Washington Township High School - Maroon and Gold Yearbook (Iberia, OH)

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w 1 T H E M A R O O N A N D G O L D Page 15 If 231430 e P llGTiC3IQk?9u H935-+1 plished fact. People, thru education, are becoming What is prohibition? It means to prohibit, to keep people from doing certain wrongs. But as used by the United States constitution, it means the sale, manufacture, use, and transportation of alcoholic liquors in the United States or in the territorial pos- sessions thereof. It is stated in the eighteenth amendment of the constitution, which was adopted in 1919 after being ratified by thirty-six states. It became a national law a year later, in 1920. But why is so much made of prohibition as de- finediabove? Are there not many other evils in this nation which are worse and which should be given more consideration than the liquor evil? There are crimes of different rank from first degree murder down to theft. Are they not a larger evil and a greater detriment to society? No! The above crimes, terrible as they are, do not begin to approach the evil that is done by al- coholic liquors to the users as well as to the com- munity. A larger death roll is caused by alcoholic liquor either in its use or in the way in which it is obtained, than is caused by many of our worst contagious diseases. If alcoholic liquors are used by an individual it has a weakening effect upon his body and may even cause death. It makes one unable to perform his duties and has been proven a harm to a person in almost every way. People addicted to drink are no good to themselves and a detriment to others. Liquor often causes people to lose their minds and they do deeds that they would never think of doing under normal conditions. These people have a bad influence on the rising generation. They neglect their families and deprive them of the necessities that they should supply them with. Crime follows the use of liquors and often are the direct cause. Since the prohibition amendment has been in force, the sale and manufacture of liquors are carried on under cover. This cannot be done in a public way since it is against the law, so in this way the rising generation is not tempted to such an extent as it was when liquor was sold freely in a public way. Much of the trouble over prohibition is due to the fact that many officials can be so easily bribed and do not enforce the prohibition laws. It is like what Stephen A. Douglas once said of slavery: 'tIt cannot exist in a locality for a minute if it is not supported by the police. Many policemen fail to ar- rest bootleggers on account of getting bribes. Prohibition laws are like criminal laws in the United States in that money has too great an influ- ence in the courts. If an official brings in a bootleg- ger and is under a small bail, the bootlegger's friends pay the bail and he is released so that he can start over again. The fines are never very large and the imprisonment not long enough to be hard on the wrong-doer. But prohibition is already becoming an accom- acquainted with the evils of liquor and are uphold- ing the laws and the officials who enforce the laws. It is now only opposed by the men who are ignorant of the harm and who look for the money they will get from the general use of liquors. We can be glad that opposition to prohibition is becoming a dead issue and may God grant that it will forever remain so. -F'loyd Nichols. SELECTING AN OCCUPATION He who starts upon a journey should have a definite idea as to his destination, otherwise, he will wander about aimlessly like a vessel upon the ocean, without a chart or compass, or even a pilot, and will finally be wrecked upon the shore of some unknown country. So many people today discover that life has been spent in vain. Life is a journey and he who would succeed should carefully consider its aim and end, Every person endowed with facilities and intel- ligence ought to make his life a success, especially the present generation, in this best and greatest coun- try of all civilized nations. It seems to me the only real excuse for failure is either lack of intelligence or pure laziness. Success is sure to come to a person who possess- es an average intellect, a high ideal, a disposition to work, who is ready to sacrifice if necessary and en- dure without fiinching, and is willing to bear need- ful trials. Take for example Mr. Beshore, humorist, who gave the last number of our lecture course. He was born in Pennsylvania, and at the age of eighteen months was afflicted with infantile paralysis, which left him with an evitable handicap.. At the age of fourteen years he was turned out into the world alone with only a few cents in his pocket. He went to work at once and as he wished to receive an education he studied and worked during the day and went to school at night. He had to sacrifice and endure a great deal but because of his intelligence, high ideals, and disposition to work, he finally reached his goal or destination, now being one of the greatest of platform men. Not only Mr. Beshore but most of our greatest men of today have had similar experiences in life. Many persons who are determined to reach cer- tain goals have to face many difficulties. But yet the element that offers difficulty is the condition that is necessary for success. Take for instance the loco- motiveg its chief difficulty in moving a train is fric- tion. Yet if there was no friction the locomotive would be unable to move the train a single inch. An- other remark some philosophers have made is that a bird has to overcome the resistance of the air, but if the air was withdrawn the bird would fall instant- ly to the ground, being unable to fly in a vacuum. The very element that offers the difficulty is the condition necessary for any liight whatever. There are in the world few who succeed and many who fail --me anceiieou U .air-

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Page14 THE MAROON AND GOLD 0 trails - ur6.iQQ'Tf9yml1 neg 11-- benefit of Velma and all of the teachers, is the will- ing to her, by Mary Sipes, of her quiet disposition. The last of our foibles we wish to dispose of, for better or worse, we may say our chewing gum wads, how we have enjoyed them, let them rest now in peace stuck away. We now sign and seal this last will and testa- ment of the class of '26, our names are affixed and here is the list and we hope we have pleased to the last. Elnora and Harriet and Elizabeth twice, Doyle, Gail and Carrol and Lloyd. T he n Margaret an d Dorothy and Mary Sipes, completes the list that we have. -Dorothy Soren Sen. THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE No subject brings such thrills, such admiration, or such amazement as a study of the Universe. To gaze into the starry heavens and watch the twink- ling of myriads of sparkling stars, we are lost in wonder. How large are they? Of what are they com- posed, and, are they inhabited? These questions arise in our minds, while at the same time, great scientists turn their instruments skyward and ask the same questions. By means of their powerful telescopes, they are able to measure their distances from the earth and from each other, their size, and to deter- mine their composition. Scientists tell us there are millions of suns, many times larger than our sun, with a planetary system revolving around each. All are in motion and moving in all possible directions. Most of them are so far away, that it takes hundreds of years for their light to reach us. They have also discovered other universes in process of creation. The more we study the Universe and its activities, the more as- tonished we become, and are brought to acknowledge a iirst great Cause, who has full control of all force, motion, materialg in short, the Universe. Now let us turn from the Universe with all its mystery, and deal with our own planet, the Earth. At one time this wonderful ball on which we live was dark and void of form. Conforming, however, to the universal law of the great Architect, it began to take form and to assume regular motion, and, as time rolled on, it began to cool, thus forming a crust. Taking pick and shovel, and using his critical eye, man has found that the earth's crust is composed of various layers, one upon the other, all of which gives evidence of having once been soft by intense heat. Scientists generally agree that not a great way below the crust, the earth is still hot and molten. Since basic rocks must have at one time been intensely hot to drive out of themselves all com- bustible elements, and since they are the bottom rocks, we are safe in concluding that there was a period when the whole earth was at a white heat. At that time water and minerals were driven off as gases, which formed an inpenetrable canopy extend- ing for miles around the earth in every direction. The motion of the earth upon its axis would extend to these gases surrounding it, and the effect was to concentrate them more over the earth's equator, due to centrifugal force. As the earth cooled these gases naturally cooled and thus were transformed from the gaseous state to solids, or liquidsg the heavier miner- als settling towards the bottom, and forming rings about the earth. Scientists tell us there were about seven of these rings. As the cooling process ad- vanced, these rings detached themselves and the dis- tant ones would acquire a different rotary motion from that of the earth and thus come closer to it. One after another, these rings settled upon the earth's surface. There were long periods of time be- tween the breaking up of these rings, and the rush- ing of water from the poles to the equator would distribute the minerals over the earth's surface. The breaking up of each ring no doubt caused a great change in conditions on the earth and brought about further steps in the process of creation. The Canopy theory assumes that the last of these rings was al- most free from minerals and consisted of pure wa- ter, and that it still surrounded the earth after man appeared on the planet, suspended as a veil above the atmosphere. It served as does the glass of a hot- house, to equalize the temperature, so that the cli- mate at the poles would be little if any different from that of the equator. Under such hot-house con- ditions, tropical plants grew everywhere in profuse abundance, and to a great height, storms were un- known, and for the same reason, there could be no rain. Vegetation was watered by a mist arising from the earth. When the watery ring broke, it caused the great flood of Noah's day. Then the hot-house conditions ceased. The direct rays of the sun fell upon the earth at the equator, and left the poles intensely cold. The change was very sudden and resulted in the great ice fields of the Arctic regions. This is proved by the fact that tropical animals have been found em- bedded in the ice, with grass in the mouth, and in the stomach, undigested. Such animals could not en- dure cold, and such grass could not now grow there. Great changes in the earth's surface were made at that time. Some scientists insist that there is an- other ring around the earth, an electrical ring, and when it is broken, it will tend to purify the earth by destroying all germs and insect pests. When this ring breaks, there will no doubt be a great display of nreworks, which in turn will make this earth a bet- ter place to live. The sky, spread like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light So wildly, spiritually bright, Whoever gazed upon them shining, And turned to earth without repining Nor wished for wings to flee away, And mix with their eternal ray. -Gaylord F. Burt. MESH IICQZQH - 0622+

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Pageie THE MAROON AND GOLD It gill - U cjC5ElI :ISLE 1' because of the difficulties that confront them. In order to succeed a person should decide early in his life what he is best fitted for. By this is not simply meant what one desires to do, but what one can do. Wishes, longings, and impulses however good, are not always indications of genius, nor are they a forecast of an adaptation for a special pur- suit in life. If mere wishes could make men great or rich, there would not be a poor or an insignificant person on earth. The greatest question of the average person is, What shall I do? This is a very important question which demands much careful consideration. Many people inherit their occupation as they do their dis- position, from their parents, and so the child fol- lows the business of the father because the father was in it before him. But you probably are capable of doing better things. If so, why should you want to do what your father has done? Life is full of op- portunities. This is an age of specialities in mechan- ics, in art, in science, and in literature. Every one certainly can find the place and work for which he is adapted. The main thing when you get a job is to stick to it. Why? Because life is too short to be spent in roaming. -Harriet Marie Johnson. TI-IE SCHOOL AS A COMMUNITY CENTER Why can community interests center around the school? Why will the school become the center of interest of all right thinking communities? These questions I will attempt to answer as well as I can, and as briefly as I can. First, our cviilization depends upon it. Our people to be happy must have more or loss education. It is the foundation of our national existence. Therefore the greatest concern of every township, county, state and nation is its schools. Then comes the question of right and wrong cducationg an education in good or bad thingsg an education rightly or wrongly directedg an education in the right subjects, whether difficult or easyg an education which takes into consideration the mental, the spiritual, the moral and the physical. All of these are essential. All of these are matters of C0111- munity interest. In these subjects all classes of peo- ple have a common interest. A nation, a state or a county is too big for peo- ple to get together and have a common interest. But in a community where the people are interested in one school they can get together and know each other and become interested in each other's problems. The children get to know each other at school and thus bring the parents into closer acquaintance. There must be community cooperation in order to accomplish the most for the school. It is the school which brought together the people at our 311- nual school picnic, which is so well attended. Without the common interest which the people have in the school the athletic events, such as bas- ketball, football and baseball, would not be so well developed and would not be so well attended. The Parent Teachers Association would not ex- ist if it were not for the central interest in school. School interest has brought about the leasing of our Community Hall, the repair of the building, the in- stallation of furnaces and lights, and recently the building of a road to get to it. The school is the one thing in which almost all of the people in the community, without exception, are interested. And when people are so unitedly in- terested in anything of so vital importance their united efforts are sure to result in great good. They are also too busy to stir up much dissention and strife in a neighborhood. The greatest movement to- ward prohibition was created and developed when forty years ago the schools began to teach the ef- fects of alcoholic drinks on the human body and the brain. The generation thus educated helped to create it. Pride in the appearance of the school rooms and grounds creates a community pride in home improvement not only in the house, but on the farm. The school is the hub of a great wheel of which all other interests are the spokes. Neither can pros- per without the other. School again can be likened unto the center of a great snowball. The more you roll it in the snow the larger it grows, and we must be careful that it does not pick up that which is harmful to it. School interests bring many good attractions both entertaining and helpful. The literary contests in our school not only bring our people together but create an inter-family interest. It was the rivalry between the different schools of the county which, if they had been better attended, could have been of great benefit to the voters of Morrow County. The ouestion was, Resolved that all property should be classified for taxationf' Community interest in the school means the election of good school board mem- bers. It means the selection of the best teachers and it also results in a higher standard of scholarship. Iberia once was the center of a college com- munity but the college ceased to exist many years ago. The school needs the community interests in or- der to prosper and that same interest will, without fail, help the community. Elizabeth Richardson. SUCCESS In these days of struggle and toil, of success and failure, in the midst of competition and strife, it is well for young people to pause and ask themselves these questions, 'fWhat is the meaning of success? and What is true success? Shall these questions be answered according to the usual standard of the world? Seek wealth and amass a large fortune and you will never be lacking for friends or enjoyment, or shall they rather be answered from a higher and 422911 ucgfcan sei-