Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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A Sunk Swmu: Sin' ifuirat HAROLD C. HOPKINS ’13. FEW years ago my father took a fishing trip to Georgian Bay. When he returned, he brought with him a book which, he said, mentioned some of the places where he had been. I read it, and since then have reread it so many times that I have lost count. This book was “ The Forest,” by Steward Edward White. I have since read eight books by the same author and, altho they were very interesting and entertaining, none of them has quite equalled “ The Forest.” The book has no plot, and is not a story, and is composed largely of exposition, yet it always holds one interested without exciting one. Neither does it tire one by advancing any complex or tedious theories as do other books composed of exposition, Simplicity is, in fact, one of the greatest of its many charms. Its very simplicity has a style and grandeur of its own. The reader cannot help but comprehend every- thing the author says. It is about the great North Woods of Canada, and contains much concerning nature and wood-craft, yet unlike most books of this sort it is not dry or technical. Whenever a fact concerning nature is expressed, it is done in such a manner as to interest and entertain the reader Un- like many books on this subject it does not make one feel that he is preparing a lesson; instead, it fills him with a longing to know more about this vast and mysterious nature of which the book speaks. I doubt if any one who has read it can deny that he feels better acquainted with the whole out doors, and is filled with a longing to be more in touch with the intricacies of the vast and incomprehensible nature. There was a young lady from Mentor. Whose sweetheart some flowers had sent’er. And these flow’rs she did wear To adorn the red hair Which one of her neighbors had lent er 15

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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

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iiujlt § riuml Nutes On Thursday evening, December fifteenth, A. H. S. gave an excel- lent program at the City Hall. The school orchestra opened and closed the exercises, while the music class gave several numbers. Recitations were given by Mary Zeile, Willa Dunn, Sadie Savage and Florenze Leuty. The chief event of the evening was an inter-class debate between the Juniors and Seniors, which resulted in a Senior victory. Debate—Resolved, That our legislature should shape itself toward the abandonment of the protective tariff. Affirmative—Lyman Boynton. Neg.—Chester Lyon, Kenneth Peck, Julius King. On Tuesday, February twenty-first, A. H. S. will give another program at the City Hall similar to that of December fifteenth. At this time, the debaters for the Oberlin-Ashtabula debate will be selected. The second annual debate between Oberlin and Ashtabula, which has become an event of intense interest to A. H. S. students and their friends, will be held at the City Hall, April twenty-first. Both teachers and4 students rejoice that the mid-year examinations are once again a thing of the past and yet June is only a few months away. The Sophomore class enjoyed a sleigh ride to the home of George Luce of Saybrook, one of their members, on December sixteeth. All present reported a good time. Eighteen members of the Alumnae and principally of the class of 1910, visited A. H. S. January second. The Seniors were favored by a short speech from each one, after which it was decided to have an Alumnae day each year. Alumni Nuteu The custom of having “ Alumni Day ” was established in A. H. S. this year. About fourteen were present, who spoke of their experiences since they had left its halls and of the pleasures which they had had. Principal H. C. Dieterich had a letter frcm President Small, Lake Erie, Painesville, in which he spoke of the splendid work of Winifred Paine and other A. H. S. girls at Lake Erie.