Wauseon High School - Chief Yearbook (Wauseon, OH)

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' Ghz QBpiimist Now honey, jist yo' quit yo'h crying, caus't won't help one spe'k. Why lausey chile yo' hain't got nothin' to cry foh nowhow-lan's sake! co'se Wea' po'h but jist yo' listen heah to me darlin' an' be thankful yo' haint half so po'h as thos' lazy ole good-foh-nuthin' white trash Smitherns-Co'se we Hain't got money 'nuf to tie up in a 'kerchief but mah lausey h-m right thankful foh if we had would't ah' be aworrin' mahself inta norvous protes- tations a sittin' up a watchin' 't so's no one could try to kidnap 't-now wouldn't ah ?-An' th'n 'sides, since things to eat have been asteppin' up liigha, hain't ah abeen alozin' some of dis heah splurferous fat dat ah've been agoin' to lose foh ovah foah years an' nevah got up 'nuf gumption to begin--an' here ah've been alosin' 't least three quawters of a pound 'thout any special eifowt atall-wal what sha think ah am, co'se ah know dat fgood for nuthin' Washington Brown's got a new bike an' hain't ah athank- ing mah lucky sta's jist yestahday that yo' waren't agoin' to have one to- what!--you say yo' want 'un-lausey massa hain't ah been areadin' jist 'bout a mounth ago 'bout all the axidents dat happen to those 'er two wheel- ed things an' a praisin' de Lord dat yo' was astill awalkin' on de good ole solid earth-what I-so dats what yoh're cryin' foh-wal jist yo' dry yoh' eyes an' hush up honey an' maybe one of dese heah days-when dat good foh nothin' Wash gits good an' fixed in 'n axident wif his new fangled 'cycle --ah'll jist drop ovah there an' buy it cheap foh yo'-now won'y dat be foine huh ?--but jist yo' listen heah niggah, till dat dere time comes jist yo' all be athankin' yo' luckey sta's yo' ain't got no bike to be breakin yuh bones on-yah heah mah niggah-'nthen maybe it 'lle be wif yo' an' yon bike like it was wif mah n' my teeth-ha! hal, listen honey, don't you' 'member how's ah've always abeen awantin' false teeth like massa Johns' wif?-huh-wal th' other mornin' what cha spose done happened to thos' there teeth ?. Wal she had 'em alyin' on de table side of a dish of apple pealings an' right early in comes massa n' not astoppin' to light a candle he scoops up those thar teeth right on top of the pealin's-I ah spose he done thot de as a new kind of peelin' 'vented by dat thar Luthen Burbank or what evah his name is ha! ha lj-anyway about dis time those 'er teeth are part of the insides of un of those blue blood Cor is it yellahj pigs dat massa' so 'tached to-an' heah ah be apraisin' de dear Lord dat ah still got foah whole teeth an' hain't ahavin' to bother an' be aworrin' myself clar sick atrvin' not to lose 'em-so don't yo' cry dar honey an'-lausey massa! de suns ashinin' an' my clos' hain't on the line yit. Git out of heah yo' little black niggah so's ah can git my work done !-Shoo- . RUTH ZEIGLER, '18.

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little daughter made. I feel bad about it. I went farther west and saw a big red house. A man came out of the door and said, 'D. T. I. late 4 hours and W3 Me don't know as there was anything funny about it but still it struck me funny. Me wen on west and south and me looked in a window. I saw a house with many bottles and a man in it. He had big silver can. He was dipping white water off of the top. He put it in a pail and carried it to the house. Me come back here then. Bear Face who had Main street spoke next. Me went in shop what said Small Man on it. I go in and see big man. I think maybe they will hurt me so I go. Me go in next shop. It said Raynard on it. I expect to see my old friend the fox but still me see one more big man in there. Me go on farther and see sign. It says The Princess, and me think maybe I see Princess Fawn Face in there but I see men falling over each other one-a piece of cloth. Once a creature came towards me very fast and I beat it. I go in next store. I smell nice things and I see small cakes. I eat some of them and then come here. Well We go back to Happy Hunting ground. I like it much better, said Bear Face. So they went back and told their people the strange things that had happened and their people were satisfied to stay in the Happy Hunting ground.

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jpezhing lily jlilnmanre It was in the midst of winter, When the ground was covered with snow, That a sad thing happened in our school, That changed everything to woe. Now what could this be, you wonder, But listen and I Will tell How romance started in our school, And I'll try to tell it well. It was on the 'leventh of September, When our principal came to town, And he started in right away To do everything up brown. He first came in with a smiling face, And then he made a speech, And told of the many, many things Which teachers have to teach. Things went like this for a month or so, And he then became sort of severe, And said, do you pupils think You can act like this all year ? We kids began to get frightened, And wondered what he would do If we should chew gum and whisper, And act as little kids do. At the third month of school we noticed, That he seemed so happy and gay, And then we found out what ailed him, All in the usual way. On Monday night at his boarding place They had an informal party, And announced the engagement of our principal To our teacher of algebra and geometry. We were surprised you may be sure, And Oh! how the kids did talk, And then all the time we were singing, We sing then stop to talk. We girls went to Miss Costello, Congratulated and wished them Gods blessing And in an embarrassing way she said, This got around rather sudden. MARY REESE,