Arcata High School - Advance Yearbook (Arcata, CA)

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61112155 Lqwtnrg fAn Allegoryj There was ln the cxty of Arcata an educatronal orchard whlch boasted of one exceptlonally large apple tree In the year 1908 on the strongest branch thlrty SIX tmy green apples proudly hftul tlltll' he ids from the mass of leaves and drank ln the beautxful sunhght Cn three other branches were many larger and superlor looking apples whlch chd not delgn to notlce thelr small companions thmkmg them of httle consequence However the tmv fruxt drew ln sap from the mother tree and throxe heartlly The gardener to whom the orchard belonged took p'1rt1cul1r prmde ln tllli apple tree Never d1d he allow a day to pass wlthout the most careful mspeetxon of the frult XVhat was hxs sorrow to find 'tt the end of the first stage of therr develop ment Cfor he dmvxded thexr growth mto four successlve perxodsj that he had lost elght of the or1g1nal number Some he had dxscow ered lymg on the ground beneath the tree and upon exammatlon had found they had lacked 1 firm l-Olll'lCl'1ll0l1 and had not been able to endure the angry gusts which unsound at the core or dwarfed he pxcked and cast asxde as unfit for further development In the second per1od there was qulte a change 1n the appearance of the fruit On looklng at the apples one could not help but notlce the air of lmport ance w1th whlch they held themselves But Prlde goeth before a fall and the vamest havmg too great a flCS1I'C to see the world bobbed about broke the stem and fell to the ground Others matured too qLl1Cl ly and fell prey to the numerous blrds whlch flew about the orchard Thus durmg thfs stave fue strayed forex er from the prot ctmg care of the mother tree Then there came a tfme when the remammg fflllf was ammated w1th '1 dc-s1re to do the rlght thmg Thls w as m the thlrd perlod when the apples were large and thelr faces were tmged w1th a rosv hue Two were shal en from the branch through no fault of the1r own Une was taken by the gar dener and tended carefully ln order that xt mlght rrpen w1th 1ts fellows The fourth perlod suffered no loss of frult and when harvest tlme came the gardener pxcked the twenty one beautxful apples pohshed them and shxppul them mto the world EV X QUE XR 12 14 1 O . . , . , . . . . y ' X . ' , - f y E f 2 Q X 1 ' ' V y , Y C . C . . .L ' p . L . - . . . V . . . U y I . C . L L V . 1 - e, often shook the branches. He had tested the remainder, and those which were ' ' ' Ki ' 7! ' 4. 7 L ' ' 7 , . c 7 ' v 5 7 ' ' e ' . y , v 7- . y . , Y h AL A , , -.

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MINNIE BOYD WILL CARROL MAE DENNY MARY FOSTER ERNEST STOCK

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Ginza will 'XX e the members of the Senlor class of 1912 of the A U H S whose mmds almost w1thout exceptlon have been declared sound by the best veter mary surgeon rn the county of Ilumboldt State of Callforma Unlted States of Amerlca with all due respect to the Supreme Law of the Land and with an ardent desxre to assust the rxsmq generatlons as we have been assrsted by our most honorable and beloved predecessors do declare thls our last w1ll and testament 1 To our 1mmed1ate successors the Tumor class of 1913, we bequeath all our notebooks, ponres and mapbooks requesting that thev ln turn hand them down to the next generauon To them we leave the responslbllxty and Cfuardlanshlp of th1s school In then' hands also we leave our football glory wh1ch sm from our ranks have so closely guarded for three successxve years Lnto them we render the keys of our classroom fone provlslon l1m Ander son s desk wrll have to be cut down to normal SIZE, In concluslon we ex tend to them our best and most sxncere wrshes for thelr future happmess 2 To the Sophomore class we do hereby wlll and bequeath all our fortl tude lnqenulty and self confidence wxth the provlslon that there must be no sw ell heads and posxtxv ely no fhrtatlon The following blt of advice w hlch we hereby bequeath to our under class members we hope w1ll be of ser XICC to them ln years to come The allurements temptatxons and follles of thls age are many and varlous It rs the one t1me of your whole hfe that these absurdmes bear hardest upon your young and undeveloped mmd The call of dutv at thls age seems less urgent but dear clnldren be qurck to respond to It and rn the end you wlll hnd happmcss m the thought that vou have accomphshed somethmg' 3 To the class of 1015 that bashful ever smdmg bunch of Freshmen we do hereby w1ll all our dlqnrtv perseverance and endurance To thee we leave the sad memorles of our past of sleepless mghts of foohsh revelrres of sad or joyful tCI'1Tl1I1Z1tlOI19 of each successlve quarter of each SUCCCSSIVC year Vtfe leave 1mpressed upon your memory our past hlstory and we sm cerely hope that you wlll proflt by our example and help your successors to follow rn the pathway of rlghteousness and honor during thelr stay ln thls glorxous A U H S X1 e do hereby appo1nt wlthout bonds Mmss Chxdester our beloved class teather executrzac of tlus our last vvlll and testament ln XX1tI1CSS whereof we have hereunto subscrlbed our name on thxs 31st day of May 1n the year of our Lord one thousand nme hundred and twelve CLASS OF 1012 XVM CARROLL 12 19 Q , - . . , .... , v v C ' y 9 1 7 .. ., c , L- . L i Y . . 1 . . , - u ' 1: - - -s ,Q 9 v , , V ' ' ' b - , . c . , ' - ' . ' . Y YV 7 Y . . . - c , D , '. . . . , ' 9 . ' 1 ' H ,, . . . . . . . - 1 r c L, . , 1 ' - - 9 , 1 . 1 1 . . 7 ' 1 . , t ' ' . e K , , 1 , , . . x . v .i . tc 1 1 . I. I Q - . . 1 e. -. - 1, 5 ., . V , ' v 1 -, K V, , 1 . , Y . . . . L . , . . , , . 7 . . - ' . c .., Y u L , , V, , X1 , . V . Y . . . . . -, . . , 4 T , .' . f, f ' , . - r y . r J ' ' . 1 . I 1 - . , . 1