Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Around the World By Wiixiam Spears HE boat sailed from Xew York City on June 38. 1934, with Havana. Cuba my first port of call. n the wav there 1 developed wliat I think is the worst sickness anyone could contract. It was a combination of seasickness with homesickness. By the time I arrived in I Iavana I had acquired my sea-legs and my homesickness had vanished. Havana was my first taste of anv thing other than America. The first sight that greets your eves, as your ship slips into the harbor under the skillful guidance of a pilot, is Morrow Castle. I 1) From a distance out in the harlior the city looks extremely clean due to the yellowish tan color of the houses. But the truth is that the city streets are narrow and dirty. Only on the outskirts is it clean and beautiful. Next comes the Panama Canal. Everybody has read or seen pictures alnnit this canal so I will not sav anything al ut it except that it is everything that you've ever heard alxnit it. We stopjxfd in Ballma and Panama City a short time during the afternoon and left for I.os Angeles that evening. This leg of the journey took about nine days. When I arrived in Los Angeles it sure looked grand liecause this was the last city in America that I would see for three months. There was a longshore- men’s strike in California at the time and 1 could not even get olT of the dock to see the city to hi l it farewell. Something very inter- esting kept my attention the live days that we staved there. htr Imat did not go to San Francisco because the strike was too serious there. A I mat whose real name is Ruth Alex- ander” and whose reel name was San Capi- tatio, was being used in the working of the picture “The Captain Hates the Sea.” I saw Jack Gilbert, Victor McGlaglan, Allison Skip- worth. Walter Connoly. and one of Ted Healey's stooges. Xow my trip really was starting; we sailed for the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head (2 I greets you as your lioat arrives and Waikiki Beach in the distance looks like a thin thread of silk on the shore. Honolulu was in her best clothes for this was the day of days as far as she was concerned. President Roose- velt arrived the same day as we did. This was the first time in the history of the Islands that a President of the U. S. A. had ever visited them. As ottr l oat pulled slowly to the dock that beautiful song “ Vlolia. was being played by a group of Mawaiiaus as a greeting to our Ixiat. This was really how one may have dreamed of being welcomed to Hawaii. Our boat docked on the j ort side of the President’s war-ship. 1 did not waste any time trying to get a look at him. even though 1 had never seen him personally, for I could see him lack home anytime while I may never see Honolulu again. 1 went swimming at Waikiki Beach and rented a surf hoard. Boys twelve years old were riding them, and did they make me look foolish when I almost broke my neck trying to stand up on mine. Later Joe and 1 walked thru the Koval Hawaiian Hotel. We were like a couple of vagabonds in a palace, hut that didn’t bother us. ttr hobby in every I ort was to visit the most swanky hotels and ask for hotel stickers. We were never thrown out or refused. By the way. Joe was the fel- low I worked with. He was twenty-two years old and a graduate of Temple University. A real fellow. We were together during the whole trip. We left Honolulu at midnight in real tropical moonlight. This was one place on the whole trip that I regretted leaving. Xow for the fourteen day stretch to Kobe, Japan (3. 4 ). I got niv first taste of a rickisha here. I alwised the privilege by riding through the whole city for three hours straight. 1 cer- tainly felt sorry for the jnior Jap that had to pull me all that time. I went to a dance that evening and I was surprised to find what good dancers these Japanese girls were (l»cttcr than the American girls ). Shanghai. China was next (5). Shanghai is forty miles up the Yangtze River (6). The l »at was chipjwd and painted here (7). The clatter of the Coolies' hammers was too much for the pas sengers so they retreated to city hotels, t Htr fo'csle or Glory Hole” as it was called was also painted and we were forced (you can imagine how we had to he forced) to occupy the i asscnger ' cabins for the night. I felt like a king for a night when I hit that honcst- to-goodness hud in place of an iron posted hunk or hatch cover out on deck where we usually slept on hot nights. That night one (Continued on page fifty-six) I WEhYE

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Grover A. Cucquekkoi President The main object of this association is to establish cooperation among parents, teachers and students. There has been overwhelming cooperation between the sdtool faculty and the parents of this association during the ] ast two years, and real things have been accomplished for the l cnefit of Ik»th the students and the parents. It has brought parents in touch with the teach- ers, thus solving problems, that cannot l e done otherwise. Several educators have addressed the com- munity on different evenings, among them be- ing. Mr. James M. Spinning. Professor Har- vey Zorbaugh, Mr. Cameron Beck, Mr. Allen B. Gates. Professor Conrad II. Mochlman. and Doctor Meyer Jacobstcin. t )ur Community Service Committee, under the able chairmanship of Dr. R. J. Bennett, have obtained great results in connection with tin Athletic Field. The development of the Athletic Field under the Civil Works program lias come alxmt much sooner than it otherwise could. The present grading is to be completed and seeded; a field house has been erected. It is hoped that the gully may be filled and graded although this involves several difficult problems. This is receiving the careful con sideration of the Commissioner of Public Works, Mr. Morrison. This field will prove an invaluable asset to the community, increasingly year by year. The entire equipment will make a fine center for communit) play, from small children to adults. FOVKTEEX Two Years of Progress Charlotte Home-School Associafion Wc are all grateful to the authorities for the facilities thus far provided. There lias been several social evenings tor parents tinder the auspices of the Men's and Women's Activities Committees. These meet- ings have been well attended and have liecn the means of acquaintance between members. Another very interesting meeting was a panel discussion by the faculty, pupils and the parents. The Charlotte Choral Club, under the direc- tion of Mr. I,. J. Marsh rendered interesting programs; “Community Christmas Music Fes- tival. Pirates of Penzance,” and “lolanthe. A I lobby Demonstration was held in Febru- ary. The interest shown by both students and parents resulted in having three rooms filled with exhibits of flowers, pictures, glassware, ironware, radios, music, art. and many other curios. Many of the parents and students are preparing for next year's exhibit. Committee heads were Erwin J. Ward. Home School Committee Chairman; Raymond C. Pinder. Faculty Committee Chairman; ami Janies Wright. President of the Students’ Association. The newest addition i the Lakeshore Gar- den Club. Under the able leadership of Mr. Bennett and the guidance of Mrs. Howard Imray, several meetings have been held, at which speakers have discussed special phases of gardening. With the second May meeting at the home of Ardean Miller, whose beautiful rock garden proved a real inspiration to the members, the club tiegan its outdoor summer activities. Plans arc being made for visiting gardens of other members and for “swap- parties. The June meeting will he held at the home of Mrs. Henry Ixiewer, Beach Avenue. A v»rri W5 WW