Medford High School - Crater Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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golden M. H. S. are A' lT'S A DEAL! We'll keep lhe dandelions oul of The lawn if you build a founlain 'For us. And wilh lhis vow lhe Order of M and Mr. Hedrick enlered a conlracl which held for quile a few years. The lounlain was lorn oul lasl year. Above is lhe lasl group piclure ol Order of M lo be laken by lhe lounlain, Officers are Larry Perkins, Gordon Owsley, Terry Miller, and Larry Cranslon. Ever wondered why Jrhe walks are so convenienlly curved and crossed over The lawn? Superinlendenl E. l-l. l-led- rick, because he didn'l wanl sludenls lo make shorlcul palhs lhrough lhe grass, had walks laid lo follow The nalural direclions Jrhal sludenls would 'rake lo cross lhe lurl. ln I934, a few years aller 'rhe build- ing was erecled, lhe lawn was planled in a ralher unusual way. Some of lhe baskelball players were caughl' making wilh lhe painlbrush over in Ashland lerrilory: lor punishmenl lhey had lo work len days apiece planling lhe lawn. BER-Rl So ends lhe eighly-Two-year life ol campus landmark, old when Meddleiord was founded

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MEDFORD'S FIRST BLACKSMITH SHOP. This picTure was Talcen abouT ISS4. In The hearT oT The Rogue River Valley, Tive miles easT oT Jaclcsonville, The Oregon and CaIiTornia railroad sTarTed a new Town. Because STewarT Creelc lnow called Bearl was Torded aT This place, The Town was named IvleddleTorcI. Time: December I883. When The Town was incorporaTed in I885, The name was recorded as Ivled- Tord, Some oT The early businesses were housed in TenTs, which were gradually replaced by wooden sTore buildings. One OT The TirsT esTabIishmenTs was The blacIcsmiTh shop picTured above. MAIN STREET, MEDFORD, OREGON, around Turn oT The cenTury. 9 Seventy-four years mold MEDFORD CITY PARK: I907. Across The sTreeT is The olcl PresbyTerian Church. ExcepT Tor scaTTered pines and a Tew oalcs, The early TownsiTe was barren, and The secTion wesT oT Oakdale Ave- nue was called The Sagebrush DeserT. CiTizens wiTh civic pride and vision planTed Trees along The avenues, sTreeTs, and in The parlc. Above is The ciTy parlc as iT was in l907, a Tew years aTTer The Trees were planTed. This year, l958, a commiTTee was appoinTed To seIecT varieTies oT Trees To pIanT in The ciTy's newer secTions.

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NOISE PARADE AND THE DAY OFF FROM SCHOOL! I-luge M On TlOaT TlaunTs school spiriT. A NOISE PARADE IN I920? Yes, The Times may change, buT The spiriT OT yOuTh lcnows no cIaTe Or Ioouncls. Noise parades, exuber- anT yells, inTer-school rivalry are all a parT OT sTudenT spiriT, The Tun and The TOOIishness OT high school. 'l'raOIiTiOns are a living parT OT MedTOrd High. We dOn'T lcnow how They begin, lOuT They grow wiTh us and become a parT OT our lives and memories. Above and below are picTured some examples OT early Noise Parades OT lvledTOrcI High. GIANT FOOTBALL in Noise Parade rallies a crowd OT rOOTers TO cheer Tor a slam againsT Ashland, Med- TOrd's TradiTiOnaI rival. GEE, KID, LET'S GO SHOCK THE NATIVES. Black sfockungs and school spiriT were TrequenT scenes in The gay I1Te OT The l92O's. QONMWUI' egg vs: is sill 2.lb' - ,, Pep,splnt