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

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TOKA STAFF Allen Underwood 'I 7 Avis Knips '1 7 Deal Wilkins ' 18 Ella Anderson ' 18 Ted Birchard 18. Editor Robert Bestul ’ 18 I Maurice Wilkins 18 Loren Basler ’ 1 7 Vivian Isham ’ 18 Eleanor Bocock 'I 7 Ruth Giesler ‘ 18 Gladys Hood '20 Frank Price '19 Earl Pittenger '17 ' Miss Katharine Bridges i Mr. Herbert Wardrip CONTRIBUTORS Donald Offins, Irene Mercier, Mable Anderson. Eldon Wolfolk, Ila De Grass, Carmelita Pool, Helen Ellis, Frank Turpin, Ulda Basler, Edythe Robinson. TO those of you who are reading the Toka for the first time, a word of explanation is perhaps due. The Toka has for some years past been issued as an annual or year book by the Senior class. Formerly it was issued monthly by the associated students of all four classes, but of late years it has been published only once a year. A change is to be made next year, from this time forward the Toka Annual is to be published by the Junior classes. Consequently this year, we seniors being a kind hearted class, the Juniors have been allowed to publish this paper jointly with us, in order that they may not lose out entirely. Our High School is a standard school, teaching all the standard subjects, and graduation with certain specified subjects permits college entrance. Our organizations are many; we have foot-ball, base-ball, basket-ball, track, tennis and debate teams, glee-clubs and quartets, orchestras and bands, and all the minor organizations found in any High School. The plans for a large and long needed gymnasium are at present being drawn up, and beautification of the grounds has been begun. We may safely say that next year our High School will equal, in all respects, any High School in Oregon. Editor in Chief Assistant Editor Business Manager Assistant Manager Art Department Athletic Editor Music Editor Social Editor Local Editor Freshman Representative Sophomore Representative Joke Editor Faculty Advisors 7

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Bridges Bestul 18 knipps ’17 I). Wilkins’18 Underwood ’17 Anderson ‘18 M. Wilkins ’18 Hood ’19 Bocock 17 Birchard 18 Busier 17 Isham 18 Ward rip (.eislor ’18 Pittinger ’17 Price ’20 6

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THE GOLD FIEND THE vast expanse of snow and ice stretched for untold miles in every direction, broken nowand then by small clusters of fir trees. The moon hung low in the horizon like a great yellow nugget of gold resting on the hills of snow. A thin column of smoke rose from a camp fire into the motionless atmosphere. All was silent save the distant howl of a timber wolf, letting all know that the ravages of famine were upon all the north. The scene would have been beautiful to one unaccustomed to the north. The parts being enacted around the camp fire (lost in this wilderness) would also seem queer to a stranger. A lone man was huddling close to its protection. He seemed weak with hunger and was fast losing hope. Encircling the fire were his own sled dogs and they looked threatening indeed. 1 here was not a full team as some had been lost before they had even penetrated this far into the desert of snow and ice. They had been abused and neglected by the one who was now nearly at their mercy. They hated him. The Southerner now realized what his greed for the yellow metal had brought him into. His mind wandered back in a sort of menacing dream over the past few weeks. All the events were brought to his mind one by one. He tried to check the flow of reveries but it was impossible. He had not heeded the warnings of those who knew. In his greed and to satisfy his desires he had plunged into this wilderness alone when no other would have dared to venture from the protection of the coast villages. On all the trip thus far he had spared neither himself nor dogs. Even though he had been forced to cut them out of the traces one after the other he had pushed on only lightening his load after each dog had fallen. When he had hoped to reach his destination safely by losing no time he had not thought of a rebellion of the starving, mistreated dogs. The huskies had formerly huddled close to the fire when a timber wolf gave his hunger cry, but now they went out to join the timber wolf as the bitter 8