Hudson High School - True Blue Yearbook (Hudson, WI)

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TRUE ELUE. lished the purpose being to pro- vide suitable grounds for athletic games of amusement and exer- cise for the youth of the city. Objections were made by some of our citizens that, it would necessitate the removing of trees on that portion of tin grounds proposed to be used. The Common Council took fav- orable action upon the petition, after having been investigated by a committee, but no definite provision was made to have the grounds platted, and the matter thus remains. The total area of the park on Liberty Hill is about twenty acres, and from this it is pro- posed to set apart as an Athletic Park about two and a half acres. The questi m again arises, should the Common Council by final action carry this matter in- to effect and establish a park of definite boundaries and provide rules and regulations governing the same. Athletics have become an im- portant factor in our colleges and high schools, aud to a cer- tain extent are encouraged by instructors and faculties as it has been fully demonstrated that better results can be obtained in school work, and the mental and physical condition of the student strengthened, and the morals of the school stimulated by en- gaging in athletic games and contests usual in schools. It is conceded that there are no public grounds within the city limits where athletic games of exercise and amusement can be had. The only opportunity to engage in sports of this charac- ter is by permission to go upon private grounds and at the pres- ent, lime there appears to be no suitable place for the purposes indicated without infringing up- on the private rights of the own- ers of property and the school grounds of our city are too meagre for the practice of high school or college games Every considerate person must readily admit, and it is not a ques- tion for argument, but what there should be a place and op- portunity given for the youth of our city to engage in athletic sports and games of amusement, and the only objection urged for a park for these purposes is up- on the ground that it will necess- itate the removal of a few trees. With the large area of land which the city owns and which is put to no special use, a small tract which is proposed t be taken, will still leave ground sufficient, well covered with shade trees, for ah possible purposes required by the city of Hudson. If such

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TRUE BLUE M AY, haps I was a bit jealous over this man's attentions, but God knows I tried to do right. I had always hoped that some day we might sell the ranch and I could intro- duce my daughter into the socie- ty of California’s great metropolis. One day James came to me and asked me for my daughter’s hand. I refused him, gave him his discharge and the money due him. That night a storm came upon us. T could not sleep but lay listening to the wild roar, when I thought I heard the noise of horse’s feet and then the creak of the big gate; going to the win dow I saw James aiding my daughter to mount her horse. He then sprang upon his and they were gone. Seizing my ri- fle and holster, I rushec down stairs and called my men and ordered the horses to be brought up immediately. We were soon ready, I cannot forget the sight; my men all around me with their rifles resting across the pum- mels of their saddles. I cried out. ‘capture them at any cost.' Off we started and in the far dis- tance we could hear the clatter of the hoofs of their horses; we were gaining on them; nearer and nearer we came, till through the dusk and rain we could make out their forms. We rode on another half mile and were fol- lowing the path close t the cliff up yonder when my darling’s horse stumbled and with a scream she went over the cliff. James hesitated but one moment turned his horse’s head and plunged the spurs ints its sides and followed. The storm had stopped but a moment before and the moon came out from be- hind the cloudsand, there,strang- er, my hopes were crushed and my life was changed. In the still of a summer's night the pines and furs on yon point whisper of the love, and hopes, that, went out on that night. I am growing old now, stranger, and will soon pass on to another world. Will I be held in account for this in the world beyond Glen D. Gallup. k 5 fc The Athletic Park. The question whether or not the city of Hudson should set apart a portion of the public park on Liberty Hill for athletic park grounds has been discussed pro and con, and considered by the Common Council during the past year. A petition was made to the Common Council, by the young men of the High School and also by a large number of the citizens of Hudson, to the effect that such a park be estab-

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4 TRUE BLUE May. a park is established, athletic games could be had without en- tering upon private premises and would give to all of the youth of our city equal rights and priv- ileges to enjoy the grounds sub- ject to the rules and regulations as may be deemed advisable to adopt by the common council. These grounds could also be used to great advantage by the com- pany of Hudson National Guards organized in this city, as there is no drill ground, or place where the company can drill satisfac- torily within the city outside the Armory. This is a matter which can be passed over, and the object de- feated upon technical objections, which after careful consideration have no merits whatever, inas- much as the city still has a large area of land covered with trees and sufficient for all the needs for park purposes. This matter should be taken up by the Com- mon Council and the projected plan and purpose fully carried out and established. S. J. Bradford. 4? € fc Girls. Girls belong to one of a group of quadrumanous animals of the family Simiadae. About the etymology of this word there is much question. Minshen seems to have come nearest to the truth, when he supposes it to have come from the Latin garrula, prating, “be- cause they are usually talkative; or from the Italian girella, a weathercock, because of their fickleness.” Talkativeness and fickelness are the chief charac- teristics of the sex. It is doubtful as to what girls are made of. as you can never tell what they will say or do next. We have all heard the saying, that girls are made of ribbons and laces and sweet pretty. Oh well, we might as well leave that out as it is so seldom found, but we will admit that the ribbons and laces always, if possible are found. A girls vanity is proverbial. She will stand in frontof the mir ror for hours arranging and re- arranging her articles of apparel, hair, etc., and then end up with fixing them the way they were originally. The little boy when asked how many seconds in a minute said; “When papa says wait a minute he means about 60. seconds, but when mamma says the same she means about 600. It is a mystery to us why girls ever take geometry. This is a science which seeks to teach ex-