Euclid High School - Euclidian Yearbook (Euclid, OH)

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Foreign Born Children HE other day l noticed a group of 2nd and 3rd grade children playing Farmer in the Dell. At this time, as at all other times. it was only the better dressed children who really participated in being the Hfarmerf' nurse or child etc. The foreign children would stand in a tense and ex- pectant attitude. yet the expression of their faces expressed the desire which they felt. They really seem pitiable yet what can be done? There seems to be a great contrast between the two classes of children, which is most noticeable in the lower grades. The foreign born child doesn't have the mischievious, carefree, smiling twinkle in hiseyesg he feels oppressed by his American brother. None but the foreign child knows what heartaches are caused when names like hunky, Wop and dago are carelessly Hung at him. The names mentioned are only a few in the category of hurts with which he is inflicted. It is true that the average foreign child is not as neat as the American child. but he does not have an equal chance. His parents are uneducated, his father earns a meager salary as a day laborer, his mother is frequently a tired over- worked woman with a large family of children, housework to do, besides work in the garden, care of live stock Cif she lives in rural communitiesl etc. It is hard for her to keep the children spick and span and futhermore she does not know the hygienic importance of cleanliness. Let us give him a chance. Do not scorn him, do not call him names' The memory of the hurts, inflicted in childhood, last thru the school years and even in high school he labors to forget them. He feels suppressed and distrustful of the seeming arrogant bearing of his American brother. The two do not mingle. The foreign born child does not in turn join in the support of school spirit. He thinks what's the use. l'm not wanted. He feels no responsibilityg he will allow the wonderful democratic principles taught in American schools to pass over his head. He feels a contempt for the richer class of people. l think that this is partly the cause of any criminal offenses against them as he grows up, which is steadily developed into worse crimes. He has no respect for law and altho he is taught in American schools he will not make a staunch American unless he is given a chance. This is a question which must be considered broadmindedly from all sides. It is the grammar school child who is susceptible to these hurts. ln high school the danger passes as the foreign child's views become broadened and he is able to reason logically. C. Camine, ,22 26

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ISophiah gives Percival an angry lookj Percival-Crather confusedl Uheahemlel mean very important matters indeed. Why-a-a we had a friend for dinner tonight who was rather late in arriving at his destination due to the congestion in the engine of his airplane. This, of course, made me late in keeping my appointment. Sophiah- VVhy didn't you bring your guest with you-that would be more polite than to leave him at home. I shouldn't have cared in the least. Percival-Iquite snippyl I did not comprehend the nature of your in- quiryf' Sophiahe VVell, I'll repeat it then, I said, 'Why didnlt you bring your guest with you-that would have been more polite than to leave him at home.' I shouldnlt have cared in the leastf' Percival- VVhy, hedoesn't care in the least. I told him it wouldn't be long and as he is a friend of the family, he understands all my peculiarities. Soph.- Oh, I see, well-F Per.-lmoving his chair closerl Now, Miss Green, letls change the subject what do you say?-Have you thot it over and have you your answer ready for me this evening? Miss Green, I'm in earnest, really I am. See? I cross my heart and hope to die. Now you see how serious I am, don't you? Soph.-Changs headl Well, as the saying goes, actions speak louder than words, I suppose I'll believe youf, Per.- Now, Sophiah, oh-I mean Miss Green, you know I'm a man ol reason, will you accept my 44' Soph.e Yes, under these circumstances, Mr. Watkiiot, that is, if I may have two afternoons off a week to go shopping and to the theatre and the privilege of using the .Iewish Packard when necessary and let's see, what else? Per.A Yes, yes, anything in the world to get you, you priceless creature. Soph.d Oh, how lovelygoh yes-will you agree to thiswl must have my Persian dog to keep me company-oh! my yes! Per.e Company? Do you think you need a dog to keep you company? XVho ever heard of such a thingf, Soph.+ That's understood, ifI accept. Per.+Cdown on knees with arms outstretchedl Now, Miss Green I was only trying to vex your gentle nature and--I' Soph.--Iturns headj Chl listen to the wind hlowf, Per.- You say such funny things. CHeartylaughl- Now I've agreed to do anything you could possibly wish me to dofWhat more could a man in my position do for a lady in your position. Now, Miss Green, is there any- thing further you Wish me to do to break the monotony of the situation? Soph.- No, I think l1Ot, thank you. You have agreed and I guess every- thing is settled. Please excuse me, while I get my wraps. I-Iere, take the dog please. Ilixit Sophiahj Per.- Well, at last, I've found my wife's choice. lIfnter Sophiah with hat and grip.J Per.- Haill Cook of my wife's choice and as far as I'm concerned, mine. too. You have saved my wife's rolling pin from ruin and her Hatirons from destruction, for Marjorie, my wife, told me not to dare to come home without yoig-foryyou're the only cook in the United States that my wife would consent to ave. END 25

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The Mountain Whites P in the mountains of western Virginia and Kentucky, cut off from the civilization and education of the rest ofthe world, lives a race of very intelligent people, called the Mountain Wliites. They were not the low whites that lived on the Southern low lands, but the sturdy Scotch- Irish who came from Pennsylvania. When Penn- sylvania became crowded and they were pushed out, they began to settle in the mountains. Some German people also settled there. The ground was not very fertile and it was so hilly that the crops did not thrive very well. They kept getting farther into the mountains until the mountains had them hemmed in from the rest of the world. Since they do not go out or visitors dot not.come to them, they are living in the eighteenth century and the days of Daniel Boone. Very little is known about them and they know very little about the Ollt- side world. The few reports that we get from them most always tell of battle. murder or sudden death. They for their part call anyone outside of the moun- tains a foreigner. Imagine a shipload of people cast OH: on some unknown island and left there for five or six generations. VVe would expect the customs and languages of their descendants to be the same as that of their forefathers. This is just what we find to be true about these mountain people. Very few heard anything about them, until the beginning of the Civil War, when they sent one hundred and eighty thousand riflemen into the Union Army. One reason why people do not crowd to these mountains, is that they have no good roads. Their only roads follow rock-strewn water courses. At times these are nearly dry in the morning and within an hour they are raging torrents. They have no buggies or carriages. There are no bridges. In many districts the only means of transportation is with saddle-bags on horse-back or with a tow sack afoot. in some places it is impossible to communicate with your neighbor. Such diiiiculties of inter-communication are enough to explain the backwardness of the mountaineer. Each is confined to his own locality and finds his little world within a radius of a few miles from his cabin. There are many men who have never seen a town, not even the small village which serves as their county seat. The women are rooted like trees. One woman who lived only ten miles from her old home had never been back to see her mother and father during the twelve years of her married life. Another, had never been to the postothce. four miles away, and another had never seen the ford of the Rockcastle river only two miles from her home, and marked by the country store of the district. There were women in the neighborhood, young and old. who had never seen a railroad or a t1'Zi1Il before. ' .These people have no chance to get an education. A woman. while stay- ing in these mountains one summer, made biscuits and other things for them. M They wanted to learn how to make them. She taught them many things. lhey were very eager to learn, and begged her to stay and teach them more. 27