Barringer High School - Athenaeum Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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i6 UNKNOWN TONGUES. gather bits of truth in these weird jour- nies, which in time contribute to science, and enlighten the world. Others, in the far away depths of the azure sky, arc dis- covering new worlds and myriads of suns, by means of the telescopes, which give the eye power to pierce the misty atmos- phere far into space: and thus again, we find hidden things revealed by seeking. It was the working out of this game that sent Columbus across the broad ocean to seek for an unknown path to In- dia; but our own fair land waylaid him, and his searching won for him renown. Up among the northern icebergs, Dr- Mall sought for an open polar sea, but found instead a grave. Hut there are other than material things for which men search. Unseen forces and hidden truths are often the objects of their seeking, and the same impulse which leads the child to look for the cause of the wooden soldier’s drumming, or the little milk maid’s churning, is developed in the man as he seeks the hidden principle of life. When the merry Christmas-tide comes, and the bells rings out their joyous peals through all the land, our thoughts go back to that day in the long ago, when the wise men sought the Christ child, having seen Mis star in the East; and earth’s wisest ones in every age have sought and found Mim in Mis divine, not in Mis human manifestation. Those who search for ma- terial things may fail in their labors, but the seekers for divine truth shall obtain it, for we read in Holy Writ, “Seek, and ye shall find ; ” and again, “ There is nothing hidden, that shall not be revealed.” THE OLD AND NEW YEAR. TENNYSON. Ring out wild bells to the wild sky, The Hying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go ; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind. Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite ; Ring in the love of truth and right. Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease ; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man, and free. The larger heart, the kindlier hand ; Ring out the darkness of the land. Ring in the Christ that is to be.

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HIDE AND SEEK. «5 HIDE AND SEEK. BY IDA J. MORRISON. '80. The games of childhood arc often sug- gestive of the work which comes to the little ones in the later years. The free and joyous little boy calls for some one to play horse with him, that he may trot to Ban- bury Cross, and as he rides his wooden horse, he dreams of the day when he shall be a man, and rein a living steed ; while the little maiden, moved by the same in- stinct which in the mother’s nature causes her to have such tender solicitude for her little ones, chooses to tend her baby doll. When, however, hide and seek is pro- posed, even the dolly is left, and the jour- ney to that unknown village is never completed but the children with one glad cry, join heartily in this mirthful game. In the universal love displayed for this game, we see the dawning of the nature which will be developed more fully in later years. It is not strange that the children love it so, for has not Nature in her most win- ning ways taught it to them ? The stars set it in the deep blue of the heavens, ap- pear to be at this same joyous game. They shine down on us with their soft, silvery light, and then disappear for a little while, coming back to us again with the same merry twinkle, as if they had found a wonderful hiding-place in the depths of the blue atmosphere. In the Autumn, the earth hides all her foliage under a delicate garment of beautiful whiteness; but when the Spring-time comes, the sunbeams seek the flowers, and find them again. In their childhood days, the little ones hide from each other that they may be sought for again; but as the years pass on, and they come into school, things arc found which some one older has bidden them seek, and the game becomes more earnest. As a glad, triumphant express- ion flashes across the face of the child, who has sought and found a playmate, so the school-girl at work for the hidden re- sult of some difficult problem, may feel truly exultant when she has been success- ful in this truer game of hide and seek. When the school-days are over, still more earnest becomes the game. Men learn that things are hidden from them, which arc being searched for every day, and everywhere people are found working out this game that the children play, the seeking after hidden things. Long ago, in the unremembered ages, this great world was covered with a most luxuriant vegetation. In time all this beautiful growth hid itself in the earth’s dark bosom; there, untouched by the hand of any one, it underwent a marvel- ous transformation; and now the earth gives up its treasure, but the miners think not that they seek and find in this game which was begun centuries ago. And of its abundance, the earth yields other treasures from its dark caverns, to those who seek, gold and precious stones. Longfellow' says: • The sea hath its pearls. The heaven hath its stars; “ and there are those, w ho, from the bound- less territories of the turbulent sea, gather together rare and pure things; and they

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. EDITORS. William L. Hazen, ’79. Hannah M. Coult, ’79. Louis R. Menagh, ’79- Lizzie P. Baldwin, ’79. Bruno Hood, ’80. Ada Stickney, ’8o. Herbert S. Sutphen, ’80. Florence Patton, ’80. NEWARK. N. J.t JANUARY 1. 1879. EDITORIAL. •• Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer— The distant tinkling of the merry Christ- mas bells, calls the otherwise unassuming High School student to the editorial sanc- tum. With joy he enters upon the du- ties of his position to send forth words of greeting to one and all. But doubt pre- sents itself too soon. Will welcome be accorded to his greeting ? Often has he heard that the course of education pur- sued in the High School is uncalled for— an example of the city’s waste and extrav- agance. If this be true, how can the Annual, a production of the High School, hope for a cordial reception ? And yet we will not despair, for we wish to present in these pages a result which will justify the means—the Annual will proclaim the worth of the High School. The establishment of the Newark Pub- lic High School dates back, as our readers may well know, to the year 1855, and it held its first session on the seventh of January of that year. The number of pupils was about the same as at present, but the organization of the School was not complete. This time, however, has passed away, and the High School of to-day, reflects nothing but credit upon the city of Newark. The courses of study pursued in the Male Department are the Classi- cal, Scientific and English, and the Com- mercial. The first contemplates the prep- aration of students for college. The sec- ond embraces the Sciences, and Latin to a limited extent, and is intended as a pre- liminary course of instruction to those who may choose to pursue higher scien- tific studies, or end their school days with tjie Institution. The third and last pre- pares young men for a business life. Lit- erary pursuits form a prominent feature in the several branches, and that these all important exercises may be carried to a higher degree of perfection, a Society of the young men of the Senior and Junior classes is kept in a flourishing condition,