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

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THE TAMARACK turb it, we took seats at the back of the room. Our old acquaintance, Roberta Tuttle, was leading the meeting. She .seemed to be in her glory while she was preaching. We know our friend ' s failing for speech. Reverend Tuttle nmde the announcement that the collection would be for the di.sabled mice in Alaska. As we did not feel responsible for the object of the collection we left immeiliately, thus not getting a chance to speak with our old friend. However, we did get to see the old sexton who was none other than Don Cieniberling. As we stepped into the street, we almost stumbled over the head of a man emerging from a manhole. On approaching him to offer our apologies, he turned out to be George Preston concealed behind a screen of whiskers. He had come up for air and was waiting for his wife, the former Evelyn Henkle who was bringing him his lunch. During his lunch hour he showed us around his work, that of being bookkee])er for the street cleaners, which proved very interesting. His office was lo- cated behind the main garbage bin. The ven- tilation was controlled by a forced draft of c x l air passing over a bo.x of moth balls. The draft of cool air proved to be the ru.sh of wind from the pro} ellor of a low flying rescue plane which brought supplies and relief to us. The exhaust of the ship, as it taxied over the rough sand, had a tendency to awaken us from our stupor which had been brought on by the lack of water. We welcomed the pilot of the rescue plane, whom we identified by his goggles to be none other than Robert Glas- cock, who had taken up aviation due to his success in operating a typewriter. We were over-joyed at the rescue, as well as we might be after being stranded on a desert for five days without food or water. Having settled all accounts we took off and sailed among the clouds for home. This, my friends, is the prophecy for the class of Jan- uary ' 30. MARJORIE CORBIT, (Chairman) HKLKN LIEB WELDON BEAN Radiologue This is station N. C. H. S. broadca.sting from the main studios of the best high .school in the Northwest by the courtesy of the January class of 1930. Today ' s program is a brief review of the ac- tivities of the fall semester of 1929. Please stand by for N. C. scholastic standard time being given to you through the ccmrte.sy of the January outcasts. The stroke of the gong in- dicates exactly thirty minutes past eight o ' clock. Sept. 5 — School has started. The frosh are much ch.igrined to find that the elevator sy- stem is out of order. We will now turn the microphone over to Mr. Kennedy who has a few announcements to make. Go k1 morning, radio friends and stu- dents, once more we tune in on another year ' s work. The first part of the program will be the dusting off of the balcony seats by the oncoming fre.shmen, the main fl K)r arrival of the sophisticated .sophomores and the shifting of front seats by the dignified seniors. These latter members of company are finishing their four years contract and this is their farewell program. Sept. 6 — Nearly everyone in the school de- lighted Mr. Hawes by having his programs changed. Many frosh took the wrong lunch ) eriods. Grand rush all day. Minor bruises and shaken nerves reported. Sept. 9 — Mr. Rice urges all would-be opera singers to try out for opera cla.ss. Sept. 10— Members of the Girls ' League limber up at an assembly. The News staff Is- sues its first paper for the fall semester. Sept. 16 — Senior politics begin. Al Dibblee is electexl class president. The other officers of the class are: Bertha George, vice presi- dent; Charles Campbell, secretary; Guy Miller, treasurer. Sept 19 — Girls, put on your hiking boots and come earn your P. E. emblem. The first hike of the sea.son. Sept. 23 — Again North Central shows her spirit in the Red Cr«ss drive. Hundre ls of boys and girls in the city are made more healthy. 129]

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T H E T A M A R A C K Class Prophecii We were takliij? a trial trip across the Gohi desert witli our recently invented sport rocket plane when, for some unforeseen cause, our rocket projector ceased firinff and we felt our- selves falling through space. One awful nio- tnent of suspense and then the inevitable crash came. Due to the novel structure of the in- terior of the plane we were not injured. After congratulating ourselves on our fortunate es- cape, we were suddenly thrown into a panic by the sudden realization that we were without food or water. Hoping against hope, we fran- tically warched the wreckage of the plane only to find that our terrible plight was only too true. Then began days of never ceasing vigilance and nights of aimless conjecture of what the dawn would bring. Mid-afternoon of the fourth d.iy found us sitting on pieces of the wreckage of our rocket plane. As we gazed across the de.sert a mirage seemed gradually to come before our eyes. A city grew up in front of us. It all seemed so unreal, but there it was. I knew it must be so because I .saw .so many familiar names and faces. There .shining out in lights a foot high was Earl Wyatt ' s name, with a subtitle announc- ing him as the world ' s greatest tenor. (N ' ot paid for this). At the head of his supporting east was beautiful Catherine Nichols. Desirous of seeing our old friends i)erform, we pur- chased tickets at $5.00 a seat. Inside the theater our old le.ider Al Dibblee occupied the president ' s box. It seemed that Al had been advanced to President of the United States. He looked very dignified sitting beside his stately wife Mrs. Dibblee, nee Lucille Som- mer. We could hardly wait until the last strains of the music had died away that we might rush back-stage and renew acquaintances with our classmates. Max Welwr and Guy Miller were also .seen in the ca.st. After we had talked over old times at North Central they invited us to join them at dinner in one of the well-known night clubs. Beea u.se of our friends ' popularity, the hostess of the club, a very rotund woman, greeted us as we entered. Upon an intense scrutiny of her we recog- nized our former willowy valedictorian, Bea- trice Ann Bemiss. She gracefully conducted us to a corner table which afforded us an excel- lent view of the interior.A tall waiter in even- ing dress, who was none other than James Irwin, a))proached our table and took our order. From the heart of an Italian Gardens floated the silvery .strains of .some red hot jazz. Simultaneously a chorus of beautiful girls led by the .sylph-like Eleanor Martineau and Bertha Enfield api)eared. Among the dan- cers we saw Stella Halverson, Helen Ward, Dorothy Erickson and Bernice Van Dorn. No .sooner had the dance been completed than the scene seemed to change before our eyes and we found ourselves as guests at a large church wedtiing. Strains of a wedding march floated across the room as the couple to be married marched down the aisle. They both looked very h ippy. Much to our surprise the bride was Margaret Bardsley and the groom. Charles Campbell, an occasion which accounted for tlie look of happiness on their faces. The minister, our old friend, Austin So- derquist, performed the marriage. Afterward we went to buy some flowers to send to the re- cently married couple when we spied a little old wrinkled up lady on the corner of the street selling flowers. We decided that she looked as if she needed the money so we bought a dozen roses from her. As we started to walk away she asked us in a deep, hoarse voice if we didn ' t remember her. Much to our embarrassment we said no we didn ' t. She announced herself as Marjorie Rhodes. She told us that she was selling flowers for a living as her husband, Harry Hale, was serv- ing a life term in Sing Sing for abusing the saxophone. We all felt that was the place for Harry, but felt terribly .sorry for his wife. After giving Marjorie our sympathy, we walk- ed on down the street to have the flowers de- livered to the recently married couple. We continued our travels down the .street when we came ujion a revival meeting. We de- cided to go inside for awhile as we didn ' t wjint to miss anything. As the meeting had already started and we did not wish to dis-

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THE TAMARACK Sept. 26— Extry! Extr - ! All about the North Central News ! Peppy convocation starts off The News C(impai(rn. Sept. 27 — Come on now, fellows. IM ' h ayieU North Central and tear it out! Many boys try out for yell kinj?. Bill Shaw and Hobby Gray are chosen. We will now return you to your local sta- tion for further announcenients. Four wt-eks have passed. Only four more months till grad- uation. Work hard, me lads ! Oct. 4 — Whoops! Our first football game of the .sea.son with Wilbur. Score N. C. 26, Wil- bur 0. Oct. 8 — Another of ye olde senior A meet- ing ' s. Al Dlbblee presides. Oct. 11 — I.«wiston Normal vs. N. C- Our second game, our first defeat, V.i-7 in their favor. Oct. H — The Associated Student councils holds a special assembly. Oct. 17 — Our fleet footed Indians ran in a cro.ss country meet today. Oct. 18 — Great excitement ! Our football team leaves for Tacoma. Big crowd at the station to see them off. Music by tlx- band ' n ' everj-thing ! Oct. 23 — Double convocation. Our heroic players are heartily cheered and congratulated on their victory over Tacoma. Oct. 2-t — CJirls ' lycague convocation. WeJl worth while, as usual. Indians defeated Panthers (Hlllyard high), .score 32 to 0. Tam- arack staff announced. Charles Campbell, e ii- tor in chief. Oct. 31 — Girls ' League have honor roll con- vocation. There will be a brief pause for station an- nouncements. We regret that we will be un- able to fill all the request numbers rapidly coming in. However, to gratify the wishes of as many friends as possible, our program will continue. November activities follow in quick succession. Nov. 1— Football game with Walla Walla high. Score, 38 to 0. (Our favor of course.) Our team is groofi. No doubt about it! Nov. 4 — Ciirls ' I,eague party, in the audi- torium. Also, standard dress makes its annual debut. All the girls have the blues ! Dark t)lues, in serges, flannel and iM)plin. Nov. 5— Ke.%oIved That Athletics— You ' re right! It ' s a debate between North Central and Sprague high. North Central can juggle arguments as successfully as she handles a football. Nov. 6 — Another of Ye Olde Senior A meet- jTigs. They seem to be a pop ular indoor sport. Nov. 8 — 1 cannot tell a lie! Nothing But the. Truth, class play presented by the senior A dramatics cla.ss. Highly successful, and all honor due to Mi.ss Martha Pearl Jone.s, our excellent dramatics teacher and coach. Nov. 9 — The class pla.v is re|X ' ated, with a different cast. More goo l work I Nov. 11 — .Vrmistice Day, and a half holiday. Most of us show our hap))y faces at the Gon- zag.i stadium to witness the game, (ionzaga vs. North CentrfU, Happy faces grow happier —Score, 26 to 7. Nov. 12 — Our doting parents attend school, the event being known as Parents ' Night. Nov. 16— How sad! W. S. C. frosh football team defeated our boys. Accidents will hap- IM-n ! Score, 18-7. Nov. 20 — l ' pj erclass students are tnter- tained by representatives from Cheney Normal. Nov. ' 25 — Pow- Wow- Wow- Wow- Wow- Wow Comrades of North Central, Warriors of North Central. New song intnKluced at a snappy pep convocation for l)oys. Nov. 26 — The girLs have a pep con. They prove that a peppy con ma.v be had without the help of the boys. Nov. 27— THE BIG D. Y! ! ! Color day. Red and Black prevails through the halls of N. C. .VLso alumni day. Bertha George is crowned Pow Wow princess. Nov. 28 — The big Turkey Game at the fairgroimds. Indians take Tiger skin with a .score of 19 to 0; a fine apjietizer for a turkey dinner with trimmings and Thanksprfving va- cation. We again return you to your local station. Dt-cember is the next nuiiiljcr m the program. Dec. 1 — Many students are ab.s«-nt l)ecause of t K»-much-turkeyitis. Dec. 8 — Christmas is only twenty-three days off. (Everyone ' s conduct is improving notice- ably.) Dec. i — Oh, to be an upiterclassman ! Victory con In which football letters are awarded, but only upperclassmen allowed to go. Dec. 9 — Intercla.ss swimming mivt. Big crowd. Rea.son? .Vdmission free. Dec- 10 — Double convocation. .All students (Continiud on pagi; .tI) [30]