Rockville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockville, IN)

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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

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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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TWELVE think it is a lovely house. Do you still think fairies inhabit it? Penn asked, with u twinkle in his eye. Hardly, Wyn laughed, ttbut neither do giants? They walkedi down the hell to the second door on the right. Penn opened the door and went in. The room had a book ease at the right of the door. Chairs were scattered around in dis order. On one side was a double door opening on a porch which looked like a balcony. Near the double doors was :1 radio, KtOh, Penn, p1eahc tune in, Wynn exV lluimed. HI doubt if it will Work, but I will tiyf Penn told her. He got some good danre music and, regardless of the small rugs on the floor, they danced. They nearly fell just as that station signed off. ttLetis explore some of the i-aoiusf Wyn saith Penn opened the started toward- him Before she reachr ed the door a trapdoor opened, and she fell. Penn didn't reach the place until the door had closed, andi no ter was left He looked around for a little while, then, fearing that he might fall through, he hmried jheme. He tohl his parents, who became much agitated. Suddenly Mrst Temple picked up n newspaper and pointed to an article. Penn took the paper and read it aloud. film afraid she couldn't help us any, M1: Temple said doubtfully. Just then Caroline Came in and asked, LWhat has happened? Oh, please tell me.yy Other door and Wyn The others leaked at each other then at her. Finally, Mi'. Temple, who wag nearest said hastily, Your lost? In the Mysterious Housefw Caroline asked tearfully. sister is THE HOOSIER No one answered. Just then Penn ghnced down at the paper he still hehb in his thL Dad, I think we should send for Miss Sanford. She might help 115, Penn said. HI suppsse we might as well? he answered sadly. They sent for Miss Sanford who would arrive Wednesday. During' this time Penn wandered around without finding anything to amuse him, while the others were nearly as diistractedi At last Wednesday dawned and Miss Sanford came on the morning train. Penn and Caroline met her at the stae tion. Miss Sanford, to all appeamnces, was a dear friend of Carolinets. She was dressed in a stylish gray traveling suit and a small hat, pulled down over the dark, bahbetl curls. She was fair with Very rosy cheeks, and a charming smile that showed well formed white teeth. Her eyes Were dark blue. She entered the car and they were gone. Before they an'ived at the large mansion, she hari- Jenrnul most of the facts and had outlined a plan. She was to stay at the Temple home as a guest, since she thought she could WOl'k unnoticed, She had Pennis promise to help her explore, but Caroline coulth be persuaded to accompany them. That afternoon Rose Sanford sent for two plain clothes men She and Penn explored the grounds of the Mysterious House but no Blue was foundi idetectivest At dinner Rase was dressed in a pale green, filmy gown. She talked and laughed as if there wasWt a care in the world. Mr. and Mrs. Temple couldn't force themselves to laugh because they felt their loss too keenly. After dinner, Rose picked: up a book and went to the large veranda where she turned on a small reading lamp and began to read. She became so interested that she did