Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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} Ao eT 4 HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. is best known and best loved both for its beauty and usefulness. It is represented in our foothill streams by a pink wild rose which often hangs on vines that reach to the top of tall trees. It is strange for us to think most of our fruits and berries are sisters of the lovely rose, and stranger still to think that all the many tinted sweet roses of our gardens have come from simple blossoms like our wild rose; cul- tivation having changed the stamens of the wild blossoms into the many petals of the garden beauty. Beautiful indeed are all our blossoms— whether of home gardens or wild fields. Let not a single one of us be any of those “who trample a flower to dust without think- ing that they have one of the sweetest thoughts of God under their feet.”’ “Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears To me the meanest flower that blows cau give; Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.”’ ING DOO: Shakespeare Applied. ae “Some to the wars to try their fortune there; Some to discover islands far away; Some to the studious universities.”’ “T know by you Iam a sweet faced youth.’’ —Frank Cook. “ere’s flowers for you; you are very wel- come.’’—Mayme Saunders. “O, wise young judge!’’—La Roy Kendall. “For thou art pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous.’’—Kate Bailey. ‘Who is here so base that would not be a volunteer ?’’—Dow Ransom. “Who is here so vile that does not love his country ?’’—Philip Carey. “Is she not passing fair?’’—Louise Mordecai. “JT perceive you delight not in music.””— Will Clark. ‘‘When shall we three meet again ? Parting is such sweet sorrow.”’ -—The Seniors. “T think the boy hath grace in him; he blushes’’—Craig Cunningham. “We will talk no more of this matter.” “Remember the Maine.” = The ‘Neath the waves of the rolling waters, Where the reefs of coral are built, Lie the sons of American veterans, For their country their life blood was spilt, IM, As they sailed away from their cowntry, This ‘land of the free and the brave,” No knowledge had they of their danger, No thought had they of the grave. EEE All calmly at anchor they rested, Asthe moonbeams gave light o'er the bay; Ere midnight in God’s roll they were listed, Awaiting the judgment day. LV. Like a death knell the news was cabled, It reached every home in our land; Immediately brave hearts responded, And swore by their comrades they’d stand. VY. At once grave minds began pondering, They settled the crime wpon Spain, And now all America’s ringing With the cry, “Remember the Maine!” VI. The nation is now up and doing, Avenging the wrongs we received. Her armies and navies are moving O’er the eastern and western seas. WAT Already in the far East Indies Our boys are in brilliant array. We've heard of their brave deeds of valor— Of Dewey's most glorious day. WALI, Before many swns have passed o'er us, In the Indies both east and west, We'll show to the treacherows Spaniards That of all nations ours is the best. Wl, tl, ilo, “OY

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ime of then fed man ant ts ll dey, the wa . Tue if Mat hy the se tery © of 10 Pr to thes | HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. ticular use, there being only one person to enjoy them, but the blossoms gladdened his heart. And as we watch the flowers on the plains of our county flourish, we realize, as did Adam, that a watchful eye cares for them. Like a mother tucking in her babe in the cradle at night, so carefully and silently was the opened earth closed and gently pressed around the little plants. Every leaf seems to have a distinct pattern; each flower has its own shade and shape ; no two are the same; each has a distinct concep- tion. Flowers are the daintiest bits of God’s handiwork. Longfellow has called the flowers ‘The stars of earth’s firmament.’’ (God has written many aud wonderful truths in the stars that shine above us, but not less in the flowers beneath our feet is there a revelation of His love. Flowers grow about us everywhere; some to tell us Spring is here, others, their petals filled with dew, stand like Ruth, amid the corn. California has been said to be the paradise of wild flowers, though poets have not yet written of blossoms of this new land as they have of the primroses and daisies of the old world. From March to May the valley and foot- hills of our county are gay with wild blossoms. In the higher regions the flowers come later, after the snows have gone. The wild flowers of California and espe- cially of the San Joaquin Valley, seem to de- light in massing themselves in great patches of color, especially in yellow and purple, so that in flower time, the country looks like a great crazy quilt. There is not one place in the State where lilies are not found. The daintiest lily in our county is the Mari- posa, sometimes called the butterfly tulip. “Tike a bubble borne in air, Floats the shy Mariposa bell.”’ This flower is found in purple white or pale gold. The base of each of three petals is marked in soft shaded colorings or velvety spots and stripes, being guides in these as in other flowers to show insect visitors the way to the flowers’ nectar stores. The joy and pride of every Californian is the brilliant flame-colored poppy, the chosen State flower. Botanists call it Eschscholtzia, but many of the early Spaniards gave it a much more heautiful name of Capo-de-Oro or Cup of Gold. ‘ Thy satin vesture richer is than looms Of Orient weave for raiment of her kings; Not dyes of olden Tyre, not precious things Regathered from her long forgotten tombs Of buried empires, not iris plumes That wave upon the tropics myriad wings, Not all proud Sheba’s queenly offerings Could catch the golden marvel of thy blooms. For thou art nurtured from the treasury stores Of this fair land, thy golden rootlets sup Her sands of gold—of gold thy petals spun ; Her golden glory, thou! on hills and plains, Lifting, exultant, every kingly cup, Brimmed with golden vintage of the sun.’’ The abundance and brilliancy of the poppy in early days was so great that fields of these gorgeous flowers seen on mountain-sides by passing ships gave to certain regions the name of ‘‘Land of Fire.’’ The pretty little cream-cups belong to the poppy family as do many other species with long golden threads of stamens in their satiny cups. To the great family of sunflowers belong the marigolds, daisies and the beautiful chrysanthemums of our gardens and you can always know any member by the many flowers packed closely together on one head. The mustard, the tramp of the plains, belongs to the domestic family of which the cabbage, turnip and radish are members. It is now found in both city and country, crowd- ing out more worthy plants. It has some old- fashioned relations also in the wallflower and candy-tuft of our gardens. We have noticed that each blossom has four petals spreading out somewhat in the form of a cross. Of all the flowering plants the rose family

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1 HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. 5 High School Annual —— — PUB LS ELE D) Baas The Madera High School. Cora Kessler Alice Stockton Philip Carey Dow Ransome Editor, - - - = Assistant Editor, - - Business Manager - cS Assistant Manager, - PRICE, 5 CENTS. MADERA, CAL, JUNE 20 , 1808. Upon the issue of a new publication it is usual to mention that ‘‘this paper is issued to fill a longfelt-want;’’ in the presentinstance, how- ever, we were possessed by an idea—strange to relate-—that if we bent our energies, earnestly and courageously, upon the object to publish a paper for the first time in our High School annals, we might succeed in presenting to an intelligent public an edition worthy of its no- tice, and interesting to such a degree as to elicit this appreciation of our effort. In this lit- tle volume we thought it best to give an idea of our High School work, methods and course of study; a few timely articles on subjects of interest. Some space is given to the resources of our own county, such as perhaps few per- sons have given any consideration, together with some incidents which occur in the happi- est days of every youth and maid. Interest- ing articles were also obtained from several of the Alumni. The editors and business managers wish to express their sincere thanks for the hearty re- sponses, and generous co-operation granted to almost all requests made. The new undertak- ing was no light experience, but we did the best we could, and to our successors, we would if possible gladly bequeath the benefits of our anxious toil; but, as it is, we wish them the best of success in the next edition of the AN- NUAL. SS TE pleasant month of June will witness probably two great events—the close of the war and the graduation of the Seniors. ‘The meek and merry Middlers have already assumed a more serious air, such as befits the Seniors of next year, and the Juniors are assuming more importance because they will soon be in the Middle class. ‘‘So goes the round around.”’ The joys and tribulations of the Seniors are all over; no more will they beg for examinations; never again will they long for the sight of another professor; no more delightful uncer- tainty of life in the laboratories. And they know that any visitor in the future, stepping there with face toward the sun, will stop seldom to pluck sunflowers, or ask their names. Alas, how soon all graduates sink into innocuous desuetude! But should anyone hereafter in- quire about them, he may see their names scattered occasionally through the pages of this short and simple annual of our school. And thus, farewell; a long farewell to all their greatness. oo Our Debating Society. ar aver since the High School opened it has been customary for the pupils to annually organize a debating society and maintain it through the school term. So the present pupils decided to continue the custom that they might profit as those before them have done. Accord- ingly the society was organized at the beginning of the present year. The first step that was taken in organizing the society was to adopt a suitable constitution, which was drafted by three members of the society. It was styled the Madera High School Debating Society. The objects of the society are many, but those from which the greatest benefits are derived are: To become better acquainted with parliamentary law; to acquire a readiness to express our ideas; to have a strict control of self by abiding by the decisions based on parliamentary law, and to lose that embarrass- ment which attends amateur speakers. Only a few rules and provisions for the government of the society were put in the constitution as it