore M1ss Zeola Barge Mr P L Brownell Mr J A Kempkes and Mr C W Weeks M1ss Barge xnstructor m Enghsh obtaxned her A B degree at Drake Umverslty Her last engagement was at Sanborn Iowa. M1ss Hesslnger whose specxalty xs Latm IS an honor graduate of Wnttenberg College She comes here from Denmark Academy where she taught Latm and German M1ss Whxtmore who serves as mathernatlcs teacher was last em ployed 1n Wxnfield Iowa as pr1nc1pal She 15 a graduate of Parsons College Fa1rHeld Mr Brownell Manual Trammg teacher graduated from Gr1nnell nn 1913 He was formerly pr1nc1pal ID Chafin N D Mr Kempkes who pres1des 1n our perfectly equxpped labora tory and also does hxs best to br1ng out a. wlnnmg football team, recelved h1s d1ploma at Iowa C1ty Last year he used hxs coachlng ab1l1t1es ln Columbus Junchon Prof Weeks, the new musxcal chrector, needs no 1ntroduct1on Though he has res1ded 1n the cxty a comparatxvely short txme, he has 14 V f' :7f'l'!- 'S - . f:i,:'N 'S f ,, M-13' 5 A w . Y f 'iifrf' J 11 L I Ulm' A 'if-fi. 'ff 'I ' ' '5 5 lil f '1a?'if'l' ff . 4 I i ff' 1 ,A 2 , :Upi,.,LC, ,rf .I , Y I . , A , .QEJUA , .l ,c -: aff f fl l ' ffiuf:f1f '1f L N . 1, X U . X A - lk,- gf lv , fb, l 4 e , . K za J ww A I , 1 -I l lfllll ., ' ,I+ iam eff pall ' , My l, ll Wow A , uf uf HQ gg . ' 1 - I ' I A , 1 . I , x .1 Ii ,.. V.. AN, i.c, ,,Q,, .yloi-ff I NJ, 2.1,-U. ,,j,,I:, ' 1 :L 'fgw rrpnm lm I m il 4' -ZZ- -A ar 1 -:F Mzllw- Www Ar' Retail' I . I ,. , ' '1Q ' '?'ifU324 - . ,:. k I .-5. -, -F-.tu-wi f. Eg. .Y m ymvtg ,- . ' , . . . . . ' . , . . . v . . . , . V . , . , . . 1 . ' . . I . 1 . . . 1 . ' I . , . . . , . . . 1 . . . v . y - . . . . . , 1 C ' ' , . ' I Y . ' I 1 - . 1 U I a a fi n ,, . , -