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Vol. xvm THE BOOSTER, PITTSBURG, KANSAS, FRU,AY, JANUARY 27, 1988 N,0.15 Change in Schedule Study of Grades Convention of Offered ·Students County Teachers Sixty Minute Classes Presented in in Essentials Place of Present Forty·Twenty Here Saturday Minute Periods Reveals Ability The saying of the A. B. C.'s back ~int wards was by no means absent when Statistics Show That One In Under Auspices of Both the change in the schedule of classes County and Pittsburg was announced in the home rooms, Eleven Makes an - Associations Tuesday of this week. Excellent Mark Many seniors would have told you, C Dr. Schwegler, Speaker had you asked, that it was alI a lass of 1932 Highest frame-up to keep them from gradu . Program WIlI Feature Vocal Num ating, and the sophomores would have 1930 and 1933 Groups Tie In Number ,1: g. bers, Theis Sister.s, Addresses, said in no uncertain terms that some of Outstanding and Two Plays one was just trying to malte them Students more mixed up, FinalIy, as the home The annual teachers' convention, room period went into a thirty-minute A study of the results of the Eng. under the joint auspices of Crawford overtime, schedules began to work lish Essentials tests since their incep. County Teacher's Association and out and the excited students began to tion in 1927 reveals that approxi. Pittsburg Teachers Association will lose a considerable bit of ther aston-_ mately only one student out of eleven be held here Saturday, Jan. 28. ishment and ~began knocking-going makes a grade' of 97 or above and The rural and primary teachers under the theory, "If you can't get that apparently the tests in some wilI meet at Horace Mann School at what y~u want by boosting, knockl" years were harder than in others. 11:00 a. m.; the junior high and inter But this too finalIy subsided and In the seven years that the English mediate grade teachers at Lakeside; p~ace and contentment once more Essentials have been known to P. H. and high school teachers lit the 'Sen reigned supreme. S. students there were 93 who made ior High School. The cause of alI this excitement this grade. Of this, 71 were girls and There will be a joint meeting of all was the change fr?m the present for- 22, boys. Seven students, six girls an~ teachers at Senior High School at ty twent.y:. mm?te schedule of and one boy have a perfect paper classes to. a sixty mmute schedule for with a grade of 100. 1:30 p. m. The programs to be featured the remamder of the year.. Highest in 1932 Of course many students met WIth The class of '32 boasts th t throughout the day nre to be as fol difficulty' h . th • t' e grea - In C angmg elr rou me est number of high r d th ttl lows: t~e~r RURAL AND PRIMARY SECTION from the two or three short periods being 31. The stu:e:tses'ande and two long ones or however they . 10:00 a. m. might have them arranged but the grades were Edna Blackett 98, Grace '1' ". Brand 98, Leona Bryson 97, Myrtle Horace Mann School Building p an promises to be more attractive to B kl 99 W'l B Frances Hoffman, Girard, Chairman the student body as a whole and more uc ey ,I rna urger 97, Bu. Reading-A Magic for Red Riding satisfactory in every way ford Butler 97, MaybelIe Cox 98, Dor- Hood Melicent McFal'8nd, Girard ______._ othy Ann Crews 98, Mary Daniaux Rhythm Band _._ _ __.. 98, Valorie Graham 97, Lois HalIacy ..__.Langdon School District No. 63 -o'rs 97, Rosie Hensley 97, Mildred Holt Teaching of Art in Primary Grades The Hi-Y and Girl Reserve presidents who are helping to make the Hi-Y and Girl Reserves successful organ- Several 97, Vertie Mae Hume 98, John Hutch- _.'_...."_ Mrs. Arverson, Pittsburg izations this year are pictured above. - Sent inson 97, Louise Morehouse 97, Na- Geography Demonstration _ They are as follows: upper ~eft, Ed Sisk, former president of Joe Dance cbapter of the Hi.,Y; upper cen- InJ-ured t-n Rush dine Morris 97, Elizabeth Ann Mur- ___--Miss Cross, K. S. T. C. ter, ,Gertrude Sellmansberger, preSident of the sophomore Girl Reserves; upper right, Otbal Pence, president of the phy 97, Norman Murphy 97, Marie Community Meetings and Coopera DaVId New chap,ter; lo~er, left,' Ol~rence Stephenson, president of Jimmy Welch chapter; lower center, Harriet • Silvia 97, Ester Simian 99, Corene tio1l-Gladya Co'osemans, Diat. Bumgar~er, preslden t0 f semor 'GIr1 Reserves;'d lower light, Walter Bradshaw, president of Bunny Carlson.chapter. Simms 98, .Jaunita Updegrove 97 Thepictures a f Albert Martm, new presl ent of B. D. Edworthy chapter and Clyde Skeen, new preSident of for Test Grades ., .' ,, No. 16 M~rlm .Demonstration in Primary Arith- Joe Dance chapter are not shown. Martin was elected to filI Tom Groundwater's place,when the latter resigned to WIlson 97, Mildred Wdson 97, • metic . ....__..Misses Graves, become editor of the Annual. When Ed Sisk moved toWichita recently, Skeen was chosen as his successor. 'EngI'ISh Essent·laIs Prove Muc h Mdton100. Zacharias 97, Virginia Nelson l~;~t~i~~Q~aRrn~e~gy~ and Williams, K. S. T. C. Too Da~gerous for Meek 21 Hi~h in 1927 " 'es fn the Social Studles._ Grammarians '. The class of '27 is next with 21 --r--.Jane Carroll, K. S'. T. C. Bombardment of Publishing School'Pape; Perplexing high grades. Those who rose above All Classes Held Up the mark were Ellsworth Briggs 98, AFTERNOON PROGRAM As Any Jig-Saw Puzzle, Says Adviser· Donna Burr 99, Harold Compton 98, 1:30 p. m. Finals Climaxes Tardy Bells Mean N thin to Th . Marjory Holmes 98, Alyce Hornbuck- Senior High School Building "A school newspaper has a dual nature: it is both a social science and a g ose Le 98, Jeanette Hughes 97, Signor J. L. Hutchinson, Pittsburg, Chairman First Semester English training project for the young people and an educational 'house conce:~u~~eti~e~:r:OSted Fink 98, Jay Kriegaman 97, Gilberta Music-hstrumental Quartet __ organ,'" says Miss ~leanor Baptist, jounralism adviser. "It takes a great Lambeth 97, Donald Lowe 100, Mabel - Tbeis Sisters deal of ingenuity to harmonize these dual aims. The adult reader expects ', 't t d 'f h d "How did you rate in 'the English Morrow 98, Hazel McClure 100, One Act Play-Pittsburg Senior American Government Classes and IS lrrl a e I e oes not get professional accuracy and finish, but the High ScbooL. Undergo Three-Day Siege average age of the producer is less than 16, and he is decidely an amatuer Essentials Test?" This question has Wayne Phelps 98, Irene Reineri 99, ___Frances E. Trimble, Director of Last Test The adviser has to be the mediator between the adult reader and the ie- been so popular with tbe senlors for Fern Ryczek 99, Ka.therine Simian Address _ .._ ..._ porter. She has at the same time to'S> the past ten days or two weeks, tbat 98, Mary Taylor 98, Florence Tuke .---.Dh, Raymond A;. Some Fail to Pass try to put out school publicity and and ignores the major one. The cart one not familar with. the circum- 98, Nina Thomas 100, Hazel Scrant preserve all the educational values gets before the horse and the tail stances would be led to believe that on 98. Schwegler, University of Kansas ~~alI J. L. HutchinsoIL.._. _ Second Half Year BegiM Quietly; of the project. It is worse than a wags the dog.. The .paper over- English Essentials are not only essen- Fourteen puplis, who reached this _Pres. Pittsburg Teachers' Assn. Seniors Begin Last Lap lOOO-piece jigsaw juzzle, but is just shadows the big trammg m the class- tial but in most cases vital. height in 1931 were Mary Adele Brinn D. N. Tira. ._.. .-Pres. of Journey as fascinating if one doesn't weary es. For two or three days after the 97, Ralph Brown 98, Clevea Bynum Crawford County Teachers' Assn. of putting the pieces together." "This occasionally leads to misun- lisb of grades was posted on tbe 99, Martha Close 99, Martb'- Cobb 99, O. L. Heryford _ A heavy bombardment of final ex- Every issue of the Pantograph is derstandings, especialy on the part of bulletin board near the office, there 4lma Ellicott 99, Ruth House 99, _._..__. ..County Superintendent aminations terminated the first se- the work of about 100 persons, and those adults who are offended at the was such a conjestlon in that part Harold Kidder 99, Angelina Masso_ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SECTION mester for the army of high school contains 60 to 65 articles. The 'game' .amateurishness of the school paper. of the corridor that Prin. J. L. vera 98, Jennie Ortaldo 98, James 10:00 a. m. students and' on tbe horizon of the is to affect a smooth organization to But the school writer must be grant- Hutchinson could scarcely get to his Stafford 98, John Steel 98, Frederica Senior High School Auditorium desolate ruins dawned a new sernes- bring these 'webs' together, to carry ed this amateur standing along with office and was forced to remind Hez Theis 99, Evalyn Wilcox 97. Pittsburg, Kansas ter. The dismissal of classes Friday out the infinite details of the work, to the athlete, the musician, the printer, A. Senior, one of our up and coming Two Classes Tie J. E. Needham, Cherokee, Chairman afternoon marked the mid-point of a dovetail it into the scheme of the and the dramatist. An inaccuracy in lads, that he should have been worri- -The 1930 class tied with the class Music-'Boy's Quartet...._. _ year's education. school, and to produce a pleasing, fin- the schOOl paper must not be taken ed about the matter two years ago. of 1933 in the number of outstanding _____....Pittsburg Senior High School The banage of tests fell thickest ished product, the adviser says. any more seriously than a 'blue' note Farner Uses Tramway English stlidents, each having nine. A Plan For Home Room Organizat in the American Government classes, "It is obvious that three or four in the Qrchestra, or a slip on the bas- Miss Farner.and Miss Jones, gener- Tbose in'1930 were Adalene AIlmond ion and How who underwent a three day siege of professionals could put out more ketbalI floor, except as it concerns alissimos, were forced, because of 98, Ruth Ball 97, Dorothy Bowers 100, It Works.. ___.. Bill final examinations, beginning Wednes- pleasing school publicity in much more persons. . the crowded hails, to take the under- lone Brunetti 97, Marcella Gardner Row, Pittsburg Senior High School day and finishing up Friday. shorter time at a little less expense," "That doesn't mean that the staff gl'ound tramway, more commonly 98, Isable Falcetti 100, Nadine Edds Large Versus Small Classes.. _ Since American Government is a she points out, ''but the real value of does nct constantly strive for accur- known as the first floor, to return to 98, Glen Briggs 98, Albert Comstock ______..Harold Trout, Girard half year subject these tests marked this project lies not in the visible pa- acy. It does. Its watchword is 'verify' their rooms. 98, and in 1933, the present senior Ourriculum Limitations _ a completion of a full course of study 'per but in the invisible classroom. The and the staff members hold a mourn- Claude I. Hufl'man happenecl b\Y class, there were Lucille Tessmer 97, ·1j!l~ - __--Prin. J. L. Hutchinson As in all cas~s of tests some fail to public sees the one and forgets the ing period, or post mortem, over their about this time and attempted to res- Perina Cubete 97, Elnora Perry 99, (Pittsburg Senior High School) make a passmg mark, but usually other, applauds the minor achievement mistakes every Friday morning. But tore order and send the pupils to Clela Malone 97, Fern Holt 98, Fay General Discussion. good daily grades bring their aver- with literally a thousand chances for their classes, but noting the sur- George 99, Mary Helen Austin 98, ages up to a .par value. error in every paper the wonder really attitude of certain of the senior Nola Mundt 97, Dorothy Jenkins 98. . JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND Physics Test Thursday Dinner for Executives ly is that there are' so few serious girls, he decided· 1 thattl this... wouldH·~ berd For some unknown re ason (ane of t t 11 d INTERMEDIATE GRADES Science classes also received their mistakes. noalso aattem a tedIp omato uellc. ....r.the dlarturbo....Ot h e gra duates says that th ete st s were 10:00 a. m. share af the general bombardmeent. Leeka's Serving Class Host to "AI a tribute to the hundred of p q s a lot harder these years) Qnly six in Lakeside School Building Auditorium A t~ree part quiz, was given ~ the Board of Education young people I have had on my nine ~nce but met With so much opposl- 1928 and two in 1929 made a grade phYSIC classes on Thursday. Busmess staffs" Miss Baptist .sl\ld warmly "I tlon that words refused to escape him. f 97 Th f b d J. B. Forsyth, Cherokee, Chairman 'thmetl'c 1 e h 'th to d " Seniors Display En..llah a or more. e our oys an in~ arl c ass l\ ave Wl s 0 a may say that I have never yet known ...1 . 1928 K t "Her Radio Romeo"-a comedy li h b An attractive dinner was served to During' the congestion the general two glr s In were enne emm- two acts by Hillar Booth . g t arrage which started two the Board of Educatl'on of the PI't·ts- one deliberately to misrepresent any- ,. 97 Majorie Ham 98 Howard weeks before the clos of the emes ' line of confiab was "Can't youse see rme , , ---Pittsburg Lakeside Junior :' led 'tSh I- burg Schools, Wednesday the 18th, thing. The inaccuracIes, traced back, youse is pushing a lady." "Are you Jenkins ~7, Dorothy Laney 97, Paul mrh Scbool, Lavern McCaIl, Di ter., '1 ypmg c asses escape Wl on y have proved to have had innocent be- I it R 11 98 0 their regular accuracy tests. Plant at 6 o'clock by the Serving class under glnnings The staff's ideals bave been gonna stand there gaping all day?" ogers 97, W~lter usse • ne. rector. ki~dness "Yankee Doodle DolI Girls"__.__ biology classes took theirs on Wednes- the supervision of Miss CaIla Leeka, truth decency fairness and "Why don't you give someone else boy and one girl, Helen Braden 98, ___ Franklin School day. Senior English classes continued teacher of the senior high home econ- loyalty' and it is safe bo'say that'they a chance to see?" and Jbhn Gallagher 97 made it in '" , d' omics department. ' f hi h that 1929 radmg Macbeth', disregar mg the have approached as near these iueals Tbe renzy ran 80 g a Iarge • Solo-"Coming Home" --..---- 1 h b d tI f tw A oolor scheme of green and yellow number of the senior girls and gentle- The English Essentials test, which Corrine Guerieri, Arma c asses ave, een un ~r . re or 0 was used on the table with snap- as ally other school or even profession. i I ed f I bet gratiu weeks. MUSIC appreCIation, a new al groups have."-Kansas City "Pan- men were injured. (We take this for s requ rosen ors ore • , PreseJltation of New Projects in b' t' th' h' h h I ff d dragons as center piece. Six yelIow granted as they showed up missing atlon, was given to the present senior Arithmetic _. ..__ __.._ su Jec m IS Ig sc 00, a ere a candles furnished the light. Fruit tograph. 1 I t k. test to its devotees. Junior English during the nexb two or three days.) c a88 as wee _._W. E. Matter, K. S. T. C. classes had their examinations Tues- punch, clti-chicken, sweet potatoes,' Let's all settle down with a Iona' ------ra-Currlcular Activities day and Psychology students took green beans, hot rolls and butter, BEGINS SPECIAL P~OJEcrS drawn out Ah.h-h-h-h.h.h of com- Among some of the big noises be- (6 minutes each) , their grueling test on Monday, giving peach salad, cheese straws, apric- fOrt. It's finally over. How we all ing ~nerated on the western coast of School Entertalnments._ them several days to recover before ott ice, angel cake, mints, nuts, and Last semester the chemistry stu· pity th Junio • Yasashl such as G rbo to make her'next pic- othy McPherson, K. S. T. C. the new semester began. coffee composed the menu, all of which denta finished the chapter on the Nit- To Misa Trimble: • ture in'Sweden; which ia to be call tiCI in Grade School -- All in all, the beginning of new was prepared by the serving class. ro~n family: nitrogen, phosphorua, I sincerely believe this to be the "Christiana" nd th comtempla errill Chaney, Cherokee_ semester is significant of many things. The folIowing were the guests: Mr. arsenic, ntimony, nd bi mu only kind of story th t the majority meTeer of the Fox nd Warner Bros. utlon of Clubs _ For the seniors It marks the b ginn- and Mrs. W. T. Hagman, Superintend- This semester ch ob ml~ Itu- of the stud nt body 11 studios, comes tb report th t 0 Richards, Girard __--.art ing of the last lap in the tw Iv year ent and Mrs. M. M. Rose, Prlnclp I dent mUlt male some choice proj t, The Rapo blond favoritel of the IIC n :v School Paper fa Managed r ce for a preparatory education. For and Mrs. J. L. Hu~hinson, Dr. and according to Mr. Jordan, instructor. been dropped from the list of con· ,.,;r. --T. R. T"ylor, Cockerill Mrs 0 Gibson Mr and "·rs AR Within the first tb w eb t p -t pI ye ., they -- ._rta P the juniors it marks the h lfway " ,. -...... AlII of Spelling nd Scholar Oon. station ot their blgb school edu tion. Sedoria'hMlr . and Mrs. A. E. Bl\tten, must b mad for th proj tj t nd Dorothy Jordan. ._------1 14iaa T e ma Werme and nd of Ix w Ita th proj m For th m the sun II pa sing i • nltb th' 14 Ph' have been I tion Con t- and inatead of riIlDg belina to ~ lUi ro y c eon. J:}apldp, Anna 8lowly tow Ii 0 •• ItO 1;;;-;;;;;;;-:.AD;;;''l'lJI~ THE BOOSTEn, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1988

~------~ Edi~O;::~::.~::o::y ~ Information Bureau ~ Man About Town ] get Having just had our respective Neighboring New8 ~;;;======d through playing with the basltet-baU, THE aOOSTER tests, this is rather an odd time to 'I I want it." have a teaeher declal'e that she is That the definition of croon is: "To Our chief trouble is that each citi very much pleased with the work be make a continous hoUow sound in Es~blished 1916 zen knows how to control mankind and Katherine Irwin-"Boy, you should ing done by' her pupils. But that is pain; to bellow. (There's that sick Published by the J~}lrnalism and Printing classes wishes he knew how to control his calf eulogy again.) see me square dance-" of Pittsburg Senior High School just exactly what Miss Rimmer has three kids. reported' concerning her beginning typists. She has as an expermient, she That we Itnow a guy who has join- Rhoda Lou Scott--"If you see a It ought to be possible to clothe EDITORIAL STAFF declares, used an entirely different ed so many hunger marches he hus goose, grab it." Editor ..Wayne Glaser even the deepest thoughts in simple plan fl'om that of last year, and to indigestion from overeating. Assistant Editor John Dalrl language. Magdalene Schmidt-"There's Jop Make-up Editor..__.. .Wilmer Kratz her estimation, it has worked out Assistant Make-up Editor...... Mary McDonald That this same guy wimt to a New lin's Ursel Coulson." . rather well. A section a week from BUSINESS STAFF each student is expected on every A scientist declares that we can Years party and passed out with thr Business Manager .. _.:Pearl Smith- get along on far less food than we Bob Dorsey-"You're worth more Friday. If, however, they have not Assistant Business Manager Mildred Cronister have been eating. Most of us had -old year. finished the section by the limited now, Jordon." SUbscription Manager ,.Tom Groundwater already found that out. Advertising Manager --Bob Selltnansberger time, they are required to hand them That every time a ham actor al~- Perry Galjloclt-"I oan't see her Circulation Mana~er_. Oharles Carson in anyway. A grade is placed upon Charm is like ignorance. The more pears on the stage-he has the aUdl'l paper' it wouldn't d m any good Assistant CirculatIOn Manager__ Nola Mundt the 'section and then returned to the perfect it is, the less you realize that ence in the aisles-leaving the theatre any "':ay" 0 e REPORTORIAL STAFF , student. Miss Rimmer promulgates ..•••. Lots of gals go to the big . Sports Editor Clarence Stephenson you have it. Assistant Sports Editor Joe Casta~no that this system disposes with a lot cities to make good-instead of stay- Flora MOl'osin "And his initials of the discouragment experienced by News Editor Ernest Brownmg Two-pants suits just Increase the ing that way I know a man are E. L." Exchange Editor Joe Cumiskey the students' of lasts year's classes, difficulty of remembering. where the who is so sad. Not only is business Copy Editor .._..Adalynn Sergeant when their neighblr got a few sec bad-but his stenogrnpher has no sex John Clements-"Rap her one on Reporters. ..June Avery, Anna Hill, Charles Harlan, key is. Ruth Laney, Ruby Emmitt, Joe Tatham, Harry Mallard, Perina tions ahead of them. Miss Rimmer re appeal! the head." ports that the majority of her typists Cubete, Beatrice Redfern, Dorothy Jenkins, Silvia Jones If we are in the right, we can keep have an averaged rate and speed. In cool, but we get angry when we are Seen in a newspaper ad column: Seniora--"Did you pass English regard to her shorthand classes, this pn QHA" A in the wrong, as is usually the case. "Young man, 26, refined, high school Essentials?" worthy teacher declares they are pro graduate. Very sympathetic; can do gressing nicely and are able to trans I Many parents wish their son in everything in the house and willirg Delores King-"That teacher knows late those !ittl!!', mischievous hooks college could keep up on his grades to do anything you ask a companion her business, and I don't mean may and curves admirably. as he does his expenses. or bachelor to do. Can sew and press." be." What! No knitting! What a manl I ! Margaret Marty-"His fingernails "So you call your canary Joe? Does looked like they had been dipped in Entered as second class matter, October 4, 1926, at the Post Personality Sketches that stand for Joseph or Josephine1" A gangster was. killed recently, and red paint." Office at Pittsburg, Kansas, under the act of Congrees, March 8, 1789. This'one teaches sophomore English, "We don't know-that's why we the police questioned his gun moll if call it Joe." there were any other marks that they Mary Helen Austin-"I'm going to has simply beautiful red hair and write a book and call it, "How It Feels Frances Trimble' Sponsor brown eyes. She is popularly known could identify the body when it was The trouble with the jigsaw puz found. "Oh, surel" replied the pretty to Be Famous." as one of the best sports among the Leroy Brewington .Adviser in Printing teachers of this school. Another in zles is you can't cheat with them. but dumb thing, "he stuttered." Lorena Clarlt-"I made the junior teresting thing about her is that she can give readings like-well, no one Everything seems to be grouped in How do they spell that new fangled team." else can. Is it necessary to tell you tens this year. The ten mORt scientific work-like this? Techno Animation or Oblivion beautiful words, the ten best plays, Dot Broadhurst-"Look at Cutie it is Miss Harriet Way? crazy! the ten best movies, and etc. Did you over there." What's it all about anyway? What does it all mean ~ Now for a senior. She has blue eys, ever stop and try to find your ten Times have gotten so bad that the What are we here for? How long is it going to take light hair, and oh, what a personali best friends? seat of last year's trousers have fallen Virginia Burger-"Yeah, and he let us to realize the world doesn't owe us anything? How out. me wear his watch today." long is it going to take us to wake up to the fact that ty! At the present her greatest am bition is to go' to Europe with her Honesty is a habit that once bro we were put here for a definite purpose, that we are ken, is hard to mend. Margaret Winena--"When are you supposed to have an aim in life? Are we going to be girl friend. Or perhaps, she'll just be Here are the famous houses: Col a dramatics teacher. Nevertheless, onel Over the Hill to the poor going to write ~e that note?" content just to drift along, and then drift into obliv ion. Why don't we hop on the world the next time it whether she becomes a traveler or Krazy Kratz Have one on the This is the dramatics teacher, she is eager to ----"that Jack built Ya' Del Morosin-"You can't wear my comes around, and get wise to ourselves? make friends now. Her name? Nelva What's this I hear about John old man1 The well known full jacket. When we're infants, we have someone to think for Hand. ----The of David--The us, some one to do things for us, but we're not going to Marshall stepping out without his "I'll drop in and make some poison girl? That's all right as long as he's ----of Bondage-Get outa my-! be infants forever. Are we going to continue slipping Slim, dark hair and eyes, and a gas for you." with his boy friends: And----tricks? easily through life, never realizing that we're noL pleasing smile, describes this week's morons, and then after realizing it, doing something CAN YOU REMEMBER? junior boy, Jack McGlothin. In the That if you think this column is about it. Wake up! Get some animation in you! It isn't summer, Jack spends a lot of time Frankenstein is here! Frankenstein hard to read you ought to try writing necessary to set the whole world on fire; but a little is here! Frankensteinl How many seniors can remember 'around the baseball field, so we pre one like it. their good old sophomore days? Then private blaze of your own certainly would go a long sume he's interested in baseball. Jack way toward keeping the ball rolling. is a proctor. and stands at the south Dracula is Coming! Drliculal . And that we have a very funny gag surely you can recall those of funny little nicknames you had (some have side of the second floor, usually, so for the last paragraph but it takes Ul) been able to keep them). For instance: An Excutive's "Connotary" when you get to feelin' blue just go two extra lines which we haven't got. When I walked into Miss Way's '. "Kate" Fennimore. Since other papers, both huge and small, have tak around and have a chat with him. He (Veddy Soddy) is guaranteed to cure your blues. room one day with a pass addressed f. "Doc" Montee. en a crack at Governor. Pollard's original "connotary," Dracula and requested' to converse j'- , "Jerry" Bowlus. we feel we should at least make mention of it here. We Leo Howard, Miss Way told the young "Jean" Piper. are told that a "connotary" is a collection of terms not Ever noticed that tall, black haired, Dame Rumor Says grey eyed sophomore boy named Dick gentleman that Frankenstein wished "Foots" Keller. found in dictionaries. It must take an ambitious person to see him. Leo was very much "Dimples" Eyestone. (who cannot fulfill his desires in a large Webster's dic Tindel? He is interested in almost all Two junior girls, Ruth Bee and sports including swimming, football, astonished. Then I explained to- him Mnxine Timmerman, decided that it "One-hoss" Shay. tionary) to write one of his own. that the names were pet names used "Toots" Bitner. and basketball. Recently he joined a might be fun; so each took a Ittle In the hall the other day a student was heard to church basketball team and at RooS6\ by the two teachers, Way and Trimble. child with her last Saturday and "Bud" Benelli. say, "Now, why couldn't I have done that?" Probably "Giggles" Cronister. velt Junior High last year, he plaYodd joined the Mickey Mouse Club. that student could have done it; but Virginia's chief on that school's team. Although Dick Wayne Glaser has just sold out his "Hillie" Hill. excutive did it first. "Red" McDonald. is rather quiet, he really has a good huge interest in the stock markets. Then there's the senior girl who The governor's definition of the word "depression" personality and likes to make friends. (now's your chance girls) first found out that little dogs are "Ossie" Osthoff. "Peggy" Covell. scores the biggest hit of his book when he says it is "A mascots (?) Hope this adds to yer! period of time in which we have to do without what our The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes "Me" Smith. I have a dickens of a time invent vocabulary, Willella. that the girls in the comics are wear "Marge" Covell. parents never had." Another favorite is the definition ing a word·to describe Fred Trefz. All ing long skirts. Well, aren't they "Pug" Mitchell. of gentleman-"one who can disagree without being synonyms are not sufficient; therefore Imagine how embarrased a little disagreeable." appropiate there? sophomore feels when a senior girl "Mike" Sergant. as an inventor of words, it is my job "Ike" Scott. Governor Pollard, as you all know, produced and to conceive an ideal description. walkS up and asks him if he isn't Fish with rudimentary hands are published 500 copies of this "connotary" for Christ Professor Kratz "so-and-so" f'Then picture the embar mas season gifts to his friends. depicted in a late nature article. Quite rased senior girl walking away when Sidelights of the Game a help, we should think, if the fish is she discovered it "ain't him." We're Tired of Him a story-teller, too If looking for something to do, look The crowd went wild as that hot up Oscar "Foots" Keller. The other Just why do Eleanor Russell and shot forward, Carence Stephenson, Old Grandpaw Depression is becoming more unen day "Foots" walked up to a door, sole~upport Avigation" is a word officially ac-' June Avery enjoy pulling each others caged a basket. I ask you, wasn't he durable every day. We have been his now cepted by the army as describing nav hitting it as hard as he could. He was hail' in typing class? (They do it for marvelous. for nearly three years and at last have ~he proof that, igation for use in aviation. "Aviga very discouraged when the door fun neither is wearing a wig, yet.) Dale Stonecipher was disappointed left to his own device, he would soon perish, an ignoble tor," of course, will follow. wouldn't move. He went around with about the game. He said it should death. May we say, without seeming too cruel, his de his knuckles skined up for a week. Then there's that brillant chemistry have been closer. mise would be a timely one? . The obivious hope of the Soviet to student, Harold Wright, who always The sophomore team won the preli There is, we find, such a thing as too much chari detach Manchuria from China proper, Then there's the one about the junior asks a question which Jordan doesn't minary with ease. Not bad material ty. For quite a long time now, we have saved and makes its far-eastern policy more girl named Ruth who had a song de know which of two answers is correct. for a high school team in two years. hoarded our funds to help Old Depression. It has fi peaceful than peaceful. dicated to a sophomore boy in the Cab "Calloway" Stephenson attend nally become the serious question of preserving our home room program. And did the At a recent basketball game, Alice ed the game in person. selves or the old boy himself. He has lived his life boy laughl Williams wanted to know if they put Leo Frolich and his girl friend, not a very useful one-and now it is only right that we Crazy Giggles substitutes in because the regulars Ann Hill, were overjoyed at the out should have our chance. Let us take care of our busi Mildred Stewart: "How much are were tired. She guessed wrong. Sub· come of the game. ness, and Depression will take care of himself. Even a brunette. may be lightheart stitutes are put in so that the referee Revenge is sweet they say but it ed. eggs?" and opponents won't catch on to the wasn't revenge last Friday night. The Little New Year has arrived fresh and pleasant. Grocer: "$.60 a dozen-$.30 a doz tricks. Independence football team drubbed He promises a rosy future. Quoting from the Bible A courtship begins when a man en for cracked ones." the local griddel's and so we were out "And a little child shall lead them." whispers sweet nothings and ends Mildred: "Good-crack me a doz After the art instructor had stress to drub their basketeers. The Drag when he says nothing sweet. en." ed the importance of decorating ons won because they had the best windows correctly for stage scenes, team. They dispayed better floor A kiss over the telephone is only a Dennis Noor nonchalantly drew a pic work, ball handling and the art of ======Ilittle thing, yet it can go a long way. Professional CardB ture of a window instead of stage I)'hsket shooting. scenes. Myl when will these sophies Paul Ludlow, star of the 1931 quin Alvin Burack Wins Chocolate Cake A close shave promotes a smooth Room. 201.20a Ph 141 learn to foUow directions. tet was keeping time. Not bad, eh? love affair. The Independence rooters seemed bu't Bertea Pulls Big Swindle Act DR. J. A. JENT, Dentiat to have forgotten the way to our fair Pri~e When a cooed has good lines, she Book Review city. and Burack Loses Coveted finds it easy to rope any man. X-RAY Oscar Keller lead us in some snap National Bank Bu1Jdilllll In a gay and vivid manner Richard py yells. Thanks a lot, Oscar! Alvin "Pidge" Burack is firmly con readily gave in. Any girl would rather neglect her Halliburton set out on his majic car Well, it was a great game, and let's vinced that thirteen is a decidedly Then the calte walk started. he studies than her steadies. pet to find adventure and romance. all turn out for the next home game. unlucky number, even though that stopped on the lucky number. He F; S. Rqbison He and his companion set out from number was the cause of his winn drew number thirteen and was hand Clarence S.: "No woman ever made California to, they knew not where. PARISIAN FORECASTS ing a cake in the cake walk. The ed the coveted cake. a fool of me." DBNTIST Landing first at Timbuctoo, the city unlucky part came when he was swin "Remember that's mine," Miss Coach S.: "Who did then?" Pho .4" Co of dreams, age, and fading, and dl'y Contrast still is a fashionable key dled out of his cake. Bertea \'eminded him. in~ mud huts. Here they stayed for note, according to Parisian design It happened this way. Before the He knew he was defeated, but he calk walk started, Pidge sauntered gave a last feeble effort to regain his Miss Trimble: "How did you find several weks. Mr. Halliburton relates ers, and will continue its success in things over in India?" More these experiences so picturesquely the new wardrobe. over to the cake counter and wist prize. "I'll tell you what I'll do," he fully eyed the collection of pastries. weakly, "I'll give you half and keep Miss Hatton: "Oh, flne and Ghandl." that the reader is sure to be fascina Sheer wool and colorful, checked, The question of the hour: What ted. From here they travel hither Maxine Bertea, standing near by, half." 01' figured prints make beautiful cape time is it? and yon over a space of 40,000 miles. suita for early spring wear. turned to him with a supposedly melt "Oh no you won't," answered that Their experiences are mingled with ing smile. "Pidge," she informed him determined young lady. That c ke I excitement, dventure, and amuse It seems as though the sleeve has sweetly, "If you win that cake,"," mine." Turning to the cake checker, ment In "The Flying Carpet-" started an upward trend, and now pointing to a big luscious chocolate "Wrap it up for me." the new sleeve length is just bov cake generously sprinkled with Eng With be eeching eyes and watering the elbow. lish walnut me tI, "you'll hay to mouth, Pidge was forced to atch the Another ditference IPv it to me." Pre Ident and belni The Ie ves stU! tain their pu1f , cake being borne w y. how ver, and all their 'el\1lnlne lu As he had but on chance in tw nty "I'll k h l' tomono if my trimmbl'" of winnl~ tM P cllJar ., h w rood M con lad him 11, THE BO STER, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1988

ClAN YOU ANSWER THEM Carnival Cuts Vandals Accompany Latin Students Are Rambling Reporter RUTH COX ENTERTAINS How well aTe you informed on the The models for Miss Laney's style Gilliland to Joplin Studying "Ad Alpes" important questions of the day? Be The month of February might well Featuring Miss Ruth Cox, former show were dressing and due to appear Girl Reserve president and P. H. B. low aTe a few questions which should Juuior of P. H. S. is Forccd at Point "Cicero" to Be the Next Sclection for be under the head of, "Little but im in fifteen or twenty minutes. Amid graduate, as a reader, the Girl Re be a fair test of whether you are of Gun to Tllke Thugs the Advllnced Class to portant," as there are practically as the general chatter of-"My sock's many important dates in this month serves held their weekly meeting In quite as well informed as you should gone," "Can I see that min-or?" etc for a Ride Translate be: as there are days. Here are some of the auditorium, Wed., January 11. came a shriek from Sue Swan. Leap Kenneth Blasor, accompanied by 1. Which of, the great powers de While parking fl'ont of the Bee The Latin V class is completing them: ing about wildly, she was trying to Louise Baade, played a clarinet solo. faulted on the December war debt Hive Cafe about 6:110, Monday even- "Ad Alpes" a Jlart'ative which follows bon-ow a shirt and a car. FEBRUARY Oertude Sellsmanburger, sopho- payment? ing the16th, C. W. Oiliand, senior tlie fOI·tunes of a family-party travel "I left my riding pants at home", States' Birthdays more Girl Reserve president, was in 2. Mukden is the capital of what high school junior was approached ing by sea from Ephesus to Brund- floated back as she rushed madly Massachusetts, 1788. charge of the meeting. Shirley Jean Dew state? I out the door. by two dapper men who pulled back isium, thence northward .by the Ap- 7. 8. The Democrats won how many Arizona, 1812. Smith led the devotions and Ruth their coats, each displaying a 32 pian Way to RomlJ, then onward to 14. IRosenstiel made an announcement. states in the last election? automatic and demanding to be driv- the Alps. As they joul71ey, the elders 19. Ohio, 1803. "If I win a cake, it's yours," prom t J' r 26. Panama Canal Zone, acquired, 4. The French disarmamenb plan ised "Pidge" Bun-ack as he entered en, 0 op m. narrate to the children interesting 1904. At last we found a question that Is calle for the abolition of what type of the "Cake Walk" in the Journalism 'Boy, they just dumped me in the facts and stories suggested by the asked more times than, "How long room. Friday evening. He was talking back seat before I lmew what had places visited. Anniversaries and Holidays army' will the depression last?" We might 6. The government of Russia can- to the none too hopeful Maxine Ber happened," exclaimed C. W., laughing Scattered here and there through 2. Candlemas Day; Groundhog not be called democratic because it is tea. However Pidge, much to his as ruefully. "They drove till we werc Latin literature is an abundance of Day. say beforehand that this question controlled by whom? tonishment, won the cake, a big choc about thrce miles out of town, and material suited to the instruction and 12. Lincoln's Birthday; born in 1809. came from royal descent, (I mean 6. What country has held four par holate one, covered with nuts. Maxine then I took the wheel and drove them entertainment of a youthful audience 12. Georgia Day; in Georgia. accent.) Here it is, "Vos you there llamentTy elections' thi'll year wibh a spent Sunday making "Pidge" a box to Joplin. The fcllow in the back seat The thread of the simple story, which 14. St. Valentine's Day. (Every_ Scharlie 7" party pining enough of a majority of candy. kept cussing me because the 'car is told gives unity to the whole and where). to form a government? would'nt go any fasLer, but the one in at the same time opens the eyes of 22. Washington's Birthday. And now for movie-goers. Claudette 7. Those congressmen who sit in Jack Graham expressed a slight un the front seat told him to 'shut up'." the pupils to the richness and variety Other Dates of Importance Colbert has been chosen as the leader Congress till March 4, even though ~ easiness about visiting the "Freak C. W. described the men to both of Latin litemturc and makes it pos- Horace Greeley born, 1811. of the silver screen as far as "type defeated 0 in the November election, the Joplin and Pittsburg police as sible to bring in naturally frequent Show" in Mr. Williams home room. 4. A Peace Congress met in Wash appeal" goes. are given what nickname 7 Some one told Jack they might keep being well-dressed in dark suits and rei'eL'ence to Roman life and manners ington, 1861. 8. Coolidge was chairman of a na hats.. They were according to C. W. lind a wcalth of information is intro- ' him. 6, Hiram S, Maxim born, 1840. ·t onal' committee formed to study nearly the same size, about 6 feet 8 duced on points of Roman history. McClelland Barclay, artist and au. what problem 7 Mr. Hartford might easily have inches tall, and weighed approxi- The transition from one year of 7. Charles Dickens born, 1812. thority on feminine beauty, says 9. In ,his budget message, Presi- trouble with the dicipline of his class mately 160 to 180 pounds, One of the woL'!e to the next in the traditional 8. John Ruskin born, 1819. Claudette Colbert is the outstanding o dent Hoover recommended the levy for a few days. His students will men wore octagonal glasses. Latin course' has been too abrupt. 8. First U, S, Bank incorporated, example of "type appeal" in Hony 1791. Ing of what kind of tax7 hardly forget so soon what a de "We drove around Joplin about The step from Caesar to Cicero has wood. The answers will be found on page lightfully rosy baby he makes. about twenty minutes," continued C. I been by no meuns easy. A considera- 11. American flag raised at Iloilo, "There is no such thing as sex_ foul'. ' W. "when finally at second and Main blc amount of graded rending that Philippines. appeal," says this artist with con The P. H. S. teachers experience a streets, they turned off the ignition, has regard for the difficulties -encoun- 14. United States flag first seen viction. "A woman has beauty only Snoop the Snooper "See yourselves as others see you," pulled back the emel'gency brake, and tered by the student with particular and saluted in foreign lands, 1778. in proportion to the degree her ap feeling in the Main Show of the Carn threw the key in the back seaat. Then care to enlist his interest has been 21. Washington's Monument dedi- pearance favorably impresses the va Marie Cutburth bought a hot dog ival. Mr. Row's Faculty Burlesque they ran. I followed them only to provided in "Ad Alpes" and further cated 1885. rious types and classifications of men. for lunch. When it suddenly disap caused many a guilty start, espec the cornel' of Wall and Sccond where the difliculties to be overcome have 16. Battleship "Maine" blown up, For this reason sex appeal is a term peaTed from her tray, she began to ially when their habitutal "Shin-Dig" I lost them, 01' rather they lost me." been divided by concentrating upon a 1898. far too genera!;" look around on the ,floor for it. She was .brought to light. C. W. and a Joplin' patrolman went single problem at the start, and leav- 25. First Maryland Assembly, 1639. Barclay lists and classifies the Hol got so excited she forgot to get any to a number of the "hang-outs" of ing the othel' for later tI·eatmcnt. 27. Henry W. Longfellow born, lywood beauties for "type appeal" in thing else to eat. So when the hot HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY CAT? Joplin but no trace of the captors was In pursuance of this plan the vol- 1807, America's best-loved poet. the following manner: dog was found (not on the floor) she found: ume read first concerns itself with --- Claudette Colbert-Her appeal is to turned around and went to the end of Lost-Late Sunday Night one brown the matter of vocabulary. The vocab- How's this, Rees, an Independence the man of the world, the wealthy the line.- aRnEd'~AnReDat. Finder please call 2479W. Accidents Do Happen ulary is first of all ~xtensive, a nec- High School athlete, who's first name sophisticate. Mildred Stewart wants to know '. essity of the variety of selection is Paul, 'is referred to as "Peerless Joan Crawford-Appeals to the col how everyone gets his name in the Since the narrative deals often with Paul" by students of I. H. S. egiate. paper. Now this sounds old. But real "I want one of it's teeth for a Perhaps it was an accident when somewhat familial' subject matter, Marian Davies-Appeals to the ath. Mary ~llzabeth Hai'bcro, sophomorlJ, ly Mildred deserves a little publicity. souvenir." it provides a context most favorable Have' you tried this one 7 Take you!' lete. lJut ~pson l:ial\'s mto her lOnuanu She has charge of the Sanitation Bul '1'Where'd you get the cat, Naldo 7" for quick apprehension of the mean- house number; (Don't ask me where) Marlene Dietrich-To the business letin appears in the Booster, each "Charlie, you go on and cut it. I candy llIstead 01 cream of ta}'tur. ing of individUlil words. man. But why do so many acciuIJnts hap multiply it by two; add five; then Week, and is certainly dependable. can't." The vocabulary 9f the book in be- multiply by fifty; add three hundred Kay Francis-To the society man. I hope the neighbors haven't miss pen in the .l!'oo