Tillamook Catholic High School - Academic Yearbook (Tillamook, OR)

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THE ACADEMIC front of the room For a moment she stood gazing at all the faces before her and then fastenlng her eyes on the pretty face of C-er aId1ne she began I dont thmk that I owe Geraldme an apoIogy If there rs an apology to be made I thmk she shouId make lt to me It ex er he sIurs me agaln she won t get off with just 1 Iap I1 the face Wnth that she walked proudly to her place Mrss Hughes contlnued cIa s then wlshxng to avoid more trouble Perhaps she felt a brt sorry for the I1ttIe homely g1rI Things went aIong peacefully for a month One morning MISS Hughes asked each student to ubmlt a yoke for th IT ho I paper whxch was belng prepared for press IVIany wlse and funny ones had been greeted wlth gales of laughter and now but one boy re malned to be heard from named Kenneth I Ie t 11 front cf Qer aIdme A sneer was on hls face as he arose and sand I thmk that lf we just put NeII1e s picture ln our paper that wouId be the best Joke ln the worIdI The room was s1Ient for a moment Then Nellie was at hlm When her anger had somewhat subsxded Kenneth retamed but one good eye At recess that day as NeII1e was waIk1ng 1n the cor rldor the beaten boy approached quite caut1ousIy for hrs reap ct for NeII1e had greatly mcreased NeII1e I m very sorry for saymg that about you but Ge aId1ne dared me and you know how hard lt IS for a boy to reslst a dare I never thought how It sounded NeII1e s heart bore no III feehng toward hum now and she sand Yes Kenneth Its nlce of you to say so After I had thought a wh1Ie I reaIIy dldn t blame you And Im very sorry for glvlng you that black eye Do you thmk lt w1II be well for graduat1on3 Kenneth JokmgIy sald he thought It wouId The mcldent was qulte forgotten only that NeII1e s dlshke for Geraldlne waxed unto hatred as the days of vacation neared E.Ieven thirty one cooI sprmg mght and all the g1rIs were In thelr dormltory ecure ln the restfuI arms of Morpheus The cIank mg of the flre beII foIIowed shortIy by the shouts of Flre aroused the sleeplng glrIs Sprmgmg from thelr cots they grabbed their wraps and hast1Iy descendmg the narrow flre escape reached the campus There the firemen were dolng thelr duty with ho e and Iadder NeII1e from her appointed pIace beneath a fruit tree Iooked around at her schoolmates Unconsclously she Iooked for Ceraldme among the smaII groups of shlverlng malden h was not there Where was she3 Where could he be3 Yes she must strll be m her room CeraId1ne had 1 prn ate room he end of the hall for her parents were prosperous No one eIse had notxced her absence They were so busy flghtmg and watching the raglng bIaze of wood that Ceraldme was not mlssed WeII shed Iet her stay for what was thls glrI to her anyway3 A troubIemaker a fun poker her enemy And I , - . .. . . . - , . . . . f s ' ,D 5 f S ' 1 .. . . C .. , . 5 Q ' . S FC C '- , , - . . N , . SR I I -' . . . .. . - y . . . . . . . . v. I -. ' 7 - . . . . V y K , . . c .. . . . . y I - - N . . . . . . - y 1 .. . . , . . . . . . . . . . . I .- . . . . . . . Q - , - . . . .. . .v V 1 . ' Y ' y . S ' s. Q e . . S . c. . . . .V nb . . .fr t , . . . . K . K n T A . . ' ' ' ., . , , . . 'nu-f'I'xxwAntjv-frw11r

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TI-IE. ACADEMIC Nelhc s Revenge Mrs MacDonald sat rocklng m her hammock one Thursday valnly wlshlng I-Iow she wished lt were Frlday Instead of just Thursday for on that day her I1ttIe Nellle came home from board mg school on the evening tram Nellie was her only daughter and was gone all week and her fond mother often grew lonely for her Poor Ilttle Nelllel She had the mlsfortune of havlng a very homely face and was made the brunt of many a 53YCaSt1C remark But at home her mother allways told her that God had glven her a beautiful soul and that was somethmg better than all the beautlful faces ln the world These nlce words made Nellle feel better and she forgot the lnsults and Jeers whlch she had received unt1I some thoughtless person would repeat them Then mother wuld have to console her all over 'mgaln A cllck of the Iatch on the gate broke 1n on Mrs Mac Donald s medltatlons Turnlng qulckly she saw her Nellle runnm up the path wlth bl tears streamlng down her homely Ilttle face Why Nellle what has happened3 Have you been hurt3 Between obs Nellle told her same old story but now more tearfully Thls mornmg durmg the bnghsh perlod my teacher was readmg out of the Current Events magaune when she came to the contest sectlon ln wh1ch we are always mterested t and a one thousand dollars had been offered for a photograph of the homelxest girl m the world All of a sudden Geraldine Long Jumped up and sand Oh why didnt we get that paper sooner and we could have won the prlze by sendmg m Nellxe s pxcturel Every one laughed and I felt Ilke smklnv through the floor but lnstead I walked over and slapped her rlght ln the face Why dear' You should not have done that What dld your teacher saV3 She dldnt say anythlng rather I dldnt QIVC her a chance When I heard Geraldlne scream I flew for the door mto the street down to the statxon and here I am Oh mother I wont go back to that school agam I Just won t I won t I won tl And Nellie crled dlsconsolately on her mother s shoulder Well honey never mlnd You wont have to go back tall Monday now and then there w1II be only three more months of school After two hours of coaxmg and persuadmg INeIIxe con sented to f1n1sh the semester at school Nlne oclock the followmg Monday found Nellle walklng mto the classroom All eyes were upon her lt seemed and when she reached her place the teacher Sald Nellxe MacDonald come up here and apologlze to Geraldlne and the class for your lnsultlng conduct of Iast Thursday Nellle slowly arose and went to the I1 In mx thi ' 9 , . . , - Y y - , C , C n A a ' D . , 3 C7 Y f'W . ' Q ., , c . , , . , , I . I s th . - 1 - 1 A , . . , C, , , . . .. ., , ,V . , . . , , - , . , . . , . . , - . , . . , ':::v '.- j- -...-

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THE ACADLN IL she glanced around hesrtatrngly What a just punishment would be Geraldmes rf she were left rn the burmng bulldmg But the future would this revenge br1ng her happmess3 What beslde a passlng satrsfactron would this frlghtful vengeance gam for her3 She paused Perhaps Geraldine had not such a sweet mother or klnd father as she herself had and was not to blame for those many thoughtless sarcasms Y she would sxve her enengl But she must hasten for the whole front wall was crumblmv though the frre escape was strll lntact Wlth a qulck step she made her way to the frre escape and rushed up toward the mokmg wmdow Stop chlld come back here ordered the flre chref puzzled at her strange conduct But she had dlsappeared ln a cloud of thlck smoke Runnmg down the broad hot hall she knocked at Cer aldlnes door for It was locked No answer she must be stlll asleep Geraldme Gerry oh Geraldme' Theres a fl e' The bulld mgs burnmg Wake up' Wake up' shouted the httle rescuer Long long seconds dragged before Geraldine answered What3 Hurry Gerry we re almost too late lqhe bulldmg s burnmv lm commg Nellre and ln a moment Geraldme was wrth her rushing down the hall which now was cracklmg flercely They reached the flame lrcked exlt and Gerrv seemg the starry sky through the smoke exclalmed Thank God and you Nellre l am aved But terror repossessed them for the rron rarls of the escape were scorchmg hot but far far below a net was bemg spread by the frre men who saw the predlcament of the two glrls at the head of the stalrs A strong purposeful push from Nellle and Geraldme was fallmg fallmg down towards the open net to safety Suddenly Nellre began to pray for the walls and floor began to smk and rt was too late to Jump Oh my God l am sorry for all my sms especially for bemg so angry and hating Geraldine But lve saved her and esus please ave and forgxve me Then the cracklmg roarmg crash came When Nellle agam opened her eyes her pam racked body lay rn a hospltal cot A whrte nurse smlled over her and she turned to the other flgure It was Geraldlne Nellle Nellie forgrve me lm so sorry for havmg been so horrld all these years Ceraldme l forgave you before l went lnto the bulldmg Thats just why l went ln Oh rt was so hard to talk her throat was parched and stlff Everythlng burned her rt seemed She talked At flrst Gerry l wasnt gmng ln l was so angry with you But l couldnt bear to think of you dying ln those flames l dont thlnk l shall lrve for lt palns so very much But whenever you thrnk of me say a llttle prayer and forget my ugly face Go see dear mother and dad too cant you Gerry and say Goodbye 3 Then Nellie s tlred eyes closed and she was no more I lu nu IIX . . f, . 1 . 1 . 1 1 , 1 . . . 1 . , . . 1 5 .' . 1 ES, X .E I V. 1 51 S . .1 . 11 . . 1 1 1 1 ' H I - . 1 . . 1 - 1 .1 . . 1 . . 11 - , , . ,. . , . 1 . 11 . . 1. 11 ' 1 . 'S' ' ' .1 1 1 . . 1 . 11 v v ' -Q' .1 1 . . 11 . . . 1 1 1 , - - - , . 11 . 1 ' 1 Y 1 11 S . A 1 1 - ' . - 1 , . L 1 ' 1 11 . 1 . 1 1 1 - 1 1 ,I 1 . 11 1 . :- e 1 , - 1 . . 11 . . . 1 . , , . 1 1 . 11 . . . . 1 , 1 1 . 11 . 1 - 1 1 . L , . 11 . 1 . . . fl. , , . , . 1 . . 1 1 , . 1 r 1 11 1 1 1 1 - . 1 . ':lg1 '-- k- '1