Bloomington High School - Aepix Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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THE AEGIS The ball rose up upon our right- Up from the field he flew, Then down he came, but it was not the same, For Normal more points had two. Then we did fear the end was near, And We were not in trim For even then and still again, The ball would fail to rim. The faithful Hugh got the ball and threw The thing straight through the net. Thanks to his speed, he did the deed, And we hoped for victory yet. Though the Ump said 'twas fair, the Reff didn 't care And he gave us no points at all. Though the protests rained, he still maintained, That Fidd had dribbled the ball. That We did foul, was the Referee 's call, And Sam White was called to throw. Shouts rent the hall as the cursed ball, Into the basket did go. The crowd just roared, the game was hard, For they fought against dread Fate. The Refi' was here, and the Reff was there, And he eyed them with black hate. Defeat was nigh for our good High, Whitesell, Davison, Mann, And Captain Miller fought their best, As noblest players can. Epstein fought, and Miller shot, And so did all the rest, But through the hoop, the ball would not shoot, And there consent to rest. Napoleon met his Waterloo, Bloomington met hers, too. Both parties against Fate were tossed And thus it was that they both lost. Let their praises be the same, Honor to these men of fame, Glory to their noble name. For B. H. S. they played the game. 24

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THE AEGIS Wiien they entered the room the fire had died out and a damp chilliness filled the air. Little Bill smiled when he heard the door open. Oh, sis, you did bring me the oranges? I knew you Would. This was too much for the policeman. He took the fruit and gave one of the oranges to the boy. Come, my lad, I am going to take you with me. You can help fill little Jimmie 's place. Poor Jim, he 's in Heaven now and will be glad when he sees that I have taken another little fellow and his sister to make his dear mother happy. You 'll go child, won 't you? he asked Marie, as he patted her shoulder in a friendly manner. Not Waiting for her answer, he gathered the little frail body in his strong arms and carried Bill tenderly home with him. Marie hardly realized what had happened, but so warm was the Welcome in the home that opened to her, that all doubts fled, to make way for the happiness of the new life that had begun. A TALE OF TWO CITIES BY LOUIS EPs'1'E1N. It is a young gazabo, And he stoppeth one of three. By thy beadless eyes and shiny nose, Now wherefor stoppest thou me. The Y. M. 's doors are open wide, Andl must hurry ing The time i set, the crowd is met, May 'st hear the deafening din. He holds him with his grimy paw, There was a game, quoth he, Speak quickly for I am: in haste' ' And thus his tale 'gins he. Big was the crowd, and the mob was loudg And merrily began the play, The men were game, and to win great fame, They sought this very day. On this one date, the game was greatg And the score rose wondrous slow. At last 'twas tied, and it stuck beside, And it would no higher go. The crowd was there, and they did cheer But Fate was 'gainst our team. But play they could, and play they would, And they did raise much steam. 2 23

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THE AEGIS AUNT JERUSHA'S ROMANCE GLADYS ENLow Land sakes, child! Why on airth do you Want to know why I niver did git married? I jist escaped matrimony by the merest chance i11 the world. i'In my younger days, when the peach trees was a-bloomin', a young man named Seth Scroggin used to call on pa en he was the best natured young feller you ever seed-he'd make hisself so sociable jist like 's ef he was one of the fam- bly. I rec'lect he 'd come in of an evenin' en set down an git up en go out and bring in some kindlin' en go to the pantry en drink a glass 0' milk en set by the fire en put his feet in the coal-hod en Whittle all over the hearth en spit terbaccer juice. But niver a word did he speak to yer ma er me. He tole pa he was kinda bashful when it come to wimen creetursf' ' Wal, he come over one evenin'-in summer 'twas--en the moon was a'shin- in' thru them big beeches over by Mandy Skinner 's house en the birds en insects en things was a-makin' soft coo-ey noises in the maples. He come a-struttin' down the path a-spittin' terbaccer juice en I was a-settin' on the porch, so he comes right up en sets down aside 0' me en draws his cheer closter 911 closter as he talks. H He was my first beau en I felt so bashful fer yer ma was a-peekin' thru the Winder en pa he was a-settin' t'other end of the porch. Then Seth sez Jerushy, sez he, en his cheer bein' as clost as could be to mine, he stretches out his arm around my waist en draws me so clost thet I was a-settin' nigh e11- tirely on his cheer. Jerushy, sez hc, will you-will you.', Now I jist knew it was too good to be so, fer there was a crash behind us en there was yer ma, busted clean thru the parlor Skeeter nettin'. Seth was so skeered he jumps up on a cheer en stares at Sal en by the time she picked herself up en went to mind her own business, he 'd forgot what he was agoin' to say, so he never perposed that night-ner any other en, halleluyer, I'm free. WHO LAUGI-IS LAST, LAUGI-IS BEST J UUA ALEXANDER Radford Herril, known to his classmates as Rnd, and his room-mate, '4Fitch Henderson, were secretly talking under the stairs. What's the use, he'1l catch on, Fitch was saying scornfully. No, he won't, Rud protested, not unless some one tells him. Hels just been here at school for a month. Freshmen jump at anythingf' The boys were both Sophomores and were anxious to make up for the tricks played on them during the previous year. Oh, well, come on, I'm game, though I don't think it'll work, yielded Fitch. But if you 're going to do it it, hurry up, he added. They lost no time in reaching their room on the second floor of the dormi- tory in the Williamson Academy. For some time they labored, writing, blotting, scratching alld re-writing. At last a neat card was thrust into an envelope, which they sealed and addressed. They crept quietly downstairs, and at the first mail- box, Rud drew the note from his pocket and dropped it in. Each boy uttered a sigh of relief and together they rushed out to the campus to join a ball game. ' 25