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I S IIENIINDIIR IIPGD Slll IlI'D 5 III CAUGHT IN THE ACT Just as the hands of the hall clock stood at the hour of midnight, a key turned silently in the lock, and a heavy door was slowly pushed open. Into the dark of the hall slipped a man. With quick, noisless, steps he passed through the darkened rooms until he came to one farthest to the rear. En- tering, he firmly but quietly closed the door behind him. He groped over the walls for a button, and finding it, snapped on the lights. After a hurried glance around the room, he pulled the blinds, and cross- ing swiftly to the far side of the room, swung open the massive door of a cabinet standing against the wall. Into its interior he thrust a hand. An ex- pression of disappointment crossed his countanence. At that moment a dull thud broke the silence as if some heavy body had fallen to the floor. As he slowly withdrew his hand, he discovered that his fingers were stain- ed with red. Shifting his glance from his hand to the floor of the cabinet, his startled eyes beheld the source of the red stain. A silent form lay there. A slowly increasing pool of red gathered about it. The man strove to turn his eyes from the sight. Suddenly he jumped up from his crouching position in front of the cabinet, as a woman arrayed in white entered the room. Slowly the woman spoke, John, what are you doing in the refrigera- tor at this time of night, and how in the world did that bottle of catsup get upset? 4 f X - 5 F 7,9 if 4 j p --Shirrell Richey , i,wLl1HQULfQ, 1 l,,, , r LO T5 He rushed madly back and forth cross th room, pulling first this drawer out and then that one, throwing ents to the floor. Where could it be? He wrung his hands nervously, perspiraton covered his face. He looked wildy under the table and then turned despairingly away. How could he be so careless! He knew that he would be held responsible. He sank down into a chair only to spring up the next moment with a smile on his face. Ha! He would fool them, at last he remembered. Hurriedly he dashed into the next room and looked on a shelf. There it was! He seized the elusive brush and began brushing the small particles of steel wool which had clung to his R. O. T. C. belt when he had been polishing the metal on it. l15l
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! S IIEN IIIGDIIR IIPQID Slll IIPLD 5 III THE SNOWMAN Once made and placed by careful hands, Out on the snow-covered lawn he stands, And as the sun shines day by day He becomes smaller and smaller and melts away. So it is with us people who may, As We know, have only a limited stay, We should be cheery and smile at our foes, And make the best of all that comes and goes. -Edward Findlay IMPRESSIONS OF A CONCERT AS SEEN FROM THE BALCONY The orchestra quickens and moves, The colossal audience lulls Like a flock of murmuring doves. A whispering of strings, It begins! First the overture starts As the curtain quivers and parts On the dwarfed figure of a man, As he stands, Violin in hand, Ready to voyage to the land Of the most perfect of beauty. The house is tense, The quiet dense, When, lo! Pouring out and up From above and below Come the notes, like drops of April rain, The silvery chords echo, are gone-to return again, And We hear the wind complain In the pineg The bird on the vine Pours forth his song soft and flutey. The instrument sobs and croons And howls, like the dog at the moon. The Artist swaysg His bow bends and frays As higher and higher the swell Of tone, like the song of a bell Pours forth in the darkened room To be lost in the gloom. 'Tis the end. Then a pause- A burst of applause- A tribute to the master of beauty. -Mary Ann Duke l 14 l
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X SIlENlII1IDIIRIIP4DSlIl Illlllilllln N CLASS HISTORY Our first year in High School was entirely different from that of any other class in the school's history. Everyone, teacher and student alike, was a freshman. Even the upper classmen blundered into the wrong rooms or were likely to forget the location of the gym. We were the only real Washingtonians enrolled. The class of '31 had no interest in any school colors but purple and white, in any school song but We're Loyal to You, Washing- ton , in any football team but the Continentals. The upper classmen, however, had had connections with Manual, Shortridge, or Tech. Instead of choosing our organizations, we of '31 helped to create them. In place of being asked to join the Civic Quest or Science Club we aided in writing their constitutions and shaping their programs. Our first year passed uneventfully, as freshman years are wont to do, but in the soph- omore year, six members of our class, Raymond Martin, Edward Hubbard, Harry Sanders, Garland Burris, Worth Pullen, and Emil Unser, were on the football team, and one of them, Emil Unser, was givena Purdue Alumni Award. Marion Ratcliff received her seventh John Herron Art Institute Scholarship. - - During the winter both boys and girls of our class played basketball. Of the girls, Hazel Jones, Louise Kauffman, Mary Moorman, Ernestine Neal, Helen Peters, and Neva Wright won awards. Marcella Beaman, Shirrell Richey, Maxine Hart, Eunice Vestal, Helen Kunkel, Karl Stevens, Mary Rocap, Elizabeth Wimer, and Doris Poteet Wereon the Surveyor staff. In the spring, Marshall Smith won third prize in his division in the State Latin Con- test, while Virginia Miller won the discussion contest held at school. On Honor Day,the class '31 was well represented. We had the following honor roll pupils: Ray Allen, Corinne Gingery, Irene Gross, Nell Hollingsworth, Robert Jacobs, Helen Kunkel, Jack Loudermilk, Hazel Jones, Bernice McPeek, Helen Marolt, Muriel Melvin, Ralph Mid- daugh, Virginia Miller, Lillian Montenegro, Emma Perkins, Marshall Smith, Doris Poteet, Emil Unser, Elizabeth Wimer, and Anna Wolf. As a special honor, Emil Unser, who with Garland Burris had received a block W , was given a placque by the George Washington Club for being the most valuable man on the football team. Then came our Junior year. Time passed quickly. Well represented on the football team by Ralph Middaugh, Harry Oliver, Herbert Land, Raymond Martin, Worth Pullen, Emil Unser, Frank Luzar, Garland Burris, Ishmael Lawlis, and 'Norman Parnell, we followed the schedule with great interest. We considered it a great honor to have one of the players, Emil Unser, as captain. At the State Fair, Washington won first prize for her art exhibition which John Blankenship, Carl Yorger, Emil Unser, Doris Poteet, and Marion Ratcliff had helped to prepare. Hazel Jones and Marion Ratcliff were awarded scholarships to the John Herron Art Institute. Muriel Melvin and Virginia Miller were elected R. O. T. C. sponsors. Karl Stevens, Harry Sanders, Shirrell Richey, Lawrence Leonard, and Donald Baldwin received commissions while, Clarence Neilson was chosen drum major. In the play given to mark the school's second birthday, Edward Hubbard, Louis Fullen, and Ray Allen, had leading roles. Marcella Beaman, Helen Kunkel, and Marshall Smith, were on the Sur- veyor staff. At Thanksgiving time, as Juniors, we sponsored a campaign for baskets for needy families. We also shared in the, basketball honors and supported our classmates, John Blankenship, Harry Sanders, Clarence Hogue, Harry Lewis, and Worth Pullen, loyal- ly. 'In the state Latin contest, Marshall Smith and Virginia Miller received first prizes. We starred in athletics, having Harry Lewis, John Blankenship, Garland Burris, Worth Pullen, Raymond Martin, Ralph Middaugh, Ishmael Lawlis,and Herbert Land on the baseball team, and Anthony Smith, Casper Cox, John Turk, John Erlick, Loren Duif, Frank Luzar, Paul Fischer, and Emil Unser in track. On honor day, Lawrence Leonard was awarded a medal for being the best cadet in the military department, while Marshall Smith and Virginia fContinued on page 42.7 l16l
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