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

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PURPLE AND WHITE. lives in the sheds below. He shudderet + the dreadful position, but nerved himself The reached, and with a brave resolve Farnham for the effort. half-way station was sprang from the car to the whizzing, whirl- ing ground, but it took a mighty effort to pull himself to the telephone. his Piercing pain back ceemed weak; he was hardly able to crawl to the telephone. by the men below was broken and indis- was rending body; his The message received tinct but sufficiently clear to inspire in them the fear of the dreadful danger at hand. Every life was saved, but Farnham, with his legs broken and mangled, spent many long weeks of suffering before he was able to know that his brave actions saved the lives of hundreds of his fellow men. — Cognomens of the Seniors. LIVED in the country three Miles from town. One day I went to town to see the Hosler, the Apple (ing) eye, Hor(a)ce. I met a man. He asked ish ite tO) HkesnOes ee ane “OQ Hump! ll he grumbled. of my about my On my way me, ‘‘How far swered, ‘‘Twenty Miles.?’ Phreys before I get there,”’ As I was passing through the Woods I saw a young man sitting on the bank ofa stream. He had a Lily in one hand and an Olive in the At the post office I saw an Irishman i Macwe He wore a funny-looking hat. I walked up to him and asked, ‘‘Where did you get the hat, Mac?’’ ‘‘Faith an’ that’s all the Fad thin,’’ he answered. In an Alley I met a girl named Agnes. She asked me if my mother wanted a Cook. I said, ‘‘Noma has a Cook.”’ The other day I hid my teacher’s Belle, When she found it she threw Bel, cher and Then she started other. whom everyone calls everything else at me. after me, and [ tell you what, I Ransome. We had an awful time and we even But I came out victori- went to court about it. ous, because I had Goucher to defend me and she had Larue. The Psalm of School Life. YRNELIUS J. PPLING, ’06. ELL we not in language idle High School is an empty dream; You're a fake uneducated, And things are not what they seem. School is real, school is earnest, And the jug is not its whole; Know your lessons has been spoken For the profit of the soul. In the college field of action You may sometime hope to star; Be not then like driven cattle, Bring your record up to par. Trust no teacher, howe’er pleasant, Smiles may brook despair for you; If you would succeed in High School, You have got to learn to do. Days of toil and nights of study Is the portion they require, That, as seniors, you, tomorrow, May the lower ranks inspire. Lives of seniors should remind you You can make your life sublime, And graduating leave behind you Note books for the kids behind. Note books which perhaps some freshmen, In deep High School lore bemired, Seeing, when all but disheartened, May be to success inspired. Days are long, success is pleasant, We must conquer in the jam, Teachers’ guide book are preparing Funeral dirges for exam. Let us, then, press ever onward, Struggling hard with learning’s wave; Faith in self, with strength of purpose, Wins the battle for the brave. — Oa FOR MEN ONLY. “pay Jay UO puv}s 07 pry ays JT ‘MOTTAMIOS I 7v 498 p,dyS Jey} MOUY 9A —pvai Apeaiye says mood sip, SULYIAVJ VO} S}UID 19} IaSPM [],aM MON “MOYS B JO PULY ISvIT Bq} S}as oYs JT ‘moyAue 4no pug [[,ayqs Jeq nod ng ‘MOUX 0} JOU JYSNO ays Suryyomos sip UPUIOM B SATIIOM SaIyyLUB S,aIIq} JT —Hx.

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PURPLE AND WHITE. students, however, are not yet thoroughly discouraged, i uh ov.e of the debaters in the last cont st and are threatening to rene eat any time. Our continued success in these contests is probably due to several causes, but first and most important is the fact that the whole school has become interested, even enthusiastic, and take great pride in the prestige of the M. H.S. Pupils consider it the highest of honors to be elected to debate and think the struggle worthy of their strongest efforts. The faculty take just as much interest and, in fact, everyone in any way connected with the school is proud of our debating records. We would like to advise all high schools so, to try our system of inter-high school debates. We can promise that they will build up the school if conducted properly, encourage the students in stronger school spirit and promote a better feeling between neighboring schools. 4s a gir the struy who have not already done their literary work, create cys Taking a Message to Garcia. BIRDIE APPLING, ’o8. {OR many years the White Rock dy Granite Company supplied wT orders for half a nation but never ' before had the been so great. The superintendent had found it necessary to add more men to his hundreds and supply them with the implements of work. The old cutting shed stood among the It had stood there for many generations, a long, low building, had demand California mountains. constructed in forgotten times after an odd and antique fashion. It contained one single room where the entire work Here the shaped and smoothed; here it was packed and loaded into cars which stood at the was executed. granite was cut, great entrance awaiting their stern iron propellor to take them away tothe busy, bustling cities. Here hundreds of men fr +»d means to supply the needs of a frac- tion of a nation. Here the incessant thump, thump, thump of the great chisels prepared the material for building great cities. The shed was surrounded by mountains, all steep and high. In these the quarries were situated, the nearest being three miles from the shed. the quarry and loaded into the cars by It was the duty of one man to stand beside the cars to be loaded and give the signal for the boom to be tripped. This man was Rob Farnham, the brave The rock was taken from derricks. and loyal hearted, the man who dared to do. One car stood on the spur, awaiting the last few stones that would end its stay at the quarry and begin its course down the mountain. Upcame the huge rock hoisted to the top of the derrick. It stood a ment when the great cable gave a lurch and the rock fell heavily on the brake. The car gave one bound and sped like deer the mountains. Farnham immediately grasped the situa- He looked and realized. His blood almost froze in veins his heart stood still. He thought of the men in the cutting shed below; he thought of their and unexpected death and the mass that would be therein the mo- an untamed down tion. his and sudden crushed course of a few moments; he thought of the hundreds of women and children left to suffer except by the resources of their own efforts; he thought of the crushed love and broken hearts of wives, mothers and thought of his sweethearts; he own mother. But thought is quick and with a jump he was on the flying car. He reached for the brake, but the rock had shattered it into pieces and he saw that no aid could be expected from it, and he realized at once that to stop the racing car was impossible. There was one chance and but one—the telephone, a mile and a half the This one hope, but at the But he did not think of his own danger; he thought only of the down mountain. risk of his own life.

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= a ine res tinal pie i Se Bee PURPLE AND WHITE. Hreshmen. ND ne’er did teacher have a class That the ’09 bunch could not surpass; In work, in sport, in noisy pranks, We all are found in foremost ranks. What though the Profs., with steady frown, Have tried to keep our card marks down, But let them stew and let them strive, We are snre to climb to four or five. You know the Sophs have noisy girls, While half of us are feminine pearls; You know the Juniors, rough-house plugs, Who daily do achieve the jug; You know the Seniors like to talk, And round and round and round they walk; But we Freshies study so very much, That we ache all over to beat the Dutch. Now there is Sacramento Briggs, Who can beat all the girls at tennis, “by jigs’; And there is Desmond of Alfalpha fame, A great historian he will became; And there is Daulton, the ladies’ man, Who rides with a sunflower whene’er he can; There is Enos and Trine, both ‘‘preacher’’ and “stews,’’ While one of them studies the other will snooze; And there is Bennett called ‘“Jengthy” for short, Who now wears long breeches as surely he ort; And there is Hally who thinks he is a king pin on Latin, When he reads it aloud its like sheep when they’re blattin’; And there is Anette often called Net, Whatever her Charley says goes you bet; And there is ‘kid’? Hunter, whose papa makes fiz, She hides behind book piles and runs a bad biz, A month in the jug would do gee whiz. And there’s Huskey Morton, Huskey wee wee, whiskee we wow, Huskey Morton, bow wow wow; And there is May, a timid young maid, Who really of her own shadow is afraid; ° And there is Lucile who is from the tall pines, She gets all her lessons by daily hard.grind; And there is Helen, whose stature’s quite small, But her head is as large as a big basketball; And finally we come to Miss Edith Hall, Whose jaws can not get around Latin atall; And here remain I without doubt a great poet, But the sorry part is that I’m afraid I don’t show it. = Rolland had just learned the present tense of the verb ‘fero.’ He rushed down stairs to recite it to Miss Heaslip before he forgot it and in his mad flight fell from the second floor to the first and is now laid up witha sprained ankle, with a First Year Latin as company. Senior Program. OLIVE Woop, ’06. g:00-9:10. Mr. Williams awarded the ‘“Noble Prize’’ to Irene for good (?) be- havior. g:00-9:15. The‘‘Three Geometry Stars”’ present some ‘‘artistic’’ designs, are ap- plauded and encored, and entertain the instructor till 6 o’clock p. m. 9:45-9:46. FF. lingers in the hall to cast a glance at—well you know whom. 9:46-10:30. Miles and Mr. Williams have a hot discussion on the laws of gravity. Can you guess the name of the victor? Belle and Corinne politely (?) decline to review the review and are cordially invited to attend an ‘‘ASnean’’ reception given by Miss Heaslip from 3:15 to 5:30. A good time assured. 10:30-10:45. The Corduroy Club throw clods and are given permission to take a much needed (?) vacation. 10:45-11:15. Frances A. gets a scare; Mr. Williams miraculously appears in the Assembly Hall. Mr. Williams’ exit to the lower regions. Lily has a nice visit with her Virgil. 11:45-12:00. The fourth and fifth English Classes have a joint meet and are taught how to cross their ‘‘t’s’’ and dot their ‘‘i’s’’. A thorough course in corre- spondence is then declared by unanimous voice. Who dares to report that we did not know how to fold a common sheet of paper so as not to form a bulky package when placed in the envelope? 12:00-1:00, Luncheon; the girls ‘‘Come thru the Rye.’’ 1:00-1:05. Mr. Williams gives a lecture on conduct at recess hours. HOS—14'5- Lhe Phystess Class tind at impossible to perform experiments because the temperature of the laboratory is at the boiling point. 1:45-2:30. Ella delivers a scientific dis- cussion on heat. Naomi’s ‘Test tube Bill’’ is presented. Dora has a dream in which a vision from Modesto appears and plays an important part.