Grants Pass High School - Toka Yearbook (Grants Pass, OR)

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EDITH DAHLBERG Annual Board, 4. Circus. 4. Play. 4. “The hand that made thee fair, made thee good. GAIL HAMILTON Glee Club. 3-4. Basketball. 2-3-4. Circus. 4. Nautical Knot, 4. Class Play, 4. Finance Committee, 4. Track, 4. “Men of words are the best men. HELEN HAIR Toka Staff. I. Baseball. 3. Debate. 4. Historian. 4. Circus, 4. Play, 4. 1 would have nobody control me: I would be absolute. RUTH HATHAWAY Secretary and Treasurer, I. Glee Club 3-4. Baseball. 3. Circus, 4. Entertainment Committee, 4. Annual Board, 4. Class Play. 4. Debate, 4. “She hath a natural wise sincerity, A simple truthfulness. 26

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RUTH TUTTLE Debate, 3. Play, 4. I know her by the quiet faithfulness with which she does her duty. SAM ST1NEBAUGH Basketball, 2-3-4. President Athletic Association, 4. Circus, 4. Vice President Class, 3. Entertainment Committee, 4. Play, 4. “A mighty player, known throughout the land.' ALVA WILSON Circus, 4. Play, 4. Poet. 4. “Behold a poet in our midst.” james McFarland Entered our class in 1912. Football, 4. Circus, 4. Debate. 4. Play, 4. “You know 1 say Just what I think, and nothing more or less. 25

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Class History By HELEN HAIR 'y HF.RE have been several explanations for the recent cyclone which mo- lested nothing except Mr. Turnbull’s desk at High School. 1 his was carried out the front door and over the school grounds, scattering valuable papers all the way. The most plausible of these explanations is that the wind wandered from its customary haunts in Missouri, following the advent of Mr. Hull into our pleasant little valley. The Historian of the class of 1914 with rare good fortune picked up some of the loose leaves which had fallen from our principal's desk. These proved to be a report to Mr. Hull of the history of the Senior class. Here was a fine chance “to see ourselves as others see us. so these pages were carefully saved to be read to you. Surely no one can claim that this report is biased and unduly egotistical. The report follows: “In accordance with your expressed wish that I prepare a history of the different classes in High School in order that you might become more familiar with them. I wish to submit the following, which is, as far as I know, the true and complete history of the class of 1914. “Of their early history there is little to tell. Seven members of the class have been together since the third grade and a number of others joined these in the fourth and fifth grades. “In 1910 when this class took the eighth grade examinations, every member passed them without a condition. This was the first time any such record had been made and naturally we expected great things of them upon their entrance into High School the next fall. Very likely the examinations were easier that year than usual. “They entered High School seventy meek and frightened little Freshmen. The first time they attracted much notice was when they tried to impeach their president after two weeks of his administration. This attempt proved unsuccessful. much to the joy of the upper classmen. Their next startling move was to give a Freshman party and actually succeeded in frustrating any attempts at invasion in spite of the fact that they lost half of their refreshments. “Unfortunately these Freshmen did not remain meek and timid and we teachers had no little trouble with them. They insisted in writing notes, and the faculty felt constrained to end their misbehavior. We had. I am sorry to say, some difficulty in accomplishing this. Just when we thought we had the class impressed with our authority, we arrived at school one morning to find the books out of the desks in the assembly room; the windows painted red and red paint well distributed over the floors; 27