Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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THE TRHOMA looked so much altke that they would have dtfhculty tn telltng., thent apart The old folks would doubtless belteve th tt Glen was de ltvertng the speech as he was supposed to and than Dale was sttttnt., up on the platform wtth the rest At last the eventful ntght arrtved D tle felt th tt ht ltst vesttge of tntelltgence had dtsappeared He was nervous and shaky ve some force seemed to propel htm onward Xt stu oclock he went to Glen for the hnal tnstructtons and advtce tfterw trd maktng hts way to the statton to meet hts grandfather and grandmother l seemed to htm that they would never stop asktng questtons Would tomorrow never come3 He ftnally left hts gr tndparents wtth an usher promtstng to tell Glen for them th tt they would be watttng for hts speech Then he hurrted to hts place on the plat form found htmself speaktng to some of hts frtends tn a gutteral tone and thtnktng of all the horrtble thtngs that mtght happen fverythtng seemed to be wrong Hts hatr felt mussed hts tte seemed to be crooked He felt rtdtculous and out of place yet he must go through wtth tt The curtatn was gotng up Before htm were hundreds and hun dreds of faces They were all looktng at htm Now the prtnctpal was speaktng What a great man he was' He spoke as tf he were perfectly at home on the platform lt must be wonderful to be ltke that Hts knees were shaktng How fooltsh' Why should they shake5 That was nothtng just a mere audtence Hts knees had no rtght to shake ltke that He wondered tf tt would be all rtght to hold them steady Some one else was talktng now At least he wasnt the only one Oh well tt was all tn a ltfettme Then he heard the prtnctpal tntroductng htm as the next speaker He found htmself standtng and begtnntng to talk The words came automattcally at ftrst as tf he were grtndtng coffee He went bravely on however when suddenly out of the blur of faces he saw hts grandmother She was leantng forward tn her seat and her old face was altght wtth anttctpatton and prtde From then on he spoke to her He found the words comtng easter tt was even posstble to thtnk a ltttle and hts self possesston was comtng back Gradually the faces seemed to drop further back He forgot about htmself and hts trembltng knees and thought only of what he was saytng Before he realtzed tt he was through completely through' As he took hts seat the whole house thundered tts applause l-hey were clapptng for htm he was through and he had made no mtstakes Why tt wasnt so bad after all The Prtnctpal arose and told the audtence of Dale s unttrtng ef forts and noble sacrthce Once more they clapped loudly Although Dale s knees were trembltng as vtolently as before there was a tng tng joy tn hts heart He had done hts part and had clone tt well But there was more to come What should he say to hts grand parents3 Durtng the rest of the program he wondered what he should do and how he should break the news of Glen s acctdent I6 - .f ' 4 1 . . z ' - , , ,. . E, ' ,. 2 2 sz .', . . . ,vt , . . . . . . V2 E , I , gy . . . 'Y ' V . - ' , . , , - ' ' Q . , - . v N I - , Q - . Mrs . .

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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

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I XHO Vfhmn the progrxm h d ended he started to go to them but was besieged on all hands by eongr xtulatlons and lntroductlons l'very one lnslsted on shalslng hxnds with him and remirlfclng about the excellence of hrs speeth ust as he wxs beunnlng to feel es per xte he sxw an openlng and dashed towards the wld people who were wutlng for hlm by the door Oh my boy you were wonderful quxvered his grandmother wuth texr dlmrned eyes whlle his grandfather silently shook hls hand lve got somethlny to tell you he blurted forth wlthout further prellmln xrles must tell you right now lf nts about Q.-len we alrexdy know saxd has grandfather laughlng You already Lnow why how rlhe doctor sent word to us the day after lle told us that It was not serlous and how you boys wanted to keep lt from us l was xll we could do to stay away but the doctor sand for us to let you work It out by yourselves xnd my boy you ve succeeded We re proud mf you Dale Yes Interrupted a gurl s VOICC ew eryone s proud of you Dale You re the hlt of the evening Lets go xnd tell Glen about lt A Pan' 0 Jeweled Chopsttcks ean Qlarlce who hxd approached the age of elghteen Furthermore lt was her fortune to bexr the xpellxtlon Mary fllzabeth Bxrlow Xs hrs young gurl was very fond of antnques she often wandered about the streets ln se xrth mf 1 new shop On thus pxrtxtular day she saw a sngn which read Wee Wmv Wcmng Antlques from Falryland And Indeed It was surely falryland into which she stumbled The walls were decorated wlth beautifully lustrous and tolorful txpestrles Here a Green and gold dragon leered xt her from a marvelous black xelyet background there a hideous Buddha grmned complacently from the depth ot starlet satm md there was a very large one whlch told the story of a great hero and h1s explolts Mary bllzabeth could scarcelv moye from the wonders lard out before her but as she Caught a wllmpsc of a pur of yewelled chopstlclts she hurrled toward them Of eourse only a prmcess tould have such beautiful Instruments she declded Then she mused on weavmv a romance whlch had begun about these dalnty tools quddenly a very sweet vonce broke from lmprlsonment wlthln them md seemed to say You are wonderxng to whom these Choo stlcl-is belonged I will tell you Thev belonged to me many Now lt hxppened t xt there llY6d ln a freat Cnty a young vlr r I H1-. f M A I 1 - .72 a . s . y , K 4, Q . 1. , K 2 , . 1 I 1 , .'.' .' ' ' A' 2 .' ' , 2 A ..: jff. if ,g K d- 2 , S2 ' L' ' '. ' 3 , 4 ,, , 2 . . . . , . 2 . ,., . .. Y , . , . . ., . . 2 3 , If -- ' 1 ' 1' . . . . 2 . . - . 1 , ' fi- . . 1. 2 . 0 C , . 2 . 2 hz ' ' g ' ' Q ,, l 2 ' ' ' Q ,, . . 2 2 2 . 2 , L .' 2 . 1 . t 3 Y Y if ' ' ' ' .. . 2 ' 2 J . ' . T. 1-. ' ' , . . . ' ' a K . , .H . I I K V L ' 1 2 . 2 , -' -b h . . . ,, . ' ' . Q , . , , , ' 2 '. . A u 1 -. x 1 -W. . ' ' K v 1-s . , 2 : -