Hartwell High School - Wave Lengths Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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American League Umpire Here EORGE MORIARITY, well-known American League baseball umpire, visited Hartwell school. Mr. Moriarity has always been a baseball enthusiastg he took the game up as a profession in 1905. From 1909 to 1915, Mr. Moriarity played with the Detroit Tigers, It was while with this team that he established a most unique record of having stolen home seventeen times in two' successive years. Since 1917, Mr. Moriarity, not wishing to lose silght of the game, has been 'acting as umpire. Thekeynote of Mr. Moriarity's talk was that honesty is the best policy, and that baseball teaches people to be honest with themselves. The outcome of a very important game, Mr. Moriarity stated, very often depends upon one decision. An umpire, therefore, has to put aside all prejudices and all the insulting and biting remarks of an excited crowd, he must have the neces- sary strength of character to stand up for his own moral convictions, no matter how anyone else thinks or acts about his decision. Girls Score With Herbie uiim: short whistles, two long, and one short! VVhirr, clank, clank, and- on goes the flood light! Televox Qnicknamed Herbiej has again answered the code message of his demonstrator, Mr. VVheeler! Televox, a VVestinghouse creation, is 'a fascinating mechanical man who seems destined to become an intcmgral part of our modern industrial world. Telcvox is far from beautiful. He has veins of copper, and bones of porce- lain, with binding posts for ears and hard rubber for skin. One thing, though, that compensates for his homelincss is his faithful obedience to his master's voice. After putting the robot through its paces, Mr. 1Vheeler, demonstrator, called for two boys and two girls to give Herbie some code messages. Herbiffs gallant response to Martha Sawtelle and Betty 1Vistner proved that even mechanical men are not immune to feminine charm. Africa Speaks oon oU'r! Gangway! E-eg-e--ek! Help! VVhat caused all that noise? VVas it the high-school students going to lunch? No, merely a real, live lion and two bears stalking through the halls of Hartwell. No wonder there was pandemonium! Mr. Harwood, noted authority on wild animals, on April ninth, paid Hartwell a very interesting visit. Mr. Harwood, in his talk on VVild Animals and Their Habitats, told many seemingly incredible stories of jungle life. He b1'oke down the traditional idea of the lion as the King of Beastsf' It l42l

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was, of course, a blow to think of the ferocious, shaggy-maned lion, with his thunderous ro-ar, as a domestic petg but no one doubted Mr. Harwood's state- ment, as he has been an eager student of animal life for forty-four years, has made twenty-three trips into the African jungles, and has lived in Africa for eleven years. Since Mr. Harwood's visit, the Hartwell doggies have ceased to bark and wag their tails, for the boys have been advertising in the African dailies for more faithful pets. Laughter and Tears HERE is a small crop of real American fun-makers, men who can call forth oceans of wholesome, healthful laugl1te1'. Jess Pugh, the premier of them all, paid a visit to Hartwell on Tuesday, November twenty-fifth. Mr. Pugh's short sketch of how a public speaker should act kept the audience in a continual gale of laughter. Then swiftly changing from the hilarious to the serious, the entertainer portrayed the pathetic artist of Rud- yard Kipling,s The Light That Failed? Mr. Pugh displayed a rare genius fo-r changing tea1's of mirth to tears of pathos. That is why it was a genuine pleasure to hear a man like Jess Pugh, The Gentleman from Indiana. Robin Hood Arrives HE romantic story of the bow and arrow and the part it has played in the life of the human race was vividly portrayed by Mr. Art Young, famous archer, who came to Hartwell on May fourteenth. Armed with only the bow and arrow, Art Young has gone into remote sections of the world to secure specimens of rare animals for the American Museum of Natural History. He has accompanied famous explorers on trips into Africa and to the Arctic, where he aided in filming moving pictures of his fascinating adventures. Concert nor. LEO STOFFREGEN, a well-known local pianist, on May nineteenth gave Ia most enjoyable concert to the Hartwell students. Prof. Stoffregen was assisted by the Reverend R. Groenke, pastor of the Carthage Evangelical Church, who gave two vocal solos: Give a Man a Horse That He Can Ride, and The Lamplit Hour. It is hoped that Hartwell High will have further opportunity for like de- velopment of musical appreciation. The absolute attention of the students evidenced their genuine love for good musicg their hearty applause was a. compliment to P1'of. Stoffregen and Pastor Groenke. I431