Bourne High School - Canal Currents Yearbook (Bourne, MA)

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BUZZARDS BAY, MASS., FEBRUARY, 1900. Literary Editors. Grace D. Ellis, ’00. Eloise H. Pope, ’00. Carolyn I. Dennis, ’00. Sadie C. Nye, ’00. Local Editors. Nelly J. Douglas, ’00. Robert S. Handy, ’00. Henry Chamberlain, ’00. Exchange Editor, .Anson B. Handy. Business Managers, Gusiavus F. Hall, Ethel A. Burgess. ETDITOI TALS, THE CAPE COD CANAL. For over one hundred years the citizens of Massachusetts have been making plans for a canal across ( ' ape Cod. Forty or more years ago the proposed course for the canal was surveyed and staked. Nearly twenty years ago the first excav ations were made. There is some talk now to the effect that, if the electric track is laid, the excavation of the canal will be begun at once. After talking over with several seamen the advan- tages and disadvantages of the proposed canal, it seems that it would be only a waste of money to build it. The tonnage would extract so much of their freight receipts, that most coasters would prefer to brave the dangers of Nan- tucket Shoals. Another drawback would be the ice which would blockade the canal and harbors in winter. I ' hird, the cost of building a canal and suitable harbors wouM be immense, when one considers the few advantages which it would give shipping ani he small patronage which it would receive. THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL OF BOURNE. For the past ten years the scholars of the Bourne High School have been expecting a new building in which to finish their course. Every March we have attended the regular town meeting in anticipation of a new High SchiK)l building voted tons; but each year we have returned in disappointment and resumed our seats in the old, dark and unhealthy building. Until now it remains for some future class to return, not with disappointment but with joy. On a windy day there is draught enough to almost blow out a match. Last year the school committee had to suspend school for a day, as the thermometers were nearly down to freezing. This year the weather has been mild, so we have been warm enough. A stove in the recitation room helps a great deal in keeping that room warm. As the class of 1900 leave the B. H. S. it is with a joyous expectation that the class of 1902 may have the comfort and pleasure of at least spending their last year in a new Bourne High School. R. S. H.