Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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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

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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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THF IAHOMA ln the mornrng Dale hurrred back to the hosprtal to see Glen fhe doctor greeted hrm somewhat gravely sayrng Your brother rsnt restrng well thrs mornrng He has a hrgh fever You may see hrm for a whrle rf you dont stay long or talk too much Dale entered the room slowly Glen lay half asleep Hrs face lrt up when he saw Dale Oh Dale you drdnt tell the folks drd y0u3 lm so glad They must not be worrred Dale lm burnrng p My leg feels so queer rust lrke rt rsnt there l cant move rt And Dale l wont be able to graduate l cant be valedrctorran You ll have to do rt for me you really should anyway you drd all the work Dont talk Glen old boy the doctor sard you must be quret l ll go to see the prrncrpal thrs mornrng but l won t be valedrctorran Glen smrled farntly Youll have to Dale Please go now and see the prrncrpal l cant rest trll rt s all settled lts all my fault he broke off wrth a moan Lookrng at hrs brother s miserable flushed face Dale prtred hrm from the bottom of hrs heart lll go now Glen and lll come back thrs afternoon and stay wrth you rng pornt of hrs lrfe The prrncrpal shared Glen s vrewpornt You boys have been at the head of your classes all through the four years The only reason that Glen was chosen for valedrctorran rn stead of you rs that Glen s recrtatrons were so brrllrant You never say much rn class Dale but you possess the abrlrty just the same Youll have to carry on now and take your brothers place l s your duty Poor Dale was panrc strrcken He returned to the hospital wrth the feelrng that he had been sentenced to death and the two weeks that followed were harrowrng rn the extreme He neglectd hrs school work and went around wrth a preoccupred arr muttering hrs speech over to hrmself When the rest of the students heard that Dale was to delrver the address they made lrfe unbearable for hrm by sayrng such thrngs as Hello how s ulrus Caesar comrng on3 Have you made your last will and testament yet Dale3 Why so happy old chap3 You look as cheerful as a bulldog Every afternoon rmmedrately after school Dale hurrred to the hosprtal where Glen coached hrm on how to delrver the hated speech Glen enjoyed the srtuatron rmmensely It ll be the makrng of you Dale See rf rt rsnt he would often say The two boys had planned to keep rt a secret from therr grandparents Dale was to meet the trarn that came rn at 7 30 and conduct the couple to the audrtorrum He was to explarn that Glen was behrnd the stage rehearsrng hrs speech for the last trme that both the boys would meet them after the program and that everythrng was pro ceedrng splendrdly Under no condrtron must they know about the true state of affarrs untrl afterwards when the news of Glen s rllness nd Dales takrng hrs part would be broken gently The boys ' i i 1 I5 : - ' , . His interview with the principal of the High School was the turn- . . i t. , - - . . . 7 ki 1 C I . . . I