Andrews High School - Andronian Yearbook (Andrews, IN)

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...,.-.Q-0-p...-wpoq A N D R 0 N I A N -H Q 15.0 ! ! ! ALEXANDER GREENE, HERO It has been many dreary years since I and old Jack Armstrong sailed the seas, but sometimes when he gets tuned just right and starts spinn- ing yarns I can fairly see the cold foam fly and hear the flapping of taunt sails as we used to on board the Nancy Lee. One such night when he had H just the right amount of rum he told me the story of Alexander Greene, fffifilf' a cabin boy, and I shall put it down just as he told it to me. Alexander Greene was a cabin boy on board the Mary Ann, which K Dj was a doubtful old tub, and the position of cabin boy has its drawbacks in SV ? this instance. In the first place all the old salts would send him one place to fetch a rope, and then send him on another goose chase every time he came on deck till he became so tired he could almost cry. Then U too he had to peel potatoes-dark, grimy old shrunken potatoes, and he had done this so often that his hands were dark, grimy and shrunken, just like the potatoes. But we must leave Alexander peeling his old potatoes and see what was happening elsewhere. On deck all was going quietly as the ship plodded on through the heavy seas. Suddenly the lookout began to cry, Ship ho! Two points to the starboard. i Immediately the captain strutted on deck and climbed to the bridge l to look through his long black telescope to see what country the sighted ship was from. Having gained the bridge he raised the telescope to his Q eye and his face turned white with dismay. When he was able to speak he could merely gasp, Pirates ! Q The crew became suddenly frightened and began to run around over the deck, while the pirate ship drew nearer every moment. The pirates were all dressed in ragged clothes, but to a man they had ' bright red handkerchiefs around their necks and wore blue and white sus- penders, fastened to their trousers with large white buttons. They were i a fierce looking bunch and when they swarmed over the edge of the vessel with their hands full of pistols, revolvers, knives and shotguns the whole crew was at their mercy-that is all excepting Alexander, who was peel- ' ing potatoes for dinner. Just as the pirates were discussing among themselves whether they ' should make their victims walk the plank or a broomstick, up the stairs j dashed Alexander with his little bright paring knife and plunged fear- j lessly among the pirates. There came a terrible rattling and suddenly Q they were all at his mercy. No, he didn't cut their heads off. He cut their suspender buttons otf and of course they had to drop their guns and knives to hold up their trousers-and that is how little Alexander Greene saved the day and cap- tured the whole band of pirates. From that day to this all pirates wear belts instead of suspenders.-Clarence Wisner. ! ! ! zotvrvi' 1-111' CW1 'I' Hi W' ini '1 1 1 1'1 1 111111---Cv 1111 -I -1 If-1011-:mfg Sixty-fire

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ax-xfzoxwzux nxoxoxoaozoz-iz 1010103010: A N D R 0 N I A N 1111111411 the queerest looking birds that I had ever seen, all penned up in a coop. They looked mighty appetizing, so I pounced on one. But as luck would have it, the others began to squeal and an old man came out of the door of a nearby house with a gun in his hand and yelled something about someone being in the chicken coop-so I guess the queer looking birds must have been chickens. It made me mad to think that he couldn't take a joke. I got out of there and traveled down the road at a pretty fast rate, stopping every now and then to catch my breath. Finally I was taken in at a nice country house, and again it seemed like heaven. There were no children to bother meg nothing but a small white poodle. I was larger than it was, so I didn't mind, although I didn't get a square meal while I was there on account of him. His mis- tress would often say to me, Now Augustus, run along out to the barn and get a nice large mouse to eat, because little Poodle isn't feeling well and doesn't want to bother with you. Well I thought I had better make the best of it, even if I didn't get to sleep in the house as little Poodle did. I didn't have such a bad time of it though, because the people with whom I was staying had some of those queer looking birds penned up in a coop too and the coop was pretty far from the house. Now every day little Poodle had to have his bath, so on these occasions I would be having a nice feed on those birds. I continued with this life for'nearly a year. Then one day the mis- tress fixed up the house so clean and nice that I knew something was about to happen. Finally, up to the house came one of those things people ride around in and out stepped two boys. I knew what was coming then, because all boys are alike, at least all of them I ever knew. The boys were just splendid 'for about a week, but I guess they were just getting acquainted with the place. Then one day they made a raft and took it down the creek and put me on it to try it out. I was so scared I didn't know what to do. I sailed down the creek a great deal faster than I preferred, but finally the raft struck shore when something caught me around the leg and I couldn't move for quite a while. I man- aged to drag the thing around with me until my leg got so sore I could hardly move. I knew at iirst sight that I had seen them before, but I could not remember where. They came up and took the thing off my leg and laughed at the sorry looking sight I made. One of them said, That's a funny looking racoon to be caught in a trap. They acted as if they were going to skin me anyway, but I guess they were only trying to frighten me. The boys treated me very decently and took me over to their house, where they fed me and bandaged my wounded leg. The surroundings looked rather familiar and all of a sudden it came to me where I was. It was the place where I started from and there were my brothers to meet me. I have been there ever since and I must say they have treated me very decently this time. -Swanora Bellam, 1 11: 1115111 :gi-1 if win 3 rink: 101 I1 vinioiuinioi mini vii 1 201431101 S11 t y jour

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l l .g. , ,471 n- l , ish' I M K 7 K 4 v 3 ! 0500141301111 que '11 ing' 1 I1 s 'Elie Alumni Azanriatinn Officers 1923- 1924 President w,,,AAA,,,,,,.,,V,,,A.........,..... Edgar R. Keefer Secretary-Treasurer ....,,,. Mrs. Edgar R. Keefer The A. H. S. Alumni Association was organized in 1911 through the joint efforts of Hugh S. Jeffrey and Miss Grace Lamport. The first meet- ing was held in the K. of P. Hall. on which occasion a pot-luck supper was served. At this first banquet George Young was toastmaster. Since the time of its organization it has been the custom for the Alumni to give a banquet at the end of each school term in honor of the graduating class of that year. On these occasions the graduates are initiated into the Association and officers for the following year are elected. The real purpose of the Alumni is to strengthen those bonds by which the students are united during their school days and to further the prin- ciples which are instilled into each mind while in school. It is by these principles that graduates are prompted to take an active interest in the af- fairs of their school and to assist in making it a better and broader institu- tion. A it is to be regretted that no complete list ot' its members is kept by the Alumni. Efforts have been made in this direction, but as yet no suc- cess has been met with. , The Alumni can, if it sees fit, exert a great deal of infiuence in the community and it is hoped that it will get behind and foster the move- ment for a new school building. THE FIRST CLASS TO GRADUATE FROM THE A. H. S. In 1888 a class, composed of six members, graduated from the An- drews High School. This was the first class to be graduated from An- drews and since that time there have been thirty-six classes, including the present class of '24. ' The Hrst commencement exercises were held in the M. E. Church. On this occasion music was rendered by the high school chorus. The members of this famous class were Ella Shaughnessy Ernest Long Thedosia Brewer CLambertJ William Lambert Maude Hart lHeinyJ B, F, Rhodes One member of this group is still in Andrews, Mrs. Charles Heiney. o THE GRADUATING CLASSES 1911 - 1923 It has been impossible for the staff to secure a complete list of the graduates of Andrews High since there seems to be no records of the H111 -iw:--11101-1-1:1 1-1-L1-1'-1-101 10' A N D R 0 N I A N '3'1 I