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

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f0IfW9,i'd'7to the o01T1iT1S of -H COIi11T16I1Cement' and the parting oifr dear friends and schoolmates. We realize. that we have 'gained much.-in the four yearsfwe have spent ' H' h S h l- 'd know that the thoughts' of those. four yealrls. alwgagsj biihg pleasantmemories of the Barstow Union- High Schggl, - A A'v' A I sg sD1LLA'HowE.+ v THE LOST THOUGHT ' t Seated one- day in the study hall, Weary with all my books, My' fingers wandered wildly Over those terrible spooks. I know I was thinking of lessons - And wondering what I could do, When I thought of one grand idea Of how I might bluff them through! 7 It affected my troubled spirit Like' drug 'does a nervous wreck, It lay on my troubled bosom I ' -And twined its arms 'round my neck. I It linked all unknown meanings Into one I could understand Then while my eyes were still gleaming V . It faded away from this land. I have sought, but I seek' it vainly 3 That one sweet comforting thought-' Which solved all my problems mainly, Q Oh! That one little thought-that is not! It may be at nine in the morning ' It may be at one P. M. . , I But I shall go into mourning, 'Til it comes to me again. FREDERICA DRESIE. ooo ooo ooo Q HIGH SCHOOL FROM SHAKESPEARE F h Y ---- - ------------,.-- ---..,.--.,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, 4 l 'A Comedy of Errors' 353302236 g1' .-,-.- ,,,,, Much Ado About Nothing' 'Yeair-------U----U --H ..---------------.--.- --HAS It, Senior Year ---------.- ,..,,, ' 'All's Well That Ends. Well' Page Nineteen 7

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s P , ' The year 1917 came andthe Freshmen had another election'of officers. So, on February -the seventh, A Loretto McCrary was' elected president, John McCue, vice-president, Kate White, secre- tary, and Floyd Haws, treasurer. - A . . In the Sophomore year our number had been reduced from twenty-seven to fifteen, ten of Whom had entered the B. U. H. S. as Freshmen. Mrs. Prince held the honored position of class ad- viser and teacher. - m This year the class elected Raymond Richie president, Kate White vice-president, and Pauline Carter secretary-treasurer. One of the most memorable events of the year was a Christmas party which was given December the seventeenth. The small Joke gifts distributed were the cause of much merriment. Then came the tragedy of February twenty-second when-our beloved school was consumed by fire. For the remainder of the year we migrated between the dormitory and churches. Again there was a sad falling off of our numbers, Ruth Howe embarked upon the sea of matrimonyg William McDonald, leftschool during Christmas vacation to work at home, Esther Rfedfern moved to Bakersfield, Ray Richie started to work in a 'garage in Fresno, Kate White and Ruth Loomis went to Los Angeles, one to attend business college and the other the new Franklin High School. As Juniors we numbered five, three of us being of the original twenty-seven. Elizabeth Smith joined the class, coming from' Chi- cago, and Herbert Johnson also joined our number at Christmas, coming from South Pasadena Seminary. On October fifth we helped to initiate the Freshmen and I think they will tell you we made a good job of it. ' October nineteenth our school was closed on account of the Flu, but opened December thirtieth in our wonderful new- High School building. This was a red letter day in our history. While school was closed our class was saddened with the passing onto the Land Beyond of two of our number, Raymond Richie, Novemf ber twenty-third, and Ruth CHoweJ Johnson, December first, 1918. We Juniors. shared in the Senior Commencement festivities when, on May sixteenth, the Senior and Junior Classes were enter- tained in Apartment 20 by Miss Paxton and Mrs. Brass. As Seniors we numbered three until Christmas, Rfuth Comp- ton, Dilla Howe and Bessie Hill. Then Bessie left us and now we are two. Pauline Carter is attending the High School at Berkeley. -Soon after Christmas vacation we appeared with our class pins, having presented one to our class teacher, Miss McNeese. Many are the.class meetings and events that take place as the time for graduation approaches. April twenty-eighth the Domestic Sclence Department of our High School gave a luncheon in honor of the Seniors and their guests. On May the second we had our pictures taken for the Annual. - It is with mingled feelings of regret and pleasure that we look Page Eighteen

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R lass Will il I , We, thefclass of 1920, of the Barstow Union High School.ofl the cityof Barstow, the metropolis of that extensive arid portion ofthe county of San Bernardino, known by the appellation of the Mojave Desert of the Golden State of California, being. about to abandon, desert, and take our final departure from its illustrious halls of .. learning, do will and bequeath in the manner ensuing, to-wit: ' Firstly. To our beloved faculty-one so unparalleled, ir- resistible and matchless, who despite their persistency in chas- tising us for our weariness during recitations, which languor was caused by the indispensable lessons 'alloted by said in- structors,-we the class of 1920 relegate and relinquish our in- - most good wishes and our fervid affection, our most pro- found gratitude for occasional encouraging words for our strenuous endeavors, and though we might wish the punish- ment meted out on occasions had been more gentle, we desire that said faculty do realize that we depart from their jurisf diction without rancor or umbrage. ' , ' Secondly: We do hereby transmit to all studentsof the Barstow Union High School whatsoever their station or de- gree, adopted umbrellas, ink wells, borrowed gymnasium suits, stray tennis racquets and balls, and all other articles of per- sonal property not hereinafter especially mentioned. , . Thirdly. We entrust our frail and fragile jitney buses to the considerate care of all characters whose destination is the A Barstow Union High School, on these conditions: That the riding capacity shall not exceed fifteen persons for an ordinary machine, and twenty for all 'cfordatoryu perambulators, and that a sufficient number of verdant Freshmen be therein to prevent combustibility, provided also that there shall be no imprudent impetuosity committed therein which might per- chance necessitate a disuse of said convenient conveyances. , Fourthly. To our erstwhile rivals but worthy successors, the illustrious class of 1921 we do hereby assign those greatly coveted back seats in the study hall. To 'them also fall the supreme prerogative of celebrating the annual Ditch Day, pro- vided they have the courage to suffergtheg consequences of op- DOS11'1g the wishes of our worthy professorfx Flfthly-I UH? gift of i'lOll1ffi'11g ' and science of 'istuffingw the latter of which in more common speaking, is Hcrammingw do we will to the most worthy Sophomoric class of 1922, along vnvlgtlh other priveleges associated with the title of upper class- lilf 1 fi - if - Page Twenty ,r J