Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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THE PILGRIM NEXT YEAR'S BANQUET. The comm-itltee on the Jun-ior-Senior banqlu-et of T915, after a long and spirited debate which lasted 'forty days and nights, decided to spend ltlhe entire -class 'sum of 5x210'0.10-0 for a feed, never ibefore equwaled in the lnistory of the Pllyanoultlh High School. All iwent well until it was rumored about the cvity, that .robubers had blown up fthe class- vtreasur+er's safe and had es- caped with the woontenlts. After a careful investiigwaltion of the case, Prresi- dent Jacox with several -class memfb-ers, motored to Harris, where they em- ployed the world .famed detectives. Sluefoot Weaver and Sherlock Winenger. The ldetectives Ileft immediately in a speedy fBru1sl1 roadster and at once took 'up the trail. About an .hour afterward, Mr. Reynolds, the class tre-aswrer, discovered ltlhalt the thieves had 'failed to see the class money and that they had onlly taken a, fine Searls 'Roebuck 'catologue and a -can of sardines. Mr. Reyvn-olds telephoned to flleftectives Weaver and Winenger to d-l.S'C'OI1'f.i1l1TllS the iseamch. Tlhe 1B-rush auto made a record run Ito the treasmrerls home, a disltan-ce of 6 md. in 4:20. 'Weaver says the could have made the trip in four minutes 'but Ithat he was compelled to stop and tighten up :th-e wheelbase. 'Ilhe class officers soon arrived and rmade a careful inventory. Wzhen the oflicers started Ito leave, itlhe treasurer an- nounced lthat -he had made a small mistake in- his rbooks. die said that the class had S2 in :the treasury instead of S2100 as lbefore stated. The committee fmeft and -deoided they would have a 'banquet anyway, even if it could not be had as .before planned. April 1i5th, 11915 was iset as Itlhe day for the 'big ftime. 'Ilhe swpp-er was served at the Christian Talbernacle un- der the -dtrecitrion of the Ladies of the S'tarva.tion Army. The menu con sisted of rthe following: Fruit Cocktail, Hash, How Mfwsh, Onion lsuherlbert, Beans, Maple Syrup Pie and -Water. After 'this 'six course luncheon, Toast master Jac-ox gave ra. short talk on fthe Mexican situation. He also read a letter from our old friend Mr. Dutter, which told of his wtro-ufbles as chief cook in a Mexican army. Mfr. .Iacox then called on Mr. 'Cleveland for his address. Mir. Cleveland announced that his address -was the same as it always had been, '2'2l3 Plum St. Mr. Walter O' Keefe then' gave a lshorrt talk on the 'class motto. There are no steps on the ladder on which we climb. The girls qnantet which consists of Helen Thompson, 'Mranguerfite Bales, Lolwelll 100-llier, and Marvel McDonald sang Ne-arer My God to 'Ilheef' At ten o'clock the young people removed to the Armory, where they danc ed the Mlaxixe and the Tango unltil 2 o'clock. THE CONSEQUENCES OF PLAYING HOOKEY Cooking V, called fthe teacher in charge. Several .girflls picked up their books and left the room. As Grace Lesh hunted desperately in her desk 'for her cooking book, 'she 'said to the 'boy behind her, Oh this horrid cooking. Miss Lesh, called a .stern voice from the de-sk, Don't you take cooking? At this Grace hrurri-edly left the assembly. Chuck Rooley sat staring blindly at his book, trying to think of so-me

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THE PILGRIM way in which to help Grace out of her horrid cooklingf' After sevveral minutes a smile spread over his face. He shoved his books into his desk with a happy I have wit. He asked permission to go to the ltbmary. 'Permission being granted he went into the hall and then to his cleat an-d hat. Next he hunted out Grace's wraps from the pile in the oloaik room. As he passed the door he left the wraps and went on to the library. At the library he asked for a book which the sly fellow knew was in the next room. While rthe Lifbrarilan was away he went to the transmitter and wi-th a fleeting look around him he called the cooking room. ln 'his most cornrnandiing voice he said: Please s-end Miss Grace Lesh to the Library at once. At :that instant the librarian returned. Chuck 'took the book leafed th-rough it hurriedly, read a few paragraphs and then with lbrusque, Thank you, left the room. In :the meantime Grace had received the mess-args and starting up the hall wondered for whlilch one of h-er numerous escapades she was now call- ed to jludngment. At 'the door she met Chuck. Oh Chuck, Pye just been called to the oflilc-e. I wonder what l've done now. Why nothing you silly. l've come to rescue you from that horrid cooking. Oh Chuck, I was so soared. I'm always getting into scrapes, but I coulldnflt think what I'd done lately. Well come on! .We havent anyltime to waste or you will be in a scrape, lblesides the Matinee lbegfins at 12:30. They reached the Matinee just as the curtain went up. All through the first 'hallf Grace was so interested in watching Masters and Servants and keeping 'them straightened out in Comedy of Errors, that she for- got sch-ool, blut 'in the intersmilssio.n while -Chuck had .gone after some can-dy, she tried to imagine what would happen if they should get caught. Although Gmac-e did get into scrapes she was not wholly un- consclientious a.nd she ne-ver meant to do wrong. After the Matinee Grace and Cfhuck walked up the street, talking ener- ,grefcically about the play. Here's our ear, said 'Chuck glancing sideways at the car. There .was an awtul crow.d hut aiiter a diligent search Chuck found a se-at 'near the door. Chuck and Grace were too mluch absorbed in their own vconversatiron to noti-ce what was going on around them. Gradually the crowd lthinned wand 'Chuck 'began to listen for their street. 'Grace was watching two people across the aisle, so she didn'-t notice Chuck, who was silttifng as tho turned to stone, his eyes bulged out, with aniazement, his tface was a blue wlhdte like ice, his dips were slightly part- ed, one hand glupvped the arm of the seat while the narils of the other were clenched deeply into :the flesh, he was breathing in gasps. Ch-uck! 'Oh Chuck! What is the matter? Tell me quiclk. Is he here? said G-race rin a very tragic woioe hinged with despair. Her eyes had a hiunted look in them whzile her face was scarlet she trembled like an ,aspen leaf, all the time lclutchling heir pocketboloik and handkerchief. Sh Grace! I've found out 'two things. That is Miss McCarthy and Mr.