Madison Central High School - Tychoberahn Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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June ..iT1-IE ORANGE AND BLA 1 , CK... 1933 HCWDY F OLKS NNOUNCER GRAHAMUS Mac- NAMEOLANUS: Well, here we are, folks, up in the top of a big tree beside X' the road leading out of Egypt. gag -6 And this is going to be some spectacle, believe me. It ought to be a wow, if we can believe my friend, Waltus Winchelonius, who broadcasts on the Lucky Dromedary program. According to Walt, the Israelites are scheduled to march by this very tree on their way out of Egypt. Your good old announcer has made a monkey of himself, long enough to climb this piece of lumber and broadcast a step-by-step account of the march. It's going to be tough going for those poor Israelites. Yes, siree! Because the sun is hotter than the inside of Pharoah's harem, heh, heh. But what's that I see in the distance? It looks like the Israelites! It is the Israelites! Folks, here they come, a raggedy rabble, led by an old gent in white whiskers. Just a min- ute till I look at my score card. It's Moses, folks, Moses himself, leading the Israelites out of Egypt! You know they claim they've been oppressed, and Moses has induced the Pharoah to allow them to go free. But not without a struggle, folks, not without a struggle. And away off there in the distance I can see the army of Egypt, mounted on horses. Not pursuing the Israelites, you under- stand, because the Pharoah has given his word of honorg but just tagging along, hop- ing something will happen. Well, this is certainly a hot affair, folks, but it looks as though it will be all over in a few minutes. The Israelites have come up to the shore of the Red Sea, and they're all confused about what to do next. Better go home, boys, and more luck next time. Ain't that tough, folks, stopped by a lot of aqua-ae feminine. And just when they had almost got away. But wait, what's the feller Moses doing? He's waving a stick around at the water. Maybe he's telling it to go dry up, ho, ho, ho. But just a minute, folks, some- thing is happening out here. The water is all excited. It's raging and foaming about. Look at the water, will you? Folks, you wouldn't believe your eyes if you were here. The water has just separated itself and made a path through the middle, just as dry as the sands of the desert. And the Is- raelites are going through it! Imagine that, folks, the waters of the Red Sea have sep- arated to let the Israelites cross out of Egypt! Boy, oh boy, what a spectacle!!! They're almost across now, just a few stragglers left, and the Egyptian army is going through the gap in the waters. Holy man, what a sight, folks! Yes sir, the pride of the Pharoah is following right up on the bare heels of the Israelites. And now they're -oh, oh. Boy, what a show this is!! That water has tumbled right back into place again, and the Egyptian army is all wet. The Israelites have finally reached the other shore and and are now standing on the beach, making long noses at the embar- rassed Egyptians. I must be leaving you, folks, for my time is limited. Certainly was some spectacle we witnessed out here. yes siree. This is your favorite, announcer, Gra- hamus MacNameolanus, who has just given you an account of the exodus of the Israel- ites out of Egypt. And boy, what an exodus! Boy, oh boy. In case some of you more ig- norant folks do not know what the term exo- dus means, I'll tell you. Exodus means departure. Don't forget, folks, tune in on station RBS Monday night for the play-by-play report of the Egypt - Constantinople basketball game. Your favorite announcer, Grahamus Mac- Nameolanus, will be the one to do the broad- casting. Hmph, hmph. Sl SI Ik OOD evening, folks, this is your fav- orite radio entertainer broadcasting tonight's program from ZXY hotel in Syene. As you all know that I have such a wonderful silver-like voice for broadcast- ing, I will tell you my secret. I smoke. The first number appearing on our program is the Blosh Sisters' quartet, which we will skip. We have another distinguished per- sonality on this program whom I know you will enjoy immensely. I take great pleasure in introducing Professor Z. Z. Sweinstein, noted scientist of the Sweinstein Theory, and also the head professor of English at the University of Podunk. O. K. Sweiny ol' boy, ol' boy, ol' boyg do your stuff. Arumph--ahg howdy all youse guys who's tuning in on me. I ain't got no special speech to make, but I's awful glad to talk to youse. Dis speech I have got is on my famous, ever-popular theory, de great Swein- stein Theory. By de way folks, I just re- membered dat I left my speech in my od- der pants. But just de same, folks, I ain't a goin ter dissappoint youse. I would ex- plain my theory to youse only I can't re- member it because I ain't got my paper wid me. But I usta be a darn good singer in my younger days and I ain'-t losted my voice yet, so I'l1 sing for youse. Oh Floyd, is dere any especially song youse wants me to sing? What? None? Well I'll sing Anna Lorna- and for darlin' Anna Lorna, I'd lay me down an' die- Pardon me folks, this is your announcer, Floyd Gabby Gabbons. I just want to ask you a questiong is Mis Lorna in the radio audience? If she is, I would appreciate her coming over to fulfill Mr. Sweinstein's wish. I'll now return you to the professor. . lk lk if Well, I'm sure all youse guys enjoyed my singing. I ain't got much more things ta say ta youse all, but dem guys dat can't speek cerreck American will regret it in later years. Dosedat can speek cerrect American will sure be repaid awful much. I'm sure --: 26 :- youse who's listening to me will be inter- ested to know a few facks about my life, so I'll give youse a auto-biography of me. I was born in a small house in Syene. At de age of three I begunned to write liturshure. Dat's how I got my start on de road ta success. At seven. I had wroten m.any short- stories-in fack they were very short. I writ one story dat was a wow. I don't exackly r-:member what it was but b-oy, oh boy, it was a wow! At nine I graduated from kin- dergarten. Dat was de proudest minute of my life, I hung up a great record in first grade by being a member for five straight years. De rest of my school years was easy for me, because at de most I never stayed in a class for over three years. I made a awful good record in fifth gradeg I only flunked three semesters. In de sixth grade I married my English teacher. I guess dat's de reason I talk such awful good American! I entered high school at de age of 28 and graduated at 42. , wk ll: vlr URING your school years you don't appreciate scool but when you get out of scool you appreciate. I'm tell- ing youse folks whose listening in dat a ed- ucation is de thing dat counts. now a days. Youse dossent realize wot a education means to youse. I got one, look at me now-good job, good home, and good family. If I hadn't a gotten a education I might a notten had de job which I am now holding. I ain't got no use for dem people who dossent want a education. A education is de finest thing in life. If youse have a good vocubary and knows how to pernounce wirds cerrect, well den, youse have everything dat counts in life. I'm printing a book, which'll be pub- lished sumtimes in de next four years, on hows ta speek cerrect American. Well as I were saying a education is your mainstray in dis world. Dose who ain't got no-er I shouldn't use de double negative--does who aint got any--. W'el1, folks, I am sure all of you enjoyed Professor's Sweinstein's talk: but due to the fact that another program is to be heard over this station for the next 15 minutes, we will have to hear the professor some other time. Now, for the next 15 minutes, we will hear the famous, nationally known team- the Gloch-Zilch Boys who will entertain you on their phonograph. I am sure all of you are very sorry to be deprived of Professor Sweinstein's elegant speech. Immediately after the Gloch and Zilch program we will rejoin the ABCD network for the Lucky Stiff program, featuring Walt Lynch. Please remember that Lucky Stiffs are always kind to your throat, Adam's apple, and pocket- book. They are bloatedg not a cough in a carload. Oh, pardon me, that isn't our slogan. Luckies must be good for Professor Swein- stein smokes them. Here is what he thinks of Luckies: I have smoked Lucky Stiffs since I was 11 years old. I find that Luckies stimulates the voice. All youse who smoke Luckies will find that youse- We are now signing off. Be with you again some other time. -PHILIP BAKER, nb.

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f i 1 i V 1 i i P l P l R R g, 1-E I 8 5, t 4 i I 1933 ...THE ORANGE AND BLACK... June fe GILL HOUSE s TANDING HUGE and alone on the hill, Gill House seems to have a dark and forbidding appearance even in in the bright sunlight. If it could speak, what stories it could tell. It is unoccupied now and probably no one could be found who would care to live in it. For many years before its late owner's death strange stories were told of the place and its stern dark master, and still more sinister things hinted at. For instance, there had been the wealthy Jew who had inquired his way to Gill House and never been seen or heard of afterward, and the sister who had committed suicide within its walls and who dying and unable to speak had mutely pointed an accusing finger at her brother. If these stories were known to Marcus Gill they never. seemed to trouble him, for he had gone on ln'his own silent, austere way living alone with his two serv- ants, sole master of Gill House and its broad acres. His one passion seemed to be horses, and he was frequently seen riding one of his high-stepping thoroughbreds. One day a letter came to Gill House informing its master that an elder brother, who had run away from home in his boyhood and who was supposed to have died long ago in a foreign land, was alive but in failing health. It stated that he was coming home to live or at least to share in the estate. A few weeks later he arrived and those who saw him said he was dressed in black and resembled his brother little except that he was of the same rather stocky build. He had suffered an accident and was obliged to use a crutch. This together with his grey hair and colored glasses he wore made him appear much older than he really was. Little was known of him after his return. The two serv- ants said that he was quiet mannered and talked of leaving as soon as he could come to some settlement with his brother. lk lk Pk OON' AFTER his arrival Marcus Gill had flown into a violent rage over some triflllng matter and abruptly dismissed both servants. After this the two men had lived a.lone, and, as no friendly feeling had ever existed between the inmates of Gill House and the neighborhood, no one went near them. Weeks went by and people won- dered how Tom Gill could endure living alone with his taciturn brother, but some people said that he was quite singular himself. He never left the place and was very seldom seen-and then always alone. On one of these rare occasions a neighbor who had known him in his early youth, happened to be passing. He halted and called a greeting, but the man made no reply and after staring a moment turned and hobbled away on his crutch. Another time two little girls told of seeing the lame man with the dark glasses and how he stared at them without speaking until they became frightened and ran away. One day late in summer Marcus Gill came into town. He was riding a new colt and he seemed to be in a more talkative humor than usual. He vouchsafed the information that he had come to a. settlement with his brother -and that the latter was leaving again soon for foreign parts. He called the bank and then rode away at a lively pace. A little later two of the men living nearest to Gill House saw a saddled horse running wildly down the road. They at once recognized it as the Gill colt an.d suspecting that he had thrown his rider they walked up the road. They found Marcus lying in the driveway leading to his house. The colt evidently had become fright- ened at something, had turned and bolted, throwing his rider so that his head had come in contact with one of the stone gate posts. Death must have been instantaneous, and they say that all they could do would be to carry the body to the house and break the news to the crippled brother. lk lk lk I' THE HJOYUSE they rang the bell of the front entrance, but no one answered. They rang again with no better results. Where was Tom Gill? Was he deaf and had that been the reason why he had never answered when spoken to? They 'tried the door and found it fastened. Likely the men were in the habit of using the rear entrance. One of them decided to try that. Finding a small door unlocked, he entered and found himself in the kitchen. He called but no one answered. He noticed a small table with the remains of a meal on it. There was one unwashed plate and one cup. Prob- ably Tom had become hungry and had not waited for his brother, he thought, as he walked through the rooms 'to the front of the house, but everything was still and there was no sign of any living presence. He unbolted the front door and together they carried the body into the house. Seeing a bed in one of the rooms, they placed it on that and stood for a moment undecided what to do. Evidently they were alone in the house with the dead man. ' Everything seemed so strange-so uncannily quiet. Stories told of the place came to their minds. Where was the dead man's brother and what should they do? To cover the body decently and go for help seemed the only thing. Noticing a large chest in the room and thinking that it contained linen, they raised the cover and looked in. Could they believe their eyes? They looked at each other in. horror and amazement! The chest contained not linen, but a crutch, a black suit, and a grey wig, with a pair of dark glasses lying beside it. The mystery was explained. Tom Gill had already gone .... had been gone for a long time .... but not to foreign parts. -CLARA HOLMBERG. KD -ANDTHEN CAME CELLOPHANE iContinued from Page Twenty-foury amble, mosey, beat it, vamoose, or ams- cray. 16. Sore throat Csore throat as in sore -: 25 :- throatl-the main symptom of scarlet fever. 17. Terre verte-a color usually bilious green, but it depends on the kind of tooth brush one uses. 18. Tlnea clrcinata-a disease of the skin, caused by the parasitic fungus Tricho- phyton tonsurous, and characterized by circular scurvy patches with irritation. -K 37 FEMININE Fkoucs fContlnued from Page Eighteen? Kraus and her twelfth grade team in a heated battle of stifl' competition. Cheers are echoing throughout the entire gym and the termination of the basketball season has left its impression upon all the girls who played in the tournament. The picture of the hoop and the basketball slowly fades from view, and the second act of the three-ring circus is making its .bow and exiting from the curriculum of the gym. And now as this snoopy one digs. deeper into the sport of the gym he discovers the last act of the ring. Spring is in the land, and track and baseball come hand in hand. So as the inquisitive one digs up some more by-gones, here is what he sees. Many girls are ready for the sprint, many for the broad jump, many for the baseball and basketball throw, and many, many more for other big features of the track ring. This noble personage spies them racing down to Breese-Stevens Field to take part in the track tourney. They are nearing their goal, only a little way more to travel. Slowly, the picture of fleet feet fades in the distance and the snoopy one is aroused by the cries of Strike two! Ball three! etc. He turns eagerly to return his footsteps back to sport, this time baseball. Inside the Central gym, girls of all ages and grades are re-enacting the ancient fan- loving baseball game. Their shouts and gay laughter fill the room with noisy frolic, then suddenly it recedes and grows faint. The gym has become quiet, the day is hot, and the sweating players slowly drift to and fro thinking of the vacation near at hand. School will soon be over and for some of them it will be a permanent vacation, but to those who cherish all good things and live in the memories of the past year, it will be a wonderful blessing to recall all the fun and sport of the past year at Central. Invisibility I shall carry the moonlight in a silver cup, And rain-drops in my handsg I shall cage the mist, And I shall bind the winds with chains of flame. Where I walk there shall be stillness, And the torch of beauty before me: I shall carry away with me every loveliness, But still you will not know that I have passed. -JANE PRIESTLEY, lla.. mg

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.Tune ...THE ORANGE AND BLACK.. 1933 WHY I AM STUDYING FRENCH AU- - ACTIVITY HE: VERY first reason, perhaps, that I am studying French, is that I want to go to France some day. Ever since I can remember, France has been the one European c o un try that I would like to visit. Maybe it's because Joan of Arc lived there Cshe's my favorite heroine in historyli maybe it's becaus-e French people are stylish: or maybe it's just because I liked the looks of France on the map. Anyway, I want to go there. When I arrive in France I will naturally have to speak the French language. It would be very embarrassing if, for instance, someone would come up and say, Il fiat chaud and I should reply, Yes, so do I. In Paris I would attend the cours libre of -the University since the cours libre do not require registration fees. Cours libre are very educational and are given by talented professors. I would want to see French plays and operas at the Opera Hous-e. They are cheaper in France than in Americal To understand these plays, I would have to know French. While in France I would want to see the provinces. I am interested in their dialects, costumes, customs, histories, litera- tures, and arts. In order to get anything out of what I saw, I should have to know French. When our family was discussing the ques- tion of, Would French or Latin be the more beneficial? the fact that made them favor French was that it is a living language and Latin is not. I asked a Latin student how to say, How are you? and he immediately began to explain that Latin is not spoken. It is merely translated. Its only use is a foundation for other languages. This would not be necessary for me because I am not going to make a life study of languages. French, because it is a living language, would be much more useful. It is spoken now by a nation. It is possible to carry on conversa- tions in it, to argue in it, just as in any other language. As I couldn't see the use of learn- ing a lot of names I never could call any one, I took French. REALLY need French. In order to go to the University, a foreign language is quite necessary. I am taking French for four years in order to get the two points credit. The study of French itself is helpful. Much grammar is brought in. French gram- mar is greatly different from. English in some ways, but it is markedly similar to it in others. French will help me in later life. I might be a buyer of dresses in some depart- ment store and go to France in order to have the most stylish dresses. French would then come in very handy. I could be an interpreter for someone who understood no French. If worse came to worse, I think I could translate French books for a living. French gives a general education. I have been learning European geography, history, politics, and literature. Almost a whole semester is spent on each of these subjects. III would have to be quite thick-headed if some of this did not penetrate my head. I have quite convinced myself that French is an essential part of my education. I like French. Just the sound of it charms me, especially the nasal sounds and the u sounds. French is not hard if the teacher does not give out too much home - work. Some classes are rather boring, but French isn't. Most of the stories that I have trans- lated in French class have been interesting. So are the plays. On Fridays, sometimes, when there is no work left, the class sings songs and plays games. If I didn't like French, I should most certainly drop it. :Is wk vs I-IE FRIENCI-I people themselves are charming. They have nice complexions and wear stylish clothes. When they talk they make faces, especially when they make the nasal sounds. They gesticulate so much they seem like a pantomime. They are good cooks- the best in the world. They are very home-loving. Their shops close for about two hours at noon for the men to go home and enjoy their families. Someone has said that the only way to get into a French family is by a bomb or marriage. This is true because the French people are so wrapt up in their families that they have little time for new friends. If I wanted to make the acquaintance of some of these people, I .should have to know French. French literature I especially like. But try to translate it, especially poetry, and some- thing seems to be missing. What is beautiful and touching in French is sloppily senti- mental and silly in English. France has pro- duced some of the best writers the world has ever known. Who hasn't heard of or read I-Iugo's Les Miserables or Hunchback of Notre Dame ? Then Dumas with his Three Musqueteersn and Count of Monte Cristo are very well liked. Daudet's Tartarin of Tarascon is very amusing. There are a great many more writers like these. In order to fully appreciate these books, though. I would read them in French. French history is fascinating. Look at all the great men France has produced! Napo- leon was the greatest man of his time. Henry IV was the noblest figure in history. Ver- cingetorix, who, in spite of his bravery, had to give himself up to Jules Cesar. France is such an old countryand has so much history that I can never stop studying it. Now, perhaps, you can see why I am study- ing French. But, I am ashamed to tell you, all these reasons are not the one that really started me to take French. These are mostly reasons for my continuing it. After the fam- ily had all decided in fa-vor of French, they left the final decision to me. I was just vacil- lating between French and Latin when in came Aunt Sarah. She literally ordered me to take up Latin. I cou1dn't bear to be told what to do, so I immediately decided on French just to Vex her. Aunt Sarah is prob- a-bly,the real ,reason that I'm taking French. -MIRIAM BAIRD, lla. - f-: 27 :- ASSOCIATION HE ALL ACTIVITY Association, a new system at Central this year, has been a remarkable success. The plan commonly known as the A. A .A. originated at East High School. At that school they paid so much money for a card which admit- ted them to all of the school activities. This was a little hard to do this year because of economic conditions, so at Central a plan was worked out w h e r e b y every member paid twenty-five cents to join the association, and ten cents each of the following thirty weeks. Coupon books could be purchased in the office which contained all the tickets if one desired to pay the entire sum at once. The plan was responded to ea gerly. Exactly 844 members join.ed the A. A. A. Of these 844 members, 257 were Junior High school students and 587 were Senior High school students. A few of the group dropped out because of graduation, but most of them completed the payments. Under this system tickets were given out for each basketball game, each football game, both of the school plays, the spring band and orchestra concert, the Junior High. school operetta, the boxing tournament, and the performances of Tony Sarg's Marionettes. Besides admission to these affairs, member- ship in the All Activity Association included a full year's subscription to The Mirror, and a- copy of The Mirror magazine. The easy payment plan that was adopted was so attractive to the students that many who had never attended the games or plays before did so this year, and greatly increased the backing customarily given the athletic teams. The A. A. A. has been so beneficial to Central High School this year that it will surely be continued next year.-LURA SALTER IN THEKLAND OF ' MAKE-BELIE VE iContinued from Page Fourj has long been a leading extra - curricular activity in Central and undoubtedly will con- tinue to be. Officers of the Dramatic Club were: first semester-president, Romance Cowgill: vice- president, Frederick Gillette: secretary, Lor- ene Nelson: s treasurer, Gale Clark: second semester-president, Gale Clark: vice-presi- dent, Walter Bond: secretary, Frederick Gil- lette: treasurer, John Deards, The cast for Tiger House included Cath- erine Fowler, Jane Farwell, Sue Ogden, Jean- ette Ashton, Gladene Manwaring, Charles Willis, Donald Trachte, Sam Rabinowitz, Robert Genske, and Cyril Klingele. Students in Twelfth Night were Jane Priestly, Russell Shaw, Romance Cowgill, Don Trachte, Glenn Arnold, Joe Runey, John Deards, Doris Jane Johnson, Jay Ashbrook, Vernon--Barber, Donald Edwards, Marvin Schwenn, Sam Rabinowitz, Frederick Gil- lette, Fred Baxter, and Eugene Moran. -FREDERICK GILLETTE.