West Plains High School - Zizzer Yearbook (West Plains, MO)

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28. Boys Literary Society had meeting yesterday. Everybody is thinking about Hal- lowe'en. Science department gives program today. A lecture by Prof. Clyde Morwood on the physics apparatus on which he obtained the first prize at the State Fair. 29. The Seniors are powerfully and wonderfully busy. 30. Seniors give a kid party for the juniors and faculty at Pea.se's. The faculty sure make cute kids. We had a good time, and as usual a iight with 'the folks who try to steal the Heats. NOVEMBER. Nov. 3. Vergil class made astonishing progress today under their competent, new in- structor, Miss Harriet J. Letson, 4. School dismissed 'today for the re- mainder of the week. H. S. kids sure are in love with Teachers Asociations of all kinds, County, State etc. 10. Everybody back at school this A. M. Majority of pupils and teachers in as good humor as could be expected after having themselves a time for live whole days. 12. Very interesting report of the St. Louis Convention given in Chapel today by the teachers, 13. State H. S. inspector doing the in- specting stunt here today. He found every- thing O. K., since the faculty were expecting him and had been coaching us all week. 14. First basket ball game of the season Sr. vs, Jr. girls, Tie at the end of the second half, 16 to 16. Seniors wan, 18 to 16, after two and one-half minutes of hard, fast play- ing. 16. H. S. Football players have come back from Springfield. The score was- hush. don't mention it. 17. Thad Kenney is trying to ilnd out what it costs to get married, 18. Seniors are requested, for the twelfth time today 'to stop whispering. 19. Miss Horner has la turn for practical jokes and appoints herself Senior librarian. 21. Miss Haskell has a sprained ankle- we warned her against dog trotting. Margy VV, Cin study of Comusl-One of the bro- thers was a sissy . Miss Horner nearly fainted, 24. Some of the Seniors girls are get- ting to be poetry sharks. Yes, they learn sixteen lines instead of six. 25. Girl Basketball players are getting - real excited over who will make the first team. 26. Finest assembly we everhad. Great debate and talks by football men, 27. Football game, W. P. H. S. 37. Mountain Grove, 0. H. S. girls show school spirit by wearing white skirts and red coats and red and white hats, 28. How delightful that we can be with our teachers one day longer than we had ex- pected. DECEMBER. Dec. 1. Daily school paper, The Pin- feather, ' makes its debut. 2. Madge Morton was knocked uncon- cious while playing basketball, We think she will recover. 3. Three speeches made for Zizzer in assembly. Charles Goldsmith sings for us. team. Everyone terribly excited. Seniors get lecture on their lack of dignity. 5. Every Senior acts as tho he or she had swallowed a poker, Dignity abounds. The first team are: Amy Galloway, Iris Trim- ble, Ruby Davidson, Pauline Cochran, Vida Kirwan and Gladys Funkhouser. Iris Trim- ble was elected captain of the iirst team and Fross Whitmire and Madge Morton elected subs for same. 8. Dignitied proceedings of the Seniors still continued. A hcrrible class fight takes plate at noon in which it takes six cowardly Juniors to down one noble Senior, 9. Seniors at their usual antics again today. D'gnLHed bahavior of Friday and yes- terday was too hard on constitutions of all concerned. ' 15. Senior class pins arrive on the scene. Owners very proud of them. 16. Challenge 'to Willow Springs Girls H. S. basketball team accepted and our All School team begins some stiff practice. 19. The Red and White girls win the B. B. game witl1 Willow Springs, score, 11 to 6. 29. Vacation over. Teachers act cranky over loosing a little sleep. Guess from ap- pearances the -rest of us lost some too. 30. YVi1low Springs writes for 3, game Friday night. Basketball girls in such a. rush to practice that one even forgot her skirt.

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Calender of School Yer 1913-I4 SEPTEMBER. Sept 1. W. P. H. S. opens with a genteel sufliciency of Freshies. Freshmen boys feel slighted because running the gauntlet ls for- hidden. 2. Usual mix up in schedule. Every- body takes an inventory of the new teachers. More people than chairs. Seniors recite Vergil in cllice. That makes it nice. 3. First chapel. Piano and violin music by alumnae girls. Speech by Prof. Melcher. 5. First orchestra practice, such a liar- mony of discord! After 5 o'clock Prof. Dud- ley gets nervous. 8. Second week. Oh! how hot. Some- body asked Pete if he missed his date Sunday night. Did he? 10. Assembly again. Favored with a piano solo. 9, nigger song by Mr Leanard, evangelistic singer, and a fine talk by evange- list Hamilton. 11. Agriculture class takes a lield trip to view a cornlield. A ten minutes walk t?J Nothing exciting except climbing fences and meeting cows. 12. Rain! Rain! Rain! Mr. Melcher spends the noon hour taking in the sights and sounds on the steps. 15. Miss Horner tto Freshie Eng- lish class.l Now write yfur names on slips of paper and pass them over your shoulders to the front. And the poor kids tried to do it- 16. Seniors are learning fast in English. Today in Macbeth recitation Thad said, The Kings h'rses ate themselves up, a thing which they had never done before. 17. Boys first Literary meeting. 22. Circus day in West Plains town! A half holiday wasn't enough for some people to go to the circus, they had to take the whole day. 25. A lively m'vlng picture show in Fnglish history class The machine breaks once in the middle of the reel, 26. Cuckle burs are much in evidence today. They're very distressing to the C0111- plexicn of a Junior girl and t0 the telllllel' Of a senior. 29. West Plains is waking up. A revival meeting, a moving picture show and a carn'val are all going on at one and the same time. 30. Basket ball practice called ofl' so the girls could go and see the carnival. Are still learning in English, a Senior informs us that, Rosalind was the Duke's father. OCTOBER Oct. 1. Latin program in Assembly. Latin song was especially enjoyed. tNo one could understand a word.J 2. Great puzzle at school. Question was To what ancient order does Prof. Melcher belong. ' The answer was, Knights of the Garter Orchestra practice-Leveryone leaves the surrounding country, 6. Everyone sleeps today. Several small Freshmen were actidentally swallowed by yawning Seniors. Yes, the show and church sure do hurt the school. 7. First basket ball practice for the girls. Great sport watching the Sophs. We don't t-ink they ever saw a basketball be- fore. Wats-n and Raney's do a thriving business in candy beans. 8. Anyone can locate the basketball girls today All of them move by slow, pre- medlated motions Much dissatisfaction was caused yesterday at practice among the girls by the entrance of a man-Mr. Melcher. 13. Every class has a meeting today. A dear little picnic at the park after school is planned. Won't it be fun? Do the Sen- iors think so? 15. Agriculture department gives as- sembly programs. A Senior class meeting. The faculty has a new method of discipline, namely: trying to scare people into obedience 16. Senigrs mal-e stump speeches at no'n hour. 17. Hurrah! First football game of the season. High School wins game from Come backs. Senior girls are hoarse from yelling, -and yet they have no school spirit? They say they had the mist fun at the little picnic. We guess we'll just take their word for it. 20. Besides regular assembly last week, We had a most delightful program Wednesday afternoon by the Ethel Lee Buxton Concert C'mpany3 reader, singer and violinist. It was worth missing recitatizn to hear. 23. Great celebrations. No more school till Monday on account of Tea.cher's Associat- ion. Don't we wish they would have those things mere often. 27. Snow today. Whoever heard of snow falling in October? - '

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JANUARY. Jan. 2. B, B. girls accompanied by Miss Lawing went to Willow Springs to play. A Hne hard fought game played in which our girls won by a score of 17 to 16. They treated us flne, taking the team to the Horton Hotel and giving a dance for us afterward, 6. Rallle held in Room 4 to pay for picture. Bessie Bogard drew the lucky num- ber and received an 85 cent box of candy Wish there'd been a few more lucky unmbers. 7. Everybody looking blue over the pro- spects of tomorrow's exams. Speaking of spring weather! S. They say the Juniors have raised their flag, but having no telescope we have not been able to see it. They also deflled the walls of the building with chalk. We'1l watch the results. 12. Some excitement over exam. grades. Junior's grades withheld on account of their unruly actions. We fear a strike. 13. Two Junior class meetings yester- day, Poor kids must pay ten cents, one dime, or go without their grades. 14. Rev, Barnett, Evangilist, gave a talk on character in assembly. Too bad these preachers don't have a greater variety of subjects. This is No. 6 in the ministerial lectures on character. 15. Pinfeather is sure some advertiser. 16. As a result of Pinfeather advertise- ments, lots of kids were at show last night- factulty too. Consequent iresult-every- body sleepy today. 19. First of series of school B. B games last Friday night. Girls first team cleaned up on second. Senior a.nd Freshman boys ditto on Juniors and Sophs. Got report cards todav-all except Juniors, They're still hav- ini classmeetings over same old trouble. We fear it will grow into a feud. 20. First rehearsal for Senior play yes- terday afternoon. Agriculture class takes field trip this morning and almost got lost in dense forest at the top of Hill Street. All are late to class next period. 21. The unique talk given by Rev. Ro- gers of Doniphan was certainly enjoyed in assembly. 23. Girls beat Mountain Grove on home court. score 26 to12. Our teams entertained the visitors at a Rook party in the H, S. reception rooms after the game. 24. F'-acis Lee has recovered from the mumps. School house painted up last night. Tried to lav the blame on the noble Seniors, but naturally we will be vindicated. 28. Sunshine quartet organized. All the school suffering thereby. 29. After a hard fought battle, caps and gowns for commencement were Voted down. Some broken hearts about it but we think all will survive and recover. FEBRUARY. Feb. 1. Saw some basketball game at the Armory Friday night when the All Stars beat Springfield H. S., 12 to 11. 2. Karl Knoerle '13 a student at Dury, visited school this A, M. Teachers had one pulled over them. The culprit was one well bred bird d0g, who maliciously and with evil intent did escape with one peeled rabbit, which Miss Horner had obllglngly left for him on the back porch of Curry Cottage. 3. Things happening around Curry Cot- tage. More complications. Those poor teach- ers, everyone was trying to help them out in their sorrow over their poor lost peeled rat-bit. They received phone calls from the Kilpatric Mercantile Company, Dad Waters and numerous other persons, prominent in social and business circles. At last several rabbits appeared on the scene and the teach- ers had a genteel sufllciency of food. 9. Lots of happenings today. Basket- ball team lost game at Mountain Grove, so everybody's feeling sad. Skating is good, so everybody haspoor lessons. 10. Senior class are broke . Ordered hundreds Of invitations from a man with a smooth tongue and lots of samples. Also handed over a bone apiece to apply on fussy diplomas. 11. Contract for engraving for Zizzer let t'day. A very important transaction. 16. Coastiug is line. Injured minds and injured bodies. Nuff said. 18. Scads of boys chased in today for snowballing. What can we do without fac- ulty objection? 23. Hypation and B. L. S. met this P. M.. Afore-said society had 40 present, the latter the same minus the 0. 25. Orchestra reorganized. -New rules put nn tardy students. What won't they do next? MARCH. Mar. 3. Study blanks issued today. The Seniors will probably hand in 2 hoursmore work than anyone else. 5. Miss Knox called away today by the