Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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to read how great Caesar was, according to his own commen- taries. No man is really prominent in public affairs until he has been compared to the aforesaid. Chemistry deals with the action of acids and different sub- stances of which the earth is composed, such as the action and appearance of face powder on the human complexion. Why is a bad egg, and several other questions are solved in the chemistry room. These are the essential subjects and the others are placed in the school to fill out the program, but if this outline is prop- erly used there is no doubt that the ones who are going to enter high school will make great progress. —ARTHUR BUCKERIDGE, ’15. “TIMES ARE CHANGED” 1. How well do I remember Those four short years gone by, O11 that morning in September When we entered Port Huron High. 2. We were so small and simple. And also very shy ; And w r e always blushed so deeply W hen a Senior passed us by. 3. But now you see those times have passed When we obeyed such rules. And as we are the Senior Class Of course we run the school. — A Senior. A well dressed lady rushed up to a clerk in a household goods department store and, without waiting for the clerk to speak, exclaimed: “Give me a mouse trap quickly, please. I want to catch a train.” 23

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tion, as this is the first subject that the freshie desides upon. There is no doubt that English is essential to the human being as no boy can expect to wear a number 7 hat until four years 1 English has increased his head, where the brain is supposed to be, to that size. Facial expression has a great bearing on this subject, since, when a teacher sees that the countenance expresses learning, by the study of physiognomy he knows that the brain of the wearer has absorbed the lesson. This is one of the greatest studies that is known and every well known bluffer uses it at every opportunity. But to return xo the study of English. English is supposed to show the student how to use dif- ferent words in their proper places and not to use expressions like “He seen his duty and done it noble,” which always causes excruciating agony to the listeners. Large words are to be avoided as they show superficial phrasing and are to be elim- inated from extemporaneous narratives. English is common- ly divided into three branches called, Good, Bad and Indiffer- ent. It can be mastered only after much study and concen- tration. Ancient history is the next study that we shall discuss, as this is the subject that is frequently taken several times by the scholars. Tt deals with things that happened so long ago that nobody cares whether they happened or not, but it is placed in every high school curriculum because it prevents any- one from graduating before his proper time. Several years of this subject are usually taken. Geometry treats of the subject of why we call a worm an angle worm when it is really composed of several curves. I his is a much discussed question and it takes many years of study to find out how little you know about the different branches of the study. Latin is also an essential study, very beneficial for the art of self defense. Many a man has had his life saved by hurling Latin verbs at his prosecutors, which causes them to retire in complete embarrassment, making them realize that they are no match for the Latin student. It is very interesting 22

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Honor Roll Students with a standing of 90 or above in all four sub- jects : SENIORS Mildred Carlisle Evelyn Pace Alice Cook Elsie Presspricb Grace Donaldson Quinneth Summers Marguerite May JUNIORS Elmer Chamberlain Florence Fleming Elmer Chadwick Warren Simms Virginia Elliott Helen Barrett Edna Hall Leona Little SOPHOMORES Frances Smith Marian Soutar Beatrice Winn Oliver Han ton Isabel McLaren Marie Maurer Mildred Monzo FRESHMEN Guy Oliver Beatrice Isbister Lloyd Reid Gordon Tappan I shot an arrow into air. It fell to earth, I knew not where, Until the man on whom it fell Came ’round and gave me — the information. Mr. Davis (calling Smith Bros.) — “Have you any extra large bushel baskets?” Alumna — “I hands with.” miss many of the old faces I used to shake 24