Oakhurst Collegiate School - Acorn Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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THE ACORN 9 to end in a peak and :1 Flag. Massive windows arched and carved rear themselves before him in their stateliness. And then, calmly, his eyes travel down the smooth surface and rest on the faces tonce 50 foolism of those who have taken this wonderful opportunity of seeing the erection of this splendid structure, and mentally he takes off his hat to them. 1 ELIZABETH PENDLETON KROGER, 1915. THE OCEAN age Sometime the ocearfs green and still, At other times iFs gray, Tomorrow there may be a storm, Although ifs calm today. i The white-capped waves coxhe tumbling up, To break upon the beach; They wash away the sea shells That are within their reach. But when the sky is black with clouds, And lightning rends the air, The sea seems quite to be alive, To dash and splash and tear. 1 But in the morning, all is hushed, The waves run smoothly in, The sky is blue 1 it seems as if The storm had never been. -BARBARA MCKAY, 1918.

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8 THE ACORN AN IMPRESSION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING -N IMPRESSION, startling in its novelty, was made upon me by the i erection of the new Chamber of Commerce Building. Now, ordinarily, the building of a much talked about structure is watched with interest by anyone, especially when it becomes neces- sary for him to pass by the place at numerous different times, thus seeing it, as he is bound to do if he has any curiosity at all, grow larger and more magnificent day by day. When it is finally completed, no matter how enormous 0r awe-insrpiring it may be, it fails to make an unusual impression on his mind, such as it probably would on that of a man Who had never seen the building until completed. This is what happened to me. Although it was convenient and sometimes even necessary for me to walk down Fourth Street in getting to Mullaneis on several different occasions, I never caught a glimpse of the wonderful skyscraper which was being erected there, until it was almost finished. It was in this manner that I contrived to get the startling impression of the New Chamber of Commerce Building. Now, although one may have limited intelligence, nevertheless when one so limited sees a goodly half of the population of his city standing on the street cor- ners with mouths agape and eyes rolling upward, he naturally does not desire to make one of such a foolish-looking crowd, but moves swiftly onward, feeling on the whole rather above it - not the building, of course - but above the curiosity that the common herd exhibit for gaping at high buildings. It goes on in this manner for a long time and the building becomes higher and higher, but still the person of the limited intelligence never looks up, held by an unfamiliar kind of shame. At last, after having had it read to him from the newspaper all about ttt'he first lady who ever went up in Cincinnatiis new building, and ttthe daring work- men who get one hundred dollars a minute for working up theref curiosity tnot the common kind of coursey gets the upper hand, and, first looking down and all around to see who is looking, he looks up, up, up, until his hat slides down from his almost horizontal head. But still his fascinated gaze continues to travel upward. By this time he does not care who sees him, or whose way he may be imped- ing, but is only conscious of a wild desire to shout Look ! e for truly it is an un- usual sight that, by some strange mirage, has been unfolded before his gaze; beau- tiful smooth white stone, high blocks of it step on step extending up till it seems

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10 THE ACORN THE RACE '3 T WAS the night before the Yale-Harvarcl boat race, when a very well dressed young man, accompanied by his sister and aunt, en- tered a hotel near the river. The hotel was full of Harvard men, all of whom were in very high spirits over the prospect of the coming race, which was to take place at eleven olclock the next morning. uWell, Aunt Sarah, said Billy, after he had registered, 1 have a pretty good room for you and Frances, overlooking the river, but mine is near the back of the hotel, so Ilm not very near you? Then, after getting settled in their rooms, they went down to dinner. Sis, I expect to have a high old time tonight? said Billy, laughingly, llfor Ilve found that my room is right next to a bunch of the Harvard boys, who all seem to be a pretty good sort. See, there they are, coming in now. Illl intro- duce you to them after dinner. He went on, talking excitedly of tomorrowys sport, finally telling Aunt Sarah to be sure to be ready by ten olclock, as they wanted to get a good place near the finishing point. It was just as Billy had expected. The excitement became greater and the boys more hilarious as the night wore on, and it was not until after three o'clock that they tinally went to bed, each calling out to Billy to be on hand early the next morning, as there were many things to be done before the race. But when Billy finally did go to sleep, he slept so soundly that it was not until broad daylight that he woke up, and he was horrified to Find, when he looked at his watch, that it was already ten olclock. He jumped out of bed expecting to dress in about two minutes, when he suddenly discovered that his clothes had disappeared. Yes, his suit case was gone also! While he was standing there wondering what to do, there was a knock on the door, and his sister's voice called, llBilly, arenlt you ever coming? Aunt Sarah has decided not to go down, but just to watch the race from the veranda, but it is time for us to go. Wellj' he answered, tlthose Harvard guys have run off with my clothes, and I have nothing to put on. For heavenls sake, go and get me some clothes. Fm determined to see the race. 'tWell, I have only that pink dress of mine, but wait and I will get it. In about five minutes his sister returned and knocking on his door called out, uHere is my pink dress and my hat to match. I brought my veil along, because I thought it might help to disguise your face and hair. Now please hurry and don,t primp too much. Billy worked and tusselled with the Hhorrible rag, as he called it, but at length he succeeded in getting into the dress. The next thing and perhaps the