St Joseph High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Escanaba, MI)

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,em RN Y i 44 S I chelburplt aah Unit put them in a whole in the back yard. When We keteh enuff wer goin to have a good feest, we are goin to fry their laigs in butter. March 30 1-Father wus walkin in the yard and steppt in the whole and he goze limpin' now and I donlt think We will have that feest b-cuz Pa killed all my frogs and Skinny's get away and the other kids dident have enny. Pa has used his willow and I have to sit on a pillow. I told Pa that 4 that I wassent going to rite in my diry no more and so he gave me 25e and sez he wood pay the rest on the instalment plan as fast as I rite it. New I have 40 eents saved 4 my batt. March 31 :-We had a tite 2-dae Skinny and me aginst Muster Ole and Si onions. We wus throwin, stones and I threw won rite in missus l'erry's window and she kot me and sed if I dident pay 4 it she wood tell my Pa. It cost 45 sence. Skinny is going to lend me a nikel with IOW interest and I will need all my bais bal batt money or else Pa will hunt. up his willow agin. Now I will have to start savin' new again four my batt. April 1 :-Jeans wus better 2-dae so we had to kum baek to skool. We all have Spring fever. 2-dae wus April fools dae so we plaid a joke on Sissy Sealskin. Peggy Kelly had a niee big apple so we hooked it on her and filled it with pepper and melted white soap and sulpher K onion salt and eatsup and kerosene. We kooked all this 2-gether and earved out the middel of the apple. 'l'hen we lilled it with the soup and glued it 2-gether agin then Skinny went and gived it to Sissy and sed he wus sorry he wus so thin and that it he wood eet an appel every dae he would soon b a strappin young bean like we wus. He smiled niee at Skinny and sed thank you, and shook hands with him 4 he had got a noo frend. At recess time he took the appel out 73 eet it. he bit into it and sta.rted 2 eet it an he kotfed and kotfed and got all green and blew in the taee and we wus all hidin b-hind the skool and latfin and lalfin and rollin on the ground with latther and then we saw him kum round the korner and we beet it. We went rite down to the swimmin, pool and haint got baek to skool yet. Pa has just asked me 2 e 1ny diry so I gess l wont rite enny more and mabee l'd brake anuther window and have to use my money and b-sides its 2 disappointin 72 reed it in later yeers and tind I had to give sueh hard ernt money to missus Perry four hrakin her windos or 'For Sissy Sealskin's dokter bills after we fed him dopey ap- pels. And b-sides l'a haint gave me no money 4 a long time. .llfzlwl Jllzrruy. OBSERVATIO NS Every sehool and eollege in, our grand eountry has rules and regulations and grants privileges to the students. Saint .loseplfs Sehool is no exeeption. Privileges are tine so tar as they go but rules-regulations-ah, yes, those eanse and prodnee effort on the part ol' every person. 'l'here is an old saying. 'KX man who has learnt to obey will make the best commander and this has been proven over and over again. The students of Saint Joe's, too, are under that law of restriction. Take the assemblies, for instaneeg they are the eongenial gatherings ol' the lour elassea and many's the time the whisperings olf some student are earried on the gentle wind in that spacious hall. Ask Jimmie ltaushorne-he knows. .Xsk him il' he doesn't tind pleasure in earrying on a little eonversation with his l'ellow Juniors. What answer do you receive? We all know-a broad grin from ear to ear. IYhen the body of intelleetnal men and women. the Seniors. enter the au1l7tor- inm, the grand mareh begins. livery thing goes smoothly until liugene lloemer stumbles and falls out of line. All eyes are turned to this unfortunafe young man

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Eihfqmurpeam mum 1 FTF' so that I can ern 50'cents. 2-dae is the First dae of spring and Skinny and me went flown to the swimmin, pool and telt the water. Its gettin warm and we're akin to go in. Wc'll go down agin 2-morrow nite. March 22 :-fare and kool: We Illdlllt go to the pool 2-dae cuz Ducky Feet had a fite with Muster Ole and it wuz better 2 c that then to feel the water and no you kan't go in. Muster Ole got a black eye and Ducky Feet smashed his fist when he hit Muster Ole. Tomorrow me and Skinny is going 2 e who can fite the best. Mus- ter Ole and Tom Ato have bet ten marbles and a nite on me and Slim and Skim haie bet on Skinny. We are going to win tho' b-cuz Skinny canlt do so many triks as me. I am going to pnt rassin on my face and hands so he'll get the worst ot it. ' WJ!! 7' 5 X L ' -in ' X E 1 , . 'l'om .Xto is my trainer. March 23:-biite and snnshiny. Me and Skinny had our tite down in 'llikey's alley and I one. to me no more. tered up. March 2-1: had an arevmei P. Gee, Skinny wus soar, he sed I didn't fite fare and he won't talk Anyhow I got a jack nii'e out of it and Skinny's hands is all blis- -lla wus madder'n he wus for a long time. Skinny's Pa and my Pa it and Skinny's Pa sed if I didnit stay away from Skinny he wood smash l'a's face to paste and Pa has got a willow switch handy. I am a little bit skared and Pm going to split all the would after skool 2-morrow. Maybe then Pa will fergit it. March 25 :--We skippt skool 2-dae. The sun wus so warm we walked bear footed to the pool. We went in SWllll11ll1l,. Gee, it wus swell. Skinny wus their 2 and we have maid up. Me and Skinny swam a race and Skinny one, I kood have one but I thot ltd give Skinny a chance. 2-morrow me and Tom Ato is going to have a race. I'm going to win this won tho'. I hope Sissy Sealskin dosent sqneel to Pa that we skippt skool. l didn't git that wood split. Maybe l'll lind time 2-morrow. If I don't maybe l'a will use his willow. March 26 :-Skool again 2-dae. we all had to git a x-cnse so we went to the Blarksniith shop and Ole Abe he rote all of them I us and we caine back late and we had 2 stay after 4 an our and so we didn't have our race and I didn't split my wood. Pa sez 2-nite il' that wood aint all split 2-morrow nite he wood use his willow. So I gess we can't have the race 2-morrow ether. March 27' :--2-dae wus satnrdae and I split all tl1e wood. Pa sez I wus a good boy and he gave me ten cence to buy anything I wanted. Gee, l'm tired and my hands IS all blistered. March 28 :-I think l'1l start sayin 4 a bais bal batt. The Ilinkey Dinks I going 2 4-ell thires 4 one doller b-cuz they need it to repare there club hous. I have told them l would save 4 it. Mabee if l git the money snne ennt I can git it. Enny how I hope so, I have my IU sense from choppin the wood so new l onley nce.l ninety cents, so I will do lny best to git it. Skinny is goin to save to b-cuz he's goin 2 bny there ball. Ilis is won-lifty cuz it os more new then the batt, and b-sides Skinny is rieherqn me so he kin git a more x-pensive meens ot amusement. Father sed he wood give me Sc if l wood keep klecn all dae. So I kept kleen but it wns worth 5,ll1l2l4 dollars, All the gang went swimmin' and i staid home. I will never do it agin. Skinny one and his Pa gave him 25 cents I winning. March 29 :-We all had tree 2-dae b-cuz are Techer .loans wus sick. We plai.l marbles on 1Jean's korner 4 a while and thet's where he is sick and Missns Dean gave Us eeeh a nikkel to go away so we all went to Mister pains drug stoie and get a sody Then we all went ketchin, frogs. l have kot I and have brot them home and

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if ref sew who ilnniediatelyturns as red as a beet. Giggles and' snickers resound through the room. . 'A Study Period ! This is a most welcome time for all classes. RULE g f'Gct busy Make use of your time.', Some heedless persons refuse to take note. There is talking but silence is soon restored. John Larson, Robert Finley, George Stoik are mutually interested. Such words as these float upon the air, What page ?', How much must we study ?,' Got a pencil PD Then is heard the awful verdict: Please report to your teacher,? and, presto, silence 1'eigns supreme. Many are they who would make talking the standard instead of that most useful thing ustudyf' How does 'l'horold Papineau use his study period? Studying ?-Sleeping? 1 llecitation is the Waterloo of all pupils whose minds had not been concentrated on books during that precious study period. This is the time when many of the students show what a beneficial tl1i11g is study. Allow me to state the quotation Marie Clement would give on this point: 'Study is the so1u'ce oi' all success. Reverend Father Matt, our beloved coach, makes regulations that all athletes must comply with. We are proud to say that all are eager to observe these perfectly. We must strive to respect our rules and regulations. lf Awe refuse we must fall, for no institution, no matter how strong, can exist without the co-operation of its members or students. There is only one way and that way is to build around our rules and regulations a wall of enforcement. No other principle is logical, no other 1S American, and above all, no other is just. Leslie Sfulliran, IES. THE SOPHOMORE FLORAL KEY Black Gum: A tree growing widespread in many localities but practically ex- tinct in the Sophomore Class where it is cultivated by Lucile Uurtis. Daffodil: Daffy -A large flower with an unusually long, slender scape. Cul- tivated from the land of music. Wilfred Dupont. Wandering Jew: A plant having beautiful thoughts which wander freely and easily become rooted in some interesting subject-Sports. Wilfred Moreau. Lily ot the Valley: A flower cherished for its nodding bell-shaped perianth. lts sweet fragrance suggests the quality of the tones of which lmcile Roberge is capable when singing. V American Chestnut: A large strong tree which is indeed rare. Leslie Sulfivan. Twin Flower: A beautiful delicate plant which bears two Howers. Beatrice and' Elizabeth. White Oak: A useful and valuable tree in our class. Donald ltuthertord. None-so-Pretty: A'beautil'ul dark pink flower cultivated from liurope. Alice Newitt. liast Hose of Summer: A charming rose, blossoming late in the season after S :Stl A. M. llucile Valind. Trailing Arbutus: A small herb which bears t'ragrant pink flowers, one of the first flowers to blossom in spring-first to respond to the call ol work. ltose l1el'airc. Tobacco Plant: ,Blossoms at night. Very uncommon in our garden. '.l'hoiaId Papineau. Male Berry: A small downy shrub, inconspicuous but valuable. ltobert Geyer. Supple Jack: A vine which twines high and easily adapts itsell' to environment. We would miss our .lack Fitzharris. . Star of Bethlehem: llas a long slender scape with white starlike ilowers re- semhling our st.ar,', ,llita l'lmlaw.