Van Buren High School - Van Yearbook (Van Buren Township, IN)

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THE VAN OF 1932 WISE AND OTHER Y's THE SONG OF THE NIGHT Under the stars when the soft dew falls And the fireflies in myriads gleam, The Wanderer lies down next to Mother Earth To find rest that's divinely supreme. A soft breeze stirs the leaves of the trees, And they sing with a caress in each note A lonely refrain, that soothes the pain And eases the ache in the heart. As time goes by the moon rides high, And casts her silvery light On the little gay brooklet, that sparkles and shines And joins in the song of the night. The chirp of the cricket, the hoot of the owl Are hushed with the coming of the day, The great red sun rises up in the east The Wanderer must up and away. As he goes, in his heart, he surely sings- Surely sings with all his might, The song he heard the night before, The beauteous songi of the night. -Bertha May AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE A hungry dog once wandered Into a butcher's store, The butcher threw some sausage, To the dog, upon the floor. The butcher said, Now eat it , The dog said, I decline- For in that link of sausage, Is an old sweetheart of mine. MEOW! Poor Uncle, he's so awfully deaf He can't hear the magpies chat, And once he said his evening prayer While kneeling on the cat. -Wib Lassell Don't I know it? --Helen Page fifty-six

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THE VAN OF 1932 J OF' .Tw NlADANl THE BOSS , CLASS PLAY '32 If you were private secretary to a crooked political boss, and he se- cured your election as mayor for his own private ends, would you do his bidding, or would you defy him and serve the city honestly? This is the dilemma that confronts Gilda Wakefield, and she meets it by sending the politician about his business and becoming her own boss. Thencefor- ward, their meetings are about as affectionate as an encounter between two strange bull-dogs. Throughout this free-for-all fracas, the girl may- or has the backing of her ex-fiance, a young attorney, who has refused to be the boss' rubber-stamp. Other valuable allies are Sammy, the foxy publicity man, and his ladylove, the slangy, gum-chewing stenographer, who, in a mix-up with the boss, is equal to tackling the latter's snobbish wife single-handed. Robert Higgins, political boss of Kendall ...... ....... W illiam Thompson Gilda Wakefield, his private secretary ..... ..... W ilma Mathis Sammy Bright, the boss' publicity man ...... ............, J oe Orme Henry Wakefield, Gilda's father ......,............ ....,.. W oodrow Wilson Sally Webster, a resourceful stenographer ....,.. ......... H elen Price John Watts, a lawyer, candidate for mayor ....... ......... T homas Thomas Mrs. Robert Higgins, wife of Boss Higgins ......i................. Thelma Mathis Maude Marian Herbert Tom Robbins, Higgins' right-hand man ...... ........ P aul Frost O'Kay, Pal -says Miss May to Jimmy L. Page fifty-five

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THE VAN OF 1932 A ROMANTIC FOOL When the moon comes over the mountain, my love for you engulfs me. I am carried away on the moon-beams to a distant land, where you are queen. You sit on a beautiful throne all made of diamonds, while your face is like some beautiful flower in itself. Your lips form a most perfect arch, as beautiful as the rainbow itself. Your eyes beam out from that perfection of features as two stars shining in the blue sky. Your nose, a tiny turned up thing, is just one more thing to complete this perfection of features. You are to me, the most beautiful person on earth. Well, I always have heard that love was blind so, that accounts for that. -Author Unknown. WITHOUT'S A man without a country, THE SONG OF THE ONION Carrots get by on their color, Spinach gets by on its rep, Lettuce or beet, for vitamines eat, But give me the onions for pep! Silver-skinned onion or Spanish, Or little ones, green on the top, They build up physique, make you strong where you're weak, But socially cause you to flop. For even the mildest Bermuda, Cannot be forgotten when gone, It is not erratic, but very emphatic, Its melody will linger on. -Apologies to Grey. THE THREE STORY STEPS fAnswers received on Eng. testi 1. Introduction tells what your story is to be about. 2. Main incident or body tells what happened. 3. Confusion tells how it ended. A king without a throne, A boy without a doggie, A dog without a bone, A navy sans a sailor- An army with no tents, These things are bad, But have you had A teacher minus sense. Wilma was out for, a ride in the country. She saw a swamp where cat-tails were growing. Oh, Shorty! she exclaimed, Look at the hot-dog garden . It was a summer day in winter, The sun was shining bright, A bedbug hopped a jitney bus, And rode out of town that night. The kinds of gender are: feminine is a male man, masculine is a female, neuter is both, and common is neither. fAnswers received from a student in Mrs. Marks seventh grade English class.J Come on and fight, Johnson, let's fight! -Charles H. Page fifty-scvcn