Eureka High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Eureka, CA)

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Ube SEQUOIA editions of a paper issued, other schools do not care to exchange, and the paper loses the benefits derived from outside influence. It would therefore seem wiser, another year, to issue at least two numbers, one at Christmas and one at Com- mencement, if not quarterly editions. But, in any event, the Sequoia should be published not by any one class, but as the organ of the Student Body. The Sequoia wishes to extent its most sincere sympathy to the schools whose plans for Commencement particularly, were frustrated by the recent disaster to San Francisco and its vicinity. The high school papers from that section of the state have always been par- ticularly welcome, and this year will be greatly missed. Let us hope however, that with another year, their buildings may be replaced, that their work may run along more smoothly, and that their school journals may be more interesting than ever. Another class is now leaving and passing out into the world. Through the past year, these students have been the leaders in the school, and they leave now to separate into the various walks of life, and relinquish their places here to the class of 1907. Let us hope that all our members of this class will each in his chosen place achieve success and bring honor to our Alma Mater, and let us hope, too, that when some future day, we return alumni, we may behold an even greater school and feel still more honored that within its portals we passed four bright years. W The heat and light were oppressive and the dull leaden sea, overhung by a heavy, bronze sky, offered no relief to the stricken seamen. The sun hung low over the mast, not with the dazzling brightness of our pleasant zone, but with the terrible, dull, penetrating heat of a great furnace. The binnacle and capstan shone like stars on the dull background of parched wood, from which the blistered paint had fallen long ago. The ship lay heavily on the smooth surface, while every plank, warped and shrunken by the heat, prayed for water. The sails hung limp as shrouds over the dying men below. The very creatures of the calm lay hideously at rest upon the decaying vegetation which covered the sleeping sea. A W. C., '08.

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6719 SEQUOIA ll K . ,,,,,- V, ,L,,.,. ,.V. . . Q .31 .- i !XvI2riy 'S ccci 2 .?4WlfMp1'ww'-1Niififbi f in A .O ,ull W Qi lillillll li - EDITORIAL STAFF Editor i11 Chief - Harriet A. Welch, '06, May Bennett, 'o6. Associate Editors Luella Van Horn, '06, Alumni - Grace Hunter, 'o5. Society Frances Bell, 'o6. Athletics Frank Cameron, '7. Locals - John Morris, 107. I joshes - - Bernice L. Woodcock, '05 6 Business Manager - - - Harry A. Hine, 'o6. Assistant Business Manager Nathaniel B. Libbey, ,O7. This Commencement number of the Sequoia comes to you, issued, not as for- merly by the departing graduates, but by the associated students. Undoubtedly, the change has been a wise one, for while formerly the whole labor and responsi- bility fell upon the graduates just at that time when they were most busy. now all classes bear their share, and the paper belongs to the entire school, from Senior to Freshman. At the time the change was made, it was also decided to issue but one number, at the end of the year instead of the usual quarterly editions. The wisdom of this policy is still to be questioned. The purpose in so doing was to lighten the work and make it possible to concentrate all our efforts upon the one number. It un- questionably has clone this, but it has left a practically inexperienced staff to cope with the task. In addition to this, when there are neither monthly nor quarterly We

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Ulm SEQUOIA Expulsion of the Chinese from Humboldt. By L. V. H., 'o6. 5 The Chinese were among the very earliest settlers in Humboldt County. There were many of them scattered throughout the different country districts, and in the smaller towns, but for the most part they centered in Eureka. They never were present in vast numbers, and at the time of their expulsion, they num- bered perhaps two or three hundred. Eureka, twenty years ago, was very different from what it is at present. It was very much smaller, and contained no large business houses, and so it hap- pened that what is now one of the business portions of Eureka was then known as Chinatown. This extended from E to F streets on Fourth street, and down E to where the Georgeson building now stands. The whole district was walled in by a high board fence, and was used exclusively by the Chinese, who had built for them- selves miserable little huts. The wholesomeness and sweetness of this district were by no means increased by a foul-smelling stream running through it, bor- dered on both sides by dense banks of cabbage-weed. For a long time the Chinese had been in disrepute with the whites: perhaps this was partly because of the ever-present race prejudice, perhaps it was because the Chinamen usurped the white man's labor and rendered competition impos- sible. Be that as it may, the hatred was there, and every petty thievery and an- noyance was laid to the door of John Chinaman, who invariably protested inno- cence. In addition to these minor injuries, the whites had another cause of griev- ance. This was the turmoil and inquietude in which Chinatown always had the city involved on account of the quarrels of the different Chinese factions. VV hen- ever one society desired a Chinaman of the opposition faction to be killed, it desig- nated its victim, detailed a man to the job, and the next morning a murder was reported in Chinatown. ln this way the whites were always in trouble because of the disturbing ele- ment in their midst, which was a blot to the city's appearance as well as adisturb- ance to its peace of mind. But matters went on in this way until the affair reached a climax and excitement was at fever heat on account of the murder of an aged resident of the city who was bound to his place of business one dark evening after supper. His route lay directly past the streets of Chinatown, and the motive for the dastardly deed has never been ascertained. It is popularly supposed, however, that he met his death at the hands of so ne highbinder, who, lying in wait for