Camden High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Camden, NJ)

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ua., 1934 tloor nndentatxons made bx hrs cane which IS on exhxbxt 1n the house In th s room also are beaut tul portrarts ot hrs parents and a bust ot II hltman Imone, other mementoe there reposes ln 1 glass case 1 recelpt tor the purchase of the house II hrtm ln pald S1800 tor rt recelxxng: a SUO reductron tor paxrng cash There xs also m th1s case a lock of II hxtman s halr In the next room there 'Ire numerous pnctures of XI hrtman 'I hese plctures shoxx hlm ID manx poses and deplct hls entxre llfe Letters xxhlch he wrote to frxends and relatlx es are also preserx ed II hltman xx as a great lox er of nature and ln hls manv xx anderrngs he PICIIGLI up prettv shells These also mav be seen among hrs other belonglngs I humorous and mter estmg exh1b1t IS a clock wxth cherrles palnted on lt II h1tman had a xerv lox elv and talkatrxe parrot Thrs parrot lxked cherr1es and when 1t saw these pamted ones xt tr1ed to plcle them oft The parrot succeeded IH pluclung all the cherrres oft the clock but the flaxor wasnt exictlv to hls lxlung Incxdentallv th1s parrot has been stutIed 'md now IS perched m a lnfelxke manner besule the clocle On the second tIoor there IS 'in old four poster bed XNIHCI1 IS a replxca ot the one m whrch XI hxtman slept Yerx mnterestmg IS the bithtub whlch IS nothxna more than a tm ox al shaped tub xxxth sndes about a foot hlgh How anx one took a bath ln that IS hard to lmaglne The YI alt II hrtman house has been opento the publlc for qulte a whxle I et th1s house has been XISIICCI more bx OUISILICFS than by the people of Camden 'Ihe hou e has 1 great xnterest for forexgners XI hx dont Camdenxtes recogmze th1s treasure 1n thelr own CIIV7 Wake sure that Vou x1s1t th1s mterestmg house the home as many forexgners thmk of the onlx poet Xmerlca has ex er produced C-LQ?-D A RECORD REPORTER IN CONVENTION CITY Hmm IN Srhm 19aw OLL IIBIX LNIXPRSVIX he scene ot the tenth 'll'lI1LIdICOI1X1eIltl0D ol the Columbla SCIIOIQSIIC I ress XSSOCI 1t1on IS loc ated 1n upper WI.-xnhattan w here the clamor 'ind eonfuslon ol the Great XI hlte II ax his trxclded doxxn to a steadx orderlx stream of trathc Here well awax from the hustle 'lnd the bustle of metropolltan New X ork more than tw elx e hundred student yournalrsts gathered to w restle xx 1th the IDIFICHCICS 3I1CId1IIlCUlt1CS mx olx ed IH edltmg a hlgh school publlcatlon The features of the three dax conxentlon were addresses bx recognlzed authorltxes m professlonal and college gournalnsm and round table conferences led bx student edrtors Two added attractlons were informal talks bx wr Robert L Rxplex ot BLIILYC or INot time ind Iou Llttle lea football Co'1Ch ot Qolumbla LIIIXLFSIIV 'VIr RIPILX xxho confessed th it he his been accused ot belng, untruthtul more frequentlx than anxone IH the world addressed the delegates at NICANIIIIIII Theatre IDCSIJIIC, hrs unusual penchant for endxng almost ex erx sentence wlth belreve It or not Rxplev prox ed an entertaxnmg and dn ertxng speaker I x e seen the Garden of I' den declared the famous cartoomst and globe trotter bu Hell I th nk IS a much n1cer place Hell belxexe lt or not IS reallx a small town ln INorwax and the word ln INor weglan means gentle slope In Chxna thex burv eggs and erect - I 7 I V - V V I I I V - I I. , , . ' ,. . . I , , ,Q I 'K I I A k x . I Y. x u u 1 s . 1 f I I K V I I I- I . . fx ' c Ac I I . - . I I , , a V. . . . . . , C , V ,V K ' . . . . I ' . . . ,. y . . I V V I . ,I , . ' I C I Q IV C 1 vu Q n I - i V V I , I ' v v- V , I I ,. V I I I V , ' Q ' . S e . I . ' ' ' ' . L ' ' A, I , V. . v . .. .. , , tl A t V I ! l . V .I V . . . v A! . , x I V I 1 V1 'I' -II , II V V V- I -V . .H . . . Y ,, . . I I . V I , 2 - . I It . . gl d X - I . JA . , . T.vl . I e I 1 . V 1 1 1 v 1 . v V 1 af 1 I c , I I c , I . '., ' ' e I V II I C I V -I I V II I V- V In - . I V I V I V V V K e L e K , I V I V L' L Q I I A I 'V . V-V I C I D I I 1 - v V . . U . I . V V V I I I V 7 m . . . ,, . .. V V I- V I 7 1 V V I V . v Y . .. . .I . H, , ,, . - , - Y ' - , 1 . .. ,, . . V V I L Y 1 ' V V I 1 1 , . . , . - V V V V V I - r A L1 ' ' I I V ' . ' ' V V 7 n sf

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tombstones oxer them X ears later thev ehg up and eat the eggs xxlnch thev conslder delxcxous I llke mme one hundred vexrs old Once I 'ate a centurv old egg before retlrlng and that nlght I dreamed that all the Chmese IH the xxorld were marchlng past mx bed lhat was the 1nsp1r'1t1on for xx hat IS probablv mx most questxoned statement If all the Chmese 1n he xx orld were to march past a g1x en po nt IH mxlltarx order the lme xxould nex er end Pellexe It or Bot I Xfter Rxplex s address Nlr W xlham Petersen the ILntre lNous er was sexzed xxlth a brllhant 1dea Let s lnterx lew Rxplev for the RFL ORD he CXCl31ITlCCl IVTISS Revnolds 1nstantlx approx ed of the plan so xxe hurrxed back stage W at a scoop tor the RPCORIDI I thought I could alreadv x1s1on the head hne Reckless RECORD Reporters Interx xew Robert Rlplev Backstage we were confronted bx a mllhng horde of delegates all of them after Rxplex s autograph Abandonmg our ex Cluslxe 1nterx1ew aspxratlons xxe yoxned the throng and ex entu1llv procured the cox eted autograph wlth a hastxlx scraxx led Bellexe It or Not thrown ID for good measure It now glx es me great pleasure to xntro duce Lou Llttle sports wrlter for Inter natlonal News Serx 1ce and Columbla s football coach a man who 'I he lntroductlon was drowned out bx the thunderous applause of the Cl'ltl'1llS13StlC delegates Gee Lou Lxttlel muttered one awe struck Voungster xxho sat beside me Mr Lxttle spoke on Reportmg Football whlle amateur sports wrxters of hlgh school publlcatlons from Brldgeport to Knoxxllle took 1n ex erv word he sald The football reporter must know the game thoroughlv the noted coach stated Intelhgent xxrxtmg and x1x1d descrlptxon must be featured to capture the casual The Hzgh School Record reader s lnterest Put color and lxfe mto x our storx Interxxew the coach before the game and get hls slant on the outcome of the battle No coach wxll refuse to talk to a reporter The man who put Columblas football team on the map bv capturlng the Rose Bowl tltle then related sexeral anecdotes xx ox en around the Llon team s last season If anv llsteners here xxant to come out on th held 'and Ll1SCLlSS sports wlth me concluded Coach Llttle come r1ght ahead I ll be glad to talk sports any t1me Llndbergh gazed longlnglv at the g1ant alrplanes m the great hangar and then peered through the hangar wmdow at hls oxxn tmv plane Outsxde the slantlng ram beat down mercxlesslv on the Sp1r1t of St Louls The voung pllot buttoned hls black muddy tlvmg field A few moments later I saw the tmx plane flash doxxn the field barelv l1ft1ng xtself ox er the dangerouslv low w1res at the far end of the field Lmdbergh had left for Pans Thus dld Russell Owen noted ax 1at1on wrlter of file New lorfe llmef descrxbe xx hat he consxdered the most CXC1tlIlg storx he ex er cox ered Speaklng on W hat News Deserx es Iteature Story Form'7 Wlr Owen addressed nearly one hundred and tiftx delegates The occaslon xvas one of manv sectnonal meetmgs and xt prox ed to be the most 1I'lt6F6StlI1g one I attended at the conx entlon Ixndb rgh s take ofl possessed the rlch dramatlc xalue whxch xs the prlme reqmsxte ot a good feature storv explamed the famous reporter Another thrllhng storv was Bvrd s first ADt3FCtlC expedltlon x hlch I cox ered for the lzmer Sometlmes nothlng would happen for a week but my c1tv edxtor expected a storv ex erv dav Once I xvrote a thousand word elCSCl'lptl0D of the wmd 8 . . , l . v . . . ' ' x I l ' ' s ' 1 x K sz - 7- t' 1 , I . - - I , ' ' A . e t . .. . ,, , . . . . . , e I ' . ' . . c ' V ' v f I v I v I 1 v I m ' . , . . . .. . ,, . 4 Y 4 , . v , U , . . ,. J, , , . I, L I . , ,. . . ,, . v 1 ' e , A . , 1 1 y - v - H 1 ' I 1 ' ' Pk Bk wk e ' L - , . . A - . U 1 I ' I ,, ,h , x .. . . . . ., . L, . , . ,, . . ,, . . ' ' k d d l l ' h V. Jac et an stro e reso utey out mto t e . , V, V , ' ' . Y e ' . . u, V . Y , . . v . , . . . t' . A .' I , L 7 e C I C -I I . ' ' ll ' ' 11 , . . ,, ,, . . . . . . wk wk 4: A 1 44 V - ' - - Y Y - fr y ' V - - 1 1: , , , , - ' . A . 17 ' , lei , .. L , - , , , ,, K ! fa' ' ll if ' I ' ' ,- D , , . , - . ,, . . ,, . . V, ,, . . , , . . . . . ,, . . V , , . t . , , . ,, v . . V .. an - - V' ' 7 V ,, . .. . . . .