Central High School - Caldron Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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THE LAZINESS QF BILL LQNG. tAl 'l'lfN IilI,lCY.l Know Bill Lung ? XVa'al I shed say! Laziest man of a snn11ner's day Ever yen seed. I ain't no dab At laziness 111yse'f-ur ggab: Allns admired thet air process U' 3-bin' te nmst the chickens hez, An' lazin' lung nn a liberal plan 'Tlwut a tlmught fl' the drippin' pan. But ol' Bill Lung. why bless your heart Cnnld give me p'ints frmn the very start And heat n1e nut by far away. In the ,U,'El.l'll8 U' gineral lmaf-Vail'-lay. He wa'n't much t11luOl-tilt-'Billg Lung an' lank as El wagun tl1ill. Spite 11' his gnrniandiziii' like A' 'sperienced buzzard 'at knows l1is biz. Ur a llll11g'l'Y an' ever-tu-besso pike. Seemed like his inwards never riz Ekal tu the nceasiun jist. Kind 11' sulkin' helpless like, And allus un a gineral strike. Far behind. and knowin' sm. ll' the XVOl'l'C1'flll. never-endin' grist Taken abmwcl in a sticldv Huw: And su there wa'n't 1141 flesh tu speak Un ul' Bill Ltmg: perhaps. Z1 streak .list here an' there--a callous, where lt weu1dn't du tu hev' it bare: His lnatin' parts were musculair. Thet face 0' his'11l lVa'al, when Bill Hed taken pust upun the hill, Seriwus like a-gittin' down To his day's work 0' sittin' still: And, with a mind to bizness, thrown Full length aneath the sycaxnore. KA landmark at his shanty deorj. Quite keerfully hed fitted in

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PROFESSQR ALBERT B CRUWE. ALBIQRT B. Cicowii was horn at Bedfonl. Incl.. ISHN. His futher. Jannus B. Crowe. was ai PI'L'SiJj't61'iilll niinistvr :intl was wt-ll known in Fort XVII-YIIQ. Prof. Crowe was gl'tliil12liL'd from thi' Rcfnnington High School, in ISHT. unil spa-nt two yours at Wabash Colh-go. Ho taught st-liool for two years :intl then uiitn-ml H:1nov1-1'Colleg'Q, from which he was g'1':ul1n1tL-il in MUSE. In IHS!-L hc aicvc-ptonl his present position :is Professor of Suit-num in tho Fort XV:iy11i- High Sn-hool. In the fall of the szunc yi-ur he was nnu'riemi to Miss DI'i1.X'l'l', of H:u'tfor1l City. Prof. Crowe has beconw wiih-ly known in si-it-iititic 4-i1'clus. tillfillg' his short rvsi- iience in Fort Wliyne, hy his loutniwfs to tho Fort VV:iync Mi-clit-:il College, :is :in iiiws- tigntor of the Rountgen Prnt-css of Photography. :incl hy his connection with tho Fort YV:1yne Electrical School and the Y. M. C. A. Since Mr. Crowe hognn his work :it the High School. hc has ht-cn :ihle to inlprove and enlarge the physical. chemical and lvotanical lriliomtoihes, so that the several scien- tific studies are lllll'Sl1Cl.i with much aulmlitiolial ht-nctit.

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His shoulder blades to hollus, where His lung,-j industry hed made thin The rough ol' barkg - I'm speakin' square, Stranger. hed you been maunderin' The dirt road runnin' yender there, I'm blest but you'd 'a taken strong' Yer aiiferdavid thet thet tree 'An Bill 'uz part an' passeleknee An' trunk: and hed yer eyes Run up to where the feller's head Lay hlinkin' sleepy Paradise, Yuu'd swnre thet you hed nnly seed A 1'n11gl1e1'tax1gleu' nl' knnts Then uften falls tusyCZ1l1lrrl'Qs' luts. l.Vhy, fae' is, stranger. one hut day. The Parson frum up Straight Crick way, New man in the Cll,Lfg'l11'S. Came Sarchin' fer strayed lamhs- like Bill! Bill, doin' at the same old firm, Seed him cumin' round the hill, Punderin' likely on the Hanie Consumin' sinners au' the worm That dieth nut, fer out ff doubt The Parson NVCl'6I1't goin' in Much fer the pieteresk abwut, And 'spusin' he-'d been a man if sin VVe'd call him druwsin' nut an' out. The Parson led his old hay mare Up the steep hill side, pausin' where The winds blow frmn the river full 'Most any day, makin' a rnar Amid the leafy sycamnre: Fer Bill was sca'cely all a fool NVhen it came down to keepin' cuol. Besides, the hummin' up aloft YVas suothin' to the flesh, an' soft Releast the henderin' bands 0' clay An' let the sperrut sear away. Else, how account fur the Parsons a 'Whu stmnpt and tied his ol' bay mare To Bil1's1eg, an' with satisfactiun 'lc mg' ction