. Dance Arrangements finals Are Appr~aching - The Taft School

" Annna I" NoticeAll are urged to submit drawingsor other material to theANNUAL Subjects may bel:oted by consulting the last issue.'·Better than EverThe \'IV agner ElectricManufacturing Companyof St. Louis, producedthe commercially successfulsingle-phase motor,were pioneers in powerand lighting transformers,and today buildthe most liberally designedalternating currentmotors and generatorsthe market affords.ESTABLISHED 1885Jones, Morgan .& Co., IncWATERBURY t CONN.Rogers. Peet & Co and SteinBloch Co .. fjne clothing; Knoxfine Headwear; Banister fineFootwear; Fownes fine EnglishHandwear; Earl & vVilson and1\1 an hat tan Shirtwear, and"Likely" Leather Goods.Jones, Morgan & Co., Inc.A 95 Ton Bucyrus Steam Shovel on the Panama CanalTHE ANUARY 17;' UHl. .SCHOOL NOTES.The hockey' game with HartiordHigh, scheduled for Saturdaythe 14th, was cancelled owingto rain.Jenkins, '1], has just recoveredfrom an attack of tonsilitis.Nickel, '14, has undergone anoperation for appendicitis duringthe vacation, and does not expectto return until the spring, term, while vVoodruff, '13, willInot return until the fall. The latteris suffering from blood poisoningof the hand.C~tler, ']2 Jand Brown J'11, didnot reach school until the 14th.A. 113.n, Taft '09, Yale '13, visitedthe school on the 15th.rr'he second basketball teamwill play the local High SchoolaggTegation on the 21st.Feet, '11, and F. Andrews, '11,i went to New York on Sunday the! 15th.I Bishop, '08, Folson, '07, andStevens, '09, visited the school onDecember 12th.Baxter, '10, came up to schoolDecember 13th, to see the firstbasketball game.All the fellows that went outto California for the vacationwere allowed to go five daysearlier.During the vacation, lYIr. Tafthad a slight operation, on accountof which he was confined to hisbed for a few days.Brush and Lobdell enteredschool just after the vacation, inthe class of '] 3.E. Stevens, Taft '08, Yale '12,is in the cast of "II Ventaglio,"(The Fan).1\1rs. Jennings visited her sonRichard on Sunday, January15th.f . WALTER LAWRENCE,RARE STONES,Jewelry · Silverware,322 Fifth Avenue,NEW YORK.SteamShovels,DredgesDrag..,LitleExcavatorsTHEBUCYRUSCOMPANYSo. Milwaukee~UnloadingPlowsWisconsinLoco­PifeDrivenThe School LibraryWhat it Stands for and How itShould be Used.The Johnson & Collins Co.George W. Johnston (Yale '83)PresidentINSURA CEThe school library, is an institutior:.whi~h stands in a peculiar I Liberty Tower, cor. Nassau and Liberty Sts~posItIon 111 the average prepara- New Yorktory school. To some it seems to .be intended as a place for restfulrecreation, a place for enjoyingwithout bei!1g compelled to buy SCHOOL P.NSthe standard magazines. To oth- SIGNET RINGSers, the library is a veritable mineof helpful information, for theyhave learned the value of goodSIGNET LOCKETSLOVING CUPSPRIZE CUfSreferences books and other deeper The Lake & Strobel Co.works. But to the majority, itmust be confessed, the library appealsonly as a place for boisterouscongregation, as a place fort and 3 Exchange Place,revel. The latter throw books, Waterbury, Conn.,break chairs, and disturb thepeaceful-minded generally, withoutconsidering that their actions M. Heminway & Sons Silkonly hasten what may eventuallyCompanybe the closing down of the library. Manufacturers of Sublime QualityThere is a well-defined. rule thatSPOOL SILKno magazines be taken from the MillS-Watertown and Waterbury, Conn.room, but this has repeatedlybeen broken. At the present time Your Friends at Homethere are as many as five or sixmagazine covers missing, andare anxious fortheir loss means simply that the Your Photographenjoyment that could hav~ beenderived from those magazines Call on us. We can give youwill have to be curtailed.The Best that can be madeOthers there are who make apractice of abstracting periodicals BRONSON STUDIO,addressed to the library before 2'] East Main St., Waterbury, Conn.they reach the hands of the librarvcommittee. And, as aTELEPHONErule,the~e periodicals are the mostpopular and those which aregreatly missed.Now the point we wish to makeis this: "Do as the Romans do,"is an old and time-worn argument.A little thought wouldshow its foolishness. And yet,this is the argument mostly usedin· a case like this. It ought notto hold. If a guest, in the libraryof vour own homes, should act inthe' manner you act almost dailyin the library of your school, youwould be greatly surprised andmortified. All that is necessaryto remember is, that this libraryis your library, so act accordingly.MR. DARRACH COMING.On Saturday night, January 21,at eight o'clock, l'vfr. MarshallDarrach will give us one of hisdeservedly popular Shakesperianrecitations. The play he has selectedthis year is. "Macbeth,"which is especially interesting becausesome of the older boys arestudying it. In recent years hehas given us "Twelfth Night" and"A Comedy of Error§," both ofwhich were admirably done. :Mr.Darrach ~s WOrk is very popularat the school, and so Saturdaynig-ht is awaited with a great dealof interest. A number of townspeopleexpect JQ b~ pre$6.nt.We have supplied the FurnitureWants for"The enof Taft's"FOR A NUMBER OF YBARS.Tell us your troubles.The Filley & Crane Co.,60 Bank St., \Vaterbury 9 Conn.M. JACOBSMaker ofMEN'S CLOTHESJ078 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn.AT THE ELTON MONDAYT elepbone ConnectionYOUR PHOTO BYWauld be an acceptableChristmas~,p.i£tHave Your Sitting NOW