AFS Cactus Vol. 2 No. 2 Nov. 15, 1921

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II . No. 2 . Ill Am er i can Schoo l , N o v e m b e r 15, 1921II

Pr i ce 10 cen t s .

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Class Meetings.

flllti!Mfts a class meeting? Why do

therp class meentings? Why

' t they have a name,-a .

name tha t would separate and

distinguish them from the indivi

dual class meetings?An d what abont th e meetings

themselves? I thought that the

period of th e meeting was a time

set apart when th e classt:s of th e

entire High _School came together

fo r th e purpose of discussing busi

ness matters which concerned al l

th e stuJents.

It seems as though the members

ofthe American High School have

a different idea of what such a

meeting should be. This idea isvery interesting and twice as amu·

sing. Judgiug from what I have

, _,. (- he students think that the

_ ~ 1 ~ se t asoide for the meetings

. - - . . . . . ..... .....,.,. · if"<>ther Friday is a sort of recess,

' with nothing more important to be

done than to talk and laugh about

nothing.

The trouble is that the students

are,not intereste_ in what is going

on around them, and ar e too much

engrossed in their own conversation

to care. They do not try to do

what they can to make the meetings

lively, interesting affairs.

I t is not th e president's fault tha t

the meetings are so noisy and diso_r.

derly, nor that ofthe other officers.

Our student body officers are ready

and anxious to make the meetings

really worth while. I am sure that

the sergeant-at- arms tries hi s best

to keep order, though his best maw

. a lways be 'Very effective. vieot expect one person to keep

OWer among so la rge a number

uftless he has the support of a ll. At~ s e n t his efforts are always greet~ U h peals of laughter and many

re_marks tha t are supposed to be

{tfnny.

I lh.ope tha t in the future the stu-

dents will be more interested in the

business that is bought up before

the meetings and fully appreciate

the value of being orderly in the

The International

May be one ofthe most im potant

events Ofl: th e program of the 1st.

Centenary Celebration of th e Me

xican Independence was th e Inter

nationai Students Conference which

took place in this city. I ,,as delegate

to th e said Conference fo r the

chinese students, shall be very glad

to give an account o f what has

been done which, I expect, wili be

of some intsrest to my fellowstudents.

This Conference was organized by

th e 'Federation of Students of Me

xico. Early in August , invi tations

to participate in th e Conferencewere

sent to 77 well-known universities

of the world a nd to th e federations

of students of several Latin-Ame

rican countries. The subjects to be

discussed, as announced, were: The

Social F unction of the Stedent, the

best methorl to exercise such a

function, the object an d value of

the Students' Associations, the

possibilities of organizing an Inter

national Students' League, and the

bases upon which the Internationa l

relations should rest, in view of the

Students. On the 20th of Septem

ber, 1921, the Conference wos

solemnly in augurated at th e Am ·

phitheatre of the National Prepa

rato ry School, by the Rector of th e

National University in the natiie of

the President of the Mexican Rep u b l The countries rep resented

a t th e Conference were Argentin a,

Centra l America , China, Colombia,

Cuba, Germ a ny , JapAn. Mexico,

Peru, Santo Domingo, Switzerland,

U. S. A., Uruguay and Venezuela,

the American Delegates being Miss

period that was stolen from their

lessons. Let's al l join in to make

our student body o:r: st_udent lea!!uemeetings really worth while.

A STUDENT.

Students' ConferenceAnna W. Wellnitz of New York

University and Messrs. • Byron

Cummings, Charles Allen, and Hugh

Rose.

Ever since the the inauguration,

there had been interesting discus

siqns every day in th e regular

sessions which took place in a hall

in the National School of Laws.

Since most . of th e delegates were

salient figures ofthe students' circlesor th e intellectual world of th e res

pective contries which they repre

sented, and some ofthem have even

already -enjoyed-credits as writers,

poets, journalists, etc., the meetings

were carried on with not only

intense enthusiasm but also serio

usness. Moreover, we were very

fortunate indeed to get acquainted

w ith prominent men of Spanish

literature such as Senor don Ra

mon del Valle Inchan of Spain and

Prof. Victor . Andres Belaunde of

Peru , w ho now and then visited th e

Conference and whose brilliant

ideas and opinions we were eager

to hear.

One of the resolutions of impor

tance is the "Best Method to ex

ercise th e Social Funct ion of the

Student" which is as follows: I.-

That the Students' Associations of

every country ought to act as th e

technical and active censor ofthe

course of th e schools, with the

object of converting them into some

institutions which w ill a llow th e

arr ival of a "new humanity". I I-

That th e extension of universities

is an obligation of the Students'

_Acsociations, for th e first &nd fun

damental action tha t th e student



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O A O ~ U S· .--.

Esta:bl i shed 1921 . '

F o r me r l y " P E P "

. ISs ued on ce a 'riionfh ·· throughout the scheo l year·.

ST_.(\FF:

E ditor in Chief

CLAUDE ERARD.·

News Editor

_ _ __:..:__ 1)_9RQTHv BuTLIN.

· ' .Ar t E ditor-

I • • MARY PHI LL IPS.

Manag ing E di tor

Ro LAND AGUILAR.

Business M n ~ g e rR OBERT BRAD BURY.

Distribution Manage r

MARK B. KATZE, Jr.

NoRMAN HUNTE,R, Ass is ta nt.

Fa cul ty A d visor

DoROTHY DENNISON.

NOTICE :

( ' ' ' ' .

A ll m ater ia l ha nde d in to «Cactus"must signed by th e wri ter;. bu t hisnar:ne ? · ~ e d no t appea r in pr in t. An y

·artJcle m ay a lso be signed wr ih the na meI· _ w h i c ~ th e wr ite r wishes to hav e appear

I 111 p n nt .

should assu me is t o outs prea d the

culture in the society fr oth ·w hich

h e has ob t ained it , among t h ose

who find \t neces!:'ary. I I I . -Tha t

the solidarity of students shou ld te

atrength as· a means to cons,t i

t ute an effective and perm anen t

force which will su s t a in and actu

ate w ich thought an d action ,.every

movement, ·construc t ive or destruc

tive, ' 'r ig1nated in the s a me idea ls

proclaimed. Besides th is reso lu t io'n,

there were 'many others such . a sth e Possible S upport t o Poor

St udents and Establ ishmen t of-Free

.Universities which, if put to effect,

wi ll certain ly be of great benefit to

many. There had betn a ls0 sugges

J ; ~ S to set t le,i11ternational d isp utes

in Cen t ra l and South America.

The work of t his Conference was

to be concluded on Septem ber 30th:,

but as th e period of time was too

short fol' the accomplishment of so

much , i t w as not unti l th e 7th of

October tha t th e Conference was

formally closed, At the same ti me

when th e Conference he ld its mee

tings, a serie.s of entertainments

danch, picnics, ·etc ., - .was a lso

CA,CT.US

going on , bfing organized by d i f f ~ :rei.J..t student activities · in honor ·of

·) . . ..

· the Delegates, :and on Octobei ·th e

8tH., iu e l e b r a t i ~ r i ofthe o n c l t i " ~ i o n .

of th e work of the Conference, th e

Fed era ti o.n oL Stuuents of. M.exic->gave a b a n , q q ~ t and a ba]l .a t ;the.

Chapultepec Restaurant which. . , ' ') ' ·

beyond doubt, wereenjoyed by al l

who attended no less than

serious and interesting discussions.

For th e first time in Mexico that

a task of this kind of in terna tiona!

interast has ever been undertaken.

vVe therefore sincerely congratulate

the Students of M exico fo r their

ea rnestness to cooperate with the

students·oft·he world to help solve

the important and confoundedproblems which actually confront

us , and fo r their high spirit of

enterprise, though th e number of

delegations was sm al le r th an ex

pected, and the resolutions m ay

not al l be effective. I t s to be noted

also that this Conference, as the

whole program of t he Centena ry

~ l e b r a t i o m a ny other thing s

Il l th is co unt ry , was full of a gro

wing spirit of deep sy m pathy fo r

t he so-ca lled La t in -A1ne rican is m

which , a s i t is belie ved , w il l m ~d ay become a g rea t in fl uence in th e

vv-urld .

I was auth ori ze d by t he s tud ents

of my country to attend this

interna ti oua l congregatic.n fo r i t

·was somewha t inconvenien t :fur

them t o . se nd a rep resen ta t ive

d 1 r ~ c on account of th e ,dis tance,

and X was th e only high schoo l

student a m ong a ll other de legates

who were co llege s tu dents or gra

duates , T herefore I considered ita hig h honor t o . re present over te n

thou sand co llege st udents of Pe

king, an d an ex treme pleasure t o

have the oppor t u ni ty to assoc iate

myse lf w it h so many learned scho

lars from a ll parts of the wor ld and

to add something new to my

k_nowledge from t he va r io us d isc us

sion s.

PoNG CH r HAI . '

· Mr. Carter (in English H istory

class) , ' 'Ro land, d id you study this

lesson h a rd ?"

Rola nd-"Yes , hard ly. "

Seventh Grade· Notes

THE,CAMERA c 'i uB./ Jhe Cam era

CIBh :was orgarlized fdr the purpose

of taking pictures of interesting

places and exchanging th.em among

th e members of the club ·and we,.. . 'hope to exchangethem with'friends

in different parts ofthe world. We

'h a ve a meeti'ng once 'a 'month, on a

~ a t u r d a y . Last mQnth we went to

Chapultepec and took a e ~ pic

tures, but the weather

fav orable fo r kod &king.

President, Alfonso r t ~ g aSecretary, Horace Madden

tlesey .

Treasurer, Binks Kuhn .

T eacher, Mrs. Somers.TEAM W oiuc The Seventh Grade

consists Qf four groups or teams.

The ca ptain o f t h W A r Square "

g roup is Loui se P r ic e ;. of t he

" Tr ia ngle G r oupj' is Ma ri a For mo

so; of the "Inner Circle" Maria R.

Malpica; and of th e "Sw a stica"

grou p , Helen Bella to. We sincerely

regret t ha t t h e former ca pta in' of

" Inner Circle," Dor othy Bu rdwell ,

h a s gone to Habana Cuba

T h e e ~ m w o k ' to w hich

g roup .h a s . bes t report a t thea nd of eac l;l month for n ot ·

ri ng . bes t lessons, no ' .

absence. T h ere- is a

on t he wa ll on wh ich the ·ca

keep scor e of t h'e poin ts ga ined and

lost bytheir groups . · The "vVe Are.

Sq u a re" g r o up wo n th e g rea t est

number ofp ointsfo r October , 2,600 .

The "Triangle '' group won 1,500

po,ints fo r October. ·

'!'HE ExPOSITION: On T hursdays,

October 27th, th e Seventh Grade

went to the E x position in the Pa la

cio Leg isla t i:vo . T h e p eo ple were

very k ind and explained t o 1Js t h e

making of shoes, th e printing office

of '"E l UI!iversal," a relief map of

the Valley . of Mexico , t h e noiseless

typewriter, th e te lephone system

and_many other interest ing m o d e r ~inventio n s . There were ma ny agri

cultu r a l _pro du cts ; cattle a n_d ~automob !les . and; trac t ors.;

and Agui la oil p rod ucts-o ils, gr

es, petroleum, etc.; we a lso s a v ~ · ' ·telegraphic instruments w orl

the hydroareoplane; and

other interes tin g th ing s .

THE HALLOw'EEN PARTY: W«had aha l low'een party on F r f i ; ~



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October ,28th . ;Dr. Horn, M ~ s s Gil,

Mademoiselle Caqqi:51 Mr. Somers

and Mr. Kuhn w e ~ e our' guests a t

this party. Dr. ·Horn won th e first

prize in th e .guessing contest and

Rosa M a r t i n ~ z won in th e cracker

eating contest. Binks Kuhn won

the wig -w11g chair race. This was

3

a .masque rade · and f ~ n c y · dress

·party. '

C H R I S T 1 £ A s ; T h e S e v e ~ t h Grade

'has begun to make plans foragood .

time Rt Christmas and is ·already

at work on 'a play · to given at

that time.

BORAGE M. ,WHITTLESEY.Seventh Grade Reporter.

News Iten1s."t

Mrs. Boston, ~ h o has been t e a ~ching th e third grade, had to leave

Mexico City in order to join her

husband. · Her plaee has been filled

by Miss J _ y c ~ Hamer.

Miss Mary Thomas · has comedown from th e United States to

teach the kindergarten. She tau-

ght last year in Houston, Texas.

Miss Katherine Troland, who

taught the seventh grade la s t year,

is spending this year .at home in

New London, Connecticut. She

writes that she sees ·"Patsy" an d

Miss Gan1mons oftPn. She has also

seen Hector Martinez. She hopes

tha t Dorothy Taylor will be able

to spend the Christmas ,holidays

with h er. .Miss Esther Conger is living in

New'Yorkand attending someclas

ses there, -Her addres is 430 West

119 St .

Miss Chase has been giving some

lectures on modern plays which

have arou5ed much interest among

th e ladies of th e Americ,an Colony.

Many membersof he High School

:took advBntage of th e fi.ve cc;msecu

ti ve holidays to take a trip outside

of the city. Matilda Jacobs went

to Lake Chapala and Guacia'lajara.

Beth Mcintosh sperit the holidays

at he r home in Pach11c-a : Probablymo!:e people went to Cuautla than

to any other. place . The Cuautla

party included Miss Gil, Miss

StamttJ, Mrs. Somers, Miss Den.ni

son, Miss 'Thomas; MHry Sobral,

Mariana an d Horace Whittlesey,

v l i - g ' ~ n l a kirhy-Smith: J a n ~ Sulli

-\ran, and Est,her Reynolds. , The

teachers all arrived at the trai 'njust

in time to see i t pull o u t ~ We don' t

know what excuse they had to offer

but we hope that i t was ' a good

one. Luckily for them, that _parti- ·

cular railroad is ttJost , o n s i d e r a t ~of it s pAssengers and sends out

another train shortly after the first

on e leaves, which catches up with

th e first t rain an,o a l l q w ~ belated

passen'gers to transfer. Cuautla is

a dandy place to spen d a vacation,

for there is horseback-riding, s ~ i m -ming an d a fine hotel.

Picture Cont c: st ITHREE PESOS PRIZE FOR THE BEST PICTURE HANDED IN TO !

"C A,GTUS;' BEFORE JANUARY FIRS'r, ~ 9 2 2 ! Two PEsos PRIZE FOR THE

SECOND BEST!

The prize .pictures will appear in the January number-o f "CAC- ITUS." Scenes -in Mexico or characteristic pictures of the people of IMexico will be giben _he preference. . ,

INSTRUCTIONS

Fill out the blank below and send it in with your picture. Th e

blank is good only for one picture.

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The bear went over the

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I came fo r the centenario,

For to see the India Bonita!First of al l bought a canario,

Then I went to Santa Anita.

And when I saw :the chinampas,

And a man eating charales,

My thoughts went back to the

(pampas)

With their colorful jacales.

I went 'to the catedral

It's quite pretty ' ' i l u m i ~ a d a . "But these was "gente tal"

· · That I ' 'casino vi nada."

On the following manana,After I had heard "el grito,"

I went out to Xochimilco,

Riding on my grey burrito.

Th e streets were full of p-=lados,

Who had come from "desde lejos,"

And some were eating helados,

Others chicharones viejos.

The fuegos artificiales,

In th e noche mexicana,

Seemed to me descomunales

And they deserved a Diana.

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Poor old d a dEverybody smokes at our house,

But my old man. ·

He puys tobacco fo r the others

And gets a bit when he can.

Mother prefers Egyptians,

So does Sister Ann,

So-everybody smokes at our

(house,)

But my old man!

We ar e already beginning to feel

that by th e end of the year the

freshman class will be properly

chastened.

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