Ben Blewett High School - Brochure Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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max-rant an-lem out of the crrcle Good graclous' I m afrald' There' It s openmg 1ts mouth at me just then sunny wrlggles off the hook and dlsappears between two logs 1n the water and the glrls try for another b1te But the sun comes down and frles the backs of the1r necks and they get three headaches 1n the party and they all get cross and scold at the fish l1ke so many magp1es F1nal1y they get mad all over and throw the poles away hunt up the lunch baskets cllmb up 1nto the woods where they sxt around on the grass and eat so much lt makes them s1ck When they get home they plant envy ln the hearts of all the1r frxends by tellmg them what a splendld tune they had out Hshmg Ida Goorman 9th Grade OVER 105 by Henrxetta Neuman Z, ERTRUDE came home from work one evenmg feelmg 111 or as ,Q I she expressed It rotten Q In the 6I'St place she had a spllttmg headache Oh dear she thought I hope I get better by tomorrow Why Ill be bounced from my Job 1f I m not at work ln a few days However unfortunately Gertrudes w1sh dld not come true She felt so much worse the next day that the famlly became alarmed and declded serlous but advlsed her to lest at home a few days He then asked the glrls l1ttle sister Frleda to wash the thermometer so that he could take Gertrudes temperature What was the good mans surprlse when the temperature read 104' Good heavens he gasped The gxrls deathly s1ck' In splte of the doctor s words Gertrude felt better the next day but to the famzlys astonlshrnent and dlsmay after little Frxeda had washed the thermometer It read 107' But the next day Gertrude felt almost well Mrs Franzel the glrl s mother declded to take the temperature thxs txme After the thermometer was washed Mrs Franzel s eye chanced to fall on the temperature It read 110' The woman was so surprlsed she could scarcely beheve her eyes But there it was ln black and whlte The good lady s eye tralled back to the hydrant where she had washed the thermometer Gott rn Hlmmel' she exclalmed excntedly no wonder It vas washed under der hot water faucet' A Strange Day At Jumor F!!! LURRIED and bre thless I arrlved at school one mornmg Flfteen mlnutes late to find a group of the most 1ndescr1bably horrlble hzar s at the tardy desk I'CCClVlIlg tardy slips from a gaudy zebra who sar castlcally told me on my 'ipphcatlon for a slip that he dxdnt glve sllps to such ugly persons as I was Whlle speaklng the zebra signed a slxp for the very uglle t of the l1zards ll , - ' uh ' f I . A - ' - H .I , . , . . uv 64 'Y ' ' 9 . , , I y . . , 1 Q Y , . Fa' I ' 1-4 . it. n an ky I , Q ' sl ' ' ll 7! ll Y ! ' ! . , - - , . ,. , . , . to send for the doctor. He arrived and pronounced Gertrude's condition not , . 9 V li 1! , ll . ' U ' !9 y S ' 1 ! , 9 , . .N o u I L ! Y ' , . ss ' ' as - - u i- 9! 7 I . 'f ' . , . . Q2 l v d va of . . . Ed - . S . .

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mam How Curls F1Sh HERE are generally about s1x gxrls They are usually arrayed ln if-1 Y lxght dresses and pretty colored bonnets As they carry therr iff long poles hooks and l1nes they are very proud As soon as they get to the rlver they look for a good place to get down the bank and the most venturesome one st1cks her boot heels rn the bank and makes two careful steps down then Ends herself at the bottom with both arms ln the water and a general feehng that everybody rn the w1de world lS lookmg at her and she feels very great The other glrls prohtxng by her example turn around and go down the bank on thelr hands and feet backward scampermg over the rlfts untll they fmd a shallow place where they can see the Hsh and shout Oh I see one' Where? Why there Let s catch h1m Who s got the ba1t9 You lazy thmg you re Slttlflg on my pole' All these exclamatnons are otten off rn a tone that awakens every echo Wlthln a nnle around and sends every fish that IS near 1nto galloplng hys terlcs Then the glrls by superhuman exertlon manage to get a worm on the hook and throw rt mto the water w1th a splash llke the launchlng of a washtub and awalt the result After a whlle a feeble mlnded sunhsh con tlnues to get fastened on the hook of a t1m1d grrl and she grves vent to her tongue Oh my' somethmg s got my hook' Pull up' Pull up' you httle 1dlOt' shout five exc1ted voices as poles and hooks are dropped and they run to the rescue The glrl wrth a bxte gxves a spasmodxc Jerk whlch sends the unfortunate sunny mto the a1r the full length of the four reel l1ne and he comes down on the nearest curly head w1th a damp flop that sets her clawxng as though there were bumble bees ln her ha1r Oh murder' Take rt away' Ugh' Take lt away' The nasty thlng' Then they hold up thelr SklItS and gather about that Hsh as he sklps over the logs one all the t1rne holdmg the pole m both hands with one foot firmly planted on the lme as though she had an evllly dlSpOSCd goat at the other end Then they talk lt over How w1l1 lt ever get off? Am t lt pretty? Wonder 1f xt a1nt dry? Poor httle thmg' Let s put it back How vsnll we get the hook from rts mouth? Pxck nt up' Plck It ap' says one of the xrls as she backed herself l0 1 - - ' . cc . . ,, 'gi 5 ' ' gs! l . . ,X A G' 3? ' f If ,' . , ns , , . 7 . Y Q Y , . ! 7 D I , . li Y! , . Il 7, KI l! , . KK 7 ' !, 4. . . .. LL ' V ' ' !! , , . 0, . b . . . . . H . , - . ,, . . ' 7 9 , l - - , ll ' I !I , . . ,, . . . ,, . . . . . , , . . . . . . ,, ,, . . ' v I Lt ' . ' ' S! , . . . . . Y U ' Y , . KL ' ' it C6 ' i ' Il Cl ' ' ' 1 V! LL . n , u D! 55 ' ' I! ,, . . . . I ,, U. . . g ,

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mrwrere mam Wondermgly I turned to my first hour class where I found an aged chrpmunk poundmg wlth an electrxc sledge hammer the first prmcxples of jungle Hrstory mto the he ds of class composed of every ugly ammal that exrsts The seat next to mme generally occupled by a very pretty glrl now contained a boa constrlctor and as I had no wrsh to s1t wlth hrm and no other seats were vacant I remalned standmg trll I heard a sound l1ke a m1ll1on t1n cans crashmg together and as all my classmates were leavlng I decrded It was the bell and left also Never 1n my lrfe shall I forget the slght that met my eyes as I entered the gymnaslum where I was supposed to report for my second perlod An rmmense gorrlla was lnstructmg a class of apes who swung wlth aglllty from rmg to rmg and pole to pole My ears rmg yet when I thrnk of the norse they made chattermg yellmg and screammg at the tops of therr volces There was a young elephant among the puplls who was havmg as hare a tlme as I was keepmg up wlth the swmft commands of Instructor Gorrlla and though I d1d not partlcularly enjoy h1s company we just naturally be came chummy for they say you know that a wxse man loveth h1s own kmd and I guess xt s the same wlth elephants When the thlrd perlod bell rang I thought my mrserles would end but they only garned force for when I reported to math I found frgure twos threes fours slx s rn fact all lmagmable numbers waltzmg around whlle bemg 1nstructed rn arrthmetrc by a huge figure thrrteen who was brandxshmg an enormous club and dlstrrbutmg almost equally large ones among her numerous puplls On seelng me a student or supposed to be student called F1ve Thousand Two Hundred Elghty Feet 1n a Mxle yelled out Here she IS' Here IS that foolrsh human belng who can t and slmply won t drgest us Well show her how rmportant we numbers re I et flrst Hmg at her she has most trouble remembermg me At thrs last statement a serres of dlssentmg volces arose and the numbers shook the1r clubs so threatemngly that I declded home was the safest place for me so I darted out 1nto the corrrdors whrch seemed strangely twlsted lrke a labyrmth of halls doors and starrs The numbers w1th Frve Thousand Two Hundred Erghty Feet at thexr head were pursumg me raprdly my breath was fallmg and Flve Thousand Feet was just brmgmg hrs heavy club down on my head when kmd Provl dence made rt seven o clock and I was suddenly consclous of the fact that my small brother was beatlng me on the head wlth my bedroom shpper and tellmg me to wake up Mary Jane Carrxer 8th Grade 1 1 - ' ' . . I - zs , 8 2. y J - , I , 7 7 Q Y 9 y , v V . . , V y l y . , . , . , . , - . 1 'V Y , , . , . . . . . ! Y I 3 4 , 9 9 Y . . . ,, . . , . . . , . , . , , U . c. . b , - U . 9 Y ' S Y 9 . , . ' ' 1 -I