Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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is MIND AND HAND. Far more valiant is lie than Hector, his chieftain father; May, too, the heart of his mother leap with proud exul- tation As from the conquest a victor ' he bears the spoil of his foemen. So prayed the famous Trojan in tones of solemn entreaty, Then put the beauteous child in the welcome arms of its mother And she, with tearful smiles, pressed the babe to her sweet scented bosom. Hector perceived her weeping, and, stirred by kindly affection, Held forth his arms to embrace her and soft words of comfort thus whispered: Solace thy cares, dear wife, and grieve not thy heart with deep sorrow, Since, against fate, no mortal can haste my descent ' o dark Hades; Destiny none can avoid, be he coward or glorious hero, For, on this earth once born, man ' s doom with the gods is intrusted. Cease then from grievously pining and tend thou thy course to our dwelling; Here, with thy maid servants fair, let thy sorrows in spinning be buried. War is a care to all men, of those who dwell in high Ilium, But chief of all unto Ime, the foremost man of the Trojans. Then, with a longing for battle, he seized from the ground his huge helmet, Hastily bade farewell and moved toward the dread din of action, While his dear wife going homeward, with trouble and sorrow o ' erladen. Oft faced about midst her weeping and gazed on the brave Trojan chieftain. Soon had she come to the dwelling of the undaunted, man-slaying hero, And had stirred her maids and home with deep lamen- tation. Thus then bewailed they Hector, the bulwark and pride of all Ilium, Fearing lest death would o ' ertake him in the deadly brunt of fierce battle. Meanwhile he sped on to action, with valor and cour- age intrepid, Eager of heart to give battle and vie with his dear- country ' s foeman. John F. Engelke. PHYSICAL LABORATORY.

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MIND AND HAND. 17 thing but musical. The rabbits failed to appear as yet. Flo was tired, so she sat down to rest and waited until Nell returned with the game. Fifteen minutes passed, and Nell was seen in the distance com- ing down the hill at great speed, bran- dishing her rifle in one hand and waving a small branch in the other. She found the mosquitoes so plentiful that it was with difficulty she kept them away by the use of the branch. Flo carried her sack back empty, after which Nell explained to the others that She guessed it was not a very good season for rabbits. Mamie White, 9B. POLAR EXPEDITIONS. BYERY year or so we hear of a new Arctic expedition. From their fre- quency, and the little that is accomplished by them, Mark Twain ' s opinion of Holy Graders seems peculiarly applicable: The boys all took a flier at the Holy Grail now and then. I don ' t think any of them actually expected to find it, or would have known what to do with it if he had found it. You see, it was just the Northwest Passage of that day, that was all. Every year expeditions went out holy grading, and the next year relief expeditions went out to hunt for them. There was worlds of reputation in it, but no money. Nansen, heralded on bill-boards as the Hero of the Nineteenth Century, gained money and fame by a two years ' sojourn in below zero territory. He accom- plished nothing. He made no additions to science or art, yet people pay hard dollars to hear him talk, and to read his book; a book secured from competition by ironclad contract with his crew, who relinquished all rights to publish, either separately or conjointly, any book of their travels. Truly a wonderful combination of scientist and business man ! A relief expedition was recently organ- ized to search for Andree, who started for the North Pole in a balloon. If he returns and claims to have reached the Pole, who could disprove his statements ? Nansen would be eclipsed, and Andree ' s name would be in every magazine and scientific journal. He would make millions by lec- turing, and still the world would be no better oft . Arctic exploration seems to be a profit- able field for uuselfish laborers in the cause of science. To paraphrase Mark Twain, There is a world of reputation in it and lots of money. Ralph Peck, 12A Grade. FAREWELL OF HECTOR AND ANDRO- MACHE. (Iliad, book vi, 405-500.) Glorious Hector was hast ' ning toward Ilium ' s wall and the portals, Through the lone streets of the city in quest of his wife and dear infant. Soon had he come to the gates, whence Andromache ran forth to greet him. Then, with paternal care, his arms to the child he ex- tended, But, in amazement, the boy shrank back to his young nurse ' s bosom Fearing his lov ' d father ' s aspect and brazen crest of horse hair, As, from the top of the helmet it waved in reverend motion ; Then the kind father and mother heartily laughed at his folly, But the proud Hector, with pity, took from his head the dread helmet, And, in its glittering splendor, placed on the ground his bright armor. Now, with a fatherly kindness, kissed he and fondled the infant, While in humble devotion a prayer to Olympus he lifted: Zeus and ye gods eternal, grant that my son in his manhood, Even as I, be pre-eminent midst all of Ilium ' s warriors, Even as mighty in conflict and a powerful king o ' er the Trojans. Then may men say of his prowess when coming trium- phant from battle,

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Jeetppieal Department. : Si M -• : « ■■-::: © »© S8»g © S fKl ! §e a a !i gi THE OBJECT OF THE TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT. 7j LTHOUGH our school is now three X jL and a half years old, very many peo- ple, even of this city, do not understand the object of the technical department. The question, Does a boy learn a trade at the Industrial Training School? is ex- ceedingly common. Upon its being an- swered in the negative, the next question is, What is the use of it all, then? Are you not wasting much valuable time? In answer to this, let us ask another cpiestion : Could any one expect a pupil graduating from a common high school to immediately enter upon the profession of a lawyer, doctor, or clergyman ? Cer- tainly not. Yet no one would condemn the high school for that reason. It is there that the student gets that stock of general knowledge which he will use daily through- out his life, which prepares him for the col- lege or law school, and which is essential to the highest success in any line of work whatever. It is what the parent rec- ognizes, in sending the child to the high school, as the foundation upon which the knowledge of a special trade or profession must rest. It is evident, then, that the wider and deeper this foundation the bet- ter, and it is just here that the industrial school has the advantage over the com- mon high school. The field of information and experience which it opens before the pupil is vastly superior, inasmuch as it gives an extensive knowledge of mechanics and technics over and above the regular high school course. It is plainly, then, as unfair to expect a pupil to enter a trade on leaving the In- dustrial Training School as it is to expecl the high school pupil to enter a profession immediately upon graduating. The ab- surdity of expecting a graduate to know a trade will be evident when it is known that, on the whole, the boy spends on]}- about fifteen days, of ten hours each, in bench work. Could any one become a carpenter in that time? In some depart- ments the time given amounts to twenty or twenty-five days; but in none does it- exceed thirty. It is, however, a matter of fact, learned from experience, that more may be learned during this time of fifteen days than in a factory or workshop during six months. Thus the system puts within ready grasp of the learner an immense store of knowl- edge which could not otherwise be ob- tained without ruinous loss of time. Will R. Ballard.