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

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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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HiG ki SS CHoOor ANNUAL. ness of the High School. You will be alone; you will not have the companionship of your fellow students. There are the best young people of our land in our High Schools, and these help mold the characters of one another. At home, you will not have the laboratories in which to test statements made by scientists, and where you may ascertain for yourself the knowledge of certain truths. You will not have access to the library, and consequently will not have a chance to read the views taken by great men of allages. ‘The companionship of your fellow-students, the laboratories, and libraries, all form more than half of your education. David Starr Jordan says that, ‘‘each of us owes much to the college, its libraries, its lab- oratories, its professors, but something of the power of each, as teacher or as student, has been given by each to the others.”’ ‘The educated man has the courage of his convictions,’’ and is able to stand by those con- victions. He does not join a party or a church just because his father and mother belonged to it, but he sees things as they really are, and helps others to see them thus. Again we quote Mr. Jordan: “I said just now that you cannot put a $2000 education on a $50 boy. This has been tried again and again. Itis tried in every college. It fails almost every time. What of it? It does not hurt to try. A few hundred dollars is not much to spend on such an experiment. But what shall we say of a man who puts a $ .50 education on a $20,000 boy, and narrows and cramps him throughout his after life? And just this is what ten thousand parents in Cali- fornia to-day are doing for their sons and daughters. ‘Twenty years hence, ten thousand men and women will blame them for their shortness of sight and narrowness of judgment in weighing a few paltry dollars, soon earned, soon lost, against the power which comes from mental training.’’ ‘‘For a man to have died, who might have been wise and was not, this,’’ says Carlyle, “this I call a tragedy.”’ The objection is made by some that educa- tion unfits children for work. ‘This is a mis- take. Education is not a scheme to enable men to live without work, but to enable men to live to advantage—to make every stroke count. Some see no advantage in an education be- yond a grammar school. Many of these with- out requisite training enter the professions. Hence we have such crowds at the bottom of the ladder of every profession. Few there are who are qualified to take high positions. A proper education will make you one of those few. It will give you influence among a class of men whom you could not otherwise reach at all. The more you are educated the more your individuality shines forth. It is strengthened by reading the thoughts and deeds of great men of all ages and climes. Education strengthens us in mind and character. It teaches us to find for ourselves some of the great truths of nature. The educated man is better able to help his fellow man, and, ‘‘know- ing whither he is going,’’ he is able to show others the way. Of him, as of Goldsmith’s ‘ Villiage Preacher,’’ may be said: ‘‘And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.”’ IML, JB, “We, OO. ee = Wild and Cultivated Flowers uf Madera County. ae “Springing in valleys, green and low, And on mountains high, And in silent wilderness, Where no man passeth by ; Our outward life requires them not, Then wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth.’’ There was no particular reason why the earth at the time of Adam should be literally strewn with blossoms. ‘They were of no par- shi og

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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