Smithsburg High School - Leopard Yearbook (Smithsburg, MD)

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HIGH NEWS Page 9 EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER OF A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF ’25 Philadelphia, Pa., April 19, 1926. Dear Mr. Wolfinger: ......I am getting along as well as can be expected for a local dumbbell. So far I lead the class in Materia Medica by a good big margin. The other ones I pass. My special bugbear is Chemis- try, taught by C. B. F., A. M., M, D. (University of Penna.) He surely is a tough examiner. I was rather lucky in his other classes......................' Please put this in the pipe of some who down the High School. The boys are making good. KiefFer, John Hesse, Simon Clopper and now Charley, for example. I admit that the last year of High School could stand a course in higher Arithmetic. I believe it would help a lot but for those who say it does not amount to anything and for the sake of a few who have not made the grade they would be willing to sacrifice the whole course. It seems to me whatever is gained through High School is worth the ef- fort. The game is worth the candle. Rome was not built in a day, neither is education acquired in an hour. Every little bit helps. I am getting mine now and expect to be at it for ten more years before I am finished but by the Grace of God and German stubbornness I expect to pull through. There is a Di- vine injunction which says we must seek to find, knock and it will opened, ask and it will be given unto us. It re- fers I understand to the Kingdom of God but it can be applied to anything. So for the next ten years I expect to be a diligent seeker, a persistent asker and a joyful finder of education........ I will be glad to see the Blue Ridge mountains when I come home on my va- cation. I would have swapped all Phil- adelphia for Donaldson’s Hill when 1 first came here, I was so homesick, but I got over it....................... Don Kimler Followed Instructions Mrs. Weller—“Why didn't you put the watermelon in the ice-box as I told you, Mary?” Mary—“L did, mum.” Mrs. Weller—“But it isn’t cold.” Mary—“No, mum. How could it be? I had to take the ice out to get it in.” To have a daily appointed task of even common drudgery to do makes the rest of life seem all the sweeter. Though all cannot live on the piazza, every one may feel the sun. Never treat money affairs with levity, money is character. In all your dealings give your neighbor the cast of the bank, good measured, heaped up, and running over; and you will not lose by it, in the end. Newman Auto Co. Ford -- Lincoln - Fordson GENUINE FORD PARTS ONLY. Phone 74 SM1THBURG, Md.

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Page 8 HIGH NEWS IDENTIFICATION OF THE SENIOR CLASS Calvin Beard—“Possum” “Coon” Emory Happel—“Em” Richard Happel—“Rich” Merhl Harne—“Excelsior” Du Brutz Jacques—“Strapping young- ster” Flody Kendal—“Frog” “Toad” Alvey Kinsey—“Jap” “Pete” John Martin—“Pot-Pie” Robert Newcomer—“Bob” George Pound—“Angel Face” Edwin Stevenson—“Sheik” James Sensenbaugh—“Tucker” “Lei- bold” Allen Wagaman—“Cha’lie” “Buck” Robert Weddle—“Jake Waltz” “Bob” Richard Welty—“Ellie” “Dick” Edna Bachtell—“Jake” Margaret Bushey—“Red” “Bush” Carrie Forrest—“S‘lim” Elizabeth Henneberger—“L i z z i e” “Betty” Pauline Hesse—“Hesse” “Fats” Florence Houck—“Bub” Katherine Longnecker—“Kat” “Ted” Ruth Russman—“Hen” “Curly” Mildred Shank—“Mid” Mildred Trovinger—“Ed” Lauretta Trumpower—“Retta” Mary Weller—“Jack” Mr. C andlee fin b hgv lecture) — “First take hydrogen, then take chloro- form.” SleeDv Voice from Rear—“That’s a good idea.” THE IDEAL OF PATRIOTISM Patriotism, the greatest of our national Ideals, comprehends all the rest. Love of country is a sentiment common to all people and ages; but no land has ever been dearer to its people than our own America. No nation has a history more inspiring, no country has institutions more deserving of patriotic love. Turning the pages of our nation’s history, the young citizen sees Colum- bus, serene in the faith of his dream; the Mayflower, bearing the lofty soul of the Puritan ; Washington girdling on his holy sword; Lincoln, striking the shack- les from the helpless slave; and our Con- stitution organizing the country. This is the history for which our flag stands; and when the young citizen salutes the flag, he should think of the great Ideals which it represents. The flag stands for democracy, for liberty under the law; it stands for heroic cour- age and self-reliance, for self-sacrifice, for equality of opportunity and the cause of humanity: it stands for free public education and for peace among all nations. When you salute the flag, you should resolve that your own life will be dedicated to these Ideals. You should remember that he is the truest American patriot who understands the Marie (shopping at Letters — “ Beg pardon, sir, but are you a floor walker?” Man Shopper—“Where else would I walk? Do I look like a fly?” Four per cent paid on Saving Accounts Christmas Savings Club SMITH BANK OF WASHINGTON MV Smithsburg, Md.

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Page 10 HIGH NEWS HOW THE JUNIORS WILL SPEND THEIR VACATION As the Junior class is very ambitious, naturally they will not spend their vaca- tion idly. Friends, desiring information concerning them, may visit the follow- ing places and find out for themselves. David, will be down on the farm, raising ■‘peepies.” Eva, clerking in the 5 10 cent store in Washington. Frances, at a health resort in Colorado: Fay, swim- ming on Pike’s Peak. Helen, demon- strating Spearmint chewing gum. Rob- ert, picking cocoanuts in Chewsville. Marie, dancing the Charleston in the theater of Cavetown. Annabel, survey- ing the road to Shiloh. Margaret floor walker in the rubber factory of S niths burg. Clarence, tilling the fields on Broadway. Agatha, picking cotton in the Conococheague. Wade, gold-digger in the Square of Smithsburg. Louise runnin ga “hog-dog” stand on Jonathan street. Elizabeth, movie star at Shank’s theater in Cheesehollow. Lawrence, holding Evangelical meetings in Crystal Falls, near Pondsville. Austin, demon- strat ng “Kill ’em dead.” Martha, avia- tor on the Chesapeake Bay. Arthur, demonstrating teething syrup at Wish- ard’s Hotel. Irl, hair dresser in Dream- land. Kretzer, commander of the Milit-a of the Naval Academy in Smithsburg. Oh, yes, even though they may de- ceive their looks; they are an indus- trious bunch. R. Shank, ’27. Miss Bell—“Who can tell me some- thing about Nero?” Robt. K.—“Is he the one mentioned in ‘Nero, my God, to Thee’?” “Pop, I’m quiting school tomorrow.” “Why, Ruth, don’t you like your teacher?” “Naw. Yesterday she told us that six and six wuz twelve, and today she said it was nine and three.” THE JUNIOR CLASS We are the jolly Juniors Working from day to day, Although our troubles are many We can let them pass away. We are working towards a higher goal That we may reach some day If we will always take a step higher And net fall the other wav. We have worked all year in order to pass Tne hardships, we have to meet, But, hope we shall all reach the Senior Class And not leave one back to repeat. After we've all become Seniors We have a harder task, Until after the day of graduation And then we 3hall all cry, “alas.” Then we find ourselves, all alone In the wide, wide world, to compete, With the things that shall come be- fore us And not let them drop to our feet. R. Shank, ’27. STUDENT ADS. Wanted—An automobile to take me home from school each evening.— Frances Ross. Wanted—Three mouse traps.—Miss Darner. Wanted—Automobiles to take us to the Baseball Field.—Junior Girls. Wanted—Somebody to wind the clock. Experience necessary. Apply to Mr. Chandlee. Wanted—A private sec etary. Must ha- e good references. Applyto Dav:d Newman. V a te ’—More time to play Volley Ball. Team. Wanted—To be exempt from all Exam- inations.—Everybody. Anybody wishing to take piano lessons. Apply to Margaret Bushey. Wanted—Everybody to study. — Faculty.