Eureka High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Eureka, CA)

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THE SEQ OIA VOLUME VI. JUNE, 1907. NO. l. Class History. .0 In August lfltlii, wtf, tho class of llilllg.Illl.V-Sl'Y'l'll,ll0gl2ll1tl'll1'lllgllS't'll0Ul 4':1l'm-V. At that tinn- the 4-lasst-ould, only with grlvatvst ditiiculty, be' vou- tainvd in lloonxs -l, 5 and S, the l'l'lIl2l,lIlllIlg rooms o11 the first floor being gin-n ovt-1' to the uso of the uppvr 4-lassos, and those on the sevond floor ln-ing om-upicd by tho gi'advs and thc- physit-s lab. No soonvr had wv l't'g1lSl't'l't'tl than trouhlvt and t'2ltl't S c1'mvdvd thick upon us. 'Phu 1-ustonns of high school lifv tospovially that. of Ullilllgjlllg' rlasst-si wort- sonwt.hing,: ontirvly now to us. Uno might sm' thu little l l-vsllim-s, in groups of sit-wil or vig'ht, iVillltllt'l lllg' ainilv-ssly aebout. the halls, trying' in vain to tind the rooni int whivh thvy ln-long,:wl. It was -no un- t'0llllll'tlll sight to se--0 sum-h a band of grinning 1f'1't-sliios miter il room in tlw nliddla- of a rm-itation, ho-ping' against hopv that it might possibly be tht' ligjlut one-g but alas! only to bv told by tht- tt-:lm-lim' in l'll2ltl',1JQ-0, Not, this is not your Hltllllg this is the Svnior Latin t'lass. 'lllion they would btlgin again thoir hopvh-ss journtvy up and down tho halls. Ilradually, l1owPvt01', thanks to tln- kindly assistant-0 of Miss Coldwell and Mr. liarlwr, we- be- 1-anw at-4-ustonwd to tlw ways of our now st-hool, svttlwl down, and vhose our t-oursvs of study. Now 4-oninwnwd our ftllll' yvars' strugglv with l'lnfg,g'lisl1, Latin, l 1'0n0l1 llistory, St'l0llt't' and Math, .Ks tinm passvd our l 2llllliS lwpt thin- ning ont, until vat-aint st-ats st-attvrwl about told, only too plainly, tht- sad story of t'U'llll'2ltl0'S who had givvn up tho str11gg'g'lo in dt-spair. t'I'lwy had lwvn tiunlwd .J In tln- following' August, when wt-t l'0flll'llll1tl as SOIlll0lll0l't'S, boing no longvr lf'rvslnios but wal high school studtvnts, wo thought. it. von- sistvnt with our nvwlysavquiwd dignity to 0l'Q'2llllZl' as a 1-lass. 1Xl'l'0l'tl- ingly, at a nn-it-ting hold for that purpose-, l+'loi-inn llart was vlovtvtl vlass pr:-sinh-nt and l'll'il'llli t'anwron St'f'l'l'l'ill'y an,d ll'l'2lSlll'l'l'. ln our Junior your our 0l'Q'2llllZ21ll0'll as a vlass was I'tll'l'l0tl still far- thvr. l'll'1lllli Uann-ron was Plc-vtvtl prositlvllt, and l'll'2lllli flt 0T'gI0'S0ll sw'1'e- rc-tary and trvasurvr. Flass 4-olors wc-rv also vhost-n, and vlass pins soon obtainvd. Wlwn, on thv 20th of August, 1906, wo again rvturnvd to svhool as St-niors--tlw 1-nviod, gravv, and haughty Svniors-so many t'llilIl,Q,'PS had ln-1-n lllillll' in tho old svhool that we hardly l't t'0QlllZl't-l it.. A new 00- nn-nt walk and base now surrounded thc- blot-k, tho yards had been lov- 4-lvd off tpi-4-p:n'atm'y to tvnnis vourtsjg tho old, unsightly ft-iivos had boon 7

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THE SEQUOIA. torn down, a new lawn had b-een sown, a11d the building its-elf had bee11 painted. Un the inside of the building the change- was no less marked. The three central rooms on the upp-er iioor had been turned into one large study room, with seats for every pupil in the school. The entire build- i11g was now given over to tl1-e use of the high school, the grades hav- i11g been forced to take up their abode elsewhere. XV-e had now experienced all t.he many trials and tribulations of high school students fexcepting those of Seniorshipj and, without any prelimin- aries, we settled down to our last. and hardest year's work. At the beginning of th-e term Frank Fameron was elected 1-lass presi- dent, and Stephen Langford secretary and treasurer. I'hristmas week gave us a. very welcome and much-needed rest. It was then that we, as Seniors, gave our dance to the Alumni. However, on that night, the Fates and tl1-e Elements seemed to be up in arms against us, sending us perhaps the stormiest night in the year for our party. Time passed. XYhen, iinally, our names were posted, our ranlks had b9PI1 considerably thinned out. Instead of being contained with ditiiculty in three rooms, Room 1 held us all and still had vacant seats. XYe now numbered barely twenty. At the end of each quarter more and more had deserted us, some leaving school, while oth-ers tbelieving in taking life easyj had sought the hospitality of 708. Indeed, we would have been an un- usually small class had not our ranks been somewhat replenished by de- serters from '06. Now our names have been posted, and we begin to realize that our joyous high sc-lilo-ol days will soon be ended, that we soon will no longer be high school students, beaaring the burdens and enjoying the pleasures that all High School stud-ents do enjoy. For four long years we have looked forward to our graduation as the lialppiest event -of' ou'r high school career, but now that this time is at hand, the prevailing feeling in our hearts is on-e of sadness. YVe know' that the time is near at l1a.nd when we will, for the last. time, see the Class of Naughty-seven gathered together, that, after we graduate, we will be sepa.rated, perhaps never to eo-me together again, and, since we have enjoyed so much together, the part- ing is hard. However, we bravely raise our heads, and are happy to know that with what our Alina Mater has given us, we can go proudly forward to take up our duties as a part of our great commonwealth. Now, '07, the time is drawing near when we, for the last time, will be gathered together, s-o join with us in' saying our sad but fond farewell to dear old E. H. S. For four long years she has been our guardian, training and moulding our lives, but now we must leave her. Dear old Alma Mater, farewell. Knowing that they will be faithful to this trust, we must now leave you to the kindly care of '08. Farewell, E. H. S., Farewell.