Oroville Union High School - Nugget Yearbook (Oroville, CA)

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3!n H emortam Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh When the tired waketh. and the shadows flee; Fairer than morning, lovelier than daylight Dawns the sweet consciousness, ‘I am with '1 lice . MINNIE SHARKEY ABRAMS (County Superintendent of Schools) 1864-1914. NETTIE RYDER HUFF. ’01 1884-1915. JEAN OCTAVE BERVEILLER 1846-1914. 12

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OFFICERS OF FRESHMAN CLASS. THF.LMA MITCHELL .... President HOWARD ALLEN ... Vice-President W I LITE SCH N KI I)I R - Secretary-Treasurer MLI.BA EGAN .... Tax Collector RUTH DUNN - Member Executive Committee Rl I'll HARRIS - - Girls’ Student Control ROBERT LEE - - Boys’ Student Control FRESHMAN TOAST. 1 The Freshmen are a worthy class. ()f j oily boys and girls. They’ve been striving slowly upward And they’ll strive until the last. 2 Onward and upward this is their aim. Something accomplished, something to gain. Though hard the task and slow the climb. Let “ever onward be our line. 3 I'heyVe never known to be discouraged They’re never known to fret. They’ve been striving slowly upward They’ve reached their goal—not yet. 4 Ambition marks their every deed. In talent too they take the lead. For push and bear, we have much fame. And bear with pride the Freshman name. II

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BORN IN VIRGINIA Miss Jane Martha Jenkins, an old maid aunt and guardian of little Billy Saunders, had bought a book for her little nephew entitled. “Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans.” From this book she read aloud to him frequently for his amusement and education. These stories related to the principal events in the lives of great American statesmen. Now Billy was a little lad only seven years old. so this didn’t amuse him very much, but it behooved him to pay attention. So in the course of time he had some incident or expression by which he could identify nearly every character in the book. One day Billy and his aunt had just settled themselves on the porch for a reading, johnny, their next door neighbor and a particular friend and pal of Billy's, was opposite on his own porch, cutting up all kinds of funny capers. “Let me go over to John’s. Aunt Jane.” pleaded Billy. “I’d lot’s rather go over there now and you can read to me to-night. ’Cause, you know, it might make my head ache now.” The prospect of a headache didn't seem to alarm Miss Jane in the least and she responded with an emphatic. No.” Billy resigned himself to his fate and seated himself on the corner of the porch, facing Johnny. Miss Jane began. “There was a little boy born in Virginia, called----” “Born in a manger,” thought the inattentive child to himself. “1 know who that was. he was in the Bible.” This question decided, he gave himself up to the full enjoyment of giving and receiving signals from his chum, making funny faces and strange gestures. “Father. I cannot tell a lie.” read the high pitched voice at Billy’s side. Billy laughed aloud- at that moment Johnny had his 13