Providence Technical High School - Review Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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1928 THE TECH REVIEW 111 DEBATING SOCIETY

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110 THE TECH REVIEW 1928 “He was paid one-half his price that night with the understandin’ that lie would get the rest when he finished his job. He took his money an’ disappeared for two or three days. On the third day. a wagon came into town with a big crate full of cats. The driver of the wagon was that fella, though 1 hardly knew him. He had got himself all dolled up with a new suit, hat an’ shoes. He’d got a haircut an’ shave, too. so that he looked like one of these here city dudes. He unloaded the crate down on the beach. While he was dumpin’ it of! of the wag- on. the cats started yowlin’’. By Crim- nieny! you orter heard the racket the dogfishes started kickin’ up right oft . The only thing that kept ’an from coinin’ onto the beach after the cats was us. After unloadin’ the cats, he bought an old mot- or boat from one of the fellas there. He fixed a screen of chicken’ wire over the whole boat an’ put the crate of cats inside it. He wanted the rest of his money then before he left, he said. They give him what was coinin’ to him an’ he climbed inside the caged boat an’ fixed the screen tight so that nothin’ could get An American and a Scotsman were speaking about the intense cold in the North of Scotland. “Why, it’s nothing at all compared to the cold we get in the States.’’ said the American. “I can recollect one winter when a sheep jumping from a hillock into a field, became suddenly frozen on the way, and stuck in the air like a mass of ice.” “But, good heavens, man,” exclaimed the Scotsman, “the law of gravity wouldn’t allow that.’’ “Oh, we don’t do things by halves at home,” replied the Yankee, “the law of gravity was frozen, too. in. We shoved the boat off of the beach for him. Just as soon as the boat was free of the beach, it started tossin’ an’ the cats they, started yowlin’, Wa-a-1 say! you orter seen the dogfishes then. They made enough noise to dee fen a doorpost. Lucky for that fella, he had that cage over the boat, 'cause those fishes was jumpin’ an' bumpin' right against it, try in’ to get at those cats. The fella started up the motor an’ the boat began to pull away from land. Those fish started after that boat as tight as they could go. There was so many of ’em that the water around the boat was beat to a foam by ’em. Just as soon as the fish started to foller the boat, everybody started yellin’ an’ dancin’ round they was so glad. “That was the last we ever see of ’em, both the fella an’ the fishes. None of the fishes ever come back, anyways. There was only one trouble come of gettin’ rid of the fish—we couldn’t get to sleep nights for a month or so, it was so awful quiet. Why, those fish had really sung us to sleep nights only we didn’t know it.” A small boy entered a grocer’s shop. “Have you any dry biscuits?” he asked the pleasant faced man behind the counter. “Yes,” returned the other, “as many as you want, 1 dare say.” He opened a large tin. “Is that the only kind you have?” “No, here’s another,” said the kindly grocer. “Are you sure they’re very dry?” “Quite sure,” smiled the other. “Very well, then”—the boy backed to- ward the open door—“why not give ’em a drink?”

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112 THE TECH REVIEW 1928 VARSITY DEBATING TEAM Left to right: Marvin Cornell, Harold Fleisig, George Ajootian, Marion Ross, Coach Walter H. Hibbard Debating Notes The activities of the Technical High School Debating Society have been nu- merous and varied. Two debates have been held in the society. A number of papers on debating have been presented. Outside speakers have addressed the so- ciety. On one occasion Shi Fu Nong of Canton, China, explained extra-territor- ial rights, and also gave much informa- tion on the situation in China at present. 'The Varsity Squad presented both sides of the question, “Resolved: That Con- gress Should Pass the Curtis-Reed Bill Providing for a Department of Educa- tion,” in a debate before the Parent- Teacher Association. A February Frolic was held with one hundred and fifty pres- ent. The presence of outside guests and the decoration of the hall made the affair distinctive. Interclass debates were held on the subject, “Resolved: That Capital Punishment Should be Abolished in the United States. The Varsity team debated Rogers High School of Newport, R. I., on the subject, “Resolved : That the Phil- ippine Islands Should be Granted their Immediate and Complete Independence from the United States”; and B. M. C. Durfee High School of Fall River, Mass., on the subject, “Resolved: That the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitu- tion of the United States Should be Re- pealed.”