Racine High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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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

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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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lfinglish class. Wihen he reached his desk, he carefully destroyed the theme and Woolley outline he had prepared the night. before. He tore a few pages, six or seven, out of his notebook and splashed two or three blots of ink on the remaining pages. Then he girded himself for his first ordeal. Q The Xlost High Priestess of English entered. Her Visage was very solemn. but a sixteenth part of a smile puckered the corners of her eyes. Very sedately did she walk around the room checking off the themes. She came to Estudent. HNo need to ask you, Estudentfi she said. You have you theme, of course. lfstu- dent felt a queer lump in his throat but he bravely answered, NI havenit any of the assignment this morning. H The Most High Priestess of lfinglish merely did things with her eyebrows and passed on. Poor Estudent wriggled about in his seat and felt quite miserable. He hadnlt even been reprimanded. His plan was a failure, he was very sure, for he hadnlt seen the eyebrow maneuvers. From linglish class Estudent went to geometry recitation. The Ruling God- dess of the 16th room called on him to give the 72nd theorem of the book of Lenes. The determined Plstudent rose and said, Oh, Ruling Goddess, l know not the 72nd theorem of the book of l,enes.', The goddess fixed ljstudent with a steady look, made a queer dot in her classbook, but said nothing. Estudent felt happier. At least the goddess had disapproved ,which was more than the High Priestess had done. lfstudent acted like a very imp o' the deil during assembly periods. The third period, the dignified monarch of the lower regions reprimanded him many times to no avail. listudent was determined to bring down upon his head the wrath of the deities. During American history class the ll A sinner gazed at the pictures on the wall and furtively peeped into his book when the l'impress of Room -l was looking at him. He refused to give any topics and after borrowing some gum from the infant lvan, distracted the attention of the entire class with his grimaces and con- tortions. The Empress was mightily offended and rebuked the wretch, but he appeared to receive the reprimand with ill grace. ljstudent, in typewriting class, spilled his letters from the file, rang the bell on his typewriter annoyingly, constructed quaint caps, sailboats, and gliders from enormous quantities of paper, but did no work. l'istudent followed this wicked pro- gram every day for five weeks. Then he was rewarded with four delinquent cards. He was so happy when he saw the precious blue cards that he relaxed for a whole week and buried himself in reviews and advance work. He had never been so contented as he was with the cards in his pocket and his nose in a text book. Now,Estudent was convinced he should be flun-ked, so he didnit try to fail any longer. After writing the semester tests- having tried his best to write his worstm- lfistudent called for his grades at the office. VVith light step and jubilant heart, he entered the sanetum. He carried the cards, which he was sure were all marked PH out side the room. Then he looked at them. linglish HFH, Geometry 'Ll ',, History Mlm, Shorthand HFN, Typewriting Mlm. ljstudent plodded wearily down the south stairs. There were tears in his eyes and his head ached fearfully when he thought of his fate, inevitable as it seemed. He gulped down a sob as big as could be, turned up his collar, and entered the Cruel, heartless world. EMIL PERRicK, 19-F.