Southampton High School - Sea Spray Yearbook (Southampton, NY)

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10 THE PARTING SHOT The Question Box How long before we shall hear of Bernard Hirschfeld, as president of a college, the (mayor of a city, the governor of a state, or some other such high official? How many Phi Beta Kappa keys will be awarded to our Valedictorian, Helen Whitman, when she has finished a brilliant college course? Who put the Adelphi banner in the most prominent position while decorat- ing the hall for the speaking contest? Consult Kenneth Havens. How many people will Milton Hirschfeld run down this summer with his boss’s new Ford ? Jeannette Leek, What is the relationship between a black eye and a pink eye? Why did Leland Burnett join the choral when he can’t carry a tune? How is it that, since the Washington trip, George Hiscock has business at Sag Harbor every Saturday afternoon? Did you know that Kenneth Havens has a girl in nearly every town in Suffolk County? Does Margaret White ever drive the Bu(i)ck? Has Margaret Edwards a serious ailment in her throat, or does she just clear it for effect? Who would have had the first prize for the girls in the speaking contest this year, if Crawford Halsey had been a judge? Wasn’t Jeannette Leek mad at the athletic meet when she took several pictures of her heavyweight, I mean the fellow throwing the heavyweight, with somebody else’s camera? Since Alan Hildreth is coming back to school again, would it not be well for the Senior Class to leave him, or find for him another nice little girl. Where did Milton derive his great knowledge of argumentation? Will this be hard for Margaret White to explain? When is a Buck a de(a)r? Did you hear that Myron Leek had changed his name to Vernon Castle Leek ? Why are Crawford Halsey and Leland Burnett dreading the close of the Bordentown Military Institute? Did Harry Schaus present Julia Fitz with that bouquet of beautiful flowers at the speaking contest or did somebody else? Is it true that Leland Burnett gets well tired before he arrives home from the athletic meet?

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THE PARTING SHOT 9 from the Indians and taking advantage of them, no doubt, in many cases, for the innocence and nomadic life of these people caused them to place littfle value on their inheritance. After varying struggles with the Indians and the French, the English people at last prevailed, and a peaceable and prosperous colony seemed likely to be established. But before long the struggle with the mother country broke out. The cry of “Taxation without representation” arose, and soon we were in the throes of a revolution. After years of unparalleled suffering and most heroic endurance, our ancestors were victorious, and thus was started the United States of America. From that time until the present day this country has had a most phenomenal growth. Because its geographical situation is so favorable, its climate so saiubrious, and its government so liberal, it has become the Mecca for immigrants from every clime. To-day we stand a country apparently at its zenith—a country settled from ocean to ocean, covered by a network of railroads, dotted with large cities, and peopled by nearly one hundred millions of inhabitants. Among the many industries of the country may be mentioned cotton growing in the southern states, raised in such abundance that the trade of the whole world looks to the South for a supply. Upon the western prairies are raised the wheat, corn and other cereals that supply all our inhabitants and replenish to some extent the granaries of the world. Surely the farmer is the bone and sinew of the country, and without him we could no long- er exist. Deeply buried in the earth lie stores of precious metals in such abundance as to rival the far-famed mines of King Solomon. Our natural products are second to no country, and supply every port of the nation with necessities, and luxuries. Our manufacturing industries are prosper- ous, and the hum of the factory is heard in nearly every city of the land. The problem of the future of this country depends largely on the view point of the observer. Many think there is great danger to the country from a Mongol invasion, and foresee dire disaster in the rapidly increas- ing strength and aggressiveness of the yellow race. Others think that the country is menaced by internal dissensions which sooner or later must cause an upheaval of the existing form of government. Then again we hear the intoned wail of the pessimist who says that never, since the days of Rome, drunken with the lust of conquest and debauched with appetites that demanded crimes for amusement, has the world seen a community hurried so near to the Charybdis of social and political extinction by its own prosperity as ours. So the questions arise, Can present conditions remain stable? Shall we advance or retrograde? We can call to mind the rise and fall of former civilizations. Are we destined to their fate? These are questions (hat no one can answer with certainty. They must be left to the re- vealing hand of time, and to the determination of inscrutable providence. ALAN HILDRETH. Mr. Wilson: “Here’s pi in this equation. How do you dispose of pi, Clarence?” Clarence: “If I were down at camp, I could give you a practical dem- onstration.”

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THE PARTING SHOT 11 Wham do Inez Ryer and Mary Lee see up to the railroad station every Sunday evening after East Hampton has played ball here? Why were Arthur Newman’s knees so stiff when he got home from the meet? Why do Margaret Edwards and Margaret White remove their glasses when they wish to feee anything plainly? What was Jeannette Leek looking at one night a long while ago, when she tried to demolish a hydrant? Will Constance Hildreth please tell us what car-sickness feels Dike? How many tablets of paper less would be sold in the school if Myrtle Ramisbottom quit writing notes to the Good Ground boys? The next time Jeannette Leek and Genevieve Luce bet a pound box of candy, would it not be well for them to take care whom they bet with? Is it true that Myron Leek and Buck Burnett study till eleven o’clock every night? If Stanley Biggs comes back to schoofl next year, will his delicate con- stitution force him to remain at home when it rains? Will Buck Burnett manage the Basket Ball Team next year? What is that awful loudness in the halil? Mae Cameron’s green sweater. Are Edgar Foster and Henry Griffin so interested in their studies that they wait over for the late train, or are there other attractions to wait over for? How many more times will Stanley Biggs have to be sent hdme for an excuse before he remembers to bring it? Will Edward Brennen ever recuperate from making the Junior Response? Our school days now have come and gone For us too soon, alas! And now we meet with saddened hearts- The last time all our class. But, when into the world we’ve gone And here no more are seen, Our memories will keep ever fresh Our loyal class ’14. For four long years we’ve tried our best Our daily work to do; But now the books are laid aside; PAUL NUGENT.