Senn High School - Forum Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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.1 l 17-SHMQ5. . 'Ea llc arrnrair, luritr: in rcnmnlxcr. kuriir: 1 - tn know llginr num minh. mritr. Editor ...... Assistants ...... . ........ Ruth Andre - V A . A g Francesca Bate Alfred Englehard Frcshman Committee. Joe Humble Fred Burkart Frances Grinker Dorothy Rose Abe Brown Herbert Alexander Florence Cohen Gus Ahrens Faculty Adviser ............. Miss Lesem RULES OF THE FRESHMAN DEPART- MENT. 1. All material must be neatly copied in ink on one side of theme paper. 2. Name and room number of author must appear at close of article. 3. Articles must be labeled For the Freshmen Department and sent to the Dean's oiiice. 4. The number of words must be placed at close of article. 5. Articles must be accurate in regard to English, spelling, and punctuation. There's a difference in the air these days: don't you feel it? Don't you notice the ex- quisite freshness of the springtime, the beauty of the bursting buds, the music of the robin's song? Doesn't it all inspire you with a great desire to read poetry? lf so, we are sure you will find the little poems we have printed this month a real joy. It must be confessed that we are heartily proud of the poetry the freshmen have con- ll tributed. It is also a satisfaction to us to note the interest they have taken in our pagesg for once, it can be said that we really have more good material than we can use. Do you wonder we are proud, Freshmen? We were so well pleased with the interest taken in our Collectors' Comer that in this issue we have expanded it to a full page, all of which is required for the ad- mirably worked out article, entitled Indian Arrowheads. Surely collections that lead to information of this kind, are worth while. The response to the appeal for stories was gratifying, but it was extremely difli- cult to decide which were the best. Some of the stories were excellent as to lot, but the grammar and manner of handling plot were at fault. In others, the grammar and style were goody but the plots were not original. ln the selection of stories, gram- mar, punctuation, spelling, style, and plot all have to be consideredg and too much stress cannot be laid on these essential points if students are anxious tu see their work in print. The successful stories have been written by: John Goessele, Abe Brown, Aileone Colby. Because of lack of space we are withholding Aileene Colby's story until next month. Now, a word in explanation of the puzzle pictures. The ideas belong to Herbert Alexander, but the reproduced drawings are the work of students in Miss Beem's draw- ing classes. R. A. Sf ' x A i 27 , in .M 9 gil ruin him I p

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lizghtee H THE FORUM twins. At times, it seemed I should crush them with the strength of my de- votion. Once I found it necessary to tackle a pan of potatoes, and scrape vig- orously at them, to keep myself from picking Frances up while she lay sleep- ing. There is another phase of my experi- ence that I must not forget. This was what I saw of democratic Chicago people through the eyes of a servant When I took the babies out in their cab, and sat on the beach watching the bath- ers and strollers, I learned a new thing, In my capacity as daughter of the house at my own home, I had always felt that all people were equal as that pillar ot' our society, the Declaration of Inde- pendence boldly states. But in my ca- pacity of working girl, and of domes- tic at that, and of a janitors' wifes' do- mestic at plus tlmt, ffor every one in the Park knew and admired the twins, but knew also that they were of plebeian originj I was made to feel that all peo- ple were no! created equal, but that those who lollecl about me were my superiors. They gazed from the tails of their lan- guidly half shut eyes at the nurse girl on the next bench, and unconsciously pictured her as living on a substratum. But in the little nurse girl's heart there was laughter at the childish conceit they displayed. Deeper still, below the laugh- ter there was pity for the narrowness of those, cut off by their position and clothes from the fullness of loving, and shut in helpless unwillingness to open up to the possibility of others being as good as they. I know I shall always treat a servant girl as a sister, for what other than that is she? Altogether, my working experience re- sulted in six real dollars, and in treas- ures of experiences which I would not trade for any amount. Esther Van Goens. IUXTRIOTISM! HE United States has recently formed a new naval reserve de- partment which is to be super- the Government itself. It is not a state organization, it is not militiag it is the UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE FORCE. This reserve force is divided into a number of classes, and oflices dealing with these classes have been placed in all the naval training sta- tions throughout the country. Very lit- tle information has been printed concern- ing this branch of the service, and con- sequently I will deal only with that class of which I know most, that one to which I belong, class four, coast defense. In this class, the boy who joins must be at least seventeen years of age and must have his parents' consent, unless he is over twenty-one. The government re- quires that each member of the reserve serve at least three months of the four years for which he enlists. The three months may be spent at the time most convenient to the reserve. He could spend it all at one time, in one summer if he wished, or three weeks at a time for four years or one month each year for three years, or any other way suiting the vised by member best. But three weeks is the minimum and four years is the maxi- mum that can be spent at one time. During the time that the reserve is in active service, he is paid, according to his rating, the same pay as the regular enlisted man. The ratings are from third to first class and it is not difficult for a man to work to a higher rating, than that with which he has joined, and consequently be may receive higher pay. As soon as the reserve has been at the station a few days, he is given training or instruction in the various trades and vocations necessary to naval life. Es- pecially is he trained in that trade in which he does the best work or shows the most interest. He is treated just as an enlisted n1an but with a little more deference. When the reserve has had a month's training at the station it is his privilege to ask to be sent to sea. How- ever, if he wishes, he need not be sent to sea at all, but can remain at the sta- tion if he so wishes. Those reserves or reserves to be who can play band instruments are wel- come indeed, as the band at the training station is short of about forty men. The tContinued on page 27.1

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.Inilian Arrnmhraim. At the doorway of his wigwam Sat the ancient arrow-maker, In the land of the Dacotahs, Making arrow-'heads of jasper, Arrow-heads of chalcedony. -Longfellow. , f ha is that a pruni- ' 'e race s h o u have produced with too s ot' the rudest kind, an object of such delicate work- manship as the pres- ent generation, with all its tools, cannot reproduce. I refer to the Indian arrow- head. X 1 i .V 'I' seems odd, per- , ' 1, L ' 11- , tix t ld X 1 1 l KLA ' When the whites came to I yi, America, the Redskins had f even then almost entirely lost ,mill the art of producing arrow- iltpfil' heads from Hint and rock true iii 'k!!,' ' 1 ryhl 1, enough and fine enough to do , . it the work reqniredg they de- - pended largely for their supply upon the past product. Arrow-heads can be picked up almost anywhere in the United States, but probably they were made only in a few places and became scat- tered through the extensive traveling of the Indian. In Ohio, are as thin as paper, and are made of Chalcedony and lava. Indian arrow-heads are of many sizes and shapes and were used for two pur- poses, hunting and lighting, The hunt- ing arrow-heads, easily distinguished by the two little notches on the sides, were fastened securely to the shaft, so that when they entered the body of the animal they could easily be pulled out and used till? ilu f.'l'nYF M... -. , Q75 1, , Ili 7' 'B H4 is again. The war arrow-heads, however, are triangular. and were fastened loosely to the shaft so that, when it was pulled out of the wound, the head remained. Several methods were used in making the arrow-heads. The most common was that of chipping one piece of Hint with another until a rough head was shaped. This, however. was not very satisfactory. Another method brought better results. A rough piece of flint or stone was heated red hot and water was the larger heads are fl dripped upon it from a found, gray and blue in 'll , straw, each drop flakiug color and made of llint xwfil 'otfa tiny piece of stone. anddtlrantnc. d'lhe-booner Mg! Ui.l,:W umhhlntr Tlns method was used gl'11'9- 01111 rn tm WU I M HJ MmtWtI',,dl!1,li' mostly for the large. region of Georgia, are jillpsf - 'lp' Hill Wlmyfitlpullt heavy arrow-heads. The of a white substance -11 tg ' Jil.-'llilt l,.5r'l Z,ti5lft,' perfect little ones for much like quartz. and ' 'l fi'. l, i iiidli,t.lEi'lfili. hunting birds were con- are rough and uneven, ,,.i!M5'.Itv structed by means of a The black, evenly cut ' small implement usually heads are found in Kentucky and are medium-sizedg the smaller ones come from our own Illinois-most of them from in and about Lake county. They are made of obsidian and agate. The tiniest, most perfect of all, however, come from the Modoc tribe in Oregon, made of an anin1al's tooth or a piece of sharpened ivory. The tool was held in thc hand and then the process of flake ing began. It was through collecting them, that my interest was first awakened in the his- tory of Indian arrow-heads. Dorothy Squire, 306. Q - X A J ? ,iv .sl-f 20