Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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THE HERO. ITH shiny weapons newly sharpened the Carpenter goes forth to earpent — . No work of his is e ' er a tizzle but every ])roduct of his chisel and of his plane and saw and measure increases human place and pleasure. Oh where would be the School and College imparting forty kinds of Knowledge but for the man whose saw and hammer kick up all day so glad a clamor! The man who nails the boards and shingles deserves all praise, in prose and jingles; he builds the homes in which we tarry, in which we dance and sing and marry; he builds the rinks where we go skating; and when we ' re done with this world ' s muddle, he builds the box in which we cuddle. The Carpenter in all the ages has done far more than bards and sages to make the world a better planet than ' twas when Eve and Adam ran it. — Contributed. Miss MILDRED ARCHER MUSIC DEPARTMENT. I HP] Music Department of the Valparaiso High School is one of the newest Departments. Last year a class in harmony was organized, but because of lack of interest was soon dis- continued. It was also a year of triumph for our High School Orchestra, but that too seems to have disappeared. Now all we have left in the way of Music is the ten minute period set aside each Tuesday and Thursday morning for singing. ESTHER BLACHLEY. 22

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MK. IRA L. SPEAK MANUAL TRAINING. ATIONS are growing ' ; States are growing; Cities are grow- ing; Vali)araiso High School is growing and with it the ATanual Training Department — now recognized as one of the best equipi)ed, for its size, in tlie State. When established in 1!)08 by the Alumni there were two benches. Now there are eighteen with complete tool equii)ment besides two speed lathes and one power driven grindstone. A new motor driven circular saw, which has proved a great convenience in repairing old and constructing new school furniture, was added this year. Tender the guidance of Mr. Ira Si)ear this department is rapidly rising to a foremost i)lace among the leading ones of the High School and demanding that the student be educated for service. At present, although manual training is no longer a required sub- ject, there are thirty high school boys working on different pieces of furniture. The night classes were continued this year and in addi- tion there are classes on Saturday mornings. Mechanical Drawing is also taught; the first year ' s work consisting of })roblems in i)rojections, development, isometrics, and plates of lettering; in the second term the student is given a choice between Machine Drawing and Architec- tural Drafting. Some of the work done by the boys this year needs special men- tion; such as canoe building, several cedar chests and a large number of tables and chairs of varying styles. The old wooden floor which has been doubled in size since 1912 is this year being replaced by one af cement. The work is being done by the bovs of the department and constitutes the most ]n-actical problem of the whole term ' s work. C HESTER FAY. 21

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€ MISS MYRA MENDENHALL DOMESTIC SCIENCE. OME on, kids, Let ' s make apple pies ' Fore ma calls us Or our mud all dries. I know how now But I didn ' t know it ' Fore I visited school And watched the big kids do it. I went to lots of classes But I didn ' t have much fun ' Till I went down stairs To the Domestic Science Room. And say! You oughter been there! I juGt wish we could take it! And learn to make real apple pies Just like those big kids make it. There were just twenty girls — Sister Katie knew ' em all And the teacher ' s name Was surapin like Miss Mendenhall. Sister said they love her And she ' s always good and sweet But then she oughter to be when they Make such good things to eat. Well, when we first went in there, I wondered what it could be, For it was the biggest kitchen You kids ever did see. I guess there was a dozen windows And they made the rooms so light And everything was spotless Why it was so clean and white! And all the girls wore aprons With pretty caps to match. And they were all as curious As that many chicks just hatched. Then every one was quiet While she told ' em what they ' d make, And how to mix it together, And how much stuff to take. And then they all got busy. Just like that many bees, A ' flyin ' ' round the blossoms Up in the apple trees. Oh there was another visitor — A big man with a cane. He just talked to the teacher, But I heard him just the same. She told him it had been three years, When he asked her all about it. Since Domestic Science was started there. And I really do not doubt it. And all that time, she told him. That the classes had been so full That some girls that took it Had to take it after school. None of ' em had to take it. They just took it for fun. And they got some credit for it But I guess not a whole one. ' Cause they only got to take it Just one time in a week ' Cause their other classes rushed ' em, So for time they had to seek. They didn ' t know I was listenin ' To what they had to say. For I was as quiet As a little mouse could be. Why, I ' d almost forgot the pies While they was in a ' bakin ' ! Then all at once I smelt ' em And remembered what they was makin ' . Um! They was goodern candy! Say, we forgot our pie! Come on, kids, let ' s go ihake ' em, I bet our mud ' s all dry. LILAH HINELINE. 23