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HIG'H SCHOOL LIFE

VOLUME II HSprings,

M iApril 13, 1923.

NO. XXIII

LOCAL Ill-YHOLD ELECTION

The Harbor Springs Hi-Y held theaanual (\l1ect ion of •o•fficers, Tuesdayevening, April 10, 192il.

Lester Stan to n , the past ' yel!Jrs

P ~ opened th e meeting a t 7:30.

'l'he officers were a ll elected accur ding to their ability, especially

t·hle pres'itlent. ' Mr. Stanton called

for nomin ations for the Vl!Jt•Lous ofru.:es and .everyone responded.

Sec re t ballot was used and th elowmg oilic·::rs elec ted:p ,,•esictent-.fDa.rl DeLaVergne •ViCe-Pres -C'hl!Jrl·es Be-ckon.!::Jeeretary-RoLnd Taylor.

'1 r easu rer- Gorclon Wilcox.

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El ingsent's motoher, Mrs. T. E llingsen wen t to Grand R rupid s some daysago to be present at th e wedding.P e tosk•e-y Eve ning Ne.ws.

"Deacon " Lamkin, as .he was call C>cl ·by h is a,ssociates lh.ere was a fo.rmer Hwrbo.r Springs young man anda g raduate of the loca l high schoolclass '21. He is a ma n of exempla ryhabit s and well liked. This pa])erj·oins 'lLis many fr iends here in wish

ing Mr ancl Mrs. La mkin much :happin e ~ s

BOB WHITE IS IN DANGER

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A bill by Rep. Rowe to put ther,uail in tJhe Song Bird class pass!=ctthe Hous•e. T b·e bill is in the SenateCommittee now and it is said some of

the s•portsmen of that Committeewoul-d· .pu t t'h·e qua1l back in tJhe .sam eclass to protec t him •two yea•rs more.

By that time we w o ~ have manyfin e flocks, t ame as the chickens they

Ann Ar bor - Mi·ch ., Ap:ril 7 - Paul / 'ced wi th. a round the bl!Jrn s .Goebe l, captain of the 1922 Michigan . A "t·e.d sportsman" woulidlll't w.ant tot'ootball team, ,h,as turned down def- kil l h m , but our exparience .hasinitely t i:e offer to become a th letic ta ug h-t us that there are plenty ofdiDector and head fooOt·ball coach at m :'n in th e city who carry •a gun tJhatI<'J irbu rn college in Wichita, Kansas . will s.hloot even t ame •rabhits in your

l n lLsu of t he poss ibility of ano<ther own door yard . ·sucih sportsmen ( ?) ,o t ' l ' as ass is tant g1ridiron -::oa.ah at a and tlhey are many, . would n1ot hesilarge . . : ~ university, Goebel has t ate to clean out thousands of flocks

not de cided yet w he ther 'he wil l .re- of quaJI that 1 we ihave fedi and thatfrain enti re ly from coa,ching. Gpeibel .we rueed to protect th e crops on our

is at prese nt a seni•or engineeriiJJg f ::trms . ·stud·ent a nd a member of Tau Beta Write y1our senat0;r to put the Bob•Pi , hononary engin ee ring society.- \ Vhite in the Song Bi•I'g class.-The

Det roit Sunday Times. Mic·higan Patron.

FCRMER H A R B O ~ SPRINGS

YOU N G MAN MARRIED

AT G ~ A N D RAPIDS

•T hoe fo llowing taken from the Peto<Jkey News wil l be of interes t toH a,rbor ,Springs people:

A ma:rriage license has been issuedin G ~ n d Rapids to Donald Lamkinr.: ncl Esthe r E llingsen, ,fOirm•eJ"- residents of P e toskey. Mr . La mkin h asbeen employed in Grand Rapids for

. s•ome time aP.d Miss Ellin,gsem hasbeen th er e sin ce last September . Miss

EXPENSIVE POSTAGE

Quite r.ecently o::t registered let ter'from Korn1hobo, Russia, Was receiY.ed by a Lynn, M•J.ss., man a nd thepostage r.epres.ented 3,000,000 Russian rubies. Before the fal! in r ate,

this amounted to $1,500.00 in United

States legal tender. There were 30stamp's v•J.lu ed at 100,000 rubl·es eachon th e l·etter.

Miss Vesta DeWitt, w.ho is attend ing th 10 U. of M., came lhlo.me Fridayfor a 'w·eeks' vacation .



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HIGH SCHOOL LIFE~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~HIGH SCHOOL LIFE d;s-tance f- om th e floor to th:e tip of

Pulb!ished w ee kly by the Harbor th e finger is th e requir-ed number ot

Springs Htgh School. feet.

Su 'bscr•ption price: 50c .per year. A harn ess 'is a great n id in skiingbut it is not absolute-ly necessary.

Charles L. Be•ckon Editor-In-Chief

Lester Stanton Bus-iness 'Manager

Cecil Willis Ass't. Editor

IDarl DeLaVergne Ass't. Editor

Theodore Blackman, Athletic Editor

Mamie Wheaton Joke Editor

HO W TO GE T TH E

MOST OU T OF SCHOOL

Aft er the Ba ttle of Crecy, tb.e crestof King John of Bohemia wa s found

._ on th e fie ld .bearing th e motto, "I

serve." . ·He, who w o ~ l d ge t th e most out of

sc hool must C:h.erish the same id ea,for in sch •oo l, as in lif,e, the hi-ghestsatisfa•ct ion is to be .f1ound in giving,not getting. 'l'he boy or the gir l, who

th ink s first of tb.e interest of tn "sQ!looi, who is eager to · .id an y entenprise which will be to it s benefi t,who is will.ing to sacrifice time andpersona l advan age for it s welfare, is

the on·e who -wtil find sclwol a de

light a nd it s m emory · :t las ting sat

isfaction:,s uch a pupil ha s th e finest sort of

sch 'oo l , spirit, for spirit consists. notso much in Ch.eering the team ·on to

victory, or even in supporting it in

times of defeat- im portant as suchsupport is-as in being loyal to it side :ts and purposes. Sc hool spirit in

fact, is no t noi se, it is an attitude .of

mind and heart. It shows it sel f in

:Pride in th e appear a noe of th eschool an d its sur round ings, and intb:o ughtful c :ne of it s .property. Pu

pils, who have' true sch 'ool sp iri t ar econsiderate of schoolm ates an d t ea che rs and ar e e nthusias ti c an d loy:tlsupporters of all school activi t ies.

Bernice Ede lstein.

TH E AR T OF SKIING

Not more than six ye ,1r s· ago, ski

ing wa s npt hea rd of in connection

with actual participation. Not so tod 1y, howerver .

Considering th e prop.e,i· length otskiis is a difficult problem . Th e bes tm ethod of de termining th e properleng th is :by standing with the ri gh t

ar m exte nd ed a b.ove th e he-ad; th e

Th e first effort s .shou ld be confinedto level, open country, until o ne becomes .a·cquainted with th e knack of

th e thing. Th e skiis ar •e no t liftedfrom th1e, snow t:ts in ordinary wa lk ing, but are . . a ther s lid a long in aswa ying, gr.aceful movement . ·Standing on th e right foot, first throw th ebody forw ard by a short s· de push

of th e right foot. Stick out then withth e left foot, suddenly throwing th e'

weight of th e body on- th e l e.rt •f,oot.Th e r esul t is th la t th e skier will g lid eforw ar d on th e left skii. In this way

the runner soon glides forward tw o orthree length s of th e skii s• at a stride,an d at a.n amazing rate of s·peed . Th esnake, 1lo·r instance, i s a wonder ful

ski 2r ,' .except t h'at he us es on e in steadof twro gliding surfaces .

TJhe ma-y be learned by persistant roc peri mentinrg rmd tby close lyobserving a mo .re snC'cessf ul runn er.

H 1lf of the game is to ke ep· th e bodyforw a rd, neve r 'backward, and to

have unlimited confidenc.J• in YOu.rse lf. Of rt mr s•e, th ere will rbe "spills"- po we.rf ul ones-he,: d ,over heels,perha1JS, two or thl•e<e times, bu t oldman gravity m 1y always be r elie d upon to right you without too much

strain or st r:ess.

' Practi-ce to 'keep your feet a comfor'f 1bl e di st ance apart -and fo-cke dpamlle l , for when your J.egs begin to .s eparate, it is only a n _ 1tter of sec

onds un t il you ar e schedul ed for afa ll.

Do not ov•e .rdo at fir s t , fo,r sk iin gis a Yery str.£•nu ous game until onebecomes accustomed to it. So . take it

easy to avoid sore muscles and . stiffen ing up, wh i·ch invaria•bly is th e re sul t of a tt en ding on e w.ho is -foolhardyancl tri-es to lea rn i n a rush .

Don't become so interested in th epur e technique of the sport, how ev.e,r that you -fo-rget to observe moth ernature 's wintry glories Scenes· o f

this time of yeu present on e of themost ma j•e.stic forms of bea uty , an d if

you bu t ta ke it a ll in, you c1n storeyour m emory with many wonderful

pictur•e•s that will never b e for got ten .- Lillia n Ga le.

HIGH SCHOOL LI'FE

• 1m ens, wh efle sh e is teacbjng.Iatund·ay to he r school in Mt. Cle-

Htgh School :Miss Elaine Wright, whto is a

Notes Jewcher in th e public schools at Ster

ling, Mich., arrived SJ.turday fo r aweelks' vacation with her parents, Mr.

"-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- · and Mrs. W. D. Wright.

Among th e teachers of th e publicsc h•D'Ol who r em ain ed ' Ilene for the Miss Bernice Ayers, . c-ommer cia lspring vacation w ere: Supt. D. L. tea cher , lef t .Frid ay afternoon la-st,Bailey, Fred 1Scalf, Mrs. c. N. Me.r- fo r her home at Tipton, Mich, whereritt, Mrs. Alice Force, Miss Et he l· she will spe nd he r V!lc'a tion, r et u r nYoung, Miss Elsie Hollow ell , Miss J. ing n ex t Tu esday morning.

Helen Wells -:mel Miss Lo fgren.__ ______ Miss . H elen Gould r et urn ed to Eo.1st

A most be.auti ful s c e ~ e wa .s pre- Lan s ing , .Monday morning to r•esum e

sented Tu esday morning a'fte.r th e h e!' st liid1e,s at th e M. A. C.In' wy snowfall of - Monday night,

wh en every tree an d shrub w,asheavy la den with snow bearing th e

downward with th e weig.ht.

J,ohn V/eaYe r , of the U. of M.,wl'ites ·h·e. will spe nd hi s spring vaca·tion wi th his s ister, Mrs. Frank Cle ment t .t Buffalo, N. Y.

pub lic sch ool ·Clos•ed h er e Fri-day fo.r a weeks' Spring varn t ion .

Miss CJli.e B.:.clms lef t Saturday

for Ann Arb or to spend th;e v 1cationwith hletr sister, Miss Marguerite Back ns, who i.s attending the U. of M.

Mus l,egon 'high basketb!a ll

t eam is cha mp inn 1of Class A schoolsin Mich iga n, th e r esult s of it s e11syvictory OV'er Detro it Nort·hw es tern 36-2 4 l1t e Saturday at Michigan A·grioulu,ra l dollege. . N i ~ is c\hampion

of 1 . s s B, thru a victory o vevr A lm a34- 9 at th e University of. Michig an ·.gymnasi um . Holley wo n from Ca.rsonCity for th e championship of Class C

Thi s game wa s ,1Jsoo pl ayed attn e Uni versity. of .Michi ga n.

Mr . Bon:d- "\V ,henit ever rise again?"

ra in ' fa ll s does

Francrs L·- "Y es . Sir."

1Mr. Bo nd-"Wh .en ?"·Fr .ances L-\Vihy, in de,·r time--

wa s fir st

T eac her s r etu rnin g to Det r oit Sun

rl ay were Miss Gertrude C ~ ' . Miss

.Do r a. Ste in :and Miss Kath lee nWright. m,1n ?"

Stud ent-"W as hing ton. He wa s the

Gordon 'Wilso n is )lpending hisscbo·ol vacati-on w it h his f 1.ther , L eonWil son, at Carp La·ke .

Am ong th e teach er s who are spentlhg Eastlsr Y\ '•ca tion out of towna ··e Miss Alice ' M c C Lak e v<lesoa: Miss Min e rva H unte r , Shelby; .Mi ss e o ~ . g Scrogie, De troit;Miss He emstra, Holhnll : -M iss Haze lAnderso n , Sa ult Ste. Muie; Mrs.

Lea ch , Re 2rd City; Miss Gr:;.ce Ballan

tin e , Ann Miss Mina Derwey,Flellston; · Miss ,,J'i•on Da.vis, Yps il'anti; F. L. Bailey, Detroit, An n Arbor; J. B. Bond. We s t Branoh; Mi ssI sabe ll e Bryce, Fenton. '

first num in war and fir st il1rTe!3c·he r - "No, no . Adam wa.s the

fi rs t mn n."Stuclent-"'Oh, if you ar e talking atout for eign ers, I s' po.s•e h e was."

Fannie B. (a.fter fa lli n-g rlown w hil et i n g ) 1y Bob, I don't see why

thBy d•c·n' t freeze ic e with tbre slip

per y shle down ."

School will r eopen on Tu esctaymorning, April 10 .n nd c.ontin ue on

t hr u Sa turd ay, A·pril 14 to ma•ke up

for th e los t nay . ·Monday.

Mr. J. B. Bond has bee n eng1age das principa l of the hi gh sch ool for

the com ing ycpr. Sp ecia l efforts arebeiw1 m ade to secure an atMetic

Miss Oll ie Babcock, w!ho spen t her coach. Mr. Bond will no t he r eq ui redsp-ring vaclti-On with h1er par e nt s , Mr. to assist with th e coaching th e comand J 1y Babcock, ret ur n ed las t ing year.

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1: H i g ~ ~ ~ I ~ ; ~ : : ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ jReferring to McClurg's list of best

Jessie ~ o r n e l i u s 'has entewed ,th e s•elers, publi shr>q in las t week's Re-second glrad,e. publican , unless uneX'p act)e d re-in

Jlo rcements arrive, we a;ren't likely to

Miss Hunter is detain ed '.at home ha v•e them all. But from th e numer

t hi s week on account of illnes•s. Mrs. it is ea.sy to glean th e f·ollowing_DeWitt is _filling th e vac amcy this comments . T e m BaHey took herwee,k. ou s ads in tl:ue li te-na ry suplements

The fifth grade boys are very busy ·title .":r'he Dim Lantern." ~ o m a ~ h a r -making wagon.s whi·c'h will be painte·d a c t e 1n t!Je ?ook. A g1rl Is th e Ianred and gre en. Maybe they will ·be tern who .gmdes man out ·of dar'kused l)o.r the spr ing hauling. n:ss a nd despaJw mto hope ami hap-

"The Bulbble" one of the postponed

numbers of the Lyceum course, waspresented !a,s t Friday evening withgr ea t success. The company w a ~ asomewhat 'handicapped •bec ause of t!hefact that on e of their main actorswas i l l ; but in spit3 of th is th e play

was well pr•es ented .T.he ac to rs tbemse1ves did excel

lently, and th e main 'ac tor, GustavMueller , des erves sp ecial m enti-on for

hts WOT'k . All 1M th .e acto l's s e ~ e m e dobvious of th e audienc e 'yet 3:cted in•harmony and in sympathy with th•em.

'Dhey- cau.gh t each mood and feeling

of th eir a•udien ce and us ed it to theiradvantage. There was never an incid·enc•e in th e play that eV'eryone could

not .ge t th e m eaning o.f or follow itclear ly. I f laughter, or cheering waspresent , the ac to11s, apprurently ignor.ant a lways waited to continue the

play.Many of th e teach·er s and students

missed tb:e •play 1becaus e ·of vaca tion.They sure ly missed muoh when they·missed the "confounded fox tDots,"the "do t vas a goot beez•e•ness," and

t he ex tens iVIl vocabula.ry of Gustav

Mue ll e1.

pm ess.

Gertrude Atherton's widely ad.v er ti s,ed "Black Oxen" has a sensationa l tl:ueme; th e heroine was a formerbelle of New York high society and

by some r emarka bl e X-ray treatmentsha s become young an d extr emely

gay;. Upton Sinclair calls it a "s ic'knovel fo r a sick world ."

T-he t he me of "A Man's Country" is"Did I marry a man--{)r a business?'I t is a challange to every ambitiousman and every home .]oving womanso th e re viewers s ay -

"Rou,gh Hewn" is good, of course,

being by Dorothy C1nfield Fisher .R o. '"'rl . it fi.st, ~ h e n follow up with"The , Broimming Cup," if you can. Theother books on , this list , we e ithe.rhave or are a:bout to get.

Carl Sandburg is touring th e country giving re '.di ngs from "Rootbaga

Stories," the ·book \vllrich is something n ew in Fairy Tales. ·

April 13, is t he publication date fo r" 'I he Public Square" by Will Levington Oomfort, one of o-ur Michigan

novelists of note.

l\'IE)redit'h Ni cholson, whose "House

a Tho usand Candles" w·a.s writteit

in Ha;'bo r Springs and W1ho still

comes here, has th is to S.ly a:gainst a -rom aut i e r>evival in fiction: "The

FIRST TRAIN IN 23 , DAYS time is ripe for novels of real Am er-

ARRIVES AT LAKE CIT'r ican life, wit!) a ll it s compl exities .

Lake City, Ap r'il 7.- A train bringing mail and passeng ers , th e fi r,st to

•re ·1eh he re f:>r · 23 days; a rrived today.

:Th e t rain a lso b r!ouoght a few carloa dsof freight. T·bere has be en no coal

in town for sev era l weeks :a nd mail

mllcltsupplies for the stores have ·bee n

Th e re are encourag ing signs tnatAmerican writers are awake to theimportance of dealing with things asthey a re There is, of cours,e, squeal

i'ng f11om the benches of those who

prefer to walk in darkness, fancyingth a t they a.re enve loped in sunlight."Mr. Ni cholson' s last book is, "'Br•ol\enBar riers."

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