Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 1, Number 50, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 18 November 1938 — Page 10

HIGH SCHOOL T/ miD SECTION

editorial staff o' Editor in Chief Katharine E. Dillen Associate Editor Robert Hinderer Feature and Literary Editor ... Kathleen Gibson Sports Editor - Konald Sharp Humor Editor Lyman StucKy Proof Reader Nelda Ja< * SO “ Typists Robert Hinderer, Lois Simon, Edna Bell Departmental . . . .' Phyllis Sowers, Edna Bell Grade School • • Betty Hickman, Martha Zents JuniokHigh School •)•••• Clata J- ” Freshman Class /..... Dale l’ l '- Sophomore Class Marjorie Laut au , . z,, Martha Thornburg Junior Class a r . . „ Minnie Grei . m Alumni News Burlon Typist Betty r ’ U Associate Sports Editor Eloise ißichart In the League News for this week, you will discover that one ot the subjects recently discussed was the possibility of a Girl Scouts or Camp Fire Girls being organized in Syracuse. May I enlarge upon this subject? All of you know what the Boy Scouts are doing for the boys of our community. Does it not stand to reason that a Girl Scout organization could do the same for the girls of our community? Whyshould the girls be neglected? Certainly we are not savages living in a medieval period when the women were of little importance, nor are we akin to the Moslem who never allows his women and girls to be seen in public. No tfe are civilized and human; we recognize a girl as being human, and of great importance to her community. This importance can be either good or bad. She can be either a liability or • an asset. The greatest responsibility as to whether she is a help or a hindrance lies in the home, but should not the community, too, assume some of this responsibility? They should cooperate with the home, that- is able to 'help its members. They should help the home that is less fortunate. They should lead the home that is different. In short, they should set the standards for their people. You will not doubt, I am sure, that the Girl Scouts could help our girls. This organization has nation-wide recognition, and is of the highest quality. Not only would it #elp the girls, but it would also help the Boy Scouts. Through cooperation, three times as much good could be accomplished as is now being done. For example, *the Boy Scouts always collect old toys and remodel them at Christmas time. Mr. Fidler says that last year they had the hardest time trying to g t dolls mended, or doll clothes made! This of course, is a humorous example, but it illustrates my point. There is only one drawback to this idea, as I see it, and that is the lack of a leader. Is there no one in Syracuse interested enough in Scouting to help get the girls organized? There are plenty of girls willing to help, but they cannot take the responsibility of organizing it. It is my sincere wish that someone will soon see her way clear to start such a movement. I only wish it had been started sooner, so that I could have been benefitteu more by it.

SOPHOMORE THEMES Farm Life—My Real Satisfaction Satisfaction is the main thing you should think about when you are i looking for a job. Children who live in town do not Have very much they can do at home; therefore it is necessary for them to look elsewhere to find some little job for after school and on Saturdays. They should pick this job according to the kind of work they are interested in. As for me and other children who live pn farms, there is nothing for us to worry about, as there is always plenty of work to do. It is our duty to do it until we are through school. Now, I -like the farm life, and I suppose I shall probably always live on a farm. There are a number of reasons for my liking for. this life. I have learned how to ■ feed the livestock and what the best: rations are for feeding the cattle and chickens at the cheapest rate. ; I like to take livestock to fairs end ! to try to beat someone else. In our spare time, we have plenty of room |;o play ball or any other game we w ak f es x x healthy, plenty of air Wft gf< a start toward making our own way.

We can keep livestock and give our fathers the milk from the cows to pay for their feed, or they can work the horses to pay for their feed. In this way if we start when we are young, we can have several head ot cattle or horses till we are through school. Now, farm life is my real satisfaction. I think it is my duty to stay on the farm, and I feel that everybody who can should take advantage of the opportunities that are being offered all the time. —By Martha Rose Hibschman. My Hobby My hobby is very common yet I enjoy it more than nearly anything I can do in my spare minutes. It is educational as well as very interesting and deals with any line ot thought or subject of interest. If you have not guessed, I’ll tell you that my hobby is reading. The type cf reading I enjoy most is the short story for the reason that I like to follow the plot ano characters quickly to the finish ot the story. Among the types of books I most ern, and mystery storiesMiqTjua gs my favorites of the former type ; re

Teacher's Korner

A Lesson In Cooperation In recent years we have been hearing a great deal about cooperatives. Unfortunately the term means different things to different people The spirit of cooperation is repieseated by leagues and conferences organized by our schools and colleges. The members of these organizations agree ;.s to how- ’ would like to play the game and personal independence is maintained by the individual institutions. The teams play hard and the boys for the most part play accordng to rules and\agreements. The world may well look to school and college athletics for a lesson in cooperation.

“Brentwood” and “Marigold ’ botn by Grace Livingston Hill. Two favorites of the latter type are the “The Cases of Susan Dare” and tne “Wall” by Mary Roberts Rhinehart. Although 1 do not spend all my time in reading, I f in<i B a veiy worthwhile pastime. By Elvera Rarick. Caddying It is a pleasure to caddy, because you come in contact with so many types of people. There are some who are very pleasant and have a kind word for their caddies ano everyone else. Then there are those who say, “What do you think Im paying you for?” or some other cutting remark. There are people who play g°* for the exercise and enjoyment they get out of it. It is a pleasure to caddy for people of this kind, because they are generally good-na-tured and talkative. There are people who never say a word. They walk along as if they had lost their last friend. They have to have the best caddy and he doesn't dare to do a thing wrong. Every time you talk, it seems to be out of turn. But there is a value in caddying for this type, because you have temptations to talk back that you overcome and thus learn to control your temper. There are people, that are good players who always keep in the fairway. They may be either grouchy or pleasant. The pleasure in cat* dying for them is that there is less walking. There are people who hit the ball from ten to twenty-five times and are never in the fairway. They never know which club to use, ana it really wouldn’t make any difference in distance, which ever they used. The pleasure in working for them is that it furnishes amusement as well as work. By Charles Maison. Phone 889 Box 177 A. J. Thibodeaux Ke Stmol. Ist nouse South of U. B. Church Mint ~~ —

In 1919 President Woodrow W’--son and others proposed a league of nations with the idea that the larger nations would protect inc smaller ones from any acts of unfriendliness. Os course this was only one of the planks in the League of Nations platform, but with t! • thought they had an idea that the same theory of cooperation might b< followed by the nations of the wodc. I am ' not attempting to suggest whether the United States was wrong in not entering the League, but am only calling attention to the fact that the league has failed and tcday the idea of international cooperation has, to a large extent, diappeared. If a larger nation wished to seize the territory of a weaker one the usual case is that the other countries will not intervene. Nature’s

Things You Ought To Know ,

Familiar Fiction: “That was an easy test. I bet I’ll get an A.” “You’re the best player on the team. All the girls say so.” “I’ll have plenty of time to get my Algebra before the tardy bell in the morning.” “I left my theme on the dining room table last night, and my little brother tore it up.” “I lost my excuse blank.” “Somebo 4 took my fountain pen.” “All of the reference books were in use every time I went to look it up.” “That page is out of my book. Coking School Scientist Give me a spoon of oleo, Ma, And the sodium alkali, For I’m going to make a me, Mamma, For I’m going to make a pie! For Dad will be hungry and tired, Ma, And his tissues will decompose, So give me a gram of phosphate, And the carbon and cellulose. Now give me a hunk of casein, Ma, To shorten the thermic fat, And give me the oxygen beater, Ma, And look at the thermostax. And if the electric oven is cold, Just turn it on half an ohm, For I want to have supper ready As soon as Dad comes home. —Farm Journal. Instead of getting the raspberries, Elvera Rarick seems to find onions in her desk Monday morning. It seems that after the ball gam< WHEN YOU WANT A NEW COIFFURE VISIT LA BONITA Beauty Shop BANK BUILDING PHONE 174 Mary Bushong, Mgr.

law of the surviv :! of the fittest s coming back. Wti’ e it may co changed slightly in form, ? —ay <>< nullifying it has never been tv-’ . At one time robV°’-v and mure'* were considered tai ’.eans of co •■- petition. Os course O ' is at longer generally true, so fur as -me is concerned in the comp 'titions ■ life. Perhaps the high school and allege athletes,, are further adv;; rea in civilization than are some o’ >;rs who are executing national w.stence. In athletics one has the opportunity of demonstration ox " and over again that he can com to the limit of his capacity and ’•! respect the neceties of competition. He can try as hard as possible to defeat the other chap and still think of him not as a foe but as a friend. .—By Mr.Weff.

Friday night Billie Emerson went opossum hunting with Robert Watts and Nelson Auer. From the reports I hear that opossum hunting wasn’t very good. I wonder what would happen if—the Humor column wasn’t censored. Junior Bitner went with the same girl twice. Mr. Gustafson would have ays* chorus. Nelda J. didn’t have a temper. There was no school skipping. Robert Watts didn't eat dry ice. Ruth Rarig and Lois Davis skipped school to go hunting. Lois Dillen’s boy friend found out what she did Friday night. Ronald Sharp didn't have an honorary system during class meeting. The typewriters would be stolen again. There were no- “X's” in citizenship for this month. Fidler and Miller could agree on 3rd. class levers. I wOnder what was going on back at the reading table Monday. Some of the girls were really making use of the dictionary, for a change. Upon inquiring what it was all about, we received an amusing answer. They were trying to find if there is an animal called a snipe. What did you find out, l?a and Lois? Sunday night at Hitbish's Drug Store, Robert W., Robert H., and your humor editor himself were trying to convince Ha Gean Lamberg that there was sucn a thing called a snipe. This probably lead to the use of the dictionaries Monday. j for Good Mason Work see Harry H-Brinkm 11 > “The Bricklayer ff Syracuse