Waite High School - Warrior Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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D R O L 0 G U E Take that, you cur! A dictatorial voice resounded l through the empty hall, accompanied by lusty thumps of a cleaning brush. Hank the Lank winced, put his tail between his rear appendages, let out a yelp, and did a Glenn Cunningham down the hall .... Crash! Bang! Again the halls re-echoed as the heavy brush came down onto the floor. Completely unnerved by the sudden attempt at mayhem, Hank stood quivering near the stationer's desk. Then, looking cau- tiously about for his would-be assailant, he scurried around the corner and down the short hall to a half-open doorfand safety .... From within Room 129 an assortment of weird cries, squeals, and squeaks assaulted Hank's sensitive ears. Preparing for a hasty retreat, he ventured a cautious nose and eye at the door to see from whence came the babble .... See here, my bosom companions, e W e S 4 I P, ,ull 1 -:,, ' 91, F f X . I 5 1 I lf tis!-af ' l' 32- L- -X ' just how long do we have to go on being used as mere specimens here in the biology lab? Why can't we live normal lives as do our aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents? Need we always stand for such humiliation? No! I say, Mr. Chairman, when can we get a formal discussion started here? . . . Calm yourself, Mr. Fly. We'll get under way in a moment, cried John L. Bee, chair- man, menacingly, The meeting will please come to order. Now, since every- one seems wrought up, I move that we dispense with the secretary's report and get right down to the situation at hand. Mr. Ferdinand Fly, I give you the first chance to air your grievances. . . . Well, Mr. Chairman, began the fly thoughtfully, the human species has been treating me and my genus pretty inhumanly lately. I know for a fact that some of the best chemists in the country are in laboratories night and day concocting insect poisons. I and my kind have all too long gone unappreciated. Our thoughtfulness has gone unnoticed. In the past we have been mighty careful not to get germs on the food we nibbled. From now on we shall let the typhus bacilli fall where they may. The havoc that we create will be terrible. We've some strange germs held back for just such an occasion. Science has no anti-toxins for these babies. Boy, oh boy, I can hardly wait. When do we get started?' '...' 'The gentleman from aisle four will please calm himself. Mr. Fly, you have some good suggestions. Keep The animals in the biology lab view the events of the Waite year with jaundiced eyes and discuss the year from their own individual viewpoints in this volume of your yearbook, the Purple and Gold. l S

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SOIHC VERY year the annual staff dedicates its book to ' h faculty. This year one outstanding member of t e ' 'b te, as well, to a most dynamic we wish to pay tri u young alumna, Miss Maye Dobrik. This charming staff member of former years came to the rescue of a publi- ' ' h a series of sudden disasters, cation board struggling wit ' h t rodigiously successful extravaganza, by producing t a p Man about Manhattan. Her contagious enthusiasm inspired, among others, Gene Williams, of the staff of WSPD, fellow-alumni Bob Harold Schultz, Ernie Shafer, Helen Forrest, jack Dalton, ' ' d Olga Dobrik, and those stage Fodor, Mary Linville, an h iasts of the student body, Frank Shaw, Leon De- ent us Bauche, and Keith Patterson. Without the financial support of Miss Dobrik' s brain child, the annual would have been a much different book. ' of the annual staff salute you And so, Miss MayeDobr1k, we

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them in mind, gentlemen, we can use them later, Mr. Guinea Pig, what can you offer at this point? . . . Mr. P R 0 L O G U E Chairman, I will be very brief, squeaked the guinea pig with a great deal of timidity. I don't like to boast, but I know that my species can propagate in herds and overrun the earth. Increasing by geometric progres- sion we'll populate the world with guinea pigs. Weill eat them out of house and homef '... As soon as the guinea pig was reseated, John L. Bee rose, thanked him, called on Gordy Grasshopper, and sat down again .... Mr, Chairman, began Gordy in his slow methodical voice, I believe my past actions speak for themselves. I don't need to give any lengthy details as to my reputation as a greedy and ravenous eater. I and my kind will take it upon ourselves to destroy every green living plant on the face of the earth. With their greenstuffs gone, the . fy Niall If 1 full lr sf. , 7 A XA 'f' Q' 3 xx zzgiir x ',v V , Q .A s VIAX , -4 'f 1' . 'f Nw 1 xy ,y l .45 - v 1 lil ff 7' M-L 'ir-1 ' rib -I .- . , -X 1-4. humans will promptly perish. . . . Thank you, gourmand. Now how about you, Hank, there at the door? You've been treated like a dog all your life. You'll be with us, won't you? . . . Not on your lives. Man is my best friend and I his. I'll not take part in your dastardly schemes, growled Hank the Lank .... Oh, well, buzzed John L., you wouldn't have been much help anyway. But I bet Flossie Flea is with us, aren't you, Flossie?' '...' 'Not me, whispered Flossie, I'm not leaving Hank. With new homes so hard to find you've got to be satis- fied with what you have. I'm not crossing up Hank and leaving a perfectly good home. Hank and I are inseparable companions. Include me out.' '...' 'That's right, Flossie, you stick with me. We'll not go in for such dastardly work, you villains, stormed Hank, traditionally man's friend. You had better think it over. After all, this is a very important move you are about to make, be sensible about the thing. By all means, don't be rash, Hank went on in a persuasive voice. Why don't you go around the school, find out what the humans are doing? You will change your minds when you find what decent folk they are. . . . Well, Hank, if that's what you want, we'll go around and examine the various phases of human activity, explained John L. Bee .... Ferdie and I can get in and out of here easily enough. We'll go to the various club meetings and come back and re- port our findings. We'll show you, Hank, that humankind is a pretty useless lot. Are you one of those people who must skirmish through the last pages to flnd how the story ends before he settles down to straight page-by-page reading? Indulge yourself. The epilogue is on page 136. 9