Jersey Shore High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Jersey Shore, PA)

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JERSEY SHORE HIGH SCHOOL 25 Then sadly they were told of the discovery of the doctor's frozen body about fifty miles outside the post, and were shown his remains. The doctor, they were told, had fallen over a steep embankment in the blinding snowstorm and broken his leg, and had slowly frozen to death. His comrades were so deeply moved that a few minutes of absolute silence prevailed as the full meaning of this deed of unselfish sacrifice dawned upon each of them. Then in reverent silence they dug down through the snow and scooped out a shallow grave for his noble body. Afterward an awe-inspiring ceremony took place: awe-inspiring by its very simplicity. The body was tenderly laid in the cavity: a few words were repeated from the Scripture, and then finally a few minutes of bareheaded silence was observed by the men, each whispering a prayer or perhaps even shedding a few tears. Then a bit of earth was placed over the body and a mound of stone to mark the place. Finally as a Iitting gesture to such a hero, a rude wooden cross was set up, and burned into the rough wood was this glorious inscription: To Paul Korsauitch, M. D. - Who Died in an attempt to save this garrison- Greater love hath no man that this. - FORD'S THESIS ON THE DANCE JOHN FORD -tracing the steps of high-stepping N these days of jazz, swing, and jam, and with the entire country dance conscious or maybe dance unconscious, it is only fitting that some intellectual explain to the people the why and where- for of dancing. Dancing originated, strange as it seems, way back in the dawn of time, when men were men, climbing around in trees, or watching the dinosaurs race at Santa Anita. The Iirst dance originated by our an- cestors was a combination of the modern adagio and fan dances. The male of the species would go a wooing to bring home a little wo- man and after he sighted a suitable gal, he would start chasing her. As soon as he caught her, the adagio Qwhich is just plain wrestlingj would begin. After a few twirls of this, the fan dance would start. He would fan his gal's brow with a club, and that would be that! But! enough for pre-historic shag. Onward, tracing the steps to the modern steps. The next type of dancing to be discussed is the cannibalistic or mass dancing which has turned out to be The Big Apple or the recent Little Peach. This hoof exerciser originated in Africa among a tribe of natives known as the Swingme's. These boys would capture a nearby villager, tie him to stake, light the fire and then on with the dance. They would Susie-Q, Truck and what not while the captive slowly turned to a veal cutlet. There's an interesting sidelight to this type of dancing. in that the potential entree was the Hrst man who really got hot at a dance.

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24 THE ORANGE AND BLACK 1 He attended to his sick in thoughtful silence, seeming to be espe- cially attentive to each one that day. He loved these men, each for some distinct quality: and all, because they were a brave, fearless lot. He had a smile for everyone although he was utterly weary and sick at heart with fearful apprehension. That evening his report read something like this - Twenty more down with that damnable disease, and the men are acting like ani- mals toward each other. Today I smoothed over two more quarrels which might have ended seriously. Things cannot go on like this . . . A very troubled doctor retired that night, but not to sleep. Visions kept running through his mind, visions of starving men tearing each other apart, eating raw human flesh to satisfy an awful craving in their insides. Men who were no longer humans, but were wild beasts, mad- dened by the irresistible craving of hunger. When the earliest tinges of dirty light appeared around the edges of the sky, the doctor rose determinedly, drew on his clothes, and began slowly to pack the necessities for a long trek over the trackless tundra. He made the pack secure on the sled and harnessed the dogs - hungry brutes that would have jumped him the minute his back was turned, but they respected the whip from their earliest days of training. Checking over his equipment and making sure that no necessities were forgotten, he took one look around his small shack and then went into the storm. At a word from the doctor, the dogs set out on a trot southward. He turned and watched the encampment until it was shut off from his vision by the engulfing snowstorm. Then grimly he drove himself and the dogs unceasingly into the gale. Pk Pk elf Ak lk A week passed at the post, at the end of which the rations gave out, and five lay dead from the dread disease, scurvy. To make matters worse, at the slightest provocation the men were at each other's throats. The gale still raged outside. Another week passed. Now the men were forced to eat leather belts, shoes, gloves, parkas, anything made of leather. No longer was there any fighting in the barracks. These ravenous brutes were too weak to waste their strength in lighting. They eyed each other furtively, wondering who would be the first to be torn apart and devoured by half-human comrades. Pk PK Pk PK Pk Then one day, as if by an act of Providence, out of the blizzard stumbled three dog teams, laden with provisions from the base far to the south. The rescuing party had accidentally come upon the outpost after having pushed their way for three weeks through the wall of white. Starved men were carefully nursed back to health, and, after they had gained suflicient strength, they related the tale of horrible suffering and told of the heroic attempt of Paul Korsavitch, the young doctor, to save the camp.

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26 THE ORANGE AND BLACK This type of dancing really leads us to another type, because it seems a French explorer after being captured and made guest of honor at one of these affairs, managed to escape and return to France. Here after relating his experiences to Napoleon, he was asked what the dance was called. Why, he replied, they speak of it as 'the men you et.' And so came into being the French Minuet. Napoleon would not take his hand from his vest to Shine the Apple however, and so the Minuet underwent radical changes, and became the stately, dignified waltz as we know it today. Frank Buck, however, brought back the Big Apple alive, and so the Big Apple exists today. Now the last type of dancing I will explain is the Barn Dance or hoedown. This dance originated in the western part of Russia. among a tribe of people known as the Goons. From this people came the well known phrase Go'on to town. These people who danced in rows and squares, while some moron mumbled foolish commands to be obeyed, were continually changing their motions and inventing new ones. In fact after a noted geographer had watched their antics, he named the place as he saw lit. He called it the Russian Steppesf' After he had done this noble act he returned home, and so each week now, you can dear Uncle Ezra and the boys in the old hayloft really go to town. And, so there, dear readers, is the Q true? j origin of the dance. Of course, times have combined these three forms of relaxation until today to be a hit on the dance floor you have to act like a bad case of epilepsy or be able to slither along like a blowing adder. Tut - tutl Such de- gradation! But there's not much to do about it - so, On with the dance! SURESHOT JAMES WHITEMAN HE crimson clad invaders fell back on a 'two-three defense as a sud- den silence enveloped the huge Burke palestra. All attention was directed on a stocky guard of the Burke five, who was crouched in a shooting position at mid-court. It was a long shot, and the last quarter of the Burke-Haverford tilt. With Burke leading by a slim two points. accounting for the tense silence holding the crowd like an iron grip Benny Davis, Burke's stocky guard, held the ball - came up quickly - the ball arched very high - while the some 1300 spectators anx- iously followed the course of the ball - then the hemp lace under the iron rim moved gently. A goal from mid-court without touching the rim! The crowd roared its approval of Benny Davis, the big gun of the Burke attack. QDavis had been repeating that same shot all eve- ning to the crowd's delightj. But Davis's great shooting performance seemed to have the oppo- site effect on his teammates and captain Johnny Haines, who would fling at him, Pass the ball! or Grandstander!