La Grande High School - Mimir Yearbook (La Grande, OR)

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26 t£l|r GDmnanmtfl 'tHljo, mtft 'tHliu Willard Carpy. It was during one of the worst storms Alaska had ever known, that I sat alone in my cabin one night trying to solve the problem of existence. I thought of by-gone days and the many changes that had taken place among my classmates in La Grande; earnestly I hoped that some day I might see them again. Here was I in the far north, alone and without dust enough to carry me through the week. Something must be done. Glacing around, my eyes fell upon my old scrap book, so highly treasured when I was a senior in L. H. S. An inspiration seized me. In my trunk was a mirroscope which I had never unpacked. “Tomorrow night,” said I to myself, “I will give an entertainment at the town hall en- titled, “Who’s Who—And Why.” I immediately set to work making posters and other necessary arrangements. The next night was still stormy, but the miners came from far and near. Some alone and others with their families. The hall was crowded to the very door and once inside the warm room, every one be- came oblivious to the raging storm without. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” I began, “we will open the eve- ning’s entertainment with a very rare picture. It was difficult to find a camera capable of photographing such a rapidly moving object. The picture on the curtain is that of ‘Hots’ Richardson, the President of the Class of 1912, beating it to the engine room at a pace that would take a place in a Tri-State meet.” As the picture was thrown upon the screen one of the miners remarked, “Gee! but he’s got the stride of a Dan Kelly.” “This is a picture of Dee Davis and John Ruby. They are making their escape through the window of the locker room. It is April and they are answering the call of the meadow larks. But retribution was swift and sure. It came in the form of an extra hour every night for two weeks. Which proves the old saying, ‘The race is not al- ways to the swift.’ “Here we have a picture of Hilda Anthony making her debut as an accompanist before a large and enthusiastic audience. The occasion was the first appearance in La Grande of ‘The Wandering Minstrel.’ High above the piano

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aljr (Omttamuts 25 Carpy, Anita Worth and Maude Leadsworth joined the class. They were followed in 1904 by Zoe Bragg, Della Kin- dred and Eddie Reisland. This little brigade “bound for the top,” earnestly pur- sued their studies, passed the eighth grade examination and entered high school in September, 1908. On the nineteenth of October of the same year the class of 1912 with thirty-eight members was duly organized. After the trials and tribulations of freshman life, these embryo “grads” developed into dignified “Sophs,” who be- ing reinforced by Merlin Batley, James Corbett, Ethel Wil- son, Edditli Wilson and Ruth Ghormley, compelled the class of ’13 to do obeisance to their desires. In a short space of time the learning of this class waxed great and there emerged upon the world and their unsus- pecting friends, the all-powerful Juniors. Later in the year when they made their triumphal entry into the new high school building, Pluma Moss, Ray Couch, Dee Davis and Anna Top, Juniors in Island City, came to La Grande to cast their lo,t with this rapidly growing band. During this year the class of ’12 began to figure prominently in ath- letics and in all literary and social activities, the crowning feature of the year being the banquet given the Seniors. At the beginning of the Senior year the number on the class roll was increased to thirty-one by the addition of five members, Myrtle Edwards, Rebecca Williamson, Paul Crouter, Avery Roberts and Erastus Pixton. During the second semester, however, Ruth Cotner was compelled, on account of prolonged illness, to discontinue her work, much to the regret of her classmates. With Harley Richardson as president, Cecil Bolton as vice-president and Lee Reynolds as secretary and treasurer, work has progressed rapidly. As the year draws to a close many results are in evidence—the most marked of which is the successful supervision of the publication of the first annual ever issued by La Grande High. The Class of 1912 may well be proud of its achievements and of the place it has made for itself in the history of the school. When the scarlet and black is unfurled may it be not only the lode-star for future classes, but a cynosure upon which the alumni “may gaze with admiration forever.”

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 idjr (fltmtamtuH 27 accompaniment, rang the soul like notes of ‘When You and I Were Young, Maggie.’ The house, I remember, was spell- bound and those who were fortunate enough to hear this renowned couple, will carry the memory of it through life. “The next picture is not very distinct, because it is ob- scured by a cloud of dust. But if you will observe carefully, you will see a red hat and beneath that hat you will see Pluma Moss on her fiery stead, galloping up Fourth street. Notice, too, the number of freshmen perched for safety upon nearby fences; for Pluma never turned out of the road for a rook or a chicken. “I will now put upon the screen a picture of Ed Reisland and Jim Corbett. The sciences were a joke to Reisland, but he had no desire to be an historian or a man of letters. To Corbett, everything was a joke. The picture shows them in English Lit. Exam. Reisland is telegraphing the signal of distress to Corbett, who wires back, ‘Nothing doing.’ “This picture shows two of my classmates at a very criti- cal moment.” “Will they make it?” some one in the audience shouted. “Yes, they made it, but it was a hard pull. Ruth Ghormley is the one in the lead and Hulda Anderson is a close second. They are actually entering the high school before nine o’clock. “You may think, ladies and gentlemen, that this is simply a picture of a typewriter, but Clara Carbine is hidden behind it. She positively refused to spare the time for being photo- graphed. Even a box of parrot sticks failed to tempt her. “I regret exceedingly that I have not a more recent pic- ture of Maude Elma Leadsworth, the great tragedienne of L. H. S. It was her ambition to pose as Juliet. Then she changed her mind and decided that she would pose as Portia and just as the photographer was ready to take her picture, she suddenly began giving the ‘The Burgomaster’s Death,’ which so frightened the poor man that he dashed out of the door and has never been seen or heard of since. This is a picture of her in her freshman year. Notice Web- ster’s International in her right arm and Peter Rabbit, Mother Goose Rhymes and Alice in Wonderland, in her left. She was a voracious reader and the star scholar in our bunch. I can assure you we were duly proud of her. “This back-to-nature study is entitled, ‘Among the Blos- soms.’ It is not a daisy as you would suppose, but Merlin Batley studying botany and using a Top Notch Magazine as a reference book. “Now comes the picture of Anita Worth giving an ex-