Bourbon High School - Python Yearbook (Bourbon, IN)

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THE PYTHON '21 osoooooooooooooooooooovoooooooooooooooooooooooaooooa . Poor Purp. Bert N ye- Hello Pickle, I heard your dog was dead. Pickle Dillingham fsolemnlyj- Yes, it is. Was he a lap dog ? Yes, he would lap anything. What did he die of? He died of a Tuesday. I mean, how did he die ? He died on his back. I mean, how did he meet his death ? hu He didn't meet his death, it overtook im. I want to know, what was the complaint '? No complaint at all. All the neighbors were well satisfied. I wish to know, how did it occur ? The dog was no cur, he was a pure bred. Tell me this, Pickle, what was the last thing he did before he died ? He went to fight a circular buzz saw while it was runnningf' What was the result ? The dog only lasted one round. I never heard of a dog trying anything like that. Was he mad ? Well, he didn't seem to like is very well? ll Cl KC KC i Miss Davis- La Ver Welch writes with a winged hand, don't he ? Miss Stahl- No wonder, he has flies in his ink. Musically Speaking. Miss Porter- There are some songs that never die. Mr. Waldrip- Yes, that's right. It seems to me that the,Glee Club has been trying to kill some of them lately, but it seems as if they never, never die. h Faculty Gossip. Miss Habernicht- Mr. Sellers said your hair was dyed. Miss Thrush Cindignantlyj- It's false! Miss Habernicht- I told him it was false and he said that that was worse than dyeing it H - Ruth Stewart- What would be a con- venient fall trip for me to take ? Bernice Berkey- Well, you might step on a banana peel, or try to balance yourself on a wet cake of soap at the head of a flight of stairs. The lively member of the Senior class, Esther Neidig, one time Went into Fribley's department store and said to Nettie Gilson, the clerk- I would like to buy a muff. What fur ? asked Miss Nettie. Why to keep my hands Warm, of course, said our Esther. An Early Literary Career. Eliza Rittenhouse- Do you like to write, Donald ? Donald Foe- Yes, pretty well. Eliza- Do you ever write for money. Donald- Yes, I wrote to dad last night. Found in a Senior girl's Physics Note Book-The Law of Perpetual Motion: 'Everyone that works at perpetual motion al- ways goes crazy. Mr. Sellers fin Physic's classj- What is steam, May ? May Nye-- It is water gone crazy with the heat. Dem Spencer- And you swore your love should be like the ocean. Mable DeVore- And so it is: it's low tide now. Silently one by one in the infinite steps of the school-house, Blossom the lovely Seniors, the for-get-me- nots of the Freshmen. oofnuonnfovofqfnovoovvo Page Fifty-six

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THE PYTHON '21 oooooooooooosoooooooooaoo-Qooooooonoaoooooooooooooooo Where Does He Get That Stuff? The following was found in Mr. Sellers' Physics Note Book: Eperiment 97. February 8, 1921. The Attraction of Unlike Objects. Apparatus: Cozy room, dim lights and a settee. Material: A Junior boy and a Junior girl. Process: Place the boy and the girl at op- posite ends of the aforementioned settee. In about 30 minutes sneakingly observe the result. Observations: They have moved together, so close that a fly counld't fly between them. Sonclusion: Unlike objects attract each ot er. The Domestic Science girls were soft boil- ing eggs and had been in the practice of timing them with an alarm clock in the class room, but one day it was out of order and as they all had wrist watches, Miss Habernicht told them to time the eggs by them. When they were served, she noticed that some of them were decidedly hard-boiled. Upon in- quiring of the girls, Thelma Eby spoke up: I thought,I ought to keep them in more than three minutes, because the minutes aren't as big on my little wrist watch as they are on the alarm clock. His Best and His Next Best. This happened at the fair about 6:30 Thursday evening. Virgil- I spent 851.00 on my girl today. Daniel- Does that count what vou spent Virgil- Oh. I forgot about Audra: S1.'80. on Audra Harmon, too? A Sample Conversation Between Daniel and Donald. CShakespearnean Stylel Donald- Youth, must I knock thee cold? Daniel- Thou wouldst if thou couldst. Chas. Rettinger to Ev. Eakins, on the way walking home, after a wild night in Etna- I may be broke so that I can't ride home, but there was a time when I rode in a car- r1age. Ev.- Yes, but your mother pushed ot. Hein Delp- I never smoke anything but quarter cigars. Winny Stoffer- Well, I smoke quarter cigars too, when I can't find any half cigars to pick up. - Ruth DeVore, fat the breakfast tablej- I read yesterday that wives were sold in the Fiji Islands for S5 apicef' Hack, fgrouchily, on account of a quarrel with Zelma the night beforel- Yeh, more profiteeringf' ,i. Mr. Ferguson- Well, William have you got your history? Bill Delp-- Yes, most of it. There was one thing that I couldn't quite understand, though. Fergy- What was that ? Bill-- It was about that Boston masquer- ade. Donald Fribley, the little Freshman, was sitting on the doorstep crying bitterly when a kind lady came along and inquired what was the matter. He wailed: I fell down and got my clean pants all dusty and ma wouldn't let me take them off before she dusted them. Butch Welch- I heard the other day of a man that lived on onions alone. Raleigh Sellers-- Well a man that lives on onions ought to live alone. , Claudie Vanner- I've traced my ancestry back to an English king. Fritz Bertsch- Sure, that's easy, a dead man don't have any chance to defend him- self. ,l.l.1l.l-.-ii Discussing the Fair Sex. Teak Erwin- What a high color Mary Slough has. George Wright- Yes, they say she won't have any of the cheap kind. -,- ,l.-1.111 An answer received on a final examination paper in Freshman Botany to the question- Name two articles that contain startchf' Two cuffs and a collar. Dire Consequences of Irrigation. Mr. Ferguson tsome more history class stuffl- What was the result of digging the Panama Canal? Wayne Stoler- I suppose the water ran in U one-..nu.-.unnfnu.. Page Fifty-tive

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THE PYTHON '21 'fi P fa?-ft-H' . ,gg gn .g. '2.j.11x?XQ:X.,. ... f 1 an 2 so , 1920 21 Calendar ,-fe --- - ----Q - e p pf F is 1 I fy' -- ...f .. W1 if g 1.2-2 -fs' - ll or 3 -f - 4 - i-Feiss Sept. 6.-School opens. Rains all day. Sept. 7.- Freshies get lost. Lecture course No. I, given by Prof. Waldrip Sept. 8.-Lecture course No. Il, given by Prof. Waldrip. Sept. 9.-First Senior Class meeting. Sept. 10.-Gerald and Steckman and Lavern Greene quit school. Sept. 13.-Lois and Mildred Hill enter school. Sept. 14.-Lecture Course No. III. Given by Prof. Waldrip. Sept. 15.-Mr. Waldrip gives the Freshies a lecture on Making Puppy love behind the school building. Sept. 16.- Dem writes his daily letter to Chicago Sept. 17.- Freshie class meeting. Sept. 20.- -Solo by Josephine of '21, Sept. 21.- Dennie of '21 is highly honored as he carries Andy Gump around on his back. Sept. 22.--Sophomore class meeting. Sept. 23.-Etna vs. B. H. S. base ball game. Score 25-10 in favor of Bourbon. Sept. 24.-Miss Morris and friend visit school. They advertise the show for Plymouth. Sept. 27.-Blue Monday. Too many dates in Junior class. Sept. 1 gg 28.- Bee of '22 all smiles. She received a special delivery letter from South Bend. fWonder who from?J Sept. 29.-Akron teachers and pupils visit Sept. 30.-Babies must play so Dem of Oct. 1.-Etna Green vs. B. H. S. at Etna. the B. H. S. '22 plays with a mouse trap. Base ball game. Score, 9-0 in favor of B. H. S. Oct. 4.-Monday morn and Wayne of '21 ask the Oct Oct Oct. squeeky Oct Oct Oct Club. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. is tardy. Wonder why? Let's teachers. 5.-Inwood vs. B. H. S. Score, 23-13. In favor of B. H. S. 6.-School out for the Big Bourbon Fair. 11.--School opens again. Virgil of '21 has purchased a new pair of shoes. 12.-Mabel of '23 is happy. Greene is back in school. 13.-Miss Porter organizes the Girls' Glee Club. 14.-First number of Senior Lecture Course, The Metropolitan Glee 15.-Fire Drill. 18.-Coronet solo by Donald Foe. 19.- Freshie penant arrives. Old rose and white. 20.-Pupils of Junior math class get ahead of Parker. oooooonooooonoooenonosono Page Fifty-seven