Hart High School - Hartian Yearbook (Hart, MI)

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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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A Lesson of School So you failed in your class, my lad? You couldn't quite make the mark? You failed—and you feel so blue and sad And all of the world looks dark? You lost and your heart is sore And you wish you could go and cry? Well, let us not worry a minute more Or give it another sigh. You failed, and you stand in fear Of the things that the boy? will say? Why, there isn't a boy who is worth a tear But who knows he may fail some day. For it isn't to win that's good And it isn’t the head held high. But to know you did the best you could, And the best we can do is try. You failed, and you know how sad Were the ones who have failed before; And what did you say to them, my lad, When you knew their hearts were sore, Did you come to them, near and near, With a kindly word and a smile, And bid them dry that very tear That came to after a while? Ah, yes—you didn't know What it meant to the ones who lost; And maybe you said some boy was slow, And you didn't count the cost Of the sorrow it was to him When he heard what his fellows said, But you know it now, when your eyes are dim, And the sorrow is yours instead. So, lad, we have failed, maybe, And the other boys may pass, But we've found a lesson for you and me That's finer than one in class; We’ve learned what the bitter tear A.nd the sorrow of the boys may be, We've learned the need of a word of cheer, So we haven't failed, you see! ------o------- A sparrow's wings make 13 atrokes a second in flight. It’s Rasy To Drift—But Look Out! Students There are three types of students in every school. The first type is the go-getter. He is always busy doing something for himself or others. He is the one who works hard and gets the honor. He is also interested in all school activities. How wonderful our school would be if we were all of this type. The second group is made up of those students who intend to do great things some day. A member of this group is the dreamer. When he sees others winning honors, it inspires him and he determines to do something equally good. But somehow he never seems to get around to it. Once in a while he does try something, but he gives so little real effort to it that he can do nothing but fail. If he does win some honor, he is satisfied and does not try again. Too many of us belong to this group. The third type is the laggard. He does not even care to do anything or win any honor. He does not boost his school but finds fault with everything in his whole life, in business life. He never works because somebody else will do it if he doesn't. The laggard is seldom if ever missed when he is gone. The go-getter decides what he wants and goes after it. He boosts all worthy things. The dreamer is not sure what he wants, or, if he is, he hasn’t ambition enough to go after it. The laggard's only desire is to be nobody and to be let alone, and he usually is. Are you a go-getter, a dreamer, or a laggard? ------o------- Guide Posts Along the Road of Life Luck seems to favor the man who doesn’t count on it. Flying off the handle suggests that you have a screw loose. The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of work. Doing the impossible is frequently done by an amateur be- cause he doesn't know it's impos- sible. Every time one man puts a new idea across he finds ten men who thought of it before he did—but they only thought. ------o-------- According to an estimate by the Public Health Service, nine out of ten persons in the United States have measles and three out of four whooping cough m' PAGE 6

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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