Bristol High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Bristol, IN)

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' P l I CLASS POEM DOROTHY JOHNSON Our fair and laughing Dorothy Is always full of fun, And if you look up records of old, You'll find her work well done. DOROTHEA SCAMEHORN Dot. S. is curly haired and laughing- You'd never call her shy, And when she isn't chaffing: She must be sick. that's why. ELSIE MILLER Elsie M. our curly headed 'fly about Her Physics she does doubt, But let her type or lead a yellg And watch a smile drive way the pout. PAUL DAUSMAN Paul our loyal back-guard, In him we have all faith. He ne'er makes a basket for any girlg He seems to know when he's safe. STRAFFORD HALSTEAD If we were all as bright as Strafford To play we could affordg Especially when ,Straf can prove to Porter He has more money than Henry Ford. DORIS CORSON She's neat, petite, and slow Wherever she does go, And if good looks counted in the race Doris would-go every place. fContinued on page SOD Page twenty-nine

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,Aw ' v I v SENIOR CLASS GRUMBLE Realizing that it is much easier to criticize than to be correct, we ven- ture to confide in you our opinion as to the condition of Bristol High School. There will be no feeling of sorrow nor desire to weep when we depart from this dingy old school but a feeling of joy to be free. In the assembly studying is impossible for there is always a riot accom- panied by a bombardment of missiles. The desks are old and wobbly and rattle with the slightest jar. The clock and the bells are almost always ou the blink , and when they are in working condition they make more noise than a fog horn. XYhen the Parent-Teachers' Association tacked another warty addition to our school, we thought it was going to be an agricultural department, but imagine our dismay when we saw the name cut in the marble slab above the front entrance-Bristol Broken Bones' Hospital. Of course we knew it was a necessity, for nearly every day some child had fallen through the floor or had tripped and fallen on the rotten steps. Finally the steps were replaced by ladders but the floors were so greasy that the ladders used to slip and several children would have to have arms, legs, or necks set. The groans and cries we could hear used to waken our dear old professor when he was taking his customary afternoon nap. VVhenever a boy demonstrated dauntless courage by telling his teachers he was in the wrong. instead of being commended for being a brave boy he was told to report to the office. When making the excavation for the subway through busy Bristol, they dumped the debris in our front yard so high that it covered the windows on the first floor. It really didn't make much difference because the windows had always been too dirty to see out. VVhen the dirt was removed we found that it had graciously scoured our windows so that people passing by at night could see if the electric lights were on or not. There is no good in this school and our four years end in great despair. Also in after years we will regret the precious years spent in B. H. S., and our hearts will be filled with remorse, because we did not dare to demand that we be provided with better teachers and equipment, and that we might have a modern school building beside a quiet crystal river. -Strafford Halstead Page twenty-eight

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wmv, l P I . WILLARD BARTHEL We can never forget our auburn curls, Although Willarcl never cared for girls, He's been with us four steady yearsg And if you call for help he always appears CLINTON LONVELL Clint, the ladies' right-hand man: Spreads his wings like a fan, ,lust show me a senior girl who won't Take to Clint when she wants a coat. JOSEPH MAUCK joe is so full of fun, And his teasing never gets old, But just dare him to date up a girl, And feel his feet grow cold. BESSIE LEATHERMAN Bess is the singer in our class A merry, laughing, brown-eyed lassg She'll be a pal to even you Always helping, always true. -M. l.. M PRESTON SCAM EHORN Preston can say those little words. That sure get on Miss Clark's nerves, She puts in her red book a mark or two But never to Pres. will this any good do. EDVVARD JOHNSON Ed Johnson is a jolly good lad, A. better tease you never had: But Ed he doesn't mind if his grades Aaren't so nice. He thinks, I'll know more if I take a subject twice. fContinued on V page SU Page thirty