Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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STAFF Meyer H. Lavenstein, ’16 Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Sarah E. Seward, ' 16. Jean Stribllng, ’17 Florence Robertson, ’16 . . . Duckett Jones, ’16 Russell Young, ’18 Florence Couch, ’17 Montgomery Jackson, ’17. Nelson Partin, ’18 Richard Gill, ’17 Francis Hays, ’18 Willard Kidd, ’16 Alice Riddick, ’16 G. Spooner Dunn, ’17. Exchange Editor Alumni Editor Boys’ Athletic Editor Girls’ Athletic Editor Head Reporter Business Manager . . .Assistant Business Manager Circulating Manager Assistant Circulating Manager Joke Editor Art Editor Published six times during the school year, at regular intervals, by the pupils of the Petersburg High School. Subscription price: 60c. per session; 10c. the single c( y. Address all communications to Petersburg High School, Peters- burg, Va. Entered as second-class matter at postoffice, Petersburg, Va. The success of the students’ or- ganizations depends not only upon the support and interest of the stu- dent body, but of equal importance is the efficiency of its officers and repre- sentatives. To the latter source we may attribute the success or failure of every P. H. S. enterprise. The success of the athletic teams is due to the captains and managers; of the literary society and glee clubs to their officers; and of the Missile to the staff. Hence, it is imperative that the test and 0ttukrt!g o

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18 The MissHiB than ever. The horse next attracts his attention and there is no way of escape for the poor old broken down servant of man. Then the capadors toss their red capes in his face and they too escape, and the first scene ends in the death of the horse that usually drops dead from the first blow of the bull. In the second scene the men come into the ring without any means of defense. This is the most interesting act in the performance, for but little blood is spilt and they de- pend entirely upon their agility for safety. These take with them barbed darts about two feet long, covered with fancy ribbon streamers. They shake these at the bull, thus provok- ing an attack. Then, just as one seems to be on the bull’s horns, he plants the darts in the neck of the bull and steps lightly aside. These darts again enrage the bull, who has been getting tired of the whole affair. He attacks whatever comes in his way ; it may be a dead horse, which he will then tear open. While the bull is thus engaged, darts filled with powder are then used; these explode in the flesh of the bull and cause him to dance and skip about in his agony. In the last act the trumpet sounds. Then comes the death. Everything has been done in anticipation of this act. The first two have been to madden the bull and tire him out by violent exercises and loss of blood. But the bull, though nearly worn out, makes a last mad rush at the mat- ador, who plunges his keen blade into the bull’s shoulder, up to the hilt; the bull staggers and dies. The bull and dead horses are dragged out, and the fight begins again in regular order, until the usual number of six or eight bulls have been killed. — Dallas Warken, ’ 16 . Teacher: Where is the alimentary canal? Student: In the northern part of Missouri. A When Cupid aims at anything he Mrs. it.

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20 The Missile most capable students direct these organizations. We have had enough poor athletic teams, literary society meetings, and even Missile numbers to establish this fact. If we were asked the cause of the baseball team’s victorious season, we should say that for the first time in years the best men of the school played on the team. It has been, indeed, a new occurrence to see P. H. S. represented by the most capable students in literary or athletic fields. The best players are not always on the team, and the best writers or speakers do not usually hold offices; popularity is the thing that counts. And not until the student body realizes that efficiency is more impor- tant than popularity can school spirit achieve tangible re- sults and P. H. S. attain its proper position. The existence of several student organizations in the school — six, to be exact — operating under different man- agement, has been of more than little financial burden to the students. Sel- dom has any been self-supporting. Due to their uncentral- ized and unsystematic working, many unwise and unneces- sary appropriations have been made. Individually and col- lectively they have been something of an economic strain upon the pupils at large. The Missile, therefore, takes this opportunity to present a plan which we believe to be more economical and expedient. That is, that the finances of these organizations — literary societies, athletic associations, glee and dramatic clubs, and magazine — be managed by one board, composed of representatives from the student body and fac- ulty. A very beneficial step towards this reform was the union of the boys’ and girls’ athletic clubs at the beginning of the year. Such a system must prove essentially stronger than the existing one primarily because it is centralized and responsible. It tends to create a spirit of unity and co-opera- tion. It is based upon the principle that we are all for one and one for all. We sincerely hope that the next term will see to its success.