York High School - Duke Yearbook (York, NE)

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Forth there goes a proclamation, HAH must take examinations, Till the student population All have learned the sad refrain. Then in awful consternation They retire to habitation, Spend the night in preparation, Wo1'king With their might and main. They refuse all invitation To partake of dissipation, Will not cease their occupation E'en to still their SiZO1113.Cl1iS pain. Then they cram Without cessation And they take no recreation, And they give no relaxation To their overburdened brain. Then begins such tribulation As can have no consolation,- That is no exaggeration,- Yet 'tis useless to complain. tfWhat's the law of gravitation? Tell about the reformation. Give the date of restoration Why did Nero go insane? Egaminatione t'Find the mental calculation Wliatls the speed of earth's rotation. What was Adam's great temptation? Tell of Caesar's long campaign. '4Give a lengthy dissertation On the need of ventilation. Wl13t7S the seat of all sensation, Both of pleasure and of pain? Tell about coagulation, How to treat a dislocation. Wl1at's the cause of palpitation? Name each artery and vein. g'Wll2.t is meant by transmigration? Solve the following equation. Give the history of our nation, And also the War with Spain. UNow for Cicero's oration Give the very best translation. Give in Latin the conjugation Of the English words, 'they were slain. Long they sit in meditation, Hoping for some revelation, But there comes no explanation To their much bewildered brain. And the teacher with vexation Sees them sit in contemplation, And he says in exhortation,- Soon the hour Will Wax and Wane So they Write in desperation W01'dS that give no information, Wo1'cls Without the least relation To those things they can't explain. Then they think about vacation And in glad anticipation They are from regulation, All that goes against the grain. Oh! in all the wide creation ls there an abomination That can equal 'xamination Wlieii it's taken all in vain? my

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which it is hoped will ever remain a fixture of the organ- ization, made its debut. This team was composed of t'husky , patient fellows, and the ordeals that they passed through in guiding the Hseekers after truth through the many pitfalls to the altar will never be known to the world at large, but will be long remembered by the initiates. ln previous years the election of otlieers has always been a tedious and confusing task owing to the fact that the room was so crowded. This year when the elections were held, one could not help but notice with what swift- ness and smoothness the balloting took place. At the beginning of the second semester Arthur Browne took the president.'s chair. lle maintained excel- lent control over the fellows even if he did have to take stringent means, such as making the l+'reshies mix up with the upper classmen, but generally one of his fath- e1'ly talksll was enough to cause excellent order again to prevail. It was during his administration that the prac- tice of giving the honors of the day to members who did something worthy of mention came into use. Little Perry for reason of his excellent work in the several spelling contests was the lirst tlms honored. Provost and llopkins, who represented us in the debate against Ord High School, were also honored with it. The program committee saw lit to change the order of arrangements very little from previous years, with the Freshmen-- reception that every program contained a musical num- ber of some kind. The Freshmen made excellent progress, especially in parliamentary work. On the programs there were many excellent papers, recitations, musical numbers, parliamentary drills and debates. From the many debaters who were on the program several have represented York in debates at other places and all have upheld the good name of our society and school. The history of this year's proceedings would be incom- plete without mentioning the excellent Work done by Treasurer Taylor. llere again originality scored a suc- cess. for Mr. Taylor departed from any method or scheme heretofore used and as a result there was more money in the treasury and fewer unpaid dues than the records of any other treasurer show. It is sate to say that the departing from the usual and time tried methods and the adopting by the society of new means for the carrying on of the work has placed it on a plane higher than any former year. A class more verdant, fresh and green Was never in this High School seen. Sophomores-Learn from their faults what should be avoided. ' Facultv-I dote on their very absence. . ' . - - ' 1 Atkinson- Don t move during my recitation. ' Brown-- I mean precisely what I say. Carscadden- It was DECIDEDLY out of orderfl VVray- Girls, don't whisper in the hall, please. Reynolds-t'You big boys ought to be gentlemen.

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23 be 1I nter igb School Debate Eg WWW? WWW?WWWKW N EVENT in which our high school never fails to participate is the State lligh School Debate held at Lincoln during the holidays. In this debate, the cities of Beatrice, Clrete, Lincoln, Omaha, Ne- braska City and York each send representatives who struggle with a ques- tion proposed during the fall by the State lligh School Inspector, the State Superintendent and the Chancellor of the State llniversity. As the sides are arranged according to tl1e alphabetical order of the cities, the element of chance enters largely into the result of the contest. The question p1'oposed for dis- cussion last fall was: Resolved, That the Government Should Own and Operate the Coal Mines. Beatrice, Crete and Lincoln were arranged on the affirmative, and Nebraska City, Omaha and York on the negative. ln the home preli1nina1'y as many as desire enter the contest for the honor of repres- enting the school i11 this debate. The faculty sits in judgment upon their ef- forts, selecting the best debater as the representative and the next best as al- ternate. By this arrangement, Clifford Wilkins was chosen to represent the school and Burdette Provost to act as alternate, the latter also serving in the capacity of delegate. These boys were accompanied by Supt. Atkinson, Prof, Brown Ztllll Don Hopkins, the last named being treasurer of the association. Previous to the debate a spirited dis- cussion took place relative to the propriety of selecting all tl1e judges from Lincoln and the executive committee was requested to modify its action if it could do so Without giving offense to the gentlemen involved. The committee did not find it convenient to do this and as the decision of the judges was in favor of tl1e side on which the Lincoln representative debated, it gave the boys from the other cities a chance to indulge in some I told you so's, but whether justly or unjustly it is not the purpose of this article to relate. The Lincoln representative used a chart to illustrate his arguments and this was very neatly turned against him by Wilkiiis whose whole speech was highly com- plimented by a large number present. 'jln the election of otlicers for the ensuing year Holland Wiltliiian of York was chosen president. Ord was admitted i11to the League and the executive committee was instructed to consider in- vitations from other places than Lincoln for the next meeting. It is possible that tl1is may result in bringing the de- bate to York next year.