Albany Union High School - Whirlwind Yearbook (Albany, OR)

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Bebtcatton TO THE protecting care, the zealous interest and the loving foresight of the fathers and mothers who builded, are building and are to build upon the terrain explored and taken by the pioneers of the West, this issue of THE WHIRLWIND is dedicated. Holding fast to the traditions and ideals of the ‘‘land where our fathers died,” ever bearing fealty for the tender, sacrificing, hopeful affection of our fathers and mothers and finding therein a never- tailing source of assurance, inspiration and strength, we give just acclaim to the unsurpassed heroism, the marvelous endurance and the adventurous cour- age of the pioneers. They pressed on, as it should be our purpose to do. They fought, they suffered, they overcame. In emulating their splendid example, we, and all those who follow after, should bear in mind that all progress, whether territorial, scientific or ethical, is due to the spirit of the pioneer, while safety, comfort and happiness depend upon the con- servative protection of the parent, yea, in the last analysis, of the Supreme, Eternal Parent of us all. Percy R. Kelly.

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I 4 r A (V s 'f L i 1 £ ‘KSfo- V- ' ;,-c r atilc of Contents 1. Administration 2. Classes 3. Organizations 4. Publications 5. Dramatics (). Music 7. Calendar 8. Athletics Q. Satire 10. Advertisers

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 ■) Clje Bantiam J3a WERE the whirlwind changed into a sprite and sent on a far journey into the Oregon Sierras, it would tell us that Vulcan uplifted the Cascade Range and through it cleft the Santiam Pass. It would inform us of the birds and the winds that brought seed from which vines and flowers grew, and it would reveal how the mountain slopes were mantled with forests. It would speak of councils that gathered at the cool medicinal springs along the Santiam river and at the hot medicinal springs to the north and to the south. It would relate the story of primeval tribes that were inducted into ancient mysteries at these health resorts by medicine men whose teaching was held sacred, and who were venerated as high priests and physicians. It would decoy the student into some cavern like the one at Cas- cadia, where men unearth stone implements—pestles, mortars, knives, arrow points and spear heads—and an occasional copper sword of a fashion long forgotten. It would describe skeletons of grizzly bears and other huge animals which were buried with these primitive implements. It would point to ancient lore carved on stone walls by a race departed—who knows whither? The whirlwind sprite would weave romantic legends of lofty firs, swaying cedars and sighing pines in “Lakeland —for it w?as in “Lakeland” up near the skyline of Santiam Pass that the aborigines believed the fearsome Skookuins dwelt and bathed in the waters there—Clear Lake, Blue Lake, Suttle Lake, Lost Lake, Fish Lake and the Metolius River, which bursts forth full grown from the foot of Black Butte. It would describe the trail along the Pass made by deer, elk, pan- ther and bear, and often traversed by the moccasined man, and by the pale-face with his jingling pack train. It would sound the praises of Elkins, Ballard, Hackelmen, Isom, the Ralstons and other pioneers who widened the trail of Santiam Pass into a wagon road which joined the highlands with the lowlands of Oregon. So, if the whirlwind sprite could speak our tongue, it would acquaint us with tales and traditions of Santiam Pass that are as strange as those of our fairy stories. It would also tell us that this route projected by pioneers through majestic mountains will some day be converted into a stately highway, broad and smooth, with gentle gradient; and that instead of the slow, hard-laboring caravans with tinkling bells, winding about narrow, dangerous grades of the olden time, Santiam Pass will be traversed by swift automobiles of a new era, while airplanes like eagles soar far above. V-