South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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mruaieiawarfwuteueue 33? MY FAVORITE ADVENTURER l'fT'S see-Cortez, he's an adventurer. But no, he's too bloody. Then there's Sir Raleigh-he is very bold, yet he has not the fire of many others. Hol hum! this idea of choosing an adventurer is not so easy. I wonder- Horrorsl! I sat up with a jerk. There before me stood the figure of Shakespeare as clear and real as a full portrait of him. I shrank back with fear, but as I stood staring at him, I noticed that his face was kind and noble. He beckoned to me and I was magnetized into following him. VVe passed through unfamiliar surroundings until at last we came to what seemed the large drawing room of a castle. The apparition then spoke saying, My dear student, should you like to see some of the characters of my writings ? I was puzzled but curious so I readily assented. He bade me seat myself, and then he seemed to fade into the shadows of the room, and lol there stood Hamlet and Ophelia. The voice said, 'lThese are two of my favorite characters. I was very sad and out of sorts when I wrote Hamlet, still I consider it one of my best. Well, we must not tarry or we will not see many characters. The players left just as silently as they had appeared, and now before me stood Qrlando, writing poetry. 'AI was rather sentimental when I wrote this book. Its name is .15 You Like It, continued Shakespeare. Then appeared Falstaff. His fat form and villainous visage made him a very grotesque figure. He comes from King Edteard the Fourth, a jolly good fellow, tool Next came my favorites, Romeo and Juliet. As they stood there with their arms about one another, Shakespeare's countenance grew soft, and his eyes seemed to be pools of infinite beauty. He continued, Romeo and Juliet! lNIy mood needs no explanation. I was in love when I wrote that one. Student, I could show you hundreds of others, but these I thought would interest you most. Do you see, I broke the bonds of the writers of my time. I wrote of love, tragedy, and humor, and I, in some cases, told the incidents in a man's lite from birth to death. I despised the stiff or brutal plays that were the rage, and wrote for the coming generations -for you and all your associates to dream, to act, to live. I bore the brunt of criticism. I was an adventurer in literature. lNIy student, I groped in the dark, not knowing what results I should some- time see, but I hoped for the best and I believe I achieved it. Good-bye I I awoke with a start. YVhy, I must have been dreaming! Well, Lady l.uck surely smiled at me, for Shakespeare, a real favorite of mine, had settled the question of my adventurer. -HI4ILP2N I..xNGiaRT. 'flffho ran tell, save he wlioxff hear! has trif'11. ' Page liflwn

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l H mrufuigiuwaznfursieife When the TIGER directors asked the students of the English classes to write themes on f'lVIy Favorite Adventurer, they had two purposes in mind. The first one was to obtain the students' idea of the word adventurer, and the second was to create an interest in the theme of the 1926 annual and to procure literary contributions from students on the subject. Winning essays were written by Chester Gunderson and Helen Langert. -THE Emroiz. THE ADVENTURER HERE are many men in history who stand out because of their superi- ority in certain things. VVC admire Demosthene's oratory and So- crate's philosophy. YVe remember Caesar as a great statesman and a general. VVe love to listen to music written by great composers. VVC admire these men because they have excelled in some one thing. They were superior to othersg therefore they were remembered. 1 wonder if there is a superior adventurer. If there is, what qualifies him as such? VVhen the word, adventurer, is used, T immediately think of Captain Kidd. Probably most of the stories about him are myths, nevertheless, he was an adventurer without some of the finer qualities. He probably lacked courtesy, but that is dispensable in a pirate. An adventurer has a restless, roving spirit. The sameness of things tires him. His soul craves excitement, and no amount of danger can keep him from it. The explorers of hundreds of years ago were adventurers to their very souls. It was some new land they wanted to see-something different from what they had known. lncidentally they claimed their discovery for France, Spain, or England, or whatever country from which they came. Leif Ericson was an explorer. He and his band of roving seamen discovered America early in the Eleventh Century. The boats used by the Norsemen were small and open, but that fact did not daunt these men of the sea. They believed that the sea was as good a grave as any. It did not matter how or where they died, just so they died bravely. Later Columbus discovered a part of this same country, America. He was a scientific adventurer attempting to prove a theory. Balboa, Cortez, De Sota, and Drake were adventurers of the same type. Many of us today are adventurers. Probably we do not think so be- cause we have limited an adventurer to a very narrow field, nevertheless, we are investigating and exploring in factories, in books, in science, and in the imagination. lt is the spirit of quest that makes the real adventurer. -CHESTER GITNu1aRsoN. HTVOIIF but the brazfe zlfrffrwf the fair. Puyz' 1'-0lIl'fl'lII

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FOR the child of Yesterday, as for the chiild of Today, the iirst adventure must he his journey into the Land of Books and Learning. In the Magic Land of School he meets heroes of the past and press ent and hy this hook intimacy he is enabled to form Worthy ideals and ambitions which will mold his life.