Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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UNLOADING SUPPLIES, HONG KONG These bamboo baskets of plums on the quay of Hong Kong have been unloaded from river junks. Even today the bulk of merchandise is carried by river transportation. The coolies pictured here have the strength and endurance which spring from will power and necessity rather than from a strong physique or a Well-filled stomach. So meager are their earnings that the adult members of the family must labor constantly and the children do What- ever their strength permits. It is not uncommon to see children carrying a pair of these huge baskets filled with vegetables and fruit and hung from a bamboo pole which is carried on their shoulders. 21 g l vu.

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What all we fight so nobly for Is outlined in a symbol clear. Undying cause forefathers held Is ours today, if only be The courage ours to stand and cope, To be as mountain 'gainst the sea, To be henceforth the watered tree, To lose its leaves as winter comes, Each spring again to rise in bloom. I see so well, my father, now, The back is not quite broken yet. The father speaks: To higher ground, my son, my son. The fight is long, the iight is hard, But fight on still with all your strength. 'Tis not a mortal cause we fight, A cause for wealth or power's gain, But something greater, greater still, The right of man to equal beg A certainty for future man, His life shall be a warless one Lived in freedom's own delight These things our life so hangs upon Will ne'er release this bond from us. Though conquered be our holy earth, Still not has been in vain our fight. For though our cause this year has failed In hearts and words shall it live on, Until one day this China ours, Is of the freemen's holy race. MAYNARD SHELLY - Term Five. ,lime o!fAe my .iZ5gna5f7 The tag merely stated, a vase of the Ming Dynasty. It stood there in the show case in which it was placed. In what other place or places had it stood in years gone by? Was it made by slave, peasant, or palace artisan? Did it adorn a temple, garden, or throne room? Perhaps a priestess daily filled it with incense. The intricate design gives the onlooker the feeling of being in a gar- den of lotus blossoms, camel-back bridges, and moon gates. Perhaps a maiden made it her duty to fill it with peach blossoms. I wonder how it feels to forever stand glassed in for the eyes of the world to gaze upon it. Gone are the temples, the palaces, the gardens that surrounded it, only a glass show case with a tag stating, A Vase of the Ming Dynasty. EDMOND DUTHER - Term Five. zo l

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aff MW, W ,MM W AW carriage in Citizen When a young woman in China gets married, her mother goes to the door with her, and says these words, You are going to your home, you must be respectful, you must be careful, and obey your husband. A married woman in China is known by her hair. In some parts of the country, the night before the wedding, some friends of the bride trim the hair on her forehead. Two threads are twisted and rolled over the forehead with the fingers. The twist of the threads pull out the fine fringe of hair around the forehead, giving it a square appearance. The bride must have her hair trimmed regularly to keep the shape correct. Some of the women today have given up this custom and use the wedding ring as we in the western nations do. V Meanwhile in the groom's home, the courtyard is made ready for the guest. High up on all sides of the awning that covers the yard, windows are covered with red bats and red joy characters. On the wedding morning, a richly embroidered sedan chair is brought to the groom's home, to await the time when the sedan bearers, accom- panied by musicians, drums, and gongs, go to get the bride. Before the chair leaves the groom's home, all the gods are worshipped and incense is burned and the chair searched for evil spirits. The mis- tress of ceremonies takes care of this procedure. She must be married, her husband still living, and must be a mother. She goes over the chair with a light and mirror so that the evil spirits may catch sight of them- selves and run off in fright. The chair is then sent to the bride's home. The groom goes by car, or carriage, to the house of his parents-in-law to be, and kowtows to them. The groom's family sends trays of fruit and food to the bride's family as a gift. In Peking, a married woman attendant usually goes to get the bride, riding in a green embroidered sedan chair. She takes with her the red flowered, lavishly trimmed bridal robe that is put on the bride just before she steps into the bridal chair, and a red kerchief is put on ,her head at the same time. The robe may be the property of the groom's family or borrowed for the occasion. The robe is only worn till the ceremony is over. The bride, dressed in her gay garments, awaits the chair. As she enters it, an apple is given her, and she takes one bite and leaves the rest behind. The bite of apple is kept in her mouth until she arrives in her 22