Central High School - Aglaia Yearbook (Manchester, NH)

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iw 1 I8 THF! In England, everybody with even the smallest patch of land cultivates a gar- dcn. Flowering hedges line the country roads and lilacs bloom in tiny yards. That is what makes travelers speak of the beautiful English countrysidef, That is what inspired Alfred Noyes to s'ng, Come down to Kew in lilac time, and Shakespeare to write some of his loveliest lines. In Shakespeare's own Stratford-on-Avon today, as in the days when he lived there, around even the little thatch-roofed cottages, there are patches of quaint English garden flowers. And the garden of Anne Hathaway's home in Shottery, to which the poet used to walk at dusk through fragrant fields, is filled with bergamot and mignonette and larkspur that are mentioned in so many of his songs. A garden is one of the most satisfying things in the world to own, to point to and say, Yes, I planted that and tended it myself. It's really mine. It is worth every bit of work and care that is put into it. If you are fortunate enough to have plenty of ground, you may, of course, have more variety than you can in a little patch. It is not wise if you are an inexperienced gardener to begin on too big aiscale at Hrst. So limitation of soace may be a fortunate thing rather than a hardship. If you do not live in a house with a back yard, perhaps one of your friends does, and perhaps she will lcnd you a few feet of ground for a gar- den or let you share hers. Or, if you live in the city, have a window-box garden, which is a hundred times better than hav- ing none at all, and can at least provide you with little nosegays for a tea-table. Yes, April is the time to think about gardens and to begin the joyous task of O R ACLE making lovely things grow where there was only bare brown earth before, and to look forward to the time when there will be blue and yellow and pink blos- soms glowing in the summer sunshine, and the refreshing odor of sweet alyssum and the spicy smell of cinnamon pinks blowing in at your window. VASILIKE SPANOS FOR GIRLS ONLY Oh, don't ask her. She is such a bore! Doesn,t it make your blood boil to hear someone make a statement like that? After all, everyone hasn't the distinction of being classed in the category of Bore Today it is generally acknowl- edged, after reading innumerable pamph- lets and vividly illustrated advertise- ments, that any girl can be popular - simply by acquiring a school-girl com- plexion for her boy-friends to admire, and individuality of dress that will make her girl friends jealous, the pep and vital- ity to keep going from eight in the morn- ing until twelve at night, plus a dynamic line that is positively guaranteed to bring the stag line on the run. For the benefit of my dear readers I shall endeavor to indicate in two classes the vast number of unpleasantries that accompany popularity. Firstly, it is a known fact that popular girls are con- tinually being sponged upon by friends whose popularity is of a lesser denomina- tion. When a particular girl friend of yours has a particularly important date coming to call on her, she will bring him to your house to be entertained. Much later in the wee hours, when you lie ex- hausted in bed, it doesn't seem credible that the misguided male in question has

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ar ' WW' THE ORACLE Now, can you blame a pupil for ask- ing, What good are Report Cards?', ROBERT PRESTON HUMAN I am the blessed Yet I hunger, I whine, Greedy for more- A mean, mutinous mind. I'm the anointed, Oil is wet on my brow, God's disappointed, I break every vow. I am the power, Will of the machine, See it devour All God-written scheme. I am the human: If humanity be I, Close kin to the ape Does humanity lie. ELLEN XVATSON GETTING ACQUAINTED Every few minutes, as I write, an au- tomobile dashes by-going somewhere. Every few hours, a huge black and orange airplane thunders over my head, carrying mail and passengers between Boston and Montreal. From a distance I can hear at regular intervals a passenger train rumbling by, twelve or fifteen cars carrying people from where they were to where they will be before long. The traveller is everywhere. The peo- ple of the world are rapidly getting bet- ter acquainted. Before long, if we have money enough, we can be whisked from Moscow to New York in fifty minutes, the journey being just as safe as plodding behind an I was back in ,49. Safer even, because were obnoxious Indians in those day. Travel, just to admire and to see, w. be of great help in getting rid of the bis and hatred between peoples which hav come down from the beginning of civili- zation. As easier methods of travel are found, and the peoples of all parts of the world begin to know and understand and make allowances for one another, that mutual acquaintanceship will start civilization toward permanent and wholesome peace. I believe that acquaintanceship brought about by travel is more effective in the cause of world peace than a hundred years' worth of Mussolini-Laval meet- ings, Washington and London naval pacts, Briand diplomacy, Borah-ism, and Huey-ism. FRED KALIL GARDENS Gardens, riotous and formal, delight- fully carefree and just as delightfully prim, quiet and fragrant as an old pot- pourri, lavish and colorful as a sunset, are getting their first start in April. Cro- cuses are pushing their way through the softening earth and daffodils are prepar- ing to burst into the sun. So many kinds of gardens can be made that every girl with even a small plot of ground can find one that suits her particular taste. In fact, a clever gardener may have all sorts of flowers during one year in her one tiny plot, from cool, stately irises in the spring to gay, flamboyant dahlias in the fall, with candytuft and hollyhocks and morning-glories and snapdragons in be- tween.

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THE asked your girl friend instead of you to attend the Frat Dance Saturday night. Aside from having people sponge on you, you will find that if there is anything hard to be done you,ll be asked to do it. And will you do it? Of course you will! Because refusing to accept the offer would endanger your success as a popu- lar person. Secondly, it is also a known fact that popular people never have real pal- friendsf' This is because they are so busy trying to impress new people, and at the same time trying to keep in the good graces of the people whom they al- to really know one person from the other. If by some slip of the pen, I have failed to get that last idea across, I shall en- deavor to explain myself. After continu- ous interruptions for I-Iello, did you really? Whom did you go with? What did you wear? What time did you get home?,' you'll be ready to join our classes for bores. Now, if I have convinced you that it is wiser to fe a bore, you must consider being the corrzct type. Even bores have an individuality of dress. The girl-bore W ll turn up for the High Light Affairs clad in any-old-thing, much to the cha- grin of her tuxedoed escort. Showing up for an all-day hike clad in high heels and a dashingly new dress is an exclusive right copyrighted for bores. Be sure to take the utmost pains not to tear your dress, as this will show the male hikers that you are conservative. To cap the climax, sprain your ankle so that every- one will have to turn around and go home. If you follow my advice, you OR ACLE I9 may rest assured that you won't be for- gotten for a long time to come. Now I shall give you certain indispen- sible advice concerning your dates. If you want to make an impression on your escort, call down in a drowsy tone that you had forgotten all about the date and were sleeping. Then take the greatest pains dressing so that when you appear some two hours later he will be delighted with the refreshing picture you present. But if you find that he has fallen asleep, awaken him immediately and demand an apology for such actions. Above all things, don't let your boy friends insult you, they will think twice as much of you if you stand up for your rights. If your date takes you to the pictures, just to show him that you are really tak- ing an interest in what is going on, tell him the actors and actresses you don't like. Or better still, tell him what you have been doing in the last two or three weeks. And don't use a too confidential tone - maybe the people around you would like to hear what you have been doing. Speaking of tones reminds me to com- ment briefly on the peculiar voice quality that becomes a bore. Carry on your con- versations in monosyllables. When you speak, use such cultured tones that you can't be heard. They will ask you to re- peat anyhow. It never fails! Fellow bore-women, you are like the seven-years itch, but you are indispensa- ble to society. No party is complete with- out you and you may rest assured that you will be in popular'I demand. :XNONYBIOCS