Judyville High School - Jargon Yearbook (Judyville, IN)

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19li-'QTHE LIBERTY 26 aflih llavid always did his work well. lle was no grumbler, nor did he put! oft' till tomorrow what he could do today. Ile was brought to good. honest, hard work. llis parents were of the old Puritan stock, stern and strict yet not lacking in tenderness and mildness. llaivid was the only child, and he had never seriously questioned any ot' the ideas received from his parents and teachers. When he graduated from the common schools his outlook upon the world was serene and untroubled. llavid had not seen much ot' the world when he was 18 years old. lle knew part ot' the people i11 the little country town three miles from his home. liut outside these and the people ot' his neighborhood he knew nothing except what he read in hooks and the weekly papers. lJavid's father was anxious that his son should get a good education. llis life had been one of hard work and he saw i11 his son his own spirit of work, and he knew that if David had an education his hard work would count for much in the battle of life. So it was planned that llavid should enter the city high school. The tirst day in school David heard this story: llutchman owned a dog. The dog got sick and was about to die. A neighbor told the Dutchman to cut the dog's tail off. The Ilutchman's children began crying and making a great noise about having their pet's tail cut off. The llutchman, quickly vexed, cried oute-'Shut up or l'll cut the whole dog ol'f.' The story meant to David that he had just as well get the whole lesson as a. little part of it. And he did his work well. When it came to mathematics he knew that there was no guess work. The declensions and conjunctions in Latin gave him no little trouble. But day after day he kept at his work faithfully regularly. not capriciously. llis ears were full ot' the words, l'll cut the whole dog off. llavid stood head and shoulders above his classmates at the end ot' the four years. lVhen David passed out of high school and faced the world, there surged up from his heart those mighty impulses and irresistible tides ot' energy which are the sublime inheritance of youth. Hack at the old farm where he had put in days of hard manual labor, where through his boy- hood days there had been but little beauty, now there were color, music fragrance, motion. As he stood in the early morning looking over the v hills and tields of the old farm these exquisite words ot' the poet came to his life: The year's at the spring The lark's on the wing: And days at the morn: The snail's on the thorng Moi-ning's at seven: God's in his heaven- The hilside's dew-pearled 3 All's right' with the world. lDavid's soul was refreshed by this morning's comlnunion with Ilii- ture. He loved the farm, the hills, the pure crystal spring, the flowers, Page 27

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whim..-w. 1... u.f.....u:.a4.4 ..., T H E fL.1BfE RTY . fe-M 2-:iw . ,ns-,gQ?,1:1 'Q',,?S5'!5'5' iss Iarrzxheas filake Miss Larrabee made a cake one day, , It wasu't flt to eat. Gave Mr. Letferson the stomach ache, Mr. Brewer a pain in his feet. Alma lay on the lounge, She swore that she was dead, And Madge lay down upon the door, While Paul' patted her on the head. But best of all this cake, I know Is that she stirred it with her feet, It's a wonder the-Seniors and teachers aren't all dead For that cake wasn't fit to eat. Katherine Hetrick, 29 l11.l1--i eval me Qmita Cecil took his girl to a fancy ball- It was a social, hop, They stayed until the folks went out, And the music it did stop: Then to a restaurant they went- ,The best one in the streetg Anita said she wasn't hungryg But this ls what she eat: A dozen raw, a,plate of slaw, A chicken and A roast, Some sparrow grass and apple sass, And soft shell crabs on toast: A blg box stew and crackers too, Her appetite was immense, When she called for pie, Cecil thought he'd die, For he had but titty cents. You bet he wasn't hungry- ' He didn't care-to eat Expecting every moment To be kicked out in the street: She said she'd bring her family round Some day and we'd have fun, Then he gave the man iltty cents And 'this is what he done: He tore his clothes, smashed Cecil's nose, I-le hit him in the jaw: Hegave him a prize of a pair of black eyes, And with him swept the floor: He took hlm where his collar fit loose And threw him over a. fence. Cecil says, Take my advice, don't try it twice When you've got but fifty cents. Elmo Francis, '28 Page 26 lm.: Juan. h

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19 --Ti-1 E Ll BERTY-----26 the birds, the work of tilling the soil. llnt now he must leave all these for a while and take up his new line of work. 'l'he busy eliek of maehinery, the merry ring of the anvil were not unt'amiliar soumls that fell on llavid's ears as he entered the large maehine shop and took his plaee at the lathe. lle was aequainted with maehinery and he fell to his work listening to all the maehines saying-- l'll eut the whole dog off. The tirst week llavid often thought of what use was his latin, physies and t'onr years work in high sehool. llere he was tied down to one little maehine watehing its movements and revolu- tions. Could this not be done without a four years eourse in high sehool. had not the time been wasted? llut llavid rould not be tied very long to this simple little maehine. Week after week he was promoted. At the end ot' the tirst year llavid found out that the hooks whieh helped him out most were those whieh made him think most. Latin was one, mathe- maties another. llavid was a hero. lle knew there was dignity in honest toil. Life to him was beautiful, was full ot' meaning. Alter three years ot' hard work in the maehine shop he well merited the position given him by Mr. 4' - 4, the president of the eompany. lle was sent as an expert maehinist to South America. 'l'he tirst year llavid was taken with t'ever. but by eareful attention he was brought through it and regained his health. Although he was in a strange eountiy and among strange people, there were people of hospitality, kindness and sympathy. Among those who gavei him a helping hand and a kindly smile was one in whose eyes .lbavid saw more than affeetion. Something more intense, absorbing and tender than affeetion. lint why put it off? llavid loved her with all his soul. XVhy not take her baek to his old home with him? ller parents were from the I'nited States but she had been born in lirazil, so liavid did marry her. A little while ago l saw liavid. lle told me this: I love to see boys and girls in sehool. l love to see them work. There are good plaees in business life for all of them. The great tirms and eorporations need young men and women who are willing 'to ent off the whole dogf Page 28