Kendallville High School - Kay Aitch Ess Yearbook (Kendallville, IN)

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ll yyyy - 35 530 5 al E3 yvlen lt IH known th lt the nlttye nloney lenders eh trge 6 7 3 per eent per month ln erest Ihe loln shlrks II honle cou le lrn 1 gre tt dell from these people lhe sery lnt questlon tn lndlt does not ls sunle sueh llrge proportlons IS 1t home bery lnts lre yery elsy to obtlln p lrtleul lrly when one does not nltnd the qu lllty Ityery nl lll ll IS one sery lnt of hrs own eommonly 1 ed 1 b y though he may b 65 yelrs Hlkl Hllllj people hlye l eho krl ll boy 1 ISS tt e e o lf one keeps ILIUQ he must llkewtse keep 1 dog boy to exerelsethe dog B lehelorseonlmon lv llye lll ehummerles, that ls, three to tlye nten together llle serv lnts requlred for e would te I9 follc I'lNL personl oys one buter one hamt one coo Ind tsslstlnt eook one eoolle one sweeper one m I or glrdner Wtthout tn Cl'ILlII'I2, l syee for Lltll horse there would then be lpproyumltely seventeen servlnts lne I thlnk l tm slfe ln saytng th It t e servtnts at home would be far better For tun ltely these people e ln be h ld yery ehe tply IS for lnstlnee 1 good eook IS rlrely pnd more thln twenty hye rupees fS8 001 per month Although rt would seem tllat some of the sery tnts eould be 1 lspensed wlth tt IS ll lrdly posslble ls those of one elass suppos edly lose ctste lf they do the work of the next el tss below lhls ts one of the thlngs whleh the natlye servant destres that the Sahlb eontlnue to belleve but lt IS very dlfhcult at tlmes to dectde ex lctly where the duties of one ceases and those of another be gm Even the poorer famlhes fnatlvel keep servants and I know of one mstanee when a clerk was asked why he was late to work re plled th lt hrs boy forgot to call htm The nlonthly ply of thls elerk was forty rupees Cabout 313003 It IS lndeed llmost unex plalnable how the people ean hye so eheap ly as the pay for lnstance of coollemen ln Bombay IS seven to ten annas per day the equlvalent of 14 to 20 cents gold Ilhey have lttge famllles, yet how they obtun sufhctent Page tw enty fty y food IS a mystery' to me even though tt ts fllrly che lp ln flmlne years howeyer many dle from stary atlon but fortunately the gov ernment IS advoeattng trrlgatlon thus pre venting famlne to l l lrge extent 1 e out here IS rather gly lnd as 4 eery l posslble to make rt lor those who hlee sport Indra IS partteullrly sultable as nearly any type of sport ean be obtained I olt ICHIIIC yathtlng, rowing syylmmlng polo, fltllllg to hounds rat lllg' altd eyen baseball ntay be had and nearly all are popular Llub llfe rather than home llfe IS the rule and the clubs are mueh frequented after othce hours llle dtnner hour tn Bombay ts 8 30 P W lhts being about one ltour earller than places up country where dutller ts lt0t seryed unttl 9 '50 to 10 00 Dtnner parttes too are extremely frequent and are one of the prlnetpal modes of entertatnment Social llfe plays an lnlportant role tn the COIDITIUIIIIQ and the Soctety ls led by the hoyernor of Bombay who entertains laylshly If a bat helor upon ltls arrlyal tn Bombay deslres fo mee! anyone he promptly pays 1 mall which operatlon ts dolte by dropptng one lard for each the husband and wlfe lll a eard box yy hte h eyery ey tflllllg' IQ placed on the yerandah llle lllll1tflOl'9 lall wlll probably be returned by the husband by sending his card to the Club, after whlch the baehelor yylll be asked to dinner or tea Oftentlmes ll IS neeesstry to ultroduee himself at these affairs not eyen belng retogntzed at slght by his host W htle thls nlethod ls unlque II neyertheless I9 simple altd efhclent eyen though II may proye a hardslllp to the married people lhere are a good lIl'll1y ekmeruan KIIIIQIIS tn and around Bombay but a yerv small IIUIIIIJBI' to be seen In the Clubs Before the war -Xntertcans were qulte popu lar here butthey are not so now as the poltcy of the Bombay edltors has always been agatnst Amerlca Noth Ing much was sand before tlte w lr but of late they haye been rather butter agalnst the U S 'X and thls I thtnk qulte naturally has affected the people Howeyer I nlust say eyen though one knows thls feellng ewtsts, to a certaln extent, the people themselyes are considerate enough not to make If unpleasant for us As I re reall tlus artttle ll oeeurs to nle that the E ng lush students lll the K II 5 , to say nothing of the pro fessors, may be tncllned to doubt whether 'theme wrlt mg was taught to the class of 04 I trust hovveyer that there wlll be other artteles front members of that class which wlll show that thls ts not true and that the yy rlter ts at fault rather thalt the tratmng Indla has so many strange altd tnteresllng features that lt IS ratller dlfhtllll to present tlte ntost II1f9l'99IlI1g ones only btlll I hope thls desertptlon wlll serye tts purpose ln addlng SOI116IhlI1g of lnterest to the K H S Annllill X00 3 Idttor andyouralass are deserytng of a great deal of credtt and I hope your efforts wlll meet with the SDC Less they deserye X ours stne erely L ARL SIII' RVN OOD, 04 f- IJ,-nn V ,V r sg 0 2 Y E ,lf T . .- Q T - 0 '- ': 1 - Q : s - , .. . 4 r f 2 ' f V '-.... , 1' - T It ' 'C f 1 1 I 1 ' v 1 v ' . y ' ' 1 - 1 --. - -- ' - 1. 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ll N wa ESE 53 T' ta I-3 Q0 13 is all Ihe Anehorage Bomb ay Indaa March wth l9l6 Ilae I aterarv I dator 1916 Annual K H Q Your letter reqaaestang an artaele for your 1916 Annu al la as been reeeaved and l sla all be delaglated to w ate one sueh as at may he Xou l1ave gav en me the optaon of ehoosang asubyeet and as Indaa as very lattle known to tlae average person l sla all wrate aboaat at I ookang at asm all se ale map of the I' ast ern Ilemasphere one as anclaneel to belaeve 1 aa 1 verv snaall eoaan rv However at as aboaat lllllll males from north to soutla and east to west lt seems even longer wlaen travelang as there as a great dearth of t Century I aaaaateels and eonsequently tlaarty sax hours are requareel froaaa Bombay to C al eua e er oeneaee ae le Hole off aleaatta as the largest eatv an Indaa twath ats mallaoaa and a quarter mhabatants Bombay follows watla tlaree quarters of 1 mallaon but fro11a a easual ohserv ataoaa one would be anelaned to belaeve there were not anore than one qu aater of thas nunaber Ilaas as 'accounted for by the over crowded tene ment dastraets an comparason wath whach th slums of New York or Chae ago are as l'IOIh H12 There as lattle suiferang however as there as no cold weather here In fact near ly all the year one can hardly walk out at naght wathout fandang at neeess ary to paek has way carefully through sleepang nataves on the sadewalks Ihas eondataon prev 1113 from one to three o eloek an the afternoons aswell The major portaon of Bombay as very pretty antd the gov ernment bualdangs are works of ar As 'all tropae al eataes are sonaewh at s1m1l ar at as the nataves who are the most anterestang Ihere are three dafferent el asses the Parsees who emagrated from Persaa centuraes haek the Mohammedans and the Handus Each class datfers waelelv from the others and they have very lattle an eommon Ihas applaes partacularly to relagaons customs and habats The Parsees worshap nature an the form of the earth sun n1oon anel water 'and each mornang the beaeh IS covered w1th prayang people Thear method of elasposang of thear de ada efheaent anel rapael notwathstandang 1ts beang aged and un1que On top of a large hall an Bombay are several towers called the lowers of galenee After tl1e funeral ser vaee as tanaslaeel tlae boelaes are pl aeed an these towers from where they are elasposed of by vultures Ihe Hanelus on the other hand belaeve an eremataon Insteael of e'arryang tlaas operataon out an the oecadental manner tlae rel ataves pl aee the boely an tlae maddle of a pale of wood laght tlae fare and tl1en set down to w ateh the burnang Corpses are earraed through the streets on poles above tlae p all bearers he ads Ille boelaes are cov ered wath flowers but the head and faee are alw ays exposed As the he ad as not hated an a hana posataon at roeks back and forth so e ll urners aasaa ally s ng as they wa through tlae streets tathe aeeompanamentof tlae tom toms l he Moh amnaed ans bury thear de ad an eofhns as as generally the Prae taee at home WI 1le tlae I arsees h ave re aelaly adopted Englash customs the Mohammedans and llandus have been very slow an so doang For anstance nearly all Mohammedfan women are an purdah meanangthatwhen ever an the presence of a man other than the1r own ammedaate fam1ly they must not show the1r faces They wear very than veals or than salk wath holes cut for the eyes 'and at as no uncommon saght to see many women w alkang on the streets attared an thas manner Some of the customs of these people are andeed strange For anstance the proper marryang age for agarl as fave to eaght years old If she 1s not marraed at that tame she IS praet1e ally dasgraced and her parents may also lose thear soeaal posataon through th1s cause The bradegroom of course as older 'and probably wall be between eaght and thar teen years Alfeetlon does not pay 'a very 1mportant role an marraage 'and must gave way to busaness Many people an order to marry thear daughters are compelled to pro vade such large dowraes that they are an debt all thear laves The fact th at they are an debt for sueh a peraod however as not surprasang Page twenty four i' ' 'A ' ' ,iAn- ,2 .ae Z x 2 I 'N G o A Q 1: 2 4 I Q s- 3 - Q - , :,.-- - f' E . m .. , -K 2 - , Q- , i 7 4 , 4 . 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aww ll - aonofe 52- Yi, F0259 il 'WE F19 3 ,EJ A BOUT four velrs ago three so eletles were orgmwed ln the high sehool two for the glrls of the Junior and Senlor ellsses the eXthen11n md Lllonxan and one for the hoxs the Forensle 'I he purpose of these soeletles ns l1ter'1rx etch so eletx helng required to ,Que seweril puhlle programs durlng the wear Pach SOClCtW has ltS own leader the lelder of the Athenlans helng MISS Lllne the Lllonlans Mlss Hauhold and Mr Bluhm of the Forenslcs Untll the fill of 1915 there were only three socxetles but then another was organlzed the Delphlan soclety, whlch mcludes all Freshmen and Sophomores and has Mlss Valentl for lts leader L leh socletx h IS ,Qnen sexerll prlx lte progirlms durmff the year lnd two the Athenl ln lfldcllOl'1l'lI1 SOCICIILS h ue ,fin en puhlle programs 'Ihe Athenl ms presented two one let tiree eom edles Turnlngthe lqthles md 'Ihe Kleptom ml IL thef lxonl lns present ed 1 two 'let eomedx entitled Sn TlmCS Nine Althoufth the ehlef purpose of these soeletles IS lntertry they are also aetxwe ln .1 soe11l wav and seweral p1rt1es haxe been gn en hy the S21I'lOl1S SOCICIICS durlng the past year A marked rlvalry emsts between the soexetles addmg mterest and enthuslasm as well as quahty to them Ps: f s .. f w 'C S 2 S ' ca - : f 0 4 - 2 I 5 .. : 7. Q 1 A ' O rage.: 2 f - ,, ' 2 v ' f 1 L. fi I :MY f I' Y Y Y W V Y 1 ..- I. lv, V N 1 1 N 'J Y 4l , , 1 W' 11- ' 1 , 1 . . . 1. 1 , 4 . 1 , . v 1 1 V 1 1 V. 1 1 e 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 t 1 1 v 1 1 . . 1 ' . , v , Kljuxe' 1 Q Q I 1 1 1 weve-91' . v 1 . . ' 1- . . C73 K I 1 h i l l , , e c A 1. 1 , e ' . , . . . 1 . 1 . 1 V 1 , - L y . . , . . . . . . . 1 . 1 , , , 1. . . 1 1 A C K , L C A L L . 1 . . f . I V I 5 l l L 6' I A a, I Kc 1 . ' ' ' Nw 1 C . . . . . ,, , . . 1 1 - 1 1 v 1. , 1 . . 1 . 1- , 1 , 1. 1 1 1. A 1 1 . v . . . . . ,. 1 V 1 V 1 V I 1 v s 1 1 v 3 ll Y ' K L C K 4 . . . . , . H v , 1 1 l ' L 1 1 P., 1 . . . . . . v v 1 11 . 1K .V L L , l. 11 ' 1 ' y 1 ' , -'. v C C C C L 1 . 1 . . . . . I v 1 y ' v s 1 1 1 . v Y . . . . . . 1 1 v 1 1 1 1 s C L K u 1 A Y V x i. . . . s v . . . . . . a e twentys'