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This means (1) the best posi¬ tions will be open to you, (2) this high grade train- j ing makes your future advancement more certain. j If you graduate this year, visit Dyke's soon so that you can fully con¬ sider all the possibilities. Member National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools i The Dyke School of Business j ! ( Anisfield BIdg. Ninth—Prospect—ITuron j ij i i i i f i< % Editorials 4 Literary . .J) The Skull Ring . . . A. G. H. A Confab or a- Cat's Tale . . . I homas A. Hood—His Summer Vaca¬ tion . . . Sidney Friedlander A Package of Old Letters Elsa Schreiber "Little Tin Gods" . . . . S. O. S. The Atlantean . . , . P. M. F. Loyalty Needs No Demonstration . Isaac Maso Plenty of Joys . . Helen Osborne Our Service Flag . Langston Hughes Class Organizations 18 Belfry Owl 19 Clubs 22 Athletics 25 Quoth the Clown 26 Published each school month, except September, by (he students of CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, CLEVELAND, O. H. Pauline Luke, '18. Jerome Friedlander, '18. Editor-in-Chief, Joseph Mayers, Asst. Bus. Mgr. Business Manager, Editorial Staff Mildred Dubin, '18 Howard McCarry, '18 Philjp Morse, '20 Sarah Sapir, Helen Egan, '18 Victor Woldman, '20 Louis Rutman, '20 Arthur Henry, '19 Leroy Davis Minnie Paley, '18 Mary Clark, Faculty Members Mr. Walter L. Bissell Miss Mary Alice Ryan Mr. Allen LI. Hitchcock Departments Literary A Better Way Editorial Belfry Owl Athletics Clubs Smile OUR TERMS: $1.00 a year. VOLUME NINETEEN "The Faculty." Sounds rather like a sermon, or worse yet, just like what it is —a common ordinary editorial, doesn't it? But perhaps we can find some interesting- things, after all, to say about that neces¬ sity of every school—the The faculty. Faculty Suppose we meditate first on that fact we all know but so often forget—that every member of the faculty is human after all. That isn't said to belittle them, certainly. It's said for the benefit of those pupils who seem to regard it as a triumph to find a teacher making a mistake. An instructor, accord¬ ing to their notions, is a kind of machine guaranteed never to skid, rust, or wear out. Once let such a pupil hear a teacher admit of making a mistake, and the pupil will assume a lordly, condescending, I'm- as - good - as - you - are air forever after Entered at the Post Office as second class mail matter NUMBER SIX toward that member of the faculty. No wonder the teachers so dread making mistakes! But wouldn't life be unbearable to us, fellow-students, if the faculty members never were mistaken? Just think how we would feel if they never judged us to be better than we are! Don't they gen¬ erally give us by far "the benefit of the doubt" ; haven't you ever heard yourself so praised by a teacher that you won¬ dered how that faculty member could be so MISTAKEN in you, and only wished you might turn the mistake to truth? There are some pupils who, it seems, just can't get along with the faculty. They are always being picked on—being held up in the halls, or sent out or class or the library, or graded so unfairly, or otherwise hampered and persecuted. Yet (Continued on Page 9.) MARCH, 1918 EDITORIALS 4 THE SKULL RING IP WAS raining. A steady, insistent rain it was, for it had been falling all day. There were pools of water on the sidewalks, miniature lakes in the streets and torrents in the gutters. The sky was dull gray and gave no promise of an abatement of the rain. Street cars passed by in partially submerged tracks. Motor cars splashed through puddles, showering unwary passersby. Pedes¬ trians hurried along toward their desti¬ nations and were gone. A young man of pleasing appearance came striding along. His spirits did not seem cast down by the weather for he was whistling a snatch of a popular song as he passed. At the corner as he was about to cross the street a passing automobile halted him for a mo¬ ment. Had it not been for this, Rupert J. Gray would probably not have noticed a ring glistening in the roadway, for he was one of the sort whose eyes as well as minds, look up and not down. He did see it, though, and picked it up. It was an odd ring, to say the least. A thin silver band supporting the face of a skull of the same material was its design. There were little green stones in the eye- sockets of the skull, which twinkled up at him, and the whole face of the skull seemed to unite in a sardonic grin. A little startled by this sudden reminder of the omnipresence of Death, he put the ring in his pocket and continued on his way. That evening, at home in his cozy bach¬ elor apartments, he examined the ring more closely. It was of a peculiar work¬ manship, which he guessed might be Oriental, for it had no resemblance to any ring he had ever before seen. The skull, somehow, did not seem to be grin¬ ning any more, and he thought he must have only fancied this in the afternoon. The ring looked as if it might be valu¬ able, and Rupert looked in the Lost col¬ umns of the newspapers, but could find nothing^ about the ring. The next night he found this notice : "Lost—A silver skull ring on Euclid near 9th street, valued as heirloom. Finder please return to 1737 E. 3 23rd street; reward." Although this was apparently the very thing he had been looking for, yet he was a little bit reluctant about going after all. Nevertheless, about eight o'clock he ar¬ rived at the given address. He rang the doorbell and a moment later a pleasant- faced woman opened the door. "Good evening," he said, "I saw an advertisement in the paper about a skull 5 ring and " "You found it? Come in," said the woman and she led him into a nicely fur¬ nished living room. "Marjory, this is Mr. " "Rupert Gray," he supplied, smiling. "He found your ring. Mr. Gray, this is Marjory Alliston, my niece." Mr. Gray murmured, "Charmed, I'm sure," or something of the sort; he never remembered just what, afterward. "I presume this is the ring you lost," he said, drawing it from his pocket and holding it out to Miss Alliston. (Some¬ how, it seemed to be grinning again.) "Yes, this is it," she said with a pleas¬ ant smile, "and I'm very glad to get it back again. You see, it's an heirloom as I said in the 'ad', and I should be sorry to part with it." She picked up her purse from a small table and taking a bill from it, said "Here .is the reward, Mr. Gray. Is it satisfac¬ tory to you ?" "Why, I do not want any reward," he said. "I happened to find the ring and when I saw your advertisement in the paper, I returned it. That is all." "Well, thank you very much for re¬ turning it," she smiled.' "It is no trouble at all, really," he said, and then he tried to change the subject by saying, "That ring is of odd design and workmanship. May I ask if the de¬ sign means anything, or is it just the fancy of some jeweler?" "Since you found it, I'll tell you the story of the ring, if you care to hear it, and then you may judge for yourself," she laughed. "Certainly, I'd like to hear it," he re¬ plied, for the prospect of having the story told by Miss Alliston was somehow very agreeable to him. "V"- "11," she began, "my great grand- fathei was an Englishman. Soon after his marriage he went to India to fill a position for the British government. My grandmother was born there, and lived in India until she was nearly twenty- two years old. It was on her twenty- first birthday that she got this ring. An old native woman, who did not seem like the rest of the beggars that in¬ fested the streets, asked alms of her as she passed by. As it was her birthday, she was feeling friendly toward the whole world, and so she gave the woman a rupee. She was about to continue on her way, when the beggar woman, muttering thanks, offered to tell her her fortune. She acquiesced, and the old woman began to read her palm, 'I see that you are very happy today, memsahib. Be happy while you may, for I see sorrow coming to you before long. Afterward, you will cross the water and go to a place a long way off. You will live in another land for a while and then cross the water again, but you won't come back here. You will be happy in this other land and will stay there for the rest of your life. You will live long and be happy except for the time you will be under a cloud that is ap¬ proaching you now and is not far off. It will reach you before your next birthday —today's your birthday, isn't it?—but do not worry, memsahib. Here, I will give you a charm for a birthday present,' and she took out this ring from some hid¬ ing place in her rags and put it on my grandmother's finger. 'This charm will protect you from the evil eye, and keep you from being bewitched. I cannot wear it. It is for a young person, although it reminds me of Death. I see-e-e-e' went on the woman, 'I see that this ring will bring you the happiness I read of in your palm. It is a good ring. It will help you. It will bring you the greatest hap¬ piness of your life. Take good care of it and pass it on when you are through with it because it is for young people.' The old woman had been droning this last prophecy and seemed to fall to sleep with the last words. My grandmother was rather shaken by these mysterious prophecies, although she did not believe in fortune-telling. She continued on her way home and, in spite of the fact that she looked for her often, to get an explanation of the prophecy, and never saw the native. Before the year was over, her father (Continued on Page 8.) 6 A CONFAB OR A GAT'S TALE "Me-e-ow! Ee-e-yow!" ^ The tiny kitten's plaintive, weak cry re-echoed strangely through the dim space of Central's great hall, and ascend¬ ed through the wells even to the dusky haunts of the Belfry Owl. The latter, roused thus early in the morning, shook out his wings, and with a flutter and a shake of his head, alighted on the railing to find out why the disturbance—for as yet none of the teachers had arrived. Far below he could, with his all-seeing owl's eyes, discern the uncertain form of a small cat straying disconsolately and er¬ ratically through the hall. "Me-e-ow! Er-eyow!" At this moment footsteps were audible coming through the vestibule; the Owl watched with interest. Miss Krug ap¬ proached, and on seeing the stray kitten, picked it up, saying compassionately: "Well, well! What's this? Hast du noch nicht gegessen ?" "Me-e-ew! Ee-e-yow!" was the cat's reply. Miss Krug laughed. Then Miss Bruot's voice sounded at Miss Krug's elbow. "Well, louder, kitty, oh, a great deal louder!" she said. "You won't get your dinner on such a weak piping." Another member joined the group. "Well!" ejaculated Miss Ward, in her crisp phrases, "What's all this about?" "Me-e-ow! Ee-e-yow!" Miss Ward laughed as Miss Krug handed her the cat. Then, as she saw Miss Munson approaching, she held the cat behind her and called, "Miss Munson, I have a new one for you." "What's this? What's this?" smiled Miss Munson, as Miss Ward held out the unoffending feline. "Is this the place for it? Hadn't it better be moving on?" Several more teachers had now joined the group. "•What shall we do with it?" asked Miss Ward. "Hm !Hm !" said Mr. Hitchcock, pass¬ ing his hand reflectively down the back of his head, his black eyes twinkling at the cat. "Let's play with it awhile." "No." This from Mr. Marple. "It looks cold. Let's cover it with a blank- ety blank." "No, I don't think we should," replied Mr. Reed, gazing at the cat speculatively. "But we shouldn't have any personal feel¬ ing on the matter," suggested Dr. Zeliq- zon, drawing off a glove. "Me-e-ow! Ee-e-yow!" "Why the encore?" laughed Mr. Lewis. "Me-e-ow!" "Hiatus of one remark this time," quoth the same Latin instructor. "One of its ears is missing," said the Doctor, examining the cat more closely. "Oh, is it?" asked Mr. Reed. "But I want )'ou to see that for your¬ self," insisted Dr. Zeliqzon, "not because I say so, but because it's true!" "Too bad!" said Mr. Marple, rubbing the cat's one good ear. "Come on, kitty —purr!" "Me-e-ow! Ee-e-yow!" "Why, the cat hasn't any manners at all!" exclaimed Mrs. Parr in a tone of injured surprise. "Let's put it out imme¬ diately." And,- as a crowd of curious people was assembling, Miss Ward carried the cat away, the group dispersed, and after the excitement had died awav, one last faint, echo reached the chuckling owl: "Me-e-ow! Ee-e-youw!" Appreciation of the Teachers. Hail to the teachers, May their shadows never grow less, They have striven to teach us wisdom, They have tried their very best. They may have been successful. Or maybe the other way, But if the last, it was our fault; So hail to the teachers, I say. —Elmer Feldman, '19. 7 Combining youth with dignity, With wisdom personality— A charming girl, a teacher too— 'Tis rare, but 'tis reality, Miss Ryan. ;j? jj; Most lenient of the lenient, Broad-minded, sunny too— Without Miss Krug, so justly loved, W^hat ever would we do? ^ ^ ^ She has merry dark brown eyes, a ready smile, a buoyant tread, and an inclination toward I-D boys' homerooms. She teaches us Latin—but that is the least she teaches us. Her personality remains engraven on heart and mind long after Latin has faded like wax. What's that? You like Miss Weimer best? Well, then, we may as well not tell you the rest, for it's Miss Weimer we were talking about too! * * * * Remember how you used to look for¬ ward to that beginning German class. She made things seem so clear and easy, it was a pleasure just to hear her explain things. You could have sat and listened to her hour after hour; but when you did recite, that too was a pleasure, for she took so much genuine interest in what you said. And how easy the exams were after a term's work with her! You would like to have sisters like Miss Zismer, you decided. A frank, insistent smile; A clear, exuberant laugh; Sparkling eyes; Bewitchingly girlish manner. Combine them all and you have a faint idea of how attractive Miss Hunter can be. ^5 ; A knowledge of geometry to-which she is faithful to the smallest degree; fair marks, but no "stalling" accepted. Blue, blue eyes, tiny feet—but perhaps this is too personal! And an invaluable asset to the faculty in keeping the halls cleared of stragglers, is Miss Munson. >{« Is there any subject under the sun un¬ known to Mr. Ozanne? Or, did anything ever take place of which he is ignorant? Those "wise ones" who, perhaps, thought to the contrary, after asking a few ques¬ tions, have come away from his room humbled somewhat. Ardent supporter of Central's debating teams is he; pre¬ eminently an instructor, and one of the highest merit. , . )|C ' ' A teacher whose thoughts Ruthward soard, Said, on leaving for the festive board, "It would be very useless ., To go away Ruthless, So I'll stay and I'll get my R. E. Ward." lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllim THE SKULL RING (Continued from Page 6.) died and she 'crossed the water' to Eng¬ land with her mother. When she had lived in England a few years, she took the ring to a jeweler to have him fix a stone in one of the eyes of the skull, because it was a little bit loose. While she was waiting for the jeweler to make the re¬ pairs, for she did not wish to have the ring out of her keeping any longer than was necessary, several other customers entered the store. One of these after- afterwards made her acquaintance and eventually became her husband. Not long after this she 'crossed the water' again. This time it was to live in Amer¬ ica. When my mother was twenty-one, my grandmother gave her the skull ring for a birthday present and told her the story as I have' told it to you." "Yes, that's very interesting," remarked Rupert J. Gray, "but won't you finish the story and tell me when you got (the ring?" ' ' ■ "Yes, if you wish," assented Miss Al- liston. "Mother had had the ring for a year or so, when one day it slipped from her finger when she was downtown, and 8 fell to the pavement. Two men were passing by and one of them stooped and picked it up for her. Soon after this she met one of the young men at a party, not the one who had picked up the ring, but his companion. After a courtship of about one year, he married her. "On my twenty-first birthday my mother gave me the ring and told me its history. So, you see, that is how I got the ring, Mr. Gray. I do not know how I could have lost it unless it slipped from my finger in the same way that it did from my mother's," ended Miss Alliston. Mr. Gray was silent a moment, then remembering the inevitable sequence, he glanced down at the ring to find the skull grinning triumphantly. A. G. H., '19. EDITORIALS (Continued From Page 4.) let the teachers stay away' from study halls, or from class; land see how long these same pupils would get along. They just couldn't, that's all—nor could any of us. Isn't it SAD, fellow-students, to think that some of us can't get along with the faculty and can't get along without them ? But, thank Providence! there are still goodly numbers of us who realize that "the faculty" are very human, very good- hearted, very kindly, from fatherly Mr. Harris, obliging Miss Thompson, impar¬ tial Mr. Bathrick, jolly Miss Ward, and solicitious Miss Adams, all the way through the list too long to mention here! Not "THE faculty," but "OUR faculty!" o o o Marie slumped disconsolately in her seat and frowned at her History book on the desk. "Blame the old dates," she complained to herself, "Can't get them nohow! How CAN anybody remember a string of numbers like A Study that with no meaning in Psychology at all?" Three times she had failed on dates in one recitation. Miss Jacobs, her teacher, had said nothing, but "she had looked enough" as Marie put it mentally. And' those little white cards —whew! No worider Marie was discon¬ solate. jjj ifc * * * * Marie bobbed excitedly in her seat, waving her hand wildly in mid-air. "Well, Marie?" "1544," came the answer immediately. "Peace of Augsburg?" Again Marie's hand waved in mid-air. Miss Jacobs, unable to believe her eyes, again asked, "Well, Marie?" "1555," again came the immediate re- ply. "Why, how does it happen, Marie?" inquired Miss Jacobs. "A reform, or something?" "Something," replied Marie, grinning sheepishly. "Peace of Cateaii-Cambresis?" asked the teacher. "$15.59!" exclaimed Marie in her ex¬ citement. There was a burst of laughter (Over the class; Miss Jacobs joined in it. "So that's your 'something'!" she said, "What is the idea of it?" But Marie steadfastly refused to tell, until, after class, she confessed to Miss Jacobs "the idea." "I was down town the Other day," she explained, "and I noticed at the supper table that I could describe accurately any number of dresses I saw in the windows, and in each case tell the exact cost after having seen it but once. I don't know just how it was, but the numbers seemed so vivid and associated themselves so permanently with the dresses, that I won¬ dered' if I couldn't divide the History dates into dollars and cents. Well, I did —and somehow, they stuck." Miss Jacobs laughed and shook her head doubtfully. It was a queer method —but it worked. 5jc 5}c % sfc Could you figure it out for yourselves, friends—that queer twist of the feminine American mind, that plays so easily with dollars and cents? 9 THOMAS A. HOOD—HIS SUMMER VACATION fPHOMAS rolled out of his sopho- -®- omore manners and his middle name quickly. He had also by a narrow escape rolled into his Junior year. A winner in the annual tussle with exams," he had been awarded as first, second and any other prizes, his first long trousers, and a gold watch chain. Far be it from me to say that Thomas was vain, but he was proud as any sixteen-year old has a right to be. He may have strutted about a little and flashed his golden chain a little, but, by all the laws of nature and of man, that doesn't prove he was vain. A beggar doesn't exhibit the holes in his shoes because he's proud of them. (But I don't mean to compare Thomas with a beggar! How ridiculous!) Well, besides his suit and chain Thomas's father gave him—Thomas, not Thomas's father—a two week's vacation on Thomas's father's brother-in-laws's farm in New York state. That was what started it, and it wasn't Thomas's fault, either. It wasn't Thomas's fault that his father gave him a vacation, was it? Naturally Thomas wasn't at all sorry. Why, a man of sixty would be excited by the prospect of a trip to the Adiron- dacks; what wouldn't happen to a man of sixteen? He packed up his whole Scout outfit, his Winchester, his ax, a black mask and even three red bandannas. He meant to make the very best of his opportunities. Suddenly, in the midst of his packings, he bethought himself of something he had forgotten. He hurried upstairs and rummaged about for an hour. When he came down, he carried an im¬ mense bundle. He allowed no one even to approach it and at night he slept with it next to him. Two days later he and his baggagewere being installed in a room in a country house in the Adirondacks. Still he watched his mysterious bundle carefullv. After his father's brother-in-law's inqui?- itive wife had at last left. Thomas went over the room. He examined each cor¬ ner with the care of a Sherlock Holmes. In an obscure corner by his bed he hid the bundle. He hung his Winchester on some nails on the wall, his axe on an¬ other nail, and so on. When he had fin¬ ished, his room resembled a home-made arsenal. A week passed and Thomas began to weary of his dull life. He had seen a deer, but it ran away before he had even lifted his gun. He had heard a hunter's gun crack in the woods. He had even shot at a squirrel and the bullet had lodged in a tree only three yards away from the squirrel while Master Bunny continued, to eat contentedly the nuts he carried in his cheeks. Only one thing at all exciting had occurred and that could have happened at home as well; he had fallen out of an apple tree while in search of some green apples and he had just managed to sprain his little finger slightly. Thomas shook his head slowly yet briskly. He shook it so slowly that it took sixty seconds to go from left to right and he shook it so briskly that the chair trembled. After having completed this prolonged shaking of his head, he ap¬ peared to have come to a decision. He meditated, "It is time! I have seen, I jhave heard, I have thought, but what have I done? Nothing!" He didn't quite recollect where he heard these words, though he thought he had seen them in a booster advertisement. >{C ^ sfc Thomas' father's brother-in-law had a free afternoon, so he took a stroll through the woods. It was a beautiful summer day and the fresh mountain air would have been worth seeing, if one only had eyes that could see it. While he was thus strolling, he heard a scratching a little way off. Looking up, he saw that which made him murmur: "By Garsh, an' uv all other things as is iver been seen, who iver seen a b'ar climb like that? By Garsh !" The object of this brief solilo¬ quy was a black bear, industriously en¬ gaged in climbing an apple tree nearby 10 and in eating the green fruit. The farmer lifted carefully an octogenarian fowling piece that he carried. It was absolutely necessary that he should lift it carefully, for the thing vied in dilapidation with that of the notorious Rip of the famous Van Winkle family after it had under¬ gone its twenty years of exposure. Be¬ fore the farmer could lift the thing to his shoulder, however, a report rang out, the bear moved slightly and then, emitting a very human yell, dropped to the ground Now the farmer was more astonished than ever, for the sound that had issued from the mouth of the bear was not bear¬ ish at all in quality, but a very clear and distinct "Wow!" Then, when out of the black skin a white face appeared, he jumped. There on the ground lay Thom- ;c H5 % * The debate at last was over, and Mar¬ ion had been taken safely home, when Chester ascended noiselessly to his. room. There he snapped on the light in his lamp, dropped his cap on the table and picked up his Virgil reverently. "Faithful old friend—can't get rid of you," he laughed, half cynically. "Thought I'd shake you for one night, old chap, and follow in the footsteps of my esteemed predecessor, Merville Hughes; but Gad! if the kid thinks of me as I thought once of him— well, we might as well begin somewhere to live up to the opinion. Come on, Aeneas, old boy; here we go!" So saying, he slid into his chair and set to work with dogged determination. S. O. S. 13 THE ATLANTEAN i. The Mummy. IT WAS in the year 1921, A. D. Professor Dawson was on a fast train bound for Nicaragua. The Smithsonian institution had sent • him to explore a number of Aztec ruins that had not been explored minutely yet. These ruins included a copper mine, a labyrinth and several temples. Prof. Dawson had brought his equipment and had arranged for donkeys and men to meet him at the station. He got off the train at Boaco and im¬ mediately set to work to get his equip¬ ment in order. In the morning he set out and at noon arrived at the ruins, which were situated in a wilderness of vines and tropical vegetation. He had spent some time in finding them and was still looking for any side ruins when sud¬ denly the ground dropped away from un¬ der him. He shot down and struck some¬ thing on the way. When he recovered he found himself in a dark well with passages leading off on both sides. He called, but no one an¬ swered. He stayed there calling until night. Then he set out to explore the side passages. He at last started down a passage that was wider than the others. As he was going along, he stumbled on a large object lying across his way. Stooping down, the professor discovered that it was a metal figure of a man of life size. He tried to pick it up and found it quite heavy, but not too heavy to carry. Thus he went on wandering from gallery *o gallery until he was too tired to go any farther, and then went to sleep, still hold¬ ing the metal figure. On waking he started on his wander¬ ings anew, going on for many hours until he had to rest again. Suddenly fie awoke with a start, for a breeze had blown on him. He started up and by following the breeze from passage to passage he at last came upon a very large passage with light at the farther end. He kept on and soon crawled out of a small hole near the ruins. He stood up and looked around to see where his men were but there were none in sight, and when he called for them there was no answer. After hunting around the ruins for some time he der cided that they must have gone. He went back to the hole and picked up the metal object that he had brought from the mine. It was an exact likeness of a man done in copper. What puzzled the professor was that it was too light to be of solid .copper. There must be some hollow space inside it. He rapped on it but there was no hollow sound. Puzzled' though he was, he decided that he must wait, for he had to get back to Boaco before night. He reached the town famished and tired out. The guides had heard there were spirit around and had left. Since no coaxing could get them to returne he got the limited to Washington, taking with him his only relic, the cop¬ per man. He got to Washington in safety and reported to his superiors. Then the professor took the train for Arlington, his home town, bringing with him the copper man. sjs $ ^ * After getting the man to his home he began the work of cleaning away the tar¬ nish and sediment. It was a long job, and he began by pouring a little nitric acid on the face. It quickly ate away the tarnish and then the copper, revealing a man's face! The astonished professor kept pouring the acid over the whole body and at last he had a perfect mummy. Professor Dawson could not guess how long the mummy had been there, but it looked as if it had died just an hour be¬ fore. The next day he came back to the mummy. He was looking it over with a magnifying mirror and happened to pass the nose when he noticed a blur on the mirror. He put it to the nose again, and again it blurred. The mummy was breathing! He rubbed the hands and legs and felt the pulse. The professor worked over it all the day with no results. The next day at noon the mummy blinked his eyes and then sat up. He spoke 14 in some strange language first. Then he was taken up until I had been high priest spoke in Greek. "Where am I?" The four years and a half. I had not been able professor, being an archeologist, under- to control the ray yet. I could fire it, but stood^ him. Never mind about that not aim it. I became uneasy for it was now, ^said he. You need something the law that every high priest should t° eat- serve five years and then commit suicide. After the man had been refreshed with One day as I was going through the food, the professor requested the mummy maze I noticed a side passage that I had to tell about himself, saying, "Now that never been through before. I turned in you have eaten, you can tell me your and went through it to the end. Then I story." went back, but I must have, turned onto "Well, I'll tell you," said Maph-Ur, a side tunnel for I did not come to the "but it will take some time." main passage. I wandered around for * * * * some hours until 1 came upon a stone I was high priest of the maze temple set out farther than the rest. As I passed in Atlantis and head of the two other it I felt a breath of air. I pulled the stone mazes in Crete and Nicaragua. That was out and there behind it was a passage, 'jlong, long ago, in the reign of Muth-ur-ra, I crawled down it for quite a distance king of Atlantis. The king had made me until it opened into a small room; in the priest because I found an easy way to center of which was a scroll of papyrus, make Alur or radium. I had quite a time Picking up the papyrus I crawled down keeping the temples in control, but at last the opposite passage; after crawling for I found time to rest and experiment with an hour down turnings and windings I my radium . came from, under a flag-stone in the holy One day, as I was working on it, I hap- holies. I took the payrus home and pened to drop some on an electric wire, looked it over. It told me the secret of We, too, had electricity, but it was ex- suspended animation, pensive to make and was used only in The next day I set sail for Crete, as I experiments. As it hit the wire it flashed had some business there. Here I stayed and a ray of light hit my work bench, for six months. One day some men came The tools melted and the bench flashed to my home and told me I must kill my-' up in flame. I put out the flame and self before the next day. I went down started in anew to the maze temple for my last minutes. I put some radium in front of a large As I was walking through it I noticed in pile of sand in a place outside the city. a side gallery a stone set out from the Then I laid a wire over the pile to the rest in the same way as the one in At- other side. I placed some wood and metal lantis. I quickly pulled the stone out and about a thousand yards from the radium, went in, closing the passage after me. After doing this I went on the other side I crawled through the tunnel into a room of the hill. I peeked over the top to see where I went through the motions de- that everything was ready and then scribed in the papyrus. Total oblivion ducked down and touched the wire to resulted, the generator. There was a queer swish- ing sound and a scream. The whole side CHAPTER TWO. of the sand pile rose in the air and I was It seemed a long, long time when I half buried in the sand. As soon as I realized I was living. I knew I was could I got out and rushed over the hill; somewhere, but that was all. After some there was the metal in a pool on the time I realized I had a body and could ground, the wood in flames and off a little use it. I suddenly found myself sitting way was a charred object that had once up in a dark room. Remembering where been a man He was, fortunately, a slave, I was I crawled down the passage and so I had no trouble. . found myself in the maze. I went on Except for a few experiments my time, through to the skull room and sat down 15 to rest. The high priest found me there in the morning. As it was death for any¬ one else but the high priest to be found in the skull room I was put under arrest. I was then marched to the young king and queen. I guess 1 must have at¬ tracted the queen for she persuaded the king to let me go. I soon learned their language and since the queen liked me I stayed in the royal palace. The queen called me Daedalus after her grandfather. I found that the people had degenerated since my time. We had the auger, the ax, glue, electricity, saws, sails and many other things that the Cretans had never thought of. I did show him quite a few things, but he, the king, could not un¬ ci erstand many things that were quite common in Atlantis four thousand years before. r As I was speaking to the king one day I chanced to mention Atlantis. The king did not seem to know about it and wanted to know where it was. I was quite sur¬ prised and told him of it. He declared that as far as he knew there was no land there. I, somewhat curious to know what had become of Atlantis, asked him for an expedition to go and find out. He said no, that probably the whole fleet would perish and ships were expensive then. T set to work to plan how to get away and go back home. Here I remained many years looking for a chance to get away. One day I thought of a way. Why not make some wings like the ones we had in Atlantis, and fly away? I arranged secretly for two ships to be ready at Athens, Greece. Then I arranged for an exhibition r'ay when I would show off my wings. The king liked the idea and said that another man would go with me. I trierd to dis¬ suade him but he became somewhat sus¬ picious so I had to consent. I racked my brain to find some way to get rid of the man. At last I had an idea. I would fasten his wings with wax and mine with glue. When the day came T found that the man who was to fly with me was my adopted son Icarius, a lad in whom I had been disappointed. It was a very hot day and the Queen did not want me to go up. I said I would not be up long. Then I motioned to Icarius and started. There was a shout of surprise from the crowd, for 1 kept on sailing up and then suddenly turned toward Greece. Then I. heard a hoarse scream .from above, for the wax joining Icarius' wings had melted. He shot past me and fell into the sea. I reached Greece in safety and set sail for Atlantis. :|s ;J: :j: We reached the pillars of Hercules in safety and set out on the open sea. The sailors were afraid, but I cheered them by a speech. About the the fourth day I heard a loud noise on the other ship and soon I saw the two mates and cap¬ tain thrown overboard. We saved the captain and first mate, but the other ship turned back. After three more days I began to be un¬ easy for we should have been there unless my calculations were wrong. I took my observations again and found I had been going right. Also the crew were getting uneasy. Suddenly one day I found myself sur¬ rounded by a crowd of our men. My mates and I fought well, but at last after all but myself were killed I surrendered. The men put me in the cabin under guard. I do not know how long they kept me there but at last they took me out to steer the boat. It seems that a great storm had come up and no one could manage the boat well enough. When I came up on deck, the boat was in a seri¬ ous condition. It was leaking and the foremast had broken off. I managed to keep it going that day but soon before dawn of the following day we struck a rock off a strange island. Another man and I were the only sur¬ vivors. We rested on the beach all that day and started out to explore the fol¬ lowing morning. Before we were half a mile inland we were set upon bv a tribe of natives who looked like the Nicaragu- ans T had known in Atlantis. We were taken prisoners and led back (Continued on Page 28.) LOYALTY NEEDS NO DEMONSTRATION ITH tears in her eyes and voice ^\a/ trembling, she insisted that I should tell her if the small amount of money I am getting is enough for me; and she said, 'If it is not sufficient for as grown up a girl as you are, my daughter, why don't you ask for more spending money'?'' "What did you answer her?" inquired the boy with whom the young girl held this conversation. '"Never mind, mother'. That was all I could say to my poor mother. It was her tears that arrested my speech and robbed me of words then. But from that time on, I have worked more diligently and silently. Happy am I in giving my pay to my dear mother." Such was the conversation that Frank and Harry, two Central High boys, over¬ heard. "A heart full of love, yet no flood of striking words—only silent and serene action; no happiness but the handing of •her pay to her mother!" exclaimed Frank. "But where are the words? Why are they lacking when you are in great need of them ? "The heart," ventured Harry, "in order to keep the overflow of feelings within its limits, compresses them; therefore the words, which are the only agents of the consciousness in relieving the latter of their burden, keep in the same bound¬ aries." "Yes, the feelings are compressed; there arc thoughts without tears, tears without words, words without refine¬ ment," said Frank, rather excitedly. "It seems, as I learn from your excite¬ ment and your dwelling so much on the subject, that something of this kind has happened to you; what is it?" asked Har ry. "Oh, no matter, it is not worth while telling it; the necessity of this demon¬ stration of words, which is the topic of our present discussion is an everyday in¬ cident." "But tell me how this was, insisted Harry. "I had advanced to the stairs which lead to the upper floor, when I heard a familiar voice calling me. As I turned back, I found that a person to whom I was very much indebted was calling me. In a flash I rushed downstairs. "Will you do an errand for me, Frank?" was the request. " 'Oh, yes." " 'Do you know Mr. Dura?' " 'No/ " 'Here is the address; but 1 am not sure about it,' this person added. 'There is a big building in front of it. Can you find this big building?" " 'If there is such, I will certainly find it,' I answered." "Harry," Frank continued, '1 know well, that my answers were too short; but it was all I could say then. " 'I should like,' said the person, 'to have someone else, who speaks better English, to do the errand for me.' Now, think of it, Harry—if my tongue did not serve me well, am I to be punishd ? And if my heart, having been stirred by too much loyalty, refused to shake off refined and showy words, is it to be wounded? Did the girl whom we just saw demon¬ strate her love to her mother? No. But is there love in her heart? Yes; she works more diligently. So there was no cause for such an educated person, who is so careful and' accurate in his action and speech, to ignore my services for not having demonstrated my loyalty by more striking words." "As I see it," said Harry, "you were too much excited ?" "Of course." "It seems that this person had done ycu a great service?" "Yes." "And therefore you insisted on the er¬ rand, in spite of the great wound made in vour heart. The person must have understood your feeling just from that, so a profusion of words was unnecessary. Lovaltv then, needs no demonstration." ISAAC MASO, '18. \1 PLENTY OF JOYS. You needn't be rich to be happy, You needn't be famous to smile; There are joys for the poorest of toilers, If only he'll think them worth while. There are blue skies and sunshine a plenty, And blossoms for all to behold ; And always the bright days outnumber The dark and cheerless and cold. So Central unfurls her Service Flag, Blue stars on a field of white, To show that the school can never forget Those boys who have gone to fight. Oh, Central is proud of her soldiers Who march in the ranks today, And the heart of the old school is with them, Our boys who have gone away. Langston Hughes, '20. Sweet sleep's not a gift of the wealthy, And love's not alone for the great; For men to grow old and. successful It isn't joy's custom to wait. The poorest of toilers has blessings, His richer companions may crave; And many a man who has riches Goes sorrowing on to the grave. You'll never be happy tomorrow If you are not happy today; If you're missing the joys that are present And sighing for joys far away. The rose will not bloom any fairer, In toe glorious years that may be, Great riches won't sweeten the fragrance Nor help you its beauties to see. Today is the time to be merry, 'Tis folly for fortune to wait; You'll not find the skies any bluer If ever you come to be great. You'll not find your joys any brighter, Xo matter what fortune you win; Make the most of life's sunshine this minute, Tomorrow's too late to begin. Helen Osborne, '.19. OUR SERVICE FLAG. Central's heart has a memory That will live for many a day; A memory full of glorious pride, For our boys who have gone away—■ Pride for those boys who closed the book Of Latin or History's lore, And went to the army camps to work On the greater task of war. CLASS ORGANIZATIONS. ❖ Hs Junior Class. The II-B class believes in the motto "Do It Now," and so has organized al¬ ready. There are great plans ahead and a brilliant future is assured for the class under the able guidance of Mr. Bissell. Mr. Bissell consented to take the position of faculty advisor with the approval of Mr. Harris, and is especially well adapted for this office because of his excellent judgment, ability and tact. The follow¬ ing officers were elected for the term: President Charles Schaefifer Vice President Sylvia Jaffee Secretary Grace White Treasurer Joseph D'Errico Sergeant-at-Arms Arthur Miller. Senior Class. February 26, 1918, was a red-letter day for the Senior class. It was so not only because the class organized, but because it exercised its ripe senior judgment in choosing Mr. Lewis for faculty advisor. This is not the only class that Mr. Lewis has steered safely through its tempestu¬ ous course to a peaceful haven. One may safely conjecture that this Senior class will profit by his many years of experi¬ ence and careful guidance. The follow¬ ing officers were elected for the term: President Howard McCarry Vice President Mildred Dubin Secretary Helen Egan Treasurer Henry Lipkowitz Sergeant-at-Arms . . .Jerome Friedlander 18 Minnie Paley, Editor-in-Chief. Board Editors: Mildred Dubin, Philip Morse, Louis Rutman, Sarah Sapir, Arthur Henry, Victor Woldman. Where chaos and confusion formerly reigned, all is now "Peaceful on the Po¬ tomac!" In other words, the Hi-Y of Central has volunteered to lend a hand in stilling the uproar formerly existing in the halls when the "Pie-Eaters" made their pilgrimages to the study halls. Mem¬ bers of the Y appointed by Mr. Bathrick have been stationed in the halls to re¬ quest "innocent bystanders" to move on. The task, as we may easily realize, is far from a pleasant one, so is it not only least fair to aid them as much as we can, in the first place by not pausing in the halls, and in the second, bv obeying in¬ structions if we do merit and receive a reprimand. Lately Senior girls have been called on repeatedly to render themselves useful in various ways around the office. A few have even been allowed to act as substi¬ tute teachers in the Junior High classes. "Don't let your heads swell up too much, girls, for it's still too early for your spring hats," is the timely warning of one of our teachers. ITonor certificates were distributed at Rhetoricals February !•">. Did you notice the huge satisfaction of one of the hon¬ ored ones in particular expressed by a vigorous rubbing of the nose? He surely must have had a g-r-r-rand and glorious feeling! Lecture on South America. In his lecture on South America, Dr. Ray pictured those wild regions as the ideal country in that there are no "fords" to be seen anywhere and every day is a soapless day. Also all the intricate cere¬ monies of courtship and proposing are dispensed with, and all a young man has to do to signify his desire of marrying a certain girl is to place a bundle of sticks at her head while she is sleeping. Be¬ sides all these conveniences the unex¬ plored territories of South America offer wonderful opportunities to any ambitious young man or woman. Many a Spanish student among our own Centralites is al¬ ready looking forward to a brilliant and adventurous career in those least known of all lands. W. S. S. Campaign. The clubs of our school have been in¬ creased this term by the addition of about fifteen thrift clubs. Kvery student is a 19 member of one of these and tries to save up as much money as he can to aid our government in carrying on the war. The artists of our school have been doing their bit by designing beautiful patriotic pos¬ ters which were exhibited in the lower hall. The school as a whole has entered into the spirit of the W. S. S. campaign with the customarv zeal of Centralites. Teacher: Why did James I have such harmful views of government? Pupil: Because he was related to the Geese of France and imitated their ways. Why some of the Juniors develop colds once a week. Why the Seniors become interested in the manner and method of bowing when 'they become II-A's. Why some of us can't be fcund either in 4, 303, 403, or 304 in our lunch period. Why some of us always turn toward the North in class. Why some of us always turn toward the South in class. Why some of us always turn toward the East in class. Why some of us always turn toward the West in class. Things Only "School Kids" Can Understand. Why we sometimes choose the longest possible route to a recitation. Why we sometimes use the front stair¬ way when the side one would be nearer. Why some of us are thankful for the pockets in our dresses during study-hall period. Why some of us are unwilling to give our tin-foil to the Red Cross. Whv we carefully see that we have well-sharpened pencils with us when the study hall teacher has very sharp ears. Why some of us are so slow in getting up to recite, the period after lunch. Whv some of us are loath to lend our Latin books. Why some of us linger after class. Why some of us hurry away after class. Why we skip classes. Why we skip Rhetoricals. Why we skip Gym. Why we skip Music. Why we skip Oratory. Why we never skip lunch. Why we sometimes object ta changes in our seating arrangements. Why some of us prefer the library to the study hall. Whv some of us prefer the study hall to the library. Whv we are sometimes so willing to le?»vp n. recitation to eo on an errand. Whv we are sometimes so unwilling!- to leave the study-hall to go on an errand. IF If loud ties stood for lessons And green socks stood for wit ; The Junior boys of Central Would certainly be "It." WHILE If dressing made a ninety Helped by an "I don't know," Each Junior girl would really be A lady Cicero. BUT Then if the Juniors were All brains and dignity; What would there be left for Our Senior class to be?!! Langston Hughes, '20. Rhetoricals: Don't you love 'em, "when Latin comes the next hour and you've never Looked at your lesson, which is Exceedingly difficult— As all Latin lessons are Nowadays? It's easy to study in Rhetoricals. Don't you like them, when Your themes consumed six hours The night before And you never got to bed till' One A. M.? So quiet and peaceful, just right for A nap, is to Rhetoricals. Do you skip 'em when You're as hungry as a camel with Seven stomachs, And your lunch period doesn't come Until the seventh? The pie wagon's always Outside during Rhetoricals. And doesn't it frighten you When you think of the day That the chairman'll call YOUR name, And YOU will have to face the whole School—in Rhetoricals ? Langston Hughes, '20. What One Thrift Stamp Can Do. One little Thrift Stamp, What a mite, And yet it helps Our boys to fight! Sixteen little Thrift Stamps, All in a row, Help us to buy A War Stamp, you know. Every little War Stamp Aid those o'er the sea, To help defeat Autocracy! E. F, '19. Mr. L.: Did you translate "primo som- no" "early in the evening"? Pupil: No, sir. Late at night. Two Seniors translating Latin: First Senior: It says here, "She hung on his lips." Second Senior: "Does that mean she kissed him?" Bright Student (after an explanation had been made for his benefit) : "That's too deep for me." Teacher: "I've known people to sink in water that was only knee deep." As a result of the Smileage Campaign $40 were collected from the school. Of this amount $5 were given by Room 210, Seville Fink taking care of the collections in this room. Here's hoping our bit will help towards giving the soldiers many a smile. Somebody is always taking the joy out of life! Just as there was talk of abolish¬ ing examinations and letting them take their proper place with the inquisition and other famous institutions of torture in history, along comes a person in au¬ thority and tells the Seniors to forget about any such rumor for it is not for them. The Oratorical Contest. The Oratorical contest this term was rather unusual in that there was only one girl among the contestants. But the fem¬ inine part of the audience, rather dejected at first, heaved a collective sigh of relief as Cornelia Stern, in a masterly speech, proved that the answer to the question "Is Woman the Weaker Sex?" is a de¬ cided negative. 'The other orators, Jo¬ seph Rosen, Mortimer Rosenblatt, Paul Soglovitz, Harry Torbofsky and Sanford Zucker, spoke in a way that fairly sent thrills of patriotism down our spines. Our auditorium would have been a pretty un¬ comfortable place for the Kaiser to be in as Harry Torbofsky hurled his thunder¬ ing accusations against him. After a very long deliberation the judges awarded the prize to Harry Torbofsky and gave hon¬ orable mention to Cornelia Stone and Mortimer Rosenblatt. Classes. Miss R. (lecturing on value of lan¬ guages) : Our business will be with South America, and how can we do busi¬ ness if we don't know Spanish? How can a Chinaman succeed here if he doesn't know English? Voice in rear of room : Start a laundry ! It Happens in the Best-Regulated II-A "If I live, at least I shall have the sat¬ isfaction of having died at human hands." V Helen Egan, Editor. The Spanish Club. The Spanish Club held its first meeting of the new term Monday afternoon, Feb¬ ruary 11, with the chief object of electing new officers. The results were as fol¬ lows : Jerome Friedlander, president. Vera Stratton, vice president. Harold Oster, treasurer. Mabel Fieg, secretary. Floward McCarry, sergeant-at-arms. The second meeting consisted of a reg¬ ular program which was keenly enjoyed by an exceptionally large quorum. The club is looking forward to a very pros¬ perous term with its new officers, expect¬ ing to derive much pleasure as well as benefit from its varied programs to which each member is bravely contributing his bit. ^ ^ ^ G. L. S. The G. L. S. has once again beckoned to new members. Nine have very eager¬ ly joined, though they had to suffer their share of the initiation. Welcome! New members. May you ever keep sacred your allegiance to our club and be eager to respond when it calls upon you. The Club bids welcome to the follow¬ ing: Sarah Gusman, Fanny Brarn, Ruth Eisner, Tillie Kinwald, Celia Kleinman, Martha Macha, Matilda Rich, Margaret Rankin and Alice Day. You have answered the call of the G. L. S. and it bids you answer its patriotic call with more eagerness. It asks you to help our Red Cross; now remember to respond. The G. L. S. will probably take various courses at the Red Cross. Boys' Leaders' Class. The Boys' Leaders' Class is simply at¬ tending to the leading of the gymnasium classes, now that the vaudeville show is over. The club gave one hundred dollars to furnish a D. A. R. room at Chillicothe from the proceeds of their entertainment. This was in accordance with the former policy of the Leaders' Club to donate their profits to some worthy cause. As is usual with him, Mr. Lewis threw himself heart and soul into the task of making the annual boys' exhibi¬ tion a success, and has succeeded most admirably. 5jC Faraday. The Faraday club is now continuing its regular work of the term. At the first meeting in February, our faculty advisor, Mr. Marple, gave a splendid and excep¬ tionally interesting talk on "The Human Ear." If the club continues its meet¬ ings in its usual enjoyable and profitable manner, there can be no possible com¬ plaint. * * * * The French Club. In spite of many difficulties which have nresented themselves this term, the French Club is steadily pursuing" its work of gaining a closer intimacy with French 22 language and literature. Our faculty ad¬ visor, Dr. Zeliquzon, is directing his zeal¬ ous efforts towards making the meetings enjoyable as well as profitable. At pres¬ ent the club is engaged in the study of a most amusing French comedy. The officers for the term are as follows: Wmifrcd Raum, president. Benjamin Kaplan, vice-president. Minnie Paley, recording secretary. Anna Krutchkoff, corresponding secre¬ tary.- Paul Sogolowitz, scj geant-at-arms. Irene Esch, treasurer. Mildred Dubin, librarian. New members are Ada Melaragno, Sarah Brody, Lawrence Smith, Helen Ptak, Sarah Flock, Gladys Herold, Bessie Kolinsky, Mabel Forstein, Cornelia Stern, Margaruite Rankin. # jfc 5*C The German Club. At the beginning of the semeter new officers were elected as follows: Rose Berick, president. Sarah Gusman, vice president. Fannie Bram, secretary. Augusta Braff, treasurer. We are continuing with our literary work and with our knitting. * * * * The Olympian Club. The Olympian Club is continuing to read a very interesting Latin playlet en¬ titled Tirones, from which much pleas¬ ure and benefit is being derived. The club is looking forward with great pleas¬ ure to an illustrated lecture which Mr. Lewis will give in the near future about his travels in Rome. When Mr. Lewis begins to speak of his travels, there is nothing else of interest to his hearers in the world, so the meetings promise un¬ usual interest. * * * * The Shakespeare Club. Plans and preparations for a new play are being" made in the room under the eaves. We hope that the school will en¬ joy our next entertainment as well as it has enjoyed former ones. The last act of "The Merchant of Venice" is planned to be presented March 29. The cast has been made and the parts are being learned. The club has adopted two new inter¬ esting rules. Every week one member of the club reads or tells some interest¬ ing facts of a great Shakespearean inter¬ preter, when the roll is called each mem¬ ber gives a quotation from Shakespeare. In this way we not only obtain pleasure, but gain knowledge as well. We hope to take in some new members soon so as to enlarge upon the name and popularity which the Shakespeare Club has already obtained. 2*C 5j< The Hi-Y Club. The talks given to the Hi-Y fellows lately have been unusually interesting and instructive. The Hi-Y Club is rap¬ idly developing into an influential club. Among the new members of the club are Victor Kaczorowski and Fred Do- brick. The quota of the club is now filled. However, visitors are cordially invited. Election for the General Hi-Y club re¬ sulted as follows: Benjamin Guhl (East Tech.), presi¬ dent. Kenneth Hurd (East), vice president. Fred Chandler (East), secretary. Edward Parker (Glenville), treasurer. Old Hi Wigh says: "Are you up-to- date in your 'Y pledge payments'?" jjc 5{C jfc The Glee Club. The Glee Club has been practicing reg¬ ularly every week and is now beginning to exhibit some of its old time form. On Sunday, February 10, 1918, the club gave a concert to a crowd of boys and girls at the Council Educational Al¬ liance building. The youngsters seemed to enioy it and the club feels very well repaid. At the annual Industrial Arts Teach¬ ers' convention of Ohio at the Hotel Win- ton on February 8, 1918, a quartet com¬ posed of Lambirth, Cohn, Cada and Mil- ler sang. The teachers seemed well pleased with their numbers and the club has a right to feel proud of its repre¬ sentatives. The practice for the Home Concert has begun and the fellows are unanimous in predicting that the concert this year will surpass all previous ones. * * * * The Friendship Club. The Friendship Club has entered upon the new term brilliantly. The knitting is being continued with thirty-seven sweaters turned in up-to-date. The money pledged toward the D. A. R. house at Chillicothe is being raised by selling Lowney chocolate bars. Interesting plans are being made for "Stunt Day" to be held at the Y. W. C. A. on March 9. Treble Clef. On Tuesday, Feb. 19, the C. T. C. gave a concert at Kennard School which is a community center. Although the audi¬ ence was composed largely of rather young people, the members of the club enjoyed their hearty appreciation. In¬ deed, so enthusiastic was the audience that when Mrs. Parr asked all to join in singing "America" and those who knew it, to sing the verse which has recently been added, one small person raised his hand and cried, "Yes'm, yes'm, we know it." On the whole the club enjoyed the evening very much and hopes to be as successful in all its future undertakings. Beta Kappa. The headquarters of the Beta Kappa have been moved from Room 106 to the library. Wednesdays the 9th hour in the library is as busy as a beehive, but there are no drones. Some of these bees, strange as it may seem, are clad in white and arc working with surgical dressings. Others are sitting at a large table assorting the various material for scrap books. This honey (a strange kind, is it not?) is very sweet to the soldiers, so the bees of the B. K. are working to accumulate as much of it as they can. The Queen of the hive is Miss Keffer (otherwise the club's faculty advisor). She has given her efforts untiringly and ceaselessly to the progress of the hive. She has held her royal position for four years and whether it be in literary or Red Cross work, she truly deserves (at least the hive confers it) to hold the seep-- tor. A group of boys has affiliated itself with the Beta Kappa Society and is go¬ ing to do knitting for the Red Cross at the B. K. meetings and other ninth hours during the week. The boys are the fol¬ lowing : Harry Kumin, Herman Kreinberg, Jo¬ seph Kreinberg, Harold Lamden, Hyman Schochle, Hyman Schlorn, Sidney Levey, Hyman Cohen and Moses Paley. To the last named of these belongs the honor of starting the idea. Miss Sypher, our librarian, has Under¬ taken to help the supervision of the scrap book making, and Miss Sowers and Miss Winters are directing the knitters of the affiliated society. The club greatly appre¬ ciates their kind assistance. Illlllllllllllllllll 24 BOYS' ATHLETICS Central-West Tech. ing; Wolfe by his general fast, snappy After Commerce defeated East Tech playing. Stephens played well for the Central tied for first place with East losers, making six of their seven points. Tech by sending West Tech down to de- The West Tech supporters, however, feat with a 24 to 7 score. From the time had the satisfaction of seeing the Central the whistle first blew till the end of the Seconds defeated by the West Seconds, game, the contest was fast and scrappy. 18 to 10. Dobrick and Huston starred At first it looked as if West Tech had for Central and Tech respectively, caught Central napping, but soon the old The line-up follows: teamwork of "Shoff & Co." came to the Central—24. West Tech—7 rescue. The great playing of the team Wolfe L. F Pomeroy kept, the West Siders guessing through- Lipson R. F Tanko out the contest and was responsible for Shoff C Stephens West Tech's defeat. Garber L. G Splete Shoff, Lieberman and Wolfe were un- Lieberman R. G Schneider doubtedly the stars of the game, Shoff Field baskets: Wolfe 3, Shoff 4, Lie- because of his ability to hit the ball berman 2; Stephens 2. whenever he so wished, and to shoot Fouls: Lieberman 6, Stephens 2, Pom- baskets; Lieberman because of his won- eroy 1. derful dodging, passing and foul shoot- Referee, Sutter. Umpire, Stroup. GIRLS' ATHLETICS "Make two shoulder-circles with the the right club and at the same time make an arm-circle with the left club, and then alternate." O, hor¬ rors! How can it be done? Miss Wat- kins certainly compliments us all by as¬ suming that we have enough mental abil¬ ity to do such feats as the above with the Indian clubs. Of course there are those who are exceptional cases, such as Grace Cunningham and Vera Stratton. How¬ ever, the rest of us must not give up in despair. If you have been in the gym lately, you have probably seen some girl (per¬ haps several) with her head and hands on the floor, kicking her feet in the air, defying anyone who values her life to come near her. Well, by way of explan¬ ation, she was only trying to stand on her head. Perhaps you also say "Pep", .our Jess Willard, flipping girls over her head and a few other such trivial feats. What will we be doing next? Who knows? But these wonderful acrobatic stunts have nothing to do with the regular work of the classes. Here we are now work¬ ing a great deal on the different pieces of appartus, especially the ropes, Swedish ladders, and the bucks. For a while we worked on a few track stunts such as shot putting and high jumping. Even though we often hold our breath when someone lets go with her feet at the top of the incline ropes, or misses her land¬ ing on the ladders, we have been fortu¬ nate enough to have no serious acci¬ dents. Last, but not least, I must tell you of ;the progress along the line of tactics. -The way the class will insist on doing a quarter-wheel right when the command is given "squads right" is enough to drive the most patient of the patient to distrac¬ tion. But yet, on the other hand, we can march across the floor in a straight line, so you see there is still some hope for those who persist in not understanding the execution of military commands. 25 LEROY DAVIS, Editor "Well, there is one thing to be proud of; we have no class prejudices in this country." "I guess you never were around when three or four sophomores got hold of a freshman." New York Times. "Words are inadequate to express my love." "I know7 they are, Ferdy," said the dear girl. "Try candy and violets." —Louisville Courier Journal The attorney for the gas company was making a popular address. "Think of the good the gas company has done!" he cried, "If I were permitted a pun, I would say, in the words of the immortal poet, "Honor the Light Bri¬ gade." Voice of a consumer from the audience : "Oh, what a charge they made!" —Youth's Companion. "Waiter, two fried eggs and a cup of coffee." "Yes, sah. How will you have de aigs, blind or looking at you?" —Boston Transcript. Blames the Chauffeur. The cyclone tore its hurried way across the landscape. The air was filled with dust, trees, cattle, human beings, and sec¬ tions of scenery. In a moment it was all over. The sun peeped timidly thru the murky atmosphere. Its light revealed the awful devastation of the storm. Just out side the danger zone stood a man. "Damn it!" he ejaculated, "why didn't he blow his horn?" —R. R. Red Book. Donald: "I'm trying feesh, Sandy. It's an excellent brain food, ye ken." Sandy: "Fine, man, it seems a pity to waste the feesh." —Boston Transcript. Mrs. Sayburd (whose husband is ill (from drink) : "Well doctor—tell me the worst." Doctor Dosem : "Well madam—he will recover." —Judge. Jimmy giggled when the teacher read the story of the Roman who swam across the Tiber three times before breakfast. "Yoy do not doubt that a trained swim¬ mer could do that, do you, Jimmy?" "No, sir." said Jimmy; but I wonder why he didn't make it four, and get back on the side his clothes were on." —Ex. Po—Your roommate says that he is a practical Socialist. Dunk—He must be; He wears my 26 ii Ij WILCOX COMMERCIAL SCHOOL Heather Bldg. 10111 Euclid Ave. One Block West 105th Street Garfield 9572 DO YOU WANT TO QUALIFY FOR GOOD PAYING POSITION IN A SHORT TIME Graduates placed on starting salaries of $50 to $75 per month. The demand is greater than the supply COME IN AND TALK IT OVER WITH US Private and class instruction Regular Hours 8 :30 to 12 :30 Evening class Monday, Wednesday and Friday The Efficient Commercial School of Cleveland ii shirts, smokes my tobacco, and writes to my girls. —Pitt Panther. "ARROW form'fit COLLAR First Tommy (Waiting to snipe a Ger¬ man patrol, to his pal) : They ought to been 'ere afore now, Joe. T do 'ope nothinks 'appened to 'em ! —Wrovc's Writings. GROUND GRIPPER SHOES for Professors and Students. Many Doctors Wear Them DORN 5H0E !On the Square" Cuyahoga Bldg. "You can't tell 'bout a display of au¬ thority," said Uncle Eben. "Many a man thinks he's doin' a fine job o' mule-drivin' when de mule is jes' hurrin' to get home on his own account." —W ashington Star. His feet kept him out of the army. Flat? No; Cold! —R. R. Red Book. William looking down the gun Pulls the trigger "just for fun." 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I suppose they left me in the copper mine and the copper slowly formed over me during the four thousand years I lay there. The next thing I knew I was sitting up in your room. ^ ^ ^ ^ CHAPTER THREE. The Ray. After Maph-ur's story was finished the professor sat for some time in silence. Then at length Maph-ur spoke. "I have told you my story," he said. "Now tell me of the present. You have told me of the starting of the great war but you have not told me what is happening now." The professor told him of 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1917. "In June, 1918," he went on, "Russia freed her German prisoners and declared war on the allies. With the help of Russia Germany drove the Eng¬ lish from Turkey. On the western front there was a deadlock. In 1919 the Ital¬ ians fell back to the Tiber and Japan turned against us. Now the Italians are in southern Italy in their last stand. The French are falling back and the Japanese are preparing to send men here." "I wonder," said Maph-ur thoughtfully, "if the ray would do any good." "It would," answered the professor, "if we could make radium easily," exclaimed the professor. "Just put lead, helium and a small amount of radium in an electric furnace and you get any amount of it." "You can!" cried the professor. "I 28 have thought of a way to control the ray." Putting on his hat and coat, the pro¬ fessor ran out of the house; a half hour later he dashed in again and asked Maph- ur to go with him to the National labora¬ tories. They entered an airplane and in a short time were in Washington. ^ jfc >J; Going to the laboratories the professor told the boss of his plan and asked for a time to experiment. The boss said that they could come around the next day. The following morning they presented themselves at the laboratory and found the materials ready. Maph-ur, after mixing the materials according to his formula, placed them in the furnace, shutting the door. Here it remained for six hours and afterwards cooled over night. The next morning they opened the door and took out a great pile of shiny metal. The professor tested it and murmured, "Perfect." For two months the professor and Maph-ur worked on the gun. They had made repeated tests but it did not prove ^satisfactory. The day of the big test finally arrived and was to be witnessed by the president of a gun factory and many other noted men. A pile of scrap iron, wood and dirt was placed a thousand yards away. Then a mile away was placed another pile. The breech of the gun was opened and the professor put in some radium. Then he aimed the gun at the nearest pile and turned a switch. There was a swish and a ray of greenish-blue light shot out. The metal in the pile melted like solder, and the wood burst into flame, but the sand simply glowed red hot. Maph-ur repeated the process on the farther pile with the same results. "Superb !" exclaimed the gun company president. 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Unsurpassed new Chemical, Physical, Electrical, Mechanical and Materials Testing Laboratories. For catalogue and illustrated pamphlets showing work of graduates and students and views of buildings and campus, apply to JOHN W. NUGENT. Registrar. of radium, were on their way to Europe. * * * * "Extry ! Extrv ! Speshul Extry !" yelled the newsboy. "Here, boy !" called a voice. It was the professor. He bought a paper and looked it over; his eye caught the headline of the article: GREAT VICTORIES IN NORTHERN FRANCE AND ITALY." "Owing to the new ray put into use the allies have had great victories. The Ger¬ mans have entirely left Italy leaving great piles of dead. They have retreated to the Rhine, and there are holding out stub¬ bornly, sacrificing large numbers of men."' Here the professor stopped. Hurrying to Maph-ur, he read the news to him. The next week there came reports that the allies were near Berlin, and soon came the news that Germany had surrendered. Following that was the report that the Japanese were to start in a few days. That day the professor arranged to have a number of ray guns put on the fastest destroyer. Soon after, the de¬ stroyer Webster steamed out of Newport and hurried through the Panama Canal. On the destroyer were the professor and Maph-ur. The Japanese fleet was off Honolulu when they saw a small American de¬ stroyer off in the distance. The Japanese admiral laughed in scorn, for what could one destroyer do to a fleet of warships? But his amusement soon changed to amazement, for a ray of light shot out of a small gun-like instrument and rested on the largest warship. The side of the dreadnought melted like wax and a ray must have reached the ammunition room, for the boat went up in pieces. Then the ray shifted to the convoys and they went down one by one. At last there were only two more Japanese boats left. The destroyer rushed between them and sunk one, but it was too late to dodge the oncoming ship. After a shot which pierced the side of the warship, the two boats crashed together. Five minutes later there was nothing left but some pa¬ thetic bits of wreckage to tell of the dis¬ aster. "Hello, what's this?" The speaker was a tall man with a 30 THE MEN'S STORE Clothes are Going To Be Much Higher ii ii j From the present indications, "the sky's the limit" for next Fall. j< The young man who stretches his clothing budget a !; point or so, and buys one or more extra suits and an !| overcoat NOW) will thank us for the tip. j: You Can't Go Wrong on Davis ''Good Clothes" ji The W B Davis Co }i 327-335 Euclid Avenue j: FOR PURE FOOD §| COME DOWN TO THE CENTRAL || 1 HIGH SCHOOL 1 | LUNCH ROOM | | A SPECIALTY | | CLUB BANQUETS j | E- WALLACE WILSON | SPORTING SHOES of all kinds at the lowest prices. HOCKEY SKATES $1.95 and $2.95 HOCKEY. BASKET BALL ETC. SKATES ATTACHED FREE 8B tn the Square" Cuyahoga Bldg. queer kind of head-dress. He was search¬ ing among a pile of scrap iron on the deck of a queerly shaped boat. Among the scraps here and there were human bones. "What is it?" asked another man. The first person pulled out from a pile the body of a man in perfect condition. A number of men clustered around as they carried the body into the cabin. "It's funny," remarked one, "how that man has stayed that way. If he is one of these others he died about five hun¬ dred years ago." "Yes," said another, "it's very . Here's the name of one ship. This board reads U. S. Destroy ter." A week after they sailed for America, taking with them the mummy. There they put it in a museum, where it will stay until its time is up and it again awakens. P. M. 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