Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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V' i EFFIE MOTES MAE WARE THOMAS HILL ETTA CROWLEY T is for Temperance, , By her name we will know Prohibition's her theme Where e're she may go. U is for upmost, Which signifies bestg If you once saw the class You would know all the rest. V is for Vera, So pious and good: With religion for drink And the bible for food. W is for William, Not a very bad boyg Although sometimes naughty, He's his mother's own joy. X is for Xerxes, In general historyg When he lived, ,where he lived Is all a deep mystery. Y stands for youngsters, Who make up the classg They haven't much knowledge, But plenty of brass. Z is for Zela, A girl very rare g - With such baby-blue eyes And such ilaxen hair. You know all our story now, A, B and Cg Etc. comes last, After X, Y and Z.

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J stands for Jerome, A very queer nameg ' By the looks of the boy, He will some time win fame. K is for keyg V All the boys who don't hold A key to a heart, Are out in the cold. L stands for Lena, So naturally brightg With a smile like a fairy And the teachers' delight. M is for Mae, With tresses so fairg Who likes much to sit With G- on the stair. N is for naughtyg You all surely know If you don't become better Just where you will go. ' 0 is for oh! Which we usually hear When we're playing some tricks And the teachers appear. P is for Pearl, ' So true to his name: No matter what happens He's always the same. Q stands for quiz, Which gives us the shiversg If we should .all fail We would surely weep rivers. R is for Roy, Who is there every day, And has a good time When the teacher's, away. S is for shy ! Don't accuse them of thisg In the hall with the boys They are in supreme bliss. CARRIE ENSWORTH I oPAL BIRCH FRANK BLOOD IDA WAPLER TRUMAN PooLER

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, l INGENIOUS JACK DOBSON . A Beloit School Boyt Whose lnventive Faculty got Him into Trouble I up Some time ago there lived in Beloit a young man by the ,name of Jack Dobson. He was a very bright youngefellow and was especially apt in any- thing that pertained to machinery. To his natural ability was' added an ac- quired skill, so that he came to be almost a constructive genius., Whenever he saw a new specimen of machinery he always examined it very carefully, learning thereby its construction and mode of operation. Upon becoming con- versant with the different parts he would make a similar machine of his own in miniature and add such improvements as his fertile genius could suggest. Having- strolled into a drug store one day he saw a curious kind of a ma- hogany box sitting upon the show case. He advanced and was taking a criti- cal exterior view of the object when the druggist came up and, slapping him gently on the shoulder, said, J ack, there's something that will interest you. That's a music box, and it's one of the finest pieces of workmanship ever made. I'll just wind 'er up and let you see how she works. A few twists of a little lever, the musical cylinder was set in motion and Jack listened to some of the sweetest music he had ever heard. Where did you get it? he asked, after observing it closely for a few moments. Bought it when I was East purchasing my fall goods, replied the drug- gist. I'n'i going to rafiie it oif at a dollar a ticket. I had seventy-five tick- ets, but I've sold about two-thirds of 'em already. Wouldn't you like to take a chance? I don't think it would do any good, said Jack. I never drew any- thing in my life. Nothing like trying though. I guess you can give me a ticket. And he threw a dollar on the counter. ' Two weeks later the raffle came off and strange to relate Jack held the fortunate ticket. Now his one great wish could be gratified. Carrying the music box home he immediately set about taking it to pieces. He noted care- fully every point in the mechanism. Then he put it together again. I'll make one of my own, he said to himself, only it will be very small. - For weeks afterward he labored on his miniature music box. Nor were his labors in vain, for the outcome of his genius was a mechanical Wonder. It was only three-fourths of an inch long by a half inch in depth, and played thirteen tunes in five different languages. Jack was proud of his achievement, and did not fail to exhibit the wonder whenever the opportunity offered. It became a favorite trick of his to put the instrument in his mouth unknown to those about him and then to enjoy the looks of surprise that were depicted on the different countenances upon hearing the mysterious sounds. One day when performing his favorite trick he was thrown into a paroxysm of laughter by the grotesque antics of one of those who heard the unseen instrument. In his enjoyment of the situation he unfortunately swallowed the music box. His merriment was soon changed to fear and mortification. He tried in vain to eliminate the object of his pride'from his stomach. He used ipecac, all sorts of emetics and hyperdermic injections, butit was of no avail. The pride