Chicago Normal School of Physical Education - Scarab Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE SCJRJB kit! FACULTY Oh Faculty! as from the hill Experience heaped so high, You view beneath you, young and green, The class twenty-eight pass by: Oh say! What shall our future be: Oh look and tell us what you see Adown the years. Oh Faculty! you did your best Your wisdom to bestow, And shed your light upon the path You knew we'd have to go. Oh say! What shall our future be, Now that we cannot look to thee To be our guide. Oh Faculty! where e'er we go, To life ofjoy or pain, Be sure you helped us do our part The victory to gain. So say, if e'er you chance to scan Our lives when each has lived his span They did their best. IF I KNEXV If you knew and I knew where all the E's were And we could get the magic key, I'd open up the drawer and take them eagerly. kept Then upon my card, and all my classmates' too, Ild give out all the F's, now wouldn't you? Now if this drawer were large enough To hold all Fails and P's, I'd place them all in there to stay And throw the key away. Then, taking life just as I pleased XYith a laugh and play till the end of day, I would still receive Hs and Hs and E's. lgll

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.- SA THE iQC5ARAfB MR. CELERY,S FIRST AND LAST APPEARANCE IN SOCIETY HEN Mr. Celery received his invitation to a ball at the House of Mystery he was rather undecided whether he wanted to accept or not. He was rather young and this was his first appearance at a place of this kind, but on thinking it over decided he would go and if he did not like it would not stay long. On his way there he met M11.Hand, one of his old friends, who went with him as far as the door, said good-by,'l and left him. As he was about to enter he saw Mr. Meat and Miss Potato Starch coming along, so waited to go in with them. The door opened and they entered a small room at one end of which was a very long corridor. At once Miss Saliva came forward to receive them. Mr. Celery, not knowing her very well, did not receive the warm reception Mr. Meat did nor get the close embrace Miss Starch got, and began to feel left out and to wish he had not come. However, he waited until Miss Saliva had finished her conversation with them and they all passed down the corridor into the large red room in which the other guests were assembled. Here they were received by Mrs. Gastric and her two daughters, Miss Pepsin and Miss Rennin. Mrs. Gastric was simply overwhelmed with joy at seeing hir. Meat, while poor Mr. Celery hardly received a how-do-you-do. After a while the dancing started. This did not add much to his comfort as he did not know a great deal about dancing. He made up his mind that the best thing he could do was make himself as inconspicuous as possible and just watch what was going on. He noticed that Miss Saliva was still monopolizing Miss Starch until some one introduced Mr. Hydro- chloric Acid to her, and he soon showed Miss Saliva that her presence was not needed any longer. During the evening Mr. Celery next saw Mrs. Bile, who was beautifully gowned in green and golden brown, standing in one of the door ways. She did not seem to be having a very good time so he went over to speak to her. He asked her if she cared to dance, but she said she was taking a last look at the dancers before she left for her home which was in the outskirts of Liverpool. She had left her two small sons, Biliruben and Biliverdun, at home with their Auntie Mucin while she spent a few days with Mrs. Gastric, and she felt that she might be needed at home. Mr. Celery felt rather disgusted that he should be having such a dull time so made up his mind he would just go up to people and make them talk to him. He wandered around and finally went into an adjoining room where he was introduced to Mr. Pancreatic, who in turn introduced him to Miss Amylopsin. After a few minutes' pleasant conversation with her he passed on. He then came upon Miss Fat and Mr. Steapsin earnestly conversing on the subject of the formation of soap. A After listening to their conversation for some time he sauntered on and came upon Mr. lnvertase and Mr. Erepsin. Knowing that they were both interested in the converting of cane sugar into dextrose and levulose, he asked them to tell him something about it. After a Very interesting conversation in which he learned a great deal, he decided to go home. Not wishing to be seen leaving so early he started for a winding stairway which he had noticed earlier in the evening and which he thought led to the back of the house. Wfhen he got to the bottom of the stairs he found a door through which he easily passed out unnoticed. ' Reprifztml From UR6jIl71It'U '15 A isoi

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THE' SCARAB RADITIONS N despair I gave up-They simply were not to be found- The records were lost. Disowned by all my friends. dis- graced by my failure. I had nowhere to go. The night was dark. dank, chill. Before me loomed a dark building-11 house of refuge. the gym! No one there to scorn me. Wearily I let myself in and wandered aimlessly about. at last finding a sanctuary in the room of knowledge. the lecture room. I sank disconsolately into my accustomed place in the front row and gave myself up to bitter. scathing thoughts of my weak- ness. Lost! all the precious traditions of Cenespe and Weto- machek. The wind howled and a storm raged. all was dark, Suddenly a soul-piercing shriek rent the air. The chills ran up and down my spine. Silence! Dead. thick. impenetrable sile-nce. I raised my head and before my very eyes I saw the door to a small closet open and there grinning at me was Oscar! Clank, clank. crunch. crunch. squeak, squeak. Oscar was coming toward me. I was too terrified to move. Oscar lowered himself jerkily beside me and patted me bonily on the back. Ho ho! Pooty surprised you ban: goot ole' Oscar coomes out effery nite but no von ban see him pefore now. alreaty yet. Putt speakinck uf surprises. you know. dat camp ban full over by surprises yust! Oscar laughed heartily at his own joke and I joined in feebly. even Oscar was better than no one. You ban pooty punk in der feelings ain'd you? But neffer you mind. ven you haf ban treatedlike I ban done to. you'll get used to it sooner as lader. Dat blonde. 'know it all' vunce. vat picks up mine leg und wraps it arount my neck like I was noddings or effen lesser as that, ooh, she gifs me a pain. Und dose girls! My! my! Sooch pickshoor as dey draw from me. Dey would insult effen a worser man as I'm. But yust you lissen vunce. I haf dem in der palm of my hand. You look for dose traditions? Ole Oscar ban haf dem all der dime. Not really? Ah give them to me please, I need them so. Yot? You tink I gif dem to you? Und for noddings at dat? Vot is I'm in America for? Ask me dat yust? Silence reigned supreme. Finally growing uncomfortable I drew out a hot dog and began to masticate. Oscar looked once, twice. sniffed once. twice. and began to weaken. Veil, now maype I vas a liddle too mooch uf a rush. Maype for vun historical I vood take dat puppief' What! For one tradition? All the traditions or no hot canine. Silence-Oscar began to sniffle. Vell.I gif in. Dose his- toricals ban yours, so soon alreaty. oh my! Shakel But give me the traditions first. All right, yust a minute, Before my very eyes Oscar calmly unscrewed his left arm and from the center of it drew forth a scroll and handed it to me as he eyed the bun longingly. Opening the scroll I read: It hath been decreed since the beginning of this famo.is institution that at the end of the first week of school a form of entertainment known as a 'Kid Party' shall be given by the mighty Seniors to the lowly Juniors that they may become better acquainted. It shall be a 'Kid Party' because in the eyes of the Seniors the Juniors are still infantsfl I rolled up the scroll and looked at Oscar. He groaned and after putting his arm on again took od his right scapula and gave me a triangular sheet of paper on which was written the following: 'tOne time in the city of Chicago a World's Fair was held. Some time later the attendants of a certain school instituted a custom termed 'The HalIowe'en Pike.' The idea was borrowed from this Fair. The purpose of this worthy affair was. by the charging of pennies as admission to various at- trrtctions. to raise money for the Scholarship Fund. a noble and fine idea. may it live through the ages, Again I looked at Oscar and he tearfully dislodged his sixth rib. right hand side. I unrolled the script and read: Over twelve years ago one Dr. MacEachern asked thc Juniors and Seniors of C. N, S, P. E. to impart Thanksgiving cheer to the children of the Fresh Air Room of the laoldcn School. This worthy practice has become firmly established. The dinner has become a Junior affair given with the aid of the Seniors. Keep this tradition always. Oscar did not move this time, so I was forced to say, Come on Oss, fork over the remainder. Ooh my. You vant more yust? A minute, dis rib dun't go pack in so very vell. Dere. Oscar next took off his left radius and handed me another manuscript on which was the follow- ing: May the spirit of Christmas be always with you. On December :5.1o14.atArvis Dormitory, the first candle lighting service was held. Tl1e music for the candle lighting song was compiled by Francis M. Arnold and the words written by Nellie Bell. class of lI..l,. The march led upstairs where stories which shall never be changed were told. -The girls received some of the Christmas spirit to start home with. All through vacation the large candle burned in a window perhaps to give outsiders a little Christmas cheer. The use of the candle is to symbolize the life of each girl, who as she leaves school brings cheer to all who come in contact with her. Amid many sighs and groans Oscar replaced his tibia and removed his occipital bone. From the paper I read: During the course of the year the following parties shall be given. The Seniors shall give a Kid Party to the Juniors. The juniors will then entertain the Seniors with a Christmas Party. When the leaves turn green the Seniors shall give a Spring Partv to the juniors. To complete the social life the juniors shall give to the Seniors a Farewell Party. Abide by these truths faithfully. Next. I commanded sternly as Oscar fidgeted. You vill haf to get dot vun yourself. On mine back count down vun, two, tree. now press der point. As I did this the whole cervical section of Oscar's spine swung outward and there between the foramen lay a long scroll on which I read: Be it ever known that there shall be a vodvil given by the Senior class. This vodvil shall vary to suit the talent of the class. One certain year. namely 1914.3 Minstrel was held and one Miss Alice Beaman displayed great talent. It has been written that in 19:8 a very successful circus vodvil shall be given. The purpose of said demonstration is to float the Scarab, Keep up this practice faithfully! Oscar quictly handed me the middle phalanx of his right hand and still another paper was found! Listen my children and you shall hear, The history of our Scarab so dear. In the year IQI4 was published a book Called 'Resume' and sold by hook or by crook. The pictures were wondrous and fair, Those of Miss Beaman were really rare. In IOIQ they looked for a better name And so chose the Scarab of much fame. On this beetle were written all records of import And of it was never said 'Il est mortf And just as the Scarab has eternal life. Our own book has thus far survived all strife, And when you look backward o'er many a year You'll find many a memory which will always be dear. Tank gootness dot ban ofer. Now gif me dot hot dog, I'm dot starved my rips are tooching mine packponef' Oscar! you're holding out on me. Where are the Camp tradil ions? Oh mine gootnessl Ai'nd dot a vooman for you? Neffer satisfied vunce. Can't you leaf me alone? 'l Oh well. if you really don't care for this. I'd just as soon eat it. Ooh dun't. I coutn't pear it. I willgif dem to you. Yust a minute vunce. Bending over with much creaking Oscar slid his calcaneous out and extracted a bulky article on which was inscribed: Come gather round the Campfire, ye braves of old days. and list to the tale I have to tell. Once a group of fair maidens gathered together and formed a mighty Indian camp. This camp was located in Saugatuck, Michigan. Two Indian tribes were formedWPottawatomies and Susquehannas. Many years they lived there but in the year IQIQ this camp was moved. A German summer resort at Power's Lake. Wisconsin, was chosen as the new site. The name of this resort was lfreundesruhe, meaning I riend's Rest. An Indian name corresponding in meaning was taken for this camp, Wetoma- chek-the Meeting Place of Friends. Two more tribes were added. Iroquois and Winnebago. The Buffalo Head. which denotes strength. was chosen as the symbol for Wetomachek. There it is that lair maidens with Indian names instruct young girls in the Indian life. And in the evening you can see them sitting round the Campfire singing their tribal songs. As the melody fades out the peace of the Great Spirit settles over all. There. Oscar, that's all and I do thank you. You can't realize how lf 'tOoh gif dot puppie dog und postpone der roses some udder day. I handed the bun to Oscar and as I looked the clog grew bigger and bigger and suddenly began chasing Oscar about the room. As Oscar gradually faded into his closet he seemed to say I'll get eFfen mit you someday, yust you vait und see. l32l