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

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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

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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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g..--- - . - YQ' f gi ge A ' 31 - . - '1.,1.Y. Y -5 'f'y- 7'- 55? '17- Tlie Third Interscholasfic Debate ATRIOTISM was the key note of the day,-or, I shouldsay uinefgf evening, for the time was 8:00 p. m., March 24, place, the Central auditoriumg event, Interscholastic Debate,.Soldan vs. Centralg participants, six debaters who were hoarse and two who weren't. National patriotism came first. From the stage and the balcony hung a number of American flags, a most appropriate setting for one of the most important national questions of the day: Resolved, that the United States should abandon the Monroe Doctrine . School patriotism came next. The lowerlloor and part of the balcony were filled with enthusiastic supporters of their schools. The majority upheld the Soldan team, composed of: Mar- tin Frisch, Edward Selden and Walter B. Wolf. Although the Cen- tral contingent was slightly smaller, it was just as loyal to the mem- bers of the team: Edgar A. Flory, jack Ruel, and Herbert Koeneke. I forgot to mention that the two debaters who were not hoarse were the two alternates, Herbert Stainton of Central and William Penaat of Sol- dan. Being an alternate is about as exciting as learning the difference between a hendiadys and an anaphora. The alternate has to work as hard as the regular debaters and then doesn't get a chance to talk: ' I have said that the gathering was patriotic. It was also good-na- tured. A couple of the reigning nabobs of the Forum had decided to work up a little spectacular enthusiasm: so just before the debaters. took the platform, Harry Freedman and an assistant mounted the stage,'said assistant carrying a mysterious roll under his arm. Freedman gently lifted a chair to the rear wall of the platform, carefully placed a piece of paper upon it, and ascended. He then pierced the corner of the roll with thumb tacks and let it unroll. However, the wood at Central has ua hardness all its own and the tacks didn't stick. As the beautifuliForum pennant unfolded, it suddenly fell to the floor, the applause stopped short and laughter began. That's a bad omen for Soldan's team, said the pessimistic assistant. A fall always cometh before victory, aptly quoted Harry. A However, the main attraction of the evening was not centered on such inconsequential occurrences. It was an intellectual audience, as- sembled to hear a decidedly worth while discussion. So when the gath- ering was called to order eighteen minutes late, it was more than ready to absorb something worth hearing. Mr. Powell, the chairman, after making the necessary announce- ments, introduced the Central Glee Club, which opened the program with a song. The debate was begun for the afhrmative by Martin Frisch, Sol- dan's first speaker. Unfortunately he had not timed his speech as he 73