La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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Class History ONCE upon a time there was in the land of Learn- ing a large family of children. “19”. They lived very peacefully with Mother Launer in a large house on the banks of the river Cinders. But one day their hap- piness was interrupted by a good fairy, who came to them and said. “Children, you must go forth to the land of Higher Learning.” Thereupon the children, timidly, hand in hand, with packs of formidable books that the good fairy had given them, crossed the rough, black river and found themselves before a large castle. They stood and gazed in wonderment and fear at the hugeness, and then a big giant came out of the great iron door, and took them up, up. up a winding staircase to a spacious room filled with other children, much larger and wiser looking, who were «died the Imps . These “Imps made much fun of the poor children, giving them the dis- graceful name of Pigmy”, and even took pleasure in abusing them with tar and feathers in the neighboring forests. But finally Giant Rittinger and the Good Fairy Nell succeeded in calming their fears and established them in their new life. Shortly afterwards Giant Rittin- ger announced that the children of “19’ would meet in the Tower Room when their lessons were done: at this announcement the children looked at one another fear- fully. thinking they had some awful punishment before them, and the announcement caused the Imps” to shout in derision. But the children met promptly after the trials and tribulations of that day and found not a pun- ishment but the customary choosing of leaders. And so they chose Irene Schclle to guard them against the “Imps” and the “Ogres” and I.ee Morrison to help her in this task. Hynes Pitner and Gorden Silvey they chose as their miser to count their gold, and Ruth Briscoe to put forth before the “Imps” wonderous displays of talent. Soon after this the children of “19” decided upon a fes- tivity to have away out on the King’s Highway, far from the molestations of the “Imps”, in a little cottage in the forest where one of their members lived. But alas! The “Imps” discovered the plan, as child-like the children let out their secret, and when the time came for the refresh- ments Mother Shedd found her larder bare. And thus passed the first year of their life in the big castle, a life full of trials and dangers, but also of pleas- ures. And as the leaves turned to gold the fairy came again to them, and said. “Work hard, children, for you must set an example for the new children. So they lis- tened carefully to the wisdom of their dear fairy and worked all year, striving to set an example for the chil- dren of ”20’'. In order to show that they, at least remem- bered the Golden Rule, they summoned the children of “20 to a great festivity in the banquet hall of the castle, where they danced and made merry in the greatest of Paso twcnty-flv -