Atascadero High School - Santa Lucia Yearbook (Atascadero, CA)

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TREES l,vEXEXIFXE L1x1'1x 21 It xx 1s '1 1le1r tool Illflllf 111 lune-one of those mghts 111 xx hlch all ll 1ture seems to he peuetullx If rest We l1x 111 our beds on the ground llllilxlllg up through the d1rk trrendlx sh 1des ot the redxx ood trees to the br1ll1e1nt st1rs xx lllkll hung ITIOUOII ess 111 '1 blue 1111111 kx l'1r '1hoxe Us tould be he'1rd the restless sOUQllll1Q' o t e redxx ood boughs but '1I'0llI1d u Ill xx 19 st1ll se1xe for tl1e theerx smmper of 1 xx ood rat or the 11ll ot some mght blrd lhe spltx lfllfl 1nCe of redxx ood 111d bfix b1thed 'Ill IU 11 sxxeet perfume kk l1'1t 'Ill 'ur of peue, ot quletude of seeur1tx reltlned oxer 1ll' buddenlx from the xxoods beh111d Us broke the most xxondertul muslt xxe had exer heird -X 1 1 1r ute lke NOILC poured f0Il'll the LIS t1ll1111 notcs o rees NV1th 11exe1 1 b11 1k ntxer 1 tr1mble nc-xtr the shghtest lleslflflxlll, mme forth the 1ur1 so11l 111sp11111g1 11ot1s 1111k tl1 ll s 1111 er s -X poem lox elx IN '1 trte bum sxmp1thx suth lf1CI1dllllCNs sum underst11nd111g, of 111ture tl1e slIlgCI' expressed Her xoxte xxe11t on, tull of p1thos of DC'lkC, of luxe Deep sxlente, '1xxe111sp11ed 'sllCI1C6, re1g11ed oxer 111 tl1e c'1mp ls the xxonderful YOILC mded 11111 111 the d1st1111te Poems '1re made bx fools llke me But onlx C1odC'1nm'1ke 1 tree DFORNI 11115 H111111, 8 sllldstoflll t1e so1t ot 1tur mee IIC n11t1xe s1e1 s o IIC 51111111 11re troubled xxrth lrue, thex 1re But It lsn t neeessarw to xenture IIIIO tl1e sandx xx 1stes of Northern Afr11'1 to eneounter 11 suthuentlx forceful and brazen specrmen of s'1nd bl1zz1rd for the most h1rdx adxenturer rlhe XIOIHNC Desert, rlght here 111 C,:1l1forn111 xx 1ll do xerx xxell for 1 st1rt Are sou nexer gmpped xx1th '1 tremendous sense of the poxxer of N'1ture, her depth her strength? WVould x011 hke to expeuente the thrlll ot L0I1t1lLt xx1th the xxlld forges of 111 u11t'1med l1nd7 lhen tome Hlfll 111' 1 httlc xx 1x from the l'1st outposts of LlxlllL 1t1o11 Oll the NIo111xes edte tent to rem 1111 1ust xx l1ere lf ls for tht next 1entu1x or s0 lrue, there 11 1 sort o elettrle st1ll11ess perx ldlllg tl1e ur 111d 1 fexx IIIHOKLIII l00lxlI1Y' xx h1te elouds suspended lust '1boxe the northern llOI'lLOI1 Run XX hx xes, thex Illlgllt just 1s xxell be r n elouds 1s 11ot to one unf11m1l11r Xxltll desert XXlllI1'1b llld flI1LlCS lhere .1re p111k 111d xxh1te prlmroses 'md xerben 1s 1lre'1dx SLCIIIIIIV the 111r IU tl1e s111dx sxx eeps betxx een tlumps ot ffre1sex1 ood 111d s1g1b1u h lt ex en seems t11t l 1e'1r 1 b1rd-or xx ls lf just 1 lllllLlx l1ttle l1711d sturrxuw tor toxex Ir ITllg1llI exen xe bee11 1 r1tt cr or ltlllllt tottontu to 111 u11sk1lle1 r t ls 1 extn or 11 11s 111 1 1 Ylllhf, to the 11or If 11111 III f III sue, or 1 t11t 1111 s ot 1 ou 111111 1 fl 111 11111 QIIUXXIIILI torn 11t en s no 11 lll t11 x 1111 sure 1 r1s1s t1e 1er11 n11ss 111111 It seems to form 1 broxx I1 turtun IClLllII1g,f from t 19 1or1L111 to the Lcnrth Lst 1 t1e x ls no mo1e, to t1e st1ll11e tl1e m1 rhtx 1ns1 l0L.s stx ness Unlx 1l3flCl' mo1ne11t II 1sts 111d noxx, tunt llld t1r 1111111 tomes '1 oxx rusung ru1111111g1 sxxeepuw sou11 louder 111d louder f1ster 1nd f'1ster lf L0mCs LX tnghtened pr1xertul glmte xxe hm.: upxx 1rd to the sun exen 1s dld t e 1e1t1c11 pet1t1o11 h1111 ot old h 111111 o s 1 Nlllk Lxcn xou 1re no mmre Al YY l ' 1 - I 1 ' 5 ' 1 1 5 ' x f h ' 1 . 1 'l-1 , rl -l ' ' ' hs: ' - f T I tl' ' 1 I ,hull .ee ' 'l 1 .', Q ' ' ' ' ii, : 'l Q ' ' f ' 1 5' V, 1 1 'v 5 ' '2 A Q2 5 - l 5 ' ' d's hz ' I ' xl 'k: f l bl' 1 ' , , . , . ss .1 V. v. .rl u A Q' I yi V . - It is April. The d11x' is c11l111 llllll clear. The Sllllllj' Cilffll seems perfectly con- Y :S V1.7 i.,: I '. W ,F V. W S f 5 1 ' . 1' ? ' u' V ' 5 If ' ai ,. ' .VZ W. . W 2:2 .E .. IZ D' J ' : ' ' 1 ' It IQ ' 1 fl - ' s . ' Q I l1 lc I . 1 . :W .h. W . V l111' 1 sly' 1 l- , 1 ' 'l Q 1'l, 1 3 1e11 . Yet i st'll. f tl ' l'.'ert. l,1, li 11t that red l1x'1 1 xr' thl ls ' sl ' lc' g, ' 's lz :si ' 'l ds '1 'll-' 's' gg 1 ' ' pi ' ? lfx' ill we XK'ilfCll, the clear blue of tl1e April sky is ll tttd ut 1 d s Azdiln' 1 l 3 lv' I 1 .il 1.1: 'l ' 5 : ' 1 ' ' '1' ' 1 ' ' A l l 1 ' 1 ' . 1: , IS l sk-' ' l 5 ' ss- 'e ' fd' : 'll ,',-. , 1 ' ' ' 11: 1 ' '1' 1 '1 ' ' I' ' ' 1 l '. il' . ll' ,:' ',. J d. , 1 , 1: 1 ' ' Sl 1 A , zu' A 1 ' ' j '1 ' , ' 1' ' h l 1 I- A ' . O . f 1 l f fo l'ttle 'e. D' 1 1 l

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-XDVENTL RE VSHBFR OLINA 27 Uaclxn O Dax sloxxlx xx allied the deck of h1s d1rtx tradlng schooner The heat xx 19 oppresslxe 'md dulhng ilthough the sun h'1d gone doxxn hours before Exen the pl'1nks sxxeited und stewmed lhe sullen xmxes r'1n smokmg bx the r'11l, sup porting on their erests 1 h llx stre 1m of sllxer from the h'1lfh1dden moon NI'1elxn s thoughts xx ere none too ple1s1nt '1s he pued from stern to boxx 'llld b'1ck '1g11n, '1nd the beautx of the moon llld sei xx ere lost upon hlm Adx enturea B'1h' Nothmg exer hwppen d on thls stmkmg craft' VVhx h'1d he left london sex en months before? Adxenture, nothmg but Adven ture '1 xo11ng 1nd foohsh desrre to see tl1e xxorld Well he xx1s seemg lt now from the deek of 'Ill lSl'lIld tmder' Here he xx 1s cooped up xxlth a dozen or so stohd expresswnless n 1t1xes, the s1me dlllx routme, nothmg but he1t and work XVTS thls hung? No' Better to be III I ngl'1nd '1t lefrst nt xx 'xsn t so hot and the eompqmons xx ere better XVhx dldnt something h1ppen7 A mutxnv, '1 storm, 'my thmg th1t lUllllI'CLl lLflOIll Xlaelxn strode xxrlthfullx forxx 1rd p'1st the expresslonless helmsman '1nd the spr1xx led sleepxng n'1t1xes on the detk B'1h' he sud under hls bre'1th '1s he he'1rd thelr pef1Cef11l snormg A n'1t1xt stlrred 'ls XI lLlSl1 s flgure retrelted IIIIO the sh'1doxxs of the hoxx H1s ll 1 xx 1s 1 lllIlOl1N x TIINCK hc llstcned 1 moment 1nd then the eoo IC xx IS st rncmg sllentlx upon h1s feet Another hgurc jolned lllln rt xx IS the helmsman, h1s wheel xx '15 lished llld the ship xx ent upon 1ts eourse lhe txxo shidoxxs blended lnto one '1nd 21 xx nlspered consult1t1on took pl'1ee Xlonex le'1rls Nlonex belt lhe txxo sh ldoxxs then sep1r1ted 1nd 1dx meed ste 1lth1lx upon I'l1ClI' sleeplng bllence rexgned for 1 moment '1nd then 1 gentle spl'1sh il a bodx slld mto the sea Just 'mother deelxh 1nd Inlbblllf' probiblx deserted or t'1ken hls lxfe beciuse of the monotonx of If lhe mptun, Xlulxn sloxxlx retrlted his steps uess Ill turn ln No use losmg sleep ox Cl nothmg lhere xx is the helmsm 1n, ls LXpICSSl0lllCSb 1 exer, 1nd the negroes stlll asleep Adxenture? Rot' XXNP S IAXI l'Rll4NCld lsllllk Srxwsos X It xx ls qurte l1te H1 the CVCDIIIX X 1gue bll'ldOVlS mould be seen II10XlI'lg ste'1lth1ly Ill the sem1 dirkness lhe sllenee xx 1s oppresslxe 1nd 1 suspense hlled the zur Sud denlx 1 sh 1doxx moxed Anne s'1t erut, trembling Her h'11r tmgled and she elenehed her h'1nds untll her nuls prerecd the fle h Some ll1Illll'l0I1 told her th'1t somethlng dre1dful xx ls LOIIIQ to h1pp1n lhen, 1 L.0Il'lITlZiI1dlI1f.I xoxee spoke behind her bit st1ll' lNoxx xou re xxhere lxe xx anted xuh, xxl1ere l xe xx 1nted xuh for xe'1rs l ll just g'1g xuh noxw, sos yuh xxon t holler ust one squ1xxk 1nd l ll let hel ehtk ln the dlf'lCIlCsS sl1e xxould hlxc bun un 1ble to Lllhflllgulbll 'Ulxtlllllg had she had tl1e touruge to turn 1round Ome more de1thIx srlence deseended and Anne stared strught 1he1d ln the dlstinte, softlx pl 1xed musle xx lb 1ud1ble but of thls Anne xx as uncon suous Her nerves xxere on edge, lll hcr terror she 1m'1g1ned horrlble thrngs A l'1st her endurinee fultd xxhen the xortc b1g1n to spe 1k 1ga1n st1rtl1nglx loud '1nd dlstrnct, jlfflllg her ox er xx rought nerxts lhen she lost 'Ill eontrol of herself turned '1round '1nd eleirlx stated th'1t It xx as too b'1d thqt some people dldn t lxnoxx better th1n to read ex erx suhtltle out loud m 1 moxmg pleture the'1tre 1' T 1 , . . . , , . . . '11 If Y 1 , 4 1 ' . 7 K Li L1 Y C I L1 K 1 I YK VIL! I T ' l L ' ' ' s - - , 1, . - , -' 1 ' 1 1 1 7. .. 1 1 1' . 1 . 1 - . 1 1 . : ' 1:1 1 ' 3 ' 1 . . . 1 j 1 5 1 ' 5 . 11 , 1 - v D .x - . ., . 1 . , 1 , . . ' 1 1 1 4 f . ' ' ' J , .' 1 ' '1 1 1 ' . . .Q .Y. , . 4, . Q , 1. . . . I .1 c iz 1. , 1. C L u 'Y e K 1 I L '16 Y' I 1 'h l 1 u . l 1 - 1 s - 1 v V1 ' r ' 1 . . . 1 U . , 1. . .. .. . . 1 1. .1 K . .N Q . . 1 . .. . 1 .. 1 . . 1 1 Q 1 1 Y 1 I-1d 'z sl' If lg - 1 1 ,1 ' l Q1 l 3 ' Q . - A- '1: 1 : ' . ' ' 1 1 ri 1 1' .s 1 1 . w 1 . . 1 1 . KK v J 4 v 'U A ' K L14 1 : 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 ' . COFIIDZIYIIOIIS. lhey Slllflllfll out one and Z1 kmfe flashed. Ihere was Z1 stifled groan. . . -1 : s ' . . it -r 1 I--I 1 1 s, l- . . 1 1 g, . U . . . . . V . 1, ' ' V ' . . . 1 1 1 1 A- . 1 U .. ' ' T 1 - - 1: .. . 1 1, -. .. . .s . . 11 V xv 1 1 1, , 1 , , 1 1 , , . A A A 1 K JA J 14 A ,'.,. I 1 . . 'fp ., . . . 1 . . L ' 1 a L KL LL K K L L 1 - - . 1 1 1 1 X 1. ' ' ' 1 . 1 . .1 . 1 , ' 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 ' ' . 5 - 1 5 '- s . 1 . : 1 f 1 ' . ' i 1 s ' 1 'N L L ' . U 1 ' 7 1 , l 1 ' 1 v 1 o 1 ,1 vz y 1 K S. , ' I 1 Y , 1 Y 1 s 1 1 1 l 1 w Is .Y , .. . , . -, .1 1 '. ' '. , ' 1 . ., . 1 1 1 ' , 1 ' . 1 . ' 1 ,' : 5 . 1 . . . 1 I . 1 J- iv. K. . 1. Z 1, K- , - :- . - ' f - - ' : . :. t 1 ' 1 - , ' ' ' 'f - 1 5 1 1 -: 1 I' . 1 L K i L I y K C C I L Y L K I I U L K Y W K 1

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Where you rode so proudlr such a lrttle rr hlle ago, norr rre see but a round hole ln the mystlc brorvn wall, through rr hlch tl e blue of our Aprxl skr stlll seems to shme A breathless moment, and the avalanche of vrhxrlmg, sttngxng, cuttmg partxcles bursts upon us Enreloped rr1th1n srrnlmg eddles, drtren br a uolent, relentless wmd, buffered, burned bllnded ruth the mad fury of lt, rre retreat seekmg rrhat shelter mar be obtamed nn the realm of man made things rl be llttle rultl things horr ruse ther are' fher do not scoff at the porrer of the desert, ther do not rr 'ut to buck the nerr bl lst ther do not drrc to brare the angrr passlon of the tempest allxed ruth the transient sands of the desert I her kzmu the strength of the storm' THE LEGENID OF THE MAGIC FLOVVER Doaornr Fokrser, 28 In the Land of Iong Ago there drrelt a mlghtr kung rr ho ruth all hls porrer, deemed hlmself the most unhappy of all mortals He rr ts annored br the roral Jester, and the storr tellers bored htm, and unusuxl treasures brought from lands berond the seas Interested hum not it all lruelv, '1 dreadful state of affaxrs rlo the tourt one dir ctme III rntlent mm ruth 1 tale thlt rr as rron rous strange Oh king, there IN somerr here nn the mount uns th lt ronder prune the skr x flower of greatest beautr A mlgnt blossom that has '1 perfume rrlneh rs so subtle that rt creeps 1nto surfexted senses and hlls the bemg ruth evqulsxte yor But, oh king, only to the hnder of the llorr er does It glre its maglc scent forerer Oh, thou anclent man, I shall seek nt Nar, I sl1'lll hnd If bo sp tke the mxghtr kung rr as on his rr ay to hnd the furr llorrer For many days, 1n the mountuns that pxerced the sky the kmg sought a tlovrer of marvelous beauty But, as every d1r darr ned the kung rr as no nearer the fimsh of hrs quest and rr hen the sun sltpped lnto xts purple hills he rr as ret no nearer bo as the search seemed fruntless, the lung mme to bellere that lf there erer had been such 1 Horrer lt had long ago been utrrted bv nts guardmn sprxtes to some elhn paradlse On has journey homerr ard the lung beheld 1 humble ruldflorrer bloommg on the hrllsxde Lo' mused the king lf l m'1r not possess the Plorrer of Nliglc thrs rull grace my castle grounds And he rode on hxppllr Fhen appeared the anuent min I see, oh, kung, that thou hast it last found the Horr er lNay quoth the kmg thus IS but 1 common, scented rreed Ihere ls no magic perfume here' I'he ancient one shook lns herd lhou art rr rong, oh, ruler, for thou hast rn thy hand a prlceless gem, md the n une of thzt entlunted thmg as Lontentment Wnth Ihmgs As Iher Are PHI' NIUNII1, Sl XRS ru- Conzsrllcs 9 1 he mor IC people c lme to torr n l rom Hollr rr ood of rude renorr n Some looked lf them ruth dorrnrlght mrre And then told others rr h rt ther s ur Noirr, rr ll lf s tht m ttter ruth rerr folk? l tlll lt all 1 kind er oke bpoke Silas Perkms ruth his drarrl lher re jest plfun people, 'zrter all ' 5 - n I . . v . . Y. - . . ' Y. v r v , 1 v - 1 . I I K l K ' sv 4 1. s 1 . - , V 71, ' 1 I 1 . E' 1 I 1. ' 3 ' j '1 j 1: 3 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 . . . . ' , , 1 ' ' f ' 1 fm 1' 1' . ' ' L L , . , 1 I - y 1 Y -N I 1 1 1 '- 5 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 5 s ' n r 1 s j 1 .V 1 1 . U 1 1 Q 1 1 1 '. ' , '1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' d Q Al . I- s v . 1' s 1 'z'- - - 1 , 1 1 c 1 c 'l 1 v, 4 N ex I I. S v . S 'va , H . . xv V Q ' s . U 1 Q ' . Y E .... 1 1 1 . . 1 U kmg. Gone rr'as all bus ennux. Gone were ull the llstless, melancholy' days. Por the 1 1 h . a u o I I a V Q I 1 1 I . , 5: '1 f 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 '1 u '. 1 1 : ' 1 1 . .i . Y Y ,. 7 I V. b . 'K l, I o KA' v -s c- 1 - ' 1 .w .1 v' . , 1- 1. .1 1 1 , s 1 ', 4 . - Y I sa K ' 4 , r . ' 1 . U - K 1 5 I rv 1 1 1 . Lt T rr ' , 44 'S 'X ,i , ' ' ', Y, , . 1 1 . ' YY , . . ,,,, ' i . 3 5 1 . 1 1. ' 1 Y 1 1 1 1 f . - . ,. . ,. Y ,, r 1 Y 1 'sr s w 1 1 J A K 4 K j, . 2 Q 1, ' , 2 1 , . 1 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' , 5 ' 1 ' fi '. AA V 1 v - 4 's 1 1. v 1 r A K K s I K V a . . . - 1, '1 E 1 1 J ' , ' ' 1' ' 5 1 ' 5 1 . - Q . 1 iv 1 I K K a