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.
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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.
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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