North High School - Tower Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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ID T0 A yearis eave With Pay! Well, What Couldnit ou 0? After ome Real Sleuthing On Hobbies, ereis ur idea of How the Red- skin Faculty Might Make the Most of the Qpportunity ffilllflllll' fH'0lt'Clt'cl by the laws of llnf Shift' of N0llSl.'77X!'.J fllfle a piece of paper. Soon several interested ones were peering over his shoulder. Fin- ally he said, It's Hnished. Do you want to hear it? A chorus of grunts from the famished faculty was audible. The natives nodded assentg they were too busy to grunt. Mr. Catlin cleared his throat and began: A treaty between the na- tives of Go-go Island and their visitors, the faculty of W. H. S. N. of Wfichita, Kansas, U.S.A.- At this point, Coach Hedrick fell asleep and didn't wake up till nine the next morning. Coach johnson had to retell the plan to him. It's an idea of give and take, see? Wfe can teach them how to do things better and how to be really educated, see whattamean? Theyyll give us provisions and shelter and help us the ways they can, understand? A XVe'll work out the project just like the old school with a band, sports, clubs, a Student Council, and everything. Mr. Joachim suggested having afternoons free as a sort of 'memento' of our lost vaca- tion. It sounds like a good idea to me. The natives think it's going to be a lot of fun and they intimate that it had better be, see whattamean?', The experiment was indeed a success. Although the teachers made a somewhat nervous beginning, the extreme intelli- gence of all their students soon made them feel quite at home. Periodically Mr. Mayberry could be seen strolling by the grass hut which housed the school. This was almost an infalli- ble forewarning of a fire drill. But when the students rushed out of school one day before any other signal, they dis- covered, to their surprise, that the super- intendent had merely ambled over to dis- cuss with Mr. Brooks his plans for ex- pansion of the school. AThe natives went for literature in a big way. Grammar was required as usual, honor students being permitted to dia- gram sentences. The department head, Miss Hodgson, gave her creative writing students their head, and when they put their heads together, she discovered that the hot-headed ones had headed their themes: Heading for the Last Round- up. Miss Mohler started a weekly news- paper, called the Go-go Go-Gcfffcfr, every issue of which, written on sugar-cane paper, was literally devoured by the popu- lace. A dramatics society was incorpor- ated with Miss Clark as director. Here costuming was of major interest. The upstanding hair, ringed ears, and shining copper countenances above the incorrect tuxedos of the men and the undiaphan- ous formals of the women indeed created a glamorous effect.

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5 4 ASteaming smokily out of the harbor with the North High faculty as dignified passengers, the Moral Wrestle was bound for its doom. The ship itself, with Cap- tain Seizer Boardja, was never to be heard of more. Gaily dreaming of the world cruise to come and the six months of happy unemployment to follow, the Wichita teachers were all ignorant--of their approaching fate. A typhoon hurled the Moral Wrestle out of its course one moonlight night and grounded it on the unknown-in fact, practically non-existent-island of Go-go in the South Seas. In the morning, Miss Swisher decided that they ought to go ashore- they do it in all the stories. Several of the men balked at the idea of furnishing food for Cannibals, but Miss Lyman and Miss Ludvickson pooh-poohed them into silence, asking Miss Bainbridge to help them lead an exploring party. Mr. Brooks suddenly found that Cap- tain Boardja and the crew had fallen over- board quite a while before. In the panic that followed, everyone but Mr. Brooks scrambled down the side of the ship, carrying a box of bathing-caps or an anchor or some such necessary article of food. AThe vacationing principal of High School North was definitely puzzled. Alone with the provisions! Sighing, he hove to, and with the help of a small derrick conveniently at hand, hoisted all of the provisions onto a nearby hilltop. He promptly followed in person. Mr. Schlotterbeck, who in a state of fourth hour hunger had been in as much suspense as Mr. Brooks and the food, ap- proached questioningly. But at that very moment a deafening flash of lighting rent the Moral Wfrestle from stern to stem. Mr. Brooks said simply: 'QI looked for the shipis undoing. I saw it in the script. Behold your food. That afternoon, while Mr. Dotzour was directing a score of assistants in put- ting up the tents, they heard tom-toms. Mr. Clevenger was sure they were drums. Queer chills went up and down the backs of all present. Wliat to do? A policy of conciliation was Hnally chosen. They hoped the savages would hit upon the same idea. Miss Bessie Goodyear offered her serv- ices for the language quandary, while Mrs. Davis silently reviewed the Latin third conjugation. But the redskinned na- tives didn't even speak pig-Latin. They used straight-forward, easily understood American slang. How this happened, no one knows, unless they had seen the script, too. ABut the tribesmen wouldnit trust the teachers. Miss Tucker's polished persua- sion did not quite succeed in winning them over. Mr. Newcombe and Mr. XVoodin tried funny stories on them, but to no avail. Then Miss Stephens had a magnificent idea, which she immediately -n. 1 1 Q i i U7- 142 112 llvlml? Nofbing on Ibn bltll.'kb01ll'Ll? KZQ Sw111'1'h111g Ihr' horizon for girls! UQ She hllevs the cake lm! 1111111111 1'11lhc1' fake ll fl'll7. MQ C11l111111'ss I7l'l'.V0l1fj9l'C!, wilb or 'lb'lfZ70IIf books. UQ Brlfslaing 1111 bis 111'q1111i111'1111r'1' wizfb !IfOl7l.V. f6j Politics 11111s! be fL'l'7'i!7ly 1le1'j1. l7j The Te1'1'11j1l11111' tl'lL'6llIi.V 11,116- Ullfl KXQ T1'igo11o111r'fry f07'.WIIil'71 for 161' 11o11c1'. f9j No books? If 7IlII.Yf bc 'l'1IC!Ili071. U01 Oooh, fr'111'b1'1', that ho1'1'i1l hjlt1l'0gl'lI szllfizlelu UIQ Ex- f1o111'11z' of Sh11l211spv111'r 11111l clignily. 1121 Carrls, 1',YFIlX!'a', 1111111c's, files, elf., b11111llrf1l lay 1111 c'x1'c'11fi1'c'. KID P07'Iil'IIif of tl l111si111'ss 11101111111 1'1'sli11g. U41 A ,Ql'0IIIPf7',jl 1f11111'f11'r wiib tl lzrigbi f111j1il. UU Set' flu' birclir' o11 fha Ilillfb hole? U62 She cli111l7s 111o1111l11111s. All flu' 111110 sbt' rloesl put into execution. After tasting of her cooking, the natives were her slaves. The whole tribe soon hove in sight and be- came their week-end guests. After this 41420, FP- IU KU Af 1116111 Xl7l't'll clovs tl golf hull f1'111'1'l?', f2j Dl5,QIli.Yl'll lvilb 1'os1'-colorvcl glasses 11111l ll Merle- lie, KH B1111' boys h111.'1' lo si11111l ill fbi' L'07'l7t'l'. f4Q Noi bIll1gl'j', are you? UQ Two 1'x,s --x is Miss Rvlfz, x f1l'f7Il6' is Mrs. Rmffro. f6j XVhy not smile tl liffle bit? UQ lV011'1f 31011 buy soma' Elllllljl, Miss Frank? KSQ Puzzle 111 i1l1'11fijfC11li011. 191 l11 Il blur' 117111 11r?11si1'1' 111001l.,' U02 Om' for la11s1'Iv11ll, one for X'ZUi7IZ'77'Ii71g, 11111l one fo be i111li- '1'11l1111l. UIQ Yes, sir, ihafs fbe 'L L'l'j' fifz of I.0l1g7X pmzk. 111 back of him. fl2j Wfhuf, noi i77SilI'f? lbs insirlvs of KI 1'111'? U32 A 1'111'1' sj7r'1'i1's of ML'XfC'H'll foul. fl-lj WhK'lI fha' f01'1'sI1'1' is 11ic1'1' ib1111 fha' fo1'1's1'1sj1. KID The L.'OIlLfU7'f.Y of bonu' 11111l solid rorfasl U62 Shu looks !'0llIf07'flI17lt', but 1lo1's the 11bofog1'11f1b111'. friendly advance, the wayfarers, respira- tion lubricated considerably. Meanwhile Mr. Catlin was off in a cor- ner, murnbling to himself and jotting on

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AMany were enticed by Miss Costin into the adventure of disorganizing the bugs and battling the cactus. Miss Weimar in- veigled an astonishing number of persons into counting coconuts, taking the square root of the banyan, and multiplying the beans. Since quite a few wished to learn how to roll their r's,!' the roll of foreign language students was unusually great. The history students became so much in- terested in their subject that Miss Jessica Smith declared they simply ate up those dates. Of course at the end of the day, each one made an accounting to the com- mercial department, headed by Miss Stosz, who automatically charged it up to leger- demain. The industrial teachers and their pupils set to work to make more perma- nent buildings and similar inconveniences. Under a separate roof, plotting, pound- ing, puttering, was The Committee. QDear reader, you little wot what this committee has in store for our colony.j This particular time of year was well seasoned by salty sea breezes and the aroma of pepper plants. On one of the days of this nature, the unofficial explor- ers, out in the woods somewhere, were wending their way. They had to wend, since Mr. Brown's streamlined ricksha had become unricked. Mr. Middleton, re- doubtable hunter, on the watfh for a band of polar bears, accompanied Mr. Brown. Also wending, but far in the lead, were Miss Simpson, Miss Brown, and Miss Nelson. AFrom a distant altitude came the glee- ful guffaws of the garden group. A mountain had been especially constructed by the natives to provide Miss Green with her hobby of mountain-climbing. The chief gardener, Mi'. Barrington, and Mr. Coile, wholesaler, had persuaded the rest of the troupe, Miss Hildinger, Miss Cel- lars, and Miss McIntire, to ascend this height with the view of planting a high- grade garden that would be the tops, The weary wenders and the rosy ramb- lers returned to a clamorous camp. Rackets rent the air H420 a month, un- furnishedjg the battering blows of Mr. Moore,s hammer as it built his newest barn Clack of doors unnoticedj, which was to serve as a gymnasium in rainy weather, the screeching shrieks of Mr. Poggeman's latest airplane venture, the cheerful crash of a golf ball through one of Mr. Moore's painstaking windows, and the perturbed protests of Mr. Way, Mr. Wfoodin, and Mr. Venning, who de- clined to claim the ball. Then came an unnatural, sharp, flat sound from the singers' base on the ve- randa. A flamingo darted up, startled. The bird had become inured to other clamors, but she had not yet become ac- customed to the fortissimos of the after- noon chorus. Qf chorus, the soloists needed few pointers, but Miss Hyde held the pointer anyway. The trills of Miss Rhodes, Miss Mclntire, and Miss Laura Smith left nothing to be desired, while Mr. Metcalf's voice was praised by all who heard. AFrom the drawing-room, in competi- tion, came the indiscriminate strains of Mr. Bounous' French harp. He yelled out the window to Mr. Groe, Say, I'm sure glad I brought this instead of the piano! We're not, shouted the coach, a piano can be locked up! At this point, Miss Margaret Good- year, housemanager, sounded the clarion call for assembly. Miss Davis reluctantly removed her roller skates before she went in. Miss Campbell entered with a grievance. !'Who said riding a giraffe is about the same as horseback riding? In the drawing-room they found Miss Ellingson, who just would work, work- ing on the woodwork of an end-table. Miss Hall came in breathlessly. At last I have figured it out, Miss Weimar! I have discovered by the stars that in just a few moments the sun will rise in XVichita!,' Miss Fronk looked up from her latest Go-go Press novel with a giggle. Did you discover whether it will be fair weather? Or are they having another dust storm?,' AMiss Wilsey, after summoning the two swimming stars, said that Miss Canine and Miss Forrester had certainly been playing a deep game. As Mr. Dotzour called the assembly to order, Mr. Way unwillingly removed his head from the interior of Mr. Wilkinsonls shiny new brief case. Miss Robb came forward to fl16Ir make an announcement about a new dancing club. The assembly was then turned over to Miss Willing, who said, At last all the past issues of the G0-go Go'-Geffei' are clipped and classihed. I thought you would be interested in hearing some ex- cerpts from our scrapbook. Immediately she had the attention of the whole group Cteachers, please copyj. There was an article by Miss Martin on the peregrinating appetites of tropical birds, solicited immediately after the flying raid on the pear trees. Manners in Sports, a Go-go book-of-the-week, had been reviewed by Miss Lansdowne, and Miss Kemp had written several crit- ical articles on Go-go musical activities. The latter were all commendatoryg she had not yet written one on French harp recitals. AA vivid description by Mrs. Gentz of the affectionate qualities of an Irish ter- rier had been followed in a later issue by a news story concerning Miss Onnalee Cox's oil painting of this lovable puppy. Several first-page news stories had de- scribed Miss Aley's puppet show of recent fame, the most amazing feature of which was the fact that the actors were always present for rehearsals. Miss Clark would like to have the formula. In nearly every issue had appeared a poem by Mrs. Parker, one of whose favorites was entitled Labor Day! Oh, Labor Day! At the close of the assembly, Mr. Wampler urged by the faculty gave an exhibition of his skill in archery. It was well that they were all in the safety zone, for the arrow was never found. Miss Walter came running down the path, waving excitedly. News! she shouted breathlessly. News from The Commit- tee! They've made the radioln It appeared that Mr. Glover had at last been able to manufacture a certain compound which made a radio possible. Mr. Yoe had put the radio in readiness, awaiting this chemical success. Already they had heard a dramatic program de- picting the Swiss Family Robinson. Now the sending set was ready to go, and- according to a second telephone call, help was on the way! Were they ready! AAbove the many shouts of glee rose the voices of Miss Culbertson, Miss Lynn, Miss Powell, and Miss Ulrich: At last we can travel again! Miss Baird exclaimed, At last I'1l be able to spend that salary I've been theo- retically getting!', But then Miss Mohler, exponent of high-type journalism and the low-down on the news, contributed a surprise end- ing in the shape of a school annual, christened the Go-go Go-Gotfer. And above the exclamations at the beauties of this publication rose the voice of Mr. Brooks, shouting, A sale! A sale!', So they all sailed off in the gray of the day for 99 cents apiece.