Mechanic Arts High School - M Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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h THE M ENGLISH CONTRACTS By EVELYN NEVENs, '29 Tuesday-Well, finally that contract is ready to be handed in. I heave a sigh of relief as Miss Deem calls for our contracts. HAn A? she asks, as if expecting to be answered in the affirmative. She isn't. That day I feel light- hearted. There are no English contracts to worry about Qnotice I don't say to doj. Wednesday-Alasl my joy is short-lived. As surely as the sun rises, Miss Deem is bound to say, Copy your contracts. They will be due one week from today. As I read over the new contract, I say to myself, Why, strange as it may seem, that doesn't look so hard. I'll finish D tonight. f'Whatl You're going to do your English this afternoon and the con- tract isn't due for a week? Don't you feel well? one of my learned Senior friends asks solicitously. A'Come on down town with us to take our pictures. Show your school spirit. For fear of being accused of going against M. A. H. S. principles by doing my homework instead of trying to help beautify and decorate our by helping them take flattering pictures, I reluctantly UD consent to do as they say. Thursday- Law test tomorrowln announces Miss Williams. Be sure to study those fifty questions. It won't hurt you to use your brains once in a while. I studied law. Friday- Evelyn, must you do that homework, now? You have until Monday, you know. l'Wel1, I'm all mixed up anyway, so maybe if I wait- Saturday-Aunt Ellen brought her darling twins over. Oh, and what those kids can do to a house! I had to straighten it up. Easy? No! Sunday-By this time I'm having an awful struggle trying to get started on that contract. I don't see why Miss Deem gives us so short a time. Con- sider-I had been working so hard on that contract every night Cwell-nearlyj since Wednesday, and I hadn't finished D. I finished up a few items. My work consisted mostly in arranging papers, ink, etc. Monday-I firmly resolve to finish that contract tonight. It has now assumed the shape of a horrible monster named Duty, which reproaches me for my negligence and taunts me for my inability to tackle and get started on it, though it well knows I would get ahead if I once started. It has many allies to prevent me from getting at it. They are Other duties, Friends and acquaint- ances, Pleasure, Books and Cwhisper thisj sometimes pure laziness. I finish another outline. Tuesday-To my horror, I discover our contracts are due tomorrow. What can I do? That younger ,sister of mine never will learn, I guess, that she should bring theme paper home the night before my contracts are due. Why are people so stupid? CDO I hear a remark, sotto voce, about traits run- ning in families?j Evelyn, come and eat. 'Just a minute, Mother. After a half hour, I come down to eat and listen to perfectly foolish and unimportant talk about local happenings. Why don't they discuss Milton? After a few at.- tempts at uplifting them by describing Milton's conception of Hell, they tell me to keep it to myself. I resolve to let them be lowbrow. I retire at twelve. Let me observe that ink isn't my favorite cream as a skin beautifier. Wednesday- An A, Evelyn? No, just a B. P. S.-Supervised study wouldn't be so bad, would it? Page Twenty-eight

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T11 I? M l' HILMAR JOHANSEN now runs a kangaroo hide factory. His chief foreman is ADOLPH NEUBERG. The next stop was South America. Looking at the weather report, they found EUDORA SWESEY as the weatherwoman. MARIA WACHOLZ, LOUIE VIVIAN YOUNG and ANNABELLE SHANLEY are reporters on the same paper. On the sport page they found a picture of ROBERT SHET- KA and JAMES STARR who are boxers. Their manage-rs are VIRGIL STRANG and STANLEY RADSOM. In the theaters they found MILDRED WEYER heading the bill. THEOLA ROWE is Mildred's publicity manager. They saw an article about EVELYN SCHULTZ who is now a famous chemist and her close competitor, HARRY SCHWANKL. EMMET SCOTT runs a column on l'How to live on twenty-live cents a day. An extravagant lady now, HAZEL WALD, dislikes the thriftyness. MARY MCGRATH is mayor of a neighboring town while DAVE McGUIRE is the Chief of Police. VIR- GINIA MacKNIGHT is the speaker of the House: CHARLES MIKESH is a justice of the supreme court and FRANCES MILLER is poet laureate. Just now a committee of DOROTHY MORRIS, MILTON NAHINSKY, MAR- GARET NELSON and ISADORE NILVA are trying to put a bill through the House prohibiting married women's going to bridge parties, Being married, MARY PEWERS and ADELE MCGARTHWAITE are protesting the bill. In a nearby matress factory they found EDWARD MCDONNELL em- ployed as their chief tester, After walking around the city the group saw that VIRGINIA HINDS was billed at a theater and had become very popular in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice as Portia. MARCELLA SLECHTA is mistress of wardrobe in the theater. After the theater the party went to a quiet little tea room run by CLARA JONES. After leaving the tea rooms the tourists went to a museum founded and managed by GERTRUDE WAITS and BERTHA JOHNSON. They themselveshad brought many rare specimens from Africa. Upon leaving South America the tourists picked up MARGUERITE SCHENK, who was an ex- cellent typist to type their Who's Who for them. Upon landing in the U. S. the tourists were greeted by reporters, whom they assured they had a great deal of material, and that it was all good. They then left to begin work immediately on an account of their around the World trip. The Family Picnic By MARIAN BERG. '29 CSuggested by A'L'Allegro: Lines 83-84D Where relatives and old friends met Are at their picnic luncheon set Of salad, pickles, cake and ants, While young boys slide and rip their pants And little girls fall in the lake To be dragged out with a long rake, And snoring fathers buzz like bees While mothers swat flies near their knees: Sometimes with dubious delight A family picnic will invite. Page Twenty- seven

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T11 E M SENIOR HIGH-LIGHTS September lOfConductors' worst nine months begin. The prodigals return. September l l-Information desks besieged by Freshmen. No, room 47 is not on the fourth floor. September l2ffNavigation in halls impossible fespecially east end Znd floorj. September l7f-Navigation improving. September l8 Druggists put in new supply of gauze and tape. Football practice begins. September Zlffllolly Johnson and his boys strut their stuff and win their first scrimmage from lVlarshall High, Nlinneapolis, September 24-Ye Studente Councylle nominations held. September 28ffWe're found frantically borrowing nickels-Cogwheel out today. September 29f'l'he arm of the law reaches Mechanics. Students are tagged for parking on the wrong side of the street. September ?rI'ied score with Cretin at football. October lAOur high-and-mighty Seniors choose their representatives. October 2fDr. Benepe speaks about our annual homecoming at a general assembly. October 'ifikssembly committee chosen. October 53-We exercise our voices at Mechanics-Johnson game. We win! 'Ray for us! October lOeWAssembly hall resembles mob scene in Ben Hur. Campaign managers Soap-box for Carl, Holly and Johnny for student council prexy. October 15-Carl Nelson gets the vote for council president. October l7-Cliff Johnson pulls down another ofhce as president of the Senior class. Prof. O. E. Keefauver speaks on choosing a vocation. October 25iTrainers bring in another victory from Humboldt. October 26-Grand Ave. street car crowded to capacity with the gang going to the homecoming at the Oxford. October 3lvMr. Shepard, noted journalist, speaks. November l-fBig Pep Fest! Holly, Bob and Harold get us all hot-and-both- ered about the Central game. ,Rolly Johnson makes his first public ap- pearance. November 2'-Ta-da-de-da. Otie CiriHfendorfer also gets all H. and B. Csee above! and organizes a band to make whoopee at game. November 3-Central defeats us. Beginner's luck? November 5-A lot of coughs in a schoolful. Wrong cigs? No, see above. November 6-Holly and Bob K. let their beards grow to pay off election bets. Maybe the boys are trying to look like the Smith Bros. November l4vl-. R. S. Ferguson speaks at an Armistice Day assembly. November 15-Rembrandts win the Senior picture contract, Page Tiuenttf-nfm