Sutter Union High School - Gold and White Yearbook (Sutter, CA)

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GOLD AND WHITE. 9 are under far greater burdens than fwe are for the simple reason that they are not so rich and their taxes are consequently exceedingly heav- 1er. 5 .Last, but not least, the district did not build this school house. It was a present. WVe have used this present building seventeen years. Let us become independent, stand on our own feet and erect a build- ing of our own that has all the mod- ern equipments and all the facili- ties necessary to a properly-built school house. Think it seriously over, friends. Let us wake up and get busy. - o-.Ie-o There has recently been some talk, not without cause, of the break- ing up of the great Northern League which has existed so long. Think of it, schools who read this page, think what a humiliating and dis- graceful procedure it would be to so far abandon the interests of this League as to let it become an organ- ization of the past. And then, too, the southern league would triumph over us. They'are, in fact, now triumphing over us. Their league meets are better, their interest kcener than ours. Schools, let us do better. Let us make our league the leading and best organization of its kind in California. We can do thisg simply manifest a little inter- est in the functions of the league and all will be well. Only five schools represented at Chico this year! Five schools out of 20 which are to be found in Northern California. The meets held are such that hardly any one takes enough inter- est in them to go and see them, a cir- cumstance which fatally cripples the finances of the league. If every school is represented as it should be, if officers capable of filling the position given them, be appointed, and other matters of the league faithfully attended to, we are sure that it would soon attain that supe- riority over its fellow organiza- tions, that it could look down from its glorious height of power and say, 'tVVe are the Victors, and right- fully triumph over you. So let us improve our league instead of letting it decline as has been the caseg for it cannot exist much long- er in the state of decay in which it is now to be found.

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0 GOLD AND WHICIE J ae aa EDITORIALS ae ae 'N' A new High School building in Sutter. Think of it! Wl1at an im- provement for the town, the schol- ars and all concerned! And this is really being seriously considered by the Board. And it's high time, too, for the reasons which we will now set forth. ln the first place our present High School building is not large enoughg decidedly 11ot large enough. There is no assem- bly room, in fact, NO room in the building large enough to seat our scholars. This building was, in the first place not erected to take the responsibilities of a High School building. It was formerly built for the grammar school, and as such no provision was made for laboratories, they had to be planned after the building had been finished and the room was decidedly scarce so the laboratories are small, the apparatus is not of the best, no provision made for a source of light and heat within themg in fact there is no way to light any of the building. The ventilation is unhealthily bad, in fact, there is NO ventilation ex- cept the windows, which method of ventilation is sometimes worse than none, as a draft is more injurious than bad air. As I said no provision for pas- sage from one room to another has ever been planned and the pupils of one room are continually tramp, tramp, tramping through another, thereby greatly disturbing the reci- tations which are being conducted there. Why this continual tramp- ing? For many reasons, but most important, THERE IS NO LIBRA- RY in the school. It is impossible to keep what few books we have from being lost as long as they are scattered around the schoolrooms. And it is this latter reason why pu- pils most frequently chase from one room to anothcrg they are seek- ing books. This would not occur if we had a library and passage halls. Again. There is no office .for our Principal. If some one wishes to consult him, he must do it in the school room before the pupils, in hall way, or what is worse, in the laboratory. And who is going. to come on business to see him, knowing, if they do, that their busi- ness will be made public in this way? Againg there are two organiza- tions in this building, the High and the Grammar schools, with no one overseer at the head of both and you who have ever had dealings in such matters know how hard it is to keep peace under such conditions. The Grammar school pupils are from the locality, the High school from the district: so there is a natural antipathy between the two which will not cease until a new building is erected. g And speaking along the same line, it is not always beneficial for young children, such as attend the primary and grammar schools, to associate with and play around or .among High School pupils. There is great danger of their getting hurt, which is liable to cause friction between our High School authorities and those of the Grammar School. Now in regard to what it would cost. We are a rich district. An unusually rich district, so rich that a tax of 5 mills for one year would build us a 312,000 school house. Think of it! Compare it to other schools. Why, there is not another place in California. but has a mod- ern, up-to-date building. And they

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is 'I. . A mw- .N - E 1 The I feel the sweet, warm sunshine, The kiss of balmy air, And know the young spring's footsteps, Have made the brown earth fair. I breathe the breath of roses In summer's golden glow, Seasons. And hear the reapers singing Adown the autumn row. And through the long cold winter When earth lies still and white, Still I am waiting, waiting, Till He shall give me light. CLARA WEBB, '13, 'I'-P+ The Hold- Up. The daily stage always left the little mountain town of Birchville at about five o'clock A. M.. The road wound around the mountain for several miles after leaving Birchville and then emerged upon a plain at the foot and ran down the bank of the river. One fine spring morning the stage left Birchville filled with a merry crowd of young people. The stage was one of those old-fashioned coaches with the seats on top. The stage went rapidly down the wind- ing road while the young people talked and laughed and enjoyed themselves to the utmost. The stage driver being a young jolly fellow joined in their merriment. He told them a story of a hold-up when he iirst began driving stage, Whlch was very interesting as well as funny, for he told how excited he was and how he acted. It caused the crowd to laugh exceedingly. They were nearing the top of the hill when a man, dressed in an old suit with a hat pulled down over his eyes, told them to stop. The stage stopped immediately and the merry crowd, now somewhat subdued, dis- mounted from the stage coach. He lined them up and told them not to move from their places. He then climbed into the stage and took the VVells. Fargo box. Wliile he was in the stage a very comical thing happened. A young lady who was of a very nervous dis- position said to the lady standing be- side her, Mrs. Graham, I am with- out money or jewelry. What shall