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

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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

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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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GARRETT CROCKETT - - Fat” Musical—on the sleeping porch. Industry. Opera 2. Baseball 2-3-4. Baseball Manager 3. Football Captain 4. Toka Staff 3. Dramatics 3. Track 4. Pythagorean 4. Hi-G Club 4. Committees and entertainments. IRIS BURNS - - - Bobbie” The Editor. History. Vice President of Class I. Student Body Representative 2. Student Body Secretary 3. Student Council 1-2-3. Chorus I. Toka Staff I-2-3-4. Editor of I oka 4. Scroll Staff 4. Dramatics 3. Spanish Club 2-3. Pythagorean Club 3-4. Executive Committee 3. Budget Committee 3. Class Play 4. Committees and entertainments. Junior Girls Club 3. Girls Reserve 3-4. Girls Quartet 1- 2-3-4. HAYDEN TUCKER - - - “Bo” Fools step out when wise men go to bed. History. Science. Class President 1-3. Student Council 1-3-4. Orchestra 1-2. Football 2-3-4. Dramatics 3. Student Body President 4. Hi-G Club 4. Commercial Club 4. Committees and programs. LOUISE ENGLISH. The charms of music are oft used by her. Commerce. Chorus I-2-3-4. Orchestra 3. Toka Staff 2. Junior Girls Club 3. Opera 2. Spanish Club 2-3. Commercial Club 4. Class Play 4. Committees and programs. CHESTER EDGERTON - “Chair” He who is faithful in little things. Shall rise to wall( with Kings. Mathematics. Class I reasurer 1. Class President 2- 4. Student Body Treasurer 3. Interclass Baseball 2. Student Council 2-3-4. Pythagorean 3-4. 1 oka Staff 2-4. Scroll Staff 4. Football 4. Glee Club 4. Senior Boys Quartet 4. Senior Play 4. Track 4. Committees and entertainments. Rooter’s Club 4. NETTIE COOVER - - “Dizzy” If only I’d thinlf before I spealf. Home Economics. Entered G. P. H. S. from Modesto High School, Modesto, California. Basketball 3-4. Junior Girls Club 3. Hi-G Club 4. Pythagorean 3-4. Class Play 4. Committees and programs. Page Twelve