Morenci High School - Senior Yearbook (Morenci, MI)

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just Editing Luff as she sat knitting on her tiny porch. Her little home was perhaps the most pic- turesque in Somerset Valley. It was all white and gleaming with cool looking green shutters to add to its colonial beauty. Her sparkling cobblestone walk was bordered with spicy pinks and demure English violets. And 1116 garden, oh such a garden! It's tall holly- hocks, marigolds, moss roses. purple gentians, sweet peas a11d violets, were a beacon of gorgeous light to beauty- seeking tourists. A Grandmother looked over the top of her glasses, as she heard footsteps coming heavily up the walk. Norma Shearson, grandmother's only daughter, walked heavily to- ward her. Hello, dearief' Grandmother called cheerily. HHello, came back the reply, but a little gruffly. Norma sat down. looked at the floor and commenced ruffling up the sand at her feet. Then the storm came. Tears welled up in the soft blue eyes of the younger woman. and a small.. wrinkled hand patted her shoulder softly. Tell me, Norma, said the soft voice. i'lt'sf-it's Bobbie I came back the reply with a sob. Why, what's the matter with the child? Has he caught some disease? Or did he take a cold when he fell in the river Saturday? Tell me, dearie. and I will get my herbs and come right over. No, it isn't a case that herbs can cure, mother. It's his schooling. The principal just called on me. And he's going to expel him if he don't study harder. Oh, it's aw- ful! And to think it's my own son. He won't get his Al- gebra' and he hates 'Foreign Language' But if he is ex- pelled. if he is, it's going to be a terrible disgrace. What will I do? 5505-D9 HE sunshine smiled down on Grandmother ll fi J 0 X431 Just leave it to me. dcarie. I will see Bobby, and don't worry. Bobhie's a good boy. Why, I have known him all his life and have never known him to do wrong. He'll make good. I know he will! f Norma left much relieved and Grandmother Luff put up her knitting and went into the house. Noon came, and so did Bobbie. As he went by the house, Grandmother hailed him. He was glad, for he loved Grandmother dearly and he cleared the steps with a single bound. Bobbie stayed for lunch, and then they talked, first about every- day subjects and then about school. Bob's brow contracted in a deep frown at the very thought of it and he kicked viciously at the rug. l-ie had been failing noticeably in his work for the past two months. His Algebra teacher did not understand him. Bobbie was in class, that's true, but his mind was elsewhere. The trees, birds and flowers fascinated him. He was fishing for trout instead of making a X b equals ab. It was worse yet in his foreign language class. The in- structor, a fussy, little man, admitted he was absolutely hopeless. In fact. he was just drifting. Drifting through lite, bored and tired of it all.. He couldn't get ahead. Just drifting. Perhaps the first thought was that he was- taking the wrong course. But it was not, so. To change the 00111788 would mean the rcarrangement of the whole routine of classes. One student changing would invite more and the whole class would he in a wave of excitement continually. Of course. Bob's argument was strong. What boy xl09Sll'fI have strong arguments? And Robert Shearson was every inch a true boy. Grandmother was a determined, although gentle woman, and when she said she would arrange things, the things WERE arranged. They talked and talked, and when Bobbie left, a broad smile was on his face. Norma Shearson heard no more about the troublesome subjects, only she did notice that her son spent a great deal of his time with Grandmother. The report cards when

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For the next hour we discussed the best ways and means of capturing ghosts, and set the attempt for that night. Then we all went to dinner. - That evening about eight o'clock we all met on a street corner after each one had told his mother that he was staying at a friend's house for the night. From the corner we hurried to the house, but upon reaching the place our spirit for adventure failed. At last, after work- ing up eaeh other's courage. we went inside. Here we refused to separate. so all stood by while Bur- ton, Glenn and Dale, fixed their ghost traps. Burton propped open the front door and tied a rope across it. XVhen the ghost fell he would get it, Glenn had a rope las- so with which to lasso the ghost, while Dale refused to bother it at all. Having fixed the trap, we went into the center room and cowered together in one corner. Every time a Window creaked or any noise eamc we would start half out of our shoes with fear. There We sat in huddled fear and shivering, listening to the mice running in the room above. All at once, after what seemed hours of waiting, we heard something at the door. Then as something indis- tinct and white came gliding into the room, we left. Glenn forgot his lasso and jumped from one of the windows into a mud puddle. This. however, did not stop him in his flight for home. The rest of us dashed for the front door, where. tripping over Burton's rope, we rolled from the poreh and. picking ourselves up, dashed for home. in safety. The next morning. immediately after breakfast was over. we assembled in l'Jale's back yard, far from the laughter of the older folk. As we sat there thinking of the past night's events, a dog which we had never seen before trotted past the yard, and, strange to say, that dog was il nice, pure White. We all looked doubtfully at each other, but none of us spoke. When the dog had passed from sight we solemnly agreed that the house was haunted and took up a new argument. l was not the first to 1'l1Il.H said Glenn, Oh no. you wasnt jeered Dale. t'Rats. said Roy. we all ran. And that's that. A. N. 'Cllhe High School 2Hz1Ilnfne'en Qgartg The High School instead of having the annual High School Fair decided to have a Hallowe'en party, which was held October 31, 1924, at the school building. All parties attending came masked and the evening do- ings will long be remembered by all. Among the various masquerade costumes Fletcher Bishop as the Hunchback of Notre Dame received the first prize. A few games were played in the main hall, after which, all gathered in the assembly room where the apple, paper and weiner races made much enjoyment for all. Pumpkins and corn fodder were used as decorations. Popcorn and apples a plenty were served as refresh- ments. The Student Council had charge of all arrangements and so remained after the party to clean up the popcorn, broken apples and pumpkins. A. M. 11 First Freshman-'tHow far are you from the answer? Second Freslnnan- Two seats.

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examined showed a decided gain. The wonder grew in the Sheai-son family. Just what were the magic words that had brought so great a change? Three years passed. Pleasant, but years of hard work for Bobbie. At last he stood ready and waiting at the end of the road of knowledge. In another week Bobbie would graduate. Then Bobbie told the secret of his success that he had kept so diligently. The time he had spent with Grand- mother Luff was used for studying. Latin and French became easy then. for Grandmother made it so interesting by telling stories about ancient Rome and Gaul with its many beauties and by reading the many beautiful French plays. . Even the troublesome Algebra was soon conquered when one set about to get it. The focusing of the mind on an uninteresting subject and making it interesting by strong will power. is a great achievement and Bobbie ac- quired that very thing. Grandmother smiled at Norma when she came to thank her and told her this. My, I'm glad it's over, though. and Bobbie graduated. You ean't imagine how much I crammed over Bob's books. Of course I didn't mean to let him get ahead of me. So I studied. and studied hard. Did you ever think your moth- er would go so far when she started out. Norma ? And Norma promptly said that She didn't. So when Grandmother said that Bobbie might be president of the United States. Norma agreed that he would. Then she added with a smile. He certainly will if he has you for a campaign manager. for there's no more drifting for any of us. C. T. '28, 1 Zgihle Qflinsirurtiun in urenci Schools 1 NE of the most hopeful tendencies of the present day is the new emphasis on re- s ligious education. This movement is tak- ing many forms. But they all grow out of the conviction that religion is one of the basic instincts of man. As one has said: Man is incurably religious. Nature makes us religious but Nature makes us Christian, Mohammedan or Buddhist. - Assuming the religious instinct to be a basic part of lmman nature, it follows that no one can be fully educat- ed who has not developed his religious possibilities. In fact education, according to the best authorities. is the sum total of all of life's influences. If human beings were as they ought to be. education would not be necessary. But they are not, and education is the means by which they are changed from what they are to what they ought to be. Hence Education, in its true and broadest sense, and re- ligious training mean exactly the same thing. And it fol- lows that there can be no adequate education without re- ligious culture. It is generally conceded that the Bible is one of the best source books of religious materials in existence. And hence one of the most potent influences in education. This constitutes the logic back of the new impetus for religious education. And one of its most manifest forms is the increasing demand for Bible instruction in our Public Schools. And it is much to the credit of the Board of Edu- cation of the Moreuei schools that they are among the pio- neers of this great movement. Due to the far-sighted vision of the School Board, the hearty co-operation of the Super- intendent, and the earnest solicitude of the local churches. Biblical instruction in the Morenci Schools is a fact. The plan is a very simple one. The ministers of the lo- cal churches are the instructors. The classes meet in the