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

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —13 ROBERT SCHRALUKA SPELLING CONTEST It is with no small degree of pride that we present to you two of the champion spellers of Adams county. The fact that our boys won in both the A and B divisions was very grati¬ fying to us for we can vouch for it that they had very able competitors. Robert Shraluka, winner in the A diviS ' on has held the championship for three consecutive years. He is but a 7-A pupil but he has much natural ability and determination which assures success in whatever he undertakes. Vernon Ogg, B division winner, is wearing his laurels for the first time, but we are w ' lling to pick him as a winner should he again enter a con¬ test for his teachers report him as A1 student. The two large pennants which were awarded the school occupy prominent places in our halls, testifying to the superior ability of Robert and Vern¬ on, VERNON OGG GIRLS ELECTION The girls met in convention at Cen¬ tral and nominated their officers on three tickets, the red, the white and the blue. The civic section of the Woman’s Club looked after matters pertaining to this election. The nominees on the blue ticket decided to win and accordingly be¬ gan to use every means to succeed. Fearful of the following that the St. Joe candidates seemed to have Har¬ riet Wallace resorted to a little po¬ litical chicanery to induce Marica Martin, the candidate on the white ticket, to withdraw in her favor. Marcia withheld her decision for sev¬ eral days while political arguments became louder and louder, in fact, to prevent anything more serious hap¬ pening. Mr. Brown had to order the halls cleared between bells. However, by election day amicable relations had been established and no disturbances occurred at the polls. Harriet Wallace and her fellow can- d ' dates won by a majority of thirty votes. As woman has done from the time of Adam, why we don’t know, the girl officials sanctioned every

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12 DEEDS AND MISDEEDS NEXT? ART The little God of Love has appar¬ ently just learned of the splendid op- portun ties for practicing his art that awaited him at Central Building. As the result of his awakening, three of our teachers are to be 1925 brides. For a time we thought we might boast of having four but Miss Selle- meyer says, not yet. The Misses, Stevens, Meyer and Riesen form the happy trio. We shall not only lose them as teachers but also as Decatur residents. We regret that these teachers are to sever their associations with us but our wish is: May they have a prosperous life, long and ever happy. -o- BRIDAL PARTY. Honoring our brides-to-be a lunch¬ eon was served in the domestic science d ' ning room Wednesday eve¬ ning by the Central and the special teachers Miss Martin, Miss Christen, Mr. Kennedy and wife and Superin¬ tendent and Mrs. Worthman and Mrs. W. G. Brown. Miss Sellemeyer and Mrs. Lower were the menu commit¬ tee and they were assisted in serving by Miss Christen. The table decor¬ ations were in keeping with the occas¬ ion and the food was delicious. The brides-elect were “toasted” and in some instances almost “roasted” or at least they thought so. Each was presented an electric percolater hop¬ ing that they might lighten the burd¬ ens of the busy housewives. The evening’s entertainment ended as mirthful as it began at the timely hour of nine o’clock. -o- Here’s to those who love us And here’s to those who don’t, A smile for those who are willing to, And a tear for those who won’t. What is the purpose of the study of art? It is fundamentally a study of the beautiful. Beauty is a state of mind and cannot be defined. It is an individual idea differing according to the capacity of appreciation in the person. In teaching the subject this very capacity is enlarged, and the student, even though he has meager ability, can learn to appreciate the better things around him. Interest on the part of the student may be gained by connecting h ' s problems in class with every-day conditions with which he is familiar. If every particle of art were re¬ moved, we should have to take away every curve, every line, or form, which was not needed for practical use. What an empty place in which to exist! Last and best of all is our ability to see the beautiful in nature. To watch morning, noon, and night, the ever changing canvas of the Master Painter. We shall not teach art because the long arm of the law says we must teach it, but because our very lives, in this age more than in any other, feel the need of reaching up for some¬ thing broader and better. —Miss Martin. ■-o- Woman customer (after the tired looking clerk had pulled down blanket after blanket until there was only one left on the shelf)—“I don’t really care to buy a blanket today. I was only looking for a friend.” Clerk—“If you think he’s in the other one, madam, I’ll gladly take it down for you.” -o- May we never be done so much as to make us crusty.

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS suggestion that the hoys had made for the betterment of our city. They also gave their hearty endorsement to the efforts of the Woman’s Club for the beautifying of the city and prom¬ ised to assist in every way. The crime wave seemed to have subsided somewhat but their eagle- eyed chief, Betty Macklin, spied Mrs. Blair carrying passengers without be¬ ing licensed to run a jitney. The complaint stated that she had been seen hauling one “Jiggs” Durkin not only once but several times. It doesn’t sound possible but they claim¬ ed she was seemingly unable to talk in her own defense, due perhaps to the great humilation of being drag¬ ged into a police court, and readily pleaded “guilty.” She paid her fine and was released. Father Peters was seen loitering three minutes on the court house lawn and, as loiterers are looked upon as suspicious char¬ acters, he was arrested. He also ad¬ mitted his guilt. He took advantage of the opportunity that his ‘‘digrace” afforded him and gave the girls some wholesome advice on the value of time. The lessons in civics which the boys and girls learned by their actual¬ ly doing the things that the real of¬ ficials do are of greater value and are more firmly imprsesed than could possibly be done by weeks of study from books. The Rotary Club and the Woman’s Club are to be highly complimented for the interest they have taken in our boys and girls. We thank you. -o- WAS IT YOU? They told me not to worry, Nor to sit up late to cram, Nor feel a sense of hurry, In taking my exam. And so I did not worry Nor study hard, nor cram, Nor feel a sense of hurry— And I failed in my exam.