Lancaster High School - Mirage Yearbook (Lancaster, OH)

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DEBRIS. v V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V The Photos in this Publication WERE MADE BY MOORE THE PHOTOGRAPHER r - 10914 NORTH COLUMBUS STREET A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 23 t It takes Good Wheat to make good flour. We buy only the best wheat, therefore we run no risk in guaranteeing every sack of FOREST ROSE FLOUR. When ordering of your Grocer be careful to insist on getting Forest Rose flour, made by The Graham Black Co. Lancaster, Ohio. + t + + + + + + + + • + + + + + +W44+mW+4-WW-i‘+++M'H-+'m4-+«4-+W' “An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure. liar purity gyring Matrr Delivered in Either Bottles or Jugs. This water is of remarkable organic purity, equalling that of the celebrated springs. White Rock and Silurian, of Waukesha, Wis. J. VV. Slocum, Chemist, Chicago, III. This water is free from nitrites and colon bacilli. I consider it of remark- able purity. Jambs A. Brrr, A.M., M.D.. Ohio State University. E. R. BUTLER, Lancaster, 0.

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22 BRIGHT STUDENT. Piospective Graduate of Lancaster High School Secures Elementary and High School Certificates at County Teachers' Ex- amination—Average Grade Above 95. Mr. Karl Morris, the 18-year o!«l son of Clerk of Courts G. M. Morris. Is a member of the senior Lancaster High school class and will graduate in .lune. and stands first in his class as to credits. The young student took up German as an extra study In his High school work. At a recent county teacher's exam- ination he took the test and took twenty-two branches in two days and was granted an elementary certificate ami a high school certificate to teach, his average grade being above 95 per cent, on each certificate, the several grades running from 90 to 100. This was his first appearance before the county board of examiners and is perhaps the best showing ever made by an IS-year-old applicant on his first application for a teachers' cer'i- ficate. It is understood that the young man will take up the profes- sion of teaching, and those who know him predict for him a most successful career.—Rxchange. Our Advertizcrs. The advertisers herein are the representative firms in their re- spective lines and you will make no mistake in patronizing them. Loans and Insurance. Kes. Hell Phone 1199. DEBRIS. v 4- v • v v A Cbapd Poles. -:- f -j- ■ • v • ■ -i- The chapel exercises during the first half of the year were of special interest and value to the pupils. Be- sides the devotional services conduct- ed by the several teachers alternate- ly, there has been marked musical ability displayed by a number of pu- pils. which has greatly added to the pleasure of the exercises. Our High School Orchestra, which has come to be a recognized part of our high school, has played several times at chapel and also at several of the Sen'or lthetoricals. This organi- zation is certainly a great benefit to the school and the boys should be encouraged in their work. The Girls' Chorus has also contrib- uted its share to the pleasure of the audiences on different special occas- ions. The chorus is certainly appre- ciated from the number of invitations it has received to s’ng at other places in the city. The chorus was also or- ganized early, and has done very good woik. Throughout the year It has ben our pleasure to entertain many prominent men and women who are interested in school work and young people. On Sept. ISth. Rev. Mr. Cooper conducted the morning exercises, which was then folowed by a very in- teresting talk by Rev. Mr. Mougcy. (both visiting ministers). On Sept. 21st, Rev. Mr. Jamison of Clrcleville. O.. conducted the morning exercise. Mr. William Radcbaugh. member of the Board of Kducation. visited the 145} Miller Block. W. Main Street. Citizen Phone 86-m. Bell Phone 318. school on Oct. 2nd. and gave the pupils some pointers in that jovial way of his. During the Methodist conference and the English Lutheran Synod, which were held in this city in the fall, several of the visiting ministers were present at chapel exercises. . It has been our privilege on several occasions to entertain some represen- tatives of Ohio colleges. Among the number have been Miss Porter of Ox- ford College for Women: Dr. C. C. Miller, president of Lima College: Prof. Martzolf of O. U.. and Prof. Edwards of Delaware. On Nov. llth. Rev. Gelvin. pastor of First Presbyterian church, gave an instructive talk on Science and Re- ligion. Being a close student of sci- ence as well as religion, he showed how closely the two were related, and how the one really depended on the other, although many people th'nk they have no relation to each other. Nov. 20th. Devotional to Burns. Miss Curtiss described in a charming manner Burns' home and vicinity, ns seen by herself last summer. In that deep, melodious tone of his. Frank McClintock read Burns' poems. “Highland Mary and Flow Gently, Sweet Afton. Mr. Thomas sang My Love is Like the Red. Red Rose. On Nov. 24th. Mr. Hawk gave a recitation. Napoleon, accompanied on the piano by Miss Carpenter, a gradu- ate of Ohio University. Mr. Hawk then accompanied Miss Carpenter to the station in Miskel's automobile bus. The music of the American negro, the expression of a good and care- free heart, has long been one of the most pleasing features of American life. Among the negroes have sprung up a number of writers of the wis- dom. wit and humor of the race. One of the most notable of these is an Ohio man. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, who has takni high rank among the writers of today. Another Is Elliott Blaine I lender, on. an Ohio man. who visited our school on March 19th. and entertained us very highly bv read- ing several of his own productions from his book entitled Plantation Echoes. After the Christmas vacation, chap- 1 exercises and certain other pleas- ures which the scholars have enjoyed other years at the noon hour, were discontinued, thereby tnk’ng away much of the ambition and school spirit. D. F. SMITH REAL ESTATE AGENT. City Properties. Farms and Everything Desirable in the Real Estate Line. Exchanging of Property a Specialty. Residence 5»?» East Wheeling St. LANCASTER. OHIO.

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24 DEBRIS. 537 N. Columbus St. W. F. WACKER, Grocer, Give us a ring: or come and see us. Goods delivered to all parts of the city. Either Phone 65. ALPINE SOLDIERS. VVvvv-.- UK Alps mountains are i •:•■{• often called tlie back- bone of Europe, be- ❖■ ++++++ cause they extend such ++ + + + a distance throuKh Central Europe and form parts of several very important countries. In fact. Switzerland, the little republic which has been in ex- istence so many centuries, may well be called a country of ups and downs, because so much of it consists of high mountain peaks. Some of the vil- lages of Switzerland are located thou- sands of feet above the level of the sea. and the flocks and herds which the shepherds attend may be above the line of snow for at least a portion of the year, when they can graze in some upper valley on fresh mountain herbage. You can walk but a very short dis- tance in Switzerland without going up or down a mountain and the na- tives of this little country are fam- ous for their ability to climb steep mountain-sides. .Many of the roads wind about the mountains like spiral Htairways, so that one must keep climbing for hours before he roaches the top; but all this has been done since p.-op'.e began living among the mountains and they take it as a mat- ter of course. Some of the peaks of the Alps are so high that they are never bare of snow or Ice. and snowstorms are fr: - (|uent even in summer. The high- ways across Switzerland and. espec- ially those into France and Italy, pas through some of the highest chains of mountains and there are passes which may be drifted full of snow at any day of the year, so high are thay from the rest of the world. This is why the soldiers of the Swiss army as well as the famous guides who lead tourists here and there are noted for their expertness in scaling the rocky mountain-sides. The army is drilled, in what are called mountain tactics, and has become so skilled that a company of troops will go up moun- tain-sides where it would seem one could ascend only by the aid of a rope. They are often burdened by their guns, knapsacks, and other things, which they must carry when in the army, but such is their strength that they pull themselves up by their hands where they cannot walk, and are adept as sheep and goats in these performances. There is not only the infantry sol- dier who carries the rifle as his prin- cipal weapon, but actually artillery companies in the Swiss service. These are perhaps more expert than infant- ry. for the reason that they have more difficult duties to perform. The cannon which are provided for the Swiss army are principally what are called mountain guns, which can ic taken off their trucks, and thus taken up high peaks. These troops are so drilled that one man may take the wheel of a truck on his back, another a different piece of the truck.» nd it is an actual fact that some o', these cannoneers are so powerful tha. they can lift these parts when they are strapped on their backs. Thus it is. that an entire battery or section of artillery can be carried up a hill-side without the use of horses. It is lit- erally taken to pieces When the summit is reached, the men are so deft that they can put the trucks to- gether. fasten or mount the cannon on them, and. If they were in battle, they would discharge the weapons at once, as they always have ammunition along with them. You sit comfortably in your hot l and look up toward the white sum- mit of Mount Blanc towering in aw- ful majesty nearly three miles into the clouds. With the naked eye you see what looks like a colony of small, black ants, clinging precariously to the side of the mountain, more than half-way to its invisible top. looking through the hotel telescope, you make out that the ants are men, traveling in regular order and at surprising speed over a field of apparently fresh- ly-fallen snow. •‘It’s a company of our Alpine troops. explains our land- lord. They are out on skees dri;l- :ng. There are also other compan- ies out on the mountains and the game is to see which shall get com- mand of the pass. On skees, which are a kind of snow-shoe we use. and in deep snow, they can make their thirty or forty miles a day. Our chil- dren are familiar with the long, slen- der. wooden skees. from the time they are able to walk. It seems surprising that there are so many soldiers in Switzerland, for it is only a tiny republic compared with the United States and some oth- er countries. It contains only 16.000 square miles, being about one-third the size of our state of New York. Yet in time of war it would have 275,- 000 men. It is considered an honor for a man to be a soldier in Switzer- land. and as soon ns a boy has grown up he usually volunteers. His term of service may be but three or four ears. but during that time he is drilled so that he becomes an expert in military work not only in the sum- mer. but in the dead of winter. Real- ly. the Swiss soldiers are among the best in Europe, but fortunately the little republic has been at peace with Its neighbors for a great many years, owing, partly to the skill and courage of its mountaineers, all of whom would be ready to come to the defense of their little country at a moment's notice. FLOSSIE BARR. ’12. I €