Fort Scott High School - Yearbook (Fort Scott, KS)

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THE CRIMSON 29 WHEN YOU'RE NEXT TO IT. We students are all hard at work in the hall, But we're used to it. VVe may make some l'D's but will none of us squall, For we're used to it VVe used to feel sad, we are bound to admit, After getting a D when we thought we were it, But now we are immune and don't mind it a bit, For we're used to it. The teachers may hammer at us every day, But we're used to it We'll bear them no ill for what they may say, For we're used to it. Though every report card may look like a fright, Deep down in their hearts they think we're alright, And will forget all of their scolding and slight, , For welre used to it. lnconvenient we find our crowded old hall, But we're used to it. To do without needfuls we don't mind at all, For we're used to it. VVe've studied in darkness, in cold, and in heatg YVe've worked without desks in an old shaky seat, And we'Ve stayed till twelve-forty with nothing to eat, But we're used to it. lt's really surprising how much you can stand, When you're used to it. Why, now they all talk of the new high school grand, But we're used to it. VVe worked for the bonds till our school life was sped, And now a school's certain for us it is saidg But when we do get it, I fear we'll drop dead, VVe're not used to it. -R. E. D. VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. Haste vacation and bring with thee Cessation of toil and liberty, Such as in the days of yore We enjoyed on childhood's shore. Safe from troubles sea away, Attention wrapped in joyful play. Knew no sorrow, grief nor pain, Life was but one sweet refrain. Life is but a life of transitions, A constant change in our positions. From one extreme to the other we go, ln childhood Allegro con spirito. Then old age and days of chilly blast, Retrospection, thots of days long past. Then we shuffle off this mortal coil, Dust to Dust, and Soil to Soil. -Illerle Speakmmz Class 'I3. My life is dark and drearyg l got a D that makes me weary, When l think of the Exam that's past, Hopes ofa sheepskin fall thick and fast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still sad heart, and stop repining: Behind that D is a pass still shining. Your fate is the fate of all, ln each life some D's must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. -IV. S. Merle S.- Willl Where did you say that grammar was at?

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28 THE CRIMSON SERMON TO GRADUATING CLASS. Rev. Dr, Geo. E. Satterlee, Pastor of the First M. E. Church, May 30th, gave the Senior Class of 1913 a splen- did lecture-sermon on the subject, The Blue-print from the text I Kings 5:17, And the king commanded and they brought great stones, costly stones and hewed stones to lay the foundation of the housef, He developed his subject in such a manner as to bring out the importance of humility, reverence, and stateliness, and made his talk applicable to every one. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. On the evening of Decoration Day, at the First Methodist-Episcopal church, occurred the graduation exercises. All We Seniors were delighted with the even- ing speaker, Dean Chas. Hughes John- ston, dean of the School of Education, University of Kansas. We feel that we were very fortunate in securing this eminent speaker to honor the close of our High School Course. Professor Johnston has a very wide influence and has made a scientific study of our present school problems and his re- search work and investigations have made him very well informed in all kinds of school work. He has been very much in demand and we were very for- tunate to secure him. Everyone who heard this splendi-d lecture will vouch for the benefit he received. VVE CANIT FORGET 1. The Hrst time we saw our grade cards, 2. The Senior Hike. 3. How we always welcomed 12:40. 4. Our assemblies. So frequent. 5. The game with Iola. 6. Our trip to Parsons. 7. The Senior Play. TO WORK. As the days are going, going, And as zephyrs ever blowing, And as rivers ever flowing- So, may I be true to thee! Though all history in our making Speaks of work we're undertaking- You, I hope, are ever making Of me what I ought to be. Sit enthroned within my being! Lest perchance I fail in seeing What of life should be accruing From me, by old wisdom's gate, May I always keep on giving Time and talent, ere believing That YOU are the joy of living. -Learn to labor and to wait. -F. L. P. SONNET TO A HAIR PIN. It sticks in soft hair like the snow, When soft south Winds do gently blow. But oft, when gales are blowing strong, Its coming out doth do much wrong. Thou little Wire thatis bent around, How oft you're lost! How often found. How oft white hands o'er you do gli-de, Lest out the hair you slyly slide. Sometimes you're lying on the floor, But you're not missed, for there are more, And you make your mistress oft times sore. 'Tis not your fault, indeed 'tis true, For you do all you want to dog If not, what would fair damsels, do? Intelligent Junior fpicking up Caesarb Oh, say, Latin is easy. I wish I had taken it. Looke here Cpointing to sev- eral passagesj : 'Fort dux in ano-forty duck in a row.' 'Boni legis Caesaris- the long legs of Caesar., 'Caesar sic dicat, unde cur egresai lictam-Caesar sicked the cat on the curg I guess he licked 'im'. ' -Ex.

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30 THE CRIMSON OUR LIBRARY. 1. Old Curiosity Shop-Laboratory. 2. The Last Chance-Special Exams. 3. The Talisman-Ponies. 4. A Tale of Two Cities-Fort Scott vs. Altamont. 5. The Crisis-Final Week. 6. Their Yesterdays-Senior Remin- inescences. 7. Bleak House-Convention Hall. 8. Frenzied Finance-Crimson Fund. 9. The Silent Places-Assemblies? l ? 10. The Music Master-Miss Keller. ll. The Call of the ,Wild-Botany ' Excursions. 12. Twice Told Tales-Basket Ball Victories. 13. Helen's Babies-Zach Wells and Wilson Carver. 14. Great Expectations -- Graduation Week. 15. The Light that Failed-Assembly Lights. 16. The Affair at the Inn-Supper at Parsons. DO YOU KNOW? Why the price of note-books have gone up since M. L's arrival? What Junior girl wears a solitaire on the third finger of her left hand? Why Mr. Armentrout didn't dissect the cat? How to get through a History quiz? That the Normal Class has been learning the matrimonial zones? That some of our pedagogues are very enthusiastic politicians? What Senior girl purchased a slate pencil? The Freshman boy who makes marsh- mallow puddings for some of his fair Senior friends? What Senior girl in the D. S. Class laboriously boiled a glass-measuring cup until it reached the Hcrack stagen? The Junior girl who carried out a bet by wearing a gingham apron to school? ENGLISH GLEANINGS. The man had a typical face. She could not endure to see the beau- tiful lady walk off on his arm. I love to go to the Library and saunter over the books. The Lake poets were so called be- cause they were graduates of the Lake School, or else because they lived in a region infested by Lakes. J.- Explain 'Hagar's Off-Springf A.- Hagar had a spring-board out over the river, and dived from it. His frowning face was a fortress against marryment. I have looked in all the encyclopedias and I can't find nothing on the life of Silas Marner. The English drama originated in the churchg later the priests took it to the church-yard, and then to the grave-yard. Rule for Theme Writing: Beware of punctuation. Chanticleer means a cupboard built up in a corner. While Stevenson was in France, he made a tour of Belgium. The college professor was a bawl- hea-ded man. Mr. L. Cin Physicsj+L'Now, I'm trying to confuse you folks. It won't take but a minute. Damon- How are atoms held to- gether? Flop Cdisgustedlyj- VVith a string.