Central High School - Aglaia Yearbook (Manchester, NH)

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W S' ZW' THE ORACLE AS WE SEE IT Of course, school is a necessary evil like cod liver oil before every meal, yet five hours of it must be tolerated every day, like straight hair or freckles. Now, no one objects to the before- school period, when groups can gather to discuss Ann's new dress or Janeis way of wearing her hair. And the home- room period is, in fact, an ingenious in- vention. Here we perform daily mir- acles in cramming four hours of studying into fifteen minutes. Much of the day. however, is a trying ordeal to everv girl. For who can remain dignified. dem-ire, or aloof while elbowing along crowded corridors? Who can keeo calm when the bell loudly iangles, either interrupting you in an interesting discussion or re- leasing you from a place of terror? Do you know any girl who can sit through a math test and not have a shiny nose? And what can a poor girl do when she discovers a run in her stocking second period? Or worse yet, as she strolls down the corridor for rather mentally pictures this impossible featj endeavoring to im- press some member of the masterly sex, her poise is shattered by the sight of her new dress coming boldly towards her on the form of her most dangerous rival! Such is life! Although four minutes between bells is not time enough to gather pencils, note- books and compasses, it is long enough to stop to chatter a minute or two on our way to a class or study period. Here in study our mental activity is released. These periods, by the way, are most in- correctly named, for they are spent in whispering behind books or idly drawing caricatures of classmates or teachers. 'si After five hours of toil, the last Noses, poise, boys are all forgotten, unladylike pushes and glaring looks brought into use with surprising ez. School is out, and girls wtih inked fing' tips, utterly exhausted, and unable think of a single more excuse, sigh uno their burdens of a few books. Little do one realize what a trying existence th high school girl leads. MARION B1-txxi-1'r'i' A SENIOR'S ADVICE So when the Freshman asked the Sen- ior how good marks were attained, the Senior replied, 'KIt's a cinch, all you've got to do is to study hard for the first quarter only. Then, besides getting a good mark, you make a good impres- sion on the teacher. For the rest of the year there is no need to study because you have the reputation of being a good student, and consequently you get your other good marks on your reputation. To this the Freshman asked, Well, if the teacher averages the marks in her book and gets a low mark, what then?' Here is the secret of getting a good mark, replied the Senior. Always talk a lot in class. If you don't know what the correct answer is, beat around the bush, evade the question, side-track the teacher. If there is a general discussion, that is the best time to show off your bril- liancy. Talk as long as you can think of anything to say. It's highly possible that you can tell a story that may have some connection with the subject in dis- cussion. Tell it, but be sure to stretch it out, make it as long-winded as possible: don't even stop to come up for air. At this the Freshman rose and said, W'ell, as youire a perfect example, why aren't you on the honor roll?', FRED HEILMAN

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THE ORACLE A PERFECT DAY fWitI9 Apologies to Miltonj A mighty wave of red sweeps up the sky And routs the inky blackness from its path, Announcing Sol's approach again to earth. In through the red are wedged thin streaks of gold Which seem to hold the sky itself in place, As slowly rears the sun its shaggy head, To wake me with its great display of light. Far off a crow rasps out its throaty caw, A pig squeals loud, a mule brays in the barn, A cow moos deep, a dog barks loud and long, While nearer sings a bird on budded treeg And mingled with the noise come smells of spring - Of rich, deep mud, the scent of early flowers. I break my fast with victuals plainly cooked, Then hitch I to the plow the tractor gray And turn the furrows over two at once, In half the time it took old Bess and Paw. So thus by noon the daily tasks are done, And I can turn my thoughts to lighter things: Go hunting, Hshing, hiking, or just read, Or drive to town our brand new V8, To see a picture show or call on friends. When I return at five or six o'clock, We gather round the table to say grace, Which done, we eat most heartily indeed, Until, quite full, we seat us round the room To hear the news or music soft and sweet, Till eight or even nine o'clock at night, Then stumble off to bed to sleep in peace. JOHN PILLSBURY

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Qu-vi THE BATHTUB bathtub is an oval receptacle for bathing of a human body. It is about .. o feet deep and twelve inches too t. It comes in several varieties from sitz to the suitz. The latter is a j of bath tub you look at but do not et. A bathroom with a bathtub is a good thing to have, even if you have no use for it-because it gives you something to talk about. Some years ago, people would speak of it in a casual way, just as now- adays one speaks of his automobile. It was a sort of ticket that admitted one to the circle of the first-families. To say I was in the bathtub when you rang the bell was much like saying, I was in Europe. It puts your unwashed friend at a disadvantage. It was a mark of dis- tinction to mention a stationary bath- tub. I used stationary because in olden days, and days not so old, a bathub was neither stationary nor exclusive. The clothes were soaked in it Sunday, the .W .-pw THE ORACLE V Wednesday, it began to be used as a bathtub for the rest of the Week. According to certain records in Clay- ton's Monthly, June, 1929, I found that Adam Thompson of Cincinnati, Ohio, was the first man in America to install a tub in his house. This was December 25, 1840. It aroused the nation to an uproar. The medical profession, with unusual foresight, declared it a danger- ous thing and bound to increase diseases of all sorts. Finally, Millard Fillmore, President of the United States, put a bathtub into the White House, in 1850. That settled it. Society took it up and began to brag about bathing on other days than Saturday. A New York hotel put in a bathtub. People went far to see it. When royal dukes visited America, they were even taken to see it and the marvel was regarded with much interest. There is much more I could say. But I refrain. Bathtubs are but the begin- ning. The day will come when every town will have sumptuous public baths. Then perhaps we shall be clean-and washboard was put over it Monday, corn G0d1Y- was husked into it Tuesday, and, by DOROTHY JORDAN OUR DESTINATION How we have longed to reach this exalted station And hold a diploma with this class of ours! Yet the thought of saying farewell, dear Alma Mater, Saddens us as we go - Farewell, a word that will forever cling to our hearts. Now as our thoughts turn back from this exalted station To the struggles, and to the unbreakable knot of comradeship Formed by our continuous meeting from day to day, Now we must depart, Bidding each other and Alma Mater farewell. The hour of time has slowly dropped its curtain, And now we must follow our own walk of life, Yet the sorrow of leaving our dear Alma Mater Shall never be forgotten, For we love you, though we leave you, Now our years are through. JOSEPH PROULX