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

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SI-IADOVVS I'aAscEs For 28 Ir was dusk ln Santrenoux fhe dying sun cast ghastly shadows upon the quxet helds-shadows purple and gray A smgle breeze stxrred and was silent Far aw ay a yesper bell famtly chlmed the hour Agaln silence The shadows deepened and caressed a t1ny house It w as 1 trred lxttle house for II had stood amxdst the ray ages of hghtlng but 1 few years ago Its small held of gram and garden had been trampled and destroyed foreyer Fhe little woman who belonged to the house w as gray too gray as were the mxsts outsnde Her body was shr1y eled and bent her hands were knotted and worn with ceaseless labor She, too was a trred lxttle lady for llfe for her had been dlfhcult and long Outslde on the hlll were two crosses gray crosses A husband a son her glft to France And France had ln ed Now she was alone thrs lrttle lady and she w as yery Wearv Outside the shadows lengthened pur ples faded mto grays grays mto black Darkness fell and nestled upon the hlll and the two crosses A smgle star burned m the sky It w 'ls mght rn Santrenouyc GROWING 101 1 yr H xkkls 27 bomethmg there rs w1th1n us every one I hat loves the sun That longs to laugh upon the mountam tops To leave the plam' A t1ny seed that yearns to upward stretch To klss the clouds To make the magic of the stars tts own And lookmg dow nw lrd from a noble helght Know lt has grown' And then to mould the essence of 1ts joy Into a flower 'I o gxve agam ln perfume on the wmd All the rare sweets and loyelmess that took A life to find' bo may our ln es llke the sweet rose unfold From bud to bloom Garnermg Joy and glyxnv rt tenfold Tlll God reyonces such a thing should sprung From lowly mould' THE LEGEND OF THE VVILLHXNIETTES Deslse Don 99 Xlany moons ago there dw elt rn the Vallev of the VVxllamette, a trxbe of Indian people When the rivers became swollen wlth the flood txdes of sprmg they embarked rn the fleet of canoes taking wlth them their old men therr squaws and children to rlde on the bosom or the broad Lolumbm down to the shores ot the gre ll water there to spear salmon w here the waters of the great rly er mlngled w1th the sea It was now sprlng, and the wlgwams of the IV1llamette trlbe dotted the sands of the shore As Chref Eagle heather haughtlly strode near the yy ater s edge one morn mg w hrle hrs people dug clams for the noonday meal he saw a box made of strange wood and bound ln metal whrch the wayes evxdently had cast upon the beach Clalmlng xt as hls own Eagle Feather ordered rt stowed ln his canoe and hastlly W ' .' ., ' A . 7 C . 'I Q C n . . I 1. G C 4 -' I . I I I 1 I , If F Y 4-I, V , ' ! , ,Y , - . ' . L' ' 1 . ' Viv v Y 7 - ' 1 - I F n ' k . s In vi . I 4 n , , , ., A , , , -, I, , F Y That woos the wmd and courts the crystal ram, F Y . 7 7 V - ! X ! F v Y 3 I I2 Y .I I ' F I F Y Y . PS 9 , . . . 1 . . . , - .1 ,, . , , ., ' , 5 . ., ' 3 s f z . , , . Y Y , . . 1 . v - . X r I -' ' s i . Y f ' 1 I v l Y y . v 3 Y ,! ' . , l Y y ,

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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

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ordermg hrs people together, they returned to thelr home ln the Wxllamette Valley It was a rare prize, filled with perfumed cloth heayy wlth gold and jewels The chxef felt that he was a rxch man indeed and taking the best for hlmself and hls own family he gave aw ay the contents to hrs people Scarcely a moon had passed yyhen a great plague broke out among the people All of Chief Eagle Feathers famxly were strlclsen excepting his young daughter Snow Flower The medlclne men of the trlbe were busy day and mght maklng spells to cast out the eyll sp1r1t of the plague and save the trxbe from extxnctlon Snow Flower went about carrylng food and water to the sxck lhe young brave Deer Foot her loyer led the younger men m the search for food Ihe sound of the tom toms, the warlmg death cry of the squaws echoed through the forest aisles Yet the plague contlnued to sw eep through the trlbe At last O Luk the chlef medxcme man held a council He had been told that the Great Splrxt w as angry becluse the lndlan people had opened the box from a far land home of the plague, and demanded a sacrlfrce Thxs sacrxflce must be a malden young and beautiful who for loye of her people would give herself unto the arms of death The girl could not be chosen she must offer herself to saye her people she must trayel two days journey to a clxff aboye the broad Columbla and there leap to her death The maidens lud ln terror lest the Great Spxrlt should require of them the supreme sacrlflce All but Snow Ilower, who went about carmg for the suck helplng the squaws wlth their work But the lndlans continued to die On the thxrd dav after O Luk had spoken a runner came to Snoyv Flower say mg that Deer Foot had been strlcken w 1th the plague lt was but a moment that Snow Flower hesrtated then turmng swrftly her small hands clenched against her heart she sped to her father She stood before hlm with head bowed waxtlng for the srgnal that would gxve permlsslon to speak The chief lay upon his bed weak and shrunken wlth the fever Feebly he raised his hand Speak he demanded Great Chief my father saxd the glrl the Great Spmt demands a sacrlfxce l go to take the leap of death that mv people may llve rl he chief s eyes gllttered but his face dld not change G he w hlspered weakly I grye thee to the arms of the Great Sprrxt lace of kxnnlkmmck berrxes that hung llke drops of blood about her neck She would leaye these with Deer loot as a token of her love a symbol of her sacrlfrce But as she came to the wlgwam of his mother her heart falled her she could not see hum So placmg the necklace rn the hands ot the older squaw yy ho had met her at the oor she sud laor Deer loot l go to mlke thc sycrxlce And turning she yy as quickly lost H1 the depths of the forest rloday from a hugh clrff aboye the broad sweep of the Columbia Rlyer falls a musty sheet of w lter Down down ty It strll es 1 b 1s1n on x shelf far be ow Again II leaps reaching for the yy iters of the LTCII rlyer and ls lost yn the glittering colors of a I'dlIlb0W mlst Ihe lndl ms of the YV1ll11mette haye L legend that has been handed down for mlny genermons lhey tell that an lndlan maiden once leaped from thls cliff Into the arms of de ith th it her people mlght be sayed These fills yy ere pl xced there by the hand cf thc Grelt Splrlt is a token that her sacrnfnce yy as not ln y un IHE PRIXCP OF VVXLPS kyyyx XIVIR She kicked ind jumped lS shc drd rush Her shoes yy ere full of naxls VS 1th neck cury ed back she h1t the brush Off fell the Prince of VVales' I vc. , , 1 , 1 ' . Y v v . y, . . . . . C1 V V 1 K 1 K .K w v Y 7 K sl Y I vi 1 n V y v v . , F V 1 y . ' ' ' - v ' . y .1 . . , . , - , 1 , I. 4 . j z . . , . . . . . , 1 1 1 l Y Y 1' 1 1' I' 1 1 1 1, 1 C H 1 a 1 , T I , , , , , ' . . '. . ' y ' .H , . C Y , s. . -,, Q I , . . I Y ' l . . U , V' ' ' KK YY . I' 1 . 1 . , . ,, . ,, . . ,A , . . . . Q , 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 1 , . ,, , . , . v . . ' 1 ' ' nr H v ' Y Y. an ' , . . 0, . U , . ' ' ,Y . ' , . . Wnth no further word she ran from her fathers wxgw am, tuggmg at her neck- 5 1 . , , C 9 , , I , . . . . . . , . d , . .. , ' , f . - .. f . 1, . ', 1 7 ' 1 ' t 1 ' 1 ' , 1 X 1 5 ' : 'z . ', '- ll 5 1 5: 1: z. l . f. . 5, . ' f ' 'z : 1 1 ' , . : s ' ' . ' ' . . z 5 1 . . f . . 5 ' . . z , z f 5. ' . ' z : ' 1 ' D . 1 - 1 1 I . . . , ,f. Y , , A 1 A J BE :L , '29 1 ' z if Q ' : , S 5 I K :Q f' . , ' 1 F 1 :Q