Nelsonville High School - Saga Yearbook (Nelsonville, OH)

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To bear is to conquer our fate.— Campbell. It is always safe to learn even from our enemies, seldom safe io instruet even our friends.—Calton- Who escapes a duty avoids a gain— Theodore Parker. The reward of one duty is the power to fullfill another.—George Eliot. There is not outward sign of cour- age that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.—Goethe. The small courtisies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. True courage scorns to vent prow- ess in a storm of words-—Smollit. The Journey of high honor lies noi in smooth ways.—Sir P. Sidney. Honesty is the best policy.—Cowantes. Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a ship.—Franklin. Many receive advices, only the wisest profit by it.—Publius Syrus. The life of action is nobler than the life of thought.—Miss Mulock. He that has no crosses deserves no crown.—Quarles. Few know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.—Longfellow. There is no secret of the heart which our actions does not disclose. There is only one proof of ability— action.—Marie Ebnor—Eschenbad. He is a truly courageous man who never desponds.—Confucius. How much easier do we find it to commend a good action than to imitate it. It is praisworthy -even to attempt a great action. Impatience never commanded suc- cess.—Chapin. Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.—Napoeleon I. A stout heart may be ruined in for- tune but not in spirit.—Victor Hugo. A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.—Bovu.

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 The Scarlet and Gray 13 Mrs. Mary Blake Spears, ’09, and little son and Mrs. Lena Blake Juniper and little daughter Elizabeth, of Sparks, Nevada, are guests for several weeks of Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Hill. —o— Miss Grace Kinney, ’08, was called to Anderson, Ind., to attend the funeral of Mrs. Allen. She will also spend some time with relatives at Ellwood. —o— Earl Jackson, ’10, is now home from Chicago, awaiting his call for active service in the Signal Corps of the Aviation Department. —o— Thomas Allen, ’15, has successfully passed the examination for pilot in the Aviation Department and is awaiting orders to report for active service. Mrs. Mildred Ball Sanders, ’16, now has a position as stenograhper in the Quartermaster’s Department at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. —o— Sheldon Scott, ’14, has recently been appointed assistant in Chemistry in Marietta College, where he has been in attendance for the past four years. Mr. Leland Kreig, ’12, has gone to Washington, D. C., where he has a good position as draughtsman in the Ordnance Department. When the call to colors went forth the youth of N. H. S. alumni respond- ed most loyally. To their number will be added at least a dozen more in the near future. Yet not entirely have the young women hesitated to report for active service at the front. Fore- most among those to “go across” was Miss May Wallace, ’98. Shortly after her graduation Miss Wallace went to Chicago, where she completed her 1 raining for a Red Cross nurse in 1914. In the fall of the same year she with several others of that city entered the service and have been actively en- gaged “somewhere in France” ever since. Doanville. the guest of friends. Gladys Ayers, Essie Cline, Pearl Bumgardner, Helen Betts and Louise Call attended a sleigh riding party given by Margaret Pritchard of Ath- ens, the evening of Jan. 17. Miss Gretchen Kasler and Mildred Vorhees spent Friday evening guests of Mrs. J. W. Wilson a former stud- ent of N. H. S. Mildred and Ruth Vorhees very pleasantly entertained a few of their friends at their home on Franklin St- Friday evening, January 25. Music and games were features of the evening. At a late (?) hour a daintly lunch was served to twelve guests. Those present were: Ruth Love, Mary Pensyle. Betty Zeller, Gretchen Kasler. Mary Lane. Ellen Riley, Elton Smith, Wilbur Martin. Wilbur Hutchins, Browney Quigley, Robert Kinney and Lawrence McBride. On the evening of Feb 6. Bernice West entertained her friends with a party. At a late hour a dainty lunch was served to the following guests: Mable Linton, Hazel and Margaret Hall, Mabel Halcomb, Jo Powers, Grace Duckworth, Margorie Duck- worth. Mable Rosser, Helen McCarty. Garnet Sauders, Maud West, Agnes Creighton, Mildred Johnson, William Smith, Wilbur Martin, Landon Shafer. Theodore Sweeney, Carl Ross, Charles Price, Donald Johnson, Orville Steen- rod, Mr. Nash, Tom Blake, John Jackson and Martin Lutz.

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The Scarlet and Gray 15 i VMfM We have with us for this issue of the Scarlet and Gray many new friends and also many old friends, who are: Clarion, West Hartford, Conn. Comus, Zanesville, Ohio. Columbian, Shanghai, China. Denisonian, Granville, Ohio. Dragon, Greenfield, Ohio (2 copies'. Frarn, Sandusky, Ohio. Ohio State Lantern, Columbus. Ohio. Polytechnic, Troy, N. Y. Quill, Parkersburg, W. Va., Spectator, Columbus, Ohio. Ew-Endie-Wie, Pt. Pleasant, W. Va. Transcript, Delaware, Ohio- Weekly Original, Marietta, Ohio. ROCKS AND ROSES ‘‘Scarlet and Gray”,—You have a good paper, your jokes are good and also your literary department.—Quill, Parkersburg, W. Va. ‘ Scarlet and Gray”—A dandy little paper! Welcome! your stories are fine, as, indeed are all of your departments- However, your cuts are not in keeping with the rest of your material. Can’t you impxove them?—Bulletin, Steu- benville, Ohio. “Scarlet and Gray”—We are always glad to receive your interesting paper which is put up so neatly.—Mega- phone, Athens, Ohio. “Dragon”, Greenfield, O.,—Your paper is good except it is lacking an exchange department in the January issue. “Columbian”, Shanghai, China-— This paper, which has traveled so far to reach us, we find to be a good one with an especially well written liter- ary department. We hope you will come again. We have mailed a Scarlet and Gray to each of the following and hope to hear from them soon. Book Strap, Charleston, W. Va- Tatler, Huntington, W. Va. Sentinel, Lusering, Penn. Spectator, Johnstown, Penn. Wheat, Ritzville, Washington. Tiffinia, Tiffiin, Ohio. Piquouian, Piqua, Ohio- Dart, Ashtabula, Ohio. Lyceum, Chillicothe, Ohio. Review, Galveston, Texas. Signal, Cambridge, Ohio-