Elk Grove High School - Elk Yearbook (Elk Grove, CA)

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Xu .x I Xl lHlu ffmi, s .luLk ltffllwf. ui lu- -i' You frame hypotheses and theories, and learnedly expatiate on them, but at heart your knowledge of these forces is absolutely nil. And, in conclusion, allow me to tell you one thing more: do you know that the pseudo material world in which you dwell and all the inhabitants thereof are but shadows of a real material four-dimensional world? Wle look upon you as you would look upon a being whose movements are confined to two dimensions, or as a two-dimensional creative would regard one whose movements are limited to one dimension. Farewell, and may the day come in the far-away future when three-dimen- sional man, pondering for ages and eons on the fourth dimension of space, will develop that infinitesimal embryo of four-dimensional life which will give him a conception of his place in the real material universe, such that no second Newton, should he ever arise, will have to lament that he seems only a boy playing on the sea-shore, picking up a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lies all undiscovered before him. -R- T. McGregor. SPRING The golden sun is gleaming From out an azure sky, Wfith life the world is teeming, Wfhile gentle breezes sigh. The birds are gaily singing Of happiness profound, My heart is calling softly To where these joys abound. The air is filled with music In notes so sweet and clearg And scents and richest perfume .-Xre wafting far and near. The Howers in all splendor Display their colors rare, Vfhile insects loudly humming lmbibe the beauty there. --Anna Lohse, '2O. Fifty-live

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LJ! is l 'Xf Sava f f THE A,-, ELK A, ji 1-HR all il- J. Q, ' ,Pm wxl' r The commandant then bethought himself of what he had been told con- cerning the late exploits of his pupil, and said, Perhaps you can by your leger-de-main tricks, but I don't propose to let you practice on mef, 'fMy parents have taught me to prove every assertion I make, Lituus re- plied, and, in the twinkling of an eye, he leveled his rifle at the drill officer, who was standing-between him and the school barn, and fired. I-Iorror-stricken, every boy expected to see the officer fall deadg but instead to the unspeakable astonishment and relief of all, he was unhurt. An examination of -the barn showed that the bullet had lodged in the side of it. The principal of the school arrived on the scene a minute later, and ordered Lituus to accompany him to the office, and show cause why he should not be expelled from school for such behavior. On the way to the office the culprit disappeared, a search was instituted for him but without success. Twenty minutes later the principal found him coolly sitting in his office. VVhen the principal entered Lituus said to him: VVhy are you detaining me so long ? I've been hunting for you, the principal said, ever since you ran away from me on the way to the office. I beg your pardon, Lituus replied, I didn't run away. Didn't run away, exclaimed the surprised head of the school, then how did it happen that you and I separated P A It is a brief story to tell, said Lituus. I simply took a short cut to your office along the fourth dimension. The fourth dimension l said the principal, what has the fourth dimen- sion to do with you or any of us P It has nothing to do with your life, Mr. Principal, or the lives of any of your teachers or pupils, but it has a lot to do with my life. I don't know enough to explain these things to you, but come down to our house tonight and my father can clear up things for you. That evening the principal paid a visit to the Versiera home. Cn entering, strange sights met his eyes. I-Ie seemed to be in a land of enchantmentsl sometimes he believed his senses, but oftener he doubted them. I-Ie was ushered into the presence of Versiera, Sr., who instantly assured him that everything he saw was natural, and that any fears he might entertain were groundless. You are merely catching a glimpse of I-Iyperspacef' he said to the prin- cipal, a world of which you have not the faintest conception in virtue of your physical limitations. To you that realm is but an intangible abstraction: to me it is a physical reality in which I 'live and move and have my being' at will. The acts which we denizens of that world perform are called by you unfortunate circumscribed beings 'magic' There is no magic about them: they are but manifestations of the fourth dimension of space. My boy, Lituus, knows practically nothing in Geometry, yet he can solve geometrical problems which the most profound mathematicians from Archimedes to Cayley declare to be impossibleg e. g. Place five points equi-distant from one another, and make two symmetrical hollow pyramids coincide. These problems are obviously insoluble when restricted to space of three dimensions, but they become simplicity themselves when manipulated in four-dimensional space. The recent performances of Lituus in your school are but simple, everyday acts of one who has four degrees of freedom in space. And, again, many of your physical and chemical forces of which you are in the darkest ignorance rela- tive to their essence, are by us explained with the vigor and certainty of mathematical demonstration. Wliat do you know about magnetism, electric- ity, gravitation, chemical affinity, and a multitude of other natural forces? Fifty-four

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Q, f I gf ff THE ELK ,lg 35 L1 1 X 7 -9 . fCm'.zdl'i ll91?'-57' A T 5 S:-35: l EgL:3f-511 1 - f m.t:tfslll+,l -P . g g:-J: J, rip, , wa I , ur i gl' ' -11 rl ll, I--,Lf -5 -' 'W' V -'FLT' -7 . s': i Q NE wEEI i ci 2 '.,.. !7 1 WN 1 ' -Q T,-.L--T .f '?,., 0 ' 'L . -f-'- - 4 A .5 - '3.' 3- On the evening of April 30th the Juniors demonstrated, to a large appre- ciative audience, their ability in dramatics. Being the beginning of the dra- matic season it was pleasurably anticipated and fulfilled all expectations. The first sketch of the evening was a one-act play called The Drama of the Road. The plot concerned an elongated suitor whose flivver needed sub- terranean attention. His fiancee read the instructions amid comments of many all-wise bystanders. After an amusing discussion a policeman arrives on the scene and arrests the suitor, only to release him when a pressed button proved to be the trouble with the balky motor. I. Orchestra ...................,,.......................... ............. .... S e lections Caj Aida March tbl Opera Gems Qcj Priest's March Cast: Drama of the Road. He ............................................. .... H ugh Tickler She ................. ........ H elen Mitchell Policeman ....... .... T homas McCain Rystanders: VVilmer Brill, Henry Alltucker, Elwood Poston, Byrl McCain, llilythe Richards, Rodney ldzinga, jack Schulze, Joe Brugler, Clyde Edging- ton, lllarvin Troutman, Edgar Ticklcr. The second skit, April Fools, concerned a father who, for financial rea- sons, was desirous of the marriage of his daughters. Upon receiving a letter announcing the coming of a Mr. Smith who sought the hand of his daughter Fannie, he prepares to receive him. A horse buyer named Smith, who has a letter from the father stating that he had a mare Fannie for sale, then makes a visit and leads on a humorous situation until the letter was found to be ungrounded in fact. An undertaker, likewise named Smith, and also armed with a letter from the harrased father, enters with the intention of burying Fannie. A compari- son of the letters shows that they were of the same script and the date, April first, furnished the key to the entanglement. The ability of Paul Voss in impersonating an undertaker should encourage him to follow the profession. Fifty-six