Elkland High School - Loudspeaker Yearbook (Elkland, PA)

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L- THE LOUD SPEAKER TI-IE Ll-IGI-IND OF A LAKE IN POTTER COUNTY In the northern part of Potter County there is a beautiful lake with an Indian legend. This leg- gend was handed down from thc Indians. The lake, which is now called Rose Lake is a pretty place to visit when the green leaves of the yellow water lilies sleep over the calm surface. There are other beautiful plants growing around the lake. It was long before the arrival of the white man, when the red man lived his free life roam- ing through the deep woods. Here lived a tall strange Indian called White Pine, a lover of birds and flowers, and unlike most of his Indian tribes preferring a quiet life rather than the warring life of the braves. In due time he had his own family, but while he wa' away at war his squaw died. Never again would White Pine engage in wars on other tribes. Ile took his children to another home, a beauti- ful spot where deep woods of primitive pines and hemlocks covered the hills and dancing brooks leaped and sparkled and sunbeams darted through the boughs. Here grew up White Pixies daugh- ter. called White Lily. While the pines sang sadly to the lone father, to the daughter they were songs of joy and gladness. Many braves sought the hand of this beautiful maiden, but for a long time she would not listen. She was content in the home of her father. At last, she was won by a handsome brave. They settled some distance away but would journey back each year to see White Pine. To the happy pair one child was horn, a little daughter. who wa 4 named Arbutus, after the sweetest flower of Spring. One winter a hunting party stopped at the peaceful home and one young brave fell in love with White Lily. asking her to leave her husband to go with him to be his squaw. All his atten- tions were received with scorn and she ordered him to leave the lodge aml not enter again. The Indian departed, vowing, he would yet make her his squaw. A year later he returned with other braves and breaking into the lodge killed the husband and child and bound poor White Lily. After taking what they could they burned the lodge ami started away with their victim. When they stopped to eat she was un- bound and watched. Then the hunter told her she was to be his squaw, as he had said, remind- ing her that Indians never lied. But watching her chance, White Lily made a break for freedom from thc hated band. Tbc camping place was near the lovely little lake sure rounded by the forest. As she came to its clear water, she saw her captors close behind and kneii there was no escape. She broke into the death song of her tribe and plunged into the icy water. swimming bravely. As she neared the center of the lake she raised her arms with a cry to thc Great Spirit and sank from sight. The band of Indians. dumbfounded decided sho had done this to deceive them and had dived un- der some log or rock but search failed to find her. A fearful, storm arose unrooting the great hemlocks under which the party sought refuge and all but one man was killed. The one man left of the party sought help to recover the body of White I.ily, but she was never found. The next spring where the faithful Indian wife had sunk there appeared a beautiful clump of lil- ies, larger and fairer than any others. These were of a pearly whitness, the others yellow. No Indians would ever pick or harm these flowers for they believed they were the spirit of the lost White Lily and from that time they called the lake by her name. B. V. D.

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THE LOUD SPEAKER THERE'S NO ART T0 FIND THE MIND'S CONSTRUCTION IN THE FACE When Einstein walks down the streets of Princeton, New Jersey wearing knickers, with no hat and licking an ice cream cone, no one sus- pects him of being a famous mathematician. Sim- ply because, 'fthere's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. One can never be sure of his impressions. He may be impressed by the intelliegnt looks of a person only to find later that that person is below the average in intelli- gence. Then again, the intelligent looking per'- son may be an intelligent fellow. No one can walk through a school room and pick out the pupils above and the pupils below a certain avei- age just by looking at their faces. Julius Caesar thought that Brutus was his friend, yet Brutus helped kill him. Caesar could not tell from Brutus' face that he was an enemy or he would not have been so friendly with him. In the early history of the United States, Wash- ington considered Benedict Arnold a friend yet Arnold betrayed Washington. Washington cer- tainly had, no art to find the mind's construc- tion in the face, of Arnold. In modern times. Huey Long's assassination is an example of this inability to tell what is passing through the mind of a fellow man. Long had an unnatural fear of being shot, yet he did not know Weiss was going to shoot him. Long also had S9V9l'ill bodyguardsvnone of whom knew Weiss contem- plated shooting Long. Yet they were emplovefl for the express purpose of protecting Long from a sassination.-M. C. ANGELS ARE BRIGHT STILL, THOUGH THE BRIGHEST FELL There are times in everyones life when things go wrong, when your friends desert you, when your business fails, or even when you are ill and cannot even hope to get well. There are times when life seems hardly worth living, all because the one thing, in which you have put all your trust, all your faith, and perhaps all your for- tune. At such times as these man will think, Well, what is the use? I have put my whole life into this project, I have nothing left to live for. The weaker mind will lose hope, his Bright Angel has fallen, it has failed. He will dwell upon this fact so much that he will become insane and end his life. He has only one Bright Angel. He cannot look ahead and see that there are many opportunities for him if he will only seek them. Then again, one might compare a Bright An- gel to health. Many people have had to give up the life's work on account of poor health. They do not need to become despondent, because they are forced to cease following their Bright An- gel. It has fallen down behind the hill of poor health. Still there are many other opportunities, many more angels living in the heaven of chance. Many men and women with poor health hav: followed another star, which by constant use as u guide, may become as bright or brighter than the old. There was once, in Scotland, a king who had been driven from his throne by a tyrant king. To all appearances the Bright Angel had fall- en from his heaven. He did not run away from Scotland and say, There are no more Bright Angels in my sky, my army has deserted me, l have no way of regaining my throne, I have tried and tried again, but I have always failed. in- stead, this king transferred his interests to a new angel, his old, faithful, pea. ant subjects, and in the end by perseverance he succeeded in regain- ing his throne. Likewise we must let our hopes desert us when doing school work. If a boy cannot master his lessons in one subject, let him tran.fer his in- terests to a new angel, and, in the end, even if he didn't like to become a dentist, and did like to be a doctor, why not try something that he can really do. Perhaps he may become a great ma- thematician. In spite of the fact that our Bright Angel has fallen, there are other an- gels, who would become as bright, if we gave them our attention.-R. W. I .J

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THE LOUD SPEAKER Organizations of E. H. S. THE TRI-HI-Y The most recent club in the high school is the Tri-Hi-Y which was organized last November by J. H. Ehlers, District Secretary of the State Y. M. C. A., of Ha1'risburg. Perhaps many ol' you wonder what the Tri-Hi-Y means. The Tri stands for the trios of important factors around which the club is built. Then Hi-Y merely stands for Y. M. C. A., in the high schools. Although this project is a new one in our school, we have promises of a wide-awake club. The officers for the school year of 1935-1936 are as follows: President-Helen Van Dusen Vice-President-Ruth Wynkoop Secretary4Mary Bailey Treasurer-Chirstine Colegrove Pianist-Bessie Horn Counsellor-Miss Eleanor P. Donovan THE DRAM ATIC CLUB The Dramatic Club was organized last year and proved so successful that it has been continued again this year. There are 35 members in this organization and Mivs Donovan serves as sponsor. The purpose of the club is to create an interest for better dramatics, give students a chance for self-expression and provide for social life among the students. Two plays have been successfully given already this year,- Not on the Program- me and Christmas at Casey's.' The club officials are: President-Norma VanZile Vice-President-Kathryn Lyon Secretary-Mary Prindle TreasurerADoris Lyon LATIN CLUB The Latin Club, or the S. P. Q. R., is also now in its second successful year. This year there are 33 members all of whom are students of first second or third year Latin. Under Miss McCabe's leadership this club meets once a month usually on Tuesday evenings. One meeting which has stood out as a red-let- ter meeting this year was the Saturnolia or Christmas festival which was held in December. The program was planned and carried by Ruth Wynkoop. Everyone reported that he had an ex- cellent time. The officials of this club are: Pontifex Maximus4Douglas Skinner Consuls-Martha Knapp, Arthur McConnell PraetorAMarjorie Gross Censor-Hugh Niles Quaestor-Tressa Cevette Tribune-Jane Pattison Aeclilwltuth Wynkoop THE FRENCH CLUB The F1'ench Club, or Le Circle Francais boasts a membership of 40 students of French. This club also meets once a month usually on Tues- day evenings under the leadership of Miss Mc- Cabe. The purpose of this organization is to ac- quaint French students with French customs and songs and to enlarge each one's vocabulary by French games and conversation groups. Anyone who is taking French or has taken French ls eligible to join. The officers are: Le Preside-nt!Helen Van Dusen Couseil d'Administration: Irene Wynkoop, Harold Spencer, Jean Little. THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT It is necessary not only to speak correctly and effectively today, but also to write clearly and concisely. As such training can be secured by Writing for publication, this year under the aus- -Ani