Mount Vernon High School - Forum Yearbook (Mount Vernon, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 36 of the 1911 volume:

SPECIAL FOR GRADUATION High School Spoons High School Fountain Pens Fine Watches for the Boys Diamond Rings for the Girls and various other attractive and useful presents at H E N L EY' S where goods are what they are supposed to be. FOR COMMENCEMENT we will Abe pleased to show you the swell styles of Hart Schaffner or Marx and Elk Brand Blue Serge Suits, and all the accessories for the occasion. qlcive us a call. Young America Clothing House TRY THE Mt. Vernon Candy Kitchen for your lce Cream and Sodas They are the best there is 20l VV. High 203 S. Main Take you Shoes to the Champion Shoe Shop 37 Public square Faust oc Ewing SCRIBNISITS PHARMACY ZU N Marin St. Phmw 48 MT. VERNON, num LO WNEY'S CA NDIES ALWAYS FRESHH Blair's Tablets and Stationery MR. MAN! This is the verdict on our tail- ored to measure garments. BETTER THAN THE BEST J. C. Metzger Designer Tailor F J x 4 Q '.p 4 I 5 H' -ATV I gum , iQ ' , , 1 is . ' f ,, .s -ff.. . .. V. 3 2 f -,wr 1 CONTENTS Editorials ....... . . Page 5 Senior Orationsz- Importance of the Daily Newspaper, by Walter Englehardt. . Page 7 Armed Peace, by John Gotshall .......................... Page 9 A Favorite Book, by Helen K. Chew ...................... Page 11 The Most Pathetic Figure in Literature, by Evelyn M. Lyman Page 13 Rubs on Seniors .............................................. Page 15 A Thrilling Experience . Page 16 Class Will ......... .. Page 16 Locals . .... Page 18 Alumni .. . .. Page 20 Exchanges .. . ............... Page 21 Rubs-- The Oracle of Delphi . .. ........................ .. Page 24 Advertisements .............. ..... P ages 30, 31, 32 and cover pages Che high School Forum Q Commencement Number Nineteen Hundred Eleven Q MQUNT VERNQN, OHIO I E! The High School Forum VOL. VII COMMENCEMENT NUMBER, 1911 No. 5 STAFF Hazel Kirkpatrick, '11 ...... Editor-in-Chief Charles West, '13 . . ...Exchange Albert Culbertson, '12 ..... Assistant Editor Mae Bartlett, '11 Berta Hall, '11 ...... ......... A lumni Leon Zeisloft, '11 ..................Loca.l . . . .... Athletics Loma. Arndt, '11 S b Albert Marsh, .13 .. .............. Ru s Joseph Smith, '12 ....... Business Manager Clyde Purdy, '13 .... Asst. Business Manager THE HIGH SCHOOL FORUM is published every month of the school year by the sludents of the Moun Vernon High School. Subscrzjvtzbn, ,fifty cenis per year in advance. By mail, hflyfize cents. Szhgle copies, ten cenis, except May Pzbture ana' Commencement numbers, hfteen cents. EDITORIALS 'NCE more June is here with its roses, bringing glad- ness to some, regrets to others 3 soon another class will be graduated 1 and will begin a new life to succeed or fail. No doubt all would make more of their oppor- tunities and accomplish more if they were to go thru the same work again. Each one has had four years of hard work, and besides the lessons learned from books, he has learned many lessons in pluck and perseverance. Doubt- less many have been discouraged at times and thought they never would be able to get their lessons, but by hard work and perseverance and the teacher's aid they have won the battle. Commencement from the underclass- i rf. i l I '5-. ff' men 's views amounts to but little. They are always glad when it is over for if they are successful in their work it brings them nearer the desired goal. As they advance they realize more and more what it means. And finally when they have completed the required work and have received their di- ploma, joyfully and yet regretfully they bid farewell to the scenes of so many happy hours, each going out with a new purpose and aim in his life. May each one of the class of nineteen hundred and eleven meet with success in whatever he tries to do. Soon the last number of the seventh vol- ume of The Forum will be laid away on the shelf. Gladly and yet regretfully we lay aside the responsibility of editing the paper. May the next year's Forum staff have unlimited success with the editor- 6 THE FORUM ship, and may the students of the high school be loyal and give their aid in every way possible. The members of the Forum staff wish to thank all those who have aided in any Way Whatever to make the paper a suc- cess. We appreciated every effort made, av G '4a-leg-views-f altho some of the material which was sub- mitted to us, for the lack of space, we were unable to use. We Wish to thank especially the foreman of the job depart- ment of the Republican-News oiiice, Mr. King, also Mr. Winans, and Mr. Hesse Without Whose aid We would never have been able to attempt a publication. ag Y We lx -P I .' an-'X . 1,-T., . . ,, .M H . --'Q-15 R- 'fif'4.? - .. -v-X . .Q we H ' ' ' , - . . . -. 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This definition might be employed for a newspaper at the time of the Boston-News- Letter of 1704, one of the earliest of estab- lished Newspapers in America, but in this modern age, such a combination of words can hardly cover a description of an insti- tution which has reached a place of such importance, as has the newspaper. It is interesting to note the evolutionary process, which has led up to present day journalism. The modern newspaper is not the product of a day. To the ancients, in- deed, must we look for the original, and to Rome belongs the honor, tho her paper serv-ed the purpose merely of bea.ring to lf, he MA Daily Newspaper the imperial capital messages of peace and war. Germany was the founder of modern European journalism, while France, Eng- land and Russia followed closely in the new enterprise with indifferent results. But we of today are more concerned with the modern paper. What is found in the newspaper that makes it an important factor in the life of the world today? It procures us the news while it is hot, keeps up the interest at all costs: even, if it is necessary to send the reporter to a foi eign country to interview a beleagured general whom his own country is power- less to reach, or to hire a special detective to pursue the runaway thief, or if nothing new is to be had, to hunt up something too old to be remembered, and present it to us in a new garb. From an educational standpoint, modern journalism must handle items of interest, in the realms of science, art, morals, theol- ogy and politics, to say nothing of minor subjects too numerous to mention, until it has become the mirror of the times, re- flecting the activities of the whole world. As the world has grown in population 8 THE FORUM and culture, so has the newspaper grown, in popularity and refinement, and it stands as an indicator, showing how much farther up the ladder of civilization the world has climbed during the preceding twenty-four hours. Social, economic, and political problems are constantly being discussed in every newspaper in the universe, and needless to say, a variety of opinions is the inevitable outcome. In this respect, the newspaper is beneficial in that it places the subject be- fore the eye of the eager public without imfringing upon the opinions of the reader. Especially is this true in the po- litical world. It might be argued that all papers do not set forth a sufficiently high standard of elevation, and unfortunately, this is true. The intelligence of the reading pub- lic is appealed to, and no matter how ob- jectionable the character of a newspaper may be, it is sure to be just a little better than the patrons who support it. Probably the greatest interest mani- fested in journalism by the American people and that which is of vital import- ance to the nation at large, concernes the latest reports from the congresses at Washington and the various state capi- tals. Here it is that the untiring alert correspondent shows his ability. Nothing is transacted in our Nation's capital but that can within a few hours be read in the thousands of newspapers thru- out the land. The citizen, altho in a far Western state, has practically no difficulty in obtaining the approximate facts regard- ing the latest national affairs, While so detailed are the accounts, that he may know just how the representative from his own state voted upon the question at hand. In this day of competition in the busi- ness world, advertising has become a great factor. The merchant must advertise! But how? Bill-boards, hand-bills and many other ways present themselves but foremost is the newspaper. Bill-boards and hand-bills have proved themselves a nuisance, as well as a loss of money to those who invest in them. But when the newspaper holds the ad- vertisement the consumer, as he, or more often she, glances over the evening paper and sees in glowing head-lines, the an- nouncement of a closing out sale, the in- stinctive love for a bargain presents itself, and the advertisement is not forgotten. Advertising in the newspapers then pays the consumer, the retailer and the paper itself. Few of us have stopped to consider the manifold beneits derived from that inex pensive article that connects yesterday's causes with tomorroW's effects, that great machine with its continuous Work before it, known to us as the daily newspaper. The nation takes it as regularly as it does its meals. And when we hear that monot- onous cry of Paper, we hasten to read it, with seldom ever a thought of the real place the daily newspaper fills in our lives today, and with ours, the pulsing life of this great, wide, world. Walter Englehardt. THE FORUM 9 Armed F 'H' ' INCE the period of the Napol- eonic wars, which for a quar- ter of a century converted the whole of Europe into one vast battlefield, the acknowl- edged desire of nations has been for peace, and many theories have been advanced toward that end. Of these only two seem to get at the foundation of the problem. The first of these is, that in order to ob- tain a lasting peace all the armies, navies and machines of war must be abolished and destroyed, and as a matter of course when this is accomplished, universal peace will inevitably follow. This plan on the surface seems a very simple and easy way of remedying the matter, but on sec ond thought it proves, under existing con- ditions, to be highly impracticable, since, in case all but one or two nations should disarm, it would have the whole World at the mercy of th-e one or two who still main- tained their armies and navies. The second plan is that the nations en courage the invention and manufacture of annihilating ordnances of war and the re- cruiting and maintaining of formidable armies and navies, thus making even the idea of conflict so terrifying that none of the nations would even think of entering into war, save as a last resort. Such in short is the innovation which has been tacitly adopted by the civilized world. As a result of this policy we have been sub- jected to only five international wars in the last half century, all of which have been of short duration. The cost of war is appalling, both in the loss of human life and from a pecuni- ary standpoint. Our own Civil war of 1861 is a fiagrant example of this. One half a million lives were lost in that great 22 N 517 . uf - .1 -. ' - .T 12-S?-zwl Q 5 , 1 I Peace confiict. In the one battle of Gettysburg forty-three thousand men were either killed or Wounded, while the approximate expenditure of the whole was eight billions of dollars. Such an account was presented to our nation and we, lovers of peace, were in honor forced to pay it. However, in this day of public economy, one may easily find himself asking whether, even in the face of these awe-inspiring figures, war is not in the end cheaper than peace. This question can be easily and emphatically answered in the negative by referring to the yearly military expense report of the nations. The net cost of the British army and navy and their operations for the year 1908 was three hundred million dol- lars, for Germany, two hundred eighty- nine millions and for the United States, two hundred and seven millions. It is easily seen that the drain on the treasuries caused by the nations keeping well armed is almost nothing in comparison to what it would be during war, while in these ex- pense reports we see no glaring death col- umn, save that in which a few deaths are recorded each year, caused by some acci- dent. In putting war and peace upon the scales, we find that under no circum- stances can war be made so light as peace, even though that peace be armed. When a nation is at perfect harmony with its neighbors, then does that nation begin to live, for during peace is the only time a nation can turn its attention to the internal developments it is in duty bound to give its citizens, such as the perfecting of educational systems, the maintaining of good roads, the reclaiming of arid lands and, in short, all those things which we should have as civilized people. The commercial possibilities are greatly 10 THE FORUM broadened by peace. Merchant houses, both great and small, thrive and progress in a peaceful atmosphere. Great steam- ship lines are developed, whose vessels pen-etrate into every corner of the seas, car- rying back and forth, without fear of mo- lestation, those products which are neces- sary for each particular community. Un- der these conditions which are possible only when nations are in harmony with each other, prosperity, and from prosper- ity, world-wide happiness is developed. Hand in hand with this military peace goes arbitration, which is rendered pos- sible by the fact that it is backed by power. Several years ago the Hague con- ference was established at which each na- tion is represented. It has become the ac- knowledged custom that all international controversies shall be referred to this tribunal, which tries in every possible way to meet and settle each case with justice to all concerned, thus making war the last resort instead of the first as here-to- fore has been the case. Carrying out this same plan, a few months ago Andrew Carnegie gave ten millions of dollars toward the establish- ment of an international peace fund and many men of high financial standing are contemplating the addition of great sums to this already large fund. But what does all this signify? Simply, that the nations, together with the leading men who com- pose them, both in and out of political life, have come to the realization of the fact that the time for bloody controversies is past, that prosperity and happiness can only reach their height during an era of neighborly feeling and good will on the part of all nations, This sentiment has been adequately ex- pressed in a little poem, written by George Huntington in the same meter as our nat- ional hymn, America, and presented by him to Mr. Carnegie upon his establish- ment of the international peace fund. Two empires by the sea, Two nations great and free, One anthem raise. One race of ancient fame, One tongue, one faith, we claim, One God, whose glorious name We love and praise. What deeds our fathers wrought, What battles we have fought, Let fame record. Now, vengeful passions, cease. Come, victories of peace, Nor hate, nor pride 's caprice Unsheath the sword. Though deep the sea, and wide, 'Twixt realm and realm, its tide Binds strand to strand. So be the gulf between Gray coasts and islands green With bonds of pe-ace serene, And friendship spanned. Now, may the God above Guard the dear land we love, Both east and west. Let love more fervent glow, As peaceful ages go, And strength yet stronger grow, Blessing and blessed. John S. Gotshall. THE FORUM 11 A Favorite Book VER since the time we have been able to read for our- selves, there have been those books that stand out before all others as those we most enjoyed. Even in our child- hood some of the Mother Goose rhymes seemed to awaken our imaginations more than others. At first it was the incidents that made books enjoyable to us, but as we grow older, we begin to look more into the character of the actors, though not losing sight of the action altogether. We read one book depicting one phase of life and we are thoroughly delighted by it, we read another describing another phase and we lose sight of the first, for the time be- ing, in our enjoyment of the second, and so on until before we realize it, we have a long list of our favorite books. It would be impossible for me to tell you about all of my favorites and at first I thought it equally impossible to pick out just one. But perhaps one of the most fascinating books you can read is Dieken's Tale of Two Cities. Few books retain their fascination so long after they are finished. The sorrow and Wretehedness of some of the scenes are indelibly stamped in our minds. Who could keep from shuddering at the sight of those old women sitting be- side that instrument of death, calmly knit- ting away the life of many an innocent person? And then the utter pathos of the scene where the poor, half-starved men, women and children are lapping from the street like dogs the wine that had be-en spilled from a cask in front of the De Farge wine shop. Who could forget the crouching figure of the girl, gazing for the first time upon the form of her father who from her babyhood, had been No. 105 North Tower Bastile, now a mental 22 and physical wreck as a result of the many years spent in prison. The book has many interesting charac- teristics: for instance, Doctor Mannetle and his daughter Lucy, the vicious Madam DeFarge and her more human husband, and the one for whom the reader has the most sympathy and who furnishes the crowning interest of the story, Sidney Carton. All through the book one can easily see he is a self thrown away, poor, drunken creature, conscious every hour of the shame of his existence, fast sinking lower, but not having the courage and out of the mire power to lift himself up into which he has fallen. Compelled by his wretched, wicked life of sin, he when yet a young man left his home in France and came to England. Instead of begin- ning his life over again in his new hom-e, he continued in the same old way, caring for no man and no man caring for him. He did however, after some years form the acquaintance of this Dr. Mannette, and in frequenting his home, won the friendship of his daughter Lucy. In his degradation he was not so degraded, but that the friendship of this lovely girl stir- red old feelings long since dead. Since knowing her he had been troubled with a remorse that he thot would never re proach him again, and heard voices im- pelling him upward that he supposed for- ever silent. He had vague ideas of start- ing anew, shaking oif sloth and sensuality and fighting out the abandoned iight, but it was all a dream that ended in nothing. He felt he would give his life gladly to keep her from sorrow. A few years had passed, the French Revolution had broken out. The people were like those who had undergone a ter- rible grinding and regrinding in a mill 12 THE FORUM that makes young people old, turning out children with ancient faces with hunger written on every feature. In the despair- ing minds of the people the thought was growing of turning against their old op- pressors, like wild animals at bay. They were fast becoming desperate and could endure it no longer. The aristocrats were soon being put to death by the scores, judged by a self-appointed tribunal. Charles Darney, who bears a striking physical resemblance to Carton, though very different in character, has in the meantime married Miss Mannetteg on ac- count of his connection with the old fam- ily of Evermonde, he has been tried and condemned to death. So intent were the people on exterminating the-ir old oppress- ors, that no influence could save him. Alone in his cell the doomed man was walking to and fro, his arms folded on his breast. He had now regained his self- possession and saw with calmness the hours pass by that brought him nearer his death. But he was young and his hold on life was very hard to break. Footsteps were heard in the passage outside his door, they stopped at his cell and in an instant he was face to face with Sidney Carton. There was something so bright and remarkable in this Cartonls appear- ance that the prisoner thought him a ghost of his own imagination. In a few words he unfolded the plan of substitut- ing himself for Darney who could make his escape from the prison, while he re- mained behind to die in his stead. There was a hard struggle between the two men, the one determined to lay down his life for the only two persons he cared for in this world and the other determined to meet death with heroism. Darney refused to yield but through Carton 's masterful strength he was soon stretched senseless on the ground. Hastily dressing himself in the prisoner 's clothes, he called the guards, who had helped him gain entrance to the prison, and the un- conscious man was born into safety. Car- ton then sat down at the table to await his doom. This was the noble end of such an ignoble life as Sidney Carton 's. So hasty a review of such a book as this is very unsatisfactory. Characters that would intensely interest you can not even be mentioned, but I hope this much of the story will give you an interest in so that you will wish to know more about it. It is very different from Dickens' usual style of writing and even those to whom Dickens does not generally appeal, I am sure would enjoy this one. Helen K. Chew. THE FORUM 13 The Most Pathetic Figure in Literature ,N XCEPT for the wind sweep- ing across the plain and the waves dashing on the shore, all is quite now on the site of a city whose fame, over three thousand years ago, was widespread throughout the Mediterranean world. The name of that city was Troy. She was prosperous then, and King Priam had strengthened her position by making allies of the other kingdoms about him. But after awhile less fortunate days came. You remember the marriage feast dur- ing which the goddess of Discord threw upon the table the golden apple with its inscription, For the fairest, the dispute which arose among the three goddesses for the possession of the prize, its final award to Venus by Paris, youngest son of Priamg and, in return, her promise that he should have Helen for his wife. Then followed the abduction of Helen by Paris, the declaration of war by the Grecian chiefs, and the weary siege of Troy for nine years. The death of Hector, oldest son of the King and the greatest Trojan h-ero, finally imperiled the success of the beseiged, and soon afterwards the valiant city was captured by the strategem of the wooden horse. Her people were either murdered or scattered and the city was destroyed. This, in brief, is the story of the last years of Troy, whose fall affected the for- tunes of all her inhabitants and among them, those of Andromache, the faithful and devoted wife of Hector. A life sad from beginning to end was Andromaehe's. To be sure, there are many other pathetic figures in history. The sacrifice of Iphi- genia to appease the wrath of Diana has been related in poetry and prose with 'TJ 'HT ' fifbifi lil? much pathos. Our sympathy goes out to the young Mary, Queen of Scots, when we see her tearfully sailing away from France after the death of her beloved husband. And our own Abraham Lincoln lived through hardships and suffering only to be assassinated at the moment of vic- tory. But the life of Andromache, more than all others, symbolizes patient grief and sorrow to those who are familiar with her history. In Mysia, the northwestern part of Asia Minor, was the city of Thebes over which Andromache's father, King Eetion, ruled. In a war with Achilles her father met his death, and her seven stalwart brothers were cruelly killed while tending the-ir flocks. The mother was carried away captive and the little Andromache was left alone. Her mother could not answer her piteous cries, and her father and brothers were no longer there to fondle and play with her. But the silver lining to her black cloud soon showed itself, for her mother was ransomed and was coming back to her child. On the day of the home-coming Andromache rushed joyfully to greet her mother, but just as she crossed the threshold the mother fell at the feet of her daughter, pierced by an arrow of angry Diana. The little one's frightened appeals fell on deaf ears-now, indeed, was she alone in the world. Then followed days of sadness, of gloom for Andromache until, several years later, there came to Thebes the Trojan Hector. Hector was charmed by her beauty and the grace and gentleness of her manner, and she, by his strength and his nobility of character. At length the day came when Hector proudly took to Troy his happy bride. The next few years were the bright spots in our heroine 's life. To 14 THE FORUM add to her cup of joy there came the baby son named Scamandrius, but called by the Trojans, Astyanax, or lord of the city , on account of his father's services. The little one was born during the latter part of the siege of Troy and was not a year old when the fateful day of the combat between Achilles and Hector dawned. Af- ter hearing, on the morning of that day, that the Greeks were driving all b-efore them, Andromache left maidens in the palace and, with a nurse carrying her babe, sh-e rushed breathlessly to the walls to witness the conflict. It was while here that Hector came to bid his loved ones farewell before going to battle, a parting which is most touchingly depicted by Homer in the Iliad. If those cruel jav- elins pierce you through, sobbed the dis- tressed Andromache, then, no comfort more shall touch me, as in the old sad. times-grief-only grief! Clasping her child to her heart the dejected woman re- turned to the palace, often looking back wistfully at the armorclad figure as it slowly disappeared. The brilliantly colored web which An- dromache wove that morning did not arouse her admiration as it grew beneath her fingers. The hours dragged slowly by, when suddenly she was startled by shrieks and cries from the walls. Trembling from head to foot, she dropped her shut- tle and, followed by her maidens, hastened in the direction of the uproar-and there beheld her husband's body b-eing dragged in the dust to and fro at the rear of Achilles' chariot. Darkness came over her eyes and she fell in a swoon. Ten days later she saw the funeral rites done over the noble I-Iector's body. Other calamities followed for the Tro- jans and Enally came the downfall of Troy. Many of the inhabitants were slaughtered, and others were taken into bondage. Among the latter unfortunates were Androniache and Astyanax who were alloted to Neoptolemus, son of Achilles and one of the soldiers who had been concealed in the wooden horse. In fear that Astyanax would wreak vengeance on them when he grew older, the Greeks resolv-ed to kill the child, and so, regard- less of the entreaties of the distracted mother, they hurled the helpless infant down from the walls of the city. An- dromache herself was taken to Greece by Neoptolemus whom she despised as the son of the foe who had slain the lamented Hector. She now had another little son, Pergamus, who was but a few year's old when his father was murdered. There had come to Greece from Troy other captives besides Andromache, and one of them was Helenus, a brother of Hector, who now sought and won her. But, just as the unfortunate woman dreamed of happiness, her hopes were dashed to the ground, for Helenus died soon after the marriage. She followed her son, Pergamus, to Asia Minor, and here the welcomed angel of death came to give rest to her weary and folorn soul. Evelyn M. Lyman. THE FORUM 15 Rubs Seniors First, our dear president Cubby, Who'll make some girl a nice hubby. He has a case on Evelyn L., A fact we know well, Has our most honored President Cubby. Ruth Mitchell and Mary Blair, And Jing with the Auburn hair, Besides Jenkins and Tiz, And Louie the quiz , And Viv Dowds with never a care. Musicians we have by the score, At least there 's a dozen or more. Monroe, Mable and Mae, 'l'hat girl who they say- Is interested in a shoe-store. There 's that happy-go-luck Irene, With her cunning kid brother. Leon, Whose case it is said On a Junior is bad, For they together so often are seen. Then there 's Faye Thomas and Bess, Who know how to debate, I guess. They won it this year, And we'll miss them both here, When each dons her commencement dress. There's Loma and Gotch, who are good, And Lawrence who is quite a fine dude, Grace Faddis and Mary, And dear Louise Sperry, Whose wisdom is awfully good. We have several like Verna in school, Who are not very fat as a rule, Anita and Hazel G., B. Doelfs and H. P. Who certainly ought to keep cool. But there are some others, too, Who are fat, like Frances Chew, Jennie H. and Grace Strang She 's the girl who has sang. You know her-oh, I know you do. There are girls who as teachers will go, There is Alma and Olive Snow, Helen C. and B. V., And also Anna B. They 'll make very good ones we know. And also we have Berta Hall, And Hazel who's awfully tall. Also Miss Ethel In every thing faithful, And I guess that 's about all. Oh! no! we 're not thru yet, For there 's George H. and Raymond Spechk. Another Mary, With Hubert Cary, Who 'll make some man you can bet. Another girl-Vernice P., A small girl, a senior to be. Shakespeare 's lady, Fair Portia stately, And that 's all there is to see. This ends my song on the Seniors, Unless I tell some misdemeanors, But that 's best left out, So without a doubt I'd better stop kidding the Seniors. 16 THE FORUM A Thrilling Experience Chap. I. Leaning gracefully over a window-ledge in the 24th story of the Curtis House on the morning of June 15, 1917, might be seen a young man, watching the throng of passersby. flt must have been circus day.D All of a sudden the clang of the fire-bell was heard and, with a quick mo- tion, the young man leaned farther out the window. Chap. II. Naturally, the people were excited at the fire-alarm! CMt. V. people always are tho it be only a pot of beans burning? Yes, they were excited, but this changed to horror when, looking up, they beheld the form of the young man hurling thru the air. A death like stillness passed over the throng, broken only by the sobs of the women. Chap. III. Suddenly on the stillness brok-e the noise of rumbling wheels and clattering horses' hoofs as the fire wagon turned the Class H' 'A E, the Seniors of Mt. Vernon high school, destined to be graduated from the same in the month of June and the year 1911, A. LD., do bequeath all our scholastic faculties and pragmatic aptitudes to be disbursed in the manner herein and hereafter saliently described, speciefid and ordered. And may the l xl iii: ll al a I '1 - posterity to corner. In vain did the driver attempt to check the maddened animals before they should reach that quiet form in the street. In vain did he try to turn them from their course. Rushing madly on they passed, drawing the wagon after them, directly over the young man. Chap IV. Oh! What a moment of agony! Wo- men fainted. Brave men turned pale and feared to near that pale, quiet form. At last a policeman made his way thru the hushed crowd, examined the body, and turned sadly away to put in an ambul- lance call. But suddenly the prostrate figure rises, stands erect, and calmly brushing his clothes, the young man starts to Walk away. See here, says the .amazed cop, you're injured. 0h! No, answered our hero, that was just a trivial accident. Why I was captain of Mt. V. H. S. football team in the season of 191O. It was Jing Will right hand of our executor, Clarence H. Winans, rest heavily upon any undergrad- uate who maliciously violates any rule herein promulgated, or questions the au- thenticity, validity and legality of this document or even doubts secretly the sanity of the individuals who herein make known their last will and testament be- fore they depart from the Elysian fields and fountains of knowledge. The man- THE FORUM 17 ner of execution of our will shall be as follows: First-That the back fence be given a coat of paint at least twice a year to pro- tect it from wind and weather by what- ever classes that have the nerve and dar- ing to do so. Second-That E. Seavolt be given the sole right to care for the new electric lights. Third-That the class of 1912 be given the option to have orations or class play. Fourth-That J. Gotshall's walk be left to Pugh H. Fifth-That E. Lyman's quiet way be left to G. Fleming. Sixth-That Mr. Winan's be given the privilege of closing school ALL DAY when a circus comes to town. Seventh-That G. Culbertson 's glasses be given to Glenn Ward. Eighth-That B. Patterson 's ability to debate be given to A. Beamen. Ninth-That Mr. Winan's chapel lec- tures be confined to five minutes. Tenth-That the Freshmen be given the right to hold class-metings in room 23. Eleventh-That the Senior Girls' Shirt W'aist Suits be put in their cofiins at the time of burial. Twelfth-That L. West's arguments be left to S. Sigler. Thirteenth-That all the Senior ora- tions be recorded on bronze tablets in the hall. Fourteenth-That F. Chew's dominat- ing spirit be left to E. McKee. Fifteenth-That M. Ewing's game of bluif be taught to all underclassmen. Sixteenth-That M. Bairtlettls ego- tism be left to H. Atwood. Seventeenth-To A. Zimmerer we pre- sent Grace F. 's Latin knowledge. Eighteen-We leave space on the Wall in the hallway for the underclassmen to place two trophies of successful debat- ing, next year. Nineteenth-We give to the Juniors the exclusive privilege of evading June exam- inations providing they have taken monthly tests and mid-year examinations and are still 9075 out of the deep. Twentieth--To the Juniors we leave the president's chair vacant for another mem- ber of the Culbertson family. Twenty-first-That a statue of W. En- glehart be given to the Athletic associa- tion to be placed in the hall to commem- orate his foot ball fame. Twenty-second-That V. Salisbury 's bottle of anti-fat be left to Mary Clay- pool. Twenty-third-That money lfrom last year 's play be devoted to the purchase of computing machines for the use of Seniors in averaging grades. With this, our Last Will and Testa- ment, we, the Seniors, revoke all wills made heretofore by us and to this we now set our hands and seal. CLASS OF 1911. Witnessed : J. S. ALAN, JEAN L. McINTOSH. 18 THE FORUM LOCALS Mae Bartlett, Editor On May 19, and 20, the people of Mt. Vernon were given the privilege of hear- ing the St. Paul orchestra. Three con- certs were given, an artist' recital, mat- inee concert, and evening concert. The artists recital gave the following program: Friday Evening I. The Wanderer ............... Schubert The Swan ...................... Greig Love Song ................... Brahms Wilmot Goodwin. II. Concert D Minor ..... . .. Wieniawski Allegro Moderato. Andante. Allegro Alla Zingara. Emil Sturmer. III. My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice, Saint Saens Mme. Stillwell Hagar. IV. Schon Rosmarion ............. Kreisler Ave Maria .......... Schubert Scherzo .................... .. Dedla Emil Sturmer. V. Serenade ............ . . . Bantok Down the Vale ............. Moir Invictus ....................... Huhn Wilmot Goodwin VI. Spanish Dance ................ Saraste Rondo Capriccioso .......... Saint Saens Emil Sturmer VII. The Sunshine ............ .... G reig With a. Violet ................... Greig Slave Song ................ Chaminade Mme. Stillwell Hagar. Mme. Stillwell Hagar, contralto Emil Sturmer, violinist. Wilmot Goodwin, baritone. The following programmes were given Saturday afternon and evening: Saturday Afternoon Walter H. Rothwell, Conductor. Chas. L. Wagner, Manager. Soloists: Irene Armstrong, Soprano. George Harris, Tenor. Mme. Stillwell Hagar, Contralto. 1. Mendelssohn Overture ........ Fingal's Cave. 2. Greig-Peer Gynt Suite. Cab Morning. Cbj Aca's Death. feb Anitra's Dance. Cdl In the Hall of the Mountain King. THE FORUM 19 3. Wagner-Prieslied from die Meister- singer. Mr. Harris. 4. Massenet ........ Ballet, Le Cid Two movements. 5. Group of Songs Miss Armstrong. 6. OEenbach Prelude and Barcarolle- From Tales of Hoffman. 7. Thomas- My Heart is Weary Mme. Stillwell Hagar. 8. Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz. Saturday Evening, May 20. 1. Dyorak Symphony From the New World. -Adagio, Allegro, Molto, Largo. 2. Wagner- O Hall of Song from Tannhauser. Mme. Rothwell Wolif. 3. Goldmark-Overture from Rigoletto 4. Verdi-Overture from Rigoletto Miss Armstrong Mrs. Hagar Mr. Harris, Mr. Goodwin 5. Bezit-Suite from Carmen. CFive movementsj 6. Puccini- One Fine Day From Mme. Butterfly Mme. Rothwell Wolff. G C9 In Miss McIntosh's division of English the work in argument was completed by a trial. Almon Poland was tried and found guilty of stealing a book from Edna Young's desk in Room 5. Melvin Black was the judge and Walter Mason the prosecuting attorney while the lawyer for the defense was Troy Harris. G C On Friday evening, May 12, the junior class presented their play, Mr, Bob, in honor of the Senior class. Cast of Characters: Marion Bryant CMr. Bobb ..Olive Clark Robert Brown, clerk of Benson and Ben- son ............... Robert Baxter Philip Royson, a medical student.. Albert Culbertson Rebecca Luke, a maiden lady ...... Speck Katherine Rogers, her niece ........ -Vernie Gleason Jenkins, Miss Rebecca 's butler ...... Floyd Bartlett Patty, Miss Rebecca's Maid ........ Mer1MeGugin Place-Breakfast room at Miss Lukc's. Time-Morning and afternoon of one day. Music by Scribner 's Orchestra. CJ CJ The commencement exercises of this class will be begun by the Baccalaureate sermon on June 11 by the Rev. Ira J. Houston of the Congregational church. On Thursday morning, June 15, the class address will be given to the following graduates by Dr. F. B. Pearson of the Ohio State university. The following is the list of the gradu- ates: Latin course-Loma Arndt, Beulah Doelfs, Grace Faddis, Evelyn Lyman, Berta Hall, Francis Chew, George Culbert- son, Lawrence Fletcher, Vivian Dowds, Hazel Kirkpatrick, Alma Lepley, Ruth Mitchell, Raymond Spechk, Louise Sperry and Louis West. English course--Mae Bartlett, Anna Black, Mary Blair, Hubert Cary, Helen Chew, Mabel Coleman, Walter Englehardt, Mary Ewing, George Hookway, Dean Mc- Kee, Mary Mochwart, Besse Patterson, Helen Porter, Verna Salisbury, Ethel Sim: mons, Olive Snow, Faye Thomas, Bessie 'Van-Voorhis, Anita Wrentzel, Irene Zeis- loft, Leon Zeisloft and John Gotshall. Business course-Hazel Graff, Portia Wagner, Jennie Hildebrand, Vernice Phillips, Ralph Jenkins, Grace Strang and Monroe Kaufman. On Friday evening, June 16, the Alum- ni banquet will be held which will close the exercises of 1911. 20 THE FORUM Miss Ruth Ralston, ex-'10, who has been attending Chevy Chase boarding school at Washington, has returned home for the summer. Mr. James Cooper, ex-'10, was home for Decoration Day. Mr. Harry Parrott, '98, of Chicago, spent Decoration Day here with his par- ents. Mr. Henry Greer Beam, '04, will grad- uate from Ohio State university this year. Mr. Elder, Jr., ex- '07, has joined an or- chestra Which expects to tour the South this summer. Mr. Harper Russell, '07, is a Senior at Kenyon. Mr. Earl Baxter, '10, visited school May 31. Miss Winifred Rush, '91, has returned home after spending two months in the South. Mr. Curtis Kinney, '06, has gone to Europe. Berta Hall, Editor Mr. Sturges Cooper, '05, is home from Columbia university to spend the sum- mer. Mr. Ralph Chambers, ex-'10, is attend- ing the Normal Summer school at Ada, Ohio. Mr. Oscar Arnold, '07, is a graduate at Denison university this year. Mr. Carroll Conrad, '10, who has been attending the Cleveland Medical college has returned home for the summer. Mr. Leland Arnold, '09, who is attend- ing Denison university, took part in the May Festival which was given at Gran- ville by the St. Paul Orchestra. Mr. Donald Harper, '10, took part in a comic opera at Kenyon. Miss Katherine Russell, ex-'12, is home from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Miss Ethel Pitkin, '09, taught tW0 months this spring at Four Corners. THE FORUM 21 X 'Il l . -0 'YU ,. W WCW X22 l .451 Wal' ill r ' 4 - .fwvy if K ,mf X., K P I-1 r , V -vs, .QTY Charles West, Editor ITH this issue of the Forum Q W are finished the efforts of the 5, ,V Exchange editor, but ,with B' L the natural feeling of glad- ness and relief which is ex- perienced at this particular time of the year comes a sigh of regret -regret that our pleasant task is over. For indeed it has been a great pleasure for us to read and criticize the papers that have come before us and receive in return such advice and compli- ments as they have bestowed upon us in the Exchanges Great benefit has been derived from the use of this column, for in this way we were able to profit by the suggestions given by other papers to aid our correcting mistakes and overcoming ditiiculties which they themselves had at some time before experienced. We in turn have sought to render a fair and just opinion of all the papers that we have re- ceived and to help them and offer sug- gestions when it was in our power to do SO. We wish to thank our exchanges for the favors we have received and also for the many papers that have been sent to us this year. We also congratulate the edi- tors of these for their excellent produc- tions and wish them success and prosper- ity in the future. In conclusion, students, let us urge you to support The Forum faithfully and give whatever aid you can to those directly connected with it so that they can produce such a paper that you can with pride point to the fact that The Forum repre- sents your school, The Mt. Vernon High School. We acknowledge with thanks the re- ceipt of the following: Advance, Hiram, O., Budget, Lawrence, O., Comus, Zanesville, O., Courier f2j, 22 THE Cincinnati, O., Dart, Ashtabula, O., Echo, Clay City, Ind., Echo, Portsmouth, O., Fram, Sandusky, O., Houghten Star, Houghten, N. Y., Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Lesbian Herald, Frederick, Md., Owl, Fredericktown, O., Optic, Co- lumbus, O., Pine Breezes, Placerville, Cal., Sealrchlight, Westerville, Oi., So- dalian, Wilberforce, O., Somerset Idea, Somerset, Ky., Student C2J, Detroit, Mich., Tech Monthly, Scranton, Pa. The Echo, Portsmouth, O., is a neat and well arranged paper with a very attractive cover design. What you say in your criti- cism on our paper is indeed true, but it was not lack of energy on the part of the staif, as you supposed it to be, that caused us to use the vacant advertising space-we had a sufficient amount of ad- vertising matter and it was with a definite object in view that those pages were in- serted. An excellent literary department is to be found in the Dart, Ashtabula, O. The Five Shakespearean Lectures in the literary department of the Somerset Idea, Somerset, Ky., are very interesting. The Owl, Fredericktown, O., is a well- balanced paper with a good literary de partment and a well-edited exchange col- umn. The cover design of the Student, De- troit, Mich., is very attractive. This com- bined with the ability of the varous edi- tors and the quantity and quality of the material makes yours an excellent paper. The appearance -of the High School Echo, Clay City, Ind., would be greatly improved by a cover design and more at- tractive colors. Your arrangement is poor and your exchange column rather weak in comparison with what it could be FORUM with the number of exchanges you have. However, your material is good and your departments are all well-edited. A very instructive feature and also one that is not generally used by the high school maga- zine is found in your Educational dc- partment. Although the look of sameness is re- tained in the fast color and unchange- able design of the cover of the Tech Monthly, Scranton, Pa., the material is good and is always neatly and attractively arranged. 4 The Athletic Number of the Fram, San- dusky, O., contains two well-Written stories. We received a few days ago an excel- lent, entertaining, and especially attract- ive magazine-Pine Breezes-from Placer- ville, Cal. This paper is published an- nually and hence contains a great deal of valuable material, the product of a care- ful preparation. It abounds in splendid cuts and half tones and in addition to well written stories and poems there are sev- eral special departments that are very in- teresting. i.. -O Value of Education. It has long been a recognized fact that the educated man is of greater value to the world than the uneducated man, but we seldom realize in dollars and cents just how much he is worth. Take, for instance, a course in our own city schools. We have about twenty days in each school month, there are nine months in each school year, and twelve years is a school course. By simple multiplication we find that there are 2160 days in the twelve years. By the present system there are five and one-fourth hours in each school day, or 11,340 hours in the com- plete course. The average day laborer THE FORUM 23 receives about S500 per year, the average educated man receives a thousand more dollars per year. Counting the average period of service of a man as twenty-five years, the educated man would receive 325,000 more than the day laborer. Di- vide 825,000 by 12,340, the number of hours in twelve years' schooling, and we have more than two dollars for every hour spent in school. Education does pay from a financial standpoint.-Dart. Breaking it Gently. A Southern planter, on his return from an European trip, was met at the station by his old colored servant. Well John, said the planter during the drive to his home, what's happened since I've been away? Jes' can 't think o' nothin', Boss, re- plied the old servant, slowly scratching his head, 'ceptin' dat de dog daid. That 's not very startling, though I'm sorry of course. But he was getting quite old. What did he die of? I don' know, just positive, but I's an idea dat he done eat too much roas' hoss flesh. Iudeed! And where did he get the roast horse flesh? Well, you see, Boss, de ole gray mare done got roasted to def. You donlt say so, John! How did that happen? Well, Boss she war in de barn when de barn burned down. You don't mean to tell me that my barn has burned down? How did it catch tire? Don' know 'zactly, but we sort of specks it ketched from de house when de house burned down. Oh that's awful news! How in the world did the house catch ire? Why, Boss dat's de mystery, deed it is. But I do heah' em say as how some candles upset from round de corpse an' set fire to de de house. Corpse! did you say, John? What corpse? Has anybody died? 'Deed dey has, sah, yo' mudder-in- law has died. Oh this is terrible. What did she die of? Well, sah, we couldn 't see dat any- thing was de matter, but I heah' 'em say dat she died of shock. Died of shock? For heaven 's sake man what could have shocked her? Why, Boss, I spec' twas on account 0' yo' wife runnin' away wif the coachmanf' -Ex. Cl li How's yer wheat? First rate. Pigs doin' well? Fine. ll That puny colt come round alright? He sure did. Glad to hear things is so likely, Bill, How's yer wife? if If Mr. Jones had recently become the father of triplets. Meeting him on the street the minister congratulated him. Well, Jones, he said, I heard the Lord has smiled on you. Smiled on me? repeated Jones. He laughed out loud at me. laughed out loud at me. -Ex. Minister- Johny, do you know whe-re little boys go that fish on Sunday? Johnny- Sure, follow me an' I'll show you. -Ex. Class Stones. Freshman-Emerald. Sophomore-Blarney Stone. J unior-Grindstone. Senior-Tombstone. The Forum, Mt. Vernon, O., is a neatly arranged paper. Your stories are a trifle short. 24 THE FORUM R u b s Loma Arndt and Albert Marsh, Editors . y 4. l f- -7, The Oracle of Delphi INCE chuldhood I have been possessed of a mania for travel which was greatly en- hanced when I took up the study of Ancient History. Each time I picked up a book and read of all the gods and goddesses, the seige of Troy and the wars and glorious deeds of the Ancients, my heart would almost stop beating and I would invariably find myself drifting in- to dreamland and building air castles about the trips I would take late in life to those countries of ancient fame which surround the Mediterranean sea. Altho always possessed of this mania, or Whatever one may call it, I had, up to the present year, had very few chances of gratifying it. However, the eventful i S , year of 1911 came at last and I, together with my class of forty odd members, was graduated from the Mt. Vernon high school and, my school days being over, I was left on my resources. The excite- ment of the graduation exercises past, I began to look about for something at which to while away the long tho beauti- ful days of the summer. While my mind was thus occupied what should arrive post haste but a letter from my uncle, who resides at Norfolk and who is a ship- ping merchant, offering me some sort of a clerkship on board one of his merchant vessels bound for no other place than my long dreamed of Mediterranean sea. He said the work would be light and the voy- age pleasant and that it would be a nice vacation for me. Here it was at last. My fondest hopes were about to be realized. Nervously and with hated breath I wrote a hasty answer in the affirmative and mailed it instantly. Then came a week of hasty preparation, my trip to Norfolk and my embarkment on the steamer. I found, as my uncle had prophesied that my duties were anything but arduous and confining, and that they could easily be accomplished in a couple of hours, so as a result I had practically all the days to myself. After a voyage which to the sailors was an uneventful one but which for me was one continual train of surprises and anticipations, we sighted the coast of Spain and in a few hours had passed the Rock of Gibraltar. We stopped at Barcelona and Marseilles and at last anchored in the harbor of the little town of Prasiae in the Grecian state of Attica. The vessel was to remain here for some thing over a month, and, by uncle know- ing this, had arranged that one of the THE FORUM 25 sailors who knew the country well should take me to the different places of interest around that vicinity. One morning we started across the isthmus and after many interesting places had been passed we ar- rived at the famous city of Athens. After staying there several days We went by short journeys to Thebes and thence to the state of Phoicis Where We planned to stay a week in the mountains and then by a different route to work our way back to Prasiae. We tramped thru the mountainous country several days and in the middle of one afternoon, after a hard journey, my guide said that we were in the neighbor hood of the famous old oracle of Delphi and that if I thought the journey of a few miles would not be too tiresome we would camp for the rest of the day and night in the vicinity of the famous spot. I joy- fully agreed and in a short time we ar- rived at our destination. We pitched our small tent and then started to see the sights. I found it all intensely interesting as my guide told me numberless stories of the deception worked on the old Greeks by the priests who had been there. While he told me the stories as we lay there in the sunshine a dreamy sort of feeling came over me and I mused and wondered how people ever in those old, by-gone days could have been so simple and cred- ulous. Then vaguely was impressed upon my mind the sound of voices, far away and yet distinct, which were sometimes raised in noisy argument, sometimes low- ered in sweet, soft tones of pleading. But how was this ?-I heard the class of 1911 mentioned!! Had the fame of that au- gust body penetrated even to the peas- ants of this region?-I thought-I won- dered, but at last it was all clear to me: The Gods were arguing and deciding the fate of members of the class of 1911 of Mt. Vernon high school. Suddenly the tonal quality of the voices changed. It seemed as if, for some inexplicable reas- on, they had become more clear and dis- tinct and the voice of Zeus was heard commanding silence and then the argu- ments Were continued in earnest. Well, I've been interested in two of them for a long time, said a sweet low voice which I immediately guessed to be Aphroditet's goddess of love and beauty, There's a bashful youth, the president of the class, who seems to be having a pretty hard time. My one request is that after four years of college life he and Evelyn be married by tl1e Rev. Lawrence Fletch-- er and live happily ever afterward. And I want a reform in the manner of warfare and I've found the man to do it. I'll put Englehardt at the head of the army and he'll introduce sane and hu- mane warfare. He'll chaallenge the countries to football and thru him Amer- ica will gain supremacy over the world. It was the great god of war Ares, who spoke these words. Since you have all had your choice, I guess I'll do as I please with some of your charmers said the jealous Hera. Now, Irene Zeisloft must go into a nun- nery for ten years at least. Never! Irene is a charming girl and she and Helen Porter are both to be mar- ried within a year, retorted the goddess of domestic happiness. I spoke first, I guess you can't have everything your own way. Silence, I granted Athena their des- tinies yesterday, thundered Zeus. She has also as goddess of wisdom the privi- lege of deciding the fate of the learned ones. She has chosen Mae Bartlett to re- form the schools in America. There are to be no text books in school after she has made her reforms. You told me that Raymond Spechk was to be a martyr for my cause, said a 26 THE FORUM voice, sweet toned and powerful with the persuasiveness of eloquence. Poor fel- low, its a shame but then this matter of parallel lines has to be proven. He will at least gain great renown in the next generation tho he die a poor man in this. There's so little romance in these modern days that we must make the most of it all. Now Berta and Earl must be married. Oh, Aphrodite, you make me tired! You're the silliest thing I ever heard of. No wonder girls haven't any sense with such a sentimental thing as you for an example. Still I've found two or three girls who are sensible enough to think as I do. Now there 's Hazel Graff, Mary Mochwart and Alma Lepley, who I will compel to take my vow of perpetual maidenhoodf' said Diana. Then the mighty Zeus spoke, Of course you all know that Mary Ewing is to be a spiritualist. Thru dreams she will tell what great events are going to happen. She will be hired to go as an assistant to General Englehardt in his campaigns. I guess that at least is agreed upon by everyone . But what about Verna Salis- bury? What is she to do? Shall she be at the head of the Salvation Army or appear in the Gigglers? Really now, it seems to me that there is no one who can take her place as a worker in the army of Salvation while there are plenty who are well fitted for the stage. Now there's Besse Van Voor- his. You all know how she starred last year in that Merchant of Venice written by that man whom they claimed to be im- mortal. Well, do as you please about that, I've a very serious matter to put before this assembly. Now over in America there are thousands of children working in shops, factories and cotton iields. It has to be stopped and it seems to me that we have the very person to help us in Anna Black. You know how well she plead this case on March the twenty- ninth. A good suggestion. And there's that matter of vivisection that I'd like to have settled. This cruelty to animals is hor- rible. Now there 's no infiuence on earth as great as a woman's, you'll all admit, and it seems to me that it would be a good plan to put some one, say Vernice Phu- lips, who has expressed her sympathy, toward us at the head of the movement for its abolishmentf' Oh that 's so uninteresting! Why don't these mortals do things like the ancients used to? It was just a circus to sit up here and watch the Trojans and the Greeks ghting down there at Troy- so romantic too. This was the god of war who spoke Well, I for my part thank heaven that people are not as they used to be. But now is our busy time of the year, so don 't Waste any more time ruminating over old times. Let's decide about that Leon Zeisloft next. I think he had better have a printing establishment in New York, and publish that magazine, The Snail, edited by Hazel Kirkpatrick. They will both gain great renown thru the articles published in it on Influence. He doesn't have to be a bachelor does he? It would be a shame to spoil that charming romance of his, interrupted Venus. Do as you please about that but don 't interrupt. We 've only an hour to determine what shall be done with the other twenty-five of the class, so hurry up. Now there's Louise Sperry. Has anyone anything particular they would like to have her do? Oh, she's perfectly grand in chem- istry. A regular shark. She shall be a chemist of great renown. 1 will attend to THE FORUM 27 her future, said Diana eagerly. That's all O. K. with me. Has anyone any objections? -Silence. Well, that 's settled then. But what about Mable Cole- man? Wasn't it decided that she should play in the Metropolitan Opera house when Beulah Doelfs appears there as- No, that isn't it at all. Beulah is to play That Slender Mayde in the Prince of Gibraltar, written by Vivian Dowds and set to music by Mable Coleman. Mon- roe Kaufman will lead the orchestra. Of course, all this Won't happen right away. It's lovely to be able to blend together the destinies of these classmates. It 's too bad that we can 't spare some one to ac- company Portia Wagner to her Mission in Shanghai. Well, why can't we? asked Diana. I think those poor Chinese need a school teacher dreadfully. Why not send Mary Blair with her and let her teach the Chi- nese with the aid of the Bartlett 's Peda- gogy Newly Systemized? Or you might have her marry and take her husband- suggested Venus. Oh, I wish you would keep still about marriage a few minutes! That's all you can talk. You ought to be content at hav- ing that pretty Grace Faddis marry an old French count just for his title. It seems to me that it's rather a shame that you couldn't have given her a better fate. Af- ter all that money was left to her she could have done a lot of real good work, if you hadn't insisted on an old count- No one expects you to understand anything about love. You 're just jealous because no one is in love with you. Silence! shouted Zeus. If this quibbling isn't stopped l'll dismiss the council. Well, if you didn it always let Aphro- dite have her way- Keep still, will you? I- Then came a sound of great confusion, followed by a voice which I had not heard before but which I had decided was Ceres. What, quoth she, what means that cloud of dust appearing like a speck on the horizon? See it advances! What a dreadful noise is makes. Suddenly with a great burst of speed a thing traversed the plains toward me, mowing down trees, houses, telephone poles and everything else that happened in its way. As it neared us I could make out an ominous and complex shape with oscillating pistons, whirring cams inter- mingled with a bunch of indescribable ma- chinery which would strike awe into the timid readers. Then changing gears the thing extended two bat-like Wings on either side, and leaping into the air with a bound, it soared and circled gracefully around, finally alighting at the front door of the oracle. Emerging from an entan- glement of ropes, straps, cables, etc., stepped a youth who bore a worried ex- pression on his countenance. On peering closer at his physiognomy I recognized him at once as being George Hookway, the renowned inventor of Copyrighted, Dirigible, Double-breasted, Seamless, Har- vester, Reaper and Mower. I then heard a noise as if rain were falling but I was mistaken for it turned out to be the pattering foot-falls of one Mr. H. Carey, the famed dancer, who learned the pro- fession at the Y. M. C. A. Professor Hook- way realizing the necessity of a person who could move quickly from one place to another had utilized Mr. Cary for an equilibrator. Crash! Then an omnious silence. Then the deep bass voice of Zeus thundered forth in mandatory tone, This is what comes of that fool idea of yours of having such a young man rise to glory too soon. Now he's dead and his great invention lost to the world. Oh, well, that's only one mortal gone anyway so what's the diHf. I'm getting 28 THE FORUM tired of this. Let 's let the rest drift as best they can. I'm going driving. Now, before you go there are one or two little points which must be settled. All right, but hurry up. Give me a couple to dispose of 5 I'll do it up in fine style. Very well, there 's Grace Strang, what about her? Oh, that's easy. She 'll be married in two or three months and will be driven insane by her nine children. Iim tired of being kind to these people, they don 't ap- preciate it when you are. Then she'll be left a widow. Black is very becoming to her, don't you know. That ought to console her. I think you rc mean. You aren't nice to the girls at all. But they can always count on me to help them. I've a great idea . Now, there 's that Frances Chew, she is crazy about Domestic Science. She will invent a new auto paro domees, a great machine which not only mixes and cooks all food and does all the sweeping and dusting but also feeds and clothes the people. That will simplify matters a little. I think I'll get one joke at least out of this, said the deformed Hephaestus. Ethel Simmons has been making a tour through Bangs, Hunt Station and Mar- tinsburg where she has been collecting material for a book entitled Personal Experiences in Extensive Travelling in America, which will be published next June. Then, too, there 's Anita Wrentzel, she will fall in love with one of the lion- tamers in F orepaugh and Sell's circus, run away and become a famous bareback rider. That's enough for you, Hephaetus. You haven't got sense enough to- I guess I'1l get one of the fellows too. I've kept still all this time while you've been trying to marry them all off and now I'm going to do as I please. Ralph Jen- kins can shock the natives of Mt. Vernon by starting a poker joint and will become a rival to J. D. Rockefeller with all the millions he gains. Does that satisfy you? No, it doesn't, but then that's all the good it does. You'd ruin all mankind if you could. I tell you I'm going to have one learned person out of this class. Har- vard will be in great need of a Latin pro- fessor in 1914 and one of the eminent members, renowned far and wide for his great wisdom, oratorical genius and knowledge of Latin,-John Gotshall,- will fill the place and rise to even greater prominence on account of his wonder- ful ability. He will- Then was heard a great roaring, whir- ring and rushing followed by sounds as of a great confusion. A voice broke out: Well, what under heaven is the mat- ter with you, Hermes, and what is it you have with you? Oh, it 's too horrible for words. As I was flying in the clouds above the ocean I saw one of these new seven-passenger aeroplanes invented by a fellow by the name of West coming across above the water filled with pretty girls. There were six of them and the driver, whom I rec- organized as Dean McKee. Suddenly two of them got into a very heated argument as to whether skirts were to be two yards around the bottom or three. Coming closer I perceived they were the renowned debaters Faye Thomas and Besse Patter- son. The debate waxed more fierce 'till they came to blows when alas! in the midst of the first combat when Besse made a fierce lunge at Faye, over went the whole thing and all the pretty girls were dumped into the sea. Poor Olive Snow and Jennie Hildebrand were drowned but I've turned them into mermaids. THE FORUM 29 I caught these lovely maids in mid-air and brought them with me. Their names are Ruth Mitchell and Helen Chew. Then jealous Hera spoke out quickly, I surely will have to keep my eyes on Zeus now! But what about the two de- baters? Their argument was so heated that it kept them above water. They were floating along shaking their fists and screaming at each other when I saw them last. I move we drive them to a wild and desolate shore and let them teach debating to the wild beasts there. What think you of that plan? A noble brain for vengeance you have, my noble Hermes. And now but one remains and she deserves an awful fate. She has tried to make the people laugh but how completely she has failed -alas! is all too plain. Send her to a place where she will be compelled to do this always. But I must be going, I've an ap- pointment With Cupid in twenty-five sec- onds, so, good-bye, I'm oif. Then everyone seemed to have departed and a grewsome silence fell about me, I suddenly arose with a start. Had I been dreaming had it really been the gods whom I had heard talking? I really could not settle in my mind what it had been until I reached home four months later and heard that great scandal still noised abroad that Anita Wrentzel had gone with the circus and then I knew it was all too true. Alas! what fate awaits some of my classmates! I is 'A -- E , 'Tim m :YVYYIYYYVWV - , 1 ll' i -I ZOE 1 S V 505 E 93 i I ' I V el? glp 1 Y ' 4-'Z A - fi. , I .A-11 1:1-1 ,Ia ,,,,,. zxilw wm- I ig- , . in 1 - 4. ' N fn fl!! 3' l nr ln. Vw! 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