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

Page 33 text:

THE GLEAVI. 23 A Efrwtiar nn Thr Svnphnmnrr. Many Sophs of many schools Many Sophs that 1S WISE fools Yes, you wlll doubtless ha, ha and say Yes It fits lem but all must 16 lnembel, even the classes of '04 and ,05, that they wele once Sophomol es and l6lU8II1b6I lnv It lb to be hoped that they wlll deslst of mal luv such melllment of lt as to cause the bashiul mascullne Sophs to dl op thell eyes ln shame, or the bophs of the fall sex to Ulale f0l th ln llghteous anger Gt belng' leap yeal, and the eve of the new woman, no doubt you wlll leadlly find Sl1mC16I'1t IGHSOD fOl the antltheses of 6111012101185 But leavlnff thls, we wlsh that all may know that ouls 1S the best class GVQI wlthln the walls of theI H b CThls 1S the pllvate oplnlon of the class we could not vouch fol It elsewhele Fol one thlnof, lt IS the most ollglnal fol show me the class that evel olvanlaed ln lt s Sopholnole yeal and one that has held two lneetlnfrs wlthout the QLIBSUOHS of plus and colols evel comlng up The class s owed ltself decldedly ollfrlnal ID a debate upon '4Was Clomwell JllSl1lf16Kl37 The neffatlves Won by plovlnfr one pOlDt lnstead of many, and flftel the ClGLlSlOD the Spll lt of orlfrlnallty became so confused Wlth 8lll0g1GS of Llolnwell th Lt the consequences wele that hal lnony was not lestored untll lonff aftel We lefrletfully thlnk that the gleatest thlng ID oul hlstoly 15 the meet lug ID whlch we O10'3.I11Z6d The scene was tl uly an lnsplllnof one The one tlmld ffentleman who could be pel suaded to pleslde was ln constant dangel of hls llle floln the gleatel poltlon of the class, whlle clles of 'tsecond the motlon O1tl61 thele,' Ml Chlles has the H001 made the confuslon mole laughable But towald the close, oldel came out of chaos, and OHTCGIS W616 soon elected Close contests mal ked all the cholces The Alexander of thls class, known sonletlmes by the appelatlon Aleekn othel wlse 0'oln0' undel the nom de plume Zeke was elected pl esldent and tl ul., they could not have chosen a bettel one, S1000 he always holds the class ln thlall by the nlaglc of hls eloquence lhe humble scllbblel of thls al tlcle valued second cholce and hls slstel was chosen CllStOd1?lI1 of the secletaly's book Mal gal et who explesses such L-l6C1d6Cl oplnlons on Evandellne 1S asslstant secletaly Annle 15 tleas ulel of Olll moneys, WVll1Cl1 I belleve amount to the astonlshlno' sum of nothlnfr, and qpulveon as selgeant at alms 1S the only pl etense of O1 del We have, slnce he IS able to contl ol only hlnlself much less oul nolsy class Of C001 se we ale not wlthout detects Who evel was? One thlnv that thleatens the welfale of oul class IS the jealous and envlous f6Gl1Dg' whlch has exlsted the whole V921 and was lately at 1tS helfrht But by WISG and V1U'O10l1S measules we hope to ovel come lt - . .1 , . ' . , LC ' , 1 1 '- ' K 'W 1' A I 1 ' a ' i. . .' . . v. H. D, , . 1 a . 1 I 1 ' 1 '1 . . '1 I 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 4 5 . I ' . ' . . L ' ' . . 1 U . ' . . A N N -. . . - . . . , 1 1' , . ' ' ' 1' ' ' H 7 1. . 1 . ', ' '7 . .. ts 1 ' 1 - ' 1' ' ' 1 ' 1 1 ' D V. L .n . . . . . - 1 1 . ll u h I.. ,, , . 1 V I . N . . ' 2: ' .1 ca . ' h. . .'. . . K . N. . 1 D ll. lv 1 1 1 1 V 1 1 1 , ' L ' ra 'U 1 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 '1 1 ' - as . . . I . . . .,. , D . 1 ,., . . . I 1' . . 5 I z: ' , ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1' ' 7766 . 1 . its . ' . -P? ' - s - 1 , N 1 . . 1 . 1 . ' . X12 , . ' . ' , . - . . 44 ' . . ' ' an zz- ' at an . ' - . .7 H 1 1 1. 1 v 1. 1 l I ,, N '. I . I . . . . '- ra . ' , ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , - ' ' , L1 ' 77' 1'a, . 1 1 ' '. . - ,D , . Q . . . . . . . . V ze ' 1 1 1 1 L I l 1 1 1 1 - ,., 4 L D N ' ' ,' ' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 , . 11 1 1 I 1 I 1 0 1 ' . . C, ' 4. . . . ' ' ,, ' b ' 2: I 1

Page 32 text:

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.

Page 34 text:

24, TI'lE GLEAYI. In talent our class is distinguished. From the realm of art and music, we are 1'epresented all the way from the lover of the stage to the maniac on poetry. But one thing that causes great regret on ou1' part is the fact that we have no Mathew Paxton. The G. D. S. gives p1'omise of turning out one, so will not despond. Such is our class. l If you wish to know more of it, you must not trust to the veracity of its I11GlI1b61'S, but to get a true impression you must ask the teachers, who will say' that We a1'e the jolliest, noiseist, most reasoning but withal the best class they ever had. KIRBY CASEBOLT. - Ziihir Nzuxghig Eliihr. President, H. Bundschug Vice President, Lulu Winn: Treasurer, Eleanor Minor, Secretary, R. McCarro11g Assistant Secretary, Eva-Dickinson. . MF you have been Watching the Junio1's, as of course you have, you know that we are fast moving towards the king row, and must ere long be crowned, even now we can seeithe gleam of the glory that will soon be ours-- that of receiving our Hsheep skinsf, and let me assure you, we fully appreciate the magnitude of that approaching glory. This, and the consciousness of the benefit our record will be to the advancement of the standards of the Indepen- dence High Sehool, are what make us such a remarkable body of students. On September 15, 1903, the whole town was asti1', for the happy and animated Juniors were swarming in at both doors of the high school, and al1'eady we were feeling our importance. as We were intending to drink deeply of the 1'lV6l' of learning, for we found we had many things to learn. ' We are many in numbers, but goodly to look upon and full of inherent g1'eatness. Our entering the high school marks a new era great and glorious. They say history repeats itself, but when will you be able to see the history of the '05's repeated? Thursday afternoon, October sixteenth, we assembled for our first convocation. The school VI-lad gathered then her beauty and her chivalryf' We found our class to be a delightful mixture-big, little, old and young, long, sho1't, thick and thin, but you know it takes all sorts of peo- ple to make up a world. Some of the boys have won great renown as debaters and athletes, and judging from the palateable boxes of fudge produced by the girls, they have already developed quite a fondness for cooking. It was at this first meeting, a dark haired braved was chosen to be chief, and under his administration we passed safely through our formative period. Thanks to the strenuous Hknockingsv of the faculty, and the hectoring of the Seniors above us, the green layers were pealed off, and behold the Junior in a halo of his own glory, glittering and splendid. We are now half way to