Sheridan High School - Syllabus Yearbook (Sheridan, IN)

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THE S Y L L ABUS A Sraiirfuj of Spring One act. Time—1927 1st Scene. Upper assembly, the first fifteen minutes on a very warm afternoon. Mr. Moore at teacher's desk. Seniors in usual places. Spring fever had struck many of them as evidenced by vacant seats. Lenora—May I speak to Dale. Mr. Moore—(Nods his head and smiles.) Lenora (to Dale)—I’ve got my car here today. What do you say we play hookey. We can get out when the bell rings for general assembly. You will won’t you? Dale—You’re on. I’ve stood this about as long as I can. Who else shall we get— Fetty and Eva ? Lenora—You ask them. Dale—Oh write a note to them. Moore will think its funny if I talk to both of them. Lenora—All right. Lenora then inscribes a voluminous note to Petty and also to Eva. Instantly they accept. Then the one o’clock bell rings. They make a hasty exit out the front door instead of going to the assembly. Petty (drawing a long breath)—So far so good. Where do we go from here? Eva—What’s the diff. Anywhere but here suits me. Lenora—Let’s go to Atlanta. Dale—Ah no your fellow lives there. Let’s go up town then we will decide. 2nd Scene. Mr. Bradley’s office. Mr. Kingsolver, very irate, talking to Mr. Bradley. Mr. Kingsolver. Four gone from my assembly. Looks suspicious to me. Mr. Bradley—Who are they. Mr. Kingsolver—Lenora and Dale, Eva and Kenneth. Suppose I go up town and look for them. Mr. Bradley—Pretty good idea. Better go now more chance of finding them. 3rd Scene. On Main street. Mr. Kingsolver has just seen the culprits. Mr. Kingsolver. Well, here you are. What in the world do you mean by this. Don’t you know by this time you can’t put anything over on us. Dale—Oh what’s it to you. We admit it. Don’t preach all day. Mr. Kingsolver. All right, be careful now or I’ll take some off your grade too. Come on let’s be getting back. Then you’ll get taken down some. The four crushed and downtrodden students follow him slowly. Curtain. 24

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THE SYLLABUS K - (Elaas Mill We, the Senior class of Sheridan High School, Sheridan, Indiana in the year of 1927, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make our last will and testament in the following form. Rachel Baker wills her ability to sing soprano to Herbert Kuhlman. Doyle Beard wills his foreign language books to Fernald Mills. To Van Miller, Pauline Barker leaves her sophisticated ways and lone Pritsch leaves him her stature. Paul Beard reluctantly wills his extensive knowledge gained in S. H. S. to Hilda Baker. George Osborn and Ruth Bragg are impartially bequeathed Eva Compton’s basketball ability. Martha Cooper wills her resourceful mind and nervous temperament to Doyle McVicker. Edith Eytchescn leaves to Martha Couden, who is greatly in need of it, her poise. Bernice Fisher leaves her clock that doesn’t keep time to Janice Norman. Helen Griffin wills her extra supply of rouge to Elizabeth Bradfield. Kenneth Pettijohn io happy to leave the space where his galoshes were to the Junior class. Ed King leaves his clipped hair cut to John Padgett and his sense of humor to George Moore. Joel Spidel wills his ability to make excuses, to any wandering Freshman. Claude Burton bequeaths his file of absence passes to the school in general. There’s plenty to go around. Neva Graham wills her vehement tongue to Lowell West. Lenora Garver wills her box of Maybelline to Denzel Goff. Helen Newby bequeathes her permanent that's gone to Olive Jones and Van to Jesse Kassebaum. Elizabeth Stephenson leavqs her giggles to Mary Aldred. Mary Newman wills her elocutional ability to Noble Bell. Dale Hinesley wills his stubbornness to the entire High School, there’s certainly enough for every one. Neva Graham, Helen Griffin, and Bernice Fisher leave their inability to get to school on time to Emily Coddington. Gladys Reddick relinquishes her position as high school sheba to Thelma Eudaly. Duval Wallace wills his ability to make speeches to John Osborn, since John is so very hesitant and backward. Kenneth Pettijohn wills his form to Emily. George Ogle wills his imposing appearance to Herbert Billingsley. Lemmo Dell, after serious thought, wills his timidness to Kermit Reagan. To Margaret Teter, Porter Myers leaves his ability to wiggle his ears. The Senior class, with the kindest of intentions, wills Paul Beard and Joel Spidel to the Faculty. 23 •—The Senior Class of 1927.

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THE SYLLABI! S JJnijiljprg nf BZZ A London fog had settled over the city and as I made my way down Lincolnshire Avenue, a sign lighted by varied colors, caught my eye, “MADAME ZUNA, SORCERESS.” I wandered in and asked for the lady and told her I should like to see all my old classmates of 1927. She told me to sit down and be quiet, and we would journey into the years. First Madame Zuna showed me, Rachel Baker, an old friend, who was entering a large home on Fifth Avenue, with a small child at her side; I looked more closely— and saw the inscription on the door which read: “Madame Baker’s Music School.” She was teaching little millionaires how to sing and play. The next scene showed Pauline Barker’s name in great electric lights across Broadway. At last she had made good and was a star, having gained her fame as a great dancer. I was then shown a little town in the West, and at the city hall was Paul Beard, who after finally graduating had gone West and been elected Mayor of the little town of Piona. He was in his right sphere at last. The next scene Madame Zuna showed me was in sunny France. I saw Doyle Beard standing in the doorway of the finest hotel there. Many people came by and spoke to Monsieur and he returned the courtesy by passing out his favorite black stogies. The scene then shifted back to Ind’anapolis, where I found Claude Burton calling trains in the Union Station. A little boy and girl came running up and embraced him. He had married his boyhood sweetheart and settled down in Indianapolis. Madame Zuna then told me she would show me the Orient. In this scene a lady appeared dressed in a riding habit. It was Eva Compton our old basketball hero, vacationing in the Orient after founding Compton’s Amusement Park back in her home town. Texas appeared next. Here were Martha Cooper and George Ogle, who were spending a happy honeymoon, after being quietly married at Danville, 111., by our old friend Rev. Porter Myers, who war, preaching in that city. Then—a man, carrying a brief case in a southern city. As he walked closer I recognized Lemmo Dell. He was engaged in selling real estate. He had grown a mustache and was nearly bald. I was then shown the Library in Washington, D. C. and at the desk sat Edith Eytcheson, who after getting her degree from Butler was head librarian for the government. While still in Washington, Madame Zvna pointed out to me a small shop with three balls protruding over the front. A man came out and at once I recognized Ed King. Ed after years of fruitle c adventure had settled down in his favorite business as a pawn shop keeper. Madame Zuna showed me then a lady, in Paris, painting a landscape, when she looked around and behold,—there was Bernice Fisher in a purple smock, painting for the Saturday Evening Post. A little country town appeared next and a hotel on which I could hardly make cut the name at first then I recognized the words “Garver Hotel.” At last Lenora had succeeded in her chosen work and was running a chain of Hotels in small towns. 25