Rye Neck High School - Scraps Yearbook (Mamaroneck, NY)

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ON BOOKS Books are of many different types. We find them in school, we find them at home, we find them wherever we go. Cicero eu- logized them in his oration in behalf of Archias. Books as we know them are a fair- ly recent thing, developing toward the end of the Middle Ages. Before that time there had been manuscripts. or going still farther back. tablets and inscriptions. Now they reach practically everyone, while before they were limited to a few. VVillis Reinke NECKTIES Neckties are of many designs and colors. Some are bright, some dull, some striped and figured and others plain. Each portrays the individuality of the wearer. The cheerful individual selects a cheerful color while the pessimist is not particular, selecting his tie after his nature. Boys are apt to select col- ors of bright hues more likely to attract attention, while older men select beautiful designs. These complete their appearance, for a drab suit is made cheerful when prop- er colors are selected. As the necktie adds variety, it will continue to be man's approved mode of color display till suits of bright hues are worn. David Cuyler PAPER A little slip of paper means much to some peopleg in fact, to all people. Children use paper for amusement, schools, for the les- sonsg business men, to keep records and to advertise their business. A large manufacturing company has its inventory on some sheets of paper. Pieces of paper may become lost, as these did. They were such little things and yet they meant more to the company than one can imagine. It took several of the firm many nights to make out a new inventory. So a little paper was the cause of much extra unnecessary work and expense. Thus, it is not always the big things in life but more the little things that are nec- essary. Dorothy Halsey TEST TUBES It does not appear possible that a little glass tube could mean much to the world. Yet this small tube means much. Look over all our large industries and pause at their laboratories. Along its shelves we see all kinds of apparatus for making different com- pounds from their elements. Then look at the man responsible for all the things done in the laboratory and notice l1is main appar- atus. You will see that he carries a test tube with him at all times. The test tube is the base of his experiments-without it he could do little. For it is this small tube that holds all the important discoveries that the chemist may make. And so it is that we give credit to the test tube for supplying us with the necessary things of life. Fred Nichols POTS AND PANS What busy things they are standing on the kitchen shelf, polished till their metal shines like an advertisement for a nickel cleanser. True, they have long rest periods, but how faithfully they respond to the cook's hand when called upon. They are seldom noticed except by the maid who, on her night out and after the evening meal is finished, silently curses their very existence. But what 21 failure any meal would be with- out them. Although their only use is cook- ing, pots and pans play quite a prominent part in our lives. Glen McQuaker SPORTS Sports besides being a delight serve as a very good means of exercise. There are many sports which are very interesting. They require much practice. All this sport which gives much pleasure to the person playing. is also doing a greater thing. It is building up the muscles and tissues of the player. It also serves another purpose which has noth- ing to do with the player but to the person who is not good enough to play. It gives a great delight to the spectator. He looks on with interest as he watches the plays of the fortunate one. So every sport gives benefits to persons who probably do not expect it. Edward Maher Page Twenty-nine

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LONG THE WA WEEDS Maintenance of a good lawn means a con- stant fight with weeds. While most of these pests must be pulled or dug out, there are some which can be discouraged by other methods less laborious. We are all, more or less, familiar with weedsg but the plantain, a perennial and propagated by seeds, is per- haps one of the most common. Its seeding time is from July to October. This plantain causes much destruction, for the basal leaves of this plant spread out to such an extent that they shade and frequently kill the grasses underneath. Plantain may be destroyed by treating it with carbolic acid or it may be cut out. The best time for either operation is in dry weather. In a lawn. which may not be re- made for twenty years it is apt to become a serious pest if not checked. Pauline Harms MY FRIEND TRIXIE A few days ago, I lost a fine friend-a dog. He wasn't much to many but he meant the world to me. That little brown dog- one ear up and the other downg with his clear eyes always looking for a momcnt's fung --he meant much to me. YVhen he first came to me we became friends right then and that was years ago. Through all these years he had served faith- fully. Just a little dog he was but what an alarm he would make at the sound of an unfamiliar step. Of course, he troubled the neighbor's chickens but hc was good for all that. In the fields or woods he'd delight to run before and lead the way or chase some ani- mal that came in sight. He was a compan- ion indeed in those days. As years came on, he was always the same good-natured dog, but a hit stouter and less agile than heforeg but he was still my dog, and it certainly hurt to see him go. Wm. Ehrbar ON SEASONS The seasons serve for both variety and happiness. Our lives would be strangely dull were it not for the constant changes nature makes. Also umeh of our natural happiness would be lost for almost every- one derives some joy in anticipation of a new season. If one longs for thc snow and ice of a cold climate, he may travel far to the northg if for burning sands and a trop- ical clime, he may go in the opposite direc- tion. But how umch more apt to uxan's tem- perament is the climate of changing seasons by which he has little time to tire of either extreme. And above all how pleasant are those months of change-spring with its prom- ise of new life, and autmnn when nature seems to be going to rest. So, everyone may find the fulfillment of his desires in such a climate. Marion Hare ON SPORTS Sports serve a great purpose. As studies serve to develop one mentally, so sports serve to develop one physically. All over the world sports are considered an excellent practice for the increase of youth and the decrease of old age. Therefore let us have plenty of good clean sports in this country. which in itself is the very essence of youth- fulness. Some sports require more physical exer- tion than others and must be participated in by those of a hardier nature. If you have ,not a body as good as the next fellow and P-annot play a certain game as well as he, do not be discouraged. You have not found the right game. Look around for something that suits your own ability better. It occurs to me that sports may be compared to the different professions and life tasks in this way. If you play the right game and play it well, you will find satisfaction of the same order as that of a successful honest busi- ness man in his life's work of that of a great artist or author. So look around now for the nearest exit from the hum drum of the world and choose a door of healthy sport. Harold Harriot Page Twenty-eight

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BLOTTERS Blotters, in the small sense of the word, are just pieces of material for absorbing excess ink. To me, blotters have a broader meaning. There are blotters which blot up the unnecessary part of civilization. Peni- tentiaries are one of the blotters of the civil- ized world for they take up the scum, which if left with the better part of civilization, would be smeared over the earth just as too much ink is apt to smear over paper. Homes for the aged and insane have been estab- lished so that the parasitic tendencies of such unfortunate individuals will be lessened. Orphan asylums and homes for wayward children are giving these youngsters a fair chance to become beneficial citizens of the United States. These and many more insti- tutions of mankind are blotters which are always ready to absorb unnecessary people who hinder civilization and mar its beauty. Rose Pokorny TREES To some people trees are just wooden poles, but to nature-lovers they mean much. ln Spring they are like a growing child- first the bud and then the blossom. Their tiny leaflets grow with the lirst sign of warm weather. ln Summer their blossoms are gone, but their leaves remain to give us the shade we readily seek on a hot day. In late summer, Autumn paints each leaf with varying hue, and soon what was a green- leafed tree is now a mass of colors. Then comes Jack Frost and takes what- ever leaves are left. He nips each one and leaves them there to die and fall to earth. The tree has lived another year. So we see, a tree. like a child, has its stages in life. Starting with the bud, then the blossom and then the old, withered leaf. E. Gale Harold: CWho was absent the day beforcj What did you do in Chemistry yesterday, Marion? Marion: VVc did experiments with Sul- phuric Acid. Harold: What were the results? Marion: Two holes in my dress and a headache. NATURE'S FAVORITE COLOR Nature seems to be decidedly in favor of green as her favorite color. Various shades of green make up her wardrobe. Now and then nature's garments of green are be- decked with a colorful flower, sometimes yellow, sometimes blue or white, but they all seem to blend harmoniously with green. Everywhere we look we see green: on the trees, the grass, on the lawn, but somehow we do not tire of nature's abundant use of this one color. We might call it a super- fluity of green but still if more green was present it would in no way detract from the attractiveness of nature's garb. VVhat is more beautiful than a small lake, fed by a winding little stream and surrounded by a forest of green, just green, on the trees and everywhere. Yes, green seems to have no other rival color during the summer so far as nature is concerned. VVm. Ehrbar ON DIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR It is a strange feeling. standing on the board ten feet above the water, and trying to screw your courage to the sticking place. When the fateful plunge is tiually made and the black water comes rushing up to meet you, that is the time for the man of iron nerve. But when you have finally entered the water, then a fc,-ling of exhilaration and conquest seizes you. You hasten from the water, and diving again again and again, feel a spirit of superiority over it. Willis Reinke THE WHIMS OF LATIN STUDENTS Latin Equo ne credite Teucri Ascanius Educ teeum etiam omnes tuos minus quam plurimos. has res ille ille Juppiter Euraylus prolem geminam Page Thirty English Don't believe the horse Trojans. Ascanatius Take with you all your men, if not all more. hoss race fhomonymj He, He, Jupiter Erysipelas Two twin oifsprings -H. Harriott