Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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The Dari things they liked and disliked about our publication. These are the things we want to hear and every criticism was welcome. We trust we have produced a paper which the students have not been ashamed to show to anyone. We also wish the new Dart Staff all success and hope the students will give them the same splendid support they have bestowed on us. seNser.» How many students of A. H. S. can tell the trees of their own state or even of this county ? To be able to distinguish between the different trees, the guardians of the home, the regulators of climate and the makers of the fertility of the soil, would be a worthy object for hard study. The majority of the graduates from our colleges today cannot tell an oak from a maple, or an elm from a pine. Let this paragraph soak into your minds, and consider the advantages of knowing the trees. ar»» Our local “ Young Men’s Christian Association is filling a large space in the spare time of young men from this school. There could be nothing better than this for the boys. In addition to the various amuse- ments in the way of games, there is the reading room well stocked with periodicals and books. The gymnasium however is the most popular of all the features of the institution. Here the regular classes meet and the boys get very enthusiastic over the competitive games. In the classes basket ball leagues have been organized and the rivalry is very great between the different teams. On February twenty-first a preliminary debate will be held in the City Hall. This is the contest in which the three debaters are picked for the team which debates against Oberlin on April twenty-first. The question is “ Resolved, that the Federal Government should control and develop our natural resources.” In other words the Federal Government and not the states should conserve the natural resources. This debate with Oberlin is the most important event of the year, and for our team to win, when each team has been defeated by the other once, will be a great achievement. There are six young men trying out for the team, and they are hard at work on their material. The students always evince great interest in this debate atid as it is going to take place at home we expect to make a hard fight for victory. With the money cleared from the various entertainments given this year, the school has added a great many new books to the reference room. This room is frequented by many of the students who are taking advantage of the splendid opportunities offered by it. The school is 13

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THE DART Published by the Senior Class of Ashtabula High School Ashtabula, Ohio Vol. III. FEBRUARY, 1911 No. 3 BOARD OF EDITORS: Julius King Muriel Brash ] Abbie Van Slyke I Susan Rice Millard Hickernell Gordon Mitchell 1 Frank Prentice J Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Art Editor Athletics 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 This is the last number of The Dart which the present staff will publish, so a word of farewell should be said. We have tried primarily to raise the standard of A. H. S. by issuing a paper which would be a credit to the school. We have seen many articles in other papers of 12

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The Dart demonstrating its good judgment in adding to this library and thereby keeping up the interest of the students. There are a great many things referred to in text books which can be found in no other place than in the library, and it is doing a vast amount of good. sets»» The examinations are now over, and many students have discovered their deficiencies. It is now “up to them ” to get down to good solid work and endeavor to raise their standings, if possible. After your high school days are over, you will be glad that you put a little extra work on your lessons. If you fail to do the work as it comes, it will add at least one study to your schedule later on, if not an extra year or semester. Therefore, it behooves you to raise yourself in your own estimation as well as in that of your teachers. Work! THE WINTER BROOK. M. H. '11. The storm howls up the canon. It is screaming o'er the hill, And the snow scuds 'long before it. And will soon the valley fill. 'Then the brook down at the bottom, Where the beaver used to play. Will make a winding tunnel Hilled with a mist o' gray. In this prison all the winter, It will purl its life away, ''Till the sunshine in the springtime Makes it sparkling and gay. 'Then the waters will be dearer, And the grass will greener grow. After its long imprisonment Beneath the winter snow. 14