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

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64 . THE GLEAM. r Jtumaftiiriffiiiic.'iM'AYti26,i 1911- ' 'tUnCh0w, unchow ,iiuncliidalouchow Boonialacka, boomalacka, 19123 A 0 b p I-ly' slide over a bit you girls. Isn't there room for me? Say, H9'f1'Y, what 're you sitting on the cake 5017 Get Off of ltd, A - ' 't cake, it's devile eggsf' p . - ' 3 lgiiil1ilearlnegg's! Great Scott! YVorse andmore of it. Well, get offgthe deviled eggs then. School's out, thank Heaven, and no more crammmg. ' ' ha- ?', , . f 1 G Q Up Zricizboiiliipafieedfellgfbiliii. soliisyot chorus, a wagon-load of thirty-iXfC.h?-d -been-juniors, three gallons of Chiles' ice cream, a few cases of pop, seVC!'H1 cakes, do-zens of boiled eggs, lots of salad, sandwiches, etc., set out.tO'sper1Cl the last day of school together'at I-Iorseshoei' Lake. Misses- I2-HI? and Osla wereialso along to add to the dignity of the gathering- O11'CS1dC ,Of these honorable two, Kathleen and Ernest made the least noise during the whole trip. , I Rah, rah, rah! Rah, rah, rahl , Rah, rah, rah! . Seniors! 'That was because we passed a street car and wanted to let them kno-W the good news. 'We couldn't keep it toourselves. . 4 V, K ,. A watch-d-og saw us coming and started barking. The crowd . 1',ah, rahed and he immediately stopped and sat down evidently in admiration. Later, a .pig did the same thing, that is, stopped squealing and also sat down. Never was such a. day for a picnic. Every person and thing felt like doing his or its best at everything. The whole' world seemed to realize that this happened to be the ,last day of schoo-l. The little birds buzzed up in the branches, the bees trilled joyfully on their nests and the snakes hopped gaily across the road. , , I . U ' Presently, Mitt, who had been sitting on his foot said, Aw, for the loye of Mike, boys scooch over there a little. and let me awake my pedal extremity. Sitting on one foot ain't what it's cracked up to be. V V N Well, you don't have to rub it up and down my back to make it open its eyes, do you ? Get your back out' of the way. , Suppose you shove that left foot over board and make room for three pr four of us. .Is that a number ll shoe P By the way, Mitt-is extremely ond of small uleet and is continu ll h ' ' ' cludedj, for inspection. No, you infinitesimal microbe, that's nearly a number 6. Great day! a y s oving them before us fthe girls in-

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THE GLEAM. 65 L-ook what the short boy has fished up! -Barbara, Alberta, squeeze in be- l111'1d thls QUY here Hlld let S+-. f The rest was lost in a whisper as the group of four or five gathered about a center of interest, At last there was comparative silence about this corner o fthe wagon. The chaperones Chat- ted gaily and watched the road ahead, for they were marvelous chaperones and happiness prevailed by the double handsfulla Very little noise was heard from Jim's and Selma's section and Ernest's section followed suit. An occasional remark was heard to pass between Joe and Esther, fbut that was all except the monotone chatter from the rest of the rabble. Intense in- terest seemed to be located rn the crrcle where Alan Alberta Barbara, he of the small feet and a few others sat Others stood on their knees and peered over shoulders Iragrc whispers proceeded from thrs group such as these Pass, Two Three, Thats good Hold on there, thats mrne Two rn and many others In the meantime the wagon which had no sprrngs bumped along and the dust and srlence arose rn quiet clouds The ice cream slashed up rn front melted peacefully and the eggs packed rn baskets under somebody mashed together rn warm content The eggs werent all that were crowded Why eggs and sardrnes werent rn rt Vverybody, rncludrng the two pre servers of drgnrty could have easrly utrlrzed more space But keep rn mrnd that everybody was bright and happy The arr was strll when suddenly a strong breeze made the horses prrck up their ears and the girls clutch then hats Ifeveryone was startled by Mitt s yelling Stop' Stop' There goes take and gave the sign of drstress I noticed and sard, Did you drop that egg on the hubs? Then asrde that was a fifty cent deck you boob Shut up and stash the deck VVatch the place You crawl out after rt on the way back After thrs lrttle accident the back end of the carry all was somewhat quretcr However even thrs could not keep down the sprrrts long Human s rrrt of ourse We had only pop to drink The whole Journey was a p s c record of trrbulatron Those who sat rn the center of the wagon had to srt on dreaming feet while those who sat on the edge hung on by therr eyebrows an dteeth VVhen we arrived arms were trred and teeth were worn down consrderably Immedrately there was a rush for the boats and lrke foolrsh people three bOys paid out cold cash for the hrre of the boats and then shared wrth some slfls lhrnk of rt! The day was warm as be orc me P N er was l1Ough rt was hot It serx ed to work up our appetites Fun ev O much fun Some horrid boys had to splash water dirty too OVCT S0119-C girls Too much happened to tell It would make a book Camera fiends V610 alonff and all got their pictures taken After lunch and there never . . A 7 , K. 73 ff ,77 If 75 7 J!! ff I Y Y 3 v D If . ' H , , , , . , ' 7 1 I' i s - ,. , ' 7 - i . - ! 7 ' ' , , . a 1 r I . , . . ' L . . A - . . . l , 1 I I , A - c ' , za that eight of clubs. The whole load was shocked. He realized his mis-v . . . . . ,, . Q! ' fl I , 53 . . , , , , rr :J ' gg ' ,J .I . ', . ' . . 1 , u , . ' l Z - . . .I . ' - . - 1 N , ' 1 J i O.. . 71 0 u , I , -f A ntioned, and the pop tasted good, CVC11 S I I - 9 N 1 I ' . . ' ' . 7 4 b U