South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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.

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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

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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?