Mondovi High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mondovi, WI)

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Pay Up. As every one knows, it takes money to support a puhlicat on of any sort, and the “M rror is no exception to this rule, besides the expenses of this year we have an old deficit to meet and arc badly in need of funds. From the foregoing it appears that we are justified in asking all subscribers to pay their subscr ptions A I' OXCE. Tlrs is not inserted merely to fill up space, but as a fact will influence future issues of the “Mirror,” so we sincerely hope that all who have not paid for their paper as yet will do so at once. Yv e ere planning on making each issue larger and better than ‘he previous one. Are you willing to have it so? If vou arc. PAY UP. Care of the Exchanges. hy some people persist in throwing Exchang about and defacing them is beyond comprehension. It is an easy matter to find papers literally torn to pieces, while others are covered with all kinds of scribbling. oil would not think of throwing school property about or of marking up the reference books. Why then persist in ' doing so with the Exchanges? They are not yours to mark up at will, but the property of the school and as such should be taken care of. Exchange have even been found behind the radiators, when there is a shelf built expressly for them. This is the place for the Exchanges, and tit's is where the reader should place them as soon as through reading. If the Exchanges are not used with greater care thev will be taken awav entirely, and will remain in the hands of the staff alone. This would be a great loss to the school as a whole, as they are worth reading and enjoved l all, but is the only thing that can be done unless more care is taken of them. Minror Sub- It would not be fair to a few students in the school if we let scriptions. all have credit of getting subscriptions for the Mirror. W e feel it necessary to eulogize a bit in the columns where we are wont to sermonize. So far this year the burden of obtaining Mirror subscriptions has rested on the shoulders of a few. To Charles Franzwa. Russell White, and the Sophomore Class we give our thanks for the work they have done in behalf of the Mirror. Since the firs call for subscriptions these people have taken the initiative in this work. Their work is certainly appreciated by the school, and with the co-operation of a few more student’s the Mirror would be more than a financial success. What is the matter with the remainder of the students? Are they not interest'd or is it that they have not the necessary energy to act? Think it over and help push the good work along. 12

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THE HIGH SCHOOL MIRROR 11 this Sancho saw Tors’ great power, and quickly devised a scheme to do away with him. Running to a large jar, Sancho cried, Horrors, what have we here?” Tors, in h s excitement, rushed to I he jar, for he had thrown his sword of sharpness into it some time before. s soon as he reached the jar he reached up to the rim so that he could look into the jar. for he was very small now. Hut no sooner had Tors climbed u lie side of the jar than Sancho shoved him into it, and placing the i . ci it, grasped it in his strong arms and flung it out oif the window. The people who had been captives tha.iKeu the hero with tears in their eyes. Sancho married the maiden, who proved to be a princess of the castle. They changed the dungeons into beautiful rooms and lived happilv ever after.—C. K., ’14. A Little Girl’s Visit to Fairyland. A l'ttlc girl lay on the grass bv the brook, wondering what it was saying. As she listened she heard the sound of music. It came nearer and nearer, until she saw a very, very small boat— a pond-lilv boat filled with small fairies. The hairy Queen stood in the center of the boat. She was most b anti fill: she wore a golden crown on her head and carried a staff in her hand. The boat was anchored by a flat stone covered by moss. There the fa’ries stepped out of the boat upon the stone and began to dance and play. hen they grew tired of this, they began to eat a lunch of honey and dew. The child on the bank thought this a poor sort of lunch, and picked some ripe strawberries growing close by. and threw them to the fairies. Then the fairies saw her. and after talking among themselves, two of them approached the child and asked if they could do anything for her. ()h, let me go to Fairyland, she sa:d. ”1 long to go there more than to any other place.” “We seldom take children to Fairyland, but we will take you, for we know that you would not harm anything,” said one of the fairies. As the fairies spoke, she looked sad and said: “I’m too big; I could never go.” The fairies touched her with their little hands and told her to look into the water. She looked and saw a tiny, tiny child in a white dress and a pink-sun bonnet. The fairies then took her to the rocks where she learned to play their strange games. When they started for Fairyland, the child thought, “Now, 1 shall find the way to Fairyland and can go whenever I like.” But the fairies did not want her to know, so they put her to sleep and she knew noth'ng of her journey until she reached Fairyland. In this wonderful land it seemed to be sunset, for the sky was very red. the little birds were asleep in their nests, arid the flowers had closed their petals for the night. ‘ The Fairy Queen. Mab, took the child to her own home—a very beautiful house, in which the rooms were separated by cobweb curtains, and the dainty bed-covers were of pink rose petals. In the morning the fairies had breakfast of honey, fruit and fresh dew from the flowers, and the child found it very good. Queen Mab then took her to visit the fairy school, the birds, the flowers, and all the wonderful, beautiful things in this most beautiful land. Then the fairy bade her goodbye, and the child was rowed back to the bank by the fairies in their beautiful boat. And do you know, not the child, or any other child, ever was taken to Fa ryland again?—1. R., ’14.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL MIRROR n The New Debating League. Mondovi ILgh School has again started in a new field of endeavor, namely, the New Debating League. This league is composed of the following schools: Neillsville. Aicadia, I Hack River halls, and Mondovi. The purpose of this league is to promote the scientific study of debate. The league debates will be held some time dur ng February or March. I he w lining school in each league become-' a member of another league, etc., until the winning school in the state is determined. This state organization is under the auspices of Lawrence College ol Appleton. The question for this year's debate is: Resolved, That a state income tax is desirable. , As this is the first time that Mondovi has entered contests of this kind it is hoped that she will make a good showing. J his should not be very diffi- cult, however, because the school has for the last two years supported a debating society. Much enthusiasm has already been aroused over this question and keen competition for places on the teams will be the result. The Loot-Ball Season, I'or the first time in a number of years Mondovi was represented by a foot-ball team. Popular opinion, taking the most hopeful view, ordained that we would have a poor team. But the team and the coach, working under the most adverse difficulties, upset popular opinion. The most pessimistic among us had to acknowledge that we had a successful season, and even our most sanguine supporters were surprised at the progress made after the first game. Most of the time we did not even have a second team to work against, but the foot-ball men showed the true athletic spirit by fighting harder than ever. A great deal of credit should be given the coach, for without his conscientious work a foot-ball team would have been an impossibility. From the very first practice it was evident that he knew foot-ball from beginning to end. With a bunch of fellows who did not know a foot ball from a bean bag, lie succeeded in hammering a team that certainly was a credit to Mondovi. Do You Read the Newspapers? There is an old saying that ‘‘ignorance is . bliss, but if any student in our high school believes this he is up against a pretty stiff proposition. Because a student is going to school is no excuse for not knowing more about the political and public issues of the day. Perhaps the majority of the high school students lead the newspapers. In this way they keep in fairly good touch with the world at large. But a large percentage are indifferent to what is going on about them. If they do pick up a paper they confine their reading to the joke column alone. This is not very beneficial, because it does not tend to broaden the intellect. Is it not commendable to know the issues and events transpiring every day? It is well, indeed, to study past events that have forged the chains of history, but should a person remain totally ignorant of the things making history today? It is a fine asset to be able to converse intelligentlv on popular questions and be able to participate in discussions that are continually arising. So we beg of you to read the papers more and learn more of our own country and its quest:ons pertaining to life outside of the high school.