Fountain City High School - Fountennial Yearbook (Fountain City, IN)

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30 THE FOUNTENNIAL lull ilhhlil l lll l l l l llilllmllllilhil J, I ,nl lmlllillllllinllllilnwlihllillEllllNllllll1llllllll,lll'llllllll l ll ll llllll ll llllll Ulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll .lohn tries to impress it on your mind, If you don't take his adyice, you're left behindg Hc's a great debator an' with words is quite free, And when he makes a point he chuckles with gleeg It's no use for us to make any complaint For he says things without restraint, His logic is shaky, yet it's a treat No matter how it's decided he's never beat. Having within these lines, I'll not longer linger, Three cheers for 'em all, they're the humdinger. -OXVEN SEANEY. SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Street Scene-Peking, China It is evening, and all the narrow streets are filled with pleasure seekers. A young Chinese couple are loitering in the entrance of a Pell Tong Theatre. Ah! my pretty maiden, let us see the new picture. lt is from America. See they call it the Eight Famous Americans. Yes, yes, those Americans! The-y're so wonderful, responded the maiden. Th ey enter. The picture has just started, there are a double line of International trucks in front of a Hue brick building. lt is the head of the Great Central Creamery Company. Here are the officers and the president, Miss Erma Cooper, Queen of the Business XYorld. Hundreds of feet of film flash by showing the amazed Chinese the magnitude of the enterprise headed by Miss Cooper. Here is a scene in a large class room of a Southern University. Miss Edith Mitchell, instructor in foreign languages, is being featured. Miss Mitchell is regarded by the foremost critics as paramount among all French instructors. The next reel brings the whole Chinese audience to its feet. lt is an especially produced film of the last game of the nineteen-thirty XX'orld's Series. The New York Giants are battling the New York Yankees. The game is a joke. XYhile the Yankees are at bat the Giant gardeners all drop in Morris chairs and ring for a coke and fags, like regular fans. For when l lllll l ll l ll lll llllllll llll ll ll lllllll l lll I Illllll Illlll llllllllll HI llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllWlllllll

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llllllll THE FOUNTENNIAL lllllllllllllllllllllllIHHlllllllllllllllllllllllIWW!PlIII1IIlllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllliilllllllllllillllHW lll ll ll lllllll I I HW! ll l ll lllll ll I Verlan shall now be my theme And very bright the prospect seems, An' I'll try to bring to light Our friend's achievements so long hid from sight. He tells you all about his labors, How he's tried to teach his neighbors, How to plow and reap and mow- And the kind of crops they ought to grow, Part of his iife's been spent in a measure, Diggin' holes in the ground seekin' treasure, He failed in his ventures so we've often been told, And made a fizzle of huntin' for gold. I'd like to see Blocker assume a poise And then remark unto the boys In a boasting manner it seems to be That his Lordship's height is tive foot three 5 He talks of Creation and things that are rare An' tells 'bout Dorothy jilting him in his prayers. He says Cain went to the Land of Nod as he was bid And the Lord pitied him, so made him a wife from a rib He says Adam an' Eve'd never been to College, So they ate an apple to gain most of their knowledge, By refusing everything Blocker 'll fail XVe liken him to Jonah who swallowed the whale. Again we'll turn to the impatient freshmen, There's not so much left to say for them, 'Showalter's so stuck on Esther He thinks she is the stuff, But he found that little Carl C0uldn't call Ches Miller's bluff. YVe all wish him better luck however, For we realize it is now or never. There is our Beau Brummel, Herbie Brown, XVe'll regard him on enlightened ground, Herb was in Kokomo last time he wrote, But that don't prove he ain't in Terre Hotel He may be goin' south or snoopin' round, The state road house- Nobody knows just where he's at, Except that he ain't at home. IllllllllIllllPllllllllllllllllllllll Kllllilllllllllllllllll lllllllll IIH IH I NlllllIHHl14lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llilllllll Hlllllllllllllllllllllll HH llll V V llllllllll ll I H H Hlllll llll 1 l IH l l ll

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THE FOUNTENNIAL 31 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllIlIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll4l1II1I1IllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llilllllllllllll lllllllllll ll llllllllll ll Ill lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. Chester Miller is in the box and Horace Hatfield is playing the back stop po- sition, the umpire merely closes his eyes and yells Onel Twol Threel Down l at the top of his voice, then runs for an adding machine to keep tab on the runs which Hatty poles in while the Giants are at bat. The next reel takes a more rational turn. Mrs. Mary Macy Cory is shown in her palatial home which she maintains on Fifth Avenue, from her pension: which all women now receive who are brave and sacrificing enough to marry school teachers. The dapper young Chinaman remarks that the American ladies are very charitable and contribute their wealth and chances for a career to missionary work. And we must not wonder that it comes to pass, that the next reel features a famous American lady who has traveled the world o'er studying the condi- tions of the neglected people. She has become the head of the National Geographic Society and the rec- ognized authority on the lVays of Man and Their Correction. Behold Lillian Ruth VVilliams. The next reel makes the Chinese girls sit up and take notice. Featured here is the social queen of America. Scenes showing great balls, formal cere- monies, stylish summer resorts, winter homes and long lines of suitors from traveling salesmen to foreign dukes fighting for an audience. Then a long tiresome collection of close-ups showing the wardrobe of the Queen, and then her name. Ye Gods! Ruby Leibold. The picture is drawing to a close, the Chinese are becoming sleepy, when this sentence flashes on the screen Most Popular Film Actress in America. Oh, man! See the small slanting eyes of the Chinamen flash in their anticipa- tion, and the sighs of the Chinese maidens as her smiling countenance flashes on the screen, Edith Davis. -OYYEN SEANEY. 'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlIIlllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllV l llllllllllllllllllllllllll lllll Ill lllllllllllllllll l llll lll llll l I I llllllll lll l l H1 HH I lllllllll ll ll l l l