Barstow High School - El Desierto Yearbook (Barstow, CA)

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. 1 Yes, but who wants to ride at a snail 's pace on such aqfine. morning. Did you ever fsmell anything as good as this aiI ?'7' No, unless it was this morning about seven or seven-thirty? It was magnolious, but you-'? , A x . u 'fKEit,'when did you get that Word? , I - Wasn't it strange how he could think up something to say every time she ventured near the accident or his former attitude? But Mrs. Kitling was a wise little woman, and understanding then' nature of a man, she did not utter her thoughts aloud ,but hastened. to befriend her word. , Why, that word just expresses it, even if I did coin it myself, doesn't it?,' 1 I . '4Yes, I suppose it does. You might write a dictionary if you could remember to spell water with one 't, ' he responded, laugh- in l . ' ' ' gY'Maybe I can't spell so well, but the only thing I ever. drove into was- ' I c I p. A hotel, offered James. I guess we have arrived, Kit, he added as the truck pulled them into a garage.. . ' A Mrs. Kitling sat in the office and looked out-at the steady downfall of rain until, her husband and the proprietor .of the garage entered. , a ' . A ' f'How badly is the car damaged? asked, Jim- as they ap4 proached. - - g - h, I don't know exactly. You'll have to have a new radiator, fenders, front lights and hood at least, and perhaps some damage was done to the frame. ' Well, thought Mrs. Kitling, HI may have' caused a lot of trouble and I certainly have afforded my share. of amusement, but tHe who laughs last laughs best,' and I'm surely going to laugh, too! FREDERVICA DRESIE. 1, Q 10000000 'tCan anyone, Fritz, between us come? Floyd asked in accents tender. - HWell, quoth Leonard, behind the door, They'd have to be mighty slender. ooooooooo '- It was the ni ht before the first quart l J . Alb it Hill, Fred Gleasongxand others were in the stlidlfy elixalllfllousily Sli- gaged in wondering what was to become of them on the morrow, when Mr. Thomas entered and placed the examination program on the board. At the end he wrote, HConflicts Friday I-2:30. Albert looked at lt a minute, then turning to Fred said: HI know what that word 'conflict' means. We're going to have a basketball game with the Sophsf' , , Page Sixteen

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fl 741' si f A lLj.,,ii !Whereupo11 she proceeded to be th 13 t f ' ' tfhegfhalmf hour whichhlit .tookto prepare'l1?orSVb7e3d.eiS. of Wwes durmg L' 'WAA 'fLovelycml0FHiH,g !f01' aetrip like this! commented Mr. Kitling ina sarcastic tone. . ' , , .. , , f ,,'fBut, Jim,jwe,'ll really enjoyit- I , , UYSS? Maybe! you enjoy a lot of slush, but In don't'!l' I This' conversation took place. some three months .after Mrs. Kitling's- memorable .-accident. 'The place wasqon the boulevard between '?San Bernardino and, Los 'Angeles The purpose of the journey was pleasure, and Mrs. Kitling had insisted upon going in spite of the- drizzling rain that made the- paved road resemble a skating rink. - ' Q . ' Q . James was provoked 'with the morning, and with his wife for having persuaded him to venture 'forth on such a morning. He drove fast, as he-always g did when angry, looking straight ahead, with not a pleasant thought in his mind. ' i ' Then suddenly alargelred truck stood before them. It was too late to avoid a-collision! The two came together with a crash, the lighter car swerving round until it faced in the opposite di- rection. ' - J i - ff,Kit, are you all right? was the first thing James asked. !'fYes, butlook at the car, wailed Mrs. Kitling. James had jumped down as soon as he' heard her 4'yes, and was now re- garding the car with great care. J , 'fWe.ll, I'll be- Kit! There's a corner here!', He pointed to a break in thelong line of trees that bordered the roadhon either side., Unlessone was very familiar with the road he would never have expected that crossroadg it was sovill marked. Wall Wal! Yu got spun clear 'round,. didn't.yu? drawled the large man who had been driving the truck. i'What did it do to you? asked James. HO, nothin', only broke some spokes in that back wheel yu hit. Then, looking at the car, Hwal, wal, yu got considerable more'n a wantin' a garage? Wal, wal, there's one 'bout two miles back 'n I reckon I better haul yu. Got some rope? and he set to examine the contents of his tool box. 4'Here's some. Les' tie 'er up, ' he said, after a second. J James was very cheerful during the short--drive to the garage. First, his wife was dazed, then curious, and finally she understood. Manlike, he was trying to excuse himself for the accident by emphasizing the bad weather which made it difficult to see for a distance greater than half a block, and how ill marked-the corner was. But he did it all in a very cheerful manner that gave an ap- pearance of uneasiness underneath. That was a bad place. Jove! This means a new radiator- and Lord knows what else, he remarked. Of course the corner should be marked, but if we had not been going so fast I think it- , Q Page Fifteen

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I. ' 1 I ' I 1 1 1 lass Hzstory y 7 I It' had been a long hard day, I was tired and my mind refused to apply itself. to my E.I12li.Sh.Li'96Pa'tUPPQz-S64-I-le ed back in' my chair and ,closed my ieye's.,x Suddenly 'my mind leap e, two, three, and 'four years in my life. I beheld two shy half-aframi-rlsi, of about thirteen and fifteen slowly walking up' the steps of a two- storylresidelnce. They 'knocked at the door, but no one answered, 'they knocked again, and still no answer. After trying the other doors the younger sister, for they were sisters, turned to the other with a questioning look on her face and seemed to ask what they shouldedo. The older sister answered that they should wait a little while, as it was early and perhaps some one would come. Let me introduce these two, the first arrivals of the class of 1920, as Ruth and Dilla' Howe. I , Soon 'another girl opened thevgate and ascended the steps. Upon being told that the door was .locked she also set down and waited. She was one of the Chilson twins, Adella. She said that her sister Alice also .would enter as a Freshman that year. In about fifteen minutes a jolly girl named .Pauline Carter joined the waiting trio. She happened to know just where the professor, lVIr. Thomas, lived and told them something of shim. Soon Mr. Thomas arrived and after welcoming them, opened the house where they were to spend the first years of High School life. They then registered and upon reaching the porch again were greeted by a cheery-voiced woman, lvliss Paxton, one of the teachers, who had arrived in the meantime. The day I speak of was the fifteenth day of September in 1916. Our Freshman Class enrollment, when complete, numbered about twenty-seven. September twenty-fifth of the same year the Freshmen organized their class with lvir. Purviance as class teacher. They elected Burton Leak, president, Loretto lVIcCrary, vice-presi- dentg Floyd Haws, secretary, and Pauline Carter, treasurer. We chose purple and gold for .our class colors and the chrysanthemuni lor our class flower. ' September the twenty-ninth the rest of the students gave the Freshmen a reception and initiated us by making us jump into tubs of water, step over 'ditches of water, bumping our heads on the floor and at last making us bow to the Great Spirit and promise to be loyal to the school. That night we became full-fledged B. U. H. S. students. ' We were a lively bunch that year and on October the third' our class numbers, '20 appeared in very conspicuous spots on hills and water tanks. As fast as our rivals took them down we put them up again until they became tired and left them alone. Some of the class numerals still remain. Page Seventeen