Provo High School - Provost Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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 “Of course they ain't so bad. They wuz elected about October 4. Of course Faun Bunnell bein’ vice-president of the student body wuz automatically president. Zola Martin, Eloise Myrup and Evelyn Startup are the others. That nice, friendly lookin’ lady there is Mrs. Wakefield, dean of girls. “You know, it seems like about all they did around there then wuz to have elections. On Tuesday, October 5, the Home Economics Club met and elected officers, and on Wednesday the Forensic Club held a meetin’ and elected officers. “Ya know, Gidy, there shure wuz some excitement down there when the band got their new uniforms. Talk about proud! They certainly wuz. “The next day after that wuz Thursday. We had a football game with Tintic. It wasn’t very exciting though, for them, ’cause their zero didn’t look much to the side of our 23. That night they had Dramatic Art Club. On Friday, October 15, there wuz a Mr. Joseph Nelson that gave a speech in chapel. “Ya know, Gidyanthean, that Girls’ Organization wuz a mighty peppy bunch. They wuz always doin’ somethin’. If it wasn’t working out some project for the school it wuz havin’ a party. On Saturday, October 16, they had their annual get-acquainted party. Everyone came, including families, and talk about wild parties—well, what they did at that party would hardly do to tell.” TWKVTY-TIIHKF

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■V? violence they never had no trouble at all at the hand-shake. “'I'he next Wednesday they had another council and appointed Iceland Spencen Dramatic Manager. Lessee now, it wuz about this time that they had class meetings and elected class officers. Of course I wuz nominated for president of the Senior class—what’s that?” “Oh, 1 wuz just a saying they sure did have their taste for knick-knacks, then grandpap.” “Well, Gidyanthean they did show good taste when they nominated me, if that’s what you mean, but as I wuz a sayin’, I wuz too modest to run and I jest thought I’d stay out of the limelight, and so they gave it to Barr Washburn. 1 hey elected Joe Allen president of the Junior class; Max Bown, president of the Sophomore class, and Max Zabriskie president of the Freshman class. “Friday we had the first football game of the year with Granite. It wuz some game too. The score wuz a tie. 6-6. Well, dern it, what are you laughin’ at now?” “Oh grandpappy, these here pictures is a scream. Don’t tell me that the originals wuz as funny as these.” “Wal, now, I don’t know as they are so funny. Look at this picture of the officers of the Girls’ Organization. I reckon you wouldn’t call them funny, would you?” Nope, they’re not so bad, who are they?” 6 TWKXTV-TWO

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“Well, almost, but then calmed down and studied ’till nesday, and then they gave body, includin’ the students, day! The teachers all went institute and the students all home and studied—what’s oh, yes, we studied nature, al they Wed-every-a hoii-up to stayed that— right. “The next Thursday, October 20, wuz National Navy Day, and we were so honored as to have Admiral Henry J. Zeigmer of the Pacific Battleship Fleet, here to speak to us. He sure did give a fine speech. That night the Dramatic Art Club held another meetin' but I couldn’t go ’cause I had to stay home and get my suit pressed for the Hallowe’en Carnival that wuz goin’ to be the next night. “Yep, Gidyanthean, if you don’t believe that that wuz a large day you should have been there. It wuz simply wonderful! In the mornin’ we had an assembly and they had all sorts of stunts and things, ’n then after assembly everybody went out in the hall and nearly got mobbed. Yes sir— there wuz booths on the right of me, booths on the left of me, booths in front of me, and booths behind me. “That afternoon there was a football game with Lehi. Of course we won 56-0. Ya know, Gidyanthean, that night we had a dance and it was almost worsen purgatory.” “Worse than which, Grandpap?” “My lands, Gidyanthean, don’t you know where that is, why that’s where you change trains. Say, but you’re dumb.” “Wal, Grandpap, I may be dumb I wk »y.povB