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

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mirror; but no “glass” jingled as he broke its smooth sur- face. Gladys screamed but since Jack was well able to swim he soon stood dripping on the shore. The girl’s screams brought the others to the spot just in time to see Jack emerge from the water and swim to land. Of course they all thought it a good joke on him and had a hearty laugh because it served him night for being so vain. It was too cold for Jack to keep on his wet clothes, so the girls wae had brought along some extra clothes to go swimming in, kindly lent him theirs. When he was all dressed he lonked so funny that when he wasn’t looking the girls took a picture of him standing before his “mirror.” The trip to Glacier Point had to be abandoned for the day, because of Jack’s misfortune, but much to his sur- prise, the girls seemed quite eager to get back to camp and started on ahead. Jack and his mother walked slowly and took in the scenery lone the way. When they arrived in sight of camp the girls came running to meet them. Gladys, who was in the lead, was waving something fran- tically in the air, “Oh, Jack, look at the picture,” she cried. He, thinking it a picuure of some friend through the mail, hurried to see who it was. Imagine his surprise when he saw it was his own picture just as he looked now, dressed in his sister’s clothes. He took it good- naturedly for he thought that they would leave it when they broke up camp. However, he was tired of being joked about that ple- ture long before they left ae The girls were very eare- ful to keep it out of his reach for if they hadn’t it wouldn't have existed long. One evening, just at dusk, he determined to ect that picture and burn it up. So, going into the eirl’s tent, he picked up a photograph that was lying on the bureau and later he put it into the camp fire. He was a very sur- prised boy the next morning when he saw G ladys with his photograph and at once came to the conclusion that he had made a mistake and burned the wrong one, Jack’s the city. A few days before he left the valley the girls sent picture to Dorothy, his ae girl friend, in i They wrote on the bottom of it, “One of our friends” but didn’t explain anything. she didn’t recognize Jack and thought i t was some girl they had met on their camping trip. Immediately after to see Dorothy. After she said, “You haven’t Yosemite.” “Why, what girl do you mean? said Jack, very much surprised. their return to the city, Jack went hearing all about their fine times told me about the girl you met in I didn’t know about any,’ “T mean this one,” she said, as she showed him his own picture dressed in the girl’s clothes. “Why that,”’—he began and then suddenly stopped, very much confused and blushing violently. Then when he refused to explain, of course she took it for granted that he thought a great deal of her and her tone changed. “Tf Gladys hadn't a me to return this to her, J would give it to you as a keepsake to remember your new friend by.” she said very indignantly. Poor Jack, not wanting to explain the picture, him- thought that he would have Gladys tell her all about it and keep himself out of an embarassing position, and so took his departure. self, Dorothy immediately sent the Peaetape to Gladys for she didn’t want to see any more of They had been home only a few ae but during that length of time a great many people had come to see the Shavers. When they told their adventures in Yo- semite, Gladys, much to Jack’s mortification and embar- that horrid pieture and told rassment always brought out

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testimony of our ability and perseverance that no one had failed in it. When it came time to choose class pins there was, of course, a “rumpus.” Some wanted one, some another, and the boys intended to get different pins and graduate by themselves. However, we finally compromised on a pin that was accepted by all. We are now proud to assert what even our principal has asserted, that we are the most harmonious class that ever graduated. Our greatest pride lies in two things, that we are the largest class that ever graduated from Madera Hi and that we have the largest percentage of students that have earned the right to be recommended to a higher school, We have a right to be proud of these achievements. The long patience and kindness of our faculty have aided us in this and they have taught us many lessons we will not soon forget. Though we are soon to say farewell to high school life here, we will ever hold our teachers in fond remembrance. May the seniors who follow after us have a successful year and may they not forget their indebtedness to their teachers. “Oh, isn’t that an interesting history,” said Dorothy when she had finished. “I do hope our class will be able to have such a nice one when we enter high school and be- come seniors.” With this she turned back to the beginning and read the book entirely through before she put it back to its dusty place. Che Wischiel Waking Kodak ESTELLA MOORK, 713. “All aboard for Glacier Point!” shouted Jack, as he came out of his tent just as the sun peeped over the moun- tains. Immediately some one shouted, “We'll be on hand by the time breakfast is ready.” “Let’s take our provisions along and cook our break- fast at Mirror Lake. It will be right on our way and the walk in this pure air will give us a fine appetite for break- fast, besides a novel experience,” said Jack, trying to show his oratorical ability. “Bright idea,” cried the chorus of girls laughingly came running out of their tent. they as Mrs. Shaver, with her son and daughter, and a comi- pany of four other girls, were spending their summer at Yosemite Valley. They had planned to spend this par- ticular day at Glacier Point. Approving of Jack's sug- gestion they breakfasted at Mirror Lake. Jack’s propheey was correct in this one instance, for to say that they had ravenous appetites is putting it mildly. After his appetite was satisfied Jack walked down to the edge of the water that he might “admire his beau- tiful face” in ‘the mirror of the lake. He was gazing in- tently at his image when he suddenly saw his sister Gladys’ face peering over his shoulder. Tt so startled him that he lost his balance und fell right into the silvery

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the story. On such occasions, Mr. Jack fled from the room. He had attempted to capture it but so far had not been successful. On this particular day, the Shavers were to give a din- ner party for some of Dorothy and Jack’s friends. Mrs. Shaver decided that Jack’s photograph had created enough disturbance and so, wishing to save him from any more embarassment she threw it into the fire place and then went out to cut some flowers for the tables. Just as she left the room, Dinah, the cook came in, and seeing the photograph in the fire and thinking it had fallen off the mantel, rescued it before it started to blaze. That evening when dinner was about over, Dinah came in and going up to Gladys, handed her a photograph and said in her loud voice, “Oh, Missah Gladys, heah dis heah pietuh T done foun’ obeh dah in deh fah-place. Sech extrabagance, I nebeh do see.” “Oh, Jack, here is that horrid picture of yours again as you call it,” cried Gladys, teasingly. “But I don’t see how it got into that fire for T left it in my room.” “T ouess I'll have to explain,” said Mrs. Shaver. Then she said that she had wanted to help Jack out and so put it in the fire. Dorothy had been sitting by unbelievingly listening to the explanation. When Mrs. Shaver finished speaking Dorothy quickly snatched the picture from Gladys and, vazing at it intently, suddenly broke out into a hearty laugh. “Well, if that isn’t a good joke on me,” was what she said when she got her breath again. Of course everyone wanted to know what the joke was and so amid the laughter of the jolly crowd she told the story of her mistake in believing that this picture of Jack's was a girl in Yosemite. After the last ripple of laughter had died away, Gladys said, “I agree with mother, that we have had enough fun out of this photograph and Jack enough dis- pleasure, so, | make a motion that we hold a grand celebra- tion and burn it.” “Second the motion,” cried Jack. So amid gay laughter they gathered around the fire place after promising Jack that they would never speak of that photograph again, they watched it go up in flames. Jack looked happier than he had since the photograph had been taken for his troubles were over and because his pursuit of the photograph was ended. Wanderer’s Yachtlied (Translated from German) Above all the mountains is rest, In the trees One scarcely can fecl the breath Of a breeze; Each bird of the forest’s asleep in its nest ; Wait only a while and you too shall rest.