Warren Western Reserve High School - Aurora Yearbook (Warren, OH)

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- f Illllllf-fsfliiifillllllfif Warren High School E C H 0 E S Ninefeeh Twenlu-HW JfillllllI i'ff1LE3:.HlIlllliff ' to seat Horatius. The seat beside him contained Irma's coat! Horatius nearly swal- lowed his lip stick. He caught sight of her electric blue dress coming toward him but he pretended to be interested in Mr. Scher, the orchestra leader going through his daily dozen. Horatius finally whispered from the back of his hand what he though of the ignorant, idiotic, dumb Youngstown lad she had introduced him to the other day. Upon receiving as a reply a growl distinctly masculine Horatius turned and beheld- Youngstown. He fainted. On coming back to earth, Horatius found that he was being attended by a very Venus. He immediately started flirting and ended by escorting her to his vacant sea although it gave him a pain in the candy receiver when he saw that he ha been carriedt to the ladies rest room pending recovery. After flinging Irma's coat in Youngstown's face, a good time was had by all. But the car refused to start. The man who owns one was absent and Horatius only had a quarter and that was to buy himself some perfume. But the girl who hailed from the thriving metropolis of Leavittsburg had to be taken home. He finally led her to the Toonerville Trolley fby a roundabout way, it must be confessedj and bid her good- night. Leavihg the ancient four wheeled chariot to its own fate, Horatius ambled home whilsting I Love You. Horatius switched on the parlor light and read the note she had given him with the parting words, Till we meet again. It was scrawled in a masculine hand, I am sorry to have deceived you, but circumstances required that I should be attired in feminine garb tonight. Yours for the future. Detective Missemf' Yes, Horatius was tired. Well, he swore, I'll be a big idiot if that isn't the very limit. He dropped into the arm chair. Yes, Sherman was talking about women, no doubt about it. Oh well, there was next year, and he would be an alumnus. Next time-next time-next time-Y g ' ' - Giraffe ' From his very first appearance Allan Frayer was an object of derision for the so- called smart set of Greenwood High. On the opening day of school an assembly was called in the auditorium to give the pupils some advice concerning the new semester. About five minutes after the bell had rung everyone of the eight hundred pupils were seated. 1The principal, Mr. King, held up his hand for silence. - After a little preliminary buzzing the room settled into a deep hush. At precisely that moment Allan Frayer made his never-to-be-forgotten debut at Greenwood. The whole school heard slow footsteps coming leisurely toward the auditorium. The door opened and a tall, lanky boy slowly stumbled ,down the aisle. Without doubt he was the most awkward human ever created. When he walked there wasn't a joint in his body that did not move. Straight down 'the aisle he' ambled, and planked himself in the f'ront.row'.. Then while the room was perfectly quiet one of the school wits murmered audibly Say, who let that giraffe out, anyway? This was too much. Unanimously from eight hundred throats a roar of laughter shook the building. Pandemonium reigned. The delighted pupils shrieked with mirth. The newcomer took the gibe very quietly and a broad grin spread over his countenance, From that time on he, was known by no other name than I Page',0ne Hundred ami Thirtesnfl

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ai:linu1w:s.1+eLi:i11i:a svn-len high 51111001 E C H 0 E S Nin-am it-2-'fri-fig , i,..i.::nulmsf L1i11i1r 9:00 P. M. and upward at home, and she wished to show that she was privileged to stay out until 10:00 now-by virtue of having reached the brilliant age of 18. But a 10 B re- fusing a Senior and a Grad at that! Such impudence routed all that remained of Horatius's fast retreating temper. lf you won't attend the best play of the season with the only really important person who takes the trouble to ask you. then follow Dante into dreamland, and see if I cry about it. he snapped. Swinging about face ultra sharply. his rubber heel dug a hollow in the steel stairway of the school built in 13 B. C. Ql3efore Cranksj. Horatius was perplexed. VVho else would he care to be seen with. Thus he questioned Clarence X. Darrow on the way to cooking class. Ulf-hand. Clarence could think of Ethel Lamb. Say, what do you think I am, cradle-robber? snapped Horatius. Listen, Ill bet you expenses that you can't budge that dame, and even money that you are yellow to ask her, was Clarence's reply. Now Horatius had never allowed any one to say that he was yellow except when the boys dared him to admit that he had done his studying the previous evening wandering about a big table with three balls eternally parked somewhere on its broad surface. Horatius also might be taken up for defrauding the mentally deficient. But he was willing to take the risk. You're on. he said. Easy moneyf, l-loratius didn't take the trouble to make careful advances. 'He arranged for the use of the family car and bought his tickets from Mr. Purple. The next time he saw Ethel he announced that she could go with him to the Senior Play. Ethel looked him over for about one-thirteenth of a second. I think I'll possibly have something else to dof' she said. Horatius was desperate. VVhat youlll have to do ? he ventured. l do not see where that should concern you. It does though. what will you have to do. l don't know. VVell. why not go. ' Ethel prided herself on her Lamblike temper. She suddenly saw help coming in the form of a girl friend and she jumped at her opportunity. I wonderf, thought Horatius, as he watched her shoulder blades melt into the background, Maybe she didn't want to go with me. ' But Horatius was not yet conquered. Therefore the kindly sun looked down on l-loratius sprinting back to the house on the night of the play. The Hesperus II refused to budge. So Horatius was soliciting the help of his sire. His fond parent sniffed at the excuse for a human being behind the wheel clumsily bungling at the choke. If you'll take the car out of gear I think it'll start easier. he advised. ln all the world no car like this. he grunted as he whirled the crank. Perhaps it's just as well. he added, as when Horatius Jr. remembered' to switch on the ignition, the car asserted itself in rg feeble popping suggestion of a very much advanced spark. Horatius finally bungled the craft to the center of town and as the tires surged over the curb the car stopped for lack of gas but Horatius was blissfully ignorant of that sad fact. A H The high school orchestra wasistumbling through When the neighbors start their phonographs, we tune up our radio as Horatius sat down in the seafts pointedout to him by the usher who examined the numbers on every seat before he discovered where l Page One Hundred and Twelael '

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- i4:.111lfb'-zsaeumilw Q w-me-1 High School E C H O E S Nh-men 'rw-fy-ave Giraffe to the pupils of Greenwood. There was in Greenwood High a set of boys and girls who came from rather well-to-do families and who set the fashion in all the high school activities. The only persons whom they noticed were those connected with school athletics of any sort. Greenwood was especially noted for its athletic powers. In foot- ball, basketball, baseball and track the school had made its name known in every part of the surrounding country. There was only one stain on their escutcheon. The pre- ceding fall their most bitter rival in all athletic contests had snatched victory from them very graspin the annual football game between the schools. Greenwood's pupils had sulfered a terrible blow and they cherished the thought of revenge in their hearts. Every- one's interest centered on the Rockaway-Greenwood game. 'It came in the middle of the season and as the time grew near, discussions waxed hot and furious as to the out- come. Dick Prescott and Walt Adams were two of the most enthusiastic backers of the team, although neither of them played. Their favorite amusement was to gather around them their select group and then air their opinions of the team. A few weeks before the game their gang gathered at the house of Marge Ellerbe, one of the smart bunch. The whole crowd was in a hilarious mood and words Hew back and forth with excitement. Say Dick, demanded Tommy Russell, what do you think Lefty's chances are for making quarter back before the Rockaway game? He hasn't got a chance. He's too heavy for that. They've got to have a fellow that can run and is light on his feet. I- That's our only weak point interrupted Walt Adams, I'm afraid that they won't find anyone to fill the position before then. They say that the Rockaway quarter is one of the best they ever had remarked Jack Ellerbe, and ifwe don't win this game our reputation as football players will be lost. Well, chimed in one of the girls, we've won every game so far haven't we? Dick looked at her scornfully, Yes, but look who we've played! Wheaton, Home- stead and Laurel. Who couldn't beat them, huh ? I was talking to old Giraffe Frayer about it the other day grinned Jack Ellerbe, and he said he thought the only one who could ever take the quarter position was Winton. Can you imagine that? I wonder if he's ever seen a football game in his life? Isn't he the funniest boy you ever saw in you life? giggled Marge Ellerbe. None knows where he came from or anything about him. Yes, and I don't see why Coach Roberts and all the football kids are so darned nice to him either grumbled Tonny Russell. Oh I know why interrupted Walt importantly, Fritz Stein told me that the coach told 'em to be nice to him because he is his wife's cousin or something and besides he might be good material next year. I can't even imagine seeing Giraffe at a game, much less playing. H , I asked him once why he never came to the games, said Edith Williams and he said he had to work on Saturday afternoons. You know, I feel rather sorry for himnisaid Ellen Cameron, everyone makes fun of him. He asked me to go to the dance after the Roackaway game and I promised I would. . . No kidding, Ellen ? demanded Marge, Oh, I can hardly wait to see you come I Pug: One -Hundrrd and F0-uitzenl