There are about four people at IHS who are aware of a very small, very pink room at the very end of the E-wing. This room is the deepest that one can go into the bowels of IHS. In that room, there are four average-looking filing cabinets that contain the annals of IHS Tattler history, dating back 125 years. Here follows a selection.
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June 1918
CIVIL WAR VETERANS SPEAK
Exercises in Honor of Memorial Day
On Wednesday, May 28, two veterans of the Civil War addressed the High School students. Professor Boynton made a few remarks concerning the war activities of our school. To date, the Junior Red Cross, which has over 2,500 members in this school, has turned out more than 16,000 surgical dressings. In addition to this, the school children have taken about 300 memberships in the Tompkins County War Chest.
Mr. Bloom LaBarre then spoke and delighted his audience by his clearness and humor. He first told of the purpose of the G.A.R., which is to instill a spirit of patriotism into the rising generation. He then went on to tell of his experiences in the Civil War which began when he enlisted at the age of 16. He was in Grant’s Wilderness campaign and told many humorous as well as tragic incidents of that battle. Mr. LaBarre then spoke of the difference between characters of the enemy in 1860 and now. The Southerners fought in open battle and as brave men should fight, while the Germans of today attack us while we sleep in the most treacherous and underhanded way possible. Against such an enemy there can be no quarter and the fight will be to the finish when the German people will have “Hoched der Kaiser” and pawned “The Watch on the Rhine.”
June 1989
The Peculiar Advantages Of The Ithaca High School As A College Preparatory School
By THOMAS B. ROBERTS
Ithaca, as its classic name might indicate, is famed for its schools and its culture. With the lofty towers of Cornell University casting their shadows upon the city, the very atmosphere seems impregnated with a spirit of study and refinement. A better public school system can not be found in the Empire State, and as a result, a goodly proportion of the population is made up of families attracted here on account of rare educational advantages…
Since 1892 the students have published a school paper called THE TATTLER, which furnished excellent opportunities in literary lines. Articles submitted by students are credited on regular English work. For the past four years an excellent lecture course has been maintained free to all students of the school. Many lectures and addresses at the University by distinguished scholars, statesmen, and clergymen are also heard by the students.
June 1968
The Pink-Eye Report
By BRUE UNSWORTH
HOW TO ASK FOR A DATE
On hearing the frequent complaints voiced by friends (Paul Dickey) of mine over getting “shot down,” it struck me that these guys were undergoing a great deal of suffering because of my own selfishness—they were unable to get dates simply because I had never disclosed my own foolproof approaches to asking for a date. After all, I told myself, why should I have a monopoly on these tactics, even if I did develop them myself? To be sure, these strategies couldn’t work as well for any old guy as for a renowned lover like myself, but they’d be bound to improve anybody’s chances for success. Accordingly, I wrote down a few of the methods for getting a date that I have employed with much success. (I don’t claim to know all of the answers but I consulted Tom Hunt, a second-greatest lover at IHS, for any additional points he was acquainted with.
THE PESSIMISTIC APPROACH
“I don’t suppose you’d be free this Saturday night?”
“Why, yes, I am.”
“Oh, well, I don’t suppose you’d want to go out with me?”
“No, I don’t suppose I would.”
THE SADNESS (ROD TAYLOR) ROUTINE
“Luv, I’ve just had some bad news and I’m really shook up. Couldn’t we make it a date? It would cheer me up so….”
“No, I think you’d better stay home with your mommy.”
THE DIRECT ATTACK
“Would you like to go to the game Friday night?”
“Oh, yes! I intend to. In fact, I’m going with Sam.”
THE CASUAL TACK
“Hey, are you doing anything this Saturday night?”
“No.”
“How ‘bout we make it a date then?”
“No, I told you, I’m not doing anything Saturday night.”