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

Text from Pages 1 - 32 of the 1926 volume:

DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —1 CENTRAL BUILDING 2 DEEDS AND MISDEEDS M. F. WORTHMAN Suprintendent SCHOOL BOARD DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —3 MRS. CARRIE T. HAUBOLD A — DEEDS AND MISDEEDS DEDICATION W. GUY BROWN Principal and Mathematics We respectfully dedicate this, our annual to Mr. W. Guy Brown, our efficient principal. “For ten long years he has labored among us and taught us, Not in words alone but in deeds.” DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —5 EIGHTH GRADE CLASS First Semester Vivian Acker Doris Nelson Kathryn Aurand Marshia Ohler Harry Baumgartner Ida Potts Gladys Cook Ronald Parrish Mildred Debolt George Roop Wm Drummond Dick Engle Blenn Fee Chalmer Fisher Gaynell Graber Crystal Roop Ivan Raynolds Mae Stogdill Fredric Schafer Stanley Green James Smith Marjorie Hoagland Gladys Teeple Edward Musser Anna E. Winnes 6 — DEEDS AND MISDEEDS EIGHTH GRADE CLASS Second Semester Mary Acker. Alice Lake Catherine Andrews Rolland Ladd Irene Andrews Rowena Meyers Catherine Archbold Clara E. Mumma Cleora Baker Madgeline Miller Philip Baker Marcia Martin Dorothy Christen Mary McIntosh Merle Chrisman Ruby Reinhard Mildred Debolt George Roop Bernice DeVoss Mae Stogdill William Drummond Fae Stogdill Paul Fugate Dora Shosenburg Nedra Glancy Wilhelmina Schnitz Harold Gay Robert Shraluka Carl Gerber Earl Smith Russell Grant Harold Strickler David Heller Gladys Teeple Harry Hebble Gladys Teems Nellie Johnson Elizabeth Wisner Marie Kolter Robert Wisner Rudolph Kiess Forest Zimmerman DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —7 FACULTY GRACE COFFEE English and Pennmanship MATILDA SELLEMEYER History and Civics IVA SPANGLER Geography and Hygiene BRYCE THOMAS Mathematics and Physical Training 8 — DEEDS AND MISDEEDS NEVA BRANDYBERRY Sixth Grade MAURICE KENNEDY H istory MARGRET MORAN Fifth Grade NELLIA McGATH Fifth Grade DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —9 KATHERINE DORWIN Sixth Grade BERTHA BUNNER Primary MARCELLA HOWER Second Grade DORA MARIE MAGLEY Sixth Grade 10- DEEDS AND MISDEEDS HELEN STEPHENSON Physical Training RUTH COOK M usic KATHERINE MARTIN Art DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —11 L. E. BEARD Janitor FLOYD GIBSON Manual Training RUTH FRISINGER Domestic Science 12 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Letters and trophies have been awarded to participants in athletics and honors have been heaped upon physical prowess until it seems fitting that some more complete program be brought forth for the encouragement of those mentally alert. With these facts in mind, the Faculty has worked out a plan for awarding pins for excellence in scholarship. These pins will be paid for out of our school treasury. There will be a gold pin awarded to members of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades who meet certain requirements How the pins will be awarded: Leaders Digger The leader pin will be awarded at the close of each six weeks period, to students of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades, who meet the requirements listed below. Required: 1. Not less than 5 A’s for the six weeks’ period. 2. Must not fall below B in any subject. 3. Every grade on the report shall count. 4. Failure to maintain the above requirements shall mean the forfeiture of the pin at the close of the six weeks’ period. The digger pin will be awarded at the close of each six weeks peiiod to students who meet the requirements in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Required: 1. All grades B or above. 2. Every grade on the report card shall count. 3. Failure to maintain the above requirements shall mean the forfeiture of the pin FINAL AWARDS The final pin will be awarded at the close of the work in the A sections to all students of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades who meet the requirements. Required: Final Award Eighth Grade Final Award Seventh Grade 1. A student must have held the leader pin four of the six periods which represent the time spent in a grade. Final Award Sixth Grade 2. A total of not less than sixteen A’s must appear in the semestei average column for the two semesters repre¬ senting the woi k done in the A and B sections of a grade. 3. A student shall not fall below B in any subject in the semestei average column for the two semesters repre¬ senting the work done in the A and B sections of a grade. 4. All grades in the semester average columns shall count. 5. These final awards are to remain the property of the student. Final Award Fifth Grade DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —13 BASKETBALL TEAM BOYS BASKETBALL The eighth grade basketball team had a very successful season during the year, having won eleven of the fourteen games played. The fact that we were provided with new suits caused us to step out rather proud- ' v and no doubt contributed much to our success. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Kennedy worked out some new plays for us to use. The first semester we won a three series game from St. Joe. Two of our valuable players, Engle and Reynolds entered high school and our line-up was noticeably weak¬ ened. As a result St. Joe won the county tournament in the final game by a score of 26-20. Line-up for first semester: Roop, Engle, Debolt, for¬ wards; Capt. Gerber and Hebble, cen¬ ters; Reynolds, Smitley, Andrews, guards. Second semester: Roop, Debolt, Hesher, forwards; Capt. Gerber, Heb¬ ble, centers; Smitley, Andrews. Beard, guards. 14 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS MUSI C MEMORY TEAM Music Memory Contest PENMANSHIP For a number of years it has been our desire to enter the music mem¬ ory contest which is controled and directed by the state department but we have not had the required records ncr could we devise any means of securing them. Finally, at the re¬ quest of Supt. Wothman, the school board bought us the entire set and we began work in earnest. Miss Cook gave her time unsparingly to helping us after hours and at the final con¬ test Wilhelmina Schnitz, Bernadine Shraluka, Maynard Butcher, Olive Teeter and Helen Devor made the highest scores and were thereby pri¬ vileged to enter the district contest at Muncie. These students represent¬ ed the grades and Anna E. Winnes, Betty Erwin and Charlotte Kudart composed the high school team. We did not win the coveted first place but we did rank third and Miss Cook complimented us highly as this our fist experience of this kind. We hope to better our record for next year. Good writing is important and should be taught well. It is a prac¬ tical art. Business men know the value of plain rapid penmanship. It is well known that good writing has been the passport to success for many thousands of young men and women. The Palmer Method taught in our seventh and eighth grades produces legible, rapid penmanship. “Good writing all the time” is Miss Coffee’s motto. The following are the totals of penmanship awards granted us by the criticism department of the Chi¬ cago office on specimens submitted 1925-26. A number of students pre¬ pared their papers too late to publish the returns. High School Diplomas. 10 Final Certificates . 30 Improvement Certificates . 20 Progress Pins . 25 Merit Buttons . 13 -o- Ideas as well as food, ishould be chewed before swallowing. DEEDS AND MISDEEDS 15 PHYSICAL TRAINING PHYSICAL TRAINING The above picture represents the pupils of the entire building, with the exception of the primary grade, in the physical training class. Much credit is due the physical directors, Miss Stephenson and Mr. Thomas for the excellent work the pupils have done. Mr. Thomas has had consider¬ able military training and its effect is clearly seen in his class work. Al¬ most any group might appropriately have been called the “awkward squad” at the beginning of the term but they now step out with the military pre¬ cision of well-trained soldiers. I wonder whether next year’s play Will be as great as most folks say. There’s O’ Callahan of Irish wit And Chas. Rivers who throws a fit. Miss Coffee works from morn till dark So each of us will act his part. We’re going to show her, this we vow We’ll make the thing a great big “wow.” B. SCHRALUKA. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL The girls of Central were not very active in athletics during the past year. Many interesting practice games were played. These were with the St. Joe girls who proved their superiority in both games. Miss Sel- lemeyer and Miss Stephenson acted as directors of the teams and Marcia Martin and Mary Engle were yell- leaders. The following was the line-up: Forwards—Kolter and DeVoss. Center—Bright, captain Guards—Aurand and Andrews. Side Center—Meyers Subs—Cook, Yost, Baker. Scores of the season: 1925— -Central, 6; St. Joe, 16. 1926— Central, 10; St. Joe, 11. Captain Mildred Bright -o- The teachers and pupils of this build¬ ing wish, in this way, to acknowl¬ edge publicly, the many extra hours of art that Miss Martin has done for us during the past year. Besides pos¬ ters for the Bible school and the play, “His Uncle’s Neice,” she spent hours painting the “features” on our ani¬ mals for the circus. Thank you, many, many times, Miss Martin. 16 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS iiiil TRACK AND Sixth Grade Team Defeated, 41-31 The Fifth grade of the Central school was victorious over the Sixth grade in the annual track and field meet, held Friday afternoon, April 23, at the Central school athletic field. Considerable good material was uncovered. Hullinger, fifth grade star trackman, won three first places and was the high point man in the meet with 1 5points. He won first in the 50-yard, 100-yard and 220-yard dashes. BryceThomas, Central school ath¬ letic director, and Principal W. Guy Brown, were in charge of the meet, which proved to be one of the hard¬ est fought track meets ever held be¬ tween the two grades. The Fifth grade finally nosed out the Sixth grade team, the score being 41-31. The winners went into the final event, the pole vault, with a two- point lead. The summary of events is as fol¬ lows: Low hurdles—Fox (5) first; Buf- fenbarger (6) second; Hill (5) third. Time 11 4-5 seconds. High jump—Shaffer (6) first; Drake (6) second; Buffenbarger (6) third. Height, 4 ft. 3 in. FIELD 50-yard dash—Hullinger (5) first; Hill (6) second; Moses (6) third. Broad jump—C. Hill (5) first; Mc¬ Clure (5) second; J. Hill (5) third. Distance, 13 ft. 5 in. Shot put—Hearst (6) first; McNeal (5) second; Buffenbarger (6) third. 100-yard dash—Hullinger (5) first; V. Hill (6) second; Burkhead (6) third. Time 13 seconds. 220-yard dash—Hullinger (5) first; Burkhead (6) second; Hill (6) third. Time 35 seconds. Pole vault—McClure (5) first; Hill (5) second; Burkhead (6) third. Height 6 ft. 6y 2 in. •-o-- Seventh Grade Boys Defeated 51-21 The Central school eighth grade boys had little trouble disposing of the seventh grade in a dual track and field meet held Friday afternoon, April 30, at the Central school ath¬ letic field. The final standing was 51 to 21. Thurman Andrews, of the eighth grade team, was high point man of the meet, scoring 15 points on three first places. Diehl was the star point collector for the seventh grade, getting two first place ribbons and one second place. The summary of events is as fol- DEEDS AND MISDEEDS 17 lows: 1] | J 50-yard dash—Debolt (7) first; Roop (8) second; Wi ' li ' ams (7) third. 100-yard dash—Hebble (8) first; Gerber (8) second; Roop (8) third. 220-yard dash—Andrews (8) first; Baker (8) second; Gerber (8) third. Low hurdles—Diehl (7) first; Chris- man (8) second; Williams (7) third. High jump—Diehl (7) first; Baker (8) second; Ladd (8) third. Broad jump—Andrews (8) first; Beard (8) second; Hurst (7) third. Shot put—Andrews (8) first; Beard (8) second; Hurst (7) third. Pole vault—Drummond (8) first; Diehl (7) second; Beard (8) third. Officials—Kennedy and Thomas. -o- JUNIOR ELECTIONS For the purpose of instructing and interesting future citizenry in the importance of local government, jun¬ ior elections were held, sponsored by the Rotary Club and the Woman’s Club. They endeavored to impress upon the youthful minds the neces¬ sity of selecting efficient men and women for the various offices be¬ cause it is they who- control, to a large extent, conditions in the schools which our children attend, protect or close gambling resorts which may corrupt, keep our streets clean or permit them to gather filth which breeds germ-carrying insects. With the safety, health, and comfort of everyone at stake, no public spirited citizen can afford to ignore a local election. These facts together with the duties of the various officials, were especially stressed by those in charge. Billy Krick, a student from the Catholic school led the boys’ ticket as mayor and Madgeline Miller 8A, Central, the girls’ ticket. If the public spirited citizens who provided this educational opportun¬ ity for the boys and girls had seen the interest shown at the convention and heard them electioneer and had witnessed the friendly rivalry among the nominees on the various tickets, they would feel amply repaid for their efforts. Mayor Madgeline Miller’s address follows: “Members of the Common Council, officers and friends: “I think in this hour we ought to try to do as well as the hoys did in their election. I wish to thank the men and women that have made it possible for us to be here now. I knew we shall learn more about the way the city is governed and we shall become more interested when we are older. We all wish to see Decatur prosper, so let us try to keep it clean. We ought to have more than one clean-up week in a year. All citizens should consider every week a clean-up week. Good sidewalks, clean and beautified lawns and nice¬ ly trimmed trees always make a good impression upon persons visiting or passing through our city. “We heartily endorse the move¬ ment made by the honorable council to convert the old cemetery into a park and playground, I wish to thank, in behalf of the boys and girls those who have made it possible for us to enjoy the swimming pool. We recommend a first aid kit be provid¬ ed in case of accident or illness at the pool. A stop light at the General Electric would be very convenient. Requests from many citizens espec¬ ially from parents, make it seem ad¬ visable that we recommend a stop light at the corner of Fifth and Mon¬ roe streets. “We assure the public that we, the present officials, both individually and collectively, will do everything in our power to further the progress of our already progressive little city.” 18 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS MOTHERS’ DAY Life is a series of broadening circles expanding with experience and re¬ sponsibility, but at last, as at first, its center is the mother whose love and patience and faith have given us th e courage to assume its numerous cares. To honor all mothers, an ap¬ propriate program was given with Rev. Covert as speaker. In his ever pleasing way, he spoke of the un¬ changing, unselfish and unceasing love of a mother. The future of our country—the destiny of America—• the hope of the world lies in the hearts and minds of our mothers, for mothers, and only mothers, can put the real impress of character on the children of the world. In order to repay the mother, to show her some acknowledgement of our indebtedness, we should endeavor to live the kind of a life she would wish us to live. -o- EXCERPTS FROM REV. LIGHT’S ADDRESS I shall try to say something to cause you to think seriously about what lies before you. You are living now, but you are not living as you would like to live later on. If you would be the best when you reach manhood and womanhood you must be most careful how you prepare. You are now building for that future so be careful how you lay the foun¬ dation. What you will be depends upon your ability to “get out.’’ The boy or girl who has the ability to overcome circumstances will win out. If you are made of the “right stuff” you can become exactly what you want to be and all that God intended you to be. Your success depends up¬ on how you get ready. Don’t cry about it if you have no one to back you with money. Set your foot down and say “I’m determined to do the thing” and success will be yours. We have had no more interesting and instructive chapel period than that provided by Rev. Thompson, pastor of the First Christian Church and one of our patrons. Rev. Thompson has the good for¬ tune to have ben born and reared in the coal regions of Pennsylvania and to have labored as a coal-miner. He spoke entertainingly of the min¬ er’s life and gave many of us not only our first real mental picture of some of its hardships but also a greater ap¬ preciation of the many comforts which we enjoy through the labors .of the humble miner. -——o- Among the many interesting pro¬ grams presented by the various sec¬ tions as special numbers for Friday opening exercises, none was more ap¬ propriate nor more ably given than that presented by the 7 B’s. Mr. Thomas, who, by the way, is intensely patriotic, had charge of the program which was commemorative of the one-hundred fiftieth anniver¬ sary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence The “tiny tots” of our department acquitted themselves most creditably. In song, story and poem the events, leading up to this memorable historical occurrence were very cleverly depicted. The drum corps, and music on the Jew’s harp by George Helm and Bob Hite lent an air of distinction to their program. -o- It affords us genuine pleasure to in¬ form our readers that our principal, Mr. Brown, has had the unique dis¬ tinction of appearing before the micro¬ phone, when as a member of the dra¬ matic team of the K. of P. Lodge, he broadcasted in the play, Damon and Pythias, at WOWO. Every member of the team was highly complimented as was also their pianist, Helen Hau- bold. DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —19 MISS ELLA MUTSCHLER Miss Ella Mutschler, who was granted a leave of absence last year on account of illness, has tendered her resignation. After resting for several months. Miss Mutschler ac¬ cepted a position with the Compton Company. She has been very suc¬ cessful in her new work. In a nation¬ al contest extending over a period of five weeks she was one of twenty who had the largest sales and she was awarded a diamond ring in recog¬ nition of her superior ability. “Better Business,” the company’s publication, recently contained Miss Mutschler’s picture and the story of her success. Miss Mutschler is very enthusias¬ tic about her work and reports that there is no limit to one’s opportunity for advancement, should he be wil¬ ling to work hard. We sincerely regret that Miss Mutschler has decided to leave the profession for during our many years ■of association we learned to know her well and to admire her many admir¬ able traits of character. Here’.s our sincerest wish for your continued success. Miss Mutschler sends greetings to her friends and associates- in the fol¬ lowing interesting letter: Springfield, Ohio, May 1, 1926. Dear Teachers and Pupils of Central: — All winter I have been thinking of writing a letter but I just never started. I thought I would get a chance to drop in some time and sur¬ prise you, but school is almost out and it hasn’t happened. How I should like to stand on that little assembly platform once more to look you folks over. Ha! I can see Mr. Brown hopping around trying to get everybody to smile for a picture to place in “Deeds and Misdeeds.” Miss Coffee is car¬ rying a bushel of contributions try¬ ing to find one that will match the rest; Miss Sellemeyer I know is giv¬ ing you on extra meal each day, serv¬ ing history and civics, so the plates will be licked clean when dish-wash¬ ing time comes. I know too, Miss Spangler has taken you on a good many journeys, and if you traveled in a Ford you have had a few bumps. I know because I travel in one. But never mind, you have three months to recover. I wish I might take you all with me as I am visiting hundreds of homes. What troubles children everywhere are having! Cheer up, boys and girls! If you are having a hard pull remember somewhere else someone is pulling harder. It pays to keep on pulling, too. If you don’t believe it, come along with me just one week If I could gather up some of the tears I see, you would be surprised. I know a lot of you children are strangers to me and some of my old pupils are in high school thinking they own Decatur by this t ime. Am 2C DEEDS AND MISDEEDS I right? It doesn’t make any differ¬ ence, I hope every one of yon get a little lift higher. If any time yon get a chance to own Decatu go to it. I know Mr. Thomas has had some cf your arithmetic classes and I am sure he can help you figure out a plan to buy it. Ask him I want you children and teachers too, to save a few of your pennies for vacation. If any of you feel like taking a little trip with me—come on. I’ll help you spend it Let me know when I may expect you. I know I’m a wandering Jew and never know just where I’ll hang my hat next, but Miss Selleme yer usually knows where I am and she can direct you. With best wishes to all and with the hope that you will have the hap¬ piest vacation ever, I am Sincerely yours, ELLA MUTSCHLER. -o- BOY SCOUTS Although Scouting is not a Central School activity, our school is well represented in, and a loyal supporter of, the Decatur Boy Scout Rotary Troop No 1. The troop has moved its head¬ quarters from the basement of the Central school to the Rotary Club and Industrial Association club rooms. These rooms have been ar¬ ranged to serve as an ideal Scout headquarters. Meetings have been held nearly every Tuesday evening during the past winter and Clark Lutz, French Quinn, Rev. Covert, Rev. Miller, Dr. Fred Patterson, O. L. Vance and other equally good speakers have attended and talked to the boys The Scouts gave several banquets in the Rotary Club rooms during the winter. One was in honor of Father Fettig, assistant pastor of the Cath¬ olic church, who was a leader in Scout work in Fort Wayne, and an¬ other for the Pleasant Mills Boy Scouts. The Troop has been work¬ ing hard this winter trying to raise enough money for their camping trip at the lakes which will be held the latter part of August and the first of September this year. They have given entertainments, bringing to Decatur, C. Lawrence Abbott, a noted impersonator, and are hoping that the Rotary Club, Teachers and Post¬ men will play their annual baseball game for the benefit of the iscout camp fund as they did last year. The scouts enjoyed a weeks outing at Hamilton Lake last summer. About thirty boys made the trip and en¬ joyed a week of swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, games, peeling pota¬ toes, camp fires, songs and every¬ thing that goes with the exciting life in a scout camp. They lived in tents, cooked out of doors and lived in true camp style The scouts have been advancing rapidly in their scout work during the year. Ten scouts have passed their Second Class tests, four have passed their first class work and two of the boys are Star Scouts. Rotary Troop No. 1 has taken active part in community programs during the past year, having had charge of giving out the candy at the community Christ¬ mas tree, and having helped with the Boys Week and Memorial Day pro¬ grams. They have proved themselves to be a real asset to the community and Central school is proud of her representatives in the Decatur Boy Scouts. -o- Clara Ellen, after being frightened, “Marie, am I a little pale?” Marie Kolter—“No, you’re a big tub.” DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —21 FIRST AND SECOND GRADES Earl Smith, 8A, Frieda Clingen- peel, 7A and Geneva Smith, 6B, left about April 3 for their new home at Dorset, Ohio. Miss Frieda wrote the following interesting letter to her teachers and schoolmates: Dorset, Ohio, R. R. 1 April 23, 1926 Dear Friends: — We had a wonderful trip. We rode fourteen hours, never stopping only to get gas or when we had to change tires. Mamma got shaky when we went down steep hills, but the rest of us thought it was fun. We saw many mountains, rivers, dams and waterfalls but we could not take time to find out their names. We saw nearly 40 white crosses and went through nearly that many cities. Just before we reached Geneva, Ohio, we passed a large bus which was on fire. A relief bus had just loaded on the passengers and was starting toward Cleveland. We did not stop to inquire whether anyone was hurt A large crowd had gather¬ ed, and the fire department was try¬ ing to put out the fire. Cleveland is 25 miles wide, and we thought we never would get out of the city. Our road was not more than five or six yards from the edge of Lake Erie. The lake looked as though it were endless. There were many ships in the harbor. We chil¬ dren suggested going in one this sum¬ mer when we came to the lake, but mamma said that she would rather be on the outside, looking in, than on the inside looking out. Our farm is a dandy. We call it “Maple Grove Farm” because of the maple grove in the front yard. And it’s the biggest yard I’ve seen in a long time. We certainly have plenty of room to play in. Now Geneva and I can jump and run and climb as ' much as we please. We couldn’t climb around in the town, and that is one reason we like the country. But, Mr. Brown, I am not “Frieda of Sunnybrook Farm,” I am “Frieda of Maple Grove Farm,” and that’s the best. If I could have every one out here to visit that I want I would have to start a free boarding house. I hated to miss the 7B’s program, but I heard all about it beforehand, from one of the 7B girls. I know it was interesting. Your loving friend. FRIEDA CLINGENPEEL. DEEDS AND MISDEEDS 22 — His Uncle’s Niece Presented by The Central School on Wednesday and Thursday, January 6 7, 1926 THE CHARACTERS 1— Richard Tate, Esq., a rising young lawyer.Janies Engeler 2— Francis Felton, the cause of all the trouble.Fredric Schafer 3— Dora Hale, very much attached to the “cause”.Anna E. Winnes 4— Alice Malcolm, a close chum of Dora’s.Gaynell Graber 5— Mrs. Sarah Ann Mullen, a woman of few words; from Happy Valley.Doris Nelson 6— Simon F. Felton, Frank’s uncle, who never makes a mistake.Robert Schraluka 7— Philander Filmore, “humble but wise”.Chalmer Fisher 8— Timothy Haye, gardner at Happy Valley Junction.Edward Musser 9—Silas Sickelmoore, the constable at Happy Valley.. Randolph Brandyberry THE SCENES ACT I.—Interior of Francis Felton’s and Richard Tate’s bachelor establish¬ ment at Boston. ACT II.—Same as Act I. Afternoon of the same day. ACT III.—Exterior of Uncle Simon’s newly acquired summer home at Happy Valley Junction. Evening; three days later. TIME—Summer. Directed by Miss Grace Coffee. SPECIALTIES Directed by Miss Ruth Cook and Miss Iva Spangler Pianist, Helen Haubold We’re Ready to Begin So You’d Better Listen In.Eighth Grade Girls I’ve Got the Mumps.Marcia Martin Oh, Such Horrid Colds.Seventh and Eighth Grade Boys When Grandmother Dreams.....Eighth Grade Girls Instrumental music furnished by the Cafaro Symphonic Trio, composed of Signor Cafaro and his daughters, Carmela and Theresa. Some of Signor Cafaro’s Decatur students will also appear on the program. DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —23 HIS UNCLE’S NIECE “His Uncle’s Niece” “What is so rare as a day in June?” Nothing, when the characters are chosen for the annual eighth grade play. On this particular June morn¬ ing Mr. Brown rose early from his beauty sleep in order to notify those who were to take parts to come to practice the folowing afternoon. But!! The call of Mother Nature proved too great for Ivan Reynolds to resist. Stanley Green could not stand the great amount of work re¬ quired and Forrest Zimmerman had other duties that demanded his im¬ mediate attention. So substitutions were made and the following receiv¬ ed parts: Gaynell Graber, Anna E. Winnes, Fredric Schafer, Randolph Brandyberry, James Engler, Chalmer Fisher, and Edward Musser. They all promised to work faith¬ fully and be present at every rehear¬ sal but you should have heard the terrible groans when it was announced that they were due at practice when a good movie was playing. However, they lived through all these perse¬ cutions and the final night arrived. At the crucial moment Doris Nel- she could not utter a sound. Gaynell Graber, much to her joy, lost two whole pounds anticipating the outcome if she should forget to enter at the right time. Anna E. Winnes suddenly devel¬ oped a bad case of chills. Fredric Schafer started at the idea of appearing in public in girl’s clothes. Robert Shraluka turned red and white by turns. Edward Musser fainted on the spot 24 DEEDS AND MISDEEDS and Chalmer Fisher nursed a black and blue spot for many a long day in doing his best to catch Edward. Janies Engler’s knees knocked to¬ gether so forcefully that Mr. Brown was sure he was injured for life. Randolph Brandyberry alone de¬ clared he was not a bit afraid. It was noticeable, however, that he listened with an eager ear to all the ways Miss Coffee suggested of hold¬ ing our nerves in control. After the second nights’ perfor¬ mance we were taken to the studio to have our pictures taken. Of course we expected to be taken home at once as soon as this was done but we were poor guessers. Mr. Brown took us by the hand and led us to the con¬ fectionary to enjoy a midnight lunch. We enjoyed this feature very much, owing to the fact that “square meals” had been few and far between during our weeks of intensive practice. We wish to express our gratitude to the pupils and teachers of the low¬ er grades for selling tickets, to our friends for supplying us with clothing and furniture, to Mr. Brown for keep¬ ing us awake and in order, though his “rod of iron” did look threatening at times, to Mr. Beery who so gen¬ erously offered to apply the neces¬ sary make up, and last but not least, to Miss Coffee who directed us and never was late to a rehearsal. As a procf of our gratitude we presented her with a beautiful reed fernery. Much credit is due the girls and boys who took part in the specialities. The songs were very clever and the girls received many compliments. —Anna E Winnes Many and long were the hours of practice but all were able to extract much comfort out of their strenuous efforts when told that their produc¬ tion surpassed all other eighth grade plays. The writer of the above article was too ' modest to comment on their success. FREDRIC SCHAFER “His Uncle’s Niece” -o- The following schedule has been adopted for grading the pupils’ pen¬ manship. 8A High School Diploma.A+ Final Certificate.B-f Improvement Certificate.B 8B Final Certicate.A-f Improvement Certificate.B-f- Progress Pins.B No Award..C 7A Final Certificate.A-f- Improvement Certificate.A Progress Pin.B+ Merit Button.B No Award.C The 7B’s do no write for any award so their grade is given by Miss Coffee. -o- Miss Coffee and Miss Bunner spoke before the Adams County Institute recently. The recognition was well deserved as they are specialists in their re¬ spective lines. DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —25 PROGRAM Decatur Central School PRESENTS The Combined Adam Hindpaw and Barndoor Bailhay Ringless Circus 8:C0 o’clock; Wednesday at 3:00 P. M. May 25 and 26 Three Big Performances: Wednesday and Thursday Evening, at Adult Tickets, 25c; Children, 15c. Matinee, Children under 14, 10c. DIRECTORS .. Teachers, Central School RINGMASTER .. Professor Bryce Thomas A. GRAND MARCH. B. PROFESSOR BUMPLAYER’S CLOWN BAND. The name speaks for it¬ self. The composer of the charming airs rendered asked tha this name be withheld. C. THE EQUESTRIAN ACT. The famous High School Ponies in their mar¬ velous feats of skill and intelligence. D. THE WONDERFUL SLACK WIRE PERFORMANCE. Notice the height at which the performers risk their lives. A feat never performed before by a human being. E. ISADORE, THE IRISH ELEPHANT AND THE BABY ELEPHANT. The largest and smallest specimens of the jungle ever exhibited. F. THE PERFECTLY PEERLESS PYRAMID BUILDERS in their perilous acrobatic feats. G. KATHERINE, THE ARKANSAS GIRAFFE. Better known as Katherine, the Obstinate. H. CLOWN DANCE. Mirthful and musical. I. LADY ZAZARABELLA AND HER GROUP OF UNTAMED ANIMALS. Felis Leo, the Nubian Pie-faced Lion; Watsa Bruin and Family; the Hoopma- zoops, the Longtail Acrobatic Monkeys. J. THE HIGH SCHOOL CADETS. K. SOLOS from various members of the Clown Band—by special request. L. SAMANTHA, THE MYSTERIOUS CUBAN GOOK. The only on in cap¬ tivity. Can add, subtract, tell your age and read your mnid. M. PROFESSOR SPOOPENDYKE AND HIS TRICK DOG. N. PROFESSOR ANGELO GONZOLOLLO SWINDLER. Watch for his mir¬ aculous transportation trick. O. NANCY, THE SIBERIAN OSTRICH. She has a keen appetite for watches and other jewelry. P. THE PLANTATION JUBILEE SINGERS. Q. THE BALD GAME ON MOUNT ARARAT. R. THE WEDDING OF THE BEAR AND LION. S. DARE-DEVIL DAPHNE, THE DIVER’S DAUGHTER, in her death-defying dip. T. THE WOOFUS FAMILY. Guaranteed to be perfectly harmless, BEWARE: Program subject to change without notice. 26 DEEDS AND MISDEEDS CIRCUS “Let’s have a circus!” That magic word “circus” did the word. Mr. Brown who now became Mr. Adam Hindpaw manager of The Combined Adams Hindpaw and Barndoor Bail- hay Ringless Circus, was swamped with petitions and suggestions from the boys and girls and in an incred¬ ibly short time the skeletons of ele¬ phants, giraffes, giant hootuses, woo- fuses, gooks, ostriches, horses, and wompus cats were in the old gym. Mr. Gibson supervised this work in the manual training department. The next step was to put flesh on these insightly frames and the teach¬ ers drew to decide on which animal she would practice “plastic surgery.” The agonizing sighs and groans emit¬ ted as each one drew her slip became more or less intense as she learned the size of her animal. Miss Bunner was appointed commander-in-chief of the animals’ beauty shop and opera¬ tions began in earnest. Miss Brandyberry’s wompus cat had such beautifully rounded curves, and as she is a lover of felines any way, “wompus” was very quickly finished. Miss Moran’s and Miss Sellemeyer’s giraffes would have been but little but for their necks. They patted, and padded and wadded for hours and two very graceful necks resulted. They feel qualified to eliminate any unsightly neck hollows. Miss Bunner who is always capable of doing “big jobs” began with Miss Spangler on the mastodontic frames of the elephants. Before they finished the beasts they decided it was a huge task. Miss Coffee who had been assigned the task of selecting the literary gems and witty flashes contributed by the students for the annual offered to help the ladies but she sewed the front legs of the elephant to the pants of the hind legs and was summarily ex¬ cused by the “head operator.” Miss Magley showed unusual ability in her work on th e Latin ponies, Caesar and Cicero. Of course, she has not been out of high school very long. Miss Dorwin to whose lot fell the feather¬ ing of the ostrich, proved that our Miss Sellemeyer, had a rival. The gooks, that rare specimen, was made really beautiful? by Miss Me Gath. She must have used much of her Irish ingenuity to evolve such a won¬ derful creation. Miss Hower’s woo- fuses were really clever little ' animals but during the first performance one little baby woofus became lost from its elders and had to be steered from the arena. Mr. Beard, and Mr. Barnett were general utility men and did the nunr- DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —27 erous jobs necessary around a cir¬ cus ground. The program was dated fo May 21-22 but had to be postponed owing to unfavorable weather. One indoor performance was given May 25 but it was impossible to have all the fea¬ tures but the public proclaimed it one of the most unique stunts ever attempted in Decatur. Mr Brown, now Adam Hindpaw, attired in frock coat and silk plug hat, the later somewhat too small for his head, presided in really profes¬ sional style. Mr. Thomas, in regular ring-master’s dress, with his splendid voice and ready wit, kept the audi¬ ence almost ,spell-bound. He had an opportunity to enlarge on his descrip¬ tion of the ostrich as this bird’s ap¬ pearance was considerably delayed. Mr. Brown excused her as she was on her nest and the delay was justi¬ fiable as ostrich eggs are scarce in this region. Our ever faithful Mr. W. F. Berry, the effcient make up man, was on the job as usual, and turned out a very artistic group of show-people. -o- MISS COFFEE’S COMMANDMENTS 1. Thou shalt not whisper 2. Thou shalt know thy grammar lesson. 3. Thou shalt write well. 4. Thou shalt not copy. 5. Thou shalt not chew gum. 7. Thou shalt not waste one moment. 8. Thou shalt at least attempt to recite. 9. Thou shalt keep the floor clean. 10. Thou shalt mind thy own busi¬ ness. N.B.—The last is the most import¬ ant. Concentrate on your likes—forget your dislikes. Teacher—“I believe you are twins” “Why is that?” Teacher—“One person couldn’t be so dumb.” The reason ideas die so quickly in some heads is because they can’t stand solitary confinement. Some persons think that the only thing that they can use their heads for is to keep their ears apart. A pedestrian is a man whose wife has gone with the car. “ ’Tis hard to be poor,” sighed the artist. “Ah, ’tis hard to be poor,” sighed he. “O,’ that’s all right,” said the sketch pad “If you’re busted, just draw on me.” “He finished his correspondence course, didn’t he?” “Oh, yes, I was on the postoffice when he graduated.” “What animal drops from the clouds?” “The rain, dear.” “Willie Green,” said the teacher, you may define the word ‘memory’.” “Memory,” said Willie, “is what we forget with.” Even at its worst, life is amusing —if you have a sense of humor and a sound body. Diligence is the mother of good luck. Good habits are not made on birth¬ days nor good character through New Year resolutions. The work shop of character is every-day life.