Klamath Union High School - El Rodeo Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

Text from Pages 1 - 106 of the 1907 volume:

W; - .; L AW m xPy L . . : manna 9 5C A; IO- HE approved Reclamation System Will leave the tule .marsh lands of the Lower Klamath tapproximately about 50,000 acres in great about ten feet above the water levels of the main drainage canals, and will also supply irrigation water from raised ditches, high enough to permit the flooding of each and every section of these 'lands sufficiently for the propagation of cranberries. Their possible yield in grasses, grains, onions, asparagus and celery is beyond general. con- ception. Nature and the ingenuity of man can not provide more ideal conditions for cranberry culture than these lands Will present When reclaimed. But few persons are capable of ap- preciating the future values of - these lands that are mostly owned by individual holdings. For more definite informa- tion concerning these lands address ABEL ADY, Klamath Falls, Oregon. extent. 'gists and lperfumery. PHONE 375 You Need Drug'sx VERYONE uses drugs to a certain They must be fresh and possess all of their medicinal prop- erties, or the prescription Will not be eorrectly compounded. fresh drugs and therefore we fill pre- scriptions accurately. We also have a large line of drug-e sundries, cameras, phonographs Newsom Q Underwood We use only . Exchange, Feed anaSale Stables ' J . L. BATEMAN, Proprietor Agency for Bessinger 8L Co. Hiaes and Pelts Bought X C. P MASON, DENTIST OFFICE OVER AMERICAN RANK 6x TRUST CU. DR. C. H. DE LAP. Chiropractic Consultation and examination free. MID WAY BLACK- SMITH SHOP Livery and Feed Stable . in connection. C. C. BROWER, Attorney and , Counselor-at-Law, Office in Murdech Block The Mascot Stables ; C. T. OLIVER T. PARKER, M. D., PhySiCian and Surgeon, Klamath mus, Oregon.' l 0 BS SHIVE BROS. 8c CO. Successors to L. F. WILLITS, Dealers in . GENERAL M ERCHAN DISE OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT MW! OUR GOODS ARE THE BEST 1 .un rm. ! and W .lmlpmp- B. 8T. GED. .BISHUP ROBERTS 8c HANKS, ll ! be DEALER IN Hardware and WWI. unly F U R N I T U R E SportingGoods: h I PW 1 KLAMATH FAILS, OREGON Klamath F3113 Oregon WWW? 1 ' ACKLEY BROS II II , S . . I . ! Pm'h' a SUbSCHbe for ' Rough and . J Finished Lumber ; THE BOOMER Klamath Falls, Oregon nderwood W . KLAMATH WCOMMERCUH. AGENCY y BLACK- ABSTRACTS, LANDS, LOANS ! SHOP KLAMATH FALLS - OREGON F W W W GEO. T. BALDWIN, Hti'm :Gily MMSEEERMMDaEkeI Hardware, Stoves, ROPS S , t G d . .OWER All Kinds of Fresh, Salt pm 1251100 .S o I and Smoked Meats. Klamgth a S W regon 'W H I ' I m... ..r mm MASON 8c SLOUGH, STILTS CO, m Murd'whl EiasltrESEStB-anq New Dry Goods and Loans and Insurance Ladies, Furnishings. M I L L I N E R Y L. ALVA L.EWIS, JEWELER L DEALER IN DATE WEVERYTHING IN JEWELRY LINES THAT IS PRETTY AND UP-TO- EAVE your orders for lawn and orchard grass seed, also garden seeds in bulk, at the Feed Store. C. A. DALZELL. Remember . . . HORNING 8c CASEY when you invest The Cash Meal Market mg 11$ 2583 Bacon and Lard? The Lakes Me 11111 The only first- class Hotel in Klamath Falls ' RATES $2 PER DAY Sp em 11 rates by the week and month. Also special Iates to Klamath County: people : : : ' MRS. M. MBM .LAN, Plfll. 6729 Best Dressers Walknver Shoes - and Wear K. Clothing J. W. SIEMENS Barber Shop and Baths The Best in Town VAN RIPER BROS. STAPLE AND FANCY GRUBERIES M 1 h 'M M: .3. PHONE 5l6 K... N , The Klamath County High School BOOMER Commencement Number Edited By THE CLASS OF 1907 And Published by the Students of the Klamath County High School JOHN G. SWAN, PRINCIPAL ' Dedication Ode. U. G. SWANJ 0 Future, oft we look to thee Behind the clouds of mystery, Clouds oft so black, We start aback, Again all bright, The hopeful light, Shines from thy clouds of mystery. As priests of old would view the cloud, The incense burning sacrificial'shroud Towlearn the fate, Of, nations great, So hopefully, N ow study we, , 0 Future, thy auspicious cloud. ,Methinks I see in letters gleam Words that naught, no naught can mean Than that in here, From year to year Shall grow success, And nothing else, ' Those gleaming words to me can mean. 0 walls withintwhich now we stand, Thou noblest pile of Klamath land, Ma purpose pure, t ' . In ere endure, Nor meanness vile, Thee e'er defile, . , Thou noblest thought of Klamath land. May powers be tutored in these halls For manly work, for womanly calls, May wiSdom's light, These halls make bright, May learning bloom , Within each room, Its fragrance perfume all these halls. Mayymany friends full warm with zeal With .wills to do, with hearts to feel, Arise to heed Thy every need, I That those who've planned Thy mission grand May see its worth each year reveal. When ears have passed in rapid fiight These gricks grown brown. our heads grown white, May memory twine, Like iv vine, Of kin ly'deed, Of friends who heed, . As the bricks grow brown and the heads grow whlte. And now these halls we dedicate, That learning ma them consecrate, That youth ul bands From Klamath lands May learn to climb To heights sublime For this, these walls, these halls, we dedicate. 2 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. The Coming of the Prince. . I:R. E. A., t08.1 Helena laid aside the book very softly and sat very still for a minute that she might not break the delightful spell thrown over her by the ending of the story. It had been a story after her own' heart, rich in the glamour of medieval romance. The unfortuhate princess had suffered sorrows beyond the lot of women, but, at last, the prince had come-and all the dull gloom of .her life had blossomed into rosy joy. Unreal? Yes, in a way, it is unreal, mused the girl, and yet in spirit it is true. Perhaps, sometime, a MY prince Will come down that long. road between the fields and then ,6 a 99 it This endless, sordid, round of daily duties -this sweeping and dusting and cooking and sewing-all will be different then and -Helena stretched herself comfortably in the hammock and fell to dreaming. Gradually consciousness merged into oblivion. She was a princess, fair and tall, and she dWelt in a gloomy gray castle beside a bitter sea. Her soul was filled with sadness and wrought With ineffable longing. Once, leaning through the easement, she saw a knight, her prince, come riding through the stern gate of the castle like a ray of sunshine enter- . ing a dark room, and joy was born in her heart. She rode with him to a land of blossom and springtime. where a pure white castle rose beside a fair blue lake-blue as the smiling sky that arched above. Beautiful flowers crowded. the shore and crept up the walls of the palace, and as she mounted the marble steps, leaning on the arm of the prince, rows ,of white-robed maidens as lovely as the flowers stood and courtesied as she pass- ed, owning her as mistress. The joy in her heart waxed greater and greater until it possessed her whole being and enfolded her as in a mantle. She wandered all the day midst the beauties of the castle and gardens and the prince was ever near and new blisses opened before her at every step. But at sunset the maids came to her in troubled groups. Fair mistress, you have given us no directions for the feast, they said. And the poor princess knew not what to answer, for she ' KLAMA'11H COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 3 was unskilled in such matters and had deemed not that they would disturb her happiness in this fair home. i Then it seemed that the V pure walls of the palace grew discolored and gloomy, the sunshine faded away, there was a frown on the face of the prince, and the lovely dream was gone. . Helena sat up and winked the sleep from her eyes. The sun Was low and from the direction of the kitchen came the familiar Sounds of her mother preparing the evening meal. IiWhat a ridiculous dream she laughed, and yet perhaps there is as much truth in it as i11 the story I read this afternoon If some prince SHOULD sometime claim me and carry me to a castle of my own I should hate to be f011nd i11 such a case as I was in my: dream I believe I had better go to work and acquire more skill than I have at present or it might happen so. a ' ' So she left the hammock and the romantic story-book for more practical occupations in the culinary department. 7' ' 4 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. The Holy Grail. WALEDICTORY ORATION BY ALICE LUCILE cox, t07.1 The San Greal, or holy grail, according to the mythology of the Romancers, was the cup out of Which our Lord drank in the last supper with his disciples; It was brought to England by Joseph of Aremathea and remained there for many years an object of adoration and pilgrimage. This cup had the wonderful power to heal all who beheld it, but in order to keep it here on earth those who had charge of it must be chaste and pure in thought and word and deed. There came a time When sin and sorrow abounded in the land and even the court of King Arthur, which was supposed to represent all that was pure and noble, was touched by sin. It was then that the Holy Grail was taken back to heaVen. There lived at King Arthuris court during this time a nun who was the sister of the brave Sir Percival. She was as pure as ever a maiden could be. It was her great desire to live such a pure life that she might see the Holy Grail and perchance bring it back to earth. For this she fasted and prayed. One day she went to her brother,-her eyes shining With a wonderful and beautiful light. .That night she had been awakened by a sound, as of a silver horn, from over the hills which gradually increased as it drew nearer. And then a cold and silvery beam had streamed through her cell, and the Holy Grail, rose-red and beating as if it were alive, softly glided down the long beam until the white walls Iwere dyed with rosy leaping colors. Then the music died away. the Holy Grail vanished, and the quivering lights passed away. She begged him to fast and pray and bid his brother knights to fast and pray that the Holy Grail; might come and dwell among them. When Sir Galahad, the purest and most. noble of all Sir Arthur's knights, heard the story of the vision, his eyes filled with the same beautiful and wonderful light which had shone from the face of the nun. One Summer evening, When King Arthur had left the. court and all the knights had gathered around the round table, Sir Galahad sat in the chair which was called the HSiege Peril- Iw Mn. $ur- m u W hat: mm: In? an: mmm' um m: M 1'? 37' punt 0th o What: .mmpc N sown: 311i I canal w'i, m m WTWW aunt wwugzval l1, OW nit, KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 5 ous. If any one who was not entirely pure sat in this chair they were lost. All at once they heard a great cracking and tearing of the roof, a blast and thunder overhead, and in the thunder a cry and in the blast a long bearn of light smote down the hall, a beam of light which was seven times brighter than day. Down the long beam stole the Holy Grail all covered with a bright and luminous ' cloud that none might see Who bore it, and then it vanished, but each knight saw his brothers face bathed 'in glory. All the knights arose and Sir Percival was the first to speak. He made a vow that since he had not seen the Holy Grail he would ride a year and a day in search of it. Many others made the vow, among - them Sir Galahad the pure. When King Arthur heard of the strange visions and the vows which had been made his heart was filled with sadness. He knew that many Of them who were needed at home had gone in quest of that which they could never find. And so it was; for of all those who went on the great search, Sir Galahad alone was successful. The others traveled far and wide and in many countries, following as it were a mocking fire or phantom cloud. . The Holy Grail symbolizes the higher life; and few there are that find it. There is an awful discipline needed; men must cross the broken bridges over the troubled sea of life that only Galahad traversed in safety. Such quests are only for a few; even Arthur himself, the ordinarily noble soul, cannot undertake the Grail at all times; he has a lowlier human task to fnlfnll first. Those who seek for the Holy Grail need not spend their lives searching for it in many countries and far away; but most often it is found at home and ma lowly form. How often do we who are searching for the higher things in life forget to look for the It is not so much what we do but how we do it; for Christ has said that no matter what we do, even if it be only to give a cup of cold water, if we give it in his name we give unto him also. The poet Lowell has told us the story of another Knight, Sir Launfal, who also searched for the Holy Grail. It was Spring when he started out and it was also in the Spring time of his life. His heart was full of sunshine and hope as his charger sprang He was full of his noble purpose and anxious lowly human tasks first. through the gate. 6 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. to be gone on'his mission when he became aware of a leper crouch- ing by the roadside and begging for alms. A loathing seemed to come over his soul as he tossed the leper a piece of gold in scorn, . but the leper did not raise the coin from the dust, saying that he Who gave from a sense of duty gave nothing. . After many years Sir Launfal returned from his unsuccessful search. It was cold and dreary Winter and he; was no longer a young man. As he approached the gate of the castle he beheld again the leper who had'appeared so loathsome to him when he had started on his'journey. The leper begged an alms for Christ,s sweet sake and Sir Launfal' beheld in him no longer the loath- some lepei, but an image of him who had died 11an the tree; for he also had his Crown of thorns and had received the buffets of the 1 world He divided with him his crust and broke the ice ., 011 the small stream and gave him to eat and 'drink. Suddenly aggreat light shone about the place and Sir Launfal ilooked up, to behold no.- longer the leper, but one who stood before him tall and Ifair and glorified, and ' h 1 His words were shed softer than leaves from the pine And they fell on Sir Launfal as snow on the brine .. That mingle their softness and quiet in one . . I , With the shaggy unrest they float down 11pon;I . 4 , . '1 And the voice that 'Was calmer than Silence said, 1 So, it is I, be not afraid, In many climes Without avail Thou hast spent thy life for the HOly Grail, Behold, it is here, this cup which thou Didsit fill at the streamlet for me, but now rThis crust is my body broken for thee . 1 This water his blood that died on the tree. A The Holy Suppef'is kept indeed I ' In whatso we share with another 3 need Not what we give, but what We share, For the gift, Without the giver, is bare. - Who gives himself with his alms feeds three Himself, his hungring neighbor, and me. i 'i , mun: nod AI rhmrgo r-I mimhrn' Numi-I m lh- N M Lamb. mm: a mu Oh uhfznmi; H W um 'immz M 2mg. a law 3621?: ' m... m! cm .2 :m M M M: Mr: m 'd W. W mm mmw C 03M ram .34 i Q? m. 90 1h 3m 35. PW .uf, 13m mt 3' m- . KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 7 A Pipe Dream. IBY ROY APPLEGATE tO7J UVith apologies to Milton and Bunyam Once on a time a man, worn out by the deadly drudgery and sordid selfishness of gaining gold, fell into a troubled sleep in his office chair, his head and heart throbbing in unison with the incess- ant roar of the conjested street without. Presently an idea or memory began to grow in his troubled, greed saturated, brain. An intangible something, an aching recollection, or a dim after- thought from some happier day. At last he found himself on a lonely and rugged mountain side. Around him the great majestic pines, their green leaves trembling up against the blue void, hummed that old familiar lay so dear to the heart of every youth. On either hand great ragged bluffs of basalt and lava stood out in all their rugged grandeur and majestic t simplicity. Before him lay a great valley, verdant with all the fresh loveliness of early Spring. For miles on miles, even as far as the aching eyes could see, stretched the green meadows, wat- ered by many silver streams. Down, down at his very feet flowed a limpid rivulet, its crystal waters so clear that every pebble in its . bed was visible. The air about him was filled with the sweet voi- . ces of nature, God's own music, and poured over all like a bene- diction was the ambient splendor of the sunshine. The blood rushed through his veins with the glorious gladness of youth and his head ceased to throb, but instead a great peace, a delicious healthfulness and naturalness pervaded his whole being. Then there appeared two beautiful maidens, two dear, long for- gotten friends, one of theni' named Love and the other Health, and taking him by the hands with a warm and gentle pressure they led him down a once well known path between the manzanita bush- es to a long green lane. On the left side of this lane was a beau- tiful meadow deep with rippling grass and bordered by quiet wa- ters, on the right a noble orchard, its great trees laden with all the beautiful and delicions fruits of his boyhood days. Anon they came to an old brown gate, and before them stood the staunch old 8 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. farmhouse with its broad shady porches. He sprang up the steps, his heart oierflowing with happiness, for the houSe was strong and noble, and its four corner stones were Honor, Faithfulness, Brotherhood, and Civic Righteousness, and the pillars that support- ed.the porch were Peace, Contentment, and Happiness. ' His moth- er came to the door, her beautiful hands extended, and oh, such a depth of forgiving tenderness in those eyes, those wonderful moth- He opened his arms, his heart bursting.with gladness, and-awoke! Still the terrible tumult of traffic tortured the suf- fering air; still men rushed on with the insane fury of grinding greed; and the poor man groaned 1n agony I know life' s meaning now, alas, too late, too late! er eyes. u'l , mmLL Mi 0 w u IIIIIQJUIHQHHHHTTII mum 6.3 a 7?th mm ' WI $2ng m ?inifflnhlm . uh I: run ... m e vi gmtwv' MOI 2r :3; untu- -V ' $??M W m WNW 3 arm. mu ngml If H bur! mm TWNa-m m '1'! Mi Imwm 1 rm u H o .pno 7m h- ! n u Onw-QH h'm 9.5M 1- pv-w . m ' What! mu... 0' KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 9 The Square Deal. IBY FRANK EARL WILSON, i011 . During the present administration the thinking people of the United States have been puzzled over the conviction of numerous cases of dishonesty and graft in public offices. Whether or not this exposure of graft is a sign of degeneration of moral character is the foremost question in the minds of our people. The pessi- mist will answer in the affirmative, citing as proof that a few years ago the prosecution and conviction of a public official was almost unknown; that because there was no official dishonesty brought to light it followed that none existed. On the other hand, when the facts are known it seems obvious that the discovery of political graft is the result of the moral awakening of our people, led by our beloved president, Theodore Roosevelt. Thomas A. Edison says that nature has never failed to furnish him a neeessary substance to fill a vacant place that will make his production practical. So it is in history. . The All Knowing Ruler of the universe has never failed to 'produce the right character for the required place. Washington appeared to lead our ancestors through the darkest times to victory and independence. Lincoln appeared in his mission of preserving the U nion and now it is the mission of Roosevelt to revolutionize our standards of public morality and honesty. Where could there be found a man who is more capable of carrying to a subcessful conclusion such a mission? He came to the presidency after nearly twenty years of public life. During this time he had sought office at the hands of the people but three times and none could come up the back stairs of the White House to collect a bill for political services. Wall street was afraid of him because he had pushed a bill through the New York legislature making large corporations pay their share of taxation. He was full of enthusiasm for the right, and ambition to do the right. He had the moral courage and faith that the people would back him in his efforts against corruption. L He commenced his war on dishonesty within a month after he 10 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. had been sworn into the presidential chair. His first skirmish was With the beet sugar trust against their- plan to prevent Cuban reciprocity. His was a moral issue-a square deal-the dutv of this nation to Cuba, and McKinleyis promise to fulfill that duty. This was foremost in his mind and the people saw his point and gave him their support. This was a typical struggle. Along this same line he has been fighting dishonesty ever since. He asks more than he expects to get and gets more than his enemies ex- pect to give. , He weut into the fight with a clear moral, vision, a clean mind and a simple boyish heart. William Allen White: says uHe puts all the energy of his forceful character behind his faith in God, and his belief in'common honeSty and therefore plays no tricks, lays no ambushes, relies on 'no strategy, but seeing his duty goes to it joyously, bravely and with a wise direction and simplicityf' The passage of the law creating ,a department of Commerce and Labor reminded the people of the Governmentfs right to investi- gate private business affairs. The usquare deal stands for the fact that every man should have every dollar he really earns and he can do this only when no man is allowed to have a dollar he does not actually earn. His idea 'on the railroad rate question is a plea for simple honesty. He cannot see why the misfortunes of the shippers should be capitalized and transportation charges based on the need of service instead of being based on the actual cost of service. i ' J ust laws never interfere with those who do what is right. . It is always the dishonest class who cry about laws being unjust. The meat inspection law and the pure food laws would have caused no fuss if the manufacturers of these articles had been giving honest values. Therefore, if a man is working against a law that will promote public honesty he is either a grafter himself or is under the influence of some grafter. The cause. of dishonesty in our nation is obvious. ' During the past generationthis country has been earnestly engaged in getting rich. In the thirty years that followed 1870, thirty million people have come upon this continent and surged westward, taking with them the customs and traditions of the East and after getting Ont West have found and appropriated privileges that they were not ?T'uht Mitw N .NN hh: m...- N m'hmmdc. a deymz N NW w'jm II Inn Mahdi 0-- m 3 Mann. ubonzhmhrlmz- lbWulhmit Wm! M I twaimml: .111 um. .baguife' uh 2ft: M 3' me KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 11 allowed elsewhere. They found less limitations on thelboundless prairies, and ih the unfenced forests each man was free to do as he pleased. Thus gradually they worked into the idea that might made right. They got rich With no question asked. came to count for'more than honesty. Energy Dishonesty was found in nearly every occupation. In mining camps it was claim jumping; in cattle countries it was stock stealing and all for no purpose but that of securing wealth. For the same reason many a man has discarded his honesty, thus putting money in the place of his God. The idea prevailed that our great country stands as a golden apple tree and every man must knock down all he desires, The man who was allowed to work. out his road tax would go to the place designated and probably put in not more than three or four hours of steady work and claim allowance for a day. The next day he would go to the polls and elect a man whom he expected to handle the public money honestly. If he should not oh ! what a howl that honest voter would make. But the people of this country are now awaking to the fact that honesty like charity must begin at home, and so today there is a steady although very quiet movement toward general honesty. The men in the public oflices who are still inclined to be dishonest are very slow to attempt any such thing for they know they are being watched. They know the common people are becoming more honest. V'That private honesty will demand public honesty. That as the people are, so must the nation and the nation,s ser- vants be. It is a praiseworthy and noticeable thing that the majority of the people of the United States try to do the right thing. They are awakened to the right. They are demanding the usquare deal. England as a nation has been watching the conviction of grafters in America with a great deal of scorn for the past few years. The thought naturally arises, is there any such thing in England? If so, why is it not discovered? An examination of Englandls condition will show that there is public dishonesty there as well as in the United States. Although the obligations of personal services have been abolished, England is still feudal to the core. manhood suffrage, but the relations of classes are those of the The feudalism has been modernized by commerce and 12 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. fifteenth rather than of the twentieth centuries. There is a caste system in England like that in India. The gentry is opposed to the laborer and the line is very clearly drawn between them. The gentry control the railroads, press, church, mines, commerce and franchise corporations and are thus in a position to compel the' working class to ask no questions. Therefore, they are almost as immune from dangerous criticism as the Czar of Russia. Under these conditions it is not surprising that there are no exposures of dishonesty in the higher oflices of Englanda The English graftef holds his position for life behind that strong barrier, caste. For this same reason is Wall street rotten vyith corruption; for unlimited power and wealth tend to corrupt most men. ' ' Yet the fact that here and there men are found guilty of breach of public trust is not a cause for discouragement, When we consider how few they are compared with the vast army of men holding responsible positions. The fact that When a man has violated the trust reposed in him, he is tried before a jury of his peers, convicted and punished, is one of the most hopeful signs of the awakening of the public conscience that the dawn of the twentieth century reveals to us. The problem of national honesty has been answered by Judge Heny: ttWe must have as high a standard in business as .in' ofIicial life. We must have a higher standard in politics. We must have a square dealJ am if! i z I '1 I I H 1 a I I x if? if; i L!:I 2:2 91! kt , I1 .5 I l I f l A KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Macbeth Up-to-Date. IF. E. v., t08.J Scene-Back of school house. tBoiling cauldrom Bell rings. En- ter three Witches. First Witch-Twice the high school bell has rung. Second Witch-Twice to School the kids have run. Third Witch-The voices in the air call time. First Witch-Round about the cauldron go And in the charmed pot do throw, All the measures of the charm Whether free or full of harm. Face against the window'pane '08 cap once drOpped in the rain, Bunch of grapes and ear of cow That once has caused an awful row, Professorts mustache, With no ease got, Boil thou flirst in the charmed pot. All-Double, double, toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Second Witch-Now a little frightened snake . In the cauldron boil and bake, Piece of straw and cookie too Pair of hair ribbons now Will do. Hoop of barrel made at just one Some sweetness to complete the fun, For a charm of powerful trouble Like a hell broth boil and bubble. All-Double, double, toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Third Witch-Link of chain and little mouse, Paste board box behind the house, Half hatched egg from chemistry class, And a football now will have to pass. A piece of Verniets sweater red Which saved one girl from a watery bed, Some tWigs from off the family tree, A dime and a cherry as ripe as can be. Hixie,s slipper, a mitten, too, A bag of beans and the mistletoe, Handle of Profts little axe With Which the family tree he hacks. Stir the charm and stir it more With a slat kicked from the basement door, . A pleasant smile from good J udge Baldwin Makes up the ingredients of our cauldron. All-Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Second Witch-Cool it With a rabbitts blood, One that by the roadside stood. 14 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 67m Parliament of Man. IZBY ROY APPLEGATE, t07.1 A certain immortal document, with which we are all more or less familiar, begins with these words: HWhen, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of natureis God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes Which impel them to the separation. Now it is not entirely unreasonable to assume that the time Will come, and in truth is now near at hand, when a new declaration, not of independence, but of mutual dependence, shall be brought forth, which may be introduced by' some such words as these: Since, in the course of human events, it has become necessary for all peoples to unite the political organizations which have heretofore distinguished them from each other; and to work. together for the common peace, well being, and upbuilding of mankind, we, the powers of the earth, do hereby organize and establish this common parliament for the attainment! of these great ends and for the government of all nations. Let us glance back over the pages of history and follow the movement which has led to this prediction and see if it is not merely a possibility, but the most imminent of probabilities, because it is the natural culmination of a slow development along the lines of a natural evolution. Looking back over the history of the race we first see man but little betterithan a beast. He lives by the right of might. Every man is pitted against his neighbor and is obliged to fight for his very existence. Selfishness, greed, and injustice rule the human heart, and the hand of man reeks in the blood of his'brother. The earth knows no peace and all disputes are settled by appeal to the. tribunal of violence. Gradually men, as they become more human and less bestial, n QMMuiy Mummy: MdWMnmh WWJHI: inactivity: Mmuhmr Man! lii? n fem wand? u- mach ??? um! hi :2. nzwi p.11! 91.323005 y a W'medy g: KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 15 begin to realize that it is possible for one man to live in peace with his neighbor, provided that both are controlled by a Strong temporal power and by an even handed justice, and for this purpose governments are iirst established. Thus certain organized communities of men learn to live in comparative peace among themselves, but they have not yet learned the great lesson of . international peace, and thence arises the condition of war among the nations. Thus, for thousands of years after the state of anarchy has ceased to exist, nations continue to carry out the same barbarous principle; every nation for' itself and every people turned against every other people. It is the age of conquest, the day of Egypt, Assyria, Macedonia and Rome, When the greatness of a nation is measured by the strength of her legions and by the number. of her crushed and bleeding athralls. Now, as before, the strong devour the weak and the conqueror takes toll from the conquered. As time passes by, and as the Christian principle begins to permeate the nations, the civilized powers begin to realize that war is not always necessary and that it is even possible to'settle seme international disputes by arbitration, but still the old dream 'of conquest and the terror of the blood lust hangs over the nations like an awful thunder cloud, ready to burst at any moment and give .vent to its devastating fury. They are forced to provide against the terrible contingency by the maintenance of powerful and costly armies and navies. It is the close of the nineteenth century. The densely populated I and closely crowded nations of Europe are struggling for the mastery, when on the twenty-fifth day of May, 1899, for the first time in history, the Czar of Russia, the most autocratic monarch in Europe, calls for a peace conference. The great powers meet at The Hague for the avowed purpose of considering the disarma- ment of the nations. Here it is decided to establish an interna- tional board of arbitration, and strong recommendations are made against hasty declarations of war. Now, these provisions, though a step in the right direction, have proven inadequate; for since that time two of the greatest powers, both of them parties to that agreement, have transgressed its ordinances and engaged in costly and unnecessary wars. It cost 16 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Great Britain four hundred million pounds and thousands of lives to conquer little Transvaal, and Russia untold treasure in money, property, prestige and human lives to oppose the natural growth of J apan. Besides these expenses, both these powers, as well as ' all the other European powers, are spending so much money on . their military establishments that internal improvements, and even the well being and happiness of citizens, are sadly neglected, if not well nigh forgotten. , But, since the terrible Russo-Japanese war and the bloody and unjust annexation of the Transvaal by England, the thinking and peace loving people of the world are roused as they never were before against this unbrotherly and unchristian institution of war. They are beginning to ask themselves: Why the continuation, even into the twentieth century, of this insane and barbarous custom? Why this intolerable condition of wealth-sapping preparation against a contingency which should not exist? Why. not abolish war? . . And so, as a result of this revulsion of feeling, which is making itself felt throughout the breadth of the earth and among all peo- ples and races, the first pariliament of the nations will meet at The. Hague next month for the further consideration of these great questions. Yes, the first parliament of the nations, because prac- tically every independent nation on the face of the earth will. be represented; and for this reason this meeting will assume far greater proportions and exert much greater influence than did The Hague peace conference. It will be the firstlparliarnent in which all races and conditions of civilized men will be assembled to solve their common problems, and to consider this gravest of all ques- tions, that of limiting armaments. It has been said that perhaps some one or two powers might possibly refuse to enter the conference if the troublesome question of disarmament is brought up, but in this case as' well as in all ordinary conventions, the majority should rule, and no one nation or alliance ought to be allowed to prevent the consideration of this question, and without such consideration the whole proceeding becomes a farce. Most of the great military powers of Europe 7 are in favor of limiting armaments, While the two powers that will take the most prominent part in the movement are those great h. $1413 2: am. 1 ma n, WI: PHHHVvI . 4 '3! 1f 8- I'YYIHWL: 335th! 3m! gm; 1313' hi liming; 'h t 31' l rm ., .. kw thaw : pm. umm m: Am 9 . udmmwm; mdlbnlimrmg '11- Mamas! Mdmww immhmolllrcml um um wWIM KLAMATH' COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 17 Anglo-Saxon nations, England and the United States of America, wholrepresent one-third of the civilized peoples of the world. It may be that the world has not yet reached that stage in its development When war can be dispensed With, or when a total disarmament is feasible, but this international parliament is a long stride in the right direction and, if we may judge the events of the future by those of the past, if we trace out this evolutionary development to its logical conclusion, the belief forces itself upon us with resistless certainty that the world is rapidly approaching that much to be desired condition. As men are brought closer to eachother by the common ties of human interest and brotherhood, and as their lust for carnal glory and their primitive thirst for blood are succeeded by a cool and rational conception of the true purposes of life, this parliament of man will assume more and more'power and will acquire greater prestige till it shall ultimately be looked upon as the high and inviolate tribunal of all nations. And it is reasonable to conclude that if the peoples of one empire can live in peace with each other that the peoples of all empires can ultimately live in peace with each other, and that as time passes on national lines will disappear and that some time all peoples, regardless of race or nationality, will be directed by a great central parliament. And when this unity has been achieved there will be no need of war. And, finally, as the barbarous and semi-civilized peoples of today take on the civilization of the Christian world, they will naturally fall into line, and in time all men will live as brothers. This is not an idle dream, but the natural and logical outcome of a process which has been going on since the beginning of history. We live in an age of comparative barbarism. The terrible alternative of war is resorted to for the settlement of international questions. The powers are obliged to build up great armies and navies at the expense of their hard-working and peace-loving citizens Who are bowed down and crushed by the gruelling cost of maintenance. A great part of the mental and physical energy of our inventors and artisans, as well as an immense share of natural wealth, is expended'in devising engines of war for the preserva- tion of peace. Under such conditions we may look with hope upon this interna- 18 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. s a precursor of the millenium; When nations shall learn war no more, and love and brotherhood shall fill the hearts hitherto filled With hate. and blood-guiltiness. May God hasten the time When swords shall be beaten into plowshares and the fiends of war go down before the Prince of Peace. tional parliament a , r me 1'?! i . 7.. unhuw mum miiiB-ma. :3thW hung ?Mbw 'nMWOI 'Ilu. , OI u... in. N KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. a! Pam Morning. ' I:BY A MODISTEJ LA companion to Holmesi tEvening, by a TailorPJ Welcome, fair Morn, in misty robes arrayed, Casting aside the velvet cloak of night, Coming With music through the fragrant air, And bearing in thy arms the hour of peace ! All nature draws a deeply tranquil breath, Waiting in silent joy thy soft approach, While Chanticleer in joyous cadence sings His praise to thee, his queen. Thou seemist to me Like some fair dryad, bearing flowers, Who stands On the front cover of a fashion book. Now on thy corsage burns the brilliant sun, Amidst the laws of thy neglige, Waking to brighter light the dewey pearls That jewel thy throat; and all thy petticoats Are edged With frills of softest rosy hue. Now doth the drowsy maiden wake from sleep And, turning on her pillow, dream of when Sheill hie to me to fit her wedding gown. Anon thouilt lay aside the morning robe , In which thou greetist our earliest consciousness And, stepping forth in spotless azure drest, Like school-girls hastening to their morning tasks In neat and jaunty jumper suits of blue, Thouilt tell the world the time of dreams is past. Then must I take my needle and my shears And with them lift my load of daily cares, And through the sunny hours thou,st brought, sweet Morn, Iill labor for the weal of womankind; That haughty dames may dress in Paris style, And dainty maids be clad from head to foot In garments which befit their youthful grace, And children, from the age of babyhood, Go ever on their ways in trig attire. i ii i g r! l 20 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Child Labor. EBY LUE LEONARD, i011 Before civilization had developed to any marked degree man was absolute master in his own family and his powers were unlimited. ' His children were under his complete control and he could sell' them into slavery or even take their lives With perfect impunity. However, this state of affairs gradually gave way to one of a more temperate character where the parent was compelled to recognize the individual rights of his offspring and to moderate his treatment accordingly. Mental development and a state of moral improvement followed. Our present day and race is a direct a result of this refining and broadening. All over the world we Americms are recognized for our high ideals of religious and political liberty, our wealth and prosperity and for our personal freedom. Oar educational systems are being perfected, our literature has developed till we no longer need to take the old countries for models and strive to attain to theirs eminence. Our inventions are used all over the world and the word itAmerican is synonymous with progress and enterprise. Slavery, the one blot on our otherwise stainless history, was wiped out in blood and by the emanancipation proclamation. To the unthinking or the uninitiated our country seems free from any form of this evil; But is slavery abolished? If so, how can we account for the ignoring and willfully breaking of one of the most sacred tenets of our Nation by the great corporations of the East? J In Pennsylvania and other eastern states where great factories are daily supplying the demands of not only our OWn country but of all the world, are thousands of helpless children who, 'forced by necessity or parental authority, are chained to a work worse than the slavery of the Southland. The dawn of the 20th century reveals these children toiling in glass factories, Where the unnatural heat and glass particles blast their growth; in cigar factories, Where the deadly nicotine saturates their systems as ' h Jami ?' i'q f! , w I 1! PM ! .a hm 3 ' u: 0 4M1 JV t gu' W man u an 1'. 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I :2! i I ' ft I'M A f KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 21 surely as if they were addicted to the worst use of the narcotic; in coal mines, where the light of day rarely penetrates and suffo- cating gasses fill the air; in box factories, Where little girls become bent and misshapen from constantly bending over the tiresome work, and numberless other occupations. They are not without restraint in these labors. Unfeeling overseers are set over them, even as in the Southland slavery. In one case where a visitor to a large glass factory asked the foreman why a high barbed wire fence was erected around the grounds, he naively replied: HOh, that is to prevent the young ones from cutting and leaving. In some factories the doors are locked till the long, exhausting hours are done. Just a degree removed from the ball and chain system of the black slaves. During the joyous holiday seasons when the more fortunate children of moderate circumstances or of wealth are enjoying their beautiful toys and delicious confections the children in factories - are working over time to fill the demand for these delights of childhood. Christmas, that season of the year which belongs essentially to the children, is looked forward to with dread by these little workers, for they know nothing of the pleasures of that time. Only the exhausting labor is their share. What wonder, then, that they are degenerating? Selfishness, or desire for cheap labor, has always been the motive for slavery. Child labor, or child slavery, is a direct result of this, and began when our great factory owners were forced by competi- tion to seek cheaper labor and thus derive larger profits. To se- cure these they were willing to see happy, healthful children be- come pale, emaciated, dwarfed in mind and body. They saw that in the poverty-stricken districts children in large numbers could be secured for a pitiably small wage and would endure long and unjust hours uncomplainingly. And so we have them, little, helpless Vic- tims of manls cupidity. Not only are they degenerating physically in an alarming degree, but also morally. When their long hours are done, they are very often too tired to walk the wearisome distance home, so they seek the nearest place of shelter, which is most frequently a saloon. Here they pick up every vice and live in an atmosphere of moral 22 . KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. corruptness. School is out of the question, and there is no hope; nay, no ambition for escape into a purer environment. What good 'do our educational systems do them? If the saying, tithe boy is the father of the manfi is true, what manner of men can we hope for in the future from such factors. Girls who should be trained to become the home makers of our country are becoming stinted morally and physically in the struggle for mere existence. Their,s is the more pitiable lot, for they are the weaker members of this system. We hear the argument that there are laws preventing the very young children from working, and unjust conditions of labor being imposed upon them. So there are; but flagrantly broken and dis- regarded. Parents swear to untrue statements regarding the childis age, and the employer is only too glad to overlook this and take the child into his factory. ' The younger children are in greater demand, for they are the more easily imposed upon. In- human demands upon their time and strength meet with no re- , sistance, and they never riot or organize strikes. Easily intimi- dated, they never ask for concessions, but gratefully take their pittance at the end of the week. The death rate of these children is appalling. The work in many cases is most dangerous. The unnatural labor saps their vitality, and close confinement weakens their systems and makes them an easy prey of tuberculosis. Over twenty per cent give up the struggle before they reach the age of sixteen. Who can say but that hopelessness plays its part in the early taking off of these un- fortunates. What a criminal loss of human life that a few greedy millionaires might live in every luxury. - And what is to be the end? Bereft of the protection of parents who should prevent this outrage and who through necessity or mere criminal indifference allow their children to lead this exist- ence, and preyed upon by the heartless money seekers who devised this barbarous system, they are entirely helpless. Unless the public in general and the law-makers of this land 0f ours take the matter up and improve their condition, their case is hopeless in- deed. You parents Who have loved little ones of your own, compare. m, m: gird to mm: :- 75: mm: wire: c me rut; mm 3.; un! bahtzth 211': I12: i . r r vrgrisr 6mm. u. mm, m: adaym . a OH'KZW Tu m, 52.7. us; L151! T495 1337' n.- n 01:an n: '-'313?5 r' :9 1-74! F' x351? .. i J i9 f I! ..l'. - if, :50 :Ier 1,; w.f:l iM-h uh ' l '2': n :.!C :mi i. .f 9 . I'J oi . . ?Niff-m . II ,' 2ft 'w..'v KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 23 their lives with that of these little down-trodden toilers and think what your feelings would be if fate unkindly placed them in a like position. Christis commaad to suffer the little ones to come unto him did not mean the more fortunate children, but all. If we are in any way our brothers keeper, when will there ever be a more pressing need for us to exert our influence than in this case. These children are mutely crying for help, while we in apathy allow this outrage to continue. Let us abolish this evil which is dragging our fair civilization down and blotting our hitherto fair escutcheon with a deep and deadly sin. Can we allow this to re- main and leave its degrading impress upon the future generations of America? We must not lower our high standard, and let us not hesitate to denounce this evil influence. KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 67m Scenery of Klamath. DsY LILLY ARNETT, i08.J What is more inspiring to the poor discouraged soul, fills the heart with deeper emotions, than to View some of Gods beautiful works of nature, and know they were created for us? Few appreciate the surroundings of their own country, -but will travel even as far as Switzerland to see what they call beautiful or What scenery. It is true the scenery there is considered very beautiful, but if we would only look at some of nature,s gifts right here in Klamath county, we would find some grand and awe-inspiring pieces of work. For example, the scenery along the river, espec- ially in the morning, is full of interest. As the sun slowly wends its way through the heavens and peeps over the lofty mountains, it sheds its rays on the trees, flowers and ShPUbS, sparkling; and fresh with dew, and tinges the Autumn-colored leaves with a golden shade, gradually fading to a delicate pink. The green velvety carpet of grass is strewn With red-cheeked apples, golden- colored pears, and many other varieties of fruit. As the sun climbs slowly onward on its' journey, it throws its beams in the dashing, roaring and foaming waters of the i'falls. As the waves beat upon the rocks, throwing the white spray far into the air, every color of the rainbow seems reflected in the great foaming mass, as with a 1ush and a roar it again plunges onward 1n its mad fiight. , Farther up, on the lake, where the waters are more peaceful, steamers are plying their way, while many snow white birds are floating lazily on the still surface, and the little fishes are jumping in and out of the water. For about twenty miles up this lake Where the Summer resorts, Odessa and Pelican Bay lodge, are situated, the scenery is very picturesque. Lofty mountains rise almost perpendicularly on each side of the lake, some whose peaks are capped With snow Which sparkles 1n the sunlight; others Whose sides are covered with ever-l green forests,whi1e others are barren, but grand 1n their majesty. wrww I MM .1. ,ijw, w d. ..Mtf 9 .J'uoWQtf'Jn. 1 t P U131 um n' u'vtth 1.01511 strut M 1.912 s; w? Kur-rgn 13!? '3: :7: Ir'l rut vats. :7. I ..v , -, 1v k...-:M....fv.-... h. a :;'pf'.0fl - 'l. .1. '. vhf! I h 4 In 4' $ A K'Oph. Ia-I'hZSm , hi C.tt0. g! $ us 3 l l-kfirIv't U ,1! Q-tx 'hn' ..lt5L n I: ' m.t' .t K nhh'l '. .gd . 0x 13 ,x a'. f V N'E : e '. .K 3 l't . .m .0; 3' KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 25 The clear, cold waters from the mountain springs; wild game, such as deer, bear and ducks; the trout and salmon all invite the tourist to spend his vacation at these two summer resorts. But the great wonder of wonders, Which people from all parts of the world come to view, is Crater lake. I will not attempt to de- scribe it as I could not do this mighty piece of masonry justice. The name tells us that it is the remains of a volcano, but so won- derfully wrought that it is indescribable. It is now surrounded by a beautiful park. ' These are only a few of the features of interest to be found in Klamath county. But always there is the environment of peace- ful nature; sunny skies which shine alike upon the lofty crags, on heavily timbered mountains; the ever roaring, rushing falls, and the calm, peaceful waters of the lakes. SCENES AT PELICAN BAY. 26 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. The Teachers Will Get You If You Dontt Watch Out. iWITH DUE APOLOGIES TO RILEYJ uThirty verdant freshmen have come to school to play, Likewise to study, toe the mark and rub the green away, To get acquainted, learn the rules, obey them more or less, To keep from flanking if they can and other things I guess; But all the other students, When their lessons half are done, They get the freshies out of doors and have the greatest fun A-showing them how snipes are caught, or turn a hose about But the teachers Will get them, . If they donit watch out. I Now there are some naughty boys Who always smirk and grin And sometimes scufHe in the halls although it is a sin, . And leave the room to get a drink, run up and down the stairs And do not seem to study or have any other cares: So When it comes to Latin, penmanship and other work Theyire not half so energetic and they sometimes try to Shirk; But theyid better watch their corners and mind What theyire about. Or the teachers Will get them, If they donit watch ' out. Then, again, we have some girls Who are polite and smart, Except When they forget themselves, Which times are far apart. So you may find one in a corner a talking to a boy, With her face all lighted up expressing deepest joy; Or she may forget and Whisper, while the teacher turns away, And get sent into the offlce for to stay a half a day. At such. times theyid bestremember and keep their wits about Or the teachers Will get them, If they don,t watch out. :3 5' . k I ?'gwr ' K4 l. 1pc stC' I w 1.1.! r'a' ZIPV 5 9-K' ' xv: K nm'ntc 5m 2 : ?mm WW: cu. . 'Ju 11m u .3 fun 2.... .. 1. m ?:grww THE SENIOR CLASS, ,07. KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. THE SENIOR CLASS. The Seniors. Rickety-ax ! Co-ax! Co-heaven ! ' K. C. H. S., L Naughty Seven ! Although our class is by far the smallest in school numerically, we seniors have reason to feel proud of our achievements during the past year. We have taken a leading part in all the school enterprises, both athletic and literary and have maintained throughout the year a high average in scholarship; We number among our ranks the first editor-in-chief of the ttBoomer, three members of the present staff, the secretary of the student-body, two members of the glee club, one member of the K. C. H. S quartet, the president of the athletic association, and the manager of the baseball team. Finally, though hampered by many adverse circumstances, we have succeeded in producing this ,07 Annual, which will bear . witness to our enterprise, school spirit, and literary ability. We submit it to a ttcandid world for judgment. NAME. Senior Characterizations. Nickname. Favorite Exclamation. Favorite Occupation. Present Attainment. Florence Boorey . . . . L' Roy Applegate ...... Lue Leonard....'.... ' Frank Wilsoh'. . . VLucile Cox .4 ......... Augustus Bonney . . . Betty ....... ,. . . .' Gobbler , ......... Bunny , .......... uDoodles ......... Hixie ........... Augustus Gaesar Thatql be all righV . .' Oh bugs! ........... Gee! ........ By gory! ........... ' How nice! .......... uI don t know ....... Looking pretty. . . DraWing cartoons.. Having a good'time Singing ........ Smiling ............ Meditating ........ . President senior class. Class editor. Local editor. Baseball manager. Society editor. J osh editor. N 00 'HEIWOOEI 'IOOHOS HDIH LLNIIOO HLVWV'DI 9! :MH 1'1...me carnal iggg .Qw 31.11; cwM .1 l- o Tho! IME'; ' hih io't rx 0 it! t 1... ubhd !.'1i.m thusri 1 m logoi 'gnlhih. A 3b .-w .11 .1 IT' . fv-ol lune '41.! nhhd C'et' ? P bb i5! 1 :; bc-mold gumbo money! WII: r'n' m ' hhclhkt O ' COIN. h lb-l'. ocular Hu-ruvty hunch . ..II- I'llVO.'- 'ibbloocv.l h Ass bk. t i: f f I ,x r S p Jau'o c-t'llc-l' MO'CIIC-I .0! IOW'. n'o-Iu'! LID I u.:--I H i ' Al. !I-' nun 'hc-v' Anoaunu!- KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 29 Senior Will. Know All Men That We, the senior class of 1907 of the K. C. H. S., in the State of Oregon, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not acting under duress, menace, fraud, or undue influence of any person whomsoever, do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament, in the manner and form following, to wit: FIRST. It is our will, and we do order, that all our just debts be duly paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be done after our departure. SECOND. We L give and bequeath unto all under classmen our personal effects which we will have no further use for, such as decrepit books and pencils, which have outgrown their days of usefulness, and to the freshmen our empty ink bottles, considering that they as freshmen will appreciate these bottles especially. Unto the sophomores we bequeath our beloved Casars with all notes and underlining intact, thus rendering a pony unnecessary. Also our private code of wireless communication, which has proven efficacious in times of need. To the juniors, who will succeed us and who must uphold the dignity of the seniors and keep our memories green, we hereby bequeath the front steps of the high school and the library room between periods for the sacred purpose of pairing off. Also the registers, to be used exclusively by them as foot warmers. Also to them we leave a little volume dedicated to all high school students oppressed by undue restrictions and authority, containing full directions in the art of bluffing successfully and some valuable sidelights on how to get out of scrapes gracefully. All senior prerogatives we hand down intact. Furthermore, to the Faculty we leave a whole year of training in the art of managing unruly students as embodied by the Senior class. To them we leave a few words of advice, which fitom the standpoint of students seems good. Be very discreet about follow- 30 , KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. ing the evidence of your sight and hearing. Things are not always what they seem, so donit rush in where angels fear to tread. A little-leniency is better than much bluster and a little diplomacy acts as oil on troubled waters. More especially though, we leave them a world of good will, and our sincere thanks for their imnum- beired kindnesses to us. Their assistance and time, which they gave to us so freely, is appreciated by us deeply, and we realize that but for their patience and forbearance we would not stand as we do now in the ranks of the graduates. - We will always think of thefn with gratitude mixed with contrition for the unnecessary trouble we have caused them; a I ' Tovthe dear old Klamath County High we leave as a mark of our love and esteem this little memorial, which we hope willbe a con- stant reminder of the Class of i07, who leave her halls with regret and with many: memories of happy hours. ' AND LASTLY, We nominate, constitute and appoint Prof. Willis E. Faught to be executor of this, our last will, hereby revoking all other wills, legacies and bequests by us heretofore made; and de- claring this, and no other, to'be our last will and testament. In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto set our hands this 29th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Seven. Signed: FLORENCE BOOREY, LUE GLENN LEONARD, ALICE LUCILE COX, LEROY GILBERT APPLEGATE, AUGUSTUS ALVA BONNEY, FRANK EARL WILSON. 3i n : H ' M4 M r 35: .r m ' I :33. W 1' i. u s a felt t y; W h 'l.,' 1w. Hl' b 2g Hi. 3w W w y mw- W K: t' V'J lieu W w -y t .It' 9'! W U W H mint! M- W Few; u ,wu IV .awiW a glam .3. 0'..ka tom x... mi 0 cm H 'h 'mw- N ha Mild- hm- pow bu l W'! uhanmw 3m If NW 9w it! n W m .10., 31W W ham 2.... hlliwt .w .a' 3 III N .th 3mm. h- 'Wi K n: M i. w- viriuhmg, I W: UN hnkghgt ham bun 711183301 mom. I H; MLVS me JUN: LUJLE mi .. tun? ulwwmf Atufzi'TFS ALVA W runs mm W i153 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Commencement. tiFinished-but just beginning ! J ust here we pause a space, ,Twixt school life stretched behind us And the futlire that we face. We feel a certain triumph For, having reached this height, We know itwas gained only By individual might. Each one alone has striven, Lifted by no man,s hand, - We rose through patient labor To the plane on. which we stand. But is this ground the highest Our climbing feet shall know? Ah, no I The future opens With dreamlandis rosy glow. This taste of high attainment, This breath of purer air, Calls us to heights more lofty And triumphs far more fair. So weill bid farewell, dear schoolmates To the paths we,ve walked With you, And turn our faces forward And to our dreams be true. Senior Quotations. FLORENCE BOOREY- HHer face it is the fairest that ier the sun shone on. FRANK WILSON- iiI dare do all that doth become a nman, Who dares do more is none. i, LUE LEONARD- nShall I go on, or have I said enough ? AUGUSTUS BONNEY- ' I never dare to write as funny as I can. LUCILE Cox- itA laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market. ROY APPLEGATE- a HThis fellowis wise enough to play the fool, and to do that well craves a kind of Wit.,, ,1 a j 32 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. o . , ' r' uv- ' M . m Class of 1907 ,. .... ., , g. $ Class Colors - Gray and Gold ,iw w .W . ' .13.!!! Class R011 W w W ,. M... .. .4 a FLORENCE BOOREY FRANK EARL WILSON a w w ? w LUE GLENN LEONARD AUGUSTUS ALVA BONNEY 1' ' . mm! M, l! ALICE LUCILE Cox LEROY GILBERT APPLEGATE ,W .. ,. , Jt'm' a- n. ' , I 3 ant H. Commencement Program. W ' May 31. 10:30 A. M. High School ch8pe1. ,w w a: $9 a Him I.. ihng' ', . MARCH AND INSTRUMENTAL SOLO ........................... Listz MISS LETA NICKERSON. .m--' M INVOCATION ................................................ , jggm 'Iw M ?' JUDGE J. B. GRIFFITH. anww ,, M SALUTATORY AND ORATION ................ The Square Deal 1 ; .5 mv- .. . FRANK EARL WILSON. ,, ' ' ORATION ............ -. We Are a Part of All That We Have Met m : m r ' 4m FLORENCE BOOREY. umm- u- m . m. VOCAL SOLO. ............................................ , m a m... m . m BURGE MASON. w i'v- N mm... ORATION ............................. HThe Parliament of Man .. LEROY GILBERT APPLEGATE. - v' w 1.. ORATION ......................................... ,. Chi1d Labor m. h m .r u... h LUE', GLENN LEONARD. Ihr PIANO SOLO $20 HLa Regata Venezianaf, ...... Franz Listz 8.. . 'M m 03 To Spring .......................Greig a 'Mm q... MISS MAE WORDEN. ' i 1mm . m ORATION .......................................... High Ideals Wu. m AUGUSTUS ALVA BONNEY. ; .. ' r m . Wu, , ORATION AND VALEDICTORY .................... The Holy Grall 1M ' - a. ALICE LUCILE COX. ' v s. m m VOCAL SOLO ..... ' ................... ' ........... The Creole Girl 7, h h M . MISS BERTHA HAMMOND . Wm. 5! h PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS ............................. Vt. W'H n JUDGE J. B. GRIFFITH. 5 m hm. W VIOLIN SOLO .......... The Last Hope ............ GOTTSCHALK 4! ' m PROF. A. L. CAMP. $ W ' Ex . W , i. u N ... Nu. M K 3 t h!' kllRSHX ll 'JUH'WH Di KM! Illjnx N 0 FL . 0! AJ Mthi M 1 III II 1813' J. HANS '75- ?L'suf' M K T U't'HleH; . gm. l L'HSMEI' 9313!: l- carznf-i u, a.+ rx', HHHI'ES lv'v Ki '3 K HMMQE ; z . 1th WI ?r TH t WWW s 1 . 3 .0 Ir KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMERf We Are a Part of All We Have Met. IIFLORENCE BOOREY t071 tiAll fires are fed from the sun and all streams from the sea. Yet one torch may light another and every tiny streamlet which grows into a great river is fed by tributary streams, by snows de- scending from the hills, by springs welling up from the earth. Cut off from these sources of supply and replenishment the stream shrinks to a thread. Lacking the outlet, through which it gives away what it has received, it loses itself in marshes. In like manner our lives receive from all we meet the elements that help to develop them into the fullness of their strength. . How much of strength and joy that is in our lives is not our own, but the gift of others? Take from an individual all that teachers, friends, and books have put there, and what remains would permit no pride. The touches of love, inspiration of ex- ample, promptings of confidence-by a thousand daily happenings such as thesee-we are upheld and moved without our knowledge. Our greatest delight in looking over a book read sometime be- fore is in the surroundings and memories it brings back to us. We remember the place where we read it, the feeling of the air, the sky, the fields, and the music of birds. Each book has a differ- ent message for every reader. A great deal of the influence of a book depends upon the circumstances under which it is read. A book, like a person, may be fortunate or unfortunate in falling into our hands at a time when we can get the most good from it. Books give to all, who faithfully use them, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race, and the best books are those which help us to think for ourselves. Though so much of value may be obtained from bdoks, yet those Whose busy lives allow them very little reading need not be dis- couraged. All that the greatest writers ever put into their books is taken right from this very world under our hands-f0r what are books but parts of all that we meet? Culture in its broadest sense is the result of keen thought, ob- servation, and practice. We have never read a book, nor met a 34 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. . person, nor gone through any experience that did not add to our education. Among Robert Louis Stevensonis poems is this prayer: If beams from happy human eyes have moved me not; if morn- ing skies, books, and my food, and summer rain knocked on my sullen heart in vainwLord, thy most pointed pleasure take .and stab my spirit broad awake? The past has great power in its infiuence over our lives. A striking example of the influence of lives of the past upon people of the present is found among the peasants of Oberamergau Whose greatest ambition is to take a worthy part in the Passion Play Which has made their village famous. Their lives and hearts are full of its thoughts and emotions, and their manners and faces are moulded by it until When surrounded by them one seems to be among the people of Galilee. Carlyle says: HGreat men are like fire pillars in the dark pil- grimage of mankind. They stand as heavenly signs. Ever living witnesses of what has been; prophetic tokens of What may still be -the revealed embodied possibilities of human nature. Mother Nature, too, from her abundance adds to our lives With a lavish hand. Who can gaze into the skies without a feeling of reverence for the Creator of such a universe? Who can live in the shadow of majestic mountains without receiving from them some- thing of their strength and majesty? L ocean and not become imbued With a spirit of unrest-a desire to sail away and away and find What lies beyond the billowy waves? Nature teaches many lessons of patience and love and hope. Happy is he Who reads her aright-Who finds HBooks in the run- ning brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everythingJ, In life we find two things that make for discontent; one is lack of harmony With those we meet, the other is dissatisfaction With our opportunities. Of these, the first may be overcome; the sec- ond may be put out of our lives. A congenial environment is not one of the essentials of life; present opportunities if rightly used are as great as any one need ask. Our environments may be very disagreeable; they may bring constant hurts of heart, mortifica- tion, tears, angry rebellion, and wounded pride, but there is a reason for these environments. To become strong, the soul must needs fight something, overcome something. It cannot gain in Or dwell beside the restless . m mu: um Mia 3 , i' 4 . at Mr as ' W3 mr L'uwt. .r'd M gmx . 4.. mi ime'Wr'h h .muim WWW ' a '0 W waiiam k $Um '1 Wilt- 3' n .1 u 33! ! 'i' ii i f ninth? N? m ram win 4' ti ' :m a uni v: o .1 l 4 him? '9: m um-Q H :1 mm m at an : . tilt: W 23' u .Atu ,U a, '4! W'mt-u 'buwt :thC u; 1 1 Wk Q41, N N 3 2h '1. ,' Una V! .e w. I . u l'y' not! . n1 Jh.., , I '- '-5rf't:g- O .1124 $I3'. .12271; x 59 rt um. .kJJ... YEA, :iowr-v 'i 40.: a a rd 22M? txfnr; ..g$yvc.t.hl: :1 121?. LE? 5 o! u tram .5 W3. . Is a l 0'. . o!t c.'.. 'ML... 7. t 1!. en! 9: .fat. .AIII-W t? o . alvm 5.59:. :o: :4 .' '.' 1!: u m I;'.:.l..'.;r v '. 'V is . -h ICW hJ-J' ti . hf : I v 'F. .-'. mm It K-Ut s co' 3 ' Hf LIL 3mg: 1 mi ! Oh. , o . WW . .gl' ' ..l '0; IWW' KC.W..l.'Ii Ly . l v$zugf'9.'t Wl' I t U , :HL' Est. 3,; t la a0 . L' , rm: 1 o Igelw' c I ' C .L W I l I n antz' n. a ..f .; AAIQJV OK ' - ml. ' y,..',fii IN V' I'tl' 9': Ac '9' $1111. 11:. cu; KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. i35 power on a bed of Eider down. A great part of the strength of life consists in the degreewith which we get into harmony with appointed environments. So long as we are at war with our town, our relatives, our family, our station, and our surroundings, so long will much of the force of our lives be spent uselessly, aim- lessly. Often we do not appreciate our opportunities, nor do we know how to estimate the experiences of our lives, still we must realize that we are a part of all that we have met. Hosts of little things, too, we would forget, never to recall, if it were not for the fact that some slight circumstance occurs to re- mind us of them. We just begin to love a person or a place and then fate separates us. At the time We are never conscious of the ties we are forming, but afterward they hold us with a life-long . grasp. We are not aware of the desk, the picture, the study chair, and the door-knob with the piece chipped out, nor the broken board in the front walk. lives as we pass along. We meet these day by day and yet take We are reading all the hopes and pangs of our no note of them. We use them, we enjoy them thoughtlessly and But some day will change all of this. . Other surroundings will close in upon us and we will fit into other duties and other friendships. Alltwill go on much as before. The past will be for a while forgotten, but some day memory will receive a jog, and we will recall the old sofa or the old grate, the old desk or the old pic- ture and then we will remember what the old days taught us and without love or sentiment; Other chairs and other walks will be ours. how we are a part'of it all. ttNo stream from its source flows seaward-how lonely so ever its course-butthat some land is gladdened. No star ever rose. Who knows what earth No life can be pure in its and set Without influence somewhere. needs from earthis lowliest creatures? purpose and strong in the strife and all life not be purer and stronger thereby. KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. High Ideals. I:AUGUSTUS ALVA BONNEY, ,07.1 J ulius Caesar, whom historians call tithe greatest man of antiquity, when he was only a boy determined to become dictator of Rome. 'He had no money or power, but he had an ambition and a single aim. He worked for the aedilship not because he had any special love for amusing the Roman public, nor did he particularly relish the consulship or the governorship of Spain. These were only stepping stones toward his supreme aim, the dictatorship of Rome. - He did not conquer Gaul because he loved'war, he abhored it; but he knew that he could not get control of Rome without an army. Whenzhe had conquered Gaul the senate declared him a public enemy, his friends were driven into exile and it seemed that fate was against him. But J ulius Caesar was not the man to turn back. He crossed the Rubicon with his army and in fourteen days was master of Rome, the goal of his ambition. He won the great battle of Pharsalia so easily that he reported it in three words: HI came, I saw, Iconquered. Those words of J ulius Caesar, which have become proverbial, are a fitting climax to the life of the man who centers his activities on one thing and never ceases until he gets it. of their lives. Thomas Edison set up in his own mind the ideal of the electric light and, although the wise electricians. of that time ridiculed the idea and said that it could never be done; he still held to his 'purpose until success crowned his efforts and today the Edison electric light shines in every hamlet, Village and city. Marconi set up his ideal in the wireless telegraph and pursued his purpose until he reached his high aim. When Abraham Lincoln was only a boy of seventeen he saw slaves sold at auction. His great heart revolted at the sight and he set up emancipation as his ideal and spent his life in a work culminating in that cele- brated proclamation which sent millions from bondage to freedom. We might go on through history and iiind a hundred other examples equally forcible. But that is not necessary. We can see examples around us everywhere and every day. We V see The ideals of great men have been the guiding influences :nnwm. ICI-Ihbnb i. 3.3th In- 'Whh-tu- b h P! .m- '3'. Till iv: an 'T 'TQ.!;, 9 V .- 9.. A. 'TV :3! m r e h 5 h .t; kil'tswn. Cara '3 W23 ' Q 3 ,, v6 . ri $1.14; II'I'. tr ? e um; i 2' p 179 '3': I g. .us. ..I.; ., ' ..'N i c f scu. vim; -f 4px;: . . f It . If T y s .a r-..r'r'f:r L3 ?.?3m .4 . w'saw 9n vw-n'n u '1 fsi. .FIFW ;: LE: 'x-za .-... 1.5x rung; . c'wc ii-nui 'itdll'i O .i'u'. I a . Mt 'u 'L! J. .,;- ' 91Q ., a..a.m. s . T5 Y . a ,a I VI ' i i . ' o. 1. L s l. 'I' 7'3; , I i . i K 3 .1 s;:: Df't Mimi h 'I, YJ V :uf H'Ht O ' ' : TWO .'.. 13' s .7 ' . U l. , I I1. :1: :53 i U H . hi E L ,' L! or ab 0-! 'l I U 4 u- 3:2; a . f5 91.: : H W5 .- KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 37 brilliant young men wandering aimlessly through life, accomplish- ing nothing, While we see others of very ordinary ability plodding along to success, simply because they have something toward- which to work. They know what they are living for. some say that they win through luck 'or else they use that much-abused word iioppOrtunity. But if we will review the lives of the men who made our history we will find that that made little difference with them. They did not wait for opportunity. They made opportunity. They have been, for the most part, men who defied fate. The man who stands around with his hands in his pockets waiting'for an inspiration will never move the world-at least not perceptibly. L Most men are too easily satisfied. They have no high aim in life. This is the chief distinguishing feature betWeen the greater and the lesser races, between savagery and civilization. But the savage is satisfied. The Southern Indian cared for nothing further than his personal wants; and as long as a negro has enough to eat and scanty clothing he is perfectly satisfied. Of course there are exceptions like the great Booker Washington, John Jasper and Fred Douglas. I have given the negro as an example, but there are savage tribes which are less advanced than the negro and who seem to have no ideals at all. But the savage is satisfied, and that is just Why he doesnit advance. One of our missionaries tells of a dialogue he had with an oriental which illustrates. this better than anything I can say. The heathen asked the missionary about civiliZation. TI suppose you intend to civilize me? The missionary saidi iiYes. iiThen youill show me how to work? iiYes. I iiThen youill give me machinery to make my work easier? iiYesW iiAnd finally I'll get so much money that I wonit have to work at all. . iiYes; youive got the idea. iiWell, said the heathen, whatis the use of going at it in such a round about way? I donit have to work now. The heathen thought that civilization had too much red tape He said: 38 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. for him. He was perfectly satisfied with his condition. But the American is different. He is never satisfied, always reaching for . something higher, and it is this quality that has ever distinguished us from the lesser races. The knowledge of what high ideals have done for men ought to be a great inspiration for us. It is better to aim high and fail than never to try at all. The man who never tries is already a failure and the world considers him such. Every man has to prove that he is not a failure before anyone will believe it. It is no disgrace to fail in a hard fight. The only man who never failed is the man who never did anything. But if we are prepared for our undertaking Well not fail. The value of preparation is forcibly shown by an incident rwhich occurred in a pumping plant. The big engine thumped and pounded and heated its hearing so badly that the works had to shut down temporarily. The engineer didnit know what was wrong with the engine so' he sent to the Baldwin locomotive works for a skilled mechanic. The mechanic found the engine was only out of line. He lined it up in a few minutes and handed the man his bill, Which was $25.50. The engineer noticed the decimal and Wanted an explanation. He replied: uThe fifty cents 'is for the work I did, and' the twenty-five dollars is for knowing what to do. The destinies, not only of individuals, but of nations depends on their ideals. Romeis ideal was conquest, and she never ceased until all the known world was subjected to the Roman rule. 'Alexander,s ideal was empire, and neither bribery, nor the bound- '1ess wealth of Darius, or any other influence, could turn him aside from his single aim. ' V The ideal of our colonial forefathers was liberty,' and they fought and bled and died for it, and raised up that grand old iiagy, of the stars and stripes which has become the emblem of freedom throughout the world. The high ideals of our people have raised us up to our present standard of civilization, the highest the world has ever known. And let us perpetuate it. Let us work toward such high ideals that future generations, looking over our lives, shall measure them not in years, but in deeds. ,1 Q 11 ' f 7! camp v ' .m' turn NM?! 3:; MR- A A to. MISS ALICE APPLEGATE KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. THE FACULTY JOHN G. SWAN, PRINCIPAL, Department of History and Latin ALICE A. APPLEGATE, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, Dept. of English WILLIS E. FAUGHT, Commercial Department LETA M. NICKERSON; Vocal and Instrumental Music CHAS. HOWARD, Science John G. Swan Professor J ohn G.- Swan, our. principal, was born in Kansas just thirty-one years ago. He came to Oregon in his early boyhood and received his education iri the public schools of the state; the ' Santiam academy and Albany college. He has taught in the va- rious schools of the state about eight'years. He held the position of assistant principal in the Lebanon public schools and was assist- ant post-master at Albany for three years. He came to Klamath Falls four years ago to accept the position of principal of, the Klamath county high school, Which was then being organized, and has held that oflice ever since. He is a tireless worker and has . done much toward building up our school. ' Alice A. Appleg'ate Miss Applegate is a native of Klamath county and received her public school education in our county schools. She then took a four-years, course at the Monmouth state normal school, from which institution she was graduated in 1896 with the degree of B. S. D. While at Monmouth she held the position of critic teacher during the last half of her senior year, was principal of the train- ing department of Southern Oregon state normal for two years and came to Klamath Falls in 1901 to accept the principalship of the Klamath Fails high and public schools, Which position she held for one year. In 1904 she accepted the position of assistant prin- cipal in the Klamath county high school, which position she still holds. Miss Applegate has charge of the English department in which she has done splendid work. The continued success and growth of the Klamath county high school is due largely to her valuable assistance and help. 40 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Willis E. Faug'ht Mr. W. E. Faught, who has been With us this year, comes to us from Kansas, where he has had a Wide range of experience in school work. For the preceding eight years he was connected with the Southern Kansas academy, the principalship of which he resigned to take up the work in the Klamath county high school. ' After finishing the high school course in Kansas, Mr. Faught did work in the Southern Kansas academy, the State Normal and the Iowa Christian college, receiving from the latter school the degree of Bachelor of Science. He also finished the four years Chau- tauqua literary and scientific course and holds a teacheris short- hand certificate from the Phonographic Institute of Cincinnati, which enables him to grant amanuensis certificates to high school ' students. He is the holder ofia teacheris professional certificate - in Kansas. He has done splendid work in the high school com- mercial department and has had charge of the K. C. H. S. glee - Club and one of our chorus classes. He has made a host of friends since coming-to our school, and ,we earnestly hope to see him With .us next, year. i Leta M. Nickerson , . Miss Leta Nickerson was'born on March 13, 1887, at San Ber- nardino, California. From there her parents moved to Klamath Agency, Oregon, Where they remained six years. From here the family moved to Fort Lapwai, Idaho, where Miss Nickerson re- ceived her first musical training at the age of eight years. After a year in Idaho she returned to Klamath county, residing at Klam- ath Falls, Klamath Agency and Yainax. After leaving Yainax, Where she received more musical instruction, she lived at Fort Bid- Well, California, fer a period of two years, obtaining at that place a good preliminary musical education. She entered the Ashland Normal school at the age of fifteen and there took a four-yearis ' musical course under Miss Silsby and Miss Weber, two of the best instructors in Oregon. This course consisted of both instrumental and vocal training. Miss Nickerson came to Klamath Falls last J une and accepted the position of teacher of music in the Klamath County high school about November 1st and has held the position since that time, being re-elected for next year. Miss Nickerson as M... ht , -' '- M ' ' I 9H. u. i nu 13w 3h 'm W N u... w W'PW : w unaummu m aw n' o 3.73? y A Iva qul mm at; Mu ha! 1w 4 i u! an. Y5: Hd m on! v-I aw? . Nun Pu. ' Ila erm'5'9' 3. .Kw, m1 UH IOH' l w.ru N' Na VIC MISS LETA NICKERSON x 9.: KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 41 has a beautiful soprano voice of wonderful power, and is a splendid pianist. She has made a host of friends both in the school and outside, and we are to be congratulated upon having her with us next year. C. A Howard Mr. Charles A. Howard, the new member of our faculty, is a young man' Who comes to us quite highly recommended both as a man and a teacher. He has had two years experience in the class room, leaving his former position in the Southern Kansas academy tinder protest from the school authorities that he might finish up his college work. He finishes his course in Baker university this Spring, receiving the degree of Bachelor ofLPhilosophy. We are sure Mr. Howard Will prove a valuable addition to our school. KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Shall We Go To College. IPROF; J. G. SWANJ iiHe who puts his purse into his head, puts it where no man .can ' steal, said sage Ben Franklin. He tells us that he robbed him- self of the customary daily fare to feed his mind. He lived on the meager fare of bread and milk that he might save a few pennies to buy books. Franklin desired knowledge. That want was irre- sistable, arid though born in poverty, he secured a goodly portion of human wisdom. The education which our young people can se- cure is limited only by the strength of their desire. Under present conditions. a college or university education is withinthe reach of almost anyone. The high school prepares for entrance. The ex- pense is usually so light that anyone by industry can find means to meet it. I ' Should you seek a higher education? There. are many reasons Why you should. In the first place, competition demands it of you. Most ambitious Americans desire to advance shoulder with their neighbors. where. to shoulder College trained workers are found every- You will have to compete with them if you rise above the shovel stratum. To compete successfully one muSt at least have command of equal conditions. The lawyer who wins is usually prepared on every possible phase of his case, prepared to meet every emergency. So the manlwho fights his way through life should be prepared on every possible emergency. training will help thus to prepare you, get it. aration is time well spent. If a college Time spent in prep- The fellow who has the true ring to him may well start out with a sheepskin down in the bottom of his grip and with all that a college can give him ready to use. We want all we can get out of. our three score and ten There are few places or experiences in life that can give us of pleasure, more of friendship, more of culture and reiine than college. years. more ment, There we rub off our rough edges, or get them knocked off. There we meet representative s from various places and various conditions. We come into contact with the traditions Hm In sum n VMT' ' i M I' Wyn: WW . .w i M grimT It . Te .1 ' i .f.wd :d' Wur' ; w .,,. 2'3 Ii w u l u M puma v . ,W It hit '4' i ' , . Nil! mm: mauz$0i i ,1ka V fa L Q W NKI-M' WW l! mu: ha Mung 1. cf ,rl run 5.1-4 mm yihl. .Qi'. sqquf'l om ho : mi- mu $ 'l 3W v! tin XIV 0! Jim Wmuntuo 'JaV i ? 5- W! m. '4 as: aw iThm' war! J o Inlm ihm .03 n th 13m! gimm fnk u: I t'4!m;.?g.'.,gl ml u- um a Q. M nw Mg haw Mirna: ad urrm hp m :t I mcvm' 3n n: m pau. murmur; hum h .01th 1.... 2mm! W ? umqah .13 M 1751 M aum-DPSW mm: .. ?W- DI? '3 ,M II b wt W mm din W u I w. M' we r I p, o ' nvdf' rug . 1 -V .w ?uiu .3 w ., KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOM'ER. '43 . of the ancients and the past, the'life throbs of the present and the best hopes of the future. W ho can not get much from all this? Friendships are formed with people who go forth to become lead- ers in many and far distant places. How pleasant to have such friends in future years? Can you afford not to add this to your I life? Donit go to college altogether for dry tilearning. Go there to get in touch With many sided'life. Our wisest youth finish our own university, then goto an Eastern university. Our country is broad and the East differs in spirit from the West. But that difference is constantly being reduced by the intermixing of our people. The fellow who from here goes East can get the best of both. It prevents ithat' localism or provincialism Which one is likely to have if he knows of only his home life. It destroys local prejudices. We need to remember With the Germans that itover the mountains there are also men. The youth does not know What opportunities may come to him in life, what aspirations he may have later. He may Wisely be prepared to take advantage of the best opportlinities. If he fails to prepare, he will find opportunities that his limitations will not permit that he seize. We better prepare for more than we expect, to reach. I should like to see our ambitious students form the determination not to stop short of a Cornell, a Harvard, or a Columbia. Then What comes their way in the future, no educa- tional limitation Will prevent their grasping it and enjoying it. I hope they Will hold to such a determination and let nothing block their way. I want to see their taking high places in the world,s sphere of activity. , KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. t Manual Training. tBY MISS ALICE A. APPLEGATEJ Manual training in the schools of the United States is rapidly and permanently becoming one of the important branches of ' public instruction. Much more is this true in the high schools of the country. Wherever this department has once been established the result has proven so satisfactory that in no case has it been abandoned. ' Wherever you iind a school equipped with a manual ' training department, especially if it includes woodworking, black- smithing ,and those occupations particularly attractive to boys, there you find the interest in the School work at the highest state of development; there you find the physical and mental state of the graduates more evenly balanced. These schools do not turn out freaks, but healthy and intelligent boys and girls, who are better prepared by this instructiOn to take their place in the world. . In the United States manual training was first introduced in the high schools and still is mainly COnfined t0 the higher grades and classes, while in Europe the manual arts are taught the child from the moment he enters school and Continues through all the grades. In this way the scholar, instead of merely acquiring a very limited proficiency in a trade becomes, in many cases, expert. Finland has the credit of first adopting the plan in the primary schools in 1858. Later it was made compulsory in all the training schools and primary schools in the country. I Sweden has possibly contributed more than any other'country and from it has sprung the greatest influence in the propagation of manual training. In 1882 it was made obligatory in the primary schools of France, and in 1897-98 there were one hundred twenty- four schools equipped With workshops in Paris, of which over thirty per cent of the teachers had taken training in the work. Germanyand the other leading countries of Europe have adopted the work in the primary schools and it is now far past the experi- mental stage. W. E. FAUGHT .h I nmwr... a cozrvuu Ht wdrw wa'n' 1 mm. x; .mv 'V :9 ' as! W ww -. win an W i! mp, 153231in Mi rd ' swam 112.: w 9 b . '. .d gum: bl : , .cl53 H In dptm Mumps '.s: 1.: ?M 1m, baud $0. tfi hnvti An rammv H. '6! gurg-n .M i 3'53 91!th .91: 6.945 '..bb w lbs 9591-: u d mt'uiam ewe? 1. M W 593 W!!! M M V I'I' II- 4 ?.ngmt ,th 9W shut 1km O 3 RN awn r13 9M Minotaur A uh! h QMn hue ? 3-:.'! KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Gumption, Go. Grit. IBY W. E. FAUGHTJ Gumption is only a homely expression for good judgment; and the first indication of good judgment is manifested in following the lead of oneisitalents. No one can strive successfully against his natural aspirations. The world is full of men who are fiat failures who might become brilliant successes if their energies were directed along the lines of their inclinations. Nature hates botched or half-finished work and will pronounce her curse upon it. Since different men are fitted for different occupations there Will always be room for talent and industry in employment that is cOngenial. And yet men continue to choose that for which mother nature never intended them. Good farmers are murdering the , law, While masterful lawyers are runningdown farms. Boys are pining in factories or on farms who should be struggling with Greek and Latin, while others are chafing beneath-unnatural loads in college who Ought to be on the farm or in the shop. This list might be continued ad infinitum, each of whom is conscious of an unfulfilled destiny. Parents and friends are in a ,large measure to blame for misdirected lives in urging or even compelling young people to take up lines of uncongenial work rather than helping them to fill the niche for which they are best fitted. The schools and colleges are coming more and more to recognize this and are providing courses of instruction in which the student may give his talents greatest freedom for growth. Hence, again, the first factor in success is gumption. ' i Next following, decision, the willingness to work, is necessary. iiGo ahead was Napbleonis watchword and it marked him one of the greatest men in history. Heaven never helped a man who did not do all in his own power. The very effort will give strength and courage. An ancient Greek thought to save his bees a laborious flight to seek their honey. He cut their wings and gathered flowers for them to work upon at home, but. thereafter they made no hOney. Work or starve is natureis motto and it 46 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. means starve mentally, morally and physically unless these sides of our nature be exercised constantly. If we are idle and shiftless by choice we become nerveless and powerless by necessity. He Who would succeed must pay the price and the price is a life of hard work. i . Energies properly directed and hard work Will do much to Win success; but back of it all must Come constancy of purpose, and iron Will. This is what we call Grit. The man with an invincible purpose never knoWs when he is beaten. Dichulties and opposi- tion do not daunt him. He thrives upon persecution. In fact it only drives him to more determined endeavor. Imprisoned Galileo experimented With the straw in his cell. Blind Milton wrote iiPar- adise Lost. Shackled Bunyan created iiThe Pilgrim,s Progress. The world always listens to a man with Grit. The shores of for- . tune are strewn with the wrecks 0f men of brilliant ability who knew not where to direct their efforts; or knowing, lacked the courage and decision necessary to go forward safely into port. Given Gumption, Go, and Grit, who can limit the achievements ' and successes of the youth Of the twentieth century? CHARLES A. 'HOWARD 5.?- h-T-DMLNVIQI sagamumm W ... vhhmcm HutboIho V... I Mn. Cunt W-wd u- Inch! iVD-A ht. ' m .m- 31'bd tame ... .$' fmvibj ' ' 7' '5-1-1 3A., KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 47 Schedule of Classics for Thorough Study in School. Weeks Date of Test spent in study Jan. 14 ..... 18. Shakespeare- Merchant of Venice Nov. 26 . 12. .Burke-iiConciliation of America .............. 10 Nov. 5 . . 9..Webster-2Reply to Hayneii ..... . ............ 11 March 16. .. 9 Lowell-JiVision of Sir Launfal .............. 9 J an. 3 ...... 4 .Lincoln- Gettysburg, iiIhaug'ural, ii and other speeches . .. . ...1.....0 Jan. 14. . . . . 9 Shakespeare- HAs You Like It ............. 11 May 19' .. 9. .Whittier-iiSnowboundiiu ... .... ...'.. 9 March 3... . 9. .-Macaulay uEssay on Addison . March 17... 9. Macaulay- iiEssay on Milton .. .. .11 May 12 .10. .Pope- Homer s Iliad, 1, VI, XXII, XXIV. April 7. . . .. 3. .Milton- 2L Allegro ......................... 11 April 28. . . . 3. .Milton- ttIl Penseroso . May 18 . . .. 3. .Milton-iiCOmus and Lycidas ..... . ........... 11 tThe 12th grade classics are omittedJ Schedule for Tests in the Classics, to be Read Out of School, for the Year 1907-8. Date of Ex. . Grade Oct. 16. Dickens-iiChristmas Carol ...... .......... 9 ii 17. Longfellow-itTales of the Wayside Inn 10 2 18. Tennyson- iiEnoch Arden and 'other poems ...... 11 2'7. Goldsmith-eitVicar of Wakeiield ................ 9 28. Addison- Sir Roger de Coverley ............... 10 29. Emerson-ikTwo Selected Essays 11 15. Hawthorne-itThe House of Seven Gables ...... 9 16. Shakes'peare-itJulius Caesar 10 17. Carlyle-tiEssay on Burns,i ...................... 11 26. Franklin-Autobiography ........................ 9 27. Holmes-Selected Poems ......................... 10 28. Burns- iiCotteris Saturday N ight and others..11 8. 'Hanson- tiEssay on Burns and Selected Poems from Burns 11 20. DeQuincy- tiThe Revolt of the Tartars . . iThe twelfth-grade classics omitted aboveJ KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Athletics lVINCENT YADEN 091 At the close of the school year we sum up the various student enterprises and iind athletics in the lead. This has undoubtedly been the most successful year in our athletic history- Taking into considerationthe limited-amount of material that we had to draw from, and our isolation from the different seats of learning, we have done exceedingly well. We have not gained the Pacific Coast champiOnship in football, baseball, or any of the greaty games, yet we have succeeded in firmly establishing athletics in oUr school. With lakes, mountains and great-forests surrounding us, isolated from other schools of our class, we are forging to the front and building up our athletics so that when communication does reach us the world will receivennot a few surprises from K. C. H. S. athletes. Football work commenced early in September and was carried Out successfully. The different games were played with the right kind of spirit and no one received any great injury. The football season closed with a reception given to the football players by the school on Thanksgiving night. . Basketball was the next game in order. A first-class outfit was installed in the gymnasium and practice was begun early in J an- uary. Teams were organized and many local games were played. Several players showed up well, giving us assurance of a good team next year. We are especially proud of our baseball team, which has showed, by winning several victories, that it is well trained. Holly Sie- mens, our pitcher, has done exceedingly well, and has proven him- self a good twirler; Austin Hayden at short, Verne Clift at first, W. Hurn at second, and Frank Wilson at third, all showed up well, while the fielders proved themselves good supporters; ' Next Fall we will begin our usual order of games, with football first, taking the sports in their order. It is our intention to give THE GLEE CLUB f 't KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 49 special attention to baseball next- year, as that is our long suit, but the other sports Will be followed up With due effort. We ex- pect to have, in the near future, a gymnasium built apart from the main school building, which will be much larger and afford better accommodations than the present one. The Glee Club PROF. W. E. FAUGHT, Leader MISS LETA NICKERSON, Pianist ROY APPLEGATE, Manager ALEXANDER MARTIN, Treasurer The K. C. H. S. Glee Clublwas organized about the middle of J anuary, under the supervision of Prof. Faught, With a member- ship of aboutlfifteen. Since that time it has been boiled down to ten, consisting of two first tenors, three second tenors, three flrst basses and two second basses. k The serVices of Miss Nickerson, as accompanist, were secured, and since that time the club has been doing very creditable work, and has given several successful public recitals. In the course of practice several first-class singers have been developed. The Glee club is a new institution in our school, but is one that ought to be well supported, being not only a source of pleasure and profit to its members, but a good advertisement for our school. THE K. C. II. S. GLEE CLUB. 50 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. The K. C. H. S. Quartet ERWIN ROLFE, First Tenor OSCAR WRIGHT, Second Tenor FRANKEWILSON, First Bass WILL HURN, Second Bass The K. C. H. S. quaftet was organized about a month later than the glee club, and is composed of first-class singers. The quartet has been instructed exclusively by Miss Nickerson and has attained to a high degree of perfection in rendering its songs. Itihas sung several times in public, especially at lodge entertainments and other exclusive social gatherings, and has won universal apprecia- tion and commendation. T The K. C. H. S.- Literary Society I The K. C. H. S. literary society was re-organized at the begin- ning of the school year and since that time has met every two weeks. - t t We are proud of the work that has been done in this society and of the universal interest manifested in its success by the students. The pumrposes of the society are to encourage the students in the production of essays, orations, declamations, and to insure a good training in debate. I The society is under the direct supervision of the faculty, and one of the teachers acts as critic, thereby insuring greater perfec- tion and care in the preparation of the different numbers. Several nrst-class debaters and orators have been brought out and considerable latent literary ability has been developed by the society. It has been a decided benefit to the school and will doubtless remain through the coming years as a permanent insti- tution. . A?G5STU5 19 'BONNEY THE BOOMER STAFF KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. The Boomer Staff. Editor-in-Chief ............................ CHESTER HAWXHURST Associate Editor........................ .. BERTHA HAMMOND Athletics ................................. VINCENT YADEN Societies ......................... . ........ LUCILE COX Locals .................................... LUE LEONARD Exchanges ................................ ALEXANDER MARTIN ssWithout Prejudice . .................... AUGUSTUS BONNEY Staff Artist ............................... FAYE HOGUE Business Manager .- ....................... CARLETON SPENCER Assistant Manager ............... . ......... VERNE CLIFT Subscription Agent ....................... PERRY DELAP Editor for Senior Class. . . . '. ............... ROY APPLEGATE A , III L . K Wk ' 1 1w xxmx x k K. - aw - , 1! 4'17 s 5 1 . l l .l H JT- - .. 821,1: vxF 47h 52 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. History of the Boomer. TROY APPLEGATE i071 ' With the commencement number the Klamath County High School Boomer finishes a year of continual imprdvement and pro- gress. The first issue carried four pages of advertising and twelve pages of literary matter. Later its size was increased to ten pages of advertising and fourteen pages of literary matter. - The whole school has stood together nobly at the last of the year and all classes have united in making the present number a success. ' The Boomer was first created last September as a monthly peri- odical to be published by the student-body association. Since that time, under the able management of Editor Hawxhurst and Business Manager Spencer, it has been built up and made into a first-class publication, and a paying proposition financially. The advertisements carried each month more than pay for the cost of publication. The Boomer is an institution in which every student should take an interest and of which every student should feel prou 1. It is to be hoped that the Boomer has come to stay and that as the years go by it will become a bigger and better paper and sustain its rep- utation as a first-class periodical and as an exponent of the higher education. ' 08 , , THE JUNIOR CLASS in 1,. :o .. :9 .3...:. w.-. . i .3 3.35:1 .,. .. E :z. a 7. 2: Lawn! 2$4.1 .., q..- n 5. a .5. 2...: i. . ugm N35 5 ' .N rt 9.23:... Na... wt .m14us:.. .a0 a nu ... an!- ;.:E z. 7:5.- ..2. . 4.5 .144 a 1... .:.. t '4 xlw V 4 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. THE JUNIORS. President, RACHEL APPLEGATE. Secretary, PERRY DELAP. Treasurer, FAYE HOGUE. While the junior class is the best represented in all student body enterprises, the Boomer; the literary society and athletics, our class grades will show that we have not neglected that principal object of school life- study. The chairs of the student body organization and of the literary society are occupied by members of our class and the Boomer is edited and managed by our i08 men. We have upheld the 'dignity of our class in all the athletic sports of the past year; in fogtball, basketball, and one of our members now holds the position of captain of the baseball team. Our special issue of the Boomer 'Was one'of the best 0f its numbers and our class has furnished more contributions during the year than any other. While we have had no time to make afternoon eXcui'sions on school'days our social events have been carried on in the most up- -to-date manner. Watch us neXt year, when we, as seniors, shall make things happen. KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Farewell to the Seniors Din E. v. t08J To our dear, old friends, the Senior class, We now bid a sad farewell, But on the sad thoughts of parting, We none of us Want to dwell. Next year, no doubt, youlll be scattered To the, many parts of the world, But neler to forget the K. C. H. 8., Where your gray and gold was unfurled. We, as the J uniors, thank you For the lessons you have taught, And we know that when WE are Seniors Welll use the knowledge welve sought. And when we inherit your glory, And your place in the school so high, Welll always think of our dear old friends Of the l07ls absence, and sigh. Welll try to carry on your work In the road that you have set, And then partake of the pleasure . That orations always beget. And trusting that you will remember The place Where your glory was won, And trusting that you will never forget The place Where your troubles begun. We, J uniors, in love and in friendship, Now we bid you all adieu, As you go out into the world, To your future life, so new. 9. 0 , S THE SOPHOMORE CLAS . . u! 35. it . . a. 1371:, u, .2 l3. Ki 1, Km L... .. I! 1 $1.... 3.2. i: . $ .t 2.35., t K .9 8,534 '2: : .9 583. .ghaou .z V1 .. C; .b , u?z .Lur:-.., u'i .fu 4' tsri p KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. THE SOPHOMORES President, VINCENT YADEN Secretary, RUTH SMITH Treasurer, ERWIN ROLFE We, the sophomore class, have always taken the initiative in the ' various school enterprises. The banquet, which we gave to the seniors, was the first and best of the school banquets. Our issue of the Boomer was not excelled by any bf the class issues. We have been prominent in athletics. Every school team has contained our representatives. We distinguished ourselves in football, and our basketball team holds the inter-class champion- . ship. , . Our class boasts of three members of the glee club and two in the high school quartet. The president of the student-body association for the first sem- ester was a sophomOre, and our members have filled many offices in the literary society. . . . We have maintained the principle throughout the year that the first duty. of a class is to its Alma Mater, and it shall be our policy during the coming year to unite our best effofts toWar-d making the entire school better and stronger. I KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. THE FRESHMEN History of 310 On the 10th of September, 1906, when school started, the high school students assembled in the high school, and, among them ' were the freshmen. 0 There were about tWenty or twenty-two students in the fresh- men class, and we did not feel very comfortable on the first day. As soon as we Were registered we left the school house and at 1:30 p. m, wentiback again to be assigned our lessons. ' We got along very well for a few weeks; had a class meeting; got our lessonsfairly well, and everything progressed all right until a' certain Saturday night, when there was' a reception given to welcome the freshmen to the high school. Then, after playing games, eating good things, and having a good- time generally, Mr. Swan said that it was time to go home, butwe soon found that he was mistaken, for at the foot of the stairs nearly all of the boys of the upper classes, who hadrcome down about five minutes be- fore without our taking notice of the fact, jumped upon we boys . and we were taken down, to the basement. Some of us were tied, and all were guarded, and one of our tormenters held a lantern up high and said: ' What shall it be, fellows?l' llThe branding iron! and Blood! were the answers, and the ttbranding iron was brought forth. We were branded With something, which, to our excited imagination, seemed like a red hot piece of iron, but aft- erwards proved to be only a piece of ice. It was about 12 olclock midnight when we were at last released and we went home feel: ing sore from the scratches and bruises received in the encounter. This experience did not prevent our coming to school the next Monday and things were. soon going on as before. Nothing hap- pened to excite us for a time, and then football came in vogue. The freshmen and juniors got up a team and played the sopho- mores and seniors, and won a victory over them, but in the next game the sophomores and seniors won; I THE FRESHMAN CLASS, 10. KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 57 After the Christmas and New Year vacation, we came back to . school With resolutions to take all of our books home and' study every one, but the second day we studied only three-fourths of them, and then we fell into the old rut again. i k In one of our class meetings we chose pink and cream as our class colors, and so it annoyed us one noon when we saw the soph- omoreis flag on the flag-pole. The sophomores were in the gym- . nasium and had locked the door, so we were powerless to get at them or the fiag. so one of the juniors nailed the door up, and if r the professor hadn,t come along and rescued them, the sopho-l mores would have rotted and made delicious ham sanclwiches, which, had the freshmen got hold of them, would have killed them. ' .One night the sophomores gave a reception to the seniors; some of the juniors and freshmen thought that it was a shame to waste so much food on the sophomores and seniors, so they tried tosteal the good things. One of the sophomores turned the fire hose on them, and some went home drenched, but not appeased. Some time after, the juniors and freshmen had a reception, and when a certain young man of the high school came up and cut the electric light wires, they determined to be revenged, so all went home ex- cept four, and, as the murderer comes back to view his crime, the cat to see if it can steal any more milk, so this young man came back and, as the clock was striking the hour of midnight, four of the freshmen and juniors jumped on him and took away the prun- ing shears with which he had cut the wires, and the next day this young man had to pay for the wire and supply a new pair of prun- ing shears to' the person of whom he borrowed the others. When basketball came in season some teams were organized, and one in which were three freshmen played another 'and beat twice out of three times. b After theSe teams got tired of the game the freshmen organized a team and defeated the juniors, and then challenged the sophomores With the result of being beaten. Then the smallest freshmen organized a team to play the public school team, and it remains to be decided which is the bet- ter of the two. As that is about all thererris to say about the freshmen, I guess I will sneak under the curtain. 1 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. A Freshieis Composition. E101 The following true-to-life story was .found in the typewriting room and is here given with a few changes. It is a story by a sophomore telling about their class experiences last year while they were freshies. , We, the class of l09, were the first freshies to enter the new high school building and consequently thought we ownedsthe whole thing, but the teachers soon took us down a notch. At the first of the term, the new building not being finished, we had school in the town hall and, as that was notrvery big, we had some of our lessons in the Methodist church, but this environment of Christianity never made us any. better. ' That awful first day was an awful trying one for 11s, for we for- got our milk, and that made us cross. The teachers added, fuel to the flame by thinking that they knew it all and at the end of the day we were the maddest set of babies that was ever seen outside of a nursery. . , When we arrived at the school, rather late because of being afraid of being hazed by the sophomores, one of the girls was shivering so much from this fear that she got up by the stove to get over her shivers, and she fell over some wood and fell right on the stove, but as she was too green to burn she got out all right. We stood around like cats drenched with dishwater, afraid to . stir or even look at a junior, when the teacher came around with her eyeglasses on and we shrank back from her, but remembering that Faint heart ne er won fair ladyW we braced up and when she asked us what studies we were going to take we managed to say, tigeomitry, physics and ,Merican hist ry. When we were told that we were not high enough up to take them we were mad and thought that we could take anything. The teacher, however, set us at work on Latin, algebra, grammar and some other studies: and we were shocked when we were told that we were not smart enough for even these studies. This criticism was too severe, for uigt I 11 a .lwd H, w ', 3h '1 i I! Hi. 11ml ' 3'! VM ,3 camarawt '3 W immat- I W l 0 u 3.3gnuuc 1... . , aft? 2w:- Mnm av .rwl Wer3YRW V ignimhwhm- scanduuwdh .- srrmmm m .1 nmeM 30m mtwmadh. um hut !.t . 'ions about them. KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 59 we sometimes studied part of ourilessons, if there were no skating parties to attract our attention. A few days after school started we heard some of the other classes talking about class meetings, and we asked if they were good to eat. 'At last we found out that they were to unite the class and so we decided to have one. We started out by electing the sergeant-at-arms, and we had just nominated nine people for secretary, when we heard a dog fight down stairs and we left our meeting for something more interesting. It is a wonder that there were not many artists in our class for every one of us was drawing pictures of his teacher and not get- ting his lessons like he should. The only things that we had sense when doing were inventing ways to get out of studies and whisper- ing in a way that we could not be. seen. I After a long year of this fiunking our lessons, never getting a quorum at our class meetings, putting Cayenne pepper on the stoves and trembling lest we be hazed by the sophomores, we had our ex- aminatiOns at last and we managed to get through by cramming atthe last minute and possibly writing dates on our finger nails, though I am not sure about this. kanow that I didnit do it, but furtive glances at finger nails of others made me have my suspicu 60 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Klamath County High Schooi IL. B. ,101 A spacious building erected high, Oter the flourishing town of Klamath, All over arched by the deep, blue sky, And beneath are the rocks, staunch and mammoth. She stands like. a monarch on her throne, Overelooking her Whole empire grand, ' As if defeat she had neVer known, As she guards the hills and lower land. She looks far down on the farmerts land, .Yes, that sturdy hand Which bought her, And upon the rolling hills, so grand, And Ewauna,s tranquil water. Unshaken by the passing gale, She stands as a castle of old, While her inmates, young and thoughtless, Are the knights with powers untold. Many a genius, now unknown, Shall spring to earthts foremost ranks, Master some of lifets great problems, And to thee give all the thanks. Statesmen, poets and musicians, And artists of no less fame, Shall honor thee With brush'and pen, And shall shrine thy meager name. And many an author and a man renowned Shall trace his old footsteps o,er, Recall boyhoodts hours, long flitted away, Then bless thee forever more. Little words from Milton, Hazy meanings crossed, Make us lose our tempers; And Paradise is Lost! .. AmQ . .w, , ID. u .4 v .g- v.31. II m'vv ' . i 8.. :tg z!!:3 :?;,-.;i5 j?': zzgg Efg: 3,55 : '2. f-:,-3 1 7 ? EH' si'ffil z ;'i 1 'I ' ii gilgl 1;:1 331'! j! a:ltt '51, 'll: . FALLS OF LINK R1VER. vJ - .n ' W .i a! D ., zinlmHCUI ' 3:31 . uD. x' hH . ... KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. Life Is What We Make It. l ELILLY ARNETT i081 Our school year has passed all too rapidly, and vacation, which for some of us is wrapped in a mantle of brilliant plans for the future, has at last arrived. We are all anxious to know what joys and pleasures it has for us, and are always ready to dream and ponder about the future. But do we ever meditate over what the past year has done for us? Has it flown by as if on Wings with not one thought from us of what it marks in our lives? We should remember: uLife is what we make it. In school we have our examinations to test our yearis work, and if we have been faithful and persistent in our labors, we will be stronger both in spirits and preparation for our next yearis work. In the battle of life there will come a test before which we will either stand firmly and win, or falter and at last fall. Then it will depend on the past, but remember, our uToday is but the sum of our yesterdays. If we failed yesterday, are we as strong today, or if we yield to some temptation today, 'will we resist it more firmly tomorrow?- I Some say experience is the best teacher. Some times it is, but not always; so beware. The one who is always trifling with temptation on learning through experience, may be like the per- son handling red hot coals With the bare hands; he may get burned. Cromwell once said he wished his army to be men who put a con- science into their work. Do you suppose if those men, at the end of the year had opened their day book of life, and found failures written down in red ink on the white pages, had given up and lived the same old routine of life over again they would have suc- ceeded? N 0. They turned over a new leaf of their book and made a resolution that the snow-white paper would never be stained by marks, meaning failures of theirs. They put a conscience into their work and won the battle of life. Those of you who are in the bright morning of youth give heed to the fast fleeting moments, so, when you enter the-evening of old age, you can look back upon the past with pride and joy, and not 'with regret and contempt. 62 KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. A Monologue. I:BY ORVA E. OREM 10.1 Dear-a-me, I wonder Who that can be knocking. Company! And I haven,t my dishes washed. Well, if they Will only wait until I Wipe the dishwateroff of my hands,-there, I wiped them on my clean apron,-so much washing for nothing! And they,re knocking again. Well, I never. , Why, how-do-du; Mrs. Smith, come right in! Pm awful glad Did I hear the news? What news? Melendia J ones going to college?-and Frank Brown; too! Well, 1,11 You know he pulled her out of the lake last Going so soon?-Don,t be in a hurry; but I suppose you to see you. bet theytre in love. Summer. have lots to do. Well, Pm glad she,s gone; I never did like gossips-Well, those dishes,-and Oh! there is the door again! Its that Davis girl, -borrowing again, I bet. ' Why, hOW-do-du, Sally, Pm awful glad to see you. The turpen- tine? Why: certainly, I,1lloan,it to you. -Another sick hen? Say, heard the news? Why Melendia J ones and Frank Brown are go- ing to college. 111 bet theytre engaged. Well, good bye. I knew she came to borrow something. The idea of giving a Didntt she look funny When I told her?-I bet she was in love With Frank Brown herself. And there is the door agaih! hen turpentine! Shetll be giving it strychnine next. Its a wonder folks wouldn,t stay away long enough for me to wash my dishes. Why, it,s Parson Cook! Why, how-do-du, come right in! Haventt you heard the news eith- er? Why, Melendia J ones and Frank Brown are going to college; II11 bet they get married. Going so soon? Dth be in a hurry, - -I dont have much company. Well, Pm glad he,s gone; Now, I can do those dishes. I ,most know theytll get married. J ust think! J osiah has been dead nearly twenty years, and I haventt had a single chance t6 get mar- ried, and don,t suppose I ever shall. JUL .05. - c t ' 5' qun 3;'.' gill t a! 1 MW '1 mw 'axuw-W M w m mmk 1W 1;; gw.w. w a- h h- M rm'g .1 W; . .1 bah ?.HJO .051 . wwdau mMIW 'mnwmnmv vl' gammy m and Wm. :m m .- tartan wa- anWW mo 1!. 6:03an dauw IWIMW Mg. Rit'mtht hm t gr Whh-pg. :Mswu.; miI... N a EU I! bu. . I l. .wmiw km !00' hum 0;; m I'm 3, 9 mm 1' a run in mLu-s u- m: ,: i'l u n W1 m u. m u I 32.! 1,; y . m: :3: run! bwlf Q??? :9. 3' vH. pm N ' i Vb Lfiner , a 7-! .qmi . nnih '1 Vi No. Q th' I J t H111?! ; 1N .mn mu m h 3.5 tr, 1': WWW Am? Hui. u$j 5' . V M P t I KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 63 The K. C. H. S. Baseball Team Goes to Klam- ath Agency. IZF. E. w. t071 We, the high school team, left town at 7 p. m. on Friday even- . ing, May 17th, in Mr. Wampler,s launch for Klamath Agency to play ball. At Eagle Point We met a very strong head wind, caus- ing a midnight bath to the fans and a drowning of the engine. We drifted to Eagle ridge, but succeeded in keeping the launch from destruction by the use of our ball bats. Luckily we had three good engineers on board who soon succeeded in starting us on our way. , Mr. Wampler kindly took us to his homestead 0n Coon point at. 11:30, where we spentvthe remainder of the night quarreling over who should eat the onions and potatoes that were elaborately pre- pared by Alex Shive, as kucken-meister, and Vernie Clift, as servant. t ' . At 4 a. m. we started again over the waters which were now made beautiful by the reflection of the rising sun. After wasting an hour or so searching for the straight leading to Agency lake, Harry Telford, who had been handling the rudder and going any direction that anyone wanted him to, got possession of the only gun on board so that he could keep the fellows from kicking, and. turned the boat around and steared directly for the' strait. The wind soon arose and sent the big white-caps rolling while we were crossing Agency lake. But as we were not going directly against the wind we were no: bothered by the spray, and enjoyed the rolling motion very much. After walking toward the Agency for some time, we were met by Mr. J ohn Lee Ball, the captain of Klamath Stars, .and were speedily driven to our destination. On nearing the Agency we saw the good old crimson and white floating gracefully from the well-known figure of Miss Maud Nail, who came riding rapidly to welcome us. We felt that sensation of contentedness that one iinds on seeing a loyal high school student in a strange place, and knew that we would have some support on the side lines. 64 KLAMATH CIOUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. After a hearty breakfast we repaired to the grounds and met a picked-up team from Agency. They played the game frorh the start, but not until the third or fourth inning did our boys arouse from their slumbers, but it was in time toysave the game. At the ,end of six innings dinner was ready, so we stopped the game with the indicator standing at 15 to 12 in our favor. At 2:30 we again took our places on the diamond, but providence favored us with a brisk shower, which stopped the game. The next morning we were taken in rigs to Fort Klamath, where, after a due amount of growling as to whether we should stay and play in the rain or go home, we went out and warmed up. Then Miller, who was first at- the bat, made a safe hit and we all fol- lowed suit. We took the lead in the first inning and held .it through all that rain. By the middle of the game we had batted the covers off both balls and lost them, so we finished With new ones. . Afterthe usual amount of complaint about the umpire, and after the Indian boys saw the score card that read Klamath Stars 10, High school 12, they decided the game was over. The people of Fort Klamath sustained their notable reputation for hospitality by inviting usvto the Hoyt hotel for dinner. We are not surprised that the people boarding at the Hoyt house have such a rOunded, healthy shape. We certainly enjoyed that delicious dinner. After dinner we started toward Agency landing as fast as four government mules could pull us, which wasnit very slow. 2 But a severe storm was ahead of us and we were invited to go back to the Agency and spend the night, and although we Were very anx- ious to get home we were afraid the storm would get us out, so ' we didnlt try the home run until next morning. Miss Maud Nail corralled us and took us to church, where we listened to The Holy City played by the Agency orchestra'and a good sermon by Rev. Grifiiths. We were surprised to hear such excellent music. . The Indian boys wanted toplay another game the next morn- .- ing, but as it looked like it would storm we bid our hosts good-bye . and started for Klamath Falls. The home run was a very pleasant one since the engine behaved very nicely, making the trip in a little over four hours. .0. . W I-W' pay 0 i' la o 41 .L k'oir-l' 5 ! '8'IT l tau ? T i 3 KW: xdjf . I. . NM 3 , q RP'A . h H b JM In .b v N Oe HIV ' . I .' , H : d g u? ,tb u m b i am k'W!r . i 'Wu1 I 44'. '0 . b u h II 'f bb IL k bQT M. ' 'jg .1 4' Ind n 1y I3 w b' i.mk 'f .' :1? mm H. mm .. ' W - dmumrt nu; 3: sum won! in 'I. MyOH 7U r. CU V .unr wu'hl' Wi out b 0 ' b 'u . IV. W 4x. KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. 65 On the Whole, our trip was a very enjoyable one. The kindness shown us by Superintendent Wilson, and also the lady employees who prepared our numerous meals, Will aIWays be remembered. The members of our crowd were: Holly Siemens, captain; Frank Wilson, manager; Alex Shive, Verne Clift, Austin Hayden, Otis Miller, Harry Telford, Roy Taber, J esse Siemens, Lester Leavitt. 166. b 0, be she gone, and am she went, And left I here alone? ' O, cruel fate to take her first And leave I ehind. -fEx.l KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMER. J oghes. EAUGUSTUS BONNEY, t07.J Miss Nickerson's choral class has been singing Forsaken for her benefit. iAlso OscarisJ A little ferrous sulphide, . And then some Hcl, Forms sulphureted hydrogen, And makes an awful smell.-F., H. The students of the K. C. H. S. made out an humble petition to the chemistry class to desist from the use of stale eggs, limburg- er, etc., but the paper untimely fell into the hands of the princi- pal. The new windows between Prof. Swan s room and his private oiiice are much appreciated, as we students can see who the victim is. This rather startling announcement appeared on the blackboard before the photographer came: iiGlee club will be shot at 12:45 P M.; prepare for the worst. Extracts from the debate in studentsbody on taking the 8th grade on the KC. H. S. excursion: Carlton- I heard one of. the opposition say that he did not want the 8th grade to go because he did not want the little brutes un- der foot; now I wonder how many of the little brutes he could get under one of his feet. iLaughterJ Roy- I think that the 8th grade ought to be allowed to go along and learn what they can from us and then when they come up here next year as freshmen they will not be as green as-as they other- . wise might be. tLaughter and applauseJ A' student-WI cant see any reason why the 8th grade shouldn't go along; we will be there to see that n'one of the little fellows fall in and get drowned. tLaughter. i Another student- I think that we ought to take the 8th grade; KLAMATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BOOMEB. 67 we can charge them fifty cents each; about thirty will go and we M. can make about thirty dollars off from them. .. g, n . .- Holly- I am opposed to such graftft tApplauseJ t Erwinu I move that we invite the whole town and charge them 1.... M Mr; to all one dollar and a half each. tLaughter and prolonged applauseJ Erwin Rolfe singing in glee club-e Good news, the tchariott s... Jump steamboat is coming,- good news the tchariott steamboat is com-- i1 . ing, and I .don't want her to leave me behind. t'z Q uQ-qu s, um. i: ' nub N'Wf. AM .I' y- M' 1-: 'MI' ?WV 1 W:- t 91 1Lm f; 2 r M StOCk OF HIGH GRADE JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS, STERL- ING AND SILVER PLATED WARE, CUT GLASS AND HAND- PAINTED CHINA IS THE FINEST AND MOST COMPLETE IN SOUTHERN OREGON. M PriceS-JUST COMPARE THEM AND BE CONVINCED THAT THEY ARE THE LOWEST. COLUMBIA AND VICTOR PHONOGRAPH AGENCY. FULL LINE OF MACHINES, RECORDS, SUPPLIES, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SHEET MUSIC AND SMALL GOODS. x G. HEITKEMPER, J R., W tchmaker, - ' Jesveler and Klamath Falls, Ore. OptiCian Republican Block Klamath Falls Steam Laundry PHONE 331 .M:WHI+E, PROP. KLAMATH FALLS ORE. M051 COMPLETE IN THE COUNTY WOUl'l L J VVHHY 3'3' rad it will w-i a hut 1H -. -. BOWIN. :Hsy HM-lu-gx. .131110-q'ny 3?ENCER a 1 RFX t l Vnnr moon 3! THE am e: C. F. STONE. iAttorney-at-Law, yKlamath Falls, Oregon H. J. WINTERS Jeweler and Optician Eyes Tested Free. Fine Stationery JnSee VIRGIL 8: SON For your Housekeeping Outfit, Stoves, Ranges, Tin and Granite Ware, at the Bridge on Main St. MRS. FISH Great Reduction in all Christmas Novel- ties, Ladiesi Walking EASI END Mm MARKET Wholesale and Retail Bufchers SAUSAGES A SPECIALTY. WE ARE ANXIOUS TO PLEASE. GRISSLER 8: STILTS THE BOOMER Would be appreciated by your absent friend, and it will cost you only 500. a year to send it. Skirts, Hats, Etc. 4 ; BATHS IN ESPQ for CONNECTION QeaH$haVes 1 GEO. R. HURN, HARDWARE J ust received 5,000 rolls of Wall Paper BOIVIN, Only Exclusive Plumber in the city H. M. JOHNSON ' P. SHOLL. THE PANTATORIUM v CLOTHES CLEANED AND REPAIRED pHONE 4-75 KLAMATH FALLS OREGON WI LLSON BLOCK SPENCER 8: BOND, REAL ESTATE We can sell your property. 0. K. BARBER SHOP For the best shave in town. scHAuocK gt DAGGETT THE BEST GROCERS STUDENTS, have your Photos taken at the MONGOLD' GALLERY KLAMATH COUNTY BANK Capital Stock, $100,000 Organized - - 1899 First Bank in the Klamath Basin sied nt . - ALEX. MARTIN e-rPe HE. R. REAMES ashier ista sied nt - . - ALEX. MARTIN, JR; nt Ca Shier - - C. P. CHASTAIN For the Best of Everything in CLOTHING, SHOES and DRY GOODS ' At the Lowest Prices, Come to the Busy Boston Store