Maynard High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Maynard, MA)

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THE SCREECH OWL 19 nent (watch it during rainy What will make Ruth Wilson weather) ? look cross. EXCHANGES j We are glad to acknowledge the following exchanges : “‘The Hebronite” — Hebron, Neb- raska. “The Echo” — Wlnthrop, Mass. “The Tatler” — Nashua, N. H. “ Drury Academe ” — North Adams, Mass. The Sagamore”— Brookline, Mass. “The J abberwack ” — Boston, Mass. “The Golden Rod” — Quincy, Mass. “The Templeton Tempter” — Bald- winville, Mass. “The Voice” — Concord, Mass. “The Red and Black” — Newport, R. I. “The Signboard” — Springfield, Mass. WHAT OTHERS THINK OF US “The Scheech Owl” Your first edition is well bal- anced. The Poems are novel and interesting. But why not have more editorials by the editor him- self? “The Templeton Tempter” “The Screech Owl” Your magazine Is new to., us, and we congratulate you upon your in- teresting material. Each depart- ment is well-written, but why not enlarge them? Your poetry is very good. A table of contents would improve your magazine greatly. Come again! “Drury Academe” “The Screech Owl” The Screech Owl is, fortunately, of a quieter tone than might be in- ferred from its spectacular and rather flaming title. This is a new magazine and we feel confident that it will soon make itself heard. The first issue displays promising literary and poetic contributions. We hope the publication will soon be in a position to carry cuts and illustrations as these seem to be the only missing factor in a well- organized paper. “The Tatler” CAN SCIENCE CONTROL THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD? Having achieved great conquests on land and air, we wonder if science can leash the mighty waters that rise and break their bounds. All that man has done is to watch this great flood rear its swollen crest and thousands seek safety by swarming the levees and by pil-

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18 THE SCREECH OWL COMMERCIAL SENIOR ALPHABET A — is for Axford A “shy” little lass, She vamp ' s all the bays In the sophomore class. F- — for Ruth French. Now, between you and me, Don’t you think that her name Should be just plain “Ruthie” i J — is for Jaakola, “Curly” to us For if you call her Ellen, Oh, my, what a fuss l K — is for Keto, A meek little boy, When we called him “Mr. He shouts out for joy. L — is for Lombard, (She sure is a clip) Who, with her humor, Has earned the name “Flip”. M — is for Martin, A studious lass, She’s the “Ambition Of our Senior Class. O — is for Ojanen, We all love her, too, For when she is smiling. We cannot be blue. P — is for “Pete” Always ready for fun. Just try and stop her When once she’s begun. S — is for Slimond, A nightingale free, When she sings her solos She reaches high C. V — for Vodoklys, Our president true, He’s the faculty’s pet, (All the girls love him, too.) W— for “Miss Wills” Alias Lil Weaving For when she’s playing tennis There is simply no leaving. X Y Z — for the end Well, we’ll just let that pass For there’s really no end To our dear Senior Class. Evelyn F. Gould, ’27. SENIOR JUNE DAYS I. When bright and sunny June ap- pears, The Commercial Seniors will disappear, From their desks and happy school days, Into the business problems gaze. II. Then on the Eve of June the Fourth, The group of Seniors will con- sort. With a bounteous banquet and dance, Where the public are invited to prance. III. By the end of June the trials will arrive Of the Seniors and their lives. When they march up the aisle that night They’ll make a very pretty sight. Ranghild Mark, ’27. SENIOR GLIMPSES I Wonder — Why Hazel Priest thinks the Ford is the best car on the market (2 reasons) ? Why Geneva Martin likes butter and eggs so well? Why Helen Lyons is so friendly with Evelyn Mason ? Whose car it is that we see so often in front of French’s house? Why Ellen Jaakkola doesn’t curl her hair? Why Esther Fonsell is so quiet lately ? If Helen Salo’s wave is perma-

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THE SCREECH OWL 20 in g sand bag reinforcements. This flood has done $500,000,000 worth of damage and is the thir- teenth Mississippi flood in less than half a century. Engineers and scientists say, “There must be no more ’ What can be done and how? One day last April at Memphis, Tennessee two million cubic feet of water swept past every second — the volume of ten Niagaras. A few days later, at Vicksberg the great- est river levee gave way, pouring forth two-thirds of the nation’s drainage from the Mississippi and its two hundred and forty tribu- taries. Today a warning of a coming flood can be forecast weeks ahead. That is what unquestionably saved hundreds of lives. The first warn- ing was in August, 1926, when the waters of the rivers in Kansas and Oklahoma were raised by heavy rainfall. Scientists say the causes of this flood were the heavy rainfalls in Mississippi Valley, melting snow in the Rocky and Allegheny Moun- tains, and heavy silt deposits in the beds of the rivers. Every year the levees have been built nearer the centers of the rivers, making these rivers much narrower. Deforesta- tion has also helped create this enormous flood. The government is now con- structing concrete levees at a greater distance from the centers of the rivers than the old sand levees. This will make the rivers more like large lakes. At present the Mississippi’s crest is falling back to normal. Walter Carbone, ’27. THE AGE OF SCIENCE We Americans are now living in a scientific age. We can readily pride ourselves on being citizens of the greatest mechanical nation on earth. We have more railroads, telephones, elevators, electrical plants, automobiles, and more fac- tories than any other country in the world. Young children show their liking for mechanism at an early age by playing with toy trains, model bridges, and many other such toys. Boys, and even girls, take an in- terest in this particular work and spend hours poring over scientific magazines and working out experi- ments. A person in the present age showing any signs of interest in such matters is encouraged. This view is quite different from that of past years, for an inventor was then scorned and laughed at and called a waster. Men have risked their lives and many have even died for the scien- tific cause. Only a very short time ago one man flew all alone across, the Atlantic Ocean. He is now winning renown and fame from all the world. Why? Because his daring feat is now offering a new opening in the scientific world which will be a great help to man- kind in the near future. Inventions we now hav e such as the telephone, the radio, airplane, electric lights, and many others are so essential in a person’s life that we wonder how people ever got along without them. How easy it is to take down a receiver, repeat a number and in two seconds talk with somebody in another part of the town. But stop and think of the number of dis- couraging years that Alexander Graham Bell had to work in order to perfect such an invention for our benefit. No reward is too gre?.t for men who spend their lives for science.