Eureka High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Eureka, CA)

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History of the Class of 'O8. 5. , year, a year of events, for did not the class of naught eight enter into the joys and troubles of high school life? Among our first troubles were those of steering straight courses in and out of class rooms, and that was not such H11 easy task as now, for way back in those days an assembly hall was unheard of. Oh well, at any rate we were of some importance, as we amused the upper UW? 5 In A INETEEN hundred and four will go down in history as an unusual 52 f f classm en . After Mr. Albee and Miss Carter finished juggling us about fI'01ll one section to another, we settled down to gain some high school knowledge. How we lived i11 mortal fear of those haughty, learned CU Seniors! Most of us resolved that we would be more compassionate toward all the little scrubs to come, and we hope that the rest of the high school will testify that we have lived up to our resolution, for the Freshies donlt appear to have the least fear. On we toiled, learning wonderful things about ancie11t Greece and Rome, and dipping so deeply i11to Latin classics that we could say, All Gaul is divided into three partsfl Finally commencement time came, and to those of us who remained, it meant three more years. The following August we returned to school as Sophomores, not all, for a great many had left us, finding high school life too strenuous, while others agreed to spend another year in the Freshman class to help boost them along, so We found that room three comfortably contained the learned of the class of naught eight. Since we had become Sophomores, we thought that class organization would add to our dignity, so we held a class election. Henry Stern was elected president and Clara Waldner was chosen as secretary and treasurer. Q' N QED me-S ., yd ff lf X . Being real high school students, we began to take life a little easier. ,5 pw f Some, we fear, took it a little too easy, for the Junior room looked lonesome the ,F ff next term. X e Lf' We were anxious to return, for we were upper classmen and that 1ll6Z1l1t added dignity and learning. Again Henry Stern was chosen class president. Martha Spencer was ff , . . - . ,P f elected vice-president and Leta Bolton performed the duties of secretary and iw 1 . . . Ref .,. .1 treasurer. Since the student body possessed an executive CO1lllll1ttCC, we'sent Xgf' John Bridgeford as our representative. x'J Now that we were juniors, Mr. Albee thought us old enough and capable enough to be initiated into tl1e mysteries of the chemistry lab. Down we went, one and all, a11d Mr. Albee will testify that we were the best CPD class he ever instructed in tl1e mystical art of chemistry. At any rate, we will give l1i1n . . , fff credit for belllg a second Sherlock Holmes every time any hard glass test tubes um? a xx sf PAGE TWENTY-NINE f A k Qs ' r Q jf Ae as tzf N 'obo ,OU tl! , 0 G 99 o Y ,L o f o 6 0 a o U o ,to no o A 0 , O 0 O 0 ' , .. fair' 5 ,ff -v -A - eff as A w 1,0,f', .', if A-L4 9 P9009 0 4,1 i fi? as X31 T24 1 0 O oo . ' YQ? X - -- Q - 11-.Qi B A ,. ci,

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He made a step as if to follow but she had already mingled with the crowd. VVeeks went by, but not a glance did Max receive from this haughty young lady. Phil had walked home from school with her and had taken her to the last party. Secretly in her own heart she missed Max, missed the evenings H he used to help her with Latin and history, and the piles of news he always brought. He's having too good a time with Agnes, she thought to herself, to miss me, so l'll just let him patch this fuss up himself. One Saturday afternoon, Max mounted his horse and galloped off down a country road just to be alone and think over the happenings of the last few weeks. Suddenly he leaned forward in his saddle and peered through the distance. Who could that be, running like that! He urged his horse into a run, and as he came closer, he saw it was Glen. When she heard someone come up behind her she turned and panted between breaths, HHurry and catch my horse. He's run away! Max dashed after him and brought him back in about half an hour. I don't know how I can ever repay you, she said, mounting as he held the stirrup. I do,l' he pleaded, half hesitating. USO do If' she called back saucily, as she dashed away. HBy ginger, I'll catch her yetf' he said, spurring his horse into the fastest speed, Hand she'll have to take this frat pin back.'l Los gf f , as f- . as, 2 fifkn, ' is-. 'Q 3 'fuaff'v!?fQfwe 1 'V PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT

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disappeared. And such patriots! Every day for months we sent up red and green flames, offerings to our school colors. We longed for a wash-tub or some- thing as large, for sand bath pans had really become too small for our high school patriotism. Some of our most noted chemists manufactured gunpowder while others attempted the gentle art of making Hparlor matches. We can vouch for the success of the former, but we still have our doubts in regard to the latter. Christmas holidays were drawing near and in accordance with a time honored custom, we had a Christmas tree in the lab. Oh, what lovely presents we got! Our very pleasant chemistry course was concluded at the end of the term by a Hfeed in the lab. The faculty were our guests, Mr. Albee being toast-master. Early in the summer we set about the hard task of choosing a class pin and class colors. After much trouble and a little Uscrappingf' we chose green and gold, and a class pin in the form of a shield. It was now time that we follow in the footsteps of the most ancient classes of the E. H. S. and give a dance to the Seniors. Some of the most artistic of our class did the hand-painted programs, while the rest of us 'igot busyn and decorated the hall. ' Commencement night the girls of naught eight were the flower girls for the class of naught seven. Last August we'returned to the E. H. S. as Seniors and the old school was dearer to us than ever. We found that we could not run the class without Henry Stern, so he was elected president for the third time. Pauline Naileigh was chosen vice-president and Leta Bolto11 secretary-treasurer, while Norris Ferguson represented naught eight on the executive committee. The fall term flew by and the Christmas holidays were at hand. It was during this vacation that we gave to the Alumni of the E. H. S. the last dance of the class of '08, Soon after, we returned, our names posted, and we realized that but twenty-one of the three rooms full of students who first entered in ,O4 had escaped Mr. Albee's 'fish net, but, Class of '09, we have been kind to you and left you a number of our classmen to swell your ranks. Announcements and programs have been decided upon and by the twenty-ninth of May only the memory of the class of naught eight will remain, and we will start on our long journey down the road marked alumni, Our high school days will be gone but not forgotten. LEANORA BLACK, '08. PAGE THIRTY