Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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THE SENIOR ANNUAL 5 Albout this time their Ohief waved his magic wand and forth came three spiritely elves, Leo 'Cu1lilen, Gus Kuhn and Claude Switzer to serve on the 'ball team and win. laurels for the band. Of tihiese but one, Claulde, shall tarries to make good his vaunt. 'I wianit to be a Captain- A :brave young freshy sighed' He played ia game of bias-e-ball' And his wi-sh -was gratified. ' Here the leaves paused, rustled as they looked exultanftly upon the glorious plac-e, and again resumed the story with prifde and greagt satisfaction, pride in the 'bands 'history and satisfaction in its crowning glory. One day in thie waning of summer the Ruling Rajah called them back from the sumlmeris tr.ip to vacation Land anld bade t'hem eneter the Halls, as Sophlomores, lforty-six strong. Ten pygmies had wranfdered too fair infto 'the Desert off WIaiting anad did not return. A new Chief was chosen whose colgnomen, Boyd S'tepl1ensoin, l1a,d but to lbe knorwn Ito infsuire a victory. With the loss- of their code a new Constitution was formed an-d 'the colors, Royal Puhple and Cream gave t'hem a idis'dincti'on quite their o-win. Thne second semees- ter tlhe batnmd -re-called their former chief Arthur and made prepara- tions to enter the prelim-ihxary ovratorical contest, vwifth three confteslt- ants. The honor of third place fell to the chief. The 'base-ball team again held 'charms Ifor five off the bland, so Zulmy and Mac claim- ed their sfh-anes of all s-poils. It was basket-ball where they once more foun.d deligihft. I 'lull l'lllv.ai T . llnimll 1 I 'A gophomone, a thing uniqu-e Is surely from the an-cient Greek, A second-yealr -man, a v-ery wise fool Who 'lingers yet in llearin2ing's schoolf The leaves nested. The oafk still attentive anid listening knew that Silence is golden, and 't'h.alt, the windows of lMinerva's Hall being open, his seinftry must be deep in m-elditaltion. Sure -enough for nexlt he hears After a nec'lconin.g in the rthronle-room of the Great Rajah, it wals found 'that 'eight off the former nlumlber lhuad gone to the City of their Desires' beyond fthe r-eallm of the Goidldess Minerva. A-n elfin band of thirty-eighlt stu-rdy Juniours hrailed the imp-erial halls as the -best haunts sinoel their admission. It is hlere we see 'thie mettle of the tribe, lboth in the mlysrteri- ous workings of the Hall anid in the councils of the elfs ltlietnrselve-s. With 'Gus Kulhn as' lc'hie'f, directing all kinldned' souls, everything 'auto' lbe for exoelllence. A thousanld memories :appear as sip-ectrves of 'the mind wh-en the Pin Scrap 'threaltens the 'dissolluftliofn of 'the ties that hind them in unlison. The 'Anti Pins' and 'th-e 'Pins' lfinld ibut the image of regnet in the ,gracious memory now that it is past.

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4 THE SENlOR ANNUAL A tale begun in otiher idamys, When Autumn suns were glowing- A simple chlifme, that serveid to ftime The rhythm of our rowing- Whose echoes livve in memory yet Though envious years would say, forget, And though the shadow of a sighi May tremfble through 'the story For happy autlu-min days gone by, And vanished autumn glory- It shall not -touch one breath orf hale The pleasance of our fa.iry tale. The house was so well hiidden, one might almost stumble against it before one became 'a-ware of i't. All around, thie trees stood tall and stately, trees of oak with here and there greaxt spaces for the glistlening sunlight to wailk through. For the 'mo-st part these monarchs of the forest of by-gone days see-med to jolstle one an-other so closely that one almost ffanlcied thley must be uncom- fortahle. But in one spot they fell baok and standing in the midst of them was the house, a fhloluse so deftly rear-ed and so magically situated as to charm the wanderer. Tihe vsfholle structure possessed that self satisllieid, self-enchnanted 'beauty that made even the very leaves on the trees inquisitive as to vwhait was going on within. To this end -they looked in at the windows, whiclh stood open in pleasant weatiher, and salw many tihiings which must have 'sur- prised thfem. The army of i'nhabitaLnts went in 'boldly several times a dlay and all came out looking pleased with themsellves and with things in general. So there was necessarilly sometihin-g or somebody pleasant iinsidie the house. As the years rolled on, the giamt oaks Wl3'lS'Cl'lC'fCl with 'deepening interest the bands off pygmy work-ers come and go. They often had animated conversiadiions with the leaves, their sentinels, as to the marvels wroughlt within this wonldroufs place,-4this Hall of Minerva. ,lust toidfaiy the oak 'was ov-e'rhe'ard to ask,- 'What day is this? Why all this stir and excitement? Has the Ruling Rajah come to take the pygmies homie to the City of 'dheir Desires? ' ' In awed tones caime from the topmost lleavesz Four short years ago a ibaxnd of fifty 'six smalll pygmies fresh from the 'Land of Knolwedge Gre1e'n,' sought refuge here among the Great and Wise of Minerva's Hall. A slow but cautious Freshman band they were, whose courageous Chief, Arthur Thomson, lead them 'ever onward toward ia pinnacle of dlalme. His steps, as 'well als those of his followers, were Weill 'directed hy a code of ltaws. The older pyg- mies found in them many an advantage for sport. In the darkest days of toil how oft we have 'l'1'Cl3I'lCl this cry- 'We should like to know why The Seniors think they know what they're abo-ut, While the Freshies alll 'Uhlink thley're left out.

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6 THE SENIOR ANNUAL The steps of time at this hour calms forth and with his balmy ibreath breathed a spell uxpon these spirits. The miagic spell spoke to all 'felllow-spirits 'through the Studenit's Voice. 'Phe juniors gave valualblfe support to -this literary -organ 'bothi thiroruiglh the band-edi- tors and reporters. Many ifialbulous 'tales and poems fell from their pens. A decree spread through the Hall for legends. It was then that this tribe w'on -their lbaniner. Their 'fprodiigy of learningj Pixie Price, lead the banfd in ora- tory. 'There is a younig fellow nam-ed Price Whose speeches did all suffice To wini for him fame Mownney, medal and name This most oratorical Pricef Th-e god janufs aided them. in their enjoyment by artful cle- sign and led U16111 in a sleigh-ride partv to the home ot Glenn Logan. 'llh-e oak sighed. The -leaves took another View and continueldz Lie patient yet a little while tor the Danld i's'gathe1r1.ng again and it seems for the last time, for the great Riajahi has SL1.I'l'l1'l1OIlCLl them Lu the iiigln-est seat in the 1-ialfl and named t-hem 5en.1ors. Plainly can the seen' thirty-lfour almost grown up pixies. 'Their Joy knows no lJound's 'for are they not making reatiy tor that day-yes-this day when they go out 'to join the mnumeralble host that has gone oeiore initio the 'City of their Desires' Once more they look to Uhiet Arthur to lead them to- the go-al. Une pixie lass, 1'ri.ncess Gertrude, becomes convinced that her 1 I'lI1'C4C'L1l'li3..lWII1'l'l1g has arrived and lightly trips away with him. An- other Lumy, the 'Ball l'rince,' .grown weary trom toil in the 'Uesert of Waiting' 'seeks al new lanid off chiairwms. Now, today, 'but thirty-two ar-e lelirt, to fa-ce the weal or woe of this Fairy-Land. Their Anfnuual, the Charm Book of the Bansd has been a source of dlelight and pleasure in itself and is a momento- of their last year wifthlin Minerv-a's Walls. ln lit the indii.vidua.lI p'ixies are pictureqd, some of their mysterious doings given, while their predominating chara-c'teris'dics here are 'borne .forth in the diimf eve of this Cofm- imeincement Clay. ' They leave as a gift to the Hall, a relief cast of 'Washingtoin Cirossinwg the Deilawlare' This will it is 'hop-ed, lbe a slighlt token showing the 'high regard in ewhfich they hold Minuervas Hall. Anld now the shaaldow of a sigh, Has- all but made my story P 'Tis happy Pixie days gone by, Anid valnished Pixie glory- Ilt sh-aull n-ot touch with breath -of bale ' The pleasaince of to-morrow'-si tale.