Waukegan High School - Annual W Yearbook (Waukegan, IL)

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Tbe Claw.: Qf1902. THE REVIEW OF A PLAY IN FIVE ACTS. VERLE MORROWK All the wor1d's a stage and all the men and women are merely players: They have their exists and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts. if N . . . , wHIS may well be applied to school life, it naturally di- IQ' vides itself into tive acts, each one having its own A' peculiar interests and results. Act I. The preparation for High School life. The first scene is laid in the old central school building where many small boys and girls have assembled to start on the way to learning. Here we see only tive of the characters who appear in the last act. But we hear vague rumors of thirty-five other child- ren in twenty diiferent schools, struggling away at the same les- sons. The most interesting scene is the spelling clas s, interesting be- cause it is now entirely out of date. Pride, humiliation, envy, ambition and discouragement, stand in a straight row along a crack in the floor, now this one, new that one going ahead of the unfortunate girl who always spells table, t-a-b-e-l. During the tir t eight years efverytlulng is done by rule and through this act we see most of the evolution of modern teaching. At first the little players go to school because they are sent. And do they all get over it? Most of them do and before they leave the stage everyone knows what he is working for and self in- terest takes its place in the work. Now the eight years have passed, down the tire escape one part makes its exit and the rest march in double tile out the door. Act II. The understanding and rudimentary work of High School studies. Act two opens with marches across the assembly room from west to cast followed by the usual complicated drills between class- -3-

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rooms. Cheruses take a prominent part: Some of the catchy pro- ductions being: Quid tibi vis, tecum ambulare velim, Let x equal the unknown quantity, The earth is round as proved by--. In this way and many others the necessary preliminary work is drilled into the minds of the Freshmen. Each Freshman ahvays plays his little part just rightg stage fright dies a natural death. Examinations pass smoothly and the curtain drops for the second time. - Act III. The 'drst deep study. By the beginning of this act the cast has been cut down from nearly a hundred to eighty playersg most of the supers'i have been dropped out. For some time the scene is the same as before, but it suddenly shifts and the Sophomores appear in Room 7. When thus put off by themselves the Sophomores deviate some- what from their usual studious GJ habits. Peanut and fudge par- ties and the consequent suspension are a favorite avocation. Who can forget the frequent uproars caused by the mice that were in- terested in the Iliad? But the Sophomores grow out of such friv- olities Q31 and really proceed with greater proficiency. Now they are no longer told that they are wise foolsg they are wise alone now. However they betake themselves off the stage about as fast as they go at the first word of dismissal. Act IV. The year of systematic cramming. The Freshmen of two years ago are next to the Seniors now and take their places west of the middle aisle. As Juniors, the class feel themselves capable of giving a farceg costumes are borrowed and rehearsals go on smoothly. Suddenly the teachers step in and announce that enough time has not been put on the production, Later another farce meets the same fate, so then and there the class of 1902 decides that its energies are not to be Wasted in that way. They know when to stopg it is one secret of success. In the winter the whole school plunges into Athleticsg every afternoon Athletics of all sorts are practiced by both boys and girlsg co-work with lessons brings manifold good results. Clubs and societies innumerable arise to counteract any dis- eases caused by overstudy. What became of the Baker's Dozen and Lucky Thirteen is a mystery left unsolved. -4- l