McKinley High School - Nugget Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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THE CARNATION The H1StOfy of Chem1stry OLD that sparkling glxttermg eluslve metal which has always ttracted the mhabltants of the earth was perhaps the chief cause 53 of the begmmng of chemistry What made San Francisco and the rush of people to Callforma in 497 What was the cause of the d1SCOVCI'J of Amer1ca the deeds of the buccaneers and the p1rates9 Gold If gold had not been discovered 1n California would thousands of people have braved the horrors of the crossing of the Rocky Mountalns and of lighting the Indians ln order to get there? ban Francisco would not be the twelfth c1ty ln the Union but for gold Vvhen Columbus sa11ed on h1s memorable voyage he hoped to reach India But would he have wished to reach India 1f India were not sup posed to be the home of gold? Would Isabella have given h1m money if she nad not felt that lf he discovered a new route to Ind1a she would recelve great wealth? As It was Wlth Columbus and the forty n1ners so was It with the ancients Thousands of years ago in the northern part of Greece there uved a man called Hermes the father of alchemy wh1ch was to chem stry as legend 1S to history One day as he was tak1ng his usual stroll he fell to wonder1ng how he could increase his hoard of yellow lngots Suddenly a thought struck him Perhaps he could get It from iron ments with all the metals he knew of Hermes discovered new thmgs whl h he had never dreamed exlsted His 1dea spread all over the c1v1l1zed world Hermes and many other men held the theory that 1f a certam compound could be gotten the mere eatmg of it would make one young and if it was placed near certam metals it would change them into gold or silver This rock wh1ch even moderns would like to possess was called the philosopher s stone It was evidently akin to Ponce de Leon s Fountam of Youth From th1s time on everyone w1th a sclentliic mstmct tr1ed his hand at this new science called alchemy From Greece the idea spread to all parts of the Mediterranean world But after 4oo A D the interest 1n xt decreased owmg to the spread of Chr1st1an1ty Fmally the science was forgotten But at the t1me of the Renaissance old Greek writings were d1scovered wh1ch again created lnterest in it Even Kings and Prmces became alchemists But about 1600 the alchemlsts d1v1ded into two classes One class was made up of sw1ndlers robbers and pretenders who abounded in those days Th1s class was gradually wiped out The other class was composed of those who really tr1ed to get the stone by scientific means and these stud1ed and mvestlgated phenomena of nature Gradually I lic , y . , , . . . a , ' F -v ,AA . ' . , . . . , f ' , 7 . . - . , . . ' ' y v Q - 9 n ' or some other base metal. He hurried to his house and tried experi- Y 7 . . . , . . y 7 ' ! , . ' V y . . . . . ' Q ! 7 , . . 3 Zig: -Q-n

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THE. CARNATION where thou Portla w1th thy dngmty thy sweetness and tenderness kept the entxre court 1n pamful heart thrxllmg uncertainty untll the sur pense verged upon agony Come Portxa I would hear again that match less PICCC of eloquence that appeal for Mercy whrch wlth an 1rres1st1ble and solemn pathos falls upon the heart luke gentle dew from heaven Portia CSoft muslc m the drstancej Spzrlt of Gladness Hark that IS the Sp1r1t of the Future' Oh Traglc Muse why dxdst thou Hee when I came? Though thou art all that IS solemn and deep 1n l1fe thou art still my srster and together we were the 1nsp1rat1on of our Shakespeare Come thou Tragrc Muse w1th all thy tram and ye too Nymphs of Light and Gladness and brlng wlth you all whom you love Let us greet the Sp1r1t of the Future together fSoft music, Hark she comes' fThe Sp1r1t of Gladness and her followers are grouped on one sxde of the stage and the Tragrc Muse and her followers on the otherj lEnter the Sp1r1t of the Future She walks wlth a slow danclng step to the front of the stage As she passes the Qplrrt of the Tragrc Muse and the Sp1r1t of Gladness bow to her She stands 1n front of the stage wxth the Sp1r1t of Gladness kneelmg on one slde and the Tragrc Muse on the other Sp1r1t of the Future I am the Sp1r1t of the Future the great dark boundless future Shakespeares Tragxc Muse and h1s Sp1r1t of Glad ness have brought to you some of the flowers that grew 1n h1s garden They have shown to you the heart of that mlghty Splflt and so ye have seen all there rs 1n lmfe for as a drop of dew contams the lmage of the earth and sky so 1n Shakespeare s heart there was all of llfe He knew all vlrtues all crlmes and all re rets On h1s heart had fallen all the mghts and noons of fallure and success Great wonderful Shakespeare these creatlons of thy xmagmlatxon have worked thy w11l ln the Past and now I shall lead them on and on 1nto the Future where they will shed thexr tears and let thelr laughter r ng and re echo through my boundless realm where they w1ll carry the messa e of Shakespeare through unendmg t1me' Come' QWalks out slowly every one on the stage f0ll0WlI1gJ fCurta1n j Throughout her work the author wrshes to acknowledge her ln debtedness to Mrs jameson s Shakespeare s Heromes Kathleen B Hutter QW' SEQ! yy , . ! I ! Y I - , - - 9 1 ' ! l ' 9 , . Y 1 ' ! Y ! ! l 9 1 . . , . ' 1 , . . . . . u . Y 9 ! , . . . . ' 1 S . . . , . . ' g . 7 ! , Y 1 ' 2 U . . b . . , . ' 7 Li V ' !7 f-A-w -x . . Al nv s l M, A - vo X 1 Q0 ' j 5 I 1 ,f mr.. K . , , 1 .ul I I m

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T HE CARWATICDN huntmg for the stone became a mmor object To study the elements and compounds became the prlmary a1m Then alchemy faded mto the hazy past and chemlstry began From that t1me on many new dlscoverxes were made unt1l now the chemlsts are struggllng wxth radlum the wlreless and many other prob lems of the age Thus sclence and humanxty progress Perhaps ln the far dlstant future the men of that t1me w1ll look upon the work of our cherrusts as we look upon the work of the alchemxsts Who can tell? Harry Barth Interscholasuc Debatmg League Towards the close of the last term the Assembly and the L1terary Socxety pet1t1oned Mr Mlller to make arrangements for the forrnatlon of a hlgh school debatxng league Accordmgly a faculty representatlve and a student from each one of the several high schools met at Central tI1gh School and drew up the constrtutlon and by laws of the organlza t1cn The name of the league IS the St Louls C1ty Hlgh School Debatmg 1 vague and the membershlp IS llmlted to publrc hxgh schools The pox ermng body of thls orgamzatlon IS the Debatmg Board whxch con rsts of a faculty and a student representatlve from each school Thls ssxgns the sldes to be taken by them The school whxch wms the cxty champxonshlp w1ll be awarded a 1lver cup and 1f It wlns the champlonshlp three trmes the cup w1ll pass nfto xts permanent possesslon The constltutlon further provxdes that the members of the debatlng ieams be awarded the 1ns1gn1a of their respectlve schools On Saturday evenmg May 6 1916 McK1nley contested wxth Central on the followmg questlon Resolved that lmmlgratlon 1nto the Un1ted ttates should be further restrlcted by a lrteracy test McK1nley upheld the affirmatlve Central the negatlve The followlng composed the teams McK1nley Central Israel Trelman Robert Pllcher Louls Klem Alfred Norrrsh Bernard von Hoffman Edgar E Flory Alternates Harrls Rossen Herbert Everly McK1nley based 1ts argument on the ground that the proposed lltcracy test would do more good than harm Israel TFCIFDBU the first N11 l 3 D ' D 9 l . 9 1 9 v ' ! . , Q A , . . . . . . , V . A . . . . . . - .A V S. A . . . board determines the question which the schools shall debate, and also 2. 'g . ' 9 ' 7 1 9 - . . . U ,, .... . ' v . . . ,, . LW' . , . ' Y .W 'lvl'-'-TX