Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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18 THE CHIMES 'Because long ago, little one, the French people helped the Americans win their freedom from England, and now the Americans are going to help France, said a soldier who was holding Eugenie, patting her golden locks. How far away is America? asked Eugenie. Is it that way, or that way, or that way? said she, as she pointed to the north, south, east and west. America is far, far across the Atlantic, said the soldier. How long do we have to wait before they will come? still questioned Eugenie. The soldier's face took on a sadder expression as he patted the golden locks, and said half to Eugenie, and half to himself, If they don't come soon, little girl, there will be no France. As the soldier said this, a pretty, young woman came around the corner of a tent, and smiling, she took Eugenie out of the soldier's arms. Eugenie just couldn't understand why Stanley, the soldier who had been holding her, had kissed her and patted her before her mother took her, nor why, as they were going out the gate of the camp, the soldiers flocked around to kiss her as she went out. She just couldn't understand it. They have never done it before, she thought, so why should they do it now? Three days later when Eugenie again went to the camp and ran quickly to Stanley's tent, she wondered where he was. Mr. Soldier, she called to a soldier by the gate, where is my Stanley? She wondered why the soldier took her in his arms and said, Eugenie, not very many of the soldiers you saw here a few days ago are here now. They are in a far better place, where there will be no more fighting, and where there is peace and happiness. But why didn't he take me with him? Won't he ever come back? Will be come to see me soon? After such explaining the soldier got Eugenie so she un- derstood. But as she told her mother afterwards, I am goin' to hunt for him, Mother. Don't you think they were only hiding him? Mother, why are you crying? After the war had been over many years and Eugenie was ten years old, she understood what she couldn't understand then. Christine Jessome '28

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THE CHIMES 17 some large packing boxes. They were arranged in three ranks. The sophs were in one large body. It was customary that the sophs should rush the freshies. At three o'clock the whistle blew, and the sophs darted at the freshies. John Nixon was in front of the three ranks of freshies. Suddenly he gave a signal, and the front rank marched off to one side. The second rank had the lost fire extinguishers in their possession. A fire extinguisher is made up of soda water and sulphuric acid. If any one gets sulphuric acid in his eyes it is sure to make him blind. The sophomores knew this and were re- treating before the streams from the chemicals. The first and third ranks had gone around the sophs and were now en- gaged in tying them up. All of the sophs were tied except Dick Williams. He fought off the freshies around him only to get a nxouthful of the mixture from the last extinguisher. He spat it out quickly. Oh, blazes,' exclaimed Dick, all it is, is lemonade. Dick was right, there was lemon juice and alum potassium in the bottle at the top of the extinguisher. The Fire Com- mittee had secured the extinguishers, and the Sour Com- mittee bought the lemons and alum potassium. When soda meets acid, carbon dioxide is formed with vio- lence. John Nixon reasoned that if soda water and alum po- tassium would effervesce with some violence, a mixture of alum, potassium and lemon juice would act as readily as acid. He tried it one night and it worked ; the freshmen were bound to win. Herbert Cole 25 EUGENIE The town was in an uproar; the only cry and thought seemed to be The Germans ! The Germans ! The Germans were making their first attack in France ; the first of the week they had been at the border, and a few days later they were far across it. The French people saw that without the help of the people across the sea they would be ruined. A message was sent to the United States for help, and every day after this the French people in a certain village watched, day and night, for the help they knew would come. Eugenie, a little French girl, who was only in her fourth or fifth year, was the pet of the French army which was camped nearby. After hearing the soldiers speak of the Americans, she could not help but wonder who these people were, and why the French were asking their aid. She loved to think of them as another French people. But why, asked Eugenie, are they to come to France, if they are not French people? RLl£N MEMORIAL LlBRAKt SCITUATL MASS.

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THE CHIMES 19 CHOOL NOT. MUSIC Music in Scituate High School has developed seventy-five per cent, since last year. Some may ask why. There are a good many reasons. One is that there is a greater interest taken on the part of the student body this year than ever before. Another is that Mr. Martin and Miss Bradford have both pointed out to us how beneficial music is. Already the Music Department has proved very valuable to the Athletic Association by giving the recent performance, Frills and Frolics, which netted the Association a large sum of money. In addition to the financial returns, this entertainment showed how Scituate High is advancing in music. It also showed the co-operation between the glee clubs and the teachers. The reason that we are doing so well in music is that we have two valuable instructors. Miss Bradford is always de- vising some new plan to help us progress in our work. An- other tireless worker is Mr. Martin. Although he does not have as much time as he would like, he is constantly suggesting new ideas which always prove to be successful. Just think, you people who have children in High School, what a privilege they are having. Here is an opportunity for musical training which would cost considerable if it were not provided for in the H igh School. The end and aim of music study in our school is to develop in the pupils a love for music as a means of expression through individual and group effort. The emphasis on group activity has been responsible for a tremendous growth of interest in outside activities. The boys' glee club, girls' glee club, orches- tra, and band are illustrations of such activities. The neces- sity for team-work makes the group activity of incalculable value, developing a spirit which is not only of fundamental importance in the achievement of class-room results, but which also promotes the spirit of service to the school and to the community. The Scituate High School students spent a very enjoyable afternoon on January 13 as guests of the Scituate Woman's Club. An opportunity was given for demonstrations of the work which is being done, in the various departments of the school. A French play, presented by Lois Wilson, James Driscoll and John Prouty, was followed by a Latin play in which Sallie Murphy, Ray Ellis, Winifred Elliott, Harriett Alexander, Winifred Ward and Helen Healy took part, and Grace Towle, acting as an announcer, explained the action of the play. Demonstrations were given in typewriting to com- pare the speed and accuracy of the student who had studied