Senn High School - Forum Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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, N-. 'A lei E ,ea - Q s. I ij c . ,.- W Meg -.-fb 3,5193 s c ggzgl tx X '71 'I V, ' X '. . ' -43?f4Mf77 .. . GR I --A ff . A REAL ADVENTURE ? WO friends and I started in an auto across the mountains to Al- pine, Texas, in search of laborers, Af- ter hiring a Mexican and his wife, we started back for the valley. About noon time we stopped at Ft. Davis, about mid- way across the mountains. When we were about twelve miles from Ft. Davis, we got stuck in the sand in the creek bed. In many places there were walls of rock one hundred feet high. The canyon we were in was very narrow and winding. In the creek bed there were great boulders. Some were so large that they could not he moved out of the road that ran along the creek. Having found that we could not get out without help, my two friends and the Mexican started back to Ft. Davis. leaving the Mexican woman and me there in the auto. XVhile we were wait- ing for help, a ranch man came by in a wagon, with his family. I-Ie said that he would like to help us but he wanted to get his family out of the canyon as soon as possible. It never dawned ou me at the time what he meant. Late in the afternoon it began to sprinkle: so I put up the top and side curtains. It happened that this car had no wind shield. The Mexican woman and I sat in the back seat, in order to avoid the rain that was coming in at the front. By this time, it was raining so hard we could hardly hear each other speak. Suddenlv the woman gave a wild shriek, I looked up and saw a great wall of water coming down on the auto, I 25 leaped over the front seat, and then out upon the hood. .-Xt the same time I was trying to help the woman out. That great wall of water hit the car while I was on the hood. The next moment I found myself fighting for my own life in that swift mountain stream. I managed to grab an out-cropping tree and pull my- self up on the steep bank. The poor Mexican woman held on to the straps that held down the top, and was carried down the stream. The last I saw was the car turning end over endg first on the radiator, then on the rear end. The woman came up twice with the car, but the third time the car came up alone. I shall never forget those frantic screams. I did not have on my shoes, as I had taken them off while trying to get the car out of the creek. On my bare feet I started out for a Mexican house a few miles away. The creek being Filled with water I had to climb over the canyon. Long after dark I came to the house. I had traveled about five miles over these steep hills with bare feet. Upon arriving at the house, I had to take ot? a picket from the fence to guard ot? the two dogs. I found no one at home, so I broke in through a window. I started a tire and dried my wet clothes. About ten o'clock that night, the Mexi- can came home and found me. The next morning we found the en- gine and chassis some three miles down stream. The body of the Mexican wo- man was founcl Five miles down the creek. R., Bauhgman.

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Twenty-four THE FORUM FRESH HUMOR. Ah, hah! coughed the villian, as he seized the crustacean exterminator. Now to annihilate all the freshies! Just then our hero arrived. He santched ai fTo be continued when the European war is ended.J , Note-Any freshman who does not un- derstand the above joke is given permis- sion to use the dictionary. IN THE GERMAN CLASS. Mrs. Stecker- Are there any corrections in that sentence? Junior- He ought to have a little i Ceyel in the 'Ihr' lear.l IN ENGLISH. I was careful to go on my right side, but a boy came toward me, running along on his left side. A LUNCH Room EATASTROPHE. Into the lunchroom, hungry, one day, Came a young lady most happy and gay, When she had reached for her noodles and pie A long arm intruded which caused her to sigh. Crash! bang! went her dishes and tray! This filled her full of grief and dismay. Ruth Richardson, 306. EGGS. One summer while visiting my aunt and uncle who lived on a farm, my aunt took my little sister to search for eggs. They procured all the eggs they could, and then my aunt chased a. hen oif her nest. My sister ran up to the nest and took the egg. As the hen had just been sitting on it, it was warm. My sister exclaimed: Oh, Is'e found a hard boiled egg! Geraldine House, 252. SPRING FLOWERS. Rain drops, rain drops, sink down deep! Waken the liowers out of their sleep, Wash their faces pretty and bright: Make them open their eyes to the light. Rain drops, ruin drops, hurry up spring! We are waiting to hear the robin sing. Alfa Magnuson, 378. APRIL. Now, in the April sun, The country has begun To dress herself in green, And in each country lane, The willows surely mean To wear their leaves again. Marian Gray, 252. THE NIGHT BEFORE FINALS. A Parody. 'Twas the night before Finals, and all thru the home , , There was weeping and sighing--the finals had come! ' A The children weren't nestled at all in their beds, f. For visions of zeros danced in their heads: And mamma in her kerchief and I in my cop Hand settled things saying, We don't care a rap! When up o'er our heads there rose such a clutter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter! Two steps at a time I flew up the stairs, Arrived in my son's room, found tables and chairs All scattered and tumbled upon the bare floor, And my son in a tantrum behind the hall- door. And what to my wondering eyes should appear But a copy of Caesar,-that volume so dear! Then it dawned upon me-all in a Hash- My son had been saying, Oh, dash, dash, dash!! There never before was uite such a fool! I've come home to find tlint my pony's in school! Adolph Ettlinger, 351. ADVICE. Senn-xi-high! Senn-a-low! Freshies must know It's not all fun- There's work to be done. If you'd be a shark, Take your lessons to heart. Use good English at school, For that is the rule, Leave slanguage behind, For you'll soon find Classy, swell, gee-whiz Are not good biz, If you want to shine At Senn High, so fine. For slang and red-ink Are for tho'se who don't think: And a scarlet letter Means you must do better. M. L. T. after B. L. T. Doubtful- When is this period np? Helpful- When the bell rings! Q.. -,Q P Iliff Af -LEQQISQK . I . N - .. 1 Q I lly ,Y,, A Y 5 Ill - I -xffi--E mi - JIIZYX

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Twenty-ri.z' THE FORUM TODAY AS YESTERDAY. HE Doctor, after bowing a cheery good day, to the woman at the door who had just intrusted the life of her child to his care, descended the stairs and was about to cross the street when a hand Firmly clutched him by the collar. Turning he viewed a swarthy la- borer with a pair of evil, blood shot eyes, shining like coals of fire from under his ragged cap and above his ashy white suit and shoes that proclaimed him to be a workman on tl1e unfinished school building in front of which stood the pro- fessional 1nan's car. Quickly a leering crowd uttering profound oaths sur- rounded them forming, what seemed al- most like a wall of shaking Fists. Ye cheat! they yelled, holding up three fingers and then talked in shrieks to one another in their foreign tongues. A street car that was about to pass stopped and the motorman and conduc- tor tried to drive the rioting crowd back but nothing seemed to prevail on them until a mounted policeman rode into their midst, causing them to retreat a few steps, Then after the doctor had been released and the noise hushed a bit the authority of good order demanded, NVhat is the meaning of this? XVith a threatening expression on his angry face one workman acting as spokesman rushed forward and in broken English exclaimed, Me end me mein here, then running his tongue over his parched lips, after Ending the needed English word continued, 'ivont nioonee, pay! pay! wait therea daya noo. Turning to the Doc- tor he fairly yelled, l'aya, paval the n1oonee, and when he pointed to the grip in the Doctor'shand, both the police and Doctor became aware of the fact that the mistake n1ade was due to the fact that the professional man carried a bag resembling the kind in which money is usually carried and had left his car where the paymaster usually stopped his. Even after the grip was opened the crowd of angered men did not seem to see their mistake, but instead each face wore an expression of contempt, as the doctor's car passed from the sight ot' the unpleasant incident into the thorough- fare and was lost in the endless proces- sion of automobiles. Adelaide McIntyre, Room 233. SPRING MOVING. HE Binkses were moving. To one who has passed through the same ordeal, this statement will bring to mind varying conjectures of horror. The site of the new home was laid near the foot of Hickory Nut street, a location which afforded a good view of the tishing ves- sels and schooners lying in jack Tar Harbor. Mr. Binks had gone along with the moving van to superintend the operation. Mrs. Binks, having deposited her two youngest otfsprings in thc well-worn baby carriage, which she steered with her right hand, with a bird cage in her Since placed left, set out for the new abode. Bobert Binks, junior, had been too near the front of the vehicle, a sud- den bump, occasioned by a stone on the walk, deposited him on the ground, which was moist from a recent spring shower. Mrs. Binks with that calmness habitual to martyrs, set her bird cage down on the walk, picked up her child, whose pedal extremities were now some- what muddy, and restored him to his former position. She then proceeded on her way, accompanied by a solo in E minor, issuing from the throat of the fallen, though restored, infant. The new house was reached without further incident. Arriving there the housewifely soul of Mrs. Binks was stirred to wrath by the sight of her par- lor chairs and new rug lying topsy-turvy on the grass. On the rider's seat of the moving van lounged her eldest hope monotonously intoning his English les- son for the morrow. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears, came faintly to the ears of his mother, who now stood near the van and admonished the movers to lay her best company china down with care. ' Mrs. Binks then moved on into the house where she found the cat, dirty and disreputable, reclining on her tapestried couch. The can, frightened by her sud- den ejaculation of Scat! jumped onto