Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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The blossom was a dalnty Whlte wlth a tmy touch of lavender and 11 as shaped more llke an umbrella than any tullp that Holl-1nders had GX er seell But lt was 1 tullp for thlnk of the bulb The SDSCIQS has become Wlfl lv known mostly because of the fragr 1nce another proof of the flct th 1t lt wasn t a common tullp But thls day It lb Katrlna s weddlng day The alr IS clear and b 11m1 lhere IS '1 sllght bree7e Whlch rustles through the le ues of the trees but '11wavs 1bo1e the nolses can be he 1rd the pecu1l1r muslc of the lmpltlellt 11 11es throwlng themselves llllllgll 1nt1y lg 1lllst the dlkes 011151118 the clt1 lhe skv ls blue 1nd the sun shllles down on the gre lt lmposlllg Ll1lllLl1 111111 11 1rm kllldly ray lhe guests are Ill assembled and the subdued llght adds to the 18611112 of suspense whlch pervades the atmosphere M 1ny of those IW lltlllf, the Ulffllllg of the brlde 1re quletly weeplng 'lhe alsles 1re bmked wlth the now well known K1trlna tullp 1nd lndeed ln 111 the el 1bor1te decor 111011 thls flower 11one has been used The alr 18 laden wlth lts unusu 11 fragr ll1Ct lhe mlnlsttr steps to hls place and as he awalts the approach of the brlde hand Katrln1 fulfllllng the promlse of her youth comes down the 11819 ocqulslte ln her costly brldal robes Her GXDFQSSIOII glwes the lde 1 ol per fect h1pplness whlle her father s f1ce expresses prlde ll,1St1l'l6tl bv hls daughter and hls Howers Tears are rolllng down the cheeks of both Wh 1t an unusual weddlng' No one looks partlcularly s1d but stlll ne 1r1v e1ex1 one IS openly weeplng' Durlng the ceremony Douglas Morgan '11lf1s Doug Morg1n of Yale lust Lt thls tlme ende IVOI'lI1g to throw may 1 week lIl thls 1IlClLlStI'l0LlS llt tle clty of 'lhe Netherlands passed by the church Hearlng the muslc and W0l'lCl6I'1Ilg what ser1lce was ln progress he stepped lnslde St 1rtlng back from the overpowerlng famllar odor he rushed out of the church and back lnto the cle 1r brlght sunshlne and wlth tears fllllllg hls eyes and thre1ten lng to overflow he gasped Whewl l1or the love of Pete 11he1e d the1 get the OHIOHS 1 M L F THAT SWEET GIRL GRADUATE Q0 stately and so dlgnlfled She looks ln cap md gown 1 hardly d1re to spe 1k to her Thls gl 1d of gre lt 161101111 I scarcely can be1le1e my eyes' It surely can t be she Who 1lw1ys seemed so 1ery shv 90 xery coy to me' But suddenly the spell departs And I glve thanks to 1 1te For anfclously she asks me lf Her mortar board s on strfught Hal var 1 Lampoon 1 1 1' ' c , lc 1' 1 ' I 1 1 l C 1 1 V 1 -.' 2 , . 1' Q .' e , 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 ' ' -1 1 1 ' , 1 1 K 1 C C 1 1 , 1 ' 1 . ' 1 ' ' 1 ' ' 1 v ' ' ' 1 1 v 1 '-' 1 . 1 1 1 I - V' . 1 1 . l 1 1 1 v 1 . P ' 1 1 1 4 , 1 1 1 1 ., 1 1 1 7 I 1 1 V 1 .1 1' A . - 1 . I I 1 C 1 1 C C 1 1 1 v1 1 1 1' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1' 1 1' v 1 1 1 1 1 c 1 1 1 1 , 1 . '1 L1 t 'K1 2 1 A1 A1 ' L1 1 r'12 ' L1' 1- 1 -1 rl '2 , ' ' . 1' 1' ' 2 2 4' ' 2 1' ' ' I ' 1' 1' 1' 1 ' .' 1' . 2 ' 1' 2 2 ' ' f ' - 2 ' , 2 2 2 2 1 s ' 2 ' .T . ' ' ' 1' .' 2 ' 2 1. ' 1 ' ' 1 -3 1 1 '1 1 ' 1 2 ' ' . 1 1 1 , 1 . a tear rolls down hls cheek and falls unheeded on the prayer-book ln hls 1 1 I 1 I ' I . 1 ' 1 V 1 .'1 . 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 1, I . ' . ' .V u . ,Z . - ' 1 1 l 1 1 V I ' ,1 .1 1 1 1 D ' 1 . I . 1 1 1 1 , 1 c 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 -1 1 I 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 . 1' 2 .'2 , 1' 2 U f 'J . . I 1 1 ' 1 1 , 1 , c c 1 1 L c , I 1 1 . 1 I 1 ' Y 1 Y 1 I ' 1 . 1 . 1 ' - ' 1 1 1 c 1 1 1 1 1 I I Y 4 1 1 11 1 ' 1. 1, .1 . . ' ' . ' ' ss, .- 1- . 2 , 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 - 1. , 1 1 , c 1 1 1 1 c ' 1 1 1 H ' ' 1 1 1 v 7 ' ' 7 1 I sy, D . . . ., 15. 1 1 c 1 1 , 1 ' 1 1 v 1 1 , 1 1 c , . 1 11 F 1 1 V 1 L 1 C 1 1 v 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t , Y 1 . . . 1 1 c 1 , ' .' 2 Q ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 C1 L ,1 1 . T 1 1 C 1 - ' ' 1 .

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sklrt a w hlte apron a l1ttle whlte cap of the finest l1nen and her ha1r m two long bra1ds one ower each shouldel 1n the mannel of the peasant ma1ds of the olden tlmes Katrlna knew her father well enough to 16lllZL that he was deep ln medltatlon and It would be best for the peace of the household lf she d1d not mterrupt h1m IH h1s rex e11e and although she was eager to tell h1m that a new wh1te tulip str1pcd m dark led had bloomed ln the great bed near the founta1n stlll she serxed them 1n s1lence As she d1d so she watched her father and seemg the tears on h1s cheek she could not restram a sympathlzlng tear from rolhng down her own cheek After she finlshed servmg them she fled from the room ln consternatlon for would not the weeplng make her eyes red? And was not Hans probably on h1s way to see her at that very t1me'? And oh how Hans d1d desplse tears and red eyes' After Katrlna s departure the s1lence contmued unt1l her mother came hurrymg 1HtO the room w here her husband sat Qhe was hummmg a llttle tune as she entered but It dled on her llps as she recognlzed her husband s mood Qhe was a brlsk httle woman and was xery much loxed bv all of her daughter s frlends because of her pleasant frxendly ways One had only to look at her eyes to see that she and Katrlna were mother md daugh ter for they were the same dark blue and twlnkled ln the same mlschley ous fashlon But as she looked at her husband the twmkle dled and as she glanced from h1m to the httle brown ball on the table and back agam a look of comprehenslon and of ss mpathy took the place of the laughter and followed m qU1Ck successlon by many others Then she too turned and hurrled from the room for the same reason that Hans was comlng soon and It would never 1n the world do for h1m to find Katrma s mother IH tears or w 1th slgns of them IH her eyes Hans was a stalwart son of Mynheer von Hydenbeck Mynheer Wles ner s most 1nt1mate frlend and compamon He was also the very fortunate young man chosen by Katrma s father to be her future husband wh1ch good fortune he fully reallzed When Hans really d1d come he d1d not seem to notlce the sxgns of weep mg much to Katrlna s rellef Not long after h1s arrlyal Katrma heard her father and h1s frlend go out to the garden and so se17ed that opportu mtv to show the DTGCIOUQ new tullp bulb to Hans Of course Hans was duly lmpressed and after they had looked at lt long and earnestly thmkmg how much It meant to Mynheer Wlesner Hans put h1s arms about Katrma and wlth her head on h1s shoulder they wept together Katrlna could not posslbly have told why she was weeplng all she reallzed was that Hans her own Hans who desplsed tears was crymg and better stlll was makmg no secret of It Y 96 ak vk Pls Mynheer s dream has actually been 1eal1zed for lt was true that no one 1n the whole of Holland had a tuhp hke th1s one wh1ch came from Amerlca For four years now the tuhp had multlphed very rapldly and Mynheer Wlesner had great beds of them 1n h1s gardens No one 1n Holland had ever seen a tul1p hke th1s one It grew xerv tall and slender and had a blossom very very dlfferent from any other known tullp But lt must be a tulip Mynheer reasoned the bulb proxes that' Its dlfference only en hances 1tS value to My nheer WICQHQF for It makes h1s dlscovery all the more Wonderful A Y ! ' Y y ' - 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 , . , . . Lin D l ' 1 0 Y 2 . 1 I vl K1 l . K . I I v 1 4 l D . , , . . 7 ' ! , . . . . . , . . . , . . . . , . . , , . . . . ,W Y. . . . , . - 0 Y 1 14 K 14 1 . 1 . 1 l I . 1 1 1 1 . 1 , AX A I -1 ' 7 I Ya 1 7 Y . . , . , ,N . 1 l 1 n vu I l 1 . . . . , .. 1 1 1 ' 4 1 - . L L L If 1 1 Y. l 11 D . - , . . . ' 1 1 1 . 1 f y' ' f 1 1 l . v A 6 I I l ! 1' 1 7 . 1 A 'Q 1 7 her eyes grew mlsty and two great tears rolled down her cheeks and were l . 1 1 . 4 1 v . .. A .. . , , ' f . 1 y ' . . .c . . , . . Y . . , . . L Y k L U L. L V L A 7 L' . , L' ,' . . . . V . .,' . K L ' 7 . . . N. Y - , . . . , .V . w . - l L L 7 Ld. L , L L 7 . ' 1 7 ' - 1 1 .V I I . , . . . , I X .1 1 v I . l 1 1 . I 1 1 . .. , . . , . . ., V l I 1 V1 v ' - Y I . ., . . ., . , . , . wk Pi: as - , 4 , 1 4 t . v 1 , . ' . 1 7 . . . 7 . . , . , , . . , , v L s L , - A y L , L' Ly L

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MISTAKEN IDENTITY HEN the representatlves from the fourth dlstrlct met to dlscuss the advlsablllty of havlng the school teacher put out of the school a great deal of excltement was manlfested It was not the w1ld ex cltement of a mob but of the klnd that IS certam to carry 1ts polnt whether rlght or wrong Squlre Jones almost the only dlstlngulshed representatlve of whlch the fourth d1str1ct could boast had already glven hxs vlews on the sub1ect and a few words spoken by such a m ln never fa1l to w1n a polnt Indeed the ma1or1ty of the people present were afrald to oppose hlm for were they not dependent upon the Squlre for thelr dally bread l All the opposltlon came from a few well to do people a few who opposed 1ust because It was thelr nature to oppose exerythmg and everybody and some of course op posed because they were consclentlous IH so dolng The leader of the oppo s1t1on was Mr Wllson a wealthy farmer Mr Wllson was a man who had set ldeas on what he cons1dered rlght and wrong He belleved 1n g'1VlIIg a person more than one chance In th1s he differed from most of the people present If MISQ Brown d1d wrong 1n go1n,' on that hayrlde and 1n staylng wlth the crowd after they stole the chlckens she should be pumshed of course but I thmk she has been punlshed already by the tongue lashlngs of the people 1n thlq nelghborhood Mr Wllson sald when a report of the meet1ng to be called came to h1s ears If people could only remember that they were young once and that they have not alwavs been angels they would be w1ll1ng to g1V6 a person a chance that s all I ve got to say But lt was not all he had to say not by any means In the heated de bate whlch began wlth the openlng of the meetmg Mr Wllson proved hlm self a born debater and came w1th1n a narrow margln of defeatxng Squlre Jones But Squlre Jones had the most money and money counts 1n some debates After ga1n1ng h1s poxnt the Squlre began to try to appolnt a commlttee to V1Q1t Mlss Brown and lnform her that she had lost her posl t1on Thls IS where the Squlre found trouble No one was w1ll1ng to de llver the message If some of you don t take lt I w1ll and whlle lm there Ill tell her wh xt I thmk of a person who 15 Say Squlre Jones you needn t finlsh that sentence You have galned your po1nt here but you needn t boast of lt and what s more we don t al low any one to talk about a person who 18 not present I guess I ll dellver that message myself lf you don t care sald Mr Wllson as he reached for h1s hat All were 1n favor of Mr W1lSOHS tellmg the teacher because they knew they had not been entxrely falr 1n thelr dec1s1on They d1d not know any of the partlculars of the case They had taken the Squlre s word for everyth1ng And so Mr W1lson wlth a firm and determlned step walked out of the room Instead of gomg dlrectly to the school teacher s home however he turned and walked rapldly toward h1s own home After reach 1ng It he threw the harness on the horses hltched them to the carrlage and then drove to the ad1o1n1ng farm WhlCh was owned by hls brother The moment he saw hls brother he sald John have the dxrectors secured a te lcher yet for the South Slde School? No slr we havent We had a meetmg yesterday and declded that I had better go to .Ionesv1lle tomorrow and see 1f I could find one who IS com petent to fill the posltlon . A vs. . .. . w I I I , . . v . - I I , I I , . ' I' . . w . ,, . I, I I I .1 ' . .1 I YN 1 ' I I , I I I l 7 kv LY L1 I 2 1. Y. . ' , I. . V .. . . ' - 1 I , I . . . I , V. . . I c - - I w 1 ' 1 T I ' I I . Y y I H - I , I , I , 1 ' 1 - I I I I . Y. . Y . . N I . , . . I s ' 1 1 ' I I I . Y .Y . I I , I I . H .Y . I . . . . II I yi v ki ' L1 . 1 1 1 Y l Y W .V IW . W I , I I I - I I . . . ,, . N 1 . I , . I I , ' 's f w U I I. I I . I I' '1 - ' - , 1i 1 , 11 I -1 I I . ' 1T I - I . . Y. . . I . - , . Y Y . , . 1 1 Y , . Y . , I I , I I . I . . , . . I. , A L ' . .w. , . Y . I g u n ' I . as , 1 ' ' , ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l - 'YYY 1 L L ti ' ll , 1 ' 1 - , - , I,. I I . - 1 1 , 1 1 1 K 1 1 1 1 ' 1 W l ' I I I . , ,, . . 1 1 ' 1 'N I . I . , . - 1 . , . , I . . I . I , , . . , . I I , I .W - , . , II I , . . . I I . . 1 - u . . . H . Y I , . , I 1 11 I g I H . , - i . ,I , I I w , ' - Y- - 11 I .