Bolivar Central School - Gusher Yearbook (Bolivar, NY)

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BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL BLIZZARD” 29 Harry S.: Who was the best track man whoever lived? John K.: Give up. Hairy: William Jennings Bryan. He ran for thirty years without a stop. In Ancient History Class. “I have heard,” said Prof. Witter, ‘‘that Babylon fell, and Nine-vah was destroyed, and—” Someone in class: ‘‘Tyre was punctured.” Miss Brown: This is the third time you have looked on Velma’s paper. Paul Husak: Yes, she doesn’t write very plainly. Mac: Have you heard the new tango song? Florence M.: No, what’s that? Mac: Tangonna Rain No Mo’. “The sweetest girl I ever kissed,” Said gay young Malcolm, “Used powdered Instead of talci Gladys: I see here in the paper where a man working at a slaughter house dropped sixty feet and wasn’t hurt a particle. Stella: How was that? Gladys: They were pig’s feet. Keith Perry: A fellow just told me I looked like you. Howard Root: Where is he? I’d like to knock his block off. Keith: I killed him. They sat on the porch at midnight, Their lips were tightly pressed. The old man gave the signal, The bulldog did the rest. John M.: Mary just gave me a mean look. “Fat” Ward: Gawan! You always looked that way. Olive: Can you dance? Paul: Half way. Olive: What do you mean? Paul: I can hold on but I can’t move my feet.

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28 BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL BLIZZARD” brew worship but in chastisement for repeated revolts the Romans laid waste the city and sent those Hebrews who were not slain into exile. At length the descendants of Abraham were scattered to the different parts of the country and mixed with the other peoples of the world. However, some of those Hebrews still cling to the simple faith of their fathers with a strange devotion and loyalty to this day. There were men who held high place in history by their work during this time of so many troubles for the Hebrews. They were not statesmen nor warriors but were called prophets. They were great teachers of morality, charity and justice. They preached against idolatry and sought to take the people from the worship of idols to the worship of the one God, Jehovah. In spite of the fact that the people were often led away from the worship of one God by the influence of foreign religious ideas they always came back to the worship of one God which they could cling to in perfect faith. We must judge of the real character of the Jewish religion, not by the practices of those who departed from it, but by the teachings of those who were its highest expounders, Moses and the prophets. In these great teachers we find the true idea of Monotheism. This is not simply the idea of the Egyptians, that there is one God higher than other gods; it is the idea that there is only one supreme God. Another feature of the Jewish religion was the fact that it was closely linked to morality. Religious worship and moral duty were regarded as two sides of a complete life. The history of the nation was a constant, struggle against false ideas of religion and false ideas of morality. When the priests were carried away with the idea that religion consisted simply in rites and ceremonies and tliv kings were seeking the pomp and luxury of the East and the people were falling into wickedness and idolatry, it was left to the later prophets to become the true ex pounders of religion and the moral law. The ancient Hebrews made little contribution to science, produced no new order of architecture, did nothing in sculpture, but did make real contributions to religion. Their literature with them was simply a medium for the conveyance of religious instruction and the awakening of devotional feeling. The old testament in the Bible is taken from the Hebrew people. Mostly all of the literature of the Hebrew people is in the Bible. We should also remember the Apocrypha, the Talmud and Antiquities of the Jews and the Jewish in connection with Hebrew literature. The Hebrews have a great influence on the civilized world by their religion and writings so we must assign to this nation a high place among the historical people of ancient times. The sources from which 1 obtained the data for the history of the Hebrew people are as follows: The Bible; Ancient History for Colleges and High Schools by P. V. X. Myers; Outlines of Ancient History for the Use of High Schools and Academies by William C. Morey; Ancient Peoples, also by William C. Morey; Gibbon’s History of Rome, volume I, by Edward Gibbon, Esquire; Rollin’s Ancient History, volume IV, by Charles Rollins.

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30 BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL BLIZZARD” The schoolmaster was giving the boys a lecture on thrift and pointed out how squirrels stored up nuts for winter. Then he asked for another illustration of thrift in animals, and one boy cried out “a dog.” “A dog! In what way does a dog practice economy?” ‘‘When he runs after his tail he makes both ends meet.” Ed. Irvin: Did you know Cap- tain Kidd was an acrobat? Mr. Irvin: Where in Sam Hill did you get that notion ? Edward: Well, it says here after Captain Kidd divided the treasure, he went over and sat on his chest. Pete: Say, Bo, got a cigarette? Ham: Sure, want to see it? Edwina (Int. Algebra Exam.): How far are you from the correct answer ? Maxine: Two seats. Mrs. Balmer: What does procrastinate mean? Mel: To ‘‘put off.” Mrs. Balmer: Use it in a sent- ence. Mel: Conductor, I want to be procrastinated at the next corner. Mountaineer: What do you teach ? Mr. Larrabee: I teach algebra, geometry, trigonometry. Mountaineer: That’s enough. Fill my son up with triggernome-try, lie’s the only poor shot in our family. yi mi. mi—iiuhih—.mi—im ini — mi- mi—-mi—■ un no ] Jllwags Be Careful j 5 i i = 'W'OU could not replace the valuables you I keep around your house for a few cents a week—yet that is all it costs to pro- 1 tect them by renting a Safety Deposit Box I | in our burglar and fire proof vault. Attend = to it today. I | | I State Bank of Bolivar I BOLIVAR, N. Y. B 1 on—mi—mi—mi—mi—mi—mi—mi—mi—.mi——mi—mi——iio