McKinley High School - Nugget Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Tl-IE CARNATION to my Vl6VV'S lt IS partly to my parents and perhaps mostly to one sxn cere frlend who at the t1me I got th1s pos1t1on I know must have glven me good recommendatlons If I should be fortunate enough to get the chance to go to colle e and st1l1 be able to contmue my work Wlthlll and wxthout school as successfully as I have done ln the past I shall always be consclous of the fact that I certamly owe most of my educatlon to thls one partlcular person for lf I had not secured that posrtlon just 1n the mck of t1me all my hopes of ever gomg through day hxgh school would have been lost R E D Truth S V1ctory One CV6I1ll1g about elght o clock 1n front of a large OEICC bulldmg m one of the progresslve cltles of the Mlddle West stood Harry Cratcher sellmg papers When Harry was five years old h1s father had died of con umptlon Several years later Harrys mother remarrled becommg the wxfe of a man named Jack Stevenson thxs was not because she especlally cared for Stevenson but because she needed support Whlle nurs1n her first husband Mrs Stevenson contracted the dreadful dlsease and three years later had to be sent out West to a sanltarlum among the rnountams of Colorado Harry s stepfather whose true char acter had been kept from Mrs Stevenson went wlth Harry to lxve ln the hangout of a gang of thlves to which he belonged As Harry was trylng to sell hrs papers the words You better brmg home somethmg worth whlle tomght you young brat and lf you squeal on me lt wlll be the last thmg you ever do' kept gomg through h1s m1nd These were the words whlch Stevenson uttered as he turned Harry out of the house at half past six He had almost concluded to run away from town when a well dressed man W1ll1 m Wanger hurr1ed 1nto the cor ldor of the bu1ld1ng Stealthlly Harry crept up behmd and reached h1s hand mto the coat pocket of the wealthy man who feelmg thls swung around wlth h1s Est and knocked Harry to the Hoor A officer who happened to be pass1ng the bu1ld1n took charge of the unfortunate boy The next mornmg at eleven oclock a sherxff called out m the Juvemle Court State vs Cratcher' As the case proceeded the Judge heaped a great number of questlons upon Harry none of whlch were answered becau e he remember the words of h1s stepfather Fmally the judge sald to an oFHcer Take hlm to the House of Deten txon for a few days probably he wlll make up h1s mmd to tell us some thmg by that t1me What' snapped Wanger The young cr1m1nal ou ht to be sent 9 v ' 9 7 D 0' . . an ' Y ! 1 , . . . . , . . . Y Y y . . , . . , . e .. . , , 7 , . . . 0' to a - 9 ' Y - , , ' v . . H . 9 ! 9 1 . . . ,, . . , . v ' v 3 s . V. . . . . I . 1 9 v . fl ' . . . U bn . , . . 1 1 1 ' 64 99 ' 1 - - , s 1 , S . . . . H . - D : - . . ,, as vs gg - - cr cr . . 5 Twf-nty-Two

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TI-IE. CARINATION half school weeks passed and all my hopes of contlnumg day hngh chool vamshed But fortunately I met an old frlend of mme who told me of a cer tam factory 1n wh1ch students of un1vers1t1es were employed after school hours As soon as I heard thxs I made arrangements to speak tc the manager of that concern To my surprrse I was gxven a posltlon my work begmnmg the very next day I re entered school at once My workmg hours were from 5 30 p m to ro 30 p m The flrst week I earned S3 37 And the h1ghest amount that I earned the frrst year was S5 47 per week My total 1n come durmg that year was S140 68 Of thls money I gave SIIG 77 to my mother and the balance I kept for my schoolmg Then the next questxon was how to get my home work My wrltten home work was done between the close of school and gomg to work whxle the work wh1ch requlred no wrrtmg I dld on the street car go1ng back and forth to work At one t1me I had a Job makmg concentrated filaments on a machme lathe Each one of these filaments requxred from two to four mmutes contxnuous collmg Then whlle the machme was run mng It d1d not requlre much attentlon and I took advantage of these few mmutes to read or study lessons In this way I managed to com plete my second year of hlgh school successfully that IS wrthout a failure 1n any subject During the followmg vacatlon I was able to save up a l1ttle money whxch made me feel qulte confident that I could return to school IH September Thxs t1me I returned to school wrthout a days delay I agam worked after school but thls t1me at an average week s mcome of S7 ZQ I-Iavlng completed the two years of language wh1ch was requxred my course I recelved five more study per1ods a week Thls enabled me to do conslderable home work durmg school hours My servlces rendered ln the factory seemed very satlsfactory smce durmg the entlre t1me no complamt was made agamst me Thls very fact made me feel the more certam that after all I mlght eventually have the chance to graduate from McKinley My hours of work then were from 3 untxl IO p m and many tlmes until 2 a m Fortunately enough I have been able to keep thls job up to the present t1me and I also expect to keep lt for the future My present hours are from 5 p m untrl II 30 p m Thus up to the present t1me havxng always passed m all my sub jects wxth an entlre average of G have I almost worked my way through hxgh school and I hope to graduate this commg june Another questlon IS to whom do I owe my educat1on9 Accordmg T nt One v ' 9 S ' . , - . ' v . . , . , . ! . , . . . . . Y 7 3 l . . . , . . . , . , . . In , . 3 7 7 . ., . . . , . 1 v ' ' ' ' nt U! 9 , , , , . we y-

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THE CARNATION to the Reform School for at least slx months my txme s valuable I can t come back here every day Mr Wanger replxed the Judge the funct1on of the juvemle Court IS to correct not to pumsh That evenm Harry brooded over h1s troubles untxl he finally fell asleep from sheer exhaustlon In the mornmg as he was passlng one of the guards who was readlng a paper he saw the head11nes Multl m1ll1ona1re W H Wanger MlSSlHg No Clew Obtamable After ten fmnutes reHect1on Harry recalled the last words h1s mother had sa1d to h1m Always be truthful my son I want to see the Judge I want to see the Jud e' he crred and made an attempt to run to the office You cannot' was the reply you must wa1t a few days Not dlsheartened by these words he pleaded and pleaded unt11 Hnally he was taken to court As they entered the door Harry tore away from h1s guard and called Judge judge let me tell Well what IS It young man? asked the Judge The other mght after they threw me out I lxstened and heard them say son-e nng bout Wanger and kxdnappmg Before that they told me to steal whatever I could lay hands on Go to I6 South Thlrd Street w1th some cops as soon as you can The Judge ordered a squad of pollcemen to that address led by Harry As they approached the ne1ghborhood they went through an alley and cllmbed over a fence surroundmg a dmgy hut pomted out by Harry Upon knock1ng they recelved no answer and proceeded to pound 1n the door whlch yxelded to the sturdy blows of the olhcers When the door fell they saw Mr Wanger bound hand and foot and three of the an A week later the tr1a1 of these men came up 1n the Crrmmal Court and as Harry was on the wxtness stand tellmg h1s story a letter was brought m addressed to hmm The judge wlth Harry s consent opened and read It xt was from Mrs Stevenson and stated that she had recovered and would be home wxthm a week It was dlscovered that the gang had commltteed many other cr1mes Bach of the prlsoners was sent to Jall for dlfferent perlods accordlng to h1s offense jack Stevenson was sentenced for l1fe on a murder charge Mr Wanger was so pleased wlth Harry for causxng h1s early llbera t1on that he took hlm and h1s mother to l1ve 1n the beautiful Wanger resldence and now Harry Cratcher IS worklng to the top wxth the firm of Wan er 8: Scupper regarded as one of the best Flrm of lawyers 1n the state of Ill1no1s Gustavus Buder T t'll I I 9 l ' 1 Y I 7 H ,, vu - - as ' ' ' S 9 ' ' 57 , . O' b ' Y . . H . of Y 7 . . . . . . H . . , - . , . . . ' Sb Y 7! 9 3 ' N . . O' ,, . a b ' Y sn 97 Ki ' 17 . , - - y w 9 is n 7, ! F 7 ' GI ' ' 3, ' y 1 - ' U . . I 5 L, . R . . I .t. a . , ' C Y VV ! ' 9 l O' 7 ' 1 , . ' 9 V o' cr. za za Y ! . . . . , ' 1 1 7 ' 7 , . . . . . . 9 . , cr U . t, v wen y- ' uw'-e