Banning High School - San Gorgonian Yearbook (Banning, CA)

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SHOLARSHIP SOCIETY (With apologies to Longfellow) From the mountain peaks of Knowledge, Gitche Manito, the mighty, Called the tribes of men together, ‘alled to them to pause and listen. Over them he stretched his right hand To subdue their stubborn nature, Spake to them with voice majestic, “Listen to the words of wisdom” Should you ask me whence this story, Whence these legends and traditions, I should answer, I should tell you, From the forests and the prairies, From the giant halls of Learning, From the land of education, If still further you should ask me, Saying ‘What is Scholarship? Tell us of this Scholarship,” I should answer your inquiries Straightway, in such words as follow: In the green and lovely valley Guarded by the lofty mountains Dwell the wisdom seekers, Ever studying, ever striving. Ye who love the books of nature, Love the sunshine of athletics, Love the shadow of mathematics, Love the English with its branches, And the Latin and the Spanish, And the rushing through of histories, Listen to these worthy legends, To this story of the Scholarship! Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, You believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even student bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the glory that they know not, That the feeble minds and wills Groping blindly in the darkness Are lifted up and strengthened 3y the willing hand of Scholarship Who shall be a Prophet to you, Who shall guide and teach you, Who shall toil and suffer with you. If you listen to his counsels, You'll attain your great ambitions. If his warnings pass unheeded, You will fade away and perish! PAGE TWENTY-SIX

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i E ditonr-im-Chilet ssssssereee-ees ee ee Doe Worotiys Page Business) Wlamacers secre acc eeeeeceneee vecesesseeess------- Bertrand Wood Society and Literary Wditor —............-..-------.-. Betty Mixsell Syoyepeiey UM(ChNON? eens f ee eee Jack McDonald Joke Hditor’ 2... Sree ees em O Som Cally: Baculty: AdwisOr™ occ sc.cevsesccceseeate toes Se caeeotneeecess fee Mrs. Silverwood Until this year the B. U. H. S. tribe had no paper but the “She-Bang, which was posted on the bulletin board. This year, however, it was decided that our tribe had erown enough to justify the publication of a paper which would be printed and dis- tributed individually to the members of the tribe. After much arbitration it was decided to attempt an edition of the “Megaphone” every three weeks. Students and faculty alike agreed that a real paper would add school spirit as well as give to the pupils the good experience of editing a paper. The local newspaper men, Carl Barkow and Harvey Johnson, made the prospects of a paper become a reality by making special rates for having it printed. As the year progressed, the paper improved. At the newspaper contest of the fall convention of the Southern California Pressmen’s Association, the Megaphone received comparatively high rating. At the spring convention it received two of the five major awards given, one for first place for an editorial with 92 per cent, and the other for the best humor section, with 80 per cent. —D. G. P. PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN