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

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A - - :A : 2 -f X. P 'B r-W r v. Spring Fever 0 0 The doctors say that there ain't no sich ani- mal , but we of Soldan know that there is no more dangerous or con- tagious malady. Our teacher gives us a long assignment for to-mor- row. Next morning we Hunk flat. Why? Spring fever! Yet if your teacher questions you as to the cause of your failure and you tell her that you are suffering a severe and apparently incurable attack of spring fever, she will be sure to think that you are fresh and you get in Dutch with her. It's a sad cruel world, isn't it? When the sun shines brightly in April and May and the trees turn green and the spring poet begins to look dreamy, can you study? We are proud of our school system, but it seems to be all wrong in the spring time. When the millennium arrives, then, ah then, there will be no more school after April! -William Gentry, 8. The McKinley High School Q 9 kindly loaned the Scrip the two engravings from which Mr. Blewett's pictures were presented in the March issue. Soldan Spirit 0 0 If you can't be a booster, then don't be a knocker, is an excellent maxim, but a certain amount of knocking is necessary to progress. So it may not be amiss to hammer a little be- tween blasts of your hornsg so here goes! We like to think of Soldan spirit as being unimpeachable and on the whole it isg but here and there improvement might be made. Are we giving the right support to the school activities? to the Scrip, base- ball, basketball, track, tennis, and debating teams? Why does the Scrip have to make special pleas to get one thousand subscribers out of twenty-three hundred students? Why does it have to urge you to get ads, to write jokes, stories, editorials and poems for it and get so little response? The Scrip is your paper and you should help to make it a success. Are you doing your part? Why do the basketball and baseball squads have so much difficulty in selling tickets and getting rooters to their games to help them win? Don't we want these activities? Assuredly so! But why don't we show it by supporting them properly? Why is it that the track, tennis and debating teams have to urge us so to attend their exhibitions, all of which are free? We cheer them loudly when they return with their trophies, but we are not on hand to help them win them. Our teams would be spurred on to greater deeds by your presence and would win more trophies with your help. Awake, and show your loyalty to the gold and brown by supporting its activities. Let's start a C. C. fCome Cheerj Campaign of our own and make Soldan spirit truly unimpeachable. -WHL H. Penaat, 8. es

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. gf C - ,:, F Shall It Still Be the Willow? 0 0 When our granddads graced school with their attendance, great forests of giant pine stretched over our country, studded here and there with the spreading hickory and the weeping willow. To these especial parts the village schoolmaster would repair and equip himself with a specimen of each of the two last named varieties, presumably for botany instruction. During the course of the day, however, it developed that even readin', 'ritin', and 'rithmetic were also taught by the magic touch of this willow upon the most boisterous individual, and what is more marvelous, the appalling sound would make the remaining students skip quickly along on the flowery paths of knowledge. But, alas, we Americans have been wasteful! All these forests have been cut down, and the magic willow, perhaps because of its high cost, is no more used by the city schoolmaster. As a substitute, self- government by the student body stands forth as a far better method of teachin' the three R's . If self-government in the school has become an established prece- dent, what, we ask, has become of 'Soldan's Student Council? Is it nothing to establish cordial relations between the students and the fac- ulty? Are we not capable, as a student body, of caring for ourselves, and really standing for Truth, Honor, Freedom, Courtesy ? If so. then let us adopt a system to meet our end. Why not revive the Student Council? Do we still desire the willow? -Erwin Steinberg, 8. Spring Fever : 0 It is strange! On the very day a robin was seen to put its ear to the ground to ascertain the whereabouts of its friend, the angleworm, and a small boy stamped his bat on the pavement, and cried, Oh, Bill-e, a , a class in history registered treason by groaning in one accord at the length of the assignment. On that day, too, a new junior, in midst of tranquil drowsiness, failed to fly from his seat at the sound of the period bell, and could only be convinced by an intelligent senior that owing to the crowded capacity of the school, he could not reserve two seats in one period. Everywhere, since that date, a strange fever, producing pathetic eyes, a downcast spirit, and inactiv- ity has prevailed. It seems that this fever lasts until three thirty, with the temperature highest at three twenty-nine. What is stranger still, is the fact that several of those who are completely overcome by this malady during school hours, can play at least forty games of tennis after its daily sub- sidence. Fortunately, this epidemic has been fatal to no one. We hope this record will remain, for much must be accomplished in our studies before the hot squalls. -Erwin Steinberg, 8. 68

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b, x f ' yi 4- -NCIJ'- f 'i,' af?-1?' r 'i 7'-iv- -1: 425 : sf- 1 V ,V 1-fs ..s,-5, -Wil Hats OH 0 0 Hats off to thqfiag, boys! It needs your support. Two hundred and seventy boys five times a fortnight go through the regular army drill. Stooped shoulders already are becoming straight. Keep it up, boysg 'Soldan has need to be proud of you. But hats off to the girls, boys! For two years, now, have Soldan girls been drilling in the gyms. For two years have Miss Allison and Miss Varian been giving the commands, Company, to the rear, march ! Eyes front, Mr. Soldier-boy, or the girls will have the guns as well. During the first days of military training for the boys some ignorant one remarked that they marched like a bunch of girls, but as several Sol- dan girls happened to be present, the ignorant one was made wise. We girls certainly did have fun during the month of March, watching the raw recruits. We decided there are a great many boys in Soldan who had their left side where their right should be. But never mind, boys! We shall soon have you straightened out and your foot neatly mended when we girls have Red Cross training. It's fast, too. just think, boys, for every one of you there will be at least one special nurse and two for the oiiicers, with enough left over for the enemy. We have thought it might be necessary to limit the number, but as there will no doubt be a great many wounded among the enemy when our boys get in line, we shall need all girls who volunteer. Hats off, boys, to the fiag and to the Red Cross! -Ruth E. Cunlirf, 8. Our National Hymn Q s We hear much of patriotism these days. Any Soldan student, if asked whether his school is patriotic or not will indignantly reply, Well, I should say we are patriotic! We have a student battalion and all of us are loyal to the flag and what it stands for. All of which is perfectly true. But-do you remember that on April 2, when Congress reassembled to decide whether to declare war or not, Mr. Powell called the boys together for a patriotic rally? Do you remember that we started in to sing The Star-Spangled Banner with a great deal of enthusiasm? But when the second stanza came, only about twenty boys tried to sing it and, to use the technical term, boobed it up. The third verse was not even attempted. Ought this to be? Get the words of that song and learn 'em so well that you can sing 'em backward! -William Gentry, 8. Girls' Athletics 0 0 What is the trouble with the girls and their athletics? Why does the school not hear more of their athletic activ- ities? Why were the girls not awarded their S's at the same time the boys received theirs? Girls' athletics are not encouraged by the school. But wherein lies the blame? The coaches and basketball captains have great difficulty in getting the required number of girls for a team. Skating this year had to be vo