Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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I XHO Vfhmn the progrxm h d ended he started to go to them but was besieged on all hands by eongr xtulatlons and lntroductlons l'very one lnslsted on shalslng hxnds with him and remirlfclng about the excellence of hrs speeth ust as he wxs beunnlng to feel es per xte he sxw an openlng and dashed towards the wld people who were wutlng for hlm by the door Oh my boy you were wonderful quxvered his grandmother wuth texr dlmrned eyes whlle his grandfather silently shook hls hand lve got somethlny to tell you he blurted forth wlthout further prellmln xrles must tell you right now lf nts about Q.-len we alrexdy know saxd has grandfather laughlng You already Lnow why how rlhe doctor sent word to us the day after lle told us that It was not serlous and how you boys wanted to keep lt from us l was xll we could do to stay away but the doctor sand for us to let you work It out by yourselves xnd my boy you ve succeeded We re proud mf you Dale Yes Interrupted a gurl s VOICC ew eryone s proud of you Dale You re the hlt of the evening Lets go xnd tell Glen about lt A Pan' 0 Jeweled Chopsttcks ean Qlarlce who hxd approached the age of elghteen Furthermore lt was her fortune to bexr the xpellxtlon Mary fllzabeth Bxrlow Xs hrs young gurl was very fond of antnques she often wandered about the streets ln se xrth mf 1 new shop On thus pxrtxtular day she saw a sngn which read Wee Wmv Wcmng Antlques from Falryland And Indeed It was surely falryland into which she stumbled The walls were decorated wlth beautifully lustrous and tolorful txpestrles Here a Green and gold dragon leered xt her from a marvelous black xelyet background there a hideous Buddha grmned complacently from the depth ot starlet satm md there was a very large one whlch told the story of a great hero and h1s explolts Mary bllzabeth could scarcelv moye from the wonders lard out before her but as she Caught a wllmpsc of a pur of yewelled chopstlclts she hurrled toward them Of eourse only a prmcess tould have such beautiful Instruments she declded Then she mused on weavmv a romance whlch had begun about these dalnty tools quddenly a very sweet vonce broke from lmprlsonment wlthln them md seemed to say You are wonderxng to whom these Choo stlcl-is belonged I will tell you Thev belonged to me many Now lt hxppened t xt there llY6d ln a freat Cnty a young vlr r I H1-. f M A I 1 - .72 a . s . y , K 4, Q . 1. , K 2 , . 1 I 1 , .'.' .' ' ' A' 2 .' ' , 2 A ..: jff. if ,g K d- 2 , S2 ' L' ' '. ' 3 , 4 ,, , 2 . . . . , . 2 . ,., . .. Y , . , . . ., . . 2 3 , If -- ' 1 ' 1' . . . . 2 . . - . 1 , ' fi- . . 1. 2 . 0 C , . 2 . 2 hz ' ' g ' ' Q ,, l 2 ' ' ' Q ,, . . 2 2 2 . 2 , L .' 2 . 1 . t 3 Y Y if ' ' ' ' .. . 2 ' 2 J . ' . T. 1-. ' ' , . . . ' ' a K . , .H . I I K V L ' 1 2 . 2 , -' -b h . . . ,, . ' ' . Q , . , , , ' 2 '. . A u 1 -. x 1 -W. . ' ' K v 1-s . , 2 : -

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THE TRHOMA looked so much altke that they would have dtfhculty tn telltng., thent apart The old folks would doubtless belteve th tt Glen was de ltvertng the speech as he was supposed to and than Dale was sttttnt., up on the platform wtth the rest At last the eventful ntght arrtved D tle felt th tt ht ltst vesttge of tntelltgence had dtsappeared He was nervous and shaky ve some force seemed to propel htm onward Xt stu oclock he went to Glen for the hnal tnstructtons and advtce tfterw trd maktng hts way to the statton to meet hts grandfather and grandmother l seemed to htm that they would never stop asktng questtons Would tomorrow never come3 He ftnally left hts gr tndparents wtth an usher promtstng to tell Glen for them th tt they would be watttng for hts speech Then he hurrted to hts place on the plat form found htmself speaktng to some of hts frtends tn a gutteral tone and thtnktng of all the horrtble thtngs that mtght happen fverythtng seemed to be wrong Hts hatr felt mussed hts tte seemed to be crooked He felt rtdtculous and out of place yet he must go through wtth tt The curtatn was gotng up Before htm were hundreds and hun dreds of faces They were all looktng at htm Now the prtnctpal was speaktng What a great man he was' He spoke as tf he were perfectly at home on the platform lt must be wonderful to be ltke that Hts knees were shaktng How fooltsh' Why should they shake5 That was nothtng just a mere audtence Hts knees had no rtght to shake ltke that He wondered tf tt would be all rtght to hold them steady Some one else was talktng now At least he wasnt the only one Oh well tt was all tn a ltfettme Then he heard the prtnctpal tntroductng htm as the next speaker He found htmself standtng and begtnntng to talk The words came automattcally at ftrst as tf he were grtndtng coffee He went bravely on however when suddenly out of the blur of faces he saw hts grandmother She was leantng forward tn her seat and her old face was altght wtth anttctpatton and prtde From then on he spoke to her He found the words comtng easter tt was even posstble to thtnk a ltttle and hts self possesston was comtng back Gradually the faces seemed to drop further back He forgot about htmself and hts trembltng knees and thought only of what he was saytng Before he realtzed tt he was through completely through' As he took hts seat the whole house thundered tts applause l-hey were clapptng for htm he was through and he had made no mtstakes Why tt wasnt so bad after all The Prtnctpal arose and told the audtence of Dale s unttrtng ef forts and noble sacrthce Once more they clapped loudly Although Dale s knees were trembltng as vtolently as before there was a tng tng joy tn hts heart He had done hts part and had clone tt well But there was more to come What should he say to hts grand parents3 Durtng the rest of the program he wondered what he should do and how he should break the news of Glen s acctdent I6 - .f ' 4 1 . . z ' - , , ,. . E, ' ,. 2 2 sz .', . . . ,vt , . . . . . . V2 E , I , gy . . . 'Y ' V . - ' , . , , - ' ' Q . , - . v N I - , Q - . Mrs . .

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t IAHO t ousands of years ago n who I narnc the vonce contanued proudly as Prancess La Qhee Kong whlch when trans lated means qweetest Flower of the l and Sax hundred years before Chrast the lxlncdc n ot China wa ruled by a very gre at and wrse Kang who was my father llas wafe was a very be autaful little peach blo som chrld tso he alled er S e w as as delicate and exqul ate as our most traga e ac rata Q bow When l was born both were xery happy and a l scemed to have the vlrtues of each l promased to be a xery loxely young prrncess But unfortuna ely a plague swept tht country and when rt w as oxer my beautiful little mother was dead or one entrre year mv father and l were an extreme mourn mg t cr parttcap ated IH no st te a urs sal ned no oc ments receaxed no guests and dad not once appear an publac l very year ercplred rt was necessary to go bac unto our ordlnrry IC agarn for l being only ten years old had become xery wealc as the result of such melancholla The '-ardens were opened the state naaehlnery was started guests agam thronged through the palace and court and a gay lafe e sway throuch all te realm splte c t arly en months more passed before l was agaln a gay llttle prance s N ou xery lalcely lcnow that at was custom ary for the Chinese and especaally prrnces and prancesses to marry xery early Soon after my brrth a marraage had been arranged whach was to take place when l reached the age of twelxe My father had srgned a con tract wath a nelvhborlng prince but unlllce most of such matches at seemed to he a very fane choice Both the prance and myself had great lands and money and were very young and beautatul Although we had seen each other a few tlmes at had been a case of love at first slght with both Naturally l was very happy and burlt about my prrnce many fancaful tales an whnch he always played the part of the hero an l the herorne fhen as at out of a clear sky my father receaved the news that the Great Khan was comang to wan my hand' He was the most powerful monarch of all the land and to go agarnst ham was to court death When he heard of my beauty he cletermmed to have me regardless of all other promtses As l had been brought up from babyhoocl wrth ham regarded as one to be feared at was not a verv gloraous prospect for me ln desperatron l broke the unwratten law of modesty and went to my lover 3SklU2Z. has help He promised has help though at might be futale I8 T H Q AA . M A h 3 : ' j . A d am 9 Nly . - A' ..:. 2 S , v ,. g V . . . Q 2 S z ' a A A A z ' - sr ' A A 3 cz h D. -Ah '23 . J AFA if J Azfl sz ' A c'- l. ' ' M ' z . z 'S . ' 2 . 1 Q . . , B- - 1 ' ' ' A 72 tv r A j. Nly fa h X 2 A 'A 4 A J a :ffl -. :Ag Cl 'u- one synapathizecl with us, for they. too. loved my mother. When the f . A A as ' j ' 'lc A A 1 l'f k .' ' k AA , j 2 ' ' 2 S, ' ' A A h ld 5 ' gg z h ' . ln 3 A at' his. nez t, AA A f A ' 1 A 2. ' 2 , , A , z