Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. 23 Scene 2: Same. Last half of year 1903. Spelling match in progress. Pupils in a row in the back of the room. Mr. R: (with German speller in hand) Ray, spell cat. Ray: Die Katze — K-a-t-z-e. Mr. R: Leon, German. Leon: Deutsch — D-e-u-s-h. Mr. R: Next. Gene. Gene: D-e-u-t-s-c-h. Mr. R: Bertha, story. Bertha: G-e-s-c-h-i-c-h-t-e. Mr. R: Gut; (bell rings) tomorrow we will take the next page, class ex- cused (curtain.) Act II. — Scene 1 : Time, first half year of school, 1903. Place, small unin- viting room above Post Office. Characters, Mr. Miller, instructor; pupils. Class in session. Mr. M: Gene, you may read now. Gene: (very slowly) An einem Mr. M: Harry, you will have to sit over here in the corner, if you don’t stop talking to Bertha. Now, Gene, go on, read faster. Gene: (very fast) An einem Spath- Scene2: Same. Characters, same. Mr. M: Now today is composition day and we are to have original stories. Harry, you may write yours on the board. While he is doing that, Marie, you may read yours. Just translate it into English, and I will look over the German after class. Marie: (rises and reads slowly) Once on a time, long ago, lived there an old hermit. He had his money saved and it in an old wall hid. One day, came along some hunters. They stopped by the wall to rest. One of them the treasure found and it away carried. This the hermit very sad made. Mr. M: Very good, but your trans- lation is a little awkward. Grace and Verna, stop your whispering. Grace, you may take this front seat. Grace: All right. erbstnachmittag ging ein alter Mann, die Strasze hinab. Mr. M: Good, Gene, you are im- proving. Verna. Verna: I don’t know where the place is. (bell rings). Mr. M: That is all right. We will begin here tomorrow. Excused. Time, last half of year, 1904. Mr. M: By the way, Uree, you did not make your report on why you chose German instead of Latin, yester- day. Are you ready with it today? Uree: Yes, Sir. Mr. M: You may read it. Uree: (reads) The reason why I chose Dutch instead of Latin was because I thought sometime I might marry a Dutchman and then I would be a Duchess and of course a duchess would Mr. M: That will do; you may take your book and go into the assembly room. (Uree goes out, giggling) Now, Harry, you may read your story, (bell rings) Well, the time is up now so we will h ave it tomorrow. Class excused, (curtain.) Act III. — Scene 1 : Time, First half year, 1904. Place, same as in Act II. (Walter has seat of honor beside Mr. Miller.) Class in session. Mr. M: Now, if the girls will stop their giggling and the boys will let those scales alone, we will continue with the lesson. Abbie, read the next sentence, translate, and give the con- struction of the noun, Kaiser. Scene 2 : Time, last half of year, Mr. M: Ada, you may sit over here in this corner and Cartha over in that one. Don’t let me see you whispering during recitation any more. Now we will proceed with our work. Uree,- translate the next sentence. Uree: He who would successful be, must honest also be. Mr. M: Myrtle, next. Abbie: I don’t understand that sen- tence, Mr. Miller. Mr. M: (steps to bla ckboard and writes the sentence down. The bell rings. The class is dismissed.) 1905. Myrtle: (who has been leaning back in her chair suddenly loses her balance and falls with a crash) Oh! All: Te-he — ho-ho — te-he. Mr. M: Never mind, Myrtle, go on. Myrtle: Oh, I’ve lost the place now. (bell rings.) Mr. M: Well, try to find it by to- morrow. Class excused. (curtain.)

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. 22 Feb. 1, 1906, Miss Mable Snoke, of South Bend, gave a Musicale for the benefit of the department. At the close of the program refreshments were served by the young ladies of the class. This entertainment was one of the most enjoy- able events of the year. It was also a financial success, and a few weeks later the results were seen in the changed appearance of the typewriting room. A green mat covered the bare floor; the windows were decorated with curtains to prevent the eyes of the stenographer from wandering to the street below; and artistic pictures covered the uninspiring walls. Thus the Phonography department stands, after three years growth. It is located in the parlor of the H. S. and it stands for “ Progress ” all the time. This year the first pupils to complete the two years course leave the High School. The members of this class rank with the best students in the class of ’06, one of them having the greatest number of credits, — thirty-six. They also stand high among the orators and debators of the school, and were repre- sented on the athletic field. The members of this class are Leon Harrington, Harry Steppel, Ray Marine, Mable Smith, Ray Lawrence, Harry Doege, Pearl Thatcher and Eugene Eaton. Dutch Doings of the Class of 1 906. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. The pupils of the German department. Instructors, Mr. Miller; Miss Dunwell; Mr. Reece. Places of action: German room of the old central building; German room over the Post Office ; German room of new central building. Time, 1902-1906. Act I. — Scene 1 : (Curtain rises on class room in old central building. Mr. Reece, the instructor, (with a very dignified expression on his countenance) sits at the desk with his chair tipped at an angle of 40 degrees. Mr. R: On what page does our les- son begin? Verna: On page one (rjehrbueh der Deutschen Sprache.) Mr. R: Rect; now, Harry, read the first sentence. Harry: Der Ball 1st rot. Mr. R: Sehr gut. Next. Marie: Ich kann nicht. Mr. R: Well, Marie, what is the matter? Grace, you try It. Grace: Ich habe kein Buch. Mr. R: Gene, are you prepared? Gene: No Sir. Mr. R: Well, you may all get to work on your lesson, we will take the rest of this period in study. (Bell rings) Well, the class is excused. Come with your lesson tomorrow.

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. 24 Aet IV. — Scene 1 : Time, first half of last year, 1905. Place, German room of new central building. Characters, Miss Dunwell, teacher. Same pupils. Miss D: We will continue our read- ing of Wilhelm Tell tomorrow. Now, Clara, you may give us a summary of the last scene which we have read. Clara: Well, the last scene was where William Tell shot the apple off his son’s head. That’s all I can tell. Miss D: Andrew, do you remember anything else? Andrew: No. Scene 2 : Second half of last year, Miss D: Why, where is Kate, she is always here, she must be sick. Eva: She is. She and Hattie both have the measles. Miss D: O, poor girls. Well, we must go to our work; we begin our translation of Goethe’s Iphigenie today, don’t we? Grace, take the first para- graph. Grace: (holding Marie’s hand) The Goddess had determined, already Miss D: Look that scene over again and I will ask you about it tomorrow. Andrew: Tomorrow’s Saturday. Miss D: Well, Monday then, (bell rings) The class is excused. (The class passes out, but Myrtle sits with her head on her desk. ) Miss D: Myrtle! (Myrtle wakes up and hurries out with her magazine under her arm.) 1906. (Dark rainy day.) Marie: Yet. Bertha: Once. Miss D: (hardly able to control her- self) Girls! (Miss MacQuilkin enters.) Miss M: Miss Dunwell, we will have to dismiss on account of the darkness; there is something the matter with the gas. (class passes out.) Miss D: (alone) Oh, it is a great senior class. (curtain.)