Grants Pass High School - Toka Yearbook (Grants Pass, OR)

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LONGINGS Did you ever have a longing For a place out in the wild. Where a mountain stream went rushing Just as carefree as a child? Where the winter thrush kept singing In his sad but soothing tone. And the buzzards, too, a-winging To find some unpicked bone? You can see a trail a-going Up through the mountain peaks; You can feel your lungs a-growing When the cool air fans your cheeks. It seems that you'd have to be true To live in this “Land of Dreams' ; You'd have to live as the wild things do And be straight as the bright sun’s beams. Some time to me a day will come When I shall find my shack; And with my dog, my horse and my gun I’ll forget ever to come back. Buster O. Russell Cjuafori —12—

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SENIOR HISTORY Four years ago. L. O. Hepp, principal and head prospector, found an outcrop of gold; eighty-one Freshmen had entered high school. The class chose as the officers: Cecil Harmon, president; Claude Loughridge. vice-president; Loren Tuttle, treasurer; Florence Matney, secretary; Glen Cole, sergeant-at-arms; and Miss Peat, supervisor. The next year Mr. Hepp, using the outcrop as a lead, uncovered a ledge of gold that extended far back into the earth. The affairs of the class were carried on by Cecil Harmon, president; Doris Patrick, vice-president; Helen Spalding, treasurer; Ida Wertz, secretary; Claude Loughridge, student body representative, and Miss Landon, adviser. At the end of the second year Mr. Hepp sold out to Mr. Wardrip. The new foreman started work immediately and by the end of the year the amalgam was ready to be refined. The amalgam’s most responsible persons were Lloyd Schmidt, president, Helen Spalding, vice-president; Lillian kosberry. secretary; Eugene Hill, treasurer; Elizabeth Coover, representative to student council. 1 he work of supervising the extracting of value from the ore again fell to Miss Landon. 1 his year they furnished the Thanksgiving program and faithfully observed Junior Flunk Day. 1 hey also gave the Seniors the Annual Barbecue. The class was very successful this year, for it won the Scroll subscription contest of the first semester and the debate cup. It had two members on the school debate team and three members on the basketball team. Perhaps this year may be termed as the stage of refining of the ore. For this is the year when we actually discover the amount of pure gold that can be extracted from the amalgam. As assistants in obtaining the greatest value from the gold the Seniors chose as their officers Cecil Harmon, president; Vernon Trimble, vice-president; Leo Bunch, secretary; Eugene Hill, treasurer; Claude Gotschall, representative to student body council; and Vera Humphrey, adviser. A Senior council consisting of Carl Metzen, Ida Wertz, Claude Gotschall, Red Kellow, Cecil Harmon. Helen Spalding, Leo Bunch and Eugene Hill was organized to dispense with innumerable class meetings. The fact that the class won the Scroll pennant both semesters, the Toka pennant and the Stunt Nite pennant is an illustration of school and class spirit. The seniors successfully gave the Senior reception, put on the Christmas program and presented Kempy.” The ore has gone through the stamp mill, the quicksilver and impurities have been removed, the gold is ready to be sent to the various parts of the earth where it is most needed. How malleable, how ductile, but above all, how useful. —14—