Auburn Adventist Academy - Rainier Vista Yearbook (Auburn, WA)

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llttl RAINIER Auburn Academy stands out in beautiful vistas. our memories as the school of the When Mrs. Cubley and I first came to Auburn to teach in 1925, three beautiful evergreen trees were growing up through the floor of the Crow’s Nest Lookout. One of the first things we did was to stand beneath these trees at the lookout rail and marvel at the loveliness of the beautiful Green River Valley be¬ low with its picturesque pattern of farms and peaceful homes, high-lighted by the sparkling clear waters of the Green River dashing aong toward Puget Sound. From our windows in the annex we looked out, as we arose each morning, to see magnificent Mt. Rainier. The serenity of her eternal snows seen in the early hours seemed to give us the needed inspiration and strength for the duties of each day. The warm pink of the afterglow reflected from her glaciers at set of sun warmed our hearts and seemed to breathe a benediction upon our efforts for that day. Withal, four very pleasant years at Auburn Academy left upon our memories the indelible imprints of beautiful rivers, picturesque lakes, restful vistas of forest green, joyful picnics and excursions into dozens of ageless beauty spots, and surpassing all, the changeless yet ever changing Rainier Vista looking down benignly upon the glistening white of the academy buildings. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Cubley (Auburn Academy 1925-29) REMINISCENCE OF A PRINCIPAL My days at Auburn Academy are among the most pleasant memories of my life. When I went to be principal there, the school was young. There had been a disastrous fire and a new main building had been erected and had been in use about a year before our arrival. Our dear Elder Wyman was the baker; Mrs. Gyes was the matron; and such gardens and such food! I think that while we were connected with the school the first annual under the name “Rainier Echoes” was published. Everyone of our schools possesses marvelous advantages, but it seems to me that Auburn has so many more than the others. Truly no other school is so beautifully located, nor do the others have a more loyal and helpful constitu¬ ency. I shall always remember “Auburn, sweet Auburn, etc.” Well, it is not on a plain, but set down in the midst of majestic loveliness. God always keep it fair and beautiful! H. H. Hamilton 1922-1930 1930-32 1932-36 L. B. LOSEY A. E. GREEN J. Z. HOTTELL

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OLD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND DORMITORIES The original building, including administration rooms and both dormitories, burned in May 1921 ARCHITECTS DRAWING—MADE IN 1921 The architects drawing of the new plan to be built after the fire. This plan was followed. 1919-20 L. C. SHEPARD (no picture) 1920-22 L. C. WILCOX y l latch the tiidcijia j 1922-25 H. H. HAMILTON 1925-28 C. A. SHULL

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REMINISCENSES OF 1930-32 I well remember the first challenge that came to the Academy in 1930. It was from the Board of Regents,—a new boys’ dormitory if we were to be accredited. The second challenge was from Old Man Depression,—provide more work or lose all your students. We started meeting the second one first by using the cash we would normally spend for slab wood to pay the boys to bring in all the burnable wood that was to be found on our own grounds. This led on to the decision to use our good trees for lumber for the new boys’ dorm. Logging equipment was rented and the boys became the logging crew. The “whistle punk” of that crew is now secretary-treasurer of a large union conference. A sawmill was also rented and set up and operated by the boys with the exception of the sawyer. Lumber and flooring for the boys’ dormi¬ tory, hardwood flooring for the chapel and “Ad” building, lumber for the products sold by the woodshop during those two years, and the hardwood that was used to make the furniture for Conard Hall, at Walla Walla, were produced. I get a great deal of satisfaction in knowing that we met the challenge of the Board of Regents, but a greater satisfaction in remembering the large num¬ ber of boys and girls that we enabled to continue their preparation for the work of the Lord and meet the challenge of Old Man Depression because of the work made available by this project. A. E. Green A GLANCE AT THE BEGINNINGS How well do I remember Friday night, May 6, 1921, at the Academy! We had enjoyed such a good meeting in the chapel that evening—a meeting where God came close to teachers and students alike. After the meeting, the Personal Workers’ Band, made up of the older students, slipped quietly up the stairs to a class room for its weekly meeting. I was the leader. A serious earnestness filled the room as those dear young people pled with God for grace and power. Down through the years I hear the echo of those sincere prayers— the last to be offered in that former building. Soon a Sabbath peace and quiet rested over our beloved school. About eleven o’clock that night, fire broke out and rapidly spread through the build¬ ing—the girls’ dormitory suffering first. That awful night I shall never forget, for the responsibility of fifty girls’ lives rested heavily on me, their preceptress. In a short time our Academy was a heap of ashes. Graduation exercises for the senior class were held that summer at the Kent camp meeting. Elder A. G. Daniels gave the commencement address. In the spring, the senior girls had planned to graduate in pink checked gingham dresses trimmed in white organdy and carry apple blossoms. The fire changed the flowers for they carried sweet peas instead. What a pretty picture they did make! The following fall, school opened in new buildings. We really did some pioneering those three first years of the school. Marthea Matterand Counsell 1935-36 H. B. WILCOX 1936-41 R. L. HUBBS 1941 - A. J. OLSON