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

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eff '1 H11 ILLK RGIHIHISCGHCSS of My I-hgh School Days 11, hen our thoughts t11r11 lJ2lLkNVE1.1Cl to our 1l1gl1 Sehool days 11Ot 11121113 long 1 ears 111 tl1e mast, 11 e 11at11rally t11111k hrst of tl1e fI'16l1C1? 11l1o shared those sel1ool days 111th us 'lo those 11l1o had the O17llOI't1.l111fV of '1.t'E611Cl111g tl1e opemng VCZIIH of our U111o11 H1g11 behool these reeol1ect1o11s 11111 doubtless ljflllg' fortl1 1 15115511117 sm1le or s1gl1 V1 11e11 sehool opened 111 the VV C 1 U 1711111111125 tl1e first of November, 1893, abo11t e1gl1tee11 or twe11ty pulnls were C11I'OllCCl The 111111es of those I e111 reeolleet 11 ere P11 as 1-lunt Leha 1-111111 George Alltueker Charles Has man Fl11s Qprmg Lllllilll 133111110 ohn 1461111133011 Lena Lull Iqltty Van Df1entc1 1-1ar11 NVaek111a11 Stanley Gage C,11lltOl1 Ixerb1, Lester l?1erso11 Fred Sehlmey er Xrthur lenkms E1a Kerr a11d B131 D11111 Phe last e1gl1t 11a111ed 11 ere the Ollly ones 11l1o 1'Cl11Zl.1l1LCl lllltll tl1e e11d of the t11lI'Cl 1e11 a11d graduated 111 tl1e 1 1o11eer class Some of the 131113115 1vl1o ea111e at tl1at t1111e were 1 ery 111ucl1 older than those who 1tte11d l11gl1 sehools todav se1 eral were 6l'11lJl'ZlL111g tl1e11 hrst opportu111ty to attend a 1110111 school 11ear tl1e1r l1o111e 1 t11111k o11 that l'11St 111or11111g 1ve all had tl1e sa111e fee1111g tl1at o11e has o11 settmg out O11 1 journey 111tO Ll1'lk11OW11 12l11ClS We reahzed tl1at It 1vo111d be d1f1ere11t fro111 gra111111ar school but d1d 11ot know exactly 11 hat would be ex pected of us earl1 tee11s H1111 It 1111s 1ery grat1f1111g to our new Cllgfllty to be 1dd1essed as lXI1ss or 1X1r and lt added 1'11L1C11 to our 111111orta11ee VVe felt o11rsel1 es to be tl1e obser1 ed of 111 obser1 ers espeelally ot tl1ose 1vl1o l1ZlCl bee11 lJ1ttCI'lV opposed to the sehool I don t t11111k for a t1111e at least tl1at 11e CllQ'11Jl5O111tCCl tl1e111 111 tl1e1r expeetat1ons, for we 1vere 1 hvelv lJLl11C1'l of youngstels a11d d1d 11Ot 211112115 eouduet 01115611 es 111 tl1e deeorous manner bel1tt111g 111011 sehool StL1ClL11tG Our lbfllltllhll 211111 Ollly teacher for tl1e first year, was Robert 1XlLK1S1Lk, latelv graduated fro111 tl1e Ul11VCfS1tV of Cal1for111a yO1,111g a11d full of enthu s1as111, but 11e11 to 1119 work 111d to tl1e problems co11fro11t111g 111111 XVe spent tl1e 111o11tl1s of N01 e111ber a11d Deeember lllltll tl1e hohdavs 111 tl1e VV C 1 U bllllfllllg and 1 do 11ot 1C1'I161'11lJCI' a11y tlllllg L111L1SUEillV CkC1'C11'lg l1appe11111ff 1vl11le 11 e 11 ere tl1e1 e XX e passed the t1111e gettmg aeeustomed to our 11e11 Clllt1CN 1nd beco111111g aequ'1111ted 1111111 eacl1 otl1er Hfe 11 ere all 1ery nroud and clehghted to get 111 our new 1Jll1lC11l'lg when It was l'll11Nl1CCl '111d dechcated 'lhe 1JLl11Cl1l1g 1t tl1at t1111e COl1S1NtCCl of tl1ree roo111s separated by a large 112111 Tlllllllllg' north and soutl1 ClLll'111g tl1e Hrst ve'1r all 1ec1tat1o11s were g1VL1'l 111 tl1e large roo111 O11 tl1e 11est of tl1e bu1ld111g as there was O11lV o11e elass ll1e larger of the otl1er t1vo rooms across tl1e 11111 11 as 11Ot used tl1e hrst ye 1r bllt was later O11 htted up as a el1e111 1stry roo111 1l1e smallest roo111 was used as 1 l1lJ1'21l'y w1tl1 referenee books 111 lt Afte1 tl1e hrst year benches 11 ere placed 111 1t, a11d 1t was also used as a rec1tat1o11 TOO111 kt first we NX ere ZlS91g1lCCl to seats tl1at 11 ere htted to our sue and l1e1gl1t but as tlllg 111 111a11y eases lJI'OLlgl'lt together k111dred sp1r1ts 111 111lSLl11Cf, tl1e Professor dee111ed lt Z1C1X1b211JlC to make 1 cl1a11ge He YCX OlL1t1Ol11l6Cl thlngs 111 sucl1 a 111a1111er and 1l'lbt1tUtCCl so many 11eedf11l reforms tl1at 11e 1121111611 It tl1e R1Ot -Xet a11d d1d 11ot enyov tl1e Cl1SZ1C1VZl1'lt'IgCi ar1s111v fro111 lt Yve d1d 11Ot bel1e1 e 111 lCtt1l10' t1111e hand heav 1 O11 o11r Good Professor's l121l1C1N 211161 61111631 5 b 5 b ored to keep 1118 thoughts 111 a eheerful 211111 l1LlI'l'lOf01lQ Ll1 ll1l1Cl l lVE ff 1- , N1 f' Q 1 ' 3 3151111111111 1 11513111 6411111 41,1l'X'-Ji ' N1111 11 ' I I l I , Y V xx y 1 .. . s 'v.'Y f gy ga' ' 1 ' ' . ' .7 ' . . , Y . . 1 ' 1 'Q ' ' C' 1 , 1- 1 ' 3 1' Q: 1 r si-C b s . , N N . , , . . . I . 1 .... K , . , 1 L. 1 . 1 C x s w v n A 1 -1 Y C 1 v ' ' L ' . 4 Y .e , , , , . ' 1 -f C -C K v 5.1 J 9 1 7 1 - - - 1 . A . - , ' ' 7 f - y 1 1 r x . s v v -. v , ' . C , . . . , , t' J . . Y I A Y X Y . 3 l A V K ' - ' y' 1 . 1 1 ' ' : y 5 3 1 - K1 I . 6 n . ' . I Z . Y . S- . . . V 1 A - In those days we did 11ot consider 1ve were gro1v11 up XV11C11 we were in our lf . A 1 . se ' Q it s v v Q ,, w 5. v - . . ' c ' L, . 1 - A . . , . 1 ' ' , ' ' A A' , 1 i 'Q C - Nw .lx I . . . X 'N ,, f 9 - Y s. C , . F r , y A E . . . , , I ' si L 1 C N K 1 1 1 r ' ' . , :Y ' J .x f ' ' ' X A L Y B K' C K' AZ V N' Q A 5' ' - . , , . . A 8 . . . e , J SA .7 2 ,, . x ,, . . .X . Y . A , Y , 1. , b . ' si S I S , x C x Q

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DEDICATION To the Class of '96 VVho hrst enjoyed the benefits Of our High School And VVho have stood behind it In VVo1'd and Deed, This volume of the Elk Is affectionately inscribed.

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W7 , xi THE ELK l ,,flfll,,j,'+U all Tiff -A .1 At the beginning of the second year another mirth-loving crowd of boys and girls came in, and now our school numbered about twenty-six. An extra teacher was needed and so Miss Jane Herrick, fresh from Stanford University, came as an assistant. It soon transpired that our two teachers found delight- ful pastime, when not otherwise engaged, in arguing on the merits of their two respective colleges. From now on our principal was not the incentive of all our Jokes, but divided even honors with Miss Herrick, or Jane as the boys named her behind her back. In the early days of our union high school, we had what was called the four-o'clock session. It lasted from thirty to sixty minutes after the regular day's work and two hard-working teachers donated their time without thought of extra recompense. We all attended by special invitation and finished up those things we had been too busy UQ to attend to during our study periods. l well remember also that Elias Spring, the infant of our class, always took his nap during physical geography recitation, how interesting it must have been to him, but perhaps he had acquired the habit in his more youthful days. Qur worthy professor at one time was called to his home for two or three days and left his poor assistant to our tender mercies. We all decided we would be particularly angelic during his absence, but our good resolutions came to naught when Miss Herrick brought sister Kate to help her out. Miss Kate showed plainly that she thought we were a set of young heathens and needed a strong hand over us, so the boys began to plan several things for her diversion. A tick tack was placed in the basement directly under the teacher's seat, and manipulated by a cord coming through a gimlet hole near one of the student's desks. This created quite a little fun for the pupils and annoyance for the teacher until a trip to the basement let the secret out and stopped further operations. As a crowning feat on the last day of her stay several mice were captured and kept in confinement until the psychological moment arrived. I believe it was VVilliam Duncan, our minister's son, who had the honor of turning them loose, and it certainly caused some commotion. The girls were all in the secret and while they did not particularly enjoy the prospect of mice running around wild, still they bore it bravely in the hopes that it would terrify our new instructor. just what became of the mice I do not know but l think it must have proved to be the climax, for one extra teacher did not appear at school any more and we all became as meek as lambs once again. During the first years of our high school, there were no recreation grounds, where sports could be indulged in as they are today, all around the building, the ground was bare and unadorned by tree or flower. Our intermissions were spent in merely standing around and talking or running down to the post office. For a time at least dancing was all the rage. We quite often used the hall way, or the chemistry room, before it was litted, up for that purpose. l remember one occasion when the dance proved so interesting to those of us who had locked ourselves in there, that we 'failed to note the passing of time, and when the principal finally persuaded us to open the door, we discovered that school was in session and we had to march in and face the derisive grins of those who had not attended the party A small part of our basement was Hoored and this was used for dancing and also for some peculiar gymnastic exercises indulged in by the girls when strictly alone. And by the way it may be worth mentioning that the pupils did not come to school in automobiles in those days, most of them came in carts driving a more or less fractions horse, those near town walked and nearly all brought their lunches. Six