Lancaster High School - Mirage Yearbook (Lancaster, OH)

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I) E B R I S. 17 Erie Hot Plates and Ovens are the Best. MeMANAMY’S Sell Them. JOSEPH J. MILLER martens block —---------------------- if if if Merchant Tailor NORTH BROAD STREET. THEO. PEARSALL, Jeweler. ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN GOLD AND STERLING. Repairing Neatly and Promptly Executed. 155 WEST MAIN STREET. LANCASTER. OHIO. Our Shoes Like Our Prices are Always the Best. J. L. DENNY CO. 1 i 8 W. Main Street. Lancaster, Ohio. CONCERNING THE FACULTY. Several changes have occurred this year in the teaching force of the High school. L. A. Weinland, who was at the head of the Science department for two years, resigned at the close of last year to accept a position n Otterbein University as assistant pro- fessor of chemistry. During his time of work here he made himself very popular with the students, and his going was the cause of regret on every hand. The new teachers this year are: I. F. Hawk. C. C. McCracken, and Miss Ethel C. Musser. Mr. Hawk's home is in Petrolla, Pa., although his educa- tion has all been acquired in Ohio. He is a graduate of the Akron High school, and took his degree in 1907 from Ohio University at Athens. He had taught one year in the Fostoria schools. Mr. McCracken came to us from Bellefontaine. where he graduated from the High school under Supt. Cas- sidy's regime as principal in that city. He later was granted a degree from Monmouth College, .Monmouth, III., and taught in the High school in that place before coming here. After school opened in the fall ’t was found necessary to procure an- other teacher, and Miss Ethel C. Mus- ser of Portsmouth, entered upon her duties about the first of October. She is a graduate of the Portsmouth High school and of Ohio Wesleyan Univer- sity in 190S. Mr. Hawk has charge of the Science department; Mr. McCracken of the Mathematics, while Miss Musser as- sists in Science and German. On Tuesday evening, October the thirteenth. Mr. Lawrence Thomas was mnrlrcd to Miss Maude A. Kern- merer of Lancaster. The coming of the bride and groom to their new home at r 07 X. Broad street, was the occasion of quite a jollification on the part of the loving pupils of the groom. The yard and streets about the house were filled with the crowd of jolly sorenaders. When the carriage con- taining the happy couple arrived they were escorted to the house with all due ceremony. The groom was put upon an improvised platform and re- sponded very gracefully to the de- mands for a speech. He afterwards sent the crowd to “The Alps for a treat of candy and other delicacies. Supt. H. A. Cassidy spent part of the past summer in attendance upon the summer term of Cornell Univer- sity. He made a study of school man- agement and psychology. Miss Per- fect also attended Cornell in the sum- mer. doing special work in English. Miss Curtiss of the laMin depart- ment, made a vacation trip through Europe during the summer of 1908. Principal W. C. Brashares Is to be congratulated upon having success- fully passed the State teachers’ exam- inations in June. 1908. He is now in possession of a life ci rt ideate.

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I V THE FACULTY. Top Row—Miss Ktliel Musser. Mr. ('. C. McCracken, Miss Lacy Perfect, Mr. L. I). Thomas, Miss Thomas. Lowkk Row—Miss Mabel Curtiss, Mr. J. Hawk, Miss Anna Davidson, Supt. H. A. Cassidy, Prin. W. C. Brashares

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18 DEBRIS. THE MARATHA PEOPLE. HE Mnratha people in- habit a strip of terri- tory on the western coast of India, extend- ing southward from Bombay for a distance of five hundred miles and inland for about three hundred miles. These people have features similar to those of Americans, but their skin is dark brown. There are exceptions to this, however, and I have known Hindus who are lighter than some Americans. The caste system prevails in India. In general, the divisions are as fol- lows: The priests, together with the scholars, lawyers, physicians, and teachers constitute the highest caste and arc called Brahmans. The sol- diers and office holders rank next, and are known as Rujputs. Then come the shopkeepers or tradesmen, who are veisyas. The mechanics and farmers rank next and are called Sie- dras. The outcasts constitute the lowest of all the castes, and arc known as Pariahs. Some of these have become Pariahs through disobe- dience to the rules of the caste io which they originally belonged, while others have been born into their low estate. It is indeed a great misfor- tune to be a Pariah. Each caste in India must pay re- spect to the higher castes. So strict Is the observance of caste distinction that no Hindu will allow himself to be touched by any member of a lower caste. To touch the property of such a iK-rson or even to come within his shadow would be considered defile- ment so great that the higher caste- man must cleanse himself in a run- ning stream. Perhaps he takes his bath in the river just below a point where some herdsman Is washing his cattle and just above a place where earthen jars are being filled with drinking water. If It were not for this fear of defilement, the Hindu would not be as clean as he is. In India, as in China, there is a wonderful amount of veneration for ancestors, the rule among the natives being.— We must do as our ancestors did in almost every particular.” The people in general are very lasy and arc given to procrastination. In the case of the Hindu, the old maxim may be revised to read: Never Jo today what you can put off until to- morrow.” The occupation and social condition of the Hindu are determined by the caste to which he belongs. The Brah- man is a priest in a temple, a scholar, lawyer, teacher, or government em- ployee. He lives in a decent house and his environment is fairly good. His person is held sacred. If any one strikes a Brahman it is believed that the offender will be punished by be- ing turned into an inferior animal for the next twenty-one generations. The middle and lower castes in- clude farmers, shopkeepers, herds- men. blacksmiths, shoemakers, etc.. and constitute by far the greater pa t of India's millions. They are poor and uneducated. but physically strong. They live in miserable little mud houses with thatched roofs. These huts are without windows, bat may have the luxury of two doors, each four feet high and one and a half feet wide. The single room an- swers all family puritoses and in ad- dition to being windowless, is usually black with smoke. The middle and lower caste people are easily carried away by local sen- timent. and. if under an able leader, constitute a powerful band, greatly 10 be feared by the British government. So long as Great Britain can keep the minds and the mouths of the Brahmans quiet, there is little fear of a revolution. But that is the trouble now. However, if India could raise an army and supplies of food and am- munition. England would have a strong ally in the Mohammedan troops. The Mohammedans in India are descendants of Arabians or of con- verted Hindus. They are strong, sturdy, and very deliberate, but when they act they accomplish something. They live better than the average Hindu and are better people morally and intellectually. They make good soldiers. They are able to read and write and are versed in the Koran or Bible of Mohammedanism. They be- lieve that there is but one God, Allah, and that Mohammed is his prophet. They believe in Jesus Christ, but not as the Savior of mankind. I have endeavored so far to tell you about the most important classes of the Maratha people. There are many other classes of people in India, of whom 1 have not told you, because they live in different regions of the country, or because they are not nu- merous or important. I must not fall however, to mention the Pr.raees or fire-worshipers who came from Per- sia. They are a higher type, intellec- tually. than the Hindus. Over all these millions of people England rules. She has no easy task, and it has been said that few nations could do much better in ruling a col- ony like India. England has constructed magnifi- cent roads all over India. These roads are nicely shaded, well graded and kept In excellent condition. They are among the finest in the world. At convenient distances along thes roads travelers' bungalows are built. These are free for the Indian, but tnc white man. unless he is a British oi- fleer, must pay for their use. England deserves much praise for Gerhard Miller Co. Designers and Makers of Men’s Clothes. Haberdashery and Ready-to-Wear Clothing. 145 WEST MAIN STREET.