Soldan High School - Scrip Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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II F -f .Q-L 7. ,,,j.j+-Gf ' PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS UNDER DIRECTION OF THE FACULTY Q' 16' FRANK LOUIS SOLDAN HIGH SCHOOL Q' SAINT LOUIS VOLUME TEN rl' NUMBER THREE JANUARY, 1915 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 K 11 Z -19 .1 X ,Z Qt ?-X ,1 Ijkm S5 011121115 ff ercises P ram of Graduation Ex rog Shakespeare in Popular English Shakespearels Plays as a Mirror of Nature Falstaff: Shakespeares Greatest Humorous Character Shakespeare and the Learning of his Time The Climax of f'Ham1et Candidates for Graduation, January, 1915 The Senior Play Scriptorium Antony's Mastery of the Mob Study in Ambition Macduff's Patriotism s Iniiuences upon Macbeth a Shakespeare' Modern Life Banquo and Macbeth as Types of Successful Men The Forest of Arden Romance Scrip and Scrippage Student Activities the Home of The New Seniors The Chaminade Club The Forum The Round Table The Glee Cluh Mandolin Club Viam Appiam The Per The Orchestra Edison Club Botanical Club The The Le Cercle Francais The German Club The Chess Club The llest Shall Serve the Staten Athletics Intcrscholastic Champions, 1014 Athletic Achievements in the Past Year Basketball Campus Comment Girls' Athletic Association Tattler Class Alphabet l 1 e songs o par mg soun Through halls and corridors Program Class of january, 1915 Processional,-Hymn of Praise . Beethoven Chorus and Orchestra Shakespeare and Popular English Robert Cutter Shakespeare's Plays as a Mirror of Nature Ruth Campbell Hark! Hark! the Lark Shakespeare-Schubert Semi-Chorus Falstaff: Shakespeare's Greatest Humorous Character I Florence King Shakespeare and the Learning of His Time Allie Berglund Marche Militaire Boehm The Mandolin Club The Climax of Hamlet Paul Webb Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind Shakespeare-Whiting Semi-Chorus Address Dr. Samuel Sale Nymphs and Fauns Benberg The Chaminade Club Presentation of the Class to the Board of Education Mr. john Rush Powell, Principal Soldan High School Response and Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Herman Mauch, President Board of Education Awarding of the Washington University Scholarship Mr. W. J. S. Bryan, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Who Is Sylvia? Shakespeare-Schubert The Class Recessional,-Parting Song Cwords by Nelson Pope, january, 19135 Air, How Can I Leave Thee? Come, raise your voices, Now comes the parting, L t f t' d With heavy hearts we leave Mem'ries that ne'er will fade We hold so dear. Shall bring us cheer. When life's full tide we meet, Our hearts will ever hold True to the brown and gold, To Soldan High. Hail! Soldan High. 108 Four years we've bravely fought, Knowledge we've daily sought, Honor we strove to bring - - ,- -V A ..-s-.,,- - 7' V -, . , --1 I- 2- -e-:Lf- -1- , 1 - ' Shakespeare in Popular English mmm X HE greatest of all debts which the English speaking people There 1S no doubt that Shakespeare is quoted oftener and by more people of all social ranks than any other f English writer. Quotations from Shakespeare are heard in almost every conversation, no matter what the subject may be. Not that people try to show a great knowledge of Shakes- peare by continually repeating his phrases, but so many popular proverbs and sayings are taken from his works that he is always being quoted even by those who have never read any of his works and who do not know they are repeating his lines. A p ' owe to Shakespeare is, perhaps, the linguistic debt. In reading Hamlet,', one of Shakespeare's most widely known plays, one comes across sentences and phrases continually, which he has heard before, or even has repeated himself, without knowing what author or work he was quoting. There is a well known saying that if you hear anything quoted which is the least proverbial, it is safe to .guessfthat it is taken either from ,'fHamletf'.. or .the Bible.. . In our Eng- lish class we were told the story of the elderly lady, who, after seeing Hamlet played, said she did not like it, that it was too full of quota- tions. If we are agreed that Shakespeare is the most widely quoted Eng- lish writer, the question arises, Why is he so widely quoted? It is because Shakespeare is the great master of the human heart and has the power -to read the thoughts which naturally arise from the heart. Shakespeare was not original. He was content to borrow the foundations and often more than the foundations of his plays from oth-ers. He imitated his contemporaries in style even. Yet in his most imitative writings there is a certain note, found in no works save those of Shakespeare. This is true to such an extent that he has never had any rival. Shakespeare won his position of supreme poet and interpret- er of human life through this personal elementg his knowledge of the human heart and his development of real live characters. This example of Shakespeare's greatness will show you something of what I mean by Shakespeare,s,personal touch . When Cordelia, in King Lear , puts her hand on her father's head and speaks of the night and the storm, an ordinary poet might have said: On such a night, a dog Should have stood against my Bren. A very great poet might have said: On such a night mine lenemy's dog Should have stood against my Fire . 109 -A, . . 45.7 ,L -,i , But Shakespeare said: Mine enerny's dog, Though he had bit me, should have stood that night, Against my Fire . With this personal touch it is no wonder that he is so widely quot- ed. His greatness is shown in other ways, however, for instance, as Mrs. Cowden Clark tells us, Shakespeare has paraphrased some of our commonest proverbs in his own choice and elegant diction , thus: Make hay while the sun shinesf, is to him, The sun shines hot and if we use delay Cold biting winter mars our hoped for hay. In Henry VI , Many drops pierce the stone, becomes, Much rain wears marble. And in another place he tells how the noble Duke of York was slain: Environed he was with many foes, And stood against them as the hope of Troy Against the Greeks, that would have entered Troy, But Hercules himself must yield to oddsg And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest timber'd oak. Instead of, A snake lies hidden in the grass , Lady Macbeth says to her husband, H Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't. And Juliet says, Speak, heart, hid with a flowering face. Be ol? while your shoes are goodn is in Shakespeare. You may be jogging while your boots are green , and, Every dog hath his day and every man his hour , is alluded to by Hamlet in saying, The cat will mew and dog will have his day . These few proverbs will serve to show you how Shakespeare has elevated some of our most commonplace sayings from the commonplace. It is said by some that although Shakespeare is widely quoted in the popular English of to-day, he was unknown to his contemporaries. In 1600, however, England's Parnassus was published, containing over ninety extracts from Shakespeare. England's Helicon , in 1600, and The Garden of Muses also contain poetry by him as well as by Jonson, Greene, Spenser, Chapman and others of that time. As early as 1595, john Weaver published a book of poems containing a sonnet to Shakespeare. In 1598 Francis Meres edited Witts Treasury in which no Y-E -3- - We-7, .-, fi - -f -af , Y v ' ,,-sn, -4, -,. - V. W Y - : ,,.. Y Y V ,-YY ,A he compares ancient and modern poets. Here he mentions Shakes- peare. In speaking of Horace he says, as the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagorus, so the sweet witted soul of Ovid lives in the melliiluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare , and again he says, If the muses could speak English they would do it in Shakespea1'e's phrase . With such recognition in his own time, is it any wonder that Shakes- peare is considered the greatest of poets? What Greece and Rome pro- duced were great until his time. Lions make leopards tame ! Shakespeare is quoted, too, because he was the greatest of philoso- phers. He knew the relations that men sustain to each otherg he knew that the soul lives in an invisible world and that 'fThere,s no art To find the mind's construction in the face. He knew that judgment should rule courage, and that When valor preys on reason It eats the sword it fights with. Through his great knowledge of the human heart he knew the hopes, fears, passions and ambitions that sway the mind of man and knowing these, he said: , t Love is not love that alters When it alteration Ends. Do you wonder that Shakespeare, the master of the human heart, and mind, the greatest poet, the great philosopher, the man who beau- tified so many of our homely proverbs with his own personal touch, do you wonder he is so widely quoted? --Robert M. Cutter. Shalgespeareis Plays as a Mirror of Nature m, N HERE are some men whose names are written on the page f 4-v of history, as it were, in large type, who, nevertheless, in their own day, were not perceived to be of more than or- dinary size. Columbus died in ignorance that he had discovered a new world, so possessed was he with the idea that he had touched the outlying coasts of Asia. Shakespeare died in ignorance of the fact that he had made himself the foremost man in literature, so far apart in his thought and in the thought of his time, were plays and lit- erature. Yet to-day he occupies a place unparalleled in history. Men of every nation, of every rank, are captivated by him. People of foreign nations are so much interested in him that they learn English merely to 111 1- 11 T i -.gn f' .- 'vif ----vii -Q A-2 9, Y -,tiQx '- , r . A - , g read his plays. There is hardly a language capable of literary expres- sion into which his works have not been again and again translated. What a boundless attraction and fascination must people find in his dramas! What is his magic secret, what quality has he breathed into his plays, that should make them interesting and enchanting to all people for all time? From the beginning, Shakespeare had that freshness of feeling which marks the true artist of every kind, he had also the sensitive ima- gination and the ear for melody. The world was reflected in his mind as in a mirror, its large outlines and its more delicate shadings lying luminous before him. To us he is inexhaustible. There is no development of character, no trait of human nature, that does not somewhere find expression in his plays. Character-painting was his forte. In Shylock Shakespeare has represented the embodiment of a down-trodden raceg the product of centuries of cruel exclusion from the larger opportunities of life. He is a man misshapen by the hands of those who feed his avariceg and because of the limitations imposed so harshly upon him, he makes a stronger appeal to the human heart. On the other hand, Brutus, the dominating power in Julius Cae- sar, is a scholar, a philosopher, an idealist, one who sits high in all the people's hearts , but who, because he is not practical, is drawn into a position Where it is impossible that he should be entirely true to him- self. It is inevitable that he should meet with ruin, as many another good-intentioned reformer has done since his time, in like circum- stances. Macbeth is a victim to his own ambition. He requires only the strength of will to hscrew his courage to the sticking-point and he would succeed. This is supplied by Lady Macbeth, who is equally am- bitious. She is determined to rule. But when all obstacles have been swept from their path, and they have gained the kingship, are they happy? No, haunting fear is ever present, Even in the dead of night, Lady Macbeth arises and tries to rub the spot of blood from her hand, stained by the murder of the king. Macbeth continually reproaches himself for his deeds. Confidence cannot silence, and even despair cannot stifle the cries of his conscience. Every noise appals him. He listens when nothing stirs. The darkness and stillness of the night strike terror into his heart. This play shows the working out of jus- tice, for Shakespeare never would portray the successful criminal as a happy man. , ' Another phase of human nature is shown in the portrayal of Rosen- crantz and Guildenstern, the political tools of the King of Denmark. 112 nw. ' Ax- W' :' ' 3' ' ' If , . ,,4, V , , -,gi .v Y Q.,-iff 1.,-Q., In every court of every king their types may be found. Hamlet de- scribes them as Usponges that soak up the King's rewards and authori- ties. Then there is Horatio, whose fidelity to Hamlet forms an ideal friendship. Never does he betray the confidence of his friend. True in all trials, he is the only one upon whom Hamlet can rely. . In Hamlet is depicted a great deed laid upon a soul unequal to the performance of it. He is the type of man whose intellectual powers completely overbalance his powers of action. He had dedicated his life to the avenging of his father's murder. V But when the opportunity for doing this is given to him, he can not carry out his purpose. His inner spirit tells him to wait until a more favorable opportunity is given. He is incapable of quick, decisive action, but he does not know how to remedy his defect. Thus, one of the greatest of Shakespeare's 'charac- ters is of vacillating disposition, weighing now this, now that, in his mind until he almost loses sight of his already blunted purpose. Shakespeare, in his historical plays, has brought on the stage vari- ous kings of England, showing why they failed or why they succeeded. King john failed through cowardiceg Henry VI. because of a weak and yielding dispositiong Henry IV. had not failed, but his success was hampered by his craft and suspicion. Henry V. cannot be considered as a truly great character. His chief appeal is to the patriotism and the love of conquest inherent in every heart. When Shakespeare placed this popular hero on the stage, it was one of those lucky strokes that a poet in touch with the people can always be depended on to make. We ought not to leaveout the two Portias, Rosalind, Beatrice, Ophelia and an infinite number of others, each of whom typiiies some trait of human nature. But to describe all is impossible. Their char- acters are as varied as human nature itself. For Shakespeare no more invented men than he invented plots. He adopted those whom he found among his neighbors and associates. No real character is ever conjured up from the imagination. Such a char- acter has to be taken from life. Probably Shakespeare had a living rep- resentative for nearly every character he drew. A word or an incident would often unfold to him the whole soul of a man. Shakespeare showed him as he saw him. He knew how he would think, act, and talk on given occasions, and painted him accord- ingly. The greatest of dramatists, Shakespeare contributed to the drama nothing but himself, his power of holding the mirror up to nature and recording the impressions made therein. Q -Ruth Campbell. 113 -v- - .. -J :afar .17 ,- Y -- Y . ' :+A 4-1-S-.. Falstaff: Slialqespearefs Greatest Humorous Character N Shakespeare's play, Henry the Fourth, the chief justice says to Sir john Falstaff, Thou art a great fool. The If chief justice is right, but Falstaff is more than that. Any one of Shakespeare's readers will say, Falstaff, thou art 1 the greatest fool ! Why was Falstaff a great fool? He was morally de- linquent, having for his favorite pastimes lying, drinking, and robbing. And yet we are all delighted with the old man. It is not that we ap- prove of his moral character, but that we appreciate his ingenuity and brilliance of wit. Shakespeare did not give Falstaff a part in his play as a moral exampleg he is there to amuse the audience-a part he plays admirably. And he does not try to amuse us by merely saying funny things and acting in a comical way as did many of the fools of litera- ture. Fa1staff's humor appeals to us in a different way, his wit is not soon forgotten as are the actions and sayings of many fools of which we read. A genius, and only a great genius, could do the things that Fal- staff did-he was no ordinary man. If Falstaff never said a word, he would serve the purpose for which he was placed in the play-that of amusing us-by walking across the stage, so funny was his appearance. He is such a fat man that one can not look at him without laughing. It has been said that his jokes come from the quantity of Hesh through which they make their way, as he shakes his fat sides with laughter, or 1ards the lean earth as he walks. The First time that We meet Falstaff he is planning to rob some pil- grims. If We are shocked at his doing such a thing we soon admire the old knight because of his vivid imagination and his clever handling of a diilicult situation. After he and his companions had committed the theft, Prince Hal and Poins, disguised as robbers, very easily took the money from them. When Falstaff meets the Prince, he tells a great story about a large band of men wresting the treasure from them after a long and fierce struggle. Then when Hal makes it known that he and Poins were that great company, the quick-witted old man is not the least disturbed. He very quickly remarks that instinct kept him from harming the Prince. And this was not done because he feared the Prince's teasing. He no doubt knew that Hal would see through the ruse. But the old knight did this because, for him, telling such tales was amusement. Some one has said that Falstaff is an artist making the impossible ap- pear probable by his skill in argument, and like all true astists, he de- lights in his Work. 114 - - - -fx iii A -J A T '17 - ' - A ' His lack of fear is shown in a very convincing way. When some of the oflicials came to arrest him for the theft, he falls asleep in his hiding place. Could anyone now say that he possessed fear? Perhaps it was his assurance that he could escape punishment that permitted him to be so at ease at such a time. Certainly, he never was in so tight a place but that he could find a way out. At another time when the chief justice came to arrest him, Falstaff handled the situation beautifully. The justice appeared unexpectedly, but that didn't bother the knight. He quickly told the boy to tell the justice that he was deaf, and, owing to this feigned deafness, he acts as though he can hear very little of what the officer says. He catches a word now and then, and immediately goes into a long parley on a subject suggested by that word. The justice tries to inform Falstaff that his recent military achieve- ments were not of sufficient weight to overbalance his past wrong- doings. At mention of the war, the guilty one seems very solicitous about the king, for whom he had fought, and he goes into detail, describ- ing a malady from which the king suffered. The official sees that he can accomplish nothing, so he leaves without broaching the subject of Fal- staff's arrest. When we learn that Falstaff is soon to leadia band of men to battle, one is struck with the absurdity of the ideag yet there is no general on the field prouder of his achievements than is Sir John. After the battle, he takes a great delight in boasting of his heroism and valor, claiming that it was he who killed Hotspur, the enemy of the king. Yet, this is done to amuse his listeners more than to gain praise. He is not ignor- ant of the fact that they all know Prince Hal fatally wounded Percy, and that Falstaff merely stabbed him when he was dying. His con- tempt for glory is shown on the battle field when Falstaff forgets the fighting that is all about him, and pulls out his bottle. To him glory is of little consequence, compared with his beloved sack. When the old king dies and Prince Hal becomes Henry the Fifth, realizing the responsibility and gravity of his oflice, he casts off his old habits and companions. And Falstaff is left to die a lonely, neglected man. The greatest test of our fondness for the old man is our emotion at his death scene. Ordinarily we would not be disturbed in the least to see a man with so many moral deficiencies die. But Falstaff's death Wrenches our hearts. We realize that he was no ordinary man, and we feel the bitterness and loneliness of his death very keenly. When he dies, Dame Quickly, the hostess of the tavern where Falstaff spent most of his time, is the only one who tries to make his last moment pleasant. A few of his friends come after he is dead and express some words meant to be kind, but the words seem harsh to us. Then they go their care- l15 . . -.'N A zfi- E T in -ig: -1 Q-fe:-1-'A ' -I-N-- less way forgeting their old friend. We might shudder at such a scene if it were not for Dame Quickly's words with which we agree. She says, Nay, sure, he's not in hell, he's in Arthur's bosom if ever man went to Artl1ur's bosom. And we hope he is. -Florence King. Shakespeare and the Learning of His Time HAKESPEARE livedduring the time of the Renaissanceg ,. the time when people were not only looking back into the days of antiquity and receiving the culture of the ancient . Greeks, but were also turning toward the unknown and the .undiscovered It was a time when the intellectual pre- dominated over the religious and moral. Inventions util- ized all classes of products: free cities arose from the bounds of feudal- ismg commerce flourished. It was a period of great discovery. A new route to India was discovered after many hardships. The Genoese na- vigator, Christopher Columbus, with three small ships crossed the vast Atlantic ocean to a new and beautiful land. Soon Balboa had reached the Pacific ocean. A Renaissance intellect progressed everywhere. But because the Re- naissance was somewhat later in England, England received the bene- fit of all that the re-awakening had accomplished in Europe. For Shakespeare the seeds were already sown and sprouted. The realms of nature were outspread before him in early plays, and out of these he fashioned new creations, calling into being new flowers far exceeding the others in beauty and poetic fancy. In Shakespeare's writing Qwe have no complete and authentic rec- ord of his lifej there is ample evidence that he had access to the choicest literature of his own land and also of other lands through translations at least. Whether at the court of Denmark or in the city of Rome, his knowledge was suflicient for his need. When we do meet with pas- sages which are not perfectly accurate, they are probably either a dram- atist's disregard for facts which do not fit his need or are mistakes which a most learned scholar would make who undertakes to describe scenes he has not actually visited. Latin, Greek and the modern languages were considered necessary for one's education even more in England then than to-day. It is said that Queen Elizabeth knew eight languages. So we do not hesitate to believe that Shakespeare possessed a reasonable portion of Latin at least. Printing by type had begun to make it possible for the best lit- erature to be found in cottages and at court. As this art advanced the ' us , W 1771? .Q il ' -if-E ie 1:21 fi - ,751 li : ' 2 5 .b number of books printed in foreign languages also increased. No one with an intellect like Shakespearels would have passed over this oppor- tunity for study and profit. Shakespeare's information and exquisite judgment, we know ex- tended to works of highest art, sculpture, painting, and music. His des- criptions of statuary are so admirable for truth and beauty that it is nearly impossible to suppose that they are the gems of a poet's art alone. It is also quite evident that Shakespeare had seen pictures by the great masters. We are told that pictures were a frequent decoration in the homes of the wealthy. See what a grace was seated on this browg Hyperion's curls, the front of jove himselfg An eye like Mars to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hillg A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man. This is truly a poet's description, but still it has all the power and reality of a finished picture. Only one endowed with a painter's inspir- ation could describe this form as Shakespeare does. The Elizabethan Age was above all the age of song and Shakes- peare appreciated melody. He speaks of it with love and admiration. His sonnets are songs in themselves, and Lymond truly says, Shakes- peare stands alone and has no second even among the nest of singing birds who lived during this high tide of song. Shakespeare's military knowledge ranks far above the usual knowl- edge of a soldier's life as known by the Elizabethan. Although Eng- lish seamen had just defeated the Spanish, and English soldiers were even then aiding the Dutch nation, the English people had little concep- tion of a soldier's duties or of his characteristic habits an-.1 thoughts. Much less did they know of the actual military operations in the Held. But Shakespeare had in some way acquired a very extensive military knowledge. The duties of a sentinel are barely understood by persons outside of the military profession, but its importance was fully recog- nized by Shakespeare when he wrote the opening lines of Hamlet. That he knew also of the discipline, strategy, generalship, and engineer- ing, besides the habitual vices and virtues of the soldiers themselves can be easily seen in his great dramas. Shakespeare's knowledge of medicine, too, is exceedingly extensive. Othello furnishes many line examples in the sayings of Iago. In one instance he says, What wound did ever heal but by degrees? Iago also expresses the belief that, 117 4. - -Y -' Q ..'-E 'Af. 1.f : 1:5 57, :fx 'fr-E ' ' Dangerous conceits are in their natures poisons, Which at the first are scarce found to distaste, But with a little act upon the blood, Burn like the mines of sulphur. When Shakespeare says that Dangerous conceits were in themselves diseases of the mind and takes into account of influence of the mind over our physical being, he uses his knowledge unerringly and far in advance of his time. We might go at great length naming the numerous channels that his mind had travelled. His knowledge of law is far too extensive to pass over. The trial scene in the Merchant of Venice is a typical representation. In Shakespeare the lofty ideas of abstract justice ap- pear together with his ideas of legal procedure. It is hatred that takes Shylock to court to demand the pound of flesh. He who dared pre- sume that the law would aid Wrong was himself crushed by the very defense of his own case. Portia acknowledged the validity of Shylock's bond, but taking it literally saved her husband's truest friend. Shakespeare's plays amaze the traveller by the accurate description of foreign cities, scholars by the knowledge of the classics, soldiers by the military knowledge, doctors by the knowledge of medicine and law- yers by the law. Carlyle's judgment in respect to Burns I think applies even more strongly to Shakespeare. He would have ':ached the sum- mit in any Field of endeavor. It was his untiring industry as a scholar more than inborn poetic temperament that made Shakespeare stand alone on the pinnacle of literature. -,Hllie Berglund. The Climax of Hamlei', ' AMLET, probably the best known of Shakespeare's plays, g f' ' is Without a doubt the greatest of them all. The play is I filled with topics which provoke discussion and subjects of such great interest that they are as largely debated as historical problems. Some of these topics, for instance the question of Hamlet's sanity, have given rise to many famous dissertations, but these subjects still remain unsettled. It is this kind of topic, I would bring before you to-day-the old question: Where is the climax in Hamlet ? Here the judgment of the student must be left to himself for no one can definitely say this or that is the climax and positively defend his claim. From a literary point of view I cannot defend my choice entirely, but from the dramatic side there can be little argument against it. Shakespeare did not write his plays with literary fame in view, but with ns . K V ,. - 7 ' :Y gf 5.5 Y .rv -:T . -- the sole intention of presenting them on the stage. Thus it would be natural to suppose that his intended climax would be dramatically strong and have great influence on the minds of the spectators. On seeing Hamlet played one must surely feel the climax to be the play within the play. Here we find a small pre-planned drama serving as a mirror to the King, casting the reflection of his crime into the depths of his soul and thus accomplishing the result for which it was planned by Hamlet. It is the match which lights the lamp of the King's conscience and in turn enlightens Hamlet as to the reliability of the Ghost. But what is this play that marks the climax, why was it given, and how did it happen to be shaped with such a polish that it could cause such stirring reflections and results? Let us review the Hamlet play. Here we have Hamlet seemingly a normal man in all respects, but suffering keenly because of the untimely death of his father. Then suddenly the spirit of his father appears to Hamlet and tells Hamlet that his uncle, the King, allowing ambition to better his natural feelings, has murdered his own brother, Ham1et's father, and has taken that brother's crown and queen. The apparent fact staggers him, and already plunged into deepest grief and desiring to lay the cause at some one's door, he grasps the Ghost's words with eagerness. He burns for immediate re- venge. He cares not for his life or earthly pleasures. They are trifles if only he may satiate his burning thirst for the blood of his father's murderer. However, here a keener sense of reason comes to him. He pauses and weighs the matter. He realizes that he has been fired by the mere Words of a spirit. Perhaps he has been deceived! Others have been deceived by ghosts and have been led to their destruction. Shall he place his life andiearthly station at stake at a mere incentive from the spiritual world? No, he must have better proof and it can come from only one living witness, the person of the king himself. ' And now the question arises how to safely approach the king and obtain this desired confession. He feigns madness so that he may watch the king unnoticed. But at this the king's suspicion is immedi- ately aroused. He regards Hamlet with a guilty fear. He debates with himself even the wisdom of allowing Hamlet his liberty. He places spies around him to report his speech and actionsg and at last that fear rises to such a pitch that he decides to rid himself of Hamlet by sending him to England. Hamlet observes with satisfaction this evident mistrust on the part of the king. He guesses its meaning, but still this is not proof. -Impa- tiently he taxes his brain for a plan. And now the players arrive unknowingly just in time to aid him. us w r 5 l 1. 4 il 1 4 l 4 1 4 I i r s fi - i new A eff 2 121 - -- i fiee- .er A plan immediately germinates in the fertile mind of Hamlet. He will have the players enact something like the murder of his father and thus cause the King, if guilty, to betray himself by a stricken conscience. This plan has been used before with success he knows. The play's the thing wherein he'll catch the conscience of the king. He immediately sets to work. He knows of an play, the Murder of Gonzago , well suited for his purpose, the condition of this crime being much like that of his father's murder. He adds certain words and actions and makes it the duplicate of his uncle's crime. The players are next innocently drawn into the plot. Hamlet's greatest fear is that the acting will be overdrawn. He instructs and shows them each move and action of his play. After a time he perfects the players and everything augurs success. His trap is now ready to spring. The court, the King and the Queen assemble to see the play in the great assembly hall. Hamlet seats himself in front of Ophelia opposite the throne from which point he may observe the King closely. He is very merry. He talks gliblyto Ophelia and to the surrounding com- pany. Then silence reigns over the audience. The play has opened. The first part has appeared and now the scene of the crime comes on. All eyes but Hamlet's are intently fixed on the stage. His are riveted on the real king. The murderer approaches with a catlike tread and pours deadly poison into the ears of the unconscious play king, his brother. The sight is fascinating to all but the real king. He turns his contorted face from the scene of his re-enacted crime, and buries his face in his hands, overcome with remorse. Then Hamlet, fearing the King will miss that part which it was most intended he should hear, rises excitedly and relates the rest of the play to the King. And the King overwhelmed and maddened by the words rises and calling for lights reels from the hall. And this is the climax of Hamlet. -Q Paul Webb. 120 5 '.,y .- , w MILDRED PHELPS INEZ MARIE VIRGINIA MILLER She's beautiful and there- SCHAGEMAN A maiden modest, sweet fore to be wooed. Honor, high honor and re- and fair. Class Play nown. Play Committee R0ll11!l Table. 112, '13, '14 German Club, '11, 114 LUCILE MURCH FRED C. COWEN VALERIE BURNS Knowledge comes, but wis- My worst word is VVel- She was ever precise in dom lingers. come nnfl welcome again . promise keeping, 121 ' , MARTHA ABBOTT PATRICE MCGRATH ISABEL BRUNER Those about her Little she be, but mighty. Eyes full of laughter. From her shall read the Orclwstra. '11,,'12, '13, '14 Chaminade, '11, ,I2, JI3, ,I4 perfect ways of honor. Clzaminadc, '13, '14 Scrip, '14 Sketch Club. '11, '12 Class Day Gymnastic Dancing, '11 Orchestra, '11, ,I2, '13, '14 Class Plav Class Day Scrifv, '13, '14 Banner Covmnittee Scrip Representative Class Day Class Play Banner Committe'c CluU11111nn'e, '14 FLORENCE KING LE ROY L. ROBERTSON MARIE HARRIS In her countenance did Had sighed to many, Nohility and merit are meet though he loved but one. only among a few. Sweet records, promises as Track, '11, ,IJ sweet. Glen Club, ,I2, '13 122 I LILLIAN WOERMAN PAUL WEBB CORDELIA BIGELOW Is she not passing fair? He is indeed a man who Upon such sacrifices, my Fremch Club, ,I4 lives not for himself Cordelia, Basketball, ,14 alone. , The gods themselves throw Class Day Committee Frenrh Club incense. E.1'ccutz'1'e Committee French Club, '14 PIqyVmCol111111'rYee mnwr Y -Mn 77777774 IRENE STOCKHOV OLIN NEWMAN DOROTHY BROWN Whose words all care took I weigh not fortune's Divinely tall, and most di- captive. frown or smile. vinely fair. Girls' Athletic Association, ,IJ 123 wa DOROTHY LEVY HAROLD KNIGHT JEAN BLAIR The light that lies in wo- A Knight there was and Over rough and smooth manfs eyes, that n worthy man. she trips along Forum And never looks behind. German Club Gym Club Clnxx Plnv GERTRUDE SILVERSTEIN Thou, whose exterior sem hlance doth belie Thy soul's immensity. Girls' Athletic .4.v.rocintim1, ,M HORACE STROETER As he thiiikest in his heart, so is he, 124 Baseball, '14 KARLEEN HEYMAN But oh, she dances such a way No sun upon an Eastern day Is half so fine za sight. Gymnastic Dancing, '11, '13 Baslcvtlmll, 112, 1142, 'IJ RUTH BOEDEKER Her modest looks the cot- tage might adorn, Sweet as the primrosc peeps beneath the thorn. Girls' Athletic Asxociafion, J11, '12, '13 Chaminade, '14 ' lf1:FiiR?i'6 C61i1'rYlit'ff e' W Banner COV71llL:lf'F Clnxx Dnlv MARTIN BLUFSTON ETHEL MARIE HAMBLEY And still the wonder And grace that won who grew, saw to wish her stay. That one small head could French Club, ,Il, '12 carry all he knew. Edison Club, ,I4 ELIZABETH RANDOLPH BARTON BIBB BERTHA TOTTEN Her sunny locks hang on Delays have dangerous Here 15 mettle more attrac- her temples like Z1 golden ends. UVB- I , Heecgv Forum Sketfh Club, 12, I2 125 Tennis, '13 ELLA SCHILLER JOSEPH HILL GENEATA LOCH Where more is meant than Endurance is the crowning So sweet the blush of bash- meets the ear. quality, fulness Secretary And patience all the pas- Elen pity scarce can wish sion of great hearts. it less. HELEN WILCOX KENNETH C. BAKER MARY LYNN Oh, pensive scholar, Men of few words are the Thine ,eyes are stars of What is fame? best men. morning, thy lips are Rmzml' Tfrlvfc. ,II JlIf171Zl'0If'1 Club, '12, JT3 crimson Howers. Girls' .-1fI1Ivf1'r .-'1.v.vm'ia1iw, Cmwtfviu. Swz'mming Tram, Frcnclz Club, '14 '13 '12, '12 French Club, '11 I 126 k l GLADYS McCLURE ISADOR ERLICH MILDRED KIRSH The very pink of perfec- The youth sae bashfu' an' Promise is most given tion. sae grave. when least is said. Forum, 'I2 KATHERINE MARTINI MILTON H. KOCH LOUISE VON ARX Bright star! would I were VVork, work, work, Fair as a star, when only steadfast as thou art. Till the brain begins to one is shining in the Swim. sky. Class Play Clzamiuade, '14 Class Dfw Committee Class Day 127 ALICE HARRIS WESLEY ZIMMERMAN LIDA HALL A blithe heart makes a The strength of twenty And on that cheek, and blooming visage. men. o'er that brow, Glee Club, '14 S0 soft, so calm, yet elo- Gym Club, '09 quent. Play Commiftre Botnniml Club. '13, '14 Round Table, '14 HARRIET DAVIS STANLEY FRIEDMAN MARTHA LEONARD In years that bring the And e'en though van- Her voice is ever soft and philosophic mind. quished he could argue low. Basketball, ,I2 stih. French Club, ,IE Tc'1111i.v, '14 Forum 128 GLADYS KOONS GLADYS MEYER LYDA BEAL I'll speak in a monstrous Wise to resolve and pa- A maiden modest, sweet little voice. tient to perform. and fair. Class Day Girls' Athletic Association CAROLYN MOHORTER RICHARD MOORE, JR. GERTRUDE MURCH No matter what the task Ah, why should life all la- Earth has not anything to No quarter did she ask. bor he? show more fair. Round Table, '12, '13 Class Day Class Play 129 MAUDE PEEK WILLIAM M. PERRY CLAIRE She was active, stirring, Oh! that this too solid COWPERTHWAITE all fire. flesh would melt. She moves a goddess Class Day And she looks a queen. Class Play EDNA SWARD ABE LERNER IVANELLE HENNESSEY I am slow of study. Thou dost not mark me fair. A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye. Rnzlml Tablet JI4 130 GLADYS REID VIRGIL STILL BAILEY KATHERINE WEBB The angels sang in heaven Anal when a 1ady'5 in the Her voice was ever soft, when she was born. case, you know all other Gentle and lowean excel- things give place. , lent thing in woman. ' Track, '13, '14 French Club, ,1.l E.1'cruti1fe Coumziftvc Botanical Club, '14 SUSAN COULTAS HERMAN JONES ANNETTE PINNEY Bright as a star, I do profess to be no less No splendor 'neath the In intellect a genius. than I seem. sky's proud dome Clusx Day But serves her for familiar Class Play wear. Exvczrtizze Committee 131 . 4 I T 4 1 l l l , ALLIE BERGLUND MAYBELL CRAWFORD MARGUERITE BARLOW Not by years but by dis- The grass stoops not, she She adds a precious seeing positign is wisdom ac- treads on it so lightly. to the eye. lllllfe . Clmmimlde, ,I2, 113, '14 ' Sketch Club, '13 . Round Table, '13, '14 Girls' Atliletic Asxoclalion, 'IQ ,I4 1' Scrip, '14 Botanical Club, ,I4 Banner Committee Clam Plm' Class Day SYLVIA CANDY MICHAEL FREUND MARIE BAGGOT For she's not forward, but Quality as well as quan- The precious porcelain of modest as the dove. tity. human clay. Girlx' Athletic A.T.VOL'll1li!711, Glee Club, 11.2, '13 'I2 Swi1m1ziuz Team. '12, 'R Edison Club, 'N 132 WILDITH MARTIN ALFRED CARSON MARIAN HELENE In every gesture, dignity Hoards after hoards, his HILLIARD and love. rising raptures fill, joyous as morning Cl1H17Ll11Gll?, 112, '13, 114 Yet still he sighs, for Thou art laughing and Girls' Athletic Association, hoarcls are wanting still. scorning. 113 French Club, '14 French Club, lI4 E.rar11fi1'c Cammittmr Class Day Class Trvusrrrw' Class Play Play Committee Sofia! Committee ANNELLE BALSON A lovelier flower on earth was never sown. Slcftclz- Club, 'IJ Girls' Atlzlctic Association, ,Ig i French Club. '14 Class Play Play Committee ROBERT M. CUTTER MARY STILLMAN He hath 21 daily beauty in A peace ahove all earthly his life. dignities, lillismz Club, '12, '13 A still and quiet conscience. .llumlnlia Club, '13, '14 Girls' Atlzlclin' Association, Frclzclx Clulv, '14 IIJ. '13 Class Play Finance C0llIllllllFfq 133 V VIVIAN MASON ISADORE SACKS RUTH CAMPBELL But she is nice and coy. He was a man, take him Virtue in all its seremty. for all in all, Round Table, ,I4 I shall not look upon his like again. Clwsx Club Indoor Basclmll, '13 F ADAH REINHARLI' RUTH BENT JUNE OGLESBY I never knew so young a Her smyling was ful sim- Quiet talk she liketh best. lady with so old a head. ple and coy. Gvrmrzzz Club, 'lg Clrmx Dru' Cmzillzfflvu 134 Clnxx Dllj' GRACE WOODS TOM DAWSON JOSEPHINE IMEL A dancing shape, an image The man that hlushes is But thy eternal summer gay. not quite a brute. shall not fade. Clmmiuazie, III, '12 Football, '13, '14 F TB11g1S, '13, iI4 Executive Committee ranch lub, '12, I4 Class Plav .E.'U'ECMtl'Z'E Cormniffee C Srrifw, '14 ---Y A-.. MA, 7-4ClH.5SA.ELl1NAEA..,t A AM.- lr1,m,l?11a,2idQ1L .Angst A AY,, ,WY W Zllofto Commitfee Scrip, 'I4 EFFIE SHANDS WALTER MEIER MARGARET KNIGHT A daughter of the gods, di' A loyal gentleman is he. There was a soft and pen- viuely tall. CIa.fslPIa31 sive grace, Class Day Cnvmniffee A cast of thought upon TEIll1i.V Club, 'I4 her face. Frmzclz Club, 'I4 135 Bnsl?etIJz1ll, ,I4 l w LILLIAN ARTHUR WARREN CRANDALL JUNE CLARK To live with them is far Like a lake, still but deep. Hard she labored, long and less sweet than to re- Forum, '12, '13, '14 well. member thee. Mandolin Club, '14 Girls' Athletic Assaclation, Bays' Atlzlrtic Arsocfation, '12, ylj. '14 '13 Tennis, '12, '13 Class Plav Basketball, 114 l'icc-fvrcsidcnt Class Day v RQSE QUINN RAYMOND C. CORINNE SCHLUETER Whose llttle lmorly lodged NIEDRINGHAUS Exceeclingly well read, :A mlghty minxl. A combination :md zi form indeed XfNvl'lCY8 every god rlirl seem to set llls seal to give the worll :assurance of a man, Track, 'Il, '12, '1g Football, ,I4 Glen Club, '13, '12 136 EMILY SHEWELL EDWARD DOUGHERTY She is pretty to walk with, Gentle Shepard, tell me And witty to talk with, where. And pleasant, too, to think Forum on. Class Flax' 137 Lower- The Final Scene SS TLA Y CLA N ENES I SC Upper-W The Wait.s ill' M. . ' C i jf - A E I-'1 S- ' f Ga -ia, -1' A -:J-'Z ' f.'A T'- r k i W fi i f - j The Senior Play E 1 AGER Heart,', the play given by the senior class of January, 1915, is a modernized mystery play. It preserves the spirit, the simple language and the allegorical methods of the miracle plays of Chaucer's time, but uses present day M A vocabulary. Its plot, The Coming of the King is so de- veloped as to show that to Eager Heart only will the King appear, while Eager Sense and Eager Fame, busied about the things of the world, are too late . Its presentation, occurring just before Christ- mas, Etted in well with the sentiments of Yule tideg and the accessories -staging, Waits and angel choir with Bach's wonderful oratorio- were well adapted to enhance the carefully planned effect. Eager Heart, a sweet gentle girl, has prepared a frugal meal for the King, the best she can afford. Her two sisters, Eager rS-ense and Eager Fame, try to tempt her away from the humble home to the palaces and capitols of the world. But she refuses. Soon a stranger and his wife, arriving footsore, weary and hungry, ask forwhelpn andthe girl, having compassion on them, gives them her home, the simple meal, while she leaves to seek the King. She meets some shepherds and learning that they too look for the King, they proceed together, following a star until at last it leads them back and rests above the door of Eager Heart. Three kings are there, and demand to whom the house belongsg and Eager Heart, ashamed, at last, admits the home belongs to her. The girl, the shepherds, and the kings all enter to behold the mother and her child. Astonished, they stand spell bound, then lay down their gifts before the child. The men depart and ind that Eager Sense and Eager Fame are trying vainly to enter. The kings stop them by chanting, Too late, too late, ye cannot enter now, the gates are shut, the hour of grace is past, the King who hath pleaded vainly at your door hath entered into Eager Heart The sisters turn sorrowfully away, la- menting that they have searched for the King in the wrong manner. This kind of play is seldom given because only a member of the Society of Eager Heart is allowed to present it. To this society be- long only men and women interested in mystery and miracle plays, and the Archbishop of Canterbury is the chairman. This organization pre- sents this play and others modeled after the fourteenth century dramas. The pupils in the cast worked steadily for about a month, spending nearly every afternoon and Saturday morning with the help of the or- chestra. The acting and delivery were rendered well by all in the castg Carolyn Mohorter as Eager Heart, Annelle Balson as Eager Sense, Wil- dith Martin as Eager Fame, Milton Koch as the Man Stranger, Mildred 139 Phelps as the Woman Stranger, Walter Meier as the First Shepherd, Robert Cutter as the Second Shepherd, Warren Crandall as the Old Man, Edward Dougherty as the Young Man, Thomas Dawson as the King of the Mill, Harold Knight as the King of Thought, Herman jones as King ofthe Lonely Heart, Allie Burgland, the Prologue, Grace Woods, the Epilogue, and the two Soldan Spirits, Josephine Imel and Gladys Reed. The class received hearty support from people outside the class. Miss Jones directed the staging and acting, Miss Finn directed the music and Miss Careche the costumes. The other teachers who helped with the lighting effects, the curtain, and attending to the actors were Misses Sherry, Brosard, Cunningham, Shryock and Gladfetter and Messrs. Grossman, Pitcher and Sackett. At times beautiful music was sung by a chorus of boys' voices, which added wonderfully to the Christmas spirit. Those white clad choir boys were Harry Adler, Sidney Altman, Winfred Benton, Walter Craig Qsoloistj, Robert Grady, Franklin Gurley, Ralph Gurley, Plow- man Hamilton, Wilbur Knight, Frank Linn, Milton Marks, Hale Moore, Raymond Northcutt, Ferdinand Pfleger, Preston Pitts, and Wil- liam Taylor. The Town Crier, Leroy Robertson, and the waits who went through the audience singing Christmas carrols gave local color to the play. The Waits were Martha Abbott, Virgil Bailey, Martin Bluffs- ton, Alfred Carson, Patrice McGrath, Richard Moore, Ray Niedring- haus, William Perry, Frank Schwenk, Fred Sultan, Paul Webb, and Wesley Zimmerman. The staging was beautiful with the soft colored lights thrown on the quaint home scene and the solemn forest scenes. Some people loaned the class valuable old furniture, which was greatly appreciated because such furniture cannot be bought. The sentiment of the time was enhanced by the programs of excellent taste. They were tied by the senior pupils, so in some way or other, all seniors gave a helping hand. The time and labor spent on this play was well rewarded and the class received many compliments from prominent people who did not know that a high school could present such a beautiful, solemn, and yet simple play. -Wildith Marlin, 8. 140 ' ' -, wf E r EDITORIAL STAFF fZ' Q, 1- 'T , , 2 ,f , RAIVDOLPH S. LYON ----- Editor'-in-Ohief JESSE TVN. HAYNES - - A - - - Business Manager Departmental Associates PT1l'LL1S OASEY AIARTHA ABBOTT ISABEL BRUNEI? WILBUR IYETIZIIAN GRACE TVOODS WIILLYS BLISS DOROTHY JAOTfES OTTARLES NAGEL Departmental Assistants ELEA NOR STEVENS ALLIE BERGLUND DARYL SINOLAIR LEE SUHOEN EMZPTA OOULTAS TVELLES PULLEN LAWTON LEVY THE SCHIP is issued every six weeks during the school year from the ofliee in Soldan High School, Union and Kensington Avenues, Saint Louis, Mo. Terms.-One year, seventy-five cents: one term, forty cents. Mailing, ten t t cen s a erm. Entered as second class matter December 16, 1910, at the Post Office, St. Louis, Missouri, under Act of March 3, 1879. Antony's Mastery of the Mob 0 0 Mark Antony faced that eager, excited, throng on the Forum with not a doubt as to the outcome of his mission. They had remained unwillingly to. listen to him only because Brutus had asked it of them, and they were ready to spring upon him and tear him to pieces if he dared utter anything wrong against Brutus. Antony knew this. But he also knew the changeable temperament of a mob and above all his power to play upon the emo- tions of an audience by the strength and skill of his oratory. By his seemingly heartfelt grief over the death of Caesar, Antony at once aroused the sympathy of the mob for himself. They were moved by the tears of a strong man for a friend who he thought had been foully murdered. I say seemingly heartful grief, for was it sincere and heart- felt? There is no doubt that Antony had been a close friend of Caesar, but he was also the very soul of ambition. He knew that he as well as the conspirators would profit by the death of Caesar and obtain high place in the commonwealth. Perhaps if he could turn the people against the conspirators, be rid of them, he might seize the whole for himself. Who knows how high the spirit of ambition within Antony may have soared? Then to turn their sympathy and pity towards Caesar, he aroused their sense of fair play by telling them of the ingratitude of Brutus- 141 7- K, A ...A .- Y .2 kg 5- Y- -,:i-r.N' - .f : ,,, . how when Caesar saw Brutus whom he so dearly loved among the con- spirators with a dagger in his hand, he drew his mantle over his head to hide the sight from his grief-stricken eyes. Antony filled their hearts with patriotic pride as he recalled to their minds the many conquests of Caesar. He recalls how Caesar overcame the Nervii, the liercest and the most unconquerable people against whom Caesar ever formed his battle line., He continued to appeal to their sympathy, their patriotic pride and finally to their avarice, until he stirred the mob to such a pitch that they cried, We will be revenged, let not a traitor live. When Antony had accomplished his end he pretended that he did not come to stir them to mutinyg but as the citizens take Caesar's body to burn it in the holy place and to burn the traitors' houses, he cries, Now let it work: Mischief, thou art afootg Take thou what course thou wilt. -Ejie Shands, 8. Macbeth a Study in Ambition 0 0 Macbeth had a courage few have, and this courage won for his country many victories. He was a great help to the King, in fact, the King's best fighter. As was natural he was proud of the honors he had won and of his glory, and was am- bitious to increase them. This ordinary ambition was fed by the fact that he had nearly as good a claim to the throne of Scotland as the reigning King. This claim, together with his popularity, caused this favorite of the people to hope that upon Duncan's death, he would be chosen as the next King. Macbeth strove to gain this end by daring all dangers, risking again and again his life to win the confidence and love of the people. At last he feels his goal is reached. In this exalted frame of mind he meets the witches, who hail him as the future King. Henceforth he is certain and feels that his ambition will be realized. He and his wife dream and plan for the future. Everything is settled in their minds. But suddenly a cloud appears on the horizon to mar Macbeth's hap- piness. The King, en route to spend the night at Macbeth's castle, tells him of his intention of naming Malcolm his son, as his successor. Macbeth is stunned, horrified, staggered by this news. If Malcolm is named, his hope, his dream that has already in his mind become a reality, is shattered. This must not come to passg but what is to be done? Should he kill the King? No, even in his crazed state his honor puts this base thought from him. He searches for a plan to prevent the ruin of all this that has made life worth while, but without success. Finally in this harrassed state of mind he arrives at his castle. He 142 ff-r'..f'U for if fe if fr et s v is s L , is met by his wife who, over-ambitious for her husband, is intoxicated by the opportunity offered by the King's visit. She realizes that if this chance is seized, her husband will be made King without delay and she urges Macbeth to kill the King. Discouraged. by his failure to solve his problem, Macbeth accepts his wife's plan as a last resort. -Lillian Arthur, 8. Macduff's Patriotism 0 0 In Macduff, the sturdy Scottish hero and patriot, we have a man of great simplicity, energy and determination of character. He First comes to us in a moment of intense emotional oppression caused by the murder of Duncan. It is he who discovers the murder of his king and whose simple, quiet Your royal father s murdered to Malcolm, is in honest contrast to the elaborate and hol- low words of Macbeth. He makes no connection of the murder with Macbeth. In fact Macduff loved Macbeth well and believed that Duncan had been murdered by attendants as Macbeth said. But after a time when he had cause to suspect Macbeth, he was startled. Nevertheless, he wisely and carefully concealed his unproved suspicions. I-I-e avoided the man and Hnally, taught by prudence and urged by a desire to aid his country, he Hed to England where he sought the active assistance of Lord Northumberland, the warlike Siward , for the liberation of Scotland. Throughout, Macduff revealed himself to have that spirit of love and devotion to his country which we call patriotism. He was the sturdy patriot, the true man. -Isabel Bruner, 8. Shakespeare's Influence upon Modern Life 0 9 Let us turn our attention to the influence of Shakespeare upon the moral side of our characters. Reverend john W. Day, who delivered an address here at Soldan on the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, remarked that, were there no Bible, the study of the great English dramatist would furnish a guiding principle of man's life that would en- able him to live justly and honestly, and further, that there are a great many people to-day who class Shakespeare's works second only to the Bible. Former President Eliot of Harvard says, The Bible will al- ways be read and 1 may say the same of Shakespeare. Samuel J. Tilden also realized this when he said, Give a man a copy of Shakes- peare's complete works and the Holy Bible, and he will have literature enough for one life time, if all other books were denied him. These men tell us that Shakespeare has accomplished much in influencing our lives for the better. 143 Shakespeare, the monarch poet, the mastersinger, the most famous dramatist, and, as Goethe calls him, the greatest psychologist of the world, has made his influence felt in the past, and will in the future. So long as any culture remains, and so long as the English language continues to exist, so long, too, will Shakespeare's influence upon mod- ern life endureg for as Ben Jonson enthusiastically exclaimed, He was not of an age, but for all time . . -Inez M. Schageman, 8. Banquo and Macbeth as Types of Successful Men 9 9 Success has been defined as the prosperous termination of any enterprise. Thus a man, to be truly successful, must not only attain worldly prosperity but retain his peace of mind and contentment in life. When we consider the success of Banquo and Macbeth, we must view it from two points, the moral and the material. Through all his temptations Banquo was successful in retaining his honesty and integ- rity, but Macbeth purchased his advancement and position in the state at the expense of his own soul. - The two men are put to a test in the scene in which they meet the weird sisters and hear their prophecies. Banquo, addressing them in the name of Truth receives an answer to his inquiry, but Macbeth uses no such exhortation and the Figures vanish when he speaks to them. Macbeth is stirred. His curiosity is aroused and for the first time the thought of creating for himself the opportunity of becoming king oc- curs to him. Banquo, however, attaches very little importance to the episode. His character is so deeply rooted in truth and honesty that even the suspicion of evil never enters his mind. Macbeth, with Lady Macbeth as prime instigator of his deeds, com- mits, for his own security and advancement, atrocious crimes. So, al- though gaining his end, by his own crimes Macbeth ruins his life, and spends the short remainder of his days in unrepentant misery. -Martha Abbott, 8. The Forest of Arden the Home of Romance 9 0 The Forest of Arden! Even the name suggests beauty and romance. And for one who has once read As You Like It immediately a beautiful picture is called up before the mind. One sees the oaks whose antique roots peep out upon the brook that brawls along this woodg the shadowy woodland glades where the Duke dined, the greenwood where merry throated birds were singing and where careless herds of deer swept byg in whose hollows grew brambles, hawthorn and green holly. One sees the out-- skirts of the forest where it passes over lowwooded hills into meadows covered with sheepg near the edge another stream break out from the 144 1- A- if :E .1-lv: -3- lk -' , 74? -7, Y vw-' forest, fringed by weeping willowsg in the neighborhood bottom the little cottage which Rosalind rented from the churlish farmer, a pleasant place that listened to the murmuring of the streamg and near by a sheep- cote fenced about with olive trees. In the charmed atmosphere of the Forest of Arden the real things of life and its troubles vanish into thin air, and everyone becomes happy and joyous: In this beautiful woods all are carefree, living the simple life of the peasant. The Forest is the central force of the play bringing laughter out of tears and harmony out of discord. Not only does it harbor beasts unknown to France, but its shadowy glades foster a life so free from care and trouble that it becomes to us a symbol of the heal- ing and sweetening influence of nature. -Ahnelle Balson, 8. Hczflze Best Shall Serve the Staten ff Monday, December 2, the Missouri Federation of Wo- f l ns1an's Clubs presented the school with a bronze tablet on ' 3 which the motto, The Best Shall Serve the State, is en- E' graved. The tablet was presented to Soldan to stimulate Q p the interest of the pupils in civil service reform by giving to them all an opportunity to write on this subject, and in return to be rewarded by having the names of those doing excellent work inscribed on the tablet. This may serve to inspire us and all fu- ture Soldanians with the lofty ideals of a reform whose purpose is to establish in Missouri a system of having all public ollices filled accord- ing to a system of merit, rather than by any other previous method. By living up to these ideals every citizen will be prepared to give to the state the best in him, that this nation may realize a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. -Phillis J4. Casey, 7. ,,, ICJ QI 145 -: S U G :R if 3 03 Q22 Q- 5 CNE? mae M95 ww room Q15 Ewf ME S-s Qs: s bn 5 QE 43 Qi gb Ea Q-3 Q2 1 'sf gb S -S 63 A Q Q: S L ,L Agfa. The Student, Oklahoma High School, has a good literary depart- ment. The poems and stories are all worth while. We would suggest, however, that you make your covers more attractive. Yeatman Life, St, Louis, an attractive, well arranged paper. ',Orange and Blackf' Lincoln High, Los Angeles, shows splendid school spirit. The History of the School is especially good. Bradford High School Courant, Bradford, Pa., would be greatly improved if the covers had a little more character to them. Aside from that the paper is very good. The Review, Central High School, Washington, D. C. Why not have more of a joke department? It always adds life to a school paper. A very interesting paper is the Halloween number of the Tiger. It is full of the spirit of Halloween and contains some good Halloween stories and poems. The Thanksgiving number of the Tiger is as good as the Halloween. The Artisan, Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles, is the best exchange we have received this term. From a close reading of the Artisan', we gather that M. A. High is some school. The Observer, Decatur High School, Decatur, Ill. Your editorial department is well written, also your Locals, By reading your paper one is enabled to get a pretty clear idea as to what goes on in your school. We have among our exchanges this fall three numbers of the Col- lege Index, Kalamazoo College, Michigan. Of the three the Com- mencement number is the most interesting. Robert Ely, Woman Hater is clever and very well Written QOct0ber issuej. The Cherry and White, Williamsport, Pa. A splendid paper, with some good editorials and stories. A well arranged and interesting paper is the Tech,' of the Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Ill. We acknowledge the receipt of the following: The Camosunf' Victoria High School and Collegeg The Purple and Gray, Burlington, Iowag Daisy Chain, Waco, Texasg Tatler, Elizabeth City, N. C.g 147 -'- 'L' -:- :ff -1-Y v- -A A 4 - ' -.. fb - - -S A Mexico, Mo.g The Sphinx, Centralia, Ill., The Car- Orange, New Jersey, Hesperian, Oregon City, Oregon, M, Arts Literary Society, St. Paul, The Student, Covington, y The Early Trainer, Lawrence, Mass., The Recordf, Smith Academy, St. Louis, Student Life,', Washington Universityg University Missourian. As Others See Us Take all the good things the Orange and Black has said about the Sci-ip,', from Soldan High School, St. Louis, add more about their joke department and you will have our criticisms on the latest edition of the Scrip we have received. The New Seniors ,r HE heavy work for the june, '15, Class is over. The election of ofhcers has taken place, the colors, peacock blue and - silver, have been selected, the motto, Speak in Deeds , chosen, and even our banner is completed. With thanks to the finance committee, we are to receive our rings and pins at a luncheon given before the end of the term. The class consists of at least a hundred and forty-seven members. This will be the largest class ever graduated from Soldang another thing to note is that there are only about five more girls than boys. The last fact is something of a miracle. When you see us on Class Day, which we hope will be early in the term, you can then tell just how many members We have enlisted in the ranks , The officers are: Hixon Kinsella, presidentg Margaret Woods, vice-presidentg Wilbur Hehman, treasurer, Donelia Sutton, secretaryg Wyllys Bliss, Scrip manager for the class, Daryl Sinclair, Scrip rep- resentative, Phyllis Casey, Miriam Buttweiler, Dorothy jackes, Ralph Fischer, William Cunliff, and Chauncey Shultz, executive committee. ' , :JF 1 I U f er -Daryl Sinclair, 7 fl 148 A -Y W -1- -1. ffy- ' .,, Per Viam Appiam -J, f- .X f ' vw w fn f 06 .lujl in N i q fy f11s!z? N X 1 ,Q V. N ff D '. ya I 3 ug , V s ' V X , ff' , , , w . an Wgl :FX WFU N A-Q 41.51 4 ' 4 Ai'4lrqillxxmxwC 1' 1,1 -xt ilyf' yv X- m . Ai ' v4 ,o P gf Ng o x w , ' I SM , H O E m mmmm ff K1 m, I Hy-N W ,. 11 , X A FEW DEHIVATIVES lubu fffafvp fgqcEHE, FfiIg3252:itp . Fans Latina Verborum Anglicorum Jbferiia Laiinae gl?-,Ein TUDIUM Latin e Ion statuit magnitudinem hominis, sed, Q fere semper qulsque magnus negotio rei publicae, quondam studult hnguae Latmae Atque dicamus Semper hominem 'aj quemque ma num qu1 non studuit Latinae, deploravisse K, K vu' 3 1, vw- -- ' ' 4 25 y inopiam scientiae Latinae. mm ' Haec res demonstrantur in rebus nostris, cum plerique nostri praefectores discipulique potentissimi studuerunt linguae Latinae. Eo magis homo cognoscit, quo intellegit quantum debeatur linguae Latinae. - Michael Freund, Latin, 6. 149 w x A Ng C1 E Q '-E LJ 3 H- , If r Y- :' ff Sa E-rf iff -' ,--ax 1 fic - - , 3 The Chaminade Club A-www HE Chamznade Club has had a most successful season. Early Qi 41' in the term the membership list of fifty was filled complete- ly and since then many applicants have tried out and been put on the waiting-list of next term when they will be given first consideration. The members have shown great interest and enthusi- asm in the work and have thoroughly enjoyed the exceptionally fine songs which Miss Finn selected this term. They were given on various occasions. The most important numbers are The Erlking5', Nymphs and Fauns , and The Sun-Worshippersn, an Indian song. An entertainment and dance was given by the Chaminade on the afternoon of Thursday, January 7. All met in the music room and had a highly amusing game of Proving the Artist. To see our mighty seniors, and even Mr. Douglass himself, essay to draw homely cats or dear, little rabbits on the blackboard and then find that their several artistic efforts often resulted in a striking similarity of entirely different animals, was most uproarious. After the game the merry throng descended to the lunch room where all enjoyed delightful refreshments, then dancing in the gymnasium with Fine music furnished by some of the Washington University boys. But, best of all we had a visit from a specially engaged foreign band who certainly looked as though they had come from the seat of war. They made a hit with their grand march and peculiar harmonies, and it is whispered that behind those queer costumes and wild mustaches lurked familiar faces, but who would presume to say? The afternoon was highly enjoyable. The club has had a very capable corps of officers this term who per- formed their duties faithfully and well. Daryl Sinclair was presidentg Rose Hahn, vice-presidentg Wildith Martin, secretary, Dorothy jackes, treasurer: Bessie Freegard and Georgia Cummings, librariansg Scrip representative, Isabel Bruner The following eight senior members, Martha Abbott, Ruth Boe- deker, Allie Berglund, Isabel Bruner, Wildith Martin, Adah Rheinhardt and Louise Von Arx? will be missed by the club, but there are many waiting to fill the vacancies. -Isabel fBruner, 8. 151 I' al .-f4 I 6 I I il I I I I I I I I n I I I I I I o , I - 1 4 if X ' l flQy '. e , 1 1 rg 'A Lf, Af' I B 'fffm D' 22241 f' Lf' -:ww ', if ' ' M ,, 'W ,WVSWU JJ 1-5 'i v' l ' 'li A ' 2 . 'It I be 'JI X '6f wf I' 5, I Q I 'ff .rw 1: ,Fill-'Skim' , m V- ,X ,Z ttwfl . ,--Y' ' aim' A - ,f 4 ' ' I i Ja -Q., -Qt , ' , ,ln gk . ' Q.: - - ' iv- - . . . i T'-.L Jl...Ll,' 1---JF kT. W - NOTHER term has passed and the Forum still has the dis- 'f a tinction of being Soldan's foremost organization. The ' other day I was asked why the Forum did not get before A the school and give entertainments in the auditorium as K the Glee and Mandolin clubs do. I replied that the Forum is always before the school. A teacher can always tell the Forum boys in his class by their clear and convincing manner I of speech, and then we have an entertainment every Friday afternoon when we listen to the Forum's program. The programs for the past term have been both interesting and in- structive. A faculty program and a foolish program were among the novel ideas which were used by the program committee. The boys. and girls too, for that matter, who have attended any Forum program have come to expect zeal and originality. We ask members of the school to visit us and judge for themselves. In the business meeting a boy will learn parliamentary law and procedure, a thing essential to every one's education, and at the same time will enjoy himself and have a good time. Only members of the society are permitted to remain for the business meeting. In the class of january, '15, are found the Forum's two oldest mem- bers, in point of membership, namely: Harold E. Knight and Stanley Berkson Friedman. The other january, '15, boys are Barton Bibb, Warren Crandall, and Edward Dougherty. All of these boys have been hard and untiring workers and their places will be hard to Fill. In the June Class the Forum will lose ten other members. So you can see that the Forum needs new blood to keep up its present high standards and ideals. The officers for the past term have been as follows: president, john Hixon Kinsellag vice-president, Gordon Fennellg secretary, Fred Drie- meyerg treasurer, Herbert De Staeblerg sergeant-at-arms, Chauncey Schulzg Scrip representative, Stanley Berkson Friedman. To them is due much credit for their untiring and earnest Work during their term in office. -Stanley Berkson Friedman, 8. 152 I oUND TABLE um UMW' reassess-tai HE term that is now drawing to a close has been one of the most if not the most interesting and profitable terms in Q the history of the organization. Through a suggestion made by Mr. Powell the club decided to find out something f ' about Robert Browning and his works. We all realized what a tremendous task we were undertaking, that of get- ting acquainted with Robert Browning in one school term! But we went into the work heart and soul. We began by learning something about Robert Browning, the man, then Robert Browning the poeti eWhen we listened to the inter- esting story of his life, told by one of the members, how he had married Elizabeth Barrett, herself a poet, we began to see the wonderful charm and beauty of the love poems of Browning. We gave several meet- ings to these poems exclusively which were made still more interesting to us by the skillful readings and explanations given by our faculty ad- visers, Miss Jones and Miss Hamilton. These love poems were fol- lowed by the reading of some miscellaneous poems, How the Good News Was Brought from Ghent to Aix , My Last Duchess , and many others. We then felt ourselves fairly well prepared to begin the real work of the term, Browning's Pippa Passes , a drama of remarkable beauty. We studied this with more care than any of the others, reading parts of it and then discussing them. The greater part of our enjoy- ment of this beautiful drama was due to the explanations and discus- sions given by Miss Hamilton and Miss Jones without whose help we could not have studied it effectively. Then as a final finishing off of our work we had Mrs. Paine give in the auditorium a dramatic reading of Pippa Passes . Our faculty, the seniors and other friends were in- vited and all who heard it said they enjoyed it very much. As a result of this work on Browning many a member of the Round Table has added a volume of Robert Browningis Complete Works to her library and places it among her most valued books because now she un- derstands and appreciates Robert Browning. -Olive Underhill, 7. 153 The Orchestra A ...Q 7: f ' ' ' J.. .-I?:--::::::I:'.-TI ' ' '5 'Tlf g ' ': '::' n: - . '4 QM' 494' x ,' Linn: f X ' 4' NEBOJIL Q ,T f Cys U ,IZ Q F A 3 H 1 il- ku g g O gl L , ,..-ff-m m... HE Soldan Orchestra has gained the distinction of being recognized as one of the foremost musical ensemble organ- izations in the city. A spirit of co-operation is now being manifested by the orchestras of the four St, Louis high schools, and Sol- dan has been notably represented at the joint meetings. Friday evening, November 30, the entire orchestra attended Verdi's beautiful opera Aida , at the Odeon, which was sung by the San Carlo Opera Company. Our members all enjoyed the superb harmony of this masterpiece of this great Italian composer, which was so Well presented by the San Carlo Company. One of our affairs was an informal spread,' in the south lunchroom after school hours. Our menu was not elaborate, but was worthy of the attention we bestowed on it. L We have attempted some difficult and pretentious compositions re- cently with gratifying success, notably the Allegretto Movement from Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, which we performed as an overture for the Class Play, December 23. We also played selections from Bach's Christmas Oratorio and the Holy Child by Handel. 2 On October 12, we presented a musical number to inaugurate the night school season. At the combined concert of all the school organizations, the orches- tra had the honor of playing the First number of a very enjoyable pro- gram. The selection Was Flotow's Martha which was well received by the audience as the opera Martha had been heard by a majority of the school the Week before and hence was familiar to them. The Orchestra loses two of its oldest members by graduation this january: Martha Abbott and Patrice McGrath. We have now thirty- five members on our roster. First violins: Martha Abbott, Raymond Behrens, james Klepper, Ethel Knoblock, Patrice McGrath, Emil Nathan, Fred Pavey, Eunice Woods, Abe Smith. Second violins: Leah Dick, Harold Franzel, john Heintz, Robert Lund, Louise Martin, Louis Roth, Clark Ryan, Edison Smith, Lillian Sol, Sylvia Walden, Grace Wright, Frances Woods. Violo: Robert Wash. Cello: Ethel Goldstein. Clarinet: George Guibor, junior Bihr. Flute: David Stewart. Cornet: Walter Vre- denburgh, Edward Pollack, Ira Maas. Trombone: Alvin Popper. Drums and Traps: Swain Smith. Accompanist: Maurine Hollyman. Director? Miss Finn- 155 -Patrice McGrath. 3 l '32 ff AT' be ' if A TNT' A ' ' The Glee Club HE Glee Club is one of the clubs which most thoroughly represent the student body. There are boys from all 4 ' , grades and enrollment is not restricted to only those hav- ,. ing Fine voices. Good pianists are welcome also. The club is growing in number, the enrollment now H being thirty-six active members, none of whom the club is Q will lose by graduation this January. The programs given have consisted of songs by the club, the quar- tette, and sometimes solos. The quartette accepts outside engagements and has had great success wherever it has sung. Not only classical music, but lighter, popular music is sung, usually as an encore. Many of the Glee club boys sang Christmas eve with the carol singers. Following are the members, Arthur, Albin, Bihr, Colonna, Con- ner, Conrath, Cunlifl, Clipner, Drischler, Fendler, Grant, Groves, Gregg, Harkins, Hehman, Heuer, Helwig, Israel, Maginn, King, Knight, johnson, Mears, Phelan, Preston, Proetz, Shultz, P. Smith, S, Smith Swingley, Shirley, Steinman, Rathburn, Tippett, Vorhees. - C. Shultz, 7. The Mandolin Club N H x. I-1 PP ix then rendered was March M1l1ta1re Owing to short ness or time no encore was given. The octette is now holding regular practice every Wednesday afternoon and is ready to appear whenever it is necessary. At the German-French Club spread the octette rendered music during the entire feast. It was greatly appreciated by the feast- ers. N the first of December the Mandolin Club a cared before the school for the first time in the year. The selection L. , 1 gi ,, . . . ,, . - 'i We now have a wider repertoire at our disposal, having worked in- dustriously all term on some new pieces. Among the best selections are the March Militaire , by Boehm, Our Director , by Bigelow, Serenade of the Mandolinesn, by Desormes, Chansonette de la Man- doline , by Jacobs, and O Sole Mio , by di Capua. The club is very fortunate this term in losing but two of its mem- bers by graduation. Warren Crandall and Robert Cutter are the only boys who will leave us. We are sorry to see them go. We now have twenty-live members in our enrollment. These are Robert Arthur, Wyllys Bliss, Clarke Boughton, Dewey Brockmeyer, Clifford Brown, Warren Crandall, Robert Cutter, Fred Driemeyer, Ralph Hall, Henry Sommers, and Paul Wilkinson, iirst Mandolins, 156 . T -, i -A Q 4- -? -'f'T 5' ' f 1-' 7 42-?'1 - ':-v, Carl Berglund, William Cunliff, Ward Harkins, Arthur Schopp, Robert Stoneman, and Taylor Ward, second mandolinsg Howard Boone and Carl Drischler, third mandolinsg Donald Arthur and Douglas Wood, guitarsg Wilson Lewis, tenor mandolag Ben Knight, mando-cellog and Mr. Pitcher, mando-bass. b -Wilson Lewis, 6. Lecercle Francais Nlii' A ' clubs of Soldan which are worth while. It is a club with V ,C '.'e an object and a club which has succeeded in accomplishing 'H ,X ' that object. This has been made possible by the good ,. spirit and enthusiasm of its members, every one of whom has done his or her share toward making this term a suc- cess. The programs of the term have been splendid. To Mr. Blanchet is due much of the credit for this as he is not only chairman of the pro- gram committee but also frequently gives a good number. On one oc- casion he recited a poem which he had composed and on another gave a recitation, entitled L'Enterrement de Ma Belle Mere, which sent everyone into I-its ot laughter. YAt one meeting there was a debate on the following question: Resolved, that the study of the French lan- guage should be made compulsory in the high schools. On the affirma- tive were Olive Underhill and Elizabeth Harter, while the negative was argued by Marion Sturdevant and Ella Newman. The affirmative won. Of course the meetings and programs are entirely in French in accord- ance with the motto: Pas un Mot d'Anglais. On December 11, Le Cercle Francaise, in conjunction with the Ger- man Club gave a dance. The members of both clubs invited outside guests and in all there were about one hundred present. The oflicers of the term are as follows: Elizabeth Harter, pres- identg Grace Woods, vice-presidentg Dorothy jackes, secretaryg Mar- garet Knight, treasurerg Mr. De Vitis, sergeant-at-armsg Eleanor Stev- ens, Scrip correspondent. Cercle Francaise is undoubtedly to be ranked among those 5 E V -ffleanor Stevens, 7. The German Club HE German C1ub's greatest ambition at present is to success- fully stage an original dramatization of Baumbach's novel, Der Schwiegersohnf' The dramatization of the book 152- u , . . . , J has already been accomplished very creditably and with I no little labor by two of the members of the club and re- ' hearsals have 'already begun under the direction of Mr. Priess, our faculty representative, and Victor Proetz. The cast has 157 - A -L.. - - - A -r V , Y 4, -YW . L..-, , A -..a- H - '-Q- been chosen as follows: Marie, Evelyn jacksong Frau Engleman, Mary Berkowitzg Frau Eckart, Blanche Herman or Leah Hibshmang the Count, Victor Proetzg Karl, Ira Fischer 3 Herr Eckart, Young Helwigg Herr Engleman, Henry Schwenk. The play will probably be ready for the school by the latter part of February. In attempting to stage this play we realize that we have under- taken a difficult piece of work and take pride in our efforts accordingly. Although the play has been holding the center of the stage to a large extent we are not neglecting our other work. The club meets regular- ly every Wednesday afternoon at two forty-Eve in room 316. We pre- pare our programs with the intention of creating a truly German atmos- phere and even the business of the club is transacted in German. We find Mr. Priess's new piano to be an addition of value to our work which consists so largely of the study of German songs. On December 11, the club joined with Le Cercle Francais in re- ceiving the friends of the two clubs at a spread and dance. Everybody seemed to have had a good time and we look forward with pleasure to another co-operative party. The officers for the current term are as follows: president, Inez Schagemang vice-president, Victor Proetzg treasurer, Eugene Schraderg secretary, Henry Schwenkg Scrip representative, Ira Fischerg all of whom cordially invite any who are interested to share the privileges of the club. -Ira Fischer, 7. The Chess Club HESS is chess-in fact, nothing succeeds like chess. For example our club, with almost thirty-Five members, is breaking the record for growth and interest. We are al- . ready in the midst of one tournament and will soon have J. bf another. The mid-year preliminary tournament is the one now being played. This will determine the handicaps for the second tournament. The First tournament, naturally, determines the club champion, but the second tournament determines whether the champion can hold his lead against the handicaps. Incidentally, men in the several groups will receive prizes. There will probably be Five groups in this year's tournament, since the club has grown so that all grades of players will contend. A tournament with members of some, if not all the other schools, is probable, and this year success should be ours-else probability has become entirely chance. -Mr. Mark Moody. 158 5? i' Es ii The Edison Club- P '-- HILE the European nations are shooting each other to pieces, ' d 'E we, hearing the distant echoes of the conflict, naturally have some desire to know the method that they are using to ac- complish this result. Our desire has been somewhat satis- ,lied b5L,lengtl1yVa1:ticles.on a war -subjects -printed 1 in- various periodicals for the enlightenment of their readers, but as most of us dislike being readers we remain unenlightened. There are very few of us who would rather read than hearg if there were many, actors and lecturers would be forced to seek some other vocation, such as running a linotype or rotary press. All this is simply to drive home to you the fact that you would much rather have someone talk to you about shrapnel and siege guns than read of them in the Literary Di- gest . Isn't it true? I The Edison Club has recognized this peculiarity of -the average human being, and, recognizing also that it is reasonable for a person to wish to conserve his energy, has tried to help its members to conserve theirs by having reports on war subjects read to the club by members who were willing to undertake the study of any special topic. Inter- esting talks on submarines, shells, the English army, and the German 42cm. gun have been given and we expect to have soon talks on mili- tary tactics and war aeroplanes and automobiles. It must not be thought, however, that the Edison club is occupying all of its time with the European war. In addition to our war talks we have had many interesting talks on diverse scientific subjects. At the time when the city was agitated over the question of germs in our drink- ing water, our president gave us a highly instructive talk on the relation of bacteria to life. A very interesting talk on the new nitrogen lamp which will be used entirely for the illumination of the Panama-Pacific exposition was followed by a lecture on the peculiar element, radium, isa ...K-M p ..f ,cf-1,-f . .. .. and an exposition of the gyroscopez the only thing on earth which has no center of gravity. A talk was then given on burning mirrors, prov- ing that the story of the burning of the Roman fleet by' Archimedes might be true. Expositions of the three types of phonographs and of induction motors were given, our term's work closing with a demonstra- tion of the beautiful geissler tubes. Our talk in the auditorium was cut out as several of the other clubs greatly overran their time, but a modi- fied form of it was printed in the last Scrip so that the school might not lose it. The unparalleled activity of our club this term has been due to the untiring labor of our officers, notably among them our president, Hor- ace Pote. Our other officers are as follows: vice-president, Howard Liggettg secretary, Julius Sanowskig treasurer, Ralph Fischer, Scrip representative, William Saunders, jr. -W. F. Saunders, fr., 7. The Solalan Botanical Club y e c C u oes not regret t at O lo al member of th Botani al l b d h winter is here, for the Botanical Club has just completed the most successful term in its history. Under the able leadership of Mr. Sackett and Miss Vfatkins, and with S ' twenty-four enthusiastic members, it is no wonder that the success of the club was beyond expectation And we have determined to keep up the good work! Our field trips this term were to the Lucas Place near the Bellerive Club, Monk's Mound, Chain of Rocks, Creve Coeur, Ramona Park, and a special trip to the Chrysanthemum show at Shaw's Garden. Through our earnest efforts we have obtained a great deal of benefit and pleasure from our work, becausethere is no better way in which to spend a Saturday, than to study nature in her haunts, and also because the Bo- tanical Club is the jolliest club at Soldan. Since Club Day all erroneous ideas of our work have been dis- pelled, and as a result many pupils have inquired about membership. Although the Botanical Club is limited to twenty-live members, several of our present members will graduate this term. So start the new year right, and hand in your application as soon as possible to Mr. Sackett, room 110. Our last meeting in 1914 was in the nature of a Christmas party, held at the home of Charlotte Sands. Appropriate gifts, such as pop- guns, tin-soldiers, frying-pans, and so forth, coupled with funny verses, were given to all. Contests, games, and plenty of eats made the evening fly fast, and most of us enjoyed ourselves so well that we din't get home till morning. ' -Waiter B. WOM 160 i g! fy N, ay fy? I 'xii-CEXX . w . - Q , Qi K S 1 'I , X s l 2 Y 5 4. Q. l' ' , 3. if it 5 i f N 5, I 'ai K , ae- r V, - TF 4 -X ,ity V Q- , auf- - . f ' Z for W g -cg!,.f' J' X X - ' Ei Inierscliolasiic Champions, 1914 The Serip is under obligations to Mr. A. O. Kelley for the following excellent summary of the characteristics of Soldan's winning football players for the season of 1914. Carl Anderson fleft guardj. Age: 18 years. VVeight: 154 pounds. The season just closed was Andy's first on a Soldan team, and after the newness of the game had worn off he gave a remarkably good ac- count of himself. On offense he was a trifle slow and still has some- thing to learn about 'opening up holes' in the opponents' line, but on defense he was a stone wall and a very excellent tackler. Carl has an- other year before he is graduated, and with added weight and experience should prove one of the strongest linemen in interscholastic circles. Murray Conzelman Qright guardj. Age: 18 years. Weight: 155 pounds. nConzeln1an, like Anderson, was a novice at football when the 1914 season openedf iHoweveri he gave all-ine example of whatiiihaird work, training and determination combined can do, and at the time of the Central game had established himself on the right side of our line. Against Central he played his best game. Murray has another year at Soldan, and we hope he will return next fall to make an even better record. Lewis Davis fright endb. Age: 17 years. Weight: 153 pounds. Lew had a slight advantage over most of the boys on our squad in having played on Dave Peers's team', in spring practice. On offense he outshone all opposing ends, catching forward passes being his speci- altyg on defense he played better in some games than others. He was the unanimous choice for right end on the All-Interscholastic eleven. We expect big things from Davis in 1915. Thomas Dawson ffull-backj. Age: 18 years. Weight: 160 pounds. As was predicted at the close of the 1913 season Tom made a remarkable record in 1914. He was one of the few experienced boys around whom our championship team was built, and we are- sorry to think that he is to leave the old school in january. Possessing all the natural qualities of a great player, he excelled on both offense and de- fense, and when a few yards were needed Tom could be depended upon to tear through the opposing line. In addition, his punting improved until at the end of the season he outkicked both the Central and Mc- Kinley toe artists. He was easily the choice for full-back position on the All-Interscholastic eleven. 161 W l' -5 ir: A - 'ie Yff' 5, Y 1-.11 Af f:-ff P.. 55933 John Grant Qhalf-backj. Age: 16 years. Weight: 144 pounds. But for a troublesome injury received in mid-season the school would have heard much more about johnny Grant. This was his first year in high school, but he soon showed that he had speed and ability to dodge would-be tacklers. Moreover, he was above average at forward passing and was a fair defensive player. With improvement in his tackling and the added experience of another year he should develop into the main reliance of our 1915 backiield. George Hengelsburg Cleft tacklej. Age: 17 years. Weight: 154 pounds. It was only toward the end of the season that Hengelsburg began to show the results of a whole season's work. It was his first year on a Soldan team, and lack of experience was the only reason for not making a better record. On defense he played a strong game, and another year should bring about a great improvement in his ability to open holes and form interference. We predict a great record for him during his three remaining years at Soldan. Edward Hennessy Cleft tacklej. Age: 16 years. Weight: 146 pounds. Hennessy and Hengelsburg fought it out for the left tackle position. Both were inexperienced, but both worked hard, reported for practice regularly, and in games prevented any succession of gains through the left side of the line. In 1915 Sam should benefit greatly by the past year's experience and with increased weight should make trouble for all his opponents. Pierce Johnson Qhalf-backj. Age: 19 years. Weight: 150 pounds. Although playing for the first time on a Soldan eleven P, J. had received some previous training in football. His work throughout the season was brilliant. On defense he was one of those few players who could 'size up' a play and be in the right place to stop it. His open- field running was wonderful and added to this was unusual ability in forward passing and forming interference. He was one of those 'all- around' good players whose absence will be keenly felt during the com- ing fall. He was unanimously chosen for the All-Interscholastic eleven. Arthur Lindholm Cguard and endj. Age: 18 years. Weight: 143 pounds. Art Lindholm came out for the team late in his high school course and consequently missed much of the earlier training. During the first part of the season he substituted at an end position, but later was found to be more suited to a guard position. His defensive work was good, lack of experience interfering with his efforts on offense. We are sorry that he is to be graduated in june. Rene Mechin Ccenterj. Age: 19 years. Weight: 146 pounds. The school has seen Mechin on the track and swimming teams, but nobody supposed that he would develop into the remarkable football player he did. He possessed the three qualities-Jiighti, determination, and good 162 if Q saw j7S1'A -r 'ri' f e ir f +7 t 1 .55 headwork under all conditions-that go to make up a star football play- er, In spite of being outweighed in every case he outplayed his oppo- nent in every game, and well deserved the position awarded him on the All-Interscholastic eleven. Here's hoping Rene will be with us in 1915. Charles Morrison Qquarter-back and half-backj. Age: 17 years. Weight: 143 pounds. All of us are sorry' to know that Charlie,' is to be graduated in june and that he has played his last year for Soldan. The past season was his second on the eleven, and his work was first- class in every respect. He could forward pass, kick goals, run back kicks, dodge, and was a sure and hard tackler. His work in the 1914 Central and McKinley games was exceedingly brilliant and will not soon be forgotten by Soldan pupils. James Neher Chalf-backj. Age: 16 years. Weight: 138 pounds. This was Jimmie's first year with the team and all of us hope he may decide to return next fall. Although the lightest boy in Soldan's back- field Jimmie played a remarkably good game and could usually be de- pended upon for a good gain. Moreover, he showed unusual pluck in pulling down forward passes under most trying conditions, and he was largely responsible for the winning scores in both the Yeatman and Mc-- Kinley games. Raymond Niedringhaus Qendj. Age: 18 years. Weight: 136 pounds. Ray had some football experience prior to the 1914 season, but was never a 'regular' until his last year in school: this was largely due to lack of weight: however, he made up for this deficiency with speed in getting down the field and very good defensive tactics. He was the man for the position when our defense began to crack in both the Central and McKinley games. John Quinn Cleft endj. Age: 16 years. Weight: 144 pounds. Early in the season johnny gave promise of developing into a first- class end! and until an injury late in the fall handicapped him played in line form. He was especially strong on defense and very few gains were made through his position. With an improvement in his offensive work he should have a big year in 1915. Edwin Shroder fright guardj. Age: 16 years. Weight : 145 pounds. If there was any one boy who grasped the idea of what team work means, it was Eddie Shroder, and when a play was called he was sure to be doing his part to make it successful. He was one of the best defensive players on the team. On offense he was a trifle slow in get- ting around in the interference, but made up for this by following the ball and always being on the alert. To the school he set a fine example of what can be accomplished by hard work and determination. Charley Swingley, Captaing fquarter-back and full-backj. Age: 17 years. Weight: 154 pounds. Probably there are not a dozen pupils in school Who appreciate the great difficulties under which Charley L iss Swingley worked the past fall. We remember that he was a star at full-back in 1913, while in 1914 he was playing at quarter-back in most of the games. Most pupils did not know that he was sacrificing himself for the good of the team in playing in a position for which he was not specially fitted. In spite of this Captain Swingley played a remarkably good game throughout the season, and for all-around work was not ex- celled by any quarter-back in interscholastic circles. At forward pass- ing he has not had an equal during the past two years, and his great ac- curacy in this department of the game was responsible for much of our scoring. Added to this he was a kicker above the average, was a strong man at advancing the ball, and was very good at sizing up a play when on defense. To him we give a great deal of credit for our champion- ship team. Nelson Thomas Ccenterj. Age: 17 years. Weight: 178 pounds. Tommy', found great difficulty in establishing himself on the Soldan eleven in 1913 and again the past year largely on account of the excel- lence of the other candidates for the position. It must be remembered that for three consecutive years a Soldan boy has been awarded the cen- ter position on the All-Interscholastic eleven. However, Tommy worked hard and the result was shown in an improved game in 1914. It is determination of this kind that brings success in football and after life. Thomas Walsh fright tacklej. Age: 19 years. Weight: 157 pounds. Last but not least of the regular players is Torn Walsh. He was the only man in our line who had played on the 1913 team, and everybody felt that upon him would rest the success or failure of our line to hold the opposing teams. Tom not only lived up to expectations so far as his own playing went, but was a constant source of encourage- ment to his fellows. On both offense and defense he was a terror to the opposition, and was not only chosen for the All-Interseholastic eleven but received the award of the Busch trophy. His fellow players have shown their appreciation of his fine work by electing him Captain for 1915, Here's hoping that we have another championship team, Tom. At this time Mr. Kelley wishes to call the attention of the whole school to the line work done by every boy who came out for the team and thus made our championship possible. Especially deserving of mention are Richard Moore and Lewis Stuart, who were forced to leave the team on account of injuries. Many of the stars of the 1914 team are to be graduated this year, and their places will be filled by boys who up to this time have been members of the second team. Let us all work to bring the championship in football to Soldan in 1915. 164 QYM TLUB NI 'ZTHE A A A WV,L A A A H- f- - r , ,V vt - Q 7- -- --- 7 -1- -' v W - , TENNIS TEAM, I 9 I 4 Standing- W. Helzman, L. Oltofy, T. Ward fcaptainl Kneeling-GU 'Phelan H. Slrain 166 ., a - I es. ff. -ea -as L-. if e- 2- grief: Y- Athletic Achievements In The Past Year N every respect, the past year has been a successful one for gift 5 , . . ld . Q Soldan s teams, and the school increased manlfo its j- . . - prestige in athletics. P Y ' The first sport of the year, basketball, afforded to the 4 ' school the opportunity to congratulate itself upon the good work of the team. Starting with practically a new team, and handicapped during the first three games by the absence of Capt. Jack Marsh, the team spurted wonderfully, and at the finish was battling neck and neck with Central and McKinley. As most of us know, that ill-fated game with McKinley, when Ruel's winning field shot was disallowed, killed Soldan's chance to lead the league. The caliber of the work displayed by the team, however, was of the best, and the school has just cause for elation. In track, Soldan proved again that it is St. Louis's interscholastic track champion, although McKinley was awarded the meet on a tech- nicality. The form displayed by the team, and particularly the all- round work of Dover, was an impressive repayment of Coach Colli11s's efforts. The baseball team, weakened by the loss of Ruel and the slabmen, making it necessary to put in untried hurlers, was forced to bow before the superior and more experienced team of McKinley and Yeatman. Still, the team made a good i-ight, under Coach Cook's tutelage, and that's all we ask. Tennis, like football, proved the surprise of the season for Soldan. When the team, coming from behind, met and won all four matches from the strong, confident Central team, they surprised everyone. The individual work of Capt. Ward, and the unexpected good showing of the doubles team, stood out in the tournament which brought back- the tennis championship where it belongs. It is hardly necessary to dwell upon the football season, when Sol- dan again Beat Central and, by defeating every opponent she met, proved conclusively that she was the 1914 champion. The task of building a winner from a green squad is a criterion of Coach Kelley's ability, stamping him as the best coach in the city. In 1913, the indi- vidual men were all veterans of championship ability, and the coach did not have the opportunity to show how' good he was, as he did this year. Inasmuch as Soldan won the championship in two, really three, out of five sports, it can readily be seen that the past year has been a very successful one for the school. -F. Wilbur Hehman, 7. 167 : -- ef? --. we - -ff Q. , . ja 2 - fBaskez'Bal1 ASKETBALL, in which Soldan used to excel, and in which '11'f i Soldan had several championships, is going on poorly at present, despite the efforts of Coach Plag and his squad. 7 The school, of late, has been neglecting this sport, and, e 'Ai' J consequently, the good efforts of the coach go for naught. Then, too, very few Soldanians show up at the games, a striking contrast to the crowds which Yeatman, Soldan's old rival in the game, draws. We have several good reasons why Soldan is going poorly this year, the principal one being that McCormick is the only regular left of last year's squad, but, as we are judged by results, can't we get more men out for the team, and more rooters out at the games? We have some very good men besides Captain McCormick in Ottofy, Warner, and johnson, who has not, however, been out regularly, and we should be able to get out of last place with hard practice. Several minor practice games were played before the regular inter- scholastic season which began on December 5. On this date, Soldan met the live from McKinley. McKinley, with several 'bld men in there line-up, was too much for the inexperienced Soldan team, and won 37- 15. Line-up: , Soldan C155 McKinley C375 McFarland C35 Left forward Feuerborn C125 Warner C45 Right forward Palmer C165 Ottofy C65 Center Hollrnan C75 Taylor, Savage Left guard Reising, Gregory McCormick C25 Right guard Coates C25 On the following Saturday, Soldan clashed with the strong Yeatman quintet. Yeatman got off with a good start and within five minutes had collected Five markers. By some lightning teamwork and some clever basket netting by- Patton, Soldan soon overcame this lead and at the end of the Hrst half the score stood but 12-8 in Yeatman's favor. In the second half, however, Yeatman completely outclassed Soldan and the game ended with Yeatman on the long end, 32-18. Line-up: Soldan C185 Yeatman C325 Patton C45 Left forward Krause C205 Ottofy C25 Hillenkoetter, C205 Warner C85 Right forward Winkleman C25 Ottofy C25 Center Shanley C25 Taylor McCormick Left guard Giessow Johnson C25 Right guard Kamp C65 168 7 - V AY Y - ttf, , - r-,-.-,, In its next game, Soldan played its old rival, Central. Central, who up to this time was playing poorly on account of the absence of several of its last year's stars, showed a wonderful reversal of form with these men in their line-up and humbled Soldan to the tune of 32-13. So1dan's old trouble, inability to net baskets successfully, was the main cause of the defeat. Line-up: Soldan Q135 Central C325 Patton, Q15 McFarland Left forward C. McE1Wee f115 Warner Q85 Right forward P. McElwee C115 Ottofy Q25 Y Center Kansteiner C65 Taylor Q25 Left guard J. Miller lVlcCormick Right guard J, McElwee C45 -F. Wilbur Hehman. Campus Comment OLDAN had live men for the all-interscholastic football team s g ., ' johnson has shown fine form at his position on the I. basketball team, but is rather rough. What's the matter with the cheering at the basketball games? The other three high schools have their usual large number of rooters out every Saturday night. Why does not Sol- dan have the same? Soldan will lose Dawson by graduation in january, Swingley, Neher, Morrison, Shroder and Thomas by graduation in June. Too bad McFarland is so small! Were he larger and heavier, he would be a real wizard. The whole school will be out for football next year, when the story of all those football banquets comes out. D Warner is stamping himself as the point-maker of the basketball team. The football team did just what they should when they elected Tom Walsh football captain for 1915. Nel Taylor certainly was happy when he shot that Field goal in the Central game. Is there any doubt that our football coach is the best in the city? Let's have at least twenty-five men out for baseball this spring! Now that Walsh has the Busch trophy, We would ask: What are you going to do with it, Tom? ' 169 4 ' 1, Y 3: A- 7- -A 3 -, :ff -ar , , V -4f ':- , ' ' ' . We thank Mr, Buchanan, johnny Wagner, and others who helped build up the football team. Fellows, let's not give McKinley a look-in in track next spring! Coach Kelley certainly hit upon a good one when he got the alumni to give the team some practice. We think the alumni gave them some. We wish the SH men who will graduate all the luck in the world. i V -F . Wilbur Helwman. Girl-5, Aflileiic Association ,V 5 OR the past term, members of the Girls' Athletic Association have been working hard to make the various basketball teams. The latter part of November teams were chosen g and the games began. After a hard contest the Fives won G-U-l'L, , . the series and the players of that team will be awarded the S. The Fives were lined up as follows: Forwards, Barbara Smith, Adele Sherrer, Laura Coxg centers, Viola Aloe Ccaptainj, Elizabeth Mooreg guards, Frances Murch, Edwina Luckey. The results of the games are: Threes vs. Twos, 23-18, Threes vs. Fours, 21-4, Fives vs. Threes, 25-22 3 Fives vs. Sevens, 24-19, Fives vs. Eights, 26-15. In the early part of the season, girls went out to the Forest Park lagoons and learned to paddle. Miss Pohl took a group out every Wednesday and Miss Lomax every Friday. The new juniors cannot play basketball, so a large number of them, together with some girls of other terms, come out for captain ball. This year the girls were divided into two teams and a series of match games were played. swf' :H 'Y x l up 170 7 1 -, f 542' 'if - ,J X IV t I f j if 1 f'-'K . 25- I 1 lg: ,ff 19 5 t L , -k- M x M x I4 V4 ,, . 4 1 I I ,' l 1 li A 1 il. ff f 1 , , 'li Q. . ,viii U i 1 1 'fax ig ' f ' W -s-aPn1ii'a.ln.sfai:uc:5- A91 vfffff fx - K4 -c g Q. - , I it l Y l- V o f my -IA .- 'D' .4 ?:- ' e- gf? A i, If ts: 1, 1 l- 1m.vil54illEu-l--.. X U' S .4 ff, 'fel' A stands for Abbott, our clever young sketcherg So busy was she that we never could ketch'er. Miss Arthur, the fair, with her rosy com- plexion, Recited French well after much long re- Hection. 9 Miss Baggot, though silent and taciturn ever, Her stiff linen collars, I will forget never. B stands for Bailey, our helpful young friend, Though to leave school in june his efforts did tend. In swimming-meets ever, he was the prize- taker. A praiseworthy swimmer was young Ken- neth Baker. Miss Balson, the fair, with her long golden hair, Had a manner quite charming and so de- bonnairel We could not forget Miss Marguerite Bar- low, She may get her Sothern and soon be a Marlowe We can't always tell how our friends will turn out, But Miss Beal will be famous, without any doubt. A sweet sunny smile and an air of content, We associate ever with little Ruth Bent. Our valuable Allie we cannot forget, . For she made our banner-we're thanking her yet. 171 .ji Y f 42 ive' I! an-gn! L ,-i ccc y ex Y f X 143, 7 ,4- Mi? fall in N 1 fi? fa Vu., .Q-Y A 'ii--in f . +-1. f s:' ' I -,, '11 ntl? I V' JUN, '6 'ZJ if X3 1 . 4 . -L K' K 'rs' ' Q A Aiiifjilx are Q 2, 'affix ' Z' xl ,Z my 'K C . 2 26. E ,fi ' Q? 'fa As a student in Latin he made quite a showingg Though he'd learned quite enough, Barton Bibb kept a going. Miss Bigelow ever will be a successg For the questions in English she ne'er had to guess. There was a young maiden who oft tore her hair Wh.en she knew not her Latin--her name was jean Blair. It oft seemed to me that she got many turns For reciting Latin-did Valerie Burns. H l To reach school in time was Ruth Boede- ker's worry. To catch the first train she had always to hurry. If you're ever quite blue and beginning to frown, If you want to cheer-up, just remember Dot Brown. Miss Bruner once sang us a quaint little ditty- The troubles she had on that Banner Com- mittee. Martin Blufston-Let's see! Oh yes, the trig shark. I believe he could find the co-sin in the dark. Carson, our treasurer, though oft avari- cious, To make us pay dues, was ever ambitious. I remember a song that in music we sang- Who is Sylvia? with that song the walls often rang. Ruth Campbel1's deserving of praise up to Heaven, For taking French Eight without Six or Seven. Miss Cederstrom! Ah! with her braids black as ink, Underneath those two braids was a brain that could think. As quick as a Flash and as blythe as a lark Was our happy vice-president, Miss Junie Clark. For e'er in the future, my thoughts will turn back To Miss Coultas, the prodigy of Mr. Mac! 172 an , Mihai' HOU lX0.V'e- IY1 En -if houjq 'W 'Q iii? 5 as ? for ggi' ... Tala-H' '-z1' V 'rfzf-uf sw Y-f 91 , Q5-'wwf 'f?f 'T3f, 3. -1 r dr Qi And there's Freddie Cowen, too, one of iv the boysg 'X We will recall ever his avoirdupois. This question, I'rn sure, will call forth 5 X much debate. . ' Who can answer? For whom does Miss Claire Cowperthwaite? ll Like Miss Abbott, this young man his pen- 44522 cH could handle. ' 1 Qfijfhdlw ' x Chuh ff cf. h 4 b X H ,I C n . Remember the drawings of Sir Warren Crandall? A most charming girl was our merry May- bell. Her quaint grotesque writing, I now re- call well. Let us hope for the future and kind words let's utterg So here's to the future, Mr. Bob Cutter. In English, Miss Davis e'er showed her great worth, And great words of wisdom she showered o'er the earth. ' Dawson, our president, e'er caused great disturbance, Whenever he laughed, much to his per- turbance. Ed Dougherty, I'm sure, a great actor will be. Did you hear him recite Hamlet's solilo- quy? Erlich, I think, did very hard workg I recall his discussions about Edmund Burke. We hope that Success will ever be joined To the most worthy name of Michael Freund. His cherubic face and his angelic smile Were young Stanley Friedman's only guile. A companion in misery, now I recallg In the physics lab I knew Lida Hall. I Some one else to recall when your thoughts may grow rambly, One dark-haired young miss, by name, Ethel Hambley. The bright Titian hair of Miss Alice Hara r1s, I'd1 know anywhere, were I even in Paris. Another Miss Harris now comes to my view. Marie's hair I recall was of quite different hue. 173 iii' ,,A'fE,fC5 ,lf elim W lx .sua K ,i SLG' 3 Hn,-tk i all I' . 6 A X I ' -X rf! 2 m2 C A L., ,,...,,,-, FAHXFQ .Y -'ii' v A Wjzqi SV :WS-T gf - Y -'Y ' T ,I Ah! the music of such a quaint name-Ivan- ,gg '--z elle. , M, -X-A It casts o'er me now a poetic spell. I J af gg' A In that great auditorium we had one fine X 1 day J ful. ' Miss Heyman was cheerleader of G. A. A. I, X 5, Were his ambitions as lofty as is his name, ' We feel that joe Hill would succeed just , 4 the same. .94 Ve A L f,'r-, if rg, To remember this maid is a matter quite l'4M'5-I 'X li ,ix simple, 'GX g, Miss Marion Hilliard, the Girl with the K9-1 Dimple. ' , filiwa Imel, our artist, could certainly draw . 1 5 The handsomest men that I ever saw. And one of our Minstrels was young Her- man Jones, I believe his companion called him, Brud- der Bones? um T'is said the class play Angel Choir 'F fd should sing E ' The praises and merits of Miss Florence lb , King. C To find her, quite often we had a long is I search, gi' We always were hunting for Miss Mildred :j2'?l .9 ,, Kirsch. iz x 55 Q Our lunch check cashier, the renowned ' 299 Harold Knight, . W Took cookies and cakes home about every J ,ilvp 5 Fair Margaret Knight, though she was rather small, - Would carry home books stacked about ,J 'A Q7 two feet tall. 1' I' 12 'Q Mr. Mack ever had his own little joke ' 4 , About Mr. Civil Economic Koch. l Miss Gladys Koons, though not often seen, I' Orated quite nobly on The Ivy Green. A - For pretty pink cheeks and for long golden? '-5 A hair as X! Miss Martha Leonard was noted and fair. l 5 tv Of difficult problems the ready discerner Was Mr. Mack's stand-by, or Mr. Abe K I Lerner. X f l ' f z-an 'f A brilliant miss with a wonderful mind .2 f Was Dorothy Levy. Success she will End. , f 1 1 I X XX As silent, though steady, as Grandfather's ii clock ' I Was this maiden ever, Miss Geneata Lock. 2 174 .Y . 2-Su if v, Ti -pi' -gr 191: if Y 'rizx i n ,wtf ' Y' r 4 rc.- .-FRN And one of our number, was Miss Mary A-,--' Lynn, E . . ' Wy M , N Q llf' 'WZ1 - gf? N13 f I W B ,L-X . AQ? Qt, TIE T-: 7Ai2 '?y'S ,gf -7 Af. I. . r 1 ax si' .wi ni 1 W A A As sharp as a tack, and as neat as a pin. I recall well the face and also the name I Of Miss Wildith Martin, or 'Eager Fame. And Katherine Martini, though we should reprove her, Put up a good stall with Mr. Hoover. Her fair-haired friend, Miss Vivian Mason, For some unknown cause would always hasten. A . Of one of the girls I was always quite sureg I could tell by her tresses, Miss Gladys McClure. This girl escaped ever Miss Finn's hearty wrathg Our great violinist, Miss Patrice McGrath. A right gentle shepherd was young Walt- er Meier, ' Of borrowing his car we never did tire. In English exams no one ever ranked higher I ' ' Than did Miss Jones's prodigy, Miss Gladys Meyer. Her face was as fair as an ivory pillar, A quite charming maid was Virginia Miller. 1 And Miss Carolyn Mohortor, as Eager Heart , In the Class Play assuredly played well her part. To one of us life ever seemed a big bore, Our busy stage manager, Mr. Dick Moore. If one knew not well the young Misses Murch, To find one-'twere ever an endless search. A quiet young man with a pensive brow Was Olin Newman, though he feels happy now. A right sturdy youth was Raymond Nie- dringhaus, . Though to cause some alarm, he might set loose a mouse. Full joyous and happy she e'er seemed to be A pleasant acquaintance was June Olgesby. A popular maiden was Miss Maudie Peek, For plenty of friends, she ne'er had to seek. 175 I A X - , Y.-N. X X . 4 fi Xa 0 L2 Q 02315 O ,--5.31 s 1 f' it , - 4' 41-A ii., ,,? -T: f' ,f-Q15 ' :ga A G- V f 1 ' 'l 'S - , f i f 19..r ,, ,QI I ff. 1 I ' ljf TV!! TVA THE vvfllklq ' ' Vfkktvgl This youth was ethereal, quite like a fairy, Our head-wait-alias, our class-mate Bill Perry. Miss Phelps took a. leading part in the class play- A difficult part without one word to say. Through the corridors ever did Miss Pin- ney Hitter, But what she said mostly, was, Twee, Twee, Twa, Twitterf' A right steady worker has this maiden beeng A girl who made high marks, is Miss Rose Quinn. Though little she cared for lessons and work, She e'er passed with honors-did Miss Ruth Quirk. Mr. Mack on Miss Randolph, an eye e'er did keep. In history, she often would fain go to sleep. An Angel was she both in word and in deed, One girl I recall, too, is Miss Gladys Reid. In English, one might well determine her smart. A girl who knew English is Adah Rein- hart. Our Crier LeRoy, many laurels has wong His costume was really unequaled by none. The wittiest girl was Miss Katherine Ryan. She could e'er make you laugh, e'en were you a dyin'. Many books he took home nightly-stacks upon stacks Did you e'er see the reports of Isadore Sacks? I l All laurels are due to Inez Schageman, She will gain great renown if anyone can. Her-e's to Miss Schiller, our fair secretary. When she goes from Soldan, all books she will bury. Another young maiden was Miss Corinne Schlueter. She e'er knew her lessons-no need for a tutor. Frank Schwenk was a youth of a prodi- gious mind He'd argue whenever some one he could find.. V 176 - ,f AI 1, f x f I ,Ah Q E fl, of is 3 Sm , 0 i 'Quo A ,D I f -I - l 1 is . ' -I ,ff -'L - t'-'I if 'A - 'ax ' - r' 3.7 f g a as f ,W my V V Tl: 3 ig - , 7,7 , I Miss Shands was a part of the Class-Day Q 9 Committee . i,l ' How they all had to work! It was surely A L, a pity. a f In the French book we read, there was a great duel. .. That always appealed to Miss Emily Shewell. S,Miss Silxgrrsltleinzs principles were, Wom- 'FOR an's ig ts.' DVXEN She cmay be of our city's most famous 'lights . A 61X I'm quite sure that Fortune her best gifts 3 'N ,I will offer I 'X if' V Wherever she goes, to Miss Katherine Stauffer. W rf, And Miss Stillman, too, with her spark- 53 ling black eyes, 7 . Will win greatest fame, wherever it lies. iff V To Miss Irene Stockhov, we offer a toastg Q' Here's to your success! nor is it a boast. ' 2 A yguth who could always just go one ,ig etter' li 2: Ei Z In every subject, was Horace Stroeter. , p f it 'JW' A bright Christmas wait , and an excel- W lent young man V My I Was one of our classmates, young Teddy V' ci, Sultan. X li X . I A maiden whom fortune will never retard , In all of Life's journey, is Miss Edna Sward. ini 1 gg Thisggfagxgg lady's name can ne'er be for- ,um a We all will remember, Wake up now, jggil ' Miss Totten! ' N s ,xfy .Y 5-li , Her good recitations and high English marks Will be a reminder of Louise Von Arx. 3 May the tide of her fortunes liave never an ebb Is our sincerest Wish for Miss Katherine Webb. And Paullus Tiberius Webbus, he too, Will e'er be successful, whatever he may do. Miss Whitaker e'er was a genius in math , Though often she strayed from the well beaten path. , This young girl kept all of her facts,' in a box With a goodly supply was Miss Helen Wil- cox. 177 Hi 1 qi ,f E fail ,N QT- NX- . x '- -S f ' ? k,f5-'Be so 'fi is i e A : 4 :Swiss-Qllfg-slime , .tel This name should be written as high as the 9, trees, If Miss Lillian Woerman, the Girl with all ' : ., E's! Q r I - ' To write all these rhymes, was a great deal K , V of trouble, - I l f ' So let Grace Woods's name not float off like a bubble. 4 ll K if 3 Quite tall was young Zimmerman, last but 3 K not least, When he graduates, oh! may his troubles have ceased! Z -Grace Woods, 8. lVl1e1'c are the Gernzzms? What is Boating around in mid- ocean? Sea weed and other marine vege- tables. Tl1.ey'rf7 Clzuincrl Adrian, show the girls that ring. Go on, they won't bite you. What makes you Fox-Trot? What is a scruple? Something that makes you hesi- tate ? Is He? Distracted Tattler Editor: Oh, for goodness' sake give me a joke. Levy: There's Haynes, He's one. Seniors T-hough every one thinks H-e has a hard time E-ach Senior, I'm sure, S-till thinks it's sublime, E-ndeavoring ever ' N-o lessons to slightg I-ndeed, though its hard ' O--rations to write, R-egrets never pass S-oldan's senior class. -Grace Woods, 8. Four Reasons Kinsella's four reasons why the Scrip is no good-Haynes, Levy, Lyon and Hehman. Telling Tales H. K.: Most girls' hands are small. At least all I've known have. 178 Get up! Whoa! I had a little pony Which was very dear to me, And when the teacher took him I wept most bitterly. She took my little horsie And she threw him far away. Cruel teacher! Now, I know I'll Hunk. Oh! give him back, I pray! -Martha Abbott, 8. Force of Habit Mr. S. CAt after-school Scrip meet- ingjz Bliss, see me at the end of the period. .llmving Picture W. P.: Get the Camera club to give you some football pictures they took. J. H.: Aw, they aren't any good. A11 the fellows are standing still. W. P.: Well, what do you want, moving pictures of the game? Lost-About ten long auditorium Sessions some time during the term. Twenty-live dollars reward if re- turned immediately next term. -X. X. Z. Are you amen-g them? Latin is a dead language only for dead ones. Biusmess First! Levy, did you vote on mottoes? No, didn't hand in any. A-er- shall I go after those who are still promising to Day? - deff? 1- fc Ng' A i,Z:?j!5y.w Y' Y- -'-R lk Cifu K 'A-Szii? L , AQ? ,ga K f x Y 1 v -- X ML A XNWMQ ' WW W f f K - 151. FA Q . Hu cms! . D ' nfl 3 ' V El gx IA Q IL ? . X eh, ,n v.: Q My L ' R vs 1' Co W A f fx.f,, it N YN , K Dlamww mhunG'U1en-g- ax lp- OHQ K, D A -f mx i lu, QR U W h FREEDOM Nljdnygi -l Lsv' Ai' A K 2- M 3 , Q an 'X' 2f'f: ' 7-L nm. . .. W, 155 sbgnw M l5lDl x C, unresy P22321 'JM D . . --I . 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'wr , J x si' J -Q L, Q :Tv-1.2 g f: Yu, 'Q PER HPPIHNXVIHM S ml-4 , W ar.4dm.m 5 '? 0 77:11,-1 www fu-chem J- U V Q Q I K A.. L D H' 24' ?ff' Be. Neufr-all 180 Let' Q W. any F? ? T. 5 x ' ' f I Semen U New M-rqm. hm., ,r W -if q--.rlm-7 r. 4. Q -Nun -- - l. HAPHAN BROS Phone Our West End Department For Prompt Service. LSQHESI 5904 DELMAR BLVD. I Cabany 1700 Delmar 1575 Studio Forest 4078 R- Home Forest 7405 Teacher of Dancing EUCLID BUILDING, Euclid and McPherson Avenues Miss Bates has an Assembly for High School Young People every Friday Afternoon from 3:30 to 5:00. WHY DON'T YOU JOIN P Student Agents Wanted l I want a few energetic young men to assist me in placing a shower bath attachment in every home in St. Louis. Need not interfere with school w'ork. Every house having water pressure a live prospect. Steady employment. Fits any bath tub. Practically every demonstration secures a contract and the commis- sion on each sale is 32.00. Exclusive territory given during vacation in practically any portion of Missouri, Illinois or Texas. This is a clean cut business and offers a splendid opportunity to young men desiring to earn extra money in the afternoons, evenings and vacation time. For full particulars and appointment address Sanitary Bathroom Supplies 744 Walton Ave., St. I..ouis,lVIo. Ten. Little, Nine Ifittle, Eight Little Indians .. On clearing the harbor the ship ran into IL nasty. half pitching, choppy sea, which was especially noticeable as the twenty-live passengers at the cnptaiifs table sat down to dinner. I hope that all twenty-five of you will have a pleasant trip, said the captain. as the soup appeared, and that this little assembly of twenty- l'Cll1' will be mum-li benefited by the voyage. I look upou these twenty-two ,smiling faces as ai father upon his family. for l' :Lui responsible for the safety of this group of seventeen. I hope that all 'fourteen of you Will join me in drinking to a merry trip. I believe that we eight are most con- genial. and l applaud the judgment which chose these three persons for my table. You and T. my dear sir, are-llere. Steward, clear away those dishes and bring me the fish! J. P. SLINGER The Druggistn at Belt and Ridge Avenues, :: St. Louis DON'T BLAME TI'lE IMPLEMENT Blame yourself if you can't play up to form with il strange racket, or golf club, or base hall. There is no excuse for you. Spalding Athletic Goods are on sale in every town from Maine to California. fi. 5 . :ff 1. ...O ' A. G. smtbiiie Q mio. 4l5 N. SEVENTH STREET THE SAVINGS TRUST CO. -AT- 4935 Delmar Avenue WANTS YOUR BANK ACCOUNT 1.00 WILL OPEN ACCOUNT ON 'NHICH WE PAY 35 0 0 Interest. NIICNTION THE SCHIP 181 I ongratulations tothe raduating 0 lass RIB Q ' .Ill I f W' gba? ,KJ ' 9 fa if sp' We Q 1 l I P EQ X ,tai ,h I 4, .Ji C x fsiiiggj ff' A, Hr, ,FT A v-won 'S' www A The Man Behind the Camera SID WHITING Give Photographer Personally and Socially known to all In demand by all Clubs, Graduating Classes, and Societies 661 have successfully Photogiaphed 120,000 520 North Grand Avenue Near Olive Phone, Lindell 2018 TAIROYIZT OUR XDVI PTISEHS 182 IFVHCQ A k the Scrip S about this Service All the Engravings in this Publication made by Sanders E? Melsheimer Engravers Half Tones 217-219 N. 3rd sr., Color Plates , Electrotypes St. LOUIS, Mo, SC - 'Y ng- THE DANSE STUDIO 4517-19 Olive St. Miss Cecile Lowenstein , . Studio For Rent for Private Dances and Teas .CLASSES AND PRIVATE LESSONS IN THE LATEST NENV YORK BALLRDDM DANCES PHONE: FOREST Sm Snappy Shoes for Men and Women. Any Style You Desire for M. J' W A N N E R 82.50 Millinery :: :: Designer ROYAL SHOE CO' 5176 Easton Avenue Sou N. sth., 804 Olive, 205 N. nh .vllfllffll DPIIHI - 1 , , H. H. TEMM 8cSON After the Germanic trlbes came - into Western Europe they didn't Drugglsts adopt the Latin languageg so it be- came a dead language, 4700 Easton Avenue GLENN D. SCHWING Studio-618 North Taylor Avenue--Near Delmar PHOTOGRAPHS THAT PLEASE ELocuTloN AN.. ,W DRAMATIC ' 3 f ' ART DIOGENES' CANDY SHOP I -.5 Fine Candies Light Lunches i . . I ce rea Soda and cen s m I C m 5 10 t WIENTGE SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC EXPRESSION 832 N. King's Highway Next to King's Theatre North HIC'-I SCHOOL CLASSES IN EXPRESSION Forest 3336W McDOWELL SYSTEM TAUG HT KODAKS AND CAMERAS EASTMAN FILM AND SUPPLIES 1 I 36 North Union Avenue ranitoid SIDEWALKS AND CELLAR FLOORS RE-ENFORCED CONCRETE CON- STRUCTION VAULT LIGHTS Developing 10ers a roll. Open evenings until 9o'clock P M Bruner C0 PI-IILIP WURTZ, Q,S,f.L?,l,Qg ourNewL0cafi0n 4971 DELMAR BOULEVARD Ffisfo Building, Sf- Louis- Near Kingshighway WEST END CLEANING AND PRESSING CO. High Grade Cleaners and Dyers HENRY W. MEYER, Manager- FOREST 2830 DELMAR 2433 5005 Delmar Avenue Works: 4803 LeDuc Street ' PATRONIZIC OUR ADVlZR'I'TS1CliS 184 C 5'f7e CR I P AF' 1 1 H 'fu In ff 11 - ' .pd W Am 1 lm UI- - I . ' -. V, X5 a , . 1' I fr ' 4 J fi, Q E I Uf ln in 6165 , W -af -Q . -If -.-- 'V I IIRl5 2, ':'l'iY'4t ' PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS UNDER DIRECTION OF THE FACULTY 12' 16' FRANK LOUIS SOLDAN HIGH SCHOOL x' SAINT LOUIS VOLUME ELEVEN 18 NUMBER THREE JUNE, 1915 IIAB11 SON. 'fMISS GARESCHICI D. L. 15. 9 Faculty, I all So Id he 'C' 011121115 ! I s X I .J kt '?-X 1,5!f' HH S5 ,ff KS The Soldan Faculty fFrontispiecej The Graduation Program The Miracle of the Printed Page Independence in the Press The Newspaper in American Life The Press in Public Affairs ' The Educational Stimulus of Magazine Reading The Power and Promise of American Fiction Class Day Speak in Deeds Student Ideals The Student Council Soldan High Our June, '15 The Class Plays Scenes from the Senior Plays The Class of June, 1915 Senior Pictures The Scrip Staff The Scriptorium The Colonial Newspapers Realism and Reality in the Modern Novel The Poetry of Edwin Markham The Modern Motion Picture The Miracle of the Movies ' Education and Magazine Reading Yellow Journalism Courtesy to Auditorium Speakers Lunch Room Courtesy Ay-There's the Rub The Evils of the Spoils System Girls' Dress in School School Girls' Dress Peace Day and the Central Parkway President Hibbeifs Address Organizations The Botany Club The Forum The Chaminade Club The Edison Club The Soldan Orchestra The German Club The Mandolin Club The Girls' Athletic Association The Chess Club The New Seniors Le Cercle Francais The Glee Club The Round Table The College Club Per Viam Appiam Scrip and Scrippage Athletics Pictures The Track Meet XVinners of the Soldan S Baseball Tennis Champions Tennis The Tattler , W 99 . .,-ni ? E ss, ii.: - -S4 'Y : A : QL Y- 4, r,,-T, -2 . -- r,,..,,,-l The Graduation Program Processional,-Coronation March ............... .... l lloyerbeer The Soldan Orchestra The Miracle of the Printed Page Eleanor Stevens Independence in the Press J. Hixon Kinsella fab Serenade ............................. . .Svlzubeirt Cbj Will o' the Wisp ...................... .... O berry The Chaminade Club The Newspaper in American Life Benjamin Knight The Press in Public Affairs Dorothy jackes Tutti a Turino ................................ .... Z! Iatini The Mandolin Club Educational Stimulus of Magazine Reading jesse Wm. Haynes The Power and Promise of American Fiction Pauline Sarason Marching Song .... .................. .... Y ' rotore Glee Club Presentation of the Class to the Board of Education Mr. john Rush Powell, Principal Soldan High School Response and Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Herman Mauch, President Board of Education Awarding of the Washington University Scholarship Mr. W. J. S. Bryan, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction The Lark at Morn .......................................... Gimme Senior Quartet Recessional,-Loyal Song Qwords by Nelson Pope, '13j Air, How Can I Leave Thee Come, raise your voices, join in our heartfelt Praise, To Soldan let us raise Our loyal song. Ne'er can thy spirit die, Ne'er shall thy vict'ries end, May all thy sons defend Thy spotless name! 100 Our Alma Mater stands Calrn, noble, staunch, and true, To her all praise is dueg Hail! Soldan High! Until our days shall end, Our hearts will ever hold True to the brown and goldg Hail! Soldan High! .H -4 fxfl .ie f A if-C5 Q-2 la-f GY- Y , - fs-L.:-L--3 'ff--' , The Miracle of the 73rinz'ea' 73age wg,,g5,,:3 HE invention of the printing press, nearly live hundred years F ago, marked a great change in the course of human events. It was the dawn of a new era, the starting of a new order, the passing of an aristocracy of learning and the birth of g 'QF' a wider, a more universal culture. In place of the few precious books laboriously copied by learned monks in mediaeval monasteries, it has made possible our vast free libraries, with in whose volumes live eternal the thoughts of men. It has banished the wandering minstrel, with his unreliable reports, and rendered hrst- hand accounts of World affairs. Through the leavening influence of print that very small group of scholars, who for so many years previously held a monopoly of learning, has given place to a great democracy of in- tellectual opportunity. Since 1450, the date of its beginning, print has been steadily increasing in influence and importance until now it has become the biggest factor in modern life. To-day we can not escape it: we meet it everywhere, in our homes, on the streets, on the street cars, in public buildings. While teachers, preachers, and politicians reacha large number of people, still they can not reach allg yet the printed page either in the form of novel, magazine, or newspaper Hnds its way into even the remotest homes. Of all the institutions which are the outgrowth of the printing press, the newspaper is, perhaps, the most marvelous, the most far- reaching in its benefits and influence, yet one not really appreciated by many of us, because of its everyday appearance. In its columns as in a mirror we see reflected the various activities of all the peoples of the earth. At the present time we have the rare though sorrowful privilege of beholding the daily progress of the most stupendous event in his- tory. We are able to look into the trenches of Poland and of Flanders and intimately observe the life of a French or a German soldier. We can almost hear the sound of I-iring and see the deadly struggle going on in the Dardanelles in far-off Turkey. Or, we may enter the Palace of jewels and other beautiful buildings of the Panama Exposition in San Francisco. We may follow the trail of Alaskan dogs in their race over four hundred miles of frozen waste. Mexico, China, Africa are not without the pale of this magic mirror, for the newsgatherers are in every corner of the earth, through their persistence and oftentimes through their heroism, presenting to us this panorama of world events. Thomas jefferson once said that had he to choose between a coun- try with a government and no newspapers or a country with newspapers and no government, he would choose the latter. The influence for good of reputable, non-partisan newspapers is very great indeed, for , so said 101 . -Ther.,-' x ' 5 .ith Ii,--Qi Qaaacfr 'gy ' 1-:L r,--25 '--' 'R'- President Wilson in a recent address to the Associated Press, the food of opinion is the news of the day. Though the fact is often overlooked, the newspaper has, neverthe- less, a distinct literary value. Many articles have appeared as edi- torials that might be termed classics in modern writing. The tendency of modernism is to convey the biggest thought in the fewest words. What Dryden or Milton would have said well in two thousand words, a good editorial might state clearly and precisely in two hundred. The newspaper perhaps more than any other single .agency has made enlightenment the possession of all. The daily reading of cur- rent events is an education in itself. Before the papers began to print foreign news there were many in this country whose notion of geography was so vague that they could not have told whether Flanders was a country or a disease. Few of us realize in how many different ways we have come to depend upon the daily newspaper. We consult it on near- ly every question, on the markets, on baseball returns, on buying and selling, on the latest fashions and even as to whether it will be best to carry an umbrella or wear a straw hat to-morrow. When we have come to a full realization of the miracles which the printing press has accomplished, of the widespread influence which it exerts and of the benefits which it bestows, we are iilled with wonder. The newspaper, the novel, and the magazine are its greatest contribu- tions and it is to them that we owe the state of culture that we now en- joy. Foremost among these three, however, is the newspaper, whose easy accessibility, wide scope, and democratic principles make it the most read and the most popular of modern literature. -Eleanor D. Stevens. Independence in the Press 1' VERY hour of the day the modern newspaper brings to its ' readers not only accounts of local affairs but the news of wg g credibly soon after events take place the reading public . - A has the account of them in one printed volume. By this medium of intelligence the whole world has been knitted together into one vast community. We read in our morning paper that the Russians are hurled back on the Galician frontier, that E-ngland's cabinet is to undergo changes because of war contingencies, that China has sent a delegation to study American business methods, or that a great American fleet is being reviewed in New York harbor by the Pres- ident of the United States. The extensive scope and broad power of newspapers have encour- aged the tendency to control the press for selfish aims. Such motives 102 lg national and international events of any importance. In- .. -11. l?'1i--g 1-Q:--5, v- V -4: .Ai-3. :-, QE-elf-sa of control are necessarily founded on principles detrimental to the gen- eral welfare. Political or personal partisanship, the influence of the advertiser, and the wide public demand for the sensational-all founded in the hope of political, social, or financial reward-have frequently in- Huenced newspapers to depart from the policy of sturdy independence. The cardinal virtue of independence is lost sight of. Fidelity to hon- esty and truth give way to the evil of the publication of news and opin- ions that promote only the personal interests of the owner or the large patronizer. - Before we see why independence is an obligation which the press owes its readers and how it may be attained and kept, let us see what independence means. Independence is the spirit that produces, so far as is humanly possible, absolute truthfulness and impartiality in the exposition of facts and the offering of opinions. The press is the only practical means of transmitting the 'news of the world. Because of this unique position the press owes to society the responsibility of remaining steadfastly and immutably independent in every respect. In an independent newspaper discrimination between news items is made on a purely technical basis according to the editor's conception of news. Matters are printed or withheld because the editor thinks such matters are of importance or of no importance. The independent edi- tor is not primarily concerned with the interests of advertisers or friends who would be injured by the publication of actual news about them. Instead he prints all the real news without changing or color- ing it in any way. The press is like a judge before whom all the perti- nent facts about every case must be admitted. Judicial impartiality for- bids the exclusion of facts, although prejudicial to the judge's interest in a case. Personal interest should not enter into the regulation of a judge's conduct. An honest judge charges a jury from the evidence brought for- ward by both sides. In the same way the editorial opinions in the in- dependent newspaper should be based upon the facts presented by both sides for consideration. The jury in this case is the public. Editorials should be the logical result of a carefully balanced consideration of all the newsg they should be the conclusions drawn after viewing both sides of a subject, not the pre-determined utterances so often offered as judgments. I have said that newspapers are like judges and that the public is the jury. This jury is entitled to the same fair presentation of evi- dence and the same honest instruction and interpretation that the legal jury receives, and it has the same indisputable right to decide the issue. A judge who permits only one side of a case to be presented in his court and instructs a jury according to his personal opinions without regard for facts can not long occupy his position on the bench. Why, then, ioa should this same policy be tolerated in newspapers when the similarity is so striking? The press is, however, subject to great perverting influences. The interests of the advertiser, if not cared for, may be injured by news detrimental to him. The capitalists who finance a newspaper may own stock in public service corporations or other stock companies. The value of these stocks may be depreciated if the newspaper attacks the predatory greed of other companies. Hence the press remains silent when the situation is like this. The circulation of a paper may be in- creased by the publication of sensational items. The yellow journal caters to the morbid emotions of a certain portion of the public, with the view of widening circulation and of increasing its income. The presence of all these considerations tends to destroy or lessen inde- pendence in the press. Thus we see that financial and monetary influ- ences are the chief causes for the weak submissive tone indicative of lack of independence. There is, however, no reason for discarding independence on the plea of better Financial returns which might come from a policy that pleased the advertiser or monied interests. Independence has its re- ward, too, in a financial way. The independent newspaper has the power to gain unlimited prestige by a fearless policy. A paper with a reputation for free, fair-minded editorials and truthful news columns es- tablishes itself immeasurably in a community because of its reliability. Advertisers of the right type will resort to its columns because of the very fact of its reliability. The public will appreciate such a source of truth and will look to it and trust it in increasing numbers. Aside from the financial side there is the moral consideration which cannot be ignored. Nothing is morally right which dues nat promote the welfare and happiness of all society. A paper that does not present the truth in an honest and fair way does not promote the best interests of society. The question of integrity confronts every man in every walk of life. Newspaper men should feel the responsibility attached to their position and cling tenaciously to the practices which make for personal integrity and probity. There is nothing more harmful to so- ciety than the spread of untruths. The responsibility of the press is to print only what is true. When the public finds that newspapers are striving to offer truthful news as far as possible, and when editorials are based on nothing more or less than the facts with which they deal, the response will be great and continued. The circulation of this kind of paper will be assured and consequently its advertising power will be such that advertisers will be forced to use its columns notwithstanding the fact that the press may not be constantly endeavoring to propitiate them. One good and truly independent newspaper will force others in the same community to a higher standard because their lax policies 104 f ew , .-, . 2' Q:f f'ggP-i41-f-s- Z-ai' if - ,-Jw, , A,, 'Q,..o .5 will be more and more apparent. Further even than this a watchful, just paper that ruthlessly exposes nefarious enterprises will have an in- fluence in checking methods and manners which cannot live in the sun of publicity. Newspaper men by virtue of their unique position are im- portant public servants, as public servants they should feel their re- sponsibility and should conduct their papers to fulfill this responsibility in the noblest way. Hixon Kinsella. The Daily Newspaper in American Life E power of the daily press in its intellectual and moral in- 1' 1 fluence is more or less generally but imperfectly recog- nized. To what extent it exists, however, may only be realized by comparing and contrasting its influence with other great agencies of our time,-with those agencies that are directly organized for purposes of educating and for the definite uplifting of thought and action. The church, to a very great extent, possesses this power. But though it holds sway over a portion of the people all of the time, over most people it is effective only on occasions. Our great free school systems, colleges, and universities exert a marked and very important influence on the young man or woman. Libraries and special institu- tions of learning all play a large part in forming the ideas and life of certain individuals. But none of these reach the multitude, as does the press. While the church is open once or twice a week, and the school about ten months out of the year, the daily press of our country is speaking three hundred and sixty-live days in the year to a vast audi- ence of young and old eager for its message. It becomes therefore the most insistent of all educators. Different sections of the newspaper appeal to the reader along dif- ferent lines. The one part though that appeals to nearly everybody is the cartoon. The paper of a quarter of a century ago contained few cartoons, in comparison to the great number to be found to-day. Not only in the great dailies of our large cities, but even in the small town paper, may be found these illustrations picturing the latest happenings of importance in the world. The reason for this is to be found in the fact that the editors, as well as the readers, realize the vast import- ance and influence of the cartoon on the life of the people, and of the deep meaning or feeling it can portray more strongly than many words. History itself, even, is being recorded in the cartoons of the daily press, with brevity, with satire, with humor, but always with power and in- stant appeal. Of all the services that the newspaper renders its public, that of nos furnishing it with living history is one of the most important. His- torical facts and events are recorded in the daily press long before they are compiled into a history. With the far reaching power of the Asso- ciated Press, and the rapidity of transit of news, made possible by cables and telegraph, history is written almost instantaneously with its making. A liberal knowledge of present day history can only be at- tained by a close perusal of the daily newspaper. Moreover, read thus at first hand, it is more than mere records, it becomes dramatic. The general and various news columns serve as a mirror to the acts and lives of the people in the community they represent. It is in these pages that the majority of the readers obtain the information which shapes and molds their personal and public opinions and ideas, There- fore it is surely necessary that the material in this largest division of thc newspaper, in that most widely read, should be carefully selected, with a consideration for the effect it will have on all classes of readers. Here nothing should be printed that can work for harm or evil, even in the most susceptible mind. The editorial perhaps appeals to a smaller class of readers, but the business man as well as the politician finds his interest centered mainly in the editorials. The editorial is of value to the reader in forming an intelligent opinion regarding the greater problems which many read about, but concerning which most Find it difficult to get a del-inite, com- plete, and satisfying idea. In the editorials many battles are fought: battles of peace, against graft and political corruption. The editorial interprets in a broad enlightening way many of the matters which the reading and less experienced public likes and needs to have explained. just so soon as the editors of this country realize to what extent a grave responsibility is placed upon them, just so soon as they are so deeply impressed, as to make them bend their every effort toward the welfare of their readers and of their country, just so soon will the daily press be doing the work that is logically its share in the betterment of the human race. Then the newspaper will have become, in reality, the torch-bearer of civilization. -Qenjamin Knight. The Press in Public Affairs w,,,,,.,-pw,-5. HE newspaper to-day is one of the greatest forces in the so- Aigy cial and political field. It has the power to destroy or to build up our ideals, and since it reaches all of us its influ- ' I men. E if ence is one of the great modern factors in the making of Considering the newspaper from the political stand- point, we are brought face to face with the question of what influence los , , R? ,--w -tri ,fr -if-T5 -1: ,ff 34 -fm 11 - 4- iff '- -- Smgismwamiw the daily press exerts upon the citizen of the present day. A man needs only to have a penny in his pocket in order to read the important events taking place in the political world of his own country or of any foreign land. Our system of associated press brings news from even the most distant countries, and thus the world is joined by a link growing strong- er daily. Moreover the poor man as well as the rich, the ignorant as well as the educated, may read the newspapers and be a sharer in the world thought and action. When our president, or any other notable man, makes a wonderful speech-one that will go down in history-only the smallest portion of the people of the country may hear him. But when the newspaper prints copies of such a speech, it reaches everyone and thus all classes of society, reading, may listen and feel that they are a part of our great democratic government, and so be inspired to carry out its traditions. In great elections, whether country, state, or city, the influence of the newspapers is almost unlimited. The press looks up the record of every candidate for public office and publishes it, so that the people may know the character and qualities of the man for whom they are voting. This often saves us from electing to a responsible position a man who is not worthy-a man who would work for selfish interests alone instead of for the good of his country and humanity. In affairs more directly social, the iniluence of the newspapers is of even more intimate interest to the people at large, who in every day life have more in common with their own community than they have with their nation. By common interests and ideals they are joined in that fellow-feeling which makes them loyal and true to the welfare of their own city with all its reciprocal relations. This feeling of unity leads the people to make many public im- provements in their community. Wishing to make their city useful and beautiful, they advance ideas in the daily press for parks and good roads, for playgrounds and clean streets. These improvements could never be accomplished were it not for the newspapers. The people who are most needed to help, and those who are most affected and concerned by the measures, could never be reached, except through the newspapers. By reading arguments for and against, the citizen is enabled to vote intelligently, and thus to become a great part of any vital creation for the city's good. Besides helping to make our city beautiful with public improve- ments, the newspapers may also help to foster ideas and to further other acts of social service. By printing in their columns articles, for in- stance, on the model tenement houses of other cities, newspapers quick- en our civic pride and inspire us to wish and work for better homes for everybody, and for all other sorts of ideal living conditions. Furthermore, the newspapers emphasize the importance of factory 101 I 2 C: V .1-14 Q ? 1- if , j' -gm Y-if -. 2,-if -a-V, 6- di- ji l . -Q. legislation in all phases of its sociological interest. The conditions of factories, the horrors of child labor, poor wages and long hours, are vividly portrayed in every feature of newspaper activity-from car- toon to editorial. The employer may himself be often moved by these accounts to change the terrible conditions in his factory without being forced to do so by law. It is in a hundred such ways as these that the newspaper has done and is still doing untold service for humanity. If it only realizes to its full extent what more it may yet do, who can say what will be its glorious future? In a more personal way, perhaps one of the greatest influences of the newspaper lies in its power to crystallize national opinion and feel- ing. By so doing, it uniiies and levels us till there is no distinction be- tween the classes of society in matters of civic and national welfare. Moreover, the leveling goes even deeper and through their common newspaper interests men, rich and poor alike, are made and developed. To the newspapers they owe their ideals for thought and their inspira-- tion for action. -Dorothy fackes. Educational Siimulus of Magazine Reading M. T can hardly be possible to overestimate the stimulating in- fqi Huence of magazine reading. That magazines are educa- tional is evidenced by the quality and variety of the ma- terial with which they deal. They offer a world of sug- gestion and entertainment,-a vast Held for the mind and imagination. They utilize every subject of popular inter- est. Some magazines are for entertainment onlyg some contain poems, sketches, short stories, and brief essays over the entire field of man's thought and activity. A part, even, of every magazine is devoted to advertisements, and through them we acquire a large part of the knowl- edge we have of the commercial world. The greatest fiction of the last half century has been issued serially in magazines before book publica- tion, ' To-day magazines are more educational and less dogmatic than in the early period of journalism. They are devoted to public interestg and because they are not dependent upon the favcr of the few, they be- come the real representatives of the people. Having become too large a concern to be influenced by any single personality, however powerful, they stand for almost absolute freedom of the press. If a great thinker has a new idea, he desires to reach the people most quickly and widely. The magazine can do it for him. Thus, through it the World is given the opportunity to keep in touch with 108 -: f A Y ,. ,av T-'ff' af if Y 1 - -'f. f ' r I. 4' ', every new idea as well as to know what is happening in the fields of travel, exploration, and literature. Such an increasing wealth of in- formation has been one of the important factors in the progress of magazines, The world is made up of many groups of magazine readers, each of which must accomplish its purpose in its own way: like the lawyer who searches his Blackstone, the doctor who turns the pages of his medical journal, and the merchant who studies the market. To these, as to all readers, the secret of interest is curiosity, an intense desire for knowledge,-knowledge which means education. Where in a busy world can this be acquired more conveniently than in the thousand vary- ing pages of modern day periodicals? The magazine to a large extent has, like the newspaper, fallen heir to the power exerted formerly by other more direct agencies in forming and directing public opinion on current questions. Through this in- fluence the magazine is able to lead its readers to a point where they will be able to think more clearly and deeply about all sorts of problems that arise in every day life. The magazine staff is a group of specialists of similar views but of different talents. They are assigned to work up a particular subject a long time before anything is published. They spend much time in travel and research among the living and printed sources of information. The literature they give us therefore is bound to instruct and interest a wide range of readers. We become keen and eager for the varied and broadening information the magazine offers us. The charm that holds us lies in what is to come, in that intellectual curiosity which is a yearn- ing for more knowledge and for deeper insight into the world of men and things. Like Ulysses we become onward-looking men . -fesse Wm. Haynes. The Power and Promise of Afmerican Fiction MAGINATION is the most impelling and far-reaching fac- 2, ulty of the human mind. In our day imaginative literature ,W has become an integral part of life. Of the total number of books in the St. Louis public libraries, twenty-seven per 3 ,. cent are fiction, while history, which ranks next in num- ber, composes sixteen per cent. Of the volumes issued, however, fifty-eight per cent are fiction, the class ranking seccnd to it comprising only eight per cent. These figures show the great demand for novels. To meet the demand the supply increases. That is one reason why, in the last fifteen years, the output of original fiction in the United States has doubled. Neoessarily, when quantity increases, me 2 quality has a tendency to decrease. That does not mean that there are now no books of a high quality published. It merely means that there are so many inferior books that from very numbers they seem to over- shadow the better ones. This is, to some extent, the fault of the writ- ers, but it is even more that of the reading public. If the people want good books, good books will come to meet their demand. If the public refuses to buy or read poor or mediocre books, these soon will no long- er be offered them. And gradually, the people are refusing to buy and read such books. Since the beginning of the great vogue of nove1-read- ing, the literary taste of the public has been growing steadily higher and the quality of our fiction has been rising to meet it. From this fact may we not hope that the coming generations will see a day of Elizabethan achievement in the field of American letters? Every novel is written with some definite end in view even though it be merely to afford a few hours of recreation. Of such a novel the effect is immediate. If it causes the reader to lose himself for a time: if it is a faint pleasant memory to look back upon, even if it is an alto- gether forgotten delightg if only it leaves the reader in a more cheer- ful and rested mood, its existence is justified. The great majority of our novels, however, are written with a more serious purpose than simply to amuse. Except for the drama, a good novel can bring home elemental truths more effectively than any other medium. It was through the novels of Dickens that Englishmen were awakened to the need of social reform. Who can measure the influence of Uncle Tom's Cabin ? The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, which por- trays conditions in the packing house district of Chicago, convinced the people of that city that a change was imperative. The novel is the best means through which contemporary social problems may be discussed. It is a political and social power of great force, since it is so powerful a factor in forming public opinion,-which, in such a state as ours, is the real sovereign. Besides political and sociological novels, we have novels with a no less clearly defined, though less tangible, purpose: that of creating an all-pervading sympathy for our fellow-creatures, that of bringing about a better understanding between man and man, that of fostering in and for the nation a high moral tone. The great novelist touches the hid- den springs of human action through living characters which appeal to our sympathies. Sympathy is the keynote of our modern novelist's treatment of life. Also, in the words of Sir Gilbert Parker, The novel has inseparable moral consequences. It leaves impressions not simply of things seen but of acts judged. The novelist cannot help putting ideas into his readers, minds, he cannot help creating impressions, how- ever faint, that such a thing is right, or that it is wrong, that this is ex- cusable, that that is not. no 1 -,'-:--- 'xl K WE Ari- v ' Y -T - - ' Y fps.,--gi 'rf 'tf4 Now what are the types of novels through which the author works upon the minds and sympathies of his readers? Again to quote Park- er, No great and permanent work of Fiction can properly be labeled na- turalistic, idealistic, romantic, realistic, or symbolistic. Shakespeare was not a novelist, but there is no one else who will so admirably serve to illustrate this point. He wrote great and permanent Fiction, though it is presented in the form of plays. He was not naturalistic, he was not an idealist, he was not romantic, he was not just a realist, nor was he symbolistic. He was all these things-all these things worked and moulded together into a consummate whole. In a different sense, however, novels do conform to certain classes. They are either romantic or realistic, or better still, a happy mixture of both. The bent of modern fiction is realistic. Professor 'Bliss Perry gives the following definition: Realistic fiction does not shrink from the commonplace or unpleasant in its efforts to present things as they are, life as it is. Because realism does not slide over the unlovely phases of life, we are not to feel that realism is in itself unlovely. Though it seems to tie us down to earth, at its best it really idealizes the earth, putting new and high values on things which we are accus- tomed to regard as common and homely. Realism teaches that the everyday life of all is worth something, that we are surrounded by real forces, that the men and women about us have real personalities. Who that has read a novel of Miss Murfree's can ever again feel out of sympathy with our toiling mountain farmers? Silas Lapham is just a plain everyday sort of man, he might have been anybody's neighbor. Through him Mr. Howells gives us an insight into the character of the thousands of Silas Laphams all about us, and creates in us a deep sym- pathy for them. The more of the best realistic fiction that we read, the more shall we come to feel with the great Russian realist Gogol, when he says, I have studied life as it really is, not in dreams of imagination, and thus I have come to a conception of Him who is the source of all life. -'Pauline Sarason. C I a s .s il a y HE class day exercises of the Class of june, 1915, were held in the auditorium on the afternoon of March 12. The first thing was the presentation of the class banner by the ban- A ' .-:' . V ner committee. The banner was designed by Victor h, Proetz and was executed by Helen Barnard, Martha Ger- hart, Lillian Muench, and Bessie Rovitsky. The class then sang one of the class songs. Its title was Soldan High and was sung ito the tune of Maryland , Next the class oration, Speak in Deeds , lll ,,-Af ' Ar: Q- 1.:f if - l -1-N , ,f g i - Y was presented in an excellent manner by Kathleen Say. The Spinning Song from 'Martl'1a was rendered by the following: Ward I-Iarkins, Mildred Lewis, Young Helwig, and Daryl Sinclair. Three of the sing- ers are of the senior class, and the excellence of the performance brought a good round of applause. As an encore they gave another selection from the same opera. The Soldan seal was presented to the Sevens by Randolph Lyon and the sevens' response was made by Welles Pullen. This was followed by Millicent , given by the senior members of the Mandolin Club. Our president, J, Hixon Kinsella, then presented his oration, Student Ideals , which was enjoyably received. The exer- cises were concluded with the song Our june '15 , written to the tune of Funiculi, Funiculan, by Ruth Ferris. The school was dismissed and the senior class adjourned to the lunch room where we had a spread followed by the class prophecy, a speech by Mr. MacQueary, and sev- eral other very interesting talks by the students. Every one had a good time and class day was unanimously voted a success. -Nelson R. Thomas, 8. Speak in Deedsu HE Class of june, 1915, of Soldan High School is told to speak in deeds. For the past four years, it has seemed to ' us, we have been speaking in all languages, dead and liv- 4 . ingg is it possible this language of deeds is one that our I revered faculty has neglected to teach us? No, far from it. On reflection, it is a language that has been taught by every chair. It is the language that will remain with us when the con- jugation of verbs and the construing of sentences will have become dimmed in our memory. The eloquent deeds of devotion to duty, of self-sacrifice and adherence to ideals is the language that will long re- main with us and sustain and guide us through the difficulties of life. Actions speak louder than words is an old adage, and it is a mat- ter of familiar observance by all that the most eloquent and brilliant words, if not sustained by consistant deeds, fall on unresponsive ears. As a tree is known by its fruit, so is a man judged by his deeds. The deeds of heroism and sacrifice of the founders of our Republic will be remembered long after their words are forgotten. There has never been a time in the history of the world when deeds were more needed than to-day. The triple alliance that must be fought by men and women trained to think and analyze consists of poverty, crime and war. This is a battle worthy of the best efforts of those am- bitious to do deeds that will benefit mankind and advance civilization. Poverty and crime go hand in hand. The first step in the elimin- ation of poverty is the performance of deeds of justice, the giving to all 112 men equal rights, equal privileges, and equal opportunities. When Henry Ford ordered that the meanest man in his employ should be paid I-ive dollars a day and said that it was his duty to give to the artisan who wrought his fortune his just share of the profits, and that it was wrong to grind labor down that the employer might later be honored as a philanthropist for giving away what was never in justice his, he per- formed a deed that will stand as a milestone in human progress. One of the greatest fields for the performance of deeds that will lift man to a higher moral plane is in the prevention of crime. The workers among the poor in the congested districts of our large cities are doing deeds for humanity that will bear fruit a thousand fold in the future by directing the children of neglect into the paths of rectitude. Formerly the churches preached the right way: to-day they send out their workers into the slums of our cities and by deeds of social service put into practice the words that were taught. This work is destined to create an improved citizenship. Last and most destructive of the allies in this triple alliance is war. To-day a continent is transformed into shambles by the appalling catas- trophe of millions of embattled men. War itself is the greatest phys- ical deed of the world and can bersuccessfully combatederonly by the highest moral and intellectual efforts. But it must be done, and the aroused and outraged civilization of the twentieth century will 1-ind a way to accomplish it. According to the general method of teaching history the youthful imagination is dazzled by the heroic deeds of war, but Balaklava and Thermopylae are to real war what the glitter of the stage is to actual life. The colossal war of to-day well illustrates this. The revulsion of feeling that this reversion to barbarism has created indicates that the civilization of the future will find other methods of settling interna- tional disputes. If our schools make more attractive the study of deeds of peace they will become the leaven that will permeate all classes and bring about the universal brotherhood of man. This is an age of deeds rather than of words. The missionary going forth to the backward nations of the earth takes the Word in one hand and the implements of husbandry in the other. The gigantic buildings piercing the skies of our cities are monuments gauging the achievements of civilization from the time of the cave and the hut. Man is every- where harnessing the forces of nature to his use and solving the laws of the universe until he travels with equal ease among the birds of the air and the fishes of the sea. What a world of promise for the youth with hope and faith to enter! What undreamt-of deeds yet to be ac- complished! What part are we to take in these great deeds that are revolutionizing a world! -Kathleen Say, 3' 113 HAMPSON -D. L. The Student Council .uxg A , v-Ar: Q L, til if f f- 4-:ffm .. Student Ideals , Wggmfuw HE Student Council'recently organized in this school has adopted several brief, and pregnant expressions of school 5' f ideals, which, if followed, will result in immeasurable good, i both to the school and the individuals who compose it. We, .-- the Class of june, 1915, who have all but completed our high school career, can now look back upon the three years and a half we have been here, and see as none of you can, the vital im- portance of the platform of the league. We cannot recommend too heartily that the rest of the student body of Soldan adopt these princi- ples, maintain them, cherish them, and defend them as dear possessions. School honor is hardly distinguishable from school spiritg a school with the proper spirit will never lack honor. A school's honor is the good moral reputation and esteem that it has in the public eye. And the whole question of a school's honor is a question of the personal honor of the students. If honor is to prevail in the class room, or on the ath- letic field, if there is to be no cheating, or no game Won by foul or dirty means it must be the part of each individual to keep himself honorable. The boy who' cheats inTthe class room or on the athletic Field is undesir- able in the school, and makes the type of citizen that the state cannot trust and for whom she must make criminal laws and build prisons. The observance of school proprieties is easily defined. It is merely consideration for others, the teacher, fellow students, or the munici- pality in the use of its property. The student who is a source of con- stant annoyance does not observe the common proprieties of life. None of the other students admire one of this stripe-they may laugh when he is doing something that seems immensely funny to him, but they are not laughing at what he is doing, but at him. The only purpose of laws is to secure the peace and tranquillity of the greatest number. For this same reason, talking cannot be allowed in class-rooms. Can you imagine the turbulent state of affairs that would come if every one whispered when he or she felt like it?. No one has any right to step in ahead of another in the library or lunch lines, for the law of first come, first served must obtain in such places as it does everywhere else. Nor has any one the right or privilege to destroy or waste school property or material because it does not directly belong to him. And so on with many more illustrations I might give. It is this spirit of altruism and consideration for others that comes from observance of proprieties that must predominate in our lives if we are to be good students and good citizens. Encouragement of cordial relations between the students and the faculty may be classed as a school propriety. Dr, Billings recently told the boys that present day schools have discarded the old idea that the 115 . '-'- f NWT -'fi so 2 if 1-:i: , ,, ,. 'fr- 'Ta teacher is a policeman armed with the proverbial birch rod, and separat- ed entirely from his scholars. The teachers are willing and anxious to meet their students half way in this matter of cordiality, but pupils who come to class with carefully prepared stalls , who create disorder, or who loaf, do not come their half of the way. The aim of all these ideals of the council is to foster student self- government in Soldan. Self-government in a school means that the students are able to take care of themselves, and any disorder that may arise. How would you like it if there were no teachers to watch the lunch room lines, or janitors at the doors to see lunch passes, or if the teachers all felt they could safely leave their rooms during examina- tions? And Why cannot such a condition exist? That, indeed, would be leaving the actual government of the school in the hands of the school itself. The teachers are paid to teach and should not be obliged to be- come guardians of the manners of students or to have to watch them at all. We should foster the feeling with the faculty that We are respon- sible level-headed beings and able to manage ourselves without being watched. And now is the time to begin to create such an impression. No more appropriate motto could have been chosen than the one under which this school exists, for it sums up very well all these prin- ciples of student virtue. Truth is honor, and honor is truth and to- gether they make genuine spirit. Freedom is reliance and trust in the individual, it is the condition in which we may do as we please, but with the absolute satisfaction on the part of the oflicials of the school that what we do will be right. Courtesy is the practice of school proprieties, the consideration for others, the friendliness that should characterize the pupil's relations to the teacher and the teacher's to the pupil. These things all are necessary, and they now exist, but there is much room for improvement. When the standard of the council is in fact raised to its highest, Soldan will then be a school founded on Truth, Honor, Free- dom, and Courtesy-H Hixon:KinselIa,f3. '- S o I cf a n H i gh Air, Maryland O Soldan dear, we raise to thee, Our voices full of gladnessg And since we soon must parted be, They bear a trace of sadness, As we go forth from thy long halls, Into the world where duty calls, We'1l ne'er forget thy sacred walls, Soldan High, dear Soldan High. O Soldan dear, four years have we Spent in thy halls of learningg The thought that we must part from thee us Fills all our hearts with yearning, We look back on the days spent here, That stay stamped in our memory clear, And ever we thy works revere, Soldan High, dear Soldan High. O Soldan dear, we love thy name- That name shall never perish, We'll ever strive to spread thy fame Thy great deeds we shall cherish, For all throughout our lives shall we Each to our motto faithful be, Trouthe, Honour, Freedom, Curteisye, Soldan High, dear Soldan High. -Bernard Tec O u r f u n e , '15 Air, Funiculi, Funicu1a Some think that other clases there have been, It may be so I do not know, Who all the honors took there were to win. O11 woe, oh woe, Why did they go? But lo, here is a class brave, strong, and earnest, Our June, ,15, Our june, '15. Four years we've toiled so hard, stood every test The teachers say, Who know but they? Chorus Soldan, Soldan, scene of happiest days, Soldan, Soldan, we loveto sing thy praise, For here we learned to sew and saw, F Read French, typewrite and draw, and oh! Everything that's wise, and so From you we're loathe to go. Who won our school so much fame in athletics? We did it all, We played football. Who stands in foremost rank in all dramatics? Why we of all We can recall, These things we did for our dear Alma Mater, We speak in deeds, We speak in deeds, And we will sing thy praise with best endeavor- Where'er we can, Where'er we can. -Rlllfl Ferns 117 V L, HAMYSON. '-D. Plays enior S fhe Scenes from 1 .- T ' --T -125 A Lfe- 1-'.,.--f J- - W-.11 1 Y Y 4 The Class 'Plays N the evening of May 7, the two senior classes each pre- sented a one act ocmedy. The first was a well presented little play, A Bunch of Roses, given by the sevens under ,L the direction of Mr. Crouch. The scene was at Petlove Court, Pass Christian. Miss Hilda Greaves, Miss Mal- vina Pilkington, Mr. Herbert Mason, and Mr. George Har- grove are all visitors at Petlove Court. Hopson, the butler writes a billet-doux to Higgs, the maid, in which he professed his love for her and told her to come to the sitting-room after the folks had retired and to wear a red rose, they would then elope. He signs himself H. This note falls into the hands of each of the different characters and each thinks that it is from one of the others. They all decide to meet in the sitting-room. The play ends in laughter as they all meet and Hopson explains that he wrote the letter. Apologies are made and the situ- ation ends happily for everyone. The cast of characters was a very suitable one and each one was well suited to his or her part. Gene- vieve Wilson, as the young and pretty Mrs. Petlove, was very charm- ing. The parts of Miss Hilda Greaves and Miss Malvina Pilkington were successfully interpreted by Kathryn Moody and Lula Miller. Anetha Smyth as Higgs, the romantic maid, was very amusing. The part of Mr. Petlove, a middle-aged man who was jealous and deaf, was admirably presented by Richard Shipley. Herbert Mason, George Hargrove, and Hopson were presented to the satisfaction of all by Paul Peltason, john Charles Harris, and Irwin Eskeles. The play is the more noteworthy because the sevens had only a short time in which to prepare their play. The intermission was filled by selections by the Mandolin Club. The second play, Lend Me Five Shillings , was given by the eights under the direction of Miss Wilson. The curtain rose on the Bedford Assize Ball. A most beautiful dance was executed by the principals and guests at the ball. Mr. Golightly meets at the ball a lady to whom he had lent his umbrella the summer before. She refuses to allow him to pay her any attention. She becomes suspicious of her sister, Mrs. Captain Phobbs, whom she knows to be in company with a young ar- tist named Moreland. Captain Phobbs wishes to leave early, but Mrs. Major Phobbs remains to watch the Captain,s wife. She asks Go- lightly to accompany her home. He has just lost all his money play- ing cardsg so he sets out to borrow live shillings, but he is unsuccess- ful. Meantime all the guests had left and Golightly decided that his fine coat and hat would satisfy the coachman. When he called the waiter he found that some one had taken his coat and hat and left old ones in their place. This ruined his last chance, but he put his hand in 119 , D. L. IIALIPSON. 5 - ne, 191 fu f The Class o V X 1 . fi P' A WY iq' 'f-45.5, , . a- g,-N., his pocket and found that it was full of money. He then ordered a din- ner for two. Captain Phobbs, the owner of the coat, returned, and Go- lightly thought that he was the husband of the lady for whom he or- dered the meal. Captain Phobbs sits down to eat the dinner and Go- lightly is afraid to stop him. Soon Mrs. Major Phobbs entered with Mrs. Captain Phobbs and Moreland. Moreland explains that he has been painting the picture of the captain's wife, which she wishes to give to the captain on his departure, the following morning, for a foreign country, This appeases the anger of Captain Phobbs, who pays all of Golightly's bills, and the play ends happily for all. The part of Golightly was remarkably well portrayed by Lewis Breck. His ease of delivery and perfect naturalness easily surpassed any acting which has been seen on the Soldan stage for some time. What was said of Breck may also be said of Pauline Sarason, who very cleverly interpreted Mrs. Major Phobbs, a young widow. Margaret Woods, in the part of Mrs. Captain Phobbs, gave an ex- hibition of skillful acting which it was a pleasure to watch. The irate, excitable old gentleman, Captain Phobbs, was portrayed in an exceedingly pleasing manner by 1Ralph Fischer, whose acting showed a finish not often seen in high school pupils. Wyllys Bliss as Mr, Moreland the artist, Henry Sommers as Cap- tain Spruce, and Fred Driemeyer as Sam the waiter, all showed up very well in the minor parts. The music for the dance was Pizzicati from Sylvia and was rend- ered by the Soldan Orchestra. The two plays and the excellent music insured for all a most enjoyable evening's entertainment. -Nelson R. Tbomas, 8. Sfuni Day ENIOR stunt day is as much a part of the program as f - class day. The idea is to be original in your dressing, and we think that our stunt was most original. The plan of announcing April first as The Day and then coming in our iinery the next day was kept a secret. Even Mr. Powell and the teachers were not told of it. On Thurs- day morning some innocent looking seniors met Mr. Powell in the hall, who promptly asked them in a distressed voice if they weren't aware it was stunt day.', When told it was an April Foolls prank he was in- clined, at lirst, not to consent to the dressing up on Friday. However, permission was granted and on the second checked blouses, frock coats, spectacles and unmated shoes created some excitement. Our only hope is that the future class will equally enjoy walking on one low and one high heeled shoe for six hours. -Daryl Clay Sinclair, 8. 121 F. WILBUR HEHMAN MARGARET V. WOODS J. HIXON KINSELLA He has a relish for ancient Useful as well as highly Greatest captain of his coins. ornamental. time, rich in common Scrip, '14, '15 Charniiiade, IIZ, '13, '14, '15 sense, Glee Club, '12, '13, JI4, '15 Class Play Class President Tennis, 113, '14 Class Play Colmnittee Class Day Exerizfire Committee Vice-President Chess Club Class Treasurer Forum, '13, '14, '15 Graduation Program Student Council DARYL CLAY SINCLAIR DONELIA SUTTON WYLLYS BLISS I doubt if nature so fair a A friend-making, every- The heart is the arbiter of creature could make where friend-finding soul. goodness. again. Chamirzade Club. '12, '13 Forzmi, '14, '15 Girls' Athletic Association, Class Secretary Scrip, '14 'IZ Class Play Class Manager for Seri? Chaminade, '13, '14 Mandolizi Club President Cliaminade, '14 Class Play Committee Executive Conimittee Class Play, Scritf '14, ,I5 Martha 122 Class Day CHAUNCEY F. SCHULTZ PHYLLIS A. CASEY WILLIAM CUNLIFFI The soldier's wealth is A brave impetuous heart Not dead, but speechless. honor, yields everywhere. Mandolin Club, '12, '13, '14, Forum Scriff StaH', '14,- '15 '15 , I Glgg Club Executive Committee Cleo Club, 14,1 J5 Chess Club E,1:ccuti11e Cammfttce Bays' Athletic Klssocintirm Class Day C0mlmfff-'L' ,,,,Student,,Council , German Club Class Play Executive Committee DOROTHY JACKES RALPH FISCHER MIRIAM BUTTWEILER She is more fair than Words Every inch a man. Eyes too expressive to be can say. Class Play blue, too livelv to be gray. R01l1ld Table, '11 Gdfllldll Play Girls' Athletic Association, Clmmizmzlc Club, '12, '13, '14, Exccxztirc Committee 'IJ 'lj Forum French Club, '15 French Club, '14, '15 ' lirecutivc Committee Scrifr Staflf, '14 Class Play Class Play Committee Executifm Committee Graduation Program 123 MARY McCARTHY HORACE POTE IONE WILLIAMS Softly Speak and SWECUY A'wise man struggling with VVhen all is done and said, smile. adversity. thou has a quiet mind. Edison Club, '13, '14, '15 Presirlent, '14, '15 German Club, '14, '15 Glee Club, 'Ii Student Council, '15 Chess Club, '14, '15 Afhlvtfr Assoffutiun, '14, '15 CLARA BELL ALOE YOUNG H. HELWIG MARION CLARK She has learned the luxury To me you never can be Piping a vagrant ditty free of being good. old. from care. Class Day Committee Glee Club, '12, '13, '14, '15 French Club, '13, '14, '15 Student Council, '15 Girls' Athletic Association, German Club, '14, '15 JI4, '15 Class Day 124 MARTHA GERI-IART WILLIS WALTERS BLANCHE. HERMAN Some angels guide my pen- A nice youngster of ex- A blithe heart makes a cil while I draw. cellent pith. Sketch Club, 'II Banner Committee Finance Committee, '15 Class Play bloommg VlS3gE. German Club, '14, '15 CHARLES MORRISON GERTRUDE LOUISE IRA FISCHER In charity there is no ex- DICK. Persuasion hangs upon his cess. Punctuality is the polite- lips. ness of kings. Forum, '12, '13, '14, '15 Clzarninade German Club, '14, 'I5 125 Boys' Athletic Association, '13, '14. '15 College Club, '15 BESSIE ROVITSKY EDWIN SHRODER HELEN KAHN We are growing serious. Sport went hand in hand Sovereignty 'lieth hid in Banner Committee with science. knowledge. Football, '14 Foruni College Club, '15 Baseball OLIVE M. UNDERHILL REED HARKNESS BETTY SHIFRIN Wisdom married to im- Slumber is more sweet Let me not live in vain. mortal verse. than toil. Scrip, '14 Girly' Athletic Association, '11, '12, C13 Round Table. '12, II3, 114, 'I5 French Club, '14 Finance Committee 126 BERNARD PECK CECILE ROETZEL ROWLAND FOWLER Not a thought to be seen Worldly is this world, There is no secrecy com- on his steady brow and I take and like its world parable to celerity. quiet mouth. of life. Class Sang Cifls' yflflxfetic Association, I2, 13, 1.1, I5 President, '14, '15 NELSON THOMAS ESTHER WILLIAMS WESLEY W. CANDY Discretion of speech is She told him stories to Sweets to the sweet. more than elonuence. delight his ear. ' Football, ,I4 Clasx Play Scrip Editor, 'IS Student Counril 127 BLUMA GROSBERG WILLIAM SHORT LILLIAN MUENCH The woman that deliberates He burneth the midnight Wisdom and worth were is 1051- , Oil- all she had. Gzrls' Athletic Assocmtion, Chess Club, '13 Round Table- '1g, '13, '14 '12 Sketch Club, '11, 112 German Club, '12 Girls' .flfhletic Association, ,H A Banner Committee Class Day Committee MARGARET SPRAGUE LEON SCHWARTZMAN RUTH ELLMAN A scintillating nucleus. A procligv for learning. A merry heart and true. 'Round Table, '13, '14, '15 Clzcsx Club, fI4, '15 Girlx' .fltlzletic Association German Club, '13, '14, '15 128 r I 1 NELLIE ROBNETT BEN BULL EVA LINN Wearing her wisdom light- I'm not a politician and A quiet mind is richer than ly. my other habits are good. 3 C,-Own. Girls' Athletic Association, '12 Chaminadc, 112, '13, II4, '15 Senior Play LOUISE DICKSON HENRY SOMMERS Small matters win great Divinely tall and most di- commendation. vinely fair. Girls' Athlviic Association, Class Play I '14 Maridoliii Club 129 RUTH FERRIS Modesty personiHed. Class Day Class Play Finanre Committee Committee Class Play Tennis Co nwnittec l i 'na-A'-' ul 'Md HARRY THEIS DOROTHY AYLESBURY SAM FROHLICHSTEIN Virtuous and wise he was, Full of sweet indifference. Great is advertisement but not severe. Clmminade, '14, '15 with little men. Baseball Fimmcc Com-rniftec Scrifv, '14 HELEN C. SCHOLZ CHARLES SWINGLEY LUCY TAYLOR Proper words in proper Oli! that I had loved the Sweet rezlsonableness. places. less. Round Table, '11, '12 Round Table, '12, '13, '14, '15 Footluzll, '13, '14 Girlx' Atlzlctic Axsociatlou, Girls' Athletic Association, Gln' Club, '12, 'ILL '14, '15 '13, '14, '15 '11, '12, '14, '15 Cullugr Clulr Fnrum, '12, '13 Sfufleut Council 130 GLEN LONG ESTHER LEHMAN GEORGE A. CLIPNER Come listen to my mourn- Oh! eyes sublime, tears No hero, I confess. ful tale. and laughter for all time. Glee Club, JI3, '14, '15 Class Play Camera Club, '13 Class Play Committee Student Council, '15 Scrip, '15 Stuafeut Counqil, JI5 CHARLES NAGEL KATHLEEN SAY EARL WILLIAM FERRIS He was more than visibly An angel is like you, Kate, T00 wise for 3 sfatesman, present. and you are like an an- 1300 proud for 3 Wit, Baseball, ,I5 gel. Class Play Scrip, '14 Rauma' Table Class Day CflM111ll'f6t? Class Day Class Play 131 l T 4 FERNE SHEFFER LAWTON LEVY PAULINE SARASON Chaminade Club He said that knew it best. Others are fond of fame, Forum but fame, of you. Scrip, 114 German,,Club, II3, '14, 115 French Club, '14 Class Day Committee Class Day Class Play Graduation Program RANDOLPH LYON HELEN MELLOR WALTER WIEMAN He knevy' the prec1se, psy- All must be earnest in a Too fond of the right to chologxcal moment t0 world like ours. pursue the expedient. say nothmg. Scrip Editor, 114 Class Day Committee Class Play Committee Class Play Finance Committee 132 AILEEN F. REID JESSE WM. HAYNES HELEN BARNARD Of loyal nature and of He hath a passion for fame. Prudent, cautious self-con- noble mind. Scrip Business Manager, '14 trol is wisdom's route. Chaminade, '14, '15 Class Day Committee Sketch Clnb, '11, '12 Class Day Banner Committee Graduation Program Scrip, 'I5 CLAIRE COHN OLEY HEDEMAN MARION STURDEVANT But woman, wakeful w0- Honor lies in honest toil. She that knoweth what is man's never weary. . A what... J'Ronnd Table, '13, '14, 'I5 Rannd Table, '12, '13, '14, '15 Girls' Athletic Association, French Clnb, '14, '15 'I2 Finance Committee 133 DOROTHY DELL CHRISTOPHER FONTANA CELESTE DRYDEN Who can mistake great Merit is worthier than A countenance in which thoughts? fame. did meet Forum, '11, 12, J13 Sweet records, promises as Boys' Athletic Association sweet. Finance Committee, '14 German Club, 114, '15 Botany Club, '15 ADALINE A. MONROE JOHN BROWN LUCILLE WEINBACH Friendship! Mysterious ce- Conteut's a kingdom. Eagerly pursues imaginary ment of the sand. Scrilr, '14 joys. Class Play Athletic Association Girls' Atlzlletie A.moeiuti0n, Forum, II3, '14, '15 112, '13 German Club 134 RUTH GARVENS STANLEY GRIFFITH MARY KEZER Intermingle jest with earn- He is a fountain of honor. With women the heart ar- est.. Gyms Team, '13, '14 gues, not the mind. Cham1nade'Club, '13, '14, '15 Baseball, '15 Round Table, '13 Fznance Committee Finance Committee PAGE C. ROBERTSON RUTH WHARTON NORTON McFARLAND Qualitv and quantity. A rosy-cheeked young Few men can afford to be Chess Club, '13, '14, '15 miss. angry. Student Council Botany Club, '15 Swimming Team, '14 Class Play Basketball, '15 Class Play Committee Baseball, ,I5 135 EVALYN JACKSON TOWNER PHELAN Every man will be thy Slow and careful. friend. Tennis Team, 'I4 Class Play Committee Chess Club, ,I3, '14, 115 Chaminade Student Council, ,lj Round Table Tennis Champion, '15 German Club Class Play CLARA HARRIETT WEBB She dwells with us. PRISCILLA PRICE HERBERT STRAIN Sighs are the natural lan- History for him ne'er was guage of the heart. a strain. Class Play Tennis Team, ,I4 136 GERTRUDE MEINHOLTZ Life is a long lesson in humility. CLARA MERETO FRED DRIEMEYER MARl0N KING BAGGOT A good. name which was He followed not his friend's To second and sole thought. as white as a tulip. advice, lliut followed his Girls' Athletic Association OWU WlS CS. CLARENCE COWDERY JEANETTE SCHOEN EUGENE SCHRADER A silent sly peace loving Sehr schoen. He loved not wisely, but man. He seemed no Fierce Girls' Athletic Association, too well. partisan. '12, JI3, '14 Edison Club, '13, '14, '15 French Club Chess Club, 'I3, 114, '15 Glee Club, ,I3 German Club, '14, '15 137 ELEANOR D. STEVENS Ximlwle heel makes rest- less mind. Givls' Aflzlctic Axsyciatian, '11, '1.' Round Table. '12, '13 Frenflz Club, '14 Scrifv, '14, '15 CVGdltIlflU7l P7'0gI'Hi1l BENJAMIN KNIGHT He loved keeping company. Mdlllfglill Club, '12, 13, '14, 115 BESSIE IRENE FREEGARD Is not the picture striking? Clzfufzinade Club, '12, '13, '14, ' Glce Club, '14, '15 I5 Forum, '12, '13 German Club Clfxx Day Grmizmiion Progrrwz MILDRED E. COHN JAMES B. DODGE MILDRED LEWIS We gaze upon this beauty, Grin intelligence from ear God giveth speech to all we also learn to love. to ear. and song to few. Q Glec Club, '11, '12 138 Cluznzinadc, '14, '15 Class Day HOWARD LIGGETT MARGARET POLLARD PAUL ALLEN EBBS I no cfimpany as com- She reads verses and thinks Some folks are wise and panionable as solitude. she understands. some are otherwise, Eflfison Club, '13, '14, '15 Fr-cnch Club, '14 Camera Club, '13 HELEN WHITE ETHEL GOLDSTEIN Fair was she and young. VVho await no gifts of chance have conquered fate. Soldan Orclzestm, '13, '14, '15 139 LEWIS TEBBETTS JACK SCHOLZ BRECK Nobody is on my side and He rather studied men nobody takes part with than books. me. Mandolin Club, '12, '13 Track Team, '15 Forum, ,I3 ' Class Day Class Play I MARGARET COSGROVE DOROTHY CARSON Her very foot hath music Thy steady temper. in it. Girls' Athletic Axsaciatiovz, 'Il 140 -ff , 1 mz!: 91 'S . H ,ff EDITORIAL STAFF NELSON R, THOMAS ' ' - ---'- - ' Edif01 i1L'Chi6f GLEN LONG - -- --'-- Business Manager Departmental Associates DEWEY BROCKMEYER - f i DOUGLAS WOOD DARYL SINCLAIR WILBUR HEI'IMAiV ELEANOR STEVENS PHYLLIS CASEY HOPE BISSLAND Departmental Assistants ADRIAN KLEIN HELEN BARNARD VVILSON LEWIS EDNA MAY MARTIN EMMA COULTAS THE SCRTP is issued every six weeks during the school year from the office in Soldan High School, Union and Kensington Avenues, Saint Louis, Mo. Terms.-One year, seventy-five cents: one term, forty cents. Mailing, ten cents a term. Entered as second class matter December 16, 1910, at the Post Omce, St. Louis, Missouri, under Act of March 3, 1879. The Editor and the Business Manager Wish to' take this opportunity to thank the staff for the work they have done in the affairs of the Scrip. We also wish to thank the members of the student body who have been kind enough to contribute. Our only wish is that they will keep up the good work and do their best for those who are to come after us. The Scrip regrets to announce that its able Business Manager has left school. He has gone to New Mexico to study to be a chemical engineer and is contemplating entering Harvard next fall. Glen Long has been selected to take his place as Business Manager. The Scrip 2 0 wishes to express its thanks to Miss Glatfelter fOr her kindness in furnishing stenographic reports of several addresses de- livered at ourfauditorium exercises. The addresses by Professor Phelps, by Mr. Watson, by President Hibben, and at the presentation of the Yale Bowl have been given the Scrip in typewritten form and have en- abled us to give an accurate account of the meetings. Miss Glatfelter has materially aided in the preservation of a record of our college au- ditorium sessions this term. 141 'Che Scrip Staff The senior issue of the Scrip endeavors to give as large a repre- sentation to members of the seniors class as possible. It wishes to give all seniors an opportunity to express their views. The articles in the Scrpitorium generally represent the study of topics used for senior themes. The general subject for senior theme work has been the print- ed page in its relation to modern life. -Glen M. Long, 8. The Colonial Newspaper o 0 The newspapers of colonial times vividly mirror to- us the popular life of the day. Here the reader may find items of great interest and importance. We learn that the demand for better facilities for travel to connect important commercial centers stimulated the setting up of stage wagons and flying machines. The improvement in roads and stages indicates the progress in the de- velopment of the various colonies. We also read of commerce along the whole 'Atlantic coast. Gradually we notice advertisements of new houses of brick and stone, with cellars, fireplaces and many improve- ments for the comfort of the occupants. The mother country imposed grievous restrictions on American commerce and industries. Nevertheless, we still find accounts of saw- mil-ls, tanneries, copper mines and iron forges and furnaces. These and similar industries had the usual experience of pioneer enterprises. Their owners were brought to ruin and the properties to a forced sale. From the advertisements by the sheriffs we are furnished with details as to the extent and character of these industries, and can trace their devel- opment from year to year. In the press, too, we find the evolution cf a sentiment for independ- ence. We feel the attitude of the people regarding the passage of the Stamp Act. The repeal of this act led to continual appeals to the pa- triotism of the people. In the newspapers of the day we find a ceaseless outpouring of communications gradually taking a broader and irmer stand in favor of an American union and against the aggression of the British people. Thus we may see that the colonial newspaper not only yields im- portant facts, but also yields precious insight into the public tone of mind. - Thyllis A. Casey, 8. Realism and Reality in the Modern Novel 0 0 Many cf our p esent day novels are written seemingly with the idea cf being dram- atized, so as even better to present their message to the people, and everything is made as real as possible. But critics are not agreed that realism and reality mean the same thing. A novel may be realistic and yet be untrue to life as a whole. Sup- pose some foreign champion of realism should arrive in St. Louis at dusk, spend the Whole night, and depart at dawn. Suppose that he 143 rf.. i 1 J l 1. f -7 'x ati: T fig- -E' la-? 5 ri , -Q , 4'z'f?7:-f 'TQj should make an accurate narrative of all he saw. Well, it would be real-- istic and true. But suppose he should call his narrative Missouri, we should all protest. Here is the error of realism. It selects one aspect of life, usually a physical one, and then insists that it has made a picture of life. Reality, on the other hand, deals with the human heart. Many writers could gaze upon a farmyard and see and describe merely a farm- yard. Edmund Rostand looked steadfastly at the same object and be- held the vision of Chanticler. The reality that we demand of a novel is that its characters and scenes make a permanent impression on our imagination. We never tire of the great figures in Dickens or Thackeray, for they have become an actual part of our mental life. Cooper and Dumas are read by generation after generation. Their heroes can 'not die because they have what Mrs. Browning called the principle of life. The form, the style, the setting and scenery of a novel may deter- mine whether it belongs to realism or romanticism, for realism and ro- manticism are affairs of time and space. Reality, however, is spirit- ual and may be accompanied by a background that is contemporary, ancient, or purely mythical. -Margaret Woods, 8. 3 The Poetry of Edwin Markham a 9. Among modern poets, nd one has done more for human uplift than Edwin Markham. Like Paul who said, Woe is me if I preach not the gospel, Markham has had to impart the message of hope that was in him. His keen vision and deep sympathy have enabled him to see further than any other man and sound the bugle call that is awaking m-en from their slothful commer- cialism. His thoughts have become incarnate in words of power and efficacy to dignify and consecrate toil. Looking at Millet's sower Mark- ham sees the humble toiler dignified by the dependence on him of me- tropolis and throne. Out of his toil came all their pompous shows, Their purple luxury and plush repose. In the Angelus he robs labor of its burden by making it a sacrificial offering to God. ' They cease their day-long sacrament of toil, That living prayer-the tilling wof the soil. The sympathy of Markham always goes out to the burden bearer, and in The Little Brother of the Ground he beautifully expresses the so- cial injustice among men. Little ant in leafy wood Bound by gentle brotherhoodg All are toilers in the field All are sharers in the yield. 144 L V l The passionate espousal of the rights of the poor and the struggle of altruism to overcome egoism in the writings of Edwin Markham is a correct voicing of the imponderable forces perrrneating the atmosphere of this age. Captains of industry have been absorbing the substance of one hundred million people while the voices of the masses have been stifled and the flower of spirituality choked. Markham saw this apothe- osis of commercialism, but refused to salute and raised his voice for the nation that is to be based on justice and morality. -Kathleen Say, 8. The Modern Motion Picture .g 0 Owing to the remarkable at- traction of the modern motion picture, the question often arises as to what is the cause of its sudden leap into one of the foremost industries of the world. The motion picture with its limitless possibilities of settings and backgrounds has opened up a new field for acting. Up to a few years ago the legitimate actors looked with scorn and contempt upon the movie.', But on consideting the vast aid that the settings cf real na- ture could lend to their art, and after also considering the enormous amounts of money offered them for their services, they finally, one by one, consented to act before the camera. Even the immortal Sarah Bernhardt could not resist the jingle of the almighty do'lar, and she too, posed in the silent drama. These actors playing in high class dramas or comedies of six to eight reels in length, that in themselves are works of art, have had a wonderful influence in the promotion of the motion picture and in educating the people up to what is best in the way of acting. One does not need to think very deeply to discover the reason for the closing of so many of the legitimate theatres in the past few years. The movies with their wonderfully acted Films have gradually taken the place of the theatres to a large extent. It is much easier and cheap- er to step around the corner and pay twenty cents to see Maclyn Ar- buckle in the County Chairman on the screen than to go down town and pay two dollars to see him in person. And so the movies continue to play to packed houses and to be- come more popular day after day. The amount of capital invested in their production grows greater, and more time and brains are expended on them as the industry grows larger,-an industry that is yet in its infancy- -fack Harris, 8. The Miracle of the Movies 2 0 How many of us ever think of the reasons for our going to the moving picture shows? We go be- cause they afford something different as an entertainment-something entirely new. Stereopticon pictures when they Iirst appeared did not 145 5 V 1-'Y or-ff: - 1-at-2+ an -iq . -2 Qjp seem so Wonderful to us, but if someone in the middle of the nineteenth century had prophesied that there would some time be moving pictures, his brain would have been examined. When I had my First experience at a moving picture show, it was a novelty to everyone, but to my childish mind I was in an enchanted land. My older companions were not quite so amazed as I at the sight of moving animals, people, rail- road trains, and even the swaying of trees in the wind, but they were equally surprised at the extreme naturalness of every movement. Even though it seemed such an unusual thing, the movies are here, here to stay: and they will always be popular in Missouri for we must be Shown- -Helen Barnard, 8. Education and Magazine Reading 0 0 If you scan for a moment the tables of contents of the standard popular priced magazines of the present time which come into the average home, you will note the large variety of subjects carefully and intelligently presented. Specialists in every line of human interest and endeavor contribute their best thoughts in concise and readable form. Every phase of the present world war is discussedg every 'new invention is described in language which the least informed can grasp, each new development in medical research is set forth from various points of view, the best in drama, art, and music is presented and intelligently criticisedg politics and business are carefully discussed and analyzedg and to all these is added a great wealth of good Fiction. Think what a vast amount of reading it would take in book form to get the same amount of educa- tional value. The reading rooms of all the public libraries are full of boys study- ing the popular technical magazines and from what they learn there they construct all sorts of electrical apparatus and mechanical contriv- ances. Who can tell but that some future Edison may get his inspira- tion in this way or some future Wright solve the problem of aerial trans- portation by working out the ideas he gains while reading these maga- zines for pastime? Through the dissemination by magazines of information in regard to general health and hygiene the public has learned everything from how to decrease infant mortality to the dangers of the common drink- ing cups. The reputation of the common houseily has been changed from public benefactor to public menace. Medical and dental inspec- tion of public school children is becoming almost general. Tubercu- losis is losing its terrors because through the magazines people have learned how to prevent and cure it, Because there is such a fund cf educational value in the magazines, they should be widely read by high school pupils, for acquiring an edu- cation should be, and in most cases is, the chief ambition of those at- tending high School' -Marion Slurdevanf, 8- 146 i f ' -- Y--'fiif -G :urge 51 v- .,.,x YV Af-fs-fx '.,-., 5, 5 .b 'T' Yellow Journalism e' 0 Yellow journalism appeals to the lower classes of people, particularly the unlettered, upon whom matter of fact stories and subdued headlines make no impression. Yellow journalists put the heading of a murder in large type to excite these people, and they also present the supposed facts in a sensational and melodramatic way, in order to produce the desired effect. The conservative paper goes over a murder smoothly so that people may not acquire a revenge- ful and sordid spirit. This acrobatic journalism also pleases those people who, while depending upon ,other newspapers for information which can be accepted as true, wish to look at pictures, read sensations, and acquire mild doses of philosophy in the form of out of the ordinary editorials, as a kind of relaxation. It is true, too, that yellow journal- ism from its general standpoint reaches the real masses, satisfying their craving for the romantic and unusual in life. Does it not, at times, color their otherwise dull lives with the exaggerated pictures of people and events that otherwise might never touch them? Therefore, in spite of the evils which many people associate with yellow journalism, has it not its virtues in this respect? -Ruth Ellrngz, 8. i Courtesy to Auditorium Speakers o e' There is not a person in this school who does not enjoy an occasional auditorium meeting. But apparently the thing of greatest importance to most students is the fact that it takes up time which might be taken up by recitations, Obviously this is not the purpose of auditorium meetings, and the wrong spirit is shown. Almost invariably the speaker receives a great deal of applause, but the applause becomes two-fold when Mr. Powell announces the omis- sion of a certain period. Such expressions as these are heard: Good, I get out of Latin. Just my luck, I had a study period that hour. Do such expressions as these leave a good impression on the speaker? They certainly do not, and they leave a bad impression that he carries out to other people, thus injuring our reputation. One time this term after a recital the player retired to one of the little rooms at the side of the stage. He was here when the seniors passed out. This man heard many expressions of joy and disgust at the period that had been omitted, instead of some expressions of their appreciation of the music. The trouble is that they do not thinkg the concert was enjoyed by all of them but they forgot all about that as they left the auditorium. It will surprise me greatly if that man ever consents to give another recital in our auditorium. If this is the way seniors act, what can you expect from the lower classmen? This is something to think about and the less of it that occurs the better off the school will be. -Nelson R. Thomas, 8. 147 L...k Lunch Room Courtesy 9 .0 That chair is taken. This is a familiar phrase heard in the lunch room. But it is one that is not heard in other places. Why be discourteous in the lunch room? Of course you want your friends around you while eating, but is it fair to the newcomer? It is not loyality to Soldan to refuse to take into your circle a stranger. Owing to the lunch rooms being so crowded several lunch periods are assigned. Perhaps the only girls a new junior knows have some other lunch period. Should a stranger sit down at a table, how uncomfortable she feels when one of the members of the group comes up late and there is no place for her. This would not be done in a private homeg why give the impression you are ill-bred because the lunch room is larger? It is not just what one says, for actions can be as unkind as words. It is no more trouble to welcome a girl at the table than it is to snub her. This attitude is not so strong among the boys or perhaps a different stand is taken towards a stranger. At any rate, let us be more courteous in the lunch room. Let us be more loyal to Soldan and make every one feel at home while eating by not placing books on chairs or saving a stool for a straggler. Lunch will be enjoyed more all around. -Rulh Garvens, 8. Ay--There's the Rub .0 .o To say to one's son, When I went to Soldan, we did the very same things that you are doing there now, I believe must be an unusually pleasant sensation. It is a wonderful feeling to be able to carve one's name on the table at Princeton, where only the big football men are allowed to carve theirs, and to End one's father's name there too! Or, when you pass the columns on the campus of the University of Missouri, it is pleasant to feel the same thrill that people have been feeling for years. Probably years from now, some president of Soldan's senior class will be presenting the same Soldan seal that our class used, to some new senior president-just as we received it-just as we passed it on. There will be a time when a Soldanian can say: Why, nobody knows just when the first stunt day was held at Soldan, it's been so long ago! These are school traditions. At all schools and colleges, men are coming close together and let- ting their school spirit burst forth in the rousing chorus of their school song-even years after they have left their school. The songs of their Alma Mater are never forgotten! What shall a loyal Soldanian do in years to come, when everybody sings his own school song? Shall he say that the biggest tradition a school can have has been neglected by his school? Shall he admit that Soldan has no song? - Viclor 'Proefz, 8. 14s 'lib -w ec :gee-ee f s ,, .. - The Evils of the Spoils System .9 9 This spoils system has been the cause of a great deal of corruption and inefficiency in the civil ser- vice. High ofiicials, under this system, give positions to individuals on account of political pull, or because of some past favor. These indi- viduals may or may not be capable of doing the work required in that position. What is the result? A poor civil service system caused by the incompetency of the men, and as a result cf this, poor city gsvern- ment. Not only does this decrease the efficiency of the system, but probably puts a competent man, who might have aided in the im- provement of the government, out of office. Another evil of the spoils system is the changing of oflice holders with every new election. The duties of the office holder are various, and it takes a long time to become acquainted with them. If just about the time when the office holder has become accustomed to his duties he is removed from ofl-ice, what results? There is only one ans- wer. Ther government does not progress, as all the time of ofhcials is taken in becoming accustomed to their offices, while no time for im- provement is given. Taking these facts into consideration, We advise the adoption of the merit system. V -Helen Kahn, 8. Girls' Dress in School .0 2 Everyone knows how ridiculous it is to see a girl with an evening dress of a light material, going around to classes with a pile of books in one hand and a pencil in the other. She is just as out of place in a school where the atmosphere is of business as she could be. Every girl has within her means ai neat shirt waist and skirt which are far more in keeping with her surroundings than a fancy dress and an elaborate coiffeur with rhinestone pins and combs. V Most of our girls dress very neatly, but there are some who do not dress becomingly. If they would remove all superfluous trinkets and put on plain, attractive clothes they would greatly increase others' regard for them. -Marlha Gerhart, 8. School Girls' Dress o 0 Soldan is looked upon as the model school. Why not uphold this in every instance, especially in dress? Is the low-necked, thin waist or the party frock a suitable school dress? A uniform school dress should not be enforced, as it would take away in- dividuality. But if girls continue to wear dresses suited for afternoons or evenings, restrictions should be enforced. Imagine attending school where the boys wore cutaway coats or tuxedos! The senior girls should above all others wear simple dresses. They are older and are 149 f - -A Ani., A. f.f: -as -f f :ia- f -- about to enter the world at largeg but do they show they are fitted for this if they do not dress properly at school? Graduation is just a ceremony for the closing of the high school days and the entrance into the college life. It is not necessary to make a grand showing and try to out-do your neighbor by having your dress more elaborate and expensive. The january class wore the Peter Thomson suitsg but possibly this gives too much uniformity in dress. The cotton frocks of the june class, while barring the crepe-de-chine, taf- fetas, and silks and other elaborate dresses will allow expression of indi- vidual tastes. These plain simple dresses are more appropriate for morning high school graduation. -Ruth Qarvens, 8. 2 ir e W T A -. QE .gg E p , celgisellllllligmgilmlbw Y' E ' Que 4 Y A W UI an re r, 'H 73eace Day and fhe Central b ,,..fmmr.mnu,, , ' 'im W... , Qi! ,-4?-Y I 5 Parkway HE school was called to the auditorium on May 18, and Mr, Powell in his introductory remarks, reminded the school that this was the day set aside as Peace Day. He said that this might seem a poor time to observe Peace Day when all the European nations were at war and we were on the verge of a crisis but on second thought it seemed appropriate at such a time as this that our minds should be filled with ideas of peace. Mr. Powell then introduced the speaker, Mr. Gund- lach, who represented the Civic League of St. Louis. He gave us an interesting illustrated lecture on the need of a central parkway and the plans already formulated. We were shown the beautiful spots of cities of Europe and even South America and Africa. We were also shown what the cities of the United States had done and were preparing to do. He showed us what public pride had done in Chicago and Kansas City. Our own disreputable places were shown and we were given the plans for improvement if the city would only vote the bonds. The pictures spoke for themselves and the civic pride of every listener should have been deeply touched. Other cities not so large as St. Louis have ac- complished wonders, and we ought to be able to do as much. Mr. Gund- lach may rest assured that his plea reached a tender spot in our hearts and we wish him and the Civic League the best of luck in their bene- flcial undertaking- -Nelson R. Tbomas, 8. iso ij -Qi ' 'A -'ii -3' 1:-' 9:1 -' ,f- R T: 'Q f r ':- President Hibben,s Jqddress UR natural resources are our hearts and minds. They are the resources of the individual-the native powers of our X minds. What is it to-day that is the power of the indi- vidual in business, in professional life-wherever he may 5- be called? The power of his mind-and he is fsrtunn ate indeed who has a native endowment, who is born with a certain native capacity. And he is unfortunate, whoever he is, if circumstances in life do not allow him to cultivate his capacity, just as you would cultivate a Held, or put your mind on the improvement of a mechanical process. How to get the maximum returns out of what we possess-that is the great human problem. It is not sufficient to-day that a man should be well prepared for the duties of life. We live in extraordinary times, and extraordinary men are required to meet the great problems of to-day, and the brain power that is a native gift to you, must be developed to its maximum eHiciency. And therefore, I say that if it is possible for you to give further years to study in order to develop this mind, by all means put forth every effort to do it. But therlefs the rubr .alt does take an effort to go ahead for four' years 'fof study when now you girls and boys are ambitious to be at something- to be doing something for yourself, to help yourself and others. Why, have we 'not got enough learning?', you may say. Is it not sufficient for all that we will be required to do? No, I would say, because the years between sixteen and seventeen and we will say twenty-one or twenty-two, the modern psychologists tell us, are the years when the brain is developing at its greatest rate, and the possibilities of immense improvement are the greatest. After perhaps twenty-two or twenty- three years of age, it gets settled, and set in its habits of thought, but up to that time all things are possible, and it is there that we get those tre- mendous impetuses towards the expansion, and at the same time the deepening of our intellectual life. A man whose mind is only partially developed has only partially developed resources. He reaches his limit in a few years, and is not able to go beyond. But in the case of a man whose mind is fully devel- oped, there is no limit set to his possibilities. Db you ever think of the fact that as regards our physical growth there is a natural limit-a limit to every type of plant or animal life developed, and we reach this point at about the age of sixteen, seventeen or eighteen. No one can add a cubit to his stature . There is a limit. Beyond that we cannot go. There is no limit whatsoever to the development of brain power. There is no obstacle in the world that mind-vigorous mind, can not overcome. And that is the reason thatI have this deep-set hope for everyone of you that you may have the opportunity-and if you do not have it come to 151 you, you may make it yourself-to develop your minds to the full, pos- sible capacity. And cannot we wisely do this in reference to our capital-the cap- ital which each boy and girl has in his brain, putting what we have out at interest, not using it up in the daily grind, in business activity in the nearer years, but denying ourselvesg not at once putting ourselves into a position to earn a salary and help support ourselves, but denying our- selves this short-cut to the activities of life, postponing that time four years-putting our principal out in an investment? And I can assure you that investment will bring throughout the years larger and larger returns. If it is possible for you, look forward to continuing your edu- cation after the day of your graduation here, and you will never regret it as long as you live. And my wish for every one of you, boy and girl, is that you may all have this opportunity, and as I have said before, if you do not have it naturally and easily, make it for yourself. - Extract from the address of Tresidenl Hibben of 'Princdon University on his visil to Soldan May 10. --D. L. HAMPSON. 152 A N x .l The Bofany Club The Qofany Club Mmm HE Botany Club has been very busy on its trips this Q5 4, spring, gathering plants by dozens. We have found about every kind of violet there is and have a good many speci- mens for our herbariums. One of the early trips was to Creve Coeur. As it hap- pened none of the girls of the club could gog so the boys went out alone. Of course, they didn't have so successful a trip as they might have had! Another of the trips was to Fern Glen. This was an especially suc- cessful trip andr we found as great many interesting specimens-one, a pansy violet, which is very beautiful. . One of the most interesting trips of the year, was the one to Monks' Mound in Illinois. It was the second time we had been there, yet we had much to see. While you can always find something new, no matter how often you have visited a place, still it gives you an adventuous thrill to go through unknown fields and over hills you have never seen before, and you can't help wondering where you'll end. However, we have a very able guide in our faculty representativeg so we do not worry. Our only regret that the warm days have come is because we can no longer have our camp Ere at lunch time and fry bacon, boil coffee, and roast wieners. We will have two more trips this term beside our annual hayrideg one to Spanish Lake and the other to Cliff Cave. If anyone knows of some new and interesting place, botanically speaking, we should be very grateful if he would let us know about it. Anyone who would like to join the club is invited to come on one of our trips and see how he likes us. The club has purchased a number of keys entitled A Spring Flora for High Schools which will enable us more readily to recognize plants when we see them, and to classify them. There are a number of new members in the club this termg Ruth Wharton, Celeste Dryden, Albert Lippman, Edwin Stillman, Hale Moore, Wallace Gurtar, Donald Nordmeier, and Beatrice Buckman. -Jifazrie Stevens, 7. 155 i o m A E 4 ,- H J -D. Um For The , saw' - W - f .Yi 1, ' Q 1,71 5LY , --7 cf The Forum HERE is a great deal of trepidation and conjecture in the minds of many as to just how Soldan is going to get along after the Class of June, 1915, is graduated. All the organ- Y? izations, the athletic teams and general activities will lose 3 I some of their brightest lights to such an extent that the school will resemble St. Louis in the Ziggenheim regime.. The Forum is probably hardest hit, since thirteen of its members are in the june class and will leave Soldan and the Forum in body if not in heart. We may try to go out in a burst of dazzling glory and tackle the problems of the world with a certain grim stoicism, but when the time comes we thirteen and the others of the class will find it just as hard to leave Soldan as everyone else has found it. But being optim- ists we leave with the knowledge that we are going to bigger things. Bliss, ,Brown, Driemeyer, Ralph and Ira Fischer, Hall, Kinsella, Klein, Levy, Shroder, and Shultz are the men who expect to be gradu- ated. Bliss has been the same quiet earnest worker for the Forum that he has been for his class and for his other activities. His limitless ener- gies the Forum can ill afford to lose. Brown is another who did not say much but who did great things without talking about his efforts. Driemeyer has been a consistent member, a forceful speaker, and a min- ute secretary. 'lfhat the two Fischers go is the saddest blow of all. Ira, who is an excellent extemporaneous speaker and has an impressive delivery, and Ralph, who is the very essence of dignified austerity of the Charlie Chaplin variety, are two men who have thought Forum, dreamed Forum, and spoken Forum ever since they joined three years and a half ago. Ralph Hall has been amember only a short time, but in that time has developed into a clear, confident speaker who looks his audience in the eye without fear. Practice in delivery on the Forum programs helped, Adrian Klein's delivery as a pitcher immeasurably. Membership in the Forum marks an epoch with Klein. His first long pants were worn to a Forum meeting. Levy is the best example of the steady persistent type who attains great ends by constant work. Levy is one of the Forum's best speakers. He is one who contemplates his audience in a cold calculating way, so cold in fact that his teeth chatter. Edwin Shroder is an exceedingly good ball player, a specimen rare in the so- ciety and not to be parted with. One epithet applies to Shultz. That is line , He committed so many fine offenses that he grew grey hairs on the heads of all the presidents during his period of membership, As for Kinsella, the least said of him the better. Hixon Kinsella, 3. 151 -Q -E. LJ minade The Cha 'A im, ' V tif: e Y' 'ifii -E' ?LT if - Y i -' ' 7 7 Q ey: , -qt, The Chaminade Club HIS term has been a term of complete success to the Cham- i' f all It 1?g,? f21: - , h.,,,l,:,, 1 , ff' ,. X inade. The pleasure of being a member is so well known that a great many have tried out in the last few weeks and, could we accept all, the size of the club would far exceed its limit in membership, The interest of each individual in the club is what brings our success and we have proved that united interest must pre- vail. We have not merely attempted the big things in music, but we have accomplished them, much to Miss Finn's credit. The Chaminade, Glee Club and Soldan Orchestra are all jointly in- terested in the wonderful success of the opera Martha which we gave March 18, in the Soldan auditorium, directed by Miss Finn. The plot of that delightful comedy, told in a few words, is of a court lady, Har- riet, and her companion, Nancy, who, tired of court life, go to a fair at Richmond disguised as peasants, where peasants hire out to work for a year. Not realizing the significance of becoming bound to serve for a year, they hire out to two wealthy farmers. One, of noble birth, falls in. love with lady Harriet and the other loves Nancy, the companion. But finally, realizing the scandal they would create if their lark became known, they escape at night. There are complications, but after many difficulties they are all brought together, and the only supposed differ- ences in rank are wiped out, and they all live happily ever after. The spectators on March 18 were enthusiastic in their praise of the remarkable accomplishment of amateurs and it is the earnest wish of all the participants that we give it again. On April 17 the opera Martha was given, just in song, at the City Club under the direction of Mr. Coburn. Fifteen girls from the Cham- inade sang with the chorus of two hundred boys and girls of the four high schools. Mildred Lewis was chosen to sing Martha , the 'soprano part, with three other professional singers for the solo parts. The mem- bers of the City Club were greatly pleased with the singing, for the chorus work was complete as well as the solo work. We are preparing a special program for Visitors Dayv, June 3, which will consist of twelve or fourteen numbers. Among them will be selections on the violin and cello and piano by members of the orchestra and solos by members of Chaminade as well as the charming choruses by the whole club. We will invite our friends who are lovers of good music so as to show them what we are doing and to broaden the inter- ests of outsiders in our club. I This will m.ark the grand Finale of our work for the term and we only wait for next term to build another road to another successful close. Q 159 - N. l E? ,ii D4 2. 42 H H J CI. Club Edison he T A V- A,,' A --3: --A Y,-yifrx T- f if- - f .1-,x -V The officers are Margaret Woods, president, Anna Linn, vice-pres- identg Martha Casey, treasurerg Eugenia Cayes, secretary, Geneva Sturdevant, Scrip correspondent, Amelia Frenzer, librariang Evalyn Jackson, assistant librarian, and Eva Linn, sergeant-at-arms. The reg- ular members are L. Burton, Martha Casey, Eugenia Cayce, Alice Cham- berlain, Margaret Conway, Georgia Cummings, Ruth Cunliff, Marjorie Deatherage, Marie Dierkies, Bessie Freegard,y'lVlay Freegard, Amelia Frenzer, Ruth Garvens,NzCatherine Gunn, Genevieve Gunn, Rose Hahn, Ruth Harkins, Leah Hibshman, Jeanette Hoevel, Dorothy jackesyEva- lyn jackson,yGertrude jahnsgfCatherine johnson, Catherine jordan, Lulu Kidwell, Anna Linn, Eva Linnylsabel Lowe, Louise Martin, Cornelia Metlock, Aileen Reid, YNellie RobnetyPauline Zeigler, Daryl Sinclairvf Mazrie Stevens, Celeste Stewart, Dorothy Smith, Geneva Sturdevant, Margaret Woods, Marie Trinkhaus, Ruth Jonah, Christiana Letzig, Mildred Lewis,yGladys,Standing, Mary Linn, Mildred Memmic, Dorothy Aylesbury,!Beulah Packerby, Ruth Hayman, Ruth White, Ruth Mc- Slawne, and Marjorie Stoltz, , L The Edison Club CIENCE! What vast realms of work, thought and' inves- ti ation are covered b this word. These vast realms the tl g Y Q' Edison Club does not attempt to study exhaustively, con- T ' trar to the eneral o inion. But the members of the , , l Y g P club do take an interest in the modern inventions and im- ' provements in the world of science, which make present day living in America a comfort and in Europe a nightmare. The mem- bers of the club are forced to admit that they desire to know what is in the food they eat, in the water they drink, and why the electric light does not have to be blown out when one retires, and why one is hurt more by being hit by a sandbag than by a feather. These seem reason- able, everyday questions whose answers must have a practical value. The Edison Club with its limited membership of twenty has Worked during the past term as only a small club can. It has been able to work' collectively because it is a small united organization, individually be- cause of the intimate relation between members, which stimulates the less knowing ones to follow the example of their better informed asso- ciates. Some of the subjects that have been treated are Water Analysis , Transportation and Product of Coal Tar . The club also prides itself upon the value derived from its trips to scientifically conducted plants such as the American Tin Can Factory, the Schultze Belting Co., and the Lange Laundry. As a Fitting close to the year a spread was laid for the club on Tues- day, june 1. On this occasion we had the pleasure of hearing from Mr. Douglass and Mr. Moody as well as from the members of the club. 161 The Soldan Orchestra - 1-if?-qw 'tg A P' 9 lfode -T -r 1f k 4'L1' TA-'fore The Soldan Orchestra HE end of this term is the close of another successful year gp in the career of the Soldan Orchestra. The Work has been thorough and enjoyable under the excellent supervision i and direction of Miss Finn. Among the new numbers added to our repetoire are the Ballet Egyptian by Lu- ginig a Nevin Suiteg and the Coronation lVlarch,' of Meyer- beer. On May 1, the Orchestra played for the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a pageant given by the Y, W. C. A. at Recreation Field. The pageant consisted of twenty-nine folk-dances. It was an interesting experience to play for the various national danc-es. The rhythm of the Russian, Spanish, and Roumanian dances seemed especially attractive when ex- empliiied by such composers as Nevin, German, and Gabriel. At the presentation of the senior class plays, Lend Me Five Shillings and i A Bunch of Roses , the Orchestra rendered the Poet and Peasant Overture by Suppe, and the Pizzicati from Sylvia by Delibes. On May 18, the music for the Lenox Hall senior play was furnished by our orchestra, at the Knights of Columbus hall. Our orchestra has been greatly encouraged by requests to play for different operas and entertainments, but Miss Finn has not thought it wise for the Orchestra to accept so much extra work. -Maurine Hollyman, 3. The German Club v 'f HE German Club has accomplished a line piece of work. It gliggglf has not only prsented a German play Der Schwieger- jl ijt sohn , but it has given a play dramatized by two of its own members, Evalyn jackson and Margaret Sprague. These members deserve great credit for their work. The club is justly proud of its accomplishment and of the above two in particular. Those members of the club not in the cast of the play have been reading short German stories. This has been found a very interesting and fruitful study. On Friday, April 20, the French and German clubs gave another dance. The Mandolin Club, alternating with Sam Grant at the piano and Robert Stoneman at the traps, furnished the music. The party was informal and everybody had a good time. The German Club looks forward to continued growth and pros- perity next year. isa A-A z 177 2 1 : J .411 Club lin ando he T . ' A7 A Vi: --A j - - rf ii -r iv 1, f Y The Jlfandolipn Club ERE we are, as we told you in the last Scrip, The most popular club in school. We played at the two senior ' ii plays, at the French and German Club dance, and for the gg prospective new jays on new junior night, with credit to the club and school. We are now at our best and have three engagements K ahead, the main one being graduation. That will be a sad occasion for the club, for on that day the following members will play for the last time with us: Wyllys Bliss, Clifford Brown, William Cun- liff, Fred Driemeyer, Ralph Hall, Ben Knight, and Henry Sommers. We wish them all success wherever they may go, and know that they will not forget the good times they had in the Mandolin Club. Stanley jackes and Richard McCullen are now members of the club.. The membership consists of the following: first mandolins, Rob- ert Arthur, Wyllys Bliss, Howard Boone, Clifford Brown, Fred Drie- meyer, Ralph Hall, Stanley jackes, Richard McCullen, Paul Wilkinsong second mandolins, Carl Berglund, William Cunliff, Ben Knight, Robert Stonemang third mandolin, Carl Drischlerg tenor mandola, Wilson Lewis, mando-cello, Dewey Brockemeyerg mando-bass, Mr, Pitcher, guitars, Donald Arthur, Gerard Johnston, Douglas Wood. -'Donald Arthur, 7. it e Girls' ,Hlbletic Association :s l EMBERS of the Girls' Athletic Association, besides play- ? ,ffm ing basketball, captain ball, and tennis this term, gave a very interesting circus in the large gymnasium at three '- K o'clock on Friday, May 21. The program was as follows: speech by the manager, great Italian primadonna, tumbling clowns, backward gymnasts, Russian dance troop, selection by the band, baseball game by clowns, the four aerial sisters, sai1or's hornpipe, prize fight by clowns, selection by the band, tightrope walkers, crack shot, trained leopard, May-pole dance, horse race. After the performance, the spectators went to see the side shows in the smaller gymnasium., Some rode on the merry-go-round while others visited the fortune tellers, Siamese twins, and the baby show. Popcorn, peanuts, and soda were very much in evidence. -Lucy Taylor, 8. iss d 4 O va Q. H A 4 -4 .i f. S B '-I D: ID E 2 EN S Q42 boo EQ. .gg 3m Vik .QQ V-B 0-Je ,yn e U E Dv.: 'cs QQ QS EHS dm SE New ra fig .EGGS Su ESQ VF: 22 Ss S Ea, 32 Se TED V3 2 V5 U E G, 'il E G? ,xg E . WA - WY ,., x .rrflf 5, ,. ..-., -1. , -- f ,, The Chess Club no doubt, to the excellent managing of its president, Tow- Q ner Phelan, and the interest shown by its faculty members, 1 V Mr. Mark Moody and Mr. Priess. We shall certainly miss Phelan next term, as he has shown himself to be a booster , The annual tournament this year was very successful, having over thirty entries. Mr. Priess proved himself to be the champion of the club, winning the gold medal. Phelan ran a close second, securing the silver trophy, While M. Smith carried off the bronze medal. C. Gray and L. Tacke also played excellent chess and deserve much credit. A plan for placing all members of the club on an equal playing basis has been devised and put into practice with much success. Hereafter, at the opening of the term, there will be.a preliminary tournament to determine in which class a player belongs. Each class will then be given a fitting handicap in the Final tournament. All who miss this first tournament, must enter the B class in the final. Therefore, it will be advisable for those who are going out for a medal next fall to come around early in the term. Next term will probably see some interesting matches with other schools, and also the organization of a 'new branch of the club. The lat- ter development will, however, depend entirely upon the amount of suffrage spirit shown by the girls of Soldan. The oliicers for next term are as follows: M. Mears, president, H. De Staebler, vice-president, E. Fishgall, secretaryg I Schwartzman, treasurer, C, Gray, advertising manager, I. Eskeles, Scrip correspon- dent. .,1m!l'Fa.-81913, if . Q35 Agra' HE Chess Club finishes a remarkably prosperous year, due, 1 feet 1 s' . E -M.Mears. The New Seniors HE New Seniors class has been very busy this term, and be- ,, js' fore the close of school we hope to have the greater part of our senior Work accomplished. ' l Welles Pullen represented our class in the Senior Class Q Day exercises. Then, on March 26, our class organized and plans for the term were discussed. We are few in number but hope to make up in quality what we lack in quantity. Our class play, A Bunch of Roses , was successfully given an May 7. The finance committee is busily engaged in collecting dues for the spread which is to be given june 15, at which we shall receive our rings and pins. The banner committee, too, is at work upon the ban- is-1 W ,VJ -4 C! U E L. LL. A 5 U fu NT E F x V L l , l r R ' tf- W- W-- 4, ,-, -,gf 5, , A r:- 4,f:.,. ner. We have chosen old rose and gray for our class colors, and our motto, Seek higher things. Our class officers are: Luther S. Taylor, Jr., president, Margaret Horchitz, vice-presidentg Louis L, Roth, treasurer, Edna May Martin, secretary, Wilson Lewis, Scrip business representative, and Hazel Farmer, Scrip correspondent. These officers together with Kathryn Moody, Vivian Partridge, Genevieve Wilson, Donald Arthur, jack Har- ris, and Richard Shipley form our executive committee. Wifi 459' ' Wh E '-Haze1Farmer, 7. Le Cercle Francais HE French Club is about to close a successful and interest- ing term of work-and play. The programs this term have been of unusual interest and snap and every member feels repaid in her increased vocabulary and improved pronun- ciation for the time and effort she has put into the work. We are now beginninng preparations for a French play to be given in the fall. It is called La Pondreaux Yeux and is lively and humorous. Under the skilled direction of M. Blanchet it is sure to be a success. We extend a hearty welcome to all French students to join our club at the first meeting next year. The officers for next term have not been elected yet because the new schedule that will be in operation next fall may' interfere with the club arrangements. Our increasing membership now numbers twenty-two and we ex- pect every one of these back next term, even the seniors. Our roll fol- lows: Clara Belle Aloe, Rose Hahn, Beulah Hampson, Elizabeth Har- ter, Dorothy jackes, Edith Kidwell, Marquis Klepper, Margaret Knight, Marion Lasater, Florence Lesseig, Edwina Luckey, Edna May Martin, Ella Newman, Nellie Northcutt, Margaret Pollard, Catherine Root, Anita Smythe, Annette Stevens, Ruth Trask, Marion Sturdevant, Alice Ward, Grace Woods. -r Marion Sturdevant, 8. r'g1-n I 169 v 'Che Glee Club The Glee Club T the beginning of the term the glee club started with about thirty members, having lost very few by graduation. There- fore the outlook was very favorable. As we approach the end, however, the membership has been increased by eight , ' or ten fellows and we have made it one of the best glee clubs Soldan has ever had. Though we will lose one of the best leaders we have had, our pres- ident, Y. Helwig, and one or two other iine members by graduation, we hope to continue next term, in the same way--up to Soldan's standard. With the largest membership the club has ever had, we are still not satisfied, for there is always room for more. Any good voice is invited to come up for a trial on any Tuesday or Friday - W. Harkins, 7. The 'Rouncl'CC'a1Jle wa. HE term which is now drawing to a close has been one of the 4--v most successful in the history of the Round Table Sri? IB who had seen Omar the Tentmaker when it appeared in St Louis expressed a desire to know something more about Omar Khayyam's beautiful poem, and so the club decided to take up the study of Edward Fitzgerald's translation of the Rubai- yat. Our success with this poem went beyond our expectations. The club became fascinated with it and as a result many of the girls went to see the play upon its second appearance here. When the club had finished its study of the Rubaiyat it decided, at the suggestion of Miss Jones, to read some of the good modern plays which are being presented before the public to-day. The Silver Box and Strife by Galsworthy were read dramatically in parts by several of our members and the discussion by the club followed. These were so successful and so much enjoyed by the club that Sister Beatrice by Maeterlinck was given and the club is anxiously awaiting the plays which are now being selected. By the graduation of the june class the club will lose Margaret Sprague, Marion Sturdevant, Helen Scholz, Evalyn jackson, Claire Cohn, Kathleen Say, and Olive Underhill, the last having entered as a new junior. The oflicers for this term are Olive Underhill, president, Helen Scholz, vice-president, Margaret Sprague, secretary, Frances Merrill, treasurer, Alice Wagner, Scrip representative, Mollie Gubin, sergeant- at-arms. judging from the interest and activity of the members the Round Table will continue to hold up the same standard it has always main- tained. 17, ' hfmvm , ,, . . . V, . . . At the beginning of the term several of the members if V .53 as an ' ' , The Soldan College Club HE Col-lege Club Was recently organized and the interest shown has been a pleasure and an inspiration to those who i' are in any way connected with its welfare. 1 , A - The purposes of the club are to arouse an interest in 1 , college education, and to try to help each member choose the college that will give him what he wants. In order to accomplish these objects the club proposes to offer lec- tures on different colleges about every two weeks by some representa- tive. These talks will give us the opportunity of settling our minds definitely as to college. Any person outside the club will be welcome at these lectures. Committees will be organized for giving information on college entrance requirements and means offered for working one's way through college. College men will be asked through the club to talk to the entire student body. The beauty of the club in a nutshell is that any information on college will be available through the different -committees elected by the club for that purpose. When next term arrives we shall have the large study hall which will be made from the present music room. This will seat one hun- dred and fifty people. It will be capital for hearing illustrated talks on different universities. This room will be decorated with pennants and pictures obtained from the various colleges. All those who came to the College Rally on May 20 know what we have done and have a good general idea of our future intentions. On this date, at two-forty-i-ive, the president of the club opened the first program given to the school. Pictures of the different colleges were presented to the club by representatives from the respective colleges in 'Soldan. Each gave a short talk on the merits of his particular univer- sity. The Soldan Glee and Chaminade clubs were present, singing col- lege songs. The Mandolin Club gave a number of appropriate selec- tions which added greatly to the existing spirit. The meeting was concluded by Mr. Powell. He presented the pic- ture of Yale to the club and also formally presented the Yale Bowl on condition. The school then broke into song and the gold and brown banner was raised. The occasion afforded an inspiring touch of loyality to our own school above all. -Edward L. Bowles, President. 11: e --4. ,:f., - ef-C. E laf 2- ., , - .q:::2 'f3!-'-r:- - Per Viam Appiam , Q .... size.. ., THE PALACE OF THE CAESARS Lucius Annaeus Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the renowned Roman philosopher Hour- ished during the reign of the Caesars, Claudius and Nero. He was of the Stoic schoolg he taught a noble philosophy. He was the tutor of Nerog later in life he suffered death at that tyrant's command. Caesar! This name was a synonym for power, wealth, and magniff icanceg but to-day the palace of the Caesars is nothing but a ruin, while this ancient Latin scho1ar's teachings have been a building power in the uplifting of the manly and moral character even in our modern time. ' -Eleanor Stevens, 3. Seneca of Benefls A Benelit is not to be felt and handled, it is a thing which exists only in the mind. The ignorant take no-tice only of that which comes before their eyes, and which can be owned and passed from hand to hand, while they disregard that which gives these things their value. The things which We hold in our hands, which we see with our eyes, and which our avarice hugs, are transitoryg they may be taken from us by ill-luck, or, by violenceg but a kindness lasts even after the loss of that by which it was bestowedg for it is a good deed which no violence can undo. Sec- ondly, the sacrilege and indifference to religion of some men does not prevent even the immortal gods from continuing to shower their benefits upon us. Let us take them for our guides as far as the Weakness of our mortal nature permitsg let us bestow benefits, not put them out at in- terest. The man who, while he gives, thinks of what he will get in re- turn deserves to be deceived. 173 ,V l The Comet, Milwaukee.-Let us congratulate you upon your splendid May number. It is one of the best exchanges we have received this term. The Luminary , Kansas City.-Your literary department is very good. You might have a few more editorials, also some cartoons, The Cherry and White , Williamsport, Pa.-Is a paper we are al- ways pleased to receive. It has good material. The literary depart- ment is especially well written. The Early Trainer , Lawrence, Mass.-Why not have a few head- ers? It would arouse the interest of your readers and make your paper more attractive if the departments were cleverly headed. Your editor- ials are always good. The Missouri Outlook , University of Missouri, is a particularly interesting paper. The cartoons are good. You might improve your paper by a better arrangement. The one fault we have to find with the Clarion , Appleton, Wis., is that the departments are 'not clearly enough defined. Otherwise the paper is a very good one. Of the Record , Smith Academy, St. Louis, we would say that the literary department is the best of any of the. exchanges which we re- ceive. The Bone of Contention in the March number is very clever. The McMi11an?', Mexico, Mo.-Your jokes are goodg so are your editorials. The Student , Oklahoma City, Okla., is an interesting and well arranged paper. The Locals are good. We acknowledge the receipt of the following: Harvard Alumni Bulletin , The Missouri High School , Columbia, Mo., The Kiski- mineton , Kiskiminetos Springs High School , The Purple and Gray Burlington, Iowa, The Booster , Indianapolis, High School Courant Bradford, Pa., The College Index , Kalamazoo, Mich.g The Student , Detroit, Mich.g The Manualite , Kansas City, University Missourian , Columbiag Student Life , Washington University, The Sphinx , Cen- tralia, Ill., The Missouri Miner , Rolla, Mo.g Central High News 174 Y I 5 K P -f ., v-tr: Y -iv v, ,gf Lili 5- - -V . if 4 , 7 Q Minneapolis, Minn.g Lindenwood College , St. Charles, Mo.g The Blue and White , Bakersfield, Cal.g The Westport Crier , Kansas Cityg High School News , South Pasadena, The Camosun , Victoria, B. C.g The Reflector , Cleveland, Ohiog 'The Westminster Fortnight- ly , Fulton, Mo. As Others See Us The Scrip.-A very attractive paper. Your cover design is well worked out, your departments up to date, and your illustrations throughout are splendid.-The Cherry and White, Williamsport, Pa. The studies of Shakespearian plays in the last number of the Sol- dan Scrip were unusually interesting and showed what a good thing it would be if other schools would follow their plan of publishing educa- tional essays. From its attractive cover to its excellent jokes, the Scrip impressed us as being one of the most complete and thoroughly inter- esting exchanges we have received.-Record, Smith Academy, St. Louis. Louis. 12 15, VZ NW, X tix, .V 'p f lb .. 1 Yx,..f-1' - lv I X ,N . 1 4 4 S ff Jr S t f 175 2 O 2 2 E A 2: I 3 E U '-E Q bo -S. 1: -E 'S S E VJ '-C E' Nu 'E U ED Q Q 'S g the flfllfl Dli Soldan 'O T W' x ON x if U Q v-E' 3 S 3 F- 'F' - in V' A .4 K ' -.-'fuss X 5' x it . f - . IA, f Q- 5 r 4, ., : X- . ,, QQ - ri - , if - i- gr ' ,:- - The Track Meef 'i EIE Hfth annual Held meet, held on june 1, brought out a crowd of about eight thousand. A squad of McKinley girls ii paraded around the track, and a crowd of Yeatman's fair- 1, est formed a large Y in the middle of the Held. X' ' - - T The most thrilling event was the one-mile run in the senior division, Won by Bredehoeft of Soldan after a hard struggle with O'Connor of Yeatman and Murray of McKinley. Jl'C'cKinIey Captures Senior Honors In the senior division, McKinley won by a safe margin over Soldan. Yeatman was third, and Central lost. McKinley practically won the meet by capturing six iirsts, Soldan and Yeatman each winning three. Three records were broken in the senior events. jack Scholz of Soldan ran the 100-yard dash in :101-5, one-Fifth of a second faster than the former record, made by Davis of Soldan in 1911. Leary of McKin- ley broke the record in the 220-yard dash, held by Hoiifmeister of Mc- Kinley and Davis of Soldan, by four-fifths of a second, when he ran it in :23 1-5. Cox of Yeatman jumped 21 feet, 2 1-2 inches, breaking the record of 20 feet, 5 inches, made by McSor1ey of Soldan. Yeatman Wins funior Tropby In the junior division, Yeatman had an easy time of it, capturing six 1-irsts. Soldan was again second and McKinley came in third. One record was broken, that in the relay. Yeatman clipped 3 4-5 seconds off the record made by McKinley last year, covering the half mile in 1:42. Three records were equaled in the junior division, Nisbet, Yeatmang Berger, McKinley, and Bools, Yeatman, equaling the old marks in the 50- yard dash, 120-yard hurdles, and 100-yard dash respectively. --F. Wilbur Hellman. 177 V 1 -. -7 f'- f ' - Y ' qs 1. VT. 9- Y -' 41 M' Y.,1i f?!g '1'- 1't ' f :. -1 -me - - a f -' QI-241113 at get ' '-P--'J ' - L L f L ff v TF: :ti - f -r. f - . SENIOR EVENTS Points EVENT -First Second 1 Third Record S I M1 Y 1 Pole vault ....... . . Cox, Y ...... . . . Linz, Y ........ Leffler, M ....... 9 ft. 9 in ..... ' ,,,, 1 11 81 . Shot-put ................ Bauer, C. ......... Cloud, M ...... Toole, C ......... 40 ft. 11 in .... ,,,, 1 3 , , , ,1 100-yard dash .....4... Scholz, S .....,.... Liston, S ...... L. Shanley, Y. . . :10 1-5 ...... 81 ,,,, 11, 440-yard run ........... Schuster, M ....... La Mont, M. . . Woods, Y ....... :53 2-5 ...... .,,, 1 81 11, 120-yard high hurdles. Leffler, M ......... Johnson, S .... No third ......... :18 ....... . 31 51 ,,,, I, One-mile run ,,,,.,..,. Bredehoeft, S. .... Crank, Y ...... Lowey, S ........ 4:59 .......... 6 ,,,, 1 31, 220-yard dash ......... Leary, M .......... Liston, S ..,.., Haus, S. ........ :23 1-5 ...... 4 51 ,,,, 1, 220-yard low hurdles, Leary, M. ......... Keehaugh, Y. . Leffler, M ....... No time .... . .... 1 61 3 . 880-yard run ,,,,,,,,,,, Schuster, M ...... Pickett, M .... Bredehoeft, S. . . 2:10 4-5 ...... 11 8 .... Relay race ........ ...., S oldan ............, McKinley ..... Yeatman ...,.... No time ....... 51 31 11 , Running broad jump. Cox, Y ............. Johnson, S .... Leffler, M . ..... 21 ft, Z 1-2 in.. 31 11 51, Running high jump, Cox, Y ............. Suycott. M. . . . Toole, C ..... . . 65 in ....... . . . . . . 31 5 Disgus throw ,,,,,,,,,, Feuerbom, M ..... Bauer, C ...... Cox, Y. .... .... 1 02 ft. 6 in. . . .. sl 11 -1.-Ii .- J- Total points .. ................ ................ ........ ..... . . . . . . . 301 431- 231 JUNIOR EVENTS Pole vault .... . . . Johnston, S ....... Crawford, Y. .. Scott, Y ....... 5 ft. 6 in. .... 51. . . 41. 5h0l-Pub -------- - - - - - Lenon, Y ....,..... Wavsall. C .... Griesedieck, M. . 45 ft. 3-4 in. . . . . . . 1 81. 50-yard dash .......... Nishet, Y .......... Bools, Y ...... Griesedieck, M. . :05 4-5. . . . . . . . . .1 11 8 . 220-yard dash ..... . . . . . Crawford, Y ....... Phillips, S ..... Kershaw, C. . . . . :24 4-S ...... 31. . . . 5 120-yard low hurdles Berger, M ......... Taggart, C .... Wettle. Y ....... :16 1-5 ..... . .... 1 51 1 sso-yara nm ............ Shelby, s ....,..... Leahy, s ...... sam, M .......,. 2:14 4-s. . . . . .1 s1 11. . . .1 100-yard dash .......... Bools, Y ........... Kershaw. C. . , Phillips, S ....... :l0 4-5 ...... .... I . . . . 61 440-yard run. . . ........ Shelby, S .......... Kilpatrick, M. Driemeyer, S. . . :57 ....... . 61 31. . . . 1. Relay race .......,,,,,, Yeatman .......... Soldan ........ McKinley ....... 1:42 ....... . 31 11 51. Running broad jump, , Crawford, Y ...... Nisbet, Y ..... Berger, M. ...... 19 ft. 1 in ..... .... 1 ll 81. Running high jump, , , Schwerdtman, M. Gerber, M ..... Johnston, S ..... 62 in .......... 11 81 .... Total points ...... . ............. , ..,......... , .............. ...... . .. 261 211 451 . c c 2 J Q W1nnersoftl1eSoldan S , Season 1914-15 Basketball.-Leo McCormick fcaptj, Lad Chas. Patton, Pierce johnson, jack Savage, N Francis Warner. is Ottofy, Mel Taylor, orton McFarland, and Track.-Rene Mechin fcaptj, Gene Haus, Leo Liston, jack Scholz, Dick Thompson, Eugene Lowey, Pierce johnson and J. Bredehoeft. Tennis.-Taylor Ward Qcapt.j, Wilbur Hehman, Towner Phelan, Ladis Ottofy and Herbert Strain. Football.-Charles Swingley Ccaptj, Rene Mechin, Nelson Thomas. Murray Conzelman, Carl Anderson, Edwin Shroder, Arthur Lind- holm, Edward Hennessy, Thomas Walsh, George Hengelsberg, Louis Davis, John Quinn, Raymond Niedringhaus, Charles Morrison, Thomas Dawson, Pierce johnson, john Grant, and James Neher. 178 '- Y-fr C 'YY 7 6- 1 '? if T 35 6 Y f' ff'S Nf.r B a s e 6 a I I OLDAN met Central on May 8, and, being unable to hit Rehagen of Central, lost 6-0. McQuoid's pitching was fl good, but five errors and ten stolen bases lost the game E, for him. Captain Leschen played best for Soldan, getting two out of four and handling four chances without a bobble. Walsh had eleven outs and an assist to his credit. Score: Innings l23456789RHE Central 302000010662 Soldan 000000000055 McKinley, on the following Saturday, trounced Soldan by a score of 9-1. The south siders hit Harrison savagely, and McQuoid, who re- lieved the former in the fifth, had two runs scored on him. Walsh had an exceedingly bad day, making six of S0ldan's nine errors. A peculiar play occurred in the second, when A. Coates of McKinley was called out for not touching third. He did not touch the base because it had blown almost to the center of the iniield and could not run after the base to touch it for fear of being declared out for running outside the base-line. Score : Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E McKinley 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 9 12 2 Soldan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 9 Soldan suffered its sixth successive set-back on May 21, being de- feated, 7-3, by Yeatman. The game was marked by good playing on both sides, except in the sixth, when Brockmeyer weakened and Yeat- man scored six runs. Captain Leschen again played an excellent game, handling ten chances flawlessly and getting three out of Five. Soldan had ten men left on the bases. Score : Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Yeatman 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 7 15 3 Soldan 0 0 l 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 9 3 Soldan lost another game to Central, on May 29, by a score of 8-3. Rehagen, for Central, twirled a good game, errors giving Soldan their three runs. Walsh played a nice game for Soldan. Score : Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Central 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 x 8 10 4 Soldan 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 5 Batteries.-Central, Rehagen and Schleicher. Soldan, McQuoid and Walsh. 179 N Ls -CLARENCE WELSH Solcian Tennis Champions, Spring, 1915 Hehman fCapt.D, Doubles, Phelan, Singiesg Oilofy, Toubles -- - - Y ,zz ,,. - r4,..,. I ' ' ., swfrte FW QW i I , Q ug f 23,5 4 Tennis HE spring tennis tournament, singles and doubles, has come to a conclusion. Some good tennis was played in several of the matches, and, on the whole, tl.: tournament proved a very successful one, particularly in that it brought out prominently several new men. judging from this tourna- ment, we think Soldan ought to retain the championship by a victory in the Interscholastic tournament this fall. The singles championship went to T. Phelan after a hard match with Edgar Thursby. Both winner and runner-up played Fine tennis in their matches and well deserve their victory. The doubles championship was Won by Hehman and Ottofy. They defeated Fennell and Hoxton in the finals. The junior tournament championship was won by L. Woods from Marks, the runner-up. 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They leaped in the car- A yank of the clutch- But the Ford didn't run o'er the lea. john cranked for an hour, But all in vain. The engine was dead as could be. Now father awoke And he hurried down To steal Dot with out any fuss. But before he arrived The couple had fled. They eloped in an old Jitney Bus. -Daryl Clay Sinclair, 8. Safety First Didn't poor old jones see the car coming? I guess not. He was rehearsing his lecture on Safety First. A New Dagger What is the meaning of bodkin as used in I-Iamlet ? A jigger you run ribbon in lace with. w 185 The Seniorls Puma Oh, little fat purse, I love you, Said the senior in january. He did not know the expenses Would make it quite the con Oh, little lean purse, I hate trary. yous! Said the senior the last of May. With announcements, spreads all and The contents had melted away. Oh, little lost Durse, I want Is a song you'll likely hear The senior sing in the future As graduating day comes nea Daryl Clay Sinclair, ou-r or Tue DARK!!! Q-Juwenagl yous: I'. 8. Mr. Mac Cgiving an oral .testjz What was the Test Act ? B. P. This is it. Ah, I see the boy's loud tie checked by the girl's waists, heard on stunt day. S are WHS E3 Vi ILT ? 1 i 5 ,,., .iwull gug NEWTML 1 KNOW 1 3 SWB TWT C1513 fT'.l'L +l WM, WITH HIM BUT TNF Q' Runs sA'c'No numvr-ae, ,X Hahn IN THE CORRIBORS, ! '79 my X Q -Q --qv ' - - X- 'Q XX N' W1 N X , VV NDm..L. xwlfff E: Sw:-1 XX'Xw9.,f' , E A9 r f 2,62 ,dfigx 362,083 if 6 KXW L I L QR 8 1 4 1 A Q J iff 'X Y 113 5 wb' 263 1 ffl' - I' ' 3572: ov-fx: 224, -X ' N 5 ' ' ' fww i W , Ax f f H7 k - 4: 5? 31: Nl f xi X 1-. R . V1 f lgym' ' 1' 'Va A -' 1 1 fl' - f ' 5 f f 'nm - VM Q 1' 559, I of 01 g if , mx If Pa . - f Q law' QQ ill Q 'Z '. 7' F N ff E 2 1 cfm. TW mf-,WTWT , 52 Y-' 5,1V7,No A L-Xigja 'jx PERIL5 OF THE LUNCHROOM SAD FATE OF ONE OF OUR DAY-DREAMER5. If ft' H 'P , . 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Dear Donnie: O I like you, Donnie Sutton, And I'd like to bet a button There are oth.ers fNot your brothersg Who would echo, We do, too! . So I hope that life will lend you Much of joy, and never send you Any sadness, Any badness, And I hope my wish comes true. G. E. Dear Harriet: Some say, See America , Oth.ers say, See Europe. But I say, C, Harriet Webb. D. S. To Kathleen: There are sweets that come early, And sweets that come late, Senior Slunls To K. S. In studying your English 'tis best To copy the style of Miss S., For she answers so right, That it's just out of sightg So why isn't her method the best? Now this young lady named Say, Usually in things made A, Therefore, isn't it true That the best thing to do Is to study exactly her way. R. S. L. Dear D. C.: Here I sit in all the array That the seniors wore on freak day- But of something freakish to write in your book I cannot think though I look and look. E. L. Dear Aileeng A first it was a little seed Which quickly from the earth was freed And grew' into a slender Reid. H. S. W. Dear Ione: Why so silent? Ay there's the rub. She's saving her voice For the woman's club. D Dear I: When you are little Be sure to eat pickles, And marry the man Who has the most nickles. I. R. Dear I. W. Your book is your garden spot Where many friends may sowg I'll plant a sweet for-get-me-not And write my name below. J. C. Dear D. S.: A Miss is as long as a mile, awhile But there is nothing so sweet Before being a Mrs, consider As the girl graduate. Your Classmate, C. C. 187 M. 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