Elko High School - Pohob Yearbook (Elko, NV)

Page 13 text:

1911 IHIL POHOB answered and no word came to the lonely man llVlng ln the lxttle cottage He had heard from one of the scnool boys tnat Charles was very angry at not havlng I'C4f?lVLCl the money and ln a fit of anger had gone West to work ln the mmes All this had happened wlthm a year s tlme Mr Smlth was now thlnkmg of the precedlng year when hxs son had been home and of the happy Chrxstmas they had spent H1 h art relentej and he was now sorry that he had not sent the money and no trouble would have happened 'Vh old man had an unuttcrable longing In hls heart for hls loved son At length he arose and started slowly for the door Lookmg up he saw a man standmg m the door It was Charles who had be n a sllent spectator He had come home He had opcred the door urnotlced and had watched hls father guessmg hls thoughts Lnarl s had struca a rlch mme and returned home rolllng m wealth The father clasped hls son by the hand and threw hls arm around hmm unable to say a word Father and son sat by the flre tall mg over old times untll very late Thls was mdeed a happy Chrlstmas een rom the rznorpctls 1910 oznt E have now passed through the first four months of school the most dlflicult perrod of the school year and have accom pllshed considerable We have all made mlstakes and un doubtedly wxll make others m the future but our mxstakes must not welgh heavily against us We can and w1ll complete a success 11 1 -. A . . . I . , , 1 fn 5 . l . I i . . . . I , . . 'S .2 ' . ' . . . Q I I 3 ' . . . . - ., . , . . . g ,. ' C1 I .L . . D . . , .. . . i . . . 0 0 ,9 0 o 5 i - , - 1 ' 9 9 ' I I . . Y . .

Page 12 text:

THB POHOB January days He thought of hrs Wlfe and baby boy HlSVKlfC had dled when th bay wa only two y ars old After the mother s death the baby turned to hls father for the tender lov and care vxllch his mother had always gnen hlm The father also turned to hxs baby for confort and IU thls way father and son grew to love each other more ten lerly day by day The boy looked upon his father as an example and trled to emulate lnm ln every way while Mr bmlth s heart seemed bound up IU hls son and he tlltd to be worthy of the boy who thought so mach of hmm A few years afterward when baby Charles was old enough to go to school many a nlght Mr Smlth would slt by hxs Slde helpmg hum promunc a hard word or wlth a problem wh1ch the boy could not work It wa a plea ant slght to see both the old gray halred man an:l sma'l curly headed bov bent over the book After study was over Mr Smlth would tell Charles of hls mother who was aiwavs cheerful and happy Charles could but dlmly remember er So a few years passed and Charles fimshed publlc school and declded to go to tollege The man could never forget ttat day when the boy left and after watchmng rum untll he was out of sxght he turned and looked upon his home whlch now seemed lonely for never before had Charles been away W1 1 e at a'leg Curle a J latel wxth wlld cornpamons and before 'ong led a reckless hfe He fen m debt and sent home for money whreh was promptly sent to hxm Charle lovsuer dld not seem able to b eak away from hxs old hablts and was contmually wrltmg for money whxch was always sent Flnally Mr Smnth wrote to hls son tellmg hlm he would send no more money for hlm to spend foollshly He also told how lonely lt was wlthout hxm and how he wxshed hls toy could come home Atter rfadmg thls letter Charles declded to do better and make himself a credit to h1s father For a whxle he lmproved butlt was all ln vam H fell mto g eater debt than ever and wrote home once more for money Mr Sfmth would not send lt ter he knew It would do hls son no good and he wrote telllng Charles and advxsxng hlm to come home and work to pay hxs debt The letter was never 6 l ' -1 -1 f , E . '5 E? . , ' , . ' T , 1' . U 1 .V . i .4 ' 1 f . ' I ' , l , . , . , . . .N K Y I . , . , . t .9 . . . 5 S. A I . . ' . I , . . . Q. I , . I l , . l' - -1, ' ' ' - ll S- C, , .3 :JI . I ' 11' A l . .. L . S, . , . M . . L . ' . . I 1 1 ' ! C J l v' ., . . . A . , I - .. . u ..

Page 14 text:

Ill HJHU l111u.111 ful year 1f11r all pull togcthel e total enrollment up to :lite l1 as bun lo su. rf xx o ve left mmm' tu le ul emo ment t L of stu eembtr 'lst xetly 10 ft 11 o t 1111111 s yeal The p111c1pal l1as wry l1ttlt to sax concc1111nLr the pcrsoml of the studt nt body exeeptlngs such comments as .111 szratlfwng to all cfnuned Tle grcat TNI-lOlltN ot studnnts hut bean c er ct cons1cent1ous loyal and tlllt 'Ile chul lat t elernent ot DlINOIl'll ends nor ULXL! moxt IH 11111 ru and e su Jort of the publle ntvtz mont e 1t1lH ll Dlllltlllll has founm the studrn body responsuct to XCIV suggcstnn th1t has bun 1nsubord1nat1or1 haw not bean known Vt 11 x l l a c m n1ty of equals vyorlmg fc om end uf TI l tt t ouxselxe and souety W l1 a LJl1llIlLldIlLL l t ha1n1o115 rannot fall At the begmmng of school 1n Qept vse began our plans for some athletlt esents The first qucstmn that pr: cntcd lt elf vsas that of hnances To our freat d1sappo1ntmert ue found that 1 L only we W me vvlthout fun la but that the atl1let1c A so ldfltlll vas deeply 1n debt The Board of EClUCztl0I'1 klflfllfv ecnstntcd to donate 5110 tolvaxd these l1ab1l1t1c and the rtmamlng an1ou11t cons1st1ng, of small b1lls here and thele was assumed ty the As so 1at1on We began our campalgn fol funds and thanks to the en IVY of our eapable Bdslness manager the support ofthe younff m n of th tovvn ba ket ball tea 1 th student body and the publlc 1n ,qeneral these debts were llquldated and the Assoelatlon put on asubstant1albas1s Our events came ffl as scluculcd ret lvl xs resultmg as we m1ght wlsh but nuer the less provlng that we can do th1nf'fs1f we vx1ll Not onlv have we g1ven much attent1on to athlet1cs lut the sehool 3CtlVlflPS along other l1nes haxe not been ncgleetcd A llterary soclety ha b n establlshel WhlCh bxds fa tovm some laur l for tne s hwol Here we may develop a future Demosthenes or Webster or PhlllDS H re some youth may exper1enc'e a grand awakemng to hxs poss1b1l1t1es Let us make thlS organ1Lat1on the S 'l' 'I ' ll .2 ' gf ' 73 X 'V Th . e ' - z z. ll ', 1 'h rn ha , i f l 1 1 't al ' ll 2 :1 the elos- ., 'l mol E9 I De' 1 L. :. exz ' Z1 - ' m 1'- than durin f any mu' I I V .' ' . v , v ' 1 K-C 1 - 1 - ' x 1 -K 1 , v A. ' 7. L K. ,S . . , ' '.' . 1-'f. 1 H 2' -s L' -3 -n gfie, ' ., ' ' ' '. '1 s' ,1 spimit uzfsnucr tcrg he .1 ' ex' . 'z' 'H' - 2.213 th .pg '1 ' - -- Tl' 2 f: l 1 't . 5 rf-.- 1 1 ' rf made for greater harmo11y and efllr-in-nf-y, and eases of an-tual ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' . 'e a 'e ivu as 'om- u ' - 1 Q' mr .' . 'e me enneer of Us ' . it ' 'f ' ' '- ul his ' we 4 ' A G - n ., ' . ' 1 X I I V - L XL . A is l 1 F 1 ' ' ' ' s ga - ' . '- N -', 1o 6 . . ' I-l 1 . q ' A S- CU ' xl . - . . . V V H J - C. 1 1 1 1 n P Q-ti, 1 1 ,-' A... I .Q G 3 3 t es . 11, 3 ' ' . W Q X . . X . . . ' ' . - 1 1 .4 I' ., . a 2, . Q . . V. U Q - . . , . . 1' ' D : 1 1' . ' - ' s ee f ' ' ' r ' es .' c . . ' ' A- . ' ' . e ' .