Saginaw High School - Aurora Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 220 of the 1919 volume:

Dedication Executive Hoard Foreword Aurora Board Faculty Senior Valedictory Class History . Prophecy . Poem Class Will..................... Social......................... Plays ......................... The Prophecy That Failed . English........................ Agriculture.................... Essay ......................... Military Training . The Meaning of America . Public Speaking . Justice the Keynote of Liberty Latin........................... French Manual Training Peggv’s Romance Post Graduates Junior Sophomore Freshman . Lyceum iation EXHURMAN. ■i tit m « i nencean Student Lantern Staff S. H. S. Athletic Ass Athletics . Chronicles Jokes Advertisers Grace Fry Harold Stingel EXECUTIVE BOARD Ralph Taylor Louise Heilman Louis Erlenbarh ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ ¥ ¥ IF IF IF ¥ ¥ IF ¥ IF ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Foreword TN accordance with the custom of the past years of leaving behind a record of our class, we, the “Class of 1919”, issue this the thirtieth an- nual Aurora. In doing this we have chosen from the class those people who could best write our Poem, Song, Chronicles and our Prophecy, so as to make this book our very best. We hope that the school and the readers of this book will appreciate this and look on this last effort of the class with favor. The Editors. ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ' ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ AURORA BOARD 1919 f AURORA ▼ 1919 Aurora Board Executive Board .....Editor-in-Chief .....Assistant Editor .....Literary Editor ... Business Manager Advertising Manager RALPH TAYLOR . LOUISE HEILMAN . GRACE FRY ..... HAROLD STINGEL . LOUIS ERLENBACH Assistant Advertising Managers MILDRED AUSTIN HAROLD BUSHEY CLARENCE BENDER SUSAN PERRIN MABEL VOGT REX EMERY GEORGE STONE GEORGE PFLUEGER FRED TELMOS Department Editors ANITA SrHMinT Un Y7 A Rn HOI IFNRU'.H Class Will PR ATF RR A 11Y HELEN NEUMANN CATHERINE CUMMINGS GRACE FRY H RR1IT WHITMAN Words j I.II.T.TAN MOORE ESTELLE FREEMAN .......................................... Essayist G. STEELE ........................] R THOMPSON L... R. ROLLEY J MAR IF HAYF.S IR IA k R A I TSF.N F.f.K 1FSSIF SPFNPF irTiiRi wnRMFI MANN A! IfF niFTRITH MILDRED AUSTIN PI FO W ATSON WALTER HAEUSLER CLAYTON SKIMIN LOIS BOYCE ( BEATRICE ENDERT j FRANCES KNOBLOCH JOHN MeCULLOCH GEORGE FISCHER 11 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 Artists FRANCES ZIEMER ESTELLE FREEMAN EMOGENIA THURMAN DORIS MEADER DENCY BLOCK JOHN STRICKLAND CATHERINE CUMMINGS HAMILTON GRENNEY Name Committee MINNA FRIEDLANDER MAUDE MAHAR HAMILTON GRENNEY MAUDE FOX GEORGE FISCHER JOHN STRICKLAND MI LI) A LAESCH HAROLD MARX Humorous Committee CLARENCE BENDER, Chairman ROLLIN HARTOM REX EMERY MILDRED LIGHT DON HASKIN LOUISE HEILMAN REONA WILSON Typists CATHERINE BRICAULT FLORENCE KLUMPP BEATRICE ENDERT DENCY BLOCK DOROTHY KOEHLER MAYBELLE VOGT HELENE TROGAN RUTH BUSHROE Faculty Auditor MISS GERTRUDE BROCK 2 if mtf 12 HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING V MANUAL TRAINING BUILDING W. W. WARNER . H. S. DOOLITTLE Superintendent .....Principal Grade Principals MACY KITCHEN ....................................Twelfth FRANCES A. BURNHAM .............................Eleventh ELIZABETH ZAHNER ..................................Tenth FLORENCE BARNARD ..................................Ninth Academic Department LOIS WILSON ....... GEORGIA H. MAIER .. BERTHA A. BLANCHARD MABEL B. GOODFELLOW MARJORIE P. POLLARD LAURA J. JONES.... J. W. LANGDON ..... MARY A. WEBER ..... MATHILDA BRAUN .... RUDOLPH GUDER ..... F. S. VAUGHAN ..... HELEN B. KING ..... MARGARET MERRILL ... S. S. PURDY ....... GERTRUDE BROCK .... GERTRUDE O’BRIEN ... LAURETTE TILTON ... JOHN J. BURBY ..... MINNIE C. EINFALT.. H. 1). HOPKINS .... ESTHER E. RICE .... JULIA H. ROBERTS .. MYRTLE H. PATTERSON KATE M. B. WILSON .... ALMA M. CLEMENT ... CHARLOTTE AUBREY .. ...............English ...............English ...............English .....French and Latin ...............English ...........Mathematics ...............Science ...........Mathematics .................German .............Languages ...........Agriculture ................Botany Commercial Geography ...........Bookkeeping ...Economics and Law1 ...........Typewriting ...........Stenography .............Chemistry .Arithmetic and French .......Public Speaking ...English and History ...............Drawing .................Music .................Music .............Librarian .............Librarian 15 1919 ▼ JIURORA ▼ 1919 Physical Training Department FRANZ DREIER ......... ...........................Boys’ Gymnasium MARGARET SCHNITZER ...............................Girls’ Gymnasium DON P. TOOLE .....................................Military Training ROY J. MrMURRAY ........................................Athletics Manual Training Department HOWARD HOLLENBACH ................................Supervisor HELEN BANDEMER .....................................Domestic Science RUBY M. SMITH ......................................Domestic Science ANNA C. FINLAY .....................................Domestic Art EDNA MAY MOILE3 ................................Domestic Art RENA H. THAL .......................................Domestic Art CHRISTIAN HOERNER WILLIAM A. HOUSTON A. E. KELSEY ..... WALTER TIPPEY .... E. E. BIGGAM ..... FLORENCE DRIGGS MRS. A. B. ZIEGLER .. ..........Woodwork ..........Woodwork .....Machine Shop ...........Forging Prevocational School .....Domestic Art .Prevocational School A.Fl SH. 16 17 H. S. DOOLITTLE W. W. WARNER Edna M. Moiles Kate M. B. Wilson Gertrude Brock Howard Hollenbach Roy J. McMurray William A. Houston Helen Bandenier Elizabeth Zahner Myrtle H. Patterson 18 Mabel B. Goodfellow Rudolph Guder Esther E. Rice Mary Kitchen E. E. Biggam Laurette Tilton Alma M. Clement Marjorie I1. Pollard Charlotte Aubrey 19 Margaret Schnitzer Bertha A. Blanchard Gertrude O'Brien S. S. Purdy H. I). Hopkins Christian Hoerner J. J. Burby Abbie Pierce Anna C. Finlay Mathilda Braun Rena Thai Franz Dreier Ruby M. Smith Helen B. King Don P. Toole Margaret Merrill Georgia Maier Walter F. Tippey Florence Barnard 21 Minnie Einfalt F. S. Vaughan Laura J. Jones Frances A. Burnham E. Kelsey Julia H. Roberts Florence Driggs J. W. Langdon Lois Wilson 22 23 RALPH TAYLOR Class of 1919 Colors: Green and Gold. Officers RALPH TAYLOR ...........................................President HARRIET SILLIMAN ..................................Vice-President LILLIAN MOORE ..........................................Secretary IRMA KRAUSENECK ........................................Treasurer REXFORI) EMERY ...........................................Marshal 24 | President’s Address | liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Follow Students and Friends: A LTHOUGH the Class farewell is given by the Class Valedictorian, the President has the privilege of saying a few words beforehand. We are here this morning as a class probably for the last time, and it is with regret that we think of it. Our High School days are over and we must leave the thronging halls and classrooms of Saginaw High School to take on our duties in the world. We have all worked hard to accomplish the tasks that we have encountered during our past four years here and altho those tasks are over now, let me say that new and greater ones will confront us in the years to come. Our ability to overcome these new and strange tasks depends very largely on our preparation and experiences in Saginaw High School, and at this time, 1, in behalf of the Class of '19, wish to express my thanks to the members of the Faculty for the valuable advice and assistance they have given us from time to time. As a class we have won considerable fame during our years here, in the class-room and on the athletic field, and in the years to come we can look back on our High School days as being one of the most important phases in our lives. As we are about to enter into the activities of the world, let us be deter- mined to make the best of what we have learned here and bear our banner just as high as we have in the past. In ending may I say that it is with sincere regret that the Class of 1919 bids farewell to Saginaw High School. R. H. TAYLOR. 25 ALICE ANDERSON “A light heart lives long” MILDRED AUSTIN “ Tis my nature to be all in all to someone Who is all in all to me” CLARENCE BENDER “We are all placed here to do something” DENCY BLOCK “Much know, but to know all is my ambition LOIS BOYCE “Silence in woman is like speech i:i man” VERNON BRADSHAW “Blessed with content And from misfortune free” 26 GRACE BRAY “May care be a stranger to tile honest heart.'’ CATHERINE BRICAULT “She tells you flatly what her mind is.” FLOYD BROWN “A mighty man With strong and sinewy arm.” ESPEN BUSKMASTER “Every man stamps his value on himself.” BERNICE BUNYAN “Oh! Why should life all labor be? HAROLD BUSHEY “I’m willing to be convinced, But I’d like to see the man that can do it.” 27 RUTH BUSHROE “Love to one. Friendship to many. And good will to all.” WARREN CARE “No man is at all times wise.' EDNA CATES “Loveliness needs not the foreign aid of adorn- ment.” HELEN CHANDLER “Speech is silver, silence is gold.' CATHERINE CUMMINGS “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” ALICE DIETRICH “Faithful, earnest, kind and true.’ 28 RAYMOND EGLOFF “It is excellent to have a giant’s strength.’ REXFORD EMERY “And to his eyes there was hut one beloved face on earth.” BEATRICE ENDERT “I have no other but a woman’s reason; I think time so, because I think lime so.' LOUIS ERLENBACH “Those who have light in themselves Will not revolve as satellites.” FOSTER EVANS “Twinkle, twinkle, basketball star. Up above the world so far.” GEORGE FISCHER “A rare compound of oddity, frolic and fun. Who loved a joke and rejoiced in a pun.” 29 LILLIAN FLOOD “But in her duty prompt to every call.” MAUDE FOX “Variety is the spice of life.” ESTELLE FREEMAN “Allow me — my opinion MINNA FRIEDLANDER “Laugh and grow fat” GRACE FRY “The way she recites Gives the flunkers forty frights.” ANGELA GORDON “With mirth and laughter, She makes known her presence.' 30 HAMILTON GRENNEY “True eloquence consists in saying all theI is necessary, and nothing hut ivhat is necessary” ERMA GRIGGS “She is a friend north having. WALTER HAEUSLER “He is north his Height in gold ” ROLLIN HARTOM There’s a good time coming, boys; A good time coming” DONALD HASKIN “He is not a ladies1 man, He is a lady’s man.” MARIE HAYES “As a student, she excels ” 31 LOUISE HEILMAN “Site loves bill one, and only one.” HOWARD HOLLENBACH “Industry is fortune’s right hand, And frugality her companion.” HOWARD HUNGERFORD “For saying nothing, he is reputed wise.” RICHARD JACKSON “IFords are women; deeds are men.' FLORENCE KLUMP “A silent, energetic worker. If hose kind the world is glad to have.” FRANCES KNOBLOCH “Give us the lass whose happy life Is one perpetual grin.” 32 DOROTHY KOEHLER “Live and let live.” FLORENCE KRAUSE “She lies a pleasant way about her that has made her many friends. IRMA KRAUSENECK “Her very frowns are fairer far. Than smiles of many maidens are.” MILDA LAESCH “An angel might have stooped to see. And blessed her for her purity.” MILDRED LIGHT “On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined.’ CAROLINE LUNT “Silence is more musical than any song.' 33 LILA McCABE Her temper is not so fiery as Iter ringlets.’ JOHN McCULLOCH “To persevere is one’s duty and be silent is the only conduct for a man.” EUDORA MACDONALD “Haste makes waste. So why hurry?” MAUDE MAHAR “Charming and kind, she’s full of grace and glee.' CARL MARX “He who complies against his will Is of his own opinion still.” HAROLD MARX “He never does a foolish thing. Nor ever does a wise one.” 34 DORIS MEADER ‘Fair the name, but fairer still the bearer.” LILLIAN MOORE “Hang sorrow! Care will kill a cat.’ FERN NAISBITT “I chatter, chatter where'er I go! HELEN NEUMANN “In sweet music is such art Killing care and grief of heart.” JAMES NICOL “He dwelleth in a realm of thought Beyond the world of words.” ANTOINETTE NOVAK “Simplicity in manners has an enchanting effect.” 35 FAY PARTLO “Almost to all things could he lay his hand.” SUSAN PERRIN “In athletic sports she doth excel. And since the mark she hits so well. Her aim in life? Ah! who can tell?” GEORGE PFLUEGER “I dare do all that may become a man, W ho dares do more, is none.” BEATRICE RAMBO “Quiet, thoughtful, sincere. She doeth all things well.” VERONICA RIETHMEIER “In her very quietness there is a charm.” GERTRUDE RIGGE “Smile and the world smiles with you.” 36 LOLA ROENNICKE ' am a woman, therefore 1 talk.” RUTH ROLLER “Apply tliine heart unto knowledge.” ANITA SCHMIDT “You can always depend on her to see the bright side of everything and to help you see it.” HARRIET SILLIMAN “I never let studies interfere with my education.” CLAYTON SKIMIN “None but himself can equal him.” 37 JESSIE SPENCE “Short but sweet.” CHARLES STACEY “Everything comes to him who waits.” GEORGE STEEL ‘Greater men than I may have lived; But I doubt it.” HAROLD STINGEL “Trust not u maiden’s smile. For it is often a meaningless guile.’ GEORGE STONE “May you in virtue onward press and may your motto be ‘Success’.” JOHN STRICKLAND “The less men think, the more they talk.” CARL STRONG “On the battlefield of life may you more than victor be.” 38 RALPH TAYLOR “A fine fellow and a friend to all.” FRKDERIC TELMOS “Manners make THIS man.' CHARLOTTE THOMAS “I may be little but I make myself heard. BEATRICE THOMPSON “There is mischief in her dimple, There is danger in her eye.” EMOGENIA THURMAN “Life’s a jest and all things show it, I thot so once and now I know it.” GILBERT TOMLINSON “That one who can work right on, quietly waiting for recognition, is the true nobleman.” 39 HELENE TROGAN “A noble type of good heroic girlhood.' MAYBELLE VOGT “While (limiting the tragedy, enjoy the farce.” CLEO WATSON “ W orth makes the man.' LUTHER WEBBER “Man delights me not — nor woman either.” DOROTHY WEBSTER “A charming disposition has this little maid.” MARION WHITNEY “Still waters run deep.” 40 REONA WILSON “Here’s to a girl with a smile.' VICTORIA WORDELMANN “She needs no eulogy, She speaks for herself.” VIOLET WORTHING “Love me little, love me long.” LLOYD YEO “I’ve dug and dug and at last I’m thru.” FRANCES ZIEMER “The sweetest pleasures are the soonest gone.' 41 SENIOR CLASS Fellow Students, Members of the Faculty and Friends: T ACCORDANCE with established custom, the Class of 1919 today wishes to A say good-bye to Saginaw High School. The privilege of saying these few words of farewell I shall always regard as a special honor. The Class of 1919 is on the eve of its departure from Saginaw High School. Thruout our early High School days, we have looked forward to this event with keen expectation and a feeling that this leave-taking would be a welcome re- lease. But as our Senior year has drawn nearer and nearer to its close, this joyful anticipation has changed to sincere regret,—regret that we have not made the most of all our opportunities, and regret that we are passing on and away from the pleasures and associations of High School days. Yet mingled with these regrets is a feeling of gladness, of pleasure at having reached this stage of our progress where recognition is accorded us and where the future, bright with prospect, stretches out alluringly before us. Four years ago we entered High School. How strange were the conditions surrounding us! How severe to our younger minds were the tasks assigned us! How almost impossible did the path before us seem! We entered this school some three hundred strong. About one hundred of 11s have survived. Altho we greatly regret this decrease, yet it magnifies our consciousness of accom- plishment. We are glad that we have not ignored the advantages of a High School education, and that we have not allowed false opportunities to deprive us of the fundamental elements of learning. We know that our characters have been moulded by our High School associations, and we realize the vast benefits of our scholastic friendships,—benefits which perhaps we would have failed to receive had we trusted the world at large to furnish us with friends. 43 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 Members of the Faculty! For your incessant pains and untiring effort in our behalf, we offer you our sincere and heart-felt gratitude. Perhaps, at times, you have felt that we little profited from your earnest endeavors. Permit me, as representative of the Class of 1919, to say that your arduous labor has been fully appreciated, and that our personal relationships with you have imbued our minds with your co-operative spirit, which should prove an invaluable asset in future life. We know these few parting words cannot repay you, but we hope that our lives may be worthy exemplifications of your teachings, and that your reward shall be the consciousness that your faithful devotion lias given the world many honest, broad-minded, American citizens. Under-graduates! Our parting word for you is one of encouragement. You are now preparing for the Battle of Life. Sometimes, in your preparation, you tend to avoid or neglect those studies which present the most obstinate barriers to a rapid graduation. My friends, some day at the climax of Life’s battle, when education shall have woven a seemingly invulnerable girdle about you. some neglected study may prove an insurmountable obstacle in the pathway of success. Do your reaping now, while the harvest season is on, so that your long winter of life may not be saddened by the depressing realization of lost oppor- tunity. Fellows, we assign to you the duty of maintaining Saginaw High’s un- defiled reputation in all athletics. Keep up the old school spirit, keep hot the fire of enthusiasm, so that the Black and Gold shall never droop in the dust for want of clean and ardent sportsmen. Class-mates, the hour of departure is fast approaching. After four years of comradeship, we leave to follow our individual pursuits, never again to function as a class. We trust that our friendly relationships with one another will never change with time, and that our High School life, with its personal associations, will always be a source of pleasant memories. The flower of Elementary Knowl- edge, planted in our childhood nurtured in the Grammar Schools and tenderly cultured in High School, is just beginning to blossom as we depart. Let us go forth to our duties with a smile on our lips and a song in our hearts, determined to make the fullest use of all we have gained from dear old Saginaw High School. 44 GEORGE H. FISCHER. THE history of the Class of 1919 lias been four years in the making and only those events of importance are recorded here that bring back the memories of former years. The Class of 1919 entered Saginaw High School in the fall of 1913 and quickly became accustomed to the ways of the school. At our first Freshman class meeting the following officers were elected: President ..................................George Stone Vice-President ................................Grace Fry Secretary ..................................Harold Marx Treasurer.................................Helen Cornwell At this meeting we selected green and gold as our class colors. During the second semester a very successful Freshman Frolic was held in the school gym- nasium at which we were entertained by members of the class. Toward the last of the year we presented to the school two pictures which now hang on the walls of the Manual Training building. We entered upon our second year of High School life, as Sophomores, with more confidence. We held our first class meeting early to select our officers for the year: President ..............................Donald Haskin Vice-President..........................Natalie Spencer Secretary ..............................Rexford Emery Treasurer.............................Margaret Wallace Plans for the annual Sophomore Spread were made and completed during the second semester. This event proved to be one of the most delightful parties ever attended by us and will always be remembered as such. Returning to Saginaw High after our summer’s vacation, wTe again took our place in the class rooms, but this time as Juniors. At our first class meeting we elected: 45 46 Ralph Taylor Donald Haskin Rex Emery George Stone 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 President...................................Rexford Emery Vice-President............................Louise Heilman Secretary .................................Louis Erlenbach Treasurer...................................Mildred Light Marshal .............................Howard Hollenbach At first, the Junior Class was denied the privilege of having the customary Junior Hop and Junior Play on account of the war, hut finally we were allowed to have a Junior Military Party. At this party a short play called “The Slacker” was given by the class at the Masonic Temple, and dancing followed. The party proved successful and later, our finances being increased by this, we enjoyed a picnic with the Seniors at Wenona Beach. Seniors! Yet it is hard to realize that we have attained the goal for which we struggled so long. In a victorious triumph for the girls, we selected as our class officers: President .............................Ralph Taylor Vice-President .....................Harriet Silliman Secretary ...........................Lillian Moore Treasurer...........................Irma Krauseneck Marshal .............................Rexford Emery Our class pins and rings have been ordered and it is expected they will arrive soon. I he Senior Play, “What Happened to Jones,” is now being re- hearsed and will be presented in the near future. All plans for the “Aurora” are nearing completion and we expect our “Aurora” to be one of the best. Commencement week is looked forward to by all with regret and joy, for tho we regret leaving Saginaw High, yet we are inspired by the ambition of youth to go on and attain our ends. GRACE W. BRAY. 47 How can 1 thank you for the cordial invitation to visit you in your lovely- new home? I know 1 shall enjoy the room you so carefully marked out with a cross — and to think you call it “my” room! I’m flattered beyond expres- sion and, even tho I will accept your invitation in a fortnight, I must have a chat with you about our old friends, graduates of dear old ’19. As you know, I passed thru Philadelphia last week, but to my great dis- appointment just a day too late to hear Estelle Freeman give one of her splendid addresses at the Auditorium — her talks are always so intellectual. She has made such a success, too, of her seminary for girls. Grace Fry is her very capable assistant and I hear that together they are doing excellent work. While in Philadelphia, I chanced to run across John Strickland. And, my dear, he is managing the Kyllis Wight Automobile Co., now the largest concern in the city and doing finely. You remember how well John used to manage things up at school. 1 knew he would be managing something big sometime. From various sources 1 have had the opportunity of hearing a lot of gossip lately. You probably know that Howard Hollenbach is a professor at Yale and he is married to the prettiest little screen star! Recalling how indifferent Howard used to be to feminine charms, I suppose you are greatly surprised. Just yesterday someone told me that Carl Marx is the pastor of a large Presbyterian church in the East. Can you imagine it? Louis Erlenbach, I hear, is very busy trying to spend the million dollars his uncle left him and, from all reports, he is apt to succeed. Your information regarding Eudora Macdonald was news to me. I knew she was traveling in Italy with Mildred Austin Stuyvesant and her two lovely children, but I had not heard of Eudora’s marriage to the Count. 48 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 Of course, you know how successful Maybelle Vogt has been in the Movies. The other evening I saw her in “Graham Wafers” and it was fine. She takes those vamp parts splendidly and quite rivals Theda Bara of bygone days. By the merest chance I saw several of our old friends last week in Detroit. 1 had the mishap to need some dental work done and walked right into the office of Dr. Raymond Egloff. He told me Clayton Skimin’s office was right across the hall from him and Clayton is a full-fledged M. D. Quite a coin- cidence. Maude Mahar has a chic millinery shop in the Arcade here, and Ruth Bushroe was to have gone in business with her but, instead, she married a man with a perfectly good Rolls-Royce and now they are touring in the West. You were right about George Stone — it was his invention, Stone Hair Restorer, that caused so much comment and he deserves a great deal of credit. On Thursday of last week I motored out to Harriet Silliman Weatherby’s dinner dance. It was one of those delightful affairs that you can’t soon forget. I was much impressed with Harriet’s distinguished husband and glad to find them so happy. All the celebrities were there. Mildred Light was there, in the stunningest looking purple affair. You know, of course, that Mildred, after graduating from High School, became a nurse and was left a couple of million by her first patient, who died. Well, rumor now has it that she is in love with a physician here. Isn’t that romantic? That reminds me, have you heard that Fern Naisbitt is a physician. I was reading a little article in the morning’s paper about her and it seems she is considered quite marvelous. Her line of work was certainly a surprise to me. But then, one never knows, does one? Only the other morning, when I was out shopping, the fattest looking man came up and spoke to me. Upon second glance I perceived him to be — now, who do you think? Foster Evans! The sudden shock nearly took my breath away, for he must weigh, at least, two hundred and fifty pounds. While I was in New York City the latter part of last month, I took a car out to the suburb, Greenville, and called on Mr. and Mrs. Haskin, alias Don and Louise. They are living so happily in the dearest little bungalow with roses round the door and cows in the pasture. Really, Minna, I never saw such married bliss! It almost made me sorry I have devoted my time so entirely to orphans and suffrage. 49 1919 ▼ AURORA v 1919 Perhaps you know that Madamoiselle Emogenia Thurman has an exclu- sive blouse shop on the avenue and they say she is fairly successful. And have you heard that Helen Chandler and Lillian Flood have brought back the most gorgeous Oriental furnishings from their trip abroad and have set up an Oriental store here? The evening before I left New York I saw at the Hippodrome the musical comedy “Don’t Be Bashful,” presenting Rollin Hartom. He was a decided success in every way and one of his songs, “I W ish I Were a Bird,” has been in demand ever since. I understand your city boasts a new law firm, Yeo Telmos. That makes three members of the old Class ’19 who have taken to law. You recall Cleo Watson is also an attorney of much ability. I hear that he has Catherine Bric- ault in his office as stenographer. The last I heard of Clarence Bender was that he had eloped with an Eng- lish heiress. Would you have thought it of Clarence? You knew, of course, that Edna Cates had joined the circus? Yes, indeed, and many are the soul-thrilling feats that she performs while in mid-air. They say she manages to draw enormous crowds and there is one very prom- inent business man, Ralph Taylor, who attends every performance both after- noon and night. Frances Knobloch is a gym. teacher at Saginaw High School now, and she puts on wonderful exhibitions in rope-climbing, buck-jumping and parallel bars. Sue Perrin, as the school basketball coach has made a decided hit and her team is said to have won all the medals and championships available. The Helen Neumann Jazz Band played here not long ago and it was really wonderful. Hamilton Grenney was particularly skillful with the drums; and Helen herself rendered several excellent piano solos which were duly appre- ciated by the audience. Have you read Catherine Cumming’s latest book entitled, “The General Characteristics of the Elizabethan Age and its Comparison with Those of the Norman and Anglo-Saxon Periods”? It is very instructive and displays her ability as an author. Lois Boyce has a private kindergarten in Boston, where she instructs all the little Bostonians in the art of basket-making and such. Marie Hayes is campaigning the country, making speeches for the accept- ance of women for the Presidential Chair. She has Frances Ziemer travel- 50 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 ing with her to introduce her and make a few remarks before each of her remarkable discourses. Have you heard the latest about General Marx? You know he is with his army subduing the Russians again and winning medals, as usual. Well, I heard recently that he has married a Russian dancer and intends bringing her back to the United States with him. George Fischer is Mayor of Saginaw now and someone told me that he has succeeded in getting pure water for our old home town. Isn’t that splendid? Did you know Fay Partlo is teaching fancy steps in George Pflueger’s skat- ing rink in Detroit? Maude Fox and Beatrice Thompson have a dancing school together and I hear they graduate very accomplished dancers. Pin not sur- prised, are you? Anita Schmidt has taken to writing poetry again. You must read some of her verses in the Ladies’ Home Journal. They are sublime! It has been quite a bit of trouble looking up and finding some of one’s old friends. A few of them I have news of indirectly. Charlotte Thomas, it is said, married a politician and is somewhere in the East. Florence Krause is some very wealthy lady’s private secretary. Lola Roennicke has founded an Agricultural School out in California. Lila McCabe has gone into vaudeville and is at present putting on the famous Rosebud Act in three parts. Victoria Wordelmann, I find, is a teacher of mathematics at Michigan. Alice Anderson runs a Beauty Parlor, where she guarantees a positively permanent hair-wave. While I was in Saginaw I ran across Helen Trogan, who writes those “Ad- vice to the Young Miss” columns in the News Courier. She told me that Harold Stingel runs the Courier now and is doing wonders with it. He has Grace Bray working as his assistant and Beatrice Endert is a reporter of social news. It is hardly necessary to mention the well-known firm of Klumpp Koeh- ler, the rubber brokers, for, of course, you know about them. Angela Gordon, I hear, has married a rosy-cheeked farmer and become a farmerette (?). Her vegetable garden is famed far and near and took first prize at the County Fair last year. Harold Bushey ami Luther Webber own a smart haberdashery here and their ties, it is said, would make a rainbow turn pale with envy. Bernice Bunyan and Vernon Bradshaw together own and operate a candy store in Saginaw. Business is fine, they say. I really do not see how commerce could be carried on in the world without our business-like Class of T9, do you? 51 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 Just lately I received a letter from Jessie Spence and her husband, asking me to visit them at their summer home near the Lake. I may stop there for a few days on my way back, as 1 should like very much to see Jessie again. Her letter was hugely interesting to me as it contained news of many of our class- mates whom I knew nothing about. Espen Buckmaster, she wrote, became a cow-boy and has a big cattle ranch in the West. Erma Griggs is a missionary in Turkey. Rex Emery is a Chicago financier. Irma Krauseneck has for her husband an attractive aviator and they say she is flying around all the time. George Steel, as head salesman for the Purple Pansy Toothpaste Co., is doing well and expects a raise soon. A new insurance company has been formed by three of our graduates, Gertrude Rigge, Dency Block and Ruth Roller. Floyd Brown is captain of a large freight vessel that runs up and down the Saginaw River. Milda Laesch, as a Fifth Avenue tailoress, seems to be gaining quite a repu- tation. Warren Carl is constable of the Wild Western village of Bronchoville. All this was certainly news to me, and knowing how anxious you are to hear about any of our schoolmates, I tliot I had better write you all the informa- tion I had regarding them. However, I almost forgot to tell you about the picnic Doris Meader gave for me when I was down in Bay City. It was a snappy affair, sandwiches, pickles and so forth. But what I was most interested in was meeting so many of our class. I had no idea that many were residing in Bay City. Veronica Rieth- meier, who is doing charity work, was there and Gilbert Tomlinson who owns a coal mine at Wenona Beach. Then James Nicol was there to represent the Real Estate Co. of Nicol, Strong, Jackson Stacey; also Marion Whitney, who keeps a flower-shop. During the afternoon we went for a ride in Beatrice Rambo's aeroplane, which is a 1940 model and very good-looking. Later in the day Reona Wilson took the party for a sail in her private yacht across to Antoinette Novak’s cot- tage, where we stayed all evening. Violet Worthing, a very prominent business- woman, and Caroline Lunt, who has become a Red Cross nurse, were visiting at the cottage and we surely had an enjoyable evening. It was quite fortunate that, when shopping the next morning, I happened to meet Walter Haensler, the theatrical manager, and John McCulloch, the banker. While we were talking, who should come up but Dorothy Webster 52 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 who is now giving lessons on the mouth-organ, Howard Hungerford, the great tenor, and Alice Dietrich who is also musically inclined. I really do believe that 1 have written you something about every one of our class graduates, Minna. Doesn't it seem funny to he thinking about our school-days, now that we are fat and forty? Let us continue our chat in a fortnight, my dear, when I hope to occupy the charming room you have given me. My love to the Doctor and the dear children. Your old cliuni, LILLIAN. 53 Come we now to say farewell! Lo! the time is here to part. Let a smile and jest belie The sorrow in our heart. Oh, the years have been but days That we’ve spent within these halls. Where fond memory crowding ’round Happy days to us recalls. Farewell teachers, nobly true, You, who did the way prepare That life’s problems and life’s battles Unafraid we too might dare. Heart and hand wre give you now. Wish us Godspeed; we are gone. Hand on plow, no backward turning, Smilingly we greet the dawn. For ’tis over, yet not done; There is work for us to do. And the race we thought was ours Still goes on the long years thru. For Aurora means the morning. And Aurora means the dawn Of a new life that is offered For the old one that is gone. ANITA SCHMIDT. WTKT now remain. Ve sing this g ad refrain, one and all, and we must answer every call. Jogs must have an end, but fetus cteer for old nme- rJ—? f -l (VJ fl-r —u H n 71 K 1 M- M J Mr v m m M if rs � %en) r h hur-rah, for the tfo d and 3re n- s - u- i i ii m m 1 I I t Ha. I fl -f. 'get _ X_+ 1 Jr —w - M' ; tf - P-tf- rv- - p-«- h -f- • • i i 4 1 7 -— -i—F 1—P—' j 1 p r 1 9 2 J . • I II- i- j - - l “J� A r IT 1 r m. it L 1 C 57 p.-Parth, WE, the Class of 1919. of the Saginaw High School, of the City of Saginaw', in the County of Saginaw and the State of Michigan, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby declare and publish this, our last Will and Testament, in manner following, viz: Article I, Section 1.—We direct that all our just debts and funeral expenses he paid in full. Article II, Section 1.—To our cherished Faculty we extend an earnest ap- preciation of their help throughout our High School career. Article 111, Section 1.—We give, devise and bequeath to our successors in Saginaw High, to be theirs for all time, the example of our industry and our efforts to make Saginaw High truly supreme. May these efforts be a beacon for the feet of those struggling mortals who, in years to come, will frequent our halls. Article IV, Section 1.—To the Class of ’20 we solemnly impart the time- honored, ribbon bedecked Class Horn. Juniors, let no dent mar its polished surface, keep its ribbons always bright, and may its clarion call ever ring forth undiminished as the years roll by. Article IV, Section 2.—To the aforementioned class we also bequeath the hallowed privilege of making, once a week, the long and arduous climb to our Chapel seats. With our seats we also present the long-coveted, intangible cloak of Senior Dignity. To wear befittingly throughout the year this cloak is the true mark of a Senior and by such shall he be known. Article IV, Section 3.—We place in the watch and ward of the Class of ’20 those one-time members of T9 who have yielded to the steady and persistent temptation that they receive an extra year or two of schooling and who in con- sequence will graduate after we have passed on. 58 1919 ▼ AURORA T 1919 Article V, Section 1.—To the Class of 1921 we will the north end of the Lower Hall, with the hope that they will maintain the order and tranquility which have ever prevailed here. Article VI, Section 1.—We bequeath to the Class of 1922 the use of the Upper Hall in the Old Building. Although the Hall is totally devoid of the individual store-rooms with which the Manual Training building abounds, we hope they will adjust themselves to their changed conditions as befits an Upper Classman. Article VII, Section 1.—We hereby appoint the Class of 1920 as sole ex- ecutor of this our last Will and Testament. Lastly, we do hereby revoke all former Wills by us at any time made. In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto set our hand and seal this fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. CLASS OF 1919, On this fifteenth day of April, A. D. 1919. the Class of 1919 of the Saginaw High School, in the County of Saginaw and State of Michigan, signed the fore- going instrument in my presence and declared it to be their last Will and Testament. HOWARD F. HOLLENBACH. THE social activities of the Class of 1919 began with a very enjoyable Fresh- man Frolic which was given in the gymnasium from four to six on the afternoon of April 14. The members of the class were received by Superin- tendent and Mrs. Warriner, Principal and Mrs. Warner, Miss Barnard, Miss Wilson and the class President, George Stone. A splendid program was given which was followed by a short talk from Principal Warner. The grand march was then led by Mrs. Riese and Miss Helen Cornwell. Dancing was en joyed until six o’clock. During our Sophomore year, due to the efforts of Miss Herman, we enjoyed one of the most delightful and entertaining of our social events—our Sophomore Spread. The party was opened with a grand march in the gymnasium, which was led by Donald Haskin, President and Natalie Spencer and in which all took part. This was followed by dancing, various features and the Spread. The reception committee which welcomed the guests consisted of Mr. W. W. Warner, Miss Herman, Miss Roberts and the President of the class. The gym. was prettily decorated with streamers of the class colors of yellow, green and white suspended from the sides of the balcony to the center, from which hung a huge basket-like arrangement which was opened about six o’clock showering the dancers with kisses and American flags. At one end of the hall was a large American flag and at the other the 1919 class emblem in electric lights. The balcony was decorated with the High School colors of black and gold. Supper was served in four relays in the dining room, which was tastefully decorated with flags. The supper was served by both the boys and the girls of the class. The spread was in charge of Miss Herman and Miss Webber. Owing to war conditions, it was finally decided to give the annual Junior Play on the same night as the “J” Hop. This idea resulted in a most delightful 61 1919 ▼ JiURORA ▼ 1919 affair. A short play was given at the beginning of the evening and then, before the dancing began, the Military Training class gave an interesting exhibition. Dancing w'as enjoyed until twelve. The hall was artistically decorated with American flags which was es- pecially fitting and proper at that time. Excellent music was furnished by a four-piece orchestra, and during intermission refreshments were served. In June the Junior-Senior Send-off took place at Wenona Beach. Special cars were provided and every one agreed that it was one of the most enjoyable events of the year. As Seniors, we were pretty well occupied with our studies and little thot wras given to parties until late in the spring. The Senior Play, “What Happened to Jones,” was given May 23, 1919, at Lincoln Hall. This proved to be a great success. On looking back over the years spent in S. H. S. we feel that we have used them to advantage and that our social life, has been one which we will always remember. HARRIET SILLIMAN. G2 Wf| iHE SLACKER, given May 24, 1918, by the Class of 1919, at the Masonic Temple, proved to be a great success both financially and socially. The stage setting for this play was an interior of a modern parlor. At first, all the ladies were busily knitting for the soldiers and as busily discussing the merits and demerits of the supposed “Slacker,” with the mother and sweetheart evidently opposing his enlistment. The “Slacker” finally appears in a military uniform and is greeted with approval. When he finds all objections removed, he discloses the fact that the uniform belongs to a friend but, with all opposi- tion gone, he declares he will join Uncle Sam’s forces. The cast was as follows: Grant Moore ......................... Mrs. Moore........................... Benny Smith.......................... Mrs. Smith .......................... Mrs. Ralph .......................... Betty Caldwell ...................... Jane Brown .......................... Mrs. Jones........................... Mrs. Elton .......................... Members of the Red Cross were as follows: . . . . Rollin Hartom .....Milda Laescli .....Ralph Taylor ........Grace Fry Minna Friedlander .....Lillian Moore . . . Louise Heilman .....Jessie Spence .......Grace Bray Natalie Spencer, Alice Anderson, Eudora Macdonald, Mildred Light. A Junior chorus of eight, in military costume, sang several patriotic selec- tions, accompanied by Miss Helen Neumann. Dancing followed the play and a military drill, under drillmaster Don P. Toole, was given. Music for the dancing was afforded by Amsden’s orchestra. “What Happened to Jones,” was given at the Lincoln Hall, May 23, 1919, by the Senior Class. 63 1919 ▼ JIUROR A T 1919 The setting was a modern living room. Professor Goodly was lured to a prize fight by Richard, his intended son-in-law, and the police made a raid on the place. The Professor escaped to his home, followed by Jones, a traveling salesman, who sold hymn books when he could and playing cards when he could not. The police w'ere on the trail, so Jones disguised himself by putting on a bishop’s garb and a lot of funny complications ensued. Jones made him- self at home with his supposed sister-in-law, Mrs. Goodly, and her three charm- ing daughters, who had been making preparations for the real bishop’s arrival. He also made love to Alvina, the old-maid sister of Mrs. Goodly. When the real bishop finally arrived, he was confused with an escaped lunatic from the asylum next door. He was treated shamefully, but in the end everything turned out happily and he and Alvina were reconciled. Jones then disclosed his iden- tity and received permission to call on Cissy. The cast as follows: Jones, who travels for a Hymn Book House.............Fred Telmos Ebenezer Goodly, a Professor of Anatomy................Lloyd Yeo Antony Goodly, 1). D., Bishop of Ballarat..........George Fischer Richard Heatherly, engaged to Marjorie.............Rollin Hartom Thomas Holder, a policeman.......................Clarence Bender William Bigbee, an inmate of the Sanatorium.........James Nicols Henry Fuller, Superintendent of Sanatorium. .Howard Hungerford Mrs. Goodly, Ebenezer’s wife...........................Grace Fry Cissy, Ebenezer’s ward .......................... Louise Heilman Marjorie, Ebenezer’s daughter ...................Irma Krauseneck Minerva, Ebenezer’s daughter ................................Ruth Roller Alvina Starlight, Mrs. Goodly’s sister.............Lillian Moore Helma, Swedish servant-girl..............................Maybelle Vogt 64 THE PROPHECY THAT FAILED TT WAS a lazy, hazy, midsummer day in a little town situated in the heart of the Southlands. The heat was so intense that all nature felt its effects. The trees drooped and the flowers languished and even the birds had stopped singing. What was the use, indeed? Who cared to hear them sing, in this ter- rible weather? So they thot it best to follow the example of the trees and the flowers — to try to keep cool as best they could. I he air was scorching — even the breezes were hot and the town seemed to lie in a kind of stupor. Every blind was down in every house along the main street. Dust lay thick along the roads and on the grass. A few listless loungers wearily patrolled the almost deserted street. Few sounds broke the silence. It hung like a pall over the town. The stillness was only broken now and then by the humming of a bee or the drowsy buzz of a fly, as it winged its way through the air in search of food. Far away the humming of a factory might he heard. It was a typical summer’s day, with the temperature at one hundred and eight in the shade and very little shade to be found. To Ellen Douglass, lying in her hammock, dressed as she was in the sheerest white, the day was intolerable. An observer might note at a glance that this was not her usual mode of life. The sparkle in her brown eyes alone would tell that, but the roses in her cheeks and the merry dimples that appeared when she laughed helped to proclaim her as a lively girl, full of life and fun. Her dark curies were caught up at the back of her head with a certain care- less disregard for the niceties of dress that proved her to be of an active type and one that was always busy. So the expression of discontent on her usually sunny face was unusual. Her hook had dropped idly from her fingers and she swung slowly hack and forth as tho life held nothing further for her. Suddenly, as tho out of a clear sky, there came the sharp and imperative slam of a screen door. Ellen sat up quickly. On such a day as this any ex- 65 1919 ▼ JIURORA ▼ 1919. citement was more than welcome. Across the street came a young whirlwind in pink. Ellen’s face grew animated as she waited for the whirlwind to an- nounce the news. The whirlwind, otherwise Marion Lee, dropped exhausted into the hammock. “Well, Ellen,” she asked out of breath, “how does this weather suit you?” “Oh, it’s quite delightful, Pm sure,” answered Ellen in a sarcastic tone, “if it were only a little warmer. Mercy! How cool it has turned.” “Why, Ellen Douglass,” said Marion in surprise, “what can he the matter with you? Ellen, the sunshine-maker, as solemn as an owl and just about as cheerful!” Then dropping her scolding tone she said more solicitously, “What is the matter, honey? Anything I can help you with?” “Oh, nothing special, Marion. I just don’t know how to occupy my time. I never knew this town to he so dull before. There is positively nothing to do. 1 don’t even know of a single good time of any kind in prospect. 1 haven’t been to a party in ages.” Marion laughed delightedly. “Is that all that’s bothering you? I tliot from your looks that the world was coming to an end in a few minutes. Well, then, Marion Lee can be of great assistance to you. I’ve got news to tell you, Ellen. Oh, just splendid news! “So I guessed,” said Ellen, beginning to be interested. “Whatever has happened? Don’t tell me that you and Bob have quarreled again. That would really be too awful.” “Oh, no indeed, nothing of that sort! On the contrary, we never were on better terms. It’s something he told me over the phone just a few minutes ago. Oh, it’s going to be too much fun entirely!” At this point Marion relapsed into a dreamy stare. She clasped her hands about her knees and looked thoughtfully at the ground. Marion was a distinct blonde and a direct contrast to Ellen, so far as her type of beauty was concerned. But her eyes held the same sparkle and her cheeks the same bloom as Ellen’s. Her mouth seemed made to turn up at the corners and her dimples came even when she talked. So far as disposition was counted, she was the exact twin to Ellen. Whenever mischief was afoot, it was always a safe guess that both Marion and Ellen knewr its origin, and further, that they had directly or indirectly played a part in it. They were both maids of seventeen summers and, as might be expected under the circumstances, they were happy and irresponsible and always ready for any fun that offered itself. 66 1919 J U R O R A ▼ 1919 Marion was so deep in her reverie that Ellen was forced to give her any- thing but a gentle punch. She sat up with a start. “You poor child, I forgot all about you — and you so anxiously waiting! You’ll forgive me, won't you? Listen, then, do you know that we have gypsiet. in our midst?” “Oh, really? No, I didn’t know. Where are they?” “Why, Bob said they were camping out on Little Round Top. You know that’s only about three miles out. And he also said that we should get up a bunch of our friends to ride out tonight in his car. I was so glad. I haven’t had my fortune told for ever and ever so long and this is to be a ‘real-sure-nuf’ one. So I decided to ask you and Jack, and Louise and Ted. We’re going at about eight o’clock. It will be cooler then. But I can’t sit here all day. I must see all of the rest and get their consent, because Boh said to let him know for certain before seven. Remember then, Bob will be here at eight sharp. This is going to be one big lark! Good-bye, honey.” “Good-bye, Marion.” It was wonderful how Marion’s news made the wrorld seem suddenly brighter to Ellen. But then, wasn’t there going to he some fun this evening? If she knew anything about it, there was. By the appointed time she was ready and waiting eagerly. Soon Bob’s car drew up at the curb and after Ellen had managed to find a place, the gay party started off. The three miles seemed very short to them. The gypsy encampment was strikingly picturesque in the moonlight. There were already many visitors but luckily the fortune-telling tent was empty. The whole party crowded into the tent to hear of their past, present and future. The tent was small, dingy and very scantily furnished. It was lighted by one flickering candle. The gypsy motioned the party to a circle of camp-stools. She was a gypsy of the purest type and her beady black eyes held a fascination that was almost uncanny. She immediately began her task in a weird and droning tone. The first fortunes were of the usual type and none of them were particularly exciting. Finally Ellen’s turn came. “I’m all in a flutter,” she whispered to Marion, “I hope she has a good one for me — lots of love affairs and such things — my fate approaches!” “No talk,” commanded the gypsy sternly. “Come — you crossa my palm — I tella your fortune.” Then when she had received the silver she asked, “You want palm or cards, lady?” 67 L919 ▼ JltLKORA ▼ 1919 As all the others had taken fortune by the palm, Ellen chose cards. “Cards better fortune,” said the gypsy sagely. “Make future plain.” “Oh, dear,” said Louise in an aside to Marion, “I wish I’d taken cards. There are several things that I want to know so badly.” The gypsy bestowed a dark glance upon the hapless Louise and then ex- tended a very dirty pack of cards for Ellen to “cut.” Then she dealt them out before her in a circle and scrutinized them carefully. Finally: “I see a man,” she began. Ellen winked at Marion. This seemed to be the usual beginning. But this was evidently destined to be different. The gypsy was saying: “One man — no, two men. They are dark, lady.” Then as the King of Spades met her glance — “they come tonight at midnight — when everyone is asleep. Lady, they are robbers.” Ellen gave a muffled scream. The effect of the scene was indeed ghostly. The candle, dimly lit up the face of the gypsy, while her claw-like hands turned the cards. The faces of her friends were in shadow. “Yes,” the gypsy was murmuring excitedly, with a shrewd eye on her audience, “they come in a front window, lady. They go upstairs — they—” Ellen’s hand stole out to Marion’s. Marion gave it a reassuring squeeze. Ellen’s hand was cold with fright. Still the droning voice went on, “They go upstairs, lady.” Then, leaning forward dramatically, “They go into room, lady — they see a—” Ellen unable to bear the suspense longer laid her hand on the gypsy’s. “Oh, stop!” she begged. “Please!” “As the lady wishes,” answered the gypsy with a shrug. “She loses a splendid fortune.” With that she swept the cards together and left the tent. The rest soon followed. As they emerged from the tent they were all very still. The spell cast by the gypsy was not yet broken. Finally, as tho with an effort, Ellen broke the silence. “Ugh!” she shuddered, “That woman gave me the cold chills. Jack, tell me, do you think she really knows all that?” Jack laughed. “W hy no, Ellen, of course not. She has no way of know- ing. Ellen Douglass, you look as though you’d seen a ghost! Cheer up — we’re all here by you. W e won’t let the goblins get you.” “I know I’m awfully silly,” she said. “Still those eyes of hers! They seemed to read out all my secrets. Oh! Of course, there’s nothing in it. Come on! The last one to the car is a — a — Robber,” she finished merrily. 68 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 So in the mad rush to the car the gypsy was forgotten. Somehow things seemed different in the open air. No one could he unhappy with such won- derful moonlight over the world. If the trip to the camp was noisy, the return trip was boisterous. Bob sent the car flying over the road. They were halfway home when Ellen sud- denly had an inspiration. “Jack,” she said jubilantly. But Jack was busily engaged in teasing Louise who sat next to him. “Jack,” she repeated. Then in a louder tone, “Jack, Marion, Ted, Louise, Bob — everybody!” The chattering ceased almost instantly. Ellen was the acknowledged “queen of the realm.” “Say,” she continued confidentially, “I have what I call a fine idea. I just thot of it. Oh! You'll do it, won’t you?” There was a general laugh. “Why, you goose,” said Louise, “how can we when we don’t know what you want?” “Well, I was just going to tell you,” she retorted in an injured tone. “Lis- ten! Let’s all watch for the burglars — all six of us. It’s almost ten now and they’re supposed to come at midnight. And if they don’t come, we’ll at least have a good time.” “Oh, let’s do,” chimed in Marion the irrepressible. So they arranged it. It wasn’t at all hard to get their parents’ consent, fortunately, and soon they were all having a gay time in Ellen’s home. Still it seemed ages to them before the clock struck eleven. Then Ellen took command. “Now, listen, everyone. At exactly fifteen minutes to twelve we’ll get ready and wait. I’ve found an old revolver of Dad’s. It isn’t loaded but it will be all right for a bluff. I’ll give that to you. Bob. You three fellows are to hide in the shadow there by the window and we girls will hide behind the piano. It might turn out to be awfully dangerous, you know — especially since Bob’s revolver isn’t loaded. And so that we'll know what’s going on. Dad suggested that we have a communication-string. You can hold one end and we’ll hold the other and if you hear them coming you give it a jerk. Remember to keep perfectly quiet. If they’re not here by mid- night we’ll know they’re not coming and the meeting will then adjourn—after a slight lunch, by the way.” Now, not one of the group who sat there watching the clock was the least bit superstitious. They were all going into it merely for the fun they could 69 1919 T AURORA v 1919 get from the adventure. Still, as the time drew nearer, it did seem to gain realism. The watchers somehow came to feel that someone was sure to come, altho it might not be robbers. They had an uncanny feeling that something was going to happen — probably something very unexpected. It made the watching very exciting. Finally the clock struck half-past eleven; then it moved at a snail’s pace to eleven-forty; then eleven-forty-one; forty-two and finally to eleven-forty- five. The time for action bad come at last! Each person scurried to bis assigned place. Boh switched off the light and picked up the communication string. Sounds of muffled whispering came from the region of the piano. The boys, however, were listening too intently to whisper. The whole affair had changed from a game to a real situation. They had almost come to believe the gypsy. Suddenly the girls felt a decided pull on the string and crowded closer together. The room grew so still that the proverbial pin might have been distinctly heard and each person was sure that his neighbor could hear his heart beat. Sure enough, there were muffled footfalls on the walk outside. Then they came up the steps. There was a whispered conference between the two — yes, it was two men, outside. It sounded as though one said: “Of all the luck! My key is on my other key-ring. We’d better try the window.” Gracious! Did the robbers have a key? How long had this thing been planned? Then the window was stealthily raised and two dark forms entered the room. “Hands up,” ordered Bob. The cold muzzle of the revolver met their gaze. They obeyed mechanically. “Now, Ted,” Bob said, “switch on the lights and let’s see what we have here.” “Say, what are you kids trying to do?” growled one. “Can’t a man even come into his own home without being held up by highwaymen?” To Ellen the voice sounded strangely familiar. She came out from her hiding-place and as the lights were switched on — “Billy,” she cried, “and Paul! You bad, bad boys,” she finished archly, “to scare us like that. Why — what — where?” “Billy? Paul?” echoed Bob blankly. “Do you mean that these are your brothers from California, Ellen?” 70 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 ‘ Yes, indeed, they are! But I don’t understand why—” “I see some explanations are due,” said Paul. “Billy and 1 happened to remember last week that tomorrow would be mother’s birthday and that we hadn’t been home for some time. So we planned to come home on the mid- night train for a little surprise. But to be met like this,” with a shake of the head, “well, I can’t say that I’m altogether recovered yet.” The laugh that followed was more one of relief from the suspense than one of merriment, but no one could deny that it was funny. “And now,” said Billy, “I think that we might hear your side of the case.” So the story was told amid peals of laughter. It did seem so utterly ridiculous now. Finally the story was interrupted by a voice calling, “Ellen!” Ellen ran to the stairway. “Yes, Mother.” “It’s after twelve now, Ellen, and since you know that the burglars aren’t coming, you’d better dismiss your party and come on up to bed.” “But, mother, they have come,” said Ellen with shining eyes. “They have come?” asked her mother in a puzzled tone. “Yes, you and Dad get dressed and come down. There’s a dandy big surprise for you.” Mother and Dad were soon entering the parlor. There was a glad cry of “Billy!” “Paul!” and then Dad, Mother, Billy and Paul were all trying to hug each other at once. No one felt like going home then, so the story was told again with added merriment. Then Ellen disappeared kitchenward and soon returned with tinkling glasses of lemonade and a plate of “Mammy” Chloe’s famous nut-cakes. Then, naturally, there were toasts to be drunk to everyone present and some absent, too. So that it was one o’clock before the party finally broke up. Finally the guests were all gone and Ellen’s family were all going sleepily upstairs to bed. “Well, after all, little Mother,” said Paul affectionately, as he led her up the steps, “It was a surprise—” Then he added, “All around.” R. C. B. T9. RUSK.IN has said, “A well-educated gentleman may not know many lan- guages— may not be able to speak any but bis own — may have read few books, but whatever language be knows, be knows precisely; whatever word he pronounces, he pronounces rightly; above all be is learned in the peerage of words.” Again, Bacon has said, “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.” Thus men of all ages have seen the great importance of knowing one’s mother tongue thoroly. Benjamin Frank- lin, Abraham Lincoln, and many other great Americans have recognized this necessity. A thoro knowledge of English is the greatest tool that Americans can use in building up and maintaining their business and social life, in fact, their whole national life. We are constantly dependent upon English as a means of communicationg with each other and of bringing forth our individual thoughts and ideas. In order to do this accurately, we must talk and write correctly. Upon this the success of all business men, lawyers, teachers, salesmen and clerks depends. They must all say and write the right thing at the right time, and do this correctly and concisely. In the social world, also, in order to be successful, one must speak good English. In every walk of life our words must fit our thoughts, and our thoughts our words. They must fit as exactly as a glove, must be neither too loose, nor too tight. Our speech must be flexible; our words must include all that they are intended to include, nothing more nor less. We, as Americans, must know how to handle our most essential tool in life, the English language. During the recent Great War the fact that many of our soldiers lacked a thoro knowledge of English has been revealed. Seven hundred thousand in our first draft army could neither read nor write. Many were hindered from advancement because of their insufficient English. The majority of these were foreign-horn, who in their childhood had come to America, and had never been able to master their adopted language. They either spoke no English, or only broken English. As English is the official language of the army they had to 73 1919 ▼ JIUROR A ▼ 1919 know it to understand commands, to converse intelligibly with their comrades, to find enjoyment in reading books, and, most important of all, to read cur- rent news, in order that they might understand America’s motives in this War. Schools were begun in the camps; libraries established; and the soldiers were supplied with literature. Now, when our soldiers are returning, they are realiz- ing more than ever the great importance of knowing English in civil life. Another fact prominently brought to light is that, if America is to make “democracy safe for the world,” she must truly be a great melting pot; she must unify and make as one all the nationalities poured into her. By teach- ing all those under her protection only one language, she can accomplish this. Foreigners must learn to speak and write the English language, in order to understand better true American citizenship, our national life, and our Amer- ican ideals, for which our forefathers fought so bravely at Lexington and at Gettysburg, and again our heroes on Flanders fields. Our schools are endeavoring to instill into our boys and girls, the future men and women, counsellors and statesmen of America, a knowledge of these ideals through the English language. They are taught to speak and write English correctly thru composition work, and thru reading the best litera- ture. Every opportunity for this is given them. Even night classes have been established in our schools and factories, by far-sighted men, for the bene- fit of all those who wish to improve their English. They all must learn to say with Sir Philip Sidney, “A man should be put to school to learn his mother tongue.” Besides this practical side of a thoro knowledge of written and spoken English, we should learn to appreciate and recognize good literature, for it portrays the highest ideals and the best thought of the race producing it. The English language has the finest, the largest, and the most magnificent literature of any language. High ideals of living and of character are revealed to us in good literature, which we might never realize thru experience alone. The souls and the characters of people are thrown open like a book to us, and we can study human nature in its fullest sense. Lastly, we gather much joy and entertainment from good literature. The love of books has ever been keen, even to men of the fourteenth century, for Chaucer himself said, “On bookes for to rede I me delyte.” We should never grow weary of reading good books, for the more we read, the more we shall want to read, and will read. The more we read, the more we shall honor those who have striven to put into words the best thots of all 74 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 ages for our entertainment. Richard de Bury has truly said, “The virtues of books is the perfecting of reason, which is indeed the happiness of man.” May we ever endeavor to become more and more efficient in our knowledge of litera- ture, so that we may say with Emerson, “ Tis the good reader that makes the good hook.” Because of the very great importance of this subject in everyday life, all who enter the portals of the Saginaw High School are required to take an interesting and varied four years’ course in English. As Freshmen, we began by studying sentence structure and essay writing from Hitchcock for a number of weeks. Our first attempt at something “real” was an adventure trip with Jim Hawkins in Stevenson’s “Treasure Island.” Next in line came George Eliot’s “gentle” “Silas Marner,” which we found very interesting. As a climax, we had to “labor through” Scott’s chivalric “Ivanhoe,” hereby learning many things of the twelfth century that we had not known before. Thruout the year, essays were written, based on current events and on the books we had read. On coming back from a long-looked-for vacation, and finding ourselves not so verdant as before, we no longer dreaded the English hour. We first read Dicken’s “Tale of Two Cities,” and were sorry when it was finished. Then, after learning to distinguish the different forms of poetry and the various figures of speech, we took up Scott’s “Lady of the Lake,” which showed Scotland in its beauty and former border life. More seriously, we next read Shakespeare’s immortal “Julius Ca;sar,” and were glad “not to praise, but bury noble Caesar” when this hook came to an end. “The Ancient Mariner,” “The Vision of Sir Launfal,” Tennyson’s “Idylls,” and the light and happy “Midsummer Night’s Dream” were studied in connection with poetry. Many essays were also written during this delightful year. In our Junior year, much to our consternation and dismay, we discovered that an eight weeks’ course in grammar loomed tip before us. However, after we had found out how little we knew of grammar, we reluctantly took up this “ever-new” work with great enthusiasm. Then came the Webster, Washington, and Lincoln orations, thru which we enlarged our vocabularies very much. President WiIson’s “War Message,” delivered before Congress on April 2. 1917, and his “War Aims,” given December 4, 1917, were also studied in connection with orations, from which we learned what America was fighting for in France. Having thus studied the orations of others, we were called upon to show our 75 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 originality in writing orations ourselves. Much to our surprise we discovered many eloquent orators in our midst. Short stories and short story writing next claimed our attention, which was very “soothing” after our work in orations. Among these were some of Poe’s, Stevenson’s and Kipling’s best short stories. After finishing these, we found a very illustrious king in Shakespeare’s “Henry V.” Thus ended our third year in this course. Our last year's work in English differed somewhat from that of former years. We traced the development of the history of English literature from its beginning to our own age. With much effort we mastered Chaucer’s English, ami with his immortal pilgrims we traveled to Canterbury, “The holy blissful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen whan that they were seke.” Then, as American citizens, we felt it our duty to inform ourselves in regard to the events of the Great War. With this in viewr we studied “Democracy and the Great ar and read many references on this important subject. During the second half of this year we traced the rise of the drama and reviewed the life of our greatest writer, William Shakespeare. We were then ready to appre- ciate the tragic career of the ambitious Macbeth, who too late learned, “That wre hut teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice Commends th’ ingredients of our poison’d chalice To our own lips.” Our last acquaintance with Shakespeare’s genius was made thru Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, who interested us with his delicately sensitive nature, his brilliant intellectuality, and his deep suffering. We see him suddenly disillusioned, life for h im loses its high ideals, and he is confronted with that great problem. To he, or not to be,— that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them?” 76 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 During all these four years we were encouraged to read other classics besides those studied in the class-room, and at least two classics were required to be read each year. Every opportunity was given us to improve our power to write essays. Thus a most varied and interesting High School course in English was finished. VICTORIA WORDELMANN. GRICULTURE, the oldest and most important of all industries, is the foundation stone of progress and business in general. Education lias helped the advancement of various other industries but they all hinge on the success of agriculture. Therefore the schools of our nation are offering an education in agriculture. People generally look upon agricultural education as an aid to producing the articles that we turn into food and clothing. Tho this belief is true, less than one-tenth of our population is engaged in farming. A great advancement is now shown over the system that was used before the coming of the industrial revolution. At that time the total population worked at agriculture and then often failed to provide enough food. Great strides were not expected from those uneducated people, as we naturally expect of men from the civilized age. Some unseen force seemed to help these people thru their famines and pro- tect them as it now protects our wild animal world. Civilization has made great changes, for the responsibility of producing the material things of life are left to the civilized man. If we are to take the responsibility and meet other modern problems we must have an agricultural education which will produce more than at the present time. We must solve the labor shortage problem on the farm. Most important of all, agricultural education must solve the problem of making farm life more attractive. When the attractiveness of the farm competes with that of the city and wages are equal to city wages, the labor and productive problems will be solved. 78 1919 1919 ▼ Ji U R O RA ▼ Since agriculture is responsible for the advancement of business and in- dustry in general, we must do all within our power to promote agriculture, and it is evident that the most successful way is by education. The educators of Saginaw realized the importance of this form of an education and with the coming of our class into this High School in 1915, they started a course in prac- tical agriculture. We are proud of the fact that we were the first in Saginaw High School to have the privilege of taking such a course. Our entire Freshman year in this course was taken up in the study of Agricultural Botany. Many pleasant afternoons were spent in taking trips thru the city’s parks and shady streets, making a study of trees and flowers. This part of the work familiarizes the student with the things nature has placed around him. The beauty which nature has cast upon many plants and flowers can only he seen by the students of nature and of agriculture. After taking a vear of Botany one learns to love the plants and flowers and feels that life is worth living as long as lie is in the presence of vegetation. Our Sophomore year was taken up with the study of soils and crops. A short time was also spent on horticulture and entomology. When we returned to school in the fall of 1917, we took up our study of Soils and Soil Physics and the second semester studied Dairying. This ended our career in High School Agriculture, for the class in Twelfth Grade Agri- culture had to he omitted due to the boys leaving school to help produce food to win the Great War. Nevertheless, the practicability of the Course is not doubted for it not only widens our vision of agriculture hut it brings a closer union between the people of the country and the city thru their mingling together. CLEO. J. WATSON. 79 ■ i M Theodore Roosevelt EVERY age is known by the men who guide its thought. The life of a people expresses itself in the creation of leaders, men who are lifted up and broadened by the spirit of the times, and who then turn back to crystalize the fine ideals that the period has developed, and to give to an age the dominant note of its civilization. Gold is not characterized by the ore, but by the precious metal brought out in the smelting. In like manner, in the melting pot of American life, in the fusion of the classes, there also from the scum and the slag comes forth the crystal, the great leaders developed by the thought and circumstances of their generation, who stand forth to lift up and glorify the best that a people is capable of producing. They truly represent the spirit of the age. How proudly we point to the character of our forefathers. It is not Bene- dict Arnold who gives us the true picture of Revolutionary character. Rather it is that great spirit of courage and loyalty portrayed by Washington, Frank- lin, Adams, and scores of others of the period of our first great crisis. Almost a century later another problem challenged the truth of our national life, and again the crisis, the maelstrom of strife and sacrifice, developed not only a people who followed with unfaltering courage the course their conscience di- rected, but it also gave us the leader, Lincoln, wbo was to crystalize this devo- tion to an ideal, and to lead it forward to victory. These men were not personal leaders: they were in the deepest truth the servants of the people, great and noble spirits who dedicated their lives to the service of mankind, and who allowed no selfish personal interests to swerve their allegiance. Today the world mourns again because another such as these has passed from our midst. He also was a man who lived to serve mankind. No clash of arms has marked his fight for common justice. But in the course SO 1919 ? ▼ 1919 JIUROR A of his life, no man has served with such unfaltering zeal, no character in our whole history has exercised so great an influence, and has created in us so fer- vent a desire to live up to American ideals, as this greatest servant of our age — THEODORE R )()SEVELT. Leaders are not the products of Universities or of conscious training. They are the residt of the bringing together of the inherent qualities developed by the toil and sacrifice of their forefathers. Theodore Roosevelt’s philanthropic family had for generations hack served loyally and disinterestedly in the cause of public welfare and, as a result, he began his career with certain fixed ideals and a passion to make his life worth while. Business and wealth did not at- tract Roosevelt, but honest government did; thus he entered politics, not as a visionary reformer, but as a practical statesman, with a knowledge of what ought to be done and with a will to do. Theodore Roosevelt’s entire life was given to the service of his country and to whatever he believed to be right. By character did he judge and offer himself to he judged. How strikingly this character is portrayed in these few words to the members of a Bible Society: “If we read the Book aright,” he said, “we read a book that teaches us to go forth and do the work of the Lord in the world as we find it; that teaches us to try to make things better in the world, even if only a little better, because we have lived in it.” In these few words he spoke his creed of life, his belief in the obligations he owed his fellow- men. From the day when, as a young man, he stood before the New York as- sembly, and fearlessly demanded the impeachment of Judge Westbrook, until that last evening when he dictated his great speech to the cause of patriotism, and then quietly “wrapped the draperies of his couch about him and lay down to pleasant dreams,” he lived up to those truths in the fullest sense. As Police Commissioner of New York City, he was the first man to tell the astonished guardians of the peace that merit, and not Tammany, would bring promotion, and night after night he rode through the streets of Manhattan, investigating for himself the honesty w ith which the force performed its duty. He showed during the course of his work that there were many policemen who would play fairly if only given protection, and that New ork had found one police commissioner who was not afraid to do his duty. We find monuments to “the great American” in every phase of our national life. Our numerous stretches of forests and mineral lands bear w itness to his ivise policy of conservation. Due to his efforts, the question of the Alaskan boundaries and Newfoundland fisheries was settled once and lor all, and that 81 1919 T T 1919 AURORA which for a hundred years had been a menace to peace and security between Great Britain and the United States became a bond to knit us more closely together. Our labor is protected under Roosevelt laws and trusts controlled under precedent established by him. Self-government in Cuba and the Philip- pines and, as a result, their loyal friendship had for its promoter our great President. Better tenements and wise laws for the protection of children sprang up as a result of Roosevelt’s labor, and during his life he strove constantly to blot out class distinction between capital and labor, and sectionalism between East and West. He was the ardent advocate of the “square deal,” the “square deal” for business — the same for the common man. So thruout all his public and private acts he strove to alleviate suffering, to be the sturdy friend of the oppressed, and to see that justice was denied no one. When Rudyard Kipling heard of Roosevelt’s death, he said it were as if Greatheart had passed from among us. To wage these battles required a rare type of courage. This Roosevelt had. Cowardice had no part in his make-up. He sought his adversaries in the open: yes, even in their own haunts, and there, regardless of personal loss, assailed whatever he believed to be wrong. Great Britain’s Egyptian policy he at- tacked, not from his desk in the office of “The Outlook,” but rather from the lecture platform in England itself. His most stirring denunciation of pacifism he reserved for Detroit, the home of Henry Ford. In the election of nineteen twelve, Roosevelt knew that the northern states were the hope of the Progressive party; he knew that he could obtain not one electoral vote in the South; yet a large part of his campaigning was done south of the Mason-Dixon line. The need to break up one party rule for the good of his country he placed far ahead of h is personal ambitions. When the convention of nineteen sixteen was draw- ing near, he was asked if he thought he had a chance for the nomination. “Not the least in the world,” he replied. “If I had, I killed it by my tour of the West, advocating Preparedness and Americanism. Those issues will be taken up; but when it comes to making nominations, a convention will pass over the pioneer because he has made too many enemies by his pioneering. I’ve been the pioneer; I have forced those issues to the front and the conven- tion will adopt them and nominate somebody else who is safer. It’s the in- variable rule in politics.” Always he fought hard and “clean;” fought not to win for Roosevelt but to gain the victory for truth and right. Such was the spirit of self-sacrifice in the man who has been accused by some of being, first and foremost, a politician! 82 1919 T AURORA T 1919 Finally, when months too late, as Roosevelt felt, we accepter! the gauge of war, with what vigor he threw himself into urging efficiency and preaching cardinal truths of Americanism to a nation, all too susceptible to German propaganda. He was as truly a war casualty as if he had fallen on the field of battle. Never so strenuously did he live up to his great motto, “Spend and be spent,” as in those last few months. Bitterly disappointed at being refused the opportunity of once again taking up arms in the cause of his country, he gave himself unreservedly to the cause of winning the war at home. “There was no good cause which, during the months that followed, he did not aid with the force of his eloquence. He reserved his right of public criticism of the admin- istration and exercised it practically alone among the leaders of the opposing party, with an energy and incisiveness which won the gratitude of men eager that America should act speedily and act greatly, and drew on himself the cry of treason from all the sinister, half-hidden forces still working in the interests of the enemy.” America, and the world, has lost a citizen at a time when great men can not be spared, but Theodore Roosevelt has created an influence that will live on forever. However, the cause he fought for, the truths he established, the Americanism he safe-guarded, will “carry on” in a form even stronger and more profoundly. Then, when men will have forgotten the form, when even his adversary shall have forgotten the energy of his attack, then will the real Roosevelt stand forth in greater clearness; the enemy of shame and deception, oppression ond dishonesty; the friend of truth, the brother of man, the most sincere lover of Americanism. As we view his acts and the age which he repre- sents we realize that he, tho dead, is still our leader. “Thou shall still be what thou art. Thy nation’s living voice, wherewith she speaks in tones of thunder. Nay, thou art more; thou art her fiery pulse, her conquering will; Thou art America, dauntless Theodore.” S3 ESTELLE FREEMAN. SHORTLY after the reopening of school last fall, the High School hoys were called together to discuss the subject of military training. A great deal of enthusiasm was shown for it at the time, and accordingly steps were taken to secure an instructor, the former one, Mr. Don P. Toole, being then in the army. Mr. Tom Strachan, the man who drills and captains the Sanitary Training Detachment, was secured and the class was started with a rush. Through A. Zauel clothier, were ordered the uniforms which arrived shortly before Thanks- giving Day. The number of members enrolled at the first of the year was one hundred and thirty-six. About this time, because of the “flu” vacations, the signing of the armistice and other causes the interest in military training began to lag. This subject may scarcely be termed a success during the first semester of the school year. Lately, things have taken a decided change for the better. Mr. Toole, who was commissioned second lieutenant in the army, is now back with the class and the former interest, which the hoys displayed at the first of the year, is now evident. Furthermore, the Board of Education has authorized the purchase of two army rifles. The boys have used the guns belonging to the East Side Rifle Club to learn the manual of arms, but with these new guns a great chance will be given them to make good records on the range. The possibility is very strong, in fact it is quite probable, that next fall Saginaw will be favored with a unit of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. This simply means that, if the Saginaw High School can guarantee at least one hundred hoys for the course, a government instructor will be sent here to drill and teach them. Uniforms, rifles and all equipment will be issued to the boys by the government free of charge. S4 R. W. P. ’20. ■Illllllllllllllll[llllllll[lllll[lllllllllllllllllllllll� | The Meaning of America | liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim M I glad to he an American? I certainly am. I wouldn’t he anything else -L for the world. Isn’t America the most wonderful country in the world and aren’t the American people the finest people on earth? I think so. But then, 1 suppose everyone feels that way about his country. I suppose it is perfectly natural for people of other lands to think their country the “only country on earth.” And yet it seems to me that America has always had a greater hold on her people than other countries. I say “greater,” not meaning “greater” in the physical sense. Germany has surely had a physically great hold on her subjects; too great, perhaps, for their own good. But there is a difference even in the way in which a German and an American looks at his own flag. This was best illustrated before the war. From what I have read of Germany, I can imagine a German citizen ap- proaching his flag, saluting and standing stiff at attention, while his head swelled with pride and his mind repeated the words, “Our flag: the Kaiser’s and mine.” And, perhaps, his mind even wandered to that day, “l)er Tag,” on which it would become not only his and the Kaiser’s, hut the world’s flag, too. An American citizen uncovers immediately at sight of his flag and stands looking up at it. There is no awe or cringing difference in his manner and little look of self-glorification. At that moment he sees only his flag and what it means to him, his life, his home and his ideals, and a mist covers his eyes for a moment, as a great surge of sympathetic feeling steals over him. We know that there is existing in America a feeling of sympathy that has never been felt in Germany. Perhaps it is our democracy that tends to make us all “brothers to a common cause.” Perhaps it is just a charm that some good old fairy has buried on the American shores and which has instilled in our people the spirit of friendliness, sympathy and fair play. Speaking of fair play, I think that the young American generation is cer- tainly trying to demonstrate their quality to the best of its ability. 1 know of no organization which has not for its head some enthusiastic young person, in- spired with the desire to give fair play to all. The young people of today form the nucleus of popular attention. On them are fostered all hopes, the cheers, the blessings for future success. And by them the world w ill he prepared for its futurists, that generation still to come. 85 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 With all this responsibility, one would think that a young person would he a rather solemn hody, conscious of the great burdens of life and fully awake to the responsibilities assailing him. One might think that the old people, with their burdens shifted to younger and stronger shoulders, would he the giddy ones. But experience and knowledge of life are in direct contradiction to this. Whoever heard of a young, perfectly healthy human being remaining solemn for any great length of time, or ever conscious of his responsibilities? Altho young people are our truest patriots and are the most enthusiastic workers in our organizations for public good; altho they are desirous of public welfare, fair play and fair chance for all; altho they are the security of our country’s safety in peace times and the fighters of our battles in war; yet, the young Americans of today take their responsibilities as lightly as feathers and blow them away as easily. It is one of those inexplainahle things, this fact; one of the modern characteristics that has sprung up with the new generation. In a feeble attempt to explain it, we might say that the world is twirling faster than ever before, too fast for us to hang on to our responsibilities. In a measure, it may be said, that the young Americans have brought a deeper meaning into the word “Democracy”—different from our old interpre- tation, that one which stated, “Democracy is a group of people organized into a political unit with a view to equality and with the power of rule in the hands of the many.” Today democracy is not a form of government. It is a quality, the most vital quality of our people. It is our national characteristic and means more to us than even bravery, purity and justice; for it is in itself a combination of these three virtues. As I say, I think the young Americans have helped to bring about this change. They have the true, broad sense of the meaning of democracy. They feel it and they live it. They have made it their religion, so that religion is no longer to them the old-time idea of currying favor with, or appeasing the wrath of the gods, hut a greater idea of human fellowship and friendship and fair play for everybody. This, to me, is true religion, and in believing this, I think that we are raising up our national affairs to the lever of Things Sublime and so making our country a better place to live in. This newer, deeper interpretation of democracy, this idea of turning government into religion, or religion into government — is not this, perhaps, the real meaning of America? 86 LILLIAN MOORE. Public Speaking DIE to the Great War and the resulting development of new topics, there has been a greater interest in Public Speaking. True, the method of teaching has not changed. In the Freshman grade it is still conducted one day a week under the direction and supervision of the English teachers, while in the Sophomore, Junior and Senior grades one of the five English hours is de- voted to special phases of this work under the direction of Mr. Hopkins, teacher in Rhetorics. The classes are held in the Chapel in sections of about twenty each. The Tenth Graders learn and present declamations, the Juniors devote their year to extempore development of programs of vital interest and the development of a longer oration, while Seniors, as usual, devote their hour to debating. It is not in the class room, however, that the greatest interest lies. It is rather in the contest work, which this year has reached a more successful stage than ever before. In the past we have had a little debating and usually have entered contestants in the oratorical contests. This year, we have broadened in both of these fields. Preparation of contestants to represent Saginaw in the declamation and oratorical contest was seriously retarded by our nine weeks’ vacation because of the influenza. When we reopened the first of the year, work was immediately started in both of these branches and early in March the local contests were under way. A week was devoted to the selection of winners. In the declama- tion contest the following pupils of the Ninth and Tenth Grades were entered: Marguerite Adrian Helen Bowman Isabel Clinkofstine Isabel Duby George Davies Gordon Goodfellow' Beatrice Hannnel Sears Herbert Bessie Hickey Alice Hudson Marion Hunt Dorothy Kiely Robert McGavock Mabel Masales Melvin Mountjoy Gladys Plambeck Irma Rupp Paul Sutherland Bernard Stewart Ellen Vaughan Sylvia Waack Herbert Whitecraft Harold Wintermeyer H. Wolf Alberta Roller From these, H. Wolf, M. Mountjoy, M. Hunt, B. Stewart, E. Vaughan, P. Sutherland and I). Kiely participated in a final contest held on Friday, March 87 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 8 S 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 21st. as a school activity. Judges from outside were secured and the contest was made attractive in every way. The result was, first place for M. Mount joy and second place for II. Wolf. The following prepared orations for the oratorical contest: Anne Roberts Marie Volz Dorothy Fried Lillian Dietrich Clarence Haas Blanche Kynast C. Haas, 1). Fried and B. Kynast went into the finals. In this, Clarence Haas, with his oration, “Bolshevism in America,” was awarded second place, and Blanche Kynast won the right to represent the school in the outside con- tests. Her oration, “Justice, the Keynote of Liberty,” is given in full at the end of this history. A great deal of the credit for the splendid showing in this branch is due to Miss Georgia Maier, for it was mainly through her co-operation and guidance that these papers reached their high stage of perfection. Saginaw’s representatives went to Alpena, April 18th, to compete in the Sub-district Contest. In the oratorical contest Miss Kynast competed with William Mclver, with the oration “America’s Mission,” and Florence Smith of Tawas City, whose oration was “Justice for the Armenian.” The orations were all well given and Miss Kynast won a well earned first place and the right to represent the District. Alpena secured second place. In the declamation contest, Saginaw, Arthur Hill, Tawas City and Alpena were entered. Melvin Mount joy for Saginaw won first place in that contest so that Saginaw is repre- sented in both branches in the District contest. I he victory for Miss Kynast makes Saginaw’s first victory in this branch in the last seven years. We were represented in the declamation contest of twro years ago. The District Contest was held at Marlette, May 14th. In this contest, Mar- lette, Pontiac and Saginaw were entered in the oratorical contest and in addi- tion to these, Marine City in the declamation. Miss Blanche Kynast, with the oration “Justice, the Keynote of Liberty,” won first place in the District con- test and by her victory wins the right to represent this District in the State Con- test, to he held later. This marks Saginaw’s entry in the State Contest for the first time in seven years. Melvin Mountjoy won second place in the District Contest in declamation, with the declamation “The Unknown Speaker. This year for the first time Saginaw entered into debating relationships with schools outside the Valley. I he alley limited us to the twro Bay City schools, Arthur Hill and Flint. In the past we were only allowed one debate 89 DEBATING TEAMS 1919 T AURORA v 1919 with some valley school in an annual Valley debate. This year, due to the time lost through influenza, the other schools decided not to enter. This allowed Saginaw the right to enter the State Contest and engage other schools. This arrangement has been very satisfactory and will beyond doubt be continued. The Valley schedule will be worked into the debate schedule but debaters will not be limited to this one appearance. This, coupled with the awarding of medals, should establish competition in this field on a firm basis. Saginaw met Durand, Ithaca, Mt. Pleasant, Port Huron and Ann Arbor in debates during the year. Mt. Pleasant and Ann Arbor were met in joint de- bates, with one Saginaw team away and another at home on the same night. There is every prospect of continuing the Ann Arbor debate and a strong possi- bility that next year a Detroit school or Lansing will be added. The develop- ment in debating is due mostly to the hard and constant work of Mr. Hopkins, to whom this book is dedicated with due respect. The idea of some mark of distinction to those who are successful in de- bating and oratory led to the selecting of a design submitted by Miss Julia Roberts. From this design honor awards of medals or fobs are to be given annually to those who represent Saginaw High School in competition with out- side schools in oratory or debating. These medals are an official award carry- ing the Saginaw “S” in that form for commendable representation of their school. The general plan is to award a bronze medal for one year representa- tives, silver for two years and gold for three years. Ten medals will he awarded this year. Of these, two will be of silver, Lloyd Yeo for two years’ service in debating and Blanche Kynast for one year in declamation and one in oratory. Melvin Mountjoy receives a bronze medal for first place in declamation and seven medals are awarded for debating work to the following: Wesley Cook, George Steele, Carl Marx, Howard Hollenbach, Frederic Telmos, Louis Erlen- bach, Clayton Skimin. 91 C. SKIMIN. |iiiiiihiii!iiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii | Justice the Keynote of Liberty | lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllMllllllllllllllllllll OUR one great task has been accomplished. Patriotism responded to its call and democracy was protected and preserved. We fought for ideals in this war------ideals of democracy and freedom thruout all the world. These ideals we hope have been accomplished thru the victories of our splended hoys. Rut the way before us is not always clear. Democracy, Patriotism and Autocracy are terms much used hut very often misinterpreted; they must he fully and clearlv understood before we can reach our greatest success in America. In those happy care-free days prior to the war, we gave hut little heed to the finer qualities which democracy suggests. However, after we entered that world conflict, our people were awakened as by some mysterious, irresistible force to the sterling worth of political and social equality. Now that the cause of liberty has been victorious, democracy (its very existence challenged by our foe and upheld by victory) means even more to us than during that hazardous period. Autocracy is not an attribute of kings alone — it is a spirit of oppression, whether political, social, or industrial. Democracy, on the other hand, insures equal rights to all and we find it more clearly defined by the well-known words, “Each for all and all for each.” If, within the social ami industrial structure of our nation, there should develop between class and class, a tendency of one to oppress the other, then is there need to purge ourselves of this same despotic spirit which existed abroad. And, as we read the history of our native land, we know that if there be any autocratic spirit within the boundaries of America, that autocracy can exist in only one field — that of industry, where the struggle between Capital and Labor has been growing keener year by year. It was to meet this unfair balance of organized capital against unorganized labor that the American worker indorsed the labor union. The purpose of labor organization is not a radical, irrational one. It is a movement founded upon the truths of history and historic developments. The real purpose of labor organization is justice. “The union workman is not a free-trader or pro- tectionist any more than he is a Democrat or a Republican. lie is a citizen, moved by the same sentiments, the opinions, the prejudices of any ordinary 92 L919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 citizen,” and strives with them to protect himself against oppression. The organization seeks to impose no burden that society should not bear. It merely proclaims to the world that the laborer is “worthy of his hire” and is entitled in pay to what it costs him to produce his labor. Democracy demands Justice to all and from all. There have been times when labor itself has been at fault. This, too, must he corrected: but it is a problem in itself and one which limited time does not permit us to take up here. But we are convinced that two wrongs never make a right. Therefore, we must not allow ourselves to be deflected in our duty to labor because some- where else in our regime there exists another distinctly different duty to per- form. The great mass of labor is ever loyal to our institutions. The worker has proclaimed again and again that there is no room for both Democracy and Autocracy in this world. It is symbolic of the attitude of all labor when one union says, “If German workers do not smash their autocracy, democracy will smash it for them.” The laborer has seen in Europe the horrors of a crushing autocracy and is willing to lend his every effort that all that savors of it may be driven from the earth forever. It is not labor alone that realizes the undemocratic nature of its employ- ment. Our national government itself knows that to be a strictly democratic nation, we must guarantee to labor decent wages and reasonable working hours. Consequently, during the war, a National War Labor Board was established. And it was thru this Board that labor received a just consideration in hours of employment and rates of pay. Nor are all capitalists opposed to the rights of labor; in fact, there are a great many who seriously strive to better the lot of the worker. Henry Ford, for instance, believes firmly that the laboring man should have exactly the same chance to live in decency and comfort as has his rich employer, and, so be- lieving, he acts accordingly. Mr. Charles B. Dickson, of the Midvale Steel Com- pany, says that the employer who sees red at the mere mention of the rights of labor is the most dangerous element in production and that such men must give way to the employer who sees in the laborer a co-worker in the industrial pro- cess. Andrew Carnegie instituted a profit-sharing plan which makes each em- ployee a shareholder, and in so doing he not only secures greater results but gives to his workers an opportunity to enjoy their lives also. There is, however, a certain class of employers who represent an entirely different element in our democracy. Such men belong to the sixteenth century 93 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 and are like the French Bourbons in that they never forget anything nor do they ever learn anything. From their point of view, they are masters of all they survey. How remote are the qualities of Democracy from their conception of it. Their Bourbonistic attitude is visible in the following statement issued by an influential officer of a prominent concern: “I am sick of the daily demands of labor committees and union leaders. I am looking for the day when I can see a million men outside my office begging for work; then we can teach labor some sense.” And that man is an American — a citizen of the greatest democ- racy on earth. Being too weary to aid in the uplifting of human beings less fortunate than himself, he would gladly see a million laborers on their knees to him begging employment, that they might do no more than prevent the starvation of their families. Because of his egotistical desires, he would will- ingly see thousands of workers thrown out of employment into the dark, dreary chasms of despair and hopelessness. It is because of such men as this that labor controversy is inevitable, and that our form of democracy is not yet true to its finer impulses. So long as there exists in America a philosophy which holds labor to be a mere commodity, a thing to be bought or sold exactly as a ton of coal or a pound of lard, we repudiate the first principle of democracy which holds that “all men are created free and equal.” Altho the armies of democracy have broken down the bars of enslaved peoples, even within autocratic nations, altho the potent cause of war has been removed by the might of aroused democracy, all danger of future wars is not yet past. Whether or not the world is finally free from war depends upon all people everywhere. And to retain peace, we must adhere strictly to the rules governing and making a truly democratic nation. When we fight political autoc- racy, we do not want and will not permit industrial autocracy to be enthroned; that must not find its way into our nation of social and political equality. Au- tocrats of industry must realize that no country, no institution, no industry has ever been great or can ever become great if it is founded upon the poverty of the masses composing it. We do hope and sincerely believe that the benefits received by labor during the recent war will not be sacrificed upon the altar of greed and profit. This is the period of reconstruction. Grave responsibilities, splendid op- portunities surround us on every hand. America is awake as never before to the realness of democracy. Whose is the fault if we should fail to establish a pure, sincere form of democracy at home? We must not neglect to set our house in order. We must not allow industrial autocrats to dominate our land. We 94 ■ 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 must not permit despotic employers to rob their employees of the small oppor- tunity they possess to live in decency and comfort. Citizens of America! This problem is ours. We must see justice done to all. When our victorious banners are furled at home, our fight for true de- mocracy must still go on. Our ideal is ever before us and we must not cease until every citizen, rich or poor, shall bear witness in his very life that Justice is impartial, Opportunity unrestricted, and Democracy truly enthroned. 95 TVT EW interest is aroused in Julius Caesar’s account of the campaigns lie car- ' ried out in France and Belgium when his commentaries are viewed in the light of the Great War. Modern armies have met and fought on the battlefields of the Gallic Wars; military camps have been laid out in a manner which sug- gests the methods of the Romans. Caesar was the greatest strategist of his time, just as Foch and Hindenburg have been skillful in the use of strategy in the modern times. Caesar in writing of the methods and customs of the people of ancient Gaul said, “Of all these, the bravest are the Belgians,” and no one will deny that the statement is equally true today. So, in countless ways, we find proof that the World War is only a reproduction, on a larger scale, of the cam- paigns of Caesar. To be sure, methods of warfare have undergone great changes as a result of the inventions of explosives, the use of electricity, steam and gasoline, and from the mechanical perfection of every kind of weapon. Nevertheless, in the recent war many of the means of warfare devised by the ancient Romans were made use of with slight changes only. Trench warfare is by no means a modern invention, but was used with much success by Julius Ca;sar in his Gallic campaigns. Indeed, some of the very trenches made by the soldiers of that great general were found by the British and French soldiers in France while they themselves were digging trenches. The Romans, however, limited their trench warfare to siege operations and fortifications, but the trenches themselves were made much as the modern ones are, except for the fact that their trenches were generally left V-shaped, since they were not used as passage ways, as the modern trenches are. The Roman soldier was provided with a trenching tool much the same as the spade, which is a part of the equipment of every United States soldier. The modern bayonet, which proved such an efficient weapon in recent war- fare, is very similar to the Roman spear or javelin. The length of the iron is almost exactly the same, although the handle of the Roman spear is longer. The iron point of the spear was grooved and made a wound very similar to that of 96 1919 ▼ AURORA T 1919 the bayonet. But even the spear has not entirely gone out of use; in the Great War long lances were used hy divisions of cavalry on both sides. Even more strange is the fact that soldiers have returned to the use of the helmet as a protection for the head. Just as the metal helmet of old protected the head of the Roman soldier from leaden bullets thrown by a sling, just so the modern helmet served as a protection against shell and shrapnel. The tin- pan variety, worn by the United States soldier, differed in shape from that of the Roman period, but a more modern helmet introduced into the French armv was very similar in shape. The packs, which Caesar’s legionaries carried, were fully as heavy or heavier than those carried by modern infantry. The modern soldier has his pack strapped on his back, while the Roman carried his on a sort of forked stick over his left shoulder; and the average day’s march of Caesar’s legionaries was about fifteen miles, which compares favorably with the distance which a small body of United States infantry can cover today, over fair roads. In spite of the fact that the contending armies in the Great War were much greater than those of Caesar’s time, still the military formation, tactics and equipment were much the same. Equipment and methods of warfare change but little, even in so many centuries, and now, as in Caesar’s time, victory comes to that side which has superior skill and fighting power. The following quotation, from the introduction of Professor Kelsey’s edition of Caesar’s commentaries, shows that deeds of bravery and their rewards in ancient times bore a striking likeness to similar deeds in modern times: “No instance of individual bravery stands out so concpicuously, however, as that of the centurion Scaeva who fought at his post at the gate of a redoubt, though one eye was put out and he was wounded in the shoulder and thigh; in his shield, after the battle, one hundred and twenty holes were counted where it had been struck by arrows. In June, 1916, E. A. Bigoine, machine-gun oper- ator on the front in France, remained in an advanced position after every other man in his trench had been killed, when it was obvious that an assault of the enemy was preparing. He gathered the ammunition of his fallen comrades and. when the assault came, he still held his post, using his machine-gun so effectively that he repulsed charge after charge against his trench, accounting for eight hundred Germans killed, wounded and fleeing, before he was relieved.” “Caesar publicly commended Scaeva and made him a present of money amounting to more than $8,000; Bigoine received the decoration of the Legion of Honor, said to be the highest award ever given to a private soldier in France.” JESSIE SPENCE. 97 Spain and ihe World War O PAIN remained neutral throughout the great World W ar, altho nearly every other nation took part in it. No doubt each side had tried to draw Spain into the conflict. The majority of the Spanish race are Germanophiles and they are thorough enemies of France, England and America. Why then did not Spain join the central powers? The reason is this: the majority of the Spanish people are conservative and reverent of Spain’s early history. They are hostile to all changes and think they -can progress rapidly enough without help from the outer world. During King Philip the Second’s time the hatred for England which still exists was founded on religious and political difficulties. Philip was the champion of the Catholic church and England, Flanders and America were enemies of that church. Politically Spain hoped to be ruler of the seas, hut again England thwarted her ami Spain’s dream of supremacy vanished. France is also detested because of the Napoleonic invasion, and when France expelled the Catholic orders from her church, Spain’s hatred increased. Spain admired and sympathized with Germany for the autocratic and military form of her institutions. Spain’s idea of a well-governed nation is that of genuine paternalism. There is a minority in Spain that is pro-ally who struggled against the German element that tried in every way to keep alive the hatred of Spain for her enemies. The World W ar was looked upon as a great struggle between Germany and England, with France and Austria as secondary factions. M. AUSTIN. 98 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 Espana y la Guerra del Mundo A Espana persistio en la neutralidad durante toda la gran guerra del mundo. aunque casi todas las naciones tomaban parte en ella. No hay duda de que las potencias centrales asf como los aliados habian tratado de atraerla a su partido. La mayona de los espanoles favorecen los intereses de los alemanes y son los enemigos amargos de la Francia, la Inglaterra y de los Estados Unidos. Los mas espanoles son conservativos y reverencian la historia de su patria. Son hostiles a cualquier cambio y piensan progresar con hastante rapidez sin la asistencia del mundo exterior. Durante el reinado del rey Felipe Segundo se fundo el odio contra los ingleses, que aun vive en el dfa, en las dificultades religiosas y politicas. Felipe era el campeon de la iglesia Catolica y la Inglaterra era su enimiga. Politica- mente Espana quiso gobernar los mares, pero otra vez Inglaterra la impedio y el sueno de Espana de la supremacfa desaparecid. Francia era detestada tambien desde la invasion de Napoleon v desde la expulsion de los ordenes Catolicos de la iglesia, el odio se aumentaba. Espana admiro Alemania por el sistema militar de su gobierno. La idea de Espana de una nacion bien gobernada es la de Alemania. Hay una minoridad en Espana que apoyan la causa de los alidos y aquellos hombres luchaban contra el elemento aleman que ensayaba de todos modos mantener activo el odio de Espana contra sus enemigos. Espana considero la guerra del mundo como una contienda entre Alemania e Inglaterra con Francia y Austria como facciones secundarias. M. AUSTIN. 99 The Revelation of France I N JUNE, 1914, we thought of the French as a people far distant from us — a gay, charming, pleasure-loving, frivolous people, who were fond of the theatre, the restaurant and the Casino. We gained this impression because the average visitor to Paris went there to taste of its lighter joys. For one American who knew the Sorbonne, the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the intellectual and artistic life of Paris, one hundred spent their nights in Maxim s, the Kat Mort, the Moulin Rouge or the Bal Tabarin. They were ignorant of the fact that these resorts had been created for the foreign visitor and that the native Frenchman rarely visited them. Our ideas were changed on August second at the beginning of the war. We saw another side of the French people, a serious side. The French gave all for an ideal. “Vive la France! Vive la France!” was heard on every side. The signal of distress sounded from every church and no one realized at that time the tragedy to which these humble bells were sorrowfully calling the world. It was difficult for France to believe that in this day of civilization, war, the scourge of by-gone days, was actually being waged. War is destructive; modern society is interested wholly in production. To believe in war was to turn back to the dark ages. Nevertheless, the whole nation to a man rose in arms to defend its territory and for four years faced frightful dangers and horrible privations with a heroism that was the admiration of the world. We saw that the spirit of Jeanne d'Arc still lived and the watchwords of the French Revolution — Liberty, Equality, Fraternity,--all resolved themselves into the one ideal, Liberty. We hear of the heroic deeds of men at the Battles of the Marne, the Yser, the Somme, the Aisne and Verdun. Jacques, who had always been gay and happy, saved his whole company by his coolness; Rene brought his captain in 100 L919 T JIUHOHA T 1919 upon liis shoulders across two hundred metres of open ground under a hail of grape shot and had come almost to his trench when a ball passed through his body, but his captain was saved; Henri, an officer, after having his shoulder crushed and his arm bound to his body by withes, continued for an hour to command his company until a bomb killed him. Such heroic actions showed the profound nature of the French. And the women of France! How they have suffered and borne their sufferings! Some became nurses and, during the period of the war, tended the sick in places which were sometimes extremely dangerous, for forty-eight hours at a stretch. Some sold all their property and gave the proceeds to the state, while they themselves lived in a garret. Many a woman of wealth converted her chateau into a hospital. Others left their homes to work in factories. In one instance during the summer of 1918, when the women working in the gas shell factories learned that the Germans were firing upon Paris, they threw off their gas masks in order to speed up production, altho they knew it would be their death. Some women worked in factories where picric acid, which turned the skin yellow, was made and they were women who had always been proud of their beauty. Today, “the women of France” has become a synonym for extreme sacrifice and heroic suffering. The tragedy of war was the revelation of France. ALICE DIETRICH. 101 1919 ▼ Y 1919 AURORA La Revelation de la France EN JUIN 1914, nous pensames les Fran$ais bien eloignes de nous — mi monde gai, charmant, voluptueux, frivole, qui prit plaisir an theatre, au restaurant, et au casino. Nous resumes cette impression parce que le voyageur ordinaire allait a Paris pour les joies legeres. Tandis qu’il y eut un Americain qui con- naissait le Sorbonne, FEcole des Beaux Arts, et la vie intellectuelle et artistique de Paris, il y en eut cent cpii passaient leurs nuits cliez Maxim, dans le Rat Mort, le Moulin Rouge, ou le Bal Tabarin. I Is ne surent pas qu’on eut cree ees amuse- ments pour le voyageur de Petranger, et cjue le Fran ais de naissance les visita rarement. On changea d’avis le deux aout, au commencement de la guerre. Nous fut montre une autre face des Franca is, .un aspect serieux. Les Fran ais donnerent tout pour un ideal. „Vive la France! Vive la France!” fut entendu de tous cotes. On donna Palarme de toutes les eglises, et personne ne realisa a cette fois la tragedie a laquelle ces cloches bumbles appellaient tristement le monde. La France trouva difficile de croire que de ce jour de la civilisation on faisait reellement la guerre, le fleau des epoques passees. La guerre est destructive la societe moderne s'interesse entierement a la production. II fallut retourner aux siecles des tenebres pour croire a la guerre. Neanmoins la nation entiere se leva tous jusqu’au dernier pour defendre sa patrie, et pendant quatre a ns affront a des dangers effrayants et des privations horribles avec un heroisme qui etait (’admiration du monde. Nous vimes que PAme de Jeanne d’Arc vivait encore, et les mots d’ordres de la revolution franchise— Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite — tous se fondirent dans Fun ideal, la Liberte. Nous entendons dire des actes heroiques a la Marne, a PYser, a la Somme, a l’Aisne, et a Verdun. Jacques, qui avait toujours ete gai et heureux, sauva toute sa compagnie par son sangfroid; Rene apporta son capitaine sur les epaules au travers de 200 metres du terrain expose, sous une grele de mitraille, et vint presqu’a sa tranchee quand un boulet lui passa par le corps mais son capitaine fut sauve. Henre, un officier, apres avoir Pepaule ecrasee et le bras serre au corps par des harts, continua a commander sa compagnie pendant une heure, jusqua ce qu’une bombe le tua. I)e telles actions d’eclat montrent la nature profonde des Fran ais. Et les femmes de la France. Comme elles out souffert et out porte leurs afflictions. Les unes devinrent des infirmieres, et pendant la periode de la guerre, elles soignerent les malades dans les endroits quelquefois fort dan- 102 1919 ▼ Jl U R O R A V 1919 gereux, pendant 48 heures tout d'une haleine. Les unes vendirent tous leurs biens, et rendirent le produit a la patrie, tandis qu’elles habiterent des galetas. Beaucoup de femmes riches donnerent leurs chateaux aux hopitaux. Les autres quitterent leurs foyers pour travailler dans les fabriques. Sur une occasion, pendant Pete de 1918, quand les femmes jui travaillaient dans les fabriques pour des bombes asphyxiantes, apprirent que les allemands mettaient le feu a Paris, elles jeterent de cote leurs masques pour pouvoir travailler plus vite, bieu qu’elles sussent que ce serait leur niort. Des femmes travaillerent dans les fabriques ou Ton faisait 1’acide picrique, qui fit jaune la peau, femmes qui avaient toujours ete fiere de leur beaute. A present, les mots „les femmes de la France” sont devenus des synonymes pour le sacrifice extreme et la souffrance heroique. La tragedie de la guerre fut la revelation de la France. ALICE DIETRICH. 103 SAGINAW High School has a splendidly equipped Manual Training depart- ment, which is capable of turning out any kind of practical work. For this reason every boy in High School ought at least to have a year or more of Manual Training in order to see what he is capable of doing. The work is so much like the shop work and so practical that any hoy can learn it. The department comes under six main divisions. Mechanical Drawing, Car- pentry, Pattern-making, Machine Shop, Foundry, and Forging. All of these departments are equipped as completely and conveniently as a shop. Besides being practical, another striking feature of this department is the co-operation of the different divisions. Each part is dependent on the other in some way. The question is asked, “Who takes Manual Training during his High School career?” Perhaps more boys of Group V or the Mechanics Arts group than of the others, because it is required all four years in their course. The first year the boys of this group have Pattern making and Carpentry. At first the pupil is given only exercise pieces, and then is gradually given harder projects. The second year they have Forging and the third and fourth years their work con- sists mostly of Machine Shop. When a boy of this group graduates, he usually has a pretty fair estimate of what his abilities are and of what he is capable when he is in the shops. This same plan is true of the other courses than Group V, with the exception that Manual Training is not required the last two years. The projects turned out in Woodwork, altho practical and some even simple, are very interesting. For example, if a boy makes a piece of furniture for the home, he naturally values it more highly than a boughten article be- cause it is his own handiwork, even tho it is not finished or carved as the boughten piece. If a machine part is to be turned out, a drawing is first made in the Mechanical Drawing room; from here it is sent to the Pattern room where a pattern is made. Then it is taken to the foundry to be cast, after which it is 104 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 gent to the Machine Shop to be turned out and finished. This system gives each department their share of the work in turning out projects. About the last week of the school year an exhibit is held in the different rooms of the High School to show what has been accomplished during the year. In Woodwork, chairs, piano benches, victrolas, tables, dressing tables, in fact every piece of furniture from a candlestick to a table is shown. The School is rather musical this year for the reason that quite a number of the students ac- quired a craze for stringed instruments and the result was about thirty ukuleles and about ten banjos. In Mechanical Drawing the drawings of the different grades are exhibited. In the Machine Shop machine parts are exhibited, in the Foundry some of the castings and mouldings are shown, and in Pattern Making some interesting patterns are shown. These exhibits are largely attended by the public and are usually well appreciated. The School must be given credit for turning out quite an amount of war material such as Red Cross boxes, sewing tables, desks, etc. Altho thru this cause and that of the “flu” epidemic the regular routine of the work has been disturbed during the past year, it is expected that conditions in the School will again be normal next year. 105 PEGGY O’Neil walked down Elizabeth street towards the tenement in which she lived and her usually sunny countenance wore a tired, dissatisfied ex- pression. The white skin of her forehead between the lovely, grey eyes was puckered into a vexed frown. “Oh! M iss O'Neil,” panted and puffed a sturdy, little youngster of about nine years of age, touching his ragged cap as he caught up with her, “I hollered three times, but guess you didn’t hear me.” “Hello, Tabby,” the grey eyes were smiling now, “faith, I must have been sleep-walking. And to think 1 missed a few more blocks of your company! Sure and I will never forgive myself, darling. I was just thinking and a hit discouraged. Tabby.” The tiny frown began to reappear. “Didn’t lose your job or somethun’, did you?” asked her little friend, and as she smiled and shook her head in the negative, he went on, “1 just know you’re not the only one that gets that way, Miss O’Neil, ’cause when 1 can’t seem to sell my papers and ilia ain’t getting much work, 1 get awful discouraged. I pinch myself and say, ‘Well, Tab, don’t think about it. but do somethun’.’ Then I pipes ‘papers!’ till my voice cracks. Gee! This is where we sing ‘Till We Meet Again.’ ” “Yes, Tabby,” she laughed, counting the pennies out into his dirty, little hand, “and that will likely be Monday evening. Good-bye.” Touching his cap again he gave her the paper and w ith a cheery “Good-bye, M iss O’Neil,” darted to and fro, using his lusty young voice to aid in selling his papers. Peggy watched his ragged figure disappear down the street with a mis- chievous glint in her beautiful eyes. “Faith, and you're right, Tabby,” she murmured, “1 had better pinch myself and do somethun’.” With a light, quick step she entered the tenement and climbed two flights of stairs to her rooms on the second floor. Peggy O’Neil was a descendant of one of the best families in old Ireland. Her father, after her mother’s death, brought her, at the age of twelve, across w7 ith h iin to Boston. Their friends were those of wealth and prominence. In a few7 years had speculation left Mr. O’Neil penniless and unable to face the 106 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 1919 pity of his friends. He and Peggy moved to the tenement rooms on Elizabeth street in New York City. For nearly four years he worked unceasingly at odd jobs. At the time of his death. Peggy, twenty years of age, with her education completed, assured him, while the tears slipped down her cheeks, that she could win her way. And win her way she did. For two years she worked steadily at Goldman’s broker shop on Forty-second street. Now for the first time she was to have a vacation. The week coming was “the” week. This was the problem: she had no friends with whom to stay in any other place and witli only the sum of $20, one couldn’t squeeze board, room and fare out of it. Unlocking her door, Peggy entered a combination sitting room and bed room. Off came her hat and together with the newspaper was flung on a chair. Humming an Irish tune, she prepared to fry potatoes in the tiny kitchen off the main room. When they were in the frying-pan and over the gas flame, she picked up the paper and glanced through it till she reached the society column. “September 4th, the Wellingtons, after spending two months at their resi- dence in Belle Harbor, have returned to their Boston home.” This announcement headed the list of society notes. Immediately Peggy’s eyes and mouth looked like the letter “O.” She rushed to a table, snatched up a photograph of a boy and girl and, turning it over, read. “To Peggy from her friends. Rose and William Wellington.” Peggy giggled a very hysterical giggle. With the paper in one hand and the picture in the other she waltzed around the room. “My dear friends of my childhood, I shall certainly pay you a visit or rather your Belle Harbor home,” and with a delighted little laugh she stretched her arms and for pure joy drew a deep breath of—ugh! not fresh air, hut smoke of burnt potatoes. Peggy reached the kitchen in some fashion and took the pan off the stove. A dash of cold water over the mess did not produce any effects, so, a hit sobered, she sat down to a lunch of baker’s rolls, jelly and tea. While she was eating, the plan shaped itself. The S20 would enable her to go to Belle Harbor and return, leaving a margin for spending change. By taking possession of the Wellington’s residence for the week and packing the provi- sions and canned goods on the kitchen shelves into a portmanteau and taking them along, there would he no expenditure for board and room. Then, of course, if there happened to he any of the servants left, which was not probable, she would have to explain that she was Miss So-and-So, dear friend of the Wellingtons. So sorry that they had left for Boston, but, as soon as she had rested, she would journey to Boston. As Peggy thought about it the more it 107 1919 ▼ JIURORA ▼ 1919 impressed her as the very way out of her dilemma. With renewed determina- tion she cleared the table. Peggy’s mind was made up and for her that meant action. Gathering to- gether the prettiest of her garments, she packed them into an old suitcase which had seen service years before. In an equally short space of time the con- tents of the kitchen shelves were disposed of in an aged looking portmanteau unearthed from the dark recesses under the bed. A white sailor hat came next from its bandbox and was deftly and quickly pinned on. A suitcase in one hand and a portmanteau in the other Peggy left the tenement and hurried over to the trolley line. At exactly ten minutes to nine she arrived at the Grand Cen- tral station after a wearisome ride on a trolley that had seemed to stop every half second. Purchasing her ticket she boarded the train and, with just five minutes to spare, sank back with a sigh on the cushioned seat. It was about eleven o’clock that Peggy stood on the veranda of the Welling- ton residence at Belle Harbor. The night had gradually changed from a beauti- ful evening to a dark, black night. The lightning had been flashing and the thunder rumbling for a little time hack. Now the shower broke and the pat, pat, patter of the raindrops sounded on the roof above. Peggy crossed the veranda and gently shook the great door knob. To her surprise the door swung back. Queer! They surely didn’t forget to lock the door, she murmured. She looked in. hut everything was in darkness. It was only for a moment that she hesitated and then crossed into the dark hall and closed the door behind her. In a flash of lightning the stairway was revealed on the right. Placing the port- manteau in the hall, she gripped the suitcase and slowly began to ascend the broad stair. On the eighth step she paused. Positively, yes, she was more than positive that she had heard the shuffle of a foot on the landing above. Before she could make up her mind to go on up or dash for the door below, there was a click and the light switched on. When the temporary blindness passed, Peggy saw a tall, thin woman with a very shining, formidable object in her hand. Come, get a move on. Do you think I want the detect’s to get wind of this?” I here was nothing for Peggy to do but obey, and with weak knees she went up the rest of the way. “See that light down the hall? You make tracks for that.” Switching off the light on the stair she followed Peggy down the upper hall and into a room, closing the door after her. 108 1919 ▼ JIUROR A ▼ 1919 “What’s the idea of paying a visit at this time of night? Respectable folks drop around in the daytime.” Peggy at last found her voice. “I came to pay the Wellingtons a visit.” “Nice time to visit ’em. Sprtse you expected to carry off the furniture,” looking at Peggy’s old suitcase. “Anyway, you don’t get the jewels, dearie, ’cause they are safe in this black bag on my arm. Say, they’re some peaches.” The woman crossed over and opened Peggy’s suitcase. “Oh, you’re a visitor all right by the looks of them clothes. But say, why didn’t they wait to see you?” “I didn’t inform the Wellingtons of my intended visit.” Then Peggy lied cheerfully, “I wanted to take them by surprise.” “Some surprise all right, but it hit the wrong party.” Lighting a cigarette, the woman sat down opposite Peggy. “I don’t hang around like this after the job is done, but this swell joint just appealed to my imagination. No one around, either, to disturb the quietness of the scenery until you dropped in.” At that precise moment the front door opened and a step sounded in the hall below. Almost instantaneously the owner of the feet stumbled over Peggy’s portmanteau, shrowded in darkness. The girl and the woman in the upper room jumped to their feet. The woman crossed the room with the quick, stealthy movement of a cat. “One move that 1 don’t dictate,” she hissed, “and you’ll pay. Just you stick to me.” Peggy followed her up the hall to the top of the stairs. The light flashed on, flooding the hall, and showed a young man with dark hair lying on the floor. “Quick, get them cords that are holding the drape and tie his hands and feet. He is coming too.” Peggy did as she was told and together they dragged the young man into the room opposite the stair which happened to be the library. At the same time that Peggy was obeying all of these commands the strain of thought running thru her alert brain went something like this: “Two of them. Both thieves. Oh! If I can only get that gun. Faith, I will have the two of them yet.” “Turn the light off in the hall,” was the next command to Peggy and the woman turned on the light in the library. As Peggy pushed the button she reached for a heavy cane that was lying on the hall floor. Evidently its owner was the prisoner. Returning to the library with the cane held behind her, Peggy saw her opportunity. The woman 109 1919 ▼ JIURORA ▼ 1919 was tightening the cord about the captives ankles with the revolver held loosely in her left hand. Peggy struck quickly and with all the strength of her young arms. The blow falling on the left wrist made the woman drop the revolver with a curse and before she could recover from the pain and shock, Peggy gained the weapon and retreated with it and the cane to the opposite wall of the room. She warned the woman not to speak or move and then silently prayed that some one would see the light and come to investigate. Two hours later, as the clock on the library table indicated, a very excited group of three persons burst into the room. First came a young woman of about Peggy’s age, then a tall, elderly, grey-haired man and, following these, a very stout, puffy, red-faced woman. “What is the meaning of this?” asked the elderly man, taking in the tableau and turning to Peggy for his answer. “It is a long story, Mr. Wellington (for it was the Wellingtons), but to make it short these two persons are thieves. That black bag on the woman’s arm con- tains the Wellington jewels. I advise you to relieve her of it.” The hag was very quickly transferred to Mrs. Wellington. Then came a burst of laughter from the other thief. Mr. Wellington, Sr., mopped his forehead and then ejaculated, “William Wellington! Why! What! How did this happen?” In the consternation of the moment the woman saw her chance and slipped out the front door before Peggy or the others awoke to the fact that she was gone. The jewels were safe, however, so they turned back to William Welling- ton, Jr. “You see, dad, I was in New York on that business deal today and it was just a matter of a few hours to run down in the roadster to the house. 1 entered the hall and landed over this young lady’s portmanteau and, when I came to, I found myself here. How did you happen to get here?” “We took the train early this morning, arrived in New York, hired a car and rushed down here. All the excitement was caused by your mother anti sister. They forgot to pack the jewels when we went. Left them in the safe here and consequently this chase back and the surprise that awaited us.” “You dear girl, how did you happen to be at hand at such a fortunate mo- ment?” the excited Mrs. Wellington beamed on Peggy. Peggy told the story simply. To prove it and her identity she opened the portmanteau in the hall, showed the contents and from the top took a picture no 1919 T AURORA T 1919 of two children with the inscription on the hack, “To Peggy from her friends. Rose and William Wellington.” The picture she handed to Mr. Wellington, Sr. “Bless my soul. Of course, it’s Peggy O’Neil. You look just the same as the little girl we knew' except that you are grown up. Well, well,” and he warmly shook Peggy’s hand. Mr. Wellington, Jr., did likewise and smiled when Peggy apologized for calling him a thief. Rose and her mother kissed her and asked her to come to Boston for the rest of her stay. Peggy smiled and shook her head. “No excuse now,” Mr. Wellington, Sr., came to the rescue. “You see, Peggy, it’s just like this. 1 have some business that I have wanted to settle with some of you O’Neils for a long time, but I never could locate you. All of your father’s speculation was not had. Some of it turned out to be good, so you see you have a neat little sum of your own.” So it was that Peggy drove back to New York with the Wellingtons and waited for the train to Boston. It was a delightful week that Peggy had with the Wellingtons in Boston. Mr. Wellington, Sr., had arranged the business part and Peggy had agreed to stay with the Wellingtons as his ward until she could run her own affairs. William Wellington, Jr., and Peggy were dancing to the music of a slow waltz which drifted from the drawing room. It was the last night before her return to New York to arrange the transportation of a few articles which had been dear to her father and herself. “Miss O’Neil, is it really necessary for you to run away tomorrow when either father or myself would be delighted to do it for you?” They had stopped dancing and were leaning against the railing of the stone porch. “Yes, it is. Why, I wouldn’t sleep a wink until they arrived if 1 didn’t pack them myself. It will only he for a few days at most. This week has been just one continual dream for me. Just like fairyland. It seems as though I had known you all along. But then we were playmates when we were younger.” “Miss O’Neil — Peggy dear—I love you. W ill you marry me, Peggy?” For a moment there was silence. Peggy placed her hand on his shoulder and with a wistful smile, whispered in his ear, “Faith, and it’s the same feeling I have in my heart for you.” in B. E. T. ’19. 113 ' w V L1 DUCATION is the process of world building. Every man builds his own world and is confined thruout life to the world which he himself builds. In building their respective worlds, all men have access to the same materials and the character of their world depends on the material they acquire and how this material is used. M usic is one of the fundamental elements of a full life and the man who is building his world, if it be a large world and one abounding in the beautiful and inspiring things, will undoubtedly choose music as one of the elements. Hut before choosing it, he must have some knowledge of the good and beautiful in music and in order to gain that knowledge he must make a study of the musical element. There is surely no hotter place for the study of music than the school. But it need not he confined to teaching in that institution. There are many ways in which one may get a glimpse of the musical world. The best known and perhaps the most popular sources are the community choruses which have been started all over the United States since the outbreak of the war and which have heen conducted with much success. The Liberty Chorus, a branch of the community choruses, was organized in Saginaw more than a year ago under the supervision of W. J. Brydges and the direction of J. A. Cummings. It grew rapidly and before long its members swelled to several hundred voices which pleased and entertained many Saginaw audiences. The inspiring strains of music have been brought home to the boys who were in the training camps. Those boys have learned that, “Such sounds have power to quiet The restless pulse of care.” And many times, after a strenuous dav’s exercise, the recreation buildings were filled to over-flowing with soldier-boys whose hearts and minds were uplifted and inspired by the harmonious strains of music. The real foundation of music, however, as was mentioned above, is laid in the schools. Saginaw High School is one of the best equipped schools in the country for its teaching, both vocal and instrumental. There are regular classes 114 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 for each of the four grades under the direction of Mrs. Patterson, whose work is highly commended. The High School Orchestra is one of the musical organizations outside of school work which is personally conducted by Mrs. Wilson. It has been a wel- come addition to school activities for some years and is open to both girls and boys of the school. It is a very able society which shows unusual ability and training and is heartily welcomed at any entertainment. The Amphion Club is another organization which is under the personal direction of Mrs. ilson. It is composed of girls from all the grades in the school. It shows vocal ability of a high standard and is always received with pleasure. The Glee Club is an organization composed of boys of the school. Each boy in the club shows vocal talent which Mrs. Patterson, the personal director, very ably brings out in the large chorus. It has been a welcome addition to High School programs for many years and is always received enthusiastically whenever heard. The organizations are as much a part of the school life as the Chapel exer- cises held every Tuesday morning in which music plays an important part. All those who take the opportunity of studying music in the school may or may not build their world with music as a part of the foundation which makes up their life. Undoubtedly, those who appreciate its worth will open wide the portals of their world for its reception in every form and their spirits shall revel in the “concord of sweet sounds.” M usic played an important part in winning the war and there is no mis- taking that it will play an equally important part in the reconstruction period of the world, for the world’s inhabitants are beginning to realize more and more each day that with music their lives cannot be a dead level or a desert. I heir lives are diversified by the alluring sounds of music, made abundant by the evergrowing fountains of inspiring harmony and “Their world shall be filled with music. And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.” 115 MARIE HAYES, T9. AMPHION KATE M. B. WILSON, Directress Officers GRACE FRY ..... DOROTHY KEl LEY BEATRICE PITSCH VERNIE McLEOD . Blake, Marie Carlisle, Louise Clinkofstine, Belle Cooney, Mildred Cornwell, Jane Forbes, Ida Members Fox, Lucile Hunt, Marian Lawrence, Ada McArthur, Marian McArthur, Bernice McKnight, Maribel ...........President .....Vice-President Secretary-T reasurer ..........Librarian McMeekin, Helen Marx, Marian Neumann, Helen Rogers, Ruth Waack. Sophie Whitney, Ida 117 1919 ▼ ▼ 1919 AURORA Glee Club MYRTLE H. PATTERSON, Directress Officers RALPH TAYLOR ..............................................President NATHAN ROSOFF ........................................Vice-President ALBERT FISH .....................................Secretary-Treasurer CHALMERS McGREGOR ...........................................Marshal Members Andrews, Vernon Harmon, Gordon Stingel, Harold Earl, Warren Hartoni, Rollin Stone, George Cornwell, Elmer Hudson, Frank Strickland, John Defore, Lenson Hudson, Lowell Sutherland, Paul Fish, Albert McDonald, James Telmos, Fred Floetter, Fred McGavock, Robert Webber, Luther Gale, Howard Partlo, Fay Will, Curt Goldman, Oscar Smith, Maxwell Wood, Jack Sonnenherg, Courtney ORCHESTRA 1919 V AURORA T 1919 Orchestra KATE M. B. WILSON, Directress Arnold, Millard Baker, Edward Bitterman, Nelson Boitel, Norman Bradshaw, Vernon Carlisle, Sanford Members Before, Lanson Goodfellow, Gordon Grenny, Hamilton Haas, Clarence Kerns, Wilson Ladebauche, Ruth Leitzou', Elizabeth Metz, Nona Neumann, Helen Ogborn, Dorothy Peters, Henry Vipond, George 121 POST GRADUATES 122 I , . - ■ •••••.. : ..i • y-.v. .. • v ' •jiVv ‘ t OWSMFADFA 123 125 1919 ▼ AURORA T 1919 Alber, Ruth Allen, Gladys Andre, Helen Marie Bagshaw, Sarah V. Bartlett, Marian K. Bedford, Ruth Blake, Marie Buchele, Theressa Callam, Frances Cates, Vera Cook, Minnie L. Cornish, Marian L. Cornish, Olive Constance Cowie, Isabel Crimmins, Thelma Cushway, Mildred Dean, Zana M. Dietrich, Lillian EdelhofT, Helen I). Eyiner, Helen Freeman, Alice E. Fried, Dorothy Goldstein, Elenor Groom, Elinor Gross, Edith Hedrick, Ruth Himmelein, Mary E. Members Johnson, Frances Kerr, Margaret E. King, Ruth Kynast, Blanche Leitzow, Elizabeth Liebermann, Elizabeth Lucas, Goldie Lynd, Margaret Lynd, Ruth MacArthur, Marion McCormick, Alice MacGregor, Isabel S. McLeod, Vernie MacMeekin, Elizabeth Malm, Bernice Marks, Miriam Mason, Dorothy Mercer, Isabel Miller, Elizabeth Moore, Mary Nerreter, Frances Oakes, Mary R. Packard, Esther Penoyer, Helen Pohlmann, Dorothy Prall, Sylvia Reeder, Margaret Acosta, Ramon Brown, Edmund Cary, Calvin Clark, Olin Cook, Wesley W. Corlett, Lawrence D. Cornwell, Ernest Fischer, Howard Fleischmann, Clarence Friers, Charles Goldman, Oscar Grabowski, Hans Gray, Chester L. Haag, Joseph J. Haas, Clarence R. Heinnemann, Bertram Hudson, Charles Killen, Lawrence T. Knaebel, Carl Kondal, Raymond R. kunkel, Ernest Large, Walter Leutritz, John Link, Waller Maier, Edgar R. Mickey, Arthur Niedbalski, Walter Pierce, Robert Powell. Robert Rohloff, Herbert Roberts, Ann Harriet Ruflier, Maxine Schroeder, Gertrude Sharpe, Edith Sharpe, Mary Shea, Isabel Skimin, Doris Sloan, Irene Sloan, Josephine Smith, Mary Spencer, Natalie B. Steele, Janet Stonehraker. Laura Strachan, Marion Stranahan, Mildred Streb, Pearl Thai, Stella Van Auken, Florence Vine, Bertha E. Volz, Marie Watters, Naomi Webster, Dorothy W illis, Myrel W'ilson, Dorothy Witherell, Elinor Wonderlic, Edna Saunders, Clarence M. Schmidt, Frank Slack, John L. Smith, Trafton Tewell, Weaker W aack, William Wall, Elmer Wallace, Donald W'eadock, Edward Wliitecraft, Lex Whitney, Frank Wilber, Clayton Wood, John Wyman, Orville Zahner, Harold 126 127 1919 ▼ J . U R O R A ▼______ 1919 PAUL SUTHERLAND Class of 1921 Officers PAUL SUTHERLAND ...................................President HELEN O'HARE .................................Vice-President GORDON GOODFELLOW .................................Secretary GRACE FIELD .......................................Treasurer ssviD anowoHdos 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 Adrian, Marguerite Alcock, Mildred Barnes, Margaret Bartlett, Adelaide Baumgarten, Ruth Beck, Elsie Bernecker, Eleanor Blackford, Ethel Borowicz, Mary Bowman, Helen Brady, Phyllis Brewster, Frances Bushroe, Ethel Buchanan, Marjorie Butenschoen, Arlene Burt, Vera Campbell, Mable Chandler, Isabelle Clinkofstine, Belle Cogswell, Ella Daly, Helen Dando, Vera Denton, Avis Duby, Isabel Eckert, Irma Eret, Olive Field, Grace Field, Mary Flugil, Ruth Fonger, Maud Forbes, Ida Gage, Jane Gaudrian, Isabel Glass, Dorothy Goodrich, Catherine Graham, Bernice Grainger, Helen Allen, Miles Andrews, Vernon Arnold, Arthur Barth, Clarence Bell, George Bitterman, Nelson Boelter, Ferdinand Boertman, Harold Boitel, Elmer Brandi, Edmund Campbell, Robert Chriscaden, Waldo Cooper, Fred Cushway, Leo Hankers, Raymond Davies, George Fettig, Charles Fischer, Raymond Floeter, Fred Foehl, Harold Franklin, Everett Goodfellow, Gordon Haley, Clifford Harper, Raymond Hebert, Edwin Hente, Walter Herbert, Sears Hesse, George Members Griggs, Lenore Hammel, Beatrice Hiatt, Ruby Hickey, Bessie Hipson, Marjorie Hoffman, Agnes Holden, Ruth Hoyt, Della Hubble, Julian Hudson, Alice Hunt, Marion Kielv, Dorothy Knobloch, Marie Kodear, Esther Rondal, Dorothy Krauseneck, Anitta Kren, Harriett Lamb, Ethel Lower, Alma Luxton, Esther McCullock, Jeanie Maline, Janet Marvin, Luraine Merlin, Mary Mills, Rowena Morley, Julia O'Hare, Helen Opperman, Doris Overton, Anna Pardridge, Marion Parker, Henrietta Parkin, Gladys Parth, Edna Pattinson, Ruth Paulitz, Anitta Penoyer, Margaret Pequignot, Ruth Hodgins, Christopher Jochen, Karl Kelly, Stewart Kerns, Durell Kerns, Wilson Koepke, Edwin Liebknecht, Russell Lord, Evard MacGregor, Chalmers McGavock, Robert McLeod, Lyle McNally, Nelson Markham, John Marshall, Wesley Mason, Gregory Mastic, LeRoy Newman, Waldo Norris, Charles Oakes, Kenneth Olson, Albin Opperman, Paul Paul, Harold Popp, Arthur Pries, Howard Reid, William Rock, Beryl Pitsch, Beatrice Pitsch, Leona Plambeck, Gladys Platt, Florence Pohlman, Emilie Post, Lorraine Pulfrey, Dorothy Ranney, Edith Reade, Eleanor Recor, Blanche Reinhardt, Mary Rivett, Violet Roof, Mildred Ross, Hazel Rupp, Irma Satava, Beatrice Satava, Bernice Schupp, Dorothy Sieved, Elsie Spero, Agnes Spring, Gladys Stapleton, Alice Steele, Maude Stewart, Morton Stuart, Bernard Sutherland, Helen Symons, Elizabeth Thune, Catherine Vaughn, Ellen Watson, Hazel Whitney, Ida Wickham, Frances Wiederhold, Hazel Winston, Ethel Wolf, Helen Yortin, Helen Zwerk, Ruby Rock, Clyde Sager, Waldo Sawyer, Paul Schmidt, Raymond Schwendner, William Simpson, Howard Sommers, Charles Spence, Hugh Spence, Herbert Stanko, John Stewart, Morton Stuart, Bernard Sutherland, Paul Tiedke, Gunther Tolloff, Clarence Vipond, George Wadsworth, Calvin Wallace, Lee Weinberg, Sidney White, Kenneth Whitecraft, Herbert Wiese, Charles Wiese, Roland Wight, Clifford Wilcox, George Winstin, William Wintermeyer, Harold Zuelch, Arnold 130 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 ELMER CORNWELL Class of 1922 Colors: Maroon and Gold. Officers ELMER CORNWELL ....................................................President JANET MORLEY .................................................Vice-President AUDREY KRUGER .....................................................Secretary JANE CORNWELL .....................................................Treasurer 132 FRESHMAN CLASS Albosta, Louise Amsden. Beatrice Arnst, Paulina Baker, Gladys Bell, Luella Bentley, Jean Berryman, Bernice Bettner, Elizabeth Blunie. Dare Bougert, Marian Bradford, Ruth Brown, Leona Campbell, Dorothy Carlisle, Helen Carr. Helen Chambers, Grace Chase, Ida Clarke, Dona Clinkofstine, Gertrude Collison, Ada Cook. Eva Cooney. Helen Cornwell. Jane Crandall. Bess Dankert, Minnie Davidson. Mabel Devitt. Orilla Dieckmann. Beatrice Dietrich. June Dietrich. Martha Dinninger, Linda Dukarski. Jane Emendorfer, Bessie Eymer. Esther Fink, Vddie Adair. John Vrchangeli. Bruno Arndt. Edwin Vrnst. Gottlieb Baker. Edward Bartholemew. Vrthur Bartlett. Vrthur Baskins, Toten Bates. Bernard Becker. Leonard Boitel. Norman Brackenberry. Wayue Brenier, Fret! Brown. Kenneth Budge, I’asqualine Calahan. John CatnphelL Charles CarL Lester Carlisle. John Carlisle. Sanford Chambers. Rankin Chapin. Glen Clark. Junior Cobb. Carl Corbin. Albert Cornwell. Elmer Cushman. Kimball Daw son. Ray inond Defore. Lawson Denton. Leet Dorr. Charles Floeter. Edward Flood. William Members Forrest, Marian Forsy th, Eva Fox. Lucille Gilhar, Elsie Gibson. Madeline Golson. Jennie Gossel. Elvira Guffin, Margaret Guggs. Vivian Hail. Winifred Hamniel, Helen Hammond, Vlvaretta Haskins. Yerle Hernberger. Helen Himes. Naomi Jackson. Helen Janson. Amanda Kantield. Irma haufmann, V era Kelly. Donna Kempter, Dorothy Kennedy. Vita Klopf. Leona Korklan. Annabelle Kruger. Audrey Ladeburbe, Ruth La Yigne. Hazel Levis. Bernice l.abb. Bernice l.unnie. Mary Lunt. Lillian MacArthur, Bernice McGivern, Esther McKnight. Vlaril el MacMeekin. Helen Fryfe. Carall Gale. Howard Gardey. Arnold Gillingham. Robert Grabowski. Walter Granville. Harry Groom. Burnell Hoag, William Harbin. Gordon Hausler. Carl Heilbronn. Bruce Hellus. Harold Heydrick. Raymond Houska. Frank Howson. William Hoyt. Earl Hudson. Frank Jungerheld. Melvin Killen. James King. Harold KnodeL Roland Lawrences Francois Lenick, Isadore l.enenberger. Andrew Leurs. Ferris Lew less. Elmer Littlejohn. Norman Longworth. James l.uczyk. Jerome McCieery . Ralph McDonald. Merrill McMillan. Floyd Maalk. Charlotte Marr, Margaret Marx. Dorcas Masales, Mabel Merrick. Frances Mertz. Luella Metz. Anona Miner, Frances Morley, Janet Morris. Dorothea Mulholland, Leone Murphy. Sybil Nieman. Georgia Offenborn. Lillian Ogborn. Dorothy Parshall. Charlotte Partlo. Helen Pohlmann, Alta Pries, Marie Ramho. Elizabeth Richardson. Helen Rigge. Marguerite Roenicke, Pearl Rogers, Ruth Rogers, Ruth Roller. Alberta Rosewig. Leona Roth, Lucinda R other, June Runge. Thelma Runge. V era Sager, Helen Sauve. Bernice Sauve, Frances Schaberg, Erma McNally. Roy Mack. Louis Mason, Lowell Menthen. Robert Mills Earl Mitchell. Allan Moody. Richard Moose. George Morrison. Linwood Mountjoy. Melvin Munson. Bernard Neely. Frederick Norris, Alfred Otto. Elmer Otto. Ewald Partlo. Harold Pattee. John PauL Ray mond Pilon. Wilfred Plain beck. George PostaL Row land Prall. Edward Presley. Stanley Raupp. Ru-sell Rettmann. Warren Roseberry. Ru-sell Rogers, Glenn Schirmer. Robert Schnetzer. Leon Schreimer, Arthur Schroeder. George Siebert. Fred Schoults, Felecia Schramkowski. Leona Schroeder, Jeanne Schultz. Marie Scott, Helen Scull. Fay Seitner. Jeanne Sheyer, Henrietta Simpson, Grace Simpson. Jane Speer, Helen Spriess. Helen Steele. Ethel Steinhagen. Hedwig Stevens, Thelma Stewart, Angelina Stuchlils. Adalia Sutherland, Marian Tatman, Marvel Thayer. Katherine Thick. Edna V an Norman. Wahneta Waack, Sophia Wagner, Catherine Wegner, Helen Wheeler. Dorothy- White, Ardath White. V erna Wickham. Marjorie Wilson. Grace Wilson. Thelma Wordelmann. Eleanor Yeo, V ivian Zahner, Florence Smith. Berlin Smith. Maxwell Sommers. Duane Sonnenberg. Courtney Sowatsky. Julius Stapleton, Robert Steinisiger. Herbert Stewart, Herbert Strachan. Russell Strong. Nathaniel Strutz. Edwin Suylandt. Glen Tay lor, Weldon Thayer, Allen Thomas. Vrthur Titus Glen Truckner. Walter V allette. Marshall Wagner. Russell Webb. Earl Weidenmiller. Stewart Wesolek. Sylvester Wente. Dale White. George Wilkinson. Charle- WilL Curt Willis, Winfield Wiliman. Harold Wright. Keith Rohde. Walter Wallace, Lee Whinten, Cecil 13 135 Officers First Semester ROBERT POWELL .................. DONALD WALLACE ................. FRANK SCHMIDT .................. CLAYTON WILBUR ................. ..........President .....Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer ............Marshal Second Semester EDWARD WEADOCK ................. HUGH SPENCE .................... DONALD WALLACE ................. CLARENCE SAUNDERS .............. ...........President .....Vice-President Secretary-T reasurer ............Marshal Allen, Miles Andrews, Vernon Cornwell, Ernest Eagan, Lloyd Emery, Rexford Erlenhaeh, Louis Fish, Albert Members Friers, Clare Hartoni. Rollin Kelly, Stewart Killen, Lawrence McGavock, Robert Mason, Gregory Norris, Charles Popp, Arthur Slack, John Sommers, Charles Stewart, Morton Stingel, Harold Stone, George Strickland, John Waack, William 137 THENCEAN SOCIETY j Officers First Semester GRACE FRY ................................................President LOUISE HEILMAN ......................................Vice-President MINNA FRIEDLANDER ........................................Secretary MILDRED LIGHT ............................................Treasurer RUTH HEDRICK ...............................................Marshal Second Semester LOUISE HEILMAN ...........................................President JESSIE SPENCE .......................................Vice-President SUSAN PERRIN .............................................Secretary ALICE FREEMAN ............................................Treasurer SARAH BAGSHAW ..............................................Marshal Bartlett, Adelaide Brady, Phyllis Bray, Grace Callam, Frances Cummings, Catherine Eymer, Helen Members Freeman, Estelle Fried, Dorothy Kynast, Blanche McCormick, Alice Moore, Lillian Morley, Julia Opperman, Doris Pulfrey, Dorothy Shea, Isabel Symons, Elizabeth Van Auken, Florence Wickham, Frances Wonderlic, Edna 139 140 STUDENT LANTERN STAFF Student Lantern Staff nil JOHN H. STRICKLAND ......................................Editor GEORGE L. STONE ...............................Assistant Editor ROBERT W. POWELL .................................................Circulation Manager HAROLD F. STINGEL ................................................Advertising Manager LILLIAN M. MOORE ROBERT McGAVOCK LOUISE HEILMAN ... MILDRED LIGHT BERT HEINEMAN ... DONALD WALLACE ................Literary Editor Assistant Advertising Managers .................Boys’ Athletics HARRIET SILLIMAN • Girls’ Athletics MINNA FRIEDLANDER ...............................Exchanges DOROTHY RICE .......................................Alumni GEORGE STEELE ...............................Miscellaneous IRMA KRAUSENECK Stenographer FLORENCE KLUMP...........I HELENE TROGAN ...........| ....... JESSIE SPENCE ..............Senior Typists LAWRENCE KILLEN ........ FLORENCE VAN AUKEN...... CHALMERS MrGRF.GOR...... FRANCES WICKHAM ........ HARRY GRANVILLE ........ FRANCIS MERRICK ........ NATALIE SPENCER, Chairman.. CLARENCE BENDER ........ RUTH HEDRICK ........... JULIA MORLF.Y .......... DOROTHY SCHUPP ......... HELEN EY'MER ........... SYLVIA PRALL ........... f I8 Junior Sophomore . .School News Reporters I Freshman ) .Humorous Committee EMOGENIA THURMAN .. NELSON BITTERMAN ... MARGARET REEDER .... ANN ROBERTS ...... MISS GERTRUDE BROCK Artists Faculty Auditor 141 ■IIIIIHIillllllH Saginaw High School Athletic Ass’n ■llllllillllllllllllllllllllllllli Colors: Black and Gold. Yell Een-diea-deen-dica-fada fum, Een nica bola een nica fola, Een-dica-deen-dica—fada funi, Saginaw High School! Zis! Rah! Boom! Officers CLARENCE SAUNDERS ..................................................President MARGARET WALLACE ..............................................Vice-President FRANK SCHMIDT ..................'...................................Secretary BOARD OF CONTROL CLARENCE SAUNDERS ..................................................President FRANK SCHMIDT ......................................................Secretary Faculty Members H. S. DOOLITTLE FRANZ DRE1ER J. W. LANGDON Student Members RAYMOND EGLOFF ...................................Senior Representative DON HASKIN .......................................Junior Representative PERCY McCORKLE ................................Sophomore Representative WAYNE BRACKENBERRY .............................Freshman Representative Managers DON HASKIN .................. FOSTER EVANS ................. RAYMOND EGLOFF .............. FLOYD BROWN .................. ..........Football Basketball (hoys) ..........Baseball .............Track FLOYD BROWN REX EMERY ... DON HASKIN .. FOSTER EVANS SUSAN PERRIN Captains ..........Football Basketball (boys) .........Baseball .............Track Basketball (girls) Faculty Manager Treasurer J. W. LANGDON MISS GERTRUDE BROCK 142 .........i.. ■jfif yS . i ’. .' V; A , ..v 3. '% ■Wk ■ •• vV-Y ri r v• 143 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 191S Wearers of the “S” Football F. BROWN, Captain HASKIN ROSEBERRY ALLEN SLACK WEADOCK HARTOM BRACKENBERRY MrCULLOCK SKIMIN NEUMAN HUNGERFORD WHITNEY EGLOFF WALLACE SKIMIN Basketball EMERY, Captain WALLACE HASKIN F. BROWN FISCHER EVANS PARTLO Baseball HASKIN, Captain SKIMIN EGLOFF BROWN ZUELCH GILLINGHAM WEADOCK EMERY WALLACE FLEISCHMAN HASKIN T rack EVANS, Captain BROWN 144 145 146 FOOTBALL TEAM i 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 Football Football this year on the gridiron was very victorious for Saginaw. The football season may be considered a complete success. Altlio we have Detroit Northwestern’s mark on our slate it is not considered a disgrace, rather an honor to Saginaw, to have held them to such a low score. Saginaw defeated the Hillites and won the Valley championship in the same game. Coach Weeks should be given the credit for our success. He de- voted a great deal of his time to developing the team and refused to accept com- pensation for his work. This showed “Doc’s” loyalty, for, as a former “Mich- igan” man, he was interested in the “sp rt” of the game. Saginaw 83— Alma U Saginaw journeyed to Alma for their first game on the schedule. This game was an easy victory for Saginaw altlio they had practised but a short time. Saginaw found it easy to smash Alma’s weak line and marched steadily down the field, making large gains. Alma found little consolation in hitting Saginaw’s line and passing was beyond their skill. Saginaw had possession of the ball most of the time and every man who went with the team had some chance to play. Saginaw 7 — Owosso 7 Saginaw journeyed to Owosso with a rather weak team and was held to a tie score. Weadock, Whitney and Egloff were off duty, which left only three “vets,” Captain Brown, Haskin and Wallace, on the team. The game was a listless one from start to finish, and Owosso gained almost at will through the weak Saginaw line. Saginaw scored first, on a steady march down the field in the second period, with the help of a couple of forward passes. Skimin carried the ball over and Brown goaled. The big light of the game was Robhens of Owosso, while Captain Brown, Haskin and McCulloch were the only ones of the Saginaw bunch who played up to standard. Detroit 20 — Saginaw 0 Coach Week’s team went down to defeat at the hands of Detroit North- western, 1917 State champions, at the Alumni Field. We were out-weighed nearly fifteen pounds to the man, hut from whistle to whistle Saginaw fought gamely, there being no disgrace in the defeat. The “Hefty” Colts were unsuccessful in their line plunging against Sag- inaw’s lighter line, which fought with the old traditional punch. Altlio the Colts were slow on the get-away, due to their weight, their end runs were ex- 1919 ▼ Jl U R O R A ▼ 1919 cellent. Northwestern’s interference was a thing of beauty and they blocked well and tackled hard. The Blue and Gray scored their first touchdown on a forward pass. In the second quarter it looked as if they were going to score again on a pass from Sweeney to Walters. McCulloch, however, made one of his flying tackles and nailed W alters, who fumbled on the goal line. Brown punted to safety. Towards the end of the half, Saginaw nearly scored, on line plunging by Haskin and Weadock, through the center and right side of the line. The whistle blew, however, with the bail on Detroit’s 25-yard line. Saginaw out-played their husky opponents in this period and might have scored had she had an- other minute to play. Detroit received quite a scare early in the third period when Skimin, lay- ing out on the sideline, caught a pass from Captain Brown that netted forty yards and placed the ball on the thirty-five-yard strip. The “Big” fellows were caught asleep and had Skimin followed the side line, Saginaw might have scored. But it is pretty hard to choose which direction to go on short notice, in such a predicament as Jeff was in, with two tacklers on his heels. The Detroiters played only mediocre football, Captain Sweeney, Day and Ross pulling the only spectacular stuff for the winning team. McCulloch and Weadock share honors on the defensive part of the work, bringing down their man before he had got started. Capt. Brown and Egloff played a good game on the defense. The offensive was nothing to brag about, but Haskin and Weadock surprised the huskies time and again for short gains. Skimin, Hungerford and Roseberry played a steady game, fighting every second. The whole game brought only one penalty, showing how clean it was. The line-up: NORTHWESTERN Clark L. E... SAGINAW ... McCulloch Wise . . . .L. T.. . Egloff A. Springstein . .. .L. G.. B. Springstein e.... Milieu . ... 11. G.. Perkins . ... 11. T... Walters . ...R.E... Sweenev (C) Q-... Day .. .. L. H.. Allen Marion . . . R. H.. . Brackenbury Shields ... . F. B.. Score by periods: Northwestern . .6 0 7 7 — 20 Saginaw . .0 0 0 0—0 148 1919 T AURORA T 1919 Touchdowns—Sweeney, Day, Chapin. Goals from touchdowns—Shields 2 in 3. Substitutions—Northwestern: Lenz for Clark; McGee for Perkins; Perkins for McGee; Ross for Walters; Chapin for Lenz, Lenz for Perkins; Lenz for Marion; Shanahan for Day; Kritz for Shields. Saginaw: Hartom for Roseberry; Roseberry for Hartom. Referee—Lawton, Michigan. Umpire—Potter, Flint. Headlinesman— Gorman, Saginaw. Time of quarters—15, 13, 15, 13 minutes. Saginaw 13 — Flint 0 Saginaw High put Flint Central out of the Valley race in a victory that was deserved. George Lawton, who refereed this game and the Detroit one also, said that had Saginaw played against Detroit the way they had against Flint, that the Northwesterners would have received the short end of the score. Saginaw started off well, nearly scoring twice in the first period. In the second quarter Saginaw uncorked two rapid fire passes. The first one, Brown to Whitney, was good for twenty-five yards; and the second, Brown to Haskin, on a shift play immediately after the first, put the ball over. Brown failed to kick goal. The only time Coach Meyer’s team came near scoring was when big “Red” Johnson punted over Weadock’s head, the ball rolling outside at SaginavCs fifteen-yard strip. It was Saginaw’s ball fifteen yards out and, on the next play, Brackenbury, who played a bang-up game, tore through for forty-five yards, being nailed by the “ever-ready Johnson,” the last tackier. In the last period, after Brown, Haskin and Weadock had worked the ball into scoring position, Brown went over for a score. Captain Brown kicked this goal. Flint received the final kick-off and made a desperate effort to break thru for a score, but it was useless against Coach Week’s defense wall. In the closing minute McCulloch got off a sixty-yard run for a touchdown, on a for- ward pass from Brown to “Mac,” but the score was not allowed, there being too much Saginaw “fight” in it. Captain Brown and Haskin were the big “us” of the game, while “Red” Johnson was Flint’s whole team. Brackenbury and Weadock aided in advancing the hall and McCulloch was successful on the defense. The Black and Gold out-played the Vehicle City Boys from the start, there being no doubt from the time the whistle was blown who the victors would be. Saginaw 7 — Bay City Eastern 0 Saginaw’s team was weakened by the absence of four regulars in the first half and with two still missing in the last. Allen, Whitney, Brackenbury and 149 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 Wallace were on the sick list. Captain Brown played because there was no one else to put in his place. Allen and Wallace jumped into their suits between hal ves and helped boost the team. The first half was very slow. Bay City never coming within striking distance. Early in the second half Brown punted to Eastern’s five-yard line, where the lud ians fumbled and lost the ball. From here Weadock ducked under center for the score. Soon after this Bay City had their only scoring chance, when a pass from center got away from Brown, who was ready to punt. Foss picked up the hall and with a clear field in front of him raced for a touchdown, but Weadock cut him down from behind with a pretty tackle. Weadock was the bright light, while he and Haskin shared honors on ground gaining. Captain Brown played a plucky game, but was in no condition even to have tried to play. Slack showed up well for his first try out. Crawforth, of the down-river lads, was his team’s best. He was called on time and again to carry the ball and always gained. Finally, exhausted, he was forced to leave the game. The line-up: SAGINAW McCulloch L. E .. BAY CITY EASTERN Newman L. T .. Hartom E.G.. Walker Egloff C... Hungerford R.G. . Plumb Slack B. E. . Skimin Q- ■ (C) Sheckhard W eadock i.ii.. Haskin R. H.. Distant Brown (C) F. B. . Score by periods: Saginaw 0 0 7 0 — 7 Bav City 0 0 0 0 — 0 Touchdown—Weadock. Goal from touchdown—Brown. Substitutions—Wallace for EglofT; Egloff for Newman; Newman for Har- tom; Allen for Weadock; Weadock for Skimin; Skimin for Slack; Hartom for Newman. Referee and Umpire (alternating)—Martin, Bay City, and Straclian, Sag- inaw. Headlinesman—Wall, Saginaw. Time of quarters—10 minutes. Saginaw 7 — Arthur Hill 0 HURRAH ! HURRAH!! HURRAH!! ! Saginaw High eleven decisively defeated Arthur Hill at the Alumni Field in the annual combat. Not since 1912 had Saginaw emerged victorious in this 150 1919 ▼ T 1919 AURORA game; not since 1913 had Saginaw crossed the Hillite goal. Besides winning the inuch-coveted city title, Saginaw won the Valley championship in the same game. The Black and Gold's first and only touchdown came about ten minutes after the whistle blew. A pretty pass from Brown to Weadock netted the score, while Brown added the seventh point with a goal from the touchdown. In the second period Weadock again crossed the goal line, but Roseberry (the referee claimed) had held, and the score was not allowed. Arthur Hill nearly scored in the third quarter, when they reached the eleven-yard line, where they were repulsed by Saginaw’s fighting team. Early in the first quarter the Black and Gold nearly scored on a pass, from Brow n to McCulloch, which fell out of Mac’s reach. The ball had been on the nine-yard line and it looked as if Saginaw might score but there was no luck. During the first half the ball stayed in mid-field most of the time. After Roseberry had been caught holding and Saginaw had been penalized, Saginaw tried two kicks from the thirty-yard line. Brown’s try went outside the goal posts and Weadock’s fell short. Goldstein seemed to he out of form. He was slow in getting his punts off and at one time he nearly cost the Hills’ a score. After making a poor punt, which was only good for three yards, Saginaw started on a march towards the goal, but a fumble, recovered by Lorenzen, saved the situation. The fourth quarter of the game was by far the hardest contested part of the struggle. During the third period Saginaw’s line weakened some and Arthur Hill then seemed to gain: hut the last quarter erased all doubt of such a thing, for the Blue and Yellow were unable to advance the pigskin. Finally, in a desperate effort to break thru for a score. Captain Tallon tried to cut loose w ith some forward pass formations. Saginaw’s secondary defense kept the catchers out of the way and Haskin intercepted the last pass as time was sounded. Saginaw put up a passing game which was a thing of beauty to the spec- tators. Brown’s proficiency in hurling the oval cannot he compared to anyone’s in this part of Michigan. His passes were not long, hut they were short, snappy and went low, direct to the man. Captain Brown’s punts were also good, far surpassing that of Goldstein. The bright, shining lights of Coach Morrissey’s team were Bill Graham. Dan Sperry and Spiekerman. These three fought hard, in fact the whole team of West Siders put up a powerful scrap. Weadock, Haskin and McCulloch shared honors for Saginaw, being the prominent ones in every mix-up that took place. Captain Brown s offensive 51 1919 ▼ Jl U R O R A ▼ 1919 work was not up to standard due entirely to his recent illness; but his passing made up for it. Allen’s defensive work was good, while Slack and Bracken- bury were right there always to nail their man. Hungerford, Roseberry and Egloff played their positions well, holding up their part of the line like a wall. Arthur Hill played Egloff pretty hard, putting both Spiekerman and Goldstein on him. “Egie,” however, was nearly their equal and fought ’em with the old “pep.” Skimin fought also with the old spirit and held up his flank in fine manner. Whitney, who arrived late, got in for a while at guard and in the first play made the tackle. With this game Captain Brown, Haskin, Egloff, Hungerford, Skimin, McCul- loc and Hartom played for the last time with S. H. S. Their positions will not be easily filled, for all of them were hard workers. Saginaw’s victory shows what coaching will do. Both teams fought hard and were evenly matched, but Arthur Hill was without a coach all hut a week and a half of the whole year. She lacked a “huh” for her eleven and, altho she had everything else, she lost. Saginaw, on the other hand, had the coaching of Dr. E. G. Weeks all year, who did a lot for the team; and it is due to him principally that the Black and Gold were “Victors,” when the sun “faded away in the pale and misty ‘West’.” The line-up: SAGINAW McCulloch Egloff..... Hungerford . Wallace .... Roseherrv .. . Haskin...... Slack ...... Weadock Allen ..... Brackenhury Brown IC i . Score by periods: Saginaw Arthur Hill . L. E. L.T L. G .C.. R. G ft. T, R. E •Q- • L. H R. II F. B ARTHUR 1IILL .........Clark .... Goldstein ........ Murray ..... Lorenzen ........... Lee ... Spiekerman ... Ochsenkehl . . . . (Cl Tallon .........Sperry .....Cleveland .........Graham 7 0 0 0 — 7 0 0 0 0 — 0 Touchdown—Weadock. Goal from touchdown—Brown. Substitutions—Saginaw: Skimin for Slack; Whitney for Hungerford: Har- tom for Whitney. Referee and Umpire (alternating)—Lane, Detroit, and Osterheld, Detroit. Headlinesman—Edgerton, Alma. Time of periods—15 minutes. 152 153 154 I BASKET! 4LL TEAM 1919 ▼ AURORA T 1919 Boys’ Basketball With the closing of the football season Saginaw’s attention was turned toward the development of a basketball team, which also proved to be one worthy of praise. Skimin, Haskin and Evans were “vets” from last year’s team, and Fischer, a sub from last year is hack. Brown, Wallace, Zuelch, Egloff and Cook proved their skill as basketeers for this year. Franz Dreier did good work in training the basketeers during the first half of the season. His time, devoted to working the team, put Saginaw thru with a good start. Then Coach McMurray was hired for the rest of the season, in- cluding spring athletics. McMurray having taken very active part in athletics at Ypsilanti and thor- oughly acquainted with all sides of basketball, took hold of the team. The quintette had a very successful season, only missing the Valley championship by one point. Bay City Western 27 — Saginaw 14 Saginaw, in its opening game in the High School gym., went down to de- feat. The Black and Gobi quintette showed lack of practice in their play. Saginaw had no team work, due to the fact that school was closed for the “flu” and the boys had only bad four practices. The team had little time to become developed for their opening game. Western’s five-man defense covered every man with each one of whom she put up a fairly good guarding game. Her basket shooting was not up to standard, for she should have rung up twice as many points as she did. Haskin at guard and Skimin at forward put up good games for Saginaw. McDonald at center and Bleicher at forward were Bay City’s best. BAY CITY WESTERN (27) (14) SAGINAW Bleicher .F Soderstrom (C) .F McDonald ,c Beck lev G Twining G Score first half—Western 16, Saginaw 8. Final score—Western 27, Sag- inaw 14. Field baskets—Bleicher 6, Soderstrom 4, McDonald 3, Emery 3, Skimin 2, Haskin. Fouls—Soderstrom 1 in 2; Bleicher 0 in 2; Emery 2 in 6; Skimin 0 in 2. Time of halves—20 minutes. Referee—Percy Dean, Jackson. Saginaw 34 — Arthur Hill 15 Saginaw High School basketeers showed a great improvement over their 155 1919 ▼ AURORA v 1919 first game. The Saginaw quintette showed fine team work. Arthur Hill’s at- tempt to play a five-man defense was not successful. Jeff Skiinin played an exceptionally good game. Arthur Hill’s inability to guard Jeff accounted a great deal for the high score. Captain Emery and Skiinin played a pretty passing game right up to the cage, then one or the other would loop one in. Haskin was continually breaking up the West Sider’s plays and dribbling the ball hack to Saginaw’s territory. Evans and Wallace were ejected from the game on account of personal fouls. Cook and Brown took their places, respectively, which did not hinder Saginaw’s playing, altho the scoring seemed slowed up. The main factor of the game was Saginaw’s big improvement, which showed up in every play. SAGINAW (34) (15) ARTHUR HILL Einerv (Cl .. F Skiinin . . F Evans . .C Haskin . .G Wallace . .G Score first half—Saginaw 22, Arthur Hill 10. Final score—Saginaw 34, Arthur Hill 15. Field goals—Skiinin 7, Emery 3, Haskin 3, Tallon 2, Huebner 2, Graham, Clark. Fouls—Emery 8 in 14; Skiinin 0 in 1; Clark 1 in 4; Huebner 1 in 5; Graham 1 in 5; Tallon 0 in 3. Substitutions—Saginaw: Brown for Wallace; Cook for Evans. Arthur Hill: Ochsenkehl for Lee. Referee—Campbell, Flint. Time of halves—20 minutes. Saginaw 27 — Flint 23 Saginaw quintette journeyed to Flint and defeated the Vehicle Lads. The game was not a sepctacular one, but it had its good qualities. Flint’s forwards were very aggressive and were constantly breaking up the guard’s plays. Saginaw played a good game all the way through. Captain Emery and Skiinin shared honors, while Haskin, Evans and Brown also did good work. Saginaw’s team work was fine. It was difficult to distinguish the players on account of both teams wearing Track jerseys. The game was slowed up a little on this account. Bay City Eastern 23 — Saginaw 22 Saginaw lost a hard-fought game to Bay City Eastern in the gym. by one point. Up to the last few minutes Saginaw was in the lead. Then Eastern shot a foul and caged a field basket just before the final whistle which pulled them thru, winners by one point. 156 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 At tlie beginning of the second half Saginaw was in the lead by ten points, but their scoring gradually dwindled toward the last. Bay City made six baskets in a row and one foul, while the Black and Gold caged only one. Macey and Foss were Eastern’s best. Captain Emery and Haskin played a bang-up game. Fischer’s presence in this game helped to add strength to the team. Northwestern 26 — Saginaw 10 Detroit Northwestern won from Saginaw in a slow game of basketball. Saginaw was handicapped by Detroit’s big floor. Emery and Evans tossed a basket and Emery shot six fouls. Detroit showed their superiority by being able to break up nearly all of Saginaw’s plays, but Saginaw fought hard to the last. Wallace replaced Fischer at guard and Haskin was forced to quit on ac- count of an injured foot. Brown took “Doug’s” place at guard. Bay City Western 22 — Saginaw 21 Saginaw was again beaten by one point. The game was very close from start to finish. Saginaw took the lead making the first score. The small Bay City gym. handicapped both teams and long shots were the big feature of the game. Saginaw fought hard but real basketball was impossible. Captain Emery and Skimin were a little off color, but Haskin made up for it, being very successful on looping long shots. Evans and Fischer played a stellar game. Brown replaced Evans in the last minute. Saginaw 29—Arthur Hill 12 Saginaw defeated Arthur Hill for the second time this season. The Black and Gold invaded their territory and they had little hopes from the start. Sag- inaw guarded closely during the whole game, while Arthur Hill was unable to hold them from looping the basket. The Hillites had many chances hut they had a poor eye for the loop. Emery was in good condition ringing up fifteen points. Haskin played his position at guard well; he also made four baskets for Saginaw, and Jeff made three. Fischer and Evans did not have much chance to make scores, but they played their positions well. SAGINAW 1291 (12) ARTHUR HILL Emery (C) F Clark Skimin F... . Evans C.. . . Ilaskin-Brown G. . . . Fischer G. . . . Score first half—Saginaw 14, Arthur Hill 3. Final score—Saginaw 29, Arthur Hill 12. 157 L919 T AURORA T 1919 Field baskets—Emery 5, Haskin 4, Skimin 3, Huebner 3, Clark 2. Fouls— Emery 5 in 8; Clark 2 in 7; Graham 0 in 1; Tallon 0 in 3. Referee—Holmes, Detroit Junior College. Saginaw 28 — Flint 21 Saginaw defeated Flint in a rather rough game of basketball. There was an element of football mixed in with the whole game which started out a merry free-for-all between Ferguson of Flint and Skimin and Wallace of Saginaw. The result was that Skimin and Ferguson were eliminated from the game. The game was close up to the time of the free-for-all, Saginaw first getting a lead of 8 to 2, allowing Flint to go ahead, 11 to 8, and then getting out in front again, 13 to 12, where the half ended. Saginaw was behind for a minute in the final when Love sent his team ahead 14 to 13, with a field basket, but Haskin. Evans and Fischer then began to find the basket and the result was never in doubt. Saginaw got out in front by nine points, 25 to 16, and finished seven points to the good, 28 to 21. SAGINAW 128 i - (211 FLINT Emery (C) F Skimin-Fischer Evans C Haskin G Wallace G Score first half—Saginaw 13, Flint 12. Final score—Saginaw 28, Flint 21. Field baskets—Emery 3, Skimin 3, Haskin 3, Fischer 2, Evans 2, Love 5, Martin 2, Ferguson, Cooper. Fouls—Emery 1 in 3. Referee—Holmes, Detroit Junior College. Time of halves—20 minutes. Saginaw—Bay City Eastern Saginaw High School basketball quintette played their return game in the Easterners’ gym. under very difficult circumstances. Good basketball was im- possible because Osterheld allowed both teams to hold and pile on, so there was very little playing of the ball but very much playing of the man. Haskin of Saginaw and Crawford of Eastern especially were burdened with two or three men piled on them most of the time. The first half ended in a tie 18 to 18, after letting Bay City get away to a six-point lead. Saginaw took a five-point lead 23 to 18 in the last half, let Bay City ahead 24 to 23, and then Rex Emery tied it on a foul and with ten minutes left to play Rex tossed another field basket, which gave Saginaw the lead 26 to 24 and should have given them the game. However, when the whistle sounded and most of the players had already started off the floor. Stout, Bay City center, 15S 1919 ▼ AURORA T 1919 picked up the ball and «hot it the length of the floor for a basket. Osterheld claimed lie had not heard the whistle and ruled that the basket counted, which tied the score 26 to 26 and Saginaw refused to play off the tie, considering it an unjust ruling. The game will he protested later in the year. Saginaw 18— Alpena 12 Saginaw won from Alpena with a hig rally in the second half. The first half ended 10 to 6 in Alpena’s favor, but Saginaw came back strong in the second, piled up twelve points and held Alpena to one field basket. Alpena’s big slippery floor was a hig handicap to Saginaw but the excellent guarding of Wallace and Haskin in the second half and the basket shooting of Skimin turned the tide of the victory. The play was exceedingly rough and every man had to be alert. SAGINAW 118 i Emery F (12) ALPENA Skimin . F Evans C Wallace G Haskin G Score first half—Alpena 10, Saginaw 6. Final score—Saginaw 18, Alpena 12. Field baskets—Skimin 4, Wallace 2, Emery, Evans, Haskin, Masters 4, Gruba 2. Fouls—Bonneville 0 in 2. Referee—Craighead, Alpena. Saginaw at M. A. C. Saginaw entered the State basketball tournament held at M. A. C. and was scheduled to play Grand Rapids Central for the first elimination contest. Grand Rapids forfeited to Saginaw which gave Saginaw a game with Cass Tech. The Black and Gold defeated Cass Tech 9 to 7, which put them in the semi-finals with Holland, State Champs. Holland proved to be the winners. They piled up six points on Saginaw before they were able to score and defeated them 20 to 17. Altho Saginaw was defeated this was the greatest success they have achieved since the year of ’07 when we held the State Championship. 159 160 1919 ▼ JIURORA ▼ 1919 Girls’ Basketball ; 1 NDER the supervision of Coach Willis and our Captain, Sue Perrin, the girls’ basketball team made an excellent showing. They succeeded in winning the Valley Title, and also tried for State Championship, but failed. All the regulars except Mildred Cush way and Dorothy Ogborn will graduate this year, but nevertheless an unusually good line up is anticipated for next season. Saginaw 27 — A. H. II. S. 6 The first game of the season was played January 17 against Arthur Hill and our team had no trouble in beating them. Both teams had very little practice. SAGINAW A. H. H. S. H. Silliman F D. Ogborn F S. Perrin 1. c M. Cushway S. C G. Fry G F. Knob loch G Field goals—Silliman 3, Ogborn 7, Borosch 1, Byron 1. Foul goals—Silli- man 5, Ogborn 2, Borosch 0, Byron 2. Referee—Marion Willis. Time of quarters—8 minutes. Saginaw 6 — Flint 10 January 24 our team journeyed to Flint and met the first defeat of the season. About fifteen fouls were called on our girls and out of these the Flint forwards made four, the margin of their victory. It took us the first half to realize that Flint had a pretty good team, but the second half was hard-fought and scrappy, all the Saginaw girls playing a fine game and Flint scoring only two foul goals. SAGINAW FLINT H. Silliman . . F 1). Ogborn . . F I). Goff S. Perrin M. Friedlandcr. . J.C M. Cushway . .S. C G. Frv F. Knob loch . .G Field goals—Silliman 2, Ogborn 1, Goff 3, Copeland. Foul goals—Goff 3, Copeland 1, Silliman 1. Referee—Irene Laur. Quarters—8 minutes. Saginaw 39—Y. W. C. A. 7 In the game with the Y. W. C. A., played here January 31st, the home team had little trouble in beating the visitors. 161 9l BASKETBALL TEAM 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 SAGINAW Y. W. C. A. II. Silliman F M. Rieder S. Perrin I. C M. Cush way S. C F. Knob loch G. Fry Field goals—Silliman 8, Rieder 10, Barrenscheer 2, Michalke 1. Foul goals—Silliman 5, Barrenscheer 1. Referee—Marion Willis. Quarters—8 minutes. Saginaw 12—Hattie Creek 26 One ol the fastest games of the season was played here Feb. 8th, between the Battle Creek Physical Training School girls and our team. Altho our opponents were older and heavier, we gave them the first real fight they had had during the season. By playing a peppy game and hv the good work of every girl, the game proved to he very interesting. L. Knapp, Battle Creek’s star forward, won the game for them by shooting nine field goals and two fouls. H. Silliman scored the most points for us by shooting five goals and one foul. SAGINAW BATTLE CREEK 11. Silliman F I). Ogborn F S. Perrin I. : M. Cushway s. c G. Fry G F. Knob loch G Field goals—Knapp 9, Clark 3, Ogborn 1, Silliman 5. Foul goals—Knapp 2, Silliman 1. Referee—Miss Ronau. Quarters—8 minutes. Saginaw 13 — Bay City Western 0 In the game with Bay City Western, Feb. 14th, our team shut out the West- ern High girls by a score of 13 to 0. The basket shooting of II. Silliman, who tossed four field goals, featured. Bay City never had a chance at a field goal and only one try for a foul, which was missed. SAGINAW BAY CITY W. 11. Silliman F I). Ogborn F S. Perrin I. C M. Cush way S. C F. Knobloch G B. Gifford G. Fry G Field goals—Silliman 4, Ogborn 2. Foul goals—Ogborn 1 in 5, Silliman 0 in 2. Referee—Miss Merry man. Quarters—7 minutes. 163 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 Saginaw 24— Arthur Hill 7 For the second time during the season our girls asserted their supremacy over the Arthur Hill team by running up a one-sided score. Altho the Hillites had gained considerable speed and strength since the first time we competed with them, they were no match for Coach Willis’ sextette. Saginaw 25 — Flint 7 In the second game with Flint, on Feb. 28th, we outplayed them in every department of the game and outscored them in every period. Flint rallied when M. Bunce shot the first basket of the game, but I). Ogborn tied it up and put us in the lead quickly. Both of the Flint guards were too slow for our forwards who played a fine game, 1). Ogborn “starring.” Our guards played a strong game, while our centers also were too much for Flint’s center duo. This victory gave to us the Valley Championship. S. II. S. 13 — East Lansing 23 At Lansing, in the game played March 7th. our girls were defeated. Altho beaten, Saginaw' put up a scrappy game, every girl playing her every bit from start to finish. The large M. A. C. floor proved too great a handicap for our team, while Lansing, being accustomed to it, made a fine exhibition of team work. SAGINAW LANSING H. Silliman F I). Ogborn F S. Perrin 1. C M. Cushway S. C F. Knobloch G R. Abbat G. Frv G E. Miller Field goals—Silliman 2, Ogborn 8, Brewer 2, King 9. Foul goals—King 1, Ogborn 1. Referee—Miss Stroebel. Quarters—8 minutes. Saginaw 19 — Battle Creek 30 Saginaw again went dowrn to defeat at the hands of Battle Creek, for whom L. Knapp starred. Saginaw had a pretty good lead, but it gradually dwindled during the second half of the game. Battle Creek scoring 10 points. Altho beaten, Saginaw played a fast game, keeping their opponents on the run. Lansing 20 — Saginaw 14 East Lansing eliminated S. H. S. from any consideration for the State inter- scholastic title by taking the long end of a 20 to 14 count, invading Saginaw’s home floor to turn the trick. The girls played even 6 to 6 during the first period, 164 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 but Lansing outscored them in the second quarter 8 to 4, and won the game right there. The basket shooting of M. King, East Lansing’s star forward was entirely responsible for her team’s victory, accounting for all hut two of their points. D. Ogborn starred for Saginaw with five baskets. H. Silliman ringing up two. The second half especially was vigorous, all the girls playing a good game. ft is the usual custom for the school to have interclass games and, in spite of the lack of practice due to the long vacation, the Freshmen showed their colors by winning every game. The team of ’19, therefore, wishes them good success in future years. FRANCES L. KNOBLOCH. 165 u 991 BASEBALL TEAM i 167 1919 ▼ Jl U R O R A ▼1919 Baseball Saginaw 7 — Arthur Hill 4 S. II. S. baseball nine played their first game at Alumni Field with Arthur Hill. This game was just practice to try out the local teams. Saginaw High proved their ability by defeating the Hillites 7 to 4, but both teams were not as vet fully organized and under these conditions played fairly good baseball. Two bases on balls, a double by Skimin, a wild pitch and a passed hall gave Saginaw three runs in the second inning, and hits by Corbin and Haskin gave Saginaw another in the third. Goldstein’s double and Tallon’s single gave Arthur Hill one in the second and in the seventh the Hillites tied the count on two errors, Cox’s double and Clark's scratch hit over short. Saginaw came back in the eighth and won the game on Haskin’s double to the bleachers, Goldstein’s muff of Gillingham’s pop fly, Skimin’s scratch hunt. Brown’s single to short and Partlo’s sacrifice. Partlo pitched a good game for Saginaw. He showed excellent control, not walking a man and keeping the Hills hits well scattered. Bill Graham pitched a fair game for the West Siders, allowing only seven hits. 123456789 Arthur Hill ...........1 0 0 A 0 0 3 0 0 — 4 Saginaw ...............0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 x — 7 Saginaw 11 —Bay City Eastern 2 Saginaw made a good start toward winning the Valley baseball pennant by trouncing B. C. E. 11 to 2. Bay City was an easy victim for Coach McMur- ray’s team. Partlo pitched well and had good support all the time. Speekhart of Eastern was hit hard, Skimin getting five hits in five times at hat, two of them doubles. Bay City Eastern Saginaw ....... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 x —11 Saginaw 8 —Flint 1 The Blue and Gold started out poor but recovered with a big rally in the fourth. The Veliics looked dangerous at first and held Saginaw to one run up until the first of the fourth, when they found the “pill” and scored five runs. Saginaw by far outclassed their opponents and after the third inning Flint never had a chance. Their one and only score came in the first. Partlo, on the mound for Saginaw, was wild at the start and F lint hit him freely. Only his support held down the score. But he steadied down and held scoreless for the rest o( the game. Saginaw Flint .. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 x — 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 169 CHRONICLES September 3— School once more. Everybody hack — including Fisliie and N. McNally. Senior Class rather small this year, but it’s quality, not quantity, that counts. They’ll all be on the Honor Roll. 4— Everybody decides to have programs changed. Poor Mr. Doolittle. 6—Capt. Brown issues a call for football men which results in a turnout of about thirty-five men. Miss Jones is welcomed to our Faculty. Teachers are stationed along halls to instruct wandering Freshmen. Accidents will happen. Did you hear about the collision in the lower hall? Freshmen were so elated over the prospects of looking over the statuary that they were unable to observe traffic signs. 9—Choice front seats are reserved for Messrs. Bently, Allen, and Rosoff in Room 1. 10—Chapel! Juniors and Sophs filled with rank envy at the sight of their superiors in the balcony. Hooray! Staff has decided to award a first prize of one War Savings stamp, second prize of two dollars, and a third prize of one dollar in Thrift stamps for the best stories handed in to Student Lantern. Get busy! 12— Registration day! We get a half-holiday and view the parade. 13— After delivering a lecture to his sleepy Second Hour on useless parades, half-holidays, etc., Mr. H. mysteriously disappears from school and is not seen for the rest of the day. We are greatly worried. Might have known something would happen on Friday, the thirteenth. Thencian Society meets for first time this year. Greatly increased in num- bers. Just think, thirty members now. That’s doing finely. 16—My! Some things we learn in Latin are astonishing. According to John Slack, Adam was made from a rib of Eve, and Virgil was born “Some- where between 70 B. C. and 17 A. D.” Mr. H. still gone. Greatest mystery of year. Sh! No clue yet discovered. 170 1919 ▼ JIURORA ▼ 1919 17— The “Girl Revue” at the Strand attracts a great number of our males (how about the females?) Always something. My Irene, she’s a village queen, appears in Chapel this morning and makes a great liit. The school displays some musical talent. 18— The mystery is solved. Thanks to all. Mr. H. returns to school accom- panied by his blushing bride. Oh, Mr. Hopkins! We’re surprised. 19— Girls are warned not to put their hands in their pockets. 20— R. Hartom, after being late for a week, turns over a new leaf and gets to Spanish class on time. Senor Glider, pleasantly surprised, says, “Ah-h, Mister-r Har-r-tom, you are early of late; you used to be behind before, and now you are first at last.” 21— First football game of the season. Three cheers! We beat the “old grads” 7-6. 24— No school. “Children’s Day” at the County Fair. They tell us we are old enough to take care of ourselves and to know how to act hut are young enough to go to the Fair on a “Child’s icket.’' Well, wre should worry; we take the lay-off and the ticket and beat it to the Fair. 25— Another discovery made. J. Strickland has become literary. (Hem?) Did you swallow the dictionary, John? Discussion takes place as to whether a new Military Squad should be formed 26— English, third hour, has discovered a promising young poet (?). Chummy believes that if you have four cents and spend four cents you have no sense. The hoys of draft age all leave for their respective schools. October 15—We go to Chapel and are informed as to the necessity of food conservation (along with a few other things). 17— Odors from the Chemical Laboratory give rise to the rumor that someone left their rubbers on the steam-pipe. 18— We wonder how it is Natalie and Louise turn out so regularly for football practise. We hope they enjoy it. 19— Greg, the little rascal, has been caught matching pennies out in front of school again. Don gets a bill for SI.50. How about it, Don.' 21—The ban goes on because of “flu ’ conditions. November 18—Once more wre wend our way over old familiar paths to the place we love the best (?). Class meetings held in session rooms and long speeches 171 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 delivered. How long? Everybody pledges himself for the Thanks- giving War Saving Fund. 19— We are th rilled bv the stories of Captain MrKendnck in Chapel this morn- ing. He must know what he is talking about, he has had nearly four years of fighting. 20— Flint—Saginaw game. Score, 13-0 in favor of our boys. 25—Ninth grade elects officers for the Junior Red Cross as follows: Chairman, Elmer Cornwell; Secretary and Treasurer, Melun Mount joy; Russel Wagner, Angeline Stewart. 27— Peppy mass meeting for the Rig Game. Everybody gets off a few yells (some of them rather meagre) and it looks to us as if this game will be a “Blinger.” Arthur Hill’s principal, Mr. Bricker, addresses us, also Mike Gorman, Franz and several others. 28— Day of the game. Too much slush. No game. Can you beat that? Post- poned until the 30tli. 30—Oh, joy! We came; we saw; we conquered! Score 7-0. December 1— First School Party. Oh, you Freshies! Why all the hustle and hustle to get home and hack again? Oh, we can guess, we were there once ourselves. 2— Poor Nat! Detained at home with the “flu” (?). 3— Rex detained at home with the “flu” (?). Rather odd. 4— School and the like break down under the shock. One more glorious va- cation. Hip, hip, hoorah! January 6— Everybody glad to he back (?). Happy New Year, everybody, altho it is a little late. “Better late than never.” 7— Sophomore Class meeting. Following officers elected: President, Paul Sutherland; Vice-President, Helen O’Hare; Secretary, Gordon Good- fellow; Treasurer, Grace Field. No semester exams! Ain’t it a grand and glorious feeling? 8— Freshmen Class elections take place. Officers are as follows: President, E. Cornwell; Vice-President, Janet Morley; Secretary, A. Kruger; Treas- urer, Jane Cornwell. 10—Extraordinary music floats out of Room 205 when the Glee Club meets Clearing Hour. Nathan knows. So does everybody else. 172 1919 ____________▼______ AURORA ▼ 1919 First basketball game of tbe season with Bay City Western; S. II. S. 14, B. C. W. 28. Our boys showed lack of practice. Not a very enthusiastic crowd out. 12— Senior Gentlemen’s Political Society bolds secret conference in gym. Sh! Don’t tell tbe girls. Chapel for the first time since vacation. 13— As a result of Monday’s conference, the hoys get the upperhand at class meeting. Mr. Ralph Taylor is elected President of the class and Miss Harriet Silliman, Vice-President. Great catastrophe in front of school this afternoon resulting in badly cracked sidewalk. For full particulars, see Minnie. The girls are detaianed in Room 7 (while the boys are asked to kindly va- cate) to talk over Peter Toms. 14— Juniors meet and elect the following class officers: President, John Slack; Vice-President, Alice Freeman, Secretary, E. Groom; Treasurer, Bob Powell. 15— Oh, but this was a grand and glorious day for the girls of Room 7. Oh, boy! That was some classy, peppy class meeting. Besides the election of three girls to the offices of vice-president, secretary and treasurer, the young ladies of the class took particular pleasure in unanimously electing Mr. Rexford Emery, Marshal. Mr. Emery has served as a class officer before, and behaved in a manner so decidedly to his credit that the girls decided he must be given another chance to prove his worth. Rex’s acceptance was the meekest and most retiring we have ever seen. After the election of officers Mr. George Fischer arose from his seat in the center of the room and delivered what seemed to be a grand discourse on the magnanimous ( ! I subject of strategious war- fare among tbe Indians in tbe fourteenth century along with a few other things, hut which turned out to be merely a motion, made in his own characteristic way, that each officer give us a speech. The motion was carried. Accordingly we were gratified by long (?) speeches from Mr. Taylor, Miss Silliman, Miss Moore, Miss Krauseneck, and Mr. Emery. 16— Mr. Whitecrast has the floor all Clearing Hour in Miss Jones’ room today. The floor must be tired holding you up. Whitie. Don Wallace is elected Captain of the football team next year. Three cheers for “Scotchie.” We hear that the Football Hop comes off the 25th. Got a bid? Sure! Have you? Nope! 173 1919 ▼ v 1919 AURORA 17—Another brilliant Senior Class meeting! Majority of class decides to have a play instead of a party. The following people are elected to the Ex- ecutive Staff of the Aurora Board: Grace Fry, Harold Stingel, Louise Heilman, Louis Erlenbach. Saginaw-Arthur Hill basketball game. Our hoys beat Arthur Hill all up and show the result of much more practice. Girls exhibit snappy team work. 21— Fish and Killen cause quite a commotion in Chapel by singing “Old Black Joe” in harmony (????). 22— Two notable alumni honor us with their presence. Piggy Schmidt and Carl Kaufman. Cards out! ? ! x x 0 0 23— Senior girls hold a meeting and decide on graduation dresses. No kidding this time. 26— Why so many late? That awful fog? 27— Seniors appear all dolled up. The usual sign for Mr. White to get busy. 30—The entire Aurora Board named. What do you have to do? February 3— February number of the Student Lantern great success. Come on! Dig deep! Find another nickel! 4— No Chapel today. W ell, Boll in. here’s another hour to w aste. 5— The Aurora Board hold their first meeting. General outline of work given. 6— Lpper Class Chapel. Mr. Vaughan gives us an interesting account of the United States Employment Service. 10—W hy the awful lecture by all the session room teachers without any ap- parent co-operation? W;e wonder who the gamblers are. 13— Dency wonders why we have the chairs so close to the edge of the platform while giving debates in Public Speaking class. Any one lucky enough to acquire the knowledge please inform Miss Block. 14— Did you send your sweetheart a valentine? You didn’t? Well, she won’t think very much of you. Senior’s ice cream cost more than the usual charge. Basketball game. Bay City Eastern snatched the laurels 22-21. 13—We wonder why all the Seniors are saying, “Is it written or oral?” 16— We are warned in chemistry not to seal gunpowder in tubes. 17— Thencian girls break the camera. Somehow they manage to get hack in time. 174 1919 T 1919 AURORA 18—Upper Class Chapel. Very interesting topic on life of Theodore Roosevelt given us by Mr. Doolittle. 20— Student Lantern Staff have their picture taken. 24—Meeting of the Humorous committee of the Student Lantern. Where did you dig up tlie stale ones? 26— Book inspection. (???) How many are without “Democracy and the Great War”? 27— Well, tomorrow ends first semester. How joyful! For some! 28— Meeting of Lyceum and Thencian for election of officers for second semester. Thencian girls elect the following officers: President, Louise Heilman; Vice-President, Jessie Spence; Secretary, Susan Perrin; Treasurer, A1 ice Freeman. Lyceum elect the following: President, Edward Wea- dock; Vice-President, Hugh Spence; Secretary and Treasurer, Lee Wal- lace; Marshal, the same old Saunders. Our girls claim the Valley Basketball Championship. Now, what do you hoys think of that? March 4— Upper Class Chapel. Mr. Doolittle gives us a very instructive talk on how to vote. 5— Tickets for the debate which is to take place Friday were sold (?) in the session rooms of the three upper grades. 6— Seniors decide to purchase their rings and pins through a local dealer. 7— We really had a good representation at the Saginaw-Mt. Pleasant debate, hut the result was not quite so satisfactory. 9—“Oh, the wind doth blow and we shall have snow.” 13— Special meeting of the Thencian. 14— Another special meeting. Wonder what is going on. Do you know? 17—Of all the green ties! Declamation contest is held in Chapel. Sophomores attend. 21— What do you think? 1 bet you could never guess! We have at last added a new member to the class. Our old time friend the orator (?), Carl Marx. 28—We get our Spring vacation. Hurrah! A pril 8— We enjoy a little work as well as play during Chapel this morning by trying to do some of the Columbia Entrance Problems. 10—Third and last loan to the War Fund. Say, isn’t it a grand and glorious feeling to think we don’t have to save our pennies any longer? 175 1919 T AURORA ▼ 1919 11—Thencian Party. Oh! what fun! 15—Boys’ Chapel. We are allowed to go out and view the Tank. 17— Peppy Senior class meeting. George Fischer is elected Valedictorian. 21— Seiior Guder gives us an illustration of an “onamato” ( poetic word I in Spanish XII. 22— Who said that the women weren’t deserving of suffrage? 29— Where was everybody last night? About five of our worthy “High School students” fall asleep in Chapel. 30— Exhibitions of the rummage sale appear on the heads of our brilliant sophomore set. My! aren’t they stunning? May 1—Aurora Board meets and decides to dedicate the Aurora to Mr. Hopkins; also decides that price of Aurora must be raised to 85 cents. 6—Harriet gives a brilliant recitation in Spanish (three words I. Mr. Guder congratulates her. After Louis has enjoyed himself, playing with his watch, Mr. Guder asks him if he is sure to get his diploma for entrance into the kindergarten. 13—Mr. Strong accidentally falls asleep in sixth hour Public Speaking class. The speakers are greatly disturbed by the unusual sound of his slum- ber and it is only through the untiring efforts of Mr. Hopkins that the noise subsides and the speakers are permitted to continue. 18— -Football boys seen strutting around school in order to attract attention to those new sweaters. 21—Seniors decide to have Reverend N. S. Bradley give the Baccalaureate ad- dress. 23— Seniors play. It sure was a success! 26— G. Steele gives such an “Incoherent rambling of disjointed facts” that Howard demands a repetition in order to understand. 27— We get third and fourth hours off in order to view the parade of the Thirty- second Division, A. E. F. 30—Holiday once more. June 13—Gymnasium Exhibition. 24—Class Day. We part with the precious horn to which has been added our colors of Green and Gold. 26—The happiest moment in our young lives,— we are given our diplomas. LOIS BOYCE. BEATRICE ENDERT. 176 mm . «i � ----«© m ;� � :ri :V1 JtT lA vi‘. iV: . m it . V i ;«% • DoRl5 Mtf A V.Nf V' V-.v'f v--'. : '• •::'. V • • • • . « •••? •' 177 J oh n ny s M eth od “It is the duty of every one of you to make at least one person happy during the week.” ”1 did,” said Johnny promptly. “That’s nice. What did you do?” “I went to see my aunt, and she’s always happy when I go home again.” ♦ Camp English Private Tony Salvino stepped up to Sergeant Daly. “Please, Meester Sergeant, excuse please. No drill.” “What do you mean? Ya can’t drill?” “My unde—he ees seek!” “What has that to do with your drilling?” “But my uncle, he ees seek. I cannot stand on him.” “Who in thunder wants you to stand on your uncle?” “I turn him over. My uncle—see—he is hig like a balloon.” Ami Tony displayed a sprained ankle. + The Difference “Why is it, Sam, that one never hears of a darky committing suicide?” inquired a North- ern man. “Well, you see, it’s dis way, boss,” answered the negro. “When a white pusson has any trouble he sets down an’ gits to studyin’ ’bout it an’ a-worryin’. Then firs thing you know he’s done killed hisse’f. But when a nigger sets down to think ’bout his troubles, why, he jes’ nacherly goes to sleep!” Little Joseph was boasting about his family. “Our folks came over in the Mayflower,” he declared proudly. “Oh, that’s nothing!” said Teddy. “1 guess they stayed with our folks the first night they landed. + % “How do they fish for pearls. Dad?” “Well, some wives threaten and others nag, my hoy.” ♦ “Do you think you could learn to love me?” asked the young man. “Well—I don’t know,” replied the sweet young thing, thoughtfully. “I have five thousand dollars in Liberty Bonds, ten thousand invested in good paying stock—” “Go on; Pm learning.” “And fifty thousand dollars in well-paying real estate.” “AH right, dear; I’ve learned. Believe me, you're some teacher!” 178 1919 ▼ JIUROR A ▼ 1919 A woman ami her daughter were at sea during a terrific storm. After some time the mother asked: “Are you seasick, dear?” “No, I think not, mother,” replied the girl, “hut I’d hate to yawn.” ♦ Barber—“Now, my little man, how would you like your hair cut?” Hay Egloff—“Just like my papa's with a round hole at the top.” + “This is a very sad case, very sad indeed,” said the doctor. “I regret to say that your wife's mind is gone — completely gone.” “Em not a hit surprised,” answered the husband. “She has been giving me a piece of it every day for the last fifteen years.” + The Senior Alphabet —is for Austin and Anderson too, B must he someone, so Bushroe will do, C is for Cummings, a little hit stout, I) is for Dietrich, she can’t he left out; K--is for “Eggie” at football lie’s great; F—is for Fox and Friedlander so different in weight. G—is for Crace who'd make a fine teacher. H -is for Hartom who'd ne'er make a preacher, | —is for Irma who takes the class money, J—is for John who thinks he's quite funny, K -is for Krause, Koehler and Klump, L—is for Louise who sure is a trump; M is for Meader, at drawing she' fine, N—is for Neumann whose playing’s divine, o -is only me, can you guess who I are? P—is for Perrin, the basketball star. Q—is Quade Qahar or We’ll have to say so, R -is for Rex who’s our marshal you know. S—is for Silliman who babbles like a brook, T—is for Taylor who edits our hook. U—is for you and I and all the rest. V is for Veronica who always does her best. W “is for Worthing, she hasn’t been here long, X—is an unknown factor so we'll pass it right along. Y—is for Yeo, he sure is some debater, Z is for Ziemer, she couldn’t come sooner so she had to come later. ♦ IT ise Sayings A man can always command his wife’s attention by talking in his sleep. An optimist is a man who, when he falls in the soup, thinks himself in the swim. One of the busiest things in the world is idle curiosity. Most of the articles on how to choose a husband were written by women who never had a chance. Some people keep their promises because no one will take them. Better late than never, and better never late. By the time a hoy finds there is no Santa Claus he is old enough to discover there is a Cupid. The woman who looks well in black sometimes wears it for her next husband as much as her last. 179 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 It is surprising the nice things a wife can say about her husband when she is a widow. The penalty of a stolen kiss is frequently a life sentence with hard labor. The nose is put in the middle of the face because it is a seenterpiece. Good people are scarce and had ones have to make themselves so. + Sayings of the Age By the time a man knows anything worth telling he is generally old enough to keep his mouth shut. It is a cowardly coin that turns tail — when you call “heads.” The reason silence is called golden is because sometimes it is so hard to get. It is easier for a woman to keep a secret when she has help. A man doesn’t know what happiness is until he is married and then it’s too late. The tail of a mouse is one of the conclusions a woman will jump at. If people could see themselves as others see them they wouldn’t believe their eyes. One way to make an enemy of a man is by refusing to laugh at his old jokes. The black sheep of the family is sometimes a blonde. An old bachelor says the nice thing about marriage is that you don’t have to. Money talks, but some people grab it tight enough to choke it. A little love goes a long way — occasionally all the way to the divorce court. Motor cars are not to be compared with gossips when it conies to running people down. Most of us know when to stop — after it’s too late. Fools jump at conclusions-—wise men jump the other way. A fellow who is a dude before marriage is generally subdued after. The theory that it is never too late to mend influences some people not to begin. Pretending to be a fool is often the wisest thing a man can do. Do right but not right and left. Many a good husband hasn’t the nerve to be anything else. + Father—“I want to tell you this, my son; the secret of success is hard work. Son—“If it’s a secret, dad, you shouldn’t have told it. Fortunately, I’m too much of a gentleman to take advantage of information gained in that way.” ♦ Lieut. “The Germans are as thick as peas! What shall we do?” Capt.—“Shell them, you idiot; shell them!” + Mother—“If you fell in the water, why are your clothes dry?” Son—“I took them off in case of an accident.” + Pater “My son, you have a reputation for driving your car recklessly.” Son -“Don't believe it, pop. I've had three wrecks this year already.” Teacher—“Who is the laziest person in the room, Mary?” Mary- “I dunno.” Teacher—“You ought to. When everybody else is studying industriously, who sits in her seat watching the rest?” Mary—“Why, you, teacher.” ♦ As an upper classman walks thru the halls in the Manual Training building and sees the Freshies clamoring around him, he cannot help but hum: “And the green grass grew all around, all around.” 180 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 In Minna's English notebook: it caused a panic. “The stage ran out in the audience.” We are wondering if + George S. “How did you become such a great orator?” Mr. Hopkins—“Oh, I started by addressing envelopes.” ♦ Lee Wallace—“Do you consider time money?” L. Killen—“I surely do.” Lee W.—“That’s so; that's all you spend.” A Warning “What is success?” asked the Sphinx. “Push!” said the button. “Never he lead,” said the pencil. “Always keep cool,” said the ice. “Be up to date,” said the calendar. “Be sharp in your business,” said the knife. “Do a driving business,” said the hammer. And finally the glue said; “Find a good thing and stick to it.” That is success. + Wise—“If it takes seven days to make one week, how many days does it take to make one strong?” + Miss B—“Mr. Skimin, what part of speech is ‘woman'?” Skiniin—“She isn’t a part of speech. She’s all of it. + Mike—“He says his car goes twinty miles on wan gallon o’ gasoline.” Pat—“That’s nothing. Me brother once went up five hundred feet on wan stick of dynamite.” + First Sammie (mailing a letter home)—“I told them at home that the stone lions at Nelson’s monument were twenty-five feet long.” Second Sammie—“I wrote before you and I told them they were a hundred feet long. So when it conies to “lion” you’re not in it.” + Miss Burnham—“What do you mean by addressing these men as ‘Bobby Burns,’ ‘Billy Shakespeare,’ and ‘Jimmy Riley’?” Paul Sutherland—“Didn’t you tell me to get familiar with those authors?” + Young man (ardently)—“I press my suit on my bended knee.” Senior girl “Haven't you an ironing board?” ♦ How to Live Worry less and work more. Ride less and walk more. Frown less and smile more. Drink less and breathe more. Eat less and chew more. Waste less and save more. Preach less and do more. 181 1919 ▼ AURORA 1919 Miss B.—“How many of you Freshmen want to go to heaven?” (Everybody stood up hut one—Babe Cornwell.) Miss B.—“Don’t you want to go, Mr. Cornwell?” B. Cornwell—“Not if that bunch goes.” ♦ No Danger “I, said the temperate man, “strongly object to the custom of christening ships with champagne.” “I don’t,” replied the other, “1 think there is a temperance lesson in it.” “How can that he?” “Well, immediately after the first bottle of wine the ship takes to water and sticks to it ever after.” + Florence Van Auken—“Are you permitted to tell how many U-boats have been sunk?” Commander A. Popp—“No, but I don't think it improper for me to say that we have the Atlantic pretty well paved with bad intentions.” + A. Anderson—“That worthy man has halted many people who were going wrong.” I). Block—“Welfare worker?” . A. A.—“Traffic cop.” + W. Carl—“So the doctor told you to go to a warmer climate. What did you go to see him for?” H. Hungerford—“ I went to collect a bill.” ♦ ’20—“Isn’t that little girl just too dear for anything?” 21—“She is for my allowance, anyway.” + Happy But Inartistic There was a young lady, and she When dancing was filled with great glee; But she couldn’t keep step. And she ruined my rep. For she always kept stepping on me. + L. Yeo—“Well, what are the mumps?” H. Hollenbach—“Oh, they're a swell disease!” + First Farmer—“Hello H i, whatcha going to raise this year?” Second Farmer—“Prices, if the government will let me.” ♦ How It Was Going “Don’t you honestly think equal suffrage is a going, not a coming cause?” asked an anti- suffragist of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. “Yes,” replied Doctor Shaw, “I do. I think it is going, and going some.” ♦ A Natural Error Cora had just seen her first green worm, the kind commonly known as a “Slug.” Rushing into the house she cried: “Oh, mamma, mamma, come and see the dill pickle that is walking around out in the yard.” 182 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 Saved Little Harold having climbed to the pinnacle of the roof of a very steep shed, lost his footing and began to slide with terrifying swiftness toward that point where the roof swept gracefully off into space. “O Lord, save me!” he prayed. “0 Lord, save me! 0 Lord! — Never mind. I’ve caught on a nail.” + Not Her Blame The car was acting hadly and George Stone knew enough about motoring to see at once the cause of the trouble. “Confound it!' he exclaimed. “The engine is missing.” “You’re just as mean as you can be, George,” said Dorothy beside him. “You shouldn't try to put the blame on me. When you left me to go to the garage, I watched the car just as well as anyone could and nohody came and stole your old engine.” + Here He Is The most polite man in the world has been found. When a woman apologized for gouging him in the eye with a parasol he said: “Don’t mention it, madam, I have another one.” + James M. Barrie was rehearsing one of his plays when the sound of a saw at work behind the curtain was heard and a critic, standing by, inquired: “What is that noise, Mr. Barrie?” “Oh, that?” answered Barrie, “why, they’re cutting out the last act. ♦ The 11 ifely Arts Harold, the only son of a wealthy, widowed mother, was drafted and duly arrived at the camp where he was to receive instructions in the manly art of warfare. Imagine his surprise and chagrin when he was detailed to what is known as K. P. duty (kitchen police duty). In this he became quite proficient, however, as one of his letters shows: “Dear Mother: I put in this entire Christmas day washing dishes, sweeping floors, making beds and peeling potatoes. When I get home from this camp 1 11 make some girl a mighty fine wife.” 4 A Prodigy A gentleman living just outside of Chicago went into the city to his office each day. When he was leaving home on the morning before Christmas, his wife said she would like him to bring a banner for her Sunday school class to use at an entertainment that evening, hut that she did not yet know the wording and size needed. They agreed that she should semi him a telegram during the day, giving him these two items. Consequently, before starting for home in the afternoon, he went to the near-by telegraph office and found quite an excite- ment over the message which had just been received and which read: “Unto us a child is horn. Three feet wide ami six feet long.” + “I’m very sorry, mum, I 'aven’t been able to paper your two top bedrooms,” said the decorator when the lady of the house returned from her summer vacation. “They took away my last man a week ago for the army. Seems to me they think more of this war than they do of paper anging.” + Conjurer—“Now, to help me with this next trick, I want the services of a hoy in the audience. Yes, you will do, my little man; come along. Now, you’ve never seen me before, have you?” Boy (innocently)—“No, father.” 183 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 “Have you had any experience in agriculture?” asked the farmer. “Only theoretical, sir. 1 understand, for instance, that one should make hay while the sun shines.” ♦ The young man sidled into the jeweler’s shop a week before Christmas with a furtive air. He handed the jeweler a ring with the stammered statement that he wished it marked “with some names.” “What names do you wish?” inquired the jeweler in a sympathetic tone. “From Henry to Clara,” the young man hlushingly whispered. The jeweler looked from the ring to the man and said, in a fatherly tone, “Take my advice young man and have it engraved simply “From Henry.” ♦ She came up to the hank cashier’s desk and tendered a check for $100. “What denomination, please?” asked the clerk. “Methodist,” she replied. “What are you?” ♦ Man’s hair turns gray before woman’s. That's known in every clime; The explanation’s easy, for He wears his all the time. ♦ A teacher was explaining to her class that if one wished to do anything well one had to begin at the bottom, when a voice from the hack interrupted her: “How about swimming, teacher?” ♦ Gol Deni Right! His girl wears silks and diamonds And sealskin saeques, you know; My girl wears chintz ami cotton-prints And sometimes calico. His girl’s tall and stately. My girl’s plain — hut good. D’you think I’d trade my girl for his? You bet your life, I would. ♦ He practiced playing on a harp. For heaven was his goal. But old St. Peter was too sharp, And now lie’s shoveling coal. ♦ A farmer in Kansas named Acres, Who said accident agents were facres. Got a hurt he can’t cure, And says now he'll insure. But now he can't find any tacres. ♦ Little Rupert came to his mother with the following query: “Mother, what would you do if someone broke the large vase in the parlor?” “I would whip him soundly,” she replied. For the space of ten seconds Rupert looked at her seriously, and said: “Well you'd better get ready. Papa has broken it!” Then he grinned. 184 1919 v T 1919 AURORA No Inducement “Look here now, Harold,” said a father to his little son, who was naughty, “if you don’t say your prayers you won't go to heaven.'’ “I don't want to go to heaven,” sohhed the hoy, “I want to go with you and mother.” + P—is for Cates, Edna by name. She and Ralph have wone such great fame. T— is for Lloyd, we all know the rest. In our debating team he is one of the best. j —is for Angela, Gordon’s her name. Wherever we see her, she’s always the same, g—is for Saginaw, dear old High, When we think of leaving it, we surely do sigh, g—is for Strong, our soldier so true, Who’d have given his life for me and for you. Q—is for one, every one in a hunch. Who has helped make our Aurora chock full of good punch. p1—is for Fry, Grace is her name. Diligence and helpfulness is her greatest aim. is for Neumann, the musician so grand. None better can he found in all our land. J — is the Impression the teachers do make. When now and then our eighth hours they take. —is for Nothing in particular to you or me. But just to fill up empty space, you see. £—is for Everyone, our class, we mean. The best class of all, the Class of '19. rJ1—is for Taylor, the president with pep. When he says, “Look out. Seniors,” we all watch our step. I?—is for Endert, who writes the class news, Beatrice and Lois will tell us some truths. £—is for Emery. Girls, you did fine When you put Rex from president to the end of the line. —is for the Number of us that have gone. To show that our class helped the Nations that won. ♦ National Anthems Teacher in French School—“Marie, what is the national anthem of La Patrie?” Little Marie—“La Marseillaise.” Teacher—“Good! Now the national air of England?” Little Marie “God Save the King.” Teacher—“Very good! Now the national air of the United States? Little Marie—“Hail! Hail! The Gang’s all Here.” ♦ His Touch W as Heavy “My daughter is going to Professor Wombat, the eminent pianist, now for lessons.” “How's his touch? Is it strong?” “Very. Four dollars a lesson. 185 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 That Village Smithy Under a costly canopy The village blacksmith sits. Before him is a touring car Broken in little hits. And the owner and the chauffeur, too, Have almost lost their wits. Behind the village blacksmith is The portal of his shop. The shop is very large in size. With a tiled roof on top. And the owner and the chauffeur, too. At it were glad to stop. The children going home from school Look in at the open door. They like to see him make his bills. And hear the owners roar. And the chauffeurs weep as they declare They ne’er paid that before. He goes each morning to the hank And salts away his cash, A high silk hat and long frock coat Help him to cut a dash, But the owner and the chauffeur, too, Their teeth all vainly gnash. The chestnut tree long since has died. The smith does not repine; His humble shop has grown into A building big and fine. And it hears “Garage” above the door On a large electric sign. + A Movie Show The scene, a busy city street. A cop strolls slowly on his beat. A fruit-stand piled with wares — bananas, apples, peaches, pears. The cop selects a choice banan and helps himself, as coppers can. The Greek, with truly Grecian guile, conceals his rage ami shows a smile, ’Tis eaten now; the cop departs; but ah! the villainy he starts! Upon the sidewalk, care- less man, he drops the skin of his banan. A woman comes upon the scene a buxom dame — and calm, serene, with thoughts above the sordid street, she trips with unsuspecting feet. She reaches the banana peel; she slips, she moves, she seems to feel the thrill of life along her keel. She registers excessive pain, gets up and promptly falls again. A crowd conies quickly into view, as crowds in moving pictures do. Each one takes pains to touch the skin and slide ten feet upon his chin. They rush upon the faltering Greek. He wrings his hands, he tries to speak, to tell them who has done the deed, then beats it with a burst of speed. The chase is on. Halloo! Halloo! Over the busy streets they go. Up alleys, over fences tall, they run and clamber, jump ami fall. The buxom dame has lost her hat; but ah! they cannot stop for that. 1S6 1919 ▼ AURORA ▼ 1919 Back to the bustling trading marts. They stumble over peddlers’ carts, pile merchandise in broken heaps, then up and on in frenzied leaps, their numbers swollen now by all upon whose frames they've chanced to fall. The careless cop has joined the chase. They’re hack now to the very place from which it started. Vengeance grim is reaching out her hands for him. He makes a dash. His mighty heel comes down upon the slippery peel. It throws him high, it throws him far. Twinkle, twinkle, little star — how bright and numerous you are! The crowds come on — they cannot stop — they pile up on the prostrate cop; and, as they cannot catch the Greek, their vengeance on his head they wreak. The fun is over. Let us go and see another picture show. + New and Old Song in 1818 There was once a colored lady By the name of Aunt Jamimle, But she died long, long ago. She had no hair on the top of her head. In the place where the hair ought to grow. Now lay down your cooking utensils, And hang up the fiddle and how. For there’s no more work to he done By Aunt Jamimie, for she has gone Where the good darkies go. Same Song in 1919 There once existed a colored individual Whose cognomen was Aunt Jamimie, But she departed this life some time previous. She had no capillary substance in The uppermost part of her cranium, in the place Where the capillary substance ought to vegetate. Now lay aside the household paraphernalia, Let the violin be suspended upon the wall. As there is no more physical energy To he exerted by Aunt Jamimie, For she has exhausted all the physical functions Of her well-constituted anatomy. And gone to the place designated by good, kind Providence For all colored individuals to spiritualize. + A Mollycoddle I saw a lad a-strolling up the street. Some pointed patent leathers on his feet; A dandy little heaver on his pate; A debutantish slouch as to his gait; A cigarette was dangling from his lips; Two little sparrow coat-tails hung frQin his hips. And anyone who glimpsed him would have told yer. His mother never raised him for a soldier. V. W. ’19. Ever see one around S. H. S.? 187 1919 T AURORA T 1919 These Advertisers Made the Aurora Possible Patronize them; they will give you Satisfaction Refer to the Aurora when making purchases James A. Adams Son Anderson Co. H. B. Arnold Co. D. M. Austin Bancroft Drug Co. Bank of Saginaw Barie Dry Goods Co. Baunigarlen Shoe Co. Bazley Meat Market Beach Davis D. A. Bentley Co. Booth Boyd Brooks Manufacturing Co. Mina Buckler Burdick's Seed House H. Catterfeld Consolidated Coal Co. Cornwell Co. Dipworth Art Store J. E. Swan Robert Edelhoff H. E. Eldredge Faltyn Electric Co. Ferguson Wallace Franco American Shop Dr. Freeman Clias. Frueh Sons Frier’s Drug Store Gas Co. Germain Piano Co. Gillam Moor Co. Goeschel-Brater Co. M. C. Goossen J. W. Grant R. Granville Son Griggs Butenschoen Grohinan, Florist Heagany Treanor Heavenrich Bros. Heid Baking Co. Heim's Drug Store Catherine Hickey Hubbell Auto Sales Co. Win. Hyman Jackson, Church Co. Jaeckel Rau Jochen Shoe Store Kelsey’s I). A. King Klopf Roberts Lee Cady Janies Lester Liebermann Trunk Co. Lufkin Rule Co. McClure Co. Dr. McGavock McNally Vulcanizing Co. Marwinske Loebricb Mercer Co. Merrill Kren Michigan Sugar Co. John W. Mitchell Modart Corset Co. Modern Shoe Repair Shop Morley Bros. M. C. Murray C. F. Oppermann F. J. Otto Oxford Shop People’s Savings Bank Richards Rosdorf Robertson’s Laundry Saginaw Milling Co. Saginaw News Courier Schirmer Drug Co. Chas. Schmidt Schoen Dry Cleaning Co. Schwemer Witt Second National Bank Seemann Peters Seitner Bros. Siebel, Jeweler Dr. Slack Sobel’s Steiniger Student Lantern Symons Bros. Co. Mrs. Sperling M. W. Tanner Co. Topham Bros. United States Graphite Co. Vogt Bros. Walk-Over Boot Shop J. A. Watson Weadock Weadock Weyhing Bros. Mfg. Co. Wm. C. Wiechmann Chas. E. White Wickes Boiler Co. Wickes Bros. Witters’ Laundry Wolfarth’s Steam Bakery P. R. Wordelmaii B. A. Wright Young Kohr A. J. Zauel 189 Gifts for Graduation You will find here a large selection of very desirable things for graduation remem- brances: Leather Goods Cutlery Silver Athletic Merchandise Canoes, Etc. Mofu y J oThEf Founded 1863 THE PRINTING, BINDING AND CUTS FOR THE 1919 AURORA WERE DONE BY SEEMANN S' PETERS IN BUSINESS IN SAGINAW OVER FORTY YEARS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE WE ARE ALSO STATIONERS OFFICE OUTFITTERS, PLATE PRINTERS AND ELECTROTYPERS COPIES OF THIS AURORA may be obtained while the supply lasts from RALPH H. TAYLOR 1217 South Washington Ave. Saginaw - Michigan Price, Paper Cover, 85 Cents Saginaw’s Boys are Coming Home They have nobly done for all what we could not do for ourselves. Let’s all unite to give them a royal welcome and the big place they are anxious to fill, in making Saginaw big- ger and better. Frueh’s House of Flowers Flowers for all purposes 514 Genesee Avenue Phones 54 Compliments of The Saginaw News-Courier The Cornwell Company Ask your dealer for our Premium Milk-Fed Poultry We invite your inspection of our new plant “Everybody Trades at Barie’s”-Why? Because stocks are largest and best and the values are always right Note—We feature nobby things to wear for young men and women THE ¥M. BARIE DRY GOODS CO. Exclusive Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph Shop ANDERSON’S 119 South Jefferson Ave. m c . n M. C. Goossen Engraving Co. Copper Plate and Steel Die Engraver. Fine Stationery, Wedding Invitations and Announcements, Calling Cards and Monogram Dies 210-211-212-213 BREWER ARCADE Franco-American Shop FRANCO TOILET GOODS AND HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES Silh Stockings 50c to $2.25 Silk Gloves $1.00 to $2.25 Wm. Lucas Washable Kid Gloves Candy. Also display and orders taken for Hand-painted China E. Hulme, Artist Bell 3737-J No. 9, Brewer Arcade The Knickerbocker TWEEN MODEL Waist-line Suits and Top Coats for Young Men They have that “something different” look. Special at $30.00 The Lion Shirts and Collars, also our wonderful display of Neck-wear, are sure to please you. Give us a call GRIGGS S' BUTENSCHOEN 319 Genesee Avenue THE D. A. BENTLEY CO. ARE SOLE DISTRIBUTORS OF Hemlock Creamery BUTTER Put up in 1-lb and 5-lb. cartons, under our own brand, BENTLEY’S BEST Ash your grocer for BENTLEY’S BEST THE D. A. BENTLEY CO. 406 LAPEER AVENUE Booth Boyd Lumber Co. Dealers in Lumber, Lath and Shingles Manufacturers of Mouldings, Interior Finish and Mill Work Both Phones 355 Weyhing Bros. Mfg. Co. Makers of 75,000 Recognition Rings to be given by the City of Detroit to her returned Soldier Sons and Daughters Mahers of more Class and Graduation Pins than all other Michigan manufacturers combined Special Designs and Samples on Application SAVINGS BANK East Side Office 310-312 Genesee Avenue Security and Safety is Everything Bank of Sag inaw Represents Forty-Six Years of Safe and Conservative Banking Capital and Surplus$1,400,000.00 Resources over $15,000,000.00 West Side Office 400-402 Court Street EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD SHOULD HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT, NO MATTER HOW SMALL OFFICERS BENTON HANCHETT..................................President OTTO SCHUPP....................Vice-President and Cashier C. A. KHUEN...........Vice-President and Assistant Cashier S. S. ROBY.......................................Assistant Cashier F. J. SCHMIDT.......................... Assistant Cashier A. B. WILLIAMS...................................Assistant Cashier J. HOLLANDMORITZ.................................Assistant Cashier South Side Office Fordney andCenter Sts. DIRECTORS Benton Hanchett Helon B. Allen William Barie Arnold Boutell Chas. E. Brenner Edgar D. Church Wm. C. Cornwell Fred J. Fox Geo. H. Hannum Theodore Huss C. A. Khuen Jas. G. MacPherson E. A. Robertson Otto Schupp G. M. Stark Geo. W. Weadock W. J. Wickes North Side Office Genesee and Michigan Avenues Brooks Automatic Repeating PHONOGRAPH The Wonder instrument Play and repeat any kind or sir.e record, any de- Hi red number of timoH, then stop automatically with tone arm sua- pended off to the right in the air. Any child can operute it. WONDERFUL TONE WONDERFUL FINISH WONDERFUL IN ITS SIMPLICITY MADE IN SAGINAW Brooks Manufacturing Company Schirmer Drug Co. “On one spot since 1883“ Drugs Kodaks Gilbert and Martha Washington Candies Waterman Fountain Pens Sherwin-Williams Paints Originators of Bitter-Sweet and Club House Sundaes and David Harum and Aunt Pollys Corner Iloyt and Sheridan Pianos of Character Germain j Sherman Pianos Bancroft) Made in Saginaw “Admirable Quality” “Acknowledged Reputation” The purchase of a Piano from the Germain Piano Company is but the first step in Germain service and right good will. “It’s the service after you buy that counts. ” Germain Piano Company 400 South Washington Avenue This is the time for commence- ment of sending her flowers Phones 248 117 North Franklin St. Faltyn Electric Company Fixtures and Electrical Work. Storage Batteries Recharged and Repaired 2605 South Washington Avenue Buy Adams’Shoes Service Style Jas. A. Adams Son 320 Genesee Ave. Agents for Educators When she won’t listen to reason take her down to the Soda Fountain at the Bancroft Drug Store or buy her a box of Crane’s Chocolates Compliments of Sobel Bros. Ladies’ Specialty Store 302 Federal Avenue, Saginaw, Mich. Millinery, Patterns and Designs MINA BUCKLER 109 South Jefferson Avenue KELSEY Cameras, Photo Supplies, Amateur Finishings, Stationery and Books Sheet Music Saginaw, Mich. Fred J. Fox Joe Turek Roasted in Saginaw for You Bancroft House and Moka Coffee Lee Cady, Saginaw Branch ---------------—------:--------------------—----- Bell Phone 1844-J Valley Phone 419 Schoen Dry Cleaning and Dye ’Works Frank R. Schoen, Proprietor 207 Lapeer Ave., Saginaw, Mich. THE H. B. ARNOLD CO. Engravers, Stationers and Office Outfitters Headquarters for Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen 129 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET Holsum and Kleen Maid Bread Takes You Back to Younger Days Baked by the Heid Baking Co. JJ 423 Genesee Ave. KODAKS Eastman Supplies We develop Films, Packs and Plates. We use Velox paper. We operate the most modern finishing department in the city. Marwinski Loebrich Established 1871—Oldest Hank in Saginaw THE Second National Bank of Saginaw SAGINAW, MICHIGAN Capital and Surplus, $1,250,000 Resources Over - 9,000,000 EVERY BANKING SERVICE COMM ERCIAL DEPARIM ENT For Checking Accounts and all Commercial Business SAV INGS DEPARTMENT Savings Books Issued—Interest 4 per cent Paid SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS A Safe Place for all aluable Papers and Valuables TRUST DEPARTMENT Acts in Trust capacity, as Executor of Wills, Administrator of Estates Trustees and Registrar of Bonds, and other Trust functions DIRECTORS George B. Morley Stanford T. Crapo Frank D. Ewen Arthur 1). Eddy James B. Peter William H. Wallace Frederick Carlisle John W. Peter Corcoran Charles A. Bigelow Elmer J. Cornwell James T. Wylie R. Perry Shorts George H. Boyd Amasa M. Rust ymons, Jr. OFFICERS George B. Morley Arthur D. Eddy Albert H. Morley Edward W. Glynn Alfred It Perrin President Vice-President Vice-President V.-P. and Cashier Asst. Cashier A National Bank is chartered by the United States Government, and under Government Supervision FOUR RULES Compliments of have brought me success in the Meat Business: W. H. FRIERS Q U ALITY SERVICE CLEANLINESS HONESTY The Drug, Kodak, Wall Paper and Soda Fountain Store FRED. J. OTTO 656 Sheridan Bell 2580 2617 South Washington Compliments of Diamonds, Watches Edwin C. Peters Chas. H. Peters Grant’s Jewelry Shop Carl A. Schossow Edward Heim Genesee and Washington Aves. YOUNG S' KOHR Compliments of T r pp T ppT’P'n JAMES LESTER Hardware and Wall Paper Fresh Meats Compliments of Graduation Suits and Furnishings Howard E. Eldredge A. J. ZAUEL Real Estate Clothier and Furnisher 415 Bearinger Bldg., Saginaw, Mich. 323 Genesee Ave. Don’t take chances when you are in a hurry. When you think of Tires think of FALLS TIRES, sold by Michigan’s largest and best tire store THE GILLAM MOOR CO. 824 Janes Avenue CATHERINE HICKEY Distinctive Millinery -. 514 Genesee Avenue George W. Weadock Vincent Weadock Jerome Weadock LAW OFFICES OF WEADOCK WEADOCK 301-303 Bearinger Building, Saginaw, Michigan BARBER SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Snappiest Hair-Cuts in town. Three Shops: The Club, 110 South Washington Avenue Corner Fourth and Burt Streets; Corner Genesee and Weadock Avenues CHARLES T. RICHARDS and JOS. F. RASDORF Your patronage will be appreciated Compliments of THE HUBBELL AUTO SALES CO. ROBT. F. L. EDELHOFF Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats Hotel and Restaurant Trade a Specialty Telephone 161 700 Genesee Avenue The largest assortment at the lowest prices has made SEITNER’S the most popular trading place in Saginaw DIPWORTH ART CO. 118 N. Jefferson Ave., Saginaw, Mich. The finest and most beautiful picture loses its attractiveness if not properly framed COMPLIMENTS OF THE MODART COMPANY MAKERS OF M ORSETS Front Laced HEASANY-TREAiOK DEPARTMENT STORE THE COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH, THE MOST BRILLIANT MACHINE. COLUMBIA RECORDS, UNEQUALLED. THE LARGEST STOCK OF RECORDS AND MACHINES IN r---- =THE CITY- --- - - COMPLIMENTS OF THE CONSOLIDATED C©AL COMPAQ BUILD HOMES the “MATIOIMAL59 way SAGINAW NEEDS THEM COME TO OUR OFFICE AND SEE THE PLANS The Me Clure Company Manufacturers of “NATIONAL ' Homes. Saginaw Silos and Garages Distributors of Whirlwind Silo Fillers and Hinman Milking machines COR. HESS AND SHERIDAN AYES., SAGINAW, MICHIGAN Bazley Cash Market 315 Genesee Ave. The best of Meats at all times E. J. Steininger BAKERY 2703 South Washington Avenue Valley Phone 1298-L Therese MODISTE 207 Brewer Arcade Mrs. H. E. Sperling Schwemer Witt 719, 721, 723 Genesee Ave. Compliments of B. A. Wright Druggist Oxford Shop Brewer Arcade GRADUATION GIFTS Dr. Robert E. McGavock Osteopathic Physician 507 - 508 Wiechmann Building Saginaw, Mich. F. W. Freeman, M. D. Office 219 South Jefferson Residence 414 S. Jefferson Both Phones From School to Old Age From school days to the declin- ing days of old age there is an ever-present need for hot water. In the kitchen, the bathroom, the laundry, and the sick-room, the need for hot water is forced upon us every day, yet there are thousands and thousands of homes still sacrificing health, com- fort and economy by putting up with the old methods of heating water. The time to decide is NOW. The decision to make is the use of a gas water heater. Clean, Sanitary, Safe, Efficient. GAS COMPANY VOGT BROS, and WEST SIDE COAL CO. The most reliable Coal Dealers in Saginaw Handle Everything in the Line of Fuel Men’s and Boys’ Shoes Shoe Repairing HIGH ART E. B. MOWERS 110 North Jefferson Ave. WILLIAM HYMAN Reliable Furrier and Ladies’ Tailor 123 N. Franklin, Saginaw, Mich. Bell Phone 3559 Opposite The M. W. Tanner Co. SIEBEL The Jeweler D. A. KING SON Quality Hardware and Furniture 2618 South Washington Avenue. Both Phones BRUNSWICK Tires and Tubes VULCANIZING ACCESSORIES Genesee, at Second JAMES E. DWAN Style and Service Ready-to-Wear Clothing BEACH DAVIS J. W. MITCHELL Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Real Estate, Insurance and Investments 202 Geisler Building, Saginaw, Mich. UFKIN MEASURING TAPES AND RULES Embody Many Improved and Exclusive Features ACCURATE RELIABLE the ufk n Rule Ho. New York SAGINAW, MICHIGAN Windsor, Ont. YOUNG MEN’S SUITS Should be Made to Order $36.50 Fit Guaranteed We ask No Deposit JAECKEL RAU 212 GENESEE AVENUE Gifts for All 0 ccasions Travel Wedding Birthday Anniversary MOST INTERESTING SHOP IN TOWN 415 Genesee Ave. Both Phones Compliments of Robertson’s Laundry A. Baumgarten Style Shoes of Quality Buy Baby Chicks at Burdick’s Seed House 113 and 115 Water Street SHOES A splendid line of Up-to-the-MinuteStyles in Young People’s Footwear always at your service Some Very Pretty Styles for Graduation A. E. Jochen 314 Genesee Ave., next to Bank of Saginaw D. M. Austin, Jeweler 2601 S. Washington Ave. Saginaw. Michigan Bell Phone 3949-W Paul R. Wordelmann Dealer in Staple and Fancy Groceries 1324 Lapeer Avenue Saginaw Michigan Bell Phone 1309 Valley Phone 22-L McNally Vulcanizing Co. James N. McNally. Proprietor Try Our Tire Filler and Cement 408 Federal Ave. Saginaw, Mich. The People’s Savings Bank Is Pre-eminently What its Name Indicates A Bank for the People Capital $100,000.00 OFFICERS J. J. RUPP President V. B. BAUM Vice-President J. F. BOYNTON Secretary and T reasurer B. F. GRIFFIN Asst. Treasurer Surplus $100,000.00 DIRECTORS J.J. RUPP W. B. BAUM HARRY T. WICKES L. P. MASON S. E. SYMONS J. F. BOYNTON C. W. MeCLURE PETER DRUMMOND IE E. OPPENHEIMER Four Per Cent Interest Paid on all Savings Deposits Money to Loan on Improved Farms and City Property Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent in Burglar-Proof Vault Bank Building, 204 Genesee Avenue, Saginaw, Michigan Wickes Brothers Manufacturers of Engine Lathes, Bending Rolls, Punches and Shears Electric Blue-Printing Machines TheWickes Boiler (p. Manufacturers of Water Tube Boilers, Heaters, Tubular Boilers Heavy and Light Iron Work Mexican Graphite Automobile Lubricants ALWAYS DEPENDABLE Auto Gear Lubricant Auto Lubricant Graphited Wood Grease No. 360 Graphite Lubricant No. 450 Grafita Graphite Cup Grease No. 205 Lubricating Graphite The United States Graphite Company Saginaw, Michigan WM. C. WIECHMAM DEPARTMENT STORE SAGINAW MICHIGAN Compliments of SYMONS BROS. CO. WM. HEIM H. G. SPRING HEIMS For more than Thirty Years Saginaw’s Most Dependable Drug Store MERCER CO. Clothing, Hats and Gent’s Furnishings 209-211 Genesee Ave., Saginaw, Mich. A Word to the Wise Wear Walk-Over Shoes Get them at OWENS Walk-Over Boot Shop ! The Shop Ahead «.BSS Heavenrich’s The store where correct style is PA1RK, shown in the greatest assortment Klopf Roberts Everything in Roofing and Sheet Metal Work Eavestroughing Quaker and Lennox Furnaces 803 Hoyt Ave. Both Phones We repair Auto Radiators, Fenders and Lamps Vacation Footwear Goeschel-Brater Co. 107 South Jefferson Avenue Can You Imagine Anything for a graduation gift that -will give more pleasure and satis- faction than a nice Summer Fur? We have a large stock to select from, or we can make one to your order, which is our specialty. Repairing and Remodeling The Oppermann Fur Shop 121 South Jefferson Ave. Jackson S' Church Co. Machinists Founders Chas. Schmidt Practical Horseshoer Boilermakers Saginaw Michigan 310 Lapeer Avenue Millinery We have just added a line of High Pattern John A. Watson and Tailored Hats Ready-to-Wear Dept., 2d Floor Furs of Fashion M. C. MURRAY Dry Goods 206-208 Genesee Ave. 121 South Franklin St. ■ Michigan Sugar Co. MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD Granulated Sugar It pays to buy reputable goods from a responsible dealer Samico Flour FOR BREAD Upper Crust Flour FOR PASTRY Saginaw Milling Co. THE STUDENT LANT ERN Published monthly during the school year. The inter- ests of the Alumni are kept in mind and an attempt made to keep them informed as to college activities. Subscribe before leaving school THE STUDENT LANTERN STAFF THE PHOTOS USED IN THIS AURORA WERE MADE BY CHAS. E. WHITE Witters W. L. Slack, M. D. The Soft Water Laundry 112-116 North Jefferson Ave. Telephone 289 Oculist and Aurist 308 Eddy Building Saginaw, Michigan Staff St. Mary’s and Saginaw General Hospitals Catterfeld’s Pharmacy 701 Lapeer Avenue Merrill S' Kren Plumbing Bell Phone 1078-F2 311 Tuscola Street Compliments of Wolfarth’s Steam Bakery Ferguson Wallace Insurance and Surety Bonds Mason Building n OPHAM'S I AXI CABS x OURING CARS Baggage Transfer, Car Washing and Storage Bell 402 Valley 744 R. Granville 8 Son 512 Potter Street Shoes Good Goods at Right Prices • - -