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

Page 28 text:

A little smile of confidence Appeared on Louie’s face. As calmly he his paper took And stalked back to his place. All eyes were on him as he turned And dropped into his seat. All hearts beat fast as Louie looked Upon that fatal sheet. 24 The smile of confidence had gone. A haughty look was there. As though he doubted not his mark. Rut oh. the deep despair! This look was gone from Louie’s face. A paleness had spread o’er. Despair and ruin took their place. His paper was marked four! DI NTOX. 21.

Page 27 text:

me open my lamps with wonder; to tell the truth. I almost burnt out a globe; because 1 could remember once, when my master hadn’t fixed my spark right; and when he went to crank me. my crank flew back the wrong way and knocked my poor dear master over. Well, when he got up. he was very angry with me and said I had kicked him. Now. this (’handler says that he got a ‘kick” that he enjoyed; and I, knowing well that my master did not enjoy his “kick.” Just up and asked the Chandler what he meant by the word “kick. ' Well! he laughed so hard that I thought he would shake big muffler pipe off; when he had finished, he said in kind of a mean way. “I can see that you’re not up with the modern slang words.” I admitted that I wasn’t, but told him that I should like to learn. “Well,” he said, the word kick’ is Just another word for many thrills.” “IF” (With Apologies to Kipling) If you can love ’em all with love uncertain. If you can kid ’em and not go too far. If you can make ’em think that you’re not kidding When they know darned well that you are: If you can flirt with Jack and Jim and Harry. And tell ’em all a thousand different lies. If when a stranger, in the town a passing. Looks up at you and vents forth lonely sighs: If you can still keep all the old boys going. And pick up new’ ones every other day. Step with ’em all and tell ’em different stories And never want for something new to say: If you can keep John. Harry, Joe and Arthur. From talking with Jim. Lawrence. Bill and Jack. If you can walk up to the store with one crowd And with the other crowd come walking back: 23 Well, I thanked him and said that I was very glad to learn what it meant. Then my master and “that girl” came out, and we started for her home. I was running just as nice as I could, trying not to make a sound; altho I did feel hurt, because she was sitting just as close as she could to him and there was plenty of room in the seat for three people. Then they put their heads frightfully close together; and then I heard a sound just as if I had broken a spring (but I hadn't), and then I heard my master say, “I got a kick out of that one, ’ and before he left her house, 1 guess he got another one. because I beard the same noise. ARTHUR HARRIS. ’22. If for a little spin you go with Claude, If for another guy you take a row, if you can slyly cut a dance with some one And make that “some one” think you didn’t know: If you can flirt and not get tired of flirting. If you can laugli and wink that smiling lamp, if you can do the things I have just mentioned. You’ll be a regular 20th century Vamp.” JOHN McGEE. 23. A BOY’S FATE The sun was shining brightly Upon the English room. And sunbeams danced about the place. When Louie met his doom. It was at half past one that day When Louie, with a smile. Arose and left his seat vacant And marched adown the aisle.

Page 29 text:

 C L A- WILL AT OROVILLE, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND COUNTY OF BUTTE The Senior Class of 1920. of the Oroville Union High School, now being of sound and disposing mind and in possession of our senses and having been afflicted for many months with the anticipation of graduation and knowing that life is uncertain and death is sure and realizing that our days as Seniors are numbered, being of the age of 18 years, more or less, do hereby declare that we are not acting under menace, duress, fraud or under the undue influence of any person whatsoever and do hereby declare and publish the following to be our last Will and Testament: FIRST: We do hereby appoint Miss Freida Beik. the executrix of this, our last Will, and direct that she be required to give no bonds as such. SECONDLY: We hereby bequeath our respective seats, dignity, sedateness and punctuality to the Junior Class. THIRDLY: To the Sophomores we leave our wisdom, knowing that this is all they are capable of managing. FOURTHLY: We leave our knowledge to the Freshmen and all curtain strings in the school building to assist them in acquiring knowledge and to aid them in overcoming their bashfulness and selfconsciousness (?). INDIVIDUAL BEQUEATHS Mary Anderson leaves her gift of gab to Earl Smith. Helen and Mildred Bass leave their co-operation to the Music class. Genevieve Carpenter leaves her quiet, winning way to Lyle Addison. Alfred Costa leaves his importance to Alice Chase. Edna Elam leaves her literary powers to Jim Walsh. Bindley Henn leaves his courtesy to Arthur Amaral. Bessie Holder leaves her affected manner to Ethelda Inman. Jean Howe bestows a generous barrel of trash collected in the process of publishing the Alpha to the future editor, and departs in peace, knowing he will have need thereof. Margaret Johnson leaves her modesty to Helen Huntington. Hartford Heifer leaves his nickname of ‘'Bugs” to some scientific Freshman. I . S. Kelsey leaves his days absent to the faculty. Kenneth Layton leaves his wicked shimmie to Louis Winters. Mcile Logan leaves his red checkered socks to the most puritanical person in school. Vivian Richards leaves her silly little giggle to Roy Webb. Marjorie Rippey bequeaths her completed bookkeeping set to some one sadly in need of credits. Edith Sharp leaves her •boisterous voice to Dorothy Steadman. Flora Shuckman leaves her magnetism over the fellows to Helen Bolles.