Courtland Union High School - La Perita Yearbook (Courtland, CA)

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At last she searched the top, and found to her surprise, Principal Hear-It-All. He smiled and said, Miss Just Girl, will you please come with me? Just Girl followed him, and when he stopped and stepped aside, there in front of her was a door. This door had a key hole,-the only one with a key hole that she had seen since entering the School. Just Girl was astounded at the ease with which she now opened the door, and she realized that her battles had been fought in the preceding rooms. There she had gained confidence and poise with which to enter the much sought after room of Social Success. -Lenore Greene, '27, FOR SALE A car, called a Ford with piston and rings, Two smashed wheels and broken springs, Has jammed up fenders, and leaky tank, Headlights broken, and I've lost the crank, Carburetor in place, on the blink too, Engine hits line on three and two. Side curtains ripped, back caved in, Snapped in two, is the shifting pin. Has a Ford radiator, I swear it leaks, Windshield broken, differential tweaks. All tools missing, steering knuckle bent, Front tires ruined, not worth a cent. Dash fixture gone, rear tires same. Taken by a party who left no name. The reason Lizzy is such a sight, She was kissed by a street car, Saturday night. If you are looking for a bargain folks, step right in, It's a darn good car for the shape it's in. -William Quigley, '29 . THE DREAM THAT CAME TRUE lt was a dark stormy, night, just such a night that one likes to stay indoors by the fire and read. This is exactly the thing that Diana Grayson was doing. She had read love stories ever since the day she found out that she loved Wilfred Cameron: only he didn't know that he was the object of her adoring devotion. Finally Diana rose, and started to prepare to retire: when she was at last tucked cozily in bed, she imagined herself the heroine and Wilfred the handsome dark-haired hero, and even thought out the conversation between them word for word, Diana, said Wilfred one evening as they sat in the cozy living room, let's sit out on the verandah: it's so cool and comfortable out there. Certainly, Wilfred, dimpled Diana, feeling sure that the time for the long awaited 'yes' had come, let's sit in the hammock, because it is more comfortable than the rockers. I love to sit in hammocksg don't you? All depends on whom you're sitting with, answered Wilfred, comfortably settling himself in the hammock, and arranging the gay cushions for Diana. lTwenty-fourl

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'! 1 s THE LOCKED DOOR Just Girl started up the long hill of Education to the home on top, called School. Her mother had given her the key, Home Training, with which she was to unlock the door leading to a room called Social Success, somewhere in back of the School. Now, Just Girl thought much more of this hidden room, Social Success, than she did of all the interesting rooms in the School, so she ran right by the room labeled Geometry, and didn't even so much as glance at the shining letters on the door to Biology. Just Girl saw a flight of stairs leading down, and as there was no passage other than those leading to Chemistry and Latin, she descended. . At the bottom of the stairs called Bluff, she met a sprightly girl named Temptation. Temptation called to Just Girl to follow her, promising she would lead her to the right place. Just Girl didn't ask what the right place was, but seeing Medieval and Modern History in the next room she ran. When she caught up with Temptation whom should she bump into but Tommy Shirky with Inez le Vamp. To her questions as to where they were going, she smiled and said the right place. Two more flights of stairs, led down and past French and General Science. A beautiful room called Spanish, with Senora Expliqueme standing in the doorway almost stopped her, but Georgie Strong-Throat, singing as loud as he could, came out of a hall leading to the fields of Sport, and showed Just Girl his newest baseball glove, Temptation called to her, and she walked on. Then at a dark corner she was nearly frightened to death by an awful hag named Conscience. Tommy Shirky laughed and said, 'ADon't pay any attention to her, she can't hurt youg- anyway-we are at the 'right place' now. ' Just around the corner, Temptation opened a great wide door, and led the way into a room called 'AGood Times. The room seemed to be crowded, and Just Girl opened a little door in the rear of the room, to let in some fresh air. As she opened the door, Alta Always-Dancing, with Joe-Talk-a-Lot, in the throes of the dance called Charleston, crowded her out, and Just Girl fell into the icy waters of Truth. When she came up, what should she see but a flight of stairs, commonly known as Ambition. The waters of Truth were cold, and Just Girl began to fun upSt31I'S. At the Hrst landing, she found the fire of Desire, by which she warmed herself, Just across the hall was a door leading to Domestic Science, which was presided over by Madame Snip-and-Stitch, who gave her some dry clothes. As Just Girl skipped up the stairs, flight after flight. she stopped and entered every room, even the one in which Professoress Dig-'em-Up taught Medieval and Modern History. lTwenty h

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Naturally, retorted Diana, I wouldn't sit in a hammock with someone I didn't like. Then you must like me, said Wilfred, mischievously pulling the curl over Diana's ear, What shall it be, Di, old dear, conversation, cross word puzzles, or what? , Let's talk, suggested Diana. About what? queried Wilfred. Oh about everything in general and nothing in particular, retorted Diana, carelessly. I see that Bill and Georgia got married last week. Some wedding! Wonder who'll be next? I don't know. I wonder what it feels like to be in love? I know. You, retorted Diana, what do you know about love, pray tell? I know lots about it, answered Wilfred, because I'm in love! Why Wilfred, cried Diana, I was wondering why you have been going around mooning with a blank look, telling everyone you'll have strawberry short cake when they ask you to go horse-back riding, and now I know! But of course she doesn't love me, mused Wilfred, she just thinks that I make a good playmate. Maybe I know just how you feel, Willy, said Diana, only in my case it's a 'he' instead of a 'she,' so you see our predicaments are the same. Do I know the lucky girl, Willy? You do. How thrilling! Let me think: who might she be? Give you three guesses. 44 u 44 44 u 4: Georgia? No. l4Ann?19 I .YY Marie? No. ' Who is she then? queried Diana wrinkling her brows in thought. You, came the startling answer, Diana, darling, will you marry me? Why Willy, you darling! Of course! cried Diana. Dong! Dong! Dong! Diana slowly opened her eyes. Was it? No! Yes, it was! Only a dream. Diana fired a pillow at the alarm clock, and felt like crying. ' All that day she tried to make herself believe that it was more than only a dream. That evening Wilfred came over and they went out on the verandah to talk. Diana couldn't keep from hoping a foolish hope that Wilfred would propose as he did in the dream. When she had almost given up hope-1 Diana, will you marry me? Why-why Wilfred! gasped Diana. Will you marry me? persisted Wilfred. Yes, you dear, cried Diana, and the next moment she was telling him all about her dream. And to think, she said, that it really came true. We are even sitting in the hammock, just as we were in the dream, -Frances Fisher, '28. ITwenty-livel