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High School LifeVolume Ill Harbor S p r i n g ~ . Mich., November 30, 1923 Number 9

WELCOME 1924 BASKET BALL

FRESHMEN SCHEDULE ARRANGED

Fr iday evenin g th e F r es hme n ga th·

ered at the H ig h Schoo l a bout 7 : 30to be r eceiv ed in to the H igh School

by th e •Sop h omo res. No keys were athan d to op en t he gy m un t il MissEeebe came to ta e rescue and le t u sin.

T he games wer e sta r ted . Of cour se

,;,e had to play "drop the h and ke r·ch ie r," so th e Fres hi es could pla f.Then we indulge d in a sna ppy game

of " th ree dee p." Bein g t ir ed o f s tand ·

ing up, the very poli te boys seate r!

the gi rl s a nd bega n winking a t th elll .Ever ythin g gets ti resom e af ter a ce rta in le n-gt h of t im e in modern li fe, so

W e beg an to play "srwa t th e Dutch·1nan. '' . · ·'

In a ll th e circ le · gam es ' th egro up was .·di vid ed iiHo two ci rc l es .

Some of us r evenged on -Mr. ·Red mond roi· our · D's in Geometr y, and

.Mr. Bailey . r ece i·ved hi s ' shar e o[• s·wa ts':·· No· on e ·was abl e to r each

np high 'e nrou gh fo h'it M r . W ilcox , S·J

h e was very lu ck y. ·A con te s t was t hen h eld bet,ween

the bw.o classes., The Soph s being

more a:bl e to think r a pidly than th nFresh ies , won by a single poin t. Th e·So ph s con s ider th em se lv es ' lu ck y to

battle aga ins t fo rty-six Freshm en .Af te r th i s t he ' F re s hmen we re as l{·

e ll to leave the room . · Then on e byone th ey wer e brough t ln and r eceiv·

ed as du e Freshmen of the Har·borSprin gs High School. We ad mir r.

th ose who were thu s r eceitved in goorls pi ri t of s po rtsmanship . I t is tnwtha t a few we r e no( r ece iv ed and

thu s, are po ssi-ble ca ndid ates to bAF r eshmen all t heir lives

However , tw.hen the g rand marc .:began, i t wa s noticed t hal the Fmen wer e ·a ll prese nt . Th e ma r ch wa sled by ··Miss ·w ell s and Mr. Redmon •l

and was im mense ly en joyed by a lLRef res.hm en ts. con sisti ng of exce ll eEt

$a lad and sand w iches for th e fihncou rse ; blu e a nd wh ite br i ck icccream wi th c;tk e as th e las t co ur s"!tW•l.S en joyed by a il. "Hom e, Sw ee tHom e," wa s then played a nd a ll adjolnned for hom e, having enjoyed thee1venin g .

'Begins January 1 1 - Ten Games

Harbor's Prospects Bright

J a nu a r y 11 - Alba, h ere

J anu ary 18- Pe llst on, ther eJ anu a r y 25- East Jord an , her eFebru a ry 1- Pe tos key, h e1·e

Febru ary 8- op en L1ateFebrua r y 15 -Pe llston, her eF ebru ary 22 - Alba, th er eF ebr uary 29- -Cha rl evoix, h er eMarch S- P etos1cey ther e (Sa tu r day)

Ma r ch 14-C ha rl evoi x, t hereTourney

Sin ce th e tourn am ent has com e to

be th e c lim ax of th e bas ke tb all seaso n a nd th e winn er s at the tourna·m Ent is com:irl er ed th e champi on of

th e section, a nd th e winn er o f th e

S ta t e Tourn ey is cons id ered StatPChampion , it h as bee n thought best

t.o ar rang-e th e season sch edul e to

th a t end.Tt is pl a nn ed to play o ff t hP hi gh

Rchool in te r-class tournam ent d u r i nDecember , thu s leaving th e time af·

te r th e h olid ay vacation fr ee to deve lon the r epresentative school team .

While it is too earlv to make an ypredi ction s for the 1924 season , we

hC•ll f1 will be even mo re succ essfu'lt11 an th e footba ll season h as bee n .With th e sam e kind of figh t w th esam e "d o or di e" s.piri t, lu ck is sureto be on our s id e.

'Efforts are be in g ma ri e to fill th eonen date of Febru a r y 8 with a TOadtri p. E ve ry hom e game is on F rid ay

nfgh t exce pt th e Petost ey con tes t,wh ich is on Sa turd ay .

JOKES

Th elm a : " I co ul dn 't find t ha t bookof Sha kes pea r e·s."

Mrs. De \Vitt: "Whi ch on e did yo uhave?"

'l'h elm a: "A Fe llow."Mrs. DeW itt: "No, it' s 'Oth ell o'. "

Mr s. De Wit t : (in l!:ngli sh Li te r at ure-: "P lease lo.ok up those word s.Th ey will be found in the back ofW ebs ter ."



HIGH SCHOOL LIFE

HIGH SCHOOL LlffPublished Weekly by Harbor Spr ings High School

Editor-in Chi ef Cha rles Beckon

Bu sin es s !Manag e r Le s ter St an to nAss 't Ed itor Ea rl DeL aVergne

Ass 't Editor Ollie Backu s

Athlet ic E di tor Rob ert Swift

.!oke E di tor Roland TaylorLi te r a ry Edi tor Vivia n La·ne

Th e lo ca l deleg ates to tl) e ,s ta t eOlde r Hoy 's Confer ence will leave

here on T ha nk sg iving D ay, .T he Fr eshm en clas s wi sh t o th an k

t he ·Sophomor es for the fin e tim er end ered th em las t F rid ay eveni ng.

Tra ver se City won from P e to skeySa turday by a scor e of 17- 6 in th eNorth er n Michiga n Championshipfoot ball game_ _ _ ___ _

THIRD GRA DE NEWS

The fo llow ing pu pils in the third

gr ade wer e neit her ta r dy nor a bse n tduring the se cond month of scho ol:

Ma rgueri te Adam s, Ruby Allen, Duan e Bak er, ·Ro y Br adl ey, Ire ne Bric

ker, Edith Burton, Virginia Can ada ,Evelyn Clocklin, Will iam Cor ey, Jo

se phine Davi s, Rober t DeLaVer gn e,Au dre y Fr eela nd, P hillip Hu let t , Ceci lia J ohn son , Yvonne Kindig, Victor

La ne, Ja net •Sc alf , Jo hn Vivant ,. Stan I.e:,; Wa gley, Ma r y Wa rd , DorothyWh eaton.

Irene Br icker a nd Helen Faunce didnot m is s an y spe lling word s du r ingt he s econ d mon th of school.

H. S.-Charlevoix Debate

On FTiday ev eni ng, December 7.the Charl ev•oix NegaUve Deba tin;.:team •w ill mee t th e Ha rbor SpringsAffirm a tive team a t H a rbor Springs.

T he debate will be held a t th e hi ghschool auditori um at 8 o'clo ck . Th eques tion for th e de•ba te is : " Reso h•ed , T hat ,t he Uni tecl !St at es Gov ern

ment sho uld adopt the poli cy of sub

sidi zing t h e m er chan t mar in e."

The foll ow ing s tuden ts ha'Ve •bee nchose n t o uphold the aff irm at ive : Ollie Ba ckus , Karolyn Po wer s a nd E rwin Jo hnson . T he se cond deba te is

schedu led wi th Centra l Lake whenHar bor Springs w ill ag a in uph old th eaffirmat iv e s id e of ti1e quest ion . T hi3debate will be he ld December 14. Th aplace of the se cond debat e .will be a nno unced la te r .

VAUDEVILLE SUCCESSTh e v.au deville w.hich wa s g iv en

Monday e<venin g un der th eof th e loca l Hi-Y, wa s a su ccess .boy s ani ver y thankful to tho se wh oattend ed it , a s th ey ar e now a ble tosend a delegate to the S tate Olde rBoy' s 'Oonf e ren ce. Th e P e to skey boy»

f ur nish ed fine ta len t. .Th e local delegat es to th e .Sta te Ol

der Boy 's Confer ence met •wit h th eirfellow delegates at P e toskey, Tu es day eve ning to consider th e r eal ob jec t of th e con fer ence an d ho w be stto CJont ri bu te to its succ ess. Th eboy s enj oyed a f ine sup per a t 6: 3{)

P. m .

A cert a in st ud ent wa s det ainedfrom sc hool one morning from slee ping sickn es s .

Th is iss ue of th e Hi gh School Li f0is publi sh ed as a m emoria l of th eF r eshm en who hav e r ecen tly bee n

initiat ed in to our school. Althoug hgr een th ey may gr ow and prove abenefit to ou r scho ol.

During th e fi rs t t wo mo n ths oi

sc hool we find th a t Mr. Redmond is

very fond of maki ng "D 's ." Also that

he is in th e habit of makin g a clasha ft er hi s "C's"

Man y te a chers hav e disc over edthat a grea t ma ny of the hi gh sc hool

st uden ts ar e us ing the si mplifiedsystem of spe lling in the ir wo rk.

G. P .- "'vVha t ca n you put in your

ri ght ha nd th a t you can ' t in you rle ft ?"

H . E.- "W hy your lef t e lbow of

cou rse ."

B. A., a junior girl, los t her mind

in a book .If a n eleph a nt can car ry a tr unk ,

how mu ch 1wil l a polar bea r?

TH E MAN WHO WON A THRO NE

"Fo r Sa le-Bea utifu l Afr ican Leop:trd •Sk in. Tann ed, comp le te, fin e fo1·ru g, $19. Alber t Gerl a ch, Box 814,Ne w Or leans , La ."

As I r ead these wor ds in one o r tl 1 :>

sp :Jr ti ng magazines , I s tarted in su rpr ise . Th at. name ! Wh er e had I hea r di t befor e ? Cf cours e ! It ca me to me.This man wa s the Alber t Ger la c' Iwhom I had known a nd a dmi r ed inmy dayr, at th e Acad emy. Ye t- wh atof th i s adv er t isem ent Ea ch leopa r dskin of whi ch he had many he hadri sked hi s li fe to ge t . Th at , toge thm•w.ith their commer cia l va lu e a nd a sr ememb ra nce of ot her days, ma doth em pr ice les s . To se ll .one fo r the ab sur d sum of n inetee n dolla rs was lh oa ct of a mad man !

HIG H SCHOOL L IFE

Accord ingly I wrote him, p r o v i nhi m for th is ras h dea ling, a nd askinghi m to expla in wh y su ch a thing mu s tha ppen.

W eeks passed, and f inally I rec eived a le tter . Th is is wh a t I r ea d:Dea r old partner :-

You ca nn ot im agi ne my fe elings

joy a nd r e li ef upon hearing from yon.Of a ll people, i t wa s you whom Ineeded mos t to confide wit h. Wh a tye ars of t r ouble and ad ·ven tur e youhave l iv ed through, I kn ow not.

Neve r theless, I mu st tell you my bur

dens, •or bre ak with: the load .Af ter I lef t the Aca dm y-, wh er e, as

you kn ow I was making good money

as P rofes so r of N rutur al H istory, I

dr ift ed out W'es t . Alwa ys the W est

ha d se emed to m e my Janel of go lde:,

op JYortuniti e s. Th er efor e I we nt with

hi gh hopes an d expectations as tothe future .

Shor t ly afte r disemb a rk ing fr om

the st eam er in ·whi ch I had round i-!dth e Hom. I met. a youn g Sp ani a rd ·a r egula!' da re ter 'scostume and a ll-who invi te d m eh is bea u t iful hom e on th e out skirtsof San F'ran cisco. Th-er e I wa s intro

(ln ced to severa l fri ends o'f his, wh oall appe ar ed to be ver y plea sa nt an rtho nora ble ge nt lem en. In fact, my impress ion of the m wa s ver y

to m y OO·n science ; for I ha d en te rt :•ined do ub ts as to th eir sever a lchar ac t ers upon se ing num er ous de ·Y c:es for gambling a:bout th e roo m .

\Ve ha d a ver y in ter es t ing ga m e toge th er- some Mexica ru affair -a nd

t hen we fell to exch ang ing adv e nture s. No w, na tur a lly I am ve ry slow

t :J spea k o r my m any esca pades in

th e Afr ican and ' Sou th Am er ica n

wild s, bu t the exc e llent liquor wh ichmy hos t a ssur ed was "ex tr emelymi ld" had s ligh t ly gone to my hea d,a nd I loosed my tongue to th e extr eme.

Mo re .w in e went aro und, a nd the none of " my f•· iend s" suggest ed tr yingou r luck on the vVheel of l<'or tune . It

wa s ent ir ely ag-ain s t m y pri nciples,

but I con se nt ed , a nd pu t in quite d

snm to st art th e game right , a s m yh ost di r ect ed.

By some queer chance , I wa s th ew inner . Of cour se , I wa s en coura ged,a nd th e other s ur ge d me to t r y a nother th row. Aga in l •won. vVith th CJ

a id of mo r e wi ne and pr a ise fr-om th 8losers , I spun th e rou lette ma nyt imes . alwa ys, and ilow against mywill , being .t he winner . At le ng th Ih ad in my posses s ion m oney amoun ting to sev er a l thonsa nd dollar s. Fa r

to wa rd morning I went to my. ho tel,fee li ng 'Very do•wnca s t at ·my lap se in

mora ls . H owever, I r eturned th e nextni ght , d iscov eri ng th at th e thrill an d

susp ense of the ga me ha d enter ed m yblood.

Th us •began my car eer in the gam bli ng wor ld. Be fore ma ny month s Ihad gain ed t he r a th e r qu es tionabl et it le of "Th e K ing o f Gamb lers ."Th en my lu ck tur ned! Ho w well I

remem ber t ha t te rrible sc ene ! Ho w

despera te ly I fou gh t to rega in my

losses- bu t nothing wen t ri ght !los t by pr od ig ious sum s, for . seein <;

my r u in , I los t a ll con t ro l of my r ea ·so n ing pow er s . Fi na lly dri ven by t h ('reckl es sn es s w ith ow.hich I had ga in e t1

my throne, I th rew upon the ta ble mylas t resource-a deed to my hom ein Chi cago- and los t to th e )'1oun g.Spa niar d who , .I now Know, wa s th eca use of my decli ne.

It is a ll I r em emb er for the ti me .W hen I r ecove red, it wa s to see 'l

r ing of cur ious Joun ge rs a nd police m en s ta ndi ng a rou nd wher e I Jay . I

r ai sed my hand to my hea d- a nd

found in my clasp a mu rderous .kn i fe dripping •with blood !

-Gasp ing , I r ose to my feet. Lyin gon th e floor a fe w feet a way wa s th eSp:tn iard, a ga sh in hi s t hr oa t ! I kn ewI had been de lib erately "fram ed" -·an d ye t- as I sa w t he r e wa s nochance to prov e my inn ocence, for

do ubtl ess the men who had kno ck edme on the hea d, cut the · ma ri 'sth 1oa t , a nd plac ed th e knife in m yhand, ·were fa r out •of r each by now.W ith a cr y of te r ro r I bur st t hr oug hthe cir cle and ou t the doo r before •an yone cou ld sto p m e.

I cau gh t a freight t r a in ' going ea s t ,

an d ar ri ve d in Chi ca go soon a fter wa rd. Bo rowing mone y, I hur ried toLo uisa na with my tr eas ur e .

All my poss ession s must go, forwitho ti t t hem I ca nn ot r ema in im mun e fro m the law whi ch would no :cr edit m y s tory •with the " fr ameup ."ln o t he r wo rd s, not con t en t with je, .pa rd i;; in!,- ye s , rui ning my honor , mypr ide an d li fe, my en emi es have di sco vered my ""herea bou ts an d ar ublac kma ili ng m e- slowly dr ivin g m eto th e edge , where th ey wi ll lea veme l!o my fat e .

Your hu mble serv an t ,"'The Km g of Gam bler s"

(Al be r t Gerl a ch ) .My k ind r ead er s, hee d no t the

mora l co n ta in ed with in th is croni ·cle . but ta ke not, I pra y you, a n in ·v itat ion to sup per in San F ra ncisco .

- By a Fr osh . (Ro ber t ·Swift)



HIGH SCHOOL LIFE

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Linens, Ri ·p.ples, a nd Colors

200 FOR $2.00Enve lopes to m atch , same prices.

HAP.BQ.R SPRINGS REPUBLICAN

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B9YS TO TRADE.

Dependable Goods at t he Ve r y

Lowest Prices

. EXCHANGES

The Staff of the High School Lifenrow has an exchange started 1wi thseveral schools of the state, and a reputting forth a n extra effort t o make

our paper come up to a be tter stand

arc!. Our school is small, having anenrollment of only 180 stud ents butwe are determined to make our paper

succeed: If each student h elp s we willbe able to bring forth a la rge harvest

At the present tim e we have au exchange with th e following:

The Zodiac, Lansing, Mich.

The Orange and .Maroon, Hollan. ,Michigan . ·

Junior Life, Lansing, Michigan.

The- Chanticleer , Cha rlevoix, Mich .

Comments"-Maroon and Ora nge," Holland,

Mich.-Y•our " Show School Spirit"s logan is full of pep ancl is •worthe.very school 's support.. We ar epleased to h ave you on our exchange.- "Jun ior Life"-West Junior }IighSchool; Lansing·, Mich.- Y o ed itor-ia ls a nd lit-erary works. ar.e .fi ne. . :w .ewish· you success at, a ll times ·

. "T hie Chan'tic leer,": . Cha rl evoix,Mich.,-Your pap er ' is highl y .adm ired

by ·th e s t.ud en ts of our schoo l.

SECOND GRADE NOTES

Eighteen pupils from the secondg rade were ne ither a bsent nor t a rdythis pa:s t mon th.

Th e secand grade are working on aThanksgiving pI a Y, ca lled "TheThank sgiving Invitation."

The second gr.ad e are making Indian book lets.

· . FIFTH GRADE HONOR RtOLL

. Byron Ligh tfoot, Leon Backus, PanTCrow l, Gertrude W heeler, Verne vVillia ms.

Neither Absent Nor Tardy

Carlton Adam s Ruth. Bulock, P almaCarlson , Mel·vin Chamberlain , Paul

Crowl , Clare Gre gory, Dor is Har tungDouglas Hill , Gerald Hoove r , W ayn eP e r -ry , Ma rie R osem eier, MilfordSchrade 1·.PATR ONIZE OUR ADVE RTISE RS

ELLIS E. SIGLER- for -

Dry Goods , M <" n's Furnishings, Not io ns

L adies' Ready to W ear

Harbor S·prings , Michiga n

Clarke Block

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