Nelsonville High School - Saga Yearbook (Nelsonville, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 16 of the 1912 volume:

When,You Open Your Pocketbook. W. EDGAR GROCERIES MEATS Best cut of Steak 14c lb. Poplar Street The Home Restaurant Open Day and Night Our goods are like our location “ ON THE SQUARE ” go to : : : : Bunt Sommers For your Groceries and save 5 per cent. Save your coupons and you get •$10 worth, we will give you 50c in Groceries. Price Bros. -------DEALERS IN------ DRY GOODS, GROCERIES And PROVISIONS East End. If If Ohlinger, Wolf Co. ---DEALERS IN- GENERAL MERCHANDISE Formerly The East End Store. Popular Street PRESTON’S ff DRY GOODS STORE --Watch for- The New Spring Merchandise... Keeton Co. Groceries, Meats and ali kinds of Feed ----AT----- LOWEST PRICES 748 Poplar Street Bell Phone Nelsonville Laundry Co. Put Your Duds In Our Suds 398 Chestnut St. IDanteb . . . CTnotfyer €let ator For Up-to-Date Shoe Repairing —Call on— Burnell 4 We do it while you wait 2 Doors West of Myers House Frank Yenpok First Class Handwork Laundry 46 Hocking St. ...Linscott Hamm... Distributors of Good Things to Eat The Home of Quality Columbus and Hocking Sts. Maple Hill Store Groceries Dry Goods 35 Columbus St. Compliments o_f a Friend Pritchard Rauch TIRE INSURANCE Wilson Rosser Block. The Collegian Clothes store is attracting con- siderable attention nowadays, owing to their beautiful exhibit of : s : : Adler’s Collegian Clothes. Visit .... The Colonial Hot Chocolate Ice Cream Soda . . . The Year Round . . . Whitman’s Candy -Bernal poston IN INTRODUCTION. It may be mettle, it may be wit To edit a paper for nothing; But if you re content to sit and listen We can do the bluffing. All we ask is you attention— We care not for your wit or rhyme. Smartly have we writ this paper Since you’ve given us the time. We beg you laugh at our endeavors To our faults be very kind— If with patience you will read, Many truths herein you’ll find. There’ll be other editors for papers, Others, too, to write the jokes; We have labored with much patience To make fun for other folks. Lives of great men all remind us We can all be shining tapers; And, departing leave behind us Other wise ones to write your papers. C. A. D. 14 .MR. BINGLETON. That day in the vast woods the stillness was almost oppressive. Mr. Bingleton sat on the bank of a beautiful babbl.ng brook, fish rod in hand, and all those articles which accompany an up-to- date fisherman scattered along the bank; also the remains of a lunch. For Mr. Bingleton had been fishing all day. At least he had sat there nearly all day with a line dabbling in the brook and a nice fat crab on the hook for a bait. The crab had become tired of the water and crawled out on a flat stone to sun itself. But Mr. Bingleton was not aware of that, nor did he seem aware of the droves of mosquitoes which hummed about his head net, nor was he angry because the fish in the fish- less brook didn’t bite. He was just spending a long- wanted vacation He was from New York and had an excellent position there as floor walker in a department store on Broadway. Mr. Bingleton was a self made man. He had worked as a cash boy, salesman, etc.. till finally he had reached this coveted position. He had always lived in the city, ever since he was a small boy. He had no desire for the country, he always preferred the smokey city air to those fa- bled balmy breezes of the country. But to be in style he must take a vacation in order to spend the savings accumulated during the other fifty weeks of the year. He abhorred the seashore with its dress parades and he disliked the country. But choosing the lesser evil he had gone to one of those beaut’ful isolated summer resorts in the Ad’rondacks; one guaranteed to be one-fourth mile from any civil- ization. But this is not the only reason wre find Mr. Bingleton here, indeed it is the least. For was not a certain Miss Brown spending the summer at a club not far away; and had this Miss Brown not often come into his store; and had she not smiled at him once when she was at his hotel; then, too, was not this young woman’s father a millionaire? Yes, and in fact, this same lady w’as fishing in this same brook on this same day. So much Mr. Bingle- ton knew, for he had been talking with Miss Brown's guide the night before And this is why we find him sitting here all day long fish rod in hand, and patiently waiting for fish. Suddenly he heard a rustling among the trees; he started, for although he was of course, not afraid of the wild animals in the forest he would be em- barrassed to meet this young lady who must (pass by him He looked around but saw nothing except the huge trees behind which a man couldn t hide. So he settled back in his old position and resumed his pipe dream of the rich father-in-law-to-be, and the brown stone front farther up on Fifth Avenue. He had bought out the store where he was formerly employed and was returning to his elaborate home on the avenue. He had just gone up the steps and rang the bell, when he discovered he was not alone in the woods, for close by his side stood a shiny black bear. Mr. B ngleton had just one more thought for the time being. It was run! And with the veil of a wild man he started down the stream scattering the ele- gant fishing tackle along his route. On he went and on ’till thinge became blurred and dim about him, but then he could not stop. He knew the bear must be close behind him. Life never before seerneu so precious. If he must die he preferred to die in the city where there wras some chance of a decent bu- rial and not get killed here in the woods by a w ild beast, and then have his body devoured by it and his ©areas picked clean by the birds. These were were his thoughts and so on he rushed until things about him became darker and blacker and finally he sank down exhausted. It w'as probably an hour before he became con- scious of some one working over him and of his head being bathed with cool water He jumped up and started to run again, but a hand detained him th s time. Then he saw the one he had been look- ing for all day standing there before him. He be- gan to smoothe out the wrinkles and tatters of his clothes, for Mr. Bingleton was very careful of his personal appearance and now’ it galled him to be in such a condition in the presence of this one of all young ladies! But he stopped. She was speaking to ♦him “I hope you are not injured Mr.’ O, how he hated the man who invented Mr. ‘‘B’ngle- ton, he added, as he hastened to assure her of his physical fitness. 40, yes; I had forgotten. We found—we found; who were we?” He looked around and saw’ a sturdy young fellow w’ho had held him when he started to run. He was indig- nant. What right had th’s young man with his choice of ladies. He was about to tell him so when she continued: We found your th:ngs a couple of miles up the stream, and we thought some one must be in distress, so we followed your trail by the bro- ken bushes and tatters of cloth ng.” Then Mr. Bin- gleton remembered and started to relate his adven- tures and narrow escape, w'hen there and right be- side her wfas the same bear he saw before “He is a pet over at the club ’ she said, noticing his aston- ishment. ‘‘He got loose this morning. We found him with your lunch basket further up and he fol- lowed us here.” How Mr. Bingleton wished he was back in old New York pacing up and down the aisles of his store! Noth ng could ever induce him to spend another vacation in the wilderness. But she wras speaking again: ‘‘Will you go to the hotel with us?’No, it would be out of his way as h!s hotel was in another direction, and having felt himself over, he thought he could get home alright So Miss Brown and the bear and the other fellow departed. Mr. Bingleton sat down to think it over. It was dusk when -e arose and started home- ward. Then, truly, the stillness in the vast woods was oppressive. LELAND KRIEG, ’12. A TALE OF WORN OUTS ‘‘Why, hello, Pearlhandle!’ said Jettop Umbrel- la as he landed on the city trash-pile and met his old acquaintance. Pearl Handle Parasol. “Hello, Jet ’ e ns w eyed Pearl, 'where have ytou | een?” What brought you here? I have been here two long weeks.” ‘ Pearl,” said Jet, ‘ I will tell you my story. You know we have been friends since that time we stood in that b:g store window'. Well ,one day a man came in and bought me, pay ng one dollar; he took n.e home with him in the rain, spreading me over his head. It was the first time I had ever felt rain and I shrank from it so much that he threatened to take me back. He took me home and set me in a wooden thing without drying me, saying, “Some day you’ll come in handy.” One day his wife gave a dinner party and several people came. Before the party ended it began to rain and I was loaned to a lady and a gentleman who raised me over their heads, also. ‘‘On arriving at my new home I was carefully dried and put away until one day I w-as brought out in a snowstorm; at first the snowr scared me. but I soon became used to it for I was taken out on many occasions. “The winter soon passed awfay and rains came again. It was during the April rains that I got one of my ribs broken. It happened in this way: One day as I was carried along my mistress tried to cross the street, when a sudden gust of wind blew me out of her hands under a passing automobile. I thought I was lucky with getting only two ribs broken because I was sent to a shop where I was repaired. “Afterwards I was taken back to the home of my old master where I was put in my customary place n the hall and was used now and then until one day I was left on the porch and was attacked by a dog who tore my covering off and broke so many of my ribs that I wfas brought here.” “Now,” said Pearl, ‘7 will tell you my story; it is somewhat different from yours but I hope you will find it interesting. ‘ On account of my pearl handle and silk top I was an expensive parasol. I wras bought by a lady who carried me over her head to protect her from the hot sun The sun felt good to me and I behaved well, w'hich pleased her very much. ‘‘On arriving at her home I w'as carefully laid away until I wras needed again. Her husband chanc- ed to see me and took a fancy to me, resolving to take me at the first chance, which wfas very soon, for his wife went into the house for something as he was leaving one day and left me near. He saw his chance and quietly picked me up and carried me to his destination which was a gambling house. Here he set me in a cloakroom while he played. At first I had some company but bye and bye the rest of the parasols left and I was the only one there. A dirty looking man then came n and see- ing me, picked me up and took me out into the street. “This man reeled along with me until he got so crazy drunk he dropped me on the street at the mercy of everybody, and had it not been for two little beggar children I suppose I would be there yet. “These poor children took me to their home where I was used very much. Sometimes I shaded the baby from the rain, sometimes from the sun and in winter I kept the snow off her, but as the’r mother always kept me clean and neat I did not mind these things so much. But like most things this all came to an end for my real owner identified me and took me home. ‘I stayed in this rich but dismal house until one day when my mistress left me near the front door to dry and went up stairs, forgetting about me. Her husband, coming home at two A M., did not see me because the hall was dark, so when he came in I felt all of my ribs break as he fell headlong over me. “I was useless after that so I was brought here and now let us die in peace,’.’ finished Pearl as the trashman applied a match to the pile. NOBLE J. LAX, ’15. DIFFERENT SORES MUST HAVE DIFFERENT SALVES. This method has been used by all to cure more than one ailment. Because we have so many differ- ent kinds of sores, if there wasn’t as many or even more different kinds of salves, some people would be under the weather the greater part of the time. So taking man in his various stages of life from the cradle to the grave, he applies and has applied to him many more salves, soothings, and oint- ments, that are kept at the drug store alone, but at a variety of other places, as, the shoe store, the harness shops, the grocery, the orchard, or the little clumps of willow bushes which grow by the beautiful brook which ripples in the beautiful sunlight over numerous colored pebbles, affording much joy to the small child who is Just large enough to cause mamma a host of trouble keeping track of him. The small infant lies in the cradle, making little joyful noises of its own, or playing w7th its tiny toes seemingly with no thought of dissatisfaction. But when this little baby’s joys need a salve at length, this salve is a companion, a somebody to make merry with it, by mak:ng a noise with its little rattle box, causing the little thing to laugh with glee. But even this seeming pleasure needs a balm to help it out. The baby soon gets tired of its amusement, and begins to fret and cry. The rattle box does not now have that same soothing effect, and something else is wanted in its place. Pres- ently the mother, read’ng the little childish mind, brings a small bottle, which the child with some bother gets to its little mouth and is quite con- tented again. Then the child goes to sleep and gives no more than the usual trouble when it awakens Now taking up the next step the baby is just large enough to walk around, get into mischief, and it takes all the patience a mother has to w’atch the funny l ttle creature at his pranks, and the strange wray its little mind will figure out different plans to get something which the mother does not want .t to have. Next, coming to the boy at about the age of seven. He has started to school. He has learned from the time he was two years old to walk, to talk, to read, to spell, to write and numerous other things which are probably more than he will learn in all the rest of his life. But it is at this age that something besides the nursing bottle, the rattle box and baby’s toes is resorted to. It is here that the drug store comes into play. The boy runs around, cuts his foot on a piece of glass, and a little dab of some kind of salve or afew dropsof turpen- tine will do more good than all the nursing bottles and rattle boxes in the world. Also here is where the shoe shop comes in handy, for the sole of a ladies’ slipper, spread on abundantly is often a better salve than any of the drug store remedies. But the baby now has become a good sized boy. He goes out with the rest of the “kids,” they induce him to smoke and to do many other things which he knows perfectly well mother does not allow. She finds it out, and goes to the orchard and brings back a good ipeach limb or down to the brook where once he had innocently dabbled in the water; she th'nks of the baby then and the boy now. But she brings back a nice willow switch from the bush where the baby once played and the boy smokes in the next few minutes more than he has smoked in any other two days of his life. Now the boys aspires to better things; he is nx w a young man. He goes through school with due honor, and enters college. Here he proves to be an energetic student, he is a star on the football field, a favorite among his classmates and he grad- uates from college, an honorable man He now starts on his great career of l fe which is no easy task. He brings up a family in a way which would make any father proud. But with all of his pleas- ures there are numerous drawbacks, and the salve that is now used, is an hour of hard study and deep thinking, to bring him clear of some difficulty. This method is used in his thirty, forty, fifty years and on upward to old manhood, and he again Tke the infant, must be humored in his old age. His children are now scattered over the country and he is not contented, but goes back and forth, visiting his babies (comparatively speaking) who are always glad to have him come. But now he is growing too old to go round much, and he is compelled to settle down with the one he loves most, probably the youngest of his flock. He grows weaker and weaker and at last becomes ill, he lingers on, but ah—now the last has come, the baby of a short seventy or eighty years is now upon his death bed. The messages are all sent to the children and what anxious waiting until they all come; all but one, who has already passed into that great beyond. They gather around the bed to catch the last gleam of those kindly eyes, and with the last words, ‘T will meet you in heaven,” he closes the door of this darkened and gloomy room and passes into the brilliant lighted hall. His fingers have lost their tension, the gleam from his eyes has faded and he has passed into oblivion. The children turn away to nrourn their loss. In the course of a few days the church bell tolls, and as it were in the olden times the ringing of those beautiful chimes, an- nouncing that another soul has passed into that great beyond, where there is no ointment nor salve to save the soul except his former life. So live that when thy summons comes, To jo.n that innumerable caravan; Which moves to that mysterious realm; Where each shall take his chamber In the silent halls of death, Go not like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, But sustained and soothed by an unfalterbrg trust; Approach thy grave, like one Who wraps the drapery of his couch about him, And lies down to pleasant dreams LAULMO, 12. FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. Dear Earth People:— How are you? I would like to know how you can do with it so dry up there. I know I couldn : stand it. I am a deep sea fish, and need plenty of water I have a nice little home under a small rock here, that you earth people would say weighed about twenty tons. It's all right but I wish I had a little better neighborhood. Right to the right is a nasty old crab with a sponge on his back. Then there is a big fish, that always tries to eat me up, on the other s'de. He lives in the cabin of an old wreck of a pirate ship. The other day I was over there and saw an old rent in the ship. I looked in and san all sorts of shining staves that the crab said were valuable up where you are, but there are tons and tons of them going to waste here. I also saw some coral, which the crab said were large pieces for the earth,, but I have a whole tree of it here. Then there are ever so many kinds of barnacles down here. Just yesterday, I almost ate up one in the shape of a fish, but I caught myself in time They have too hard shells to digest easily. Yesterday 1 saw a crab get caught in the shell of an oyster but in trying to get loose, he knocked out a piece of shiny shell, perfectly round and about half the size of the ordinary shr11 The crab says it must be a pearl, though whAt that is, I don't know. Say, he must be pretty old. As long as I can remembei he was as big as he is now. He says that my great- great- grandfather was born after he was, and that he is by no means old. He says that he expects to live several hundred years more. WelL, I must stop because here comes that pesky old fish. Yours, truly, A. FISH. C. C. F., 15. ATHLETICS ......Y. M. C. A. NELSONVILLE, OHIO..... We head this department witn a pitcure ot the Y. M C. A. because when we think of Athletics our minds turn toward it It s the seat of all our ath- letic endeavors and is intimately connected with the High School. Here is where our basket ball team has been defeating all opposing teams. Mr. Fisher, the general secretary, has generously de- voted much of his time to training our teams and has helped them on to victory. VICTORY No. 6. The N. H. S. Basket Ball Team defeated the Ix)gan High School Team at the Y M. C. A., Friday night, by the decisive score of 77 to 17. The Logan team, though a good team, was no match for the local champions. They were always at the mercy of the home boys, except in the first m.nute of play when they made 3 points to Nelsonvilles none, but this was overtaken with interest in the next min- ute. Aumiller led in the scor'ng, getting 15 field bas- kets and one foul. Capt. Hoodlet made two beau- tiful shots from the middle of the floor. Love was out of the game on account of injuries but his place was ably filled by Lowden and Knight, Knight play- ing the last ten minutes. The N. H. S. Team plays at Logan, Friday the 16th and although we almost certain to beat them it will probably be by a smaller score. The lineup was as followrs: N. H S. L. H. S. Musser ..............RF................ Sparnon Trout ...............LF................ Beabout Hoodlet .............C................. Shannon Lowden-Knight .......RF ............... Yontz Aumiller ............LG.................. Jones FIELD GOALS:—Aumiller 15, Hoodlet 8, Low- den 6. Muser 5, Trout 1. Knight 1, Sparnon 4, Bea- bout 2. FOUL GOALS:—Hoodlet 4, Aumiller 1, Beabout 3, Sparnon 2. OFFICIALS:—DTcher and Warner. Capt. Hoodlets work on the defense must be especially praised. “Three baskets being all that opposing centers have been able to make on him this season. Two of those were in the Y. M. C. A. game in October, wThen he wras not yet in shape. As a result of the championship season which the team has had this year, they have been invited to attend the Ohio Championship Series at Dela- ware. March 1 and 2. which is given by Ohio Wes- leyan University. They have deeded to accept, and although they do not know much about the strength of the teams in the northern part of the state, it is thought they will have a very good chance for the championship; at least we hope 60 If they do not win the championship, it will be a big boost for Nelsonville, as only the best teams of the state are invited. Only six teams attending this series last year. Although we have had a championship team this year the attendance has been very poor. Last year we had a losing team; and with about $39 extra expense for hall rent, we cleared $13. This year we have cleared about 13 cents. We heartilly thank those who have attended the games this season, but there should have been a much better attendance. To show what the team has done this season, below will be February 16th N. H. S N. H. S found the results o i e oea oii October 24, 11 November 24, 11 54 Y. M n M up to 14 N. H. S December 30, N. H. S January 5, 12 S.. 3 N. H. S January 12., 12 51 Athens II. S... N. H. S Feburary 9, 12 N. H. S February 16, 12 2 Logan H.S.... N. H. S February 16, 12 G... ....23 N. H. S Totals ....98 Field Foul Games. Goals. Goals. Aumiller .... n 57 6 Love 6 49 3 Hoodlet G 22 30 Trout 7 7 4 Musser 7 17 1 Lowden 2 6 0 Knight 2 1 1 Pretty good records, are they not? GREAT INDOOR CIRCUS. N. H S. and the Y. M. C. A. jointly will give an indoor circus at the Y. M. C. A. gym, Tuesday, Feb. 27. Everybody come. N H. S. receives half of the receipts. It is going to be the greatest affair of its kind ever given in th s city. They gave one last year which was enjoyed by. all. There will be many great acrobats and funny clowns. In addition they are going to give an exhibition of Nelsonvilles finest poultry. From basket ball our thoughts will turn to running, and we have many good runners in the High School we have bright prospects for a good relay team. ATHLETICS. What do you know about this? The final basket ball game of the season resulted ,n two victories for N. H. S. Logan High saw the r finish when our team arrived Remembering their former defeat (or annihilation) by N. H. S. they attempted to strengthen their team by playing an outsider. Their ‘ringer, however, was discovered and rather than be fairly defeated they allowed the ♦fame to be forfeited. Score, N. H. S., 2, L. H. 3. 0. But to save them the gate receipts N. H S. kindly consented to play a much stronger and heavier team, the Logan O. N. G. In spite of “dirty playing” by some of the O. N. G., the one- sidedness of the Logan referee and a row of pillars through the center of the hall, the result wras a victory for N. H. S. Score N. H. S. 24, O. N. G. 23. And our team outplayed O. N. G. in every way except “dirty.” THE ESCARLET AND GRAY.............................. Lester Webb.........................Editorvin-Chief EDITORIAL STAFF Helen Gooaspeed, '12 Austin Doan, '14 Ethel Bagley, 13 Frances Leach, '14 Noble lax 16 Clara Pr.tchard, '15 Irving Koch, '13................. Athletic Editor Business Manager..... ...........Leland Kreig, 12 Assistant Business Manager. .Gilbert Pritchard, T2 Published Monthly by the N. H. S. Student Body Price Ten Cents per Copy Printed by Buckeye News Company Because they did it cheaper EDITORIALS I,ook our! Here it comes! What? Why the Scarlet and Gray, our new High School paper Written and edited by N. H. S. pupils, full of good things, going along smoothly and with very bright prospects before it. This paper is a feature now to teachers and pupils alike and nothing like it has ever been tried here before, but that is just one reason why we should and are going to make it a success. Nothing can be accomplished, nothing can be bu It up unless somebody starts the ball rolling; that has been done and now it is just starting over the incline. Watcli it roll! This paper is the student’s paper and all students are invited and expected to con- tribute to its pages. Maybe you can write a short story or can report some locals or have a new joke, if so just hand it to your editor (there Is at least one in each room) and it will be gratefully re- ceived. Many high schools and almost all of the colleges print a paper and now old N. H. S. has fallen into line. Let’s show them what we can do. We have plenty of talent for the work and we can. and (moreover we will, make it equal and go beyond any paper of a high school of similar size. Every- body push! A great event to be pulled off in the near future is our debate w th Athens The subject decided up- on is, “Resolved, That the Commission Form of Government Should be Established in All American Cities.” This is a very good subject because it s one which is coming up before the people today and because it is comparatively new. Therefore the debates will have to be original. There will be two teams from each school, one affirmative and one negative—each team to consist of three people. A debate will be held in each city on the same night, the affirmative team remaining at home and the negative going to the other city. After the de- bate each person will be given five minutes for re- buttal. Athens has a new principal this year who comes from Newark. He is interested in this kind of work and has been instrumental in bringing about the debate N. H. S. has some very good debaters and can put up a strong team. We have brains enough to beat those Athens students even ?f thev are from a college town, if we work. Now that our basket ball team has done such excellent work this season, (see Athletic Department) we must win this debate and show the .people that we have brains as well as muscle. Let everybody get busy and help Even if you are not a member of one of the higher classes that is no reason why you should not make the team. Once before a fresh- man made the H. S. team and two years ago a So- phomore made one of the literary teams Even � f yau stand no chance of beine a dehatpr look nn the subject anyhow. It will do you good and perhaps ou may find a point of which no one else ever thought. Let s all work and beat Athens. Now when everybody is compelled to be vacci- nated, why doesn t some one invent a process sim- ilar to vacinnation, to prevent a person from tak- ing the sprang fever?’ Or one to prevent the disease commonly known as “stage fright would be particularly welcomed by the seniors as an epi- demic comes around about the last of May. Just wrait until wre win that championship and that debate; then we can face any other student throw back our shoulders and raise our head and say: ‘Look at us.” Many new features are being planned for us next issue. One of these is the Alumni depart- ment. The co-operation of the members of the al- umni is asked in making this a success. What- ever is cleared on this paper will be used in mak- ing the other issues larger and better. It will be noticed that most of the stories in this paper come from the Senior class. These were written some time ago for class work and since we were in a hurry to get this paper out we used them It it is not their intention to monopo- lize the affair but we want to make it a paper of the High School, by the High School and for the High School and for everybody. To Our Readers—If perchance one of those news bums, those who buy no paper but look over the shoulder of someone else, come around you. just imagine that you are Everett True for about five minutes. Tell them that there no more left; just call at the office first door, left of the main stairs in the main hall. SOCIETY Misses Garnet and Ethel Dunkle entertained a number of friends at the r home in Floodwood Sun- day evening. February seventh wa3 the centennial of Char- les Dickena birth. The Seniors observed the day by a apecial study of his life and works. Miss Lowden made the lesson extremely interesting by reading selections from his favorite works. A number of High School pupils attended a tafTv pull at the home of Floyd Hutchins. Among the numerous games was a mus cal contest in which Logan Mooney won first prize. Arthur Love was playing with a tin soldier in school and Miss Johnson threatened to take it from him, whereupon Leland Kreig remarked; “That was oneof 57 different ways to catch a man.’ At the home of Prof, and Mrs. Jackson, last Thursday evening, the Senior orchestra delighted ladies of the W. C. T. U. with several selections. After quite series of m’shaps all the members of the orchestra (except one) had finally arrived at the house. The missing member came rather late and in the confusion it was discovered that one of the instruments was missing entirely. The rest were forced to fill their part on the program, how- ever, which they did with their usual success, and responded to several encores. But it is to be hop- ed that the next time they meet the drums will not be missing. George Stuart was calling on friends in Athens Monday evening. Miss Campbell spent Saturday and Sunday In Columbus the guest of relatives. Saturday evening. February 10, five couples from N. H S. spent the evening with Ethel Carter. It was a leap year treat. The girls treated the boys to an oyster stew and the boys, like the heroes that they are, fought mightily with those oysters. Tuesday Baby Lama opened him home and the N. H. S. students rushed in and devoured an elegant bean supper prepared by Mr. Lama and his mascu- line friends. The girls owned up to it that there were good cooks in the High School besides them- selves. Floyd Hutch'ns, Mr. Lama and Leland Kreig also had a bean supper. The merchants are doing a fine bean business since the students developed the appetite. Gene Harrold and Windle Kelly are learning to be graceful. They are taking dancing lessons. A PAGE OF GRINS. Octa—(As they encountered a vicious bull dog) “Go on Bernard, you knowr you said you would face death for me!” Bernard—“But he isn’t dead.” Julius Caesar wrote a book. After that, his life wras took And this world his soul forsook But this book remains today And’s being murdered in every way. Poetic license. We understand that L. Aumiller was seriously injured last week by being thrown from a horse, causinb a fracture in the Latinus Translationi- phram. Question not, oh gentle reader Why we have no jokes on you, Each one here has writ his own joke, Go thou, then and likewise do. A professor wanting to tell his pupils to stop the use of slang, gave a lecture ending this way: T tell you pupils CUT IT OUT!” Freshmen—Emerald. Sophomore—Blarney Stone. Juniors—Grindstone. Seniors—Tombstone. You can ride a horse to water But you can’t make him drink; You can ride your little pony, But yon cannot make him think. Wanted—Some one to take Kate Umphrey, Lucy Moore, Vivian Clark and Lillian Teny’s places at eating cakes. If Clermont Howell was in a hurry would Lillian TERRY? If Claire Fisher needed a hair cut would Flossie BARBER? If Oscar Jenkins cut his finger w’ould Clermont HOWELL? If Frances Bennett wanted a sweetheart would Edward LOVE? If many wore Della’s hat what would DELA- WARE? If Hazle Hartman wanted to fight a duel wrould Clarence PERRY? When the trees begin to bare their limbs no w’onder the corn gets shocked! If Blondes wre;gh less than Brunettes is it be- cause they are lighter? A little Freshman boy wfas asked by his fond parent if he was first in anything at school. ‘ Why yes ’ he replied, “I am first out of the door w'hen the bell rings!” Husband—“I am ruined, and my son’s musical career cannot continue. Go to the barber, my son, and have your hair cut.” 'Are you Hungary?” ‘‘Yes, Siam.” “Well Russia along and I’ll Fiji!” “Why did you quarrel with the school teacher?’ ‘‘Oh, if I didn’t appear right on the minute she would ask for a written excuse signed by my mother.” Mary’8 grandmother had no teeth and one day as Mary sat looking at her she said, “Oh.,mamma, grandma’s teeth ain’t through the shell yet, are they?” Mrs. Binks—“What are all those men running for?” Mrs Jinks—“The school house is on fire.” Mrs. Blinks— Oh, you don’t say so! I wonder if the children got out. Why dont the use the fire escapes?” Mrs. Jinks—“I guess the children came out that way.” Mrs. Binks—‘‘Yes, but they don’t put the fire out with them? Don’t the fools know how to use them?” When Christine Nillson made her concert tour in the United States in 1884 Signor Bugnoli sang with her. He caused much merriment when he came forward in a Missouri town to apologize for Nillson’s indisposition. Madame Nillson ees a leetle horse, he said Not.cing a riipple of laughter he repeated the state- ment that Nillson was “a leetle horse,” “a leetle horse “a leetle colt! Whereupon a facetious occupant of the gallery brought down the house by remarKing: “Well, then, why don't you trot her out?” One morning at breakfast Oscar announced that he had fallen out of bed that night. His sister said: ‘‘You slept too near where you got in.” “Pooh ’ he said, “that wasn’t it, it was because I slept too near where I fell out WITH THE BUSINESS MANAGER. Our business men all seem to think that it pays to advertise. At least it seems that they all do advertise, so we are not going to explicate the ad- vantages of advertising but we are going to explain the advantage of advertising in this paper. We are not engrossed in politics and other such wrrangies and g ' e our attention to d fferent and perhaps bet- ter affairs. We hope that after reading this first issue the business men will feel that they are helping theni- se.ves by a.d.ng us. All of our ads. have been given more in the spirit of donation for this issue. We hope that the next time we come around they will be glad to give us an ad. for the benefit which they derive from the first. Then they will want a whole page instead of a twenty-five cent ad. We realize that our ads in this first paper are not arranged as well as they might be. But remember this is our first attempt and we will sure- ly profit by our mistakes and with experience we hope to be able to give better rates to advertisers for the March issue. This paper has a circulation of about two hundred and fifty for the trial issue. One hundred and seventy copies are already spoken for by High School pupils. We expect to sell the rest to the Alumni and other townspeople. Besides this about twenty-five copies will be sent to other schools as exchanges. Our paper contains only articles written by pu- piis in the school (except the jokes, part of which are selected from other papers and magazines) ShouldrVt this interest the whole family? Don’t you suppose they will read it to see if their child has his name signed to an article? We dont think that it will be carelessly laid aside or thrown into the waste basket because it is about the only means of communication between the school and the parent. This is what it is published for� to show the par- ents and people just what is go ng on in the schools. Don’t you admire our purpose? Don’t you think it will help to stop the quarrels of the past and raise the standard of our schools? Th:s is what we hope to do. It is what wTe are going to do and to do it we ask the assistance of all. If our paper does not suit you drop us a card and tell how we can better it. We will be only too glad to receive sug- bestion but we do not solicit any anonymous communications. If you do not wish your name to appear in the paper with your criticism mark it confidential. Now to return to our subject, if you want us to continue this paper as is done in most of the other First Class High Schools, will you help us by send- ng in an ad? No matter how large or how small, it will be equally apprec’ated. Help us boost you. Address, Business Manager, care Principal, Nelson- ville High School. CURRENT EVENTS. The recent improvements in wireless have been so great that one of the leading newspapers of New York City now receives all its foreign news in this manner. Through the generosity of Andrew Carnegie the Amer can Indians are to have a costly memorial in Washington. Mr. Kelsey, the architect win spend two years in the study of their habits an.l customs before the real construction begins. It is planned to have this memorial contain many Indian relics in order that the traits of th's vanishing race may be preserved. “Smile awhile, and when you smile Another smiles, and soon there are mile and miles of smiles And life's worth while Because you smile.” Tramp—“Lady, could you spare me something to eat? I have lived on water for six months!” I ady—“How was that?” Tramp—‘ I was a sailor.” J. P. Morgan is br'nging his art collection val- ued at 60 millions to this country. It will probably be placed on exhibition. Key West may now be reached by rail, since the railroad has been opened recently. It was very difficult to build, as well as expensive, and much of the way is constructed of concrete arches. It is planned to make Key West a shipping port to South America and Mexico. The “Anitra’ Orchestra played to a large and appreciative audience in H. S. Auditorium in Mon- day evening. Their program was well-chosen and consisted of musical numbers and readings. One number espec ally beautiful was the “Dreams of Love.” Another was the reading “Tender and True, and You.” The next number on the course will be a lecture by Hon Alden. “Baby I ama’’ is the author of a new propos't.on to prove that happiness is the prime object of ex- istence. He surely is a living example. The doctors have been having very humorous experiences while vaccinating pupils. One little fellow wanted to be “blaeksnaked!’” Reece Trout show's decided ability to entertain an audience by distorting his features to a most unusual extent Perhaps Reece will be the star performer of the Indoor Circus which is coming soon. THE CLASS OF 1914 There is one class in this high school That always minds the Golden Rule, No matter whatever people say, The Sophomore class is just O. K. We're all as good as we can be And get along so peacefully , Whatever work is to be done, It is finished ere the set of sun, The Freshies always are behind, The Juniors a bit fast, you’ll find; The Seniors, Oh, my goodness me, They are too far advanced to see The time they really ought to use But to do this they simply refuse. Of course we, the class of nineteen—14, Get our lessons as they are given, We never want to shirk our task Until we have to flunk at last. Like Mr. Johnny On-the-Spot, We are always right on the dot, Oh may our minds develop still. As we work on with might and will. And as we plod our weary way May we have the right to say; We did our work the best we could, As all good people always should. DOUGLAS FISHER, 14. (So they think.) His grade-card now he has received, Instead of being much relieved, His patience now is sorely grieved—- That’s aggravation. Next year he s back in the same class. He’s just determined he shall pass; His aims are realized at last— That s gratification. HELEN GOODSPEED. '12. FAREWELL. Farewell to the class of 1912, We take our leave at last To go out into the world To dream of the happy past. As we look back to our school days, Our hearts grow, Oh, so weary; The days which once were so short Are now so long and dreary; But cheer up and be merry, Why should our hearts be sore? For we all hope to meet some day Where we shall part no more. BERNARD CARLTON LAMA, '12 THE PSALM OF BUSINESS. Tell us not in mournful numbers Advertising does not pa£. For the man's non compos mentis Who would such absurd things say. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the man who hopes to rise. To eminence in any calling Must expect to advertise. In the world’s broad field of battle. In the conflict of real life; Advertising is the magnate Of achievement in the strife. Lives of rich men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime; And by liberal advertising To the highest summits climb. Let us then be up and do’ng. Business then will be alert; Still achieving, still pursuing, In the N. H. S. sheet your ads insert. C. A. D., ’14. INSPIRED LIVES. It truly is a pleasant sight To see a student in his might, Seize a pen. begin to write— That’s expectation. He looks the questions o’er in va:n, No answer comes from his troubled brain. He begins to wonder if he’s sane— That’s realization. FOR SALE A T ..The Fountain Pharmacy.. J C. A. Cable Co. REXALL OLD RELIABLE DEALERS IN.... 93 Ha.ir Tonic HARDWARE Preserves and Promotes Hair Growth. Your money back if it doesn’t. . . Ttvo Sizes 50c and £1.00. Largest and Best Selected Stock in the City, Try our Home Made . . . Horseradish and Peanut Butter... NONE BETTER C. W. JUNIPER Lawyer M. L. Rosser 232 Fort St. K. of P. Building Nelsonville, Ohio. 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