Athens Area High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, PA)

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THE YEAR

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awranacki ▼«u - vtta si«ic irma isn«a car - k Mcm tafcanp. oful 10. 1841. EDITED BY w r warmer. c c martix J li maac . e o io.no 1 «l Ilw Mt TM | H lift, R«l not I AW A .to . W JTk»l» It B..IRMC that I«nd BK.r to .Isiap. 'finu of yoothful rraia . iM cnuh in rho boa ih faircm hopes of youthful scholar-! n..„ h‘f- iKao .(l-uaMd eoa«Ua Wiik • twfl-; i- • • iAAi tm« lnjuoo, ud ihoaghir mot ik-J dove lo ilie o»rro« of popular ■•r «toa lf e. ut j.• f«U M the mountain air. they can m-t about tbai nlccn gf tiptv «Kiti. and, ibow little ihiags. the want of which is J ciu r4 uAparOsAatOe by the cnoc Th« i ft •lections, the offaprlnc of a am bean to •eeUnfi uelir-n mm- g iW haantiei of Na Wf tne : uith a sneering criticism from toil Or « mUm .mu tw. Mia Of DnA. nl Uir. «f Won . f L»r, Oa cl WMh I Or nmMt htmte Mk Psuwrk w vm»Wm, la Crai ri tk (wore a vara uuu (which we can increase the •mapnanu Here is another up to ap ak Ht poweya And how shall it be done)a funny looking demon Oueta he • |ta tho nest question Well, if wc with Belial He spt-uks “ 1 aak you not to ttnngihtn the powers of the mind Verres—what1 why. that's Ciceros ior the memory, we exercise them self Ha' ha' ha' ao we're now Ko- hert»u an affinity between all the in- mans Wait a moment. Mr Cicero, Mlcduai powers trgo, the iwegtaa-.we wish to catch up— you »e gu some non can be strengthened by exercising:four thousand years the start of u? it. Now. the plan which 1 w ish to pro I hear ivr MMt br'M u JC Hrllas at l» •« mi the at I are ike mb • n r » r» • Pms PamoiK. |A fo . uw pisn »BKn i wiantopro (We ll tarufiwr we flv last ) So we poae, is this to make a slight improve-Jare here in the most renowned cny of m. tu upon our weekly escrows in dec “ lam ton Come, my (need, and ac company me to die Acsi fay tlya afternoon, and uoetnll try how success-, ful w shall ba • • i Well, tore are here The room is indeed. Marcus Tullus is rloauent to pretty full to-day The fir Is look most da v What pure, unadultrrrd Latin chaw——but, hold I a won t dd to drs- Was not that—no—nt trat a fine ges Rome Yrt Romans, St nators— U Kripn Patrtt ' There »«s Verres on throne—no chair Ht- s a queer sort of follow. Don't you think he ap-peors s deal like our Precep—no—well Why, r,l ld e •etna, for we must needs im-turc—no— fo si grtlvtf e, rc- Ein « rortamorphoard as many limes Marcus Tullus is brief m his etpo» if) hark' “Mr President, Thtjsel? Is thu he tip to speak' n who arc opposed to our rr-Linden when the Sun war low. ’— ' vernllv received opinion, thaialthough l 'nt,hr ifffrcaaiom of Great Britain, w hew ' this is droll' Why. were wc • —it — that we are weak' Ah'I not just now in Rome) Tnisjssurelr THE POET. Po t I Well, what of hunt ,ome peeny-a-Haer. with coVT.cum £? •ume alleged Snaaeoraocs is style, with no .»ther .■bjees-shgt Sis pnew and e»rry.a those n „ d.Sroter . pl ..llitions .-f his sccdc nanor, py which iUILh ,f v WOXJ d . eep into the sensitive hesn of the author- ,, has bet n an olmoat if not quite uni- gemfcmi-n That ISC,lity Of expression neecs ry to v,r9a||v received opinion, thatalthough 1 »h • ■ he pciAhadwptter ran only ha syquiml makes the philoaophrr and stnlen-fl 'l l:'Lnr. t! lime'sns ymeyje, ana when acqu' red. wn in4n onj w , nol f wn God must imagine ourselvf r—that .Mir Aiht ns Aeademv—and that is our )rrsultra totethos glowmfr roecspwoaafaik-tmgirta the Poet An individual ■My1 , we arc—Virginia Representatives respected ttacher this is clever truly ed dfollKhtninn winfisofvguthftdtnxag le the greatest on with, .n anything re-Colonial Convm.ion met Th.ifi But we are now Yankee , and ihu» •aalmn which alone rh ra««l ad ihetr'|atinff to erudition, yet for all that A Hmrv himwlf Rather ilov-Vndeth the fim li » on ' t i.«ii itket« fiH'-e -Mitiiia) it '- tv i; -rnt«il or w Irmw. he mnv havt ' kittjf—'l.'it v.li- u • i- , t« » v«- — 1 li ®! i. j l- ri ••relili'ii I ycuthml B am. ami retime trill tea thin. |a, tl K m «|,.- wriest hasl as tu us-luat u h-.w « ul-s'trrmg' l.ftm—'•(•»• im «.• inn in'k. f« t ' V- ••( •••if 5Oxe l.-e .«r |is »f he.br 'v» o -be natural pans I mm if a m- w 111 V O Ciy - me tbath' I h lit J'iMi mT the inti M that ir. tu • X|»iml the . was bun a ’ ''-' refy b!.yO 1 ui yonr n rnr t-.a.-ag.-.ailtv — I r .t wi -a gmad po. t If sinker me. however, that mnn cral) Whit • sm.le at Miehrlouu. ne. r whr me) l ok h rwar.1 and '-anmakr pons as well as phtloroph.ts But the folding arc shown d.rt.m,, thedayrvvh.n Am. ih o-v.s.thrwhofo It max k. 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I pt rcnvc.Jtcr ' ,!■ en n.ceiv.il as true m created, hut this is a l.tn) and '1 new ian.lma,x ...........—---------------------------------------------------- , ■ • nternns -. ,iml thr'se obstructions which Inokmc chop, that one up to p ak • h-sxi dcinprd the gtniusof mnn. air be What can he rat m reply to Pam. k new and strange things The 'okl r.quireenirkleraMe prnctic •..'make all brwlniarks which hstvc nrtnun'il thi 'lnnir go oflT wi ll Rather n cattish, CSiSTLC—N«. I. Mv 1 1 as W ll il.-iv she One of the most prized possessions of The Tioga Point Museum in Athens is a copy of the first number of The Athenian, a student publication of the Athens Academy printed in 1841. The upper portion of this school paper appears in the photograph above and will give one some idea of the type of articles and poems which were contributed by the students of The Academy. Recent careful investigation by authorities from the University of Pennsylvania who were studying the subject of early school papers and student publications has established the fact that The Athenian is the oldest student publication of a school paper in Pennsylvania. It is no wonder that this original copy is regarded so highly. One of the interesting articles in this first Athenian is the one on “The Poet in which the author, M. C. W., attempts to show how poets may he made. To quote, “I believe I have hit upon a plan, which, though it may not render poet-making quite as short a job as this, yet I think will he quite as successful. “Now the principal ingredient in a Poetific compound is evidently imagination. A strong and vivid imagination is at once indispensable and all-sufficient. To he a poet a person must he capable of assimilating his feelings to the character of the place in which he may he. or imaeine he may be, and bring his thoughts to rhyme with what may he or he imagines may he around him. When this is effected, all the rest is comparatively easy, for words, they say, in the shape of poetry, will flow forth in streams most mellifluous.” Then to make his point clear, the author takes us into The Academy where Stephen Foster was a pupil that year and we go up into the main room where we find the rhetoricals” are in progress. He rather humorously describes the characters which are being portrayed, with now and then a sly dig at the type of pupils who are doing the declaiming. He seems to think that this method of imaginative interpretation is the basic training in his scheme of making poets. A brief quotation from another article shows a different style. “Epistle No. 1—My Dear W.: All day the rain has pattered heavily against my window: the clouds, seemingly conscious of the value of their burden, have sunk close to the earth, that we might lose none of the rich beverage for which vegetation has so long been suffering: and the earth shows her gratitude, by exchanging her dusty aspect for a more joyous hue.” EfGKNK K. CrKDIFOKI).

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