Auburn High School - Arrow Yearbook (Auburn, NY)

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THE SILHOUETTE. I2 The Silhouette. PUBLISHED BY THE CLASS or '02, AUBURN ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL- ,,.-i BOARD OF EDITORS. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. . STANLEY MURDOCK. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. , FLORENCE ANDREWS, EDNA HEMINGWAY. BUSINESS MANAGER. WILLIAM PURDY. ASSIST. BUSINESS MANAGER. CARL C. TALLMAN. ' n STAFF. O. LEWIS THOMPSON, ANITA SPERRY, ALBERT OSTERHOUT, BERTHA MUNDT, FRANCIS BOHAN, PEARL GRAVITT. THE END on existence is as natural as the beginning. Bacon has said, The sear leaf of Autumn is as necessary as the fresh bud of spring g the waning glory at the end of a career as the radiant expectancy of its beginning. Therefore regret should not be one of our emotions as we look for the last time over High School course which is so nearly finished, and realize that in a few short days we shall go forth from these portals never again to enter as undergrad- uates. We have been an extraordinary class. Not in numbers, many have surpassed us there 3 perhaps not in scholarship, although we pride ourselves that we rank among the first even in this line 3 but as an all round class, in the recitation room, on the foot ball field, on the base ball diamond, on the track, in social halls, in literary achieve- ments and on the stage, we challenge the world to produce such a class, under the same conditions. It was ,O2,S pleasant privelege to in- augurate a welcome change in the celebra- tion of commencement week. The week of social gaiety which came with her success- ful Completion of her junior year was such a bright spot in the work of the class, was so thoroughly enjoyed by both Faculty and students, that the junior reception bids fair to become one of the most noteworthy ,events in the bright future life of the Auburn High School. The Class of 'oz also had the honor during the week preceding the Christmas vacation to dedicate the custom of a Christmas dance, which we hope will live as long as the High School exists. Many are the victories whose laurels lie on the brow of ,023 many the struggles with fate and with each other. Those were the beginnings now merged into the end. We have done our work well and are now ready to enjoy that time when we shall stand, bashful and modest as usual, before the assembled multitude of undergraduates and friends, whose admiring glances and subdued whispers will speak the rapture and awe they experience at the inspiring sight, and we shall receive the costly sheep-skin to be kept forever as a token of our career, the climax of our desires. And at the same time we will be regarded as the sear and yellow leaf, useless and un- wanted, to be blown away by the next eddying breeze and with the end of the old life begin a new existence. We, following in the footsteps of our illustrious predecessors, have turned our hand to journalism. How well we have succeeded we leave for your good judgment to say. We hope you will be pleased with our effortg but at any rate, if you cannot praise it, if you can see in it nothing worthy Of coinmendation, grant us at least, the charity of silence. We have wandered slightly from the usual path of former classes in the make-up and WPC We attr: will al o ed 2 pro' cha' earr aPP P desi Car rear Y faci aidl I the ren the tim pos inv the is t the I UP scl cox in shc exj ma lati a P me ha- out wh ani in ms wl

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r s t , 1 ini, hll,lllllll 1 1'10 A VACATION lNtIlllliN'l'. pmiiig' the deliglnlnl van-.ilioii. xlnnn-s thought it would lu- the ln-iglxl ol' wisdoin to indulge in 1n.inu.il l.ilnu gil the Coulaige Qompgnys plant, nn' the purpose of raising sutiicient dough to keep u couple ol' young 1ady friends in sweet elioeolaite :ind lion' bons. tit' they had been lricinls ol' llnnk Hoinpe he would liaive supplied tln-in lironi Meakens store. l He accordingly' rt-po1'twl lin' duly regular- ly at seven o'eloek lor live successive inorn- ings, and during that short period oi' toil he spent nothing but his tinie. Un the sixth morning. as he was diligently following the occupation he had chosen for his lite work, and was looking expeetantly l'orw:ird to the happy time when he would be president of the International Twine Combine. he was accosted by the Super. who wore his accustomed bland smile and uncreasecl trousers: his nobs surveyed the results of james' labor. and gently shifting a huge quid of tobacco to the cavity in his left cheek, inquired with a child-like grin : james, would you stop working here if I should discontinue your wages ? Thereupon james looked up with a woe- begone countenance that spoke of blasted hopes, and whispered in a scarcely audible murmur, I would. Then the boss with a relieved air as 'Cl'1011gh a great burden had been lifted from his troubled mind, wandered slowly through the maze of tangled rope and twine, with a benign smile upon his saintly countenance, which was a sign ofhis internal rapture and l0Y, and made his way to the office. That night james received his first en- velope, containing a three dollar bill and SOtne change, together with a note stating that such results as james could furnish Would require larger and more extensive fields, and that the company had discon- tinued his allowance, it could not call them earnings, and that he might go way back and sit down. Q 4 4. II THE STREAM. lllllll on the wooded inountain's side In ai dell fur hid from sunlight'S gleam S is'lt01'0f1 by ll Hr-tree's drooping brandh v ' . , . ,- . ' lusts n tiny and sparkling stream, Out of the cool bed rock it flows, llnlmliling und simmering on its ways, Out of oblivion has it come, Flowing from night to the light of day. On in its happy youth it runs, Lnugliing and diinpling thru its course g Brimniing along its flowery banks, Furtlier, still farther from its source. Wider and wider still it grows, Wancl'ring thru lakes with isles embossed, Now covered with green by lily's pad, Now held and fettered by winter's frost. Deeper and deeper yet it moves, Till it has gained the river's strength, Rolling majestic past hill and vale, Reaching it foward length upon length. Nearer it comes to its fated end, Nearer to where it shall cease to iiow, Nearer the mighty ocean's brink, Even now 'tis bathed in sunset glow. ' One 'dual pause, one last regret, One halt on the unknown's awesome brink, Where the starry heavens shine above, Where the mighty breakers rise and sink. Naught sees the moon but dismal waves Channg the shore of the deep dread sea, All that has come from the spring of hfe Gathered at last in infinity. ALEC DRUMMOND. ill Overhead on the street on the morning of May 30: According to all accounts Wake's kitchen must have looked like the inside of an incubator last night? 6335, eggs eggs? l l' .,. Xl . We have been asked to state for the bene- iit of the second year rhetoric class, that the contents of the Century Dlctlonafy are protected by Copyright and all further in- fringements will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. '

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'FIIIC 511.1-1oU,1-:'1'T1i:. I3 typographical appearance of our paper. We have added illustrations to our list of attractions and hope our ellort in this line will be appreciated. XVe have made sever- al other minor alterations which were deem- ed advisable, and have attempted these im- provements without making any radical change from tl1e usual class annual and we earnestly hope they will meet with general approbation. For the adaption and drawing of the design on our cover, praise is due to Mr. Carl Somers, whose artistic talent has al- ready won him local celebrity. We also wish to extend our thanks to all, faculty and students who have in any way aided us in this work. If you are pleased with this number of the High School Annual, we beg of you to remember those who have made it possible, the loyal advertisers. It is only by their timely hnancial aid that such a work is possible, and although it is doubtful if the investment is always a profitable one to them, still they stand Hrmly with us. It is the least you can do to stand hrmly by them in return. W DURING THE fall months, foot ball takes up most of the time and attention that school athletes can give to sport. The coming season should bea remarkable one in the history of our school, for it will show what a comparatively new and in- experienced team is able to do, under new management and under virtually new regu- lations. Gur athletics have at least reached a point where we may safely say improve- ment is ditiicult. Many and various plans have been tried during the few years since our Athletic Association was founded, the wheat has been winowed from the chaff, and we are now, perhaps for the first time In the history Of the school, where the management knows exactly what to do and What the result will be. L21StS921S01l WHS, to a certain extent, a successful one, still mistakes were made and we have learned by experience what should be done ill such critical conditions as confronted us last year. In the Hrst place we have learned in two games that f' second teams are apt to be disasterous investments. Colleges are primarily insti- tutions of learning, but it seems to be a fact that there are several foot ball players in some of them who are suddenly seized with a desire to attend school or college just as tl1e season opens and lose all desire to study just before Thanksgiving. We had an eloquent example of this in our game with Hobart 2nd, on October 26. Then in the game we were to play with Union Springs High School, where the whole township had been scoured in order to get men who were able to give us a good reception 3 men who, saying nothing of being high standing students, had not even ever attended the school they were expected to represent. The value of clean, pure athletics is very evidently not appreciated in some places. The game of our second team with Weed- sport High School was another mistake which should never be repeated. Such games can never help High School athletics. Foot ball is a good healthy sport, in fact there is none better, when it is played and encouraged by gentlemen, and not by roughs, such as are to' be found in the prize ring, and the habit of betting on these games should be put down with a strong hand, instead of being countenanced, as it often is, by members of the team them- selves. It is a deplorable fact that many hundred great and honorable men and women, although they do not desire to see their boys brought up milksops or eifemin- ate, are decrying the game on account of its brutality. It is unfortunate that we should be forced to acknowledge that sharp prac- tice occurs in foot ball to a greater extent than in any other game. More acts of meanness occur in the course of one foot