Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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mar school and entered high school, dressed. We are glad to have you, and; we want you to take a special interest in all school movements, whether of an athletic, literary or so¬ cial nature. When a notice is posted that a meeting of the Student Body is to be held, every one of you freshmen should be on hand, for in two or three year.s the duty of upholding the honor and dignity of the A. H. S. will rest upon your shoulders, and there is nothing in the world like learning how at an early date. When the basketballl, track, base¬ ball or football team is being organ¬ ized, conje out and try for it; show us what you can do. You may surprise yourself; there is no telling. Don’t be afraid that the wise (?) Seniors and Juniors will laugh at you; they may laugh, but if they do, let that be an incentive to further effort, and in¬ wardly they will adtnire your pluck and courage, no matter how much mirth they may show on the surface. Be proud of your school and class; bei proud of the term naughty eight, for it means you are of a class who have four years before you; that, for the next four years most all your joys and your sorrows, your friendships and your quarrels will be centered around this place. Do you look at those com¬ ing years with impatience and un¬ easiness? You may; but, by the time the year nineteen hundred and eight comes you will say, “what a short time it has been,” and you wil be proud to write after your name the numeralB ’08. Athletics “A sound mind in a sound body” has been taken for the ideal of edu¬ cational attainment, and a sound body cannot be gained except by regular and systematic exercise of some kind. The average pupil will not get this exercise unless he belongs to some gymnastic club or to some athletic team. In addition to the mere physical benefits to be derived from gymnastics, football, baseball, etc., the High School Spirit is greatly increased. When a High School football team meets an opponent on the gridiron, or a base¬ ball teazu meets with another on the diamond, a school, with the pi-oper spirit, will turn out in a body and give support to its team. The honor of a school is at stake in the field of ath¬ letics. Any triumphs in that line add to the reputation of the school both at home and in the different higher institutions where it is representetd. In the olden times the development of the mind was forgotten in the de- veltopment of the muscles; but now it is different. The brain is trained as much, if not more, than the muscles. Football when looked at in this light is a game in which not only strength is developed, but the mind of the play¬ er is taught tO' be cool, to think quick¬ ly, and to be accurate. Let us, there¬ fore, encourage these athletics, rather than discourage them; give them the support they need and we shall never regret it. Basebal I. The baseball season will soon be here and already some of the boys are out getting in trim. Last year the team which the A. H. S. turned out was very poorly supported by the Stu¬ dent Body. Very few, scarcely more than the required number, tried for the team, although many more could have done so. When they played a game the spectators consisted of a few grammar school pupils. Could you blame them if they lost interest? But enough of fault-finding. Boys, come out and let us have a “cracking” good team this year. And you, stu¬ dents, give the boys the support they need, and you may well be proud of them.

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ThjE ZEPHYRUS Published Monthly by the Students of the Astoria High School. Terms, 10 Cents a Copy. STAFF: Editor-in-Chief . Associate Editor . Business IManager . Assistant Editors — Literature Winifred Higgins, ’OG. Department Editors: SchO'Ol Notes . Personal Flings . Athletics . Alumni . Exchange . Lawrence Rogers, ’Oo. ..Annie Bergman, ’06. . . . . Harvey Allen, ’07. Mary Settem, ’OG. ....Emma Shedd, ’05. . . . Sidney Sovey, ’07. ..Rives Emerson, ’07. ....Otto Utzinger, ’06. . .Blowden Davies, ’06. Address all communications to the Editor or Business Manager, The Zeph- yrus, Astoria. High School, Astoria, Oregon. THE ZEPHYRUS In making this, our initial bow, we, as members of the staff, offer an apolo¬ gy, and hope to increase both the ap¬ pearance and volume of our paper as time goes on. We ask you to over¬ look our many errors, blunders and sundrj' other defects, and to look upon this, not with the eye of a critic, but with the eye of a proud possessor of a paper that shall, with time and experi¬ ence, be a credit to our school. The time in which this issue was com¬ posed. edited and printedi, was so short that everything in the line of cuts, was omitted; but with the next issue we expect to enhance the looks as well as the size. If this does not quite come up to your expectations do not stand off at a distance and kick, but get to work, and write. Write, not with the idea of merely helping the editors fill up space, but with the idea of making a reputation, not only for yourself, but also for your paper; a story or a poem on any subject you wish will be received with much gratitude on the part of the editoi’s. If the student body will take an earnest interest in our work and contribute both prose and verse, we can have a paper that, from a literary standpoint, will equal if not excel those of many other aca¬ demic schools. We have the ability; why not have the output? Let us notbe lagging behind others, and stand at the foot always; let us, to use a colloquial expression, “come to’’ and stand at the head. Remember, it is not for your¬ self, that you are doing good, but for your school; an institution which, by the time you graduate, you will dearly love, if you do not now. THE CLASS OF ’08 Every June and every February into the affairs of the commercial large class of boys and girls graduate world, others come to us and become from the grammar schools. Some be- a part of us. gin their life-long march by entering You who have just finished gram-

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A great amount of praise is due to the girls; they have organized several efficient basket ball teams, and several games have been played. Under the excellent instruction of Miss Moore they were playing very fast ball, but lately the girls’ enthusiasm has evi¬ dently been giving out, for they have not been practicing as they should. This lack of spirit seems to be spread¬ ing, for the coach has showed great laxity of late and seems unable to give as much attention to the teams as heretofore. Several very good players have been turned out so far and have been doing some excellent work. However, what the girls need Is practice, and plenty of it. They are planning several games, one of which will, if possible, be ar¬ ranged with Monmouth, The Gymnasium. The gymnasium is a source of en¬ joyment for the boys. At the present there is no instructor, and, conse- I quentiy, no systematic work. It is the intention of the Commercial Club, however, to arrange for an instructor, and as soon as this is done the boys will be put under restriction. A gymnasium is a great factor in the student life, for it is a well known fact that the schools which have a thomugh system of physical training develop the best students; and al¬ though this school has never had a regular “gym” of its own, any of its students may easily be enrolled in the club that has charge of the Commer¬ cial Club gymnasium. The T rack Team. It does one good to go down to the indoor track and watch the boys at work preparing for the track team. We have several good men for the long and middle distances, but ma¬ terial for the sprints has not showed up as was expected. As we also have several promising candidates in the weights, there is no reason why the track team should not be a success. It is rumored that the Seniors and Sophomores are going to challenge the .luniors and Freshmen for an inter¬ class field meet. We hope they will do so, as it will be a good thing to bring out material for the regular team. Personal Flings Y-v-n G— 11-e — (After Emma had smiled on him in Geometry) — “Take me back to Olney.” G-r-c-e M-ld-y (12:20)— “Rives, where are my dyspepsia tablets?” 9|c 4: 4! L-s P-rk-r — “Isn’t that boy they call ‘Searchlight’ a dear little fellow?” R-v-s Em-rs-n — “We missed the last car for Uppertown.” W nf-(j H-g-ns — “I wish I could have gone to Pendleton with Louise. Dutch U-z-n-g-r — “Who said I was in love with a Freshie?” Who said that Rogers’ watch fob came from St. Helen’s Hall? Why the girls think Stanley so young? Where Amy Rannells got that U. of O. pin? What makes Miss H. take five per cent off for mistakes in general? Where all the Freshies were during the '.ate Student Body meetings? Why Mary Settem walks to school via Franklin avenue? What attraction draws a young man by the name of Minkler toward the school? Why a certain Senior writes letters in school? Things We’d Like to Know: