Leilehua High School - Ka Leilehua Yearbook (Wahiawa, HI)

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Ssa HONORABLE MENTION Grace Mikami MY F:IRST EXPERIENCE AT SEA Splash! went the huge rope into the water, and I, for the first time, left the only world I knew-Oahu. Leaving the dock, I was in a new world-my first experience on a steamer. I stood on the deck, viewing Honolulu from the sea and for the flrst time appreciated the beauty of the island. Looking below I saw the roaring waters angered by the spinning propeller. People crowded the deck while the island grew smaller and smaller. It was like belng in a cradle with the exception that it rocked up and. down. The rocking of the boat is the worst ex- perience, people had told me, but it was thrilling to me. When it went up, I felt like going to heaven, and going down seemed like dlvlng. It was dark and very chilly when we neared Molokai. I wrapped myself in a coat and was still on the deck viewing a faint shadow of the island. By this time the fear of my trlp began to overtake me. The continuous repeating of the rocking of the ship got mono- tonous and turned out to be an unpleasant thing. Seasick, that was the result! I was puzzled to see some girls clinging to a lemon, It's a remedy for seasickness. they said. Thlnklng that I must do something quick, I asked for a piece and received a bit of the skin. I held it to my nose, my other hand clutching the rail tightly to keep me from falling. It was near midnight, the cool night alr lashed my face. Far in the dlstance, a faint speck of light was visible. It's Lahaina, said someone. The night was silent except for the heavy nolse of the engine. The ups and downs of the boat seem to have a strange affect on my body: ln other words, I felt like feeding the sharks. Though I struggled around for the plece of lemon, lt was no where in sight, for I must have dropped it. Not desiring to feed the sharks, I stumbled over to a crowded bench and curled myself between a little boy and a man. The boy seemed surprised and made an unpleasant expression. People looked at me with sympathetic eyes, for, I believe, I made the most sickly face. I closed my eyes and tried to forget that I was on a boat. Are you feeling sick? someone said. To my surprise I found a young man with some orange skin in his hand. Inhale the juice of the skin when I squeeze it, said he, lt will do you good. He squeezed the skin in my race, but it not only got into my nose, but also into my eyes, and did it hurt. It seemed quite funny to be crying, but I couldn't have helped lt. He then advised me to rest. Appreclatlng his kindness, I went below. For some time I was awake thinking that I'd never ride a steamer again.

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Essay FIRST PRIZE l Yoshie Ajifu CURIOSITY Curiosity kills the cat How often we have heard this age-old maxim employed as an admonition by one who is annoyed by the lnquisltlve attitude of another. And yet, how much could the human race have accomplished without this sometimes annoying characteristic? For instance, the many comforts that we enjoy in this modern age would not have been possible, had not the inventors been curious. It ls interest growing out of curiosity that brings progress. In school, as elsewhere, we can see the truth or this statement. Try watching the students during a discussion. People who stifle a yawn, and look completely bored are not likely to go very far ln that particular subject because they simply are not interested. On the other hand, those that seem alive to everything sald and done will do a great deal better than the others because they are interested: therefore they will put out more effort. In our daily lives, too, it is more exhilarating to associate with individuals who are alive with interest. They make you glad you are alive. Persons who are indifferent havle just the opposite effect on one's mind. By this, I do not mean that curiosity ls always appropriate. We all know the effect a gossip has on a person's state of mind. Excessive prying makes one feel like telling her that she would do well to attend to her own affairs. In curiosity, as ln anything else, there ls a definite limit. All one needs ls curlous ln- terest, mixed with a little lnltiatlve and a sense of balance, to enable him to enjoy himself and to make others more appreciative of his company.

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Class Wil We, the graduating students of the class of nineteen hundred and forty-one, belng of sound mind and body, do hereby declare this instrument to be our last wlll and testament: To Mrs. Rebecca McDonald, our adviser, we leave our wishes for the best of luck and sincere Aloha always. I, Kathleen Weyand, do wlll my love for dancing to Yasuko Uchlyama. I, Helen Terao, do wlll my social studies test papers to Mary Ann Choi. QP. S. If any mistakes are found, remember that no human being is perfectq We. Charlotte Hlromoto, Kay Kurosawa, Helen Ogawa, do will our secretarial ablllty to Bertha Lum and Faith Chun. We. Rose Hara and Malzie Kim, leave our skill in reading funnles during class periods to Ellen Kim. We, Willa Yue and Esther Shin, do bequeath our make up ability to Gladys Mizuno. We, Mlldred Iwatanl and Mlchlko Klkugawa, do will our studlous character to Mildred Loo. I. Caroline Swift, do will my romantic day dreams to Eppie Chung. I, Junet Odagirl, do will my magnetic influence with boys, to Birdie Tom. QAclvlce-Ask me for the solutlon.5 We, Beverly Covell and Stanley Rabut, do will our ability to come to class late to Betty Yoneda. I, Jean Aganselyo, do will my bookkeeping papers to Jimmie Healy. I, Florence Funakoshx, do leave my artistic knowledge to Iwao Furumizu. I, Phyllis Castillo, do bequeath my height to Evelyn Choi. QP.S. Solve the problem yourself.J I. Katherine Torres, do leave my rhythmic hula sklll to Betty Beers. QP.S. Start shak- ing-J . I, Evelyn Shljo, do bequeath my sewlng ablllty to Emily Kop. QPS. Careful don't prick your ilngersq ' I, Song Boon Kim, do bequreath my hair dressing ability to Dora Shljo. I, Hldeko Kunlshlge, do will my sklll to transcribe shorthand to Marcia Hayashi. I, Ayako Nakamura, do leave my bewitching personality to Elsie Wong. I, Ethel Yoshida. do will my outstanding mathematical ability to Angelina Joaquin. qP.S. Be patlentlj I, Blll Suglmoto, do will my skill as Sentlnel's Business Manager to Vlrglnla Kawahara. QBetter start brushing up on your mathematics, Virglnlaq I, Tom Suglmoto, do lnequeath my ability to dress becomlngly to Gordon Dowson. I, Edward Hum, do leave my glasses to Ted Goodrich. ' I. Stanley Kim, do will my tactics of out-talking anyone ln the social studies class to Ernest Khim. I, Aurea Qulseng, do leave my report cards to my sister, Magdalena. I, George Nlshlmura, do will my seriousness to Kee Ho Chun. QP.S. It will do you more good than harm.j I, John Peden, do will my reddish freckles to Laura Jo Bush. fP.S. Use freckle cream for a remedy.l I, Toshltaka Arakawa, do will my ability to tell Jokes to Tadato Tanaka. QP.S. Don't forget to get a patient listener, Takato.J I, Blll Irwin, do bequeath my ability to gain weight to Charles Sturgeon. I, Barney Klm, do bequeath my poetlc ability to Ted Jenkins. I. Richard Kunlhlsa, do leave my photographic skill to Richard Sun. I, Paul Ito, do will my llttle knowledge of architecture to Yoshlo Todanl. We, Masaharu Endo and Stanley Sakai. do leave our promising knowledge of business to Mildred Edge. I, Richard Nakagawa, do leave my energetic style of leading a band to Chester Johnson. We, Shlgeru and Kenneth Park, do bequeath our everlasting popularity among glrls to Timmy Au. - I. Kosel Shlmabukuro, do will my soprano voice to Ellen Oda. We, Katsujl Kahno and Klyoshl Adanlya, do will everything we have learned, except how to work ln the Post Exchange, to Tony Ventura. I, Chosel Oshiro, do bequeath my technique in managing sports to Gulstan Peopoe. I. Falth Chun, do leave my business management papers to Alice Cho. I. Paul Gima. do leave my laughing eyes to Koji Iwasa. I, Raymond Sakamonto, do bequeath my extraordinary sklll in penmanship to James Deacon. I, Kal Chun Wong, do will my aedltorshlp to Yvonne Weatherby. Last but not least, to the juniors and sophomores, the senior class wills this magnificent yearbook to use as a reference.