Sandy Township High School - Flambeau Yearbook (Du Bois, PA)

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10 THE SANDY TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL FLAMBEAU Bag Erratum Uh. dear! sighed lietty Allison as she gazed longingly out through the window of Miss Hi-ay's class-room. How horribly stupid it is in here today. I never did experience such a day as this before in my life! Although not a contirmed admirer of lessons, or work of any kind. lletty was by no means the most stupid in her class. but was on the contrary, a very bright young lady with great ability and boundless resources. She was of medium build, having laughing l-lue eyes and fair complexion. which was set off admirably by the alunnlance of dark brown curly hair which clustered about her brow ol' marble whiteness. Being a girl of jolly ways and sunny disposi- tion. she held the respect of all her class mates. and foundeamong the members of either sex many staunch and true friends. However, for her. school held no charms. for. being a child of romance. it was hard to endure the never ceasing routine of every day school life. Her chief pleasure lay in either reading or writing stories chuck full of romance and to this end she had always worked and planned. 'l'here was so little in school to excite her imagina- tion, which was, of course. quite necessary in writing. and, feeling an ever growing tendency to roam about in quest of unusual scenes and occurrences. she plead incessantly for her mother to give con- sent to her leaving school in search of new and ditferent haunts. lint all to no avail. Mrs. Allison was a kind and indulgent mother but in this one thing refused to give in to her entreaties. Being older she could forsee the dilticulties with which Betty would have In struggle if left to follow her own inclinations and leave school at so early an age. being now only in her sophomore year of High School. As the days became warmer and the skies more blue. school became even more unbearable to this little lass, and the day just mentioned seemed especially so. 'Phat evening, however. her mother failed to hear her remonstrance against such monotony. She had determined what to do and immediately set to forming her plans for the execution of her own wishes and the working out of her own future. Betty was naturally a thrifty girl, and had. during the winter. saved up ahnost titty dollars from her allowances. which amount she had deposited in a savings bank of that town. She decided that she would start for school, as usual. the following day, but instead of going as she had always done before, would go to the bank and draw out the money. and then return home at the usual lunch hour. She had previously heard her mother remark that she would be away for the day, so this would give her the opportunity to make good her departure. She could easily slip upstairs and change her dress for one more suitable for traveling. and with this and other necessary articles from her wardrobe neatly packed in a small traveling bag. would again watch her opportunity for descending by awaits of a back stairway which led to a side porch rarely frequented by any of the household, and then once having gained the street, escape would be an easy matter. Everything worked out just as she had planned and there was but one hindrance to her triumph. lt was her tirst act of deceit and, spurred on by the thought of the realization of her highest hope and ambitions, she had hardly stopped to consider the step which she was taking. This she now realized but seemed to think it was too late to retrace her steps and so kept steadily onward. She might have missed that whole day of school in vain, and when her monthly report. would be handed to her parents, would have no excuse to otfer for that day of absence. except she confess the whole truth. and. oh. how could she ever do that! lmpossible. she told herself, and as she had gone that far, decided to carry out her plans, and when she had at last won success and fame would return to her parents and confess all. By this time Betty was at the station. and having barely time to pulchase her ticket, hurried on. just boarding the train as it was about to pull out. Her ticket had been bought for New York, and as she settled herself comfortably in the softly cushioned seat of the pullman. tried to imagine herself in that great metropolis all alone! On and on she rode till nearly nightfall-every passenger intent upon their own affairs. paying no attention whatever to this young miss traveling all alone for so great a distance. At last there was a sudden crash, and from that time Betty knew nothing till she awoke in a little white bed in the hospital. The engine. in going around a curve, had been derailed. throwing several of the cars over an embankment. the lives of few of the

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THE SANDY TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL FLAMBEAU 9 hr Elllzlmhmu No. I. Sandy High School, May 1920 Commencement Number Gllzum Sung 'l'here are schools that we have henrd of. There :are schools that we ull know, llnt to dear old Sandy High School All these other schools are slow. 'lhere are schools that have reached their zenith, There are schools that have lmd their fall, lint to ns old Sandy High School. ls the deznest school of all. There ure clnsses that have worked their way through, There are clzlsses tlwt have had their full, But the class of 1920 ls the best old class of ull. There are times that we are weary, 'l'here are times that we would die. But the times when wc all get together. Are the times that the moments fly. There are colors so often spoken of, There ure colors so ln-ight and guy, But the colors that freshen up our memory. Are the colors of crimson and gray. And it's here is to our colors! Um' colors of crimson and gray! Which have brightened up our class room, Every dear old High School day! ll'IIiliIA.'lI f'lx'AJI HR, '20,

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THE SANDY TOWNSHIP HI GH SCHOOL FLAMBEAU ll passengers being saved. Luckily. however for Betty, she escaped with a few cuts about the head and arms, which she received while being thrown through one of the wimlows of the car in which she was traveling. The fall. however, had knocked her unconscious and not till a few hours later did she awake to find herself in these strange surroundings. She wondered what had brought her here. but pres- ently a nurse entered and told her what had happened, asking her how she felt. Betty was entreated to remain for another day. but she persuaded them that she was entirely able to go on her way and left shortly before noon. After this mishap her purse had begun to shrink aml so she decided her best plan would be to remain in this small town, and earn a little before she would find herself entirely out of funds. As she was a stranger in the town. her heart felt very weak. as she went. from place to place in search of employment.. By 4 o'clock that evening her courage had almost flown. as she found herself still without a position of any kind. She searched awhile longer but knew that she must soon look for a place to spend the night. Of course, she could easily have stayed at the hotel. but she knew to do .this would mean disaster to her and her plans. During the day she had passed a munber of comfortable looking boarding houses and now decided to go to one aml seek lodging for the night. Here Betty met with success. for at the door of the first place at which she had rung, she was greeted by the face of a very cheery looking little woman. Stating her desires, she entered to take up her abode for the night. The terms were reasonable. the room to which she was directed looked comfortable and the landlady seemed very kind. Betty was immediately seized with a desire to tell her of her troubles. This she did, of course. omitting the cause of it all. The woman told her that the town was rather dull for young girls. most of the positions to be found already having been filled. but also said if she really must have work at once, she could make good use of a girl of Betty's age. Although this was not just the thing which iBetty had had in view, still she thought she had better accept it till something better was offered. She gladly accepted this humble position and thereupon retired for the night, as Mrs. Mason had informed her that she would be required to rise quite early, as some of the boarders must go to wo: k at seven o'cl0ck in the morning. Such conditions did not agree very well with daintily-bred Betty aml 'twas with a troubled spirit that she lay her head on the pillow that night. heartily wishing herself back home in her own soft bed. The next morning she was called as warned. bright and early. but she begun with right good will the duties of the day. Mrs. Mason was still the same good hmnored woman which she had ape pear-ed the day before, but being a hard working woman herself. ex- pected the same of every one else. Betty was quite unused to hard work and blunders occurred frequently. Mrs. Mason was very patient till -one day Betty broke a valuable vase which she prized rery highly. Betty was extremely sorry about it. but was scolded nevertheless for being so awkward. 'l'he climar came, however, when the next day a beautiful, liand-embroidered doily was missed. which Mrs. Mason declared had been placed in an upper dresser drawer. Betty was accused of stealing it and. although altogether innocent. wa.s told .that her services were no longer desired. She dismissed her sending her away in tears. although it was afterward discovered by Mrs. Mason that she had wrongly accused Betty. Mistrusted aml home-sick. she walked along scarcely noting where she went. nor bothering herself about employment. ln leaving her father's roof she had thought to fiml peace ami contentment but instead had. in less than a week. fouml nothing but turmoil and discouragement. She hoped in this way to seek fame and fortune by writing stories of love ami romance, but instead her hopes haxl been dashed to the ground and she had been left to merely earn her bread by hard work in the home of another aml then go away having her word doubted for the first time. and that for an act whith she would never think of doing. Her heart was heavy though her eyes were opened so that she could clearly see what an awful mistake she had made. Her thoughts now were all of holne and to go home again aml confess all her folly. knowing full well her mother would forgive her of it. She had thoroughly made up her mind. She walked on for a few blocks when she saline to the depot. Soon she was on the train and was quickly being borne along the homeward track. She traveled what to her seemed days before the train whistled and she found herself home at last. Her footsteps were again light as she almost ran towards the door where she was enfolded by the loving arms of an anxious mother. Her tale was heard with pity and f'orgiveness aml when told of how her father had been searching for her tirelessly since she had left. tears again sprang to Betty's eyes,