Fortuna Union High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Fortuna, CA)

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Gln the Siuhentu The Mega ihonel llut few of 'ou can realize the efforts and time we have . 'ml . 5. spent on it tlus year, preparing to give to you the best bookl that has ever been put out in the school. VVe are not, however, the only ones who have spent hours for the flor' of the school. 'l'he fellows on our teams have labored lon-f and . 5 . . e falthfull ' and have been a credit. Our student bod' has been bus' with a lon . 5 . . . . . . , ,, 5 list of successful activities from the publication of the lhg 'F to the presenta- tion of the annual play. The honor roll has grown and scholarship records are high. s llut to our fellow classmen, we must say: You have boasted with all your might and shown the big thing, School Spirit. VVithout it our school would have been dead. Without it our teams would not have come out victors nor our activi- ties a success nor our scholarship so high. Years ago in grammar school we learned: l'lI be proud of my own school and I'll make her proud of me! Our school is proud of most of its students and we should hold its banners high with School Spirit. Zlirnm the Staff XVe, the Staff of the Megaphone of 1925, cannot but feel a regret as we lay down our work for others to carry on. We have gained a world of experience: experience and knowledge that can never be wrested from us. To our successors we leave a library of troubles and woes and all good wishes for the best of suc- cess. To those who have given help or advice we are deeply grateful. VVe can never repay the debt of gratitude that we owe to our advisor, Mr. lladura. To his untiring efforts and superhuman patience, we give all the credit for the success of the 1925 Megaphone. The staff also wishes to acknowledge the most helpful aid of Mrs. Clarke in gathering Alumni material. We wish to extend our greatest thanks to her for making this section of the book possible. To Miss Snider, head of the English Department. and Miss Stanley, chief of the Art Department, we wish to express our thanks for their valuable aid in the preparation of material for this book. To all others who have boosted and worked: Thank you! ? Page Five

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if .....,., . l 4' xi 1 l I n the Alumni Tl1e TXlL'Q'ZllJllOllCl To you that llZll'IlC llllly recall lllClllt'Pl'lL'S that l1ave been coveretl with cobwebs llllllly years: lllCl'IlOTlCS of tl1e rlays wl1e11 you attenclerl tl1e lfortuna lligh School may spring' out: clays wl1c11 you learneml yo11r Caesar or CllCllllSfl'y to tl1e tune of a lively tennis game just a llilllt' of glass away: or it lllily to tl1e ex-eclitors bring a n1en1ory of tl1e sleepless nights of NVUlltlCI'lllg' if tl1is wloulcl fit i11 tl1e requirefl space or if that acl woultl pay just so lll,llClll It l1as lJCCll lllfllly years since some of tl1e Alniuni have hearml of their olml school. Sonic n1ay even be surprisecl to learn that tl1e olcl lligh School i11 western Fortuna hafl been abanmlonerl for a new one i11 tl1e year 1917. Tl1e olcl high builcling' now holrls Qlilllllllill' school stutlents. To you, who g'l'21tlll2ll61l i11 tl1e earlier years, when tl1e scl1ool was eonsiclererl i111111euse with tl1e e11roll111ent reaching fifty stuclents, we 11llllUllllCC lllllt three hunclrecl anrl fifty stuclents 11ow pass claily fl'Ol1l class to class. Tl1e Klegaphone! Tl1e 11211110 suggests to 11s tl1e results of our school year of ltl25. The success we l1ave attainefl, tl1e failures we llZlVC inacle, ancl our attempts to go higher are eoutainecl i11 tl1at 0116 worrl, 1Xl111111:i, we have not triefl to put o11ly our best sicle for your sight: we credit our clefeats as victories ancl accept mle- feats as good sports111e11. We ask you to look over our recorfls, recall yo11r own. and see if we l1ave reaeherl tl1e stanclarcl plaeecl before us. XVe have triecl, valia11t- ly triefl, to clefencl, honorably, tl1e nan1e of our school. We wonder, if you xxlllllllll, are conscious of our efforts, o11r ai111s anrl our successes. XYe also SOlTl.ClllllCN wonrler if some of tl1e Alunini l1ave given us tl1eir interest anal loyal support. Soon tl1e class of 1925 will be xxlllllllll. Tl1e lllf?l'lllJCl'S will be Cllf off, as tl1e other graduates, fro111 tl1e clirect contact with tl1e school. There is no connecting link. The link is i'llllSSll!Q,'.u Tl1at would be a11 Alunini Association! This year we have trietl i11 llllllilllg' llll this annual, to get tl1e cooperation of about three hunclrecl anml four Alumni. Three hunclrecl ancl four letters were mailetl. One huntlrefl ancl eighty-six were answered. Wie feel certain tl1at a11 Kxlllllllll Associa- tion woulcl l1ave been valuable to us. NVe realize tl1at tl1ere is truth in the excuse offerefl. The .Axlllllllll are-too scattered. llut otl1er schools l1ave tl1ese organiza- tions, wl1y shoulfl we not? Nevertheless, we are grateful to you for many otl1er things ancl we wisl1 partic11larly to thank those wl1o eooperatell so splenrliflly with us in llllllilllg' this a111111al a success. 7 Page Four

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