Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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The matter of money had entlrely escaped h1s mlnd It 19 well that lt dld so for the reallzatlon of the wealth requlred by old Marsannes for one ln order to be the fiance of Berthe would lmmedlately have brought hlm back to earth He would never tell her of h1s love unt1l he could do so on a level plane Thus It was that he d1d not even try to obtaln glght of her agaln before h1s departure But the llttle square handkerchlf lay next h1s heart and 1ts presence comforted h1m For three years Jean dlllgently devoted hlmself to h1s studles H then recelved h1s A B degree Indescrlbable was the pleasure that filled h1s heart as dlploma ln hand he walked up the path to h1s father s house The old man welcomed hlm wlth 1oy and together they sat down to talk over the thlngs that had happened slnce Jem s departure Wlthout seemlng to be ox er anxlous Jem led up to the CIUQQUOH as to the health of M Jacques Marsannes and h1s daughter Why haven t you heard h1s father sand of the death of old Mar sannes I suppose not as vou have been away for so long Ignorlng h1s questlon Jean anxlously lnqulred and as to the welfare of h1s daughter she who was noted for her Wond rous beauty the coun try over Oh as to her the old man repl1ed she marrled a rlch farmer bv the name of Mlchon just after her fathers death over two years ago Everyone says tis a good match WlthOUt a word Jean s hand strayed to h1s pocket and extracted a blt of whlte cambrlc fastened to a small velvet rlbbon Castlng these to the earth he ground them 1nto the loose mold wlth h1s heel Agaln he took up the dlscusslon wlth h1s father The next mornxng saw Jem wlth h1s hoe :cross h1s shoulder plod dlng to work The reahzatlon of h1s whole llfe had been destroved h1s hopes and ambltxons shattered and 1n hard work would he drown h1s bltter reflectlons And thus was the hard vsorklng lme of the Malcolm descend ants preserved Thr lllalehrrtutran 44 ELLO Marsh' Awful early ln the mornlng 1sn t 1t The governor klcked me out at 7 30 thls a m and told me to get to work on my German Pot yours yet? The speaker was Bob Munroe a vouth dressed IH a sult that talked and hlS other attlre corresponded He was also very good look1ng H1s companlon Marshall Wells presented a xery modest appearance and carrled two well worn books under h1s arm He was especlallv lnterested IH h1s violgik at school and spent most of h1s lelsure tlme ln the pursult of h1s s u IBS I have translated all but the last five lmes md I can easlly get that before class replled Marsh So vou stlll studv as hard as ever do you gay whv don t vou stall through thlg easv stuff llke the rest of us? Old Maxwell newer knows the dlfference s'ud Pob derlslvely . . . . . 1 , . . , , . . . . . X . . . Y . . I . . t . . . . , . 221 Pk is :If ' C ' ' . .' ' ' . l . . Q . . . l I . . . . . . c . . . . ' . ,X v I , , . c . . . , . , . c . N Q I , . . 4 . c . . I -' ., 2 . . , . . s . . . T . . u 1 n - 1 - u , - , c , L . , c f as . . . , . . . . . . . . H . , . . ' N , I bs in p L, '- n as nr I - cc, ' ' , 1 y y K . . . , , . , , . . - a - sv , K . . , .W . , . . . . . , l . . . . . ' v 1 ' ' 1 4 1 ' s - K c , . c . . . , . . . . , . . . V . . . . . . , 4 . n . A' v A ' V n ' 1 . s . -K. T. O O N . . . , . . K . , . as . I . . , , . . . , u x, A ' . A' 1 , 9 ' 7 - x p L x I L s , . . . . . . H 7 - , ' - . c . . 1 c . c n - . , . . 'I . w 1 v , V , . l , . 4 . , . K 1 , , K . . . I . ,' . . 1 ' '. . ,, . . . , . 1 1 , . .

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No sa1d Jean I w1ll accept nothlng for a SQFVICG so welcome At least accept from me a small remembrance she returned and takmg from her wrlst a small ubbon to whlch her handkerchxef was fast ened she presented lt to h1m Jean tenderly took the filmy plece of cambrlc between h1s large awk ward fingers and pressmg It to h1s llps turned qulckly and ran toward the house W1th0Ut saylng another word he opened the door and was lost to v1ew 1ns1de Dur1ng the remamder of the r1de Berthe wondered somewhat at thls apparently strange young man but qulckly d1sm1ssed h1m from her mmd when at last she arrlved home vslthout further mlshap Meanwhlle Jean very much agltated had retlred to h1S room There overcome by strange and mexpllcable emotlons he gave hlmself up to fan clful thoughts Jean had never been a dreamer The practlcal slde of llfe had always been forced upon h1m Therefore these feehngs were entlrely new to h1m and he enjoyed to the hlghest degree these hltherto unknown pleasures He concelved fancles ln Wh1Ch he was some respectable well to do farmer In h1s new cart all palnted red and drawn by two roan stalllons he would proceed to lay Slege to the heart of Berthe Marsannes And thus nearly the ent1re nlght Jean held hlmself open to such attacks of ecstasy and de lxght When he came ln to breakfast the next mormng h1s father re marked at the changed QXDFQSSIOH of h1s face Jean my boy what IS the matter what has happened? he moulred Walt Jean rephed untll after breakfast and I w1ll explaln The meal was eaten ln sllence after vshlch Jean motloned for h1s father to follow h1m He led the way out to the orchard where there was an old broken bench After seatmg themselves Jean began Father I have thought well over the matter and have declded to sell my lnterest IH the farm I mtend to go to the clty and enter college I What Jean' the father broke ln you would leaxe the old place? Are you not contented here? I have vsell consldered the s1tuat1on Jean rephed and have resolved to better my educatlon but before taklng any drastlc measures I wlshed Vour consent The old man graxely rephed Well my son you are certalnly old enough to d9Cld6 such matters for yourself and though I counsel agalnst It I w1ll not attempt to oppose your w1ll I thank you father Jean rephed I knew you would not and know that all that remalns to be done lg to find a purchaser So, a week late1 Jean began hls tr1p to the Clty In hxs pocket he had the means amountmg from the sale of h1s sectlon of land wlth Whlch to pay for a complete tu1t1on 1n one of the most up to date schools Well may one wonder at th1s sudden determ1nat1on of Jean s to obtaln a hlgher educatlon Jean hardly understood It hlmself A long lme of ancestors before h1m had been satlsfied to meekly eke out an exlstence on the worn out farm so vshy should he hlmself not be satxsfled to thus pro ceed through l1fe? But the falr face of a xx oman had changed h1s ldeas had lmmedlately possessed h1m vuth ambltlon It was for her that he was domg all th1s He vsould try and use to her statlon ln hfe so that he mlght ask her to be hls own an ay ' an ' ' ' rv 9 v - as 77 l s 9 L - , . 1 , - 9 ' 1 ' 1 - - . , . , I , I I 7 , 7 v 7 - v . fs y I I I l . , I , I I . I k , ' ' u 7 7 3 - , f . I I , ' - . 1 . . - . I , I as ' ny - ' s - 5 ' - ss ' H ' as ' ' ' as 9 a 1 ' 1 1 ' v . I , . n - v 1 - . I . . 1 ,y xx av - If Y x - y ' 79 rx , y - ' - rs ' u r a . s 1 ' ' 7 H v ' . N ' . , I , K . 9 . . . ,, , . c av - at , , v - - 1 - - H I I . ' 1, x s n Y . . . - - 1 ' ' . . . , . 1 . I . . I I I' I , I v v ' I - - , I I I I I s I'LN L Y n F ' I l 1 1 I I , I I I .

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Maxwell IS wlser than you thmk sald Marsh I certalnly would hate to Hunk llke you d1d 1n Chemlstry last semester by tryxng to stall through he contmued The two boys were walklng rapldly toward the Wallace Prep School where they attended Just across the street was Prof West prmclpal of the school and the reason for Bob s fr1endl1ness was that he would be seen IH good company by Prof West who was very lntlmate Wlth hls father The frlendshxp of the two boys had been stralned SIHCG the precedmg term when Bob had purposely Splked Marsh IH order to keep hxm from w1nn1ng hls regular posxtlon on the school baseball team Marsh dld not rehsh Bob s unusual cord1al1ty and thelr conversatlon cfilragged unt1l Bob mentloned the Valedlctorlanshlp whlch both boys hoped or I wonder when the valedlctorlan w1ll be announced lnqulred Marsh eagerly Oh I suppose the next tlme vue have chapel West could tell us now 1f he would for all the grades have been averaged replled Bob attemptmg to appear unmterested The governor has promised me fiftv seeds lf I am the wlse guy Only for that Hunk 1n Chem1strv I thlnk I would have lt clnched but I am golng to have the governor see Weeks and find out lf there was not a mlstake somewhere Nelther spoke for some txme each probably consldermg h1s chances for the valedxctorlanshlp Marsh had vsorked lndustrlously and deserved It as well as any one whlle Bob usually lecelved credltable grades he was unscrupulous ln h1s methods of earnmg them The conversatlon now turned to the dance whlch the gladuatmg class had decided to glve about two weeks before the close of school If I don t nnprove my danclng the dance wlll have no fascmatlon for me Marshall sald decldedly I couldn t dance a step I would go 1ust to get to take Mar1or1e Walsh She IQ the keenest sk1rt IH school belleve me To thlQ Marsh sllently agreed but Bob had not the least conceptlon of what was on Marshall s mlnd Bob s admlratlon of her was news to hlm He had long before declded to take her or none to the dance but now Bob s confident statement caused hlm to breathe a slgh of uncertalnty At any rate Cthought Marshj I w1ll grasp every opportunlty to raxse myself 1n her estlmatlon He had never trled to be popular Wlth hls classmates and now regretted lt to a certam extent By the tlme the two boys had arrlved ln VIGW of the school three glrls also had come 1nto VIQW Had one been closer the followmg conversatlon mlght have been heard Oh look g1rls' There comes Bob Monroe 1snt he 1ust perfectly handsome? I wonder how he 13 gettlng here on tlme sa1d Seraphlna Mur phy 1n one breath Thls was a freckle faced g1rl wearlng large sllver rlmmed spectacles and whose future spelled old mald Yes but look who IQ wxth hlml sald Ceclle McBr1de a chum of Mar1or1e Walsh I thmk he 19 as good looklng as Bob and he IQ lots br1ghter too I know Marxorle thmks that way she contmued teasmgly Well sald Mar1or1e I thlnk he IS much smarter than Bob but I don t know much about hlm he never glves much attentlon to glrls you know CK ' ' ' YY ' 64 ' , . . Y! ' , . ' 7 . . . . , , . . , . . . , . . , L . . . . , . . . . . . . . , ' 9 ,, v . . . ,, . . Y ' Y ,, . Y V . , . . . H ' ' 9 ' 9 Y . ,, . . , . . U . . . . l . , , , . ' !9 . , . . . L I L K . . , I . , K L L L' u p 1' L L 7 Y L L L u ca 1 ' ' ' , ' ' 7' ' . , , . . , . K6 7 ' ' , 97 ' Cl ' Oh ou ll learn all rl ht lf ou have a ood teacher sald Bob but 1f 1 7 1 7 , ' V 4 ' L ' . . . . ,, , . . , . . , . , . , . . . ' 7 7 Y 9 . . . ,, 7 1 ' A . . ,, . . . , . , . , , . . . . , cc ' ' 7 ' ! 7 ' ' ' L . . . . ,, . . L . L , L ' . , n L Y L' - 5 , 5 ' L I n Y L L ' n ,, . . . ,, . . . . . ,, . . . . L . L L ' L , L L . . . . ,, . . 9 - . K . v - . - ll 37 ' ' ' Cl ' ' , . , , . H . , . l . . . ! ' ' ! 7! .