Our Lady of Lourdes High School - Knight Yearbook (Marinette, WI)

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BCG? t 4 s 1 . .wg 229151 V Ub !'bB'i the wall gesticulating and running after the various charts that seemed to have flown down from the walls-the victrola started up the liveliest record on hand- and wonder of wonders-the table drawers opened and out walked the various textbooks, solemnly declaring a strike-but the library books and the magazines tluttered about in a very ecstasy of joy. How grateful I was that the bank did not enter into the general hubbub and uproar, but remained stationary, thus affording me security! VVhen I had become somewhat accustomed to the wild clamor, I observed that these various objects, having acquired a human form, were making com- plaints about the pupils that used or abused them. Eagerly listening in, I heard, with a blush now and then, what, 1 believe, were well-deserved accusations The Commercial Law Text was unanimously chosen to act as judge, since, they all al- lowed, it was better acquainted with the law and its penalties, the Church History Text was asked to take the place of the defendant and thus a most wonderful trial scene was enacted. First, the typewriters appeared as plaintiffs, the whole Rem- ington family making such a hullabaloo that I shook with fear, then followed prim Miss L. C. Smith and dapper Mr. Underwood. The youngest Miss Rem- ington sobbingly related how Margaret Hopper had ruthlessly torn away one of its keys, named V, and that it was consequently shunned by every student. judge: A criminal act, indeed. The penalty for M. Hopper shall be that in the future years she shall be obliged to pound type keys from morning till night and from night till morning to earn her bread. The other Remington ladies had similar stories. One claimed that George Clumb had twisted and dishevelled its beautiful new ribbon in a disgraceful man- ner, thus making it unfit for service. judge: The penalty for such an outrage is that George Clumb, for ten years, shall be obliged to wind and unwind typewriter ribbons on spools in Type- writer Ribbon F actoryf' The elder Miss Remington claims that she is minus a rib since Beatrice La- Fleur put the back-spacer out of commission. judge: For that B. LaFleur is convicted to a two-mile hiking trip daily for the next five years. Miss L. C. Smith brings suit against john Doran and Arthur Plante for dis- regarding all rules of propriety by continually staring at her keys, instead of using the shield. Judge: Such a breech of good manners calls for the daily fifteen-minute use of the Blind Test Cap-without intermission-one month. Haughtily Mr. Underwood now steps up and accuses Joseph Lauerman for neglecting to cover him with the garb intended to protect him from the dust and damp Weather. judge: His sentence is: Two years' exposure to the inclemency of the weather while cruising around the North Pole. Then there was a loud screech from the victrola. She sobbingly declares that Catherine Crowley is the cause of her run-down condition. She neglects her duty, and that Florence McCrory has taken away her good reputation. Judge: Her sentence is to earn her living by the needle. No pity for such culprits. As regards F. McCrory, she will be obliged to use her voice in singing the praises of the victrola-three years-as a traveling saleslady. Several chairs that brought evidence of crime towards Allen Diamond, saying - ,KD Nye

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Wav -vi 9' 4 h ., .-QF? I Ceafslfi - -evzf. .s'. -is-f 18. he Lgiifi' A NIGHT OF MYSTERY IN THE COMMERCIAL I ROOM The above title would naturally suggest a dark, dreary night, with faint rum- blings of thunder, sudden flashes of lightningg while within strange, weird, myste- rious sounds, haunting visions involuntarily recall Poe's Raven : And the silken and uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before. I was one of the girls whose turn it was to put the classroom in order after the day's work. While arranging things behind the bank, my partner, thinking I had left the room, locked both doors. Great was my consternation upon trying the door to find that it was locked. I raised the window to summon aid when a sud- den fancy struck me. Why not grasp this opportunity to do what I had always secretly yearned to do-to fill the coveted place at the teacher's desk. Acting on this fancy I immediately took possession of the teacher's desk and chair, put on the Inien and posture of an experienced pedagogue, and gave the imaginary as- sembled students a peppy lecture. Having amused myself thus for a full hour, I grew tired and hungry. How fortunate that I should have taken Iny luncheon with afriend at noon and thus was still in possession of my own neatly packed luncheon. Never was a meal more greatly relished than this left-over noon luncheon. Then I decided to await the ringingof the Angelus and hail the janitor as he left the church. With that intention I rested my head a little on the desk and fell into a sound sleep that lasted about four hours. The noise of some passing auto woke me and I started up in affright to find myself in utter darkness. The flash of another passing auto revealed the hand of the clock pointing to ten. There was nothing else to do but to remain in school all night. The folks at home would not be alarmed, thinking I was at the house of a relative whom I had intended that day to visit. A strange fear crept up my spine as old forgotten ghost stories loomed up like mocking visions and I bethought myself of some place of security. I'll hide behind the bank, thought I. No sooner thought but done. Making myself com- fortable with the filing case as a pillow and my warm coat as a quilt, I soon dropped off to slumberland. A sudden crash made me start up in fear and trem- bling-and was it a lightning flash that made me look and find the faithful hand of the clock pointing to twelve-the hour of ghosts? Be it as it may, I became aware of a strange commotion in the room and a feeling akin to horror made me cover my head in ghastly dread! W'hen at last I had summoned enough courage to investigate the cause of this unearthly racket, I was astonished to find' the room flooded in moonlight, almost as bright as day. Cautiously peeping around the corner, I beheld a sight hardly possible to describe, yet one that held me spell- bound and fascinated to such a degree that I nearly exclaimed aloud. Would you believe it-every chair in the room was prancing about the room and chattering enough to outdo the monkeys-the typewriters were clicking their keys and run- ning their carriages to and fro and talking like real human beings-the tables were bobbing up and down in a rather dangerous manner, the clock stepped down from Vx , . Q - - . ,.. -0 ,S g -63 3-9Z6fJ'705s'. Qs'S '? s v:-' em. Pasha

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fd? -. - , xi'eWK .s'. 9sB- 1 N if they had been mutilated in divers ways and had to be repaired by attaching wires as bracesg they are being cruelly treated by Allen. . judge: Serious, indeed. A. Diamond shall perform acrobatic stunts ten hours daily for the next two years. Limber up his rheumatic tendencies. The clock was next in line. He accused Francis Reinhart of trying to bribe him to gain or lose time, at the same time stating that Francis hourly hurled threatening glances at him for not hurrying away the hours. judge: A deplorable situation. F. Reinhart shall be condemned to the alarm clock factory-to test alarm clocks from 6 A. M. to 6 P. M. The waste-paper basket showed its crippled condition, due to the overflow and overstufling of paper by Lawrence Camps. Judge: Penalty for L. Camps to manufacture paper from rags as a means of livingg that he may learn to value even waste paper. Two starved-looking shorthand manuals appeared next. They accused the VVeiler twins of camouiiage, that their makeup was terribly distorted by these two. Judge: Sentence: T he Weiler twins shall be obliged to report all the court proceedings in so rapid a manner that sparks will issue from their pens or pencils. F risky Miss Gregg Writer comes next with her tale of woe. She accuses Ethel Butler and Doris Allard of scratching up her whole face and hands and neck by their scribbled transcription notes. An inexcusable crime in the classroom. judge: They are sentenced to a pilgrimage to the land of ancient hiero- glyphics to learn from the savages how to appreciate the wonderful art of short- hand. Patsy Speller and Reddie English now bring their suit against Cecile Camps, Eva Desjarlais and Marion Liptack for various attacks on their good name. Judge: Solitary confinement for them for a period of one month, during which time they must spell one thousand words without error and write a 1,000- word theme every day. Bookkeeping Text men had their case against Margaret O'Connell and Gene- vieve Hearty in readiness. Stuffing Trial Balances, making no distinction be- tween debits and credits called for a severe penalty. judge: Condemned to the bookkeeping job for life. Dame Arithmetic accused Helen Redman and Carroll Russell of slighting their duties in regard to taxes, interest and notes. judge: Grave case. They shall give all their money to the poor and beg their living henceforth. Judge: And now for my complaintsg I have a bill to settle myself with Ber- nice Plante and Lucille VVeiler. Ignorance of the law excuses no man g they've failed to consider this and therefore shall be obliged to spend most of their life in court, as reporters or lawyers, or judges until they've heeded the above advice. Church History: To show the Graduates that shall leave from these halls that we bear them no ill will, in spite of their transgressions for which they will pay heavily enough, we shall celebrate their leave-taking by a little party. T here- upon followed such a whirl-wind kind of dance, that my senses seemed to leave me and I grew dizzy and fell asleep, not waking till six the next moming. I rose and looked about me in a dazed manner-everything seemed to be in its place, but I know better-it was no dream. I don't dream with open eyes. As soon as the doors were opened I hastened home for my breakfast, eager to get back to relate my night's experience. MARION LIPTACK, CATHERINE CROWLEY, MARGARET O,CONNELL, ETHEL BUTLER, DORIS ALLARD. L KD Page 450'