Lake City High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Lake City, MI)

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whole year seems filled withfamusement. At the end of the term, when commencement draws near, you feel that sense of lonely- ness creep over you as you think of leaving those classmates who you have been with through the four years spent in high school. You wish that there was only a few more years that you could be with them as you think about drifting out into the world among strangers. But the only thing to do is grit your teeth and step out as if you knew everybody and everybody knew you. This world is full of hardships and you must meet them as they fome and 'conquer them if you wish to succeed. -44-

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HIGH SCHOOL LIFE. Freshman. , When you start in those four years of high school life you feel so green that you are afraid to show your face for fear that the color might show. When you reach the school house you wait for the rest of the class so that you won't have to. go in alone, It is better for the higher classes to tease several than it is to tease just one. It is a funny feelingto hunt all over the room for the desk at which you are to sit, queer how your face colors' up when the teacher tells you to sit with some girl, or if a girl, sit with a boy. Some freshmen delight bringing small playthings to school but you can't blame any of them much for they are the young ones of high school. The part which they dread most is the ini- tiation, funny, too. Sophomore. After you have grown up a little yo.u began to recognize yourself as a high school student. You strut around and make others believe you are seniors. Why not? That's the question. Some of the greenness has worn off by this time and you are not afraid to answer the questions the teacher asks you. You have really become a high school student. Oh yes, and you have got your first suit with long pants. Juniors. This is the most trying year. Remember those credits you lost while a freshman or sophomore? You must work to get them back again or you are out of luck. When a party strolls around you are always left behind. You had your good times while in the sophomore class and now you have to work for all that is in you. The main events which you can look to are the J hop and the Junior banquet. These two things are the only ones that lighten your burdens. Seniors. After going through the whole mill successfully and turned out a good product you are not known as a dignified senior any more but an alumni. While a senior you have been able to- en- joy that which you have missed while a junior, those line parties, the banquet given by your succeeding class, those dances which you have eagerly attended most every Friday evening and the

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The Senior Play Sw A DOWN IN MAINE. Synopsis. ACT I-The Hardscrabble farm in June. The interrupt- ed nap. Keziah and the Kid Tompsi advice to Neil. Watch out I The millionaire's daughter. A bit of teasing. The brothers. The poor rich man, and the rich poor man. Zeth speaks a few. Mose. A cure for stuttering. Jimpsey and the old fisherman get into trouble. There's goin' to be a ball in the woodshed, an' you're goin' to do the bawlin'. ACT II-The picnic in the woods. Mirth and music. Ke- ziah seeks information. I wanter know what folks is doin.' Neil and Susie plan a lark, Betsey and her stuttering lover. A chilly wooing. Uncle Zeph's discovery. A poet, and he never said a word about it! The Ballad of Babie Bill. ACT III-Sitting-room at Uncle Zeph's. Writing telegram. A new way to smoke cigar. How Dewey's victory was celebrated. Uncle Zeph's visit to Boston. Theatrical experience. The Black Crook. -Lawyer Holden's good news. Jimpsey gives Neil a pointer. 'Tye been troo de mill myself. The rivals, Keziah, the desired. What wealth does. A hard alternative. Susie's deci- sion. Cast off. Out of my life forever! Zeph, the protector. ACT IV-Scene, the same. The day before Christmas. Zeph's letter. Ralph's bad luck. Ruined. ,Mose makes a proposal. A kiss that missed. Unexpected visitors. Keziah makes a few re- marks. Poor Bingle! Uncle Zeph to the rescue. How to tame a female tyrant. Keziah finds her match. The Golden Rule. Ralph finds happiness at last, I guess we're all ready for supper! CAST OF CHARACTERS Zeph Cummings, of Hardscrabble Farm, 'way down in Maine. Believes in the Golden Rule, and practices what he believes---- -. .................. L. CreSSe Barller Ralph, his brother, a New York Millionaire .... W. Weldon Allen N.eil Wentworth, a young inventor ............ Arthur C. Bielby Bingle, the old fisherman ..................... Carl A. Bielby Tomps, the hired mall- -. .......... -..... E UQ6119 R- A114311 Mr. Holden. a lawyer ......... ........ C arl M. Iverson Jimpsey, 3 uFI'eSl'1 Aifn -...... ..... E dward RGI'1OWd9Il Mose Gossin, a stuttering lover- -.-.--- ........ Archie Hinkley Susie Cummings, Ralph's daughter ..i. ..... A gnes Sherman Mrs. Cummings. ZQ13l1'S wife ...---.....-. ----- E thi-31 Brown Keziah, forty-three and desperate ............ Ruth De Moss Betsey Tempe --,. - ,. .,........... ............... D or1s Scott Time-The Present Place-Down in Maine. .-45+