Cogswell Polytechnical College - Cogswell Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

 - Class of 1914

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60 THE cooswntt illllarivrhvn Chewing meditatively on a piece of grass, Mariechen, the daughter of a German peasant farmer, sat in the little vegetable patch so carefully cherished by her father, whose property in land was scant. On one side of her lay her hoe, with which she had been hoeing weeds, and as she lay there, leaning her hands against a piece of stubble, which had already pressed red marks into her hand, she thought and thought to herself. Here she was, Mariechen Zemler, pretty as a picture, with nut-brown wavy hair, big violet blue eyes and a merry disposition, but what good was all this when she was as poor as a church mouse? Marie's father in his younger days had worked for the railroad as a bookkeeper, but one day, being sent to the small village of Schwering on business, he had met Mariechen's mother, a beautiful peasant girl, or bauer- madchen. They married. Mariechen's mother did not like city life, so the result was Mariechenls father took up farming, and, as he was not skilful at it, the family had got along as best they could, always having enough to live on, but not enough to save. This was the cause of Mariechen's thinking-Mariechen with her mother's beauty and her father's firm idea of freedom and enjoying life. VVhy should she bother doing such hard work as carrying a heavy wooden bracket over her shoulders, from which suspended two heavily filled milk buckets? W'hy should she bother going out into the fields hoeing potatoes and doing all this hard work for the mere sum of sixty marks a year QSZO in American moneyj when other girls had gone to the large cities and obtained employment at better salaries, some even having the luck of reaching America? As she sat there turning these things over in her mind she heard foot- steps in the road nearby and some one whistling softly to himself the latest German melody, namely, Ptippchen, du bist mein Augensternu CLittle one, you are the star of my eyej. Mariechen peered through the hedge and as she looked a rosy blush tinged her fair cheeks and she quickly drew closer to the hedge, murmuring to herself a Gott sei dank that the passer-by had not seen her, for who should it be but Albert, lVfariechen's most persistent admirer, whom she had determined not to care for, as it was one of Marie- chen's most set ideas that she would never fall in love with a German farmer boy and live the remainder of her life in a little German village like Schwering. Finally Marie decided she had better begin working, so picking up her hoe she began l1OC11'1g vigorously. She had been working some time when along came a double seated spring wagon, in which were seated three ladies fl n' I , I and a gentleman. Americans, no doubt, ' said Mariechen to herself as she looked up. ii

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THE COGSWELL SQ 'iOn board the pilot boat were reporters from all of the newspapers. I gave the story to a representative ol the Associated Press and told him to give it to the rest of the reporters. The 1'eporter asked the usual questions: WVhat condition was the ship in? Wlhat was the cause? Wfho was the hero of the occasion? I told the story of the heroism ol the young Seaman. 'But,' said the reporter, 'were there no officers or people of rank connected with the rescue?' 'Yes, to a slight degreef I replied. 'First Officer Campbell and his men showed bravery in going down into the hold to close what bullcheads they could: but remember the credit of saving' the ship belongs to the young' seaman whose name I have given to youf The next day a photograph of Officer Campbell appeared on the first page of the morning papers and underneath was a long article telling of the Hrst officers bravery. of which the following' is an excrept: 'First Officer Campbell of the Neptune is to-day hailed as a hero. Wfere it not for his heroism the Neptune in all probability would be at the bottom of the Pacific. NYhen the bulkheads of the ship became obstructed the fire from the coal bunkers threatened to spread to the cargo of explo- sives she was carrying. Campbell led his men into the burning hold and closed the bullcheads, thus saving the ship. Campbell deserves great praise for his heroic action, and it is rumored that his reward will probably be a command. Only one life was lost in the Fire-that of Edward NYalker, an able- bodiecl seaman. ' W. B. Sreruiixsox, '14,



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TI-IE COGSWELL 61 Bitte, mein Fraiileiuf' said the gentleman as he drew up the horse. Bitte, mein l'lerrschafter, answered Mariechen, as she made a slight courtesy. Could you direct us to Frau Stemmel's housc-:?'l asked the gentleman. Certainly, answered Marie, giving full directions. In the back seat the two young American ladies were commenting on Mariechen's fresh rosy cheeks. So they were going to Frau Stemmel's, those nice .'Xmericans, Marie thought quickly. She had promised Frau Stemmel a basket of Royal Ann cherries. She would take them there now. She had heard Americans liked nice, delicous cherries. Perhaps she could find out something about America. She would tell them all her hopes and ambitions and her dislike for the narrow village life. Truly she had a good time here. ln summer there were the various dances and in winter, when the XYeser River had frozen. skating was most delightful. That afternoon found Klariechen in Frau Stemmel's garden with a large basket of cherries. Sure enough, there were the nice .Xmcricans admiring all the different flowers. lfariechen walked shyly in. made a slight courtesy and offered her cherries to Frau Stemmel. Frau Stemmel thanked her cordially, introduced her to her guests and before long Nlariechen, amazed at her own boldness, was asking them about America, telling them all her hopes and her ambi- tions. The young ladies admired Rlarieclieirs sweet disposition and healthy good looks, and, after some conversation with the old gentleman, who thought she was a nice German girl, they decided to take Mariechen to America with them and pay her passage on condition that she pay it off by working for them so many months. llariechen, delighted with the proposal, agreed and flew home to tell her mother. At home the news was not taken so joyfully and it took some time to persuade Mariecliens mother that in America the girls could earn more money and better themselves in all ways than in a little village like Schwer- ing, Germany. Finally the day for sailing arrived. Mariechen bade all her friends good-by, among them Albert, who promised to write to her monthly. Wfhen the ship left Hamburg Marie stood on the deck waving her hand- kerchief, with a rather peculiar feeling around her heart, for she was begin- ning to realize that America was farther away than she had thought and that she could not run home when she chose. Mariechen traveled third cabin, her American friends second cabin, but the deck steward, who had already become a slave to Mariechen's roguish eye and merry smile, often gave her the privilege of going on the second class deck. Here the American ladies and Mariechen would play shuffle- board to their hearts' content. Those were happy days for Marie. In the morning she would promenade the deck and enjoy a nice juicy orange before breakfast. The weather could not have been more perfect and there were few seasick people on board.

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