St Marys Commercial High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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f AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A REPORT CARD I, one of the many report cards in us e today, have decided to break the traditional silence of my clan and write my autobiography. I will not tell the dull details of my life before my adven- tures began several months ago. At that time I was assigned a mis- tress and had some marks put on me. I was very curious to know how my new mistress would look. I did not have long to wait before I actually saw her. What a disappointment! She looked pale and frightened and I thought at the time that I could never like a girl who behaved so queerly. Since that day, however, I have learned that it is quite the usual thing for students to act that way when they receive their cards. My mistress glanced at me, breathed a very audible sigh of re lief, regained a little of her natural coloring, and then, before I knew what was happening, I was slipped into a book. That night I was presented to my mistress' mother and father to be inspected and signed by them, I received many compliments from the se charming people, which pleased my mistress and me very much. Next day I was returned to my old friends, who, judging from the stories they told, had had some interesting experiences of their own. Since that time I have gone through similar adventures at various intervals. At times I have been nswell,n at other times I have been njust fair,u and once--once I was usimply terribleln But, all in all, I have been uprety good,n or so I have heard my mistress remark. Today I, together with many other old-timers, lay in a dark drawerg sometimes we exchange stories of our experiences but, usually, we just rest, for our active life is over. Occasionally, my mistress resurrects us and smiles wistfully as she recalls the ugood old days,n when her greatest worries were about the grades she was getting on her report cards. I can hardly believe that she is the same girl who once wished that she were through with school and no longer had to worry about a nlittle old report card.n Thus, you can see, I have lived a rather interesting life, and you will understand why I am happy to spend the remaining years of my life in quiet reminiscence.

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