Danville High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Danville, VA)

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THE CHATTERBOX D. H. S. BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYS IN , U WASHINGTON AND LEE TOURNAMENT Danville High, John Marshall High of Richmond, and Virginia High of Bristol, were the survivors in the opening round of the Washington and Lee basket-ball tournament, which opened in the Washington and Lee gym- nasium at Lexington on Thursday, March the iifth. D. H. S. eliminated Altavista byla score of 22-79 John, Marshall defeated South Boston 32-8, and Bristol won over Staunton 25-19. A RESUME OF 1925 SEASON OF FOOTBALL Facing a hard schedule, the 1925 football season was opened on Sep- tember twelfth with the initial prac- tice on the North Danville fleld. Coach Lefty Wilson was in charge for the second year, with Coach Keck assisting him. The squad was not very large, since a few more than twenty-five reported for prac- tice. Ten of last yeur's letter men were numbered among the squad and a good many scrubs from last year re- ported. The playing season opened when the Chatham team came to Danville. Both teams were handicapped by a muddy field. The Chatham team put. up a good fight, but were defeated 24-0. Kerr Farley made the first touchdown of the season. On the following Saturday the Red and Grey crushed the Reidsville team by the score ofsa-o. The msc team ran up the score and many substitu- tions were made. The visitors put up a determined fight, but were able to register only two first downs. October tenth found the Red and Grey team in Leaksville. There they suffered the first defeat of the sea- son, 7-6. Thegame was a fight from start to Hnish. The Danville team put up a better game than the score indicates. The Danville team won their third victory when they defeated Alta- vista here by the score of 10-6. Danville sulfercd the worst defeat of the season at the hand of the strong Lynchburg eleven. The final score was 48-7. Roland Farley ran about 65 yards for Danville's single touchdown. Danville ended the season with two victories, defeating Martinsville 3-0 and South Boston 12-0. DANVILLE DEFEATS LYNCHBURG On Saturday, February twenty- eighth, Danville High defeated the fast quint of Lynchburg High 18 to 21 on the V. M. I. floor. . Since the details have been in the local papers of both cities, and have been so clearly stated, we are omit- ting them here. This is the first time in the his- tory of our athletics that we have defeated our ancient rival on a neutral Hoor. All who saw the game said the floor-work of our boys was unsurpassed. The ball was in our territory nearly all of the game. From the spectators' point of view it seemed impossible to play a bet- ter game. All did their part and the result was one of the best games ever staged between the high schools. We just want the team to know how proud we are of them and their splendid sportsmanship. BASEBALL AT' D. H. S. Tuesday, March tenth, Coach Lefty Wilson issued a call for the battery aspirants. This call was answered by ten pitchers and four catchers. There is only one mem- ber of last year's pitching staff on hand, but with a likely bunch of new material we should have a very fo1'midable,staif. The teams will able to go on the field With Roland Farley, Jew Nolan, Hotfman Kerr Farley, Hinton Garland Harris of last Danville High School probably be by Monday. Tom Davis, Culpepper, Gwynn and yearls team, should be able to show as good it not a better team than she did last year. WHY WE SHOULD . SUPPORT OUR ATHLETIC TEAMS One of the best ways, if not the best, for a school to gain the atten- tion of the pupils is to produce good athletic. teams. To do this the teams must be loyally supported by the students. Almost any school with an enrollment of five or six hundred pupils can produce good athletic teams if the players are only en- couraged by having a crowd at the games. If the attendance is small no player can play his best, because he thinks that the school is not in- terested in the team, and that his time and energy are being wasted, therefore he does not play as hard as he would if a large crowd was present at the game. Not only are you helping your school and' team but you are also de- veloping a good point in your char- acter by supporting your teams, that is loyaltyg ii you are loyal to your team you will most likely be loyal to your friends. H If you have not attended the games recently, you will soon have your chance, for the baseball season is just around the corner, and the pros- pects for a good team the coming year are better than they have been for several years. ook TEAM 4 Now listen, while I tell you Of the team that surely will win, The team that's not brand new, But the team that's made of bet- ter men. This is the High School team, Composed of the best in the schoolg And you may see us play and scheme But we'll always play by rule. We'll always play fair And never a foul we'l1 makeg For this team plays on the square And surely a pennant we'll take. The players are old letter men, Honesty and fair play their plang For this is the code of men, This is the spirit of our clan. -Frank Ferrell.

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THE Cl-IATTERBOX READING How would you define your read- ing? To my mind there are exactly three types of reading. A person who reads the classics or good hooks of the famous authorsgcould justly define his reading as a communion with great minds. He who reads good hooks, if not classics, but books from which he derives pleasure and no harm could define his reading as profitable enjoyment. But he who reads the cheap books, ahounding in evil thoughts, and reads only for relaxation, should define his reading as stagnation. Which type of reader are you? In the rush and hurry of our mod- ern world we often neglect our read- ing. The average American business man reads for relaxation and the light novel or magazine really rests his mind. American, Cosmopolitan, and The Red Book are favorites. These magazines are all right in their way, but some more serious reading should be done along with this pleasurable light reading. But we are no captains of business, so we should need serious, thoughtful read- ing more than light, frivolous matter. What we read now will largely de- termine what we will read in later life. If we develop a taste for the better things of literature now, when we grow older then the cheap, the worthless, we will see in their true light. If you were allowed to choose whether you would live in beautiful surroundings or dull, you would in- stantly choose the beautiful. But wc are not allowed to make this choice for our bodies often. However, this choice is offered to our minds every day that we exist. Your mind can wander through the beauties of pure thought, beautiful expression, and high ideals, or it can become stag- nant with the shoddy, the cheap side of life. Will you choose Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Byron, and Bunyan for your companions, or will you walk the world with a yellow- back novel as your mental com- panion? Student, the choice is of- fered you. Make it wisely. HONESTY Does honesty pay? Sometimes we are tempted to answer in the negative, and with reason. When we see someone copy the answers from the book, and lead the class in grades, we are apt to question the value of honesty. Yet one thing stands out. Those who cheat may lead in grades but that is all. They lose their self-respect and the confi- dence of their fellow sinxdents. These are indeed great losses. Petty mis- deeds in school may lead to the great crimes of ,the future. Even if this does not happen, yet the dis- honest student is put at a disad- vantage. Ile has a sneaky and de- moralizing feelingg he feels that he has been weighed and found lack- ing. In fact, he really has. The honest Student, on the other hand, is at me in his heartg he looks the world in the face with unflinch- ing eyes. He is self-conddeutg he is highly respected by his fellow stu- dents. He may not lead the class in grades, but he knows that what he has was fairly gotten. Then comes that grand and glorious feeling of which the cartoonist speaks. Does honesty pay? In view of these thoughts I am convinced that it does. lf you have been accustomed to cheating, quit now. If you have not, never begin. In any event, keep in mind that wise and truthful thought, An honest man is the noblest work of God. ' DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL On the border of Ole Virginia, Where the soft breezes blow, There is where our thoughts are turning, 'There is where we long to go. Back to the birth of each memory, And to the scenes of childhoodg Back to the red brick school-house With the big, wide neighborhood. POETRY The majority of courses in poetry quite effectively kill for the student any further interest in the subject. It is an unfortunate habit, like destroying flowers and butterflies by tearing them to pieces to see how they're made. Poetry, to me, repre- sents the highest and rarest aesthetic experiences.of the human heart and mind. The approach to it should be through the same channel traveled by its creator, namely, his experience of the beauty and then his reactions to it. Yet, to understand poetry, its purpose, and itsltrue significance one must acquire a taste for it, and then study it. It is not a mere pastime although the study of it is a. de- lightful occupation for those who love it. lt is not a more or less intel- lectual game, played by refined peo- ple in their leisure hours. It does not exist in order that it might be studied. On the contrary it is a natural and powerful art expressing the feeling shared by all mankind. It is life in rhythmical words. For these reasons poetry should not be analyzed until it has been enjoyed. Poets mean for it to give pleasure, or that deeper and more solemn satisfaction called joy, Poetry is an experience, but the more you study it, the more it habit and 21 pa1't of you. becomes a is to have To understand poetry a considerable education-is one of the finest of arts, as well as a great personal gain in aesthetic experience. We will always think of it, Even in the midst of the frayg Hail thee now, our dear old High, Honor the Red and Gray. Though the ages 'round thee gather, NVe think only of the love and cheer lfVhich we found in Old Danville town, And to us it grows more dear. -Robbie Yeatts.

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N THE CHATTERBOX HEART THROBS Dear Gin: I would like to know how to get to school on time! How could I do it? BABY BEN. Dear Baby Ben: You should spank you each sit down, then You will not go have your mother night until you eantt stand up all night. to sleep standing up, and being awake, you should get to school on time. GIN RAINGER. Dear Gin: I am a little sixteen-year-old girl and have fallen desperately for Mr. Wilson. How can I make any time? BROKEN-HEARTED. Dear Broken-Hearted: Mr. Wilson is a known D. H. S. sheikg his bald dome has shattered many a love-worn heart. I would suggest buying a plug of apple chew- ing tobacco and presenting it to him 5 that should make a favorable impres- sion. Beware of Mr. Wilson's eyes, regardless of how you emerge from the trifling ailair. Don't shoot yourself. GIN RAINGER. All who are anxious for advice in personal affairs, especially love af- fairs, will write to Mr. Rainger, care of this paperg Mr. Rainger will gladly give advice on all matters. Mr. Rainger has had wide experience, being jilted thrice. As a matter of kindness he has consented to help D. H. S. students through The Chat- terbox. So drop your letter in the box at Room 16. PRELIMINARY CONTEST CContinued from page 811 The winners there will have the privilege of taking part in the State Contest which will be held at the University of Virginia in May. NVe are expecting our boys not only to win over Lynchburg, but to carry oil the honors at the Univer- sity, also. Good luck to yon, Lind- say and Nathan! ' THE WORLD IS WAIT: ING FOR THE SUNRISE ills Walt Whitman Would Have Written It.J . Down from the sky rides the moon, Down into the waters Rides the Moon. The waters that the moon rides into Arc lazy. Alas, alas, lazy waters. It is June. Not March, April, May, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, Not even February-but- June, -June, June. In a bed of blue shimmers the stars. While I nm calling, calling, calling You. But you hear me not for You sleep and dream. And while you dream the day comes Streaming, streaming, Comes the day streaming, not Screaming or steaming, but stream' ing. Wake np, wake up, wake np, wake up And greet the hour. REFRAIN Dear OIIB, two, three, four, five, Six, seven, eight, nine, ten. -All the world is waiting for the Sunrise. The French, the Turks, the Germans, The Dutch, the Chinese. The Egyptians. The Japanese, the Eskimos, The Mexicans, the Canadians, the Greeks, The Spaniards, the Portuguese and the Plumbers. Everybody, everywhere Is waiting for the Sunrise. Every rose is heavy with dew. Pounds of dew, tons oi dew Ou the roses The thrnsh calls his mate. Twit, twit, twit, twit, twit, My heart is calling you, - Thurnp, Thump, thump, . Thump, thump, thump, Goes my heart, Calling, Calling, Calling, You. Dump. ' TEN COMNIANDNIENTS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL As Given to the Prophets, Pink and Robbie Yeatts 1. Thou shalt not chew gum in classes if thou canst not get away with it. 2. Six cigarettes a day shalt thou smoke and giveth thou the re- maining ones to the Day brothers. 3. Thou shalt not roll the galloping ivories lest Pink shalt win all thy money. Al. Thou shalt not copy from thy neighbor's paper, thy book is safer. 5. Thou shalt not use the name of Shakespeare in vain, or Mrs. Hill will ilunk thee. G. Thou shalt not put other things before thy studies, for thy teacher is a hard teacher and it peeveth her for thou to come to class un- prepared. 7. Thou shalt not use vile names liken unto Julian Meade and Hin- ton Gwynn, lest thy school shalt rise against thee. S. Thou shall: not put thine own guilt on thy neighbor. 9. Thou shalt not covet thy pal's Ford, nor his girl, nor his sta' comb, nor his good fortune in evading punishment. 10. Study with all thy zeal lest thy days Look here be prolonged. --B. E. Hessberg. WITTICISMS what Albert Drew. Just because Anne is bright, does that make Daisy Keen? Just because Lindsay is short, does that make Llessie Shorter? If he had a Ford, where would Billy Parker? If the faculty played ball, where would Miss Hollyfield? The rose blooms while Anne Witliers. If night is black, what color is Chilton Day? Do you know what Lula Boisseau?