Molalla Union High School - Arrow Yearbook (Molalla, OR)

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For his eight years of unceasing effort toward building the character and personality of each Molalla High student, we humbly dedicate the 1955 Arrow to Warren S. Adams, our devoted superintendent and loyal friend. We shall always remember the part he played in preparing us for the lives we shall lead in later years. To him the students of Molalla High say Thanks .

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Look to this Dayl For it is Life, The very Life of Life. ln its brief course lie all the Verities And Realities of yolu' Existenceg . . , For Yesterday is but a Dream, And Tomorrow is only a Visiong But Today well lived Makes every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope Look well therefore to this Day! Ex t 'fn Pa Yr g N? Here IS y01ll' 1955 Arrow full of people you know, scenes you have grown to love and most of all mem orles Every phase of school life 1S represented wlth in these covers and your annual will become more val uahle to you as the years go on There are those of you who with these memories wlll walk from the doors of Nlolalla Union High School lnto the widely spread arms of the world Again, there are those who are still to spend one, two, and even three more years of your llves in the halls of MUHS warmed by the laughter of classmates We are all aware that this year of happiness will be outstanding ln our future years The annual staff now presents to you with a friendly hand this volume of the Arrow to keep the joys of thls unforgettable year fresh in your mind We hope that you will enjoy looking through the annual as much as we have enjoyed bflllglflg lt to you THE EDITOR ' n E 41? ,!i

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il A INA 50 J A Q , V - PM v-- 77Za!4!Za '7aaZ6mw The name Molalla is derived from the Indian Language, probably from the Cayuse tribe, as the Molalla Indians were once part of the Cayuses. The word Molalla means grass country, which indicates that Molalla prairie was once a thriving pasture land. It has been said that when the Indians first came here the grass grew to be several feet high. The Indians inhab- ited the prairie more than a century before any white man came. During the eighteenth century, when the Cayuses were engaged in a period of civil strife, a small band seceded. The seceded Cayuses migrated from Walla Walla to Molalla, crossing the Cascade Range just south of Mt. Jeff- erson , on the trail they heard about. The Wah-lamut Valley was then occ- upied by the Cayuses, but they made a treaty of eternal peace with the Cal- ipooias, which gave them the right to occupy the foothills of the Cascades. This treaty of eternal peace was never broken. The tribes of 1800 had only a tradition of these facts. The seceded Cayuses took the name of Molalla after making this treaty. They grew and became more numerous and powerful and ingeneral theythriv- ed on the new land. Each generation grew up with the hatred of the Cayuse tribe so when they were at their height in power they challenged the Cayuses for a battle which was accepted at the foot of Mt. Jefferson. The Cayuses were victorious and the Molallas suffered a loss of one-half their warriors. The next generation of Nlolallas never entered the battlefield after their sec- ond defeat. The lVlolalla tribe was quite independent and usually held its own. They always traded and gambled at The Dalles with the best tribes. Chief Henry Yelkes, the last survivor, was killed by some unknown person in 1915. His son, Fred Yelkes, a half-breed Indian, still survives and lives in Portland. The first white man that came to this prairie was Rev. ,Iason Lee. He and a few followers came up tl1e Molalla River and crossed the prairie enroute to Salem in 1837. The immigration of 1843-44-45 brought a few settlers to Molalla. In the early days two trails were built running nearly north and south and east and west. These trails intersected at a point about eighteen miles south of Oregon City. In the course of time the north and south trail has become Molalla Avenue and the east and west trail has become Main Street. Consequently it is only natural that Molalla is situated where it is, since most of the settlers located around the intersection, called Four Corners? Sam Engle, '27 Molalla Yesterday and Today X i G V ,c I - ' Xwg 'fri ' 6 xy I, 2 '54