With this Issue of the Habit We bid adieu to the girls and boys of the Salina High School. We trust the Gas and Electric Service we have supplied has contributed in some small measure, at least, to the successful year’s work. The Salina Light, Power Gas Co. Many Thanks We take advantage of this last opportunity of thanking you for your liberal patronage during the year just past and trust your numerous purchases have proven satisfactory. Let this, though, not be our last opportunity of serving you, but should you need any- thing in the line of Clothing, Furnishings, Hats or Shoes, remember the name and place. The Hub Education first Caldwell’s Barber Shop next When having Photos made always see THE MOORE STUDIO Before deciding Over Salina Plumbing Company £ Two Souls with but a Single Thought which is that our ice cream and soda water are simply the finest on earth. Our Soda and Ice Cream Match Love’s Young Dream in sweetness and delight. 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Motor Driven Machines Our Specialty No. 130 Down Draft Type Forge LET US PLAN YOUR EQUIPMENT OLIVER MACHINERY COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. f New York Chicago St. Louis Los Angeles Seattle j mUyi It is High Time for you to come around and see some of the excep- tional values we are offering in made-to-measure apparel. A DISTINCTION in your dress cannot be produced in the merely ready-made, the built-on-a-dummy kind, and our way does NOT cost any more. Drop in and let us tell you how much money we can save you. P ERCY INE’S ANTORIUM 117 E. Walnut Phone 752 BIGGEST BEST BUSIEST Vol. 2 May, 1912 No. 8 Entered as second class matter at the Saiina, Kansas Post office. PUBLISHED MONTHLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PRESS ROOM BY THE STUDENTS OP THE SALINA HIGH SCHOOL, SAUNA, KANSAS TEN CENTS A COPY FIFTY CENTS A YEAR CONTENTS Dediction ... - 11 Commencement Program - . 12 Supt. Lofty - 13 Faculty 14 Seniors - - 18 Class Poems 26 Jim Jefferson from Arkansaw - - 27 Seniors - - - 31 Poem - - 32 A College Town 33 The Spectator - 35 Class History 36 Who’s Who - - 40 Editorials - 41 The Habit - 43 Junior Senior Reception - 44 Senior Events - - - 45 Faculty Baby 46 Cartoons - - - - 47 Calendar 48 Humor - - - - 50 Stage Struck Bridget - 55 What Seniors are Crazy About - 56 Senior Characteristics - 58 Social - - - - - 59 Athletics 63 Class Prophecy - - - 74 Exchange - - • - 78 Switchboard - - - - 82 Farewell 84 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor - in - Chief: Associate: Literary: Dorothy Smith, ’12 Athletics: George Bailey, T5 Alumni: Vara Sketon, ’12 Spectator; FRANCES RADKE, ’12 Dorothy Fitzpatrick, ’13 Exchange: Clarke Da ' is. ’13 Associate; Vergil Howek, ’15 Art: Ralph Vantine, ’13 The Spectator REPORTERS Freshman: Margaret Walker, ’15 Sophomore: Lesie Wilson, ’14 Junior : Esther French, 13 Senior: Lucy Lusk, ’12 P ' ACULTY ADVISERS Literary: Miss Cora Dolbee Publishing: Mr. Karl Miller BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager: CLAUDE FREEMAN, ’14 Subscription .solicitors: Inez Bair, ’13 Ruby Boughton, ’13 Charles Bulkley, ’15 To Tiie Class of 1912, Who Have Always Shown An Interest in Our Paper, We Dedicate This — The First Commencement Issue The Habit. Commencement Program Baccalaureate Sermon The Rev. Alfred E. Vanorden, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Convention Hall Sunday Evening, May 19th, at 8 o’clock. Class Day Celebration Senior Class. High School Park, Thursday, May 23rd. COMMENCEMENT Address Charles Moreau Harger, Journalist and Editor of the Abilene Reflector. Presentation of diplomas Mr. A. H. King, President of the Board of Educa ' ion. Convention Hall May 24th, at 8 o’clock. Page twelve Professor John Lofty, Superintendent Page thirteen Miss Grace Elmore English Miss Fern Fitzpatrick English Miss Millicent Noftzgkr English Miss Kate Miles Latin Miss Nora Frederick Biological Science Mr. Albert Avey Principal Miss Mary B. Rice Music Miss Katherine Kopf Drawing and Design Miss Grace Armstrong Domestic Science Mr. Harry Hadden Manual Arts Mr. Arthur Hickman Penmanship Page fifteen English History Mr. Gko. F, Bi ooks Physical Science Mr. Karr H. Mirrkr Manual Arts Mr. (Are Van Ai: ex P hysical 1 ra.niug Miss Margaret Moore Ass’t Principal Mathematics Miss Ersik Watkrx. Household Ails H T r a , • ’ i i ii . o . . Lt _it ! 1! 1 . R T Mrss Frances Hamirtox Commercial Subjects P ge sixttc n Kl a £’c twenty-seven Class Officers President Charles Hinchee. Vice-president Roscoe Robinson. Secretary Dorothy Smith. Treasurer Guy Hall. Colors Black upon Scarlet. Motto Impossible is Un-American. Flower American Beauty. Class Yell. Clickitv, clackity, zis, boom, bah! Senior, Senior, rah, rah, rah! Ran! rah! rah! good, better, best! Senior, Senior, S. H. S! Class Roll. Honors For Four Years MARY LARSON Applebaugh, Gussye Archer- Tressa Branson, Irel Brewster, Lp;ster Butzer, Meta Corman, Bessie Dick, Harlow Kss, Myrtle P ' reeman, Inez Glueck, Mable Guiles, Verna Hall, Guy Hinchee, Charles Larson, Mary Lockard, Susan Lusk, Lucy Neptune, Harold Radke, Frances Robinson, Roscoe Rouse, Glindon Skelton, Vara Smith, Dorothy Swift, Dean Young, Louise Page eighteen Susan is like Martha Washington. Fairness, sedateness, all caught from a run. As Harold goes his happy way. He’ll meet a thousand Beauties gay. Inez is like the Debutante fair— The flower and the girl both rare. Myrtle’s flower- have you guessed it yet? It is the sweet and sparkling rose- Croquett. Page nineteen. I ■ 1 1 .Jras E As the Prairie Queen is to other flowers So Dorothy is to this class of ours. Among good fellows does Charles belong, He’s for Killarney, both flower and song. The Bride’s Rose falls to Vara’s lot. The fault is fate’s— but our’s not. Champion of the World is the flower of Guy You see that his ideals are high. Page twenty Shining always in sun and shower. Is Hernia — Lucy’s flower. Lage twenty one Ted is the Duke of Edinburgh, And lots about him no doubt you’ve heard. The seven sisters nod to the sky, So Lester bashfully passes by. We’ve given the yellow rose to Dean; It’s one of the prettiest flowers seen. Frances and her Prickly Briar Will charm one day the young town crier. Ail roses fair does Reaman praise, Both days and night and nights and days. Ci Young Blush Rose of fair-y hue Is Nancy with her eyes so blue. Meta is the lady gay— She’s sweetest in the month of May. Page twenty-two To Louise we give the Jersey Beauty; She’ll take it with a sense of duty. Dorothy Perkins was a quaint little dame, And Glindon’s flower wears her quaint name. The Wild Rose smiles through summer showers, And so does Bessie, though tests are ours. On Marv the brightest sun use gleims; May it awaken her dreams! ' V ' 3 Sweet and severe as the wee tea rose. And just as fair our Mable grows. Because of the nonsense that never does cease. To Roscoe is given the flower Caprice. To Tressa is given the Baltimore Belle. Suggesting more than words can tell. Gussye is like the sweet Moss Rose; Shy and secluded it softly glows. warn Our Rose A flower blows, a sweet, red rose And smiles upon the morning; In jeweled dream, the dewdrops gleam. Nor heed sweet Robin’s warning. The soft incense, fragrant and dense, Hangs o’er the bended flower. The breezes wake, the pearled drops shake A fairy tinted shower. The golden heart of suns apart; The petals softly glowing; Tis just a rose, a sweet, red rose In your own garden growing. Page twenty-six Tim Jefferson From Arkansas “Say, kids, which one of you is goingto the party with that fel- low that’s, visiting Joe Goodwin?” exclaimed Jennie Phillips, rush- ing into the room where her friends had assembled to arrange for the “big feed”. “ I just saw him. He’s a peach; Tim Jefferson from Arkansas”. “When did you see him, Jennie?” asked one. “Just now. There he goes. Took!” They rushed to the window to see “the peach”, but at sight of him.thay threw up their hands and shrieked with laughter, all but one, Jane Howard was busy and had not gone to the window; she hid seen the stranger before. When the girls turned, laughing from the window, they saw her serious face. “Well if you had seen — “What’s the matter, Jane?” “Didn’tyou seethe human won- der?” they all ask together. “I saw that gentleman who just passed yesterday but I don’t think it’s anything to laugh at. He’s Joe’scousin, and I think there’s not very many here that would laugh at Joe. He never had the chance that some of you have had, and since lie’s here, it’s up to us to show him a good time, for Joe’s sake, if not for his own.” “Let her talk,” whispered one of the girls, “It’s her way”. “Til bet she has him for the party; that i-i what ' s the matter.” said another. “I have, ’’said Jane quietly, and Tm glad.” The girls looked at each other in open-eyed wonder, but no one ever made comments when Jane assumed that tone of voice. Jane was Joe‘s favorite as she was every other boy ' s in town, and for once no one envied her. Tim Jeffeason was a tall, lean, lank Arkansan, who had never been out of the boundaries of his country until now. His hair was as red as the end of King Henry ' s nose;his face put one in mind of a dominac rooster; and his plaid necktie ar.d his knock-kneed trous- ers suggested at once the backwoodsman. It took no little persuasion on Joe ' s part to convince his cous- in that he ought to go to the party. He was bashful; if he went he ' vould have to take a girl. Joe of course would not go without him, Page twenty-seven. and Joe had“a date.” Finally after Joe promised toget“his date” and to take him to the girl’s house, he consented to go. But poor Tim! It was a good thing it was the day of the party and he could not get away, or I ' m afraid he would have beat it back to Arkansas. Tim had but one suit of clothes and this he had bought three years ago to go to the county fair. He had grown some since then and consequently in his own language the suit looked as if it was pulled too soon. His trouser legs lacked two inches of com- ing to the tops of his shoes, and they fitted so tightly that his legs looked as bowed as pump handles. His coat sleeves came a little below his elbows, but were about three inches longer than his coat tail. When in evening array, he put one in mind of a dressed clothes-line. At last it was time to start. Joe took him to the gate of Jane’s house, saying, “just go up and ask for Miss Howard.” “You go in and get her. I’ll wait out here,” begged Tim los- ing his nerve. “I just won’t go in there.” All right,” said Joe laughing. He went up to the door and rang the door bell. Jane had got ready early so that she might save Tim all the un- necessary embarrassment of waiting in the parlor. When Joe rang the bell, she opened tlie door. “Hello, Joe, Where is your cousin?’ ’ she asked looking about. “Ohlbut he’s bash- ful; he wouldn’t come in, but made me come and get you”, said Joe. “ You‘11 have the time of your life, but I want to thank you right now for coming with him . They found Tim where he had been left, and aftei the introduction Joe left them to their own resources. J itn always was reserved but now it was up to him to blow off a little. He tried to think of something to say, but all that would come was: “My Golly, what shall I say?” Fortuently Jane had the tact of most girls and came to the rescue by asking him all sorts of questions about his home and the country in which he lived. But finally conversation lagged. After at least twenty one-sided remarks Jane was about to yive up in despair when Tim suddenly took courage. “Do you think it will rain? he asked. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. “No not to night, it would be more liable to snow,” said Jane Page twenty eight and she looked away and smiled. “We have some powerful heavy rains down home,” continued Tim, thinking he had made a pretty good start. ‘‘One night Ma and sister Pol got caught and had to stay all night in an old cow- shed Ha! Ha! Ha!. That was about two year ago.” They had now come to the club house where the party was to be held. L,uck seemed against the stranger. Just as he stepped into the room and all eyes were turned upon him, his foot caught some thing and down came Timothy stretching his full length on the floor. An audible giggle went around, but the silence that followed was equally audible, for Jane — dignified, much admired Jane, had risen to the occasion. She gave them all one quick glance of scorn and reached out her hand encouragingly to the sprawling form. After that during the first part of the evening Tim got along like a hero. When supper time came, however, could Tim find his girl? Ah! I’m afiaid not, Tim. He had scarcely looked at heron the way up there and h id not even glanced at her since he came in: he was too busy picking himself up at first and afterwards too busy keeping from falling again. No wonder he couldn’t find her, though, even had he looked at her. Molly Davis had bought a new spring pattern and every girl in town hid borrowed itjtonight every girl was there arrayed in a pink or blu e princess gown. Tim, however, hunted up Joe and had him point out Jane to him. Tim was still a little confused and as luck would have it he got the one sitting next to Jane, but no one noticed the error but Jane and the other girl. Immediately after supper they turned the party into a dance. Tim decided that he should not dance after the blunder he had made at supper, but he was destined to no such good luck. The girls had shown their disgust with Jane for taking Tim’s part, and when the dance began, one said to her: “Why don’t you get your Plymouth Rock and dance? Yes, why don’t you?I’ll bet he‘sas graceful as a pigtryingto skate,” suggested another. Jane said nothing but determined that they would repent their words. Tim had told her he was a fair dancer and she was con- Page twenty -nine sidered the best in town. After twelve o’clock there was to be a con- test to see which couple were the best dancers. It being leap year the girls were to choose their partners. At last twelve o’clock came. do for everything.” “Yes, I guess I’ll get Mr. TiMothy for my partner, “ remarked another laughing. Then to the amazement of all, Jane vralked over to where Tim was and got him for her pardner. “What does she mean? She knows she can ' t get the prize now. ’ ’ “Oh well, we’ll see some fun, maybe”. Jane was talking and laughing with Tim, awaiting the beginning of the dance. There were three prizes to be given, one to the couple of best waltzers, another to the couple that danced thetwostep best, and a third to the couple that danced the schottische the best. The judg- es had taken their seats and the music had begun. Tim and Jane glided off. Every eye was fixed on them. The spectators gasped in their astonishment. He, Tim, did not dance like a pig on ice; he danced perfectly without a misstep. “Eook at that hobo dance.” “Guess Jane knew what she was going” “Well I wondered,” — “Isn’t he great?” These were some of the remarks that followed. The prize for the waltzers was given to Mr. Tim Jefferson and Miss Jane Howard. Next was the two-step; the prize was taken by the same couple. The prize for the schottische was awarded to them, too. Jane and Tim walked to their seats amid great applause. People seemed to have changed their minds about Tim; thej r crowded about shaking his hands both at once. Even the girls apologized to Jane for their rudeness. Tim stayed at his cousin’s two weeks longer and then returned to Arkansas. Many are the stories he tells now to his chums of his visit and his ‘ ' girl back East. ’ ’ The girls do not giggle any more when Jane Howard speaks blushinglv of Tim Jefferson of Arkansas, but rather they look at her enviously. Roscoe Robinson, ' 12 As Aurora changes through each day We give to Verna and her queer way. Since Harlo is so tall and slim We give to him the rose most prim. a ge thirty-one Page thirty-two O, BEAUTIFUL ROSE, Your emblem and mine. We SEE in THY BOSOM A BEAUTY DIVINE. A College Town. The annual high school play, “A College Town”, was given in Convention Hall Friday evening, April 12. The cast was chosen from the student body, there being in it representatives of all four classes. Leading parts were usually assigned to the upper class- men. The play was given for the benefit of The Habit fund. The amount cleared was three hundred and four dollars and thirty-seven cents. CAST P ' OR “A COLLEGE TOWN.” Page thirty-three “BOOGY LAND.” CHORUS FOR “A COLLEGE TOWN” CHORUS FOR “A COLLEGE TOWN.” Page thirty-four The Spectator. ON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. The Spectator does not mean to imply by the title “On High School Graduates,” that high school graduates are much different from the grad- uates of a college or any other institution of learning. It simply happens that the majority of graduates that have come under his notice have been high school products. Of course he has seen a number of college graduates, but, when the exultation of graduation has not already worn off, their snob- bery has been so extremely high-class and refined that it would scarcely be fair to say much, not undei standing the subject any better than the Spec- tator does. As the Spectator was once a graduate himself he feels qualified to do justice to the subject without too much egoism. For a period of ten or twelve years dl graduates have been looking for- ward to the time when they will sit upon the stage at the first of June and receive a certain paper tied with pretty ribbons. They have watched this performance for perhaps six or sever times, and each year they have near- ly all advanced one more unit of the distance. When they have passed through the lower schools and are ready for the high school course, it still seems a long distance to the goal. At last, however, they become Seniors having watched the last class receive their diplomas. It hardly seems pos- sible then that next spring they will stand up to receive their honors as so many classes have done befoie them. As winter passes and spring comes on they grow indifferent to the underclassmen. They have begun to feel that they are really going to be ihere themselves when all the nice things are said about the graduating class and all the multitudinous advice of the wise and others is given them so freely. The lower classes draw aside from them as peasants from nobility. Despite the general opinion of the grad- uates, the he-professors and the she-professors do show them little consid- erations and privileges not accorded to the other classes. No one could name any instances, of course, but it all serves the purpose of making them think or rather know that they are certainly above ordinary people in the paths of knowledge. In reality the high school graduates of today have a better knowledge of many things than some older people who insist upon the ‘ ‘way it was done when 1 was a boy”. The boys and girls of the present are given modern educations. The high schools especially fitted to the needs of the present and future tradesman; graduates now may go immediately into business. The courses in business are given to meet the present methods in a modern way. The manual training department gives the newest ways of manufact- ure and uses the latest and best improved tools. The girls are taught how to cook and also the science of foods. Besides these special branches, there are still mathematics, h’ story and the languages, all taught, too, in very modern ways. But with all its equipment the high school does not aim to send forth scholars or expert workmen. It is still a preparatory school, and its graduates are prepared to become scholars or expert work- men. Now, Class of 1912, the Spectator has done his best to glorify you as graduates and justify any haughtiness on youir part, and with all his readers, he hopes, wishes you success in any line you may choose to follow even if it is nothing more than the clothes-line. Yours respectfully, THE SPECTATOR. Page thirty -five MB Mkm. I ' iWx Senior Class History. For four short years we have been together - that is the most of us of the class of 1912. In the spring of 1908 there were nearly one hundred of us, whom Mr. L,ofty on our graduation night assur ed of a “bright and promising” future. Yes, bright and promis- ing it was then, but when one now considers our much diminished number, one might well believe that assurance had been without foundation, for at present there are but twenty-four of 11 s to gradu- ate from high school. In the fall of 1908, however, we entered the high school — the old building was still in use then — a strong and eager band. How innocent we were! From the upperclassmen we learned all sorts of lessons, sometimes at our expense. It was with a wholly inexperienced love for our teachers that we followed blindly theguid race of the too kind hearted Juniors and Seniors, and bought a chair for the illus- trious faculty. During our Freshman year we studied hard, and some of our members ha 1 eignt credits at the end of the second term. We did not have parties and camp fires then; these were only for the upper classmen. The next fall the new building was opened. We entered as Sopho- mores, and after many admonitions from the teachers we were taught with the Freshmen not to scratch the furniture. As we were now accustomed to high school work, we decided to entertain. During this year we had three parties, one ct Kirtland’s on New Year’s, one at Me Dowell’s and one atHinchee’s. At Kirtland’s we watch- ed the old year out, and the new year in. At McDowell’s we were surprised by the appearance of some uninvited guests, the Freshmen, poor timid little things, who thought it would be fun to plunder the refreshments. But alas, for them! we had already grown wise; we were Sophomores. O 11 Hallowe’en Charles Hi lichee invited the class to his home for a party, and we had such a good lime that every other year we have been in high school he has invited 11 s out for the same occasion. Thoughts of Hallowe’en tricks make us al- most wish we were not Seniors that we might look forward to anoth- er happy evening there. The spring of that year passed in a quiet way; then came the summer vacation, you know, and cow we loved it still. But as usual school followed after vacation. Page thirty-six ■ • a ? mm Iii October Charles Hinchee invited the Juniors out to his home for their second Halloween party. Many Juniors found it impossi- ble to attend, but those who did go will never forget the ghosts, witches, and other spooky things that Charles concealed about the house for us to run into accidentally. Forest Ritter also entertained the Juniors at his home on Santa Fe avenue. There were about forty of us in that merry gathering. The next party was given by Veta Hinkle. The entertainment was unique in that a ghost told ns of our past, and she really did know some true things about us. The game played during the evening was a progressive peanut hunt; this was very amusing as some little Juniors would eat the peanuts instead of playing with them. In the fall of 1910 we were Juniors upper classmen at last. How important we fell! Music was made an elective study and many of the Juniors joined the class; and some of the more music- al ones, as Seniors, are still taking the work this year. Many of the Juniors last year took leading parts in the “Mikado,” which was given by the music class under the direction of Miss Rice. October, 1911 was a dull month. The Junior boys tried to liven things up; they raised the Junior colors on top of the high school building, and the Senior boys promptly took them down and tore them up. What followed it is not necessary to speak of here. Each year in May the Juniors give a reception in honor of the Seniors. East year the reception was given May 19 in Bulkley Hall. We Seniors remem- ber the reception well; who could forget how we borrowed pillows and pennants? Violet and white, the colors of the class of 1911, were in evidence everywhere, as were also our own red and black, as well as the red and white, the high school colors. During the even- ing a musical program was given. Punch and wafers were served by four Freshman girls; and later in the evening light refreshments were served by Sophomore girls. White carnations were given as favors to all, this being the class flower. One prominent feature of the reception — prominent to us at least — was the cost. But after all our fretting we came out with some money — some dollars, in fact — in our treasury. Not wanting it to lie idle during the sum- mer months, the class decided to have a hay-rack ride. On a very warm afternoon we drove out to White’s farm, chaperoned by Miss Page thirty-seven Marian Steck. We had a jolly time boat riding on the river. A- bout seven o’clock we had a picnic supper and were going to spend the evening around a camp fire, but suddenly it got dark, it thund ered and lightened. We Juniors started for town, but before mos 1 of us got home we were wet. I don’t think many of us will forget that hay rack ride;— we were coo scared. After another vacation all too short we had arrived at the most momentous of all times in our high school career oui senior yeai . The Senior year has been the best of all four years. Many new ideas have been introduced by the faculty to make school life pleas- ant for all the classes. This year each class has had sponsors, who to the Seniors, at least, have proved invaluable. It was upon their advice that we decided to elect new class officers, a new custom never followed in our high school before. Another thing the Sponsors have done for us was to give us as well as all other classes the right to have one party a term in the building. Just before Christmas we enter- tained the foot-ball boys in the rest room. Contests and games were the diversion of the evening; all the clever actions and prizes had a holiday aspect. Early in the fall Charles Hinchee had his annual Hallowe’en party. Twice this year we have had Senior en- tertainments that is entertainments by the Seniors of the for the public. One was a little “play” we gave in Chapel the Friday before the Christmas holidays. The setting was a ountry school years ago; the pupils were our dignified faculty when they were young. The different Seniors played the different parts, Glin- don Rouse acting as “teacher” Roscoe Robinson, as Professor Brooks showed unexpected ability as an orator upon the subject of con- trolling the water pressure in Colorado Springs. The second enter- tainment was given in Marchby “Professor George Fredrick Brooks with His Senior Boys”: We all had such a good time that itishard to knowwhoenjoyed themselves the most-the audience ortheSenio: girls who ushered or the Senior boys themselves. The musical qualities our boys displayed were surprising, even to themselves Here again Roscoe Rodinson as Professor George Hayrick Crooks was ushered in at the last moment to substitute for Mr. Brooks, we almost believe that, upon occasion, he could supply even in the class room now for our Professor Sponsor. There were so many stars a- Page seventy-eight pPMPfffff niongst us that night that we should be afraid to comment upon them all, lest Paderewski or Spagetti Caruso should be jealous of the fame of the “Great Big Beautiful Doll”. The class of ’12 has not been noted for its innovations. Yet there are two ways in which we have been different from all other graduating classes of “Salina High”. One is in the giving up of the annual with all its troublesome labor and expense for the sake of having the commencement issue of The Habit dedicated to our class. Though we did not altogether like the idea of giving up this distinctively Senior publication, we were glad to shift the respon- sibility, and were reconciled by the promise of the best, the biggest, the prettiest Habit the staff has ever edited. We have much confi- dence in the staff. The editor, Frances Radke, has already distin- guished herself as the author of “The Little Pioneer,” and with her in the position of editor, we Seniors are so sure of success that we all await eagerly the appearance of the first copy. Good bye, old Annual: You were all right once, but your day is over. Our other innovation, the class-day program, we shall not be able to commemorate here, for that will be the last thing but gradu- ating itself. We mean to make much of it, however, much that we shall all remember. It is with great reluctance that we let ourselves realize we are through high school. We shall miss the basket-ball games, the school plays and the chapels. We shall not meet fellow students and teach- ers in the old way again. But we shall have graduated; we shall have received our diplomas. Farewell, old S. H. S! Farewell. Page thirty-nin n nMBnmnnMiHMMlHiiHH EDITORIAL THE COMMENCEMENT NUMBER. The Commencement Issue of the Habit is this year taking the place of the customary Senior publication, the Annual. Prior to this time there have been issued very creditable reviews of the school year, each successive Annual being an improvement upon the previous one. The Class of 1912, however, has set aside this custom by accepting the Commencement Issue of the school paper, edited by the regular staff. This is advantageous in many waj s both to the Seniors and the Staff. In the first place it relieves the class of getting out such a production. To the Annual, the whole Senior class was expected to contribute something; whereas this issue is chiefly the work of the staff and its especially mentioned assistants. Then, too, the expenses of such publications are great. Much de- pends upon the advertisements. These had been solicited by The Habit through the year and would have been difficult to obtain for another student undertaking. It was w ith a feeling of awe that the Staff at length began to assume the responsibilities which would re- sult in a fitting ending of the second volume of The Habit. It is in this last number that The Habit wishes to extend its congratulations to the successful Seniors upon the eve of their graduation. To the new staff, the staff of 1912-1913 we, the present staff, transfer the re- sponsibility of all future issues, and reluctantly make our exit with the closing of the covers of the commencement issue. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. A number of persons not belonging to the staff have assisted 111 the editing of the Commencement Issue. Although we find it im- possible to state the work of each, never-the-less we desire to express our appreciation for their time and talent. Those deserving special mention are: Dorthy Day, Inez Freeman, Verna Guiles, Roscoe Robinson, Tressa Archer, Virgil Hower, and Myrtle Ess. We also wish to thank Miss Dolbee, our English intstructer, for her ready assistance and guidance of the staff, Miss Kopf for her many sug gestions to our art editor and Mr Miller for his advice to the busi- ness staff, and his untiring efforts in the shop. To all others, too, who have helped us indirectly by showing an appreciative interest we wish to express our gratitude. THE YEAR OF 1911-12 Now that the close of the school year draws nearer, as at the close of eveiy school year, we think of the many things that have been accomplished in the high school. One of the most important enterprises has been the introduction the University Lecture Course. Some very excellant talks have been given through the winter, by seme of the best professors of the Uni- versity of Kansas. The unusually loyal spirit towards athletics in the high school this year is of interest to all of us. In football last fall, the team, with Mr. Oscar Dahlene as our coach w is very succesful. losing- only a few of the games played. Our basketball teim was one of which we may well be proud. We met with o lly three defeats during the entire season. This is the first year tint we have ever sent our team to the State Basket Ball i ournament at Lawerence. Every- one knows the result of our game with Nickerson. Although unsuc cessful at Lawrence, we won the Championship of the Solomon Val- ley League, being defeated in it only once. Several entertainments of general interest to everyone have been given at the high school during the year. The “Kuntry Karnival,” given by the Junior class, under the direction of their sponsors, was a success. Another entertainment, given by the Senior class at Christmastime, although not appreciated by some of the faculty, was enjoyed by most of us. The greatest event of all however was, “The College Town”, which was given in Convention Hall, Friday April 12. The number of teachers as well as the number of students has increased greatly this year. There are now twenty teachers on our faculty. The total number of students is three hundred a id thirty- six, one hundred and fourty-two boys and one hundred and ninty- four girls. From all standpoints it has been a good war, and next year promises already to be better. Page forty-two £30 The Habit Within the short year and a half of its existence, The Habit has found a warm place in the heart of every loyal high school student. The paper has grown very materially, as was to be expected. From the meagre little twenty page first number of the first volume there has been a steady ad- vance to the present hundred page issue, the last number of the second vol- ume. The number of departments has increased; the woik in each depart- ment is constantly being better edited. In looking back over the present vol- ume, we feel proud of the good things it displays. We do not know of any other high aehool paper that has published a “Little Pioneer” — an eight chapter continued story. Once or twice the staff has been more or lass sh rttarad.but the courage of the editor, her faithful assistants and the advisors has been so undaunted, that not once did an issue show any effect of these discouraging conditions. The Habit has become too thoroughly the habit for anything to interfere. This year the printing class, under the direction of Mr. Miller, has be- come so efficient that not ounce has it been necessary to have outside help in the shop to publish any issue. The quality of work in this Commence- ment number bespeaks the skill of the printers. To all— both the editors and the printers- an interested friend offers congratulations. Now and Then During the middle of the year the printing class became so large that it taxed the ingenuity of the entire faculty as well as the student body to keep the class busy ' . Finally out of the situation there grew a joint pro- duction- “Now and Then”. edited occasionally by the student body, assisted by the faculty, printed by the printing class, and distributed free to nil subscribers the subscription price being loyalty and support. Now and Then,” to be sure was true to its name appearing only now and then. It proved agood way for the faculty to voice its views, and next year we ex - pect to see it more frequently. Page forty-three Junior-Senior Reception. The Junior-Senior reception was held in the high school building, Saturday evening, May 11. The party was one of the prettiest and most successful ever given in the history of the school. The gymnasium, where the guests were received, was turned into an indoor forest; trees, logs, stumps, shrubbery and leaves all being used to make it seem a natural wood. During the first part of the evening the sophomores played “As You Like It. ” Music was furnished by Mrs. Rose French- Brooks and the Wesleyan Orchestra. In the first corrider, where the Junior colors, pink and white, were used on the quartet tab- les and about the pillars, a two-course luncheon was served by the Junior girls. The Juniors, who had the assistance of the. Junior sponsors and Miss Noftzger and Miss Fitzpatrick, are to be congratulated on the success of their undertaking. Page forty-four ICBK Senior Events One of the distinctively Senior events of the year was the Christmas program given in chapel on the morning of December23. The seniors gave what they called a play, “Into the Infinite Past”. The setting was a country school house; the time, nine o clock it: the morning. The cast was made up of the school teacher, eliabod Crane, whose part was taken by Glindon Rouse, and the pupils, consisting of the faculty members in their faraway- youth, all of whose parts were taken by members of the senior class. Some of the features of the little play were roll call by the teacher, recitation by the pupils, snort talks by the visiting members of the school board and the clos- i.ig ;o:ig, “Rag around a Rosie”. On Fridad night, March 15, the Senior boys appeared again under the direction of Professor Gecrge Frederick Brooks. The evening’s entertainment was very successful. Because of Mr. Book’s sudden development of a sore throat, it was neccessary for n s substitute, Roscoe Robinson, to take his place as Professor George Hayrick Crooks. The program consisted of recitations, m.isie, jokes and tire performance of athletic feats. ?a C2 forty-five .... OUR FACULTY BABY Page forty Senior Calendar For 1912 . September - School opens. The Seniors view the new teachers and the bash- ful Freshmen. Seniors hold their first class meeting and elect their class offi- cers. October- Gym begins for old as well as young. Alas! for the Seniors. The following speaks for itself; “Come to Hinchee’s on Hallowe’en, Come at eight, any old time leave; Witches will be there, your future to say— Whether you go up or the other way.’’ November- The Seniors begin to plan for their “Memory Book.’’ The Seniors have a “wienie roast” at White’s Farm. Great time and and great bunch. There were three Seniors upon the honor-roll!! December - The Seniors are introduced to t:,eir sponsors. Happy meeting! The Seniors have a party in the rest-room, at which the fooG ball boys are entertained. The Seniors make their first appearance when they “put on” the country-school. January- The Seniors commence a long and spirited debate about class- pins. The Seniors win the championship of the high school in basket- ball. Mid-year’s beginning and end! February- The Senior girls lose some of their dignity. Almost all the Seniors are absent from school (See George Washington for particulars.) The Seniors visit Rolfe’s studio. Ghastly results. March- The Senior girls “Stoop to Conquer”—. The Senior girls plan to organize a “ped ” club. The Senior boys make themselves famous in an original comedy. The Seniors appear in moving pictures. April- The Senior girls have their pictures taken. Page forty-eight The mothers of the Senior girls have a meeting at the high school. Graduation gowns become interesting. Many of the Seniors help to put on “The College Town,” the annual high school play. The Seniors are very quiet . S;udying hard, as usual! Our first May Queen is chosen, and she is a Senior. The Seniors give their last class party. The class pins arrive! The Seniors are entertained royally by the Juniors at the dear old, “Alma Mater”. Examinations! More examinations. The Baccalaureate Sermon is delivered by Re . Mr. Van Orden. Beginning of the end - Graduation Day, the day for which all other days were made. Class Day. ' Commencement Habits. Farewell l icnic. When Shepherds played on oaten pipes, Their flocks drew near to hear The serenade their masters made, That music sweet and clear. When “Jack Frost” played the water-pipes, The plumber ’gan to hear The sound of “mun” for work half-done, Sweet music to his ear. When Willie played Pa’s meerschaum pipe, His mother stopped to hear A sound well known, a stifled groan, That groaning full of fear. From these pipes three a lesson we May get, my gentle friend. If we use either kind, we’re sure to find l here’s something on the end. Bruce Todd, ’13. y-nine Letters to Madam Helpemout. My dear Madam Helpemout, What can I do to remove sunburn in one night? Anxiously, Lester B, Dear Lester, Walk upstairs frontward and eat a slice of bread without any butter. Sincerely, Madam Helpemout. Dear Madam Helpemout, Won’t you tell me how to get taller so’s I can soar with a bird— auf Deutsch, Vogel? I think it would be so nice. Yours truly, Gussye. Dear Gussye, Wear gym shoes everywhere, take half a dose of Anti-fat, and borrow Tom Thumb’s stilts; within a week of the Millenium you may hope to fly. Yours, Madam Helpemout. Madame! I 3hallsoon be in great need of something to preside over. Advise me what to do. Yours respectively, C. Hinrhee, Class President. Mr. C. Hinchee, Class President, Salina High School. Dear Sir: Having had no personal experience in such a case, I find your gentle request hard to answer. After studying the grade cards, and reading the political notes in the newspapers, I suggest one of the following courses: Either enroll as a Freshman again in S. H.S. with Page fifty the present Freshman class and run for office there; or else try for the job of city engineer. Of the two, the latter, nodoubt, will be the eas- ier. Sincerely, Madame Helpemout. My Dear Madam Helpemout, Do suggest something I can “accompany” when I leave the dear old high school. I fear I shall die of lonesomeness. Sorrowfully yours, Vara Skelton. My dear Miss Skelton, Why do you not donate your service to the Salvation Army at once? With that organization you can gain public fame daily on the street coiners. Graciously, Madam Helpemout. Dear Madam, What would you advise me to do with the class money left in the treasury at the end of the year? Thanking you in advance, Guy Hall, Class Treas. My dear Mr. Hall, After referring the matter to the sponsors, I should advise you not to pay the class debts, but to contribute the money to the Rest Rjom fund now showing a deficit of some $25. Kindly yours, M. Helpemout. Dear Madam Helpemout, vVnat can I do to make my pompadour more fetching? In haste, Dean Swift. My dear Mr. Swift, First of all, my dear sir, don’t get. in a hurry, Alternating hours during the day use the varnish and glue in the shop. Every night before retirin apply outvardly a flax seed poultice. After a ten days treat- ment you may expect to get the desired effect. Yours truly. M. Helpemout. My dear Madam Helpemout, Since red hair is not in style this season can you tell me how to change the color of my hair? Eagerly, Louise Y. My dear Miss Louise, Red hair is just another form of iron rust, obtained in some stage of pre existence. Continued application of lemon and salt re- peatedly expos’ng the hair to the sun will eventually bring it back to- i s original toneless hue. Faithfully yours, Madam Helpemout. p ag e fifty-one Dear Madam Helpemout, Lyle is so ways to cook them. fond of potatoes, do tell me at least three In haste, Dorothy Smith. My Dear Miss Smith, Bake them; Boil them; Fry them. In equal haste, Madam Helpemout. My dear Madam Helpemout, Having just decided to devote my hie to the writing of poetry, I should like to know ho to make my name fam- ous at once. Sincerly, Tressa A. Dear Miss Tressa, If you can afford it have your name and your literary pedigree inserted in the next edition of Who’s Who in America. If that is out of the question stay around S. H. S. until the editor of 4 who s who” in The Habit notices you sufficiently to give you a discussion there. While names are not attached there, your friends at least would discover your identity in the answers in the next issue. Most kindly, Madam Heipemout. Dear Madam: , ... Being unusually skilled as a dramatic reader, 1 should like to know the names of some good “Speakers.” Yours truly, Glindon. My dear Glindon: The complimentary close of your letter is so simple, that 1 fear you are too young to estimate your own ability. If you ever mas- ter the ‘‘Song to Pan”, however, to the satisfaction of your English teacher you might try some of the selections in the Third Reader. Encouragingly. Madam Helpemout. Dear Madam; How shall I ever learn not to blush? Bessie C. My dear charms. Be s sie; . . Blushing is a very pretty habit. Culivate it o± all Madam Helpemout. Page fifty-two M WinriRJfSIf sm tmrnsmBmmmaHmi Dear Madam Helpemout. How shall we tell which of the two Senior boys, Guy rr n and Bruce Todd, is the better looking? 1 1,1 In great haste, Verna Guiles. My dear Miss Guiles, In my opinion neither one has any claims to beauty. Madam Helpemout. Dear Madam, Well, why is it the boys all like me better when I rat my hair? Yours truly, Mable Glueck. My dear Mable, 1 didn’t know they did. Are you sure you are not mistaken? Very kindly, M. Helpemout. Dear Madam Helpemout, Having spilled some editorial ink on my new dress, I’d be glad to know how to remove it. Inquiringly, F. Radke. My dear Miss Radke, To remove ink spots use a fine piece of sand paper and a brick. Lay the ink spot over the brick and rub with the sand paper until the spot disappears. Obligingly, M. Helpemount Dear Madam Helpmout, Which are the happier, tall or short people? Eagerly, H. Dick. My dear Mr. Dick, The height has nothing to do with it. It is all determined by the breadth. For example, see Guy Hall. Sincerely M. Helpemout. Dear Madam, Am I too thin to teach school? Myrtle E. My Dear Myrtle E. No. You are just the right size Tall thin people don’t have any nerve. For reference, see Miss Moore. Sincerely, Madam Helpmout. Dear Madam Helpemout, What can we do to keep from being separated? Do tell us. we beseech you. Lucy and Susan. Dear Lucy and Susan, You might set up old maids’ quarters snd raise canary birds for a living. Madam Helpemout- age fifty three. Dear Madam Helpemout, Which will it pay me better to do, to continue to sell shoes at Bulkley’s in the afternoons or to farm all day? Eagerly 1 await your answer. Ted Branson. Dear Ted, If the shoe trade will not suffer to seriously, it would pay better to farm all day. Sincerely, M. Helpemout. Dear Madam Helpemout. Isn’t it better to dress plainly when one teaches school? M Larson. My dear Miss. Larson; Having never had any experience either as teacher or as pupil, I scarcely feel competent to answer your question. Madam Helpemout. Dear Madam Helpemont, Can you tell me how to make a kind of salad that George wili like? Inez F. Dear Inez, Not having ever seen George I regret that I cannot recommend a satisfactory receipt. Madam Helpemout. Madame: Can a good looking fellow ever become too self-confident? Heddie Neptune. My dear Mr. Neptuue, Your question is untimely. You are already too far gene for the answer to help you any. Most truly, Madam Helpemout. Dear Madam Helpemout, Why is it they don’t elect a May King as well as a May Queen? Anxiously, Meta Butzer. My dear Miss Meta, Though I have heard the matter discussed, I feel that the rea- son must be that, if a King stood by, the Queen would be of only secondary importance. Sincerely, M. Helpemout. Stage-struck Bridget Bridget 0’ Shindy, from Ireland, and stout, Was love-sick, and stage-struck, and suffered with gout. She bore in her apron - upon the right side- A book of theatricals, known far and wide. Now Bridget was cook in a family of five; She nearly starved them,- they could scarce keep alive; For while she was reading in her play house book She burned all the eatables,- bad for a cook. Of gestures she’d many, stored up for a year; She’d roll up her eyes, and recite loud and clear. At last her poor master had all he could stand, So out of the door did our heroine land. And out in the street, forlorn and a sight, She saw on a placard, “Amateur Night”, Writ in big letters above the first floor; So into the theater went by the door. She said to herself, “I will now try my luck, The worst thing I’ll get will be only the ho ok.” She booked with the manager to recite that night, And then off she went, her face all a-light. She practised on gestures, and accent and all, Rose up on her toes to make herself tall. Said, “Bridget, me darlint you’ll soon come to fame, And to Geialdine Vete de Vere changin’ yer name.” She borrowed from Patty her best Sunday gown, And arrayed like a rainbow she went downtown; Her book in one hand th’other waving in air; Said people, “Look out! there’s a crazy ’un there!” And then when our Bridget got on the stage In hooting and hissing did the audience engage. And when she opened her mouth for to speak A good sized tomato struck her on the cheek. Get the hook! Get the hook! cried every man. “Get her off of the stage just as quick as you cau!” So a large-sized hook was straightway extended And poor Bridget in mid-air was quickly suspended. 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As parties in the gymnasium were forbidden except for Seniors, this seemed the only way for the large index classes to get together at all. Just before the end of the first term the Junior class gave a Kuntry Kami val, the proceeds of which were to be useo to defray the expenses of the Junior-Senior reception later in the year. The whole lower corridor and the rooms opening into it n-ere used for the different attractions. The Juniors had the undivided support of the other classes and the friends of the school so that the even- ing was in every way a success. The reception was given in the high school building, Saturday night, May 11. The second term a freshman reading club “The Dreamers” was organized with Fannie Mclntire as president, Jessamine Harris as secretary and treasurer, and Cle.n Eva is as sergeant-at-arms. At first the dreamers seemed to be very much awake, but since the second meeting they seem to have remembered what their name im- plies. Their motto, “We read and dream, then dream and read a- new,” they are probably following out to the letter, and have now arrived at the dreaming stage. After a careful study of the “Merchant of Venice,” the Fresh- man classes gave a presentation of the play in the high school chapel for the entertainment however of the “Freshmen only,” though a few of the upper classmen disobediently wandered in. Miss Elmore’s Page sixty class had three scenes from the second act and one from the third, Miss Noftzger’s two scenes from the second act and one from the third, and Miss Dolbee’s a scene from the fifth act. The three classes went in together for the trial scene. The Freshmen class did not know before that they had such brilliant actors as those who preformed that afternoon, for everyone did well and several exceptionally well . Every thing went off better than had been ex- pected for there had been only a week in which to prepare for the presentation. In order to get the students and teachers more in sympathy with each other this year outside the class room sponsors were ap- pointed for each class. The Senior sponsors are: Miss Dolbee Mr. Brooksand Miss Fones. The Junior sponsorsare: Miss Moore, Mr. Miller, Miss Noftzger and Miss Frederick. The Sophomore spon- sors are: Miss Elmore, Miss Fitzpatrick, Miss Armstrong and Miss Benn. The Freshmen sponsors are: Miss Miles, Miss Hamilton, Mr. Hadden and Miss Watkins. “A College Town,” a musical comedy by Mr. Bernard Cowham was the annual high school play presented in Convention Hall, Friday night, April 12. The play was given under the direction of Mr. Karl Miller, who is a personal friend of Mr. Cowham’s. Mi. Miller had the assistance of Miss Rice and Miss Fones. The pre- sentation was entirely successful, and to everyone who helped train the cast great credit is due. The cast did well as a whole; certain ones of them, who had not appeared on the stage before, won permanent distinction for them- selves. Dorothy Fitzpatrick and Ruby Boughtou, as Phyllis Dane and the Imp attracted the attention of the audience from the very first and held it throughout the evening. Sally, Polly, Dolly and Molly, who were represented by Neva Anderson, Helen Hoover, Tressa Ar- cher and Verna Guiles, were typical sororit r girls and played their parts as such, well. Ted Branson as Harry Cavendish, the football capt lin, though this was his first appearance, was exceptionally good ; he was at ease continually and had the constant admiration of the audience. Guy Hall, in the role of Billy Finch, was always good, !) ut was at his best when he wasplaying the part of aunt to Harry; he did his part in a most creditable manner. Tho’ Harold Neptune bage sxty-one. ff seemed hardly heavy enough for a football coach, he played the part of Scott McAllister in a way that would have satisfied any football team of the University of Kansas. Dorothy Smith as Dixie Davis was so thoroughly Southern in her action and her talk that one would have thought she belonged in the South; she charmed her whole audience as well as Harry Cavendish, the foot-ball capt- ain. Roscoe Robinson who played the part of Leviticus, the colored janitor, was as versatile as ever; the ease and originality with which he acted his role were remarked by many. Myrtle Ess, who took the part of the college widow, Marjorie Havilaad, was very good, in- deed. Inez Freeman, as Harry’s Aunt from Wall Street, the real Miss Cavendish, was the typical suffragette; in appearance, in act- ion, and in talk she could not have been improved upon Professor Archibald Popp, who was represented by Charles llinchee, was one of the chief fun makers of the evening; Charles would certainly make a good comedian. To Vara Skelton, the pianist, the school as well as the cast, owes its gratitude for her faithfulness as accompanist. The choius work was excellent, and both the boys and the girls are to be congratulated for their part in it. Me a Butzer who appear- ed several times in solo parts has a very sweet voice. Billy and the quartette received a most hearty applause in Dream Girl. Popp, Har- ry and Scott made a hit in Tt can ' t be did”, as did also Popp and the chorus in the “Not in the dictionary.” Members of the girls’ chorus were: Meta Butzer, Mabel Glueck, Helen Robinson, Iikz Mack, Bernice Stivers, Mildred Robinson, Marjorie Pike and Margaret Beedle. The boys’ chorus was made up of Bruce Todd, Leslie Wilson, Albert Kring, Lloyd Muir, Arnold Jones, Clarence Eyer Glindon Rouse, Richard Me Goon and Roy Collins. One of the new features of this year’s play was the program, which is said to be one of the best ever distributed in Convention Hall. It was printed on the high school press. Since “A College Town” was so decidedly a success, The Habit again offers congratulations to all the participants, both the directors and the actors. J age sixty-three r. v nhM ' .. m-Mmimt- m-.v.x m OUR ATHLETIC YEAR. The school has undertaken athletics in a more earnest and enthusiastic way this year than it ever has before. The teams have come out for practice more regularly and the students have attended the games better than in any preceding years. From the football practice in the early fall to the end of baseball practice in the spring the school has been filled with ath- letic spirit. In chapel one day, Coach Dahlene said that he was delighted with the way the squad came out to practice and the spirit it showed. He thanked the team for its loyalty, and said he was pleased to coach such a fine lot of boys. Mr. Miller was also pleased with the basket ball squad, and it has been the largest and most successful squad in the history of the school. The school in general has also helped greatly in the general suc- cess of the year. Its attendance at the foot-ball games was splendid, and it was due largely to its support that our basket-ball team lost so few games and had the privilege of attending the Lawrence tournament. A material demonstration of this interest was shown when the students and the faculty raised about thirty dollars during chapel one day to send the boys to the state meet. We are proud of the spirit the school showed in supporting its team in such a splendid manner. The foot-ball squad met with good success, winning the majority of the season’s games. The boys turned out well and there were but few days that there were not two teams to work with. We were fortunate in obtaining Mr. Dahlene as coach. Mr. Dahlene played with K.U. in 1910 and is considered a very good player as well as a good coach. The games were well attended by both the students and the town people. The basketball teem was the best we ever had, and we are ' proud of its record. It was defeated only three times by high school teams ;once at Chap- man, once at Nickerson and once at Lawrence, ' i he defeat t Chapman has been explained, and we were beaten fairly at the other places. Part of the basketball games at home were poorly attended but the important games such as the one with Topeka taxed the seating capacity of the gym Page sixty-four the utmost. The g a Ties out of town were, without exception, very well attended. The girls’ basketball team, though playing one game, worked hard and very p- obabiy would have made a good record for themselves if they had played more games. After the basketball season the girls organized a tennis club and a walking club. Every Friday the walking club takes a stroll. The tennis club is under the direction of Miss Elmore. At the present writing the prospect for baseball is not very good, but we have a good schedule and the team will probably develop into a good one. The practice began very late but with extra work and enthusiasm we shall be able to make up partly for the ground lost. vVe are much indebted to Mr. Miller for his work in connection with the basketball team. He spent very much time and went to much inconven- ience to be with them in practice every day. He is a very good player, and a better c ach. To Mr. Avey as business manager we are all indebted for securing so many good games for the different teams. Our success in basketball was in a way due to him; for without the many good games scheduled, the team would nothave shown up ns it did. We are also indebt- ed to Miss hlmore for her work with the girls’ basketball team. The team became very effecient under her coaching, and next year, very probably, we shail have an txcellent shoving in girls’ as well as boys’ basketball. Physical training is a new phase of Athletics that has been introduced into ihe high schorl this year, and it has helped wcndnlully in the physi- cal development of the student. Mr. George Van Aken, of the Y. M. C. A. has been a veiy excellent instructor in this work, aud the creditof success of this work is due to him. Much new equipment was installed in the gym- nasium in the fall, which contains all things required in gymnastic work, such as dumb bells, Indian clubs, and other different kinds of apparatus. Swimming has been taught to the high school brys at the Y. M. C. A. under the direction of Mr. Kresky, the secretary of the boys’ department at the Y. M. C. A. For a while the boys attended swimming classes reg- ularly, and then they seemed to drop it, for only four or five boys would report to roll call in each class. Mr. Cowden and Mr. Van Aken have talked to the boys about the privileges they get from these free lessons, and w ' e hope that the boys will come cut to the classes better in the future. “Life-saving’’ has been.;ddtd to this branch of the work for all those who have learned t swim. Tnis gives every boy a chance to learn the right methods of life saving, and we hope as Mr. Cowden said, that this will diminish the numb, r of people drowned here each year in the river. The gym classes were attended very regularly during the winter but they were sti pped in April on account of the hot weather. The school, both boys and gins, are very much pleased with gymnastics, and we hope that this work will be continued next year. Page sixty-five ihohhihhhmi Base Ball. The base ball team has met with small success this season . There are several reasons for this. One of the principal ones is that Corsaut, the captain, and Keye one of the promising candidates, were not allowed to play. Borst left school on account of his poor physical condition; Hinchee hurt his ankle; and Hinnenkamp left school. Their absence has had a depressing effect on the team, and this, coupled with the lateness of the season, probably helped our defeats. The players have turned out well and practice has been snappy. Robinson was chosen captain on the account of Corsaut’s being out of the game. He played the positcn veil and is suc- cessful as a captain. We were defeated 4 times before we were winners and the game at Chapman was our first victory, but not our last. The games are poorly at- teded by the student body and the town people have not been out well. We hope the town people will turn out better in the future and will become more interested in school athletics and other school events. Junction City - 12 - Salina - 8 at Junction City April 5 Herington -13- .. 0- at Herington •• 10 St. Johns - 12 - .. 9- at Salina •• 16 Abilene - 22 -- 2 - at .. •• Chapman - 7 - .. 10 - at Chapman May 3 Robinson C. Cap., Woods P., Evans IB., Robertson 2B., Swift 3B. Van Trine S. S., Collins R. F., Jones L. F., Hall C. F., Crow Sub. THE FOOTBALL SQUAD of 1911 CHAMPIONS OF THE SOLOMON VALLEY LEAGUE Page sixty-eiSht FIRST TEAM The season of 1911 - 1912 has been the most successful in boys ' basket- ball we have had for years. In the City league the boys lost but one game; that was to the Y. M. C. A. Tigers. This is no disgrace, however, for the boys weni up against regular college men, among them their own coach, Mr. Miller. During the season they won from the Business college and the Wesleyan seconds, both of whose teams were composed of college men. The team was also pitted against the Salina Athletics, composeb of men who played two years ago on the high school team. The team moreover played nearly every leading high school in the state. They lost only one game in the Sdomon Valley league; this was to Chapman, by the score of 2 6 to 22, but they redeemed this defeat by beating Chapman in the return game here 83 to 24. BASKET BALE SCORES OF 1911-12 SEASON Salina 29 Y. M. Giants 11 Salina 43 Minneapolis 11 ” 25 Athletics 18 y y 22 Y. M. Tigers 52 ” 30 B. College 25 y y 25 Chapman 26 ” 23 St. John ' s 11 y y 37 Topeka 22 ” 64 Ellsworth 37 y y 18 Reno Co. 35 ” 52 Minneapolis 23 y y 85 Chapman 24 ” 32 Wesleyan 2nd. 20 y y 25 Reno Co. 34 ” 47 Solomon 17 y y 53 Solomon 10 SQUAD Toe second teom won one game andlo t two this year, but this is no dis- grace, for both games lost were played against the first teams of other • iigh schools. We had, in fact, the strongest, second team we have had for years; many were almost equal to the boys in the first team, and we ex- pect next year to be able to fill out from the present 2nd team the vacan- cies left by the graduates of the first team. Page sixty-nine The second team gave the first team good practice, and it had much to do with the first team’s success. If it had not been for the stiff practice the second team gave the first, we should not have had the excellent team we had this year, for it takes a good second team to make a good first. The boys did not play a single game on their own floor, a fact which probably had something to do with the score, for this year was, for nearly all the boys, their first time to make basketball trips. Nearly all the boys on the second team played with the first team in at least one game this year. Neptune, Hinnenkamp, Maxwell and Jones all played one full game with the first team; while either Van Trine, Boyer, Hinnenkamp or Maxwell played at least one half in nearly eveiy game. Neptune, the tall center, played well, and assisted materially in the team work. Van Trine and Hinnenkamp, forwards, were both fast men, and will probably be in nextyear’s first team. In the game with the Giants, the fea- ture of the e ening was the splendid guarding of Jones and Maxwell. Ham- ilton and Boyer each played in every game for some time, while Niquette substituted. The greatest value of the second team this year, however, was not the games it played in, but the good it did to the first team, and we wish to thank the boys for the way they came out every afternoon to practice. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Injustice to the girls who played on the Stlinx high school girls’ basketball team, it may be said that they had a very good team and they did well considering all the obstacles that confronted them. The girls this year did not seem to take any interest at all in the tean . T1 eydid not have any of the enthusiasm which was so prevalent among the boys. The team only played two games, one with the Alumni whom they defeated by a score of 13 to 9 and one at Ellsworth where they were defeated by a score of 52 to 9. The Ellsworth girls were what may be termed a rough bunch when they played basketball, all their games being governed by the Revised Po- lice Gazette and Marquis of Queensbury rules which per mit everything but first degree murder. The girls did very little practicing, but what they did was under the direction of the coach, Miss Elmore. IVAss Elmore is an ex- cellent coach and if it had not been for her efforts it is doubtful whether there would have neen any team at all. If she is here next year and the girls can be raised to any pitch of enthusiasm at all the girls should have a good team. The girls who played on the team this year are Misses Garrison and Mack, centers, Smith and M. Robinson guards, Anderson and Quincy, forwards, and Fitzpatrick and H. Robinson substitutes. Page seventy THE BASKET BALL SQHAD of 1911- Class Prophecy. One night 1 dreamed — dreamed I was a sybil the ancient sybil, with a life as old as the moon, with an eye as bright as a star. And in that life I had experienced all things, and with that eye I could see far into the past, aye and far, far into the future. Sud- denly in the darkness there was dropped into my hands a flower, a beautiful flower, and as I touched it a bright light seemed to glow in its very center, and I saw the flower was a deep red rose. Then into the very depths my eye, my bright eye, would not quite reach, and I gazed on eagerly. Gradually the flower unfolded, but the light would grow no brighter; I was about to toss it aside in de- spair, when lo! one of petals of the fullblown rose trembled and ' vas dropping — yes, dropping off. As it fell, I saw in faint letters the name of an old classmate, - Meta Butzer, who is now matron of St. John’sschool, but we never dreamed that she would hold a position like this. As T looked at the rose, and wondered about Meta, another petal fell. On this I found the name of Roscoe Robinson who has gained fame as a grand opera singer. Recently I heard Roscoe sing in the Hippodrome theater of New York City. When I left the theater, I noticed the bill board telling of the next attraction — George Guy Hall, professional humorist and tenor soloist, successor to Ralph Bingham. I recog- nized Guy’s picture on the bill board. He was heavy and short, and always smiled at every thing when we knew him in S. H. S. Now he had grown quite tall and was even slender. I was tempted to recommend him for Before and After Taking . When I picked up the “New York Sun,” I found a picture of someone who looked familiar. Yes, I had known her once- ‘Lady Wellington’ (formerly Inez Freeman) who had just returned to her home in London after an extended visit in America. Glancing at the rose, I noted several other petals about to fall telling the fate of other classmates. One petal told that Mary Larson was still connected with the Salina high school but in a different way from what she was when we were there together in 1912. Mary had become the first successor to Miss Margaret Moore who retired in 1920. Page seventy-four , ji wlnXw. ■ 1 v .A ! m ■ ■ %;’♦■ 1 + V-in ftp- . • ' ■ t ' W X4. G. ««U. JU k . i ' . r ife 4 i Uiwklfrkk uUUB uMj And then another petal fell, more withered than the rest; it fell slowly, even sadly, it seemed, ami as I read the words imprinted there, I found that our old class president had passed away. Look- ing closer at the shrunken petal, I read his epitaph “Let no one in this sod dare delve, Here lies the president of 1912”. Our president! Who would have thought he would be the first to go? And vet they, who feel keenly the importance of their own mis- sion in life, are often stricken early. How sad our next reunion would be without our president. Lost in sorrowful thought I gazed steadily at the rose. Anoth- er petal trembled making me think of a contemplated visit to the old home and school. At last the petal dropped, and touching my hand made me jar the flower so that several more fell together. Gradu- ally then on one after another I could see dimly the fate of the class- mates who were still living at home. I could feel and know what my visit there would be.One petal showed Verna Guiles as a teach- er of china painting in the art department of the Wesleyan. Verna was artistic in her youth and it seemed fitting that slieshould holdthis sort of position, but ‘lie was always almost in a state of bankruptcy because of the dishes she broke as a result of her habit of perpet- ual giggling. As it seemed that Dean Swift was just meant to be a professor, it was not hard to realize that he held the chair of Pedagogy in the same institution, having his office next door to Verna’s. Another petal told me about Mable Glueck now Mademoi- se ' le Maybelle Virginne Elizabethan Gluecke inventor of the famous “invisible powder rag.” Her famous beauty parlors were on the corner of Mulberry and Santa Fe. It had always been the greatest ambition of Frances Radke to have a studio in the Catskill Mountains where she could paint from morning until night, but as the next petal fell softly to the floor, I could see that Frances’s ambitions were not yet realized. In Salina she was proof reader for “Now and Then” — editor of the funny page of the“ Denver Post” — and an occasional contributor of nature poems to the Century magazine. It seems only fitting that when I should visit the old home I should take a ride in the country. The next petal told me of a visit Page seventy-five to a farm house. This was the home of Irel Branson and his wife and six sons. Yes, Ted was now a tiller of the soil; he had early expressed a fondness for farming, having been intensely interested in agriculture even when he went to high school. My drive in the country was continued until finally I reach- ed Shipton where I found Lester Brewster and his demure little wife, formerly Bessie Corman. Lester was deacon in the church there, looked up to and revered and honored by all the younger generation because he first introduced paint into the neighbor- hood, and himself painting the church, beginning at the bottom and painting upward. There I learned of the fate of a neighbor, Harlow Dick, who had just been made postmaster at Culver. Some how the class seemed to grow larger and larger as the petals dropped calling to mind again in turn each of my schoolmates. Was every petal to to tell of a class-mate? And would the petals never quit falling? I never used to think we numbered so many. The next petal loosing with a sudden jerk told me the fate of Dorothy Jane Smith. It was hard to realize it. but Dorothy had be- come an ardent champion of woman’s suffrage and had become fa- mous as a lecturer. We always believed Dottie would be famous, but little did we think it would be as a suffragette. About the same time another petal told that Gussye Applebaugh.too, was active in public life. She had become famous as a great organizer of Wom- en’s Clubs. The next petal told the fate of Lucy Lusk. Lucy had recogniz- ed her calling when we were still in high school, and by the year 1930 she had become famous as an instructor of Latin in the Uni- versity of Chicago. Tressa Archer spent the time between 1925 and 1930 traveling in Europe with her husband who went thereto find new settings for stories. Long ago w 7 e guessed that Tressa’s husband would be- come famous as an author. As I glanced at the rose again, I saw a few 7 petals which had not yet fallen, but presently they followed the others, and I found that Louise Young joined the Humane Society in 1940, together with her husband and children. Perhaps one of the most famous members of the old class is Glindon Rouse, who invented perpetual motion in the same year Page seventy-six . y at %i . 1940. Another petal showed that Susan Lockard had become quite noted as a worker in the W. C. T. U. in Portland, Oregon. When we were children together Myrtle Mirandi Ess had declar- ed her ambition to be a trained nurse. Myrtle tried this fora while and was quite successful, but she was not satisfied even in St. Barna- bas hospital, for age had begun to tell on her until the St. John’s Cadets ceased to admire her any longer, and she took her bird cage and joined Vara Skelton in the woods. Together they led a life of seclusion (as old maids should do) which finally ended in suicide for Myrtle and death from heart failure for Vara. These noble souls were buried side by side in Gypsum hill cemetery, May 19,1942. On the rose there was just one petal left. How firmly it stuck there! I shook the stem, but it only waved with the motion. Cook- ing at it closely, I noticed the fair surface gradually change color, until presently it became a transparent white, but still it hung there like a waxen thing. Then there flitted over its surface an electric effect, “Harold Neptune, endowed with perpetual beauty by a special electro-chemical feat in Professor Brooks’s” laboratories in the Salina High School.” Little wonder that petal would not fall. Then by another feat no doubt electro-chemical, too, that stem with that last petal, that immortal petal, vanished from my hand. As the light went out, my eye grew dim, my sybil insight flitted away, my dream with its precious vision was over. Page seventy-seven In this issue Tha H ibit closes its ex ;h inge relations for Ill ' s year. r J o all exchanges received this ye ir we i x .end our best wishes for iurther suc- cess. We also wish t than ; otaer publications for their numerous comments not only those which note good traits but those which point out on iaults as well, all of which we have tried to rectify to the best of our ability. We believe that our exchange column has been a great help ch is year, because it has Drought us the p ipers of the le ding schorls of the count y has broad- ened our views, and cultivated our talent in art, literatne and criticism. The Habitin its criticism of other papers this year has tried to be on the “square” with all. We hope our criticisms have been taken kindly. With malice Jow rds none and good wishes for all, we remain your sincere friend, The Hab.t. As Others See Us Some papers do not believe in publishing t he criticism •• of others in their paper. Well, we do. For one thing it gives the pupils, the subscribers, the parents, and especially the advertiseis a knowledge of the kind of pa- per they are supporting. Another reason is that it awakens the student body to have the best paper and to contribute to their paper so as to make it the best. It also nakes the advertisers believe they are getting their money’s worth besides helping out a good cause. “Salina sends The Habit, printed on the high school press, with re- sulting care. It is a pleasing paper. The coveris especially commendable. Come out and see us again.”— Sugar Beet. The Habit is getting to be quite a fine paper. — The World, St. Paul, Minn. Page seventy-eight The Habit, Salina, Kansas: ‘ ‘Mammy’s Christmas” makes one feel happy. Your cover is cheery and christmasy Toltec We are always glad to receive The Habit, from Salina, Kansas. It isa good Habit. --H. S. Echo, Greenville, Pa. The Habit. Salina, Kan. — A paper we always look forward to for its good stories. — Spectator. The Habit, Salina, Kansas.— Yourone story is very well written, but why not have more? — Forum. The Habit is a very excellent paper. It has a lot in it and a real good interesting lot, too. The stories are very good and the arrangement of ma- terial is good. also. — Orange. The Habit, Salina, Kan., is an attractive little magazine and proves that it is not always the biggest things that are the best.— Tiger, Little Rock. The Habit, Salina, Kan as. We were very glad to find the article in the exchange department of your New Year’s number as it gives us an in- teresting opportunity to judge the ability of a high school depending almost entirely on its own resources. --Spectator. Welcome to vou, Habit! You are a very attractive paper, because you are different from aU the others we have met. —Gleaner. The Salina Habit has clever cuts each month on the cover and an orig- inal form to the cover that is pleasing.— Life, Clay Center, Kan. The Athletic department of ‘‘The Habit” (Salina, Kansas) isespeci- ally good.— Daisy Chain, Waco, Texas. The Habit, Salina, Kansas, is a new exchange. It is an excellent paper. The continued story is very interesting. The Habit, Salina, Kansas, is made striking by its tinted inks and paper and by its clever cuts. The C. H. S. Recorder. The cover design of your November issue, Salina High School, is very commendable. The idea of the ‘‘Who’s Who” paper in the joke department is fine. — The Tyro. The Habit, S rlina, Kansas. Your Athletic Column is very well written. Greenville, Pa. The Habit, Salina, Kansas. You are a new arrival on our exchange list, and we welcome such a good paper. Your departments are complete, and your editorials are especially worthy of praise. The department headed “Humor” is interesting and witty. - The H.S. Herald. The Habit, from Salina, Kansas, is a very good paper. The form is novel. We suggest that you use a little larger print. Extend locals and exchanges a little more. — The Jayhawker. Page seventy-nine We have received exchanges from thirty-five states, ranging from Washington to Maine and Minnesota to Florida. As we have not enough space to comment on all the exchanges, we gratefully acknowledge the re- ceipt of the following during this year; “T he Anemone,” Spearfish, South Dakota; “The Athenian,” Athens, Pa. ;“The Booster,” Chadron, Neb.; “The Budget,” Galesourg.Ill. ; “The Budget,” Lawrence, Kansas; “The Budget,” Bovertown, Pa.; The Buzz,” Hutchinson, Kan.; “The Bugler,” Russell, Kansas; The Blue Pencil,” Holton, Kansas; “Baker Orange, ” Baker University, Baldwin Kansas; “The Blue and V ' hite”, Junction City, Kansas; “The Cardinal”, Lincoln H. S., Portland, Oregon; “The Cambridge Review”, Cambridge. Mass. ; “The Crimson”, Ft. Scott, Kan. ; 4 The Clarion”, Appleton, Wis. ; “The Centralian”, Central College, Conway, Ark. ; “The Crook”, Crooks- ton, Minn. ; “The Classicum”, Odgen, Utah; “ r Ihe Delph an”, Kalrmazoo, Mich. ; “The Daisy Chain”, Waco, Texas; “The D.nosaur” , Larramie, Wyoming ; “The Daedalian Monthly”, College of Industrial Arts, Denton, Texas; “The Echo”, H. S. , St. John, Kan. ; “The Echo”, H. S. .Em- poria, Kan.; “The Echo”, Hazelton, Pa.; “The Forum”, St, Joseph, Mo.; “The Flashlight”, Summerfield, Kan.; “The Gleaner”, Pawtucket, R. I. ; “The Hyak”, Annie Wright Seminary, Tacoma, Wash.; “The Huisache”, San Antonio, Texas; “The Herald”, H.S. Westfield, Mass.; “Jhe Index”, Oshkosh, Wis.; “The Interlude”, South Bend, Ind. ; “The Ja hawker”, Kansas City, Kansas; “The H. S. Life”, Clay Center, Kan.; “The Lion”. La Grange, 111. ; “The Luminary”, Kansas City. Mo.; “The Leader ’, Western State Normal, Hays, Kansas ; “The Moccasin”, Hastings, Minn.; “Tne Mountaineer”, Butte, Montana ; “The Messenger ’, Wichita, Kan.; “The Messenger”, Durham, North Carolina; “The Morgan Record”, Clinton, Conn. ; “The Oak”, Berkeley, Calif.; “The Oracle”, Winfield, Kan.; “The Oracle”, Normal, Valley City, North Dakota ; “TheOrange”, White Plains, New York ; “The Orange and Black”, East High School, Waterloo, Iowa; “The Ottawa Campus”, Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kan.; “Pebbles”, Marshalltown, Iowa; “The Polygraph”, Riverside, Calif. ; “The Prospector,” Warden, Idaho; “The H. S. Pulse,” Jasper, Alabama; “Papyrus, ’’Stamford, Conn. ; ‘The Phoenix,” Hiawatha, Kan. ; “The Record, Central H. S., ’’Syracuse, New York; “The Register,” Burlington, Vt. ; “The Retina, ’’Toledo, Ohio; “Rays of Light, ’’McPherson College, McPherson, [Can. ; ‘ ‘The Spectator”, We it H. S. . W aterloo, Iowa; ‘ ‘The Scout”, Muskogee, Okla. ; “The Soo” , Rapid, Sioux Falls, Iowa; “Students’ Herald”, Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas ; “Student Life”, Wash- ington University, St. Louis, Mo. ; “The Seminarian”, Charlestown, West Va. ; “The Sugar Beet”, Garden City, Kan.; “School Days”. Downs, Kan! ; “The Stranger” .Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; “The Tri- dent”! Santa Cruz, Calif. ; “The Tenderfoot”, Salida, Colo.; “The Toltec”, Durango, Colo. ; “The Trumpeter”, Lexington Military Academy, Lexing- ton, Mo. ; “The Tiltonian”, Tilton Seminary, Tilton, New Hamphire ;“The Page eighty Tiger”, Elkins, West Va. ;“The Tiger”, Little Rock, Ark. ; “The Tatler, Bethlehem, Pa ; “Tahoma”, Tacoma, Wash. ; “The Voice”, Olmsboro, Ky. ; “The World”, St. Paul, Minn. ; “The World” , Topeka, Kansas; “The X-Ray”, Titusville, Pa. EXCHANGE JOKES To one who talks and talks and talks, This motto may appeal- The steam that blows the whistle, Can never turn the wheel. “Ding-a-ling-ling!” Went the “pesky” thing, Soon one morn at break of day. When of clover and of hay I was dreaming. Then 1 crawled me out of bed, Cussed the clock and scratched my head. “It’s cold,” I said, and back to bed; So when the roll at school was read, I was dreaming. Man’s like a kerosene lamp- He isn’t especially bright; He’s often turned down; he frequently smokes, And usually goes out at night. DIPPY If a pound of tea costs thirteen cents At half past one today, And the grocer is so bald he wears A dollar five toupee, And with every pound of tea He will give two cut glass plates, How soon will Willie break his face On his new rollerskates? PHYSICS. “Watt-hour you doing here?” asked the instructor in Physics. ‘Eating currents, ’’replied the student, “anode you’d catch me.” “Wire you insulate this morning, any way! Can ' t you relay shunts get up in the morning? “Amperently not.” “Fuse going to do that every day, you take your hat and go,” replied the teacher and the current was broken right there. Page eighty-one JD rec t oa s Smtch Wo. to Heft and IVo.Z down gives f.C to lantern or lecture table. Swil c h A o. tonight and IVo.Z upgiues D C. To lantern on tec tune l able. Switch Vo. to the t eft and Vo 3 down giees . C to lecture ladle and. Physics laboratory. Switch A o. to night and Vo. 3 upgcuesTD.C. to lecture fable and laboratory. Switch A o. J to right and left with A o. Z do wn and A o. 5 up gzues Z.C. to lantern or lecture table, ft Iso DC. to Phgsics laboratory and lecture table 23 y connecting X.and 77 ; at so Y.andTB tamp 3he. Ymag be substituted for 73 h e A o. Z. 27 g connec h ng S. to 73 7 he Vo. 7 mag bs substituted for lamp 77b e 3 or ft he. A o. 21 ' : w IK Our New Switchboard A very convenient piece of electrical apparatus has been installed in the science lecture room this year. Its utility and value will he partially under- stood when it is said that it renders every part of the adequate equipment of this department a hundred-fold more convenient and therefore more use- ful. The piece referred to is a rather complicated switchboard. It was not purchased of an electrical supply house, however, but was designed and built by Mr. Geo. F. Brooks in his own laboratory. Anyone who observes the large number of combinations possible by its use, and the ease with which it is handled will appreciate the =kill and ingenuity that Mr. Brooks has shown in its design ana construction. The switchboard is composed of a voltmeter and an ammeter, two double- throw double-pole switches, one double-throw single-pole .-witch and two lamp indicators. It is connected with the line wire which supplies the city alternating current and with a lamp bank rheostat. This rheostat is mounted on the switchboard and is connected with two other wide range rheostats and also with a rectifier which changer the alternating city current to direct current, the most useful form for laboraiory work. The switchboard is mounted on the wall back of the demonstration table and within easy reach of the operator. Its convenience lies in the fact that by merely throwing a switch the student in the laboratory may be supplied as desired, with either alternating or direct current of any voltage or amperage. The demonstration tahle is supplied with both the alternating and direct current at the same time or either alone for lantern or demonstrat- ive nvrposes. oy leading the A-C current thru a rheostats one may secure any desired avriation of speed. At the same time by connecting the D-C leads to the induc- tion the coil termnalsof the secondary may be discharged thru rotating Geis- ler tubes thus illustrating the effect of electrical discharge in a partial vacuum. The fact that the operator has in his hand absolute control over the two currents, direct and alternating, at all times makes possible the easy demonstration of such experiments as the electrolysis of water, hydrochl- oric acid, eiectro-plating, the separation of metals from solutions, the measuie- ment of the strength of an electric current, charging storage batteries, etc. The device has cost Mr. Brooks much time, labor and thought, and is the result of much experimenting, but he believes that the results are worth all the cost. The high school is prcud of the fid that this piece cl un.u- ratus is a home product, and that it was installed without expense to the Board of Education except for the actual cost of the material used. Page eighty-three ■■ — Farewell to the Seniors Farewell, clear Seniors, fare you well We underclassmen call; We wish we might at least foretell Success for one and all. No more will your happy laughter This fine old high school fill; But still in the wide hereafter You’ll smile on Life’s steep hill. May many joys surround you, And sorrow never be known; But remember, if cares surround you, We’re sorry, every one. Perhaps to college some may go, To prove your talents there; Though 5 ' ou may fight against a foe, On battle fields be fair. And you who at home will find A solid comfort steal O’er your High “exhausted mind; How pleasant that will feel! But anywhere that yen may be. Look back as through a haze To the glorious, glad, and free Salma high school days. Dorothy Day, 13. Page eighty-four iumimSBm •r-v-v imrmmm ? tv I X Graduation Presents Books - Watches - Jewelry We can please you. Try us. WILL’S BOOK JEWELRY STORE Our Family Shoe Store SHERRIN BROTHERS 1 he Best at a Moderate Price High Art Suits A man is often admired for his good looks when it is the clothing the credit is due. It is possible for every man to buy this admiration, and who doesn’t like to be admired? The fit and make of a coat or a pair of trousers have everything to do with his appearance. If you want stylish, well-made clothing, come to us. Hills Soiberg 121 S. Sante Fe Model Steam Laundry 138 S. Sante Fe Phone 91 Gray Building Stone Crushed Rock Cement Blocks Brick Our gray stone for laying ruble, ashler and broken ashler work is just whot you need to face the lower story of a nice resi- dence. It is considered quite the thing in Kansas City, Denver and other large cities. We furnished the face rock for the Country Club building and for two nice residences in Salina. Look them over. The Salina Vitrified Brick Co. ■ •r.v v I . : 11 mm JUKm Hi Lee Baking Powder will make all your Flour Foods Light, Sweet and Wholesome 16 oz. can 25c. At all Grocers Save the Coupons Louis Alt Repairs and Paints Carriages, Wagons and Autos New Vehicles Of any Style Built to Suit Customer 140 S. 5th Street Phone 52 Salina, Kansas Graduation Day for the Class of 1912 Next to her wedding, this is probably the most eventful day in a young woman ' s existence. She is honored and admired and a trim, natty appearance in- creases the admiration. ‘La Palonia’ Classy, snappy footwear de- notes taste, culture, good breed- ing. Here is one of many we are showing. May we have the pleasure of welcoming you? SORTER-SEITZ FOOT FITTERS ' ,V- V I . ' a J. W. Neptune, M. D. SAUNA KANSAS Over the Hub E. Paul Burke, D. D. S. DENTIST Office Telephone 89 New Location, “Over Hub” During Vacation Remember SANITARY ICE CREAM can be had any day. We don’t wish a vacation. “The Sanitary” Phone 3 97 The Young Maiden Is most charming in her graduating days. Let us preserve that charm pictorialiy. The Rolfe Studio New Seitz Bldg. S. Santa Fe Phone 247 RUSH, the Dentist BULKLEY BISHOP BLDG. Office Phone 417 Res. Phone 432 Dr. J. H. Bower Osteopathic Physician Bulkley Building Residence Phone 792 For the newest, best and at the lowest price with the most quality in Furniture, Rugs and Curtains you will have to go to John J. Geis 113 and 115 N. Santa Fe Avenue mm mam ilM ImliA • . ;.M: Kf Olney Music Co. The Old Reliable Here Today Here to Stay Remember the Olney Plan Is the Only Plan Investigation will Prove this Statement Do not forget that we have the only General Merchandise Store in Salina carrying a complete stock of Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Tinware, etc. Come in and we will treat you right. AUSTIN, GEHR AUSTIN 137 North Santa Fe C. B. Myers GENERAL HARDWARE Phone 280 115 S. Santa Fe 106 S. Santa Fe Ave. Phone 125 Henry C. Low F°r D rugs Guth’s Candies Kimball’s Candies FULLERTON BASE BALL GOODS (FULLY GUARANTEED) A piece of goods, in shape, style, finish, and quality, with a ‘’money back” proposition that no self recpecting ball player can afford to pass up. LET US SHOW YOU real base ball quality. EKSTRAND’S THE STORE OF QUALITY THE SAUNA MERCANTILE CO Dry Goods Ready-Made Garments for Ladies and Misses. MILLINERY ill UBfiB: I 1 ' Summer Garments — for — Misses, Women and Children Every garment is so made as to bring out to the highest degree graceful line and perfect fitting qualities. Childrens’ Dresses Made of white French Lawn, lace and embroidery trim- med in a wide variety of dainty styles. Size 6 - 14 , (a) $2.49 to $10.50 Misses’ Morning Dresses These simple dres- ses are new and de- sirable and are ap- propriate for porch or outing wear. Per- cale Dresses (d $1.98 and $3.49 Gingham Dresses Cd $3.98, $4.98, $5.98 New Wash Skirts Exclusive models in French Rep. Pique and Linen Reps, (d $2.49, $2.98 Linen, $1.98 $2.49 Pique $2.49, 2.98 and 3.98 Watch for our Showing of Norfolk Linen Dresses Greatly Reduced Prices on Our Spring Coats and Suits. Linen Coats Cd) $4.98, $6.98, $7.50 and $9.50. A Special Showing of Ladies’ Lingerie and Tailored Waists. Values up to $2.00. Special C French Rep. Coats in Tan and Black Cd $7.50 and $9.50. ' AM : • Shoe Sail Shoe e Parlor. McArthur Repairing w line Wait You na W Iron 16 To Our Advertisers The “Habit” thanks the professional and business men of the city for their liberalness in subscribing for advertisements. We hope their interest in the high school paper will not flag and that the “Habit” will in the future, as in the past, be profitable to the advertiser and the school by their means. a:. ; . . im tflD C ■■ — . ■ : th Electric City Engraving Co. B UFFALO, N.Y. WE MADE THE ENGRAVINGS FOR THIS BOOK. m mHE BUCKREY DRY GOODS - COMPANY extend congratulations Miss Graduate and to you Mr. Gradu- ate, class ’12, and wish for you big success in your life work. mHK BUCKLEY DRY GOODS COMPANY extend congratulations Miss Graduate and to you Mr. Gradu- ate, class ’12, and wish for you big success in your life work.
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