Rockville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockville, IN)

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TEN THE HOOSlEl; appreciated :1 two cent gift! I wontlc: if the mothers of the girls that I homwl talking y'estol'duy enjoyed their two 01' five dollar gift anymore than my moth- er enjoyed her gi-eetinglh But if the little newsgirl conlll have read her mothei's thoughts at that 1110- meut she would have known that no mother could have ayprociited n pres ent, no mutter how enstlyjmorc than this mother appreciated hers. LENA OWEN, l27. THE TOURNAMENT AT SHOWDOWN One warm sunny afternoon as I W115 sitting on the porch with nothing to distu'b me but the buzzing 0f the bees, 11mlH being only half conscious of my existence, I fell asleep. I dreamed of a boy, named Student, during his 59, master examinations, bidding farewell to his father, Proud Parent. Student was going to Showdown where he would combat with the powerful il-i-agon, Examination If he overcime Examinar tion successfully he would be raised t3 a more honozable position known as Upper Classman In his pocket, Student carried his faithful weaponJ Pen, loaded with the great fluid of Writing Ink, With which he would poison anrlt, therefore, kill the great Dragon Examination; Student, ul- so, em-iiell with unother great force, Brain, Which Would help hiin in the conflict with the Dragon of Exmuir nation. As he was walking along, he swore Vengeance against persons called Teach: e' 5 who had emisexl him to have to coin- bat with Examinations instead of using an eisiei' method known as Exompr tions. By this time, tudent was nearing Showdown. As he approached, he saw a great building known as the Palace of? Knowledge which enclosed Ithe tourney field. As Student came to the entrance, he him 'History, which thought that this was the plate where he would meet his doom. He felt Honrt Quuke auxl Nerves, which. had seldom fJiled him in time of great trials, begin to weaken. With the nivli of Tremendous Effort he pulled him- self together and entei'ctl. -Stndent found the place divided into small sections CallPll desks, since there were more than he who were to 0V01 come dragons of :1 similar nature. At one end of the field, stood Teacher. Up- on reiching her he Sam, ttI am ready for the conflict Waste no time that I may soon have it uveiz So saying he re- turned Pen to its proper position Teacher then explained to Student that the Dragon 0f Examinations had four heads, History, French, English, aml Geometry, all of which had to be cut off before the powerful Dragon 0f Examinations was conquered. Touch- ei', also, warned Student against elll' plvying Cheating, a veiy common meth- not friends to and were not cupihle of overcoming Examinations by Yen and ml to those who were Exemptions . Brnin. Aftur this Student was shown to his desk, where he found the fierce Drngr on of Examinations in a cage. Teacher then opened- the doorJ and Examination stepped fJI'Hl with its four heads, from which issued fite in the form of QuesV tions. Student, at once drew Pen and summoned Brain to nation. Both started in on FrenchJ the first head to issue froni the door. dill Pen conflict, for French Was too much for Brain which was suffering from a terrible disease called Lack of Knowledge Finally, after a hard con- flict with French, the head withdrew with only four questions EODqliEl'edi Much bewildered over the outcome, with Frencln Student started in on W15 overcome without But all in vain much difficulty. Next Student laid siege to Geometry

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THE HOOSIER NlNl'l liness. Miss Edgeworth, with frequent interruptions, had just finished telling Fritzls story when Mr, Angeli said, Pm sure I don't know how to thank you, but if you will help a bit, Fritz and I Will go home.,7 NNO, Illdtedl you wont! she replied. ttWhy, I woulllnlt think of moving Fritz for six weeks. You just stay for a bit of supper. PM have it in a jiffyfl So Mr. Angell, with a wink at FritzY accepted the invitation and stayed to an alzlufashioned supper like Ma used to cock out on the farm. DOROTHY JEFFRIES. MOTHEIPS DAY tJust think, Betty, tomorrow is Motlr erls Day and I havenlt bought a thing yet and havenlt any idea what to buy. Bob got her candy and Paul sent flowers, and I always get either of these every year. Could you give me some idea? If not, letls run down town and hunt for something. HWellf said Rose, ttI bought mother roses, but Ilm sure I cnn't give you any new idea, so letls see what we can find, at the stores. Little Margaret Daley, but nine yeu's old, was standing along the sidewalk, where she hadl finislioll sclling her pil- pers, and overhead the conversation between the two high school girls. AfV tor they had moved on down the street a lump rose in the little girl's throat and she said to herself, HI wonder if I could buy anything with this two cents for my mother for Motherls Day! Al- Though I know I should buy a loaf of b:eml for breakfast I've never had the feeling that I suppose goes with giving mother a gift. The next few minutes found little Margaret in a downtown ten cent store examining first this and then that article but everything was either five 01' ten- cents. Several people wondered what a little waif, bareheaded and with a ragged dress on couldv be doing pushing a:aund Ahere and there With such a business- like look on her face. Just as the little girl had about given up hopes of finding a gift to suit her price a box of cards caught her eye, and on examining them she found them to be greetings for Motherls Day, the price being two and three centst She picked one up. The pictuze 0n the front, with a mother praying While her babes were gathered aroundl pleased- her so well that she took it. lS-he paid the clerk and took the small but much valued gift home being care- ful to secrete it under some old books for the night. The next day dawned clear and beau- tiful. Margaret Was the first of the chiltl-i'en to get up. When her motherls back wag turned she slipped the err velope under her plate. As they all sat down to the very scanty breakfast, the mother noticed the envelope. And when she opened it and read the printing, one could see tears dimly appeal- in her eyes. Gath- eJing all her clliltl-ren around her she l'elll to them the Verse written on the card, Which was this: KtAs I havenlt the money to spend, For a gift Ild like to send, I don't know how to make My love for you more clear Than to say I truly love you, Mother dean Then she saill, v'Mai-garet, my child. youlll never know the joy this has brought to me your motherl It lus spurred me into working all the harder for my chilll-x-eu, that my girls may some day be Uloving mothers and my son a wloving father. As Mazgaret went about that Sunday morning delivering her papers she was happier than she had been for a. long time. ttTo think, she said tthow my mother

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THE HOOSIER ELEVEN and having to use o weapon which had been disubied- in the conflict with French, Student wus finally overcome by Gerrmetel'y. Visions of in. person called 'Failul'e began to take place in Studentk mind mid his, alieady shatv tereiii spirits sank lower and loweri As Student was resting after the con- flict with Geometery, Teacher ap proached with a much.neetlied person, Encouragement. Student then took up the battle anew with English, and after a long and desperate struggle, duiug which Pen was greatly worn And Brain greatly taxed, English was overcome and Studentis spirit was again restored. Then Student wiped the Sweat from his brow and sought TeaehtV On 5111'7 veying his work, Teacher produced a card called Report Card on which she recorded three victories and one failure. Not until this time did StuR-ent really know what a benst Failure isY and with lugging footsteps he returned home, cariying the spoils to P.0ud Parent. FRED MCNORTON, '26. THE MYSTERY OF THE! TWIN HOUSES A large white house was located upon a hill about two miles from a large city. The house was surrounded by large maple trees aml the Walks were nicely graveiedt On the north side was a lover 1y ohivfnshioned garden. This house wns shunned by all, since it had a reputation of being haunted. Fm- ahout two months, young people who hml gone new the house disupr peni'ed. The house was known as the Mysterious House. A wealthy family lived near the Mysterious House, and in ti'is family were two daughters zuid one son, One daughter had light curly hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion. She Was small and dainty. Her name was Carolinei The other daughter had dark wavy hair, brown eyes, and a fair compiexicn. Her name was Wynona, but site was usually called Wyn by her family and friends. The son hudt black hair, inclined 16 Wave, black, mischievous eyes and :1 medium complexion He always delight- ed in teasing Caroline Who wept if he teased her for any length of time His name was Pendleton, but everyone call- eil him Penn, excepting his mother, One day Wyn came down the massivo stairs diessed iii a tweed knicker suit and, of course, sport shoes. She had a small sport hat pulled down met her curlst Penn had descended a few min- utes before: dressed in tweed clothing. He had tried to persuade Caroline to go with them, but she refused, saying she had an important engagement Wyn came in and said, ttPenn, if wake going we had better start now.H They left, and at the foot of the hill paused to look at the house an its sum- mitt i'Letis explore. Nothing exniting has happened here for ages, Wyn exclaim- ed-i USuits me, Penn answered. They walked up the hill between the maples. rWhy! I-I believe we are hcwitehed. It didn't seem to take long to .Wulk up the hill and this house looks like a fairy palace, but it is entirely too big for that, Wyn said wonderingly. t'Wynmm, what has come over you? If you were Caroline I wouldnit think anything of your talking of fJil'iCS. But , and he amm finish, although the silence was loaded with meaning. Wyn laughed goodrhumomrlly and walked to the door Where she waited for him. She opened the door and went into a large, simply furnished hull, Penn followed her and said, ttGosh, I donit see anything spooky about this housefi Neither do I, Wyn agreed. ttI