Lancaster High School - Mirage Yearbook (Lancaster, OH)

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DEBRIS. 19 her efforts to better the conditions of India. The Itritish government has established many schools, hospitals, asylums, and other philanthropic in- stitutions and has constructed canals and railroads in addition to the ex- cellent highways. Yet England taxes her Indian col- ony most unmercifully. The most op- pressive of all the taxes is the sait tax. One illustration will suffice tj show you how severe it is. Once when my father was traveling on the railroad the train stopped at a station on the boundary between Portuguese and British territory. Every bo iy was taken out of the train and exam- ined by the custom officials. In reply to the regulation questions my father answered that he had nothing with him that was subject to duty. He did not know that a servant of his had a little bit of salt in his own trunk. This trunk was examined and the salt, which would not have been worth a mill in America, was found and a tax of about one dollar Impos- ed. This, however, included the fine for trying to smuggle the salt from the Portuguese to British territory. The Indians have many custom i. peculiar to themselves. Their festi- vals are great occasions and elabo- rate preparations are made for their celebration. On some festival days they fix up a cart made to look like a row-boat, load as many people in it as possible and have it drawn through the streets of the town while they whoop and yell at the tops of their voices. Some paint themselves to look like tigers and other wild ani- mals. and go through the streets in that way. At night many will get the trunk of a cocoanut tree, and a hun- dred or more people will get under it and dance and yell and get drunk. Perhaps some will go so far as to ram in the sides of a house and take out the inhabitants and flog them. I.i this way they have almost as muen fun as upper classmen in our Ameri- can colleges derive from the beauti- ful and refined practice of hazing freshmen. All night long drums are beaten in the temples, while the most cruel and evil deeds are being done as sacrifices to the idols. It is the custom in India for religi- ous men of all castes to paint vertical white lines on the forehead, arms. and chest at a sign of their holiness. They also wear a string over the left shoulder and right hip. To this is attached a silver casket contain- ing a little metal god. so that they can pray to the little deity at any time. The gods in Ir.dia are said to out- number the people. There are many temples to these graven Images, but strange to say. there is no temple to the God who is their creator. When a plague breaks out such as cholera or bubonic plague, the In- dians have a peculiar custom. , carpenter is engaged to make a wood- en cart and about a dozen little gods. The priest then puts bends ui on tho necks of these images and pronoun- ces the plague ujvon them. They are then taken out to a lonely hill and left there. This is supposed to drive away the plague. There are many such customs in India, but I will not tell you about them now. So far I have tried to show you what India is like today. I hop-- and believe that some day this great coun- try will throw off the yoke of Eng- land and become a world power. This will come when India is awakened by being educated and Christianized. Then she will become one of the greatest nations of the world. BOB HANNUM, ’10. v vy V V V V vy V Vy V V w vy VX V vy V S V V VX V V vy y vy vy y v y v vy vy v v v vy vy y y v vy V V V V vy V V vy vy vy vy HUGHEY CO. Leaders in Low Priced D RY GOODS Ladies’ Suits Cloaks and Millinery. £ “ THE CORNER STORE.” To the Class of 1909: As a class of eager and earnest students you have completed your High School career. Let your ambition be to plod on and %vin future laurels. As your efforts bring successy so do our shoes prove winners in the classy up-to-date lines of foot- wear. Respectfully, IV. E. JOOS CO.

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A Tribute to Industry. James Bloom. This paper would certainly be incomplete without mention of our industrious janitor, Mr. James Bloom, whose untiring efforts along his line of duty have won well deserved words of praise not only from our own citizens, but from visitors from other towns as well. In a recent issue of a mag- azine devoted to the High Schools of Ohio and their work, the high degree of neatness and spotless cleanliness prevailing in the Lan- caster High School was comment- ed upon most favorably. More than once Mr. Bloom has been known to stay up all night during cold spells in the winter that the building might be kept warm for the next day. Fidelity to duty such as his is rarely found, and we feel safe in saying that he is not only the best janitor in Ohio, but one of the most popular as well. The following may be taken as representative of the sentiment of the school: He is famed far and wide For the wonderful pride Which he take’s in the building’s condition; He is known as a man Who will do all he can To ennoble his hard-earned position. And we’ll never forget Rut we'll always respect I) E B R I S. Mr. Bloom for his tireless en- deavor; For old Jimmy Bloom With his mop and his broom Will live in our thoughts for- ever. As Others See Us. A reasonable amount of school prld? Is a Rood thins, and serves a real pur- l»ose. We have reason to be proirl when disinterested parties see points in our school which they consider worth mentioning in a public way. The following extracts are taken from recent issues of the Ohio Educa- tional Monthly, and go to show that the efforts of our superintendent, teachers, and students are recogniz- ed: Four years ago the I ancaster High School enrolled 150. Now the enroll- ment is 312. Somebody has certainly been at work in that fertile vine- yard. Anent the subject of good pictures in schools it may be said that pic- tures in a large degree betoken the character of the school. There are many ways in which we express our real selves and one of these is through pictures. If the real self is high grade, then a cheap chromo will be an offence and nothing but represen- tative pictures will meet the demand. The teacher who can tolerate th» cheap and gaudy must lack some of the qualities that make for excel- lence. One has but to visit such schools as Lancaster, etc., etc., to find exemplification. These are schools that have excellent pictures, and no one can doubt that these pictures have a wholesome influence. MISTHER CASSIDY. Faith, Misther Cassidy. What a bright, bland smile ha’ ye. When my feelings like a kite Are a sailin’ out of sight And I feel like I could fight Misther Cassidy. Faith, Misther Cassidy, What a solemn man are ye. When you’ve got me on the rug And my feelings drop ker-chug And I feel that I could hug Misther Cassidy. Faith, Misther Cassidy, What a dear old man are ye. With your quaint old Irish jokes And your head which fun pro- vokes. Strange to say our whole class dotes On Misther Cassidy. —C. B. I. Oh. nine round peas in the pod; I will hang it over the door; The very first man that under it comes, I am his forevermore! II. There’s Harry—I’ll ask him in; He never will dream, or know That the magic pod hangs over the door With nine round pods in a row. — Bud.” Come all ye loyal classmates We have something else to do We’ll raise the flag of L. II. S. With a loud whoop and halloo And bequeathing it our blessing We’ll bid to her adieu. —W. W. M. HOTEL MIT HOFF. ELMER RUBLE and CLEM YONK, Proprietors, LANCASTER, OHIO. A host that anticipates your every desire. Because he is a gentleman not for hire; A table that is a credit to the host— He’s not writing this ad.; it's the traveler’s toast.