Lowell High School - Red and White Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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I1-ll T H E R E II A N D w H I T li W careless studeIIts by a member of the mathe- X QV xi matics department who happened to be the X S6 general superintendent of the yards. 3 GJ The seventh period came and went and Maximus entered his eighth period class at 2:15 p. In. very glad indeed that there was but one more recitation that day. To him the last few minutes seemed to be held back by iron chains, and yet he knew that the time would come when the sweet music of ringing hells would announce that he was free. At last they rang and Maximus Pep left the Temple of Learning and passed through the Portals ol' Education, glad that he was free for one more LUNCH PERIOD: MAX VVAS NEVER Y day, glad that he was rid of desks and lectures VERY LONG IN GETTING OUTSIDE once more, yet glad that he could return to- morrow, for he knew that education was his friend, that he would be useless without it, that some day he would look back on his days spent at Lowell and thank his stars that he had taken advantage of the opportunity to gain his store of knowledge.

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THEREDANDXVHITE l13l he was the day before when he should have been in study-hall. After a great deal of men- tal deliberation on the part of Max the matter 1 CANT SEE was promptly corrected and dismissed. 'T 'S At quarter after nine the second class of ALRWHT' the day began and continued through till ten o'cloek when another ringing of bells, the trampling of feet, the babble of voices an- nounced the end of another period. By the time Maximus entered the third period class he was fully awake and living up to the name of Pep. He was eager to enter into discussion on dis- puted points and never refused a challenge to debate no matter how diilieult the question ap- A YARD RALLY peared to be. Yet, alas, the spirit of Maximus Pep often brought disaster upon him, for his fiery speeches and restless manner did not always meet with the approval of the teacher. The fourth period began at eleven o'elock and lasted till ten minutes to twelve. Once in a while a rally would be held in the court and the entire school would troop down the stairs and stream out ol' the doorways to gather in a great host about the speakers' platform. Perhaps the rally had been called to stimulate interest in some coming game, perhaps to hear some noted speaker, yet no matter what the cause, every one enjoyed these gatherings for vaudeville stunts were regularly presented by members of the' student body. Next, but not least, came the lunch period. Max was never very long in getting outside nor was any one else for that matter. lt was during this period that enter- tainments were given in the Court by the students. Sometimes there were nmsieal numbers, acrobaties, and fencing bouts. There were plays, recitations, comics and what-nots, making as a whole a very pleasant noon hour. At twenty-live minutes to one, Maximus and the rest of the upper classmen reluctantly went back to their sixth period classes just as the lfreshmen came rushing and tumbling out for their lunch. During the noon period it was not a strange sight to see Freshmen and Seniors wandering around the yard more or less diligently gathering scattered papers and disgustedly pitching them into the proper receptacles, for that was but a mild form ot' punishment inflicted upon

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THE SPRING TERM