Arlington High School - Indian Yearbook (Arlington, MA)

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10 TIIK AHLIXdTOX HIGH SCIIOOI. CI.AHION Brace Up ! Brace up! We like that slang j)lirase. We like it because there is lots of soul in it. ou never knew a mean, stingy man to walk up to an alllictecl neighlmr, slaj) him on the hack, and tell him to brace up. It’s a big-hearted, o])en-handed lellow that comes along when you are cast down and tells you, “That won’t do; luace up!” It’s he that tells you a good story and makes you laugh in spite of yourself. It is he that reminds you that there’s a silver lin- ing in every cloud. Brace up! No one ever got anywhere in this world getting discouraged. Trv again! Don’t ex|)ect Idg things right away. Only by labor does one accomplish something worth while. “Poets may he horn, hut success is made.” Do not think that the other fellow succeeds just by luck. Brace up! Make something of yourself! There is no tone like this to restore one’s sj)irit, no course of gymnastics ecpial to it for strengthening the nerves and muscles. Don’t drug your system with patent medi- cines; don’t fool away your time, brace u|j! Brace up! and health, strength, and enthusiasm will urge you on to still greater achievements and to the highest success. Dokis Jukes, ’H . The Butterfly llitlier ami tliilher, Fluttering free, Over the meadows, Tlirougli the lea. Wings hright and gorgeous. Happy with me. The world is its kingdcm The Freeze its chariot ; ■Sorrow ne’er comes To d iscourage or mar it. 'Tis pleasurahle company That 1 now have with me. Rainhow lights tinting (ilouds and the heather, 'Tis dancing and ski])ping To prophesy fair weather. Fair may the world long he To this hright hutterfly and me. UoKOTHY At)AMS, '18.

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'I'llK AHFJXdTOX HIGH SCHOOL CI.AHIOX !) A Deserted Farm One afternoon rny cliuin and I went for a stroll. Oiir way led along an old ribbon road lined on either side by willows and alders. The berniit thrush was singing, and many little eyes were watching us to see if we would harm them. As we emerged Irom the woods, our ])ath was bordered by stretches of green meadows. A short distance ahead, upon a little knoll, we saw an old farmhouse, iu hack of which were the barn ami the wood- shed. When we ajiproached, it became evident that the place was deserted, except for the swallows and squirrels, which had made their homes for many years in the loft of the old barn. Beside the door of the barn was the bench where the milk pails had been dried in the sunshine. To the south lay the barnyard, with the (dd rail fence. Between the house and the barn was the woodshed, under whose sloping roofs the hornets built their nests. A flagstone walk, almost hidden by the grass, led u[) to the house. A ciunamou rose bush gave })ioof of its one-time beauty by a few blossoms. The lilac trees grew by the kitchen windowq where the busy housewife could enjoy the fragrance of their nodding blossoms while at her w'ork. dlie door, beaten by the storms of many years, sagged upon its hinges, and stood ajar as if inviting us to enter. We ste])j)ed cautiously through the little entry into the parlor, with its many paned windows and broad open lire])lace, on each side of which were the straight-backed settles. Opening from this room w'as the long, low kitchen, with a spacious brick oven suggesting row's of punij)kin j)ies and baked Indian i)ud- dings. The storeroom was just beyond, with long shelves for the shining j)ans of milk. From here we passed through the living rooms again into the little entry and made our way carefully iq the creaking stairs, hallowed by the many feet that had passed over them. Just a peej) into the chambers was enough, for we were beginning to feel somewhat awed l)y the cpiiet of these rooms. As we came out, we could see the family burying ground, where the stones stood hall hidden in the shady corner of the ail- joining held. Our homeward walk was (juiet, as we thought of the lives once so busy about the place we had just visited, now resting (juietly under the old elms which, in the late alternoon, cast their shadows upon the deserted farm. Willard Spalding, ’21. o NEW SHOES. I never like to wear a ] air of new' shoes because, iu the lirst place, they are uncom- fortable, and, in the second jilace, they scjiieak — at least, mine do. I shiver at the thought of juitting them ou, but, once on, my troubles are only beginning. If I am obliged to wear them to school, I am in- deed unfortunate. I enter the class room, the s([ueak increases, everyone stares at me! I try to reach my seat as quickly as j)ossible, I)ut my hurry oidy increases the noise. When 1 do sit dow n, it is comfort- ing to know the music has sto] ped, but oh! my feet begin to ache. By the end of the morning everyone knows who is coming without even turning around. Music with- out words is often telling. George Hurley.

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THE ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLARION 11 The Red Cross In these times when the Red Cross is so prominent, a few words about its origin seem quite htting. This organization was not instituted un- til 1859. Then it was that the awful suf- ferings of the uncared-for wounded on the fiehl of Solferino aroused the sympathy of all Europe. Up to this time tlie wounded soldiers would lie untended for days, unless some private organization, like Florence Night- ingale’s Mission, helped them. Such a thing as a trained nurse was unknown. In 1864 the interest in this cause became so great that fourteen nations sent rej)re- sentatives to a conference, held at Geneva, to discuss the question. These agreed to a treaty, establishing a volunteer relief or- ganization to which all the nations should give authority. This treaty was ratified by forty-four nations, including the United States. As a compliment to the nation in which it was formed, the new association was called the Red Cross, ami the cross from the Swiss flag adopted as its universal sign. Since then it has furnished valuable help in times of lire, flood, war and eartlnpiake, with its corj)s of trained men and women and its money and supplies. It stands for organized help and sympathy, and knows no hounds of race, creed or nationality. In the L nited States it started in 1881 as the “American Association of the Red Cross,” hut was later re-incprporated un- der its present name. It is given govern- ment authority and supervision. The President is its official head and its finances are audited by the War Department. Every one is eligible for membership. There are now 4,000,000 members in tbe American Red Cross. In Japan, one per- son out of every twenty-three is a member of the Jaj)anese Red Cross; in Germany every fourteenth person belongs to tbe German Red Cross; wbile here one in every twenty-live belongs. In the United States the Red Cross has given valuable aid in organizing and ad- ministering relief in tbe yellow fever epi- demic in Florida, in tbe Jobnston and Gal- veston floods, and in tbe San Francisco earthquake and fire. It assisted in the collection of supplies and in their distribution to tbe famine sufferers of Russia in 1892, and also helped the Armenians after the massacre of 1906, and cared for the wounded in the Spanish War. Besides the regular relief work the Red Cross is doing in the ])iesent war, it acts os a medium between tbe people of tlie United States and their army and navy, and be- tween the societies of other nations in such cases. It has also several Inanch stations in the Philippine Islands. So, if you would do your bit effectually at borne, tbe best way to do is to join the Red Cross. Cecilia Freeman, ’13. o DON'T STOP. When someone stojis subscribing. Someone stops buying! When someone stops buying. It stops selling! Wlien it stops selling. We stoj) jninting! When we stop printing. Everybody is losing! So Keep tbe Clarion going! Kennedy, ’17. o Thanks for tbe contributions in the Clarion box! We can, however, use a great many more.