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

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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.

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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.

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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-