Analy High School - Azalea Yearbook (Sebastopol, CA)

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ceeding classes might say of us: “They did well. Ours be the task to continue their work.” Among the pleasant memories of our “Soph” days, are those of our first annual trip to the ocean; the pretty party where we were so pleasantly entertained by the dancing club, and the Junior play where we met our never to be forgotten friend, “Ebenezer Ham.” The beginning of our Junior year found us still in our temporary apartments, but a month soon flew by, bringing the completion of our new building. With hearts over¬ flowing with joy and satisfaction, we at last entered and look complete possession of our home, feeling much like a band of travelers, who after many years, return to their native land. Among the events of our Junior year, we look back with pleasure to the concert given in the assembly hall of the school building, the reception and dances given by the different classes, and our first field meets where “Analy” made her debut among the neighboring schools. During this time we were joined by a new member from the East, making a class of six girls and two boys. At last the time came when we as “Seniors” met for the last and best year of our High School course. With our class increased by three new members, making alto¬ gether the goodly number of nine, we called our first class meeting. Then vigorously we entered upon the year’s work, determined to make it a social and intellectual suc¬ cess. Bravely we struggled with English, history, alge¬ bra and chemistry, and under the wise and patient guid¬ ance of our teachers we finally conquered these enemies and made them our friends. A picture which shall always be engraven on our minds is that cf the artistic appearance of the study hall and esp ecially the picturesque tea garden, at the candy sale

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Class tfistory t Blanche Moran In che fall of the year 1907, a great event took place in the city of Sebastopol. A passerby might have seen the class of June, 1911, a small group of frightened, agitated Freshmen, gatherd at the depot to await the car which was to take them to the great hall of learning, the Santa Rosa High. To the observer this might not have appeared an important event, but to us the day marked the first turning of the way on the road of life. With sinking hearts we went through the terrible ordeal of registration, and realized for the first time the awful, overwhelming disgrace of being “only a freshman.” Rev¬ erently we gazed at haughty Seniors, and as we meekly did their bidding, we consoled ourselves with the thought that some day we, as Seniors, would trample, even as we had been trampled upon. As these trying days passed swiftly by, a great pleasure was given the class when we greeted a new member and made him welcome, for in him we beheld our genial ex¬ president of the student body. With the end of our Freshmen days, we ended our school life in Santa Rosa, and with some regret, but more of gladness, we heard that the new year would see the birth of the Analy Union High. Thus we began our second year as Sophomores in the Sebastopol grammar school, for our new building was not yet completed. This year, perhaps the most critical of all times in our history, we count as a success of which we might be proud. Against decided disadvantages, faculty and students worked with one idea, to set a high standard for this new school of ours and to maintain it that sue-

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given by the student body in February. The concert, in v hich the Seniors took part, we remember as a social and financial success. During the latter part of the term, a delightful evening was spent by the Seniors as guests of the Freshmen, and last but not least was the presentation of “.As You Like It” by the Seniors with the aid of the student body. In athletics we have not been idle, for two of our boys and one of our girls have gained the honorary block “A.” These are a few of the events of our Senior year which have brightened our school life and encouraged that “school spirit” which holds us all together and makes our school successful. With no regrets we look back over our high school days and feel that the time has not been spent in vain. We have reached the second turning in the way and as each one of us goes his separate path and enters upon his duties in life, we feel that we shall be made stronger and more worthy by these four years of preparation which we have spent together.