Mansfield High School - Manhigan Yearbook (Mansfield, OH)

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THE ANNUAL During the year the different classes have assembled in the auditorium to lis¬ ten to many noted speakers many of whom gave us rare treats a fact which ought to be appreciated by us all. Among the most eminent were Gov. Hanley, George R. Stuart, Dr. C. C. Miller of Lima College, Rev. J. C. Roberts, of Wapakonetta; Dr. M. E. Bates Pres., of Hiram College and Mr. Weston the world famous walker. Rhetorical exercises of the different classes are no longer held in the auditor¬ ium but in room No. 24 which was the girls basket-ball room. Seats have been put in and here Miss Swaim holds sway. For this reason girls’ athletics have been discontinued. A new social feature of the Senior Class is the party which we are giving to ourselves at the Masonic Hall on the twenty-eighth of May. Considerable attention has been paid by the board and by the Superintendent to Manual Training and Domestic Science. We hope that it may be of some con¬ sequence and that at some future time not far distant that this useful and impor¬ tant branch may be established in our Public Schools. Athletics this year have proven to be a great success and we are indeed proud of ourselves. The board so kindly gave their consent and now that we have shown them how excellently we can do, we hope that they will favor athletics the coming year, for since we have been able to do it once we can surely ' ' keep the good work up.” Were there a rule of the Board of Education compelling girls to wear their hair in that style commonly seen about M. H. S., necessitating the going without hats, a greater excitement and opposition would be raised than that caused by the Whitla Kidnapping Case. It has been said,” To some men happiness means three meals a day and a place to sleep. To others getting the proper shade on a meerschaum pipe.” But we all know this does not apply to Mr. Hall. To come upon him some day dreaming of a nice quiet little stream where they bite good, radiates happiness even to the sorrowing mortals who stand aside patiently awaiting excuses. We wish to call attention to the contributions of our advertisers, to whom we are very thankful for their monetary aid. Also, we wish to thank the teachers and pupils for their advice and kindly interest which has so materially aided us in our work. The teachers who were here last year have written us from various places: Miss Carson is teaching Mathmatics in the High School at Duluth; Mr. Holmes and Mr. Blankenhorn are in the west, Mr. Holmes having charge of the commercial de¬ partment in the San Diego High School, and Mr. Blankenhorn teaching English in the Pueblo High School; our Science teacher Mr. Agler is Superintendent of Schools at Kingston, Ohio; Miss Waugh is a teacher in the grades in - 9 -

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THE ANNUAL EDITORIALS A fact to be deplored is the lack of a proper room for our dinner pupils. These people are entitled to a separate room and a comfortable place to eat their dinners. Instead of this they have to leave their dinner boxes with their coats and hats in the various cloak rooms of the building, none of which are too large, then at noon they are sent to the study rooms where they spend the noon hour in uncomfortable seats and in the same atmosphere that has been breathed over and over again by the pupils occupying the room in the morning. Is this healthful and is it fair to the dinner pupils ? Thus, notwithstanding the fact that they must eat cold lunch, they are compelled to remain in comparative discomfort dur¬ ing the entire dinner hour. The Literary Societies of M. H. S. seemed to have dropped below the horizon of their local record. The rhetoricals of the separate classes are carrieJ on the same as when under the head of a Literary Society, and the plan of the program has only digressed a little from the old rule, so on the whole we are able to see no depreciating effects of its departure. The fifteen commencement speakers were chosen by the teachers from the thirty elected by the class. The names are Hazel Hipp, Emma Warring, Marie Brunk, Ruth Hursh, Samuel Garber, Vulah Greenlee, Helen Webber, Donald Willis, Walter Schlegel, Leo McCollough, Charles Stevenson, Carl Oberlin, Mary Dunham, Howard McDaniel Valedictorian, and Edna Swartz Salutatorian. A great many numbers by the Glee Club quartet, together with solos both instrumental and vocal have been arranged. 1 he theme of this years commencement which is to be held June nth will be on the noted centennials. We wish to thank our Advisory board Miss Holland and Miss Feldner for their cheerful and valuable help given to us, the staff, in the publishing of the Annual. We also are very grateful to Mr. Beckett and members of the commer¬ cial department for their assistance in typewriting the various manuscripts. They not only aided the staff but showed their effeciency and materially aided the printer who will remember them with the kindest of thoughts. Owing to the state law, fire escapes have been provided for every room in the building: although they are a great improvement over the old way of exit they do anything but improve the appearance of the exterior of the building. — 8 —

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THE ANNUAL Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Downend our former drawing teacher, is Supervisor of Drawing in Sandusky, Ohio; while Mr. Miller, who formerly taught mathematics here was last heard of from Bellvue, Mich. The lime for graduation has very nearly arrived. Although the Seniors pre¬ tend that they are glad to get away from the school, nevertheless, there will be many times when they will long and wish for the good old times in M. H. S. Now, there is fuss and excitement, for the girls are planning dresses; and boys, from what we hear, are very nearly as fussy over their clothes as the girls. But this will soon be over, and after things have quieted down a little, our thoughts, that our good old High School days are left behind, will be sad rather than glad. The board have recently remodeled the room in which they hold their meet¬ ings. It has been done with an eye to taste and comfort which can be seen in the beautiful frescoed walls, rich furniture, and revolving leather chairs. A good thought to keep in mind is that of not running do wn your own school. It is a great temptation when things don’t go right to get “the little hammer” out and pound awhile. But to outsiders it does n’t sound well. Many times it gives them a false idea of the school, and soon they begin to pound a little and thus the story grows until it becomes a mountain, when perhaps if sifted down, the truth consists in but a grain of sand which went to make up that mountain. Members of Glee Club are: Soprano Lucile Graham, Hazel McCormick, Hazel Hammett, Margaret Tanner, Agnes Jackson, Ethel Heiser, Floy Campbell, Helen Brown, Nellie Meily, Maude Jones, Hazel Mclntire, Edith Ettinger, Mildred Moorehouse, Hazel Hipp, Helen Webber, Tenor Jim Carrigan, Wm. Black, Robert Shireman, Lorian Cook, Vance Judson, C. Patterson, Bass Leo McCullough, Lee Hoffman, Martin Jeliff, Jud Cox, Walter Oswalt, Frank Cave, Alto Blanche Miller, Emma Waring, Marie Evans, Helen Whismore, Estella Arras, Helen Jennings, Hazel Lapham, Edith Leppo, Under the directorship of Prof. Bellingham, the High school concert was given in the Congregational church on April 30. After the rendition of Mendelsohn’s 42 Psalm, in which Miss Margaret Lindsey, a graduate of ’08 took the solo part, a miscellaneous program of ten or eleven selections was given. The concert closed with the vocal rendition of Blue Danube Waltzes by Strauss. A fine orchestra of twenty pieces selected from the members of the High School orchestra and City Band accompanied the choruses. All the choral work was done by members of the Junior and Senior classes on account of the voices of the members of the younger classes being too immature for such work. —10—