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

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-.' gr ' ' Q' A X-g-J-H - -s - - - qg, 3- 1-J 1-- ' .fr 753, r , discontinued, because there was not enough response from the girls. A dancing class could not be formed, because there were not enough girls to make it worth while for the conductor. Is this not adequate proof that the girls have themselves to thank for lack of encouragement on the part of the school? - I tell you, girls, the spirit must come from within before it can ever come from without. When you realize the benefits to be derived from athletics, and when you enter whole-heartedly into some phase of the work, when girls' athletics shall stand for the athletics of the majority of Soldan girls, then, and not until then, will our athletics be a recog- nized factor in our school life. -Evelyn Strauss. Birds, Animals, Fish and Scenery v BOUT one hundred and twelve years ago the United States QMS-, 'ff' government sent an expedition to explore the Columbia Arg. river and the Oregon country, a part of the great Louisiana, I H Purchase. When they reached the plains they were ap- -, 1 palled at the sight of great herds of buEalo roaming over the 'Great Plains'. When they reached the continental di- vide they were astounded at the number of animals and birds seen. But times have changed and many people now believe that our wild life will be exterminated some time in the near future. These were the words with which Mr. William L. Finley of the Oregon Fish and Game Com- mission opened an illustrated lecture on Bird and Animal Life with the Camera in the Soldan auditorium on Saturday evening, April 7. W The first reel of pictures opened with the scenes at Crown Point when the Columbia highway was opened to the public. The views of the Columbia river country which followed showed several of the water- falls in the vicinity and a sunset on the Columbia. As we came nearer to the great mountains, we saw Mt. jefferson, the- Three Sisters, and lastly Mt. Hood, up whose steep sides we were invited to take a journey. When we arrived at the top we were surprised to Find a small cabin built on the highest part of the peak. We had a still greater surprise when we were informed that every timber in the cabin was hauled up the mountain on the backs of the forest rangers. This cabin is one of the forest-Ere lookout stations, and the ranger who lives in this cabin has saved many thousand feet of timber because' of his eternal vigilance and the loftiness of his station. When we returned from our trip up the mountain we were amused by the antics of a rock squirrel. This little fellow, no bigger than one's fist, is full of life and vigor. We fed him 71 g

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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

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Yii, ' , ' Y Q' ,1-H aw- -- -. - V '1.,g,,,, i V '-J 'T-7 - Y . ,K N , ,, J, , ' ii A, W-L, ly - , p N Q - U F ff l f! .Ft gin, we-J-3 1 -ezr iialvl nuts for some little time and found that he was fond of burying the nuts he was given to store them for the winter to come. We also found that he did not have pockets in his trousers as boys have, but has a capacity of two or three nuts in his cheeks. He has quite forgotten his inherent dread for man in his all-important quest for food for the winter, and if you hold your Est loosely clenched he seems to think that there must be a nut hidden somewhere in that cavern and before you notice it about one-half of his body is hidden from view. The next reel was chiefly of the salmon fisheries and illustrated in a very interesting way the differences between the Indians' methods of catching salmon and those of the white man. Bird Life on the Three Arch Reserve was the title of the next series Of pictures. The gull, the murre, the horned owl, the monkey-faced owl, and several other birds of Oregon were shown in their natural sur- roundings. Mrl Finley next gave some illustrations of the desert animals. The kangaroo rat, 'an animal with a very small body and a long tail with a bushy end, proved to be the most interesting. It happened that the photographer secured a picture of the rat as he was washing his faceg it was then that we found that the brush on the end of his tail was his towel. ' The Yellowstone Park and the animals of that reserve were shown in the fifth and last reel. The bears, antelopes, deer, and many of the birds were shown in their natural surroundings. The lecture was closed with pictures of the Yellowstone canyon and the falls of the Yellowstone. Those few people who braved the disagreeable weather to hear Mr. Finley left the hall with a feeling that they had been amply repaid for their trouble. -Ernest E. Thiemeyer, 8. A Palriolic Meeting of Girls T the patriotic mass meeting of the girls, Monday, April 2, Miss jones gave a very inspiring talk. She told us of the xii H work that women must do, if this country becomes active in the world-war. She told us the feelings of foreigners at A, ' the sight of the Statue of Liberty, and of the thoughts of Americans returning to that Statue and to the country it symbolizes. Not a girl of us but felt, when she had ended, that we would be ready to answer any call that our country could make upon us. E f 1 x,,1 -E. A. W. '12