Sheffield High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Sheffield, IL)

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THE ECHO Page 'Txx'ef'tx'-five A Study in Psychology As th Junior cla s langu1dlx filed into the German cla s o1e xx arm ultrx afternoon IH earlx prlng their at tention xx as attracted to an odd br1slx little man xx ho xx 1s 1mpat1e'1tlx xx dltlllg 1'1 the front of the room His ha11 xxas long partiallx grax and apparentlx had 1ot had much t1a1n lng An unusuallx large D311 of ste l rlmmed spectacles xxeie perched on the end ot a rather promlnent nosc h1s ex es xx ere dark and p1erc1ng and he looked firt Oxel h1 spectacles then through them xxith a quick uplift of the head IH 1 xerx di co IL rtmg xxax xx hen xxe hil become seated xxlthout quite our usual blustei and bickcrlng becau e of ou curiosltx th stran e Iiguie Nliss ichoettler mtroduced him as Her1 Pio fe sor xx else alles the noted P xcholog1 t from L1ep11g, xx ho xx as maklng a tour of this count1x Bx rare good for tune she had persuaded the Herr Pro es or to stop in Shef field and g1xe us a demonstration The little profes or then took the H001 callmg up each of the cla s in h1stur1 first th1oxx1ng them 11to a hx pnotic trance then excammmg their g1ex matter bx mean of a peculiar 1ax of light but r centlx dl LOX816d bx him and knoxx ll onlx to himself Bx means ot th1s 1 1x he could not onlx see thlflllgh the kull but coull detect the xxo lfings of the mlnutest cells aid the1r etlect upon character md xc tion it least o he xc luned to Us md he sulc fl1d h1t It llghf ometlmes The hi t box to l lnought up did c au e him con 11le1 xhle tlOLll le tor he xx is nex e1 knoxxn to kcep h1s mind on xnx one th11g thiee seconds anl xe1x tlme he llleti to hc a xe1x cc ntagious IIN at least all but the Dl0f6 Ol eemed to c itch lt xmmediatelx But fin 1llx hc succumbed to the pic esso1 s poxxel Thex he thiexx on the l1ght lllfi t1e tiange put ol It xx ls xxe could see xl thxt thc pioie so1 ll x ll ing 111 ex IX c lf mp 1e1tlx xx1t ou co11st1a1nt spec1allx tho e xxhich Ullltlfll the xrcal oigxn inc ht l1lx muscle co xxe heud the p11 fe S01 muttel xt a contiast xxas the next fllllltl xx 1 loxx l62'Llld1 moxe1n nt lll l1c1t1ng the pei 1 tencx xxc h id r oltcn noticcd Ill th1 memlmi ot xc c 1 1 1 c xx hich ale dex elo ed hx 1thlet1c hoxxcl good gioxxth leclallx tho e co lUOll1I1g ha lull O11 cell xx as sO1l9xXl1lt 1n1s1l1cel xx h1ch IE ulted s0 itll 1 a c1 1 o xx hat onesided st11de xl e xx e1e not su1p11sed to see the Img o1de1lx 111'1nge Q' e . ' gs. ' L' ' 1 ' , .4 t' ' L' 5 ' , ' - . , . , c. - , ' .' I -Y . tv R I . A Q ' - ' 0 A . 1 I Q' I tv 3: ,bv .1 K g Lx, v. , . 5 . 1 Y V, n .1 4 v. . V Lv A .' ' ' ' A ' '- ' ,s r ' ' ' in is .' M ' , . r ' ' ,' ' ' - ' s ' Z' .i Q' .13 . U S ' I B15 1, nz I V D ' :ss ' 1, 5 ' '1 ' L' ' ' 4' ' Q f . ' ' - z' 2 '- ' . 1 s e.pz'. 5,2 .' 'lc' ' ' ' ns Q' :3 ' g ' -2 s ' ' -- z ' 1 ' 'gn ' ' ' + ' 2 y. 'A . .1 . 5. . I E Y s.' ' Q' , serious his face xx'ould crease up and his eyes disappezu' 111 - ss 's nz A ' I 'g lv. Z lv 3 -1 1 I nf ' '. 1 1 ' ' ' z l' s 1 ' ' 'z ' ' .' al 2 - ' ' su ' saxvg ce x x'h' 'l' ' '5 glirext'111, 1 ax' . j h t 1 N ls rn I ' is .1 lv S s ' , 1 v v I ll w 2 S 2 l xg ' j .x. Ach, no YLllltlLtl' li: no dink, ' ulcl, YYhz ' ' . .' ' 3 1 . ' 'e saw, xx'itl its s ' e -'Hz' - 's's 'I z sa f ' 1 ' 's 1' ' ' tl 2 'le ss. Th rs of 'ells ' ' 1: jz 'ass '24 f' ' ,es- t j s '1 ' ' -se z . e ' 'fs Q 1 'z .SI 2 ' 4, ' ' ' s , 9 1 ' s1e'k1' said, in 1 s me- ' ' ' 3 ' 3 ' 'L' 2 ' '. -

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The Jumor Class

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Page Twenty SIX THE ECHO ment m the next mlnd that IS alw ays notlceable In hls out ward appearance We now saw w hx lt was that he IS so short for the cells whlch develop helght had wasted away and we saw that he ney er could be tallel How ey er as the professor explalned this y as a small matter as he found a gnodlge Fraulme who was also short One of the guls now went forward and quxckly suc cumbed to the professor s lnfluence Ach he excla1med as he threw on the hght dxs ISS an vunderschone speclmen It mal es me very glad one so yet to find She one great author w1ll be and we saw how her mmd was falrly stored wlth the beautles of nature wh1ch she had acqulred on her walks to and from her home north of town The url who followed also dlsclosed a braln stored Wlth dates and names that were well tabulated so that they could be brought out wxth httle trouble She too showed the results of beautlful country surroundlngs A tall dark halred youth then slowly advanced to the cha1r and was soon under the speclahst s mfluence Ahem d1SS bra1n has not st1ll yet much been Worked See d1s whlch controlled h1s personal appearance and love for fun showed any marked development Ach dlss ISS em true deutches bram sald the de llghted profes or as he turned the llght upon the glrl who had taken the cha1r Then we saw the happy even temper pered character we had alw avs known but 1n a more marked degree He notlced one cell especlally whlch accounted for her urprlsmg argumentatlve ablhty that we had notlced her debates of late as th1s cell showed qulte recent devel opment She also showed somethmg of a tendency for short people After a last resentful gasp the last of the glrls went under the professor s spell We notlced lmmedlately a devo tlon not only to the shamrock and the green but to her ath let1c younger brother The cell whlch controls laughter how ever was found ent1rely m1ss1ng resultmx. m a contm uous g gglmg A tall lank fellow next took the cha1r and we found that the cell mst mentloned was mlsslng to an even greater degree The creases here w ere very deep showmg a stud lous mmd much used Horrors' What a strange sensatlon' Could It be I 1n that cha1r? And w as that pecuhar man turmng that plerc mg llght upon me Could It be poss1ble that I heard h1m mutter Strange strange no braln at all' Then I be came con CIOUS of a famlllar tltter beslde me and a h11.h pltched te hee from ln front and gradually I became aware that MISS Schoettlel was waltmg for me to answer her questlon Fortunately how ey er the bell rang Just then rehevmg me of answ er1ng v v v v v . v l Q 1 7 . ' v V Y ' 1 . , , . , , . K 1 n ' , ,. , s v . . - , H . . ,. Y V , . ' - v V v ' - . 7 ' S6 7, ' . , Y . ,, . . i - ' 9 1 I ' Y v x . l , . V. ,, Y V . ' . , . Y. . . . , , , , , 7. v V .1 1 . 5 L V I A A q - ' Y Y . . . , . ,, ' Y c . , 9- ' creases, dey are not deep. And lt was soy only a few Y ,, . . . . ,, . 9 9 ' Q - . Y Y - - ' 9 v v ' S -- . Y . - . , . Y ' Y 9 N , . . . - 4 ' ' Y r ' 7 Y , 7 1 7 V ' V 7 . , 1 Y Y Y' ' J I n A i - A Q ni ' n m s ss , ' U x v L ' v ' ' Q . . . . .1 - . 1 Q ' Y I . .I Y 4 V 7 7 1 Y ' .