Elgin High School - Husky Tracks Yearbook (Elgin, OR)

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LEGEND OF THE Should you ask whence these youngsters, Whenoe these children and these babies With the manners of the cowboyg With the impudenec of Satan: I should answer, I should tell you, From the towers of lnion county l repeat them as I heard them, F'i om the lips of Father Bailey, The pzofessor, the big fat man. :should you ask him where tall, young A Found his gill so sweet and loving, I should answer I should tell you In a log house full of spirits In an old and haunted canyon. If still further you should ask me Where our darling little Melvin Found his cigarettes and sweethearts I should answer, I should tell you, ln the lodges of the Pastime, In the main street of the city. Listen to the Freshman legend, To this song of little Freshlesg l?uth, whose heait is fresh and simple, Who beliexes that in all classes Every human heart is human.- Evsn 'ntongsi the high school teachers. There me three who love big hunting, Lynn and liarold, Ehlnney, too. Should you ask me how they hunted. Where they went and all about it, I should answer.l should tell you. To the forests and the prairies, To the big lake of Wallowa, To thehig hills where the ticks bite, , Iva. To the lands where the bears and the Coyotes Feed upon the boys' provisions. Fhould you ask me why Miss Lulu Looks so very sad and lonesome, I should answer, I should tell you . U ,.. all I' ' .V :4 37:. x FRESHMEN That the young man's seat before her Holds no longer the young Junior, Holds no longer her dear Obie. Should you ask me where our Buster Found her little Harvey Patten, Found her joy, her little treasure, I should answer, I should tell you, Dont you know the time when Buster Went to Huntington, the small town, Where she met her little Harvey, Where she met her only treasure. Should you ask me why our Lillie Turns her head to look behind her. I should answer, I should tell you 'Tis because her Leroy blushes, 'Tis because he smiles so sweetly. 'Tis no wonder that our girlie ' Turns her head to look behind her. I repeat this as I heard it From the lips of brave young Reinhold, Our young freshie, our young Dutchman Should you ask me why our Jesse Looks so earnest and sincere, Looks as though he might succeed Taft, I should answer, I should tell you Dons you see him 'round the autos? When he is a man he'll buy one. Fbould you ask me if this ended Ml our freshies' little band, If there were so small a number, I should answer. I should tell you Go you down on Third street, Go you into the large brick school hous Go you to your left and see there All the freshies's little number. Ethel Baker's smiles will greet you, Ethel Pearson's face will please you, As they sit there on the front seat Doing as they are commanded.

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CLASS CF 1913 - L I' bmi .r ,' , Q Oflicers- President, Hazel Brown. Colors-Old Rose and Nile Green. Secretary-Ethel Pearson. Flower-Lily of the Valley.

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LITERARY DEPARTMENT Editor-Nona Austin. Assistants-Henrietta Spencer, Robert Brock, Beulah Rhodes. CONTRIBUTORS CONTENTS llenrietta Spencer. '11 1- Elsie Lillian Morris. '10 2 Benjamin Rush. '12 Beatrice Littlefield. '12 5 Myrtle Chandler, '12 5 Robert B1'ock. '12. 7 Nellie Rush. '12. S Edith Bailey. '12, 13 Myrtle Hutchinson '13. IL Beulah Rhodes 12 3 A 1 Christmas One Hundred Years Hence . By Telephone. What I Saw Throug a Half Open Door My First Football Game. Nemesis-A Poem. Chrismus Gif. Why a Dog Wags His Tail. Guess Who. From a Freshman's Point of View. Seniors-An Acrostic. , My Feelings on Examination Day. A Storm.