Hart High School - Hartian Yearbook (Hart, MI)

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What is the vice president’s salary? The vice president of the United States receives a salary of $15,000 a year. Why were the natives of America called Indians? The aborigines of America were called Indians or Indios by Columbus because he thought by sailing west he had reached India. Q. Why is Illinois called the “Sucker State.” A. Because in the early days the miners returned from “up-river” at the season when the sucker migrated. The term was first used about 1833. • • • Why does the mercury rise on a clear day and fall on a cloudy day? The atmospheric pressure is greater on a clear day. Moisture is lighter than the air and decreases the atmospheric pressure. What does Hallelujah mean? “Hallelujah,” or “Halleluiah” as it is sometimes spelled, literally means “Praise ye Ja,” “Jah” being a variation of the Hebrew word “Jehovah.” A song or exclamation of gratitude or praise to God is called a hallelujah. How is Shelley’s middle name pronounced? The middle name of Percy Bysshe Shelly, the famous English poet, is correctly pronounced “bish.” It is an old English family name. One of the most noted members of the family was Sir Edward Bysshe, who died in 1679. • • Q. What was “The Kitchen Cabinet”? A. The nickname was given to a small coterie of five intimate friends of President Jackson, who were thought to influence him more than the members of his official cabinet. They were Duff Green, the editor of the United States Telegraph; Francis P. Blair, the editor of the Washington Globe, and William B. Lewis, Isaac Hill and Amos Kendall, who occupied minor positions in the Treasury Department. They were especially powerful in directing the President’s attack against the United States Bank. Who was Betty Zane ? Elizabeth or Betty Zane was a young girl living at Wheeling in what is now West Virginia when that place was attacked by Simon Girty and 500 Indians in 1777. The girl volunteered to go out from the stockade in which the settlers had taken refuge and bring in a keg of powder known to be in one of the houses at some distance. She performed the feat under Indian fire but escaped unharmed. She was related to Ebenezer Zane, one of the founders of Zanesville, Ohio, and an ancestor of Zane Grey, the popular novelist. Instructor (to Mary Jean D., learning to drive): “Now, when you want to stop, you must put on the brake.” Mary Jean : “Oh! Why, I thought the brake came with the car.” Arthur Harris: “Was your barn burned during the cyclone?” Goyt Reed: “I dunno. I ain’t found it yet.” Mrs. Corbin: “Hm! Funny pudding, this!” Nancy: “Yes, that’s as far as I got with the recipe when the radio broke down.” You remember when you cured my rheumatism a couple of years ago, Doc?” asked Perry Slocum, “and you told me that I should avoid dampness?” “Yes, that’s right,” replied the doctor. “Well, I’ve come to ask you if I can take a bath.” » Frank Demmon: “Shall we waltz?” Clara Baker: “It’s all the same to me.” Franklin: “Yes, I’ve noticed that.” Mr. Olendorf: “Give me a ticket to Springfield.” Clerk: “Which one? Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri or Kentucky?” Mr. Olendorf: “Which is the cheapest?” Mr. Cowles: “Yep, I hed a beard like yours once, and when I realized how it made me look, I cut it off, b’gosh.” Mr. Decker: “Wal—I hed a face like yours once, and when I realized thet I couldn't cut it off, I grew this beard, by heck.” Laurence L.: “So you’ve quit smoking because of your doctor’s orders?” Bob B.: “Yes, he says the cigarettes on the sidewalks all have germs on them.” Marguerite Winget (in antique shop): “And here, I suppose, is another of the horrible portraits you call ‘art’.” “Excuse me, madam,” said the shopkeeper quietly, “but that’s a mirror.” » Stranger: “Tell me, have any big men been born in this city?” Jack Corbin: “Nope, only babies.” » ’ Little Jane Davidson found a button in her salad. She remarked, “I suppose it fell off while the salad was dressing.” PAGE 6

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FRESHMAN CLASS First row—Margie Ruggles, Lewis Fiske, Gale Berger, Lewis Ruggles, Wilber Heydenbirke, LaVern Hipley, Jane Davidson, Maxine Blackmer, Doris Shafer. Second row—James Stover, Margaret Nicholes, Lodema Corlis, Muriel Martin, Betty Heyward, Lucille Frost, Ann Marilyn Witzke, Mamie Lorenz, Walter Claeys, Peter Baker, Lyle McDonald, Russel Butler. . xyS Third row—Rex Snider, Harvey Cleveland, EvelynLathrop, Beth Long, Geraldine Walker, Nina Mack-son, Nancyt-Corbin, Rollo Royle, Raymond -Crosby, John Johnson, Fred Sehaner, Gunnar Hedland. Fourth row Mary Dinter, Margaret Cargill, Franklin yierch, Eunice Misner, Evelyn North, Esther Zuhl, Victoria Hale, Albena Karneckas, Rosalyn Machsom, Grant Coleson, Ted Nielson, Redmond Crosby. . Fifth row—Marie Cox, Caroll McClouth, Rose Kraus, Frances Wycoff, Barbara Lattin, Lavem Lapps, Ellis May, Arthur Olson, David J36yles, Charlesv Landon. ' Sixth row—Margaret Mitteer, Althea Shoultz, Jean i Lambrix, Betty Padecky, Jeane Hopper, Oliver Eyestone, Richard.. Stoneman, Charles rtVaslusky, Max Rossiter, Joe Moravic, Robert Tripp. Seventh row—Frances Bolavitch. Hilda Shafer, Virg nia Bruckman, Helen Parker, Phyllis Lynn, Mr. Cowles, Irwin Sutherland, Edward Parker, Stanley Matulis, James Hill, Max McClouth. FRESHMAN ADVISOR Mr. Cowles attended Maple Rapids High School, where he graduated in 1922. He then entered Michigan State College and finished with a B. S. degree in the class of 1926. He came to Hart in the fall of the same year. He has been the Freshman advisor during the past six years. As head of the Hart Agricultural Department, he has been responsible for several state high school championship apple judging teams and grain judging teams. He has made the Hart High School Agricultural Department the finest of its kind in the s ate. MR. COWLES

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LITERARY COLUMN The following satires were written by the Spectator Club of the English Literature Class. There were many other notable themes written by this club, but, alas, our space is limited. If you desire to know who wrote the various Spectator papers published here, ask Ye Editor of this column: MANNERS IN THE HALL I should like to say a few words about manners in the hall. Of course I realize that there is little need of doing so, for we are intelligent people and profess to know a great deal. But for the sake of spending a few minutes, I will jot down a few everyday occurrences, showing what charming manners most of our students have. As an illustration, I am going to take Joe, who is a very likeable chap, whom all of the boys envy and try to imitate. He has a little system all of his own when he thinks he is going to be late for arithmetic class, which is downstairs. He has discovered that it saves one-half the time by merely sliding down the banister, pushing all those in front of him out of the way, and rushing into the classroom. If this saves time, why not advocate it for others? Joe has been blessed with a very strong and loud voice by which he can save time by yelling across the hall for any information he wants. He has prided himself on being the first out of the building every noon. “Any way goes—push ’em, knock ’em” is his motto. They say that he was formerly of a school which had a fire on the average of one a month. Well, I have told you only a few facts about Joe, but I think that you can see my point and agree with me that our students conduct themselves admirably and have charming manners. MANNERS AT HIGH SCHOOL DANCES Dances are so enjoyed by practically all that I think it would be well to mention the excellent manners displayed at that time. First of all, in order to have a dance there must be an orchestra. If it arrives late it is made the object of many oft-quoted remarks, being very appropriate, never realizing the timepieces might be different or that they had a flat tire. Most people like to have their favorite pieces played so they are constantly asking for a tango at the same time another asks for a waltz. Sometimes the orchestra fills both requests. Upon their arrival, the girls and boys go to their respective corners so as to make it more convenient for all concerned to look the bunch over. Upon decision the boys suddenly think they are at a square dance and advance in an even row towards the girls. Then in their best manners they say, “How about boxing this round with me?” If his opponent wins and starts another round with someone else, he, seeing two girls dancing together, with an “enie, menie, minie, mo, up to Mary he did go,” leaves Gracie stranded in the middle of the floor. The participants in the match have all very obligingly eaten no supper so as not to slight the refresh- BOYS’ BASKETBALL. Hart has prospects of a good basketball team this season. Our new coach, Laurence Decker, has been working with the boys for quite a while. Coach Decker has been coaching for three years: two years at Bridgman and one year at Fennville. Out of these three years he has had two championship teams. With these facts in mind, the Hart basketball boys are working hard to develop a winning team. We have four veterans from last year: Palen, Lombard, Slocum and Reed. There are also a number of reserves who will undoubtedly make the team this year. These are Berger, Blackmer, R. Tate, M Tate, Purdy and Welsh. Hart’s schedule is as follows : December 6—Scottville .. December 13—Whitehall Dec. 20—Ludington .... January 7—Montague .... January 10—Fremont .... January 14—Shelby .... January 17 ........... January 21 ........... January 24—Montague .. January 31—Whitehall .. February 4—Custer .... February 11—Pentwater February 14—Shelby ... February 21—Fremont .. ...........There ............Here ....There ............Here ............Here ....There ..Scottville—Here Pentwater—Here ...........There ...........There ............Here ...........There ............Here ...........There ments, and when the committee finally gets around, they are nearly frantic with hunger and mumble a “thank you” in between mouthfuls. When the gong rings and the dance is over they declare up and down that their watches are not slow and that the danced stopped too early. With that they leave the building grumbling, but are cheered up by the girls, who are perhaps glad it’s over with, as I suspect the boys also feel. IN STUDY HALL THIRD PERIOD In study hall third period the seventh grade girls practice Communism while doing their arithmetic assigned to Mr. Benjamins. Each one helps the other in securing an A ?n that very difficult subject. In the back seats of the first four rows the dear little frosh males entertain their lady friends by making odd noises in the intricate way of snapping their rulers against their desks. The lazy Seniors, who ought to behave themselves after six years (or more) of attending study hall and who ought to set an example for the verdant underclassmen, amuse themselves by attacking their more studious colleagues with paper wads, shot at intervals of one every two minutes. The two-minute intervals are used up in looking innocent when the person in charge of the study hall toddles around to see who or what is causing the untimely disturbance. A great urge to speak with one’s most intimate friend comes upon all of the students, and, one right after (Concluded on Page 9) PAGE 7