Wilson Central School - Crest Yearbook (Wilson, NY)

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STARLIGHT PAGE ELEVEN subject. Because of this, his employer obtains the best services from bis employe, and tin employe the best salary. Therefore, one who may enjoy the benefits of a religious education as well as a practical education is very likely to prosper. In conclusion, the noted words of Horace Mann in his “Lectures and Reports on Education” will in a few lines explain the benefits of an education. lie said: “Finally, education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is. at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.” HOMER JOHNSON, ’16. A TRIP TO THE MOON. One day another boy and myself decided to take a trip to the moon, so we had a large shell made into the shape of a bullet and a large cannon to shoot it. Inside this bullet there was room for two people and provisions to last them for three months. There was also a compartment to hold the pieces of another cannon like the first, and a large tank, in half of which there was compressed air and in the other half water. On the day we decided to start we filled the tank with air and water and packed the cannon and our provisions, after which we climbed into the shell and were at last started on our long journey by being shot into space. In about two weeks' time we reached the moon. We opened the door and slipped out of the shell. The first thing that greeted our sight was a mountain covered with snow, as was also the ground. The inhabitants were little short men about two feet tall, who spoke a language in which the words were all of one syllable. Their food consisted of many peculiar things and instead of drinking water they ate snow. The only thing that the men did was to sit in the snow and talk. They had neither schools nor churches and no one seemed to mind the cold. The men made motions to us so we understood that huge giants lived over the mountains. These giants often crossed the mountain and ate a large number of people. On the side of the mountain were large mansions in which we found books and beautiful paintings. This led us to believe that the moon had once been inhabited by a highly civilized people, but as it became colder the people had slowly degenerated to the present inhabitants which we found. In about two days we prepared to start for home. We set up our second cannon and. having lit the fuse, we climbed into our bullet and started for the earth. About half way to the earth we struck a meteor. This changed our course and we landed in the northern part of Canada. When we arrived at Wilson we told our friends that we had had a very pleasant journey but we did not wish to try it again. HARWELL DYER, ’16.

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PAGE TEN STARLIGHT Jan. 24.—The Seniors hold a reading contest in the High School building. Feb. 10.—The Seniors have a box social at Mary Berlin’s. Feb. 24.—The Seniors have their first rehearsal of their play. Feb. 25.—The editorial staff is on tho point of desperation. THE BENEFITS OF AN EDUCATION. The benefits of an education are becoming too well known by the people of the civilized world to require very much explaining at this time. One of the most valuable assets of a young man today is an education. In the commercial or business world, he must be educated in subjects relating mostly to this phase of life; in the literary world, he must be educated in the languages and arts. Any high school graduate finds new paths opening up before him. 11 is capacity and ability for learning and accomplishing many different and difficult problems is enlarged. Employers, knowing this, seek to engage men who have at least a high school education. This is becoming apparent even to the foreign residents of our large cities and we find more and more children, born of foreign parents, numbered among tin graduates of our public schools. A high school education not only increases the graduate’s chances of employment but it is also a source of enjoyment to himself and his intimate friends. lie is enabled to read classical works and to understand as well as enjoy them. To his friends he is an undrainable source ofl truths acceptable to all. For himself lie finds in his reading many valuable aids in after life. Without the ability to understand and read these books, which he has acquired by educating himself, he would be unable to do this. If the high school graduate decides upon a college course, so much the better, as it increases his opportunities to make a name for himself in the world. At college1 lie meets many influential men who will aid him in his work in after years. Ib1 studies the problems of the day and masters them and is enabled to leave college with a much greater store of knowledge and ability to rise, than In had before. If after leaving college, he intends to enter tin employment of another, he is aided by the fact that he acquired his education in a college. By this is shown that he is ambitious as he attempts to put himself on a level with our greatest men. He is paid a higher salary than the uneducated man, and thus the pleasures of life are open to him and he may enjoy them as the result of an education. Although lie has mastered the school and college side of life, lie must not neglect the religious side. This is becoming more and more important; for a man who is well posted on religious subjects and the friend of religion is generally more desirable than one who is not. He is not so liable to frequent places of an immoral char- acter, as much as he would if he were not acquainted with this

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PAGE TWELVE STARLIGHT THE GRADUATE’S AMBITION. My desk of books I have laid bare And my soul is free from trifling care; I pass thru the door with some regret. As I stand on the path which Fate has set. Forward I look to the coming years With growing and apprehending fears For duties many have I to perform— The American politics I must reform. The Chinaman bar from our beautiful shore, I must lower the tariff still more and more; In Europe again must the Peace Angel live, The American women the vote I must give; And then for the Presidency I will try. And make the whole nation of Uncle Sam “Dry.” When my duties on earth are finally done. And the course of my life is successfully run. My restful soul to its haven will fly And begin my duties up there on High. HAZEL WILSON, 16. THE HALLUCINATION OF A SENIOR. It was rather tiresome, let me tell you, riding along in that big. heavy wagon over such a narrow, sandy trail, and every one, even to our modest Miss Hubbard shouted with joy when we reached the summit of the hill. We saw the two scouts dismounted just below us and we knew we were to pitch camp in that place. Another thing greeted us and that was the sun just peeping up over the hill in the distance. Mary Berlin said that it was the first time she ever saw the sun rise and would certainly have the picture on canvas before she left for home that night. Everyone reached the ground in safety, even though there was a great stampede, and then of course we were all pleased with the place and crowded around Salow and McMillian to congratulate them on choosing it. As soon as the horses were cared for properly, the boys began putting up the tent, and everyone laughed to see George Schweigert fall over his own feet. There was great confusion, and it did not subside until Glenn Bickford’s glasses were brought to light that he might see whether the tent stakes were at the right angle. It certainly is queer in one respect why glasses are necessary, or maybe it is instinct which leads him to a certain seat on the north side of the room. As soon as the tents were up and the provisions unloaded, Mabel Wilson put some water over to boil—that we might have breakfast. But someone else had to watch the water to keep it from burning, as we all know that Mabel is lacking in the knowledge of domestic science. Breakfast was prepared after a fashion, and we were certainly ready for it. It was no fancy meal, but good, wholesome food. Ruth Diez pronounced the soup delicious and wanted to know if it was “Campbell’s.” Fred liked the condensed milk for coffee because it was “Borden’s,” and wished that he had brought