Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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2 THE ARENA THE BOARD’S APPEAL (With Apologies to Shapespeare.) FRIENDS, STUDENTS AND ALUMXI: Hour us for our cause, and be attentive, that you may hear; read our ARENA for its worth, and buy a copy, that you may read; judge it to be worth one dollar and a half, and pay it, that you may be the better judge. If there be any egotistical Junior or dear little Soph mentioned herein, to him we say that our love for him was no less than his for us. If, then, one demand why we roasted him so hotly, this is our answer—not that he de- served less, but that our space would not permit more. Had he rather pose as a man and deceive the honest public than that his true calibre should be known and be treated accordingly? Who is so base that he would be a Junior? If any, speak, for him we have offended. Who is there so dumb that he would be a Soph? If any, speak, for him we have offended. Who is there so blind to merit that he would not be a Senior? If any, let him hang himself. Awaiting replies, we remain. Yours truly, “YE EDITORS.”