The True School Spirit
By JAMES FALLOON.
School spirit, what is it/ The
question is often asked hut seldom
corn* tly answered. Most people say
■‘school spirit" is true pride in our
f'hool. True, but is tills enough?
he true sehool spirit is not merely
pride in your own sehool but tu
others. It is absent when you KI N
DOWN another school. When you
run down another school you con
vey th<> Impression to a strangei that
all of your fellow students are like
yourself. Who desires to so to a
school where all the students de
ride other schools? All students
should love to be fair,but when they
run down a rival sc head they are
unfair.
At basket bull game or iietit meet,
do not ronst the other teams. He
fair. Roasting causes hard feelings
and Injures your own school more
than Its rival. As you do not like
to bo roasted, do not roast the other
fellow. "Put yourself in his place,”
for therein you will experience the
real heart of the golden nil \ "What
soever ye would that men should do
to you, do ye even unto them." Hulld
up your own school but In so doing
do not run down another, as such
conduct is destructive of your own.
Another form of roasting Is drown
ing out the other school yells. Such
conduct makes the other school
think that you believe they cannot
give a yell, worthy of your attention.
Most students like to hear other
school yells as well as their own but
that false school spirit makes them
drown out the yells of the rival
school. Thus we lose the pleasure
of hearing the yells us well as the
satisfaction of being fair.
Kails City is coining to the front
as an advocate of the true school
spirit. Owing to the efforts of Prof
essor Hurst,among the students, our
students do not publicly roast or
drown out other school yells. Some
towns are adopting a similar policy,
due In a measure to the work of
the .Southeastern Nebraska State
Teachers’ associations. We want the
good work to go oil. Push it and
soon more schools will be in line
with Hie true school spirit. Just
think how nice It would be, to go to
a neighboring town and not have a
roast hurled at you. Think of that;
then work all the harder to instil in
our school the true school spirit.
.lust one word more. Take a pride
in your'*'school. Be proud of your
paper, your athletics, your music,your
debating society, and of the ladylike
and gentlemanly conduct of our stu
dents, at home or away. Then with
all this in mind work for the real
good of our school. t^Jiould your
conduct be thus commendable, you
will have within you the real spirit
of the refined lady of gentleman.—
December Orange and Black.
The Athletic Spirit
Hy K. K. HURST.
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It shall not he my purpose in this
article to Justify athletic sports, nor
lo criticize them. I want, merely, to
state briefly the spirit with which the
students of the Kails City High school
hope to carry on their contests.
\ time was when hazing tin* lower
classmen was considered "showing
class spirit." In athletic contests Hie
jchool who could "root" tin* loudest
and "roast” the hardest seemed to
think they had won litilt' the battle.
In fact we confess that we are guilty
of harboring .veils, the purpose of
which was to roast tin* visiting team,
and if possible "rattle" them so as
to make their playing below what it
normally would have been. Vnd this,
too, ill recent years.
llui we've got another idea now,
and il shall he the purpose of this
High School to live up to it.
My object, here, is to wet forth
briefly that idea ;md tin n invite the
critical world to watch us live up to
our convictions.
We have class organizations, and
class spirit is high, but class fights
art* not to be heard of.
The Freshman, Sophomore. Junior
and Senior classes, each believe they
have the best class in the world and
each is striving to prove it, tint they
are not carrying the notion that be
cause they are the best, no one else
is any good.
Class fights, flag lights, etc., are
things of the past and the energy
that lias been spent to prove the
other classes inferior, is going to be
spent by the pupils of each (lass in
proving their class superior \ml
there is a great difference.
In the same way, we expect to car
1 y ou athletics.
Athletic contests have too often in
the past meant bitter feeling between
the schools competing. In fact it lias
ended thus so often that a feeling
of almost hatred lias grown up lie
tween (lie High Schools of Humboldt,
Pawnee, Auburn and Palls City.
It is the sincere desire of our
High School this year to heal the
sores so long kept raw by Improper
spirit in the contest.
We believe athletic contests should
breed friendship rather than enmities;
and further, we are of the conviction
that unless these contests are friend
ly they are it detriment to the school
life, and should not bo tolerated.
I am strongly in favor of athletics,
and if space permitted should like to
tell of the many manly and womanly
qualities I have seen brought forth In
this High School. 1 should like to
compare average grades of our a;h
letes with the rest of tile school. 1
should like t<> tell you how our girls
and boys have sacrificed personal
pleasures for tile good of their High
S'liool, and thus trained themselves
in that greatest of all lessons, “the
submerging of self for the good of
society."
Itm this is not my purpose here.
We Intend to lie ladiiis and gentle
men. win or lose, in every content
this year. We want to win, but we'd
rather lose all the games honestly
and in a genlemanly manner, than to
win a single one in any other way.
To the end then that we may lend
our influence to furthering the prop
er spirit in athletic contest, and that
lasting friendship may grow out of
them as did last year in our contests
with Nebraska City and Teeumseh;
and this year with Humboldt and Ilia
watlta. we have, by unanimous vote
of the students, discarded till yells
that are intended to "roast" opposing
teams, and what we say of other
teams shall. In the future, be com
plimentary. Then all will be happier
as we cheer our teams on to victory.
1 might well add, that no student is
allowed to take part ia any athletic
contest who is not up in his work;
neither is he allowed to be a member
of thi> team if. to the knowledge of
the coach, he uses tobacco in any
form December Orange and Itlack.
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Makes the finest, most deli
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i | Home- Made Christmas Gifts
Christmas is nearly upon us again,
ami gifls that are to be made at home
Fhouid now be well under way.
A few suggestions for pretty and
serviceable articles are given on tills
page. The materials required are in
expensive and the work can be quick
ly executed.
Applique is one of the most artistic
forms of needlework decoration, A
pillow design is shown with butterflies
of green linen applied with a heavy
black couching cord to brown crash.
A Sofa Cushion.
Tin* couching cord is sewed over and
over with black mercerized cotton.
The [iarts of the butterfly are cut out
and basted to the crash, and the edges
are sewed down with over-and-over
stitches. It is not necessary to turn
A Mai wallet, or a leather ease for
holding bills Is a needful article when
traveling. A strip of ooze leather is
faced in white silk, tlie two are ma
chine-stitched together. Little pockets
are turned up at each end, and Into
these the bills are slipped. The leather
Is folded through the middle and fas
tened with a strap, made of the
leather lined with silk, and closed with
a "snap.”
A laundry bag of brown crash, with
applique of green linen and couching
*
For Lingerie Ribbons.
of black Tbe black cord Is also
couched to the lines of the design.
Rotli sides of tlie bag are decorated.
Wash ribbons for lingerie are a ne
cessity, and lhey can be put in no
A Glov e Case.
In the edges of the Him n. as the couch
ing cord is large enough and strong
enough rt) completely hold and cover
them To fasten the ends of the couch
A Wallet for Bills.
ing (old. draw them through to the
under side of lhe el; \h.
A serviceable glove ease is made of
heavy tan linen with embroidery in
dull colors. The flowers are rose,
leaves green and the edge light brown,
it is lined with silk the color of the
linen.
more attractive gift form than by in
closing them in an embroidered case
like the above, which consists of two
circular pieces of embroidered linen
A Laundry Bag.
mounted over stiff cardboard. The
circles pre faced with silk the color
of the ribbon, which fastens the cov
ers and ribbon rolls together. Thh
design might also be used for a pin
ball.
Christmas Candies |
Home-made sweets for both chil
dren and grown-ups are the most sat
isfactory, for then one can know ex
actly tlie ingredients that are used in
their manufacture.
The foundations for most candies
is fondant. Take for making it, five
cups granulated sugar and add two
cupf of cold water and set it on the
back of the stove until the sugar is
melted. Add one teaspoonful of cream
of tartar dissolved in a little water.
This does away with the sickly sweet
taste. Put the pan over the front of
the fire where it will boil Do not
stir it after it is hot and do not shake
the pan. When it lias boiled a few
minutes, try it by dropping a tiny bit
in a cup of cold water. Do this fre
quently, moving the pan where it will
keep hot but not boil, for it changes
so rapidly from one degree to another.
When the sugar dropped in cold wa
ter is firm enough to inakh a rather
hard ball when rolled between the
fingers, but is not crisp, pour it into :t
shallow pan and leave to cool till it
will wrinkle when the pan is tipped
Stir it with a large spoon until it i<
quite cool. If it does not harden
enough to use, put it into the pan at
the back of the stove again until it is
melted, then let it boil again, trying
often. If, on the other hand, the fond
ast he found grainy, add a cupful of
cold water and boil again until the
right consistency is attained. It may
take a little practice to make perfect.
This fondant will keep good for weeks
in a jar covered with waxed paper.
With the fondant as a basis all sorts
of delightful sweets can be made.
Candied Figs.—Cut a few figs in
strips an inch wide and roll these in
fondant. When nearly hard cut them
in pieces with a sharp knife.
Date Candy.—Roll some halls of
fondant. Stone some good sized dates,
cut them in halves, -press one-half up
against each side of the ball of fond
ant. Walnuts may be done in the
same way.
Tutti Frutti Candy.—Take a shal
low' pan, line It with waxed paper;
put a layer of fondant, a layer of
chopped pineapple, candied cherries,
chopped rigs, dates, etc. (.'over the
top with fondant. Let it harden a lit
tle. then cut in small squares.
Chocolate Creams. — Use confec
tioners chocolate for these. Melt it.
Take good stiff fondant, flavor it as
desired, form it into balls, and drop,
them into the melted chocolate. If
liked, chopped nuts, dates, etc., can
be mixed with the fondant, and makes
a pleasant change.
Chocolate Almdhds.—Blanch the
almond meats by pouring boiling water
over them and letting them stand a
few moments. Turn the hot water tiff
and cover with cold, when the skin
may easily be rubbed off between the
thumb and forefinger. Break some
sweet chocolate into small pieces, put
into a dish and set in a larger pan of
hot water. When the chocolate is
melted put a blanched nut meat on i
the point of a skewer or darning
needle, or use a candy dipper and dip
into l lie melted chocolate. Then lay
on oiled paper to cool. When the
chocolate coating becomes set dip a
second time. Flavor the melted choc
olate with vanilla if desired.
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enough to cover the openings. piece
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there are two chamois leaves enclosed, j
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