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

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28 GDimtannua hibition of speed in a talking contest. She is defending her title to the championship of the world. Her record, which is still unbroken, is 272 words per minute. “This is a little pastoral scene. Notice the wild looking cow that Kid Corpe is holding by the horns, while Jay Millering is pumping the lacteal fluid into his big black Stetson. After refreshing themselves, they sauntered off to the old swimming hole. “Here we have a picture of ‘Banty Pixton surrounded by a bevy of inconsolable freshman girls, who hover around him as the bees gather around the honeysuckle. ‘Banty’ is consoling them over the fact that he will not be with them next year. “This shows Hazel Young, Della Kindred and Rebecca Williamson arriving at the high school ‘Just as the Sun Went Down.’ Too late! After eating their lunch for supper, they turned and wearily wended their way homeward. “This scene was not an unusual one in my school days. It shows Myrtle Edwards, Edith and Ethel Wilson being implored by our own eloquent janitor to leave the high school building. But they are so engrossed with their studies, they refuse to go. But when, with tears in his eyes and a voice trembling with emotion, he tells them he is out of tobacco, they reluctantly consent and the big doors close behind them. “This is a picture of Helen Richardson, who was con- sidered the most promising of all the girls in the Domestic Science class. Not because she accomplished things, but be- cause she had unbounded faith that in the course of time, the fates being favorable, she might learn the art of washing dishes. For this she labored and waited, but all in vain. “The portrait I will now put upon the screen, is a very good likeness of Cecil Bolton, who, although a graduate of L. H. S., never in reality ceased to be a freshman. His creed seemed to be— A freshman born and a freshman bred And a freshman till I die; Four years I’ve spent in the freshman class, And I’ll eat all the freshman pie. “This picture, ladies and gentlemen, is not Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, but Runa Bacon of the high school. Their philosophy, however, was the same, ‘Mid the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.’ The picture shows Runa entering the Latin class full of joy at the prospect of a test. “Do not mistake this for a love scene. It shows Paul

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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-

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(TIjp (Dmnmutua 29 Crouter pleading his case before a member of the faculty. He is trying to convince her that he is a perfect gentleman. His argument is that all gentlemen chew gum. He chews gum, therefore he is a gentleman. (—Q. E. D.). “I took this flash light one evening at 6:45 p. m., in the L. H. S. gym. The girl is Anna Top. After the game at 4 o’clock, all the basket ball girls, except Anna, had gone home. She still remained throwing baskets hour after hour, before an imaginary audience. The patient janitor fre- quently informed her of the lateness of the hour, but his words fell upon deaf ears. She still threw on and on. No one ever knew how late she stayed. “Opening the door of the laboratory one morning, I came unexpectedly upon the following scene. Having my camera with me, I made good use of it. The girl here is Zoe Bragg. She is making a leap year proposal to Avery Roberts. She insists that he shall promise to obey, which he willingly agrees to do, vowing upon his honor never to Bragg about “We have now come to the last picture of the Class of 1912 of the La Grande High School. It shows Lee ‘Ebenezer’ Reynolds making his famous speech at Elgin. He was a mere youth at the time and yet his eloquence startled the universe: In the banquet hall beside the hoard, Our colors to the breeze unfurled. Here once our football farmer stood And fired the speech heard ’round the world. “This closes the evening’s entertainment, ladies and gen- tlemen. I thank you.”