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

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THE CARNATION THE TENDENCY OF THE TIMES The twentleth tentury IS one of remarkable actlvlty and the tendency to stxll greater acttvlty may be rllu tr lted by any number of examples Our great great grandmothers would have been shocked at the xdea of women partlclpatlng ln pOlltlLb Nom nractxcally every country ln the world IS at least lnterestecl and ln the United btates and England the lde has been well worked out Over half our Qtates have some degree ofwoman suffrage and several have granted full suffrage for women ln December. l9l 7 Mlss Ranam entered our House of Representa tlves and lately lady Astors wonderful campalgn and entry mto the Engllsh Parllament has mterested the world Our schools too show a wonderful change m comparlson wxth those of a few vears ago The three R s do not now monopolxze the currlculum The children of our day have the opportunity of a much broader course of study The hugh schools are llke llttle cltles m themselves where the puplls may govern themselves study almost any subject suitable to thexr tastes jom clubs and socletles publxsh magazlnes and newspapers partrcxpate ln athletics and even enjoy the advantages of a school lunchroom' Our department stores show how much people attempt to do How many artlcles can you thmlc of that are not sold ln any blg department store5 Such stores now contam bakery shops art museums restaurants and even playrooms where the little chlldren are taken care of while thelr mothers shop' The employes also have their clubs and welfare assocla tlons through whlch dances and entertamments are glven Many of the churches haxe Gymnasiums and even swxmmmg pools besldes their social organlzatlons When we consider the fact that there are hundreds of examples whlch mlght be glven to show the apparent desire of every one to d everythmg what may we not expect and accomplxsh5 N H THE COMPLETE LIFE In the literature of by gone days we often hnd llfe compared to a thread that xs being spun and ln art we are shown a hooded figure repre sentmg Fate that slts wlth shears ln hand ready to cut the slender filament when our allotted tlme has passed by Today we may better lmagme Llfe as a movxng plcture film that xs bemg produced just as lt IS thrown on the screen but that unlike the films of the movles can be run only once For all of us the supply of film IS lxmlted and may be broken beyond repalr at any tlme Moreover as the film grows older lt gets more brittle and consequently IS more easlly broken according to the condltnons to whlch lt has been exposed and for whlch we are ourselves largely responslble Whether or not the comparlson IS a good one lt certainly IS true that our earthly lxves are lxmlted and that they are reellng themselves off day and mght summer and wlnter and that eventually the end wlll come It behooves us to do some careful thmklng as to how best to use our tlme instead of llvmg from one day to the next without plan or purpose It should be the atm of all of us to lead well balanced useful happy lnves It IS a favonte theme of mme that we should always be conscious of the fact that whatever may be our bellef as to an exlstence after death we all believe that we llve this partlcular llfe only once and that conse quently we should make the most of lt that we should make It as com O . Q , . ,, . c . ' Y . . . , , s - V d . E ' Y . ' . ' f 1 ' . Q . . , . , . v v 4 - L v s v , . . v 3 y - 3 - - 1 v 1 , . 1 1, Q . . . . .. . ' -v T . . i . -K V A . v ' - L u - t . ' H , . - v Y - v . L v v y - 1 1 v u ' - V .... -

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EIJITURIHL OUR LANGUAGE. speech first began thousinds of sears xffo when prlmitixe ni in having formed an idea tried to exore s it by speaking Probably the hr t languave consisted of but a dozen sounds But from it sprang other lin vu mes xarlecl and more Lomplicated with a long list of words in eaeh From a Lomhlnatlon of hxe of these lanl uaves Came inotner th lnglish It is '1 combination of Celtic Xnvlo Saxon Lxtin Jxnisr incl ldrenth and xlthough Lomposecl of ill these toni ues it is different from a gpoken in lnglancl the United Stiles ind Canadx it is the mot use if ill lxnvuages and should he rexerec ln of s t r it is tht I e Clium thr 1111 h vxhl h our thouf hts ne rxpiesscd incl through lt we reneixe our lxfltlwltxilit ol the world our linf uwge is o lf t to .. t if as t oug clisexset. 'inc the germ whi' muses t is isfxse is S any. f 'inf' was originally the too of the if nor'1ut. n if nor'1nt person wou f try to express 'x t ougnt ' finrlinf no suitwlm e word in is s ' ' 1 ' , l r vc' ' new slang word, ' d tien pw .W.' i goo fn . M en ' wire person would unthinliingly lse it 'incl evenluwlly tht. intrucliny slwnh word wou d he used lny miny in preferenve lo the legitiniwte worcl. .K c. so it rontinuecl until today the cliseise his rearhed tht- stage where 't Aglt rear ily he called 'x plague. 'liherefore it must he dealt with 'is such. H lVlU5T BE STANIPIQD OUT! But how? Simply hy organized Aroups of boys and girls who will refrain from using slang themselves 'mo tius pave the way for others to follow them. By these means we ein soon ohliterate slang and hy better pronunriwtion and more Careful use of words we can perfect our language and make it what it should be. Stop usinc sling 'ind don't drop the final Hg of a worcl. pronounce it. That's what it's there for. Speak lfnglish! Clean up your voc'1l'Jul'1ry. We now have one Hug one Country one government. Now let us have one language. L. W. Dei.

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THE CARNATION 9 McKINLEYS Pl-P AND SPIRIT f'very four years at lVlcKlnley m IV be llkened to l Oeneratlon because once ID that perlod of time 'VlcKlnley s student body undergoes a complete change That thls constant chlnflnc, his an effect on the pep and splrlt of the school clnnot be doubted It 19 due tlme that thls fact was be lnv lmpressed upon the school It cannot be sald of the school that the Splflt that old lVlcKlnley hvhtlng, splrlt that makes even the weakest Crlmson and Whlte team 1 deadly opponent IS decllnlng That splrlt IS kept allve thanks to the records of those who have gone before and the coaches who lmbue It ln every man on each team But It cannot be sand that the pep of thls school IS not becoming of the more llstless klnd There was a time when the xery fact that lVlcKlnley was partlclpatlng ln any klnd of a contest brought out a solld backlnff to support the team Whether thls deterloratlon of pep IS due to the fact that those ID the lower classes leave all the actlxlty ID the hands of the higher classes and Wdlt untll thelr last terms to take a hand ln matters or whether the school does not now embrace the lctlvltles of the newer element can best be IIISWCTCCI by those concerned It IS readlly admltted that lf each one would choose one actlvlty and strlve for the hlffllest revxards ln that branch both the school and the lndlxldual would proflt far more than lf the same lndlvldual would Walt LlPt1l hrs QPIIIOI' year and then ry to dabble ln everythlng Last your lot now remaln loyal to vour cholce and your reward wlll justlfy your efforts FADS Parls 19 not the only place for stvles to orlvlnate R1 ht here at our own school many strange fads have m lde thelr flrst appearance ln soclety amonv the school laddles lnd lassles lt must seem strange to vlsltors who gale upon these young p ople Wllh their VIYIOUS trlnkets The wearlnv of strange orlental beads and llttle dogs and cats on strlngs IS qulte tne vogue now At the beglnnlnf of the term many of the puplls startled us by lppearlng wlth llttle cuplds nlcely tled wlth narrow rlbbon These were found ID abclndlnce on the glrls and boys 'Xt thf rlght ear of a curly mlss deeply ne tled among the curls rested 1 cupld lVlany questlons were asked concernlng them but the only reply was l verybody lb wearmff them After thls dled down came the wearlnl of tllly rlbbons ln the Ulrls hllr lt the rlght err Maybe on am count of the H Q l the bows were tlny but the Qlflg dld look llke bu, dolls whlch we see so often at Chrlstmas Of course the boys dld not wlnt to be outdone by the glrls so lm medmtely llttle woolen dolls were fastened IH thelr button holes Now 19 the season of bobbed hllr No one ls IH style unless her halr IS cut It IS very becomlnc, to the sm lller glrls but the taller ones resemble suffragettes These bob halred people lrrange thelr llttle curls nlcely tled wlth rlbbon far puffs rats narrow sklrts and other outllndlsh styles lre qulte popullr But lVlcK1nley ls never back ln lnythlng why backward ln thls3 9 KC ' Y, . ' ' , Ev K ' . 2 2, v ' f 1 .' ' . . .. U .. . . H ' . ' . ' ' 2 .1 7 if ' f 2 . . ' 5, . . 4 L- r, .7 4 I ' ' Z ' -- . -' - .. -1 l l - - .. H . . . n . ' , . A ' 1. ' ' . ' as ' - . . . .. H . s . , . 1. , ' - K I , . 2 .W l ' , r. ' - r 5 . . r , , , . . . . 7 Q . . c , ' , ' . C, - . c . c 7 5 . ,D .1 ' . . 7 . ' '. 4 . ' . g ' .K C F 3 2 . . .., . K , . , A . ' A . . . . Y . . . rv f Q ' f ' ' . ' 2 ,- , I ' .. I x AY . .., ... g , c, c . . N , . 4 v V 4 K l.. . , 7, . ' ' 1 . , 5 5 . 2 E L i . ' ' 1 . . .. . , . , . . . , X . L . K .. . , . 2 . . W. ' C , . - . , . Z . . . .. . , Y ' 2 .. .. . , . ' .. . ' 3 f , c, , . . 4 . . r . 2 , l . ' ' if I, ,