Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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when h1s fellow plcnlckers coaxed Peter to go 1n wadmg Wlth a shlver at h1s own darlng he waded IH unt1l the water was above h1s knees Peter IH h1s self 3Cll'l'l1I'dt10ll could have forglven h1mself thls crlme but the one that follow ed he trled to explate wlth hours ot prayer and davs of self de n1al for after wtdlng Peter was 1nve1gled 1nto drmkmg a bottle of pop Th1s 1n 1tself was not so bad for as Peter argued one cannot flght wlck edness wlthout knowmg what It IS The trouble was that Peter llked the first bottle and drank more whence clme the grlet Py the tlme Peter reached h1s Jumor Ve lr the boys had glven up cor ruptmg h1s mol tls and left hum strlctly to hlmself wh1ch rlther seemed to please Peter Not bemg bothered by the bunch comlng by fo1 h1m aftel supper on then way to the movles he was able to resume h1s stud es The only thmg that mterested Icter bcsldes h1s school studles was church work md the only thmg to wh1ch he would not apply hls sclence was the I1ble You mav wonder at Peter bemg so learned when onlv a Junlor 1n Hlgh School I would hke to say by way of explanat1on that h1s regular studles occupled only a small part of h1s study hours for he was able to concentrate h1s m1nd so perfectly that h1s work was accompllshed NV1th ease and he had a number of le1sure hours for outslde readlng Tlme rolled on unt1l Peter entered h1s Senlor year He was young but had assumed the stoop1ng galt and abstracted peermg expresslon chalac ter1st1c of deep thmklng scholars There was not a doubt that Peter would be valedxctorlan of h1s class Indeed he nearly attamed more honors for haue taken wlthout any make up at all but of course you know what he thought of such w1ckedness and he knew what he thought of It so It would be superfluous to say he dld not accept the part As for orator1cal honors Peter was a l1ttle too t1m1d to make a suc cess So after completmg an uneventful year Peter graduated much to the rehef of the teachers and scholars He had won so many scholarshlps that lt was a mere matter of cholce as to wh1ch college he should attend Now comes the pathetlc part of my story the precedlng 19 to show the character of Peter and to explaln consequent events Peter entered h1s State Un1vers1ty and for a tlme was unnotlced among the mob of other Iareshmen but soon they found hlm out and the report spre 1d over the school When they found that he was really lncorruptlble such a turmoll arose that the attentlon of the ones h1gher up was attracted Probably the reason they had not notlced before lay 1n the fault of some office clerk I think you wlll admlt howex er that It 1s rather a dxfficult task to keep all the people on th1s globe wlth thelr merlts and demerlts tab ulated Anyhow when the students reallzed thelr negllgence mysterlous powers fthe Iates or the Iurles 'J h ld alre xdy formed that they l Pls Ss There IQ an o1ly rlxer flowmg between dark banks llned w1th the gloomy cvpress The stlllness IS oppresslve the r1ver flows w1th nexer a rlpple ex en the reeds on the banks do not wave nor 18 there any smgmg of blrds Now as Vou gaze upon the left bank you notlce a dllapldated boat lancllng to wh1ch theze comes an endless sad processlon An anclent boat man m an old boat w 1th one oar carrles parts of the DTOCCSSIOH across the rlver One thmg 1s xery notlceable namely that the people ln the pro cesslon are perfectly transparent If you have not guessed It already I shall explaln The members of the processlon are shades and the boatman I , I I. , I ' , I I , Y . .l . Q . ' - - , , c , I . .1 . . 1 v 1 1 . u ' - A- 1 v v , c , 1 . J r I' l 2 . I c ' L. .2 . , L. . L. , 2 L. , , ' K4 sv - , ' . , '. I H ' . H 1. . '. . - I , I I I I 1 I. ' . ' . , J, ,.' . H . . ' 1 . , I , I I I I I, I I c t I I v L1 C r I ' 1 . 4 - s 9 ' 1 l 1 . 1 .1 1 1 7 Y I I I I I, I I . :I , I I , I , II , I II. , . Il, they were IH need of a professor ln the Semor class play, a part Peter could y ' - , 1 v 1 f y v ' 1 1 l 1 1 I ' I I II, ,c I, I I ' ' 7 O I . 1 1 1 1 N . '1 ' 7 1 1 l 1 . 1 I I I , I I , I . nu A I T 1 1 . 1 I 1 D I 1 l l L C A Q l I 1 L . . xv . , , I X c I' I I' ' V 1 1 1 . ' . 1 . 1 . , I I , I I ' I' 4 I' P z . z -- is 224 Sli 71 Ili 1 1 . 11 -1 1' . I 1 . V 1 1 1 .1 4 1. l , ' I I c , I I ' 1 r I I . ' 1 . I. I ' , c , v 1 I II, I II I ' v II A m In' - ' 1 9 II' , .7 I c . II ' , 1 r . 1 11. 1 I I . I I I , c

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locket whlch hung at her throat The locket dlsclosed a Smlllng b0y1Sh face No and MISS Ceceha frowned at the plcture No It wouldnt have done You would have been l1ke the others I wxshed' for a quiet cozy home l1ke Harrlet s and you wanted an mdependent suffragette l1ke woman It IQ best so MISS Cecella closed the locket and sat Wlth folded hands Mmute after mlnute flew by Stlll Mxss Cecella sat wlth bowed head Long shadows began to creep over the room The church bells be gan to rlng for ewenlng prayer MISS Cecella sank to her knees and offered a prayer of thanksg1v1ng for the one g1rl who had found what she had sought for and asked help and strength for the other three who were stlll unsatlsfied Then she turned on the electrlc llght pulled a chalr up to the desk and selected a book from the table and began to prepare a lesson for her class 1n Terence s Phormlo A M D 14 A LOST SOU L NCE upon a tlme there ln ed a boy who was so good so terrlbly good that mlmsters were nerx ous IH h1s presence H1s goodness was not of the qulet sanctxmonlous long sufferlng k1nd but was 1n a way revo lutlonary Nlckel shows vsere abhorrent thlngs to hlm He was the presldent and teacher of hls Sunday School class H1s name was as good as the boy he was blessed wxth the name of Peter Smlth even when .1 llttle boy hls fevs playmates d1d not nlckname h1m Pete Wh1Ch IS I thlnk Whlle yet ln grade school Peter lmpressed upon hlS parents the ne cessxty of hax mg two sets of books to avold carrymg them ALL from school If he ever made anythlng less than 99+ IH hls studxes he was heart broken Naturally h1s frlends were few among h1s own sex and as he looked upon glrls merely as creatures who shr1eked and laughed thus lnterferlng Wlth h1s studles he rather d1sl1ked them Hls hatred however was burled deep down w1th1n h1s heart for outwardly all he dlsclosed was a great fear and bashfulness toward the falrer sex On one occaslon he was known to have been ser1ously 1ll for a week sxmply because he was forced to slt ln church w1th a pretty young lady on each Slde In due course of t1me Peter entered Hlgh School much to the terror of the teachers and students for Peter s record had gone before hlm It was comlcal to note the relleved expresslon upon the teachers faces when they would dlscover that Peter was not ln the class It was also rather an lnterestmg phenomenon to HOIICC how on the second day the classes whlch Peter had entered decreased 1n SIZQ leavlng only those who could not possl bly go elsewhere As a Freshman Peter was rather qulet 1ust a llttle awed by the strange surroundmgs At th1S t1me he was satlsfled Wlth a mere lnslgnlfi cant E on h1s card In h1s Sophomore year however Peter perked up conslderable and started to remonstrate w1th the boys concermng thexr wasted tlme and fr1vol1t1es and thus made hlmself d1sl1ked more than the most ardent boys welfare worker 1n the c1ty It was Whlle a Sophomore that Peter comrnltted a crlme whlch he held as a blot upon h1s falr record Thls occurred at a Sunday School p1cn1c . . , 44 yy - - - as u - 9 ' , ' . , . . s - v . . , . . ' 9 r ' . . ,, .Y . . ' .- . . N . , . . . . . , . . , ' as y , - n 3 . . . . ., . 7 ' Y Y H o nn 1 - v n v 9 ' . . H . U 7 S . n ' l N 1 . 1 W , , . . . , . .H 7 Y . . . 4, ,, . . . 5 ' Y I 7 the strongest proof of hls great goodness. x K ' . s I , , . .. . , . ' - 7 ' 7 K Y Y L s L , . . , , A' . . .N 'N 1 I W . , . . . , . . . 9 , ' . , . . . . , ' ' Iv ' y - , o A , A' , I K' , L ' . Y ' 7 - , - K6 7! ' . ' K6 ' Y! ! 3 7 . , . . L 1 ' v

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IS Charon who ferrled the shades across the Rner Stywc whlch IS the bor derland between Earth and Hades If you look tow ard the rlght bank vou mlght see another landmg IH better cond1t1on than the first from whlch lead two paths one to some huge black gxtes wh1ch were guarded bv a horned gentleman wlth cloven feet the other to br1ght new gates w1th a suggestlon of llght behlnd wh1ch were guarded bv a benexolent old man wearmg a halo and a long whlte beard Presently the traffic over the r1ver ceased and Charon tled hls boat to the wharf on the rlght hand bank Mehplsto and St Peter after barrlng thelr resp Ctlke gates came down and 1o1ned hlm whereupon Charon sug gested that they take a llttle spm The other two agreed but mstead of gettlng mto the old boat Charon fumbled under the edge of the pler found the end of a rope and pulled out a brlght new gasol1ne launch When they got 1n Charon gave the boat a good push off and let It co 1st aw IV out IH the stream before startmg the motor They sped up the stream for about fixe mlles where Charon cut off the motor and settled bmck to enmov hlmself He reached 1nto the folds of h1s garments and wlthdrew a package of clga rettes took one l1t It and offered one to Mehp1sto but the Devll refused and explamed bv saymg No thanks Old Chap' You see I have a reputatxon to keep up Charon then offered them to St Peter but the worthy St Peter was 1ust then llghtlng h1s corncob plpe and so refused After a few moments of s1lent med1tat1on St Peter remox ed the corn cob from h1s mouth and mformed h1s companlons that he was 111 trouble In answer to thelr IHQUIFIQQ he sa1d Well fellows It s thls way I re Ce1V6d a speclal message today savmg that the soul of a perfectly good lad shade I don t see why that should worry vou sald the Dexll To tell vou the truth rephed Qt Peter I am worrled about mv 1ob I reallze I am gettmg old and haxe made a few blunders If thls Peter Smlth or the shade that 1nhab1ted Peter 'imxth s body IS good young and up to date I am sure glad that my 1ob 1s safe sa1d Charon for when the Greeks gaxe thlQ place to you fellows they made It clear that I was to hold my 1ob The thmg I wanted to ask went on St Peter 13 lf vou couldn t have a couple of your attendants meet hlm and sort of gulde h1m mto your section of Hades Mehplsto It would certalnlv be domg me a favor be cause lf he got mto my sectlon there 1s no tellmg of what he m1ght do If he 19 good as he as cracked up to be I would rather have Holy water 1n my kmgdom rephed the Dex 1l Of course I d l1ke to do you the favor but I 1ust can t But thlnk of It man' Ixe done you lots of favors Nothing dolng sald the DQXll Here Charon lnterrupted C entlemen there 18 no use of vou quar relmg 1ust glve me tlme to thlnk there must be some way out of th1s Por a whxle the sllence of the place settled broodlnglv over the boat As they floated down stream Charon kept eves fixed absent mlndedlv on the bank Presently thev fell on a huge slgn stretched across the mouth of a r1ver runnmg 1nto the Styx whlch read Keep Out Trespassers Prosecuted When Charon saw thls slgn hls face l1t up and he 1ovfully exclalmed I have It we w1ll turn hlm 1nto the valley of the Rlwer Lethe whlch you . y . .V V . . - , . . .. . , y 1 7 u ' ' ' 1 I ! ' 7 1 1 1 W D I , I , c I . v 9 lf L x , V ' 9 ! ! ' . . , , . . . . , . e ' ., f Q , Y - - V 7 , . . , . I I A 1 . 1 I l I W 1 ' , I c I 1 ' L ' I' n L' I' 7 l w v ' v 1 ' ' 1 I , J I c . 1 I . ' 1 ' s I 1 v' y I 1 I ' - ., , . , . , . . . ,, H V , . , . , . . ' 7? . . , 7 . . .i . u I I , . ' ' Y . I . D 15 I I 66 71 ' ,1 ' Yi ' was on 1tS way, and orderlng me to prepare a grand receptlon for thls 77 I . u v K , I 7 U ,nz ku ' Y' . xc H ' sa , ' ' I v K - v . . ' . . . . , .w I L I I , , !! 66 K ' ' 1 !7 ' ll . , . . , . , I 7 I VI, ' 97 .CK ' 77 , Ki' ' 9 s y - v K 1 . ' x, L q . y - . . . . . . ,, . , . . ll ' .I . . , - ' rs ' Y- II , a ' I , . I , Y ' 9 !7 as ' ' K s y , , 79 ,, . . ,, . . , I 7 . ' II 1 ' , . 1 , I I . ' . . . . . . Q V 7 . ,, , , . - . . .. , . . K u . I , l I I' - 1 N 1. . . . . . ,, 1 7? ,, . l . . . .Y . 7 ! !