Jackson High School - Osky Wow Yearbook (Jackson, OH)

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■ OLD HIGH SCHOOL

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A bright Sophmore called Pete Likes nothing so well as to sleep, But, at camp once, I’ve heard, His sleep was disturbed, And his words were most anything but sweet. There’s a boy sometimes known as B. K. Who often fails small debts to pay. To pay short’s his desire, And he spends many an hour, So that he with a big league may play. There’s a boy with initials E. A. Who is deeply in love, so they say; Each week since he met ’er, He’s sent her a letter. And he thinks of her most every day. There’s a Freshman named ‘‘Haggerty” Coll, Who was anxious to play at foot ball; But his grades were too low— Mr. Henson said: ‘‘No; You can go down and root but that’s all.” E. L. Jacobs, ’12, and others. NEW HIGH SCHOOL Twenty-eight

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Ufi-ITH this issue the J. H. S. Osky Wo.v makes its initial bow to the public and, as is usual upon such occasions, we are expected to write a few words of introduction. These words are not to be of apology, however, for we members of the staff have all done our best and, while this volume-largely on account of our in experience-is not quite up to the mark we hope later ones may reach, we are far from ashamed of our production. X X A publication of this kind is a great influence toward keeping alive a spirit of school loyalty in both students and alumni. In view of this, then, we hope that our Annual may be continued in succeeding years with ever-increasing good results, or-even better-that a monthly paper may be established. As the reader will observe, we have selected the name Osky Wow for our Annual. Students of the school will easily recognize the origin of this name, but for the benefit of others, a word of explanation is necessary. It comes from our school yell which runs as follows: “Osky wow wow! Wisky we we! Holy Makai! Jackson High! RAH!.............. ” The contest which was instituted to secure a name resulted in the entry of about a dozen names. These were all considered at a meeting of the editorial staff, but, as none was thot suitable, the name Osky Wow, suggested by a member of the staff, was accepted. We were glad, however, to see the interest taken in the Annual and thank all who made suggestions. X X We have frequently had occasion in the past to urge upon the students of this school a better and more spirited support for athletics. This urging has, so far as we can see, had little appreciable effect but we are willing to try again, if, by so doing, we can help the school. The best way—the only way, in fact—to show your interest is to go to the games. Most students have no reason for staying away other than mere indifference. The admission price, set at fifteen cents per game and amounting to only sixty or seventy-five cents per season, is within the reach of nearly every one. The argument heard from so many that “they don’t understand the game” is also a poor one, for how in the world are you ever going to learn the game if you never attend? Yet, in the face of all this lack of good reasons for non-attendance, the average gate-receipts per game last foot ball season were less than fifteen dollars, with which we were expected to pay an average expense of nearly thirty-five dollars. Since about a third of this was paid by persons outside of the school, this indicates that the average student attendance was about sixty-five, out of a total enrollment of two hundred. That is, about one student in three was present. What are you other two going to do Thirty