Polytechnic High School - Caerulea Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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Y'-'.. ' . sau' Q' A f H ,J X s Z gisff . ati, . Z ,,, x-UPXJFT5, .- 1 v, minute speeches by the pupils, a discussion of current events or an article from the Art of Debate, and the criticism of the speeches by Miss Knowles. There is no credit given for this work, but the at- tendance and interest is excellent. It is hoped that credit may be given those who take this work next year. The best speakers in the class arewassigned places in the bimonthly program. This class work has given more students an opportunity to debate and has placed the work on a more systematic basis. . A SERMON. Brethren and Sistren, the lesson today is one that calls back the busy days of childhood. My text is- And mother was chasing her boy around the room, she was chasing her boy 'round the room, with a broom, ah! Brethren, let your imaginations supply the pitiful scene which my text calls to mind. A mother, with the soapsuds of honest toil upon her arms, pursuing within the narrow confines of one little room, the person of her only son-for the text mentions no other, and in her hand a broom with which we are led to suppose she wishes to strike him. The woman is poor, for does our text mention a number of rooms, in any one of which the chasing might have taken place? No, it says distinctly the room. So we know beyond a doubt that she lived in a little house of one room. To the eyes of you who are accustomed to many rooms, two or even three, this dire poverty must bring tears of pity, and help you to feel somewhat the dejection and desperation of the poor mother. And you of harder heart, who sit unmoved by the tale of her poverty, prepare to weep, this poor woman, this mother with a growing boy was a widow! There can be no doubt of this, for nowhere in our text do we find a mention of father. VVe are told not one word concerning father, hence at the time this text was written he must either have been singing Halleu- jahs or shoveling his own coal, for had he been alive, in the bosom of his family, the scene would have been entirely different. XVhen the boy with crime upon his conscience and yarn upon his features came to judgment, a word from father would have arranged a wood- shed interview and we would have been spared the pitiful scene of the text. . But, Brethren, this was not to be. This world is full of sorrow, we all must share in it. Wfe who have been spared the heartache of chasing our own boys around the room, must listen to the troubles of our less fortunate brothers and sisters. And this is well: sooner or later the day will come when we too, armed with a broom twish- ing it were a telephone polej will bend our energies to the suc- cessful application of the aforesaid broom to some portion of our od- spring's anatomy. And if in that moment of anger, the poor mother who chased her boy around the room comes to our thoughts, perhaps this sermon will not have been in vain, and our boys may be spared to steal more jam in the future. Amen! w. M. C. '07, -. , VFX -v. .rv-1 'Q , I-Q TQESVK , . ' ,I Q' 'as' -. Qzsfivgx-s9.' .uipi MEF . . i 19

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