Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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Well I don t thmk you need to go fo1 I know of one yy ho w1ll be glad to get the posltlon md who wlll fill It s ltlgf lCIO11lV after she gets It Who IS lt asked Iohn W1lson lTl8Cl1l1lIlX9lV Prob xblv I had better expl un You see SQLIIFC Jones h IS never been s l.tlNIl6fl wlth the telchel th it yy ts chosen tor oul school He h IN tllkcd the people llltO the 110121011 of gettlng r1d of her I lm to explaln the Sltlll t1on to he1 today But I thought lt I came and explained the matter to you you would be wllllng to engage her to teach thls school You see the qlllllfe has a nlece to whom he h1s been trvlng to glye that posltlon tor some t1me In order to get rld ot Mlss I row n th yt 18 the te tchu s n mme you know he told the mcmbels ot the Qchool I o 1rd th It he h ld proot th lt she went on a h 1y11de and helped IH the ste tllng, of some chlckens Now common sense tells you th lt she neyer dld that M1 W1lson rose slowly and paced b zck 1nd torth w h1le w lltlflg' tor h1s brother to speak Aftel studymg for 1 wh1le M1 John W1lson sud Wel I w1ll go w1th vou to see her lnvyyay It was about 5 o clock when M1ss I row n looked out of the kltchen Wm dow and saw Mr WIISOH and his brother duye IHIO the lot I do belleye Mr W1lson IS commg here Now I yyonder what he means bv comlng this t1me of day '7 sald M1ss Brown 18 she drew her he id b lck behlnd the muslln curtaln Why dont you know th xt the CllI'9LlOIS h1d 1 mectmg thlH eyen mg? asked Mrs Smlth the landlady to do wlth thelr meetlng The last palt of Miss Brown s speech was not heard bv the landladv for she w IS prepallng to recelye the v1s1tors Qhe smoothed the wrlnkles from her sleey es whlch she hyd rolled up wh1le w tshlng the dlshes and bustled around the small k1tchen placmg ey ery thlng ln order A loud knock was answered by Mlss Brown The greetlngs were of that klnd oy er wh1ch l1ttle t1me IS spent Mr W1lson opened the conyersa tlon bv savlng Mlss Prown are you prepared to 1ece1ye 1 shock 9 Do vou know th It you don t exactly suit the people as a school te ycher' There was no need to go fulther M1ss Brown understood md wlth her eves full of tears she sank mto a chalr unable to speak Everv one knows that vou are a good teacher John W1lson begyn t1 vlng to bleak the awful sllence and although they h yye nut vou out of thls school the qouth Slde people W1ll be gl 1d to haye you bef.,1n to te lch there tomorrow Mlss Prown who had been quletly sobbmg I'dlSQCl her eves to h1s flce and sald Pefore I glye up th1s school I shall dem md an eycplan IIIOII I thlnk I h xye alw avs done my dutv and should be tre lted talrlv Mr W1lson walked tow ard the door and as he onened lt he sald You neednt hone to be tleated furlv ln mythmg wlth whlch the Squnc 1 connected Mr W1lson s brother follow ed h1m to the door and as he was leavmg he asked once more Are vou golng to accept mv proDos1t1on'7 It s an offer I should be proud of and I thank vou 1 hundred tlmes and she paused and a brlght look crept mto her eves lf hard work wlll oy ercome the nre1ud1ce some ot' the people here h we xg unst me vou may denend upon lt l sh all proye that thelr me1ud1ce IS not well founded That sounds sens1ble sud John W1lson U ' ' v Q 2 2 2' Y 3 1' . I v v' I 14 I I 1. 1 1 . ,, - , c I 1 I c u I I, . ,, .V . ,, A ' . 1 . 4 . 1 I . I P I , C Q . A' ' 1 7 ' ' 1 . . 2 , ' 2 . I , I I 2: 2 ' 1 52 A. . 2 . . 2 .ZS . A, . 8, ' L. 2 . 2 J ' X I' 2- ' 1 v ' ' C I v - ' 1 7 .Y I I 1 c I' I . I' ' , wk - C A' K . V is I . Y. Y I -Y. . . A. ' l ' ' is V y E 2 . Int. 2 I' v -, ' J , ' , K' , ' ' I I ' J 2 2 1 1 I' 1 ' ' I' 2 ' f I' ' '- '. I s S ' 2 I' ' ' 2 . 1 ' 1 1 1 v v g 4 4 I 1 . vi I . ' I 1 I L n I - C C C H 1 1 ' v ' 1 ' 1 ' . U ' . j 2 , . I H2 . l, ' v. 1 1 1. ,I I I , c t . 2 1 ' ' 1 1 ' ' I ' I I' J I - V 1 V . '1 .1 1' v I ,, . v . V .W . I K A p V, 7 I C A . ' ' . J2' ' , if : 1 ' 2 2 as iv' ' ty y 3 ' . -A. 2 l , ' k 'kv 1 - ' U I 1 1 ' r . I I . , c . li i 7 , ' ' V ' 'I 7 ' Yes. but that doesnt explaln hns comlng here. haven t anythlng V. . . ,, 1 1 I 1 v ,1 1 I YI 1 I ' 1: 1 1. I v I1. 1 1 V I 1 A Cn I 1 . L I I 1 v 1 v I 1 I I vm 1 . . 1 '1 I I I . . c cl , I I , U 'Ss , 1 ' lv C 1 I ' v Z L1 1 I I v 2 ' . f I' ' Q I' 2 '. v N 1 .1 1 v 1 I . I . I I I , 1 1 1 1 11 I ' 1 ill v I I ,, I 1 I , I L , . 2 . 1 ' v ' , ' 2 J 2 ' , I' , I ' ' 2 ' lf' 2 , wr I ' : I 'I J 3 . 2 1 ' 2 ' . ' 2 . v . K1 - , Lv I 2 '. ' A .H ' 1 v 1 I 1 I u cl . I YC C C- I I ' I , U 2. I . 2 7 . v, V .1 ,S !? I 1 Iv v . 1 y 1 . . I I , c I I L, , 4: ' 1' ' as ll 3 ' . ' , . I , c , c . . rv , . ' ' , cc' - , , , . Q ., 1. v I . 1 I I I . 1 I I c r c I . . ' s , 2 . ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 7' g , I r l I . U 1 1 s ' 97 '12 ' ' I I I I , Ic I .

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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 .

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Bu thlg and no more from Mrs Smlth Why Mrs Smlth 1tS as slmple as anythlng You know that she hasn t had half a chance here and probably lf she beglns aga1n ln a new place she w1ll be an entlrely dlfferent person 1n a year or so Not that I thlnk she lsnt all rlght now but Mr W1lson suddenlv stopped and turnlng w1th a searchlng look toward MISS Brown he sald D1d you really go on that hayr1de'7 MISS Brown s face turned all colors She began to tw1st her fingers nervously She opened her mouth as 1f to speak but no sound came Well that IS none of our buslness brother and It IS tlme for us to go anyway John WIISOH said as soon as he had learned what he supposed to be the truth from her tell tale face The two men left the room and as they slowly walked to the carrlage each asked hlmself the l1L16Stl0I1 Why dld she do lt? I know she dld It was a rellef to each to get home where he could be alone and lf posslble solve the mystery The next mornlng found MISS Brown at the South Slde school Whlle the Squlre s n1ece took charge of Mlss Brown s fo1 mer school Both 1nst1 tutlons dur1ng the follow lng months progressed one could not get ahead of the other Mlss Brown spoke to the Squlre s nlece whenex er she met her but they newer were on frlendly terms The Squlre newer recogn1zed Mlss Brown when he met her Of course she dld not mlnd thls but It made her w1sh that she mlght tell her sec1et Because of her promlse however she refralned from dolng so The followmg w1nte1 w IS a severe one The snow fell for days and days the school house was tlmost covered but MISS Brown never mlssed a d IX She knew that many of the palents brought thelr chlldren to school not closed because the puplls and parents w1shed to stay wlth the South Slde school although m mx of the puplls had to walk ower a mlle through the storms Chrlstmas week came School was dl'sI'YllSS6Cl and Mlss Brown was ploughlng hel way through deep snowdrlfts on her way home w hen sud denlv she heard a weak xoxce calhng for help She looked around but the snow w as fllllng so flst th tt she could see Il0thlllU' She llstened agaln she heald a cry and turnlng around she hurr1ed toward the place from w h1ch the sound seemed to come She found a httle glrl caught fast IH a snow drlft MISS Brown pulled her out and together they hurrled to MISS Brown s home They soon leached the house and after the httle gxrl had become warm she was able to answer MISS Blown s anxlous questlons What IS your name dear? she asked wh1le she vlgorously rubbed one of the chlld s hands IH an effort to get the blood to clrculate In a shrlll p1p1ng voxce the chlld answered I am Ellzabeth Jones Oh you are Are you any relatlon to Squire Jones? Why he s my father MISS Brown stopped rubbmg the ch1ld s hands and stared at her Could lt be posslble that she had done hlm a faxor'7 She had xowed nex er to have anvthlng to do Wlth the Squlre What was she to do? When she looked at the lllHOC6I'lt chlld before her all ex 1l thoughts vanlshed and she caressed her as she slowly put on her wraps I w 1ll take you home now lf vou are ready to go Ellzabeth saxd Mlss Brown and together they hurrled to the Squlre s home They reached the gate and Mlss Brown was turnmg to go w hen she heard he1 name called C6 9, ' ' tl I . . ,, . . , . 1 . , . , I . I , . X . . . . D I 1 ' ,I I 1 1 1 I 7 'W u I I 1 I . Y. u . . Y 1. I 1, . I .I , I . ' 77 - , Y , 1 In , ar Y- Y 1 Il 1 l 4 I I K I I , I . It 7 1 ' 1 1. 1 1 l I 1 . , I I I., , . , , V ,, l 1 1: ' 1 4' 1 y V I 1 v ' , I . . . . H . . . ,, C 7 s K 1 . .I . I , , . , . . , 1 . . : II ' S . I - ' . V. V 1 1 . V 1 ,rw I ,1 . v v , I. I. . I , . I, Y. 1 I 1 N I I L I I . c I I , , I I . v' V. '1 vm 1 1 1 I I Q I I - 1 v I 1 'ws . y ' 1 I , I I c I c I , I I I 2.7. II I ' c ty c 1 I' ' I I ' . V ' v 1 1 X 1 1 ln slelghs and she knew lt w as her duty to be the-1 e. 'Ihe othel school was I 1 . 1 Q 1 V. 1 1 V. , I , I I I I I I I I I , z J s ' ' 'I' 1 I I 1 I W ' I' 'I' .I'I' .I'.' I' 1 7: I' I I' ' 'cl I I ' V V l I . l . I c c . I, , 1 V V 1 1 ' V I 1 I 1 1 ' ' 1 l 1 I 1 I c I c I t I I U. I I C , '1 . 1 ' I I C I 1 v 9 ' 1 7 I I . c I V . . 11 V . I Y 7 1 1 I 1 ' ' I . I . , .V V , Y. . If, I' I I L I I I I 4 I I I I . II ' 97 ' ' , . I I , I . , . . I C I 4 - - - - ' , , In - n , , , I . -. H ' x - 91 , . 7 L H I If ! ,7 , I . . - - 9 , , I I II I L I c I . I I I c I I c I I I . . , . . C lc I I . I C 3 C I I C I I V I I I I 5 U , . . ,, . . as , V, ' I , , A c N . , . ,' , L I I . I I I . 7 IW 1 -