East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Personallty ln Handshakes My first estlmate of people I meet comes from the handshake I have met many people and can usually judge fanrly accurately the1r personalxtv Fxrst I take the xx 1shy vxashv hand shake One nlqht I came home to fmd my sxster entertammg a young gentleman She ln troduced hmm to me I mumbled somethmg about bemq pleased to meet h1m vxhxch I wasnt and stuck out mv hand True to mv expectatlons It X fi ff6A xxas llke grabbmg a rubber glove full of glue I let go hastlly fearmg that I mlght permanently mjure l'11m lVIy psycho analysls xxas correct I never savx hmm aqam I rarely meet such people much to mv s1t1sfact1on Next comes the handshake that I never remember Nlany tlmes I meet people Whom mv folks brmg home I can t recollect anyth1ng about these handshakes except that they are nexther flabby nor extra flrm Th1s descrlptxon 15 only the general rule and has many exceptxons People vxho glve me such hand shakes pass out of mv sxx eet llfe at once and on the next meetmg I hixe to be mtroduced all oxer 'igsm These mtroductxons are the same as the prevxous ones and I aqam lose track of the glxer Last but not least comes the firm hand shake Th s may be dlx lded 1nto tvxo categorles thwt of the crusher and the smcere one My chief dlsllke among handshakers IS the brute xx ho upon meetmg me smacks me on the shoul der 'md proceeds to change mv hand from a furlv useful organ to a mangled plece of meat x hlch feels as thouqh 1t vxlll nexer serve the xarxous purposes for xx hlch I mtend to use lt After th1s felloxx comes the popular and smcere handshake I am surprlsed to note that 1 good de al of xxomen have th1s handshake The onlv h mdshske vxhlch I seem to remember fax or'1blv IS the one glx en to me by the prmclpal of the school I used to attend I hadnt seen her for qulte 1xxh1le and vxas glad to meet her I xxas sxttmg m the back of the room vxhen she came m I stood up hardly knovxlng vxhat to do xxhether to smxle stlck out my hand or both She ansvxered my QUQQIIOU promptly by glvlnq me the most frlendly and smcere handshake that I had exer or slnce felt We had a very enyoyable talk and I xx ent avxav feelmg 1 glovx after such a frlendly encounter IOIIN RAIS'lON Entertalnment A La KldS Wxth a rush of fly1ng hoofs a hearty I'Ie1gh ho Sllver the Lone Ringer rldes agam And to the tune of the overture of Wlllxam Tell there IS a concerted dash for the radlo Up the basement stalrs three at a tlme comes the fxfteen vear old XRl'llZZlHg through the house bargmg through doors and 1nto tables closely folloxxed by a small bt of poochdom comes the lanky eleven year old and jumpmg onto the lumpy hassock IH front of the radlo the llttle glrl of the famxly There are of course the mevrtable nelghbor chxldren One or tvxo more do not make an appreclable dxfference One does not care greatly after all lts better than Llttle Orphan Annle the brat ex traordmary After a steadv dlet of that par tlcular nulsance last wxnter Tonto and the Masked Man and the nlce bad bandlts are And lt does keep the dear dear chlldren quiet And vou do knovx that lf lts Monday Wednesday or Frldav and 6 30 they re by a radlo The xxonder of It 19 they remember nexer to forget the Lone Ranger but 1f one should gxxe them more than three artlcles to get at the store thev re bound to forget some I suppose you cant expect the1r memor1es to functxon all the tlme Strange Isnt 1t7 It 1snt only the Lone Ringer not bv all means There IS the Green I-Iornet to the tune of the Flxght of the Bumblebee and really xx orthxx hlle mcxdental musmc Even 1f one dldn t knoxx that the I-Iornet and Lone Ranger vsere bv the same tvxo collaborwtors you could guess Theres the same theme A masked man does good but often gets blamed for ev1l the txxo fa1thful servants Kato for the Hornet and Tonto for the Mwsked Msn then both rlde avxay before the grateful benefxteers can render thanks The Hornets speclalty IS smashmg rackets He 'md Nevx York s D1str1ct Attorney Devx ey should get together The party should be mutually beneflclal On Saturday 'afternoon 1ts the movnes Theres a feature a vxestern an hour of . . l . . c In I ' 1 3 I , . . 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old but IEII able xx ork avoldex as to fexqn a weak heart or some other myury or lllness xxhlch renders the p art1c1p ant ancapable Throuqh these IIILIIIIOLIS maladacs some unenerqetac souls man aqe to evade toll by the craft of thear hoax Throuqh the extensave study I have con ducted I conclude that proletaraanasm should be abohshed Bora HAMBORC exammmq the paper carefully I xx as able to hazard a quess as to the sex of the person xxho xxrote the paper xxlthout knoxxmq the n ame be fore hand I decxded that the rather larqe easy motaon xxould be the boys handxx r1t1nq and the small damtx type vxould be the qarls hand xxrrtmq It xxasn t lonq hoxx ever before I dascox ered that there were nearly as many qarls xxho xx rote p ywawmiwa- QB? You pw 'rip ,paw bcantall atmq sparklmq lovely you Garl of the hour xxath eyes of blue Heads all turn at your qtrl lake qrace As you descend ln xour qoxxn of lace M X Enchantmq excatmq CXQLIISIIC vou Q af IIhe xx om an for ham an th at qoxxn of blue Your eyes seelx the room for has head so falr M 'J F You NIIIIIL xxhen you set ham xxnth qlanee debon tu Oh qul of today rn ax xou ncxer fade And m a 1 you rem a1n as xou ue today Iovely tnchtntlnq excatlnq and qay ISIXIQIVXRX WIIIINIBR On Chlrography Exerybody has a dlfferent style of hand xx rltlng Thas became apparent to me one day xx hen I xxas asslqned the task of correctang a fexx hundred spellanq papers I never before had reall ed that there xx ere so many mdlyadual xx ays of xxratmq the same xx ord not to mentaon the errors an spelllng The saze ofthe letters r anqed from a xxhole space or more hagh to so small that at xx as al most lmpossable to read the xx ords xx lthout the ard of 1 maqnlfymq qlass The slant too I notlced x araed as qreatlx as dad the SIZC of the letters These slants ancluded exerythmq from the orthodox Palmer slant to an almost flat un orthodox backhand slant xx hlch I must say xx as the hardest xxratmq to read that I came across IU all the papers that I corrected I fanashed checkxnq the papers and then for the sake of curaoslty I xx ent over them aqaln trymq to quess by thear style of handxxratmq vxhether they xx ere xx rltten by a boy or a qarl By cox ermq the name xx 1th mv hand and then xx 1th a large easx motlon as there xxere boys In the cases of the sm all da1nty type at xxas number of boys Cjllllfx of 1I'1dUlqll 1q 1n such an eflemanate style Becommq bored and not xxlshlnq to qo any further lnto the study of handxx r1t1nq I turned the papers ox er to the teacher but not before commq to the COIlK.lllS10I'1 that a rather small underslzecl nutshell xx ould be QLIITICIQTIY to con ta1n all I knexx about the subpect of chlroqraphv Bu IY O Buns Drlvel Un xx angs of sllx er sxx1ftness Ideas flexx from me When I needed them Wath the speed of laqht from stars My monex melts axx ay When I xxant It I 1lxe the blankne ss of a clean blaelxboard My mmd IQ When I am called on On xx mgs of s1lxe1 sxxaftness Pumshment shall come For calllnq thas draxel A poem Axorxlx xaous . ' Ia ' ' 1 I '. I ' ' I I . I I ' If-I I c I I I I s I I I . . .I . I ,T E ' ' i ' 1 . r 'I VI K 2 - 2 ' I r r I 5' - 1 .V ..' S C - Y - - l , Ic I . ' 1 I r I ' -' . 1. c I I t .I I I .,........,. I . I I I I 2 I A .. ' I C, . IxtIl IQIII I xv R . . 5 I 5, . ' W xxj x fi 2 ' -' , x 4 x 'a s U J . . M xx ,y ' V V .,f ' . . - , - , . I q lah ,L , ' ' af I ' 1. 'I A , .I .' 1 . . QV- . I R I V V . ' ' f V , I . 1 u . . Q I ,I ,I I . c . c , I' I x V X Lax! I Q 'I E T ' aI'. 'I in r I 1 s V 1 . But may you qroxx' loylier as the ancient jade: true that there WUC OUIYVH C0mPiU'i1fiVflY Small aj LI .S ' Q ' e . . 1 1 - fI - - 'I I J f , I' I 2 I t , ' I I I t , ff K c . I I ,-V . A, 'QV I . I I . 'I IIS I . . I , ,-V,-V.....,-..-.,.. c . I c . O XI I , I I - - .. I I I I , IL Q I ,T1,14,1a,T4,l1,T1 Y - vc -1 is It in I I I 1 c . 0 V .Z K V k I . . . V S ,.' ' hc V ' ' . . V' ' V V' -s . I .I i K c I I I . . c I In ' - ' B ' C V V' A ' ex' 5 't V e., , I I, kt vii . 'Q L. K L I' I 5 5 v . 4 , I I I I , , ' ' .I' I-. z C ' . . s C C C ,' 2 e . 2 . ' I' 3 .2 'is , - - , I I t , , L , r K I. c I . I I I K e .. 2 I a - I -II I V I I . I I I v ' 1 Y . . 4 T I I I II c KI . I I I I II V - .I II I.

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comedles and a sernl Your moneys worth The thmq they qo to see 19 the serlal Who sald sermls were old fashioned? Even f they re smart enouqh to see through the hokum they qet 1 thull 'myw xy and come home wlth a qr1nd1ose twlth qestures explanatlon as to how emch 1llus1ve trnck w as done and w1th posltxve plans for the heros escape next week The house mdeed the whole nexqhborhood rlnqs to the hearty Islelqh I-lo Sllver buzzes at the lrltmq zzzz of the Green I-lornet and trembles it the yell Rlde Em Cowboy Ah ves the dear dear chxldren long may they thrlll to a qalloplnq horse and the trlumph of the llw md hero Yes mdeedy' ' FRANK Esux Bmxco The Human Paraslte In every school there 19 a SPECIES of the hum in 1n1m1l known 'ls humanus parasltus or 'as lt IS more commonly called the moocher Thxs specles exlsts IS a student on the work and mater1als of 1ts fellow students who are xts hapless prev There are two classes of the humanus paras1tus first the constant or hopeless type and second the mconstwnt type The former IS a hopeless addlct of borrowmg It w1ll borrow yesterday s assignment todays assign ment ind the necessary mwtermls to prepare elther or both If the moocher had regular hsblts or fax or :te huntmq qrounds perhaps precautlons could be taken aqamst It but as It IS we are help less The constant humanus parasxtus I9 a creature w 1th 1 very cunnmq bram Sometlmes 1t wxll he IH ambush fSlt nonchalantly m a seatl near a w ell worn path fthe rusle to the teacher s desk or the penc1l sharpenerl and walt for the vxctlm to approach What happens after th1s IS obvlous It may stalk 1ts v1ct1m by walkmg stealthlly beh1nd h1m or her lsex makes no dxfference to thls beastl wflth the lntentlon of seemq 1f the student has what lt wants lf the student has the desnred ltem the moocher w1ll attack otherwxse xt w1ll stalk an other ylctxm You also see here that the con stant humanus parasltus IS lntranslgent once It sets xts mlnd to do somethmq Only m an emergency wlll nt m xke 1 frontal attack for IH stance rf the paraslte has completely forqotten about ln asslqnment or has been unable to at trun someone elses asslqnment The aboxe has been my fmal concluslon arte: sears of research work The lnconstant huminus parasltus I leave for the world they lxye IH by completely obllteritmq the humanus PEIVISIILIS Louis Sf IIVNART7 Candld Shot of a Student let s see now what ll I do flrst? Alqebra? Engllsh? Hlstory? Shorthand? Guess I ll do Enqllsh Yum but that daxenport looks com fortable guess there s no harm rn lymq down w h1le l m readmq When shall we three meet theres any ple left from supper? Yep two pleces Well there lsnt any left now Now let s see where s my Enqllsh book? Oh heck lt s clear down beh1nd the davenport Wel I quess I crm just is well do my HISIOFV Columbus dxscoxered Amerlca IH 1492 there qoes the phone Hello Oh hr ine No I cant come over tomqht Got some home work to do lI'Ialf an hour laterl Bye lVlother Blllw s qot Now let s see dld she say 72? Oh well theres an so we probably w1ll be ln mlnutes Guess Ill let lt mx Alqebra book Problem 22 on Page assembly tomorrow there only about 15 Benny Goodmans on the radno Yeah man truck on down There qoes that darn phone aqaln Hello Oh hello lane You agam? What? Robert Taylors on at the show? Well why dldnt you say so? Lets qo My home work? Why Ive worked on 1t all evenlng so far and I thlnk a person needs some recreatxon from hard labor dont you? Ill be over m fifteen mxnutes Bye MARGARET IoHNsoN L K 4 V I L L 1 . . . ' f '- ' ' 1' - 1 I I 9 rl A . 5 C : ' - . . 1 - - , 1 c ' 1 'il , ' D r 'e ' ' H f f---- ' ' , , , . ' ' I 1 c c V ' . K . L , c - K f , z as - , . I l . v . ' Q , C L L L - V c . , , ' I . V C . , ' z . CL L. E ' V' T - ' '-' . , -. ' -2 5 'as ' ,. , ..-..--.. f , . . , . , . . . t AI . v vv . fl 1 ' . 4 7 Y . . 1- , - .. , 1 l A - v V V Y ' . . , C C . L, . 1 4 I 1 . 1 - 'Z i .' . . . . .. , f --'---'-' agam-. Gosh, lm hungry. Wonder uf 0 ' , , '. , 2 z e ' .5 . ' .. C ' '- - K l, t sf. c . E. ' 1 , , A ' V . .I - . , . ' ' 'T' L . . 1 , . , . I. . , K . . I Y 1 1 . . , . c I . . , Q , K - Y , , . . 1 Y Q ,h 4- D , , V s ,v , c .La L c . . , r ' r . go. C C 7 ' . 1 . ' - , r . . . . t' u Q . .. c I 1 K c . . v I Y- n - . 1 u . C C Y . I n , . C L ' . V . g V - c. , - ' , L , ' - . . . rr n 1 c I . '- . .