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Friends Students Travel the World
Th e wriffiiiiw&;°fi€FT€8i#'a issue old afid new friends into our community. This special issue is our opportunity to say welcome (o the Class of 2016 and begin to say goodbye to the Class of 2013 . Wc want to say welcome back to Natalic Wcnigmann I I 3. and Luke Morgan ' 14 wrio havejusl refumed from their school
years abroad. W¢ want to welcome our new faculty and staff, who we hope lo get (o know much better by June. Most importantly. we want to welcome back the students. Whether il's your first or last year of high school. we wall( (o make sure you never forget it.
A Senior's Tribute to the Number '13' Dunla Ton®b '13
Features Editor As we begin our froal year here al ffiends, the class of 2013 might be hard pressed to come up with a ca(chy slogan,sinccthenumberthineenhasgonedowninhistory withaterriblereputation.However,tousethewordsofthe Head of Upper School Rebeoca Ziig, "A baker`s dozen.
:oushtoTc:s¥:ffua£#h¥;:ga..:hT:emenFhri%rT,eh#j:uemenb:; has ended up with an unfortunate no(oricty, but is (here really any reason for this? Here is a list of instances where thirteen coiTie§ out on top:
I. In Weslem Europe, the 12 Days of christmas often coTistituted a shorter thirteenth month in order to remain in accordance with (lie lunar cycles of a given year. Let's be honest. who doesn'( like the Holiday Season? 2. In rho Hwngcr Camuco. District 13 is tlic only d]strict that was able lo gain independence from the Capitol before Kamiss tuned the world upside down. Without
6. On the 13th day (Januay 13th) of 1910, the first
public radio broadcast takes place: a live perfomancc of theopcmCavallerian]sticanaissen(outovertheairwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New
Yck 7. [n the Coperos Tclicton,13 is considered the `God number' and all devolees are aware that this number will one dry save humanity. 8. Io Judaism. at the age of thirteen boys reach adulthood. This is ccLebra(ed in an elaborate ceremony hown as a Bar Mitzvah. I think almost everyone I knew hahoTed a secret desire to be Jewish when they were thirteen9. The Thirleenlh Pearl by Caro\yn Keone -is the final installment of the Nancy Drew series. In it, Nancy is asked lo uncover the wl.eTcabouts of an extremely valuable pearl necklace. only to discovcT lhat a secret cult of pearl worshippers are in fact involved in shady deals with members of World Wide Gems . [nc.
the help of Districl 13, the rcbcllion agaii`sl Presidenl
10. Ilic American Flag has (hir(con .`tTipes to honor
Sriow would have failed. and tlien the books would have bccn depressing. no one would have purcha`sed them. no movies would have been made. and the US. would still bc responsible for introducing Twilight to the rest of the
the original lliirlecn colonies. I I . Rhode Island was the ttiirteenth colony to become
world.
3. Thi]teen is the smallest number with eight letters in its narT`c spelled out in Einglish.
4. A legend from l8th century London States that one night (hc bell of St. Paul's enedral was struck thirtex:n times rather than twelve at midnight. A Soldier who was on trial for his life after being accused of falling asleep swore that he heard tl`e bell srrike thirteen times, and was pardoned after this oddity was confirmed t>y multiple soLlrces . The number thirteen saves lives., how many other numbers call claim that? 5.Thetetter`M'isthethilteenthletterofthealphabet. The riames MOTgan FTeeman. Mahatma Gandhi. Mary Poppius.MichaelJordan.Michelangelo,andMartinliiither King JT. all begin willi the lefter .M`.
a slalc. ITie state never ratified .hc l8th Amendmcnl Prohibition, the country's oldest carousel is located in Wa(ch Hill. and the first cilcus in the United Slates was in Newport iD 1774.
12. Colgate Ultiversity considers (he number thirteen
to be lucky as i( is said Colgae was founded by thirteen men with thineen dollars and thirteen prayers. 13. .`1 dare llot, Headmaster! If I join the table, we
shall be thirteen! Nothing could be more un`ucky! Never forge( that wheo thirteen dine together, the first to rise wi 11 be the first to die!" -Sybill TrelaNney. Harry I'orter and lhe Prisoner Of
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As it turns ou( both Harry Potter and Ron Weasley ae the first oncs to rise from the table. bu( neither die. In fact hath goon tolive long a prosperous lives afteroverooming death multiple times. Take that Trela\mey.
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