Barringer High School - Athenaeum Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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A CARD. 9 “ well of English undefyled ” is opened up to them by the lucid pen of the fascinat- ing Mr. Quackenboss. A new influx of scholars has been re- ceived from the grammar schools to be in- itiated into the mysteries of X. Y Z ; to be led through the mazes of lingua Latina, to puzzle their heads over declensions and conjugations, and at last break their hearts on the stern rock of the subjunctive. This year, the incoming scholars so far exceeded in number the graduates, as to render the formation of a new class neces- sary. The room chosen for their use is in Corey Stewart’s building, and has, at least, the advantage of being near the sky. In this way, a new room has been added our School, and a new teacher, Miss Crane, to our corps of instructors. Of course, each member of the High School imagines it in a more flourishing state during the year in which he graces the institution, than it has been before, or can hope to be in coming times. In school life, as elsewhere, we judge our- selves most leniently, and, in the same spirit, we beg all our readers to criticise our work. •• Be to our virtues very kind, Be to our faults a little blind. A CARD EROM THE “HESPERIAN RECORD.” My task is done—my song hath ceased—my theme Has died into an echo; it is fit The spell shall break off this protracted dream. The torch shall be extinguished which hath lit My midnight lamp; and what is writ, is writ. Would it were worthier !” Thus, with this edition, our term of of- fice expires. Although we have met with many difficulties and discouragements, yet we cannot say that the duties of an editor are devoid of interest. It brings one in contact with business duties of daily life, and tends to sharpen and enlighten the intellect by necessary research. For the success of our paper, our thanks are due to our contributors for their kind assist- ance, to our advertisers for the helping hand offered, and to our subscribers and readers for their willing sixpence. In consequence of the publication of this paper, it seemed expedient to us to combine the December and January numbers with the columns of the Annu- al and we would request our readers to substitute this publication for the above mentioned numbers. And now in resigning our positions to our successors, although our connection with the Record will be no more as editors, yet the same interest will always be felt towards it, and we sincerely wish that the project will be carried forward, proving to be, as it has been in the past, not only of great interest to those con- nected with it, but also to the Hesperian Society in general, and in time taking its deserved rank among the school journals of America. “ Ik what shone afar so grand, Turn to nothing in thy hand. On «again ; the virtue lies In the struggle, not the prize.”

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i8 EDITORIAL by the exertions of the majority of its members. Here, great attention is also paid to parliamentary rules and regula- tions—a circumstance which will prove useful in after life. Thus, the High School is to us all a copious fountain of culture and happiness. And, unpretending as we arc, we may yet hope that these few state- ments of our School’s character and do- ings, will prove convincing, and turn dis- satisfaction into satisfaction, the cold “ winter of discontent ” into warm, “glo- rious summer.” But our thoughts carry us one step far- ther. Although the variety of instruction is enough, the over-crowded state of our School, and the deficient condition of our library and laboratory, are matters which require serious and immediate attention. If this year’s Annual should contribute one mite towards these much desired improvements, our murmurs will cease, and the summer of contentment rule supreme. Next, a word of sorrow. Friends have left us, and in the loss, both boys and girls share. The genial countenance of Miss Emma P. Smith no longer meets us. She has left the scene of eleven years’ success- ful labor, and has accepted a position in the Mt. Auburn Young Ladies’Seminary, at Cincinnati, Ohio. So too, we miss the cheering voice and sweet song of Mr. John L. Heffron. Although we regret the absence of these, our friends, still let us extend the hand of welcome to our new teachers, Miss Clara W. GREENE and Mr. J. Watson Smith, and bid God-speed to those, who, in the past, have so faithfully tried to better prepare us for our life work. And now we most cor- dially greet you one and all, and wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. At the time of the issue of our last Annual, the Society paper was published jointly by the young gentlemen and ladies, and rejoiced in the name of “ Hesperian Record and Montagu Round Table.” Whether this high-sounding title absorbed its vitality—children with too long names are said to be unhealthy—we cannot say. This we know, that toward the end of the year, the paper languished ; and now, to use the words of our friend Mr. Tennyson, “The whole Round Table is dissolved,” and the young gentlemen are left alone in their pursuit of journalistic fame. Not that the gallant knights of the Round Ta- ble have wholly given up their quest, but finding the blaze of publicity to which they were subjected, almost too much for their maiden modesty, hereafter they will seek literary improvement in a more quiet and unostentatious way, content with hav- ing their names placed in print once a year on the pages of the Annual, accord- ing to the time-honored custom. The course of events in the Female Department of the High School, glides along in much the same channel this year as last. Our learned Principal leads a new flock through “ pastures green;” that is to say, the hexameters of Virgil, and a new score or two of sympathetic damsels are called to weep the fate of infelix Dido, and to learn with wondering, that the tricks of the “ senior-junior giant-dwarf Dan Cupid,” were the same in the days of Aineas, as in the nineteenth century. The subtile reasonings of the geometrician are unfolded to their eager minds, and a

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20 LOCAI.S. LOCALS. i»79- Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. '76, Mr. J. G. Olds is at Princeton. The Semi-Public is next in order. ’78, Miss Alice B. Poinicr is at Vassar College. Why not have a Thanksgiving every month ! The next examinations occur during the fourth week in January. Of the former members of the class of ’79, Messrs. R. K. Clark and C. F. Dar- lington are at Princeton. The membership of the present Hespe- rian Society exceeds that of any of the past five years. Yale has 1022 students; Harvard, 819; Cornell, 500; Princeton, 495; Amherst, 335 ; Columbia, 227, and Williams, 208. Our advertisers arc the representative business men of Newark. In purchasing holiday presents bear them in mind. The disappearance of Prof.-----’s auto- graph album has caused quite a furore in the circles of the male Junior class. The poem entitled “ To our noble School Building, consisting of seventeen stanzas of twelve verses each, is respectfully de- clined. The Columbia Spectator is one of the best of our exchanges. The college jokes are not the worst feature of the paper. We don’t quite understand, but will some young lady enlighten us as to how Miss Jennie S. Jones can be obtained from Miss Susan Jane Jones, or Miss Matilda Ann Slamhammcr can be changed to Miss Millie A. Slamhammcr, and others of a like nature? 77, Mr. T. W. Lautcrborn is studying medicine at the University of the City of New York. Mr. F. Riggs is at Columbia, Messrs. E. E. Worl and W. A. Dougall arc at Princeton. Among the latest contributions to our exchange table, we notice the Irving Era, published by the Buffalo Central High School, the Pcnna. College Monthly, and the Rochester Campus, all exhibiting a high degree of typographic and literary ability. It is really astonishing to note the large number of drafts, that certain of our Newark firms have “just accepted as we present a bill for advertising. How can the art interests of Newark be advanced, when the young lady members of the Rhetoric class de-Klein to encourage our gentlemen artists? '78, Mr. Joseph M. Woodruff is at Princeton, Mr. David Maclay is at Colum- bia, and Messrs. A. H. Ward and E. H. Rockwell arc at the University of the City of New York. Couldn't the Semi-Public committee arrange to have a farce in which all the members of the Hesperian could take part ? '76, Mr. D. H. Wisner is taking a course of lectures in medicine at the medical de- partment of the University of the City of New York. Mr. Pentz, having other duties to per- form, tendered his resignation as Junior editor of the ANNUAL. His position was filled by the appointment of Mr. Bruno Hood, of the Senior class. ’74, Mr. Louis Hood, desires private pu- pils in the Classics, higher English, and German. Apply at 127 Washington st.