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

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-2 will work out very well. Many persons who have the ability to speak either do riot re- alize the fact or are too bashful to take up this line of work of their own accord. By this system, their ability will be discovered and they will be given a chance to enter into the league contests. Two numbers of the lecture course have been given. The first one was Benjamin Chapin’s “Impersonation of Lincoln”. This un- ique entertainment was a portrayal of scenes enacted at the White House by Abraham Lincoln. It is asserted that Lincoln’s voice, features, and actions are faithfully reproduced by Mr. Chapin. Per- haps no man has come nearer to the hearts of the people than Pres, ident Lincoln, and to undertake what Mr. Chapin has, and is now doing is certainly a gigantic task. Although few students were present, all who heard him were exceedingly well pleased. The second entertainment was a concert by the Wolcott—Nor- fleet Company. A large number of students were present ai this entertainment, but nevertheless notas many as might be expected- If the interest and enthusiasm in thelecture course was as marked as the interest in the recent play, the lectures would be a great success. As loyal students of Hudson High School, you should put your shoulders to the wheel and push the remaining numbers to success. HAMLET S COURSE OF ACTION At the opening of the play, “Hamlet,” affairs in Denmark are at a crisis. The elder Hamlet, the late king of Denmark, has died, supposing to have been stung by a serpent, when, in reality, he was killed by his brother. Hamlet has returned from college in time to attend his father’s funeral. Claudius then takes the throne, and within two months he marries Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, thus giv- ing Hamlet a double cause for grief. Shortly after Hamlet’s return to Denmark, a ghost appears to him and tells him the true story of his father’s death, placing the blame upon Claudius. Hamlet’s angeris aroused, and he vows to revenge his father’s death, laying aside all other pleasures, and ev- en his attentions to Ophelia, whom he deeply loves. He must not only revenge his father’s death, but he must prove in the eyes of

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True Blue Published five times a year by The True Blue Publishing Company of the Hudson High School. Entered at the postofflce at Hudson, Wisconsin, as second class mail matter STAFF Editor-in Chief ....................... Assistant Editor...................... , Literary Editor ....................... Local and Social Editor ............... Exchange Editor ....................... Alumni Reporter........................ Athletic Reporter...................... Busines Manager........................ Assistant Manager ..................... ......Stella Ryan .... Edward Vick — Sabina Fisher — Carl Anderson . Lois Zimmerman Plat Tourtellot .. Harry Goldberg .. Walace Gibson Robert Hosford FACULTY Wm. D. Fuller J. W. Burkholder Carol Smart Theda Howe Ethel Smith Edna Server Mary Heritage Laura Cunningham Laura Slaughter EDITORIAL The system of extemporaneous speaking is much different this year, from what it has been in former years Instead ot having the speeches three times a year, a list of subjects is given to the student every Wednesday and he chooses one subject to be prepar- ed on for the following Monday. The school is divided into sections presided over by the differ- ent teachers. At the end of the year the final contest will be held as in former years. Although these speeches are generally disliked by the pupils, the benefit derived from them is very great. They enable the pupil to speak before an audience without being self conscious and also the pupils are instructed in current events concerning which a great many would otherwise know nothing. In addition to the rhetoricals, each girl is to give two declama lions and each boy two orations during the year. The persons get- ting the highest standings iti rhetoricals during the year will be al- lowed to enter into the final contests, the Seniors against the Juniors and the Sophomores against the Kresbmen. This plan has never before been tried here in Hudson High, but it is believed that it

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 the people, that Claudius is guilty, and do this without bringing disgrace upon his mother. This burden bears heavily upon Ham- let’s mind, and it is not surprising that he said, “The time is out of joint! O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it ri ht! Ham- let s purpose mu-Jt be worked out under difficult conditions: he must have positive proof of his uncle’s guilt before he can convince the people; he must form his plans so that no onesuspect him, least of all Claudius. Horatio is Hamlet’s tyue friend, audit is to him alone, that Hamlet reveals his plans. Hamlet thinks his purpose can be carried out more successfully by pretending insanity, and for this reason, he assumes the conduct of an insane person, acting a great deal differently in the presence of the king, than in the presence of his mother or Horatio. One of the results of his scheme is that when Claudius invites the plavers to come to the court, simply to amuse Hamlet, he .Hamlet, uses it as a means for carrying out his plot. While this is only an ordinary amusement, Hamlet inserts in the play the dumb show, entitled “The Murder of Gonzago,’ which exactly corresponds to the way in which his own father was murdered. He and his friend Horatio note the effect of his play upon Claud ius, thus strengthening Hamlet's suspicions against him. After the show, Hamlet is called into his mother's room for an interview with her. As he is on his way there, he has an opportunity to kill Claudius, while he is unaware of it, but Hamlet thinks this would be cowardly, and would not carry out his real purpose. Pol. onius, a friend of the king notices Hamlet enter his mother's chamber, and so conceals himself behind the arras, and listens to the conversation In a few moments, Hamlet, hearing a noise from that direction, and thinking it to be Claudius, stabs him. Pol- onious dies immediately and in a short time Hamlet’s rash act is made known. The climax of the play is reached when Claudius, becoming suspicious of Hamlet, proposes sending him to England after he has killed Polonius. Hamlet accepts the proposal willingly; and with liosencrantz and Gildenstern, the king.s servants, sails for England. This is one instance where fate enters iu and causes