Wells High School - Crimson and Gray Yearbook (Southbridge, MA)

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OCTOBER 1932 15 SOOK REVIEWS Bring ' Em Back Alive Frank Buck To begin with, I found Bring ' Em Back Alive one of the most interesting and thrilling books I have read in a long time, for it is packed full of actual stories of adventure, besides giving one absolute first- hand knowledge of the lives of wild animals, reptiles, and birds. The author, Frank Buck, is an American, born in Gainesville, Texas, son of pioneer parents. Later they moved to Dallas. There, living near a wooded area, he became interested in bird life and made a remarkable collection for a boy. His love for bird life carried him to South America where he searched for very rare birds and on returning home, had such good offers to sell his fine specimens that he decided to sell one half of his private collection, which resulted in his going into the business of collecting by wholesale. He has been all over the world, but hunts mostly in Asia and maintains his headquarters in Singapore where he has the biggest assort- ment of live animals ever kept in one place. He plans and establishes zoos, and delivers rare and unique specimens to Zoological Socie- ties and parks, circuses, and private collections all over the world. Air. Buck says almost any animal is dan- gerous when aroused, fear being uppermost in ite mind. However, with good treatment and much training and careful diet, many of the wildest animals become tame in a few years. Much thought is given to the diet, trying to find foods, most like those in the native haunts. Leaves, roots, tapioca, and goat ' s milk are used for the young, while the most bulky foods, anything from hay to live snakes, are fed to the older specimens. It is a great care and responsibility to catch, crate, truck over miles of wild country to sea- ports, and ship the animals safely across the Pacific Ocean to America, a distance of 16,000 miles in all. He has two native men, who at- tend him closely, but they are helped by forty or fifty other natives who load and push carts out of mud holes and perform other necessary duties. Many elephants and water buffaloes drag carts on which are piled huge loads of fodder for the animals and great cages of rhinoceroses and elephants, monkeys, large and small, tapirs, tigers, snakes, and birds of all kinds. He has brought to America over 100,000 birds, 5,000 monkeys, and hundreds of rhino- ceroses and elephants, each weighing from one to one and one-half tons. Mr. Buck has seen a snake fourteen feet long, (its food being other snakes seven or eight feet long) . He has captured many cro- codiles sixteen feet long, baby elephants about three feet high, completely covered with hair which wears off as it matures. Also he has had the thrill of being the only man to cap- ture alive a man-eating tiger and the largest monkey ever seen, also the smallest, the rare proboscis monkey which has never been seen in this country. He brought three to America, only to have two die on the way and one after landing at San Francisco; this is one of the great disappointments and losses of a Zoolo- gical collector. He has watched a baby ele- phant try for weeks to use its trunk and en- joyed its funny antics. He has tried to comfort a mother monkey, who died of a broken heart and longing for her baby — mother love is so strong in wild animals. He has Continued on Page 21

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Football R. Favreau A. Slota X V r V - m S W% A A R. Francazzi T. Apostola The football season has already be :gun and N. Lemoine K. Harmon prospects for a successful one are very hopeful, A. Tidd J. Martin particularly with our good material and our excellent Coach McMahon who gives us his W . Curboy M . DeAngelis whole-hearted interest. J. Planeta J. Tobia The schedule is a stiff one for the boys: J. McKay E. Farland A. Silvestri J. Gervasi October 1 St. Mary of Milford Home 8 Stafford Springs Stafford L. Santo 0. Brodeur 15 Ware Ware N. Leblanc H. Bellows 22 Holden Home M. Osimo N. Lango 29 Shrewsbury Home A. Palmerino A. Horr November 5 South High Worcester J. Starr G. Hallquest 11 Worcester Acad. Greys Home 24 Webster Webster There is a large squad of boys who report daily to Mr. McMahon who have not yet had a chance to display their ability in a game. Among the new-comers are a few Freshmen who have shown up brilliantly in scrimmages and a lot should be expected from these boys once they get on the gridiron. The members of the squad are: P. Weaver R. Werner R. Volpini L. Hebert A. DeAngelis R. Taylor Touch Football Touch Football has been resumed this fall and extended to include Sophomores, Fresh- men, Seventh and Eiglhth grade pupils. This affords an opportunity for many to participate in the fall sport who otherwise would be res- tricted to the role of spectators. Mr. Beals will coach the squad and he will be glad to see a large group of boys participate in this line of football. A. DeAngelis