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The Scio Tribune Vol. 4 No. 6 Conntry Correspondence Pag* 7 THE SCIO SPHINX COLUMBUS DIDN'T DISCOVER AMERICA SAYS DESCENDANT Toronto. Ont. — Christopher Columbus did not discover America. So sav» the duke of Alba, who perhaps letter than anyone else alive today ought to know, for he is the eighteenth direct descendant of Columbus When the duke recently crossed Can ada he w as accompanied l*v Chief Buffa lo Child lamg Lance, a full-blooded In dian. To the chief the duke made his revelation about the false fame which.he says, attaches to the name of his distin guished ancestor. The chief tells aluiut it in the following language: "One night, following a dinner aboard the duke of AII mx ’ b diner in which he had bombarded me with his usual barrage of questions on western Canada. I said to him: ”1 want to know something about Co lumbus. You have all of his personal records, ami you must have something alx>ut him that no other person has." " ’The only fact that I have that is not included in school histories,’ he re plied. 'is the fact that Columbus did not discover America. I am including this in my latest historical work. " 'Columbus was a p«K>r. happv-go- lucky chap, with not the least i«lea of becoming an explorer until he struck upon that idea by the merest accident. At the age of forty he was living among the poor in the town of Funchar, when one day while walking along the beach he saw a wrecked caravel floating in from the sea. He found a dying man. Colum bus made strenuous efforts to revive the man, but be recovered only sufficiently to say that lie hail lieen captain of a crew of lti that had gone out to sea on that caravel many months before. On the re turn journey some strange malady had struck them, and they ha«l all died ex cept himself The man added: " 'We were returning with a great se cret. We found another laml with strange people on it far across this sea.' " 'Columbus went straight to the queen of Castile and the king of Aragon who later married ami caused the uni fication ol Spain—and asked for a com mission to raise a body of men for a for eign expedition. Only to the king ami the queen did he divulge what the «lying captain had told him. He further asked for financial assistance The king of Aragon made him a substantial grant, as did Martini Pinthen. a wealthy Span iard, after whom Columbus named one of his ships, I-a Pinta. '■ 'With ‘.he money he had raised'Co lumbus bought three ships, the I-a Nina. I.a Pinta ami Santa Maria, and starte«! <>ut on his strange voyage. Your own history tells you the rest. " 'Upon his return to Spain he wrote considerable data concerning the North American aborigines. He said of them: 'The Indians are a gentle people,without knowing what evil is. without killing, without stealing. " 'Following ni» discovery of America, if discovery it could I* called, Columbus never l»ecame wealthy nor title«!. He died 14 years later (in 150b) a man oi 55 years of age in muderate circumstan ces’ No one ever knew much about him. All he ever said of himself when ques tioned, was: ’I am a wanderer; boin in Genoa. Italy.’ It is generally believed, however, that he was a Jew.’ ” THE GLAD NEW YEAR Within the sates of time we stand Watchful, while fast the hour draws near, We gather there from all the land To welcome in the glad New Year. The rich, the poor, the halt, the blind. Together tramp the road so drear, They fain to leave the old behind And welcome in the glad New \ ear. With faces unturned to the sky While loud the chilly night wind sings. We watch our father time pass by The glad New Year he softly brings. With heads bowed low in silent prayer. Although our souls within seem dead. We pray that Thou »halt guide us there Into the Valley just ahea<l. By C. McFarland - Exchange VACATION The 10-«layChri»tma» vacation was en joyed to the fullest extent and all of the students returned refieshed and ready for another week of study on Monday, Ian. 6. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM TheC hristmaa program given by the grades and high school was well attend ed by parents am! friends. The grades gave an excellent program conaistme of recitations, dialogues and »«mgs. Pupils from Mws Thayer’s room sang "The Star of tile East." .)«« (oris Glee Club sang two Christ mas songs, which concluded the enter tainment. Afterwards, nr.-sents were distributed among tl.e pupils by the girls of the Glee Club, ami all stu«lcnts were treated with CMily ami nuts. EXCHANGES A very intcr«-sting new exchange is "Thr Karn«.' published monthly by the students of the Phillipsburg. N I , High School. This exchange is m pamphlet form an«l is very well • dite«l We think vour literary <!e;>>irtincnt and various il lustrations especially good. Come again. Among our new exchanges also is "The School Work!.” a very newsy little pa lter from Huntington High School (In diana). This paper is published every week. The ’24 tool! all s«]uad of Woodburn Hi were recently entertained by the business men of that city at a reception >n Bomhoff s restaurant.—W.U.S. Wire- less. Six girls are taking mechanical «Iraw- ing this term in Huntington II S Other exchanges are The Hi-O-Scope, Corvallis Oregon; H e Calumet Herald, Hammoml. Indiana; The Hill Top. Tal lahassee. Florida; Tlw Porpoise, IJavt«»- nia, Florula; G, U. 11 S Broadcaster. Gervais. Oreg'at; I’ II S Amplifier, West Linn. Oregon and the N. H S. Echoes, Newberg. Oregon. GIRLS* ATHLETICS The girls played thrir thin! game in basketball Fri«lay ev ening, Jan. 2. against tfie Gates girls on the local tl«M»r The score was 32-6 in favor of Scio. With a little more practice the Gates girls will have a giMnl tram. l-ast Friday evening the Sc'o girl» played Lebanon at Lebanon, this living the same night the boys played Albany at Albany. It hail l>een agrre«l between the two home team'» ■ girls an 1 I hi . vs ) that the team losing by the largest score will give the «me winning a party includ:ng a (big) feed, but if both teams win the one getting the lowest score to give the party. The boys* team will have to give the party, for they were def--a'e«l by All»any bv a score of 51-5, while (lie girls team Of Lsban«m defeated the Scio girls by a score of 24-4. We are waiting for the date to lie set, anti expect a "« mm I time and feed. MR. PA' .OUNAGIAN SPEAKS Marcus Par unaeian. a man repre sent» g the Near East Relief, spoke to the Student Body Friday, Jan. 9, about • he Armenian situation in the Near East. M Parounagian is a nitivcof Armenia. I «it now an American citizen His talk ••as very interesting and instructive. He ■ dso spoke of the good work done by America a *d the way in which America is looked up to bv the Armenians. The situation of the Armenians is a pitiful one. He spoke of the invasions marie by the Turks, who have driven the Armenians from their i'ome. and devas tate«! their country. He asked the Stu dent Body to help out in the Near East Relief. The co»t >>f taking care ol an orphan is sistv dollars a year. The Stu dent Body held a meeting immediately afterwards an«l dtcided to subecribe $30, which will take care of one orphan for six months. MR. MILLER TALKS An intticsting and an educational talk was given by .Mr. Miller to the stmlent» on Thursday, Jan 8. Mr. Miller’s talk was on "The U. S. Banking System.” He explained many types of money and their importance, and stater! that there are ten different kinds of money in circulation. Mr. Mil ler said that an American dollar was a silver coin used in eichange for other commodities. His talk was enjoye«! by every mem ber of the Student Body, a id we feel that we know much more about money than formerly. RING OUT THE OLD. RING IN THE NEW TI iE SPICE BOX TAKING THB HINT The year 1924 is past and g«me. with all its mistakes, all its failures, all its hcarthrraka, ami unfilled desires. ’’The vear is dying out. let it die.” We woukl not wish it l»ack We have hail lots of fun, too. But we leave failed so many, many times to do our best, to keep a high spirit and a clean life. Now comes the l»eautiful year 1925. Welcome stranger! W, bring all our aspirations, our h«q>es. our plans to you. 1925. We h«»|»e that every time the leaf of a new «lay is turned it will register something accomplished. Some kiml act done some friendly won! spoken some* silent prayer sent upward, will make each day well spent. STUDENT BODY MEETING A Student Body meeting was held on January 5th for the purpose of selecting three students to meet with three from the Parent-Teacher Association to plan some method of (laying off the gym bonds. Three Seniors were »elected: B<>l>l>v Thayer. Mildred Couey and Ar nold Zysset. "Our last month’s Lil! was frightful,” Said Bobby to her l«eau; He ruse with smile delightful And turned the gas quite low. — Star Serurs. Lia; "Ihiev ’t that ca dy look good?” Johnnie: "Uh, huh! 1 cl » st. ml here ami look at it awhile. (Ex.) We !| never more bail out our ’’Swede.” No more we’ll ,vay his tines. He hung himself with )>a*s cravat; Blest l»e the tie that binds. —Star Series. I cough. I sneeae, I snort. 1 wheeze. I'm in a perfec t treniv My head is dough. My nose wont go, 1 ve got the intluenxy. Star Series. SUPINO IX1W N rilK ICINO "Will you join our partv in the jam preserves?" aaked the iiist fly. "No," said the second fly. "The lady of the house has l>akc«l a cake with icing on it. \\ e re going in lor w inter sp«»rts. SENIOR NOTES All tfic Seniors were back to school Momlay morning, after enjoying their Christmas vacation Midge Couey, Bobbie Thayer ami Ar- u >ld Z.vsset were elected to meet with a committee from the Parent-Teacher As sociation for the purttoreof deciding how to pay the debt on the gymnasium. Our das» will lose two members, as Midge Couey and Grace Ling will grad uate this semester. The Seniors arc studying bar«! in order not to "pester” the teachers after this year. English V class has finished study ing Macbeth. The class has found the play very interesting, as a tragedy is unknown in the life of the memliers of the class. Book reports arc due soon. HARMONY M’sa Peiitncy W hat it your impres sion ol harmony ? Ida: A frvcklcd-laced girl in a Ika dot dress leading a coach dog. • bHIKF Buck: Tell the pndeMor all you know. It won’t take very long. liny: Ell trll him all we both know. It won’t take anv longer. fl T SALT ON THKIR TAIL Bertha: Mouse? ” lima: listen? Have you trad "To a Field No, how do you get them to JUNIOR NOTES We arc still here studying very hard, as the first semester exams arc only two weeks away. Mary Harmon was al>srnt from school Monday ami Tuesday, finishing her va cation visiting, but now she is very busy making up her work so »lie may l>c eligi ble to play liaskctliall at Lelxanon the 9th. The whole Junior Class took | m «I in the basketball games with Gates here Friday, Jan. 2 We both helped win an«i lose the games. We heard wme good news yesterday —-we have to have ten points of rra«li«.g for English V before the tirst semester i* over. That means work. Buell Miller »«» busy attending pie socials (?) during the holidays, ami lie wasn’t able loat*n<l basketb.dl practice a whole week. Watch Buell!! Here’s hoping our onlv Junior boy will try to attcml practice instead of pic s«>cials(?). SOPHOMORE NOTES The Sophs, as usua I, were represented on the boys’ am! girls' has' etball teams last Friday night in the games with Gates. The Sophomore Engl.sh class is near the completion of the classic, "The Mer chant of Venice.” Although we have, moat of us, enjqyed the study, we are glad tn sec the end. Eight Girl» fr<»m our class have joine«l the («iris’ Glee Club, and ar« taking ad vantage of the opportunity to improve our voices. One of the Freshmen girls, trying to disoliey the order of the honorable Sophs, was severely punishe«! last Friday. We hope that this will lie a lesson to her and the others in the future. THIS LOOKS SFRIOUS Judge What’s that man charged with, oflicvr? Cop: Careless walkin’, your honor, lie bumped into a truck and Iwnt both fenders and the radial« r. • nu-s«1". KEEPING HER TIME "That** the terrible fast Mrs. Grass W’ulcau.” ’’What’s the ¡«lea of two wrist watch- c*. * Oh on’y one’s a watch, The other*» a speedometer." Great was vacation In anticipation; But it’s greater aiul gra der In realization! Double Header Basketball Tomorrow Night Shedd £; FRESHMEN NOTES We are very sorry to lose two of our industrious members, Martha Isaak and lai Verne Merrit, but we have another new memlier. Melville Bruce, from Falls City, who joined our class last week. (Xir English class will »oon be study ing "Up From Slavery.” our classic for this year- Team» are evenly mat died and should be the l«est of the seaton Game Called at 7:30 Admission 20c-35c
