afs cactus vol. 2 no. 4 jan. 15, 1922

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Singingg to . mys'frf ti:ie dt:t'rrcien

American School, I foundthat they were many! The particula r one that I thought to be ratherimportant was the lack of singing.This can hardly be called a schoolsubject but it might mean more funfo r th e student. I have noticed thatin this High School there is no singin g done except when preparing fora great occasion like Christmas orsomething like it .

I f yo u have ever been in a schoolin th t United States, yo u must knowthat th e k ' enestjoy in school is de. rived from learning and singing al lth e well-known high school andcollege songs.. These .songs ar e remiders, after

have graduated from school;they bring back many memo des ofyourtime spent there. lknowthat in this particular High School

we have little time for th e differentsubjects and much less for singing.

But couldn't something be done? Ithink that if the program were to. be revised and a minute or two ta.ken fr Jm each period, we could a tieast get te n minutes for singing.

Of course, te n minutes is not verymuch time., but, I am sure th at weal l want some singing however little it may be.

Idle TalkWho said th e water ' \YHS .Old?:It's nothing ofthe sort when youkttOW how to swin:i! But when so

me of those little children (MEANINGTH E FRESHIES) jump in expecting adelicious-ly delicious bath and have to bt> fished o!lt when they are al most frozen, .........what would youexpect them to sa y but ' 'I don'd

. like that swimming pool of the A.H. S. tennis club, the water is toocold."

A m e r i c a n Schoo l , J a n u a r y 15 , 1 9 2 2 11 Pr ice 10 cents . 1...::\ The -Chri s tm.asI o s t e v e ~ y b o d y ~ ~ ~ - & I ~ ~ ~ D d

who went had one good tin1e.Anybody s ~ e n Harol'ds

Lolly-pop? .Look out for the snakeMiss Gil!On the sixteenth of December,

1921, Miss :0ennison, Miss Gil, andMiss Cabuis gave a purty to allth e High School a t Miss Dennison'shome en Calle Colima.

The party began a t seven P. M.(in case th e more modern of th estudents do not understand suchantiquated language, let us explainthat i t e g ~ n a t nineteen o'clock.)'ThE'.Jlnors 'i'! :en c l e a ~ e . d . 'rlfU!cing;which was ~ a o n e t o a Victrola.

During th e first part of th e evenign t he guests talk t>d an d walkedaround until most of those invitedha d arrived. After that time hadpassed, they al l ga thered aroundth e lovely Ghristmas tree , to receiveth e jo ke presents which everyonehad 'brought and given over to oneof th e hostesses when they madetheir first appearance. Some realpre


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OAO TUSEstabl ish 1 9 21 .Formerly "PEP"Issued once a month

throughout th e school year.STAFF:

MARY PHILLIPS.Managing Ediror

ROLAND AGUILAR.ALAN DuNNING, Assistant.

Business Managtr RoBERT BRADBURY.

Distribution Ma na ge rMARK B. KATZE, Jr .

NoRMAN HUNTER, Assist a nt .H O l ~ A C E WHITTLESEY, Assistant.

Faculty AdvisorDoROTHY DENNisoN.

Grade NotesThe following program was g iven

at Christmas time.G-RADE by the Eighth- ~ ~ ~ - ~ - ~ ~ ~

Instrumental Music .Hector AguilarLuis Rubalcaba

Address .. ..... ...........Robert Sours" I f ' ....................... Alice BullmanChristmas Essay .......Rose WoodhouseRecitation ................John Martinez0 pportuni ty .. ..........Walter KneelandKeep Agoing ...........Joseph ReyesSanta Claus Dethro-ned .. ......... ; .......Rosa Martinez

Luis Rubalcaba) .

SEVENTH GRADE:-During themonth of November, the Seventh grade aad seven cases of tardiness .andnine cases of absence.The ' Katn-ra Klub" espect to spend

~ h . t t m : i & ] ! ' , DecemberlO, at El Desier-~ . , . . . . . . . . , : : c - - . - - _The S s t J ( g r ~ P , a s been invited" to go along..

I w ish I was a little rockA- settin'on a hill,An ' doing nothing a ll day long,But just a-sett in ' still.I wouldn't eat, I wouldn't drink,I wouldn't even wash,But se t an ' set 'a thousand y e a r ~ .And rest myself, by gosh! 1

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The Boy Scout . . 1ll1ke .Better Late than never!

Isn't it about time for another hike?"Hike along, hike along, hike beam:, and potatoes roalong with a stride so free." coals. Aftu setting the

,L. - - t h ' e n : T g h ~ e l : ~ n e & iri b.ut,That is whateighteenBoyScouts in the open did not comeof Troop I did fo r th e first few miles we talked and sang songs until aoftheir over night hike . We left late hour. The night was cold andMexico Monday October 31st., either the supper or perhaps theunder charge of Scoutmaster Som. thought of returning to school.mers on th e San Rafial & Atlixco Thursday la y heavy on the min;lsR. R. for Miraftores, arriving at te n of some of the scouts, causing themA. M. to moan and groan so tha t sleepFull of pep (not last years paper) for the rest was no easy matter .we hiked until noon when a halt Take i t from me, guard duty on awas called and we proceeded t0 cold dark night is no joke and th ecook a steak tha t each Scout had ones who really did guard dutybeen instructed to bring in hi s were out of luck. At a very earlygrub sack. We were supposed to hour the camp came to life; and acook this over th e camp fire bu as good breakfast, including hot cakesfry pans were handy many of th e made by the Scoutmaster, put everyboys used this method. The ones one in fine fettle again. Afterwho we re game had a lovely breakfast we hiked to th e mill but .steak well flavored and nieely found i t closed. We then hiked tocovered with ashes. Za valeta, the> nearest station on the

After lunch we hiked until the, R. R. We arrived at noon andsupply of water ra n out when a decided to wait there fo r th ehalt was called and the scout mas due to arrive a t 3.30 P. J ; , ~ ~ ~ter and two scouts were detailed to due in Mexico a t 5 .30. Thehunt a supply. This expedition was were a ll se t fo r a big 'suppersuccessful and th e water t rain home, a bot batn, an d bed; but wereturned bringing in a good supp ly had not reckoned on the good rail.to th e thirsty ones who had been roads in Mexico and th e best ourhaving ajo liy time. We then hi ked train could do was to get usto th eto the Paper Mill where camp was city a t one thirty the next morni.ng ,pitched and, after the camp fire a tired bunch but happy. So euded(not girls) was lighted with proper the first hike and we are al l lookingceremonies we cooked a dandy forward to the next one-and maysupper offrit:d eggs, bacon, baked it come soon.

GraminarBrownlee Roberson .............................. ........ ... ..... . .......Noun (abstract).Miss Chase ....... .......... .... ...... .. .................................... Indicative Mood.Miss Dennison ...... ........................................................ Preent Definite.Lee Bohan .. ... ...... ............................................. ......... ..Past Perfect.Mr. Carter ......... ........ .......... .. ,. , .. .. .. .. ...... ............. .... ..Indica tive Mood.Virginia Kirby-Smith ..... ............. ... ...... .. .. -;:: ..... ;-;-;-;-.. P r e s e n t Act iv.e.Harold Teele ... : .. ... .................. ....... .. .... ........ ....... ...... Ablative Case.Mary Sobral ....................... ................... : ................... Verb.Chi Hai Fong ................................. . ........................... Question Mark.Billy Jennings .......... : ......................... : ....................... Proper Noun.Mariana Whittlesey ..... .. .. .. .. : . .... .............................. Conditional Mood.Gertrude Know!to n .................... .. ... ........... .. ........... ....Ft:ture Perfect.Robert Bradbury . ... . ... . .. .. .................... ...... . ........ .... .... Passive Voice.Mabel Campbell .......................... : ..............................Vocative.Norman Hunter ............... ... , ........ .............................Future ConditionalDorothy Butlin .. .... ; ........ ; . .; . .. ............................... ..Infinite (ive).


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Lamborn & ompany3:t. Palma 33 ,

Agricultural Imp t ments.Leather & Balnta Belting.

Mauiln & Steel Cables.

"Come in!the Water is fine"

Swimming Poo l

HOTEL REGISSPORTING GOODSBASE-BALLS

FOOT BALLSBASKET

MOHLER & DE GRESS Sues,, S. A.Ave. MORELOS 16.

Mexico City BankingCorporation, S. A.

or Specialty"Hy-Grade Chocolates"Ice-Creams- Sodas.

Two StoresFrancisco I. Madero 12. Bucareli 53.

CACTUS '

. Card terms as we see them1. Pair ......................................Roland and Alfred .2. Straight .............................. .. WeH, not Margaret Semmes hair.3. Full House ... ......................... Miss Chase's room.4. Flush ....... ..... ; ..... ....: .......... .] . Tust watch Brian.5. Ace High ............................... Sure, when i t Chi Hai Tong.6. Duece'swild (Duece he's wild).Brownlee Robertson.7. Always follow siut.. ... ..........It's done in Student League Meeting's.8. Trumps ............... .................We'd just like to mention Mi-ss Gil.9. High five.......................... .......Th e Seniors.

~ Three of a kind.n ,..; .. . .... . ..... .. M a r - y Sobral, M a . c i ~ A 1 . a . . : . Z i t : g i n i a .11. Grand Slam ..........................What Miss Chase hands QUt .12 . Passed .................................The Senior Class last year.13. Green of Diamonds ............... Miss Cabais.14 . Rum (me) .............................. Mr. Carter a nti his flask

Big Casino ........................... Mary Phillips.16. Little Casino ............ ... ........Emma Ladd.17. Old Maid.. .. ......... .................. ?

Report CardsReport cards come and go - and

come again! 'How about tha t report card of

yo urs? Did yo u fe el proud of i t thelast ti me yo u saw it? Was it up topar or fa r below? Did yo uin a large number of E's

our card siw-w a suA:s a mattet of fact, the rumor

goes around that: report cards orrt h e whole are not as they shouldbe , that there is room for much improvement in the monthly records.Too large a nurpber of cards goforth bearing P's - signs of failurt>:W hy should anyo ne be failing? Students w hose ca rd s bear P's aredeficient in mentality, hea lth, oreducation, for i t is a fac t tha t theaverege normal child can earrythe five high .school subjects without a special tax on his or herhealt h or brains . In our High

School, where classes ar e small andthere is no lack .of individual attention from the te acher, we havenot th e excuse to offer that we did

too much interest n outltideand not enough intere!'t in schoolwork That is where the trublereally lies - in the ack of interest,rather of enthusiasm for the schoolwork There are too may w hoh av e th e ' 'pleasure first, studywhen convenient a ttitude.'' Toomay who come to school w hen thevhave no other place to go . Wecannot expect to maintain a highstandard in the American HighSchool, unless th e indi vid ual seu:dents h-av e high standan:is an d highideals.

JokesOne of the questions in a geogra-

phy examinatio n was, "Nam e acanal in South America." One offlie answers was, "The alimentaryca nal.One of the questions in the exa-mination on stock raising was,"Name four different kinds ofsheep."' Here is one of the answers:"Black sheep, white sheep, Mary'slittle lamb, and the hydralic ram.

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Bobby- "Aw , I could walk th erope just as well as th e man in thec i r c u s if i t wasn't for one thing. JWllie - "What 's that?"Bobby - ' 'I 'd fa!] off."Mistress ::- Have you swept underth e carpet?Maid -Yes , m11m, I swept eve

rything under the carpet.


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THEY KNO 'N "

TUTORING

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JokesShe'd be Safe Here

Mary had a little bob,She got it from the bobber,

Sh e fears to take i t home with herBecause she thinks they'll mob'er.Bob B: Did yo u ever take chlor-

oform?Harold T: No, who teaches it?Mr. Carter_ (-in

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