Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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THE DART Published by the Senior Class of Ashtabula High School. Ashtabula, Ohio. Vol. II. FEBRUARY, 1910. No. 3. BOARD OF EDITORS Margaret Beach - - - Editor-in-Chief Susan Beidler A . Joseph Cook Associate Editors Carrie Parker - - - - Art Editor Neil Rogers ----- Athletics Raymond Davis Russell Robinson Business Managers TEN CENTS PER COPY Entered as Second Class Matter at the Ashtabula, Ohio, Postoffice. Issued Six Times a Year by Ashtabula High School. The mid-year examinations are at last a thing of the past. Now the students will settle down again to their every-day work until about two weeks before the June examinations, when the same old story will be repeated. The question, “ Are examinations for the best interests of 9

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Description of a Part of the Gulf ANNA BURNS COLLECTION of deep gulches which converge into one form what is commonly known as the Gulf. It was doubtless the result of some violent upheaval in na- ture, but each succeeding year has added something to its attractiveness, until now it is known even among travelers because of its freshness and beauty in summer and artistic surroundings in winter. The part of one of the gulches which I shall try to describe extends from the stone bridge at the foot of the hill, leading from the cemetery to the culvert. After descending from the road, one walks along on the leafy ground and stoops to pass under bare, low-hanging branches. The air is chilly and crisp, and the wind whistles through the limbs of the trees, but there is no snow and the water in the creek-bed rushes merrily on to its destination. One walks along on the bank until, rounding a curve he comes in full sight of a fall in the bed of the creek and stops invol- untarily to notice the beauty of the water as it sparkles over the ledge and forms islands of foam. There are several of these falls between the bridge and the culvert, and the trickling and gurgling of the water add much of that sense of loneliness and seclusion about the Gulf. Among the many pretty features of the scenery is a shapely ever- green tree whose branches extend horizontally over the stream, reach- ing nearly to the opposite side. Not far away from this evergreen a natural bridge is afforded by the dead trunk of a tree which some in- clemency of the weather has caused to break and fall over the stream The banks of the creek are thickly studded with beech trees with their long, scraggy limbs and with the ever-pleasing pines; while the ground is covered with leaves from among which a few ferns rear their heads as if wishing to cheer us with hope of a beautiful spring. In the bed of the stream are several large stones crested with a thin surface of ice, around which may be seen the minnows darting hither and thither. Although most of the birds have flown south, yet a few straggling snow birds and sparrows may be seen in some of the sheltered nooks, and they make a great commotion when frightened out of their homes by the sound of approaching footsteps. As the shadows deepen into darkness the beauty of the scene is greatly enhanced by a full moon which at first is only visible through the trees which line the bank, but soon rises higher and higher in the heavens, throwing light upon our path. January 10, 1899. 8

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The Dart the student ? ” has been discussed time and again by learned educators. In this, as in every other question, there are two sides and each one ha? it’s supporters and adherents. A great majority have been in favor of examinations, and in nearly all places they are employed as a means of testing a pupil’s ability and knowledge. While they make the work harder and while they are a nervous strain, yet we believe them to be a good thing. If a pupil knows he has examinations ahead of him in which he must make a good showing, he will not let his work slip back nor will he neglect his review—as he would if he thought at the close of a recitation that he would never again need what he had recited, and so could promptly forget it. Examinations mean hard work, but then that is what we are here for. We should not always be looking for the “ soft snaps ” and easy places, but do our share without sighing and groaning. We have called this issue of our High School paper the “ Alumni Number.” We have done this for several reasons, chief among these reasons being the desire to interest the Alumni to a greater extent in their old High School home. We feel that a large number of the mem- bers of the Alumni have helped us by their liberal patronage and kind words, but there are some who apparently have forgotten all about old A. H. S. It is these persons whom we wish to bring to the realization of the fact that A. H. S. is still doing business at the old stand and would appreciate assistance or encouragement in any form. We have in this issue several articles written by members of the Alumni when they were in school. We consider them very good specimens of High School work, and they show that the present members of the High School will have to do some hustling to produce as good results. In the last ten years Ashtabula High School has graduated two hundred and thirty-one persons. In all probability it will graduate a much larger number in the next ten years. Most of these persons live in Ashtabula or near here. We wish to urge the organization of an Alumni Associa- tion. This would not only promote good feeling and comradeship among the members, but it would produce interest in the High School. There have gone out from A. H. S. persons who have risen high in various lines of work. If they could be brought into closer touch with our school we feel sure they would be a source of inspiration and encour- agement to the students. Many towns much smaller than ours have Alumni Associations, and if one were started in Ashtabula we feel that it would be a means of enjoyment and would cement the bonds of fel- lowship between the Alumni and the undergraduates. 10