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

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TRUE BLUE 27 Class history bv Henry Johnson. It was a bright day in September of the years of ’97 when our fatuous class of about thirty-live entered the High School. With hearts that wore quaking but with a bold front we marched in. Some of us came to school at about eight o’clock that morning while others did not come until nearly nine but all were on time. We have since proved that a good habit once formed will remain. Some of the more timid ones dropped into the first vacant seat while others spying a friend quickly took a seat near them. The first day we were completely bewildered but at the end of the week we were as bold and conceited as some of the Seniors if not more so. We now started to battle with Algebra and Grammar but after the first month had passed about fifteen prefering the quietness of the eighth grade left our ranks. Those who were left worked harder than ever at those studies which now seem easy to us but sad to relate, many of us failed to obtain passing marks in them at the end of the year, so we were kindly requested to take them again. While Freshmen we were never hazed by the upper class men as they saw it was best for themselves to let us alone. Our first year passed uneventfully with the exception of the use of the rod upon some of us by our professor. But we will let these harrow- details sink into oblivion. At the beginning of the second year we made good resolutions but the majority of us failed to keep them. It was now that our intiueuce began to be felt as is always the way with Sophomore’s. Literary societies were organized this year of which we became members. But in this field we took no prominent place partly on account of our modesty but mostly because we were not allowed to. This year we chose our class colors and elected our officers. The colors chosen were blue and gold and there was considerable debate before they were finally adopted. But they were soon destined to be changed to green and white, which to us seemed more appropriate It was now that the girls became conspicious for their oratory and there was nothing left for us boys to do but to bear it patiently and give them what llittle encouragement we could. Our repre- sentative took first honors in the district declamatory contest and

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TRUE BLUE 26 made motors. In 1890 practically no tin pinto was made in America. Today we control the markets of Wales, the former stronghold of the tin- plate industry. The greatest factor in determining supremacy in commerce is the coal supply. Here America has Ihe advantage for we have an area of 50,000 sq. miles while all of Europe has hut 11,000. We also have 200,000 sq. miles of lignite. Another thing favorable to our progress as compared with European countries is the absence of military duty. This combined with our splendid educational system gives us an advantage which will be no small factor in determining the contest for commercial supremacy. The Art of healing By Newton R. I noi.is. In recent years there has been a great falling away from old time reverence for the powers of the physician and advocates of new methods of treating diseases find numerous advocates no matter how extreme their theories are. A few years have seen the birth and rapid growth of the homeopathic school of medicine. Then comes osteopathy which is receiving wide attention and to many is the only method of treating bodily ills. Christian science and Doweyism have made rapid growth and are still rapidly gaining adherents. There are mud baths, hot- springs and knife cures and other cures to numerous to mention all with numerous adherents, What is the cause of all this? Does it lie in human credulity and a natural craving of the human mind after something new? Or have old methods proven to severe and are people convinced that nature is the true physician and all that is needed is to give nature a chance; that we have been filling our systems with in- jurious drugs instead of wisely letting natural forces affect the cures intended by the Creator. It is noticeable that more attention is being paid to the ques- tion of diet and pure foods. Whatever may be said for or against this modern tendency it certainly is a rebuke to older methods and it is to be hoped that it will result in a more rational and natural method of treating diseases.

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30 TRUE BLUE In the eighteenth and nineteenth century literature again flourished, when Dickens, Eliot, Thackery, Carlyle, Scott, McCauley and Tennyson were contemporaries. In Tennyson we have the best representative of the culture of the Victorian age, while in Scott we find the first great writer of modern historical fiction. In America, Hawthorne and Irving kept pace with English writers of their time. Our poets, Longfellow, Whittier, Bryant, Holmes and Emerson have contributed to the riches of English literature. In our present century with the accumulated treasures of the past in our public and private libraries, we have the richest funds of knowledge to draw from that ever people had. The evolution of the literature of the present has been the slow work of centuries. It has taken many writers to make our litera- ture what it is; but the ideas for which they strove were always, and are today the same. With the great advantage of their expe- rience before us, let us too strive, like Americans in literature, as in all else that is worth while, excel all others. Athletics for Girls. By Victoria Buell. Until recent years but little attention has been paid to the question of Athletics for girls. The view taken of this question by the ancient Greeks and Romans was different. While it was true that woman had no high social standing, but little as woman was esteemed, it was thought necessary to developeher physically. This twentieth century is an age of athletics. This was not true of the time of our grandparents. Women then prided themselves on the narrowness of waist and daintiness of appetite. The aver- age city girl is more like our grandmothers and gives little atten- tion to physical exercise. One of the best exercises recommended and one in which all classes can indulge, is walking. This exercise brings all of the muscles of the body into play, and the value of the long walks systematically taken cannot be overestimated. English women go in for athletics more than we do, and take pleasure in walking especially. They spend much more time out of doors than do the American or German girls. Among the out- door exercises which should appeal to girls are croquet, tennis and