Racine High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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Q iBzt1t1un Our Teachers, whose names we speak not, we adore thee and burn incense before thee, that thou mayest listen to us. VVe are unhappy, O pedagogues. The grades which thou givest us are not satisfying. Our tasks are burdensome and we bow beneath them. Our tongues have cloven to the roofs of our mouths from disuse. Their hinges are rusty and we have not the oil of chatter wherewith food sustains us we love is gone fills us full, but air. Qur feet are to smooth them. Our not. The gum which forever. Thy wisdom with the fullness of hot weary and they love not the ruts in the stairs. Our shoulders sag and our arms hang listlessly from carrying multitudi- nous books. Our ears have shrunken from thy hot, searing words. Our hearts are filled with the lead of despair. O lyfighty Educators, grant us relief. Give to us all that we ask. Provide for us gum, elevators, excellent marks, much chatter, irresponsibility, thy silence and appro- bation, a new high school. Then, U Deities, shall we love and cherish thee. If thou dost not do these things, our lives will be forever saddened. Quft it a Eranh ants Glurmus Jfeeluf? tVVith Apologies to Briggsj Say, fellers, when your teacher is a- gazing over the class for some unfortunate sinner to call on, an' her gaze rests on you, don't you have a queer sinkin' feelin' in your stommiek when you think that you haven't done your lessons 'cause last night you just had to go out and play ball with the fellers? Aw, gee, how can they expect a feller to stay in an' study dry ole lessons when it don't get dark till most time to go to hed? lVhen you thinl: of your lessons all undone, you mentally add another nice little zero to your already 104 A growin, stock, an' you know this zero will be the last and then-ffunkcdl You can just see the fire in your dad's eye when hr sees it, an, all your plans go up in smoke, no campin' this summer, Can' you think of all the fine swimmin, youfll missy no more baseball games in the vacant lot. just lessons, lessons, lessonsl You solemnly vow that you'll Meier, nfzifr let those pesky lessons go again, if you're let down easy this time-aw, but what's the use of vowin' when she's got her eagle eye on you? An' as your dreary prospect rises before you. full of lessons-gloomy lessonsf lo and beholdl her gaze shifts to the next unfortunate feller behind you, an' you take a free breath again. You didnft Hunk-yet. The sun shines again! Wihewl Oh boyl ain't it a grand and glorious feelin'? TXTARION IQENNEDY, '21. Jfacultp iantzs tfnformation from Ouijaj Mr. Giese, our principal, has enrolled for a course in aesthetic dancing at the Denishawn school in Chicago. Xliss Potter has been absent for the past week. VVhile constructing circles, she be- came infected with geometrical chalkitis. The infection centered on her tongue, consequently, she has been totally disa- bled. It is rumored that Prof. A. Wilbor, eminent physicist, holds daily communi- cation with departed spirits. We wonder what kind of spirits they are. lXliss Kidder of the Commercial High School has completed arrangements for her hunting trip in South Africa. While glancing over a magazine the other day, we noticed that Miss Fox, our chemistry teacher, was mentioned as an accomplished descriptive writer. After much persuasion, Kfiss Fox wrote the following sketch, Percy'.v Dfmm Girl, for the Kipi:

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Zihentificatiun Home Hear Yel Hear Yel Five Thousand Dollars is offered for the capture, dead or alive, of four of the most notorious criminals outside prison walls. Following are the names: Yura Freshman. Ima Sophomore. Yiieera Junior. Rev. Ernest Senior. The first is identified by the extremely vacant, lost look which is always on his face. He may possibly be captured going up or down the wrong stairway or for- getting to register. He is also known by a peculiar red card which he has carried about since the first of the year. If he is captured, one of the heaviest crosses which the Faculty has to bear will be removed. The second, Ima Sophomore, may be detected carrying an abundance of blue cards about every five weeks. He may also be found in NIL Giese's oflice. If he is captured, a serious scholastic detriment will be destroyed. The third is exceedingly hard to find. The only clue to his capture is that he usually wears a large gold ring which has the mysterious letters HR. H. Sf, en- graved upon it. He is the least likely to be caught as he is often in his den study- ing for the coming year of crime. The fourth and last, the Reverend Ernest Senior, although professing to be wise, will, in one more year, find his brains sadly lacking. He may be found slam- ming certain green doors or having a con- ference with the Faculty. He will soon be goneg so there is no need of sleuthing him. OSBORNE HANn, ,22. 215132 Qtairs The stairs are worn in Racine High, They're worn from many feet, L From great thick shoes, from Oxfords, And firls' um s, trim and neat. 2- P I7 , They've stood the strain right bravely Half a century, less or more. To count the feet that trod them, Wiould be an awful bore. Sometimes, when tasks are well in hand, The students go up lightly, They skip along from step.to step In manner bold and sprightly. But when examinations come, And teachers are severe, They go up very slowly In sorrow, dread, and fear. 'The stories that those stairs could tell Wiould fill a mighty book, And if 'twere only published How weld all enjoy a look. But now they've grown so worn and old From tread of many feet, That a scheme was made to keep them up, Q I.est their downfall be complete. So when the students go upstairs. They use the left-hand flight, And when they're coming down again, They descend on the right. And when the Freshies come next year, The poor old stairs will sigh, And wish their life were over In good old Racine High, But when our new High School is built From plans that are the best, These poor, old, faithful stairs of ours YVill gently go to rest. And as they rest they'll often think Of the good work they have done, And maybe miss the girls and boys Vyith all the mirth and fun. JEAN MACGREGOR, '23.

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PERCYTS DREAM GIR1. I love that girllw These were the astounding words of Percy Pickemup, a Senior at R. H. S. I love that girl, Percy repeated. Her eyes are blue as vitriol, her brows as black as charcoal, her lashes are as drooping as Charles', the expounder of the gas law, her nose is as dramatic and morbid as sulphur dioxide, her lips are as inviting and elusive as the fourth dimen- sion, her chin is as rounded as a stirring rodg her throat is of the whiteness of before-the-war sugarg her voice is as gurgling and musical as soda pop. At times her wit is biting as sulphuric acid and her tongue as unstable as phosphorus, but again, her very presence is as refresh- ing as spirits of ammonia. I love that girll Ah, she is perfection personihedg she is my ideal, my dream girl, I love that girl.', Absently, Percy ignited a tank of hydrogen and air. Still absently, he was blown into space. lt has been reported that lXliss Collier is writing a novel entitled The Klystery Woman of Room Nine. 7' If she expresses herself on paper as voluminously as she does in her classes, the novel will be a five Volume creation. Kliss Sheakley has accepted a position as chaufferine with one of the air trans- port lines. She says that the clouds are her natural element. hliss Porter expressed an opinion on the presidential election. She thinks that one of the twenty possible candidates may be elected. Kliss Pennefeather has asserted that she has received shorthand notes from Klars. Xlr. Sanders has, after ten months' study, discovered the geological reason why the Lower Assembly clock stopped last winter. Miss Hood had a severe headache yesterday. She accidentally ate a piece of her own pie. A Xlr. Leicht will open a gymnasium next October. Courses in modern jazz piano playing will be offered with a less stren- uous side issue of wrestling. Miss Pope and Miss Neitzel are the proud and happy owners of a Ouija board. They hold a seance every day in Room 10 at 4:00 o'clock. While ascending the north stairs last Thursday, lXliss Skewes slipped through a crack in the flooring and fell to the ground. VVe have discovered by recent experi- ments that certain teachers have a peculiar aversion to dolls and huge hand- kerchiefs. During the tests, the patients registered such a high degree of dis- approval, that all girls in the vicinity seemed in danger. lXIrs. VVhitaker has had a victrola in- stalled in the office which she plays when- ever a tardy pupil enters. The victrola asks in a mournful tone, Are you .ture you didn't oversleep?'l VVC have positive information to the effect that hliss lrvine is writing a book, 'iUuija Messages from Kly Great Grand- auntf' From past experiences we know that lXIiss Slackis idea of a fine time is to be alone with a good listener. Ouija has told us Miss DuFour's polit- ical beliefs, but We're not telling. Qllbunk There is a boy in our school Wiho is so wondrous wise, That purple is the color He chooses for his ties. He entered the Assembly VVith purple tie and grin, But when the teacher saw him, He walked right out again. This boy who goes to our school Is all out of luck. If you would like to know some more, Address a note to Chuck.