Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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1919 Qicurns of Roanoke 75 Pretty good. I have just finished toasting the faculty a bit, didn't scorch them Cas they do usl but just toasted a little. Listen to a few: I-lere's to Miss Cora with mind so bright, Who rivals addin' machines with all her might. l-lere's to Nliss Carlisle. a friend of the boys, 'Tho sometimes she treats them as if they were toys. I-lere's to Mr. Turner, impartial and fair, Gracefully he glides as he steps with care. That's great, Sully, who- Wait a minute-this is best: I-lere's to Mr. Layman, the student body pet, In a race of-jokes, he wins, you bet! I-lere's to Mrs. Smith, who lately did embark, Upon a tranquil sea in Matrimonial Ark. I-lere's to Professeur, who lately est venu, Endowing R. I-I. S. avec sens beaucoupf' I-lere's to McDonald, a faculty sample, Sorry to say he's not Seniors' example. I-lere's to Mr. Parsons, beloved and adored, To save him from critics we'd jump over Board. I-lere's to McQuilkin, who as a dog at bay, Swiped our School Turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Sully, they are splendid! But where does Miss Hayward come in? Oh, that reminds me! I wish you were in our English class. I'm simply crazy about Miss I-Iayward, but she tickles me sometimes. To-day she called us 'stupid,' 'inane,' says we 'take no pride in getting up our parts in Shakespearef so forth, so on. Pausing for a few seconds, she continued: 'We just as well call a spade a spade, and not a shovel. You show no appreciation of Macbeth,

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74 311013115 uf IKIJHTIUISZ 1919 The Child is Father of the Man HY Petey, dear, what can be the trouble? anxiously exclaimed his mother. O mother, l failed on Geometry exam. It made lVlr. Phelps so mad he rolled his big eyes at me and said, 'You may go to the of-fice and ob-tain a per-mit to en-ter a-gain this class,' Oh! what must I do? But nearly everybody was in trouble to-day. Ben and George, my best friends, were promenading down the hall, imitating one of the faculty, when suddenly Mr. Turner whirled around and came switching back toward them. l-le says Ben will be put out of our history class-no, didnit touch George, for he's lVliss Carlisleis pet. Oh! but I must stop. Forrest Miller' and Sally Lovelace say I ought not to fuss about our instructors for we often 'try them.' If Forrest and Sally ever become teachers they will certainly be loved by their pupils. Then thereis Willie Parsons who is a good boy. Smart, too, but doesn't act like he thinks he knows it all. Mother, why am I not like him? Rap! Rap! There! some one knocks! Good afternoon, madamf, Good eveningf, l, John S. McDonald, the solicitor of subscriptions for our approaching Annual, am before your charming personality this afternoon for the purpose of winning from you your kindest consideration of our 'Acorns of Roanokef This is a most noble volume. Speaking my incantations spontaneously from the chemical standpoint, it is one of the most illustrious ever produced by a student body. Pardon me, young man, but at leisure hours I enrich my vocabulary by the use of a dictionary not by conversation with agentsf, Having thus viewed disappointment and defeat, Mac lVlcDonald retraced his steps toward the I-ligh School building. just as he turned the corner-. Chl hello there, Sully! You are looking mighty sweet and sprightly this afternoon. How goes the Annual?

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76 512013115 uf IKUHIIIJBB 1919 l-lamlet, or any of the characters in these plays. l've made up my mind you've just got to put more time and thought on my assignments. You have no choice in the matter. You've got to do it! l l' Some pupils do not seem to appreciate her motive, but l feel it was all meant for our good, thoughtfully explained Sully. She realizes that the thoughts and habits we form in childhood go with us thru life. Yes, replied Mac, your statement is very true. Each of our instructors plays an important part in the formation of our characters, for it is the young and tender years of our life that are spent in school under their influence. This brings to my mind, the lesson of Wordsworth's beautiful poem, The Ode on Intimations of lmmortalityzn As our characters are molded in child- hood and youth so will they be in maturity. The child is father of the man. AN ARDENT ADMIRER? Q ? Favorite Occupations of Faculty l-lAYWARD-Trying to instill a sense of the dramatic in long-suffering Seniors. BEEBEE.-Converting Roanoke High into a Kindergarten. FUNKHOUSER-Shooting pupils down the hypothenuses of right triangles. MCDONALD-Divising new examination questions and cutting deportment grades to the surprise of the whole student body. PHELPS-npicketingn and steering all traffic into well regulated paths. BOHANNAN-Wasting sarcasm. MR. LAYMAN-Learning how to give up having the last word. PARSONS-Theorizing. SCHOOL BOARD-Trying to Camouflage l-ligh School and deceive the pupils by giving it the wonderful new literary name of 'fleftersonf'