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

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heard anything so enthralling. We see a stage in a Chautauqua tent, and Clara Herbeck dressed in a creation of pale blue cerise is singing Oh, the Selfishness of Men.” Unknown to Clara. LeRoy Stephens, chairman of the Anti-Woman’s League, comes next on the program, speaking upon the subject of “The Dangers of Giving a Woman Her Own Way.” These two old friends have never married and never expect to, so we hear Eli Allen, manager of the Chautauqua, telling his pet snake. Ah, a town in Sweden. How queer, the men all look depressed. The scene passes on and we look into a hall where Iris Burns is speaking to the women on how to use caveman tactics on their husbands. Ah, I am choking! I am suffocating! Will no one help me? I see Carl Oestreich, the chemist, looking at me, but he moves not. The vapor is killing me. I’m----- Say, wake up, Alberta! Can’t you see it’s almost eight o’clock, and time you were at school? What a relief! I had just been asleep in my own bed. Today final exams begin. Edythe Andrews, Bernice Coon, Alberta Shoemake, Chester Edgerton. A BAREFOOT BOY I want to be a barefoot boy. As in the long ago. And walk along in perfect joy. And whistle as I go. With not a care within my heart. And just an eye for birds— I want to walk again apart With father’s flocks and herds. I want to be a boy again, A happy barefoot boy; I want to taste the joy again Of sweets that cannot cloy— I want to wade knee deep in bliss And sun me, all reborn. And spread my toes; my reason’s this: I’m troubled with a corn. Page Seventeen

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NJVItMkI ARTHUR BAILEY Honk” They say he is handsome—is he? History, Mathematics. Baseball 2-3-4. Track 4. Hi-G Club 4. Class Play 4. Committees and entertainments. EDITH SPALDING - “Spalding” A typical, American athletic girl. History, Science. Chorus I. Pythagorian 2-3-4. Vice President Class 3. Girls Reserve 3-4. Commercial Club 4. Basketball 2-3-4. Basketball Captain 4. Hi-G Club 4. Toka Staff 2-3. Assistant Scroll Manager 4. Class Play 4. Dramatics 3. Committees and programs. CAROL HUSSEY - - - “Karo” Might be n orse—but how? History. Entered G. P. H. S. 1923 from Merlin High School, Merlin, Oregon. Glee Club 4. Track 4. Baseball 4. Class Play 4. EDNA BATMAN - - - Ed” Character—excellent! Home Economics, Languages, History. Junior Girl’s Club 3. Girls Reserve 3. Ciceronian 4. Committees and Programs. ROY PERRY - - - Perry” I dare do all that may become a man. Mathematics, Science. Baseball 1-2-3. Pytha- gorian 2-3. Committees and programs. Class Play 4. LUCY ALLEN - - - Kitty” Good as she seems Home Economics. Junior Girls Club 3. Girls Reserve 3-4. Pythagorean 4. Committees and entertainments. Page Sixteen

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LEWIS DE GENEAULT - •'Lew” Not afraid of lvorl(. Will lie down and go to sleep beside it. Mathematics. Baseball 2. Track 4. Pythagorean 4. BESSIE SIRLS - - - “Bess’ FrailitX), thy name is Woman. History. Opera 2. Basketball I-2-3-4. Chorus 1-2-3. Spanish Club 3. Dramatics 3. Junior Girls Club 3. Class Play 4. Committees and programs. PAUL ALLEN ... “Professor” A man the Women never (new (?). Mathematics. Band 3. Dramatics 4. Glee Club 4. Pythagorean 2-3-4. Class Play 4. Rooters Club 4. 1 oka 4. Committees and entertainments MINTIE WILHELM - - “Partner” Service with a smile. History. Class Secretary 4. Class Play 4. Committees and entertainments. LeROY STEPHENS - - “Steve” I’m right! know it! I feel it! History. Mathematics. Entered G. P. H. S. 1922 from Willamina, Hi. Willamina, Oregon. Football 3. Baseball 3. Dramatics 3. Athletic Manager 4. Scroll Staff 4. Pythagorian 4. Class Play 4. Glee Club 4. Senior Boys Quartet 4. Hi-G Club 4. Committees and entertainments. VIRGINIA ROY - - - “Peggy” Earns her letter waiting for the postman. Commerce. Entered G. P. H. S. from Forest Grove High, Forest Grove, Oregon. French Club 3. Junior Girls Club 3. Class Secretary 3. Pythagorian 4. Treasurer Glee Club 4. President Commercial Club 4. Girls Reserve 3-4. Senior Class Play 4. Entertainments. Page Eighteen