Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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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.

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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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T he Dart Robert Dunbar '10, Ohio State; Russel Robinson ’10, Ohio Wes- leyan ; Elroy Sherman, Denison; Glen Hewins and Harry Sweet '09, are members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity of their respective colleges. Harry Sweet '09, was the only one, aside from the regular mem- bers of the football team at Denison, to receive a “ D.” Harry Phelps '10 has shown up well in track work and it is pre- dicted that he will be the same star at Denison as he was at A. H. S. Earl Cook '09 has taken an active part in football at Hiram. Raymond Davis '10 who is attending Exeter is making a strong bid for first honors in his class. Walter Peck '09 has been elected to the Glee Club at Hamilton, N. Y. They expect to visit Philadelphia and New York and various other cities of the east. In New York they sing at a reception in the Waldorf- Astoria. Ruth Boynton '05 and Dwight Leggett '05 were married December 28, 1910. They are now at home at 10 King street. A CORRECTION. ROBERT MUNSELL '12, Please excuse, Mr. Lowell, the freedom take, To remark that I think you made a mistake. And if there is no one who has an objection I 'would like now to make a little correction. In a poem you wrote a Iona time ago, About Sir Launfal and his vision, you know. There’s one certain line that is quite out of tune. Namely: What is so rare as a day in June! Just chanae the word ‘‘rare to r-a-w, A change that’s so slight, it will scarce trouble you; It strikes quite a different note in the tune, “ O what is so raw as a day in June! Not all our June days are so warm and so fair, There’s too much of a chilliness still in the air. I think, Mr. Lowell, you’ll surely admit The version revised is a much better fit. 17