Mansfield High School - Manhigan Yearbook (Mansfield, OH)

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“Impromptu to Critics” ’li I tried as best I could to please in all, Have pictured howling mirth depressing pal I — Have writ the deep religous word for age; For youthful heads I tore the sacred page: Now I repent. In pleasing you with sense In what I wrote, the rabble took offense, And criticised, bewailed, the lifeless style In cold contempt and railery the while. When sad the tone they said the world’s o’er run With grief; write limericks and skits of fun. When poets tell how good the Lord has been To them, then irreligous hosts begin And scoff and say— “a fool” or “hypocrite” (If otherwise he’ll go below for it.) Oh God, e’en he himself could never please His minds that differ in such vast degrees For what you murmer on the people bless, While curses follow close upon caress. This have I reasoned out for me to do Just as suits me, not trying to suit you. If to a taste some preference must be shown ’Tis best to honor first one’s very own.

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Arriving at the little round window Bertram peered in. Oh! the horror of that scene! There sat Mr. Dunly, his kind friend whom he had known and loved since he was a little tot of four, there he sat before a table littered with papers, and deeply engrossed in them. The door stood wide open. From where Bertram was, he could see down the hall a little distance, and there, swiftly gliding along, came the furious reptile. “For God ' s sake, Mr. Dunly, close the door! Close the door!” he shrieked. Mr. Dunly turned around slowly to see where the voice came from, but did not make a move to close the door, not apprehending the reason or meaning of Bertram’s warning cry. “Oh—Mr. Dunly—quick close the door! Don ' t you understand? It ' s the boa-constrictor just close the door! Oh —too late— too late , he sobbed, holding his breath, for the infuriated snake had entered the cabin. Mr. Dunly gave one startled cry, looked around for some way of escape, but there was none. The snake entirely blocked the door. The window was much too small to escape by means of it, and not knowing what to do, Mr. Dunly made an attempt to crawl under the table. Just then the snake coiled up, made one leap and was upon the helpless Lieutenant and wrapped itself around him. All that Bertram remembered after that was: he heard one awful agon¬ ized cry from Mr. Dunly, who tried to say a farewell word to Bertram but could not, for he was being crushed to pieces by the hideous monster, and with one look of mute appeal, he gave up the attempt. Then there was an exultant hiss from the boa an awful crash of bones, as they were being crushed by the reptile a gasp then all was darkness. When Bertram awoke he found himself in bed on his father’s steamer, with his father kneeling beside him, his face buried in his hands. My boy, are you feeling better? his father asked looking up. Bertram had recovered considerably from the shock, and his father, taking him by the hand, led him on deck. There a few yards off was the derelict, half sunken, and in a little boat beside the wreck was the crew. “What are they waiting for, father. “Wait and see , his father replied. A few moments later Mr. Hatfield gave a sign, the little boat rowed quickly away from the wrecked ship— there was an awful explosion —the ship was in flames, and on the upper deck, lashing furiously against the sides was the boa-constrictor rearing itself high into the air. Shortly afterward the burning remains sank. The Derelict, the boa-constrictor and Mr. Dunly were no more. page fifteen

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The Delaware Trip D. H. Miller M ANSFIELD High School basketball team made its third annual trip to Delaware to participate in the high school tournament, held under the auspices of the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Edwards Gymna¬ sium, one of the most spacious and best equipped gyms in the state. The party, composed of two full teams, left Mansfield early on the Fri¬ day afternoon for Gabon, where, after a short wait, they secured a Big Four train to Delaware. Finding the train packed, the bunch were forced to camp on their valises in the rear vestibule of one of the cars, and, while not finding them the most stable of seats, most of them managed to retain their equilibrium during the half hour’s ride to Delaware. Upon arriving at their destination, they proceeded immediately to the gymnasium where they were allotted their quarters, and they put in the re¬ mainder of the afternoon in securing some much needed practice. The preliminaries started that evening, and Mansfield drew Zanesville as a starter. Three separate basketball courts are laid out on the floor, and the two end ones were used in playing off the preliminaries. Mansfield started off in whirlwind fashion and played the much touted Zanesville aggregation off their feet in the first half, rolling up sixteen points to their opponents’ eight. In the second half, however, the Zanes¬ ville bunch wakened up and all but overcame Mansfield’s lead, but two field baskets by Hughes in the last few minutes of play enabled us to come out victors by the score of 23 to 19. While Mansfield was defeating Zanesville, Plain City put Grove City out of the running, swamping them under a large score. The next two games were between Delaware and Marysville, and Chagrin Falls and Cadiz, Delaware and Chagrin Falls coming out easy victors. In the last set of games Delaware met Newark and succeeded in de¬ feating them by a close score in a fast and exciting game, and Plain City overwhelmingly defeated West Milton, last year’s champions, this leaving Plain City, Delaware, Chagrin Falls and Mansfield to fight it out in the semi¬ finals the next morning. After the Mansfield players had dressed they voted to go down to the famous Sulphur Spring on the college campus, and try the much touted water. While imbibing some of the liquid, Thuma was unfortunate enough to allow his tie to get into the water, and, as one of the party remarked he might just as well have reposed himself on a nest of antiquated hen’s fruit, for the result was just the same, and poor Jay was forced to give his tie a page seventeen