Mission High School - Mission Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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enroll' MISSION HIGH SCHOOL CONTENTMENT Two little'doves sat side by side, As close as close could be, On a swaying screen of feathery green In a beautiful pepper-tree. They came each eve at set of sun, This little he and sheg They tucked their heads in a feather bed As sleepy as could be. Without a thought of rent to pay, Never a worry, he. Where, indeed, shall be go to feed ? Never a question, she. Never a thought of fashion or gown Worried this little pair, Whether each hat were tall or Hat, Their little heads were bare. Without a thought of food or drink Broadcast everywhere, Nothing to bake or nothing to make, Never a dream of care. Every night at set of sun They flew to the waving tree, In confidence sweet, to rest complete, A lesson to you and me. ELSIE CARLSON. DREAMS The songs that sing inside my head Are pretty as can be, But when I put them into words, It spoils them utterly. Visions bright and shining-fair My waking hours enthrall- The dreams that I could never tell Are loveliest of all. BETH MAITHER. I 15 I 'KSTX2

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THE Mrss1oN axon um GUR MISSION STADIUM Fellow students of the Mission High School, do you realize what wonderful possi- bilities we have for a natural Stadium in our Mission Park? On a beautiful Spring afternoon, have you ever stopped to gaze on the magnificent panorama stretched out before you? ln the distance, the terraced green slopes, flanked by clusters of graceful palms-all enclosing a natural bowl-an ideal stadium in the making. Hundreds of athletes are practicing, some pole-vaulting, some hurling javelins and discs-rivaling in effect th: Grecian athletes of ancient prowess. Not to be outdone, the girls in sensible athletic attire, are following the directions of their directors. It is an inspiring picture! What does it suggest to you? The climatic conditions, the artistic outlook and the neighborhood needs-all combine to prove that the Mission Park should be transformed fwithout disturbing any of its natural beautiesj into a Stadium for the Mission. It could be used, not only by the Mission High School students, but also by the students of both the Horace Mann and Everett Junior High Schools, and by all the youth of the growing Mission District. The Sunset District has two stadia, but the climatic conditions and the fact that they are so inaccessible to the Mission Students in general lessen their value as such to us. It remains for the students of the Mission High School to bring these facts to the attention of those who are ready and willing to assist in any great movement for the good of humanity. Let us, each one of us, constitute himself and herself a committee of one to further the great movement, to carry this propaganda, far out and heyond. Let us have a Mission Stadium for the Mission boys and girls of the future. X. THE HOMING PIGEON CLUB lllission High School has started a Homing Pigeon Club under the direction of Mr. Drew, Captain Rogers, and Mr. Galeno. Meinbership in the club is open to any boy or girl who is interested in pigeons. A loft has been built, and the training of the birds has been started. The earliest record of pigeons kept under domestication occurs in the fifth Egyptian dynasty, about 3000 years B. C. Pigeons with the homing instinct were utilized for carrying the names of the Olympic victors to their various cities. An actual post was established in Bagdad by the Sultan in 1150 and lasted until the fall of Bagdad in 1258 by Mongola, who destroyed the system. The homing pigeon is the result of several centuries of intelligent cross breeding between various races derived from the bizet or rock pigeon of Europe. This crossing has produced the homing pigeons of today, a variety of the pigeon family, noted for its superior intelligence, and physique, and with the peculiar characteristic that it will return to its home loft when released at a distance. When the armistice was signed, the United States Army had 20,000 homing pigeons in service. Pre-eminent among the American birds was the President Wilson. Lib- erated at Grand Pre at 2:35 p. m. with an important message, during intense machine gun and artillery action, the bird delivered its message to the loft at Rampont, a dis- tance of 40 kilometers, in 25 minutes. Upon examination it was found that one leg had been amputated and that the breast had been pierced by a machine gun bullet. The Mocker with one eye destroyed by a piece of shrapnel and his head a welter of clotted blood homed from the Beaumont front. This bird carried a message of great importance which gave the location of several of the advancing heavy batteries, which were doing terrible execution on the advancing American troops. This informa- tion enabled the American artillery to silence the guns of the enemy within twenty minutes. Z. I14l

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THE MISSION M6311 B619 THE WAR OF 1976 War! The greatest destructive agency known to man! It was this word that was flashed to all parts of the universe by that wonderful device called the television. This happened on the evening of june 8, 1976. The Planet Mars Had Declared War on the Planet Earth! All Earth was in a chaotic condition. The three presidents of the Earth. namely, Sling One Hi of the yellows, Omo Congo of the blacks, and Colonel August Schaefer of the whites, met in discussion at San Francisco, Earth's largest city. They all fully realized the stupidity of war, for the Earth at this date was in a state of universal peace and brotherhood, the mark of achievement of such prominent and peace loving figures as Dr. L. Glickman, Mr. Charles Coles, and Hon. Paul Daly. With such invent- tions as Dr. jean Andrus' molecular diffuser, whereby people and even planets could be completely dispersed, or the gravity exterminator, by which gravity could be shut off and all the Earth's inhabitants thrown into abyssmal space, peace had become the price of existence. The session lasted but a few hours. The presidents decided to approach the Mar- tians tactfully through Georg Elswurth, the earth's ambassador to Mars. CAuthor's note: his name was spelled G-e-o-r-g E-l-s-w-u-r-t-h, because Mr. Warren Kava- naugh. World famous English authority, ten years before, at an English convention had so impressed those present of the essentiality of a universal language in which every word should be spelled exactly as pronounced that his idea was unanimously accepted by the peoples of the earthj. Georg Elswurth, Earth's ambassador to Mars, was a worthy product of the famous Mission High School, an institution of no little note at this time. The institution itself covered twelve acres, eighteen stories high with escalators giving access to upper floors. One square block was given over entirely to scientific and inventive laboratories and under the guidance of the eminent men, Dr. F. Brand and Dr. J. Andrus, the sci- entific progress of the world had been greatly accelerated. The second block com- prised the great shops in which all the marvelous inventions of the science depart- ment materialized, and even at this time Mr. Bill Nichols, technician was working on a Stellar Express which was to secretly convey Georg to Mars. The famous sunken gardens had been transformed into a wonderful pool of Hvitalityl' water, around this was a stadium which contained everything the imagination of a modern boy could wish for, most of the devices being electrically operated. Within the stadium to the west of the swimming tank, there was a football field, while a little to the right of this second base held down its mediocre position on the envied baseball field. The R. O. T. C. building was a place of no idle minutes. The subareo division Crecently added, had its landing place on the roof of that building. Back of the building was a light artillery discarded since about 1956 because war had been given over to peace. In the unparalleled rifle range, students under Capt. Caldwell were taught rifle marksmanship simply to train the eye and for the manly competition with the planet Venus, held annually. The phenomenal Mission High Band of 500 pieces practiced daily in this acoustic perfect room for its competition with a picked European Band, conducted by Sousa, Jr. A large space in this building was devoted to the signal corps. There was a huge television apparatus and the radio communicating devices that had established the Uni- i16l