Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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THE CHIMES 11 MY VISIT TO THE DOG SHOW Laura Cogswell, ' 35 This year I had the good fortune to be able to attend the Twentieth Annual Dog Show in Mechanics ' Building, Bos- ton. One thousand fifty dogs, the aristocracy of dogdom, were assembled there from the leading kennels of America, Canada, and England. Every champion crowned at the ' Westminster Show in New York was present. As I entered the large exhibition hall, a serenade of vari- ous barks greeted my ears. Row upon row of wire cages were lined across the hall. I walked up and down the aisles looking at every dog. Some were barking, some were howling, and others were quietly resting. Many champions had beautiful silver cups on the bedding beside them. The dignified Saint Bernards and Newfoundlands lay quiet ex- cept for a wag of the tail when someone stopped to admire them, but the noisy little fox terriers kept up an incessant barking. A few of the champions to catch my eye were George West ' s champion. Gamecock Duke of Wales; Mrs. Florence B. Ilch ' s handsome collie, Lucason of Ashtead O ' Bellhaven; S. S. Van Dine ' s Heather Reveller of Spor- ran, a Scotch terrier; Leonard Buck ' s Great My Own; Elizabeth Loring ' s Champion Seafarer, a huge Newfound- land; and Mrs. William Dreer ' s Shetland sheepdog, Wee laird O ' Downfield. There were many, many others too numerous to name. The West Highland white terriers owned honors offered for their breed. On Wednesday, the last day of the show. The Great My Own, an inky black, proud little cocker spaniel, owned by- Leonard Buck, was judged best in the show. Of all the dogs, my favorites were the wee Shetland sheepdogs and the collies. Shetland sheepdogs are like miniature collies. They weigh only from seven to fifteen pounds and are the dearest little dogs imaginable. The col- lies always have been my favorite dogs and probably al- ways will be. They are quite large and very handsome. Altogether I think my visit to the Dog Show was a most enjoyable experience.

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10 THE CHIMES insane son to put nail holes in the root. In this case the only alternative was rubber nails, but as these were unheard of, the antenna was put up in the regular w ay (when the father was in town on business). Upon the father ' s home- coming, the antenna, proudly floating in the breeze, met his gaze. The lead-in was brought in through a hole in the window (made by an accidental push on the pane). Next came the set; alas, in those days the tuning coil stretched from attic to cellar, or kitchen to parlor depend- ing on the experimenter ' s aim of efficiency, and conden- sers were made from mother ' s preserving jars and tinfoil from tobacco tins. Variable condensers were attempted, but few indeed were the fellows who could make them. The galena crystal detector was cherished by the Fiend more than that precious yellow metal and was necessary, O Ether God, if Germany was to be heard on long waves. The next step of the Fiend was to get platinum contacts for his crystal. Acid spilled on the new rug was just an in- cident, slivers of galena in father ' s feet just an accident, :but! the disappearance of mother ' s platinum pin! Well, it must have fallen down the sink. Great massive switches of long ago w re procured by tireless trips to second-hand junk shops, converted into lightning change-over switches, and screwed under the w indow sill. But now when the amateur settles comfortably in his easy chair, puts his hand to his key interrupting a beam of light turning on his transmitter, and starts to C Q he wonders if everything is a dream (sometimes.) THE COMMON THINGS Skippy, ' 32 The day ' s common noises Thrown together make a song; The plain sparrows hunting For food, a happy throng; The busy droning, life ' s common happenings, Woven together make life ' s happiness.

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12 THE CHIMES PROBLEMS OF MODERN CIVILIZATION Donald W. Parsons, ' 32 The greatest problems which man has to contend with today in his struggle for existence can be grouped under three main heads : social, economic, and scientific. Every human, every group or society, and every nation is con- nected in some degree with all of these problems. They are closely related by indissoluble ties, and due to their com- plexity it is not easy to separate them. The main problem of the world today is to try to adjust the disrupted econom- ic conditions so that they will harmonize with the perturb- ed social conditions. In order to insure peace and har- mony, the economic and social conditions must be balanced. The scientific factor is the cause which tends to disar- range this balance. In the past two decades, inventions and improved machinery have taken such tremendous strides that they have thrown the other two factors out of adjust- ment. Undoubtedly our present world-wide depression is due mainly to this maladjustment. Unemployment, crime, poverty, and many other of our modern evils can be traced directly to this source. People who vow that our present misfortunes are caused by bad administration, graft, cor- ruption and crooked politics show a distinct form of narrow- mindedness and ignorance in looking at the situation. Tlie age of machinery is mainly responsible. There are four distinct diseases of our social civilization: crime, poverty, war and insanity. It is only by a continual struggle that man has held all these destructive powers in check. There are many people in this world who have resigned themselves to the fact that these are necessary evils which man can never hope to overcome on this earth. Some religious beliefs are even based on this assumption. It is very true that these conditions have always existed, but that is no reason to assume that this will always be the case. If men could learn to live together intelligently, these evils would give us but a minimum of bother. Our social civilization is not impregnable. Was it not only yesterday that it almost succumbed in the great war? Insanity, crime and poverty are caused by the failure of the individual to adjust himself to the demands and restraints