Central School - Deeds and Misdeeds Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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22 DEEDS AND MISDEEDS HELEN HAUBiOLD Musician and Essayist For the first time the distinction of having the best composition on the subject of highway safety fell to an eighth grade pupil. This year the subject was “Highway Safety Habits I Should Learn.” Marie Crider’s, Mar¬ lowe Shell’s and Helen Haubold’s were the three submitted. The judges Mr. Wortliman, Mr. Linton and Mrs. Lower selected Helen Haubold’s as the best. Last year, Anna Jane Day, then a 7-A, was the winner, so the 8-A’s feel themselves signally honored by the success of their classmate. The following is Miss Helen’s com¬ position: Highway Safety Habits I Should Learn Many persons do not think of the numerous accidents that occur every¬ day from carelessness. The habits that we form have much to do with it. If we form good habits we are not so liable to be injured. Carelessness is the cause of many accidents so we should try to cultivate habits of care¬ fulness. These are some rules I should ob¬ serve: 1. I should never cross the street in the middle of the block. 2. I should cross crossings careful¬ ly. 3. I should never ride a bicycle on the sidewalk. 4. I should not play ball or any other game in the street. 5. I should not hitch my sled to moving vehicles or when I am riding a bicycle hang on to a car. 6. I should look both ways before crossing a railroad track. How many observe these rules? Everyone should. In crossing streets how many stop to look before cross¬ ing or how many children do not ride their bicycles on the sidewalks? But the children are not the only ones who violate these safety precautions. Even men and women are often care¬ less about driving their cars. Near¬ ly every driver of an automobile is very careful not to run over people on the street. Yet, occasionally there is a careless driver who disobeys traf¬ fic regulations and injures or kills someone. Many accidents are caused from children playing in the streets and getting so interested in games that they fail to notice the automo¬ biles. That is a bad habit and we should never do it. If I observe the safety habits, I have mentioned and everybody else does so, too, the highways will be much safer. -o- The services of Helen Haubold as pianist for the past year have been highly appreciated by both teachers and pupils. It is our hope, Helen, that you will always be as willing to use your talent for the benefit of others as freely as you have for us in the past year. - ♦ - Miss Coffee admits that she was perplexed as to the outcome of the dramatic parts of our play but she did not despair for she knew that Mr. Brown would enkindle in the players some of his appreciation of Shakesperean drama of which he has an abundance.

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An Old-Fashioned Mother

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS 23 THE BOY WHO SUCCEEDS The boy who succeeds must be brave and honest. He must have re¬ spect for persons older than he and must always be ready to lend a help¬ ing hand. The lad who watches the clock to make sure he does not work one mo¬ ment over-time will never rise above the ranks. It is not the lad who is self-satisfied and who has no wish to better him¬ self that will be promoted to better positions but the bright, manly youth who looks upward and who puts forth his best effort on the task at hand is the one who will be a success. — FERNE SECAUR, 8-A - 9 - It takes a certain amount of push to accomplish anything — even with a wheelbarrow. MY OLD RED SWEATER How dear to my heart is my shabby, red sweater, When relentless old winter chills me to the bone The end rooms the middle ones, e’en the assembly And every last nook is a real frigid zone. The old sizzling steam pipes, the ones that still function The drafts that are open and let in cold air Make that old, red protector, that shabby, red sweater More dear to my heart than a jewel most rare. — Miss Coffee - 4 - Men are born to be of service to each other, and this obligates us to do a little good to some one each day. ASSEMBLY MUSINGS The old ruling “one-half hour after school in case that your name was taken for any misdemeanor was put into effect at the beginning of the second period. Our teachers kept their eyes riveted on us even more than formerly, if that were possible, and many of us in turn, gave them a casual glance because we believed you should look before you leap. The 8 A’s frequently fell victims of this ruling because of their being un¬ able to keep from “talking out” in class. They were so full of brilliant ideas and were so eager to express them that repression was impossible, so the teachers practiced suppression. As a result some of us acquired the habit of following parliamentary pro- ceedure at least to the extent of be¬ ing recognized by the teacher ( the chairman) before reciting. But the poor under-classmen, how they suffered! Not yet being able to realize the humiliation of having to study one-half hour longer than the others, they fell easy prey. From one day’s record during Miss Mutschler’s assembly, we gleaned the following: John Engle, chewing gum. Dick Engle, going to the “Amen corner” without permission. Ireta Shackley, picnicing in the as¬ sembly. Iris Acker, chewing gum and talk¬ ing vehemently. Ruth Hammond, doing acrobatic stunts. - 4 - We often wondered why the 8A’s had to be ordered out-doors the sec¬ ond time during recess periods, but at last the mystery was solved. The Baptist church was being re¬ paired and the boys and girls feared to stick their heads out lest they be taken for lumber.