Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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Table of Contents PAGE Dedication Literary: 1. “Wanted, $20,000”—Mary Ruff - 5 2. “A Wayback Wedding”—James Lyon1 - - 7 3. “Wedding Cake”—Elsie Moore - - - - 8 4. “The Golden Idol”—David Dale - - - 10 5. “The Decoy”—Rosamond Whiteside - - - 12 6. “The Bohemian Girl —Ruth Heineman - - 13 7. “Ghosts”—Georgia Allen..................16 8. “The Task”—John Dodds - - - - 19 Pictures --------- 22 Class Write-Ups..............................23 Poets' Corner - -- -- -- -34 Editorials - Snapshots - - - - - - - - -41 Athletics -------- 42 Comics ---------- 44 Locals --------- 59 - 61 Advertisements

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■0 eM cat in it To JOHN A. GIBSON, Scholar, Counselor, Friend, This issue of The Magnet is affectionately dedicated. He dreamed a dream and saw a vision and lo! the dream has come to pass and the vision has become a reality.

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V V- LITERARY cn A WANTED, $20,000 Mary C. Ruff Jack Bemis had been sitting alone for two hours in the bright light of the full harvest moon, lie was thinking deeply for the first time in his life. Tomorrow, he would be ruined, just when he had expected to become wealthy. Years before, his uncle had died and left him a little farm in Oklahoma. He had never seen it, but, thinking it of little value, had mortgaged it for $20,000 to a usurer who suspected its real value. Two weeks before, the farm had be come worth millions, for a great oil field had been opened up about it. Then, the usurer foreclosed, giving him only ten days to raise $20,000 or lose perhaps $20,000,000. 'l'lie odds were against him and he was out of luck, for there was no one who would lend him such a sum, without security. He hadn’t told his wife yet. and she slept peacefully overhead. But on the morrow she must know all; no today, for just then the clock boomed out the midnight hour. The phone rang and Jack dimly wondered who could be calling at this hour. “Hello,” said a strange voice' over the wire, and then, “Close the (loot-back of you so your wife doesn't hear.” After doing so, Jack asked, “M ho on earth is this? My name does not matter, calmly replied the voice. “Well, why all the mystery, and what do you want? Are you sure this i. the right number?” queried Jack in. quick succession. “I’m quite certain 1 have the right number,—Jack. You don’t know me, but before I tell you what I want, I’m going to prove that 1 know you. “You were just now sitting on the porch worrying about tomorrow's ruin, and—” “How on earth did you know that.” Jack interrupted. “Only one person besides myself knew that, and I'm sure he wouldn’t tell. “I know all about your affairs, but I’m a friend. If you follow my instructions exactly, you will be able to pay off the mortgage tomorrow, without even your wife knowing how near you came to losing all. “Tonight, I’d do anything short of murder for $20,000, Jack offered. “Be careful what you promise. You must follow directions exactly without knowing the reason for anything you do. You may be in danger, and, above all. you must never tell anyone that you even left the house tonight. In return, I promise that you will return home with $20,000. without having done any-