Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

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THE TATTLER VOL. VI. Published by Au Fait and Oxford Societies NO. 3 Ruth Kelley.......... Alice Kurtz.......... Nellie Adams......... Robert Hammerstrand Margaret McKenzie . . Eleanor Walker....... Darwin Mushrush Mabel Hammond ) Ruth Kelley ) Miss L. E. Kahler STAFF BUSINESS STAFF . . Editor-in-chief . Literary Editor Humorous Editor . . Athletic Editor . . Society Editor ......Art Editor Business Manager Assistant Business Managers FACULTY ADVISORS. Miss Gay Kellogg ABRAHAM LINCOLN. From earliest childhood we have been taught to know and love the gaunt homely features of Abraham Lincoln. When we repeat the well known address at Gettysburg it is with reverence for the great mind that conceived it. With our thoughts sobered by conditions in this country and abroad, with the war cloud hovering on all sides, the high moral qualities and statesmanship exemplified in Lincoln’s life and the crisis of the Civil War come forcibly back to us. Of humble parentage and no advantages in education, the career of Lincoln will always be upheld as one of the greatest of American presidents, and one by which we, with our present day advantages, may well profit. The years as they pass will show him to each generation as the highest type of American manhood, and an example of what firmness and sagacity of character with ambition to succeed, can do in the face of rude surroundings and few opportunities. THK DEBATING CLUB. Demosthenes and Cicero again in the limelight. Where? C. H. S. When? Every day to the Debating Club and on April 20 to the public.

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C. J. FREW, The Florist, 313 Broad St., Phone 1381Main. 9 That night just as I was about to jump into bed, the bottom of my foot found a tack. The yell I gave echoed and re-echoed. This was a finishing touch, I suppose to my day of mishaps. —Alyce M. Morton ’20. RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE TYPEWRITING CLASSES. 1. You must not remain silent in the typewriting room for more than two seconds at a time or you will be immediately ejected therefrom. 2. Do not decide to get out a perfect copy when the warning bell rings and then abuse others ears with your flavorous language. 3. If the Ford you’re using balks and the gasolene refuses to go through the carburetor freely, just turn it upside down and step out in the hall, get the fire extinguisher and give it a bath. It probably has not had one since it was made. 4. Never hand in a copy which has less than 27% errors on it or it will not be accepted. 5. Please do not place letters on the page straight as a crooked man cannot read them. 6. If you are sent from the room more than three times each day you will receive 20 per cent, extra credit. 7. Never use shields on typewriters as it is hard on the eyes. 8. The wastepaper basket is not put in the corner to put the paper in, but so that paper will not be scattered all over the floor. Just throw at it. 9. The wastepaper basket has St. Vitus’ dance, so don’t try to hit it; it is nervous enough now without making it any more so. 10. Girls, if the ribbon on your machine is not red, use your hair ribbon. 11. Be sure your chair is not on the verge of collapse before sitting down. 12. If the machine you’re using falls off the table just kick It out of sight; no one will ever miss it. 13. Don’t cover up your machine, leave it Underwood. 14. Don’t say shoot, say Remington. 15. Don’t bother your teacher about trifles, tell Oliver about it. 16. If your mother is out of baking powder take her your Royal. 17. If you don’t like these rules make some worse. HE COULD TRUST HER. “Rufus, you old loafer! Do you think it’s right to leave your wife at the wash-tub while you pass your time fishing?” “Yassuh, jedge, 's all right. Mah wife don’ need watchin.’ She’ll sho-ly wuk jes’ as hard es ef ah wuz dar.” Heard in German 12A—Minnie Rubenstein: “He picked up his head.”

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C. J. FREW, The Florist, ‘213 Broad St., Phone 1281-Main. 11 The Debating Club, under the supervision of Mr. Matson, is working hard to put up a creditable showing in the Interscholastic Debate. The Club is a new organization in C. H. S. and is purely honorary. For those members who do the required work there will be at Commencement a reward of a suitable emblem, carrying with it the significance of membership in an honorary society of the high school. The aim of the club is to develop in its members forceful oratory and to develop logical thinking. Let us all work together to make the Debating Club a success. PROTECT FEATHERED FRIENDS IS APPEAL PERSONALLY MADE BY COLONEL G. O. SHIELDS. Colonel G. O. Shields, one of the foremost figures of America in the world of the great outdoors, spoke to two large audiences in the auditorium Tuesday, February 27. His talk was upon birds in general and our duty in looking after their welfare. We owe gratitude to the Mothers’ Club for the privilege of listening to Colonel Shields, for it was they who brought him to Conneaut. As founder and president of the League of American Sportsmen, founder of the Campfire Girls of America, of which many girls in C. H. S. are members, and as publisher for seventeen years of “Recreation,” the great outdoor magazine, he has become recognized as an eminent authority of the subject to which he has given his attention for the last forty years. He spoke, in the forenoon, to the school children of the third to the sixth grades. In the afternoon he spoke to members of the Mothers’ club, under whose auspices he was brought here, and to students of the high school and the seventh and eighth grades. “The Conservation of Wild Life” was Colonel Shields’ theme. He spoke of the importance of birds and the part they play in our welfare. His talk was illustrated by many beautiful pictures which were thrown on a screen at the front of the auditorium. While not in sympathy with Colonel Shields’ slighting remarks about our foreign elements, we enjoyed his lecture very much and shall hope to have the pleasure of listening to him again. THE SIMPLIFIED GRADUATION. For some time much has been said about the unnecessary extravagance displayed at the modern graduation not only in the elaborate gowns worn by the girls but in the display of gifts sometimes equal to that of the modern bride. This not only causes feeling among those who are not as fortunate as others, but also detracts from the true spirit of graduation. We admire the sensible plan adopted by the graduating class this year. The class has voted to use the money which would otherwise be spent in useless extravagance, for a delightful and instructive trip to Washington under the chaperonage of Miss Kahler and Mr. and Mrs. Matson. When we consider the advantages and education derived from the trip to Washington, and how much more sensible it is to spend our money on