Hart High School - Hartian Yearbook (Hart, MI)

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Q. Why are Indians beardless? A. It is a racial characteristic the same as thei” red skin. • c Q Who are the shortest people in the world? A. The shortest race of people are the pigmies of Central Africa, some of whom measure only twenty-seven inches. Q. Where was St. Patrick born? A. His birthplace is uncertain. He is said by some writers to have been born in Boulogne-sur-Mer France, and by others in Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, Ireland. Q. How long do goldfish live? A. The average life is said to be only six weeks because so many people do not know how to care for them. Goldfish have been known to live for thirty years. o • Q. What is the size of the Sahara Desert? A. No very precise boundary lines have been established but its length is roughly calculated to be a little more than 3000 miles and its total area is about 2,000,000 square miles. Q. What is the average width and depth of the Grand canyon? A. The width varies from ten to forty miles, and the depth is about 3000 feet to the plateau below the rim. Through this the Colorado River winds in narrow granite gorge 1400 feet deep and about 3500 wide at the top. Q. Was there a man named Robinson Crusoe or is that a fictitious character? How did the story originate? A. Daniel Defoe founded the story of Robinson Crusoe on the adventures of Alexander Selkirk, sailing master of the privateer Cinque Ports Galley, who was left by Capt. Stradling on the desolate island of Juan Fernandez for four years and four months (1704-1709) when he was rescued by Captain Woodes Rogers and brought to England. Q. Do fish have a sense of hearing? A. This question is disputed. Popularly it is supposed that fish can hear and fishermen usually insist that it is necessary to keep quiet while fishing. Scientists, however, are inclined to balieve that fish have very little, if any, sense of hearing. They are equipped with no outer ear whatever. It is supposed that the inner ear is merely an organ of equilibrium. Investigations have given conflicting results, some indicating that fish are wholly deaf. One thing is certain, if fish can hear at all it amounts to litt'e more than detecting disturbances in the water. They certainly could not hear a human voice Fish do. however, have a Keen sensp of THE SHEEPSKIN PAYS ONE OF the jokes about business in the hard-boiled era which has completely lost its point in recent years is the one with many variations purporting to show that industry doesn’t know what to do with the information a young man gets in college. The chief significance of this is that it indicates the colleges, particularly in their technical departments, have been getting nearer and nearer for some years to an estimate of what business requires of its young men. This was proved not long ago when one of the big electric manufacturing companies offered to hire the entire graduating class of a leading eastern St Agricultural college. For some years this corporation had been watching and encouraging the growth of electrical farms. Ir connection with this it was interested also in the decentralization of industry. When the farm electrification program reached the point where it oe-gan to promise big business, the corporation naturally went after men with technical knowledge of agriculture to look after its interests. Most personnel managers of large corporations now admit that the search for young executive material has completely reversed the job finding business for the average college graduate. A competition for men has developed as a result of which— in the technical schools or departments of colleges, at any rate—virtually every man in the graduating class may take his choice of industries. Many colleges which formerly had committees to hunt for jobs for their graduates now employ the same organization to sort out the applicants for men A committee or agent from an employer must show the standing of his concern before he is permitted to interview any of the graduates-to-be. One motor manufacturer sends such a committee to half a dozen colleges every year in order to selecr. from twelve to fifteen young men. The committen contains a representative each from the manufacturing, executive and sales departments. By exercising extreme care in its selections this corporation has succeeded during the past five years in retaining seventy-five per cent of the men it employs by this process. In the experience of many other corporations, however, it pays to hire college trained men, as such, even though only twenty-five per cent of them remain after a few years. --------o-------- TEASERS 1. What island ought to have many small fish. 2. Why are bankrupts more to be pitied than idiots? 3. What do you know about the baseball rep r in the Bible? 4. What is that thing, and the name of a bird, without which we should die? Answers 1. Sard’ 2. Because bankrupts are broken while idiots are only cracked. 3. Eve stole first, Adam stole second; Gideon cattled the pitchers; Goliath was put out by Davie and the prodigal son made a home run. 4. Shallow. PAGE 8

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WISE AND OTHERWISE The first day of hunting season Ole arrived to find his class already assembled, but his worried look vanished when as he opened the class room door, the tardy gong rang. Cowles wasn’t so happy, he was fifteen minutes late. Flossie Oeffler would appreciate it if anyone having an extra alarm clock would donate it to Fran and her so they could get themselves and a number of Freshmen to school before 2nd period. Mr. Benjemans seems to be a favorite among the lady teachers. We wonder which one he likes best? Gonder announced his intention to start taking dancing lessens from Miss Marrick. He is also taking tap and ballroom dancing in hopes to take Fred Astair’s place beside the charming blond, Ginger Rogers. Beth Long is having quite a difficult time in trying to make Rolls Royal see her way. Kenneth Kokx can’t make up his mind where to sit before school starts, with Norrine Bender cr Nina Mason. So he sits with Norrine in the morning and Nina at noon. We are all watching intently the budding romance of Maurice Reed and Margaretta Hitchcock. Or is it budding? Also we will add Arthur Olsen and Evelyn Lathrop to this list. Virginia Lykens and Gordon Nielson just can’t get along. Well, I guess that means another separation in American History class. Just a little more thought on Ole’s part. It seems that Margaretta Hitchcock would rather sit on the floor in 4th period Lit. class. We wonder what Miss Reusch thinks about this? When Jean Harris recites poetry it’s usually this: And all my days are trances, And all my nightly dreams Are where thy dark eye glances. Who could this apply to? Broken romances can be patched up but maybe Ernestine Griener likes it this way. Marjorie Grate is keeping late or (early) hours. Of course Den D. of Shelby got all the blame for the flat tire. Have we a heavy weight champion in our midst? Tripp has gone in for fighting with the girls. Buelah Rummer was fighting with some seventh grade girls when Sir Robert came to the rescue in which he had to box with Buelah. Miss Reusch was absent the day report cards were handed out. Many wonder if it was intentional. Margaret Foster seems to have found a great interest in Lorrain Berger. The Junior class will entertain the rest of the high school and faculty at a skirt and sweater party November 1. ZD UCA T O rsfA LJ yJV£WS and CU6 VT5 — ' Can you picture a folding of the earth’s crust strong enough to lift, in the short space of twenty-five years, an area the size of Greater New York to a height of 11,000 feet above sea level? Just such an enormous upheaval has taken place recently in the Atlantic and was discovered by mere accident. « Diseases are now diagnosed by photographing the inside of the eye with the Nordensen camera, a new machine developed in Sweden, which is expected to revolutionize diagnostic methods. Minor as well as major diseases can be determined in this way, it is claimed. Disease symptoms, it is said, are reflected in the nerves, the blood vessels, and the “seeing layer” of the eye, and the difference between most ailments is perceptible even to the untrained observer. Near the Croydon airdrome, in England, is one of the strangest gardens in the world. Row upon row of bells line tl. open field! The bells, or “cloches,” are of glass and protect early vegetables from the late frosts. Beneath them early vegetables mature ahead of time for the London market. When the vegetables are ready to be picked, the bells are lifted aside. The scheme comes from France, and is now being tried out on a large scale at the London suburb. Twenty-five years ago a submarine cable was laid across the Atlantic ocean, passing near the British Island of Saint Helena, on which Napoleon i spent the last years of his life as prisoner. When the cable was laid down, it rested on the bottom of the sea, about 14,760 feet below the surface. Recently when it became necessary to repair the cable, it was discovered that that part ot the sea bottom had been lifted more than 11,000 feet, which brought the cable within 3,600 feet of the sea level. The Bureau of Public Buildings and Grounds, Washington, District of Columbia, makes use of a magnetic roller to rid the roads of nails and bits of sharp metal, thus making them safer for motorists. The device ir a two-wheeled affair, and below the axle are storage batteries roir which runs the electric current to the magnet co‘‘? From time to time this odd vehicle is pushed about b the street cleaners, effectively removing the accumulations of various scraps of metal trouble makers for the motorists. Most visitors to Cherbourg, the French seaport are amazed at the immense breakwater that protects its harbor. The builder noticed with whar strength and tenacity the common mussels of the shore cement themselves together and to rocks and stones. Taking advantage of this idea, he placed in the sea immense quantities of loose boulders and stones, and upon these tons of mussels were d mped. The shellfish immediately bound the stones with a cement much more durable and satisfactory than any man could have provided. PAGE 7

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FOOTBALL Football practice was started September 3 with forty-four candidates cut. Among these there were five lettermen from last year composed of: Lawrence Lombard, fullback; Frank Schramm, left guard; Lavant Pickens, left tackle; Daniel Gonder, center; and Robert Palane, left end. Gonder and Palen were elected co-captains by the western Michigan football tampions of nineteen thirty-four. Although our team has not been so successful in its games thus far, all of the students are behind it and wish it success in its future games. ---------o-------- Typing Troubles Can anything be more disgusting Can anything make you more blue, Than one of those bad days in typing? I don’t think so—do you? You sit at your keyboard and hammer; You hit the wrong key, and “bang!” Ycu pound on the next one as if it would help. When it doesn’t, you whisper. “Oh, hang!” You like to shout it out loud, all right, Hut, for heaven’s sake, keep still. Just whisper soft curses beneath your brea h, O: teacher will think you are ill. One of our teachers keeps saying to us That if you’re lazy, you’re ill. If they think that you’re ill, can they turn it around And say that you’re lazy, at will? We won’; give them the chance to think it of us. We’ll act like we like it, and then— To our great surprise, we’ll all realize It wasn’t so bad. Was it, men? —Gladys Wiesenborn. The V. C. H. S. Booster. ---------o-------- STICK TO YOIR AIM Stick to your aim. The mongrel’s hold will slip But only the crowbars loose the bulldog’s grip Small though he looks, the jaw that never yields Drags down the bellowing monarch of the fields. A —Oliver Wendal Holmes. Ole has wondered what that snapping noise wa3 in American History. You will have to ask Wanda Bovid. -------o-------- It looks like Virginia Butler “forgot to como back” from her trip to Washington, D. C. -------o-------- We wonder who it is that calls on Velma Vine every now and then? TRICKS AND STUNTS —--------------------------———-—1 THE ROOSTER FIGHT This out-of-door game will be fun for the boys. With a stick draw a circle on the ground. Now let each boy, or “rooster,” as he is called in this game, hold his arms behind his back and stand side by side within the circle. Some boy who has been chosen as leader shouts, “Fight, roosters, fight!” At these words the “roosters” try to push one another out of the circle by means of their shoulders. Any rooster who unfolds his arms or falls down or is pushed outside the circle is out of the game. The winning “rooster” is the boy who succeeds in pushing all the others out of the circle. A BACK-TO-BACK RACE A back-to-back race is a good out of doors game and furnishes the players with a novel exercise; that of running backwards. Mark off a level stretch of ground one hundred feet in length. Now make up as many teams of two members each as possible. Have the members of each team stand back-to-back; then tie them together with a piece of rope. The contestants stand along the starting line. At the signal to go, each team makes for the other line, one hundred feet away and parallel to the first. One of the two members will, of course, have to run backward. As soon as they reach the second line, the teammates reverse the direction of their progress and run back toward the line from which they started; that is, the member who previously went backward now goes forward. The team wins that first covers the course out and back. SOME UNUSUAL FORFEITS It is sometimes hard to think up forfeits on the spur of the moment. Here are some that have caused much fun: Tie your feet together and try to walk around the room. Stand on one foot and spell “sensible” backward. Select some player in the room, put your hand over your heart and repeat each letter of the alphabet, to him or her. Walk backwards around the room and bow backwards to the three “wisest persons” in the room. Go about the room and smile at each of seven persons. Stand in the corner of the room blindfolded for five minutes calling for “help.’ Make a noise like soda water coming out of a pop fountain. Walk around the room and give a piece of good advice to the three youngest persons in the room. Represent some animal by motions only, untL some one in the room is able to guess what animal it is. Hop about the floor on one foot and curtsy to each empty chair. ■------o-------- The outer skin of a snake may be completely renewed about three times a year. PAGE 9