North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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Pniir Iwciily-llirci ' THE TAMARACK Class History ( )nct upon a time, a long time ago, some- tliing very extraordinary happened. It was in the spring of 1920. All was quiet and peaceful in the little town of I ' nsophistication. Most of its drows inhabitants were tilted back in their chairs in front fif the Hotel Hayseed. A checker game was in progress there, and farther on down the street, leaning heavily against the town hitching rack, snoring contentedly was the vil- lage constable. The whole atmosphere was one of complete resignation. I ' p on the top of Beginners hill, ju.st west of town, stood a large wagon. The suns bright rays made it glisten in its fresh new coat of green paint. It was half past eight on that eventful day, when suddenly the air was filled with shrieks and cries of mad laughter. The town citizens came to life immediatelv , and the checker game was discontinued. The village police force awoke with a start and fell hack- wards over the hitching rack ' into the watering trough. .Ml eves were turned towards Beginners hill, anci what a sight they beheld. . hilarious bunch of young.sters just out of grade school came dashing up the hill and climbed into the wagon. To it they hitched two steeds, De- lennination and Hard ' ork, and giving it a mighty push, rolled off down the hill and out on the High School road of Fun and Fret leaving behind forever the little town of Unsophistication. What a jolly bunch they were. There was Ethel Lafferty, Coop Curry, Louise Clau- sin, Edgy Hog ' le, Johnny C,raham, Elta Waters, Don joiies, and a lot of others. I ' robably you wouldn ' t have recognized any of them, they were such a youthful lot. Ethel Lafferty wa.s a cute little thing with fluffy curls, and Coop Curry was a meek-eyed lad who wouldn ' t even look at one of the fairer sex. Rut Them Days Is (lOne Forever, eh, Coop . ' The travelers found their journey not as dif- ficult as they had expected. All except John C.raham, who decided there was no great hur- ry, and so was lost, ere they came to Sopho- more Lane. The time passed swiftl and soon the edu- cation seekers turned off on to Junior De- tour. They crossed the bridge of Popular- ity but luckily did not fall into the waters of the river Conceit, which flowed beneath. I ' retty soon they met Byron .McCoy, and liking his appearance picked him up and went on. About every one got most awfully tired of the horse Hard Work. He was such a boresome old nag, so they unliitched him and let him go, b ut then their progress was much slower. On farther the wagon wheels stuck in two deep ruts, Chemistry and Physics. Il was too much for the horse Determination to pull them out alone and he was obliged to lie down and rest. The bunch were having a good time when Old Man Conscience came along and whis- pered to them. Immediately they found Hard Work, hitched him up and barely made Senior Highway because ihey had lost so much time. Now the travelers asked Lawrence Davison to take the driver ' s seat. Before they had dei)ended upon the teamwork of Hard Work and Determination. . l Flunkville Spike Ca.stle, Marve Fin- ne , Margaret Green, John Heily, and Kate L()ng joined them. Farther on they found X ' iola Blessing, full of pep and anxious to go with them, and they took her along. The way was rough, but the travelers, who bv now were older and more experienced, withstood the effects of the hard travel. One last cata.strophe impeded them. A wheel came off when they crossed the ditch of Compul- sor Gym. but you know Hard Work and Determination ! On Lmuarv 4, 1924, they dressed in their best, and frolicked far into the night at a big l)arn dance, which was the last party they en- jo ed together. After four years of travel they found them- selves at their journey ' s end, in the city of Graduation, which is really the beginning of the Road of Life. MAURINE GODFREY GEO. E. JENNINGS

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THE TAMARACK Page twenty-fou Class Will Be it remembered that we, the Senior Class of the North Central High School in the city of Spokane and the State of Wasliington, be- ing of lawful age and sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereijy, publish, and declare that this is our last Will and testa- ment, hereby revoking all former wills by us made. juniors: We, in all due ceremony bequeath to you practical conduct of life in good sense and sound judgment; also proper things to say and the proper time and place to say them. Sophomores: We leave to you our good manners, superior knowledge and good looks to be used henceforth and accordingly. Rea- lize that we, the deiiarting Seniors, have been the guiding star during your .so-far eventful career of learning. Freshman : Do as we have done. Do not get discouraged. Be as our Rhubarb V ' aselino Shiek, Harry Heinzen, has been. He says, We ' re never too old to learn. So why not sta - at North Central as long as you can learn. Also, Freshmen, give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. Janitors : We bequeath the privilege of picking up minute ])articles of waste paper left on the floor by thoughtless freshmen. Athletic Ability : Romine Ostrander leaves his great football ability to Tub Laird— hop- ing he will l)e, in the future, as capable a man. Joyce drier — small but mighty — leaves her wonderful executive ability to Marcella Brain- ard with the h )])e that she will be equallv suc- cessful. We leave, with Viola Blessing ' s consent, her masquerilled eyelashes to ] larion Leslie with the v arning to beware of early morning rain- storms or hysterical laughter as they prove very disastrous. The class will committee has lost precious hours of needed sleej) racking its brains over ihe romantic problem of Pearl Clinton — Laughiandcrs ' Stage Door — and Coop Curr We leave I ' rank Finney ' s suggestion to the remaining boys of North Central that they make dates with his daughter Marye to go gum hunting under the seats at the Hippo- drnnii ' ihcatcr. As variety is the spice of life. we hope that ju l spearmint is not found. We compliment and leave the successful plannmg of several of our graduates of grad uating together, to Melba Welton and Melvin Sohns. We leave Maurine Godfrey ' s fantastic toes U) Edgy Hogle for the success of his dance in the pep convocation. We take with us, Lawrence Davison, our class president and hope for his attainment of the presidency of the Rinkey-Dinks. We, the class will committee, do hereby beg. and implore to the utmost of our untiring ef forts (o the faculty of North Central to do all in their power to aid the several intendents of matrimony (as soon as school is out) to grad uate at their very earliest convenience. (Tin committee expects graduation presents for thi- suggestion). It is better to try to catch flit- with sugar than vinegar so after this heresy, we realize that presents for the )oung bride will not be expected from the Will committee. The graduating seniors offer this sound sug gestion to the freshmen present and to come Be i rtjiared for the worst. Start saving thi shekels early next year .so that the drives for the freshmen carnival queen will not give out. on account of lack of funds. This secret will be disclosed. It takes year to get anything beneficial for a school, .sd freshmen ask Santa Claus for .spades and shovels next year, then be the leaders — if not financially, physically. Use the valuable im- plements to a good advantage. Vole on a leader and start digging the big athletic field to be called Kennedy Bowl, so it will be finished by the time Claude .McC.ralli graduates. Last but not least, we leave the faculty our most hearty and sincere thanks and apprecia- tions for their untiring aid and pleasant com- ])anionship. The previous class will committee willed to us as much trouble in writing this document as they had in writing theirs. We can do no less than pass this wish to the following com- mittee. SIGNED T. MARSHALL SMITH LOUISE CLAUSIN