Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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Qi }t M. % B. S bato PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL : : Vo!. 1 WAKEFIELD, MASS.. JUNE, 1914 No. 2 Judgment ||NC P2 dear readers, in the days of long ago, there was a kiny. This kiiiff was a hisroted, selfish sort of a itersDii, who had a very haid time trying; to rule Iiis suhjects accordinu- to his ideas. This kiuy could say such foolish things in such a wise and solemn manner, that a witty Frenchman was heard to remark that the king was ' the wisest fool in Christen- dom, thousjh a sterner, and perhaps far wiser man had called him God ' s silly vassal. However that may be, this wise fool caused a yreat thing to be done before he died, which is what T am tryiny to get at, and the reason I am repeating all this history. The vassal of (iod, silly or otherwise, wish- ing to astound the world with his learning, caused to be written, and translated a certain liook, composed of the sayings of a certain (ireat Man, His history, and the history of His nation. The king wrought even better than he knew ; for the Book lived after him, and was carried into every land, and is still read, revered, and loved the world over, which shows that the old king couldn ' t have been such a bad sort of person after all. This Holy Man, about whom the Book was written, uttered many wise and very beautiful sayings to guiile those who should come after him. These sayings so astonished the people who heard them, that certain historians preserved them, and wrote them down in a book. Among the historians was one named Matthew, who heanl a great sermon delivered by this Man, whom men called Jesus, which contained such great truths and was so full of love and kindly advice, that Matthew, recognizing its greatness, wrote it wonl for word in the Iiook, which was translated for the wise, but foolish king. Of all that great sermon, there is one saying which lingers in my mind. It is, Judge not that ye l)e not jinlged; for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged. Look at it, dear reader. Perhaps you have read it before, if so bear with me a while. T.ook at it again! What a wonderful thing it is, — a command, a warning, and kindly advice all in one little sentence. Judge not. You have a command, i)ure and 8inii)le, given to the people by their leader. H He had cared less. He would have stopped right there, and gone on His way; but being full of love for His people. He continued with words of advice and warning; — for if ye judge, ye shall be judged in return and the return judgment will be just as kindly, or just as severe, as your own, and it will descend on your head with the exact measure and force with wliich you judged. For so said the great Teacher who knew human nature beyond all other men. Can you think of all the people whom you have judged, and who are judging you in return? You and I judge somebody every flay. I say, I don ' t like that fellow, he is a fool. In the meantime what does that fellow think of me? I should hesitate to be told. Per- haps you say, What a mean disposition that person has! He won ' t (b) a thing I request of him. We probably have greatly misunderstood those we have judged, but that isn ' t going to heli» in the least in their judgment of us. The day may come when people will no longer dis- regard the teaching set forth in the good Book, but will live in perfect peace with one another in accordance with its teaching. Dear reader, let us helj) that day to arrive by being careful what our judgments are. If we must judge our neighbors, let us do it in a kindly spirit to help them, and to be helpe 1 by them. Perhaps the time may come when the judgments against us will grow lighter until we walk a free people. Then will it come to pass that — No war or battles ' sound Is heard the world around. ami a reign of peace upon the earth has begun. Williams.

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3 am (0nlg a l ittt tif Murk— Aftfr 3 mpanp nur iJ attlio You may never see me a ain. People lookitifj at me, however, will see you aud, so far as they are coiicerued, I ' ll be you. Put itito me your best so that I may speak to all who see me and tell them of the Master workman who wrought me. Say to them through me, I know what fjood work is. If I am well done, I will get in good company and keep up the standard. If I am shabby and poorly made, I will get into bad company. Then show through me your joy in what you do, so that I may go the way of all good work, announcing wherever I go that I stand for a workman that needeth not be ashamed. w si m rn m

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TIIK W. II. S. DKUATKR A Sardine Factory IT was a peculiar bnildina;, tlie factory, and wlion I first saw it I stood still and looked. It was a low-studded building, built on the slope of the shore in such a way that one story was seen from the front and two from the back. The sides were clapboarded and painted red. The roof, which was nearly flat, was nearly covered with tar paper. A tall chimney, made of a red clay drain pipe, had forced its way through one end of the building and was calmly belching forth smoke. A bi ' oad w oden walk, nearly as wide as the street, led to the corner of the building where one half of it seemed to enter and the other continued to the back of the building. I took this latter walk and made my M ' ay to the rear of the factory. Here, a short wharf drew my attention. It was a narrow wharf, covered almost wholly with fishing tackle and filth, except for one little place at the further end. This place, however, served as the site for a small red building, which contained a pumping ma- chine. A small wooden canal, about a foot wide and fifteen Indies deep, led from the pumping station to the factory. The canal was raised to the height of eight feet above the wharf. It sloped gently toward the main building until it was within a lew feet of its destination and here it dropped sharply. The wooden bottom had been removed Ironi the top of this sharp decline and a piece of wire netting inserted. I dill not understand this arrangement, so I made some inquiries. In answer to my questions, I was told that the canal was used for fioating the sardines, which are really Utile herrings, into the factory. It seems that the fish are brought to the factor} ' in small tug-boats. A big hose is lowered into the hold of the tug and the fish are pumped, by means of the pumping station, into the canal. Water is pumped into the canal at the same time and the fish are fioated to the sharp dip ; here the water runs through the wire netting and the fish slide into the build- ing and into tanks l)uilt to receive them. The floor inside the factory was made of cement, and it was covered with water and sUme. The tanks, I found, were situated near the door. They were made of heavy planks and the inside, which was about four feet wide, eight feet long and five feet deep, was lined with zinc. They were, at that time, full of tish and water. They did not remain full very long, however, because a sort of wire escalator, which led upstairs, was carrying off an endless stream of fish. This interested me and I went up-stairs. I found that the end of the escalator was spreading the fish on tlakers. Flakers are wire trays which are about three feet long and two feet wide and look like wire letter trays with the sides cut oft ' . As soon as one of the Makers is covered with fish it is removed and an empty one is put in its place. The loaded flakers are put into a tall rack, which holds about forty of them. I watched this process for some time until I noticed that the racks which were full were being i)ushed off to some other part of the building. I followed one of the racks and learned that it was puslied into a vault, which was almost exactly like a vault in a bank. When the vault contained a sufficient number of racks, it was closed and bolted, and steam was turned on. Tiiis, of course, after a short time, cooked the fish. The steam was then turned oft ' and the racks removed into a cooling room. A big electric fan was inserted in the wall of the cooling room. The blades of this fan were turned so that it drew the air from the room, thereby causing a terriflc drauglit. The draught was so strong that, at a distance of six feet, it would draw one ' s hair out straight. It always seemed strange to me that it did not draw the fish out of doors. It can easily be imag- ined, however, that the fish were soon cooled oft ' . From here the fish were taken into a large room full of girls. Each girl stood befoie a little bench. Every- one was busy and I was quite startled when a girl, who was working at a bench near which I was standing, turned suddenly and cried Fish. A boy iinmeciiately rushed over with a flaker full of cooked and cooled fish, and gave it to her in exchange for her empty one. She at once picked up a small pair of scissors and cut off the head of every fish on the flaker. Siie then packed the fish, just as they were, into cans of oil or mustard. The heads were thrown into a receptacle for that purpose. These receptacles were emptied, at certain intervals, into a wheelbarrow. The fish heads were then carried outside and deposited in a large bin, from which they were sold to the farmers, for fertilizer, at fifteen cents a barrel. The fish themselves, now in little boxes, were sent to sealing machines. Here, covers were juit on the boxes and the machines sealed them air tight. The machine, after it had sealed the boxes, threw them into a barrel. They were then taken down stairs and rccooked. This second cooking was to see if the cans were air tight. If any air was enclosed in a can, the heat expanded it and it caused the cover to bulge. When this happened, the can was thrown away. If, however, the cover remained fixed, the wrappers and stickers were put on and the can of sardines was ready for the market. Eaui,k SxKWAirr, ' 14. I wonder if a teacher ever i ets sol ' t-liearti ' d and boosts a fellow l)y l)ee:iiise lie pleads terror of tin- paternal frown ; or bc- cause he oll ' ers to ohlisje the teacher in some way. .Anyway, tlie teacher should consider whether the fellow can keep his word or not, if only to he business like.