Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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THE MAGNET 29 1 XQCJ1LS ” A SENIOR REMARKS. Eleanor W.: “The bishops asked that they be allowed to baptize without water.” Miss Miller: “Write down all you know about these points; if you don’t know anything about them, why—make something up.” Burwell: “They settled the question of fur-fishing.” Loretta C.: “Before this, when a person was insane, they thought a—he was possessed—hem—with the devil.” Raymondd T: “They laid cables all over the ocean.” Burwell: “Wordsworth’s words did not blend on the end.” Roxie S.: “Men in Cromwell’s “New Model” weren’t allowed to use swear words.” Burwell: “When a man had another man working for him, why, he couldn’t dress him up real nice. Miss Miller, commenting on a description: “Well, that is a picture, but I think it is a moving picture.” Ruby G., in shorthand class: “The children were sin twisters.” Lee Keefer has a new mode in Latin conjugation—the imperfect mode. Prof. Price: “Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg speech on a train.” Burwell: “Evolution theory was the origination of mankind.”

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28 THE MAGNET by Prof. Bingham. The season was not as successful as that of former years, due to the inexperience of the material. In the lineups of that time appear the names of three former classmates. There are Wright, who did part of the hurling, and McCandless and Cruik-shank, who were seen regularly in infield positions. The season of 1913 was, in many respects, the most successful which Butler High has had for many years. The attendance at the games was good, and the team was able to finish the season free from all financial difficulties. The team was captained by Fred Bernlohr, who also did the receiving behind the bat, the team being coached by Mr. Price. Our former classmates, Wright and “June” O’Donnell, did the twirling. Watson and McCandless, both former classmates, held down regular infield births. In 1913 admission was gained to the W. P. I. A. L., and league baseball was played in the spring of 1914. The battery was composed of Wright, O’Donnell and Watson. Wright was chosen captain, and also did the bulk of the pitching. The season of 1915 was marked by a decided lack of interest on the part of the student body. The powers in charge of the sport decided, at one time, to suspend baseball as a major sport. But their decision was reversed when Butler High defeated the Wilkinsburg team, twice champions of the league by a 3 to 2 score. At this time prospects were good for a winner, and the schedule was played out, with fair success. O’Donnell, captain, did the hurling, while Byerly was stationed behind the bat. CLASS ATHLETICS. Although the class of January 1916 has never won the championship of either the basketball or baseball class leagues, they have always been contenders for championship honors and have been con- sidered worthy opponents by the other class teams. When we entered the basketball league in the fall of 1912, our team ended the season tied with the class of June 1913 for fourth place, having won three out of six games. This team was captained by John Byerly. The team representing the Purple and Gold in 1913 was the fastest which has ever been placed on the floor by our class. This team would, in all probability, have won the championship if it had not been for a stringent rule which says that when a class league player makes a Varsity position, he will not be permitted to play on his class team. This rule did great harm to our team in 1913, as three of our best players, Young, Watson and Wright, were chosen for the Varsity by Coach Price. Their places were ably-filled by Cyril Barr, Bryson Ross and Coral Cunningham. But this new combination was unable to keep up the fast pace set by our former classmates and by the other teams of the league, and the best we could do was to finish in a tie for first place with the classes of January 1914 and June 1914. In the play-off for the championship, the class of June 1914 beat us by a small score, thereby putting us out of the running. That class next defeated the team of January 1914 and were returned the champions of the league. The team which represented our class as A Juniors did not show any true form and the best they could do was to finish in the cellar position, having been defeated in every game. In our A Senior year, when our hopes were soaring high, they were blasted by the announcement that the powers that be had decided that we could not be represented in the league. This was due to the fact that the candidates for the school team needed a great deal of practice to develop players to take the places of those who had been graduated or had left school.

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30 THE MAGNET Mr. Irvine: “Is air a liquid ?” Lee K.: “Yes.” Leland: “It is when it’s raining.” Mr. Irvine: “Leland, why don’t you have your lesson ?” Leland S.: “I was out last night.” Mr. Irvine: “Helen, why don’t you have your lesson; were you out with Leland ?” Lila A., in Latin: “The boys had their manes cut short according to custom.” Viola Q., in shorthand class: “I jumped into the waste-basket.” Marie D., talking about the picnic at Thorn Run dam, said “The dam picnic.” Susan: “A defective verb is one that is not all there.” Stella Z., in Virgil: “He cut the hempen chord.” Marie D., in Virgil: “Ascanius brought up the band of horseman to ‘his old man’.” Lila A. says that the youth of the ancient Troy “trimmed their manes.” Must have worn pompadours in those days, too. “Viola Q.: “I’m taking the life of Tennyson.” Eleanor W.: “ ‘Passing of Arthur’ meant Arthur’s last death.” RESULTS OF A SUDDEN QUIZ IN ENGLISH LITERATURE : Who was ruler in England in Shake-spear’s time ? M. McC.: Caesar. When was Shakespeare born ? Z. H.: Fie was born while very young. What did Marlow do for English literature? E. W.: Played Shakespeare’s plays. Who were American writers during the time of Byron, Sheley and Keats ? C. B.: Kitchner. Name two Anglo-Saxon works ? Z. H.: “As You Like It” and “Ten Nights in a Bar Room.” What is a “mystery” play? A “detective” story. Shakespeare’s play? B. FI.: “Mer- chant of Venus.” Two writers of “Restoration” period? A. R.: Hawthorne, Chancer. Three works of Goldsmith’s? A. R.: “On the Inside of a China Cup,” “The Roasted Pig,” and “Gulliver’s Travels.” Shakespeare’s plays: C. C.: “Julia Caesar.” EXAMPLES OF SPELLING. Lack of funds is the only thing which keeps the A Seniors from publishing a revised speller; also the critics disagree on several words. Examples by the “six best spellers” are given: Lee Keefer simplifies— “jaconet” to “caconet.” “denims” to “demens.” “valenciennes” to “valencissa.” “brocade” to “prochea.” “ruching” to “rouche.” Isador B. simplifies— “synovial” to “ cinovial.” “applique” to “apiece.” “peritonitis” to “perygnitis.” “doilies” to “doiles.” “crepon” to “crepone.”