High School Life V. 1 N. 31

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HIGH SCHOOL LIFE

HIGH SCHOOL LIFE

P u ' b l i ~ h weekly by the Harbor

Sipr-ng1s High School.•Sillbscription price, 50c pe r year.

Cecil Wil lis Acting Editor-1n-Chi·ef

Earl DeLaVergne ASis1stant Editor

Chta;rles Beokon Asslstarut Editor

teres)"ing that many new ISI1udentsseem to live in a daze .for nearly aweek. During .the first week of class•es th e new r ecrui t wilJI spend mueh

time s·enrching for classrooms, halls· and !buildings, ·but soon a ll bec{)m<es

as famili;:U' as was th e s·chool bwckhomeIobert Kni•estey __Business Manager.

Curtis Leece · Jloke Editor During tthes.e ·opening weeks ot

.. ....~ - . ~ ~ . ~ - . ~ - ; - - - ; - · ; - ; - - ; school th e new man or woman on the

* OUR ALUMNI AT MICHIGAN • Clampus• learns, perhaps th e firsn* time, ho.w very small and ins :.gnifi

cant, he hims•elf ' is. In high school

he may have been an idol, here he

eees that th e worlld is full o.f people like himself and 'th'J:t he is only

on e small twig on tlle great tree ofhumanity,

* * * * * * * * *"FROSH LIFE"

When th e upper s s n : o e n ar e to obusty to wr[te or when they have already written ~ e a s t once for "Hi.gh

t S c h o o ~ Life," th e Har·bo·r 'Springs club

turns, a.s ll· last means .of getting a contribu ion, to H.s green, inexperienced, chlilldish, Freshman for

help. .Such is now •the case an d th e

club has enlisted. me for 1his help.

Searehing .for a subject, I find thatthose who have written before havepractically exhaustJed the list .of then:oost important and interesting topicstcrtnd that th e on'ly remaining theme

with which I am familiar is that ofth e "Fro.sth," of th e class of '25.

I will do my utmost to portray some

of th e ~ b r a n c h e s of th e Freshman Ufeat Michigan, together with tsome of

jh e impressions made upon th e ne w

student here, ·bY th e m-any Universityactivities . I hope that no .prospective

Michigan s·tudent will become Intimidated at anything which follows conoerning FreshmaiJJ activities . a nd

there·bY' dea!de not to enroll here.

Do not · ake these things too seriously as thouSiands ·and thousands of men

and women :have entered th·ls Univer

E ty, lived throu.,h Hs troU'biles •andpleasures, and tloday ar e better forhl:liVing done so. I am sure that grad

uates of H. S. H . S, will be no exception.

In late Septem•ber, th e Freshmen

arrive, locate a room, s1and in linefor hours with hundreds of otherFresthmen, tryin.g to register, locate abOiarding c e - a n d ISileep,. Th eseevents occupy th e time from arr:ivalto the opening .classes·. Th ese few

days leave only a vague, foggy imprint upon th e newcomer's m•ind.Everything .is so new, stl'ange, an d in-

In Octo.ber and November occur th eg n m ~ footbWl garr.•est Here the

Fr•esthman witnesses one ot th e mostinsp irdn•g and specta•cunar scenes of

oollege life an d on e that will nev ergrow tiresome or be forgotten. I willna t attempt! to describe it. · From myown experience th e .great 0. S,. UMtchigiJn ·gan:-e of lwsrt fall will always

r emain in my memo-ry. Th e great

hqr se shoe s l l31)>ed stadiium' ·llt FerryField was cro.wded witlh over 45,000people. The op.posing teams were

running through si·gnn.Js on tb.e ' ·beautiful gl'ass gridiron. Th e wonderful

"Varstity" lb-and then appeared and

p:u'IJided acros•s the field .pQaying th e

•rousfn,g M i a h march "The Vi·ctor$" Th e greab <lrowd of onlookers

arose, as they alwn.ys do, giving loud

an d long, cheers. This thri11ing momen t ·wdll instill ts·pirit an d enthusiasmin everyone who is presen t.. I t is on

such occasions tbat 1a1Fres•hman getshi s firS\t ad g.reates.t view of Michigan

spirit.

By this time the Freshman is beooming acquain ted 1 nd feeils mor e ath•ome in Univers<itly l ~ f e . He meets

scores of men an d women who ar€

rep re ts,ent 'tive of th e •bes t youth .ofA-merica. Hi s .school wo-rk becomes

easier, m•ore interesting, and more enjoyi:J:ble as he learns ho.w to us·e each

day to tlhe best advantage as th e ye:U'progreSISes.

Many rest,rf-ctions and requirementslatre •p!l;llced U'POn Frehsman ·men. Th e

most important of th ese Is that each

yearling shall, on al l days except

Sundlay, we1a1r th e oftlcial gr·ey "pot"

or 1oque.. A comm•illtee of Sopho-

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mores exitslts whi ch, with authorityf.rom th e University an d th e Student

Counoil, deals with all "'Frosh" who

disobey this rule. At fir st th e menar e humiliaood by th e childish appeartmce gjiv·en them ·bY th e pot lbu;t soonthe y enjoy wearing it an d it b.e,comes

a source of pride to each Illl.m. Anoth er imporuan,ri; rule is. that the pot ortoque m'us t a l w ~ y s be remov·ed upon

entering University buildings or the

st'lnds wt. Ferry In oose of negligence in !:his some upperclassman

rr.•ay g>ently, or otherwi!Ste, remove it

fo.r th e owner. A Fr eshman, by reason of hJs• Infer iority to member s ofth e other

.three cli!l.sses

. must

permit

an upperch'Ssman jo paSISt through ado.or before him. Freshmen mustkeep off th e Campus ! ! . ! W n s . Some

many •hink that these !11nd ·<J\her rule•sand traditions on our C t,.mpus ar e

burdentsom e and unjust ·but •OO th ecoh,ary ilt is a ple1.sure fulfill th emand their gr ea tes t 1a:chievement is toh elp instill in .t.he Freshman ·a loveand pride for his Unive.rsiji:y.

The second semester invariabl:ymore smoothly than the first,

and red battlers competed In an obSitla!cle raoe an d a rope tying contest,

th e latter was 1 very strenuous game,

resiU!ting in many shady eyes and

soiiJ.ed clothing. Such o o n t e ~ ~ s tareheld annually to deoide th e suprem

acy of th e underclassm-en and to give

each class 1n o p p o ~ t u n i t y .to give outward and phy·sical vent to their tra

dttionall "h'atred" for each qther.

One of th·e ~ r e ~ a • e s t an d most memOl1ial occasions in th e Freshllllan year ·is "Cap'' nf.ght ·which is now less thanone week off. All th e •classes of theUnivensdty c o n g r e g r u ~ e in "Sleepy

Hollow," where :wit h a p p r o p r ex

ercises, th e Freshm-en parade past amammouth bon-fire i:nto which they

their pots. They tare then nolonger gre en Freshmen but true, hard

ened Sophomores ·with Ia deep-l'ootedlove fol' thei·r Univers<ity and its

"dear sincere 'college diays."

There are iill•any more importan,tph·oses of FreS<hm'an life on th e Campus but la\J.rea;dy I have e ~ c e e d e d th eamount of space allotted to me so

, hey niust be om•itted.

since th e new mlaIl or •woman ha s' Congratulations on the success of

lea rned by experience how lbesn to "Hig.h School Life" oa.nd •best wisheilsludy an d live here. In general, he fo-r it s future.-Keith C. S t o n ~ .has ''lJearned lt.he ropes;.'' The Fresh

man begins •o feel like a •part of th einstitution 1a:nd he takes pride and interes( in a ll the undertakings and ;a,c

cnn:'.t)lishments. He becomes a booster for Michigan and he feels that whrutis the Unjversity's becomes' his also.

In tth e fall! an d sprin.g of each yeartJhe Freshmen 1a:nd !Sophomores compete in games. Last fall th e gam-esconsisted of a flag rUIStb. •and a oane

s.pree. The spring .games this yearoocurred Friday an d .Sn:turday (1Moa.y

19 and 20) , On ~ l d a y , th e under

class .warriors p i t 1 ~ e d their strengthll!gla:inst each! other in a tug-of.wara·crosiS th e Huron riv er, T h ~ s year each

team saored one point by pull!ng their

opponenil:s thru the ril:ier o n e ~ . On

th e third tug, due to an ·army .truck

1a.t:tached to ,th•e ·Sophomore end of

.the rope and the Freshman telaiill• of

fifty memb er s now increased to our

two hundred on, the other endi••Jle a.-inch ro;pe un ail:Jle to withstand thisimmense power, S•n!llpped in midstrealm•. ThousandJSI ofonlookers were

p11esent and cheered thiJ teams. The

next day at Ferry Field these .green

SHAKESPEAREAN BALL

( c o n ~ i n u e d from lla,st week)

th ey left th e b r ! U ~ a n t l y lighted ballroom h • n·eir r ~ > ~ r o e c t i v e "·bookhomes,'' t'heY' wore satisfied looks

and ready to perform their VJa•iQUS tasks of th e morrow, which had

been intended for the m .

"One, two," sllowly Sltruck th e old

g ~ r a n d l ' . l l t h e r clock on the stairs\ an dRichard qu,Jckly rai!Sed hi s head from

where it had .been resUng on hisarms. I t was two o'clock in th emorning, :amd he ha d read only one

of those o.nce deteSited Shakespearean

plays, which he hia.d Ito rev;iew for th e

day's English rclass. He had

fallen as leep an d neglected his task."

"Oh well,'' he sighed, as he turned

off tb e J.i.ght in 1he Qibrary an d slowlyclimbed th e ,sta,irs, "I'm glad I did fallasleep, .for < know ,<hose Shakespearean characters 'better since /,ha t

dream, and I guess th e t ~ a l e h e r wa s

when she said .Shakes,peare IllladeMs ch.amcters 1a1ctuaJ11y live f{)r hi s

relliders.-Me :ha Orowl.



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IIighSchool

NotesI. ..

Most of the studentJs, rwho have -been

a-bsent from• school o:n acooun,J; o·f. the

rr_€'as·le s have returned ,!Jo school.

'There willl be Ia rast :issue of the

"Hdgh •School Life'' .ne·xt week. Every

one try to m-ake it \the ·best .

All this year bJoomers, rniddys ortennis shoes fou:11d outside 'lockers afterl.llli class were p.Jia;ced in a "pound"

fo r that pur.pos·e. A fee of 10c was

charged fo r !'j'.udents to regain p osses

slion of lostl article . With . t h ~ money

collected, Miss Lorri,g, •PUl'chas·ed -an

i:ndoo-r 'baseblaall -for · t·he PhYJSiical

Tl'aining d e p a r t m e n ~ .

A HAPPENING IN ENGLISH 11

T-ea,cher (when !talking on ' :'Good

Mlannere.")-"Now, .th-ere are ·fourrea;so:ns rw.hy i t is better to see a boy

or .girl eat ,in a lunch room than to

truffie i.t out on the street. Can you

tell me one, Gerlald ?' '

Ger:alld W, (la;fter thinking very

hard)-"Well---1• hink one · reason

is that when yoq eat inside you have

s·om•eo,ne .to rS!Upervise the job.

TRACK MEET

(cont-inued from page 1 col 1)

J. second ; W s o n , J. third . Distance,

109 feet 6 inches.

Base-ball throw- ('boys) Clark, S .

first; WHson, J. second; Lauer, F.

third. Disbanc e, 272 feet 10 illlches

Hl?\cf ,mile 'ne1ay-(Zub er, Clark,

Killiesley, Armstrong) S. first; (M-ol

ton, Seeley, Woodruff, Lauer) F. se

cond ; (Wik ox, Wheel•er , DeLa

Ver.gne) -Sm,. third. Time 49 2-5 se :

conds.

50 yard d<a.sh- (givJ,SJ) F r:an ces

Woodruff, Sm. f irst; Mildred Terpenirig, F. s.econ-d; F.u:th Barker, .S. third.

Tiru!e, 7 2-5 se conds.

High jurnp- (.girls) Ruth Co-rnell,

S. first; Frances Wloodruff, Sm . se·

cond ; NelHe Wy1Jand , ·sm th ird. Ht.

3 feet 10 inches .

BJJse-ball throw-(.girl,31) Karolyn

Powers, Sm. fi rst; Virginia Judd, Sm.

second; Mmdred T e!'pen,ing, F . t-hird .

Distance, i22 f·ee t, 2 inches1

Broad jump-France-s Woodruff. Sm

first; Ollie Backus,, F1 second; Karo

lyn Powers, Sm. third. I¥,s,tance, 12

feet 7 inches.

Basket-birull throw--Li'l:as Allen, S.

fir-st; Karolyn Powers, Sm. second;

l\"4:J.ry Smith, S. third. Dia'alllce 36 feet

3 i n c h e s ~Te'aqhe,r-"Geralq, a,ren't you

enough to eat ,Wfi;thoult. help.''

big Summary- Seni-ors, 60; Freshm-an,

35 ; Juniors1 34; So,phomorreS', 33.

Dootor-"AHow me to congratulate

you, sir. You 1a1re the father of trip-lets·..

Polit-ician-"Impos·Siilbile! I · d e m ~ w la recount.''

-Arms trong

FRESHMAN PARTY

Our Freshm!l.n boy's' gave us a p a r ~ yon the beach W•ednesd'l -Y night and it

"Ra,s,tus," demanded th e j u d p ; · ~ surely was ~ That s-aying that

sternly, "are you guilty or not guilty? boys· m i n ' get a mea!l as -well •as' girls

In other words, -did you or did YOU' isn't t.rue in our cl•ass1for lieHowsnot s teJM ~ h o s e - chi-ckene-?:' and 1Mr. Bond had everything t-ha t

Rastus· -squirmed uneasrly,. a nyone could pos's'i'bly ea t fixed o.n

"Wait until Ah hears de evidence," logs, ·served oafeteria style.he f i n ~ l y aruswered.

"L)ssen/ ' said the hard-boi.led cop

to the ref111C't9ry: tr-amp, "d·on't .get .gaynow. I'm Ia tough baby. Rem•mbermy •wife 's pe_ ·cana,I:Y barks back at

the 'bula, dogs.""Cia.H th'a!l; tough, do ya ?" countered

the bum," -say 'bo, orack me in the

head ·WI·d yer billly ,if yer w-ant to. I'm

so tough I'll just bleed wood >uJ.cohol.' '

Before sup·per -we had races and

jumping contests and· a very e x c ~ . i n gg3.me of iballl . AUho the boys. the

ball more, the .girls worked harder so

we like t.o cal l it even.

After supper aJ!l joined in "na ti onal 'anthems•" that is, songs• as 11he "soup

song.'' At te n o'dock we · •put• the

ca>tr.'P -fi-re out and ,s,tar.ted home feelin g proud of tlhe boys of '25.

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