Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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above the left auricle; meanwhile the infuriated beast will charge upon Harry Cox, who having used his last shot, will fight heroically with his hat and handkerchief. At this critical moment Rachel Kendrick with sure and cautious aim will shoot and kill the bear. Teddy Tewell, weak and faint from loss of blood will be carried back to the crew. Dr. Powell and the nurses will be called. ' Upon seeing the pitiable condition of Teddy, the nurses faint and are carried from the scene. The Doctor at once summons the bandage specialists, Anna Davis and Estelle Durboraw; through learned and skillful care, Teddy will finally be brought back to health and happiness. Charles Spence and Harry Cox, accompanied by Claude Musgraves as body guard, will be sent for the dogs and bear. After Mrs. Goff carefully drafts a pattern from the Goff Drafting System, Goldine Den- ton and Effie Payne will set to work in making from the bear’s fur, nose muffs and ear flaps for the entire company. Unused to the severity of the Northern regions, the crew will be taken seriously iil; provisions will give out; starvation will stare them in the face; none able to go for supplies; the situation deplorable. Cut off from every gleam of hope, they will be over- whelmed with lamentable despair, when President Russ and Professor Yates, informed by telepathy of their woeful condition, will arrive in the S. M. T. N. airship just in time to save their lives. Professor Yates will be so overcome with emotion that he will only be able to say “My dear students,” and will begin at once to inject Kansas air into the lungs of each. Stimulated by the administration, all instantly revive; with one accord arise and make a final dash for the North Pole. In their dog sleds, the class, with unshrinking courage and ardent desire for victory, will enthusiastically dash on and on with lightning speed. The goal of their aspirations realized, with the class singing the school song, the dogs barking wildly, our captain will nail the S. M. T. N. pennant on the top of the world. CLASS PROPHET, M. LORA LEACH.

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A Phantasm Having glanced back upon the various successes of my classmates, and having recalled with pleasue with what ease the most threatening obstacles were surmounted, the writer is confident that they will successfully cope with the crudest misfortunes that Fate may thrust upon them. Personally congenial and of kindred ambition, the Senior Class of 1910 will resolve to perpetuate their illustrious name in the memories of generations yet to come, not by leaving the statue of Opollo to be relegated to the shadows of Professor Brower’s back room, not b leaving two victories to be marked by the pencils of “spooners” on the stairs, but to immortalize their name by planting the S. M. T. N. pennant on the North Pole. The expedition will be most heartily supported by President Russ, who will think it a most excellent advertisement for the school. George Malcolm, for his slow and thoughtful mein, will be unanimously chosen as captain of the ship and immediate com- mander of the crew. For the expedition’s surgeon, M. H. Powell, as all will feel confi- dent that he will not resort to the use of the knife without cool and thoughtful delibera- tion. The other officers: Engineer, Louise Henry Emmett; Steward, Charles Spence; Nurses, the McPherson sisters. So elated and enthusiastic will be the S. M. T. N. teachers over the project that many of them will accompany the class as far as Vancouver. After the sad fare- wells and the wiping away of tears, with favorable wind and tide, the ship known as the S. M. T. N. Albatross, will, shortly after midnight, swing from the harbor of British Columbia. Until she reaches Point Barrow, notwithstanding the rapid progress made the first few weeks, the Albatross will meet with much bad weather and contrary winds; cruel waves with racer’s speed, will envelop her, but wi'h her head to the northward, and struggling along through the raging waters, believing “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;” the crew with set teeth and newly formed resolutions, will determine to reach the goal of their ambition. On the Alaskan Peninsula the party will make a landing for the purpose of secur- ing dogs and sleds; Harry Cox, Teddy Tewell, Rachel Kendrick and Maude Harlan—the committee sent to make the purchase. In this neighborhood the first polar bear will be seen. Harry Cox, seemingly the most courageous, will immediately aim at the bear, but will miss his mark; the enraged animal will make a ferocious dart toward the party, the girls screaming will call wildly for the police, but upon second thought realize that their safety depends upon fighting the enemy, Maude Harlan will grasp her gun, take aim and shoot, but instead of the bear, will hit Teddy Tewell, inflicting a dangerous wound

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