King City Joint Union High School - Mustang Yearbook (King City, CA)

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Ways, possible. Many interested students have come forward with energy and enthusiasm, under the direction of Mrs. Williams, and furnished the material for our paper this year. The editor chosen for the year was Marion Mansfield. Under his manage- ment our paper was re-organized and improved. With our new editorial room, he was able to assign certain hours to the various staff members and so a definite period of journalistic work was obtained. This has caused a steady improvement in material and time efficiency. The editorial column was especially good this past year. The topics were various, covering the five purposes of the editorial: to inform, to inter- pret, to convince, to persuade, and to entertain. Two of our editorials- Chewing Gum, and Keeping to the Right were re-printed by Eastern papers and given very favorable comment. The King Hi-Ways is very attractive and easily read. This is due to its conserative and symmetrical make-up, done by our print shop. It is a booster for school activities and holds to its policy to print all the news 'Lhat's fit to print. Come, Desert Wind All day I wandered o'er the desert sand, There struggling 'gainst the thirst and heat and sun. The desert sent'nals quiet waiting stand, And they will guard me when my journey's done. Colne, desert wind, Colne with your with'ring breath I welcome you altho' you mock my standg Come, desert wind, with your message, death, And hide my form beneath a shroud of sand. fr i X Q WK x N x it-':'X5 . X X Q , i sax

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THE STAFF A THE KING HI-WA YS A Newspaper Published Bi-Monthly by The Student Body of the King City Union High School King City, California 1927-1928 Editor ................... Associate Editor . Assistant Editor Business Manager Marion Mansfield ,,....,........Inez Metzler ........Elma Chambers ....,...Virg-il Campbell Mailing Dep't .,,,,,,,,. .,,......,,........, A lma Jean Knowles Exchange ,,.,,.,.,,.,,.,..,. ...... G ladys Rood, Vesta Newman Faculty Adviser ..... ..,......,............,..,... M rs. Williams Printer ...,...,........... ........,....,......... G eorge Sargenti Society ................... .....,. B ernadeen Dickey Girls? Athletics .... Boys' Athletics ..... Jokes ...,......,..........,.........,.....,.....,.....,............,...,.............,........ .........,Ada Chambers .........Philip Collins .....,...Leonor Hickey Privilege-yes, it has been a privilege to attend our school in its glory, spirit and enthusiasm, and to take part in its athletics, dramatics, and journalism. Citizenship in our school community is a privilege involving' responsibility and obligation, and the fulfilling of duties and obligations on the part of the faculty and students has made this publication, the King Hi-

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S. ,1 , .ff-,,,f',g .r- .12- X. s 4 BEST EDITORIALS FROM KING HI-WA YS A TTEND T0 rome WEAK SPOTS You probably know the story of the Greek warrior Achilles whose mother sought to keep his body immune to wounds by dipping him, when a boy, into the River Styx. She succeeded except for one of his heels by which she held him. So this heel became his weak spot, and his death came from a poisoned arrow which struck him in the tiny vulnerable place. You can learn a lesson from Achilles which should result in your endeavor to do away with your weak spot in your school work. Report cards are out and they effectively tell your weaknesses. At least, you can put up a strong fight against them. lt is perfectly natural for you to find pleasure in doing the thing that is easiest. But good study demands that you seek out your difficulties and spend time trying to co1'rect them. If you find that your attempt to do easy Spanish translation is hampered by your weakness in the vocabulary, you should immediately begin to learn the various words. You are now old enough to begin to diagnose your own weaknesses. You will discover them long before your teacher does. In fact, you often try to cnceal them from her. But you cannot conceal them from yourself. There is just one way to keep them in perfect darkness and that is to d1'ill yourself until they gradually fade away. -MARION MANSFIELD, '28 HPOSSIBILITIES IN AGRICULTURE If you decide to go into agriculture, you will be joining a great voca- tional army, for one third of all the people in this country live on farms. The farmer to-day enjoys a much better position than he used to. The popular notion of the farmer as a hayseed has changed. He now dresses in the same style as his city friends, goes to the city frequently in his auto- mobile, keeps in daily touch with the world through the newspaper and radio, and above all, is applying the teachings of science to his daily tasks. He is interested in public affairs and in scientific progressg both touch his life very closely. The farmer is no longer a be-whiskered back-number. The agriculture courses offered in high school will be of value to you if you are interested in this vocation. Some high schools have a four-year course in this subject, which is a great opportunity for thorough training. There are, too, boys' and girls' agriculture clubs in almost every community, which set up practical High school graduation further training at an to you. Farming calls for labor, but the days of hard, grinding toil are disappearing. Continued im- provements in farm machinery have greatly lessened the amount of human labor needed. A man may be a farmer and yet not be so ground down by toil that he cares nothing about anything intellectual. There are hours on the farm as elsewhere. The general farmer with his different kinds of crops is safer against a disasterous year, yet in this age of specialization, many young men will prefer to center their progress on some particular type of farming. Life on the modern farm is wholesome. -ELMA CHAMBERS, '28 projects to be carried on during summer vacation. is essential but if you are going into agriculture a agriculture college is needed really to be of value a fairly strong physique and for a willingness to