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

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—. ‘ f Tea. ated {0 and La yes. om, ts it dirtier, alloys ts nly tay be cast tly {I ade | 0 kuoy rork 0 site kee af, ho fet, an east kept lst r hie gots of things ‘itera at to spre {d be out ¢ for the cnowletse Hor wich {td cos HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. 19) How Girls Study. 2. ID YOU EVER see some of the High 4 School girls get together to study? Je 1 have, and it generally goes like this: Julius Caesar was born 100 B. C., and his trag- edy was written by Shakespeare in 1600. In 1600 Shakespeare wrote the tragedy of What did you say, Ila? You had rather see the hair wavy than straight? Yes, so had I. Itis so much more stylish, and then it looks pretty, too; but how do you like——? O! dear, I can never learn this lesson ! Let me see; who stabbed Czesar? Casca stabbed Ceesar. Brutus, Casca, Casi us and the conspirators were—— Were what? Were against Ceesar. Well, I don’t care if they were; it does not make any difference to me. Now see here, Mollie, is there anything about my looks that you don’t like? No? Let’s get this English. I think we have studied enough. We can study the Latin now. What is the lesson for to-morrow? O yes! about the model sentences. Let us translate the first sentence. Hic puer est piger. That boy is——What did you say, Etta? That you do not like long dresses ? Well, did we translate that sentence? Why no, here is the sentence. The boy is——what? lazy ? I do not care if he islazy, and I do hate Latin. What is the use of learning it when yon will forget it again? O, there goes the bell ! And they go tell the teacher how awfully hard they have studied. OG Wea Oil Speakers. S AN evidence of the interest shown in our o High School by the citizens of our town, ak we will give short notice to each of the : “speakers who so kindly entertained us on various occasions. The first speaker we had the pleasure of listen- ing to, on January 20th, was Mr. Larew. His subject was the ‘‘Heart’’ discussed in a very interesting and practical manner. On January 27 Dr. Finley gave us a good lec- ture on the ‘‘Development of Character.’”’ ‘The subject readily suggests the excellent ideas brought forth for our good. On March 10 Judge Conley spoke to us in his usual eloquent manner on the ‘‘Constitution.”’ He told us of the many great and good men who took part in the framing of this Constitution. Friday, April 7, we listened to a very interest- ing address on ‘‘International Law’’ by Mr. Hargrove. The manner in which he handled this subject, showed he had spent some time and study in preparing this excellent paper. Mrs. Dr. Butin spoke to us on April 14. Her subject was a ‘‘Description of the Garden of the Gods,’’ which she had visited in Colorado. Mrs. Butin had specimens and pictures with which to illustrate her talk. She gave a descrip- tion of the place where Helen Hunt Jackson wrote, and the place where she was buried on Pike’s Peak. Much enjoyment as well as information has been afforded to the pupils of this school by these addresses. The subjects of the speakers could not fail to interest us as they were subjects either in line with the speaker’s profession or travels and personal incidents. In conclusion we wish to thank all who have thus helped our Friday afternoons to pass away so pleasantly. Kear eB eoo: Answer. Why a young lady absently accosts her teacher as Mr. President ? Why the Juniors when they gaze on their Latin lesson say, ‘‘Great Ceesar?’’ How a bright boy of the High School exists with his patella in his throat and his sternum in his back ? Why a Professor thought one of the Middlers read like Tennyson’s ‘‘babbling brooks ”’ ? If the pupils spent a pleasant day when our Principal was absent ? How a High School girl can move a shed in a buggy?

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. of the sessions and delivered an interesting ad- dress on the teaching of history. The Club has succeeded in securing several of the prominent lecturers in the State. Professor Bernard Moses of the State University delivered a lecture on the subject of ‘‘Life and Art in Japan.’ A great number of stereopticon views illustrated in a delightful manner the places spoken of in the address. The lecture proved highly entertaining. Professor W. D. Armes, also of Berkeley, en- tertained the Madera people with a very instruct- ive lecture on the ‘‘Study of Literature.”’ An endeavor was made to procure Dr. David Starr Jordan of Stanford University, but it was impossible for him to visit the San Joaquin Valley this spring. The Club has now disbanded until after the summer vacation. So far it has been very successful and has carried out its main purposes with satisfactory results. GE. Ne. 00, é Exchanges. GOOD many exchanges have been received if ah since the publication of the first ANNUAL, a © some by the pupils individually, and others @ by the business managers, but however ob- tained they have given great pleasure and have served as an introduction to other High Schools. It is a most pleasant and profitable way of promoting that feeling of interest and good fel- lowship existing between High Schools. We propose to be more liberal with our next ANNUAL and hope to hear from many other schools in the future. The Tyro from San Bernardino is a very enter- taining paper. Its witty selections are especially good. The San Jose High School Bell is an excellent specimen of what a High School paper ought to be. The Alameda Bee is a neat little paper with a generous exchange column. The Normal Pennant from San Jose was a welcome visitor to our High School. Many in- teresting items were found under a very pretty cover. The Tulare Argus of December, ’98, seems to fix its biggest eye on foot ball proceedings. Does it always look in that direction ? The December number of the Guard and Tackle from Stockton contains many interesting stories. We would be pleased to hear from them again. The Tocsin from Santa Clara is a very amus- ing paper whose articles are well written and well arranged. The October Owl from Fresno is also on the Editor’s desk. Each different department has an editor who is evidently ‘‘up-to-date.’’ The San Rafael Searchlight is an attractive paper, prettily illustrated. After reading the San Francisco Girls High School Journal, who can doubt the ability of girls in the editorial line? The Janus of Hanford is undoubtedly a suc- cess. Like our ANNUAL of last year, its first copies were ‘‘heavy,’’ but business first and fun will follow. The ANNUAL wishes the Janus the best of success in its youthful career. ode — Our Timber Product. .YHAT nature has richly endowed Madera aU County in forest product all lumber men readily attest. In view of this fact some twenty years ago the longest V-flume ever constructed in the world was commenced by the California Lumber Company and was completed by the Madera Flume Trading Company. The termini of this flume is the Soquel Mills and the city of Madera—a distance of sixty-five miles. By means of this flume in former years an average of sixteen or seventeen million feet has been transported yearly from the mountain saw mills to the planing mills at Madera. It is probable, however, that even this enor- mous output will be surpassed in the years now succeeding. For a company of Michigan and Madera lumber men has been organized under the name of the Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company, into whose ownership has come three hundred million feet of fir, sugar and yellow pine. At the rate of fifteen million feet per annum it will require twenty years for the com- pany to exhaust its present supply. upon HE to dram mill a qo cutting oP Theirs 1B a Ther other ¢ The eM, 4. SP County those 0 b spoken 4 produc WP aarket The Compe busines : i of this utmost PP busines 1} oneol | establi 1s harp he br ee busin VE tis 5

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8 HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. Craig Cunningham, La Roy Kendall and Sophie Walters (’98), who, owing to illness, could not graduate with the former class and joined the class of Ninety-nine. During the last month, many class meetings were held for the purpose of selecting the class colors and motto. As we were the first class graduating under the new High School colors, we decided to adopt them instead of going to the additional trouble of selecting others. But the choice of a motto was. not arrived at so soon, and after a long delay this motto was chosen: ‘We hope, we aspire, we resolve, we trust.”’ The last year of our High School was a memorable one, and we hope that all may look back to those three years in High School as treasure stores of sweet comfort and pleasure in after years. 18, J3, IDs OG) Leaf From a Junior Boy’s Diary. ay -S THAT the five o’clock whistle? It 4 4| must be an hour earlier this morning. AN ¢ I must get up or be late for school.” Finding my chores fewer than they generally are, I arrived at school earlier than usual. We opened our day’s labor with English; read a few selections from the ‘‘Classic Myths.” Hexameter translations hard to understand. Recess. Passed the time in playing tennis. ‘The game was unusually exciting. After recess Latin and Algebra were the order of the hour. Lessons better than usual. Then the welcome tidings came, ‘‘Clear your desks.”’ School dis- missed for noon. Ate out of doors to-day; had no coffee as the day was too warm. One o’clock school was called. Physical Geography recited. Lesson to-day on Meters. Interesting study; period passed quickly. Recess; played baseball. 2:45 P. M., Botany; found a new name for the tea plant—‘‘Skunk Weed.’’ 3:30, school dis- missed half an hour earlier. The walk home was interesting—discussed the next question for debate—‘‘Resolved, That the United States should share in the spoils with China.” Wig IR. Ci, “Ont Why We Should Study English. OLERIDGE tells us of four kinds of read- ers. ‘The first class may be compared to ) an hour glass; their being as the sand, it runs in and runs out and leaves not a ves- tige behind. A second class resemble the sponge, which imbibes everything, and returns it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtier. A third class is like the jelly-bag which allows all that is pure to pass away and retains only the refuse and dregs. ‘The fourth class may be compared to the slave of Golconda, who, casting aside all that is worthless, preserves only the pure gems.’’ ‘To be of the last class of readers is why we study literature. To be able to know and understand all that is good in any work one needs to carefully note the environments of the author, the epoch in which he lived, his own natural tendencies and the relation which his works have to each other, ‘This is only done by reading accurately and sympathetically. Prob- ing into the motives, feelings and objects of any work does not deprive us of any of the pleasures in reading. For an illustration take the botanist whose knowledge concerning plants and flowers deprive him of none of the joy in beholding the beauty of nature’s gardens. A new division of a leaf, an added stamen, or any varied hue in a dainty flower, the opening of a bud, the sprouting of a seed and the putting forth of a branch, give to him through his practiced eye, the keenest pleasure. He lies close to nature’s heart, ‘‘who ne’er did betray the heart that loved her,’’ and in studying her, she reveals to him, in a measure, those secrets which for ages have been kept close within her bosom. This joy is of the deepest kind, for he goes beyond the mere external appearance of things, and lays hold in a certain way of the individuality that lies behind them. Our study of literature should bring us to the same end. Not to note the mere external artistic beauty of expression and rythmical flow of language should be our aim, but to search deeper and wider for the thoughts and feelings, and for the real knowledge of the genius and character of the author which lies behind his works. We must come into close