Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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18 THE I) A R T IC ii i£=S iimtfirr Ulatlu'nmlirs THIRD PRIZE STORY =bm 3Bii--------Bm BY MARTHA H. STONE IQIInil (liven:—Dick, a boy with bright red hair and a six loot smile. An automobile. Jane, a girl with laughing eyes and a dimpled chin. A summer night. To Prore:—Two plus two equals One. It is May, soft, gentle, green tipped May. and wonderfully dark o night. On one of the warmest and darkest of these nights, enters Dick Prentice, our hero. As he enters on our vision, he exits from his garage. Not on foot—far be it from such—but in his nice, new, big racer, which is painted white, this being ever the color for purity—and for expensive sporty machines. Swiftly, silently the car glides down the city street and out into the country. Now the engine throbs and purrs, and miles and miles of country road pass by, more throbbing, more purring, a few blub, blubs, and—-halt. No! nothing the matter—that is, nothing that Dick can discover. Plenty of gasoline, plenty of water, spark all right—must be something wrong with the engine, but a search of the car reveals an absence of flash-lights, matches, or other means of lighting which are absolutely essential to a thoro post mortem examination. Curtain falls on Act One. At the rise of the curtain on Act I wo the interior of a farm-house is discovered. A girl is sitting by the table, reading. An old man is asleep in the corner. Thru the window black night is seen. A step without, a shadow passing the window, a knock at the door. Jane—• yes, this is she, our heroine—starts, affrighted. Finally she approaches the door, screws her courage to the sticking point and opens the door, prepared to defy the villan. But no! This time it is not the villian. Isn’t a sleeping father enough? Why add the villan? In the doorway stands the hero. Dick. He is not particularly heroic at present, and yet he is not badly mussed, nor warm, nor tired. 1 he Sherlock Holmes of our audience immediately concludes that the machine which we left in Act One is not far distant from the scene of Act Two. Qyite true, Sherlock, quite true. Dick bows, removes his cap-—thereby lighting the whole room with the glimmer of his gilded dome.—and mi!es his six foot smile. Jar.e returns the courtesy, O’ foolish damsel!— showing the dimple in her dimpled chin. I hty hold low-toned conversation wherein Jane learns that the youth’s name is Dick Prentice, and the audience learns that the maiden’s name is Jane Hart. More conversation, then exit hero carrying a lantern and heroine bearing her head aloft, bather still sleeps in the corner. I he curtain falls on Act 1 wo. Act 1 hree. Scene—Drive at side of Janes’ home. l ime—Three hours later. A big white racer has just come to a stop. Appearances indicate that the car contains two persons in close proximity, bather, alias the villan, comes from the house in a bathrobe and a huge rage. Customary “How dare you. sir?’’ My daughter, O my daughter, and as usual, Dick, the hero, decides that he had better hie him hence. Jane, torn between duty and desire, cries Go, depart! and then, fearful lest she should see him never more, O have a Heart! Dick, seeing the lady in his machine, to say nothing of in despair, answer. My lady, I obey! and e’er the words are spoken hero and heroine vanish, invisible for dust. Father realizes that sixty horse power is greater than one man power, and as he gives consent, the curtain falls on the last act. Who said mathematics and the drama were in no wise related? We have proved otherwise. Eureka! Q. E. D.

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T H E are the only ray of joy in my life. Since you, tho unseen, have entered my life, the sun has shone for me, the stars have appeared for me, and the moon has risen for me. I think of you by day and dream of you by night. Your dear face (which I have never seen) is before me always. Now, dearest, it is with trembling hand and heart that I write these words: Will you be my wife? Some day this war will be over, and then, with you as my own, the clouds will vanish forever. Waiting ar.d praying. I am. Your Dick. I he next days were agony for me. Would she accept me? She must care for me. for those wonderful letters! It was not long before I received the wonderful (?) answer, written on the business paper of brands Manning Company, and contained the laconic reply: Dear Dick: “Not E but I.” Ar.d that is why I am called E. Rawdon. “The Senior Play” Playing to two splendid audiences in the new High School auditorium, the Senior class of 1916 successfully presented the college drama. ‘At the End of the Rainbow. In view' of the fact that this play is especially hard to produce owing to the great amount of taler.t required and also because of the small number in the class, the Seniors are to be complimented on their work. At the End of the Rainbow” is so well balanced as to parts that each one taking part was given an equal chance to show his or her ability, and there can be no distinctions made, as each member of the cast performed wonderfully well. Music was also introduced, and the four musical specialties added greatly to the beauty of the play. The cast was coached by Mrs. M. J. Warren, who needs no introduction to Ashtabula audiences, and to her a great deal of credit should be given, for Mrs. Warren realizes what an audi- I) A R T 17 ence wants, and is able to get it from her cast. Prom the two performances $325.00 was realized, and this money will be turned in together with that of the class of 19 I 5 for the purchase of the scenery for the stage. The Senior class feels that they have received loyal support from the people of Ashtabula at both of the productions and wish the classes to come as great a success or even greater than we have enjoyed this year. Metrical Translation Book IV, Line 457-474. Martha H. Stone 16 Also, there was in her household A shrine to her dear dead husband, A shrine bound with fillets and garlands, Which she was accustomed to worship. Here, when night held the world in deep darkness. Came the voice and the form of her husband, While the horned owl's loud lamentation Echoed thruout the high archways. And the ancient predictions of prophets Roused fear by their terrible warning. E’en in slumber, this very Eneas Ruthlessly increased her raging. Forever she seemed one deserted. Alone she made tiresome journeys. Seeking her Tyrian subjects In a land without habitation. Just so had Pentheus demented Seen the line of terrible Furies. Visitor’s Day Visitor's day in A. H. S. was a big success. I he parents of the students and the general public were invited to visit our new building and get an idea as to how we work in our new home. Hundreds of people visited the building during the two days and w ere very much impressed by the beauty and serviceability of the building, it was our first formal opening to the public and we students feel that our fathers and mothers can now realize why we are so enthusiastic about our school, and why we intend to out-stride every school in the state.

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THE DART 19 THE A. H. S. DEBATING TEAMS to right — Harold Robishaw, Clifton Sanborn. Jane Dickinson, John Green, Ruth Harrington Prof. Weisoll (coach). Howard Nazor, Flora Munson, George Shiva. DEBATES I he Junior-Senior debate on February 7. 1916, opened the debating season in A. H. S. I he question debated at this time was, Resolved, that the United States should establish a stringent educational test lor immigrants. I he Junior team, composed of Ruth Harrington, I larold Robishaw, and Laura Metcalf, alternate, upheld the negative side of the question, while the affirmative side w’as argued by the Senior team, composed of Jane Dickinson, Clifton Sanborn, ar.d Howard Nazor, alternate. Both sides presented arguments that were convincing ar.d at one moment it seemed that the Juniors were winners while in the next the Seniors were favorites. The decision was 2 to I in favor of the affirmative. The manner in which both sides were argued and the strength of the arguments presented by both sides gave all who heard the debate much confidence in the members of both teams. I laving given the public an exhibition of inter-class debating, both teams began preparation for the big inter-scholastic triangular debate under the direction of Mr. Weisell. 1 hree new members were added to the teams, namely, John Green, negative speaker. Flora Munson, negative alternate, and George Shiya. affirmative alternate. Howard Nazor, former, alternate. w as advanced to affirmative speaker. Both teams were put through routine work in preparation for the debates on May 5. At this time the negative team, speaking in the following order. John Green, Ruth Harrington. Harold Robishaw-, and Flora Munson, alternate, met and defeated by a unanimous decision, the affirmative team at Warren. The Warren Hi was represented by Messrs. Anderson. Pritchard, Noble, speakers, and I lurl-but. alternate.