Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-06-09

statement, that our heads grew emp.
ty, does not say what was left Out
to make those said domes empty
The substance left out was ignor.
ance, thus leaving plenty of room
for our immense intelleots. Now,
realize that our girls represent the
cream of the GLASSES intellect, and
do not claim any Of said intellect for
the boys of the class.
Now | come back to bad part of
this narrative, that part which deals
with a certain attempted pennant
raising. Before proceeding, how
eever, it might be wise to turn our
attention to our beloved superin-
tendent, Professor Franklin Frozy
Sparks.
We generally do as we please
when we finish the orders OF the
Misses Buchanan, Steelman and
Watts, and Messrs. Award, Cush-
man, Yoemans, and the above named
gentleman Of leisure. He Is known
in the school as Sparks, and is
sometimes called, 1.-THE old man"
His word Is law, such as even the
Kaiser of Germany does not demand.
He's an autocrat In his small king
dom, but he does, sometimes, mingle
| his decisions with mercy, seasoned
with justice. Altogether he is a
combination hard to beat.
He seems to have supernatural
vision, for when anything Is about
to happen, he seems to know what
It is, and when 1t will come to light.
Take the instance of the Senior
penant raising, 1t came to light, but
was promptly sent to the realms OF
darkness, by imperial decree.
do not intend to recite narrowing
details, but for the purpose of great
epics some things are necessary
The fair ones of the class, not so
many months ago, conceived the Idea
of raising a Senior penant. The ma
terials were obtained mysteriously,
and the pennants made. The boys
were to raise the beautiful flag, and
to be sure Of the job. So they at
tempted one night, to accomplish the
feat. Away into the morning they
labored on the joyous mission, but
they decided that the invention In
vented for the purpose, by one of
the group, would never reach the
patent office at Washington, but 1t
was sure to rest In abuse and dissuse,
far from the madding crowd. The
inventor also realized this, vitality.
the would be raisers decided to sus-
pend activities for that morning.
But, try, try again and again, Is
their motto, and they again atttemp-
ted to raise the emblem.
SO another night they rallied to
the cause of Senorism, and strove
with might and main too decorate
the extreme sky end of the lofty
flag staff. But, plan after plan, un-
til in desperation they accepted
substitute, and left the place. In
the morning the flag was down, and
it had disappeared, and at this time
has not reappeared.
will skip several immediate re-
suits of the would be raising. Suf-
flee 1t is to say, the incident is
closed. Plans, plans plans, they do
not always work, and so the plans of
and disuse. No hymns of gladness,
no peans of victory disturb the atmo-
sphere, where these plans rest, calm
and secure, in their unhonored
graves, while the perpetrators of
the plan, are chained In padded
padded cells, forgotten except
when called to mind in pity, folded
secure in oblivion.
AS a result of this escapade, some
of us were sore, others sorer, some
chance at it. But, in the language
of the poet, st is the end"
One night we had a feast about |
two miles south of our beautiful city. |
The Seniors were nearly all there,
and the majority of the faculty. |
We amused ourselves playing the
games of our childhood, roasting |
marshmallews, and pulverized dog,
{ coffee), and various other things.
We sang and told stories. Mr.. Cush-
nan being the best funny one, In
more ways than one. We had a
.aste of the sage brush, which is
rare, and seldom experienced ON
his trip Down in the bottom of a (
'oulee, we were secure. Nothing
married the affair except when three
young ladies expressed in no uncer-
ain terms, their trouble in finding
u.s. Then came the stroll home, re-
Ioicing In youth and life. 1t was a
perfect evening, and all of US wished
Tor another, which we realized
little later on our big Senior picnic
The next branch of activity at
tempted was play, enacted by the
Juniors and Seniors. We had to '
lelp the Juniors raise a little money \
20 buy our banquet with, else we {
would miss that longed for feast.
The play was put on, some say WELL {
others say-?*!. But 1t was put on. &
The characters were we'll and fifty
'hosen, not for their beauty of form, /
cut for their fallacy of expression.
The money was raised, and we are
low, we hope, going to realize our {
Efforts. 5
The next important item was the |
Joys class basketball team. At the =,
command of Mr.. Cushman, the SEN [
or friend, the boys assembled, and I
With the help of two Juniors sue {
eeded in bringing low, our oppo-
tents, the Sophs and eighth graders. S
insert here fitting thanks to Mr.. I
)ushman for his aid In helping us 4
ecure the championship. This '