Racine High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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The Mase btnrk Clinmpanp After disturbing all the people around us by our quietness, we settled back in our seats to watch with drooping spirits the daily performance of the 4'Giese Stock Company . VVe had taken peanuts, pop- corn, candy, and gum with us, so if the show proved dull, we could amuse our- selves. hliss Harvey led the orchestra com- posed of Mr. Iaeicht playing a mouth organ, Miss Perham shaking a tambour- ine, and hlrs. Bruins manipulating a tin horn. The engetric operations upon the Hute which made the Marcel wave in our hair stand straight, were caused by IXliss Howe. Miss Enright played the tom tom while hliss Hood strummed on her ukelele and Miss Slack and Miss Becker played I upon the famous Xiioolworth violins. The strains from Miss Vl'alker's harp made tiny white wings flutter above the orchestra, while Kliss lDuFour and Mrs. Sogard, standing face to face, rubbed sand paper together. Mr. Pritchard played the piano from bookkeeping lessons. Promptly at 7:65 the dreamy, melodious strains of the lullaby, 'glklhere do we go from here, boys? aroused the reverence of all present. lVith the combined efforts of Klr. Nei- man, Mr. Dow, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Nelson, the heavy crepe de chine curtain slowly ascended. The scene which we beheld tickled our appreciative sense of the beautiful, for we saw, sitting before a ,GQ ,Q L nlllllllll in 1 Q I in ' FRESHMANS AT- ci-mmol I-1 Q- I xr I' ' -in :Q i xni'P N glowing hearth, Xlr. Giese gently swaying a green cradle occupied by a wailing Freshman to whom he hummed softly, Take me to the I.and of Jazz . A knocking was heard, and in answer to the gentle command of IXlr. Giese, the door opened and Miss Porter, leading the four popular waifs, Illuzzy, Sidelighif, Ilarff, and Elfon, entered. The wailing Fresh- man, after one glance at hliss Porter and the four waifs, turned around in his cradle and slept profoundly. Wlhile IX'liss Porter was assuring Mr. Giese that the Freshman would soon be old enough to play with her orphans, the attention of the audience was concentrated by a loud series of I set, I cated, they setted, he cated, I sung it, you singcd it, and so on, and we beheld a procession, led by Aliss Collier, com- posed of the Misses Rigg, R. Fox, Irvine, Pope, and lastly Kliss Simmons, who walked silently, without saying a word. At their babbling entrance, the bewild- ered Freshman awoke, murmuring, I sleeped and I done awoke . .lust outside the window, the song of 'llieep the Home Fires Burning sung softly in Spanish by Miss Sheakley and accompanied by Mr. Gill playing an accordian, was heard. Immediately from the depths of nowhere, lured by this peppy tune, hliss Driscoll came in dancing an Iigyptian Fox Trot. As Xliss Driscoll modestly retired, the audience heard the choppy refrain of Still an Old Sweet- heart of IXline played by the Xlisses Blackburn, Rumage, and Pennefeather, upon miniature Underwoods which hung from chords about their necks. Kliss B. Nl. Pugh led the way, blithely singing to the chorus of the above men- tioned song, '4Dear Sir: Your letter has not been received by me to day, although this is leap year, you have not answered, yours truly . These ever hopeful musicians had scarcely finished their song when hliss Potter, Miss Racine, and hliss Neitzel entered the scene in a heated discussion.

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mdzgi TC.1lp l M 1,5 X 7 aft ,J emo ONl-7 A -l lil a ' :l Haier 'l lllll ,Qgill j stile- i3sffQ'ZQYJ H Q ,..-'Y 93 ln one of the many side shows of Buf- falo Bill's Circus we shall see Charles Christianson, the human monkey, by paying ten cents to his exhibitor and life partner, Verna Nelson. Lillian Schwartz will be the proud principal of the Corliss High School, while Nlildred Slezak will be the head of the Domestic Science Department in that same school. Bennie Piediscalzo will be adorning the pages of the Racine Sunday Newf Comic Section with the comic capers of Bessie Harcus. Katherine Yvilliams will bc thc capable invcntress of the device which keeps Joe and his garage suspended in the air. hlaric Shannon will be the first presi- dent of the New Irish Republic with Elizabeth Pottinger as her able assistant. Gladys Schilling and Dagnc Sorenson will bc organizing a Suffrage Association among the native women of Persia. At the Grand Opera we shall hear Ruth Sage and Charlotte lfberhardt give a number of heart-breaking selections. Charlotte will sing altog and Ruth, dra- matic soprano. Fluvia Nixon and Helen NIcCarthy will be devoutedly following the rules of Spiritualism laid down by Lodge, the well- known spiritualist.

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Miss Potter claimed that a polygon could Hy around a circle thirteen times without getting dizzy, while Miss Racine said the polygon would have to fly two feet above the ground not to get dizzy. hliss Neitzel, however, insisted that the poly- gon would have to crawl and not fly, in order not to be dizzy. Just as they were about to resort to more strenuous arguments, Mr. Wilbor came upon the scene, and, sagely apply- ing his rules for revolving objects, settled the discussion by saying that a chicken could fly around the circle if it had wings. An interesting experiment by the plump Mr. Sanders, assisted by Miss lil. Fox, was made upon Miss Y. Rodigan, demon- strating how various colors of emotion could be reflected upon the face. Xliss KI. Pugh and Miss G. Rodigan ran frantically across the stage pursued by Mrs. Vlihitaker who mercilessly tor- mented them for a pfrmfmmzt mcuyr. All the excitement came to an abrupt end when one ofthe stock company mentioned eats. hlessrs. Carpenter, Hotchkiss, and Personette immediately appeared with the new collapsible tables and chairs, and after all had been seated, Miss Clilday and Kliss Jones hastily spread the newly finished table cloths. Refreshments were then served by the Misses Hood and Norton. The savory dishes consisted of delinquent pop-overs, failure pan- cakes, and bluff champagne. 'l'he pro- hibition champagne acted very rapidly and soon the heads of the Faculty swayed in motion with Kliss Vl'att's muscular movements, as the happy stock company sang,- 'fhlany Seniors do we free After four years tyranny, We have caused them sighs and tears, But us they'll thank in later years. And now, dear Seniors, we will say, Re'mf'121ber fhir fmmorml playf' LILLIAN ScuwARTz, ,2U. ELMYRA KONNAK, ,2U. L t 0, i 0005 ,XE 0 .I-ex CQ , V .N X- H' vk X L if A - may Qistutnznt lflstudent ploddcd wearily up the north stairs. There were tears in his eyes and his head ached fearfully as he thought of the time when he should have to graduate, should have to leave school. Estudent did not want to leave the dear old high school. He wanted to stay on and on, perhaps forever, but the Wicked Faculty had summoned him and said with diabol- ical grins, Ah, listudent, you have indeed done well during the four years you have been with us. Now, to reward you, we will give you your freedom next. june. So now poor listudent wept and groaned, but could think of no way to outwit the Ruling Powers. As the sorrowful plodder neared the top of the stairs, his eye was caught by a queer blue card. He picked up the card and read that it was a notice of delin- quency. lfstudent felt a great weight slip from his heart. Here, at last, was a chance of rescuing himself from the cruel, heartless world that awaited him in June. Straightway, Estudent went to his