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

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THE GLEAYI. 21 papers which contain, not vast stores of knowledge, but in contrast to this, llttle or no knowledge, arranged in such a manner as to deceive an unknowing individual into thinking that we were required to write an Houtlinef' An Amzrhnte In day s of yoie theie was aTea4he1 by ye name of Mansei Now under Hel voice sate a band of nioitals beai mfr ve D1V1D6 appellation of bemois They gi ew acquainted with ye p11DC1pl8S of PhyS1CS, which conslsts of d1ve1 se .l3OlIJ'1l1laS and obscuie conceptions of ye Buslness Woi ld of Natuie Now ye T6aCh81 was a very good Teachei, but bhe was fond if that bianch of litem. tuie known as TESTS Qof which Hel pupils Weie not fondj and She 1ns1sted on g1V mfr them Now ye Sen1o1s wel e a Bufrht set and could Ofet ye Sclence of Natule without studying 01 thoufrhtthey could which was the same thlng so fal as they wele concei ned Now one day ye Temchex sald, VW e will have a test, whe1 eat ye Pupils smiled scoinfullv But 61610110 ye smlle faded foi ve test was a vely Difficult test And whatye b0I1101S d1dn't know they Slthel made up oi left out, and ye grades obtained W618 veiy P001 which teaches ve futuie Seniors not to try to 'woik 3 ye tcachex bv ye name of MRHS61 EARLF OWL 0 7 ' v 4 - i 1 1 J h . 21 .1 ' . I 1 I l ' l u . I - . I 1 u I. 1 ' 1 D ' n , P- 49 P . . . , ' ac 1 - . a 1. - 1 ' I ' . I l 1 .1 ' D . Lf ' 1' 51 . u . ' I 0 , . n I I ' I - . , U S . 7 1 . U . i A I fo 1 M5255 N' L !,.n-nv 111111

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20 THE GLEAVI. McDonald, the teacher, reminded all of geometry. She stood perpendicular to the floor. Her chatelaine, a parallelogram, hung vertically from her belt, the chains forming an eqilateral triangle. If she happened to wear a bunch of flowers, she always had the geometrical effect in their arrangement, and they were pinned at an angle of forty-five degrees. with her chin. She has been called Horiginali' but in her room we meet with other originals--the ones to be proved. Altogether the time spent in her room is very enjoyable, especially on every third TlI1l11'S4l2L-Y-THE TEST DAY. i Who thinks of our High School and not of Miss Brown? Who has passed through our High School and has not been under her influence? tVVe say very few. Who can takeher place? It seems as though no one can, for we remember well our holiday during her sickness. Of course we were glad to be with her again, but accompaning her was Milton and his poems. We welcomed her with poorly prepared lessons, but everyone knows how diiiicult it is to settle down to work after a few days of rest. Miss Brown understood thoroughly, for we ther Shakspearian studentsj acknowledge that had she and Shakespeare lived at the same time, they no doubt would have been rivals in the reading of human nature. Nevertheless we can count at least one of her mistakes. In our study of :'Comusl' we came across the expression duck and nod. She asked Meta what was meant. Meta made no 1'eply. Miss Brown then said she would ask someone who understood more of dancing. She then turned to Helen. Of course Helen knew, but being too surprised to think, she answered, I do' not know.'7 It seemed that no one understood the terms of dancing just then, so it fell upon Miss Brown to explain. She did so with great fullness and ease, much to the surprise of some of usjwho knew her wide reputation as an excellent Sunday School teacher. If there is any sound which the Seniors like to hear more than the tink- leing of the electric bell at the end of 45 minutes in Miss Phelps, room it is the summons t'You may take paper and pencil for a few questions on the lesson. This summons has various effects on the different members of the class. Some who are fortunate enough to be able to explain and understand the theories of Mr. Gage, look pleasedx Others, whose delight is to ask questions, look scared, while others grow deathly pale. This is but one of Miss Manserls delights. Another one is to make us study very hard in anticipation of a written lesson, and then with a smile of triumph on her face announce: You may take the same lesson we were to have for todayf' All the pupils begin to exchange hurried words and glances as to the meaning of this. But alas! we have not long to wait for the next summons: Those who are in the habit of changing their seats for tests may do so, reveals everything. We are to have a test, and one covering the very subject of which we know nothing. The rest of the story is short. A period d1'ags by, and at the end of the period a group of worried looking individuals file out one by one, and deliver up papers at the door,

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22 TI1E GLEAVI. y Ihr if 7 rvahman. p E are the Freshmen. When we started to school last year we did not fully realize this important fact, but we did not remain long in ignorance. The haughty manner of the Seniors and Juniors soon showed us that we did not trot in their class, as horseman say. They even went so far as to collect in rooms by themselves, not admitting anyone, not even the Sophomores. This hurt the Sophomores, I think, for they then organized and proceeded to imitate the Seniors as closely as possible. But we do not care. We know that we are superior to them all. we do not tell everyone, however, so only a few people know this. There are many points of superiority, but I will not name them all as that would take too long. We outnumber any other class, ,for our class num- bers over a hundred, while the Seniors have only twenty or thirty and the Juniors and Sophs. between forty and fifty apiece. Also we are more polite than the Seniors. If a Freshman speaks to a Senior, the Senior will not notice the salutation. QThis cannot be on account of our size, for some of us are not at all smallj. If the case is reversed, however, the Freshman will not only answer in a very friendly manner, but will even go several blocks out of his way in order to give the Senior the pleasure of his company. This is also ,true of the Sophmores and Juniors when the Senior happens to bc a girl. But I will leave it to my readers to judge which shows a more friendly spirit. , The Sophomores are very condescending towa1'ds us, but we will not be- come intimate with them. Their minds are very much occupied, when they are not trying to give a play or minstrel show or something of the kind, they are busily engaged in quarreling among themselves. This is probably very inter- esting for them, but 1'ather hard on the by-standers a-standin' by. When they become Juniors, we hope they will drop these childish ways. However, we can at least learn from them what we should NOT do next year. We may possibly learn something from the Juniors and Seniors also. The last named class is perfect in every respect. If you do not believe me, ask them, and they will tell you all about it. We, however, will not stoop so low as to praise ourselves, and we have already complimented the other classes until, I fea1', our reputation for confessing other people's faults is almost ruin- ed. And now a painful duty is ours. We must bid our 1'93.Cl61'S fa1'ewell for- 6V61', for, when next you hear from us, We will be Sophomors! - CHARLES SEXTON. To ALL Lovnns or STRUGGLING GENIUS. Send your sympathy to the unfortunate author of the Freshman article. He has been obliged to take to the woods on account of his health and it is fear ed he may yet fall into the hands of his g1'atefuI QZJ fellow students. , COUNTRY CORRESPONDENT.