Mechanic Arts High School - M Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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remains silent.j You will not refuse? Your answer? fYou E5 I is silent.j You are sil- ent. I fear-but you shall not refuse. I beg you come with me. The future of a world rests on your decision. You Y5 I: Your pleas are useless. I have already enlisted to serve another. Wisdom: You 25 II CThey look stead- ily at each other. You Y5 I turns his eyes away.j Wisdom: I ask you again. It is- You 25 I: Stop! I will listen to no more. For many years I remained at your side, and nothing. Now I will go where my desires. it availed me I may attain Wisdom: You leave me to fight alone? You 'E5 I: Nor only that: I will oppose you. Wisdom: You were always faithful. You '25 I: Evidently to a false idol. Wisdom: I shall not ask you again, but after today either I shall rule or Temptation will. CHe turns to go with shoulders bent. He turnsj Some day you may recall that you had the power to save, but by then you will have lost your illusions. Curtain ACT II CThe armies of Wisdom and Temptation are on the field. You Y5 I stands as Wisdom left him at the end of Act I.j You '55 I: He called it an illusion. Is it so, I wonder? No, others have succeeded. CEnter Love. You S5 I turns startled as a hand is laid on his shoulder.j Love: Why do you stand here? They need you below. You '65 I: I am waiting for Temptation's summons. Love: Temptation! Surely you mean Wisdom? You Y5 I: No, I shall iight against Wis- dom. Love: You mean you will try to destroy the one who has always aided you? You '55 I: What have I gained by being aided and advised by Wisdom? I am not rich, neither am I famous. Love: Foolish man, material riches and fame are not the rewards this world oHers. You 25 I: Temptation has promised them to me. Love: Temptation has ever made rash M 13 promises. When you yielded to him before this, were you happy? It is true they were only small favors, but the joy lasted only a moment. You E5 I: I shall go with Temptation. Love: You 25 I, God made this world beautiful for you. In it He placed Friend- Joy, Kindness, and Beauty. They are things everyone desires, but no one can them unless he earns them. When you advised by Wisdom, your achievements great and your pleasures lasting. If you ship, four have were were give up now, you can not hope to have the four gifts of God. He put me on this earth to be with you, and I shall remain. Temptation COE stagej: You Y5 II CTemptation is seen coming toward them. He stops at a distance.j You 8 I: Come here, my friend, and de- fend yourself. Temptation: I may not go where Love goes. You must come to me. Love: You L5 I, where you go, I will follow, and Temptation is powerless before Love. You Y5 I: You claim to be my friend, and yet you prevent me from going where I like. Love: It is because I am your friend. Your vision has been blinded by the glamor, and you have lost sight of the beauties of God's creation. You E5 I: Why must I choose between them? Can't I have both? Love: Temptation offers you glories, but they are false. You must choose between the false and the real. You 25 I: What proof have I that they are not true? Love: Temptation is the Commander-in- Chief of his army. Look at his officers. There stands Hate, and next to him Jeal- ousy, then Revenge. At the other end stand Misery, Despair, and Failure. Would you go with these? fTemptation, who has been pacing to and fro, shows signs of anger. He calls You E5 I, but his voice sounds faint in the distance. You 25 I is gazing at the hor- iZon.j Love: The closest ally of Wisdom is Success. He commands Ambition and De- termination. fSoftly.j You 25 I? You 55 I: Temptation, you are defeated! I go with Love to fight for Wisdom. Curtain

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JU11',Ef,1939,,-..-L. L a L Ll? ff. MQQL is i 15 'lest We Forgetl' By MABEL COLTER INE years have passed since the youth of America answered the nation's call for help in the World War. The Q ' names of more than a thousand men and women, graduates and former students of Mechanic Arts, who answered that call are in file in the school. A smaller file records the names of those who made the supreme sacrifice irl that war. lt seems strange that there is no memorial in the building to keep alive in the school today the fact that Mechanic Arts played its part in the World War. When we entered the war, even the seniors were in the primary grades. Without the least desire to stimulate a war spirit and with conviction that world peace is the most desirable hope of today, is it not fitting that we stop a moment here. to do honor to those who suHfered and to those who gave their lives in the hope that democracy might live? Lest we forget-it is well that as we pay honor to the survivors, we drop a tear for the dead. The first on our service list to fall was George Rosness, who died of pneumonia, Nov., 1917, at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. Harold Dion died in March of the next year at the Philadelphia Navy Yards, and Ber- nard Bardwell died in North Carolina, both of pneumonia. Two army posts in St. Paul are named after our boys: one for John de Parcq, who died of the same dread disease at Camp Dix: the other for John L. Christie, who was a sergeant in the 15lst Field Artillery. He was twice cited for bravery. He died in the drive on Sedan. Two of our boys died at Camp Zachary Taylor of pneumonia. Lieut. Arthur Lau- bach, 1914, after training in Alabama, was transferred to Kentucky, where he died. Lieut. Norman Claussen, 1911, attended the Hrst Officers' Training camp at Ft. Snelling, was early sent to France, where he under- went intensive training, followed by over a year of active service. Sent to Camp Taylor to train new officers, he stopped for a few days in St. Paul and spoke to the student body at Mechanic Arts. Within a few days of his arrival in Kentucky he died of influ- enza. Four of our boys died in Canadian serv- ice. Norman West Gammon was seriously wounded near Vimy and died shortly after. William Ringus died when a hospital, where he was confined with wounds sustained in action, was bombed. Harold Livermore Smith was severely gassed and while he lived to be honorably discharged, his death was clearly a war death. Milo Korslund was a lst Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps. After training in both Canada and England he arrived in France April 6th, 1918. Six days later he dropped within the German lines. Four of our soldiers died in accidents. Cyrus Dorr was killed enroute to Miami, Florida. John Stanley McGregor, in the Spruce Division of the Aviation Corps, was killed by a falling tree in Washington. Wil- liam Laidlaw, who left school to join the 151st Field Artillery, was killed by an ac- cidental explosion of powder in June, 1918, in France. Oscar Thorson, of the 33rd Engineers, was killed in a railroad wreck in France. William Toensing of the S. A. T. C. died of influenza at Ft. Snelling. Enoch Spence died of tuberculosis in December, 1918. He was a member of the Enlisted Engineer Re- serve. Lieut. Charles Lloyd Watkins C19l4j died in an accident in the flying field at Is- soudun, June 23, 1918. Ensign Alan La Mott Nichols fl9l3j fell from an airplane in Triano, Italy, Aug. 17, 1918. Granville Gutterson entered the Flying Service immediately after graduation in 1917. ln August, 1918, he earned his commission. He impatiently awaited his order to France and was on board ship ready to sail on Nov. llth, 1918-Armistice Day. Too ill to travel he obeyed orders and arrived in a dying condition at Ellington Field. Sergeant Fred Warwick was one of the first Americans to fire heavy artillery in France. He served with the l5lsttand re- 4