Urbana High School - Tower Yearbook (Urbana, OH)

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is division was the slowest, so they were allowed to roll it to the foot of the hill, and then the second division laid hold, and how that old conglomerate did move! The 'first divi- sion did well Cperhaps Wellerl, and what they lacked in muscle Blake made up in wit. Said. parties of the second part got it near the top of the hill when some one sug+ gested that they telephone Mr. Martin and 'ask him to come up with his camera and take a flash light. Those noble boys got the boulder up near the door and Mr. Rus- sell asked -if it wouldn't break the walk to roll it across. Those witty boys! They knew' they couldn't lift it across that awfully wide walk, so Murphey just said that they had gotten the Board's permissiong so across the walk it was rolled. And how those good, kind boys can dispute and argue. It was all to the good, though, and they didn't quarrel, either. Then with a tug and a haul the stone was finally put in placenin triumph. How tired and exalted and happy they all must have been. I think it was just sumptuous. . Two of the boys took Murphey's horse and buggy and started after Mr. Martin. They had just got out of the drivewayiwhen a shout told them that Mr. Martin was crossing the campus. He had brought Guthridge along with him. Ray was too small to work but he rolled up his sleeves and got in the picture. The fellowsin the rig said they had to hang a bluff, so they drove down and got Professor Collett. They had a buggy load coming back, and I-Iagenbuch wondered what they had in there with them. Mr. Collett had the largest camera, so Mr. Martin had to be content with holding the flash light. I think this was real mean for the boys to ask of Mr. Martin, after telephoning him to walk way up there to take their pi.:- ture himself. He held the flash light too near his face. too, and Mr. Collett has since had to wear his glasses, be- -cause of the brilliant glare. And the result of the picture-well, you know the boys couldn't look tired. Banta kept his glasses on, and the re- flection from the- light made him look as though he Hhad dem goo goo eyes? ' g , And now we have '02 put on the stone, and have pre- sented it to the School Board. Soon after this our boys got a wee little stone and scratched '03 on it and put it along side of ours. Maybe .the Juniors didn't feel littleg and I thought I would hurt my side, laughing as I did. Then our boys circulated a report that a redheaded colored man, who had killed a man once, was going to stand around our boulder with a club, ready for any of the other boys. Well, this tells how they did it, but oh, how much love- lier it must have been than I have told it. Every time I think of it I am as proud and as happy as I can be. There won't be anything like 'it ever happen again 3 just you see. But the bell is ringing and I must go to Miss Carmony's latin class. Expressing the regards from the Senior Class. and asking to be excused for such a long note, I remain, Your former pupil, SENIOR GIRL. OF 'CNAUGHTY Two.