Bloomington High School - Aepix Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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THE AEGIS UN -PREPAREDNESS KENNETH RAISBECK. Miss Inman. Wants Me to write for the Aegis. So does Mr. Wallis. Edith Summers Thinks I could do grand, and Ding buttonholed Me once in a Dark hall and told me to fill A page or he 'd put me and Baldwin in a cage together, and me defenceless except for the power of the naked Eye. So tonight I tried for a longer Time than Miss Parker tells us to spend on Virgil fWhieh is about twenty-three hoursj To write something. First I thought I'd write A page of puzzles, for instanceg Why Mr. Beardsley is so pale with a pallor? If Mr. Arnold bit Mr. Thompson, which would die? I gave up because I didn 't know the answers. Next I wanted to write an Inferno And put us Seniors in it- Lena Green alld Cornelia Ensinger denied the filthy drug they craved which was Laughing Gas! Clara Diers digging graves for herself, and Fat Salzman eating His words. But I found that I couldn't make an Inferno without our Teachers Which were in Heaven Except Mr. Wallis who was putting Purgatory On a business basis. So I gave up and wrote this Poem in vers libre which you may call The attempt of a great soul Which wanted to, But couldn'tg a sequel to That night in the Death Cell.

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THE AEGIS RAINBOW HUES MARY THOMPSON. There 's a Hash of red And a dash of green And a trace of black and blue There's a spot of brown And a lot of pink And a touch of yellow too. There 's a space of drab And a trace of white Oh, like to a rainbow sky. For the views And hues Are the shades subdued Of Herr Arlt's latest tie. There's a clash To the tie And contrast To vie In the shirt of yellowish hue. There's a splash Of brown And streaks Of black And a lot of purple too. Just add Some White To make It right And orange so it be gay. But here's To the crowd Wllo yells Aloud Gustav's all right, we say.' 7

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THE AEGIS THE AEGIS STAFF EDITH SUMMERS. Onct there was a young man here 'at didn't like his books, An' when he should 0' studied, was minist'ring to his looks, An' onct the Seniors heard him, quietly stealin' down the stair, An' when they went to look for him, he weren't here nor there, An' they seeked him in the lobby, the locker and the press An' thru the whole Y. M. C. A. en' everywheres I guess, An' finally they found him, with his arms a-roundabout-- An' the Aegis Staff it got him For he didn 't watch out! An' onct a silly girl 'ud allus laugh and grin, An' make fun of every one as if it weren't a sin An' onct when we'd a meeting, O jist a lot of folks, She said some awful funny things, 'at she called jokes. An' then as she was blushin' so an' turned to run and hide They was an Aegis Editor a-standin' by her side, An' he wrote her in his notebook, en' made us laugh an' shout An' the Aegis Staff it got her For she didn't watch out! An' 'at Aegis Staff it says, when stars shoo-oot, An' the sky is sparklin' an' the owl goes hoo-oot! An' you hear the trees a murmurin', an' the moon is bright An, you think you'd like so much, to stroll the parks at night You 'd better learn your lessons, and get your credits dear, An' not worship them 'at loves you, nor have your sweethearts near, Nor git into scraps an' jokes, 'at clusters all about, For the Aegis Staff, it gets yuh When yuh . don 't watch out!