West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 122 of the 1900 volume:

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A fine line of im¬ ported German Magazines and P a t te r n Journals, [ Deutsche Modenzeitungen] Wedding and Birthday Greet¬ ings in German and English. Books are imported in 4 to 5 weeks. Special attention given to mail orders. Prescription Druggists. Let us fill your next prescription. Saginaw Publishing House, 1200 COURT STREET, SAGINAW, W. S., MICH. 211 N. Hamilton St., Saginaw, W. S., Mich. Valley ’Phone, .97 1. Bell ’Phone 3203. 900 . jPuMufiul -tiij tfie uuiol yiatt o| i 901, pa inat u, fiiut $uk pm : c ft. I ■ r ADVISORY BOARD BUSINESS COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE ON LITERATURE. CLIFFORD H. UPTON, JOSEPHINE K. JOHNSTON, ROYAL B. WAY, MINN IK ! . CONVERSE, GEORGE W. SMITH. LILLIAN B. MORGAN COMMITTEE ON ART. SARAH E. WOOLSHY, HELEN M. WALKER, MAUDE PARSONS. EDITH E. WHITE k H. Dixon. Anna Wiggins. R. Craig. Maude Baker, Juliana Blank. Kda Stobbe. M. Seidel. Kdna Bearinger. LEGENDA BOARD. MARTIN SEIDEL, ROBERT CRAIG, Managing Editor. Business Manager. Anna Wiggins, Ass’t Editor. Henry Dixon, Ass’t Editor. Juliana Blank, Historian. Maude Baker, Prophetess. Edna Bearinger, Ass’t Prophetess. Eda Stobbe, Poetess. Mr. F. L. Sage. gU ' Mcutunn x ITH deep gratitude for his able guidance of our High School during the past nine years, and with sincerest appreciation of his helpful service, the Class of J901 ” gratefully dedicate the Legenda to their beloved friend and teacher, Mr. F. L. Sage. £ J Lou G. Moore. G. H. Fuerbringer. L. T. Durand. John L. Jackson. Anna A. Palmer. A. F. Cook. Sup ' t E. C. Thompson. O.UI LEGIT. REG IT. HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL. COLORS: Yellow and Blue. j jt YELL: Boom-a-lacka 1 Booma-a-lacka! Bow! W ow! W ow I Ching-a-lacka 1 Ching-a-lacka! Chow 1 Chow! Chow! Boom-a-lacka! Ching-a-lacka! Who are we! We ' re from the West Side High School; See ! Royal H. Way, Principal—Science. ifr Edith White, French. Winnie L. Converse, Greek and Advanced Latin. Josephine E. Johnston, English. Helen M. Walker, German, Maud Parsons, Latin. Lillian P. Morgan, History. Clifford 14 . Upton— Mathematics. Sarah JE. VVoolsey—Drawing. Kate J. Cherry—Music. HISTORY OF HIGH SCHOOL. In accepting the invitation of the publishers of this annual to write a history of the Saginaw High School from its organization to 1880, I anticipated pleasure from an attempt to arrange in a somewhat connected form the personal recol¬ lections of the high school in its beginning and to supplement them with such data as I might command. I soon discovered that memories, however pleasant they may be, lacked the ele¬ ments of fact that history requires and that when they extend back 30 years and more data fixed by something more definite is essential. The minutes of the meetings of the board of education, statistical reports and like prosy matter furnish the facts which will be of most value. Unfortunately prior to 1869 these re¬ ports are seemingly unaccessible, but what those of that year suggest may make it possible to give the story of the high .school in a way to make it of value, and of interest to those who are proud of it today. The first fact that impresses me is that Saginaw has always been proud of its high school, and always able to substantiate the claim that it was among the best in the state. One hears on high school commencement occasions that the high school of today is equal to the college of 30 years ago, and considering what the Saginaw High School was 30 years ago, and the fact that its graduates then as now were prepared to enter the University of Michigan I am inclined to credit the statement. From the most authentic record 1 can find I think that the idea of a high school worthy the name was first realized for the people of Saginaw when Prof. Joseph W. Ewing, now pro¬ fessor of pedagogy in Alma College, assumed the superin¬ tendency of the school in 1867. The Union school building that was the pride of the village in 1852 was then the most pretentious school building in the district, but the Union school building, now the John Moore building, was in process of erec¬ tion. It was in September, ’68, that the schools occupied that new building, which had the distinction among Saginaw- ians at least, of being the finest in the state. In ’67 there were two small classes doing some high school work. There were nine pupils in one class and perhaps the same number in the other although only three of the class of ’67 finished the high school course in ’71. The Union school building was for the accommodation of all grades and the high school and grammar schools occupied one room. In 1868 the teaching of high school branches was conducted by Superintendent Ewing and Miss Lina S. Selova. A feature of school life in the new building which growth has crowded out was the chapel exercises. For some years the hall in the Union building with its seating capacity of more than 800 was occupied every morning by all the pupils of the building, and the high school choir which owed much to its grammar school voices, the chorus singing in which all partici¬ pated, the devotional execis.es lead by Superintendent Ewing and his immediate successors, the words of admonition and encouragement gave to the school something akin to the family relation and afforded an inspiration for best endeavor. At the close of the school year in June, 1860, the pro¬ motions from the several departments were made in the Union school hall and the occasion was a fitting prelude for the com¬ mencement exercises that have graced each succeeding year. On that occasion the Hon. John Moore, expressed, in an ad¬ dress the esteem universally felt for Mr. Ewing and compli¬ mented him on what he had accomplished in two years. The occasion of the remarks was the presentation of a silver water service. The hope that Mr. Ewing would remain in Saginaw for many years and guide the destiny of the high school he had organized was doomed to disappointment, for two years later he left here to go to Ionia, but what the high school owes to Mr. Ewing is a debt not yet discharged nor will it be so long as those who knew him live. When the school year of ’69 and ’TO opened, S. F. Dewey assumed the principalship of the grammar school and taught several high school classes. He was a graduate of the Uni¬ versity of Michigan and was something of an enthusiast on natural sciences. After his engagement he induced the board to appropriate $150 for the purchase of philosophical apparatus. This was the first high school laboratory. The two years that closed in June, ’70, were interesting ones. One-tenth of the school was foreign pupils and yet there were only three of these. They came here from Ohio. They brought some new ideas. A high school Ivceum, the Caliopean society, was organized at their suggestion. Boy s and girls were members. The teachers took an active interest and the weekly programs attracted fair sized audiences for the affairs of the high school thirty years ago were relatively of more importance than they have been since. The courses of study, in this first high school are not ac¬ cessible but for the year 1869 and ' 70 the course was enriched by the addition of rhetoric, trigonometry, English literature and astronomy. Mental science and science of government were stricken from the list of requirements and the course in algebra was modified so as to embrace nothing after quadratic equa¬ tions except that part relating to logarithms. The course in geometry required plane geometry only. The course in latiu was sufficient for University preparatory work, but the course in modern languages was very limited. On Friday, June 24, 1870, the first class graduated from the high school. There were ten members, the Misses Georgia Green, Abbie Briggs, Alice Burnham, Lucy W. Fish, Rhoda Van Zile and Estela Gaylord and Messers. George C. Canfield, Edward L. Stone, Jesse Brockwav and William Carpenter. All but one, Miss Fish, are still living. Only one resides in Sagi¬ naw. William Carpenter has gained distinction as an attorney and all have realized the hopes of their friends on graduation day that theirs might be useful lives. In September, 1870, the high and grammar schools were divided and the high school occupied a small room on the third floor of the Union building. There was accommodation for only 28 pupils and there was no crowding. There was no material change in the course of study, if anything it was re- duced somewhat. The senior class numbered ten, but four fell by the way and on June 23, 1871, six received diplomas. For the succeeding year the course was materially reduced. Changes were made involving a reclassification and it was thought there would be no graduating class, but before the close of the year one pupil, Miss Ida K. West, was found to have completed all the studies required and she was granted a diploma. Mr. Ewing and Mr. Dewey left the school in June, ' 71. Prof. C. D. Hine, a graduate of Yale, became superintendent and taught several classes. I. W. Morley was engaged as prin¬ cipal of the high school and teacher of mathematics. Mr. Morley remained but one year. In ’73 the high school revived somewhat and in June a class of five girls was graduated. In September, ' 72, A. E. Curtis was engaged as principal of the high school. He remained as principal for five years and under his direction the school developed quite rapidly. In ' 74 a class of ten, six girls and four boys was graduated, in ’75 three boys composed the class and in ’70 a class of six girls was graduated. In September, ’75, C. A. Gower sue- ceeded Charles D. Hine as superintendent. He remained three years and was succeeded by B. Thomas. During these early years the superintendents were much more closely connected with the high school than latterly. In ’77 a class day was instituted with a public program, and a class of eleven was graduated. On the reopening of school in September, ' 77, David Junor, assumed the principal- ship of the high school and Miss Mary L. Miner and Miss Isa¬ belle M. Ripsom, since deceased, were teachers. In ' 78 class day exercises were observed and five pupils graduated. In ' 79 the graduates received their diplomas at the hands of the late David H. Jerome who was then president of the board. Ten classes had now graduated. The Saginaw high school had long since passed through the period of its most severe trial. Its numbers pointed to the necessity of a new building. That some one may enlarge and complete in some subsequent school annual this brief history of the early years of the high school is the wish of F. Bruce Smith of the class of ' 71. “We cannot help rejoicing in the increasing prominence of the idea that every being whom the world contains has his true place, written in the very make of his nature and that to find that place and till it is success for him. To help him find that place and make him fit to fill it is the duty of his educators in all their various degrees.”— Philips Brooks. HISTORY OF THE SAGINAW HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1880 TO 1900. That “history repeats itself’ is, to be sure, a trite ex¬ pression but it seems to be especially applicable to the history of a high school. In 1880 we find Mr. Hempl installed as principal. This year is especially memorable for the first visit of the University of Michigan examining committee, who reported very favorably on the work of the school, and its graduates have been ad¬ mitted to the University without examination ever since. This was the first year, too, when the old chapel at the Central school was considered inadequate for the graduating exercises and they were held in Teutonia Hall. From this time on principals and teachers followed each other in rapid succession but the school seems to have steadily increased in quality, efficiency, and numbers. From 1882 to 1884 Mr. Huntington was principal. Then Mr. Williams served one year, and was followed by Mr. Sherzer who remained until 1888. Mr. Wixom succeeded Mr. Sherzer but was obliged to leave before the year was finished on account of ill-health and Mr. Adams took his place. A history of the high school during these years would not be complete without a mention, at least, of that noble woman who, as teacher of mathematics, served the school so faith¬ fully and so long. Miss Isabel Ripsom was the personal friend of her pupils, and there are many men and women in Saginaw today who are better for having come under her influence, and who appreciate now, as they perhaps did not then, what a warm, loving heart the rough exterior covered. In 1887 a new high school building began to be talked about and when it was actually begun the next year how in¬ terested both citizens and pupils were. No banquet, open day, or simple rhetorical exercises were complete without a paper on that ideal theme, “The New High School Building.” In 1888 the first Junior banquet was given. It started in a very modest way. A teacher suggested to the Juniors that it would be nice to give the Seniors a little farewell party before they left thejiigh school. A banquet was decided upon and after many protestations that they never could respond to toasts, the responses were given and the banquet was declared by all to be a great success. The refreshments, to be sure, were very light and it was truly “a feast of reason and a flow of soul.” The teachers declared that the speeches could not be beaten by college Juniors. Since then the Junior banquet has become an established custom. Each class has tried to out do the other, n ot, we regret to say, in displaying their literary ability, but in the display of tempting viands, until it almost seems as if the literary part of the banquet lias decreased in the same ratio as the splendor of the banquet has increased. In 1889 we moved into the new high school building. How bright, how clean, how beautiful it was and how we did enjoy it! but alas, it proved a disappointment for it was soon found to be too small. The school has already outgrown it. Every nook and corner are tilled with energetic pupils eager for the advantages which are offered them. The first principal in the new building was Mr. VVooley who remained but a year and was followed by Mr. Sage, whose name will always be an honored one in our history. He left us last June for wider fields of activity and his successor, Mr. Way, has taken up the work with enthusiasm and has given new interest to both teachers and pupils. December 25, 1893, Hon. Arthur Hill gave his munificent gift to the high school, a Christmas present such as few schools are fortunate enough to receive. It consists of four perpetual scholarships in the University of Michigan, each pupil to receive two hundred and fifty dollars a year for four years, thus enabling him to receive his college education free. Two pupils have already been graduated from the University, through the generosity of Mr. Hill and four are now in the University enjoying its benefits. But not only do the pupils who win this glittering prize derive benefit from it, its in¬ fluence is felt throughout the whole school. It is awarded the pupil who has the best scholarship for the Senior year, but even the Freshmen, realizing that the battle is to the strong, put forth all their efforts so that they may be better able to compete with their classmates during the last year. Smaller but not less welcome gifts have come to the school from time to time. In 1898 the Saginaw Reading Club pre¬ sented the school with two casts of sections of the north and west frieze of the Parthenon. One represents young men •carrying sacrificial vessels; the other, young nobles on horse- back. They are an education in themselves and are much enjoyed. We have reason to be proud of our high school. The future seems hopeful and bright and we ask our alumni to be loyal to their Alma Mater. If they are not willing to be helpful to the school, who will? The best possible preparation for life’s work is a good education. Realizing this as all must, will you not give the Saginaw West Side high school your personal co¬ operation and make it the best institution of its kind in the State? Hon. Arthur Hill. To the Board of Trustees of the Union School District of the City of Saginaw: Gentlemen —I desire to give present effect to a testa¬ mentary provision made some time since for the erection of certain scholarships in connection with the high school of this district. It was and is my purpose to provide for four scholarships, one to he conferred at the end of each school year upon the graduate of the high school who ranks highest in scholarship in the studies pursued during the year when graduated, provided the graduate shall have attended the high school two years, and shall notify the trustees of a desire to pursue a course of study in the University of Michigan. The rank or standing of the graduates is to be fixed by a vote of the majority of the Board of Trustees, and the scholarships conferred in a like manner. Such scholarships shall entitle the holders to receive the sum of two hundred and fifty dol¬ lars each year for the term of four years from the date when conferred, payment thereof being made one-half at the begin¬ ning and one-half at the middle of the college year. But, to be entitled to these payments the student must enter the Uni¬ versity of Michigan and continue to pursue there a course of studies equivalent in educational value in tin judgment of the Faculty to what is termed a “regular” course. Should the graduate upon whom the scholarship is conferred either fail to promptly enter the University, or having entered, leave it, or not pursue the prescribed course of study, then the pay¬ ments of all moneys on account of the scholarship to the holder of the scholarship shall cease. If not more than two years have expired since the scholarship was conferred, then for the remainder of the term of four years the board of trustees shall pay at the rate of two hundred and fifty dol¬ lars each year to the graduate who ranked next to the one on whom the scholarship was conferred, but upon the same terms and conditions as to payment as is provided in the case of the holder of the scholarship, as awarded. A temporary break or interruption in college work is not to deprive a student of the right to the scholarship fund, and the board of trustees are expected to act leniently and with due consideration in such cases. It is intended that these scholarships shall be open alike to young men and young women, and that the course of study to be pursued in the University may be either literary, professional or technical. Reserving the right to alter these conditions as to details, 1 hereby bind myself to pay to the Union School District of the City of Saginaw, the sum herein provided to be paid on ac¬ count of the four scholarships to be established hereunder, which scholarships are to be originally conferred at the end of the high school years in 1804, 1895, 1890 and 1897, and are each to be reeonferred every four years thereafter. It was my first thought that these scholarships should be given only to those students who wished to secure a higher education, and who in the judgment of the board of trustees lacked the necessary financial means. After full consideration I decided not to so limit the awards. As the provision now stands it seems to furnish to the well-to-do that incentive which always goes with competitive efforl, as well as giving financial aid to those who both need and deserve it, with no sting of humiliation. It is not assumed that the sum here provided is sufficient to carry a student through the University, but I feel that it at least opens the doors of that institution to every earnest and capable boy and girl in our schools, and once within, by the practice of that self-help and self-denial which are at the base of all worthy success, they may pass out with diplomas. The scholarship to be awarded in 1894 and quadrennially thereafter 1 would designate as “The John Moore Scholar¬ ship, to connect with it the name of our distinguis hed towns¬ man, who took part in the government of our schools for nearly twenty years, covering practically the entire formative period. During this time he gave to tin cause of local education the constant aid of those commanding talents which have carried his name and fame to the uttermost limits of our state, and beyond. Elected an officer of the school district in 1851, when it employed but one teacher, with a school attendance of only 55 pupils, 1 e assisted first in making our schools free by abolishing the rate bill, then common in this state; next in erecting the first union school building, in those days a model of its kind, and establishing an appropriate course of study. In 1865 he aided in framing and assisting in the passage of that excellent act of tin Michigan legislature, under which the affairs of the district are placed in the exclusive control of trustees chosen from the city at large. Under this act the existing system of instruction was adopted, covering a period of twelve years, divided into the primary, grammar and high school courses of four years each. In 1870, the year when the first class graduated from our high school, in the great Dentral building costing $70,000, and equal at that time to any in the state, the time had at last come when In might fitly lay down his modest, useful office. Hut with that per¬ fect loyalty which marks his attachment to every chosen friend and cause, his interest and his pride in our public schools are undiminished. So let us all hope that lie ma live to see the scholarship which bears his name again and again conferred. The scholarship to he awarded in 1895 and quadrennially thereafter I would designate as ‘‘The Wells-Stone Scholar¬ ship, to continue in perpetual association the names of Charles W. Wells and Farnam C. Stone around whose open graves we have lately and with such sadness gathered. A graceful and grateful pen has fitly applied to them the one con¬ soling verse in the beautiful lament over Saul and Jonathan. “The}’ were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided. Plain men of business, they were yet princely in their getting and in their giving, and though in¬ tensely occupied, they had equally that royal quality of having always time and temper to hear and generously deal with every public and every private appeal. I had planned to attach to the scholarships only the names of those who had been directly connected with our public schools. Farnam C. Stone died a diligent and devoted member of your board and so came within my first intention. But I could not—would not, even here sever it from that of his all but brother, and my much prized friend, Charles W. Wells. The scholarship to be awarded in 189(5 and quadrennially thereafter, I would designate as “The Alonzo L. Bingham Scholarship, giving to it the name of that veteran teacher and veteran soldier who in both fields did such honorable service. He was my teacher during the last years of my at¬ tendance at the city schools, and to my great advantage. His methods were not of the modern “advanced type, but they were thorough and they were exact and exacting, as to all the fundamentals of a sound, common school education. He impressed the love of learning on every pupil through his great earnestness, and constantly incited to effort. In 1862, when the Union cause in the great civil war looked darkest, though middleaged he raised a company and led it to the front, and, as the army rolls show, was four times wounded. But with that tenacity which we who knew him understood, he did not lay down his sword until the enemy ' s flag was lowered. When his long life peacefully ended last winter, a corps of his old scholars showed their love for him by assisting at his obse¬ quies, and it is as one of these, and in behalf of them all, that I thus seek to commemorate his name. The scholarship to be awarded in 1897, and quadrennially thereafter, I wish to designate as “The Otto Roeser Scholar¬ ship,” to give recognition to the rare claim to remembrance of one who loved and served our schools, our scholars and our teachers with a personal devotion, which in his last hours was both pathetic and inspiring. Associated with him for the last five years of his membership of the board of trustees, I came to know how he loved literature, how tender was his heart, and how refined his tastes, lighted as they were with the play of wit and fancy. In his person lie illustrated the gentler and more elevated side of that strong race of men who have come to our shores from the great German fatherland. And 1 know that if he is sentient now, there is no public association of his name which would so please him as to connect it with our annual graduating exercises, with the music and the fiowers in which he found such fine delight, and the gathered youth, with eager, glowing faces. And so it shall be. I have attempted here, gentlemen, to do homage to friend¬ ship, and to unselfish public service, but this is only incidental to my desire to quicken the intellectual pulse of the youth of the city which has been my home from early boyhood. And 1 trust it will not be deemed unbecoming when I say, that whether the days that lie before me be many or be few, there enters into them with this act a singular serenity, grow¬ ing out of the nature of the thing done. Looking forward, I see from time to time, some humble scholar—and true scholars are humble, all—with eyes lifted across these scholarships to that lofty mountainpeak of learn¬ ing, our great state University, and I see that scholar, having higher aims, gaining higher ends. Not that scholastic learning is everything, for the chiefest attribute to a complete nature is a heart generous beyond mere giving. But the student who goes up to one of our great seats of learning becomes one of the heirs of the best tho ughts of the best men of all the ages, and both mind and heart are enriched thereby. And the student meets there the intellect¬ ual elite of the nation. Friendships are formed which endure as long as life, and to consort on equal terms with these choice spirits develops chivalry, humanity, as well as intellect¬ ual brightness. The field of university teaching continually broadens, so that today the leading mechanical arts are taught in all their essentials and, moving along these new paths, the student constantly finds new sources of an honorable livelihood. And so it is that, year by year, when the mellow October days shall come, I have the hope that some bright-faced young man, or sweet, clear-eyed young woman, will have found in this modest provision an inspiration and a purpose and will enter the college portals to their great and lasting gain. If this shall be, then, in their persons 1 shall tread the old halls again and, garbed in perpetual youth, shall realize my present dream of immortality. Yours respectfully, Arthur Hill. Saginaw, Dec. 25, 1893. SENIORS. CLASS OF 1900 MOTTO: POSSUNT , QUIA POSSE VIDEN TEN ” YELL: We, we, long sought 1 One, nine, nought; nought; Chickety, Clackety, Sis l Boom! Bah I 1900! Rah! Rahil Rah!!! COLORS:—Red and White. FLOWER:—Carnation. OFFICERS President—Helen Clark. Vice President—Edna Hackett. Secretary- Will. Morgan. Treasurer—Leo. Fitzharris. Marshal—Raymond Cooper. Critic—Genevieve Purmort. FORMER OFFICERS. President—Will. Morgan. Vice President—Frances Traber. Secretary—Zuella Srober. Treasurer—Genevieve Purmont. Marshal- Edith Beach. Critic—Jessie Hitchings. SENIOR CLASS. POST GRADUATES. Florence E. Wells. Carrie Steinbauer. Laura Rose. Archie L. Rappley. Edna Bennett. Edith Bartlett. ROLL-CLASS OF 1900 Edith Gertrude Beach.Scientific Flora Bither. German Martha T. Blatz. Classical Charles G. Brater.Scientific Theodore Braun.Latin Helen Clark.German Raymond L. Cooper.Latin Edna Marie Dailey.Latin Pearl Dean. Classical Helen Duffy .German Leo J. Fitzharris.Special Edna Hackett. Classical Elsie Hackett.Classical Jessie Hitchings.Scientific H. Mead Hammond.Classical Lyda MacKinnon.Scientific Will J. Morgan . Scientific Maude Martin .Scientific Genevieve W. Purmort.Classical Bertha H. Romeike .Special Louisa Schwartz.Latin Jeanette Shaw. French Zuella Sorber.German Frances Traber. German Nellie Tracy. Scientific Ella Utter.German HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1900. The class of 1000 entered the Saginaw High School with a membership of one hundred seventeen. A motley crowd were w e with an average age of fourteen and a combined height of four hundred feet. Beautiful? Of course! Light or dark complexioned? Thirty very fair, fifty-nine dark and twenty- eight faded blonds. We had our share of knowledge and freshness too. Our scholarship averaged eighty-nine in the ninth grade but im¬ proved to ninety-one in the twelfth. Our newness gradually wore off and the dignified seniors deigned to smile upon us. But this ideal state of affairs soon came to an end, for those “smart freshmen” thought the seniors unable to take care of the Class Horn, so relieved them of their burdensome task and have succeeded in keeping it from the two following classes, which is more than any other class in our High School has ever done. Soon we were Sophomores and it was here we formed our class organization. It was here we exhibited our willfulness by placing Will at the head of the Class. It was here we took our name “Naughty Naught” and formed our class yell— We, we sought sought, One, nine, naught, naught. Criekety, cackety , sis boom bah, Nineteen hundred, rah rah rah! It was here we lost twenty-four of our members. It was here we began work. Between sleighrides, hops, and ex¬ am inations we were kept busy until the summer vacation. When we reassembled in the eleventh grade our membership was only thirty. But before the year closed two blonds, Mead and Zuella were enrolled on the lists, the former added wisdom, the later, beauty to our class. We were greeted now as Mademoiselle and Monsieur which seemed to us quite an honorary title. With these new honors came the inclination to be mischievous. Hence sample bottles of Hyomei were freely distributed, until the odor became so strong, that this wonderful cure was for¬ bidden to be brought into the building. The happiness of this year was much saddened by the loss of our beloved principal, but a new “Royal Way” was shown us which made our prospects seem brighter. Only twenty-seven answered to roll call as Seniors. Still those present were in a very healthy condition. The sum¬ mer months spent in the country, on mountains, or in tree- tops had done us good. Rosy-cheeked, tall and handsome were we, with a weight of three thousand five hundred eigbtv-two pounds, and a height of a hundred forty-seven and two-thirds feet. Time went on, soon the snow began to fall, and with it came the ardent desire for a sleighride, not around the city but out in the country, out to Hackett’s farm. Wishes were granted, and on the eventful night of March the fifth, the Class of 1900, went in a covered sleigh in the direction of Hackett’s farm. We finally reached the farm after ploughing through snowdrifts but could not return until the next morn¬ ing at nine thirty—one hour late for school. Ir was not long after this that the “Naughties” had their picture taken for the expressed benefit of those active Juniors. Rut it was not until after many efforts of Charles and his persuasive tongue that our honorary member, Miss Johnston, consented to have her likeness appear with ours in the Legenda —yet she says she likes the Class, even if they are naughty. The Class held a meeting not long after this and adopted as their motto: Possunt, quia posse videntur, “They can, be¬ cause they think they can,” which is very fitting and one which other classes would do well to heed. Helen Clark. CLASS POEM-1900 •A A A I. The rosy tints of a new dawn Were spreading o’er the land. And high above the slumb’ring earth, The sun his daily course began. Yet far below in a valley’s depth, A child was wending its lonely way, Up, up the mountains steep To gain a view of the glorious Day. II. For to gain the top of the mountain’s height. Meant many a weary mile to tread. With one lone playmate by his side Whose name was Toil, and who shared his bed. But the goal of the youth was the glistening peak, That extended upward into day, So onward he pressed o’er the pathway steep, Ne’er stopping to rest or play. III. Yet many a battle he had to fight To win his way through the pitiless world. But the name that he bore, this youth so strong, Helped him to battle and conquer Wrong. Now he has reached the mountain ' s height And spread a banner to the air, Lo ! on its field of red and white, 1900’s name is there ! IV. Years are passing swiftly onward, Each one has this path to climb; Some are struggling bravely upward, Some are borne aloft by Fame. Yet, r as Time speeds ever forward We and Toil go hand in hand, Until at last our God rewards us, And we view the Glorious Land ! Frances B. Traber. PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1900 Once more, O Muse of Song, just this once more, (Poor Muse, thy patience must be sorely tried;) I come to seek thy favor, and im¬ plore That thou wilt labor with me, side by side. Thou wast prophetic in the days of old, And told the fate of empires, told with truth; Change now thy theme; talk not of conquests bold; Play traveling Gipsy for these happy youth. Breathe thou thy spell upon me; let me see; Working life’s mathematics well or ill. With none to help, with all to disagree, These school companions, friends in memory still. Now thirty years have passed, and Time hath brought His flowing cup to all, and each hath quaffed His till of change; and active years have taught Life’s slow-learned lessons, Ah! forgot so oft. And first our fair-haired belle appears to view, A soldier’s wife in far-off Cavite; Her heart was his from girlhood, firm and true, Though to abSoRB ER many tried, they say. Our scholar, Jennie, treads the shores of Greece, Or wanders o’er the old Au- sonian land; Bringing to light old cities, piece by piece, And writing books thereon with master hand; And long the world has loved to read her words About the habits of the early Kurds. Miss Duffy teaches school in Podunk yet; Time has not changed her lovely hair and eyes; She’s taking music lessons from Jeannette, Who’s now a great musician learned and wise. And Lida in astronomy is wise; She teaches it in Vassar College now; She knows each star and planet in the skies, And where the Pleiad went, and why, and how. Helen, the doctor, next we see appear, Dealing out pellets with ex¬ perienced hand; Dispensing gladly liyposcentifeer. And speaking without thought of armercrand; She makes a specialty of pul- mones. And capita both great and small can treat; She ' s sought for fifty miles for heart disease, And in an amputation can’t be beat. Next her, as ever, William takes his stand. And brave, though somewhat bashful, makes his bow. At first he was a farmer, tall and grand; He ' s teaching his beloved Ger¬ man now. Elsie, our youngest, leads a happy life; Years have but added to her gentle grace; Though now a sober farmer’s thrifty wife, She still retains her pretty baby face. Her sister Edna fills the class with pride By famous pleas, and famous fees beside. Day has pulled back the curtains, and the sun Rises reluctant from his golden bed; Our Janitor’s “Fine Morning,” has begun, When Raymond raises first his drowsy head. With dinner-pail in hand, and listless gait, PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1900 —Continued, He walks the zig-zag pathway to the mine, Sinks to his diggings, tears away the slate, And brings the coal to view, in solid line. And, when noon conies, without a change of scenes, He takes his ineal, ’mid clouds of dust and gas; Eating in silence, piles of pork and beans, Garnished by pickles, pie, and “apple sass.” Contented mind ! who would not envy thee, From care of wealth and all ambition free! A void and barren office next we view, With rusty stove and battered desk and chair, And rows of printer’s cases far from new. Where Charlie’s setting type with sullen air. He had desired, in his simple heart. To be a senator; but the cam¬ paign Had let his printing business fall apart, Which rendered his defeat a double pain. And fierce invectives now he writes, to ease His wounded feelings, if indeed, he may; And his own hand sets up the a-b-c’s, For his assistant left for want of pay. And now he turns, and glancing at the clock, Begins to write the news about the town: 4 ‘ The Rev. Hammond wishes all his flock To meet on Friday night with Mrs. Brown.” 41 Ring every bell, let all turn out to hear Tonight, Miss Traber; she, of silver tongue, Giveth a lecture on mankind severe; ' Twill be of profit to both old and young. Reasons for suffrage, clinching ar¬ guments Which earn her fame through¬ out the Nation wide, Dealing conviction to both mind and sense, Shall pour from eager lips in burning tide.” “The Misses Utter and Romeike still Are doing first-class work at lowest rate; Dressmaking parlors, corner Court and Hill. All dresses cut and fitted while you wait. “Don’t fail next week the ‘ Bachelor Maid ’ to see, Given by the troupe of Arnold- son and Sears: The heroine’s part is played by Nellie T, Who wins applause wherever she appears. A better actress here is seldom seen, (Tickets, ten cents, and reserved seats fifteen.)” The curtain falls on Charlie, and we see A tidy cottage on a quiet street, Where Edith sits, with pussy on her knee, And holds with Polly conversa¬ tion sweet. With industry her knitting- needles click, Though now and then she stops to sip her tea, Or read her book on “Missions” huge and thick, ‘ ' In maiden meditation fancy free.” My friends, I crave your pardon and your grace, That Mattie’s future nowhere here appears; The Muse and I searched well in every place, We could not find her form in future years. And then we learned that she had joined the ranks PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1900 Continued Of scientists who say the’ve naught but mind; And thereupon we both declined, with thanks, To seek a thing so very hard to find. The Muse lias patience, as she plainly shows, And I don’t think I’ve lost quite all of mine; But when it comes to wandering ghosts like those, We both decide it’s time to draw the line. Jessie and Maude, in happy mar¬ ried life, Have quite forgotten all the French they knew; But each, I hear, has proved a charming wife. And fortune showers wealth upon them, too. And Pearl for Canton long ago set sail To break the idols of the poor Chinee. Edna is matron of the county jail; She has her time employed ’tis plain to see. But in the night she feels no great alarm. For Leo’s beat is past the prison door; And well she knows he will per¬ mit no harm To come to those whose lives he watches o’er. Thus each in life is acting well his part ; Sorrows may come to all; but gentle Peace With branch of pity soon de¬ stroys the smart, And bids the pain and trouble quickly cease. Life may be long, its labor may be great; But, soon or late must come the time for rest; And when we’ve entered Heaven ' s jewelled gate, We shall rejoice that here we did our best. Pearl Dean, 1900. “ Yet, I doubt not through the ages one- increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. i JUNIORS. CLASS OF 1901 MOTTO: SEMPER ALT US. YELL: Hicka! Micka! Slicka! Bums! We’re the Class of Naughty Ones! My we’re sly! When we cry! V- I-C-T-O-R-Y ! COLORSGold and White. FLOWERViolet. OFFICERS. President—Martin Seidel. Vice President—Edith Jackson. Secretary—Robert Craig. Treasurer—Minnie Fair. Reporter—Maude Baker. Marshal—George McLellan. FORMER OFFICERS. President—Martin Seidel. Vice President—Ethel Lockwood. Secretary—John Steele. Treasurer—Minnie Fair. Reporter —Jessie Voorheis. Marshal—Henry Dixon. ROLL OF CLASS OF 1901 Ella Ainsworth. Hattie Anschutz. Maude Baker. Arlene Bates. Newell Barnard. Edna Bearinger. Juliana Blank. Robert Craig. Henry Dixon. Minnie Fair. Ralph Fuerbringer. Elsie M. Grossman. Laura Gerber. Edyth Jackson. Edith Jacques. Lulu King. Emma Kull. Ethel Lockwood. George McLellan. Ida Mertz. Pearl McKellar. Mabelle McQueen. Vemie McPherson. Hugh McPhillips. Elda Ogden. Anna Otto. Ida Otto. George Price. Edna Roberts. Gustave Scheurman.. Martin Seidel. Eda Stobbe. John Steele. Minnie Schwartz. Sandy Sutherland. Jessie Voorheis. Ethel Washington. Raymond Wylie. Anna Wiggins. Elsie Zander. Elizabeth Zoeller, HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1901. The long looked for day on which the class of 1901 was to enter the high school finally came. The first we heard of our new teachers was the cry: “Go up these stairs and then turn to your left. Pick up your feet!” Obeying the com¬ mands. we entered the 9tli grade room where Miss Converse greeted us kindly, although she could not conceal the dread she felt at organizing such a crowd. Being told to take any seat for the present the whisper, “Be sure and sit by me,” was heard all around, but we were sorely disappointed because we were seated according to the course we took. After all arrangements were completed and we were furnished with a goodly supply of books, we were sent to the recitation rooms. Now we were perplexed indeed. The very condescending Seniors, however, told the “green Freshies” where Miss W hite ' s room was; but following their directions, we found ourselves in the laboratory. The janitor put us right. We must have made a good impression as we marched through the halls, because, after the first few days, the mem¬ bers of the upper classes treated us with the greatest respect. Everybody seemed interested in this class of 1901, and at the end of the year we were told that we had done good work, but that our conduct might have been better. The Sophomore year was an eventful one, because during this year we effected a class organization, drew up a consti¬ tution, selected our class yell and colors, and showed our good sense and excellent judgment in electing our officers. On June 22, at the home of Mabel Achard a lawn party wan given by the members of the class. A few months more and we had advanced to the dignity of Juniors but our number had greatly diminished and we were so kind and generous as to share our spacious room with Sophomores and even Freshmen. The first important event of this year was the election of our officers. The honor of president we conferred upon Martin Seidel; while Ethel Lock- wood was directed to assist him. To keep John Steele out of mischief we busied him with writing; our finances we en¬ trusted to Minnie Fair, Ralph Fuerbringer was granted his wish to be marshal and Jessie Voorheis was to make our ex¬ cellent work known to the public. Having very little money in the treasury, we gathered all the high school talent around us and on November 26, the 9tli grade room was crowded with an audience, eager to enjoy an entertainment given by the Juniors. We had just time to count and realize the great increase in our treasury, when we had to prepare for the Junior Hop. This was pronounced the best Hop ever given and will long be remembered by all that attended. A few weeks later we decided to give a sleighride. Ac¬ cordingly on March 2, having prepared an excellent lunch and hired a big (?) sleigh, we started for a farm house eight miles from the city. We finally reached our destination and after spending a very sociable evening we arrived home at an early hour, thoroughly convinced that we had had a good time, al¬ though one of our number was so unfortunate as to miss his boot for a time. At a recent meeting we chose the modest little violet as our class flower and “Semper altius” for our motto. Now we are all working hard on the Legenda which we hope will be a great success and perpetuate the name of the Class of 1901. This is the first annual ever published by the West Side High School. Although a very admirable class, we have faults. We are told that we have more tardy marks, more red conduct marks than any other class. I admit that throughout our three years of high school life we have been slow, but we have been careful and have not shown that uncontrollable propen¬ sity to act on sudden impulse, wh ich is a characteristic of other classes. It will not be long before we shall be Seniors, then we hope to overcome these few faults. Juliana Blank. JUNIOR PROPHECY. As I lay beneath the willows. On a sultry day in June, Thinking that the distant future, Though far off would come too soon, Sleep came creeping softly o’er me, InBringing dreams of future time, which all my classmates mingled, An it seemed to be in rhyme. First across my vision floated Ethel Lockwood and her friend. They had gone far down the path¬ way, Yet they were not near the end. Clad in sombre grey and goggles, Bearing tracts in both their hands, They had gone to bear the gospel To the men of other lands. Next, ‘ - His Honor,” Martin Seidel, Of the Class of 1901, And a sign “ Der Arzt ” upon it Just above his door was hung. Arlene Bates, our present terror, Tamed by sorrow, all too soon, Had become sedate and sober, And an author in life ' s noon. Sandy was a money lover. Lived alone and hoarded gold, Purchased nothing for his comfort, Except what was cheaply sold. And our old Professor Wylie, Still retained his stately mien, And expounded laws of Physics, And phenomena ne’er seen. Henry Dixon fairly settled In liis home upon the shore, With his family around him, Looked as cheerful as of yore. Newell, once our greatest student, Talked of surds and all those things, Tried to pound into his pupils What “q times the “pth” root brings. Gustave Scheurman with his pitch-pipe Led the girls at singing school, Thought he’d chosen his pro¬ fession With more judgment than had Newell. Lula King, a great French teacher. Asked her qu’est-ce c ' est que ca, And the scholars all around her Answered back with “oh ' ’ and “ah. Ida Mertz, a maiden lady. Lived alone with dogs and cats, And the ribbons all around her, Showed she’d gone to trimming hats. Ralph, who is our absent class¬ mate, Studying on a foreign shore, Had attained the height of knowl¬ edge, Few there w ere who had learned more. He was there expounding Latin, Trigonometry and French, To a dozen bright eyed pupils, Ranged before him on a bench. John and Edvth still were happy, Basking in each others smiles. Anna Wiggins, tall and stately. Spent her time o ' er latest styles. Then Maude Baker and a lawyer, With a long funeral face. Hand in hand upon life’s pathway With the classmates took their place. Carl was trudging still through snow drifts, This time seeking the North Pole. Seeing northern lights through cloud rifts, Pressing onward toward the goal. Then 1 saw our happy Minnie Of the Class of 1901, Old she was, ’tis true, but hand¬ some. And her life, a happy one. Had been spent in a great city Doing good to many there. And her husband looked upon her As a Jewel very rare. Then again in that same city, Bending o’er i lowly bed, I beheld our brae-eyed Elda Who, as nurse had there been led. Then George Price, our worthy classmate, Kept a little country store, Was successful in his business Happy in his two by four. Jessie Voorheis in a Convent, Learning all that she could know, JUNIOR PROPHECY —Continued. Ne’er could see a youth so hand¬ some, And perhaps ' twas better so. Edna Roberts as I told you Journeyed on a foreign strand, Fell in love with a poor native, And to him she gave her hand. Edna B. and Ella Ainsworth, Both a fortune have received, And were courted for their money But they never were deceived. Julia Blank had gone to England, Very famous she was then. And her hand was sought in mar¬ riage, B}‘ the wisest, noblest men. Robert Craig, the wealthy farmer, Fed his stock at break of day. And believed in the old maxim. When the sun shines make the hay. Anna and her sister Ida Lawyers now had come to be, And their sign “Otto Otto,” On their door-plate one could see. Elizabeth, a public lady, Advocated woman’s rights, And upon a platform spacious, Raged about on summer nights. Eda Stobbe was a poet, And great wealth has she at¬ tained. Lived in comfort by her fire-side, And as “Queen of Verses” reigned. Hugh McPhillips loved a lady. With blue eyes and gentle tone, He proposed but was rejected, And forever lived alone. Laura Gerber now was married, To a lawyer from the south, With red hair and great green glasses. And a most enormous mouth. Josie Sullivan in Cuba O’er a poor farm did preside, Having found this to her liking More than anything she’d tried. Pearl McKellar with her outfit Travelled o’er the country wide, And upon a piece of canvass Painted things of beauty spied. George McLellan on a corner Dealt out peanuts by the glass, Took the pennies from the child¬ ren Who from school did have to pass. And our Scottish lassie Mabel, Then had gone upon the stage, And the people of the country. Of her wondrous talent raged. Elsie Zander was the mistress Of a little country school, Though she never punished any No one disobeyed the rule. Edyth Jackson then was noted For her talent far and near. She’d become a public singer, And was hailed with many a cheer. Hattie Anschutz told the fortunes Of her used-to-be . clroolmates, Some were grieved and some were happy As she read to them their fates. Last not least our smiling class¬ mate, Minnie Schwartz she used to be, Spent her winters in the city And her summers by the sea. I awoke. The things around me Were the same as they had been But it seemed to me prophetic, All these things that I had seen. All the future of my class-mates, All the deeds upon life’s sea. May their after life be brighter— Brighter far than shown to me. To the editor of the “Annual.” As I have been requested to make a contribution to the ■“Annual,” it gives me much pleasure to send to you these notes from Cairo and its surroundings. About three weeks ago, we reached Alexandria on the “Fuerst Bismarck, one of tin finest steamers of the Ham- burg-American-Line. On our arrival in the harbor many small boats, representing the various tourist companies and hotels, flocked around us and offered the first glimpse of genuine Oriental life. Animated with a desire for our patronage and with a keen spirit of rivalry with one another, they sur¬ rounded us and made it rather difficult to land. Finally we succeeded in having our baggage taken into one of the boats, and effected a landing near the Custom House. Apart from the fact that it is an Or iental town, Alexandria, with its dirty streets and filthy inhabitants, offers little of interest. Pom- pey’s Pillar, a fine specimen of the Corinthian order in red granite, standing among the ruins of the Serapium, is the most important monument of antiquity. We took the after¬ noon train for Cairo, arriving early in the evening. The following day we visited the Muski, the chief commer¬ cial street of Cairo, on donkeys. The latter afford the best means of communication, as they easily find their way in the narrow streets, some of which are not over three feet wide. In the Muski, the Brass Bazaar, the spice and perfumery markets, and the Turkish and Persian Embroidery Shops are the most interesting features. The noisiest of all the noisy Mohammedans is the auctioneer, who runs up and down the narrow streets with his goods over his shoulders. He in¬ cessantly shouts “Narag, narag,” always adding the latest bid he has received. No matter how great the uproar is, he never fails to detect and announce a new bid. His powers of endurance are extraordinary; for he keeps this up till late at night. It almost seems that his jaw never gets tired. It is also amusing to watch the carpenters, who are equally skill¬ ful with hand and foot. Their dexterity, as displayed in the elegant inlaid work that they turn out, is remarkable. Iii the Orient, business principles are vastly different from those prevalent in America. Time is considered of no con¬ sequence. This accounts for the fact that bargaining comes so natural to the shop-keepers. They ask from two to four times the amount that they expect, and then come down on a graduated scale fo the sum really wanted. Cheating is re¬ garded merely as an exceedingly valuable accomplishment. The best way in purchasing is to go into the store and price the goods, then to visit an adjoining shop, and finally to return to the first one, where the dealer is now ready to sell at fair prices. One of the merchants in the Brass Bazaar wanted to sell us a lamp for eight dollars, my father offered four, and my mother three and a half. This was too much for the shop¬ keeper, he turned towards me and said: “Now you say two.” After much parley we bought it for three. We concluded the day’s sight-seeing with a visit to the Gamiael Azhar, a mosque built in 973 A. D., but now con¬ verted into the largest Moslem school and university. It has 12,000 students and 450 teachers. In the door way we were stopped and slippers were tied over our shoes, lest we profane the sacred edifice. This constitutes another peculiarity of the Oriental. Instead of taking off his hat he removes his shoes on entering the house of a friend, or on visiting a mosque. In the open court several hundred Mohammedans are engaged in prayer, kneeling, bowing their heads, and kissing the ground. Most of the columns in the side colonnades were stolen by the Arabians from Roman temples. On the left is a huge water-basin, where by a sanitary regulation of the Prophet, the worshippers must wash their feet before prayer. A pulpit for preaching and an elegantly adorned niche for prayer, facing Mecca, are provided for the “faithful.” Most of the students are natives of Egypt. Consequently the divisions alloted to these are the largest. Each pupil has a locker for his bread, books, and clothes, which are supplied to the poorer ones by the state. This however entails no great burden on the government, as our guide informed us that the ordinary Egyptian lives for about ten cents a day. No fees are paid by the students, so that the professors have to support themselves by teaching: in private houses and by donations. The instructor sirs cross-legged on a straw mat and directs an advanced student to read the Koran to the circle of pupils crouching around him. After each sentence he adds an ex¬ planation. The students either listen attentively or take notes. The eagerness and earnestness that they display might well be imitated in our high school. The primary students are en¬ gaged chiefly in learning the alphabet. Some are not over six years old. They write with a black paste on tin slates, using reed pens. The school-master often commands obedience by resorting to blows. When something exceptionally diffi¬ cult is accomplished they sit in groups of two and sway their little bodies to and fro hoping that Allah will give them divine inspiration and make their memories retentive. The courses of study vary in length from three to six years. After master¬ ing the letters and numbers, a knowledge of the Arabic gram¬ mar is obtained. The chief aim and object of all Moham¬ medan education is, of course, the learning of the Koran. When this has been accomplished mental development has practically reached its limit. Other less important branches of study are religious science and law. Logic and rhetoric receive slight attention. Independent investigation is not en¬ couraged in any way. As we left, the call of the priest, summoning to prayer was heard. Five times daily he repeats in Arabic “Allah is great. I testify that there is no God but Allah.” Those who are unoccupied respond to these imperative summons by ap¬ pearing at the nearest mosque. Others stop work for a mo¬ ment and kneel down for prayer wherever they happen to be. After a day’s stay in Cairo many peculiarities of Eastern life were brought before us. Of the several hundred mosques in Cairo only two are open to women. The latter generally occupy an insignificant position. As I yesterday saw in the temple of Luxor, this disregard for women dates from an¬ tiquity. Several colossal statues of Kameses II. twenty-three feet high have an exceedingly small image of the Queen, as large as an ordinary doll, beside him. The men in bloomers remind one of the ‘‘new woman,” who is causing so much a citation in America. Turbans are worn by many. W bite shows descent from the prophet, while green is an indication that the wearer has made three pilgrimages to Mecca. A tur¬ ban should be seven times as long as the head so that it may be used after death for a winding-sheet. Women of the lower classes wear only the blue gown and a veil. Those of the upper classes have a silk cloak and a kind of mantle. A white gauze, after the fashion in Constatinople veils the face up to the eyes. If they are wealthy one or more runners, called eunuchs, pre¬ cede their carriages. It is a universal custom to color the eyelashes black and the finger nails a light brown. As a rule, babies are carried by the women astride on their shoulders. Here, as in Italy, burdens are balanced on the head. Water carriers with goat skins on their backs are also frequently encountered. A visit to Heliopolis and the Virgin ' s Tree, to the north¬ east of Cairo, was very attractive. A drive through an avenue of tamarisks, acacias, and eucalyptus—trees brought us to the gardens and blue palace of Abbas II. Hilmi, the present Khedive of Egypt. Every morning at nine o ' clock his High¬ ness drives to his Cairo palace to transact public business, returning late in the afternoon. He does not care to stay in town, as he is very superstitious. His grandfather was a victim of a mutiny and his father died there. An old-fashioned well, with an ox going blind folded round and round was next passed. The energy is communicated by a shaft to a large wheel with jars, which, when down, are filled with w T ater. Half a revolution turns them upside down, thus allowing the water to flow into the trough. In this way, the whole of an ex¬ tensive field of barley is irrigated. A short ride on the edge of the Arabian Desert took us to the site of Heliopolis, the city of the sun. This was one of the most ancient Egyptian cities. During the reign of one of the early Pharaohs, a famous temple was built here. Later, the most learned and celebrated college of priests in all Egypt was established. Frequent mention of Heliopolis is made in The Bible. Moses received his education here, and Joseph married Asenath the daughter of a priest of the temple. Only insignificant ruins remain. In front two great obelisks were erected about 2,100 B. C. by rsertesen I. The larger of the two, the oldest in existence, still stands almost uninjured. It extends partway into the ground, but the base may be reached by a stair-wav. The same hieroglyphics on the four sides record its erection by the king. Beggars were swarming around us crying: “bakshish,” the Arabic for gift. This is the first word that babies learn. From the time that he arrives until he is safely beyond the confines of Egypt it resounds continually in the traveller ' s ears, “Ma fish,” I have nothing for you. is usually answered. “Bokra” to-morrow, is also affective. Should everything else fail, “ruh,” or “imshi,” get away, are used. A stick is fre¬ quently convenient. Together with “neharah said,” good morning, and about a dozen words used in bargaining or in giving directions to the donkey boys, this constitutes the limit of my knowledge of Arabic. We proceeded to visit the Virgin ' s Tree, a sycamore tig, under which the infant Jesus is said to have slept on the flight to Egypt. The present tree was, however planted after 1672. Its predecessor may quite probably have shaded the Holy Family. It was presented to the Empress Eugenie of France by Ismail, the ex-Khedive, but, when Napoolean III lost his throne, it was confiscated by the government. Another interesting excursion was that to the island of Koda and Old Cairo. On the former we saw the place where, according to the Bible, Moses was found in the marshes by Pharaoh ' s daughter. An inscribed stone has been found here, giving absolute proof that this island belonged to the daughter of Pharaoh, at the time when Moses was born. Old Cairo is the quarter largely inhabited by Capts. These are the real unmixed descendants of tin ancient Egyptians. They were converted to Christianity in the first century A. I). For many centuries they were oppressed but religious freedom is now enjoyed. With their much adulterated religion, they are little better, morally, than the Mohammedans. The old Captic Church of Mari Girgis was first visited. We descended to the crypt below where Mary and Jesus reposed. The baptis¬ mal font in which the virgin is said to have wa shed the child’s clothes was also pointed out to us. The bronze reliefs, inlaid- work and old paintings are deserving of mention. The drive to the oldest Mosque in Cairo was well repaid. It is built in the style of the Roman temple, chiefly with stolen columns. A gray column in particular is very wonder¬ ful. One of the early Khalifs wished to make it fly from Mecca to Egypt, and, when it was reluctant hit it with his whip. Hereupon it did fly. The marks of the severe beating are still visible. On this column there is nevertheless a true freak of nature. Within a layer of thick, transparent marble, appear in lighter veins the Arabic names of Allah, Mohammed and Solomon. On the rear wall to the left is a niche con¬ structed of stone, where there is a deep impression worn by the tongue of the sick who have licked here. They rub lemon juice on their tongue and lick until blood comes. Then they go away with the satisfaction that their malady, however • severe, will be cured by Allah. The idea that people are healed by miracle is prevalent both among the Capts and Muslims. At our guide ' s request, some children licked for us. Before we left, a priest gave me the assurance that, should Islamism prevail, I would still go to heaven. A pair of columns is placed together and whoever manages to go through is booked for a place in heaven. I accomplished the feat with the great¬ est ease and prided myself on my Mohammedan salvation (?). The priest, a stout specimen of humanity, succeeded only after repeated efforts. The climax of our stay at Cairo was reached on the day that we visited the museum and ilie pyramids of Gizeli. Cross¬ ing the river by the Great Nile Bridge, we drove to the museum, which contains the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. On our first visit we spent nearly three hours in the roomy edifice. Especially interesting were the mummies of the kings, among which are those of Sethosi and Raineses II and III. The gorgeous jewels found in the tombs delighted us and convinced us that the metal work of three and four thousand years ago has not yet been surpassed or even equalled. As we drove on, the pyramids became visible, gradually growing larger and larger. We followed the straight road for nearly five miles, reaching the Mena House at the base of the Pyramid Plateau in time for lunch. After rest and refreshment, we continued our drive to the foot of the Great Pyramid of Cheops, the largest in existence. The Pyramids of Gizeli are among the oldest monuments of the ancient Egyptians. Since the time of the Greeks, they have never- failed to delight and astonish all who visit them. In the largest, there are said to be 2,300,000 separate blocks of stone. It covers nearly thirteen acres. According to Herodotus, 100,000 men were employed in building it. The outer cover¬ ing of limestone and granite was removed to construct the Mosque of Sulton Hasan at Cairo. Leaving my parents in the carriage I selected three of the eager Beduins and went to the northern corner to ascend. Two pulled, while one pushed, thus making the climbing quite easy. The steps are about three feet high. As soon as w T e were well above the rest of humanity, my guides became im¬ portunate. They wanted to sell me spurious antiquities and informed me that a bakshish would be acceptable. The sight of my empty purse and of my watch chain with no time piece greatly disappointed them. The top was reached after two hundred twenty-six steps. The ascent was not in the least fatiguing. On the summit, there is a space large enough for a wagon to turn around. Napoleon Bonaparte had the apex removed so that he might lunch up there. The view, espec¬ ially of the Sphinx, Cairo, and the other groups of pyramids, was striking. The Libyan Desert with these gloomy monu¬ ments of antiquity had a very desolate and death like appear¬ ance. The fertile tracts on both sides of the Nile could be seen for a long distance. At the base appeared only a few pigmies walking around. After a stay of some time, I began the more rapid descent. This made the balls of my feet some¬ what sore, but otherwise I did not feel the unusual exertion. When I reached the ground, the water-carrier who had ac¬ companied me surprised us all by wanting money because I had not drunk any water. We next mounted camels for a ride around the plateau. As we left, my Beduins clamoring for more money could be heard for some distance. Our first stop with its examination of the Sphinx was the most interesting. With the exception of a few accessory blocks of stone, this gigantic recumbent lion is hewn out of solid natural rock. It is sixty-six feet long. The face is a representation of Amenophis III. This huge monument was used as a target by the Mamelukes and was thus horribly mutilated. Nevertheless its grandeur still remains. For a small bakshish one of the omnipresent Bedu¬ ins will climb into a hollow in the head, giving one a good idea of its size. A visit was also paid to the adjoining temple. The structure is built of huge stone blocks, the floor being of alabaster, while the sides and square pier are of real granite. One of the enormous blocks of stone is nearly thirteen feet long. One cannot leave without being impressed with the simple majesty of early Egyptian art. After visiting the second and third pyramids, we returned to Cairo in time for dinner. I could go on describing the many other attractions that occupied our attention, but, as you are undoubtedly much fatigued, I will now close. Yours truly, Kali-h Fuerbringer. Luxor, Egypt, February 10, 1900. SOPHOMORES. CLASS OF 1902 MOTTO: “ EXCELSIOR! YELL: Excel, excel, excel, soo! Sior, sior, sior, meu! Excelsior, who are you? We’re the Class of 1902 ! COLORS:—Red and White. OFFICERS. President—Frank Saunders. Vice President—Don Norris. Secretary—Vesta Hudson. Treasurer — Fred Morgan. Marshal—Thomas Jackson. Reporter—Junior Cooper FORMER OFFICERS. President—Fred Morgan. Vice President—Vesta Hudson. Secretary—Frank Saunders. Treasurer—Elida Ochsenkehl. Marshal—Charles Taub. Reporter—Reed Hubbell. SOPHOMORE CLASS ROLL OF CLASS OF 1902 Martha Anschutz. Bertha McLeod. Carl Bauer. Edith McGregor. Grace Bleiler. Lillian Morrison. Sarah Bimey. Ethel Madill. Edith Burr. Earl Norton. • Gladys Carpenter. Don Norris. Junior Cooper. Elida Ochsenkehl. Jeanie Cooper. Clinton Osborn. Gertrude Cowan. Fred Pratt. Oliver Demers. Alice Reynick. Helen Dailey. Anna Remer. Edith Erd. Herbert Remer. Cecelia Ebach. Edith Roeser. Dorothy Fruechtel. Paul Richter. Florence Fisk. Fred Solms. Mabelle Fick. Alice Strickland. Frank Graves. Ode Schroeder. Flossie Gleason. Earl Shepard. Daisey Golden. Frank Saunders. Vesta Hudson. Myrtle Swarthout. Laura Houston. Grace Smith. Reed Hubbell. David Schulte. Lulu Johnson. Harriett Thompson. Thomas Jackson. Ella Thompson, Mabel Kelly. Chas. Taub. Sarah Long. Frances Utter. Caroline Lohrke. Fred VanBrunt. Fred Morgan. Alma Vogt. Ralph Mote. Emma Woldt. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1902. The history of the class of 11)02 is thus far about the same as that of former classes. Its future, of course, promises to be of much greater interest. What a spectacle we must have presented that September morning as we entered the first year of our service. Some of the timid ones stood out on the walk waiting for the more courageous to take the lead and then followed cautiously after, hearing with chagrin the titterings of groups of haughty Sophomores. Our teachers thought us indeed a most awkward squad. We were the objects of ridicule even to the Sophomores, who had just gone through the same experience. Finally we be¬ came accustomed to the new order. After creditably accomplishing our work, we were pro¬ moted to a higher position with the title of Sophomores. We do not want to be called wise fools but we do think we have passed through our greenest stage; at least we now appear before the world as the organized “Class of 1902. Fred Morgan, our able president, is fully competent to maintain order without the aid of a potato masher, as was suggested. Vesta Hudson is vice-president, Frank Saunders, secretary, and Elida Ochsenkehl, treasurer. We have agreed that our object to promote sociability is being well accomplished even so much so, that it was sug¬ gested by one member that a critic be appointed to see that this was not overdone. The contest for height is between a boy and a girl. The average height is five feet five inches, but we dare not speak of diameter or circumference. The average age is sixteen, we are not old enough to be modest about such things. One of our members thought that a picture hanging on the wall of our session room would have a tendency to make us more loyal, but we have decided that our motto “Excelsior is a sufficient incentive to loyalty and we mean to press on and reach the heights with flying colors. Vesta Hudson. CLASS OF 1903. COLORS:—Dark Green and Pink. YELL; Hip Soo! Rah Soo! Jimmie blow your Bazoo! Rigadee, Rigado, Ree, Ree, Ree, We’re the Class of 1903. OFFICERS President—Gilbert S. Stark. Vice President—Charles Gilbert. Secretary— Esther Van Auken. Treasurer—James Sweenhart- ROLL OF CLASS OF 1903 Will Archer, Florence Allen, Louise Badger, Florence Brodirick, Hazel Berst, Meta Bauer, Lillian Byron, Faye Borrer, Flossie Bartlett, Retta Bishop, Grace Bradley, Cecelia Casey, Hazel Cotter, Harry Craig, Irma Crane, John Cribbins, Winifred DeLong, Noma Drein, Herbert Dixon, Elizabeth Emerick, Lillian Ewald, Harry Farrell, Florence Fisher, Bessie Faley, Amy Frederick, Elsie Ganschow, Lydia Giessel, Chas. Gilbert, Louis Glueck, Lena Graebner, Fred Graves, Nona Grobe, Bela Gruenwald, Fred Guenther, Edith Harmon, Arnold Heinamann, Maude Henderson, Harvey Higgins, Chas. Hausner, Burt Houston, Jay Hubbell, Benjamin Hudson, Nellie Jackson, Lizzie Johnson, Henrietta Kaiser, Thomas Keeth, Julia Kohlschmidt, Elsie Krenz, Lottie LaFair, Mildred Lagatree, Jessie Lavis, Dorothy Loeblein, Laster Lemmet, Edith Lewis, Omer Livingston, Nellie Lockwood, Ellen McPherson, Louise Merk, Bessie Minnis, Harold Miller, Mary O’Leary, Gardner Palmer, Chas. Pellott, Lottie Peterson, Minnie Pratt, Clarence Price, Bertha Richmann, Mary Richmann, Louise Reinold, Ella Remer, Adelia Riedel, Jessie Ring, Albert Schultz, Henry Schwartz, Edison Slocum, John Smith, Edith Smith, Homer Sorber, Gilbert Stark, Hazel St. Charles, Martin Stemler, Clarence Stewart, Elsie Stoltow, Edna Stowell, James Sweenhart, Will Sutherland, Jennie Swift, Dorothy Stark, Ollie Tracy, Esther VanAuken Jennie Wallace, Blanche Walters, Henry Weedfall, Dora Wells, Christopher Winterstein Gertrude Wylie, Ethel Wylie, Estella Young, Arthur Zeigen, Florence Zimmerman. t FKESHMEN CLASS A SMALL BOY’S POCKET. Since I am a girl with only a limited number of places about my clothing in which to stow things away and have only one brother to get at the fact, I’feel a little at a loss in speak¬ ing on so deep a subject and one clothed in so much mystery. If I make mistakes the boys must be charitable as I am draw¬ ing largely on my imagination. Perhaps one of the proudest moments in a small boy’s ( life, is when he first appears in trousers. The pockets are without doubt the most important part of this outfit and in their depths his hands are often hidden. Even in school he often has to be told not to- put his hands into his pockets while reading under penalty of having the pockets sewed up or the hands permaneqtly clothed in mittens. Not only the small boys have this habit but the larger ones as well. I must say I have a good deal of charity for this proceeding as it seems to relieve a boy ' s embarrass¬ ment on many trying occasions and perhaps this accounts for his being more composed than a girl when he appears in pub¬ lic. C One of the most important articles in the pocket is a jack¬ knife. It makes little difference whether it comes from the fancy hardware store or the five cent counter so long as it will cut. Money is sometimes found there, but it has such a tend¬ ency “to burn” that it is apt to be quickly exchanged for a variety of more bulky articles, such as gum, peanuts and very sticky candy. The contents change with the seasons. In the early spring they are fairly bulging with marbles, especially if the young lad is a winner. A little later come tops with any number of yards of string, sling shots, buzzers and whistles. Horse shoe nails, little stones, curtain fixtures, small lead weights and wire are things that help to wear out and make the pockets heavy. Most boys think their pockets a better place for cookies, fried cakes, apples, crackers or anything else good to eat than their mother’s pantry or cellar. c When you consider the contents of the average boy ' s pocket it is readily seen why the buttons are pulled off the waist, and later the stretch taken out of his suspenders. The wonder to me is that more boys are not round- shouldered from the great loads they carry about in their pockets and I think they would be if it were not for a safety valve that often appears in the way of a hole. Boys never outgrow this pocket habit, for from the small beginning of two in their first trousers, they graduate into the full grown man, who, when properly overcoated, boasts no less than twenty-two such convenient receptacles about his person. Alice Reynick, 1898, LYCEUM. THE LYCEUM. Foremost of its kind stands the Saginaw West Side High Sehool Lyceum. This organization is composed of the boys of the high school who desire to train themselves in parliamen¬ tary rules and the art of public speaking. The regular meetings are held every Friday afternoon of the school year. The officers, president, vice president, secre¬ tary, treasurer, critic, and marshal are elected for a term of twenty weeks. The executive committee, consisting of the vice president and two other members appointed by the presi¬ dent, arrange the programs. The subjects are carefully selected with suitable references and then presented to the Lyceum for approval. It is hardly necessary to say that debating is the main feature of this organization, and the subjects chosen for this purpose are such as are of vital interest throughout the country. Extemporaneous speaking is also cultivated and is proving to be very helpful. The members realize that success in public speaking can only be attained by those who have perseverance enough to try again and again in spite of the discouragement of frequent failures. Self-possession and fluency are thus being acquired almost unconsciously. Con¬ tests are arranged now and then in order to arouse oratorical ambition. So far the society has not produced a Demosthenes but it promises to give to the future such lawyers, doctors, congress¬ men, and presidents as will make their country proud of them. F. C. Solms. I LYCEUM OFFICERS. President—Martin Seidel Vice President—Robert Craig. Secretary—John Steele. Treasurer—Raymond Cooper. Critic—Gilbert Stark. Marshal—David Schultz. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:—Ode Schroeder and Fred Solms. ROLL OF LYCEUM. Robert Craig, Martin Seidel, L. J. Fitzharris, Frank Graves, Louis Gluck, Raymond Cooper, Alexander C. Sutherland, John Steele, Bela Grunwald, Fred C. Solms, Ode Schroeder, Gilbert Stark, Chas. Gilbert, Reed Hubbell, James Sweenhart, Thos. M. Jackson, Don Norris, Clinton Osborn, Gardner Palmer, Homer Sorber, David Schultz, Clarence Stewart, Frank Short, Chas. Taub. G. A. L. S OFFICERS. President—Anna Bouldin. Vice President—Laura Rose. Secretary—Gladys Carpenter, Treasurer—Elsie Hackett. Librarian—Jeanie Cooper. Marshal - Edna Hackett. Critic -Helen Clarke EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:—Frances Traber and Maud Martin. ROLL OF G. A. L. S. Edna Bennett, Anna Bouldin, Gladys Carpenter, Helen Clark, Jeanie Cooper, Gertrude Cowen, Flossie Gleason, Edna Hackett, Elsie Hackett, Vesta Hudson, Edith Harmon, Edith Jacques, Maud Martin, Pearl McKellar, Elyda Ochsenkehl, Genevieve Purmort, Alice Reynick, Laura Rose, Edith Roeser, Edith Smith, Dorothy Stark, Jennie Swift, Edna Stowell, Myrtle Swarthout Freda Seiferlein, Ella Thomson, Frances Traber, Carrie Steinbauer, Ella Utter, Jessie Voorheis, Jennie Wallace, Gertrude Wylie. GIRL’S AUGUSTAN LITERARY SOCIETY HISTORY OF THE G. A. L. S In the spring of the year 1808, when the sun was coaxing the flowers to appear, and green leaves to bud, when all nature was preparing a new green robe for herself, something hap¬ pened in the West Side High School. The girls were as¬ sembled in knots around the school grounds and Professor Sage had to take many names of even dignified seniors be¬ cause they sat on the steps to talk. The subject of their earn¬ est conversation was a literary society. The girls of the class of ' 98 were the ones who originated the idea, and when a girl of the West Side High School gets an idea, she always carries it to a finish. On all black-boards was found the inscription: “All in favor of having a girl ' s literary society, please meet in 10th grade room.” About twenty-eight stayed, some out of idle curiosity, a girl ' s own characteristic, others because of interest in the society to be formed. This meeting was pre¬ sided over by Miss Gertrude Storch. A committee was ap¬ pointed to draw up a constitution and one to find a name fine enough to grace such an honorable society. The constitution was drawn up, but, before it could be signed, a name must be found and search as the girls did, none could be found that exactly suited. Just at this time the whole world was ringing with the glorious news of Dewey’s victory at Manila. This was just what the girls needed. The club should be called the Dewey Do Club. The first president was Miss Norn a Tausend and hers was a very responsible position. We might almost say that the future success of the society depended on the first few meet¬ ings. The principal work done was debating. By this time the wise Lyceum had become aware that there was another literary society in the high school beside themselves, and, being sure of an eas y victory they challenged the Dewey Do Club to a debate and looked forward eagerly to a time when they could prove themselves lords of creation by carrying off all the honors. How easily the girls won! As a matter of course the judges decided that women should have the right to vote throughout the United States. How could they decide otherwise? This was one of the last meet¬ ings of the society during that school-year, the interest had been kept up by good programs and there was always a good attendance. At the beginning of the next school year, the girls de¬ cided that the name Dewey Do was not dignified enough. Many weeks were spent in a vain search for another, when a happy thought came to one of the members, and the present name of (Jill ' s Augustan Literary Society was adopted. As they had disc ussed all civil and moral questions worth discussing, they took up a different line of work, the study of the lives and works of famous authors and artists. Then the work went along smoothly and well, until the girls awoke to the fact that their members were dropping out and no new ones were coming in. A contest for membership was started. New members fairly poured in, freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. Then the mock trial came to take up every one ' s attention. Three girls and three boys acted as lawyers. They acquitted themselves well and an innocent man was set free. This brought some money into the treasury, which the girls invested in two beautiful pictures for tin Sophomore room, which were greatly appreciated. Meanwhile the contest raged hotter and hotter and almost all of the seats in the Sophomore room were filled by members of the (J. A. L. S. At the same time, the Lyceum was having a contest and the two societies decided to share money, members, everything, and have a ban¬ quet together. This especially pleased the boys, because they did not know what they were going to do without the girls. The time rapidly approached for the grand banquet and tin membership roll of the 1. A. L. S. reached eighty. On the night of the banquet there were about seventy-five young- ladies present, all in pretty, light dresses, and about thirty young men, some awkward freshmen being noticeable among them. After a bountiful repast, we listened to six fine toasts and then spent the remainder of the evening in dancing. In the fall of 181)1), tin meeting was called to order the second week of school and twenty-four members responded to roll call. This same faithful few have made the society what it is today by their pluck and perseverance. The affairs of the society are now in a prosperous con¬ dition and it has recently presented the eleventh grade room with a beautiful picture. There is a contest for membership now going on and we wish the society success in all its plans for the future. A f 4 nrm FOOT BALL LEO FITZHARRIS, Manager. JOHN STEELE, Captain R. B. WAY, Coach. TEAM. AGE HEIGHT WEIGHT -James Sweenhaet .. Center 16 5 ft. 4 in. 130 David Schultz. . 18 6 ft. 1 in. 175 Fred VanBrunt . ... Guard 16 5 ft. 8 in. 135 Ben. Hudson ..., 16 5 ft. 10 in. 140 Leo Fitzharris. . . . . Tackle 19 5 ft. 8 in. 135 Henry Diyon . .. . . . Tackle 18 5 ft. 9 in. 138 Fred Cribbins.. . . .Tackle 17 5 ft. 94 in. 142 Herbert Dixon. . 17 5 ft. 8 in. 109 James Burke... . . . End 18 5 ft. 5 in. 135 Don Norris .... . . . End 16 5 ft. 5 in. 115 Chas. Williamson.Q. Back 17 5 ft. 8 in. 156 Robert Craig.. . . Q. Back 17 5 ft. 10 in. 140 John Steele... Full Back 17 5 ft. 11 in. 165 Clinton Osborn. Half Back 17 5 ft. 10 in. 134 Chas. McMillan . Half Back 17 5 ft. 7 in. 151 B. O ' Hagan. Half Back 17 5 ft. 7 in. 138 Average Age. 17 1-16 years. Average Height. . ... .5 ft. 74 inches. Average Weight. . . 1394 pounds. HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAM. NEWELL BARNARD, manager John Steele Clinton Osborn .. Carl Bauer. Newell Barnard Martin Seidel. . . Raymond Wylie. . Will Morgan ... Archie Rappley.. James Burke .... EVENTS. Jumps I Hurdles Bicycle Riding Jumps -{ Dashes [ Pole Vault Hurdles Kicking Ft. Ball [ Hammer Throw Long Dist. Run } Walk -{ Putting Shot ( Walk ! Hammer Throw 1 Hurdles | Putting Shot Bicycle Riding 1 Dashes Putting Shot l Pole Vault Raymond Cooper F. Morgan. -j Jumps Long Dist. Run ( Pole Vault Burke. C. McMillan. F. Morgan. C. Lauer. K. Cooper. It. Wylie. N. Barnard. C. Osborn i ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION President—Martin Seidel. Vice-President—John Steele. Secretary—Alexander Sutherland. Treasurer—Will Morgan ROLL : William Archer, Harold Miller, Charles Brater, Chas. McMillan, James A. Burke, Don Norris, Newell Barnard, Earl Norton, Theodore Braun, Clinton Osborn, Carl Bauer, Fred Pratt, Robert Craig, Chas. Pellot Raymond Cooper, George Price, John Cribbins, Clarence Price, Herbert Dixon, Paul Richter, Henry Dixon, Herbert C. Remer, Jay Demers, A. C. Sutherland, Ralph Fuerbringer John Steele, Harry Farrill, Homer Sorber, Leo Fitzharris, Edison Slocum, Charles Gilbert, Frank B. Saunders, Louis Glueck, John Smith, Frank Graves, Henry Schwartz, Bela Gruenwold, David Schultz, Fred Guenther, Clarence Stewart, Fred Graves, Fred Solms, Harvey Higgins, Martin Seidel, Benjamin Hudson, James Sweenhart, Arnold Heinemann, Earl Sheperd, Reed Hubbell, Gustav Scheurman, Jay Hubbell, Ode Schroeder, Fred Heinemann, Gilbert Stark, Thomas Jackson, E. C. Thompson, Will Klemm, Chas. Taub, Homer Livingston, C. Upton, Lester Lemur, Royal B. Way, Samuel McLean, Chr. Winterstein, George McLellan, Henry Weedfall, William Moore, C. R. Wylie, William Morgan, Arthur Zeigen. Fred Morgan, HIGH SCHOOL BASE BALL TEAM. R. B. WAY, Manager. WILL MORGAN, } Assistant MARTIN SEIDEL, I Managers. • J Bernard O ' Hagen. TEAM. .Catcher Jay Demers. Henry Weedfall.. David Schultz .... .First Base Newell Barnard . . .Second Base Will Morgan. .Third Base Charles Brater.. Leo Fitzharris. . .. .Center Fielder John Steele.’. .Right Fielder Archie Rappley... .Left Fielder James Burke. .Sub Robert Craig. .Sub Archie Jlappley has taken an active part in the High School athletics during- the past three years. He show¬ ed special skill as a wheelman. Not only did he take part in bi¬ cycle races but has also display¬ ed his speed as a long distance runner. He is one of the finest Selders for base ball that the Saginaw High School ever called its own. The principal bicycle races in which he has taken part, are as follows : June 18, 1898, Saginaw. W. S. r Field Day, Saginaw W. S. High School vs. 13ay City High School—three 1st prizes and one 2nd prize. May 27. 1899, In¬ terscholastic Field Day at Ann Arbor—2nd prize in quarter mile race after winning fastest heat, 3d prize in one mile race and 3d prize in two mile race, June 10, 1899, Field Dav. ARCHIE RAFI’LEV. Saginaw W. S. High School vs. Saginaw E. S. High School —1st prize in quarter, one and two mile races. May 19. 1900, Field Day, Saginaw W. S. High School vs. Saginaw E. S. High School—1st prize in quarter, one-half and one mile races. May 25-26, 1900, Interscholastic Field Day at Ann Arbor_ 2nd prize in quarter-mile. Beside these races Mr. Rappley has won nine 1st prizes, three 2nd prices and two 3d prizes in races not connected with the High School. The prospects are that this High School rider will, within a short time. becom e one of Michigan’s professionals. Phil. Huber. JOHN MOORE SCHOOL. % • t Frances G. Lewis. STONE SCHOOL. S. Lizzie Guernsey. BLISS SCHOOL. Win. Notlinagel. IIKKK; SCHOOL Jennie IS. McTavish. HILL SCHOOL. F. Roy Kepler. JEROME SCHOOL .Julia McPhillips. FOURTEENTH WARD SCHOOL Kinnia l):em. ST A K K SCHOOL TRANSLATIONS. Latin student translating: “Quas in saltibus habent,” ‘Wliotn they had in the salt blocks.” I. O. translating: “Mit frischem Ivranz die Schlafe mir zu schiniicken,” “To adorn my sleeps with a fresh wreath.” Student translating from Cicero: “Atque in hoc hello Asiatioo et regio—” “Both iu this Asiatic war and in the rain.” SLIPS OF THE TONGUE. Miss R. “Miss Morgan, is the eighty-first meridian painted red? I have been told that it was.” Student describing Roman house, “The court in the center, contained the cistern, and behind the court they had the chickens.” A junior to her companion, “Do sit still with your feet, I want to write.” Miss M. “Gustave tell about the compromise of 1820.” Gustave. “I can’t remember back that far.” Miss M. “Tell about the election of 1828.” Elsie . “Jackson was elected by an unanimous ma¬ jority.” Maud. “Where is your algebra?” Ella. “In my seat.” Maud. “Funny place for it, why didn’t you put it iu your desk?” Ella. “What’s the difference?” Maud. “Miss White would think there was lots of differ¬ ence if I sat on my desk and wrote on my seat.” (Arlene, looking out of the window and laughing attracts the teacher’s attention). Miss White, while investigating the cause, says to one of her French pupils: “Que veut dire cela?” (meaning, “what does it mean?” referring to some word, which the pupil was translating.) Arlene: (thinking Miss White was talking to her and tak¬ ing the meaning to be, “What do you see funny?”) says: “Three clowns on a mule back.” PERSONAL PAGE. W. S. H. S.—Wants one thousand cubic feet of pure air. For Sale—The boots Carl wore out, walking home from senior sleigh-ride. Notice—Our professor “Wiley” will open a first class barber shop in the peanut stand, corner of Rattle and Rugby streets, July 1st. Come to the opening. For Sale—One-lialf bottle of chloroform; inquire at twelfth grade room. Newell B.—Wants breathing space between his words. Hugh M.—Wants the position as errand boy for Miss White. Wanted—A new language or an extensive addition to the English language, so that “Eddie dear” will be able to ex¬ express her thoughts. Sophomores—Want a bale of excelsior. Jesse H.—Wants a better definition than “a funny feel¬ ing” for love. Wanted—Some jewelry of his own by Geo. F. Notice—Mr. IT ' s class room is now equipped with a full outfit of operating instruments. All general and specific cases carefully attended to. Legenda Editor—Wants more room for his feet. Noah made the ark light on Mt. Ararat. Who made the incandescent light? “Love is blind.” that is why so many girls are wearing glasses. Why is a good resolution like a girl fainting in school? Because it ought to be carried out. RULES OF W. S. H S. I)o not stop on the grass unless you first get your life in¬ sured. Always straighten tin matting after one who is so im¬ polite as to kick it up. If not in the room when the teacher is ready to say good morning, you will be marked absent for the day. Never grumble about red marks, as they increase the beauty of the card. While in the basement never speak above a whisper and also be careful how you breathe. Fall up stairs instead of down. The girls are never to walk home with the boys without first getting their parents’ consent. Always march to the tune of the janitor. Never write notes unless you can write something that will be of interest to all who read it. It is preferred that you sit in your seat instead of on the floor. In the spring always drink your H 2 () boiled or stay away from school. Never ask for a back seat until there is one vacant. You are always to wish the teacher a Merry Christmas, a happy New Year and a wonderful Fourth of July. You are strictly forbidden to sit on the front fence as there is none. Never throw snow balls within tin school grounds. You are never to study only just what you are told to. Never mark in your books unless you want a zero. If your books are not closed for morning exercises beware the consequence. Never fail to jump when the bell rings, rise when the pen¬ cil taps, and march when the teacher says “go.” While taking off your wraps you are not to look at any¬ thing but the hook on which you are going to hang them. All who bring their dinner are commanded to eat all their paper, string, crumbs, orange peeling, etc. Dugal A. McDonald. THE ALPHABET. A stands for Anschutz quiet and good, For ninety-five in conduct she stood. B stands for Barnard, the doubting one, When not in earnest, ’tis just for fun. C stands for Craig, the boy with bangs, Down liis forehead his long hair hangs. D stands for Dixon, who is fond of the farm, He goes to it often yet does it no harm. E stands for Edna, witli golden hair, Who keeps “to the right” going up the stairs. F stands for Fairy, smiling and sweet, Whose heart’s greatest joy is that dear back seat. (t stands for Gerber who drives the gray horse, Since she comes from a distance she has to, of course. H stands for High School where daily we go, We always are there in rain or in snow. 1 stands for idler, which all teachers say Is a quality of pupils, day after day. J stands for Jackson, that fidgety girl, Who has lots of frizzes, but never a curl. K stands for King, who rules the French class. L is for Lockwood, a bright little lass. M is for Mertz-e, the pride of the class, Who herself hath suggested that this come to pass. N stands for no-one whose name oft we hear, When you can ' t find who does it, ' tis very queer. O stands for Ogden, tall and sedate. 1 is for Price, which is not very great. Q stands for our Queen, a little Scotch maid, Whatever she says is always obeyed (?) R stands for Roberts—society girl, Midst parties and sleigh rides, her head ' s in a whirl. S stands for Steele that unbendable boy Whose presence to Edith is unalloyed joy. T stands for text-books, the bothersome things How often we wish they would all take wings. IT stands for us, the pride of the school, With the greatest care we keep every rule (?) V is for Voorlieis who thinks it great fun To talk in the hall, when the last bell has rung. W for Wylie and also for wise, The brains of this man are of terrible size. X stands for Xerxes, a symbol of power, May we juniors, like him, make all nations cower. V is for yell, which we hope you will hear Its sound is the best when you are quite near. Z stands for Zoeller with specs on her nose, She is last but not least in this story of woes. Ella Ainsworth. OF SAGINAW, f General Witters’ Laundry j and Guilder’s HARDWARE. 106 N. Jefferson Ave.v Our West Side Wagon will call if you Phone 289 Laundry 413 Adams St. New Management, Thompson, Lamb Sc Co., Thos. Jaques , LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES x ' x XiX GENERAL. BLACKSMITHING. SAGINAW, E. S. F. ft, Emendorpher Co., DEALER IN Bicyles, Etc. ; COR. OF BAY AND COURT. H. J. P. FINE GROCERIES 213 North Harron. Corner Hancock and Hamilton. ’Phone 876 ♦s c n oo u ' D e hJ o % lit % % % 05 jE o cd 05 OJ CO o s cc s s fl o -f- he fl £ (D F-l o co 3 he © CO CO 0) © i o Tutor —“You know, of course, that in Christian countries such as ours a man is only allowed one wife. Now , what is that state of things called? ' 1 Pupil —“ know. Monotony ”— Punch. Clark Crocery Co., Fruits and Vegetables, Strawberies. 1927 H. JBich. Aue. BOTH PHONES. DEALER IN- Ready-Made Clothing, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Gents’ Fur¬ nishing Goo Is. 319 COURT ST., SAGINAW, MICH. U). yt. jD. (°m c j ancludd, Docal TeacUc ' i. M j Heaven ucfi F. E. CASE, Livery and Undertaking. ' Phone 848. 201 S. Hamilton. Jackson Church Company Boiler Shop, Machine Shop Foundry, Saginaw, W. S., Mich, Bliss St VanAuken Lumber, Lath atid Shingles Wholesale and Retail. Saginaw, W. S., Mich. ’Phones, 801. PART I. A janitor in a neighboring school threw up his job the other day. When asked what was the trouble he answered: “ I’m honest and I won’t stand being slurred. If I find a pencil or handkerchief about the school when I’m sweeping I hang it up. Every little while the teachers or some one that is too cowardly to face me gives me a slur.” (Continued on page 112.) WW Brand_ Hardin MA NUFACTURER S OF ILI « ■ Roller Process Flour our brands: Gold Medal, O. K., Roller Pat, Special Pat., Standard. SAGINAW, (™) MICHIGAN. Visit HEAVENRICH BROS. CO. The popular. Clothiers, Furnishers and Shoe Dealers. THE LIGHTEST STORE .IN THE CITY. SAGINAW, W. S., MICH. from the High School a young man should take his professional training along those lines for which he has shown special adaptability. If his inclination is engi¬ neering the -J Kalamazoo Affiliated with the Uni¬ versity of Chicago. Three University Fellowships granted each year. Col¬ lege Teachers ' Certificates from State Board of Edu¬ cation for graduates who take Pedagogy. Excel¬ lent positions are held by recent graduates. Ad¬ mirable location, thorough instruction, moderate ex¬ pense. .jt jZ Many opportunities for self-help. Send for catalogue. is able to offer some¬ thing worth investi¬ gating. Catalogues and information con¬ cerning work in the College of Mines will be cheerfully given upon application to Pres t F. W. McNair, HOUGHTON, MICH. A. Gaylord Slocum L. L. D., President Every Graduate Employed Our Students are Thoroughly Drilled in all departments of office work. We take our methods from business houses and not from the text books and tablets. In session all summer. -J J Any information for the asking. XClNAWMlE Brown Brothers, J+ P+ Beyerlein, PLUMBING and Jt STEAM HEATING. 222 North Hamilton St. £ Palace Restaurant, N. Hamilton St. MERCHANT .TAILOR. 221 N. Hamilton St. Saginaw, W. S. fvtcle (Jilt jianij, J+2G ICttncocIc pt ., p« pnaui, YUcl o c R M u B o3 OQ cd w o cc rH a w cS U| 0 o GO ' Hj p- GO •fH cd pH bli o E O) ! o cc tH CD © to 3 TJ a cC S o o cc TJ « 4 H o CD co 3 © D PART II. “In what way?” asked an officer. “Why, a little while ago I saw written on the board: “Find the common multiple.’ Well, I looked from cellar to garret and I wouldn’t know the thing if I met it on the street. What made me quit my job? Last night in big writiug on the blackboard it said, ‘Find the greatest common divisor.’ Well, I says to myself, both them darned things are lost now. and I’ll get blamed for swiping ’em, so I’ll quit.”—Steuben Repub¬ lican. (I. {Wl. ... I cufoT.. 610 ( H. Jffl.amt lt m ’Phone 3074, 4 Rings. Irvin Myrs, d. d. g. N Hamilton St ♦ F C. BUSCH, ; WM. E. CRANE. R. L. CRANE. 9 Book Binder and Manu- CRANE A CRANE, ” facturer of Blank Books. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 402 Court St., Saginaw, W. S. 1 ROOM NO. 1. BARNARD BLOCK. BOTH PHONES 016, d3 •w X s •F IS c S3 £ c C3 O. bl) c X « o o x: t- X C3 £ O SC A. T. Bliss Pine and Fanning Lands in Michigan. Hardwood Lands selling from $3.00 to $8.00 per acre. Parkinson’s Ice Cream Soda AND. Fancy Soft Drinks Finest in the city. Prescriptions Compounded BY GRADUATES ONLY. Most Complete Stock in the State Parkinson, SAGINAW, W. S., MICHIGAN. HOW TIME FLIES ! Write for Particulars. There’s no doubt about it. any more than there is about our lead in the jewelry trade. Our stock of watches is the handsomest, most varied, and valuable display of timepieces in this part of the state. H. S. SIEBEL, Jeweler, SAGINAW, W. S. : This publication was printed by £ Smith Stoelker .Publishing Company. Printers and Publishers, 216 North Hamilton Street. Saginaw yliic tffnitiationd jot tk td jmUtcation weU jutnidlitd iy tfu @ ( atumlub, plua. male a djucialhj oj iflushatwnb jot |citoof and (Adfc j ©et tfifit danijiled and jiticed hejoie ij on jiface an o ' uU ' i. A fen M • i ' ® T} B .t3 a 35 cc w £ - ® 4, o go © r2 . fn - s u ai « Ph ?- O ® O N ■M £ 02 (T) CC s_£ ffi o o o - 43 o o o co 0) a «3 a eS O CD ?H f-l a w o cS CD (H S3 O ® a © a a C 1 35 x i ® f MANUFACTURERS OF. . OVERALLS, PANTS, SHIRTS, DUCK -:- COATS, ETC., ETC. Saginaw, (ffde) Mich. 212, 214, 2 J 6, Germania Ave. H. C. Dittmar, JEWELER. G ?o Hurtubise for your Carriages, Wagons, Cutters, Stump Machines and Repairing. Saginaw, W. S., Mich. Erd Piano Harp Co., Manufacturers of strict¬ ly first-class single and double action Harps, grand and upright Pianos. Complete catalogue to any address. ■•. SAGINAW. Are You Going to Buy Any Furniture ? If you are, call and see the largest line of medium and low priced furniture in the city. We can give you the low- pst prices on anything in the line of furniture, carpets stoves, drapes, lace curtains ; anything to furnish a house complete from garret to cellar. J. Schmelzer, Saginaw, West Side, 202-204 N. Hamilton St.