Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1912, Page 73

Description: SOME CELEBRITIES -- Continued.GLENN BORUFF.Artist, human dynamo, and flag-staff. Wears a smile that wont comeoff. Was once severely wounded byhis father, who, seeing his head at adistance, thought it a crow. Used toscare the Freshmen, who thoughthim a gypsy. Imitated Eddie Col-lins and threw an eraser through thewindow in the Senior section room.Has stacks of energy and height.SAMUEL RUFUS BOLLENBACHERNewsboy, athlete, and member ofMr. Ramseys corps of office-boys.Better known as Bones or Coney-cricker. Is often mistaken for Pad-erewski on account of his hair.Would rather argue than eat. Has alarge muscular frame, which is theideal of all the Freshman boys. Au-thor of the famous pamphlet Howto Get through School on yourNerve. Is often conspicuous in hisclasses by his unexpected absence.HENRY MILLER.Reporter, Agitator, and coal-heaver. Better known as Heinie orKeghead. Author of the famousbooks All-State Teams I ShouldHave Made and Teams I Will MakeWhen I Get to College. Be-sides being an athlete, Heinie is the worstlady-fusser in school. When onlytwo years old he startled his motherby frantically yelling Slide, Kelly,slide. He is also noted for his di-minutive stature and his great loquacity.EDWARD JOHNSTONE.Dramatist, Humorist and Agita-tor. Colleague of F. Lindsay. Whenonly eight months old, his parentsfound him seated on a football witha Spaulding Guide Book in one handand a copy of Les Miserables in theother. Writes poems, dramas andthe East End correspondence. Tedhas a vocabulary as big as his feet.Future Comic Supplement Editor.FRANK LINDSAY.Dramatist, poet and authority onanything. Successor to Beau Brum-mel. Should have lived in the 16thCentury. Can be distinguished in thewinter by his goloshes and leggings.Came from Ellettsville where he wasknown as Pancake. Writes poemsto all of the girls and helps manageBloomington High School. Amafraid to predict his future.VINCENT HEATON.Looks like, acts like, and is aFreshman. Should have lived inPuritan times. When he first en-tered High School, wearing a sailorcollar, Mr. Potter kindly informedhim that the primary room was stillat Central. Wears his flaxen hair ina Marcelle Wave. Would make agood salesman for the beer thatmade Milwaukee famous.Page Seventy-three
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