Ellensburg High School - Klahiam Yearbook (Ellensburg, WA)

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THE Circus is a marvel of efficiency as a result of cooperation. Rain or shine, the show must go on, each day playing in a new pitch. Every member of the show's personnel has his job to do and he does it with a minimum of fuss. And so the tent city springs up like a mushroom to the amazement of the bystander. ln this rapidly changing world, also, cooperation is becoming the keynote--cooperation of city, county, state, and nation in bringing about better times, cooperation in the New Deal in education with teacher-dictatorship giving way to a new spirit of assistance between pupil and instructor in getting the most out of education. And here is Jimmy with his dog attempting to see the show without the usual formalities of admission, but alas! he is caught by a watchful guard. One or two smart raps from the guard's stick persuades Jimmy that he has made a little mistake, and he backs hastily from the aggressive weapon.

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J UST as the crepe-hangers were clearing their throats for the funeral dirge, the United States kicked up its collective heels and demonstrated that it is stronger than any depression. Because of its peculiar nature a reliable barometer of general conditions, the Circus indicated last year that America was com- ing out of the depression. The general prosperity of an insti- tution virtually unchanged in 150 years shows that the New Deal has brought sunshine after darkness. With it came new ideas and benefits to education. We have been among the first to receive those benefits, and the past year has been stirring history for school and country. The Circus is synonymous with America, and as we have dealt with it in our theme, the 1934 Klahiam has perpetuated in a small way, the history of a group of typical Americans, the Associated Students of the Ellensburg High School. Of course, the parade is not to be missed, and Jimmy and his dog are to be seen right in the thick of it.

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ACKNDWLEDGMENTS To Mr. Harper Joy, who is vice president of Ferris- Hardgrove Investment Company of Spokane, Wash- ington, during Working hours, but during leisure and vacation hours a Circus Fan and clown. Mr. Joy, president of the Circus Fans' Association, assisted in the production of this book by loaning a collection of circus information. To Mr. S. L. Cronin, genial and popular manager of Al G. Barnes Circus, tor his assistance in gather- ing circus data. To Mr. Harry W. Cole, member of the staff of the American Boy, and circus expert, for his extensive help on the history of the American Circus, To Walt Irvine, school annual representative of the Western Engraving and Colortype Company of Seat- tle, for his excellent assistance in planning the book. Printed and Bound by the Record Press, Ellens- burg. Photography by Pautzke's Studio, Ellensburg. Engraving by Western Engraving and Colortype Company, Seattle. Covers by Weber-McCrea Company, Los Angeles, California.