Oak Park and River Forest High School - Tabula Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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I933 DEDI THIS VOL MR.G.WILLA THE CLA U I OF HIS SU FUL ANDE SERVICE PRESIDE CUR HIGH S IN APPREC 4 I I BOARD '

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THE PLAN The board of the Houseboat on the Styx was convened in extraordinary session. Order, gentlemen! the chairman, Dr. Johnson, was rapping for order. We have a most important matter to discuss. There's going to be A Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, and in Never heard of it! came from Alexander, the Great. It's in America. Don't you remember that place I discovered? smiled Columbus. , ' You discovered? Say, I was living on that place a couple of hundred years before you ever thought of sailing a boat!', exclaimed Leif Eriksen. Gentlemen, gentlemen, please! This is important. Now it seems to me that we really should attend in a body. What is the opinion of the assembly upon this subject? Friends, Romans, countrymen-H Sit down, Antony,', interrupted Brutus. I think Dr. Johnson's idea is excellentf puffed Boswell. I move that the Associated Shades attend the World's Fair, in Chicago, this summer. Second the motion! Say, didn't that place burn down?,' asked Nero. It has been moved and seconded that the Associated Shades attend the Fair, in Chicago, this June. Is there any discussion? Yes! said Sir Walter Raleigh, jumping to his feet, Where would we stay? We must have some place to call home, if we give up the comforts of this clubhouse. I, for one, donit intend to forego the pleasures of the Houseboat just to Hoat around the World's Fair. That is, not unless I can be comfortable while I am there. Quite right, Sir Walter. That subject will be dealt with directly after we dispose with the question before the house. All those in favor of the motion say, 'Aye'.', Aye! came in a chorus from the board. All those opposed say, 'No'. Silence. Now then, concerning a place to stay. I overheard some people from Oak Park talking the ,other day and they were saying that their high school was worth visiting. That, in my opinion, would be an ideal place to use as our headquartersf' But, Doctor, if we go, why not be a few weeks early and get acquainted with our new home? suggested Bismarck. The motion was speedily passed and the meeting adjourned in order to allow the members to prepare for the coming journey. The next Monday, the Associated Shades took over the school as a base for their visits to the Fair grounds. Sir Walter assumed the position of desk clerk, using the main office as his headquarters. Few complaints were registered, and those quickly put to rights.