Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES You you ve made a mxstake sez the httle feller The con track sez thet 1f you fa1l tew learn ter play yew gxt tew hunerd dollars but xt may take five years ten years or a hfetune but mf ye dont learn m three months yew glt a han some forfext a free contxnuatlon course rn Cornet mus1c 1nvented by me Then he saw the rumpus he d r1z an made a bolt fur the door pst two lnches ahead of S1 who fell down the first fhght of staxrs after hun When we reached the s1dewalk the perfessor feller wuz out o s1ght an there wuz nuthm fur us t dew but to go hum The fust thzng S1 dnd when we arrove there wuz tew haul out thet horn an fire xt down the well Its funny but now a days I never hear anythm about good mvestments or the benefits uv muslc from hxm TI-IE SUB ARDELLA DEITRICK 17 vfxs T was ten m1nutes of four by the assembly clock and xg 57 many a paxr of anxxous eyes watched the hands eral mmutes of restlessness the bell rang and books If g?3wllXCf'J!, were closed w1th a bang for thxs was Fnday and -J A kr after school a mass meet1ng was to be held to arouse enthusxasm among the students Saturday we were to play a team that had the reputatlon of bexng the strongest team ln the state and lf we won the Southeastern Champxonshlp would be ours For an hour or more school yells and songs rang through the usually sllent rooms while many a weak vozce dxscovered strength It had never known before Saturday dawned clear and crxsp Th1s pronused swlft playmg and good results By two th1rty the largest and most enthusxashc crowd ever assembled 1n the town was waxtmg xrnpatlently for the whlstle that would start the p1gsk1n down the held Some were ln the bleachers others ID cars and stxll others more excxted walked up and down the s1de lmes Dunng the half hour that followed the well prac tlced yells tore the anr as the teams assembled on the gndmron Every where comments were heard concernxng the strength of the opponents They are a husky bunch but we can hold them' We must do It I hear Brown 1S playmg full back agam Yes and he IS the strongest man they have M1d yells and comments the whxstle sounded All 6 ss s y . , . s ... ' , - . . ' , 1 . . . l . , 1 7 . . , . . . 1 . . . , sn , . , 1' 1 ' I ' U ' Y 1 ' n n Y ' V - . ' 1 1 ' ' I! , . Y , . fflfrf' 1 3? . . ' mg ,, S V2.4 y which seemed to move slower than usual. After sev- R K ff ' , , . Vi: r . I . . . V ,6 1 1 5 . 1 . . 7 . - . ' . . I . l . Y ' 1 - ' , A - , . ss 11 U - yy li I , . . . . . ,, bn . - , ' n - -

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES Sez he kinda puffed up like MUSIC hez charms tew soothe a sevage tew rend a rock or Spllf a kebbage an after I g1t so I k1n play youll dm1t that you re wrong bes1des even 1f I cant learn tew play I k1n earn tew hunerd dollars easy Of course after that nuth1n cud stop S1 He sent the money and bought a second hend cornet In the nex mail he got h1s fust struct1on books an a wr1tten greement Wh1Ch sez somethin about tew hunerd dollars up above an down below sez If after pract1c1n five hours a day fur three months an fa111n tew play The Star Spangled Banner the pupil w1ll TCCCIVC the han some forfe1t I d1dnt understand it nuther d1d S1 but we s posed that lt wuz all right S1 pract1ced hard the fust weeks He even shaved off h1s beard so s he cud pract1ce mov1n his l1ps at the lookin glass the way lt sed 1n the books After a while he got so he cud blow long mournful sounds l1ke the beller uv a sufferin cow an short loud grunts thet sounded l1ke a hippypotamus down a well Jest the same though he wuz glttln more discouraged all the Ilflle an after Jake Mosser down the road axed h1m how the s1ck calf he heard down here every CVCHID wuz gettin along he says MHTIHT I dont like a Cornet an I believe the two hunerd or bust I mus say thet fur downright st1ck to xtiveness S1 hez got every thin in the kentry beat He d commence at seven oclock after a hard days work an toot away on thet horn t1ll twelve oclock The rest uv us hed to keep cotton 1n our ears all the time an even then the h1red man qu1t cause he coundl t g1t enough sleep When the three months were over at last S1 looked as pale as a shadder from the late hours an overwork but on the last day he perked up consxd able He bought a new su1t an we went to the Clty tew colleck thet two hunerd The perfessors office wuz in a d1rty look1n old bu1ld1n After cl1mb1n two fhghts o sta1rs we cum tew the room wh1ch contained two cheers an a table piled full o musxc structxon books an greements all ready tew send out A l1ttle bald headed smooth shaved feller w1th a cast 1D one eye wuz s1tt1n at the table an sez S1 tew h1m sez he Is the perfessor in? Why sez the man I m h1m Hm m sponds S1 Well I cum fur my two hunerd dollars Here s the greement here s Mariar who k1n swear thet I tooted thet doggone horn fur five hours every day an I k1n soon show yew that I can t no more play Star Spangled Banner then fly cum on shell out 5 1 1 I n 1 1 1 . , . . , , . 1 I , I . . , . 1 1 I 7 ., . , . ' 1 , . . , . 1 ' 1 ' - 1 , 1 . . , 1 , . . , 14 ,, . . . , . , . , . ' 1 . . , . . , . li v 1 . , . . . . . , . I . 1 . ' - ' 1 1 I . ' ' Y Y . . , . . l , 1 1 . . . , . 1 . , . , . Y 1 1 strain uv playin' one wud bring on my rheumatiz, but I'm gonna git thet 1 .1 , . . . . . . , . , . ' 1 1 1 ' 1 , . . . , . 1 . , X , , 7 ' 1 l ' 1 , . . , . 11, , . . . , . . , . . , . , . . . l 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 I . - ' h . . . . , , . . 1 1 I 1 ' 1 u 5 1 4 1 ' 1 I 1 ' L1 1 , 1 - I ' 1 ' 1 - 1 I I ' ' I , . I 1 ' I , 1 1 1 '

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES noxse ceased every sense was alert and all eyes were centered on the field By the end of the fxrst half nexther sxde had scored due to the excellent trammg of both teams The crowd was xn suspense banners were waved frantlcally and yell masters ran madly up and down the hnes havmg for the t1me become human jumplng Jacks ln thexr efforts to create greater enthusxasm The th1rd quarter started durmg whxch the players engaged 1n a hard struggle and still the score remaxned the same Before the end the wh1stle sounded Fellow hurt Who was nt? The full back' Would he be able to flnxsh the game? No hrs ankle was spralned' Our last chance was gone as all depended on hxm Who would take hls place? Why .Tack Fellman the sub full back Nothmg was expected from Jack as he was a freshman and had anxrous glances of many eager spectators seemed to mdncate that they had gxven up all hope The wh1stle sounded again the fourth quarter started wxth .lack realxzmg that hrs playlng mlght w1n or lose for the Alma Mater He had seen the glances and was determlned to make good lf he should be gxven the opportumty One of the opponents has the ball He fumbles' Just as the op posmg guard reached for xt Jack snatched rt and dodgnng an end dashed down the field He IS tackled he clutches the ball txghter He as down' No' He xs on hrs feet aga1n and 15 strugglxng onward The crowd pressed forward Thoughts rush madly through his braxn Now s my chance The team depends on me I must do mt' In l'ns mad rush he glances at the bleachers but nothxng 1S d1st1nct except the goal posts yards away He 1S stopped agam' He staggers I must go on' I must go on' he murmurs Stxll he struggles forward Just a few feet more At last' He throws lumself on the ground the ball goes over the lme just before the whzstle sounds The v1ctory IS ours and Jack the sub 15 the hero 7 1 ! I ' 1 , . ' -. . . . 5 1 . . . ns ,, 11 . , . . - 11 KI - 11 91 - 11 H . . . , . . ,, ' I . ss . ,, ss I p , ' ' - H ' I never played on the team, so, as he appeared on the gridiron, the ' I I 1 I . . ' u , . ,, . ' . . . . ' . - If li ' n . ' . . . . . . ' ,