Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. 21 Stenography Department. IIE value to be derived from the study of Shortland is, perhaps, less understood and less appreciated than that of any other subject included in the II. S. course. In the past, two lines of study have been pursued, one for cul- ture, the other for vocation ; today educators are seeking those sub- jects which are practical and at the same time educative. Aristotle forced himself to look for hours in succession, at a peg driven in the floor, in order to cultivate the powers of concentration ; but in this practical age it behooves us to concentrate on something which will more effectually prepare us for the battles of life. Shorthand is practical. Success comes to the one who can do some one thing well ; not to the one who knows a little of everything and nothing thoroughly. The young person who has mastered phonography has not the means of earning a livelihood, only; he holds the entrance key to the entire world of vocations and professions. “ The great commercial interest of the country ” says the School Board Journal, “ is at this time suffering materially from the lack of dependable office assistants, and in view of the opportunities that are offered through these openings, students in our schools should consider this matter very carefully; particularly the young men, as they will soon be called upon to take the burdens of those now in charge of the different bus- inesses of the country wffiich will doubtless continue to increase as time passes. ’ ’ Shorthand is more than practical. It is educative. It does not follow that a student who takes up this line of work must of necessity become a stenog- rapher any more than because he studies mathematices must he become a math- ematician; or Physics, a physicist; or the languages, a linguist. In the acquir- ing of his art the stenographer has developed an unusual alertness of mind ; a greater power of application, memory, concentration and accuracy; he has also improved his orthography, orthoepy and composition. These, with many minor benefits, are in themselves sufficient to repay him for time and energy expended. The V. H. S. Phonography Department is the youngest in the school. It was established in the autumn of 1903, during the exile of the II. S. in the Armory. In the new building special quarters were provided for it, but its work is becoming daily more popular and the department has now outgrown its equipment. During the past year a wave of room decorating passed over the school. The other departments were beautifying their recitation rooms and in order to keep pace with the others the Stenographers joined the movement. On

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20 HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. Gaius Iulius Caesar. (ORIGINAL.) G aius iulius caesar, aiius Romani praetoris, centesimo anno ante Christum natum natus est. Cumque Sulla, dictator, audivisset Cor- neliam, filiam Cinnae, sui inimici, uxorem Caesaris esse, ira tarn tanta fuit ut Caesar fugare cogeretur. Ad Asiam ivit, sed Sulla mortuo, Ro- man properavit. Deinde Rhodum seces- sit ut Appolonium Molonem magistrum dicendi audiret. Caesar, primum quaes- tor, ulteriorem Hispaniam accepit. Pro- fectus Roman, consul cum Marco Cal- purnio Bibulo, creatus est. Pacem inter Crassum et Pompeium fecit; quoque societatem coniunxit. Consul atu perfecto, provinciam Gal- liam Cisalpinam et Illvricum recepit. Nunc occasionem coegendi nagnurn ex- ercitum circum se habuit. Primo Helvetios superavit, post anno Caesar Suessiones Bellovacos, Am- bianosque Nervias qui socii fuerunt. fug, avit. Cum 1 itterae Caesaris receptae essen t, supplicatio quindecim dierum ab senatu decreta est. Venetos et alias Gallicas gentes omnino superavit. Gallis super- atis, Germanos, qui in Galliam inibant, adgressus eosque trans Rhenum repulit. Proxime Britannos qui incogniti tunc fuerunt, vicit et in Galliam rediit. In Italium ivit, sed compertus Gallos re- bellantes esse, eo revertit ducemque eorum, Vercingetorigem, superavit. Gal- licis gentibus victis, Caesar Roman rediit. Interim Pompeius Romae potens factus erat senatusque hortatus ab eo Caesarem iussit ut exercitum relinqueret Caesari denegandi bellum declaratum est. Caesar cum exercitu Rubiconem qui inter suam provinciam et Italiam erat, transiit et celeriter Roman properavit. Pompeius persecutus ab Ctesare Brun- disium fugit autern ad Graecian transiit. Caesar, dominus Romae, copias Pompei in Hispaniam evertit. Rediens, se dicta- torem rei publicae factum esse comperit. Pompeius ex Aegypto, Graecia, Asia potentem exercitum coegit. Subito Caesar superius mare transiit. - Dyrachium iit. Pompeius ab Caesare Pharsalica pugna victus, ad Aegyptum fugit. Ibi ab Ptolemaeo, rege Aegypti necatusest. QuareCaesar compertusPom- peium mortuum esse, Ptolemaeum ad- fecit. Proxime fllium Mithradatis Ponti- co prolio evertit. In Africa, Scipionem et Catonem, ami- cos Pompei superavit. Mala urbis cor- rexit quoque annus ad cursum solis ac- commodatus est. Ea etlicere voluit; bibliothecas publicare; impetus bar- barorutn superare; paludes Pomptinas siccare; magnitudinem portus augere. Potestas eius odium excivit. Sexaginta homines Bruto et Cassio ducibus con- fodere eum senatu Idibus Martibus con- iuraverunt. Ab Calpurnia uxore et Spurinna haruspice monitus est ut ab curia abstineret. Eo die ab coniuratis factum est. Casca, unus ex coniuratis eum confossit. Reliqui impetus, quos Caesar repulit, fecereunt. Cum Caesar Marcum Brutum videret, exelamans, “Et, tu, Brute,” caput texit vulneribusque mortuus est. Carrie Whitlock, ’07. At High School Hall, Saturday evening, February 17th, the Latin de- partment of the High School presented an original farce, “Our Graduation Day.” Following is the Cast of Characters : Superintendent, Valedictorian, Salutatorian, Members of Class Gordon DuRand Jane Dalrymple Neil Arvin Anna Comstock, Judith Lindwall, Mabel Ray, Byron Smith, Wallace Wilson A Junior, Bess Parks Musicians, .... Geraldine McNiece, Ray Marine Distinguished Citizens, - DeForest Eva ns, Dow Johnson, Irving Jones John D. Rockefeller, Roscoe Spencer

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. 22 Feb. 1, 1906, Miss Mable Snoke, of South Bend, gave a Musicale for the benefit of the department. At the close of the program refreshments were served by the young ladies of the class. This entertainment was one of the most enjoy- able events of the year. It was also a financial success, and a few weeks later the results were seen in the changed appearance of the typewriting room. A green mat covered the bare floor; the windows were decorated with curtains to prevent the eyes of the stenographer from wandering to the street below; and artistic pictures covered the uninspiring walls. Thus the Phonography department stands, after three years growth. It is located in the parlor of the H. S. and it stands for “ Progress ” all the time. This year the first pupils to complete the two years course leave the High School. The members of this class rank with the best students in the class of ’06, one of them having the greatest number of credits, — thirty-six. They also stand high among the orators and debators of the school, and were repre- sented on the athletic field. The members of this class are Leon Harrington, Harry Steppel, Ray Marine, Mable Smith, Ray Lawrence, Harry Doege, Pearl Thatcher and Eugene Eaton. Dutch Doings of the Class of 1 906. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. The pupils of the German department. Instructors, Mr. Miller; Miss Dunwell; Mr. Reece. Places of action: German room of the old central building; German room over the Post Office ; German room of new central building. Time, 1902-1906. Act I. — Scene 1 : (Curtain rises on class room in old central building. Mr. Reece, the instructor, (with a very dignified expression on his countenance) sits at the desk with his chair tipped at an angle of 40 degrees. Mr. R: On what page does our les- son begin? Verna: On page one (rjehrbueh der Deutschen Sprache.) Mr. R: Rect; now, Harry, read the first sentence. Harry: Der Ball 1st rot. Mr. R: Sehr gut. Next. Marie: Ich kann nicht. Mr. R: Well, Marie, what is the matter? Grace, you try It. Grace: Ich habe kein Buch. Mr. R: Gene, are you prepared? Gene: No Sir. Mr. R: Well, you may all get to work on your lesson, we will take the rest of this period in study. (Bell rings) Well, the class is excused. Come with your lesson tomorrow.