Lancaster High School - Mirage Yearbook (Lancaster, OH)

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14 LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL X-RAYS. strength but women of refined quali- ties. To our pleasure loving generation conies the life of David Livingstone telling us that the age of heroism is not ended. No knight, threading the forest In search of adventure, ever showod courage equal to that of David Livingstone, who gave himself to the fight against the slave traffic of Afri- ca and who single-handed determined to win a continent for lawful com- merce and Christianity. History holds ilo career marked by more heroic ad- ventures and marvelous escapes. His twenty-nine thousand miles of explora- tion added one million square miles to the known world. His studies ot Africa’s geology, botany and zoology made him one of the world’s greatest scientists and in his work among the slaves he will always be known as the Lincoln of the Dark Continent. Neither wealth nor ease, leisure nor rank equipped him. Adversity chose him us her knight. The lives of such heroes and re- formers tell us that supremacy does not come in drifting with the multi- tude—that the tides of public favor do not carry one on to fame and for- tune. Today many youths tempted to ease and exposed to luxury hear tho voice of conscience bidding them cling to principle, not policy; to ser vice rather than position, and to burden-bearing rather than ease and idleness. Browning has said— 'Tis chivalry That dares the right and disregards alike The yea and nay o' the world.” What, then, of the knights of the new times In literature? Some men are saying the age of poetry and romance is gone forever No more Shakespeares or Dantes! At home critics say Lowell, Emerson and Long- fellow have passed away and they have no successors. Abroad men mourn for Tennyson. There remain, the pessimist announces, no orators such as Webster and Gladstone. Reasoning thus, men proclaim ex- haustion In the Infinite and because of their willing blindness do not see the wonderful progress made in no- bler lines to which each era brings new inspirations. It should not seem strange to us that God has left the best for the people of the highest civilisation. Everything In nature and history reveals this as His work- ing principle. Chivalry, the medieval system ot military privileges, with its peculiar honorary titles and aristocratic limita- tions of position has gone. Brute force represented by the horse whose importance gave name to that early period of gallantry and war has yield- ed to the power of humanity. And now the knight of this new order of chivalry has great battles to fight and victories to win. No clash of sword, no flash of burnished armor, no champing of the bit announce his entrance into the arena of active life. But with the calmness and humility of the lowly Nazarene he enters the Jerusalem ot the present. With that quiet dignity before which error has always yielded he speaks to the waves of war and they are still. He says to the children. “Como unto me,” and the doors of factories and slums swing open. He speaks again and colleges are endowed, hospitals are erected and the swine of Intemper- ance and vice rush headlong into the sea. And as he goes about doing good we say: “This is the Knight of the New Order of Chivalry.” A. ADALE ATEN. (Contestant at Logan.) L. H. S. ’07. BASKET BALL TEAM j —Photo by Moore. Top Row—Wolcott, Work, McLaughlin. Middle Row—McClintock, McCrum, Mathew. Bottom Row—Hill, McMillin.

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LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL X-RAYS 13 vt rv Knights of the j; New Chivalry Standing upon the vantage point oi the present, which has been gained for us by those who made the past, so II- lutrious In all Its achievements in politics, In commerce. In discovery and invention,.we are compelled, while we tints acknowledge Its granduro to re- cognize that our own immediate age has been and is. a proud one for all lovers of progress whether measured in dollars or by other standards or ex- cellence. This preeminence does not rest alto- gether upon tne increase of tools re- leasing the multitudes of wage earn ers from drudgery; upon the increase of books flooding the light or knowl- edge upon the darkness of ignorance: upon the development of science re- leasing mankind from pain and suf- fering, although these have done much toward this elevation: but we look a little farther and see that th? crowning glory of this country is the rise and development of a New Order of Chivalry. Chivalry, although an institution oi the eleventh century, was far from be- ing an invention of that time. We And Its source lu the manners of the Germanic races and mice Its develop- ment from the earliest period of his- tory. when the knight was known not only for his martial achievements hut also for his devotion to everything re- ligious. Chivalry as a consequence, slowly, though surely elevated the tone of all acquired principals and seems to have summoned the people from a long so- cial degradation to the preparation for the coming moral supremacy of the modern over the ancient world. It has furnished since the days of the Troubadours no inconsiderable por- tion of the subject matter for our poets. King Arthur and the knights of his Table Round became to poetry of the middle ages what the heroes ot the Trojan war were to the ancient world. When learning In 1453 entered the palace of Ignorance and with her kiss waked to new life those held under the spell and sent a thirst for knowl- edge throughout all Europe, the knight with his splendid horse and heavy suit of armor, going about the country seeking to release women from dragons and like charms, lost his The WHITE is KING I WHITE SEWING MACHINES | Full Ball Bearing Runs Light and Sews Right •i-i-i i Your Credit is 0ood---$2.oo Per Honth Office, 133 North Columbus St. L. 1 1. WEIR, flgr. prestige. There came to the front, the scholar, the poet, the artist and often the plain citizen as claimants for the order of knighthood. But the hands of custom are hard to shake off and in this work of the sixteenth century, as well as in that of the first, opposition was stern and relentless. Martin Luther, the cham- pion of religious freedom, during the Reformation, had as hard a struggle as did Paul of earlier times. Witness, if you please, how this opposition In- creases In spite of growing improve- ment. It Is within the memory or many living Americans when cruel slanders were hurled on those reform- era. known as abolitionists, who with that true courage which characterized the knight of old affirmed that the fu- gitive slave law was “a compact with hell and a league with the Devil. Christianity, that true chivalry, has never been so apparent since the time of its teaching by the Prince ot Peace as at the present. As it teaches the fatherhood of Cod and the brother- hood of man, we see that no longer can titled rank discount scholarship, nor can riches have exclusive posses- sion of genius. In France our epoch has witnessed the rise of Victor Hu- go's school for the poor of the great cities. In England we have seen Chas Dickens pleading the cause of orphans and waifs. In our own land Harrle Beecher Stowe Is a representative 01 a large number who seek to Improve the lot of the weak and outcast. Knights or social reform In this era are a great multitude, like stare In- deed for brightness and number. “Time writes the final epitaph.” wild Bacon. And now we believe those who ally themselves with the poor and weak obtain supremacy over or- ators, statesmen and scholars who love position and toil for self. What truer chivalry Is there any- where pictured in song or story than we find in the life of Wendell Phillips, who. though the Idol of Boston's circle, was willing to sacrifice his popularity and stood proud beside the slave when all seemed to oppose and when his city Jeered! Yet his name Is revered by us today when all seemed to oppose and when' his city jeered. What Sir Lancelot or Sir Galahad has a brighter memory thau our owjt Charles Sumner? His knowledge of international law would have given him entrance to political honors yet he yielded his most cherished ambi- tion and chose rather to make the cause of the oppressed his cause and adopted as his motto, Bondage must he destroyed and liberty established. ' But our chivalry does not stop with the freedom of the physical man alone. It goes further and endeavors to achieve liberty for enslaved hearts and minds. In the death of Frances Willard our ago has lost one of its noblest daugh- ters, one whose labor for home and happy fire sides gave to her the rank of one of the most famous women or our time. Early successful as an author, highly honored In the realm ot education, she gave up all offers to promotion. She set before herself the task of addressing people of our land in nearly every city which had over ten thousand Inhabitants. She was largely instrumental in securing the enactment of laws to Introduce scien- tific temperance Into the curriculum of the common schools. She was 01- ten cruelly criticized, but her final triumph proved that this new order of Chivalry contains not only men or

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LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL X-RAYS. 15 ATHL ETICS FOOTBALL OF 1906. Just before the close of the school year In 1906. the athletic association of the [gincaster High School held a meeting for the election of officers of the football team of 1906. Then about two weeks after the opening of school the following autumn, the captain called for candi- dates for the team and about twenty men responded. Teams were organ- ized and they at once set to work to practice for the first game of the season at Clrcleville. on October 5th. The team, after several weeks of hard practice, was thought capable ot doing their best in the game. Justus, the captain, being sick, was unable to take part, so Courtrlght took his place in this game, which was an interest- ing one; also a hard-fought one. But the fates were against l ancaster this time, for we lost the game by a score of 7 to 2. We thought we would square our- selves by asking for a game with Cir- cleville on our own grounds: but this she refused for various reasons. We, no doubt, would have won, as our record shows how we gave the other teams the axe. The next game we played was with Central High School of Columbus on October 19th. Their team played fast ball, but it did no good with us, for we defeated them by a score of 11 to 6. The following Friday. October 26th, the team front Baltimore High School arrived, but they were too easy for us, and it could hardly be called a game, the score being 25 to 0. On Friday. November 2nd, we play- ed with Chilllcothc on our grounds. Their team was a fast one, and altho they outweighed ours by 15 pounds to the man. we put up such a de- fense that they could not break thru our line. The game was a close one, and not till the second half did Mc- Clintock push the ball over the line for a touch-down, winning the game by a score of 5 to 0. Two weeks later on Friday. Novem- ber 16th, we played with Irrepressi- ble Logan; the game was more of a running match, for we ran away with the ball, making 60 and 80-yard runs for touch-downs. Most, of these were made by Radebaugh, who was a trifle too fast for the Haw-eaters. They even went so far as to beg for mercy, imploring us not to make the score so high. Nevertheless, we play- ed on and won by a score of 29 to 7. This was the last game of the sea- son and the record of football in 1906 was the best ever known in the Lan- caster High School. The following is the line-up which made this record: Orman and •Hershberger........Center McLaughlin ............. Right-Guard Micsso and •Davis.........Loft-Guard Davis and 'Alton........Right-Tackle Justus and •Campbell.....Left-Tackle Acton, Radebaugh and Fink... R.-End McCrum .................... Left-End McMillln and Radebaugh.......Quarter Courtrlght .............. Right-Hair McClintock ............... Left-Half Work ..................... Full-Back •Only played one game in this po- sition. L. W. M„ '07 WHAT THE SENIORS OF '07 CONTRIBUTED TO ATHLETICS. When looking over the athletic rec- ords of the Lancaster High School, one cannot help noticing the leading part the present graduating class lias taken in the different athletic teams of the school. We wll first, take the football team, which made such an envious record for L. H. S. last fall, losing only two games out of ten played. In looking over this team, one sees from the Senior class, Courtrlght and McMil- lln, playing important positions be- hind the Itne. Then on the line, wo find McCrum on the left end. while on the right is Acton, filling the two most Important positions on the team. Then between these at tackle and guard, we find Da- vis, Campbell and Miesse. So it is easily seen, that the nucleus of that Winning Football Team was made up of Seniors. Next wo come to basket-ball. This was a new sport for the Lancaster High School, this being the first year this school was ever represented by a basket-ball team. Considering thl .I, the team made a very creditable show- ing. In this team the Senior class was also freely represented, having four out of the seven men, who travel- ed with the team. First we notice McCrum as captain, playing right for- ward. who was ably assisted by Mc- Millln as manager, at right guard. Then we see Matthew. Hill and Wol- cott, who traveled with the regulars and helped out when called ujion. Now we pass Into a branch of ath- letics which has been more success- ful this year than any year before In the history of the school. This Is field and track athletics. lu looking over the team we see. first, Mc.Mlllin as captain, running one-quarter mile in 56 seconds ami 220 yards in 25 sec- onds. and also carrying the last quar- ter in the relay. Then we come to McCrum. who ran one-half mile in 2:16, pole vaulted 9 feet and carried one quarter in the relay. Then we see Courtrlght, Wolcott, Davis, Hill. Campbell and Matthew, all malkng exceptionally good records in their respective events. And now we notice the last branch of athletics during the year. Here, as before, wc- find the Seniors standing foremost. We find, the pitching staff of the baseball team made up entire- ly of Seniors. A Senior played third base, short stop and the out field, thus making every important position fill- ed by a Senior. After looking over 'these teams, and noticing the positions played by •Seniors, who will say that the pres- ent graduating class has not con- tributed more to L. H. S. athletics in '07 than all the other classes to- gether? AT LOGAN. It happened at Log n. It happened to Lancaster. What wns.lt? It was the defeat of the L. H. S. track team, by the narrow margin of two points, the final score being 57 to 55. The op|K rtunity to win was proba- bly lost when Captain McMillin failed to win the 440-yard «lash, being de- feated by a yard, the distance having been run in 55 seconds. Lancaster’s [Kjints were secured in the following ways: Hill won first In the 100-yard dash and s«?cond in the 50-yard dash. McMillin won second in tho 220 and 440-yard dashes. McCrum won second in the half- mile run. the pole vault and first in (Continued on Page 17.)