Morrison High School - Morrisonian Yearbook (Morrison, IL)

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A BOB PARTY Listen, my children, and a story you'll hear, Of a Senior party, which happened hereg' 'Twas in December, on a moonlight night, On the eighteenth, if I recollect rightg The Seniors went out in bobs three, Laughing and giggling with their hearts free: The night somewhat warm, and the snow nearly gone, The roads became muddy as they rode along. Hence, the Seniors, disappointed, turned back to go home, When at the school house they ceased to roamg A merry time they had when the eats were passed around Oyster stew, and crackers by the pound. Soon the party broke up, and, departing in bobs three, Laughed and giggled, for they had obtained the bobs free.

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DO WE NEED A LARGER ARMY AND . . QNote-The editors feel as though it were a great privilege to publish such an original, appealing theme as the follow- ing. It was the first theme written by a member of the Class of '16 in the endeavor to keep this country prepared. It was only by underhandedness the article was obtained, as it was formerly a relic in the library.J Have any of you ever had a great pain of some sort? Of course you have, and you have a distinct remembrance of the suffering you went through. Now, multiply that pain by ten and couple it with the thot that death is a certainty, and you will have the feeling of the soldier who, while fighting for a foolish nation, has been shot with part of a huge shell thru the stomach and intestines. Picture yourself in a bloody trench, surrounded by dying men in the greatest possible agony, and knowing that at any moment you may share their suffering. But why, you ask, should we think of such things when we belong to a rich and powerful country? Haven't we a large enough navy to protect ourselves until men are trained to pro- tect this free country from being overrun by ruthless foreign- ers? Well, perhaps. Of one thing I am sure, this land will never fall into the hands of a conqueror, because we should fight if we had to, but-why should we ever be attacked by a foreign nation? We are rich, we waste lots of money which could go to supporting a large army and navy, and by so doing we would eliminate the sufferings and privations of a long and disastrous war. Stop! Look! Listen! Would not you rather spend un- needed money now for protection than be wounded or killed. Do we want to be in the position France, England, Germany and Russia are now. We do not need the militarism of Ger- many, merely a large, efficient navy which could easily protect our coast. NAVY?

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, . ,rw , W S MR. L. E. MOUCK The man to whom we, the publishers of the Morrisonian, our fellow classmates, our fellow schoolmates, our teachers, and all those in connec- tion with the High School, are indebted for well-kept rooms and innumer- able courtesies. He has filled the position of Janitor of our school build- ing for the last thirty-two years, and has become the friend of all those who have had the least chance to become acquainted with him. The editors of this book, in behalf of the Senior Class of 1916, wish to extend to Mr. Mouck their sincere thanks for the numerous things he has so willingly done to help them during their career in M. H. S.