Central Washington University - Hyakem / Kooltuo Yearbook (Ellensburg, WA)

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it was going to be a fight to the bitter end. Washtuena was fearfully strong in the back field, and it was evident from the beginning that our line had gone to pieces. The team missed Mack, and Romeo was not filling his place. “Look at him. muttered the captain from the side line, “runs like a cow! Lets his - What! well done. Romeo!! Romeo had his Irish up, and was playing like a veteran when time was called. The first half was over. Neither side had scored, though it was evident that Washtuena had the be st of it. In the second half we kicked off to them, and they ran the ball back twenty yards before being downed. Five times in succession they made their yardage, amid a pandemonium of yells from their supporters. Finally we got the ball, only to lose it again. Washtuena was slowly but surely advancing towards our goal, when their quarters fumbled and lost the ball. “Now fellows,” said Captain Williams, “get in the game and wipe ’em off the earth! We did, and we had them going. Could we keep it up? We were setting a terrific pace. “They’re tiring! They’re tiring!” shouted the Washtuena rooters. “Their gains are almost nothing now! They can’t score! They can ' t! They can’t!” It was true we were tiring, and we were held for downs on the five-yard line. Time was almost up. Would we have time to score? Well, we could try. Washtucna’s quarter signaled for a punt. Romeo broke through the line and blocked the kick. The ball rolled behind the goal posts. A Washtuena player fell on it like a flash. It was too late. Before he could rise and throw himself back on the gridiron. Romeo was on him crushing him back to earth. That was a safety. It meant two points for us. Romeo had saved the day. He was a hero. Alas for Romeo and his new won glory, and alas for any glory that rests upon the probability of a girl keeping a secret. Murder will out, and that very night, at the dormitory dance which the girls gave in honor of the victory, the whole affair leaked out. One of the girls had also been a spectator of the little fire episode in which Romeo and Juliet had figured. She thought it was too good to keep and, getting some of us fellows into a corner, told us about the whole affair, not omitting I ony’s important part in it. Not till then did we know that it was really Tony who saved the day for us. Poor Romeo hasn’t heard the last of it yet. Some fellow ' with rare poetical ability composed the following parody commemorating the occasion, which we sing to the tune of Tammany: Ju-li-el, Ju-li-el. Come and Iran on my strong arm, I will shield you from all harm, Ju-li-el, Ju-li-el. Fire! Fire! Mold me higher. Ju-li-el. Ju-li-el! Every time we sing this little song, we think of Tony and how he saved the day for us. • Philip Davidson 17

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How Tony Saved the Day. if tr him the sad news. “I am afraid that we are;up aga. ist . . J sa.d we .. Rc over gix {ert and we haven’t a sub left that » worth a th at ° b °g Stif f. id the Coach, “well he might do if he will play. Might as well try as strong as an elephant. «hat. that big • f b ; m ,; me and ti me again, and he positively arazstt za fti Wr J ‘— j- » •«- - «■ - d fa - •” “ •“ rtts S l rt ' rJs ti lime we got there, and was soon put ouL excitement was at its height, and some of the girls were weeping, portance to us, if it Hadn t been for Juliet. , . n rra i hero cot busy and began to pack others shouting for help, and the braver trying to ,r her property being hastily stowed away by the manly up for Juliet. She. coming to her senses rather suddenly. an ™ ln , g . 1h ? 0 H! ROMEO! SAVE ME! srai , rrir , ri: « •- ■ - “ yes - romeo ' ' Sr-te, “ d ,t:d 12 -..i ?rs£ play loolk.ll with u. Th.ok.gt.rn!. Hl p.om,.. to U.p ouim botoKd , ,h,„ hold out ht. S h “Iblr-o S So ' w. having him .Otoetad, Bo, ha took tha b,„. Oh. « ha ...allowad i, £ ] To sav we were surprised when Romeo told us that he was going to try for the team, would be putting it m y. 1 Smith pu, him W. «aoi loo,ball .too,, dotio, the two day. balota the gaota. »od .1 h, taota.be,ad a hid, per, what Smith was trying to drive into his head he was a wonder. . , , r n o... u v tVl . 0 o ' clock Thanksgiving morning came with the sun behind the clouds, and two inches of snow on the field. But by two the gridiron was encircled by a throng of loyal rooters. ... j i j . l c„„ Kefnre we saw that I The game started with the usual amount of rooting on each side, and had not been on fne minutes

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Concerning Alaskan Localisms. Answer any five. 1. 2 . 3. 4. 5. 6 . “cache,” “placer, tundra.” used? Define briefly. What is a “skip-jack? Define grubstake, “rocker,” (a) For what are “creepers’ (b) What are muk-luks”? .... Illustrate meaning of the verb “to mush.” How would you hit the trail ? Explain fully the difference between a “chechako” and a ’ sour-dough. Give meaning of the terms drift.” ledge.” cross-cut. footwall, and sample. UPPOSING that you were required to answer the foregoing questions, which are chosen at random from a host of possibilities, what percentage do you think you would make? They would be considered quite smrple byl the average Alaskan twelve-year-old. with the possible exception of the last questionwhich contamssomct) pica mining terms. And these, although constantly used in Alaska, and therefore quite indispensable to a com Dlete Alaskan vocabulary, would be equally characteristic of any other region where quartz mining is earned on. Localisms aVe alway n.er t ng. since through them we get little birds-eye glimpses, or snap-shots, of the geographyj climateTinduMrierancS social conditions of a locality. Thy speech doth bewray thee applies no less to localities than to individuals . ngs Alaskan are ginning to occupy a very prominent place in the public eye. After a lon « ' P Y Winkle sleep of obscurity and misunderstanding, the country is waking to a day of well-deserved appreciation and develop ment. Yet it is not surprising that wrong ideas and wild notions of Alaska have so long existed, for the country is not only immense but heterogeneous. The one term Alaska covers an expanse measuring 2.000 miles from extreme north to exj trerne south 1.800 miles from east to west, and containing several distinct and widely differing regions—the ukon or utf lerior country; the Nome district; the “Westward” country; and astly. the panhandle portion, or .SoutheasternAlask. j Each of these regions has its own special characteristics and its own loca isms. And while there are many of these latte I- t, litu. tKr teamboat ioke are good all over Alaska,” one can readily see that a detailed treatment of the subject would bJ tJS pTeUn affak. bUyond .he scope of this little chechako sketch-the dizziest hope of which is to afford S the reader an opportunity of adding a new word or two to his vocabulary, and. incidentally, perhaps, to sl ™Wj along with them a germ of interest in the fascinating, but wonderfully misunderstood Alaska by no means all. of the current Alaska localisms, are of Indian origin. Such is the word muk-luk. which means s r of overshoe or boot, resembling a moccasin with a high top. and made of tanned deer hide moose skin, or more commonly, of the fur of the hair seal. Being waterproof and at the same time pliable it is commonly used for mushing over the trail, in preference to other kinds of footgear. The “parka” is an outer garment of fur or heavy cloth—a little like a coatj with or without a hood, and elaborate or simple according to the fancy of the owner. These, with fur mittens, snowshoes and a dog team usually figure in the equipment of the winter traveler in the far north. Be it understood, however, that this is