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

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —19 CENTRAL SCHOOL ORCHESTRA MUSIC Music at Central School has made unusual progress this year. Teachers and pupils have shown much more interest than last year, especially in sight reading and fundamentals. It is very easy to discover the at¬ titude of the teacher toward a sub¬ ject by the attitude of the pupils and the results of their work. We did not take up Music Memory work because of the loss in funda¬ mentals noticed last year when we tried to do both at the same time. As soon as the regular work reaches the standard, we expect to start Music Appreciation again as it is a very valuable phase of music. It reaches some pupils who could never be in¬ terested in music any other way. We had a test in Music Appreciation recently, using about half of the rec¬ ords presented last year and were sur¬ prised to find the pupils averaged fifty-one per cent. This is a very high percentage for memory work which had not been heard for a year. We were sorry to drop it this year, hut felt that fundamentals were most important at present. This has been proved by the splendid results this year. Part Singing has been a very in¬ teresting feature of our work this second semester. There is a thrill experienced in hearing the lovely harmony of part singing which the child can not feel in unison singing. It develops independent thinking, con¬ centration, a co-operative spirit of team work and a sense of the beau¬ tiful. We are hoping another year will show a decided improvement in tone quality which is not what we de¬ sire at present. These part songs are also used as duets, trios, and quartets. This gives the talented pupils a chance for de¬ velopment. Friday, May 18, the Music Depart¬ ment had charge of the Chapel pro¬ gram, presenting unison, two, three, and four part choruses, and duets pre¬ pared in class. This was a climax to the year’s work. Superintendent Worthman was our guest. Musical Program 7Bi— Two part chorus—“Tick Tock’’ 7A, 1 and 2— Three part chorus—“Nevermore” 5B— Two part chorus—“Cuckoo In the Clock” Duet—“The Bugle” Elizabeth Ann Bauman

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18 DEEDS AND MISDEEDS GRADE 5B—MISS McGATH At the beginning of the second semester thirty-three pupils began the 5B work. We lost one member when Ervin Baumann moved to the country March 15. Boys’ Day was a big event for our class. Several who were absent next day confessed to eating a little too much. They have all recovered, how¬ ever, and are looking forward to Boys’ Day next year. The girls also reported a good time after their picnic at Second Creek. We have enjoyed the Friday morn¬ ing chapel periods this term, and especially when the other rooms furn¬ ished the programs. -o——- 5A-6A—MISS GILBERT Buttercup Buttercup I think you are, Something like a little star Who has fallen, oh! so far, From the starry sky above For the little folks you love. — Ida Mae Steele. The following pupils were Leaders during the year: Paul Strickler, Miles Parrish, Milton Hoffman, Ida Mae Steele, Marie Teeter, Evelyn Kohls, Eula Myers, Louise Kiess, Martha Jane Linn, Alice Jane Archbold. Our list of Diggers included: Mar¬ garet Campbell, Lela Palmer, Marion Jackson, Izorah Myers, Harold Blythe, Pauline Affolder, Marjorie Johnson. The Honey Bee Out beneath the old pear tree Is the home of the honey bee. There they toil from morn till night Making their work a great delight. When the sun shines bright and warm Then the bees they buzz and swarm. Buzzing here and buzzing there Making music in the air. When the clover heads are white, The bees are working with all their might, Bringing home the sweetest honey, Just the same to us as money. When the North Wind begins to blow, And the days are cold with snow, Then the bees they go to rest, Snugged in their cozy nest. Here is a lesson we all should know How the bee does its work just so. Always be happy and full of glee, Just the same as the honey bee. —Myles Parrish. -o- THIS SMALL WORLD OF OURS One morning, in the city of Nash- ville, Tenn., I was sitting in front of a hotel. My parents were in the hotel paying bills and buying post¬ cards, while I was in the car packing our luggage. A young man came down the street and seeing such a queer-looking car stopped and looked at the license plate. After doing that he quietly walked up to the car window and said, “Howdy!” “Who in the name of ink might you you be?” I inquired. He asked, “Do you know anybody in Decatur, Indiana?” I replied, “Surely, I know myself.” “Well, who in the dickens are you?” he gasped. “Dick Schug,” I replied. “Well, I’m Merle Chrisman,” he said, and thereupon followed a visit of old friends. As we were ready to leave the city, we did not make the Chrisman family a personal call but Mother and Daddy held telephone conversations with them during which they extended greetings to all their Decatur friends. —Dick Schug. —-o-—— They had been out together the night before, and were comparing nothes in the morning. “I had a rotten time,” confessed Smith, “the missus jawed me for half an hour. How did you get on?” Jones groaned miserably. “You got off lightly,” he said. “You don’t know what it is like being mar¬ ried to a woman who has been a school teacher. She didn’t say much, but she made me sit up till I had writ¬ ten out ‘I must be home every night by 10 o’clock’ 100 times on the slate.”

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20- DEEDS AND MISDEEDS and Fern Zimmerman —Miss McGath, teacher. 5A— Unison chorus—“The Flag and the Eagle” Duet—“If We Could Fly” Thelma Darr, and Madeline Spahr •—Miss Moran, teacher 6B— Unison Chorus— “Merry Robin”.West Quartet—-“Stars” First Soprano Maxine Humbarger, Donald Gage Second Soprano Mary Kathryn Tyndall, Roger Beard — Miss Dorwin, teacher. 5A and 6A— Two part chorus--“Winter Goodbye” Duet—“Land of Spain” Margaret Campbell and Jane Linn —Miss Gilbert, teacher 6 A— Unison chorus—“The Swing” Duet—-“The Two Clocks” Fay Eichar, Helen Suttles Duet—“The Patriots” Joyce Riker, Ellen Gepliart —Miss Elzey, teacher. Central 8th Grade Glee Club— Four part chorus— “The Storm King”.West “The Awakening”.Wilder -— -o-«— OUR PORTFOLIO Our art portfolio, we sent to the Junior Red Cross of Czecho Slovakia, was really a sample book of the year’s work. We choise the best work on each subject and this student made a duplicate lesson. The cover design was a large red cross surrounded by the flags of the various nations. The book contained our model cottage home, an aeroplane view of the garden and walks and boulevard in front of the house. We thought the foreign children would be interested in this problem because the home was so different from their own. In design we made patterns for oil¬ cloth, linoleum blocks, stained glass windows, Indian borders and mosaic. We also sent two or three small health posters and a hand made American flag. Vernon Ogg drew and painted an excellent United States seal for the first page, followed by our state flag, by Carl Buffenbarger. An Indian chief in color, by Harold Teet¬ er, was exceptional work and I know this will be of particular interest to the children, for nothing appeals to a foreigner as much as our own American Indian. Next year we hope to make an en¬ tire book of the Indian himself, for he is the typica 1 American of the earliest date. The Indian is individual in every way, his mode of living, his costume, his language, religion and his art. The last section of our portfolio con¬ tained a letter from Central school, a picture of our building and a group snapshot of the children that helped, in their own way, to make the book a success. We hope it will bring many, many moments of happiness to our little friends across the sea and will help each child to stop and think of the brotherhood of nations exempli¬ fied by the National Red Cross. —Miss Martin. -o- —— Jones—“Sorry, old man, that my hen got loose and scratched up your garden.” Smith—“That’s all right; my dog ate your hen.” Jones—“Fine! I just ran over your dog and killed him.” “I was not going thirty miles an hour,’ ’said the accused motorist, “not twenty, not even ten; in fact, when the officer came up, I was al most at a standstill.” Magistrate—“I must stop this or you’ll be backing into something. Ten dollars and costs.” “How is it,’ ’said the teacher to the new pupil, that your name is Green and your mother’s name is given as Smith?” “Well, you see,” explained the pupil, “she got married again but I didn’t.” —Our Sun.