South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

Text from Pages 1 - 14 of the 1891 volume:

•--• Ttte ftDftMS -- HIGH -School Observer. VOL. 1. Minneapolis. Minn., November, 1891. No. 2. TKaivks tviiv . Selected. COME one, cohichII! come home, come home! From desert sands, from ocean foam. Beneath the honored home roof-tree. Join hands and hearts and you shall see. Sweet thoughts, pure love and honest living, Flow from the keeping of Thanksgiving. ’Tis then the dead become most dear: 'Tts then the living bring most cheer; ’Tis then the best within us seems Aspiring toward our youthful dreams. And life looks really worth the living. In the old homestead at Thanksgiving. Thanks, grim old Puritans, to you, Who “builded better than ye knew! True, ye were hard and stern, ’tis said, Intolerant and bigoted. But one sweet gift is of your giving— Thanks, sad old pilgrims, for Thanksgiving! Society Work. — THKKE is a disposition on tin part of some of the members of the Junior and Senior societies, to regard the rhetorical parts in the society work as a task which is to 1m shirked whenever possible. Now this is a mistaken idea. The society is made a part of the school work so as to increase our power of composition, declaring etc. and it is put in the form of a society to make it more pleasant. Now to make a literary society a success, the co-operation of all the meml ers is necessary. Let each member take hold of the rhetorical part assigned him with vigor and prepare it to the best of his ability. When a student gets as far as the .Junior or Senior year in High School, he is supposed to know considerable, and his aid is often solicited in getting up outside entertainments. In order to be of sendee on such occasions he should be well up in society work in school. The Senior society have before them as an incentive to good work, the fact that theirs is the first Senior Soeietv of this school and the first should be as gcxxl as any. Before the Junior Society as a like incentive, there is the fact that theirs is the first Junior Society in this school that has had a Senior Society as a rival. A It ho’ this rival appears quite formidable, t he Junior Society should In so conducted as to be as good as if not better than any Junior Society which has gone before. Now let each one strive to make the societies of 1891-2 inferior to none in the Minneapolis high schools, and if each member wHl do his jiest tomakehis art an acceptable part of the sclioflf1 work, I fun sure this objevt will 1m accomplished. — ' S. HT S. ------- -——— Seixior Locals. ON the morning of Oct. 28th 1891 the Seniors, on trying to look at the merry faced Juniors, found the side of the room ablaze with light. What looked to be a portion of gold or brass armor attached to the left side. As soon as their eyes became accustomed to the glare it turned out to l e their badges seeming chosen from quantity rather than quality. They confessed themselves that they were rather surprised at the size. We all think the desigu very pretty. All acknowledge that the reception given by the young gentlemen of the Senior class to the young ladies was most enjoyable. The refresh-ments were excellent. Wit and humor were plentiful. The brilliancy of the occasion will long be remembered by all who were present. Please do not scatter any articles of food on the floor as it is very tempting to the mice, THE ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. I Juiviors. who actually come out in double file in a certain corner of the room, to the great consternation of the young ladies in that vicinity. Seniors, have you noticed that thing out in the hall, with the word Athenean above it? I was wondering whether it was a contribution box or a museum for the exhibition of Junior wit. “ Mr. Cook, why is this room always so warm at this period?” asked a bright pupil. “W e have very warm debates in the mental philosophy class,” answered the absent-minded professor. The school being asked the cause of absence of a certain Senior member, a bright Junior, with all the lung power at his command, yelled out, “She’s got the mumps.” Our Class sonj; is a beauty, there’s no doubt. But where it came from I can't make out. The tune to Georgia was chosen I see But where the words came from i a mystery to me. The extemporaneous speecRps are getting to be one Of the most enjoyable parts of the Zetagatkean program, especially for those who don’t have to take part. The saw has disappeared but the drum has reappeared and we once more can have the pleasure of test ing our lungs. The Seniors decided upon Zetagathean meaning a striving for that which is good, as a name for the society. The ex-manager of A. H. S. B. B. 0. shows himself a “ball crank” in every sense of the word. Speaking about Branmont and L letch-er, he said that they were basemen (base men.) Miss Watts, in mentioning .the President’s call-to-order-club, called it a “ mallet” but Mr. B. R. of course thought it his duty to correct her and termed it “ gavel.” How much better our kleptomaniac has acted since the committee on advice has appeared. If all sounds were musical what a volume of music we would have at some of our meetings. WE have reached another milestone in our course of study. The beginning of the Junior year. The prospects for the remaining two years seem bright but whether we meet with success, depends largely on our own individual efforts. To further our advancement and to prepare ourselves for the graduating exercises, we have organized a Literary Society which by vote of the members is called the “Athenean.” As the ancient Athenian Acropolis was bot h a stronghold, a city of culture and learning watched over by the goddess Athena— the protector and patroness of wisdom so may this society be a stronghold fully able to withstand any attack of the enemy, to preserve its badge, to stand by its colors and in all places and under all circumstances not oid}' to protect and honor the name but to perform our parts in the society' work with such care and diligence that we shall indeed be worthy the name Athenian. Genius and culture adorned the Athenian acropolis with the art and architecture that the world has pronounced faultless. And of no less importance was the intellectual culture. So let genius and culture if not at once adorn, at least, grow through the discipline we shall here receive. In the rhetorical parts let each member perform well the part assigned him, even if it is not one which he likes. Let there be no occasion for casting discredit upon us. Let the Athenean Society be inferior to none in our city. Athens was a democracy. Everything that concerned the state was discussed in the popular assembly. And never before had people enjoyed such perfect political liberty or were they ever so well fitted to direct the affairs of state. Their government was a school of oratory THE ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. 3 open to nil—hence only the fluent speaker secured a permanent position. The law courts too, especially the great jury courts of Athens, were schools of oratory; for, every citizen was obliged to defend his own cause. Hence the high degree of perfection attained in the art of persuasion. We are a democratic body. Let us interest ourselves with all questions that shoulu come before the House whether it be regarding society business, points of order or general debate. So let us feel that it is a privilege, as did the Athenians, to enter into discussions and thereby gain power unto ourselves. It may be difficult to rise to our feet and speak; so everything that tends to our advance merit is difficult in the beginning but comes very natural afterwards. Allow one to thank you for the honor conferred upon me, and in discharging the duties of a president I beg your hearty co-operation in the Society work for in union thkrr is strength” and strength insures success. I shall endeavor to execute the duties of this office to the best of my ability, and hope the insult may prove satisfactory to all. In our class colors, blue and white, we reach a high standard. Loyalty and Purity. In our motto “Semper Paratus” we have made a pledge. As we shall live up to our standard so shall we be able to keep our pledge Always Prepared. President. Don’t Discouraged. Selected. PON T be discouraged, though often you fail: Still persevere if you hojH to prevail. Some that have failed many times in the past. Struggling, have made themselves victors at last. Life’s earnest battle alone you must tight: Onwurd, then onward through trouble’s dark night! Though you have failed many times in the | ast. Still persevere and triumph at last. ft Description — OF — A HIGH SCHOOL PAPER PUBLISHED WHEN MINNEAPOLIS WAS A VILLAGE. WHILE looking over some old newspapers I chanced to find a copy of “ The Owl” a paper published Oct. 23d, 18G8. The Owl is a four page sheet about six by nine inches was printed with type that looked as if it had been gathered from the waste type of some country printing office. Paper must have been cheaper than it is now or the manager must have made up for his extravagance by bleeding his subscribers. This is probably t he way he made both ends meet for he asked only sixty cents a year for the publication. How would the subscribers of the Ob-server feel if the business manager asked sixty cents u year for two leaves? I am afraid that his friends would be tempted to remove him from the high school and place him in an asylum for the insane if he pursued such a Course. The iirst page was headed in large black plain type with the motto “ The more light there is the less the Owl is able to see.” This page is divided into three columns. The first column coutains ihe object of the publication and rates of advertising, the second and third columns contain an original story entitled “ Ye Mississippi.” The first and part of the second page contain a story en-tiiled “Pride's Fall” or rather “Pride’s Waterfall.” The second part contains a handsome article entitled “The Irishman’s Spurs.” The third page a letter from a “special correspondent,” a number of good jokes and other humorous articles entitled “ Rural Raptures” and the last page contains the programs to be delivered on October 30 and Nov. 6, 1868. Among those to take part are many who are such prominent business men as Geo. Naylor, Geo. Harrison, Wm. Leonard and Judge Atwater. This page also coutains an account of a mock election held in the school. 4 THE ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. T t Adams High School Observer. Published Monthly by Adams Hioii School. ----- —-— A. B. SMITH, Editor and Manager. EDITORIAL STAFF. Martha Bjouhus, Literary Editor: James Fisher, Exchange Editor: Sophia Peterson, Local Editor. Address all communications to the Adams Hioh School Observer, Adams School, corner Franklin and Sixteenth Avenues. Contributions of any kind may be addressed to the sub editor under whose division it comes. Single copies of back numbers may l e obtained at any time. Terms: Five Cents Per Copy; Forty Cents Per Year. WE think it would he a good plan to have a joint meeting of the Junior and Senior Literary Societies. This meeting should be open to all visitors and an invitation should be sent to the Sophomore and Freshmen classes. It would he interesting to have a debate between chosen representatives of each society. We would have its program equally divided between the societies. Before the meeting a committee should ho chosen who would decide which society made the best appearance. Their report to take the place of the usual critics’ report. This committee should be chosen from our honorable friends who are working for our south side school building. i f debates in our societies become tiresome the following plan will create new interest: After the principals and their seconds have given their arguments, let the chairman of the meeting allow the question to be discussed freely by the members of the society who are interested. Then let the society vote upon the merits of the argument and then upon the side they thought was right. We heard a certain Junior say that the paper wasn’t for them. Now we wish it to be understood that any jokes or any articles of the Junior Class will be more readily accepted than the articles of their Seniors. The reason there are uo witty critisiins on the Senior Class is because the Juniors do not send them in. In our last issue we said a question box would be opened for questions of school interest. It was opened but none came. Are the pupils of our school such poor scholars that they do not understand how to ask questions? We urge each member of the Junior and Senior classes to carefully read the article on “Society Work.” The more the students of our school write for the Observer the more interest it will be to the school. In our next issue there will be an article by Prof. Cook on “The Region About Sleepy Hollow.” Why wouldn’t it be a good plan to organize the Freshmen and Sophomore classes? t Puzzle For Tnthmeticiaivs. A AND 13, two countrymen, came to the Chicago market with 30 geese each. A sells his 30 geese at the rate of two for SI, and 13 sells his 30 geese at the rate of three for §1, at which rate the purchaser seems to get five geese for $2. The net proceeds of the sale amounted to £25. Subsequently A and B have another lot. of thirty geese each for the market, but as A is sick, he gets B to sell his lot. A comes to the market and believing that he was selling the geese at the same terms, offers the combined lot at tne rate of live for £‘2. When ho returns home, he fiuds, in making up his account with A, that he has netted only £24 for the sixty geese. He is out £1, but cannot account for the deficiency. In this first instance, the sixty geese brought £25, in the second only £24 and yet he has apparently sold them on the same terms—five for £2. Can any of our readers account for the deficiency of £1 on the second sale? THE ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. Poets' Coriver Tre You tjv Earnest? ONCE in the day time dreary, While we pondered weak and weary O’er many a quaint and curious chapter of Ciceronian lore. Suddenly there came a squeaking Ah if some one gently creaking, Creaking o’er the school room lloor. • 'Pis the boots” we gently murmured Squeaking o’er the school room floor! Simply that and nothing more. LOSE this day loitering, ’twill be the same story To-morrow, and the rest more dilatory. Thus indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost tormenting over days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldnees has genius, power and magic in it; Only engage, and then the mind grows heated; Begin, and then the work will be completed. —J. Wolfgang von Goethe. ------x ——- ■ Sjvow. Selected. THE snow came whirling through the air. Covered the branches once so fair. Covered the valleys, clothed the hills. Covered the frozen streams and rills. Robbed the flelds of their verdant tinge. Hung on the hedge a fantastic fringe; Down it came whirling through the air. Whirling and dancing here and there. Now it came falling thick and slow. Flakes of a solemn, lingering snow; Then it came edying light and soft. Borne on the wings of a gentle breeze. Played it around the spreading trees: Merrily played with their branches bare. And settled down in contentment there. Or, seeking a home oz the ground beneath, Re|� osed on the fields or barren heath. [ T$ad Spell. THE woman was illiterate— In s| elling she did fail— And. when her house she wished to sell, She wrote, “This House for Sail.” Then on the door she tacked the sign, And to her housework went. The while a stranger saw the words, And spelt with merriment, Hearsays. “To-morrow is too late; live to-day. What makes life dreary is want of motive. George Eliot. Never a day is given, but it tones the after years, And it carries up to heaven its sunshine or its tears.” Character is like the bells which ring out swnet music, and which, when touched accidentally even, resound sweetly. Our fireside conversations, our thoughts as we pass along the streets, our spirit in the transaction of business, all have some amount, small though it he, of moral value. —Goul-born. We cannot iinp ove ourselves, we cannot assist others, we cannot do our duty in the world, except by exertion, except by unpopularity, except with annoyance, except with care and difficulty.—Dean Stanley. To be worth anything, character must be capable of standing firm upon its feet in the world of daily work, temptation, and trial; and able to bear the wear and tear of actual life. Cloistered virtues do not count for much.—Smiles. “Thin house for sail!” he laughed and laughed With snicker and with roar; And when the woman heard the noise She came unto the door. ‘ When will your house set sail?” he asked. As wickedly he grinned. “ At once.” the woman laughed in scorn, “If you can raise the wind,’ ’ —Ex Wear your learniug like your watch, in a private pocket, and do not pull it out merely to show that you have one. If you are asked what o’clock it is, tell it, but do uot proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman.— Lord Chesterfield. Genuine and innocent wit is surely the 6 THE ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. flavor of the mind. Man could not direct his way by plain reason or support his life by tasteless food; but God has given us wit and flavor and brightness and laughter, perfumes to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage and to charm his pained steps over the burning snarl. Sydney Smith. Tke assiz Society. AX I’M BEK of pupils desirous of forming an amateur .science club met in A room on the third of Xov. At this meeting a committee was appointed to draft a constitution. They reported on the tenth and their report was accepted with a few alterations. 'This meeting was most lively; two or three persons trying to have (he floor at the same time. Others were weary because a few monopolized the talking. All this war of words was caused by a motion to carry on the election without delay. It was decided at last to hold election on the 17th of November. At this meeting there ware about thirty pupils present, twenty-five of whom are charter members of the society. The officers elected are equally divided between the Senior and Junior classes. The other classes were well represented. With such a showing the Agassiz association of our school will not fail to be equal to that of any in the city. AN ACTUAL PROBLEM OF BUSINESS LIKE. AN YOU SOLVE IT? Mr. Jones, of Jamestown, Dak, failed with assets that would pay but 10 cents on the dollar. Among 11is creditors was a Mr. Brown, of Minneapolis, to whom he owed $1,000. Jones wrote to Brown offering him his note for the Si,000 bearing 12 per cent interest payable in advance. The offer was accepted and Jones gave the note and ?120 interest. At the end of the year. Jones sent Brown $300.00 to be applied to the reducing of the note, reserving enough to pay the 12 per cent interest in advance on the reduced note. Required the amount of interest to be applied. fit Skakspear’s Home or Skak-spear's Day. Selected. THERE are a variety of reasons why the twenty-third day of April might be regarded in our calendars as “Shakspeare’s Day.” We have many red-letter days marking the birthdays of great men and women, and recording transactions of national or world-wide importance. Why not a red-letter day for Shakspear? We celebrate the birthday of Washington; we set apart a day for the decoration of the graves of our heroic soldier dead; we make some kind of jubilation on the Fourth of July, and, at the behest of our more or less pious Governors, we eat turkey, and are grateful on Thanksgiving Day. All this is well, but could not we and tbe whole world of thoughtful men and women spare one day in the year for remembrance of the most wonderful genius of the ages? Surely, gratitude for the priceless legacies be has left us as well as admiration of bis matchless skill demand that William Shakspeare should not be forgotten. I am not unmindful of tbe fact that Shakspeare is almost as much of a myth as Homer’s. We are a little better off for facts concerning our modern poet. Shakspeare was horn on the 23d of April, 1564, and died on the 23d of April, 1616; the anniversary of his death. There is, therefore, as it seems to me, special reason why the twenty-third of April, should he called “Shakspeare’s Day.” Unhappily, we know very little of the hard of Avon, and the stories and anecdotes current concerning him are a little apocryphal. Did he ever hold horses in London, I won- THE ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. der, while the gentlemen went into the old Globe theater to see the play? Did he ever notice, while strolling with Ben Jonsou along Cheapside. u little fellow with a wonderful head of hair, playing at the corner of Bread street, little -John, son of Milton, the Scrivener ? Who can tell? There are a thousand things we would like to know hut never can. No Boswell dogged the steps of Shakspeare, and, though the great dramatist was a voluminous writer, he kept no diary, such as Evelyn and Samuel Pepys kept, or we might be very rich just where we are poorest in the matter of Shakspearean lore. We want to know more of his young life, of his courtship and marriage, and when, and where, and how the fire of his unexampled genius first began to burn? Where did he acquire the knowledge his plays evince? What were his methods of study and composition? Did the wonderful tides How freely and unbidden from his pen? or was he often to be found, like the Greek oracle upon the tripod, “Agonized and full of inspiration.” Much as we may desire this knowledge, we can never have it. But though we may uever know much about the gathering of the gems, we may be thankful for the treasures. Shakspeare made the whole world richer for all the ages, but the world has not yet learned to worthily appreciate the gifts of her great benefactor. He has created kings and queens greater t han ever wore the purple, or swayed the bauble scepters of empire; he has crowded our life with grand companionships; he has unlocked the treasure-chambers of heart and mind, and made the poorest man among us a millionaire in the realm of heart and mind and feeling; and yet the day that saw his birth, and the day that bemoaned his departure to that “bourne whence no traveler returns,” are alike forgotten. These considerations 1 press upon me the more forcibly from the 1 remembrance that twenty years ago this very day I went with all the world and his wife, down to Stratford-on-Avon to do honor to Shakspeare on the three hundredth anniversary of his birth. On the evening of the 22d of April I heard the “Merry Wives of Windsor’ played in Birmingham. I took a late train to Coventry, and was just in time to join a torchlight procession, at Peeping-Tom corner,—where to I this day a model is to bo seen of that too curious youth who gazed on the heroic Godiva years and years ago. There was a grand display of fireworks, and at twelve o’clock at night a merry peal clashed out from St. Michael’s Tower; and then great silence fell upon the city of “three tall spires.” I was up betimes on the morning of the memorable day, and it was decided that we should drive byway of Leamington and Warwick, and return by Kenilworth. We were a merry party, and the day was just such a day as can only be seen in England in the earlyr spring-time. The hedge - rows were whitening with hawthorn blossoms, and the air was fragrant with violets. It was just such a day- as Shakspeare describes. “ When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady sinocks all silver-white, And cuckoo birds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight.” The journey down was a perfect enchantment, and just as the tower of Stratford Church became visible amongst the tall old elms, the bells began to chime, and the music lloating along the undulating meadow lands was enough to inspire a poet with a song. The sky was cloudless, one boundless pasture of faultless blue, the lark seemed bent on beating out its life in song; all nature was in harmony with the jubilance of the hour. The quiet little town was thronged with such a gathering as it never saw before and may never see again. The whole world was represented in that little hamlet by the Avon. Lords and ladies of high degree, rulers of the land, dignitaries from foreign courts, all ablaze in 8 THE ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. official splendor, gave a brightness and charm to the scene, to which the gay attire of a thousand ladies added still greater beauty. But the priests of the temple of literature were there in great numbers. Poets, authors, editors, artists, actors and the like, and to my mind it seemed that these had most right to lay a fresh green wreath on Shakspeare’s grave, or offer a garland to his immortal fame. Everybody of course visited the home of the bard, and the penciling on the walls was so thick and crowded with so many Smiths and Joneses, and the like, that I resolved to be one 1 of the few, the immortal few, who did not write my name. In the Town Hall all the available Shakspeare relics were shown, and the chief memorials of those who had spent their last days in presenting Shakspeare’s plays to the world were on view. Memorials of Garrick and the elder Kean and Macready. I wandered on to the old church, where the monument of Shakspeare is to be found, and the bust is perhaps the most reliable of all the representations of the bard. The face is bland and cheerful, genial and bright, the face of one whom you would judge to be a very pleasant and desirable companion. In the evening came the banquet, and then the speeches. And such speeches! Grand, magnificent, sublime! Every man magnifying himself at the expense of Shakspeare. I was soon tired of the speeches, and went for a quiet j stroll alone on the banks of the Avon, under the shadow of the stately elms. The hour for returning came, and we started for Coventry. The moon shone bright in a , sky thick-studded with innumerable stars. We passed the castle keep of ancient Warwick, and soon the gray towers of Kenilworth gleamed in the moonlight. I could almost fancy that the wheel of time had rolled backward. There was music and dancing, Leicester was paying court to the great Elizabeth, and poor Amy Kobsart was breaking her heart in the shadow nf that elder thicket by the gray old wall. But the visiou passed, and the three tall spires of Coventry soon came in sight. It seems as if it was but yesterday, and yet it’s twenty years ago. I still think this 23d of April should be called “Shakspeare’s Day.” Tdvice to Seniors. Even the seniors once in a while Do something which isn’t quite right So I thought it quite a good plan To bring these things into sight. I’ve arranged in a very few words, Some nonsense I’ll call advice. I’ll invite each senior here today To take for himself a slice. Don’t stick your legs forward Under two or three seats, Or do any other of Burt’s strange feats. When girls wink at boys, Dont wink both eyes. Miss Maud please accept this “It’s just your size.” If yon want to be silly, ( r cut up some prank, Do so just a little Like our “Ball Nine Crank.” If you want to chew gum, Do it neat and slick But don’t chew on both sides, For that makes one sick. When you curl your bangs Don’t sizzle the ends And then do as one did, When she made amends. When you’re at the library Sit down and be quiet, And don’t, like our president, Create a riot. Don’t “Get your mouth ready” Wheu a girl speaks to you, For that’s the way some Of the German class do. THE ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. 9 Don't till up the aisle, girls, With your feet. There is just as much room Under your seat. If you want to go skating. Don’t wait until “The ice freezes over” As we heard that one will. If you’re on the programme. And want to get off, Don’t have the “mumps,” Or a “very bad cough.” 1 f you boys get new suits. Don’t do like the twins, They got them alike There the trouble begins. One gets the scolding That’s meant for another. And each one is taken, I’m told, for the other. And for pity’s sake, girls. If you’re going to teach. The most solemn advice 1 can give to you each. Is, don’t imitate teachers Of this present day, By answering your suitors With that heart breaking “nay!” C. L. A. V. V. ■Description of Ye TDississippi. THE Father of waters is ‘‘some” when he gets on a bendei, and being desirous of seeing him in one of his ebulitions of wrath. I visited the suspension bridge to look him over aud not finding the ancient gentleman as tierce as I had expected I was forced to imagine him rolling aud tumbling along, sweeping away logs, furniture, dwellings aud so forth and so on and on some occasions even taking the boot johns unceremoniously out of the chamber windows of political mansions alias the dwell- ings of Erin, and cutting up many other capers, too numerous to mention, to the groat discomfort of his friends: who, though they have placed numerous impediments in his way, have never been able to arrest him in his downward career. We have now still to imagine him pitching and tossing on nis uneasy bed all the way from St. Cloud to St. Paul. His couch we may conclude is not an easy one if we judge by the number of rocks congregated at the falls, and if occasionally the old gentleman has retired home late at night with a brick in his hat he has deposited it also in his place of repose along with his other treasures of “earth and air.” His breadth is very much like that of the gentleman mentioned in the Ethiopean ballod: “His coat’s so big that he couldn’t pay the tailor ami it wouldn’t go half way round.” Of course with such dimensions he is not able to clothe himself throughout the entile year and so continues in a state of nnuressible during the summer, though in winter he is posessed of, “A coat of mail that need not fear The downward point of many a spear.” With as variable a disposition as he possesses he is either up or down in the m uth all the time. At the spring of the year he gets quite high over the awakuing seasons but in summer be has to dry up like the rest of mankind and actually gets so shallow minded that he bars out all his friends and will hardly let them visit this city unless well poled, for caning never seems to alter him in the least. The valley which claims him as its own is skirted on both sides by hills, more or less abrupt. We are unable to state the side that has the most commanding heights but we are informed that it is either the right or left bank or possibly the one on which are the highest bluffs. The rivers are very respectful to the old fellow and consequently pay him tribute: One 10 THE ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVER. f. of them in particular is pouring a Hum rivor into him all the time. Of course, with such a lot of spirits free, it is no wonder that the reverable chap gets on a bender occasionally. The shrubbery principally consists of Dog Fennel. John oaks, four leaved clover and sumach. The quality of the soil is such as to soil the clothes of the persons that come in contact with it. The objects of interest are the Winslow Ghost shanties and Bunkers liquidine which lost may be seen any day by going to the railing of the mills platform and looking at the largest rock on the other side of the river. Now having written the best description of the old hero that wt are able, we will leave it to your imagination to till out the rest of the picture and making our best how will reti.-e. —From the Owl. We would be glad to receive critisisms on this composition. Let all of our subscribers try their hand at this. The best critisism will be in our next issue. % of them in part; into him all ' lot. of spit revorab