Herkimer High School - Ye Green Quill Yearbook (Herkimer, NY)

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1 The Green Quill 27 CHI MIN EY SMOKE Christopher Morley This is 'Morley's latest collections of poetry. The poems are selected from '5Songs fOr a Little House, Rocking Horse, Hide and Seek, but some new poems have 'been added. Morley's poetry as well as 'his essays are about 'subjects familiar to all of us. In many of his poems there is that note of humor for which Morley is remembered. Not all of his poems are humorous, however, for there are some a little tenderer in though. All people who enjoy poetry would appreciate Mogey. - . K. THE LITTLE NATURE LIBRARY The Little Nature Library consists of four books which deal with trees, wildflowers, birds and butterflies. No one text book could pos- sibly contain the ample information each of these books contains. They were not written as texts but were planned to be used as cor- relative material. Each one of the books con- tains many colored pictures which enable the reader to see the true coloring of the bird, butterfly, tree, or flower. The books are written by authors who understand their subject and appreciate their unseen audience, --H. K. I took a walk the other day Beside 'a riffling streamg The air was balmyg birds were gay- I sat me down to dream. I sat me down to think and think Of happy days at school: It seemed I stood upon the brink Beside a thick, black pool. Behind me carefree happy years, Before the thick black pool of lifeg I wished I were a seer who peers Into its toil and strife. I though of teachers patient, fair, I wished they might find luckg I thought ot' their firmness, wisdom, care, Efficiency, faith. and pluck. I thought of athletics with its magic call- The game, well, life is a game: And dear old Prof Morgan, best sport of all, The friend of each freshie who came. So I sat for hours and dreamed Beside the singing brook, And all at once all nature seemed 'To 'have lost its brilliant look. No more happy, careless plays, Good friends soon would be apart, Serious 'work would till our days, And lonesomeness come to my heart. Ah well, life is like a thick fblack pool And we cannot see 'how deepg But if we use with care each tool, Success in life we're' sure to reap. Classmates, let us do or -die As we separate and roam, Let us be a credit to Herkimer High To country, God, and home. -Riffanacht CLASS OF 1928 PROPHECY June 26, 1948 Some months ago, I went to visit my friend Mrs. C. E. Dodge. 'She was very busy arrang- ing her daughteris clothes for the 'Commence- ment exercises. This brought back to our memories the happy graduation exercises of our class of 1928. How fast the years had gone by for it only seemed yesterday when our mothers were doing the same thing for us. Suddenly we struck upon a plan to take her daughter on a trip -for a graduation present. We 'decided to have the trip cover all the cities of our great state. It was a beautiful summer morning when we started on our journey by automobile. We decided to visit flrst our state capitol and went by the way of Cherry Valley. We reached Albany at noon and Catherines daughter, Mary wished to visit the educational building. We were passing through the long hall and I happened to look into one of the rooms and whom should I see, but Thelma Ash and Made- llne Grainger busily correcting regents papers. They came out and we chatted with them for some little time. We were very surprised to find our old class-mates 'here and they told us that Edna Waterman was superintendent of St, Peters hospital at Albany and Florence Nedzynski was superintendent of the surgical ward there also. To finish the afternoon we took-a ride over to Troy. We visited 'many of the stores and we met Alexander Krohmalney walking up and down the ailses in Woolworth's 5 Gr 10 cent store. He told us he has been floor walker for three years. After leavimg Alex. we decided to visit R. P. I. which is one of the big schools in Troy. Catherine and I were discus-sing how many of our classmates we had encountered when Sid- ney Johnson walked up to us. He told us he was a teacher there at the school and we congratulated him in his success. It was getting rather late so we journeyed back to Albany and went to our 'hotel to rest up for our journey on the morrow. Ca.therine's daughter wished to buy a book of poems by the modern author, Lee Riftanacht and we com- mented also on his success and were very proud to think that he was one of our class- mates. The next morning we arose early and started for New York. We reached ouri destination, late in the evening and went straight to a hotel where we discovered the manager to be, Arthur Tetlock, who insisted that we 'be his guests for seve-ral days in New York. After dining, we went to our rooms immediately. We intended to go out but not knowing where to go I picked up the paper to see what amuse- ments we could find. I was 'glancing over the base'ball scores and discovered Raymond Casa- donte as one of the famous players of the Yan. kee's. 'Then I came upon a. notice of a concert to be given the next afternoon. To my surprise Marjory Myers was one of the artists appearing.

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26 The Green Quill REDWOODS NEAR SANTA CRUZ Near Santa Cruz is a magnificent grove of redwoods. The trees are immense. The tallest tree in this grove is called the Giant. It is three hundred and six feet high, and it is said that one hundred feet has been blown from the top. The tree is sixty-six feet in circumference and twenty-two feet in diameter. It is claimed by scientists that this tree is four thousand five hundred years old and has enough lumber in it to build thirty houses with five rooms each, or to cut over one million two hundred and fifty thousand shingles. There is another tree named t'he Freemont because General Freemont camped in it in 1846. The floor space inside is thirteen feet by twenty feet. The tree is two hundred and eighty-five feet higjh, sixty feet in circum- ference, and twenty feet in diameter. Seventy- five sailors once stood in the hollow. The tree named Grant is called after the famous General Grant. It is three hundred feet high, fifty-five feet in circumference, and eighteen feet, four inches in diameter. The Roosevelt tree is named after Presi- dent Roosevelt and is two hundred and seventy- Iive feet high, forty eight in circumference, and sixteen feet in diameter. The Sherman is two hundred and eighty five feet high, sivty-two feet in circumference and twentylfeet, eight inches in diameter. It is t'he oldest tree in the grove, five thousand years old. The Cathedral Group is three hundred feet high. one hundred and ten feet in circum- ference and thirty-seven feet in diameter. This group consists of eighteen trees, nine large and nine small. It is four thousand years old. The Harrison is two hundred and eighty- five feet high, seventy-two feet in circumference, and twenty-four feet in diameter, The McKinley is two hundred and sixty- five feet high, forty feet in circumference, and thirteen feet, four inches in diameter. The Neck Breaker is two hundred feet to the first branch, and three hundred feet high. To view t'he top of this tree one must stand with his back to the trunk and look up. There are several trees that are called freaks of nature, such as the Hen and Chicks There are six Chicks around the Hen, There is a huge hollow redwood that is called the Bear Den. One stands in awe at the sight of these beautiful old trees. -Elizabeth Hildreth BOOK SHELF A Connecticut Yankee in Kin Arthur's Court Mark Twain In this humorous tale Clemens tells the story of a. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. His description of the city, Camelot, and his description of King Arthur's hall are the impressions that a person of the modern day would gain. The story is told in a mix- ture of old English speech and present-day slang. The story is very humorous and pro- mises entertainment to whoever reads it. WHY THE WEATHER C. F. Brooks The book is a collection of scientific facts a-bout atmospheric conditions and their effects on weather. The book is based upon the lect- ures and explanations of Dr, Brooks of Clark University. It is very easily understood and well worth the time spent in reading it. The explanations do not begin with the more ad- vanced phases but they deal with the funda- mentals of the subject. --H. K. THE MAN NOBODY KNOWS Bruce Barton The Man Nobody Knows is a revelation of the character of Jesus, much different from any other biography of Him. So many people have thought of Jesus, as meek and lowly and the Lamb of God. Barton paints him in a different light. Instead of being a soft spoken, weak man, he is com- manding, physically strong, mentally alert, but not arrogant. Jesus never wasted words. In choosing his diciples he 'did not stop and plead with them. In the case of the fisherman, he said, Come 'with me and I will make you fisherman. Had 'he said, I have a new religion and will make you the expanders of it, they would have said. wait until to-morrow. Instead he said in commanding voice his personality calling them, Come-fishers of men. They were ignorant men but they could understand fishers, Why, they had been fishers all their lives! This was nothing new- Fishers People thought He never laughed. Jesus loved a crowd. He liked the noise and gayety. ln a crowd, one can't remain unsmiling. Be- cause Jesus loved a crowd, He must have laughed. Of course He laughed! The book is interesting and well worth your time spent on it. It reveals Jesus, t'he Christ, in another light, but takes nothing from His divinity. -E. Y. '28

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28 The Green Quill The next morning' we decided to go down to the east side of New York. We 'saw many people of different races and customs. We were walking along and all at once Catherine pointed out a mission house. We decided to go over and look in and to our surprise we walked right into Emily Yale and Paul Skeels. They told us they had been running it for five years and also that Emily was not Miss Yalc any longer but Mrs, Skeels. In the afternoon we went to visit the museum of natural history and were very surprised to see Raymond Gorski very busily engaged in painting the Spirit of St. Louis. He told us he had taken up painting as his life work. After leaving the museum of Natural history we journeyed down the street to do some shop- ping. We noticed a very attractive tea shop called Blue Bird. We ventured inside and found Arlene Countryman and Marjorie Hunt the proprietressess. They confessed to us that they were still old maids because they were too interested in their business to think of marriage. We found also that they had in their employment Irene Mayo and Frances Knights who had proved to be very satisfactory wait- resses. In the evening we made it a point to go and see my old friend Doris Underhill. We found her in the studio of Bohemia, working on a portrait. She was a very famous artist and was always busy painting pictures of the prominent women in New York -City's social world. We left the next morning to tour the south- ern part of the state going westward. We rode all day and finally stopped at a small town near Binghamton. We had our dinner and while eating we heard there was a -circus in town owned by Pugia. and Son. The name sounded familiar and we decided to go and enjoy the pleasures of children again. We 'bought our tickets and were 'walking about the grounds before the performance. Suddenly Catherine saw a man upon a platform waving his hand furiously while the crowd became larger and larger. 'We decided to see what it was all about and as we drew closer we recog- nized the familiar voice of Harry Muller. We decided that Harry had taken up Ballyhooing as his vocation in life. Soon a girl stepped upon a platform dressed in Spanish costume and we immediately recognized her as' Mar- guerite DesRosiers. She certainly could dance. After the circus we went to our rooms to stay for the night for we had a long journey ahead of us as we had decided to lgio to Buffalo. We arrived in Buffalo quite late at night and so we went immediately to our hotel. In the morning since Catherine's daughter was considering going to Buffalo Normal we went to look the school over. Going across iii the Campus we saw a familiar figure coming toward us, who to our .surprise was Michael Merena. He was employed as football coach and had turned out many successful teams. H-e consented to show us through the Normal and we met Alberta Johnson. She informed us that she was an English teacher there. In the afternoon we went to Niagara Falls and went through the Shredded Wheat plant. We went in and were confronted by Eunice Kinney and Marguerite. Lengline who showed us around the plant. We then returned to Buffalo in as much as we had met so many of our old classmates, we set about to look for someone else whom we might know. Catherine suddenly remem- bered that she had received word from Robert Holmes that he was minister in the Methodist Church there. We went to visit him and he asked us where we were going from Buffalo. We t-old him that our next stop was Rochester. He told us to be sure and look up Albert DuBois, as he owned a jewelery store in that city. When we reached Rochester, we stopped in to see him and he told us he had a wonder- ful business due to the fact that he had a very efficient clerk who was Helen .Semit. She had been employed for two years. After leaving Rochester we motored to Ithaca where 'Cather- ine had relatives. We reached there early in the eveninlg' and were quite. tired from our long trip. We went to bed early so as to be rested up for the next day. We didn't go any place in the morning but decided to visit Cor- nell University in the afternoon. We enjoyed going through the buildings very much and were surprised to find Emil Kraus at the 'head of the Business Administration department. In the evening we went to see Mary Ketchum, who is now Mrs. E, E. M-orgenthau Jr. 'She owned a beautiful home and we were enter- tained very graciously. The next day we started for Syracuse reach- ing our destination late in the afternoon. We knew that Marx Cristman was president of Syracuse University, so we went to see him. We were discussing old times when Howard Kirby came in. He told us that he was a Latin teacher in the University and that he and the president got on very well to-gether. They wished us to stay longer in the city but we told them we had been away for so long that it was really important that we return home. We reached home the next day late in the evening and found heaps of mail waiting for us. After dining we began opening our mail. Catherine and I each received an invitation to the weddinlg' of Virginia Brady and Robert Babcock. We were glad to hear this as they were the only classmates we had not seen on our trip and so decided to attend the wedding. We had a very enjoyable trip and thought a. wedding would end it up most fitting for we and what they were doing to bring success to them.