Believe it or not, tiger news has been around for an extremely long time. 1909 to be exact.
Today, the Tiger Cub has just started up with quarterly publications, but we are just picking up where we left off in the 1900s and 1910s. Students of 1912’s Hastings High School worked hard to release pieces of literature, sports, news, class notes, and humorous parodies of “Newton’s Laws of Motion,” all for just 15 cents a piece (or 50 cents a year.) Seniors give advice to incoming students to each grade in the form of poems.
“To the Freshman:-
Don’t be starved out, Little Freshie,
You are green enough to grow
You may sometime be a Sophie
If God wills it so.”
School Spirit was also a very prevalent thing back then for these students.
“Strawberry short-cake, Blueberry pie,
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y
Are we in it?
Well I guess!
Hastings High School!
Yes! Yes! Yes!”
The Tiger Cub News that we know of today began in 1915, there were just quarterly publications prior to then from 1909.
In the 1920s, the news the students were printing included poetry, sports coverage, and everything in between. An issue in 1925 advertises a “crossword puzzle extravaganza” in the auditorium for just 25 cents. A later newspaper tells students that they can suggest pieces of news or even small jokes for the paper to print. A student who signed off as “DeCidedly Curious” used this forum opportunity to question said extravaganza and the quality of the news reporting details about this event.
“Dear Editor of the Forum:- What is this much-talked-of Crossword Puzzle Extravaganza? …I have yet to find a person who can tell me what it is. Hints are most profuse, but real information is lacking. It is now a recognised fact that all whispered conversation in classrooms and hasty consultations in the halls, have reference to this so-called Extravaganza. Why? Because I have several times tried to find out the content of said conversation and invariably have received the tongue-twisting reply “Crossword Puzzle Extravaganza.”
Hopefully “DeCidedly Curious” found a clear answer about their lacking information about the Crossword Puzzle Extravaganza.
September 27, 1944, or Hastings High’s first “Hello Day” used to be a day in the high school that promotes friendship among students. Students would take part in friendship activities during the day which led up to the Hello Dance held that night. A queen and king of Hello Day were announced at that time.
By the 1950s, the Tiger Cub was printing photographs instead of drawings for stories. Activities are now presented clearly for readers. On “Hello Day,” Hastings High held a western party for students to attend. Teachers were seated in chairs forming the shape of a horse shoe.
A 70s issue showcased a quiz, “Can You Survive High School Life?” Question number four asks,
“If your entire colony of mutant fruit flies escaped in biology, you would:
a) sit in your baby food jar, buzz loudly, and hope Mr. Epp mistakes you for the missing flies.
b) borrow your pal’s fruit flies for a few days.
c) start the entire experiment over again, even though it took you two months to do so.
d) cry.”
Although many aspects of the Tiger Cub and student life has greatly changed, we can all agree that the sophomore fruit fly experiment was a rough time.
