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

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS 23 You Are Right High School—We Consumed 9,123 Bottles Last Year THE MAY-DAY PAGEANT. First the May-Day song we sing, Making the joyous heavens ring, With our voices sweet and clear, For vacation time is near. The teacher and her pupils dear Sing about the rain they fear; And the little boys flight on merry May morn And the pink umbrella is sadly torn. When the Heralds march ’round the throne, Their glittering helmets shone! Then the color-bearer the flag doth display Followed by flower-girls and brownies gay. Next in the chariot comes riding the Queen, The very prettiest that ever was seen; After her comes six Maids of Honor, Who joyously wait upon her. Then a maid of Honor sings, Sweetly and clearly her voice rings As she speaks to the lovely Queen, No fairer maid was ever seen. Then another maid doth sing. Sweetly and clearly her voice doth ring As she crowns our Queen of the May, Who is kneeling on a cushion gay. Then the Queen her throne she takes And in a song acceptance makes, Then the May-poles gay are wound, To the music’s rhythmic sound. Last of all we sing the closing song, For we children all belong, To this happy merry set, And a merrier group was never met. —Frieda Clingenpel, Sixth Grade.

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22- DEEDS AND MISDEEDS JUST FOR FUN not all due to make-up. Our second night’s performance was considered much better than our first due, of course, to our having had ‘experience.’ Mr. Lankenau was kind enough to take us to the studio in his car. Here Mr. Edwards took two pictures, one in our masquerade costumes, the oth¬ er in our evening dresses. We felt so grown-up in those party dresses. Instead of being taken to our homes and told to go to bed like good chil¬ dren, we were given the surprise of our lives when we returned to the h ' gh school, and in less time than it takes to tell it Mr. Brown and Miss Coffee served lunch. We certainly did enjoy eating, especially since we had been obliged to forego so many meals on account of rehearsals. We wish to express our apprecia¬ tion to Mr. Brown for “pepping” us up and keeping us awake at late prac¬ tice, to the teachers and pupils of the lower floor for selling tickets and otherwise aiding us, to our many trends for lending us clothing and furniture and last but least to Miss Coffee who directed the play and who never missed a rehearsal. As a ma¬ terial proof of our graitude we pre¬ sented her with a beautiful patent leather pocket book. We feel obligated to Mr. Brown for demonstrating to Harriet Wallace how to sit in a lady-like position when tea was being served; Betty Macklin how to sit on the couch with her ‘‘gentle¬ man fr ' end;” Anna Elizabeth how to laugh and to cry simultaneously; Mearle Chrisman how to straighten his back and look like an honest-to- goodness nobleman; Herman Lank¬ enau how to feign astonishment. Marie Crider how to cast admiring glances at the “swell gentlemen.” The specialties, a song entitled “Hats” by the 8 A girls and musical r eading “I’m a Perfect Little Lady” by Mary Jane Devor were well giv¬ en and the girls received many com¬ pliments. -—Betty Macklin, 8 A.

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24- DEEDS AND MISDEEDS MAY FESTIVAL With ' deal weather conditions pre¬ vailing, a large crowd attended the May Day Festival held by the pupils of the Central school at the school grounds Friday, May 15. The pro¬ gram was carried out in an excellent manner by the pupils and was greatly enjoyed by those present. The program opened with a large group of children accompanied by their teacher, on a picnic. The role of the teacher was played by Dorothy Young. During the picnic, four of the boys, namely, Grover Wheeler, Robert Engeler, Floyd Eley and Rich¬ ard Teeter, engaged in an argument over who was the best jumper. The argument ended in a fight between Floyd Eley and Richard Teeter. Mary Kathryn Tyndall intervened and stopped the fight, singing the song, “Don’t Fight, Little Boys, Don’t Fight.’’ Mary Kathryn had a beauti¬ ful pink umbrella and Fern Zimmer¬ man and Phylis Hoagland attempted to take it away from her. Richard Teeter intervened in this argument and sang, “Don’t Fight, Little Girls, Don’t Fight.” Following the two fights, prepara¬ tions for the coming of the queen were made. The color bearer, Sher¬ man Koos, appeared and sang a song about the flag. Then came the bug¬ ler, Harold Melchi, and the queen’s heralds, who gave a drill. The flow¬ er girls next appeared, scattering flowers ahead of the queen’s chariot, and s ' nging. Next came the May Queen, Louis Haubold, in her char¬ iot, drawn by twenty little brownies. The queen was followed by her at¬ tendants. Mary Madeline Coverdale and Helen Christman, and the crown bearer, Dorothy Ogg. The attend¬ ants assisted the queen to her throne and she was crowned. The little crown bearer sang, “Apple Blossoms.” Following the crowning of the queen, the children danced about three May-poles, which were decorat¬ ed in many colors. There was a chorus of 200 voices, which sang dur¬ ing the program. Miss Zelna Stevens, one of the teachers who helped tra ' n the children, acted as pianist during the program. The pupils of the first, second, fifth and sixth grades took part in the festival. At sometime during the school year, each class in the build¬ ing has an opportunity to give a pro¬ gram of some kind. The seventh and eighth grade pupils gave a play earlier in the year. The pup Is were trained for the May festival by Miss Cordelia Riesen, music instructor; Miss Helen Dugan, physical training instructor; Miss Bertha Bunner, Miss Helen Meyer, Miss Margaret Moran, Miss Neva Brandyberry, Miss Iva Spangler and Miss Zelna Stevens. —Daily Democrat. -o-- Mrs Lower — ‘‘Paul, don’t lean against your seat, stand up straight.” Paul McG 11—“I can’t, I have the stomach ache.” Mrs. Lower—‘‘Stanley have you any¬ thing for current events?” Stanley Kenworthy —“Nothing but about that young man and girl who were killed.” Mrs. Lower—“What do you know about it?” Stanley—“They were shot in the automobile.” Melvena Smitley is full of static Paul McGill is too June Miller is off in her upper attic And Harriet always says “Goo!”