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

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —23 PENMANSHIP Total awards for school year 1926- 1927 issued up-to-date: The boys and girls who became freshmen at the close of the first semester hold the record for qualify¬ ing in penmanship early in the term. Up to going to press, the report on the last specimens submitted has not been receive dfrom the A. N. Palmer Co., so a number of our 8 A’s are not so sure of receiving their credentials Friday as an Improvement Certificate in penmanship is the minimum re¬ quirement in that subject. The following awards have been received: High School: Bernadine Shraluka, Isabelle Odle, Luetta Reffey, Mary Engle, Helen Frances Chrisman, Dor¬ othy Young, Gretchen Winans, Georgia Foughty. Finals: James Engeler, Walter Bodle, Daniel Schafer, Enid Walter, Gerald Smitley, Dorothy Summers, Erna Lankenau, Ruth Roop, Bernice Closs, Georgia Foughty, Elevena Lough, Dorothy Krick, Ruth Thornton, Ruth Macklin, Mary Murphy, Mar¬ garet Kitson, Frederick Brown, Inez Cook, Dorothy Stevens, Jesse Sutton, Mary Hower, Cecil Shaffer, Mildred Bright, Helen Chronister, Erna Lank¬ enau, Irene McClure, Pearl Ogg, Ruby Reinhard, Oneita Reynolds, Margaret Straub, Dorothy Summers, Enid Walt¬ er. Improvement Certificates: Inez Cook, Philip Baker, Harold Gay, Randolph Brandyberry, Guy Raymond, Russell Jaberg, Dwight Schnepp, Erna Lankenau, Martha Moser, Lela Yost, Isabelle Baumgartner, Marcella Ger¬ ber, Martha Moser, Rowena Myers, Gladys Whitright. THANKS Miss Martin, our efficient art teach¬ er, has always been generous with little acts of kindness but this year at Mr. Brown’s request she was in¬ strumental in having placed in his of¬ fice a real work of art. Marker Mount, one of her talented high school stu¬ dents, in illuminated lettering com¬ pleted a very artistic arrangement of the poem printed below: The Gates of Gold If you are tempted to reveal A tale to you someone has told, About another, let it pass Before you speak Three Gates of Gold. Three narrow gates First, “Is it true?’’ Then, “Is it needful?” In your mind give truthful answer And the next is last and narrowest, “Is it kind?” And if to reach your lips at last It passes through these gateways large Then you may tell the tale, nor fear What the result of speech may be. •-o- Sellemeyer—What is the difference between hospital and hospitable. Summers—Hospital is when you are sick in the hospital and hospitable is when you are sick at home. Taken from an examination paper) —The college Nathaniel Hawthorne attended was Bowdin and died in 1864. Pupil—Does B. C. on the map of Canada mean Before Christ? Teacher—Please tell us about Egypt, Sherman. No response. Teacher—Is Sherman absent? Sherman—Yes, absent in mind. Teacher—What are the three prin¬ ciples in finding interest?

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22 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS OUR SUNSET CLASS Our sunset class convenes at 3:45 daily. The size of this class varies in numbers as it is made up of those who have not yet learned the wisdom of applying themselves to their stud¬ ies. You can imagine our feelings when Mr. Brown steps into the room with a number of familiar looking slips of paper and in a tone that would indicate that one was being asked to step forward and receive some signal honor he reads the names and tells us the number of the “cell” for that particular evening. Who our “jailer” will be is also learned by the number of the room. The “term” fif¬ teen minutes for each offense is fre- quenly lengthened by being multi¬ plied by the number of times our names have been taken. Five regular teachers and three special teachers make it possible for us to serve eight times fifteen minutes. Sentence is irrevocable, not even the death of your grandmother being sufficient cause for excuse. We know because we’ve tried. Those of us who have been almost regular members of the class hereby petition Mr. Worthman to compel Miss Coffee to learn to tell time for a fifteen minute sentence in¬ variably meant 4:15 or even later. “Work while you work” is the motto in Central so we agreed to abide by that principle; but alas! how frail we poor children are and many and sad are the tales we could tell. -o- A litlte girl was at the circus. She was viewing the animals when all of a sudden she said, “Gee that elephant is dumb.” Her mother said, “Why.” “Because,” she said, “its head is so full of ivory that it even sticks out..” (Stranger)—“Do you run a car?” (Randolph B.)—“No, I let the en¬ gine do that.” A GALA DAY Boys are boys. They are affected and influenced by little adult atten¬ tions that bespeak a real sincerity of interest in them. Consequently the boys of Deca ur hold a most kindly feeling toward the Rotary Club for having provided a delightful day’s outing for them as the culmination of the Boys’ Week program. The weath¬ er was ideal for out-door festivities. Athletic contests, bicycle races, and most important all that every boy could eat, were included in the pro¬ gram. We feel certain that the men who sponsored this entertainment for the boys regained a little of their own youth. Such contact is the nearest known substitute for the fabled foun¬ tain. The experiences are sure to be mutually pleasant and mutually help¬ ful. Since it was evident that our girls had been somewhat neglected, Mr. Worthman took the initiative, as usual, and under the capable direc¬ tion of Miss Stephenson they, too, spent a very happy day at the park. Their diversion was similar to the events in which the boys participated and ribbons were awarded the win¬ ners. Mr. Worthman had very gen¬ erously provided a number of gifts which were hidden in the park, and, guided by signs posted at various points, the girls enjoyed their “treas¬ ure hunt” for almost an hour. A picnic luncheon at the noon hour was of course the feature of the day. —-o- (Miss C.)—Thurman, use the word “vermin” in a sentence. (T. Irelan)—“I always go vermin before I go fishing.” Once there was a teacher as well known as a football coach.? Some of our 8-B boys are long on sleep but short on study.

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24- DEEDS AND MISDEEDS INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT NEWS 6A— MISS MAGLEY Minnie Moyer, Roscoe Smith and Miriam Haley represented our room in the Music Memory contest. Kenneth McNeal served as substi¬ tute on the basketball team. He play¬ ed forward during the tournament. Beulah Richards, Dick Sutton, Ruth Elzey, Minnie Moyer, Wilbur Reyn¬ olds, Edwina Shroll, Pauline Marshall, Miriam Haley, George Womack, Dale Myers, Odis Bodle, and Frederick Evans have not missed any words in spelling, on the Friday lessons, this semester. Max Stoakes entered our class from Greenfield, Indiana. Lester Bebont left our class May 11, when his family moved to Dayton, Ohio. Donald Earehart and Delilah McGough left earlier in the semester. Franklin Keller has been absent from school this last month because of illness. He is a good student and our only member of the orchestra and band. Dick Macklin, Wilson Hofstetter, Ruth Elzey, Miriam Haley, Minnie Moyer, Mary Catharine Toney, and Margaret Hebble have not been ab¬ sent or tardy. ---o —v- Last semester Vivian Lynch became ill. When we found out that she had to stay out of school the rest of the semester, we though we would try to do something to keep her from being lonesome. Miss Magley decided we would take turns in writing letters to her. We wrote these letters in school. Miss Magley mailed them after school so she would get one every day. Our plan worked out fine and she said that she always looked forward to a letter every day. —Sara Jane Kauffman, 6A. Our geography class made posters of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and Chicago. We collected pictures from advertisements of these slates. We pasted them on cardboard. We also made maps for each poster. We made our study of Indiana by making posters. We made a special poster of Indianapolis. —Richard Sutton. -o—-- In hygiene we read of an experi¬ ment with a frog showing how the corpuscles move through the blood. We wished to have this experiment so we could be sure we knew how the corpuscles worked. We appointed a boy to get the frog. We got the microscope from the office and ex¬ amined the frog with it. In order to see the corpuscles we had to tie the frog on a board and fix one of the feet securely to the board in order to see the corpuscles just as they flow through the web of the frog’s foot. It worked out fine. We could see the corpuscles flowing through the blood in the web of the frog’s foot as it really does. —Minnie Moyer, 6A. -o———i- 6B-5A—MISS ELZEY OUR HEALTH BOOK First came the clown with rosy cheeks and glee turned in breeches and looking at me. Next came an apple red as could be, waiting to be eaten by a little kiddie. Then an orange which had torn his vest, he was weeping and weeping because it was his best. Next came a glass of water singing and singing. Health