Yeatman High School - Yeatman Life Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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'. 31 ...J .1 ,,,.: ,igiggs V.A. fz3QL1:3:g,gs:.1:g . A ' ' 'A ,V '1 'H ' .2f Q 7 f X ,,, , ,. ,, ,l,.. ,,, ff .A ,,,A ZZ A L.itiff11fjf?iT'fff:::i 'giififfifgifi ,'... .ff2fi5iiijfff.ffffiffxxfffiEflf ','. f ..,, iliiffffiiiziiiiL1:::::11ff1TZfff::g.N 3. K N I C K E R S By ALICE DAVIS One pleasant Sunday afternoon, I drove Sir Roger de Coverly out into one of our St. Louis parks. He was visiting in St. Louis and I was showing him our city. Sir Roger loved the natural beauties, and I de- cided that the parks were the best place in which he could see them in a crowded, modern, big city. But, what Sir Roger saw there was not wholly natural beau- ties, for there were other things to attract his attention. As we rode down Kingshighway, the fashion promenade of St. Louis, Sir Roger sat back utterly stunned. The whiz' of passing automobiles, the noise of street cars and the fashion parade on the side walk simply amazed the old gentleman. But when we entered Forest Park at Lin- dell and Kingshighway boulevardes, Sir Roger was astonished beyond words, for he had seen two young girls attired in the latest mode, knickers. What masquerade ball are those girls going to attend? he asked, horrified. Why, Sir Roger, I replied, holding back a strong desire to laugh, they're on- ly dressed in the latest fad. Fad, he uttered puzzled. Fashion-style, I corrected. Oh, you mean that they wear those breeches instead of real feminine clothes, said Sir Roger, still more puzzled. Why, certainly, I answered, as we passed several other flappers thus at- tired. Sir Roger's astonishment grew. To see members of the feminine sex clothed in masculine attire was more than this old- fashioned Englishman could understand. They don't call them breeches, I con- tinued. Knickers is the 'smart' name, derived from knickerbockers. T h e s e knicker suits usually consist, beside the bi- furcated garment, of a tailored coat and skirt of the Wrap-around style or with but- tons from belt to hem. The skirt thus eas- ily removed, may be thrown on as a cape. Buttoned on to the coat beneath the la- pel, the complete appearance of a cloak is assumed. Positively ridic'u'ous, Sir Roger scof- fed. What would their grandmothers think? Why they would actually turn in their graves if they could see these foolish females. Oh, but Sir Roger, I protested. Those girls aren't foolish. Knickers are so much more comfortable than skirts. They are more modest than the extremely short skirt, and more efficient for sport wear. A woman's place is in her skirts, the old gentleman replied indignantly. It takes a good deal of assurance or in- difference, said I, to be among the first to make this radical change of fashion, but it won't be long before we'll laugh at the fe- male in skirts. Oh, if we could only return to the good old days of my youth, exclaimed Sir Roger. Those days are gone forever, I said to myself as I suppressed a faint smile. F Page Sixly

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, ,.A v if LAUN DRI ES AND I,l'l'liR,-XT UR li By LAWRENCE FARNER Laundries and literature: what a com- bination! Unless you know the latest 1922 model of studying literature, you will have quite a time trying to solve the puz- zle. However, to a student of the ultra- modern school it means that you study the famous men and works of literature in a laundry. It is a place where you can re- cite poetry in time with the anvil chorus from the forgeshop, which is continually reminding you of its nearness. lt is a place, too, where the punctuation marks are furnished frequently and vigorously when somebody drops a ten-foot plank or other light object on the fioor of the wood- working shop above. The room develops the voice wonder- fully, not in quality but in intensity, be- cause, when the competition is in full swing, it takes volume to make your voice carry across the room. This also helps to develop a sensitive hearing as you must listen very carefully in order to know what is being said. The laundry part of the matter is not as bad as it sounds as most of the troubles come from location. A laundry isn't so bad when it isn't operating and this par- ticular one seems about as dead as they come. The ironing-board-desks will 'tpass in a pinchn and you don't have to worry about marring the genuine natural Hnish. Since a person does not need a black- board to learn how to wash and iron, the English class has to use a two-by-four portable affair, which proves very satis- factory for those in front of it. After considering all advantages and disadvantages of a laundry class-room, I feel that St. Louis could use a continued high tax to lift the literature out of the laundry. INTERSCHU LASTIC ORATORICAI, CON'l'HST By EDWIN Mucuow The Inter-High School Oratorical Con- test sponsored by Washington University, will be held in the Graham Memorial Chap- el on Friday, May 19th. Each Senior High School in the city may send two contestants, a boy and a girl. The boy will ,compete with the boys and the girl, with the girls. Three places are pro- vided for the boys and the same number for the girls. The student winning first place secures three points for his school, the student winning second place, two points, and the student finishing in third place, one point. The Debating Society of Washington University will provide a cup. The number of points won each year by the various schools is to be engraved on the cup and the cup circulated among all of the schools, remaining about two months in each school. At the end of five years, the school having the highest number of points becomes the permanent possessor of the trophy. The oration must cover about six minutes or contain about eight hundred and fifty words. After the announcement of the contest in the Auditorium, eighteen students re- sponded to the call. At a meeting of the contestants, it was decided that no one was to receive any help on his oration in the preliminary. However, the two speakers finally chosen to represent Yeatman will receive help on the construction and de- livery of their orations, the two points on which the contestants will be judged. The elimination contest for Yeatman will be held in the Auditorium on April 24th, be- fore a committee of judges. Since there are some very good speakers among the eighteen contestants, Yeatman's chances for winning the contest are good. This is the first contest of its kind in the city. It should create a good deal of inter- est and enlist the enthusiasm of our school in this yearly event. Page Ffflj-.Vine

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' ... ,,,.,, ....,-.-.-.....,..,.,,,. .. , J THIS PIlRFliC'l' FOOL CYRIL M. NICBRYDE. Say, Bob, how'd you like to be fa- mous?', said Hal Chase to his room-mate. Famous? Yeh, You know, have everybody talking about you! Say, Hal, said Bob in his usual se- rious way, ' 'if everyone was talking about me, it wouldnlt be fame, it'd be scandal V' Oh, get out. You 're always joking! Did you see here in the paper how a young college boy became nationally famous in forty-eight hours? Well, well, awful slow chap, wasn't he? ' 'Slow! Sure. Bet I could cut his time in half, said Bob more seriously than ever. He had a habit of betting upon any ques- tion upon which there was any possible doubt, and of taking impossible dares, which, to the astonishment of everyone, he invariably carried out. So Hal, not in the least daunted by Bob's bravado, came back immediately with,-A ' 'How much did you say you'd bet? Well, said Bob, considering, I'll bet you that I'll have my name on three first pages in headlines within two days. The loser pays for seats at any show the winner wishes to go to, and provides a swell feed after the show. How's that? Fine! howled Hal, enthusiastically. Here's where I call your bluff, old boy. You've got about as much chance to get your name in a headline without commit- ting murder, as I have to scale the side of the Woolworth buildingl' ' Bob grabbed his hat and said, 'fCome on, you old tortoise. Welll be late to the lecturelngand he ran out the door and down the steps. f'Coming! called the more careful Hal, as he closed the door behind him. So that's how it all started. I know, be- cause Bob told me all about it later. Both Bob and Hal have left school now, as they graduated two years ago. I was only a freshie at the time these things happen- ed, but I remember it all vividly and will try to put things down just as they hap- pened. After the boys had come home that night and gone to bed, Bob lay awake listening to Hal 's gentle snoring. He was revolving in his mind various plans by which he could acquire fame. He could set the school on fire, or rob a bank, but these would incur prison sentences. He might steal the school skeleton, but this would also involve him in difficulties. He wondered if Hal would let him back out. No, probably not, because with Hal, a bet was a pledge of honor. Besides, the news of it would have circulated all through the student body by afew hours after sunrise. Hal had spread the news that evening. Suddenly Bob ceased his restless tossing and lay still. He had a plan. After working it out care- fully in his mind, he rose quietly and dressed. He made sure that Hal was asleep and wouldn't follow, and let himself out of the door silently. Through the thick, murky blackness of the Egyptian Room of the Ancient History Museum cut a thin shaft of yellow light. A slim figure glided to the side of a large glass case in which reposed two mummies. In the light of the flashlight, one was seen to be small and wrapped in casings which still retained some of their elaborate hues. A card proclaimed, 'fThe Embalmed Body of the small Prince Elhaz di Khirgiz, who died at the age of seven years. One of the oldest mummies in existence. Found by our Prof. Kilgary and said to be worth over S40,000. The slim figure lifted the lid from the case and then took out the mummy. Carefully placing the mummy under its arm, it closed the case and glided from the Pays .S'i.x't-1-fllw