Analy High School - Azalea Yearbook (Sebastopol, CA)

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PAGE 8 CONTENTS DEDICATION. 2 FACULTY . 5 LITERARY . 9 CLASSES. 22 SENIORS.• . . 33 EDITORIAL. 39 ORGANIZATIONS.. . 45 ACTIVITIES. 53 ATHLETICS. 63 AUTOGRAPHS . 84 HUMOR . 85 ADVERTISEMENTS. 97

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0 () 0 CLlti ' HJabc King By MARTHA HANEGRESS, ’24 (FIRST AWARD) 0 5 ? $ ING TI POO possessed the jade ring. In appearance it was only a plain ring of beaten gold, with a clear green jade setting. But the magical power of the ring was marvelous. It had a force that attracted happiness and joy for its owner and expelled all sorrow and grief. How Sang, an ancestor of Ling Ti Foo, had found this ring thousands of years ago, lying in the soft mud on the banks of Hoang Ho. It had been made by the Spirit of Love and given to his bride, the Goddess of Beauty. But the Fiend of Jealousy had stolen it from the Goddess’ slender finger and cast it far on this earth where she could never find it again. For the Fiend of Jealousy had always been a hateful enemy of the Spirit of Love, often destroying his best achievements. Thus the ring had been flung into the Hoang Ho and picked up by a mortal. How Sang carried the ling home, concealing it from anyone he chanced to meet. He decided to keep his treasure a secret, for he feared it would be stolen from him. But, alas! Hop Li had been following How Sang and listening to his mutterings until he learned of the magic that the ring possessed. He instantly determined to steal the ring, even if it was necessary to murder How Sang. Hop Li told his sons of How Sang’s treasure, and made them promise to steal the ring if he failed. And fail he did, for Hop Li’s dead body was thrown into the Hoang Ho the following morning. How Sang guarded the ring so cleverly that any attempts made by the sons of Hop Li to obtain it were in vain. It was. passed down from one generation to the next, until now Ling Ti Foo Was guarding it in a teakwoocl casket, inlaid with mother of pearl. Ling Ti Foo had been cautioned when he inherited the ring, as his ancestors had been cau¬ tioned, to keep the ring a secret and to beware of any descendent of