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

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BLAINE PRUITT - - Pruitt’ A good man for a big job. Science, History. Entered from Merlin High School, Merlin. Oregon, 1922. Baseball 3. Toka Manager 4. Senior Boys Quartet 4. Glee Club 4. Hi-G Club 4. Class Play 4. Committees and entertainments. ZELDA RADER - - - Rader She hopes to be an artist. Home Economics. Entered G. P. H. S. 1921 from Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield, California. Chorus 2-3. Girls Club 3. Spanish Club 2-3. Girls Reserve 3-4. Toka Staff 3. Scroll Staff 4. Glee Club 4. Commercial Club 4. Committees and entertainments. PHILIP HUSSEY - - - Phil Quietness, his greatest asset. History. Entered G. P. H. S. 1923 from Merlin High School, Merlin, Oregon. Football 4. Class Play 4. Programs. DORIS CONDIT - - - Kacy Mama told me I could. Home Economics. Orchestra 3. Junior Girls Club 3. Spanish Club 3-4. Pythagorean 2-3-4. Commercial Club 4. Class Play 4. Committees and entertainments. ELI ALLEN .... “Allie His hobby is swinging a wicl(ed lest tube. Mathematics. Football 4. Committee and entertainments. EDYTHE ANDREWS - - Dixie” A woman who can l(cep a secret. History. Chorus 2-3-4. Opera 2. Class Play 4. Girls Reserve 3-4. Junior Girls Club. Committees and entertainments. Page Ten

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY It came to pass that in the year 1920, one hundred weary natives from divers places besought admittance to the great tribe of Grants Pass High. These were called the Freshman Clan and twenty-four was their mystic symbol. They obtained a guide named Wardnp who led them thru the mazes of their new life. Hayden Tucker and Iris Burns were head chief and second chief. Clara Harbeck recorded their deeds, while Irene Hyde guarded their wealth and Virginia Parsons represented them in the tribal councils. A year elapsed and the clan became known as Sophomores but still retained Ward-rip as their guide, and Chester Edgerton as their head chief. Jack I obin was his able assistant, Arda Isham the faithful scribe, William Madison carefully kept their treasure and Iris Bums represented them in the great council. On October thirty-first, at the annual Demon’s eve, the lesser clan of Frosh were entertained. A few moons later, they gave the Sophomores a weird ceremonial called a masquerade. In this same season the clan presented the tribe with a wonderful, awe-inspiring blue and white emblem which they had won in the mighty battle of Chautauqua I ickets. The clan was now entering its third year in the tribe and was called Juniors. The great, good guide having journeyed afar off, the clan chose Gunnell as their guide. Tucker again became chief with Edith Spalding as sub-chief. Virginia Roy kept the records, Irene Jay was guardian of the treasure vaults, and Clara Harbeck represented them in the tribal council. The clan had many members in the tribal armies in the football and baseball wars and its squaws ruled the tribe in basketball. A mighty potlatch was held at the end of the season for the Senior Clan. In nineteen hundred twenty-three the clan once more returned to the tribe. They were old in tribal ways and customs and were known as Seniors. At different limes a great plague descended upon them known as Final Exams and many were stricken, yet the clan lived on. Y ea, one of its members became chief of the tribe. Stearns guided the clan thru its final perils while Edgerton valiantly led them. Garrett Crpckett was second chief, Mintie Wilhelm kept the records, and Donald Bames was custodian of the treasure and representative to the great Council. The Clan was supreme in all parts of the tribal life. The squaws once more defeated all in basketball. Her orators waxed eloquent and silenced the other clansmen with much noise and clamor. In the Harvest Moon the whole tribe held a mighty potlatch. Later the squaws invited the braves to a huge war dance and much feasting followed. At length the period of vacation is near at hand and the clan is prepared to set out and conquer the remaining tribes, no longer scattered wanderers but a firm band of loyal people. Page Nine Carl Oestreich.

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY On a sultry day in late August several years ago, I had several hours of time to spend, so I determined to visit my old friend. Professor Oestreich, who had become famous in his epoch-making discoveries of new compounds of rare gases. Being an attendant at the Chicago “Tombs” and having charge of the rare “Geniuses,” I had always been interested in Carl, for he would eventually be under my care. When I arrived we went directly to the laboratory, one of the largest which I had ever visited. Going to a table and pointing to a large bottle, the Professor said: 1 his container encloses three liters of a gas that it has taken me four months to obtain. I have proven beyond doubt that this gas is radio-active and that it affects light waves in a peculiar manner. I am attempting to prove that in the presence of Krypton nitrate the gas becomes so active on light waves, that light waves which have vibrated before are recalled and may be seen with the naked eye. Now watch closely and we will try my plan.” I settled back and watched him as he dropped several crystals of Krypton nitrate into this gas which he called Xenon pentoxide. After waiting several minutes the molecules of Xenon petroxide began to separate and change, making objects in the vapor. The chemist straightened in his chair and gazed intently into the mist as if by the very act of concentration he could bring the past before him. Ah, at last it comes! What is the first scene? Will it last? Let us forget the chemist, who is so enraptured with the scene, and look into the vapor, as he is doing. It is the year 1938. A man with two strange birds walking behind him is making his way over a large estate. He is distinguished looking and carries an air of proprietorship about him. Yes, it is Shirley Dellinger, owner of a Shikepoke farm in Colorado. Little did we dream that when Shirley wrote “An Ode to a Shikepoke” that he would let his love for them influence him in his life work. The next scene, a large waiting room. On the door is written, “Dr. Alberts, Specialist in Mind, Body and Heart.” The door swings open. Over a beautifully dressed young women bends Dr. Alberts, who is using the absent treatment. As the Doctor reaches for a glass of water from the nurse who has just entered, we see that the woman is Leona Currier and the nurse Jessie Baird. We hear Leona say, “Yes, Doctor, I’m just worn out from teaching in the Murphy High School, and-------------” We heard no more, the scene changed. Oh! a beautiful picture. A country, or rather a farm home. In the field of corn we see a machine cultivating as a man would hoe, but there is no one near. It stops all of a sudden and starts toward a little glass house at one edge of the field. A man comes out of the house and awaits the instrument. The man is Donald Barnes, who has by means of his scientific skill been able to make inanimate objects do as he wished. No, Don has never married for he couldn’t decide which girl of the ’24 class he liked best. B-r-r-r-r-! What a cold looking place. Banks and banks of snow and ice. Evidently this is the Alps. Oh! Catch her. she’s falling.” I screamed, forgetful of my surroundings and the old chemist, as I saw a girl slip and start rolling down the side of the glacier in the midst of clouds and snow. Page Eleven