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

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THE PURPER AND WHITE A widow, poor and needy, Owned a cock and a beautiful hen, They roamed in the garden weedy, Or scratched in the chicken pen. One day when the cock was straying, Out of the garden gate, He saw a cruel brown monster, Who was doomed to be his Fate. The fox jumped up in haste, From his couch upon the ground, Said he, “I’ll take you home with me; No nicer home can be found.” So he took the neck of the helpless cock, Into his cruel white teeth, And the widow hearing his cry, Came flying across the heath. Faster and faster the fox ran; Faster came widow, neighbors euulee They ran till all were tired The widow about to fall. and and spent, Then said the cock to the fox, “Shout back to them saucy words, Tell them they’ll have to run faster, If they want to catch runaway birds.’ ’ So the fox opened his mouth ito speak The words the cock had said, As soon as his mouth was opened, The cock pulled free his head. Then up to a tree top he hurried, With fox left on the ground, When the neighbors tired and worried, Gathered from all sides around. The cock flew down to the widow; She gathered him in her arms, The cock laughed to the fox, For now I’m safe from alarms.” ‘Go home; Friends and Fortune Fly Together (Translated from Owid’s “‘Tristia’’.) LINTON R. MANTONYA. While fortune smiles on you, your friends will be many, when times become gloomy, will be left alone; The doves come in flocks to a shining white dove-cote, But the foul unclean dove-cote, you see, receives none, ants never come to a empty; No friends come to him whose fortune is gone; just as leave you, When the path of the sun by cloud is crossed, The low common rabble who care only for fortune never stand fortune is lost. But you The granary that’s And, your shadow is certain to a storm Will by you when your

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20 THE PURPLE AND WHITE playin’ sick so Jack Bryant can play. Earl don’t like to play much and Jack is a good player so the fellows fixed this to force the coach to let Jack play. The coach is sort of bull-headed anyway.” Coach Hndicott was so interested in the first part of the statement that he forgot to get angry at the latter part. The more he thought about it the angrier he got and as he put the boys through some hard practice he kept saying to himself, “Tll show these smart kids whether they can get the best cf me oi not. Jack Bryant don’t play with my consent unless he apolo- gizes.”’ The boys wondered why he seemed so gruff and thovehtful but didn’t have any idea that he had found out their scheme. When they weve dressing after practice the Mystery was explained. The boys had been talking and joshing each other when sud- denly the coach signaled for silence. “T den’t know who originated ihat bright, magnificent, witty, splendid scheme,’ he began in a sarcastic way, “but I want to say right now that it doesn’t work. If you fellows want Jack Bryant to play, don’t try any more of your brilliant schemes, but get him to apologize. Unloss he apologizes he don’t play as lung as I’m coach. If you would rathcr have him play than have me coach I will resign, but as I said before, I don’t want lyou to try any more such schemes.”’ This came as a thunderstroke to the boys as they had expected instead of that, to have him order the captain to bring Jack out. After the coach had left everything was quiet for awhile. Then Bob Miartin hit upon a scheme. “You fellows all know as well as I do,” that coach Endicott has a weakness for auto rides and the lunches at those eating houses along the road. There are three of us here that can get seven passenger ma- chines; lets take Endicott, Jack and the whole squad for a ride, and, while he is in a good humor, Cap can speak to him and see if he won’t repent and let Jack play.” That was Friday and the next evening the party took their trip. Bob was in the machine with Jack, and the captain in the one with Coach Endicott. Bob talked awhile about the country and then, in a quiet way, he led up to the trouble with the coach. Bob was a smooth talker and by the time they arrived at their destination Jack had almost resolved to apologize. In the meantime the captain had been doing all he could to make Endicott enjoy himself. They had, of course, mentioned football and the captain had said quietly that he wished Jack could be in the game. Mndicott didn’t seem to like the gemark much and Capt. Elliott began to fear that he had done more harm than good. However, soon after they arrived nt the stopping place, the coach wags seen to draw Jack off to one side. “You want to play in questioned. “Yes sir, I would like to very much,” was Jack’s reply. “Well,”’ said Endicott,’ I said time and again that I wouldn’t let you unless you apologized and I don’t like to break a rule when I make it.” “T know it, sir,” Jack quietly said, but I always thought I was in the right, and do yet although I may be mistaken.” “Well,” Endicott answered, ‘if you promise to be more careful after this I will let you play, ag all the boys seem to desire it.’ “Thank you, sir, I will do my best.” Jack felt very grateful to the coach for letting him play when he had only about half apologized and all the other boys were almost crazy with joy. They had a splen- did time the rest of the evening, Jack play- ed in the game, everybody did well and the team came out victorious. the game?” lie Ballad of the Cock and the Fox (With Apologies to Chaucer’s Nun’s Priest. ) HAZEL OSBORN. I sing of the cock and the fox, Whose story you may have heard: 3ut Ill tell it again to make sure, For the cock was a wonderful bird.

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The and White nually by the Stu dents’ Association of Ma- Cali- Purpie published an- dera Union ‘High School, Madera, fornia. ?ditor-in-Chief Ass’t Editor Athletic Editor Exchange Editor Josh Editor Class Editors: Senior Philip Conley, ’12. Retta Honeycutt, 713. David Glock, 1£. Hazel Osborn, ’12. Leslie Conley, ’13. Hazel Osborn, ’12. Florence Belcher, 713. Ruth Baker, ’14. Freshman Effie Raburn, ’15. Business Manager. . Henry McFadden, ’13. Asst. Bus. Mer Will Isakson, ’13. SS This issue of the “Purple and White” represents the work of the entire school. Everyone has the “boosting spirit” this year. More stories and cuts have been sub- mitted than ever before. Those who have not written or drawn for the paper have helped in other ways: In criticizing, in preparing the articles for the press, in serv- ing on committees. We won’t say to the public, ‘‘Don’t be too. critical,’ for we always appreciate honest criticism. It is our Object each year to print a better paper than the last one, and we can’t do ‘this if we don’t know our faults. If you gee something that you think could be improved, let us know and we will thank you for cite A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT The Trustees have made many improve- ments this year, Sanitary drinking foun- tains have been installed, paper towels have been substituted for the old rollers, the tennis court has been regraded. But there is one thing that we still need and need badly—an athletic field near the school house. We have a growing school in a growing town, and as time goes on we will feel the need of this field more and more. At the present time, the need is pressing. The baseball boys have to walk over a mile to practice, The football boys have