Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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FAHO lhrough the lrrst three years of Hrgh School the boys had been rnseparable going, to school together studyrng together taking part rn rthletrcs together and rrdrng around together IH therr car lhe senror yerr however found Glen rn practrcal possessron f the cxr whrle Dxle remained at home stuclyrng for both Untrl now two weeks before graduation they had had no actual break 'Vlr Rrelly the good ,ld housekeeper hovering around her charge notrced that he seemed troubled What s the matter Dale3 e rsked rt Glen3 Where rs re3 l only wrsh l knew responded Dale wrth a worrred frown he s so rmpulsrve We had a quarrel md l m afrard he s gone off and done somethrng rash e does rt be my faut l shou c have loaned hrm that mrserrble old money lqhere tht re sud Mrs Reilly soothrngly dont you worry about that brother of yours lf anythrng happens to hrm rt ll be hrs own fxult not yours He needs some krnd of a lesson You re too good to hrm Dale Mrs Rerlly have you seen any notes or papers of Glen s around here3 Mercy no Glen never studres There are some papers f yours though rn the desk Dale rose slowly and started towards hrs desk determmed to wrrte Glens speech lts all rn the famrly he told hrmself know I ought to force Glen to do rt but he ewrdently wont and r would krll Grandad and Grandmother lf we both dont grad rate wrth honors l mrght just as well wrrte rt now and get rt over wrth Maybe Glen wrll be thankful enough to learn rt It was no hardshrp for Dale to wrrte He loved rt but as he worked he kept thrnkrng that he was not dorng the rrght thmg h was humorrng Glen too much Dale became rmmersed rn hrs work Mrnutes hours pa sed strll the quret boy at the desk wrote on Hr harr was rumpled hrs face flushed yet determmed He wrote easrly and as one accustomed to such work Frnally he lard hrs pen down wrth a srgh of relref Glen wrll lrke t was hrs hrst thought But where was Glen3 Glancrng at the clock he saw that rt was nearly two gurely Glen would not stay out Just to punrsh Dale for not grvrng hrm the money He began to pace the Hoor from the HYCPIBCC to the door the door to the hreplace Thrs rs foolish lf l just had my harr done up rn curlers and a rollrng prn rn my hand Id make a perfect prc ture of rggs wrfe wartrng for hrm to come home from hrs poker game l wonder rf l am gettrng stale and narrow mrnded lnr so doggone shy' Perhaps Glen IS havrng more fun than l am l Turf ' MA 13 r fs. V , . , 1 - .. V, In ' r g .rfrr r- rr 11. F rr H , 1 3 o . s -N - .s Q ' . . 'sn I . S . ..l ' . ' 'A 'A 'K 'hz e J. L, . I. ..x . ' .

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E IAHO e stole x g xnce xt cn w o sxt tx y x sext loo xn straxght ahead of hxm Dale thought xt would be wxsc to try x dxf erent argument Xou ve mxde Qrxnd xd xnd Grandmother hxppy Dont g,,xve up now old chap Lxy off all thxs wxld stuff You ve been goxnf the pace too hard l am not goxns., to lend you the money to spend xxlzxnv around th xt fxst xrowd xnstexd of doxnw wh xt you should do wrxtxng your speech e ant xgonxstxc te crept spxte of D xles hrm resolve to be gentle en vwhxrled xroxxnd xn hx sc xt t rec xt se you rc s 4 n old poker you expect me to nxxss xll the fun XX ell l won t xnd th xt xs xt l xntend to lx e whx e l c x Xnythxng you sxy or xnyt mg voxx do wxll not xnfluence me xr the le st ext cott Dxle e human come wxth mc xnd lll Introduce you to the crowd You d be xll rxght xf you d just try x e xdly hook hx e xc xxx now xh xt don t mm w t em ,lhey dxslxlce me xnd xt s too late now he east c xn xs to help you xnd th xt x wh xt l xm tryxns., to o rx CJ cn rep xe xx, ty xxe xt your own wx l nxust haxe money lxe 'xsked Margery to go and l xnx 1 txke her She x x wonderful gxrl Dale N ou dont know h x l lxHOW lll l C IIC' to lxflflw llJ0llt hC'f l'F9pOI1ClFd xle llumph' tou rc too narrow mxnded ust bec xuse those vxr s xrc peppy you d nt lxke them That IS not xt and you know xt but just the sxme l wouldn t to a party wxth boys xnd gxrls luke th xt Well do l get the money3 If you promxse to make thxs the lxst dxnce txll you are sxfely xduated l won t pronxxse All rxght l wont lend you the money L-len colored angrxly and replxed xn a low tone All rxght Dale lll show you' And swung, the cxr xround and drove home absolute sxlence Glen dxd not show up for supper that nxght Wxth troubled heart Dxle xte alone feelxng th xt he had fumbled the ball qxnee chxldhood Dale had borne the responsxbxlltxes It was through hxs untxrxng effort and study th xt Glen was such a brxllxant student Dale usxxxlly worked out the dxfhcult problems for both of them When the boys were hve years old thexr parents had been kxlled xn a traxn wreck leavxng them to the care of the grandparents The grandfxther was x wexlthy old farmer Wxshxng the two boys to have the best of everythxng he put them xn an ap xrtment xn town hxred a capable housekeeper gave them a fine car and put them xn the best school xn the Cxty I2 'l4 ll 1 44 M A H. J 2 K la ' z Cl- , h .2 s 'ffl in hs .' 2 , k' g -4 4 4 L . ' 'l4h ' aj A' 4no ' . in, in G1 ' ' , 4 ' 45 : 'Q , Hjxxs l 2 'z xx 4 ' .'ll 'h ax Hz . A , 4v 4l 'ar. x- ' j sz 2 h' A 1 4 4 ' -41 ax.: Grz 5' , 1 ,b. Da l . Sz S ' Vs h 2 l. 4hYc k ' 2 l ' 4. ith h . 4 4 4' ' 1 4 ' , . 4l4 . l ' 3 l 'z do 1 2 As 2 2 4 7 cl All 4ght,'4 4lf l' d l4,'h l '. Mhz 4 ' ' sy. But J x '. . ' ' 1 J ' . j, A . 2 2 goxng to 2 ' . .4 4sz ' , -1' , ' . 4 ' ' r--H. Q ' o 4 4' ' 4 4 ' ' 4 , , 3 Q2 4 go gre ' 4 Q ' . . Af , 2 z ' in

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THE TAHOMA wonder rf lm mrssrng somethrng l ought to haxe l dont get much krck out of lrfe But l dont see what Glen sees rn th rt crowd he frnrshed savagely anyway lm gorng to bed Glen can take care of hrmself l m through As he started up the starrs the telephone bell rang A vague premonrtron of danger swept over hrm as he prcked up the recerver Hello rs thrs Dale Buford3 a vorce sard Thrs rs Doctor Wharton of the Qrty Hosprtal speakrng Your brother has been an accrdent and rs now here serrously rnjured He wants you Come at once Hrs brother hrs own brother rnjured perhaps dyrng' For a moment hrs brarn ceased to functron Then he grabbed hrs hat and dashed out of the house The cool nrght arr seemed to quret hrs nerves As he ran he kept repeatrng to hrmself mechanrcally He wants you He wants you Then Glen was not angry he wanted hrm Tears blrnded hrs eyes as hrs thought of the way he had treated Glen before drnner Perhaps hed never see hrm alrve agarn Dale never knew how he reached the hosprtal He re membered only the blur of the nurse s face as she drrected hrm to the room and the grufl: sympathetrc vorce of the doctor The smell of the anaesthetrcs choked hrm Hrs brarn whrrled but somehow he got there and was kneelrng by hrs brother s bedsrde Glen he whrspered hoarsely Glen' Look at me' Speak to me' lts ale Glen lay there a very drfferent Glen Hrs head was bandaged hrs face pale and drawn wrth parn Recognrzrng Dale he smrled a weak trred smrle that seemed to hurt Sorry Dale he murmured all my fault Then he closed hrs eyes and lay there rlent and wan Dale rarsed a strarned and rmplorrng face to the Doctor He wont dre wrll he Doctor5 he asked breathlessly The Doctor smrled No my boy your brother wrll not dre Hrs rrght leg rs broken hrs head rs badly cut and hrs body rs some what brursed but he wont dre Dale trred to smrle but somehow hrs lrps wouldnt work He eemed petrrfred Hrs chrn trembled and for one horrrble moment he thought he was gorng to cry Frercely he pulled hrmself t gether and rose strflly Thank you Doctor lll make the neces ary arrangements The Doctor put hrs hand on Dales shoulder and sard krndly Thats all rrght Now you go home and get some sleep You look nearly as rll as your brother But by the way dont you c-rre to know about the accrdent3 Oh ye Drle answered vacantly yes about the accrdent Your brother had been drrvrng about srxty mrles an hour apparently wrthout carrng where he was gorng He crashed rnto a car whrch was parked rn front of a house t . , . . . . U - C . . c , . .. . . Y 1 ' . . -- , . . . . .. . . V, . . - . - - - . .. .. .. .- - . .. .. . .. , , . . . D .. r - . - - . V - - . , .. -. . , , s , Q . , e . . . . H i . .. T . . - I Q . . . V 1 ' . . . .. , . . . . . . - . - . S . 5 . . . , . A- .- S' - - .. . . T 1 . . U li Q'. . . - . .1 nh ' . sf. 1 . . , ., l . . - . .v