Medford High School - Crater Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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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

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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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characterize OLDYELL Go-geT . . . Them . . . Ti-ger! 20's 1 I 6 5 4 , T T a E Go-geT . . .Them . . . Ti-ger! GHRUFF!! SerpenTines are a TradiTion aT MedTord l-ligh. ln earlier days The sTudenTs in long sTockings and heavy coaTs cluTched hands and wound in and ouT among The Model T's in The dusTy sTreeTs To adverTise Their games. As The Town grew and shops Turned inTo deparTmenT sTores, The TraTTic in- creased and The sTudenTs Tound iT Too dangerous To run down The sTreeTs. Today The TraTTic has reached such proporTions ThaT serpenTines are conTined To school. 2 E i 3 s 5 T 3 E. T I95l serpenTine, above, winds Through downTown MedTord. Below: Carolyn Hillyer, Nancy Picard, Doug Randles, Susan Hubbard, Larry BerTeau, Judy McGraw, Winnie GOTT and STeye Morris lead a serpenTine Through Thevhalls. I3