Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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.ff i il , pf' . N-v 'li t we Q up pi Q R T cp - F fe-Ax jt, -3 . lr An' the Principal Man, ever' once 'n a while I-le comes in the room 'ith his funny smile 'lth colored papers in his hand- tThey're most allns yellow, in a rubber bandl An' he sorts an' sorts 'ern out, tmtila W e all jes' keepin' as still as still- I-le comes to the one he's tryin to lin', rln' we laugh, an' the teacher says it's time! Ain't he a funny old Principal Man? Princ'pall Princpall Princ'pal Man! The Principal Man-one time when he Wnz askin' a freslnnan what he'd be- Says. When youlre big like a senior is, :lit ye goin' to college to help y' to riz- An' then teach a school, in spite of its woesl Er what air ye go' to be, goodness knows il' An' the Principal laughed an' shook his han' 'Cause he said, 'HM go' to be a Principal M-an l- Pm goin' to be a nice Principal Man l Princ'pal! Prine'pall Principal Man! l Apologies to james Whitcomb Riley.l lltiirer The rincipa

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The Principal Man Br IEANNE SAWNER 'iiumwwmmo ry rg a r r 2 y Q cf? 'Q W r, . i' 1 ry .I I y.. i f im diti il iyM'l Midi O the Prirrciprrl Man! l-le bosses use lrle's the goodest man that ever wual He comes to our school every day, An' watches us children that we don't playg An' he Opens the door-an' teacher'll smile An we'll he as good as pie-for awhileg But welre not afraid, 'cause we know 'at he Is as funny an' nice as he can be.- Ain't he a awful good Principal Man? Princ'pall Princ'pal! Princ'pal Man! hV'y the Principal Mau-he's ist as good- Fer us held do ever'thing if he couldg I lflieve l1c'd tix all our study slips, too, But 'ats a thing they won't let him do l- Fer he says he knows it's hard to stay At school when we might go ffrome an' play But he tells use to 'member he stays there, too, When therc's heaps o' things he'd 1'utl1erdo.- Ain't he a awful kind Principal Man? Princ'pal! Princ'pal! Princ'pal Man! 'FWZ' f .Y A X I .li i io , 4, J f r at

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The Shortridge Boy ra KATIIAIIINE IAMESON 'o . , Q I l s a s i e ,Q 1 t i nn I i C It he 'i ' i I i r l if l .5 f Wu' c l me ' W1 T ffl 9 P. I, lr r, I pk p 5 ' n., Y , L First of all, he is healthy, this Sliortridge Boy, and his health is not an exuberance 'of animal spirits alone but an unquestioned overflow of good humor. He has a decided breath of the out-of-doors about him, a certain breezy crispness, that reminds one of long tratnps in the fall of the year. He is polite, but before that he is sin- cere so that when the courtesy does come, it is worth while. I-fis sense of humor is predominant: he is always ready for fun-not a grind, by arty means. And then, in athletics, he is a clean, energetic participant who, be- lieving in fair play, goes into the game to win. As a result of this, he has the pose, the attitude of one who is 1nagerful, as Thrums would sayg or, if he is not a win- ner, he gives the secure feeling that he is capable of it when he feels it necessary. 'Of course., he has a generous peppering of faults, honest faults that only add to his ginger. He flanks enough to know the earthy taste of defeat, although not for that purpose. Indeed, he is de- lightfully human and has not even sprouted pin feathers where they say wings grow. But underneath it all, the fun and the good hard work, there's the soul of the thing, and he shows the Shortridge spirit here the same as on the field. There never was a time when truth and honor and fine feeling did not uplift him to a high seriousness although he would be the last to admit and even, perhaps, to realize it. He is faithful about his lessons most of the time, but he learns some big things, besides, that textbooks cannot teach. And after all, there's the promise of the man that is to be-the strong, clean, straiglitforward man that the world needs to do its work.