Arthur Hill High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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hilomathie 2 ‘S 4 4 ¢ “iss f. ’ 4 4 6 ae tik The Philomathice Society began its work early this year. Tha first meeting was held in September. At this meeting eleven new members were admitted to the Society. This shows that the So- ciety is popular among the students. As usual the debates were the main features of the meetings. At some of the meetings very interesting papers and stories were read. The programs were always coneluded with either vocal or, instrumental selections. One of the most interesting debates was, ‘‘Resolved, That pre- paredness for war would be detrimental to the United States.’’ Miss Nash was the leader of the affirmative team while Mr. Baker was the leader of the negative. This was the first time teachers ever debated in the society. Although the negative team won the debate, ‘‘Resolved, That ragtime does more harm than good,’’ we are not all convinced that it does no harm,

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He was cold through and through. Climbing out of the ma- chine, he hobbled around and beat his arms together. The sound of an approaching automobile made Stanley start for the road as fast as his chilled bones would permit. He reached it just in time to hail a passing car. It was Prof. Gale. His aston- ishment was unspeakkable when he found that Stanley was tl speaker and more so when Stanley’s story was told. ‘“And you made an aeroplane flight to warn me of a treacheror plot,’? he ejaculated. ‘‘Shades of St. Anthony, this world is ‘ne dead yet.’’ He continued. ‘‘Why, boy, I appreciate your action but it was too much risk to run for the reason involved. I wouldn’t have let them tar and feather me. You see I always carry a life preserver when I’m out like this. I’m pretty glad you warned me, however. Climb in and we will see about these bandits.’’ As they drove along the road Prof. Gale would burst out in a remark addressed to himself, something like this: ‘‘Jupiter, an aeroplane flight at this time of the night. Never flew before. Nerve? What do you know about that.’’ Turning to Stanley as they were nearing the place of ambush, Prof. Gale said, ‘‘I believe we will find the bandits have skipped out. They couldn’t help but hear you start with the aeroplane. I think they will have had so much respect for your nerve, that they will have disappeared, bag and baggage.’’ So it proved. The fire was still burning but there was no sign of Bill and his gang or the tar and feathers. They continued on their way and reached Vanderbilt in safety. As they drew up before Stainley’s home, Prof. Gale said earnestly, ‘“You’ve done a great thing tonight, both for me and the school.”’ “Tt wasn’t much, Prof. Gale. Any other fellow would hava done the same thing,’’ Stanley replied. ‘‘Maybe so, maybe so. Well, goodnight. I will see you in the morning.’’ The Professor drove away and Stanley once more watched the disappearing ear. Sleep for Stanley that might was a succession of dreams in which canoes, aeroplanes, tar and feathers, rubber balloons and Prof. Gale were the principle features. The next morning Vanderbilt college was assembled in a mass meeting. Prof. Gale told the story of the night before to the won- dering students. Stanley was forced to come forward and receive the congratulations of the President of the College. As cheer after cheer rang out for Stanley Ellis, he knew that his days of solitud: were over and that he had proven his worth. F, W. MORRIS.

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6LVL LG600 OGEL € In December we received an invitation to join the Valley De- bating League. This invitation was promptly accepted for we love to debate. This year five schools of Saginaw Valley participated in an inter-scholastic debate on the subject, ‘‘Resolved, That the Monroe Doctrine, as developed and applied, should be abandoned as a part of the foreign policy of the United States.’’ Our affirmative team was led by Floyd Morris and supported by George Burrows and Pearl Proestel, and on the evening of April 7th the negative team from Flint came to Arthur Hill and convinced the judges that they were arguing on the right side of the question. On the same evening our negative team, Jed by Emmett Davis, supported by Bertrand Sibley and Arthur Rice, journeyed to Bay City Western and proved that the Monroe Doctrine should not be adandoned, tha decision of the judges being unanimous in their favor. The championship of this debate was won by the Flint teams as they won both the debates in which they engaged. Saginaw lost one, Arthur Hill lost one. Bav Citv Eastern lost one, and Bay City Western lost both debates. The Philomathie Society has now won four victories out of five inter-scholastic debates; hence we fee? that our record is good in spite of the fact that we were defeated by Flint. 4 The last literary meeting was very well received as it was in magazine form. Verv interesting stories, editorials. and current events were read. We had an Englishman and an Irishman to en- tertain us with their jokes. Several members took part in the ad- vertisements which were given as tableaux. This successful year of the society was closed by the annual banquet which was held May 28. We wish to thank Miss Wells and her girls for the excellent banauet which they prepared. We sin- cerely hope that the society will be as successful next year. HAD SEEN SOMETHING LIKE IT Miss Atkins was explaining to her class the difference between a common noun and an abstract noun. “An example of a common noun is ‘eat,’ ’’ she said; ‘‘for you can see it, while you cannot see an abstract noun. Now, for ex- ample, have any of you ever seen ‘abundance’ ?”’ This query was received in profound silence. Then a little fel- low got up and said: ‘‘No, ma’am, I have never seen a bun dance, but I’ve seen a cake walk.”’