Odessa High School - Prattler Yearbook (Odessa, MO)

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HISTORY OF THE TEAM HE boys basket ball team has afforded much pleasure ln hugh school for many years but the glrls team smce lts orgamzatlon last year has afforded stlll greater amusement In the fall of 1913 the Sophomore glrls wlth the ald of Mlss Turner and NIISS Rose Staley organlzed a team We were very successful wlnmng the ma3or1ty of the games we played and declded to contmue playlng thls year About the mlddle of September thus year a meeting of the gurls basket ball squad was called and the followmg oflicers were chosen Florence Wakeman Captam Joanna Whltsltt Busmess Manager Velma Wlllcoxon Secretary and Ireasurer and MISS lurner Loach On October 15 we began our practlce and by October 29 our first team was chosen as follows Ioanna Whxtsltt and Mildred Osborne forwards Lena Belle Krohm and Imogene Sherman guards Velma Wlllcoxon runnmg center Florence Wakeman yumplng center Estelle Howe Frankle Downs and Irene Sherman bUbStltUt9S A TRIP TO LIBFRTY I ebruary 5 1915 we left Odessa at 4 17 for Llberty Mo and arrlved ln Kansas Cnty about 6 o clock We were too late to catch the Interurban so we declded to take the Burlington Mlss lurner telegraphed to her friends of our comlng and ln the xcltement left her muff at the telegraph office The Red Caps attractlng the at sentmn of some of our frxrls made us almost mxss our tam On the way while were revlewmg our experlences Vhss Turner dlscover ed the loss of her muff We arrlved at Liberty safe but very very hungry We were met by a couple of Odessa boys who were at tendlng Wrlllam Jewell College and some Llberty friends They escorted us to the high school buxldmg We then had only a few mlnutes to prepare for the game The whlstle soon called the players to their places Falthful Dutch was rlght there to play her part Frank played exceedingly well M11 sure dld throw the free goals whlle lkey put ln the flelders Everyone cheered the running center and on account of her smallness called hel' Tom Thumb F E W was there to play her best We won the game by one polnt After many cheers and yells we went to Arnold s Cafe for llght refreshments and then later went to the varlous homes of the Llberty players who entertamed us royally Bs 7 30 a m we were all at the statlon ready to start home We took the Interurban and made good tlme so that we had about an hour to spend ln Kansas Clty We took aJ1tney for Union Statlon and on our way we recognlzed that the chauieur fa colored manl was from Odessa On our arrxval there Mlss Turner went ln search of her lost mlff which she found at th Lost Article de pal tmem Some of the gurls remamed ln lxansas Clty Saturday whlle the rest came home to announce the vlctory , . . L , , - . . , . . . , . . 9 n - , - - . 1 . . . . X . . I , , , . , , I 1 I ' 1 Q . Q 1 . A s . , - - - - . . . 1 . . ' 9 n s K ' . . . . , . . v Q - . , . . 4, ,, . 1 ' . . ' . . . I . H ,, . . 4, . , . 1 1 1 v v . v - ,1 i l . fs . . . H ,, . a 1 1 . , w . . ' V ' an in ss 7: 1 v , 1 Q , . . . K . - . 1 . . y - 1 1 1 9 s v 1 ' ', . ' , - 1 1 . 1 Y v L 1 A K- 1 .Y I . Q ' ' . , K 1 l . , 4 1 . v 4' . ' V. s 2 ' L v 1 - y s, ' ' ' . . N. y , , ' Q as - yu - . , . V - . . . ,, , sn - , - - ' ' , -. . - K v . . . . ' , ' 1 0 , f- f . -

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THE RACE OF IGNORANCE AND KNOWLEDGE IERTRUDF RIINIIK 15 GNORANCE and Knowledge are enemles and each decides to get possession of the Cape of Dollars Ignorance first reaches the mn called Street Sweepers and the inn keeper Labor demands him to help drive out the dragons Filth and D1rt before he can secure a night s lodging Upon arlslng in the morning he asks Labor the nearest way to the Cape of Dol ars Labor directs hlm to go to the next station called Dellv ery Boy As soon as he enters the town the officers seize him and hold him ln captivity for two months 1n which time he is used as a tool to commit a theft When he IS released he Journeys onward until he reaches the city of Ofiice Boy He decides to remam there about a year to earn some money w1th which he may buy some new clothing called Experience After he has bought enough Experience to satisfy hlm he continues hlS Journey to the Cape of Dollars Knowledge nrst inquires the shortest and least dangerous route to the Cape of Dollars Christianity tell shlm that the shortest way leads through towns called Untruth and Theft but lt IS rather dangerous and that a longer route is by way of Truth but it vslll msure a safe a1r1val He decides to try the way of Unt1uth and Theft Upon entering the town of Un truth he lS made to swear he vull never tell anythlng that takes place there He rather enJoys the company of the people at Un t1 uth called Lies but one mght he is captured and taken to the town called Theft There he IS forced to st al One night vshlle he IS commlttmg one of these deeds a v1s1on appears to him telling hlm to flee from that wlcked city This warning has so much influence upon him that he decldes to free himself 1mmed1 ately from such corrupt company and Just before midnight the next mght with much difficulty he flees from the city and starts back to find the road to Truth The next place Ignorance reaches after leaving the clty of Office Boy IS the city of Clerk ln Store and as he rather likes the city in general he decides to stay for a few days While wandering around the streets one mght he corr es to a little room called Gamblers Den It IS a rather curlous looking little place he thlnks that it would be very mterestlng to watch the proceed ings within Not long after he has entered one of the occupants named Temptation begins insisting that he Jom in the merrl ment telling him he looks as lf he could put one over on them He being very eager to learn accepts the compliment and Joins them But before an hour is gone he loses both of his gold pieces Honesty and Sweet Dxsposltlon He flees from the clty of Clerk in Store as qulckly as possible resolving never to enter again He does not stop at any other Cltl6S until he comes to a place called Store Keeper There he is informed that there is ro road leading from that clty to the Cape of Dollars So he gives up 1n despair and remains in the city of Store Keeper the rest of his life Knowledge ln the meantime reaches the city of Truth and while there he is told always to take Honesty and Love to acompany him on his Journey He learns that the distance from the city of Truth to the Cape of Dollars IS estlmated to be only a few miles Upon leaving the city he asks Honesty and Love to accompany him and also takes his little dog Courage One evening after Knowledge and Courage have walked a long x hlle they espy the top of a castle at Cape of Dollars and al though they are very warm and weary from their long days Journey they are so eager to reach the Cape of Dollars that they travel on as fast as possible and Just as the sun goes down they reach the Cape of Dollars The first thing ln the morning knowledge looks for his old enemy Ignorance but not findmg him he takes full possesslon of the Cape and always keeps Hon esty Courage and Love as guards against intruders W I 1 1 1 1 . I 1 , - ' u 11 - ' no ' 11 , 9 Y ! 7 , H ,, . . . . . 1 . , - 1 u 77 . ' 1 ' ' ' 1 ' 1 1 5 u 17 ' ' u ' 11 u 1 I7 1 ' ' ' , 1 ' ' U , U . , . . . . . . . . - , . ' u I7 at - ' ' ' 1 ' ' I 71 u 11 ' ' ' u ' - u ' 11 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '- . 1 ,, - - ' ' ' u 11 . , 1 ' , 1 1 . . . 1 - 1 . , 1 ' 1 1 . - H ,, - - u YY u ' ' - 11 ' , . - - 4. ' 11 ' ' ' 1 , ' u ' ll , ' ' ' ' a a 1 1 u 1 jf 1, ' ' ' , . 4 11 ' ' u 11 ' , 1 . , , . . . . . . U ,, s. I as 11 ' ' ' ' ' ' , . , u 11 ll 99 , - - - H ,, L 9 1 1 1 ' ' . ' ' ' u 11 u 97 1 U ,, . . . ' . . , , , , , . . , , . 1 H . H H H ' Y H - ' H 11 u 11 ' ' . - 'Y ' 1' ' , ' ' ' u 77 u DY 1 . , , ' U - . ' . . H ,, . , , V . 'Y U ' 77 . ' ' , ' 66 . 11 u 11 1 1 , u 11 1 1 - V - U ,, . . .. . . , J . , , - Y . . . . . . . , y 1 ' 1 - - .... . H H ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 - . ' ' ' 64 11 - - - 1 . , . . . . . , . , - 1 1 1 K 1 1 1 u 11 1 - H . , 4 , - ' ' 11 u 11 44 If ' - 1 1 , .