Nelsonville High School - Saga Yearbook (Nelsonville, OH)

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s The Scarlet and Gray « The Scarlet and Gray VOL. VII. Nelsonville, Ohio, February, 1918 No. 4 Entered as second class matter, November, 1912, at the Postoffice at Nelsonville, Ohio, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Published six times during the school year by the High School Student Body. Press of Bart, the Printer. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF LITERARY EDITOR Athletics—Earl Walters T8 Locals—Mary Pensyle T9 Alumni—Rose Harrold TO Smilescope—Robert Smith T9 Exchange—Ruth Vorhes T9 Efficiency grams—Doris Parks '20 ADVERTISING MANAGER Assistant Assistant CIRCULATION MANAGER Assistant Assistant Staff Artist EDITORIAL STAFF ELIZABETH ZELLER T8 MARGARET SPENCER T8 Senior Reporter—Dorothy Allen T8 Junior Reporter—Alma Donley T9 Sophomore Reporter—Lucille Barrows '20 Freshman Reporters—Clara Starett '21 “ “ —John Jackson '21 BUSINESS STAFF ELTON SMITH T8 - - William Guy T9 Martin Lutz '20 NEIL PRESTON T8 - Cable Gibson T9 - Lucille Stalter '20 - Robert Kinney T8 Basketball is a popular game for both boys and girls of all ages and all classes; it calls for healthful exer- cise of all parts of the body. Every boy or girl who has played the game knows that using the feet only will not make a good player; no matter how strong the hands and arms may be, they alone will not enable the player to cover the ground. Alert- ness of the eye. quickness of move- ment, accuracy and endurance are necessary. The boy who never cares, who never has energy enough to do what is expected of him, who is al- ways tired will soon find there is no from quickness of movement and of judgment, basketball requires coolness and self control. Everybody know's that a player wrho has lost his temper o.uickly loses his head. The player cannot do it all either, he must have the support of the whole school back of him. The support given the N. H. S. team deserves men- tion, it has been splendid and let us hope it will continue to be so. The gym has been almost full at every game and if you have not been there doing your duty, better arrange to come to the next one. There is al- place for him in basketball. Aside ways room for one more.

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 The Scarlet and Cray 7 They were just enjoying their bacon sandwich when they heard the sound of approraching footsteps and men’s voice0. “Sh-h-h, they’re coming!” Kate held up a finger for silence, and they heard the following mysterious conversation: “That’s the closest escape yet. The General is watching us right now.” “Did you get ’em?” “Of course. Slick as a whistle.” “Tomorrow------escape-----move----- quarters.” Of this last sentence the girls could ht ar only a very little. “Let’s hide, Grace! They’re up to some mischief.” “P.ut where?” Grace could see no possible hiding place. “Here can you get in the lower part of this cupboard? Sure you can. I’ll get under this kettle.” Just as Kate concealed herself un- der f lic kettle the door was opened and the men entered. Such a clatter of voices! The girls could only hear a l’ew words now and then until one of the men called for silence. From the conversation they learned that this was a band of German spies who had valuable information hidden in a secret apartment. They did not learn what the information was but they did learn that it was to go to Kaiser Bill the following day. The men had start- ed to leave when one said: “I’m almost starved. Let’s eat.” “We hain’t got no time now. One more big sweep and we leave.” “Did you put those things in the cupboard I was telling you about?” One of the men started for the cup- board. Grace had a hard time stifling a scream and Kate shook like an earthquake as she later confessed. His band was on the door ready to open it when the other man who had seated himself on the kettle, much to Kate’s discomfort, called to him. “No, no that’s all over. Jim took care of that this morning.” How Grace blessed Jim, even if he wa° a German spy. After what seemed an age the men left, and coming from their hiding places the girls searched for the hid- deu information. They were about to give up. when Grace who was lean- ing against the rickety mantle, gave a surprised exclamation. She had by accident moved an old saucer that was used as a match-holder and found it concealed a button. The papers were easily obtained after this, but for a while the girls were very much dis- appointed. Some pages were blank and those that weren’t were unin- telligible. “Nothing like trying. Come on, let’s go and see him.” Yes, he knew what they were and turned white as death when he read them. He informed the girls that they were maps of every one of the im- poriani fortifications in America. A squad of soldiers was immediate- ly soni to the hut and the much-sought German spies were captured. That afternoon Grace and Kate re- turned home to a very worried mother surrounded by a group of very worried chums. Grate and Kate were sights in their wet, muddy clothes, but pinned on the dress of each was a bright gold medal, for their services to the U. S. A. LUCILE STALTER, ’20. Off For France Continued from page 4 In the night the rain turned to snow and by morning the boys were nearly frozen. At breakfast Clifford seemed rather nervous the reason was soon known. “Say, ’er, what do you say, fellows, if—Oh, blame it! Let’s go home!” “I'm with you”, “Sure” “Come on” were cries. A few hours later six odd looking boys boarded a train at Co- lumbus with tickets for Nelsonville. The laughs, jokes, scoldings and pettings from mother were rather hard to bear. “But anything is better than France” they all agreed. Lena Bowers, ’20-

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The Scarlet and Gray 9 Principal's At the half-way station of the year it may be well to make some observa- tions on the qualitv of work done dur- ing the first semester. The grades made by the High School as a whole entitled 38 per cent to be excused from the first semester examination. By classes the distri- bution was as follows: Senior classes 48 per cent Junior classes 44 per cent Sophomore classes 31 per cent Freshman classes 34 per cent The passing grades, including those of the examinations, entitling to credits for work of the first semester averaged 74 per cent for the entire high school and by classes the per- centages were: Senior 89 per cent Junior 78 per cent Sophomore 70 per cent Freshman 68 per cent The above grades mean that about 10 per cent of the members of the high school must “get busy” im- mediately in order to keep the number of students who pass in their work up to the usual place. Whether this decline in the quality of work is to be attributed to the war or to the un- usual weather, neither of which condi- tions has ever been experienced by those now in school, the remedy for the situation lies in the same action, i. e., increased and more intensive study, and less distraction from school work. A soldier is a soldier first, last and all the time. A merchant is a mer- chant first and then if time permits he takes up some side line. A stu- dent to be successful must be a stu- dent first and then if it is advisable devote some time to side issues. Any one who thinks he can prepare a lesson in less time than that given to the recitation of that lesson is de- ceiving himself. Forty-five minutes is the minimum time that ought to be allowed for the preparation of any lesson, and special lessons will require more time. That means that accord- ing to our present schedule all high school pupils should prepare at least one and sometimes two lessons outside of school hours. Common sense is the only witness to prove this case. Included in the 26 per cent who fail- ed in their work for the first semester will be found more than 95 per cent of those who try to do all their school work between 8:30 and 3:15. At one of the recent teachers’ meeting it was reported that the greater part of these were showing renewed interest. If thv; interest can be maintained for four and a half months the credits may be made but the work and time lost in the first semester can be made up. Let us get busy and avoid the un- pleasant feeling attending a failing grade in May and the struggle to make up work in September. Our enrollment for the year, the sub- scription list for The Scarlet and Gray, the membership of the Senior class, and the non-resident attendance have all been the largest this year in the history of the school. Why not make the percentage of successful grades fall in line with the other high records?