Shields High School - Patriot Yearbook (Seymour, IN)

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Nyaa Ae 3) COMMENCEMENT NUMBER OUR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. We, the Senior class of the Shields High School of the city of Seymour, in the county of Jackson, in the state of Indiana, being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do, therefore, make, ordain, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament. First, we order that our executor hereinafter named, pay all our just debts and remunerate the janitors for sweeping paper off the floor and cleaning up. Second, after the payment of such debts, we give, devise and bequeath to the class of 1911, and all classes following, a bran new room, completely furnished with light, heat and all modern conveniences in the new S. H. S.. Also the bookcase, encyclopedias, and all reference books left in our old room. And, whereas we have had nothing but bare walls upon which to feast our eyes, and cultivate our artistic sense, we hereby bequeath to the said class and all classes following, two pictures which we hope will help decorate the new building. We also g:ve to the girls our look- ing glass by which to arrange their hair. And we give, devise and bequeath to the said class and all classes following, the sacred duty and charge of editing the “Patriot,” which we with reluctancy lay aside. We also bequeath to the succeeding Physics classes an old bat- tery, glass bottle, iron rod, some sulphuric acid and gasoline which they may take with them to the labratory in the new building. To the class of 1911 we give the right to keep all marbles, tin soldiers, small horns and stuffed chickens and glass balloons which they may find in cracks and desks, and all money left in our treas- ury after the 28th day of April, 1910. To the class of 1912 we give all powder and paint that the Senior girls leave in their desks. To the Freshman class of 19138 we give, devise and bequeath the right to become Sophomores and go into the new building as such. And to all classes we leave the shining example of the class of nineteen hundred ten, whereby they may be guided and leave large footprints in the sands of time. Lastly we make, constitute, and appoint J. C. Edwards, to be executor of this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills made by us. De Ae Te a oer Page Sixteen In witness thereof, we hereunto subscribe our name and affix our seal this 1 8th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred ten. (Seal) CLASS OF 1910. Signed and witnessed before me this 18th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred ten. ICHABUD DOBAHCI, Notary Public. My commission expires January 1, 1911. A SKETCH. I sat by a window in the little Senior room of the old S. H S. It was a bright April day but a touch of sadness with its dampness crept over me. Commencement was but a few days off. Then we would leave the old S. H. S. forever. Forever! How that word lin- gered in my mind. Through those last High School days it would not leave me for a moment. Everything about the old building seemed to be calling “farewell” to me. I watched tue stately elms stretching their great arms toward the sky, toward their Maker, and they, too, seemed to be sad because thirty boys and girls whom they had watched and guarded all these years, were bidding farewell to them, no longer to roam beneath their hovering shade in the shadow of the old building. The sun shone from a deep blue sky, in clear radiance, but a mist seemed to cover my eyes. I knew that in a few days we would leave our teachers and the thought of separation pained me. In spite of all our faults and mis- demeanors we love them still. How can we ever make them realize our deep gratitude and appreciation for the lessons of life as well as the lessons of knowledge that we aave learned under their faithful instruction. Indeed, we ourselves do not now realize the value of their timely advice. We can never realize it fully till we get out in the world, dependent on ourselves and in need of something to guide us. Wherever we go, the memory of our association will be most pleasant to us. r I looked out again. This time the birds hopping from bough to bough, free from all care, were twiuering in utter delight. I thought of my classmates with whom I would soon have to part. There flashed through my mind the memory of the good: times that had filled our High School days and the thought of that last week to be

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Page Fifteen bl hs H E MAL kh LO. T COMMENCEMENT NUMBER Ack WL kT I CS After the close of the football season we had a rest for a while on the subject of basket ball. We could not secure any place in Seymour in which to play, but put up one basket in the school yard and here we have had some practice. We went to Mitchell and were beaten 33 to 13 which we did not think so bad, considering our lack of practice and the high standing of the Mitchell teams. The baseball season began with a .arge number of candi- dates from which three teams were selected. After a few practice games between these teams we secured a game with North Vernon and the strongest players were selected to play the game. We were defeated by a score of 8 to 3 which was not so bad for the first game. The next game was a practice game with Cortland. This game was not sc interesting as the first one, but we succeeded in winning it by a score of 14 to 4. The next game which was played on Friday, April 8, was with Franklin, the invincible football players. Seymour’s sole aim was to beat Franklin in return for her defeats in football. This was accomplished in the last of the ninth inning when Seymour brought in a run, making the score 11 to 10 in our favor. Be Doast0: Our average of points scored by S. H. S. in athletics: Football Sti. See Greenwood, 5 Sask. Sie Moores Hill, 0 Slt eis Prete Brownstown, 0 Shits las isy nh Franklin, 5 pS gL A or Franklin 10 Total, 21 20 Basket Ball. Su Saris Mitchell, 33 Total, 13 33 te Baseball. Ne S- Hy. 8). 23 North Vernon 8 S. H. S., 14 Cortland, 4 Shs Sin be: Franklin, 10 Sin Hoa Sigel Franklin, 14 Total, 35 36 Our students who made ’09—’10 athletics for S. H. S.: Joe Swope, football, baseball. Vaughn Johnson, football. Homer Davis, football, basket ball. Kennie Hassenzahl, football, basket ball, baseball. Frank Hopewell, football, baseball. Rex Whitson, football, baseball. Lem Day, basket ball, baseball. Frank Schwab, football. Francis Gates, football. Haro:d Graessle, football, baseball. Frank Lemp, baseball. Walter Voss, football. George Kerr, football, baseball George McLaughlin, football, basket ball, baseball. Louis Niemeyer, football, baseball. Linden Hodapp, football. Beds oy 80s Mary and Clem, or Mary and John, That’s the question asked all the day long, But when e’er they ask H HE R, The riddle seems clear, For she smiles and looks down at a gem, Then if you’re not dense you’ll know it is Clem. Russell says he has discovered something one hundred times sweeter than sugar. It is about sixteen years old, wears a rat and chews gum. Miss N. (in composition)—Now Russell you go straight upstairs. Russell—I can’t, I’ve got to make a turn.

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Page Seventeen THE BAT RI.O T COMMENCEMENT NUMBER crowded with joys. Then came the realization that these would cease suddenly and that we would go our separate ways. But I dared not think of this. My heart filled with hope, the hope that our future would be as bright as our school days had been. Again I looked from the window, this time to see the entire landscape clothed in all the freshness of spring and breathing out hope, beauty, joy. FLOSSIE ALLEN, ’10. TO THE TEACHERS. Who is it runs old S. H. S., And gives us all those horrid tests In which we’re sure to get an x? The teachers. Who knows just how to do a thing ; Be it to talk, be it to sing, Who knows, in fact, most everything? Our teachers. Whom do we love in S. H. S. Who are in fact the very best And by the gods are surely blest? Our teachers. Who is it that gave to each his start, From whom are Seniors loath to part? From those most dear to every heart, Our teachers, —Ex. Who says that each one in our class ee Would easily as infants pass, MY FIRST ORATION. Because we give them all our sass? My hands did shake, The teachers. My knees did quake, My ears turned red, Who doth our moral bodies stunt And this I said, With long reports that do affront “I wonder.” Our souls, and all our senses blunt? The teachers. My head whirled, My fingers twirled, Who keeps us in at half-past three My paper fluttered, And turns a deaf ear to each plea And I stuttered, To let us just this once go free? “T wonder.” The teachers. : If they knew, Who tells us we must hustle round When I was through, The world, with knowledge to astound What I had said, To reach the goal for which we’re bound? Being half dead, Our teachers. “T wonder.” Who tries to make us higher aim “I love a Fresoman,” said Bobby one day, That they may some day see our name “T love her and love her as well as I may, Inscribed upon the walls of fame? And of course you must know she returns it with grace, Our teachers. So by now we’ve worked up a most terrible case.”