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

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EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief ................ Assistant ...................... Business Manager Assistant....................... Art Chief .... Literary........................ Debate and High School Bulletin Music ...... Athletics ...................... Social ............... Jokes ........................... Junior Representative Sophomore Representative Freshmen Representative........ Toka Advisors NORA ANDERSON LONA DUNLAP HARLEY BRITTON TYRRELL CARNER FERN COUSINEAU GLADYS SWACKER MAREE EDWARDS HELEN WITHERSPOON EVELYN QUINLAN LOIS BRADFORD EARLE DOUGLAS VIVIAN MERRILL FLORENCE RIDDLE» RUTH GIESLER t MISS MURIEL WATKINS MR. H. H. WARDRIP Editorials In this brief space we wish to thank all who have made possible the Toka Annual this year. To Mr. H. H. Wardrip we extend a vote of thanks for services rendered to the business staff. Reader, have you ever considered the cost of the Annual Toka? Prior to this year the Seniors have not been limited to the amount of money expended in their paper as long as they devised methods to balance the accounts. However. in the face of the depression in business this year, the school board considered it necessary to limit the expenditure to three hundred dollars. Considering the amount spent last year, which was greatly in excess of our allowance the work seemed impossible to the staff. But realizing that there was no alternative we accepted the decision, which has proven to be a wise one. We have endeavored to publish a Toka in which an accurate record of school life be given. Although many mistakes are undoubtedly present, we can console ourselves with this one fact, that it will bring back fond recollections to those who glance over its pages. It might be of interest to our readers, especially those without the city, to receive some information regarding the schools of Grants Pass. The Grammar schools number three with attendance of seven hundred pupils. A reorganization of the seventh and eighth grades into a Junior High School has been affected. Where experienced elsewhere this new plan has resulted in greater efficiency for both pupils and teachers. To the two hundred and thirty-seven students enrolled in the High School are offered the varied courses of English. German. Latin, Science, Commercial, Manual Training and Domestic Science. The activities are treated in other departments. Because of this extensive development, the Grants Pass schools are placed with the best schools of the state. All its graduates are admitted into the Universities without examinations. You, who are contemplating a change of residence, will find not only the wonderful climate of the Rogue River Valley but also excellent institutions of learning.

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Toka Staff Left to right:—WATKINS. SWACKER. BRITTON. ANDERSON. WITHERSPOON. WARDRIP. DUNLAP. COUSINEAU. CARNER. QUINLAN. DOUGLAS. EDWARDS. BRADFORD. GIESLER. RIDDLE. MERRILL. 6

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When Eve First Put Up Her Hair EVE was the busiest woman in the world. (This is true beyond doubt.) This day she was busy moving. A long time afterwards, this day, became known as Saturday, but on this day it was only known as the busiest of days. Eva was head over heels in work. When people move, they are either going to the same kind or a better house for the same rent, a better house for more rent, or a worse house for less rent. In Eve’s case money did not matter, but for a long time Adam and she had been dissatisfied with the cave which they had until the present occupied. When they had first gone there, there had been plenty of room, but now there were Cain, Abel, and a little baby girl, so the cave had become crowded. Besides it was in the thick of the forest and many times they awoke to find lions, tigers, and other animals standing at the mouth of the cave. Then, to, they had to walk a mile to get to water. When Adam came upon a cave that had none of these deficiencies, he immediately returned home, and told Eve she was to move the next day. Now if you think Adam helped in this procedure, you are very much mistaken. That was far from his idea of manly virtue. He went hunting. Eve's task was by no means a light one. She did not have much furniture, but what she had must be carried. Baby daughter also accompanied mother. She occupied a position of prominence on mother’s back. The new cave was three miles from the old one. On Eve’s first trip, she carried very thin, large canes and grasses, and next the stove, which took two trips; or as we would say, beds, dress materials, chairs and pans. Eve was representative of the perfect type of woman. She was of medium height, with a symmetrical, well rounded figure. Her skin was clear and fair. Her eyes of a blue that suggests deep, quiet water. Eve's hair was dark brown, wavy and extremely long. She wore her hair as nature originally ordained. The thick shining mass hung loose, falling over her shoulders in dark glistening waves. Eve's had always been more or less troublesome, but never so tantalizing as jhis particular morning; it would not stay back, and it did get over her face and 8