Bellingham High School - Shuksan Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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1 wann- One of the welcome additions to the school this year is the beautiful statue of Minerva Guistiani. Among the multitude of productions of art few are as well known as this piece whose sculptor is unknown. That Mi- nerva is a masterpiece is beyond question. The beauty of the pose and the likeness to nature are apparent to the most casual observer. lVonderful in- deed was the hand which from a plain marble block wrought with a hammer and chisel such a being. It is no wonder that a goddess whose earthly form was so inatehless should command the reverence and worship of the Roman people. 'llhose of us who do not experienee a feeling of awe, nay, almost of devotion, in the presence of sueh a creature of art are indeed devoid of feeling. VVhile the Class of '06 takes much credit to itself for the presentation of this statue, they also give inueh to Dr. Bechdolt. Last October he suggested to the class the plan of leaving behind in the school some remembrance to future students and teachers. lllith characteristic energy the idea was taken up by the naught-sixes and the above statue was the result. Naturally the question of a pedestal aroseg but Prof. Twitmyer and lllr. lliekerson built that as their share in the work. It is needless to say that their help was greatly appreeiatedg and, as Emerson says, The beautiful rests upon foun- dations of the necessary, the pedestal is all that could be asked for by the most fastidious.

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Smiur ijiatnrg Snuth Sine There has never been anything slow about the class of '06, Forty strong we entered High School with a rush and have never slowed down. At first everything was new and it took us some time to get accustomed to the different order of things. At length, however, order was brought out of the chaos and we applied ourselves to our lessons. Our greatest comfort during those trying first days, was Mr. Hughes. He would quote innumerable consoling verses to us, such as, All things have a period of greenness, some things are greener than others, there he would look at usj, and seine things remain green longer than others, etc.. We soon proved that we did not belong to the class that remain green longer than others, for early in the year, we held a class meeting and organized our class. Carl Grue was chosen president, Mildred Boyes vice president and Voltaire Belleisle, secretary. After a long and hard fought contest, we chose olive green and cream for our class colors and the white earnation for our flower. We also chose a yell and on every occasion whether there was need for it or not we were wont to give that yell. As Freshmen we had long been forced to put up with the sneers and taunts of the other classes, but at last we came to the conclusion that patience had ceased to be a virtue and that We would show them that the class of '06 could do things. Accordingly a night, which we knew would be dark, was chosen and, at the appointed time all of the boys met at the top of Larrabee hill, for we had decided that when the 111OTI'OWV'S sun should send forth his first bright rays, the '06 flag should be waving over the school building. We had expected no resistance for we had kept our plans dark, but in some un- heard of way the other boys had gotten wind of them and were there to pre- vent our carrying them out. Something had to be done and done quickly, so, gathering all our men we made a rush and captured the ring-leaders of the other side. After they had been given a good 4'ducking in the water-trough down on Fourteenth street, they were glad to go and leave us in peace. So we went back to the school house, went in through a basement window, up through the attic and out on the roof where one of the boys climbed the flag-pole and fastened our flag to the very top. That flag was the first thing that greeted the eyes of all as they went to school the next morning. Of course, we were expecting a Hcalling down and so were not surprised when Prof. said to us, Step into the office, please. We've never told what took place in there but the result was that we took our flag down. We had established a reputation as one of the classes in High School, however, and after all what more were We striving for? Vile had to behave now for a while and so paid strict attention to our lessons. ive mastered conjugations and deelensions, we learned how geysers were formed, we puzzled over our algebra. This studious streak couldn't last long and at length we boys conceived 4 1 4 1 1