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

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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

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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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GOLD AND I do? Mrs. Graham said, Why my child, what difference does that make? , A I am afraid, replied the pale young lady, that if I give him no money he will kill me. Would you please lend me fifty centslf' Mrs. Graham, seeing nothing else to do, opened her purse and handed the young miss fifty cents. Will that be enough? she said. Oh, yes, answered the lady, Thank you so much. The man had by this time alighted WHITE. 11 lon the ground with the Wells-Fargo ox. The young lady walked up to him and held the fifty cents out to him, but he frowned and said, I would advise you to stay in your place, stand back. ' The frightened young lady hurriedly returned to her place. After opening the box and getting its contents the man told them to go on and disappeared in the woods. The once merry crowd took their places on the stage and resumed their journey. ERMA ADAMS, '13. 'E'