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

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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.

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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

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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,