The Red and Blue - December 1911

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Vol. I.
DECEMBER, 1911.
No. 3.
Packard Lecture.
On the 28th of November Mr. Alton
Packard gave a most delightful lecture
on "Uncle Sam's Folks/' illustrated
by sketches. Mr. Packard started by
drawing a realistic picture of Uncle
Sam Wilson. Just at this moment a
citizen of our town arrived who bore
the same name as the gentleman on
the sheet, whereupon a murmur of suppressed laughter rippled over the audience. Mr. Packard showed many types
of people in this country, one of the
most noticeable being a girl in a pink
hobble skirt and with the "Broadway
wave;; in her figure.
The next was a picture of the girl
on the silver dollar. In drawing a circle for this picture Mr. Packard elicited
a round of applause, as the circle was
as perfect as if drawn with compasses.
The finishing touch to an evening of
wonderful drawing was the depiction
of a sunset. An old couple stood on
the walk leading to their cottage looking at the beauties of the sky.
During the lecture Mr. Packard gave
several songs, and some very amusing
stories. He was never silent, chattering even while he was drawing.
Literary Society Officers.
The   following   are   the   officers   who
were  elected  for  the  literary  societies
in   our   school:
TWENTIETH CENTURY SOCIETY.
President—Martha  Christy.
Vice-President—Louis   McMaster.
Secretary—Edna Miller.
ATHENAEUM SOCIETY.
President—Margaret Venning.
Vice-President—Marion Connelly.
Secretary—Clara Patterson.
This is inserted for the benefit of a
few of the knockers in High School
who are continually knocking everything  and  everyone  they  come  across:
Overlooking the Good.
We keep so busy watching for mistakes
the  foolish  make
That  we  seldom  notice   him  who   does
his best;
When a brother yields to weakness we
are   always   wide   awake,
Everybody hurls a lance against his
breast.
We keep so busy looking for the evils
that prevail
That the good receives no notice and
no   praise;
We pay so much attention to the foolish  that  we fail
To   notice   them   that   walk   in   wisdom 's ways.
We keep so busy thinking of the follies
of the weak
That  we  overlook the  merits  of the
strong;
Having   learned   to   take   for   granted
what is good, we merely seek
A chance to point our fingers at the
wrong.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
One of the Freshmen in our school,
John Fast by name, met with an unfortunate accident while playing basket
ball at the Y. M. C. A. John tripped
and fell heavily on his right arm, and
sustained a bad break. Dr. Shanor was
summoned and attended to the arm and
John was taken home. Now John is
with us again, but of course he is still
unable to use his injured arm.