Ferndale Union High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Ferndale, CA)

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Senior Pedigree We, the class of 1917 of the Ferndale Union High School, after much research, exploration and study, have traced the course of events to their origin and offer to the succeeding generations the following pedigree of the genii which are now leaving your portals of learning. Looking back through the ages we find chronicled in the Annals of Jove a description of eighteen individuals-twelve girls and six boys-of just such distinguishing traits as our own. He further records, In the year 1917 these people shall visit various lands and climes and each shall enter a new calling and much success shall attend their adventures. We are des- tined to be led by Linus, a beautiful son of Apollo, one of the Great Divinities of Heaven. Characteristics which daily come to light are of the greatest assistance in compiling our Senior Tree. That some of our ancestors were Cave Men and Cliff Dwellers is evident from that touch of barbarism and savagery on the football and basketball fields, which have brought us much prominence in the athletic world. Marks of ancient Rome may be detected in our ability to argue and recite. The orations and debates of Cicero can not equal those of our most worthy classmates. In learning and creation of the beautiful we resemble the Greeks. And like these same people, we have made our fame in dramatics. Our chosen actors and actresses have performed their parts with grace and ease and made themselves at home on the stage. The beauty and grace of our girls would put the goddesses themselves to shame. Our examination papers, especially those of the boys, show the influence of both the Hindoo and the Egyptian scientific principles. The Juniors, however, are a nomadic people, and wander listlessly about the Assembly day after day. We hope that in the course of their development they will lose this tendency. Although we are trying to live like Americans, we still have a cannabalis- tic taste, which at times shows itself. This is the only trait of which we are not proud. Our banquets savor of Homeric Greece, and the gods can well be envious that they do not now live to taste of the dishes which we have prepared in our cooking class. Our gay dancing parties and many successes in social life show indica- tions of French ancestry. . One-eighteenth of us is true Irish, for where else could Collins have gotten the blue in his eyes and his merry, quick wit? Again, about one-third of our industrious class trace their origin to Germany and picturesque Switz- erland. Among these we find our quietest as well as our merriest. Our Scotch element is represented by Pete, whose gruff voice and strong, manly bearing hide from us his true self. One-ninth of our intelligent group claim the Danish flag, and here we find our good cooks and merry brown eyes. Another large portion are Americans-true blue, who trace relatives to Mo- hawk chiefs and days of Bonnie Eloise, as well as the Mayflower. As yet, however, we have not been able to trace the origin of Frenchy's pug and vanishing freckles. As a whole, we, the class of '17, are Romanticists, not content to accept old customs, but ever striving to bring forth that which is new and original. MARY RENNER, '17. 15