Cloverdale Union High School - Spectator Yearbook (Cloverdale, CA)

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OUR HILLS (View across the southeast corner ol Cloverdale)

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ohi (0m Jlatnms E, the staff of 1914, wish to greet you as we present to you the sixth issue of our school annual, The Spectator. When we began to plan for this enlarged and improved paper there were many who said, “It can’t be done”. The expense for the cuts, made by the best house in San Francisco, and for the workmanship such as we wanted, was a figure that seemed entirely beyond us. But we took as our motto, “There’s no such word as can’t,” and then went at it with a will. The result, we hope, is as gratifying to you as the effort has been enjoyable, though strenuous, to us. During the past year our school, though small, has made a mark for itself. Wherever we have met other schools in contests we have made a fine showing; in fact, we have often taken first place. The winning of ten medals by a school whose track team numbers only five men is a record of which any one might be proud. The fact that we are the only school in the league that has never lost a debate and also the only one that has won the trophy for two years in succession, certainly shows that we can do things when we.try. The cup is ours now to keep and we hope before long it shall have an honored place in our fine new school building, where it may be an inspiration to all our future debaters. We find, as the year closes, a fine school spirit and a great enthusiasm for all the activities in which we are interested. This enthusiasm is not confined to the students alone. The Alumni have sent us several very interesting letters, that we are printing. We are sui’e that this feature will be much appreciated by everyone. The citizens of Cloverdale, also, have given us loyal support, for which we wish to express our gratitude. The Women’s Improvement Club donate to this issue the beautiful view of Cloverdale which appears on page 10. We are glad that our paper can carry with it, wherever it goes, this view of one little corner of our beloved Cloverdale and its encircling hills. To the business men, who have so generously aided the publication of this paper by giving us their advertisements, we wish to say thank you. We bespeak for them the patronage of all our friends. Last, though not least, we thank the teachers and the student body for their much appreciated aid in this edition of our paper.

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Long as there glows a star So long will I love thee, II heaven’s blue dome afar. Mv f’lovordale! (fthrorriiale ONG, long ago, the Indians called Sonoma County “The Valley of the Moon,” and this undoubtedly was a correct description, brief and beautiful, poetic and musical. With his nature- trained mind the Indian could discern the crescent-shaped outline of the county, and then it was easy for him to think of the moon, serene and beautiful, shining over this charming valley. In this highly favored county Cloverdale has an honored place. It is beautiful for situation, the joy and pride of all who dwell there. In “The Valley of the Moon” there are few places, if any, which can surpass Cloverdale for natural beauty. Indeed, travelers tell us that no lovelier spot is to be found in this land or in other lands. The town is situated in a natural park, and to look down upon it from Heald’s Hill seems like looking not upon a closely-built and populous center, but upon beautiful homes nestling peacefully in ample space in a picturesque wooded plateau. With its balmy breezes, its purifying rains, its exemption from fogs, swamps, and malaria, its climate is superb. It is a natural sanitarium. If one is poetical and says, “Give me a draught from the crystal spring When the burning sun is high,” he can obtain his desire without any trouble, for water clear as crystal, pure and refreshing, is conveyed from limpid streams to the homes of the people, while medicinal waters from the mineral springs may very easily be obtained. Fruit grows in abundance, including grapes, peaches, apricots, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, apples, pears, plums, olives, lemons, pomelos and oranges. Cloverdale is sometimes called “The Orange City,” and with the exception of Oroville, it is said to be the most northerly point in the world where oranges can be grown, thanks being due to its sheltering, well-wooded and ever-attractive hills. The public schools include a Union High School and a graded Grammar School, and they are both in a highly efficient state, with an excellent staff of teachers. Many pupils who have passed through the schools have distinguished themselves in later life and reflected lustre on the Cloverdale schools. The social and intellectual life of the community is well maintained, there being a Woman’s Improvement Club, a Literary and Debating Society, and a free Library, while fraternal societies are well represented. There is also ample room for the citizens to cultivate public worship in the many churches which adorn the town. The Creator has done great things for the people whose good fortune it is to dwell in a vale so fair. God’s finger touched, but did not press, In making Cloverdale. H. A. m