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

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cus, the like of which was never before seen in Grants Pass. Truth compels me to state that this idea did not meet with the approval of the entire faculty, yet before the event was over we felt proud of their various accomplishments and their executive ability. They have broken the monotony of the school year by various picnics to Fruitdale and entertainments in town, some of which have been shared with the Juniors. “Altho the fact that they were not allowed to have a Tokathruout the year was a great disappointment to them, they have redoubled their energies to make the Annual the best ever produced, and, as in all things else, they have succeeded. “Their class play The Hoodoo made a decided hit and has developed unexpected genius along this line in several members of the class. Class Day also contained many surprises, for there were several new inovations that added greatly to the pleasure of the day. In rereading this report I find that I have rather neglected their intellectual achievements. They are a class a little above the average, as students, and are capable of great things. They are, as a whole, independent thinkers. Whether this is a virtue, I am a little inclined to doubt, for in certain classes they have nearly driven their teacher to distraction with their novel and unique ideas. They will learn only by experiment and will accept only the most positive of proof. Yet, on the whole, they are twenty-four bright, entertaining, and too often mischievous pupils, most of whom, I expect will make their mark in the world. ?????? Class Prophecy By DORA BIRCHARD J J H well, and this is the anniversary! I can scarcely believe that ten years ago tonight, 1 was back there in Grants Pass, saying farewell to that dear old High, and to the other members of the 14 class. And here I am in the Orient, the wife of a Hindu sorcerer, and what my husband hasn’t taught me about magic, really isn't worth the knowing. 1 can tell past, present and future, by merely looking through this magic ball of crystal. What shall it be tonight? The past is over and gone. Let the future bring what it will, tonight I will see the present. 1 will behold my old friends of the Class of 1914, and see where they are, and what they are doing. (Making passes with the hands and peering through the crystal ball.) Don Belding, our class president! 1 might have known he would come first. Why, he is not so very far from here, just over in China, a missionary to the poor benighted heathen. 1 wonder if he still says in stentorian tones: “Will this meeting please come to order? 29

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and Iasi, but by no means least, a plentiful supply of red pepper lavishly distributed over everything in sight. It finally developed that two members of the Freshmen class, ably assisted by a Sophomore had wrought this havoc. Needless to say justice was at once administered. During this year one of the Freshmen girls covered the entire class with glory. She became a member of the High School debating team, which proved to be the champion of the state. The beginning of their Sophomore year found us established in our new building. The Sophomore girls seemed to take a great interest in cooking while the boys did very well at Manual Training. Either the new building had a good effect on them or else these new studies furnished an outlet for their activities, for this year they did nothing extraordinary and were, on the whole, well behaved. They did, however, establish one pleasing custom this year. Instead of hazing the Freshmen, they entertained them in the gymnasium. I his inovation, you may know, was well received by the faculty. During their Junior year the class of 1914 developed a decided athletic tendency. Four of the five members of the boys basketball team were members of this class. How 1 wish they had taken the same interest in their studies, as in basketball. Far too often their names were on the 'roll of honor at the reading table. In the spring, with the aid of a physical director, we attempted a track meet in which the Junior boys held by far the majority of points. “The girls were also lucky that year, for they succeeded in carrying off the championship in indoor baseball, (played outside). “There are a few things 1 have never been able to understand about this class. One of them is their unnatural desire for pennants. For a while it seemed absolutely impossible for certain members of this class to look upon a pennant without an uncontrollable desire to possess it. It was with great difficulty that the faculty were able to make the class pennants seem undesirable to their young eyes. “The class of 1914 have been the leaders in fostering interclass good will. One of their most important efforts in this direction was the four course, progressive dinner with which they entertained the Senior class last year. I, myself, to my everlasting sorrow was not permitted to attend, but according to the various reports I have heard, it was an event never before equalled in school history. We members of the faculty were not at all surprised that this affair partook of the nature of a dinner, for the '14 class has always shown a fondness for eats.” The reception at which the class entertained the rest of the school this past fall was as much of a success as these things usually are. Their next important undertaking was such a startling inovation that it is still a topic of conversation. The Seniors, with the assistance of a few members of other classes staged a cir- 28

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Here is Gladys, at a little hotel in the heart of Switzerland. It seems that she and her millionaire husband are on their honeymoon, touring Europe by auto, and they have just stopped at this pretty little village for supper. Well. 1 wish her joy! Aha ! I rather thought that Laurence would follow the circus as his career, he seemed so fond of the life at our long ago Senior Circus. And now he is head ringmaster of Barnum Bailey s Greatest Show on Earth, and they are playing in Grants Pass tonight. I wonder if he remembers that this is the anniversary of our graduation. Can this be our little Friede? Chief Justice of the Peace Court at the Hague! Woman's sphere is certainly enlarging rapidly. Where will it all end, 1 wonder? How she must have worked and studied to have attained this high honor, though she was always a bright and shining light in the Class of 14. Here we have Dana, the President of one of those numerous South American Republics. It might well be said of us as of the English possessions. I he sun never sets on the '14 Class. for some of us seem to be in every corner of the world. 1 wonder if Dana uses his laboriously-learned Spanish down there. 1 suppose he does, for he used to say that the only reason he studied it was so that he could speak it when he should go to South America. In the other extreme of the world. I find Ruth Hathaway. She seems to have married an Eskimo and is living in Northern C anada. 1 suppose she met him on one of those Artie explorations which she was so fond of making. Well, poor Elmer! He seems to have a hard time, with his wife away from home all the time, smashing windows and throwing bombs in the mad struggle for votes. I suppose he has to do all the housework. 1 do hope she doesn t annoy him further by elaborating on her views at home, for he doesn't appear to be in sympathy with them. But then, cheer up, Elmer ! 't ou inusn t let it spoil your lovely disposition ! So Helen has made good in her unusual career, and is now a member of the Scotland Yard detective force, the only woman in the world who has risen this high in such a profession. Indeed, her work is so very excellent that she is Better known in the police and detective world as ladame Sherlock Holmes, or Pussyfoot Sue. the Surreptitious Seizer of Sinners. and her services bring her fabulous prices. I find Claude nearer home, following his musical inclinations. lonight I see him wandering up and down the beach in the moonlight, in an uninhabited section of the Pacific seacoast, playing on his hand-organ. He has come here to be away from the maddening crowds, for since his skill as an organ-grinder has become known, people flock to hear him wherever he goes, and he has exalted that lowly profession in the eyes of all the world. 4(1