Greenfield High School - Bulletin Yearbook (Greenfield, MO)

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' Q . I ,.,f, eil? S. g,X ! j,-k,l4,:i -I - A V Avvl f - :if !laf5 iff ' .Fl ll ,, . A l, avi lk Liu' Is wx t A i 1 x 1 QM ' 1 . gf . 1' I 'ff lls ax N2 .. HE CAPTURETH COUNTLESS HONORS. l IV. Within the town that once rang with his name, And sang his praise- ' Where high above all others rose his fame- The farmer lad abideth all his days. ' For there within a kinsman's grocer store, Where swarm the iiies the syrup jars about. He selleth prunes, at seven bucks Knot morej And trades it out. R. B. G. III. Behold him now, no more th' unlettered swain In baggy pants and lone suspender clad- His swallow-tails and kids afford not e'en A faint suggestion of the farmer lad. The elocution teacher, with an eye, For diamonds in the rough, hath corner'd him And smeared all over him a polish high, And rubbed it in 3 So that there is no way to head him off From anything, And envious youths who long at him did scoff Now follow in his train, his praise to sing. His medals are as sands upon the shore- His honors higher than the mountain peaksg The world is his. and he doth lack no more Wll3U6761' 'he seeks. And when his four allotted years are past, There are grave fears, Lest now the school, without him, can but last . A few more years. FARMERS seas? ggqs A MMA! W ' 1 ' A i - ' an . I ,ff 4 5,-5 s - J X illiwmlynv J' . ' - fr' n ' : - ' i nz: ' ,.' 0 ' :kia JJ Q 0 o ' sin' IIN a 0 0 U ' ' lit 0 0 0 G ' ii' C c -- o ' :.iif7L'f'5Qi5:5-riivi.-.fseil . as-I.: , Jag A u. AF .- ff-9 ng: September. A G Zd. Greenfield inundated with wisdom seekers. 4th, The doors thrown open. 5th.r 'Eighth graders 'tardy already. First special lecture by Melcher. ' llth. A lot of new arrivals, including Homer Hayward, who makes a hit with the girls. 14th. The absent minded beggar. Melcher walks a half-mile in the sun without his hat. 15th. Art Scroggs seen slopping the pigs at noon. 18th. Joe Johnston disguises himself in long pants. 19th. Miss1Johnson puts visitors to work by mistake. 20th-22d. Holidays. Teachers' association. 27th. Invasion of chapel by ministers of Greenfield.

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A Modern Study in Evolution, l CHAP. I. SPIRIT new is flying o'er the land- It climbs the mountain rushes down the dale, And sweeps across the plains of barren sand, A cosmic gale. The ploughboy, whistling roundelays of cheer, As 'neath the share the damp earth glides along, ' Hath paused to hearken with fi K' 'ii ,' o .. y 3 ' i I iii'li Q n HE TURNETH NOW HIS STEPS, WITH IRON WILL- a willing ear Its siren song. No more for him the stern, unending toilg N o-not for him! The meek and lowly tiller of the soil Hath turned his face toward W the future dim. . No more to him the mellow dinner horn Doth bring reprieve- No more is music to his soul forlorn A The sad, sweet song the jack- ' 'f' 'r '--4, I ass sings at eve. Q my He turneth now his steps, fl 1 with iron win, 'l-- .Q an 1 Toward the spires ,. . Q. Of Mister Melcher's skewl -new 'j'lfi,,, mg 1 house on the hill - i2Qw fws,.,,,.?' To plunge in Greek and Alge-.. 'I braic mires ' . ., ' ' fin ,iw rf i it 'If' 2 if -'Vi' f .1 -4 '-: He dresseth audibly, and 2 QQ, 0 apeiih Ways iff., Ii i-5. Affected by the callow youth .,-,. . - l'1 'l'l' ' in town: I, . r Q, But Caesar's lore, and all of QS' A12 11 Virgil's lays He Eulpeth down. A 'I X f-- - X 'tfifoil-giFQ':,:iil He goeth for the honors of Av AA his class E'en as the heifer, or the pastured steed, 4 ' Across the meadow, green - with springing grass, Doth rush to feed. HE DRESSETH AUDIBLY AND APETH CITY WAYS. f

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The Ascentm of ' Bud. CHAP I. UD, Whose Real Name, as recorded in the old family Bible, was William Ashburton Brown, was the Pride of the whole Oak Dale District. At school he was the recog- nized Leader in the 'Rithmatic class, and during the farming season could turn off as much of the Commodity called Manual Labor as Abe Lincoln ever dared to. In truth Bud was in a high way to develop into a Useful Citizen ' Q4 h'9,9?fl'14-Q1.-',','n, 5 ff 1, 95.54M?ry,o,v,mi,'th65qfQ':,L,?2Q'vLgQ X' 'Q I7 n,727,r2f'ijf2'L:-W ylinypqg , 4 Q nf ,' h Xgglgf if ' .ffiffimfiaiae 1- . .. X , ,af a. .- ,X 5. 1 ' . ' 6:-N541 .M fy yff ff,-f li M ' Wi, Q '-QM .,f. R 5 f sf A fx 3232- , - 47165. A af 'A f 5 7 A ' + A rf A' 'WW T ix fi i .rf W V 9,.,.,,.,, . Q 1 ,. ., if . '- Kx f' if '-'- .Il A X.-E 'FQ' 'gi ff Jr 'f X ata f dyf . 1,-'99 U . F 3... V U' Ama? ri... , X 1 9 ' vb.-, im. .ff 4 - H fm: - JZ? NX? U'-5' ' iz 7...-3 f 4. fir Vw , - ,qw a fV p' Iiiixi .1 Ft- '--I it ' . 4 f b' .' ,- . ' h f MRML ' ,W is B ag' f' . iveef f iifif . X l .5-.3,s,,.,.i-.al . . N 'Q u. i iov,a,ae'iwi . ' 3' i 2 W 'i i Qfffiiwt f i fxaif Ivfl21'i1'.l'. ' ,'.' in-' f M- P . 'f J OH, 5515 ' -f....fzff4!1fie5, if BUD WAS ALWAYS Do1N' soMErH1N7. CHAP II. Bud was an Energetic Youth- always doin' somethin', as his Ma was wont to say when Drawn into a Conversation in which Her Son was the Topic. Up to his sixteenth year this Energy of his didn't bother him any, but now he began to be Harrassed by that Scourge of Youth politely called Am- bition. Somehow things on the Placewbe- gan to lose their attraction for him, and- worse be the Pity--a Candidate for State Representative made a Campaign Speech at the school house on one Saturday night which Bud heard-yea, he drank in the same. Ah, it was an Inspiration. His un- satisfied Yearning was now defined for Him, for did not the speaker in Glowing Lan- guage show that all the Fruit was ripe, that the Same was just waiting for the Gentle Touch of any Ambitious Youth who would devour a Curriculum and approach the Said fruit? That night, till long after the crow- ing of the Poultry at the mid-night hour, Bud lay sleepless, for he was building Air-castles, yea, in his Mind's Eye he saw Hon Win. A. Brown, L. L. D. in Guilt letters on a sign down the Swellest street of that great city which his delirious brain had fashioned. All that He was to Do was to go down and Occupy the Oilice. ' A GHAP 111. Bud was a Changed Bud. Repulsive now 'Wm X I 'jx .', fIfQ. r: :-'-131'?'-i 3 ,,, as, M ,f , EH-Jw tuffv the work in which he formerly delighted to B f:g..iis.i-3,3.i5'yZ7 il EBAY to surpass. WF Off to School. At the very V5 Sight of the big, cold. building on the Camp- 'ORS ,frail Wu I us Bud's Enthusiasm described a Movement similar to that of a column of Mercury at the approach of ablizzard, but safely housed LZ ' I' in his Boom and regularly Entered, he began K yi, to Recuperate. In a month he Resumed the .ggwy , fi'z,fg1Z7Zy?h old Habit of letting his Imagination run I vi. gR'7fiZ35i f', 'H Q' Rampant from the time he Retired till the f f -2'-QI? s. KU wee Small Hours, but now his Pictures all if focussed around the Old Place. His pris- lf f y tine Energy was brought into play and in gTi'3 pff.' adj' spite df the Prosiness of the School Work, ,, ,V 1 A-2-'Em so far from the Poetic Loveliness the same 'fri ibm ' fff rt ,,,a..-.-seeeefaes- : had Worn at longer range, Bud became an Earnest, Conscientious Student, but after playing this role for some seven years he HE WAS AN AVERAGE LAWYER.