William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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THE GLEAVI thls old mountaln as the f,l1mCUllDl9S nea1 WVl11Cl1 we are always standlng How small and weak we feel befole we tly to master these d1HicuIt1es, but when we have surmounted them how much st1 ongex we feel than when we are standlnv neal by contemplatmg then stlengthl I th1nk 1f we 1eal1zed what lt meant to leach the Summlt of thls sort of mountaln we should nevel pass one by w1th out cllmblnfr to lts top FRANCEb OWL As 1 Slt hole th1s aftel noon and thlnk of the lessons to plepale fo1 to mouow, the ghosts of Judge Pyncheon and Napoleon seem to attl act my attentlon, and the vallables, constants and l1m1ts axe all 1n a heap, unt1l I hardly know whether Napoleon IS s1tt1ng 1n the fatal chau 1n the P5 ncheon pallol or Judge Pyncheon flglltlllg at Waterloo F01 fear of gettlng the man Whose gleatness IS sald to have been llke that of a UDIVGI se confused wlth the man s1tt1n9g IU the a1 rn chan I shall close thls and ploceed to study MAMMA OWL FRIDAY APRIL 10 1903 I felt a 1el1ef th1s mo1n1n,q when I thought that thls was F1 lday but when MISS McDonald announced a test fo1 Monday, I WISIIGLI It were Tuesday How I do dread tests' I know I shall dream of thls one I went home aftel school and Ofot my prose for Monday 'Ihen I else was not so ha1d but befole I tmlshed the second I felt that Heller would lather have dled wlthout fame than to have h1s beautlful Imp1omptu so mlselably lendexed I am sure that Flances never leaves he1 most dlflioult p16C0 to be p1 2101210661 the day before he1 lesson The th11d I played vel y well and I declded to play 1t hlst fo1 my teacher and perhaps he would not ask fo1 the othels I emex fred fr om the pa1lo1 feelmg that a walk would 1ef1esh me, and now slnce 1 have wutten my LIIELIY for to clay, I w1ll call mv llttle blothex to walk wlth me LEWISE OWL ThlS aftel noon I was at home alone f01 a sholt tune I had locked all the doo1 s, and had just gone up stan s, when I heard some one t1y1ng to play on the p1ano F01 a moment I was so f1 lghtened that I hardly knew what to do but soon declded to sneak down stuns and take a glance 1nto the sxttmfr loom I was gleatly astonlshed to hnd my cat walklng up and down on the piano keys, seemlngly enjoymg the muslc The cat always llkes to be 1n the house near someone I suppose he was lonesome, and thlnklng that no one was at home, thought he would entel tam h1mself by playmg a select1on on the plano LOUISE OWL . ' 13 ' v I ' . . I h I . . , I , I I I - ca ' ' . . A ' ' w . ' , , , ,' I 1' ' ' - 4 ' -H 'Q - . O 5 Q '- l I . . Q . A , . g . . ' . 65 . ' I . h . . went to the parlor to practice, for tomorrow is my lesson day. The Hrst exer- ' I , I . ' I . ' ' ' 1 ' . 77 ' . n 1 - 1 5 1 v v . u ' ' I , - 1 1 ' . , . ' ' ' ' , ' z- , . l . I . , - I w ' '

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' - Emrga ' ' friilfp V W . e I ,.,.i.l-- MONDAY, APRIL 6'rH.-This has been an eventful day for me. It has been the first for several weeks that I have not been proscribed in the his- tory class. Proscribed'7 is a word that can be understood in this connection onlv by the weak brethren and sisters of our English history class, and since that does not include many others than myself, I shall explain. First imagine the class going to the recitation room with that same resigned look that Chris- tians are said to have had when going to persecution. Then, imagine seated before them, a being whose brain is the never exhausted source of a fountain of history that pours forth its contents from the eyes and mouth, but never very long from the latter without being shaped into the form of a question. It is While this question is being moulded that a strange look of horror settles down on a great many faces in the class. It is then, for the first time since the open- ing of the recitation, that a familiar looking little green backed note book is noticed, as this historical being sits and chews its corner. But who will be the victim of that question? What! Yes, she has said, Minnie The inevi- table I don't known follows, as does also the VV-e l-l. - - Agnes from the front part of the room. Agnes is the Achilles of our class, but we are jealous- ly hoping that some day an arrow will strike the heel. Meanwhile the little green note book has been taken down and something written in it. I suspect if you should send a little elf up to examine this little book he would come back with a report that the book had a death smell and that the name f4Minnie was Written there with a good sized period twhose face was not blackj placed after it. Yes, THIS is prescription, for she has murdered, or at least stunted the growth of, a poor helpless little grade. Since our grades are such a large part of us I say that I have been proscribed. But what is that melodious sound I hear? Is it Beethoven's The Moonlight Sonata? Is it one of Chopin'sidreamy little airs? No, it is just the bell. MINNIE OWL. ef This afternoon I was thinking about my trip out 'West, and my thoughts went to the mountains-especially the one I climbed. I remember that I stood near the base of the mountain, and thought-how stupendous it was and felt how insignificant I was. But how changed was this feeling when I had reached the summit of the mountain. I looked down upon the great valley below, and because my position was elevated, and because I had, at one glance, a great stretch of scenery before me-I felt bigge1', now that I was not on a level with it, but so very much higher that it could scarcely see me. While I was in the reminiscent mood, other thoughts were suggested to nie. I pictured

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,. . .,,. 0 D. . I Brhrlnprmvnt nf the Glnlnniw. H 1 RINCIPLES, like ultimate particles of matter, and the laws of God, are eternal, indestructable and unchangeable. They have existed in the moral realm of our world since the advent ofiman, and devious as may be their manifestations, according to circumstances, they remain the same, inherently, 'and always exhibit the same tendencies. When God gave to man an intelligent soul, and invested him with the prerogatives of moral free agency, then was born that instinctive love of liberty, which through all past time, has manifest- ed itself in individuals and in societies: and in every age, the consciences of men have boldly and indignantly asked in presence of oppression, If 1'm design'd. yon Lord1ing's slave By Nature's laws designed. Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind? ' If not, why am I subject to His cruelty and scorn? Or why has man the will and power ' 'V To make his fellows mourn? ' Eachicolony got much of itsform of colonial government from England. The Americans got their natural love of Liberty from England, and also their determination to tax themselves through their representatives. They conten- ded for the same principles of government that the people of Englandcon- tended for from 1215, when they forced King John to sign the Magna Charta, to the Revolution of 1688 when the liberty of England was firmly established. It has been said, God sifted the whole English nation to send the best into the wilderness of New England. These people, like the people of Virginia, were lirm opposers of England's tyranny. The colonies always looked at-England as their mother country, until she acted so arbitarily toward them. As Washington said: 'tArbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of libe1'ty abused to ylicenvtiousnessf' V Before the French and Indian War, the colonies were treated fairly well by England, because the French were back of the English settlements, and naturally a sense of danger bound the colonies closer together towa1'ds Eng- land for help. For this reason England did not strictly enforce the Navigation Acts. But as soon as the French had lost their territor in Ame ' U th I . y rica, e English began to enforce the Navigation Acts, and to make other laws regard- ing commerce. In the town-meetings, and the meetings on county-court da fs in 5 the diferent colonies, the people began to express their sentiments about the arbi- t . . . I ,- . iaiy in e of England. During the French and Indian VVar, the Americans had