St Joseph Academy - Sajoscript Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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SANDALPHON As the busy little Nautilus instinctively feels himself outgrowing his home, and sets to work making provision for the future, so we, by silent toil should endeavor, year by year, to grow in grace and virtue. Thus when our outgrown shell, the body, is left on Life's Unresting Sea, we may rejoice at our Lord's loving welcome into the mansion prepared for us from all eternity. ,1,l...ll..i- The Serpent Mound llTARIBEL YA IIN Second Rhetorfic N LOOKING at the many objects of interest to be found at the Museum of Ohio State University, the 0116 that attracted me most was a miniature of 'tThe Serpent Mound, of Adams County, Ohio. That which prompts me to attempt to pen a picture of this mound is, that I think it one of the most interesting objects to be seen in this locality, then, too, I believe there are many people who have lived all their lives in this state and have never even heard of this wonderful achievement of the very earliest inhabitants of Ohio. The f'Serpent Mound is one of the finest of a. type known as Effigy Mounds. They are so named because of the many forms of animal life they are found to represent: that of the deer, bear, buffalo, fox, frog, fish, and some- times even of men and women. The Mound is on a cliff overlooking Brush Creek, a small stream which flows into the Ohio River. This cliff is of limestone, and the creek washes its base. Viewed from the hill on the opposite side, the huge serpent appears at its best. One can see the monster snake, over thirteen hundred feet long, in its entirety. It looks as if it has just crawled from the top of the hill and has reached the cliff, where its huge head rests, with its jaws wide open. The body, especially the tail, is twisted into coils. In the open jaws is an egg-shaped figure one hundred and twenty feet long and sixty feet wide, which the serpent seems to be in the act of swallowing. The thickest part of the body measures twenty feet. We wonder what purpose the Mound Builders could have had in the ardu- ous task of making this graceful serpent. One theory is that the huge Ser- pent shows the name of the tribe which constructed it. Other tribes would then know when they were intruding if they came into this territory, while the swallowing of the egg might be a warning to trespassers, showing how they, too, might be devoured if their intentions were not friendly. Another theory is that it was erected as an object of worship. Indeed, this latter seems to be more reasonable, when we consider or recall the many dif- ferent kinds of animals and objects that prehistoric man has been known to worship. It is not probable that the Mound Builders had any notion of a Chris- tian Cod. Perhaps hundreds of years ago the aborigines of Ohio traveled many miles to offer sacrifice to this strange serpent or god. We can imagine the cliif as a sort of temple under the open skies where worshipers prayed and sang. For these were strange people, who lived at a time of which history bears no record. We can but look in wonder a.nd admiration on the work accomplished by this tribe or people who have passed away leaving no trace of their existence other than those relics among which the Serpent Mound is the most remark- able. DBZE BEVCIHSY-0118

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SA, N D A LPHON Second Intermediate CATHERINE AMICON MARY ANN BANGERT AINIY ELIZABETH BECK IRIS MARY BORIGIIT LILLIAN K.XTHERINE BURNS ROSEMARY CURBETT ELIZABETH DOVVNEY MARY J OSEPIIINE ENDERLIN MARY CAROLINE FISCIIER BIARGARET IIARRIGAN ELEANOR JANE H INTERSCIIIED RIARTIIA BIADIGAN BIARIANNA MARTIN AGNES BICCORMACK DIARY MARGARET MORRIS VIRGINIA MURPHY VIVIAN O'IIAGAN S'-ARA KIXTIIIXRINE RYAN ELIZABETH NVENE CATHERINE VVIIETSEL First Intermediate PATRICIA BEITEL ALICE CAREN MARY JANE CORBETT JANICE DAY DOROTIIY FITZGERALD RUTII JOIINSTON ROSINA KREMER ROBERTA LANIGAN MARY NVINIFRED BICRTILLEN EDITH NEN'FWICI1 RIITII RYAN JANE VVATKINS JOAN ZIEGLER page seventy-three