Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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of my school days to find that every single one of those eight who had sat upon the platform on that memorable evening in May, 1915 had fulfilled the promises of his youth. k n it THAT RAINBOW WIG Darling, I am on the blink Purple threads among the pink; Shines upon my scarlet bean. Orange and all shades of green. r •» »? Miss Newell (in English) “How did he meet his death?” Olive: “I think he was drowned in Greece. m, n Talk is cheap—except over the long distance telephone. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Friday Evening, May 28, 1915 Invocation. --------------------------Rev. John Leggett Vocal Solo---------------------Miss Harriet Sweet Address —-------------------------- Hon. Chas. I. Reigard Violin Solo ------------------------ Mr. Charles Pursley Presentation of Graduating Class Supt. C. A. Howard Presentation of Diplomas for Board of Education----------------------- Chairman B. H. Burns Vocal Duet Miss Myrtle Lund and Mr. E. E. Leslie

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CLASS PROPHESY r, « r In the year 1925 I was leaning back in my chair looking out of the window at the passing panorama while on my way to Los Angeles where I was to spend the winter, when my reverie was suddenly interrupted by the conductor calling “Coquille.” Coquille, could it be possible that I was in Coos County, the place where I had passed my childhood’s happy hours? Having left Coquille upon my graduation from High School there in 1915 I resolved to stop off and look up my old school-mates and see if the place were as of old. Stepping off the car I was amazed to find myself in a metropolis, the metropolis of Southern Oregon. Upon inquiring of a passer-by I was told that my old class mate, Horace Rahskopf was Mayor of the city and determined at once to seek his office and there try to learn of the fortunes of the rest of that valiant class of ’15. Imagine my surprise upon reaching the City Hall to find as his stenographer none other than Edna Harlocker. From Mayor Rahskopf I learned that Roy Avery was attorney for the city and was fast winning distinction as one of the foremost attorneys of the state. The place had changed so 1 could scarcely find any old landmarks but surely there would be one familiar object, the old High School building, why had I not thot of it before? Hastening to the place where it used to stand I found the building of my memories replaced by a massive stone structure. And there at the office desk sat Hazel Radabaugh as Principal of the Grammar Grades. But I was not surprised at this for I always knew Hazel would make her mark as a school teacher. Questioning her in regard to what Geneva Robinson was doing I was told that Geneva Robinson was now Mrs. Raymond Burns and that in company with her husband she was touring the United States. Raymond, she told me had made his “mark” and now was giving concerts to appreciative audiences thruout the States and Europe. Mayor Rahskopf also said that Stewart Norton had succeed-to the large Commission business which his father had conducted in the days of our High School life. Stewart had added to and enlarged it until now it was one of the largest wholesale houses on the coast. And so after ten years absence I had returned to the town

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CLASS WILL a» r r. We, the Senior Class of the Coquille High School, City of Coquille, County of Coos, State of Oregon, of the school year 1914-15, realizing that this life is of uncertain duration, and that therefore it is highly desirable that we should make provision for the distribution of the worldly accumulations of our High School days, in the event of our untimely departure from this sphere of usefulness, do publish and declare this our last Will and Testament, on this the twenty-ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifteen, hereby revoking all former wills made by us. To the Junior Class we will the honor and right of occupying the two west rows of seats in the assembly hall of the Coquille High School, situated in the City of Coquille, Section one Township twenty-eight South, Range thirteen West, County of Coos, State of Oregon. To the aforesaid we further will the traditional and time-honored Cane, trusting that they will guard it with the most zealous care. To the Coquille High School we will that portion of the “Hook,” captured by its students in open combat, and retained in commemoration of a great victory, which the Seniors obtained. To the Juniors we give and bequeath our immeasurable prosperity and popularity. To the Coquille High School of the future, we will our wonderful capacity for learning, in the hope that the high standard we have so laboriously set may be always maintained. To Janitor Peart we leave the accumulations of Real Estate, which he has not infrequently removed from beneath our seats. Miss Janey Lowe bequeaths to Olive Howey her unchangeable and exalted political principles. Geneva Robinson wills to Mary Levar the exquisite style, which she possesses of doing her hair. Miss Edna Harlocker wills to Mary Fusonne her wonderful mastery of the art of coquetry. Hazel Radabaugh, realizing that her charmingly melodious laugh will no longer be of use to her, magnanimously devises it to Vera Kelley.