Decatur Catholic High School - Tattler Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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Tourists' Guide-Directions to All Points. O l r AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MUTUAL AQUAINTANCE. When I first became conscious of this world, I thought it very unpleasant, indeed! Someone was making jabs at my clean, white face, with a big, pointed, black thing, that made dreadful scars on my smooth skin. No immediate disastrous results fol- lowed, to my surprise, although I felt rather painted and artificial. I was shoved from hand to hand until Iinally I was taken with a mumbled Thank you. After a casual glance, this person, seeming not to approve of me, gave vent to his disapproval by slapping me in the face, and putting me in among a group like my- self, although they stuck together, so that I felt rather squeezed in. There I remained almost suffocating, until at last I was released, very much ruffled and indignant. Here someone with two, large, shiny, glassy eyes again inspected me. and like the other seemed to disapprove of me. Fortunately, however, his disapproval took the form of a lecture, strikingly illustrated, upon the other person. Just as I was congratulating myself, I was plumped down upon a flat hard surface, and again a pointed object made angry jabs at my face. Then I was again forced into the company of those stuck-ups and taken on a journey. I was taken out and put into a place with some others of my kind, who did not seem so closely related as the others, and seemed to be more of my class. Here I have been for some time, and here I hoped to stay forever, but one of my older associates has told me, that every month we are forced to undergo the same wear- ing experience. until we are completely worn out. Such, dear friends, is the life of a report card! -Margaret Bremerkamp,'27. THE. ROAD TO NOWI-IERE This was the brand new sign hung out in front of the Street. In a dirty room inside sat an ugly, lazy-looking the only clean thing about the place. Old Grimes, as the manager was called, was talking to a sturdy youth who come for advice. After a long discussion about a book which the young man had, latter left the unpleasant room. As he left it. I heard him say, These directions be easy to follow. I'll start out on my journey in the morning. old rickety building on 32nd man with overhanging brows and small, dull eyes that always seemed half shut. The new sign outside eye- W3.S had the will When he reached home, he laid the new volume on the table. On the cover were the words, The Road to Nowhere. He opened it and read it eagerly. The next morning he did not rise early as was his custom, but slept until noon. This was the first direction in the newly-acquired book. After eating a good meal he went to the hanging-out place of the town. He spent all his money gambling and eat- ing. He began to think that this life was ideal. I left George at this place and I did not see him again for ten years. day a tramp knocked at my door and asked for a meal. It was George. lowed the directions faithfully and has been wonderfully successful in destination :-Nowhere. Dear reader, this is a pitiful example of a failure in life. If we are Last Satur- He had fol- reaching his on this road to failure, let us turn and head in the opposite direction to the city of success for every step on the road to Nowhere takes us farther and farther from happiness and success. -Margaret Voglewede.'2S. Ninety-five

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IHI, I A III I,IiIQ H. B. MACY FISK TIRES and TUBES Texaco Gasoline, Oils and Greases Auto Accessories RADAITOR and BATTERY REPAIRING PHONE 652 ' DECATUR, INDIANA -See- DECATUR SANITARY MILK CO. For Pasteurized Milk and Cream South Seventh Street Phone 467 INSURE - IN SURE Z INSURANCE Li ability - Property Damage - Collision Fire - Theft - Cyclone Insurance STATE AUTO INSURANCE ASSOCIATION WE PAY OUR CLAIMS R 8, Peoples Loan G. Trust Building Decatur, Ind J. L. EHLER, District Manager