Arcata High School - Advance Yearbook (Arcata, CA)

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Benjamin Feuerwerker Barbara Tracy William Tuohey

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Lottie Chase Reuben Anderson Alyce Spetz James Parton Lois McDowell

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CLASS HISTORY PROFESSOR NUTT'S ACCOUNT OF HIS RECENT AND TALKED OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES tWritten in year of our Lord--4723 A.V.J fafter Volsteadl Having recently returned from my mcst interesting ard astounding discoveries in Humboldt County, the noted hcrre of the row extinct Sequoia Gigantea, I have been requested by the editer of ttie nagzzine tc give an account of my expedition in writing to the public at large. First in importance in nay story, Ibelieve, is to give yeu an account of this formerly densely populated ccunty and the reason fer n' y goingthere. About the year 2369, so historians tell us, a si Cden clin atic charge caused by the cutting of so many redwoods, killed the remaining anirrel ard vegee tal le life and since that time the foot of man has tread there not at all. How- ever, having great cause to believe that there were worlds of opportunities in the field of archeology in Humboldt,--I forthwith set out for that placf with my assistants, who numbered five. ' Arriving i.n the barren country, a general survey of the landscape de- cided my mind to the effect that I should confine my activities to the north side of what geographies tell us was Humboldt Bay. No sooner said than doneg we were digging away in the earth that was formerly owned by the citizens of Arcata Cpronounced R-K-TUHJ. Despite modern means of excavating, our work was difficult, and it was five long weeks before we finally came upon anything that was really worthy of our efforts. Delving in the earth, We came upon ruins of what must have been a brick building, evidently a school of some sort. True enough, for we found, deep beneath the surface, a marble bust upon which We were able to decipher the words 'Professor A. O. Cooperrider, Principal'. This, in itself, was a most important find', for we recalled that in his time he was noted as an educator of ability in the ARCATA UNION HIGH SCHOOL, long famous for its brilliant students. Close beside this bust was found a steel box, which. upon being opened, was found to contain a record of classes of Arcata High School. With the aid of my deciphering code, I was able to transcribe the following from one of the sheets of 'time-proof paper': CLASS OF 1925 1921-22 Eighty four of us entered A.U.H.S. in a veritable whirlwind of Sopho- mores, who ducked, slammed, and otherwise pounded us until we were fin- ally initiated into the ways of the school. The Sophomores proved themselves the best of scouts a short time later, when we went on a picnic with them. 1922-23 No longer the goats, but great students CD. Revenged ourselves by initiat- A 13