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

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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.

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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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CHRISTMAS ONE HUNDRED YEARS HENCE On Christman Eve, in the year nineteen hundred nine, in the little town of Elgin, I crawled sleeplly to bed, and was soon soundly wrapped In slumber, never to awake, it was though by many. It was one cold Christmas Eve one hundred years from the time I had fallen into my deep slumber that I awoke. I was surrounded by many happy beings. They all seemed unaware of my presence and when I began to stir ilt had a tendency to frighten them, and all ran away and leI't me. I lay there and waited, what seemed to me many years, but in reality was only a few minutes, when one of the enchanted being slowly creeping started toward the place where I lay. At last he reached me and sat there a while, eyeing me. Then. as If a sudden thot had struck him. he nut out a soft, velvetv hand and stroked me gently on the cheek. At this time I could not keep from moving, for my heart was filled with joy at Iinding something that would not he afraid of me. When he began to talk I asked him. what he was. He answered that he was one of the inhabitants of America, llvlng In the city of Elgin. which he said had a popula- tlon of one mllllon, Then I began to notice him and saw that he was blessed wit ha pair of wings. which I had ollten wished for. I then asked him what he meant by referring to my days. He said he ineant the time a. hundred years beforeg it was now Christmas Eve of the year 2U09. I then asked what everbady was so happy about. Ho answered that everybody was happey every day. but today they were extra happy on account of it being Christmas. I thot that I had been wandering around upon our globe and had accidently stumbled off into a world of fairies one hundred years ahead of ours. But he assured me that I was wrong. The next morning when I awoke the sun was Shining in upon my face and I heard these people talking of gifts they had received. My first thot was of the happy times I had had when Christmas came before, and I asked them who brot their Christmas gifts. The answer came in one low, sweet tone from one troat, Santa Claus. At last I thought I would get up. They told me I was too old. but in spite of their protestations I hopped nimbly out of bed, deter mined to explore the world about me. 'The streets were paved,and I looked up into the sky and saw many big birds which the fairy prin- ces told me were a.eroplanes. This sight brot the thot to my mind and I asked how Santy traveled now. They told me he had the same tcam of reindeers and the same old sled of old. This surprised me and I wanted to know why Santa Claus had not progressed in the way of transportation as well as the others. They answered that he suited the people best the way he had always been. , After we had breakfast we went out and explored the city of Elgin and I saw many inventions, which I had never dreamed of be- fore, and which are too numerous to mention. My enjoyable compan- ions told me, with glad heart that the U. S. was like it used to be. ahead of the other nations in l11OSt everything. After returning to our home we had some wood goose. plum pudding, and many other things that would make your mouth water. if mentioned. so I will not grieve you by telling of them. The afternoon was spent talking of old times. So passed the merry Christmas of 2009. B. R.. '12.