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

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4 HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. very large crops of wheat and barley are raised. The orchards and vineyards are mostly in the This branch of industry is vTA The will vicinity of Madera. not very extensive but is steadily growing. new system of irrigation, it is thought, greatly improve it. The Swiss-Italian winery, which has been built about five miles from Madera, makes the finest wine in the valley. ‘The S. P. has recently built a bratich line to this institution and business is flourishing. The new system of irrigation, when completed dam across the San by the construction of a Joaquin river which will have their planing mill and sash and door fac- It will be con- nected with the saw mill by a flume 65 miles in length. tory completed here in town. Sti tistics show this to be the longest lumber flume in the world. All these growing enterprises have brought numbers of new settlers to Madera, and inspired our citizens with confidence. The contract has been made for the erection of a granite courthouse in Madera at the cost of $60,000. This magnifi- cent building together y “ ’ -ur new jail, and new grammar school, will render this an attractive and beautiful little city. ‘The prospects of Madera are of the brightest and she divide the stream, will be one of the best in the state. This proposition can easily be carried through at a smallexpense to the county. Mining is also very ex- tensive, as the mountains in the eastern part of the county are rich in gold, sil- The majority of the gold mines J g ver and copper mines. are quartz, but there are numerous placer mines as well. Copper mining has recently been made more profitable by the erection of the largest copper smelter the Cali- Company. in the state by Copper all these mineral fornia Besides resources there is an inex- haustible granite quarry near the town of Raymond, and twenty-three miles from Madera. ‘his is one of the most stable enterprises in the valley. Two hundred and fifty men are constantly em- ployed and the best building granite and monu- ment marble in California is quarried here. No less important is the lumbering industry. The California Sugar Pine Company has recently erected the largest mill in the mountains, which is surrounded by vast stretches of the finest kind of timber. The district will afford enough lum- ber to supply this mill with 200,000 feet of solid timber per day. Ina.very few months they will MADERA GRAMMAR SCHOOL, is now entering upon an era of improvement and prosperity t. t can be ex- celled by no nty in the an Joaquin uuey. ob ‘There that keep: pir ce but generally th -,gest are many people want to piece. Sport: ‘How did the cock fight come out?’’ l rd got the ) ‘Brown's decision on a foul blow.’ “Or: heard of Miss B’s hair?’’ “No. What about it?” “Why, you’re slow ; it’s say, haven’t you all over town !”’ We note that the problem Ser- vant girl has wrought great reforms in the hire education of women. “Why can’t Mary catch her breath,” The querulous Junior cried, ‘ Because she loves......the lamb, you know, The Senior lad replied.’’ Freshman (Just elected president of the de- bating society, with Ida Bailey as vice president) : ‘Well, say,—er—er, do we both take the chair?”’ Mac (in Latin): Orgetorix to death with fire,’ “They were going to burn ’

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. The question is often asked, ‘‘What good will the High School studies bring to us if we are not to seek for more training?’’ By searching deeper and wider for the cause of things, and by study- ing that which require deeper thought, our mind Our powers are developed, and the knowledge which is continually being broadened. mental is imparted to us, enables us to distinguish from the good and the bad, and guide ourselves by the experience and philosophy of others. The two branches of study, Science and Litera- ture, have each different results in making our education. In the study of mathematics our mind is trained to form principles and facts. In thought is widened and Not only do we derive these advantages from having the study of Literatur the mind greatly cultivated and enlarged. a High School, but mental happiness and moral good is imparted to us. Knowledge increases ou” sense of moral obligations. A prosperous town must have a High School Outsiders judge a town by its educational advantages. A that it may further its own interests. community having good schools induces others to settle, thus increasing its population and at the same time doing a vast amount of good A town like Madera should be able to support a first- finaiucially as well as educationally. class High School, and there is no reason why it can not, while smaller districts can and do. ‘To have a good High School, furthermore re- quires the support of the district’s citizens and To good attendance a High School must be properly also a sufficient number of pupils. have a provided with necessary equipments to make it effective. “That the citizens of Madera do not take enough interest in High School matters is evident to all. This for instance is verified by the election of school trustees. The number of votes cast in the election of these important officials have been so few in number in compari- son with previous years, that it would leave one to believe that the citizens do not care whether a school is improved or not. There is no hope that a Union High School will ever be established. The citizens of the out- side districts would likely vote down this propo- sition because of the unusual taxation that would fall upon remote districts. Since this is not probable, the people of Madera, who care for the advancement of education, and believe in having a High School, should arise from a neglectful state and with united efforts establish a credit- able High School. Those that do not believe in having a good High School may have their own opinions, but others shall stop before they take a step to help to extinguish that growing power for intellectual improvement which has brought us to our present standing, and which is doubtless working great good to Madera and to the community at large. oe Madera County. {A general description of some of the most important resources of our county. | % % ADERA COUNTY is situated in about yy : : ws 4} the center of the San Joaquin Valley. It q : os I is bounded on the north by Merced and Mariposa counties and separated from Fresno on the south and east by the San Joaquin river. ‘ : E : sie The county has an area of 2250 square miles, F £ with an assessed valuation of $5,841,785 and has 1864 registered voters. “he principal industries are agri- ; culture, SHUOCK = raising, lum ber- ing, min- ing and fruit- growing. The is very soil fertile, being mostly sediment the past overflows of the San Joaquin, Chowchilla and from MADERA COUNTY JAIL. Fresno rivers. The western half of the county is devoted mostly to cattle raising as there is a rank growth of wild grass, and water is made abund- ant by the numerous artesian wells. From the west branch of the S, P. RR. to the Nevada Mountains the land is mostly farmed and s

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. High School Annual Published Annually by the Students ol The Madera High School. STAFF- Editor in Chief - - - Dow H. RANSOM LORENA M. KENDALL MARY EIDA TRINCANO Associate Editor Assistant Editor ARTHUR F. BELCHER WILLIAM R. CURTIN Business Manager Assistant Manager — - All communications, inquiries for advertising rates, exchanges, etc., s’ ould be directed to Arthur F. Belcher, Business Manag! , Madera High School Annual. This paper is kept for Sale at all news stands in Madera. 10 CENTS %. , the third time in the annals of our “ High School the ANNUAL. begs recognition of our citizens and a place among the other High Schools of the State. Although the editing and High Sehoo'paper has long ceased to be an compiling of a experiment, yet it must be remembered that each set of editors serve their initiation with their exit. Thus we hope our readers, considering our resolute efforts to emulate our former editors, will overlook any failure on our part if we should not make up in quantity what we lack in quality. Secondary school journalism has become an acknowledged factor in the educational literature of this State. portance publishes a paper of some description. Every High School of any im- And we believe many more could, and would never have re ason to regret having tried. There has been in the last few years a marked advancement in High School papers throughout the State. taken in the papers. We are glad to see such an interest In many of our exchanges we find true literary genius displayed which if the litres acqutrit developed will form a distinct feature in literature of the eundo, and thus we hope to see their power in- near future. creasd with exercise. The editors unanimously desire to sincerely thank our contributors for their diligence and faithfulness in exerting their very best efforts in the publication of this paper. We believe that the students can not consider too well the importance of issuing a creditable ANNUAL. Itis the mirror in which the people see the efforts of the students. agent abroad—our only recommendation. It is our only And it is by this alone that our fellow schools of the State are at all enabled to determine the educa- tional standing of our county. In order to make our paper more spirited and attractive we have procured cuts of several of the public buildings of our county and printed them in this issue. If the editors of each issue would endeavor to add one or more cuts at each publi- cation, we believe it would contribute much to the and the paper. Of course it reduces the profit on the publication of success existence of the paper—but so does any expense, even that of mailing the exchanges. However, we do believe in usurping the power given us by the not All our accounts are open for inspection to any who are connected with this school, school for self-aggrandizement. To Avorp any inharmonious unpleasantness we wish to make this generous offer: Anyone who is dissatisfied or displeased with any comment or article in this paper will do us a favor to bring his copy to the editor’s desk and we will take our pen-knife and cut out the offending word or line. THE editors of this paper wish to express their sincere gratitude to Alexander Preciado, Ma- dera’s artist, as well as to all who have in anv way contributed their aid in the publication of this paper. Mr. itself. Preciado’s work speaks for TT The most delicate precision balance ever con- structed has recently been patented by an in- ventor of Denver, Colo. Unequalled in its delicacy, it is sensible to the infinitesimally small mass of one-thousandth part of a milligram.