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

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,JEA- PIIZS Story Contest HE L1terary Soclety announces that m the contest open to the whole ffl 5 school the followlng stones were glven the prlzes I 911 THE PICNIC by Marron Chlld CHARLES FIRST LOVE by Ruth Gorman In the contest open only to members of the Literary Soclety OVER 105 by Henrretta Neuman BIG THINGS FROM LITTLE THINGS GROW by Stephen W1l hams The followmg storles were awarded honorable mentlon AUNT ANN S WILL by Nancy Ruhl A MODERN LOCHINVAR by josephme Hahn THE FINAL PROOF by jumta Kruse A MOONLIGHT ESCAPADE by Adrlenne Bedlglan A LOYALIST by Celeste Stamelsen A CRITICAL HOUR by Ruth Stevens GHOSTS by Rosalyn Franklm FANG by Ruth Deam Several of these stor1es appear elsewhere 1n th1s book Most of the others wlll be publlshed ln later numbers of The Junior Life Genevleve Scott Audrey Murray E C Toomey Commlttee L.. Q I4 1 - - ' . . ' 'ff .' kxf L . . . . V .Y - ' A ' , . MJ., l 4 'A as 79 0 - i 4- i . ll 9 77 ll Y! ' . Il Y! ' ll Y 7, 64 D! ' 66 V! ' li YV ' ' ' Ci U! ' It 37 C6 !! ' il 9, 7 7 . . , Q ' L --r- - ff I , . 'iji g

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Qmzzumrc Emma A CHARLES FIRST LOVE by Ruth Gorman OFTLY and stealthlly Charles Reed crept from h1s house and wxth ILE! many a backward glance made h1s way to h1s nelghbor s door He hved Wlfh h1s old fash1oned aunt and naturally she could not comprehend affalrs of the heart Charles was only ten years old and prevrouslv had pald l1ttle attentlon to members of the female sex However EIRIHC the httle glrl next door somehow semed to be dlfferent from the other glrls She certainly was pretty and her eyes oh well Gosh you know how It IS yourself Charles was strlcken hard and he was 1n great ecstacy because she had walked home w1th h1rn lnstead of Perc1val Slms a noted heart breaker who possessed a most attract1ve pompadour He was on hls way now to sl1p a note under her door and was afrald of be1ng caught by h1s aunt who d1d not belleve rn such foollshness ln ch1ldren What could she know of hls deep passlon thought Charles He sllpped the note under the door and ran If any one had been watch mg he mlght have seen Perc1val sneak up and carry off the note 1n trlumph But oh' the next day at school Well Charlle dldn t get teased or any thmg lxke that but all the boys called out Oh Charlle we know who she IS now you can t fool us any longer When Elame entered the school room all turned and watched her but she d1d not suspect the reason To day was v1s1tors day at school and all the chxldren had p1eces to say When Charles arose everyone saw Elaine watchmg hrm and they also saw Perc1val acc1dentally on purpose trlp h1m Blushlng furlously Charles started to stammer out hrs poem He choked blushed and stopped whxle the rest of the room glggled He just could not remember what came next Aunt Polly s stern eyes were rlveted upon hlm and he saw promlses of future thmgs ln her glance rather dxsagreeable th1ngs thought Charles Once more he started and got confused thought of the poem he had put 1n the note to Elame and Sald Tell me not ln ln mournful number Elame s eyes are green For the soul ns dead that slumbers And they re blue as can be seen Here everyone actually roared as all knew ffrom Percyj what the note had contamed and reallzed that Charles had confused lt w1th hxs rec1tat1on The Psalm of Llfe There IS enough agony 1n the world to spare you the detalls of what Aunt Polly gave Charles when he got home Let lt sufflce to say that the nelgh hors heard screams of pam and Charles d1d not sxt down for a week However the next day Perc1val presented a rosy apple to Elame and she threw lt at hxm w1th the result that Percy had a black eye for days and days Then she walked home wlth Charlle and caused that young man to thmk Oh swltch where IS thy sting? ll ,Q , . , 1 'B A . 7 7 ,ce L, . . . 1 as - ' ' , ' l -' 1 9 t, 1 . - , ' . Sl ' ' 99 - 7 ' . . . . . , long before Elaine even dreamt of its existence. .- V ' . . , - . . ,, . . 'Q 7 Y ! , v 91 , . 9 . . , . . 9 . . y . l y , . , . . . , - , , , . , . Z as 1 T' . . 9 , . 9 9 ' I ll 1 !9 b Y Y w . cl Q n H w ay V Y ! '

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Pxcture Of Orphans VOICI une lettre de la mere de plusleurs de nos orphelms Cher Blenfaxteur Je vlens vous remercler des 2 mandats que jal regu le 4 Novembre C2 mandats de 45 francs pleces qux fait au totale 90 francsj Cher Bxenfalteur, Je vous remercxe beaucoup a1ns1 que mes enfants de la generosltee que vous avez pour nous grace a vous nous pouvons un peu satls falre a nos besoms Nous sommes dans un mauvals pays 11 y a deja qu1n zame de Jours que nous avons la nelge nous sorrmes haut dans les mon tagnes Recevez Cher Monsleur lhomage de mom, haut Cons1derat1on et mes re merclements axnsl que celle de mes enfants Madame Veuve Chappeluz Mes enfants sont comptante de leurs blenfalteur et pour merlter leurs reconnaxssance Je vous envole leurs photographms Nos amntles lo w . . ., . ., . . - x A x -Q . . . . ,-x - , .1 A' . , . . . . . . . . -1