Central Wisconsin College - Valkyrie Yearbook (Scandanavia, WI)

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M-LEU aj flgg i, :L 2' 3 -' , j 2: -'l -I ,I 4 Q L sa! wa s 24 6 3 THE UNVVELCOME GUEST Ch dear, I do wish we could do something exciting, I never saw such a dead place. I wish so too. NX'e'll be regular old maids before we get out of this school. Anyone coming near Elsa Dinsmores room would have heard these and similar exclamations. There were four girls assembled in her room scattered about upon the couch and bed. They were dark eyed, curly headed Roseg gentle Virginia, wise old Constance. Connie for short, and the proud and haughty Isabella May. They were all students of Clayton Hall, a fashionable school for girls, and they were sick and tired of having study hours every night except Saturday and Sunday and then not being able to go any place without a chaperon. . If we could only have a party of some kind, sighed Elsa. You know it's teachers' meeting tofmorrow night and Miss Allan always goes. She'd never know the difference. I've got a bright idea, exclaimed Rose, It's my birth- day tomorrow and my folks always send me a box of goodies. Instead of having imy spread in the afternoon let's have it in the evening. f'Eine , returned Elsa. But then it isn't a real party without boysf' For goodness sakes, Elsa, you don't think for a moment that we could get boys up here, do you? a-sked Virginia. I don't see why not. answered' Connie. i'You know my Cousin Fred goes to High Soho-ol here and I could phone him and have him bring four of his friends with him. T-hat sounds like a fish story. How could we get boys up here without getting caught ? asked Virginia. VVell my aunt did this very thing when she went 'here and they lowered a basket and pulled them up that way. 'Wlfhere could we get the basket ? VVill you wait until I get thro-ugh explaining? You know that 'old tank down in the engine room. We could get that, itls light and still it will hold them and we could help ourselves to those heavy ropes in the hall closet. 'lReally, Connie, you do deserve 'being called wise. You let the boys know and I'll see about the eats. All right, Rose, but remember, girls, this has to be kept secret. If we're found out-ugh, it makes me shiver to think what would happen if we should be. caught.

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62 - ' ll' ' New ui ' - l, , Q Emmons ., f A ' 'ff 'Ll' ' if. ,-5' i n -- H ff 50' ' . .W ,. sm -. Zig A Reverie It is a very cold and dreary nightg The glistening snow is falling fast, The bitter north wind's blowing with its might, And at the city hall the old clock strikes half past. Ah, yes! old time says thirty minutes more, And this old year will quickly fade away, I gaze upon the fire and sit upon the floor, And memory brings back many a happy day. It nears the year of nineteen thirty-three, llfiy mind goes back to blissful days of yoreg I now can see my schoolmates of C. XV. C., The dear school we praise for evermore. The happy thoughts depart and then comes sorrow, I think of schoolmates scattered far and wideg Qnly wishing I could meet them all tomorrow, Coming in as does the ocean tide. The quiet and dismal hour is here at last, The clock resounds throughout the hallg And one more precious year has passed, Slumber quickly comes-no more do I recall. Ruth Henrichsen, Collegiate

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23 f'Don't Worry. we'll be as mum as oysters. But I sup- pose we'd better get back to our rooms and study. XYith that the girls parted and went to their rooms. Seven olclock the next night found the same group -of girls in Rose's room, anxiously awaiting eight o'clock when the boys should come. They had secured the tank and ropes and all was read You surely ca ed, didn't you, Connie. asked Rose. f'XVliy, of course I didg but, do you know girls, I'm almost afraid that Professor Botts heard me talking? I thought I was all alone but when I turned around 'there he stood right be- hind me. I know I blushed a fiery red and I scrambled up those steps as fast as I could go. I Maybe we hadn't better have the party, ventured Vir- ginia. Nonsense, returned Rose rather sharply. If you're afraid, of course, you can go to your room but I'm going to have a good time of it. 'tListen! exclaimed Connie. HI do believe I hear them now. I told Fred to whistle three times so we would know who they were. ' The lights were turned off and the tank lowered and one by one the boys were drawn up until they were all in. lfYhy wherefs the fifth? asked Rose. Dick had some work he had to finish so he said he'd be here later, explained Fred. XVell we'll wait until he comes before we eat. XVe'll tell stories and jokes until 'hc comes. A few minutes later three short whistles were heard and the tank was lowered again. It was almost drawn in when the exclamation lYl1y this isn't Dickul from one of the boys, sent the girls flying to the window to look into the face of the angry Professor Botts. ' Oh dear, what shall we do? wailed Virginia. I could feel that something was going to happen. I know, said jack Trevors, we'll make him promise not to squeal on us or we'll cut the ropes. The professor readily consented, as the th-ought of falling two stories in a metal tank was not pleasant to him. Being made one of the party, he sat sullenly on a chair and se-nt angry glances at the young people. As Connie afterwards said, If looks could kill, we all would have been dead that night. Dick soon came and the young people proceeded to enjoy themselves? The girls -had prepared a delicious luncheon and Y- 11 pi!