Muskegon High School - Said and Done Yearbook (Muskegon, MI)

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V I erman Anecdote. Bq GRRGB LRNGELHND '99. - ware inmal ein Mann, der die deutsche Sprache aus der Sprach- U lehre und dem Worterbuch lernte. Er ging ins Ausland und walhrend er Deutschland durchreiste, blieb er einige Zeit in einem ausgeziechneten Gasthaus in Breisch. Nach der ersten Woche ging er zu dem Wirt um seine Rechnung zu bezahlen. Der junger mann konnte sich ohne Worterbuck nicht aus drucken. Also schlug' dieser das Buch auf, fand das Wort, bill, and daneben die zweir lei Bedeutungen, Schnabel und Rechnung'. Dann ubersetzte er buchstablich den englischen Satz und lernte ihn ansvvendig. Am folgenden Tag trat er vor dem Wirt und fragte ihn, Wie gross ist mein Schnabe1? Der Wirt sah ihn erstaunt and und sagte, Nicht grosser als er war, da Sie hierher kamen. Das verstand unser junger Freund, wunderte sich aber uber die Hochherzigkeit des Wirtes. Einige zeit darauf kam er wieder zu dem Witt und stellte ihn noch eimmal die Frage, empiing aber dieselbe Antwort wie vorher. Was sollte das bedeuten? Der Wirt mochte wohl wissen ob der Junge Mann bei vollem Verstande sie. Als jener aber zuum dritten Mal vor ihn trat, da meinte er der Junge Mann sie ganz gewiss wahnsinnig. Er sagte aber nichts davou. Der J' unge Mann ging seinen Weg und meinte freilich Breisach sei eine billige Stadt. Man hat den Jungen Mann nie wieder in der Stadt gesehen. -gg-

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TRANSLATED PRO TN ENC X dl: dlr IL THE LAST CLASS 'f 'f 3 I Q I ...., TRecttal of a little Ellsaclan JBox3. I 2 - N that morning I was quite late in 5 getting to school. and I was very much afraid of being scolded, as Mr. Hamel had said that he would ques- tion us on the participles and I did not 45 45 know a thing about them. At one time the thought came to me to miss the class, ' and to take my way through the tields. as tb as The weather was so warm, so bright! One could hear the blackbirds whistling at the edge of the woods, and the Prus- sians drilling in the meadow Rippert, behind the saw mill. All this tempted me much more than the rule of participles: but I had the strength to resist and I ran very fast towards school. On passing in front of the city hall, I saw that there were people gathered about the small bulletin board. For two years it is from this that all the bad news had come to us-battles lost, requisitions, orders from headquarters-and I thought without stopping: ' What's the matter now? Then, as I ran across the square, the blacksmith Wachter. who, with his apprentice, was there in the act of reading, cried to me: Do not hurry so, my little one: you will arrive soon enough at your school! I thought he was mocking me and, all out of breath, I en- tered the small yard of Mr. Hamel. Ordinarily, at the commencement of the class, there was a great noise which could be heard even out in the street, desks opened and closed, lessons repeated very loud all together and with hands over one's ears in order to learn the better, and the master's large ruler which was struck on the tables. Silence! I counted on all this din to reach my bench without being seen: but on that very day everything was as quiet as on a Sun- nay morning. Through the open window I saw my companions -93-