Central High School - Wakitan Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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'9xlYfF f f 3 crass or NINETY-NINE. py is that people whose annals are short, the same brilliant pupil alnswered, lt means that the children are happy because they don't have to study so much history. The other day we were reading Haw- thorne's Feathertop, who was a scarecrow trans- formed into- a living being by witchcraft. He was much admired for his elegant manners, his title and fine dress. Amo-ng his admirers was a young lady who fell desperately in love with this living scarecrow. A young gentleman, on being asked for the moral of the story, said it showed that American girls would marry anything to get a. title. Even in that dead and dlusty language, Latin, we do not lack merriment when we can translate, 'fFabricius cenabat ad focum radices- et .herbasfy Fabricius ate radishes and greens before his hearth. i But we have not spent all our'time in making bright remarks, for at last camethe great contest be- tween the Seniors and Juniors when we were guyed so shamefully and unjustly by the Sophomores-and others. Why this should have been we do not know. All the other classes had held meetings, elected of- w ficers and chosen colo-rs and yellsg while we had se- lected only o-ur colors and yell, thinking it unneces- sary to elect officers. We chose red and yellow for our colors so that we might wipe out the disgrace attached to these beauti- ful tints. But the other classes failed to realize our noble purpose and instead of admiring us they have called us Spaniards ever since. But we have learned many things from those above us. They tell us that a pony is a much abused animal ridden by Seniors and collegemen, and that it is de- rived from the Latin poena, punishment-if caught. We do not know what they mean, but will know when we are Seniors. But we have had to learn some things for ourselves. Most of us have learne.d to con- jugate the verb flunk in all persons, numbers and mo-ods-mostly in the unfortunate persons, infinite number and despondent mood. 'We have also found it best always to laugh at the teachers' jokes. although some of them should be reverenced on account of their age. It helps a grade along to make friends with the teachers. .L i. 4, , In composition pathetic story aj nearly succeeded effect was broker read, And the pl tin cans and evgrr hands on at Appl-- roar of laughter,

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Q- yy-fx . v L. 9,941 gs.. CLASS OF NINETY-NINE 7 nw in COmleCtim Freshman History i VVho said Fresh- We have been treated shamefully from the very first cliill. Miss May Eliza- man? You proud day, when, on entering the building, we saw a row of Seniors were .once what we supposed to be chicken coops, but thinking Huber B. Lewis I fx: Freshmen, but many, that they might be used for some other purpose, one fffiig H xg- man-y years ago, so oi us asked a Sophomore what they were for. - 5 many indeed that we That's. the prisonf, he replied, and ii the boys are fi .i ..'.,' do not wonder that bad, they get-.locked up there. But the Freshman '-'A ',','s 5.j.'1f,f'55':j:Jfff -J you have forgotten it soon saw the joke, for just then a, girl entered the f3'i'? -some of you. Ours Hprisoni' and hung her hat on a hook. ,, ,,.. U . U is a serial story-to This was only one of the many jokes that were f be concluded-and cracked that dayg but even when we became accus- dngi I X -' XX though o n l y one to-med to the waiys of the school we babies purposely I ' x slho-rt year h.as gone made bright remarks-simply to amuse the half with-A ix by, who denies that grown Sophomores. Now do-n't you want to hear 1 ,lkllfi X, J ' f we are greater tat just a few of our bright remarks? Une day ,ff li 3. ' ' I' lea s t in numbersj when a teacher asked why certain officers in hi, A A than any preceding the Roman state were called Lictors,' -one of X class in the history of us replied because they licked people. Wlhen the the High School? same teacher asked the meaning of the saying, Hap- .

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N-51155 while we had se- ell, thinking it unneces- Of Qur colors so that WG attached to these beauti- sses failed to realize our i admiring us thel' have 'e. things from those above is a inuch abused animal Qemen. and that it is de- punishment-if caught' ?v mean, but will know the have had to learn son16 of us have learne.d to con- all persons, numbers and Drtunate persons, infinite md, lYe have also found Q teachers' jokes. although 'everenced on account Ol lie algng to make friends CLASS OIF NINETY-NINE. 9 In composition .a. young lady.once tried to Write a pathetic story about the death of Virginia. She nearly succeeded in moving the class to tears, but the effect was broken by one expression, for when she read, And the plebs were so- angry that they threw tin cans and eve-rything else that they could lay their hands on at Appius Claudius, the class burst into a roar of laughter. Another young lady in writing a composition on the Battle of Lake Regillus had bul- lets flying through the air. And now in conclusion, we thank the Seniors for the delicate ho-nor paid to the Freshmen's literary ability in giving us o-nly one week to Write our class history, while the other classes had to have much longer.. We apprecia.te the compliment. However, we try not to be too much elated and sign ourselves humbly, your obedient, A FRESHIES.