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

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 7he ALPHA IQ«? Lo 0 Fresnmen Why The Lov? Freshmen Are Full Of Ginger IN A CASTLE, on a very high mountain, lives the Fairy of Creation and her many servants. It is the duty of this fairy to make people for Mother Earth. She molds hollow bodies of clay and fills them with various mixtures. In the kitchen of her abode, great vats of this life-giving fluid are always ready for use. Some are more spicy than others, some thicker, and there are many variations. One day the Fairy had finished a number of very nice figures, but did not have anything suitable with which to fill them. There was nothing in the kitchen quite peppery enough so she decided to invent a new formula. Into this, she put a little honey and suear for sweetness, a dab of mustard, and a good amount of pepper. Still the Fairy was dissatisfied. There seemed to be something lacking. She scanned the shelves to see if there was anything that might give her concoction the desired spice. At last she found it on the end of the lowest shelf. Ginger, to be sure, that was what she needed. She took the jar from its place and held it above the vat to measure the ingredient, when her hand slipped, spilling every bit of ginger into the hot liquid. “Oh, what shall I d »!” exclaimed the Fairy, “I’m afraid this will make people too lively.” She tried to think of a solution, but finally decided to experiment. She poured some of the steaming liquid into one of the forms, and immediately it began to dance By the time all the images were finished, the fairy had lost the whole of her patience. They ran around the orderly kitchen, upsetting everything in their way. and and causing a general disturbance. Two, of them started to fight, and the end might have been sad, had not the Fairy intervened. These gingery people gave the Fairy so much trouble that the next day she turned them loose. They hurst forth from the castle with shouts of glee and began to romp in the surrounding gardens. The gay mischief makers remained in the garden for several days, but they were beginning to tire of staying in one place. One by one, they wandered away into different parts of the country. These little people, being lovable, were captured and taken into families. They sometimes caused vexation on the part of their captors, but no one ever regretted having them around. Strange as it may seem, these outcasts of the Fairy eventually came together as a class, and have gone through Grammar school with good records. In the eighth grade, they presented a Cantata, which proved to be a great success Everyone said it was the best ever given at the school. They are, as you see, a class with talents, ambitions ,and high ideals. So far in their High School career as the “Baby Freshmen Class,” they have done very well. They have won a good deal of praise from the teachers, but do not expect to live upon the laurels won in the past. Although this class, from infancy, has been destined to be peppery and gingery, they hope to respect the traditions and ideals of the O. U. H. S. Page Twenty-eight

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 TKe ALPHA iq«5 HigK FresK men Ernest Bevan - Pres. Edward Peterson-Vice-Pres. Donald Sanford - Treas. William Land-Tax-Coll. THE world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here”, said Abraham Lincoln in his world famous Gettysburg Address, and through the years his words rang true. History records the deeds of people, not the words. Alexander conquered the world not by words, but by actions. Had he spent his life talking of future years when he would conquer, probably he would not have had the chance to look for more worlds to conquer. He could then have been compared with freshmen who stand by and say, “We, too, shall do great things when we become seniors,” instead of “digging in” and accomplishing something worth while in this first year. All this year the guiding principle of the freshman class, numbering 76, has been “Ye shall know them by their deeds” and no doubt this little motto has been largely responsible for the success which has crowned the efforts of the freshmen in the various lines of endeavor undertaken. Perhaps no phase of school life is as long and so pleasantly remembered as the social phase. So to set up a mile stone in their career, the class of 1926, entertained the school with a Valentine party for the special benefit of the incoming freshmen. Unusual entertainment was provided in the way of stunts presented by the individual classes. It marked the first time that a freshman class had been permitted to undertake so great a responsibility. But it proved not too difficult, and established the social prestige of the class. The party was, in the words of the upperclassmen, a “stupendous success”. Not only, however, have they succeeded in the social line, but. in the literary line as well. School publications serve to a certain extent to take the “drag” from school life. With such an object in view this class elected a staff, burned a little midnight oil and put out a splendid issue of the Orocrat. The magazine consisted of departments, most of the news written in literary form, thus adding intertest, especially to readers in other schools. The freshman felt that their school life was not well rounded without athletics. All authorities agree that a school gains neither reputation nor recognition until it has broken or established some great athletic records. Hence all of the freshmen were urged to try to make the various teams. Every freshman, athletically inclined, cherishes in his heart a desire to make some team and play in a championship game. Early in the season Donald Sanford proved valuable football material. At first he was seen as a “sub,” but as the season progressed he was one of the regular line-up. Many a time our freshman heart beat with joy as he made a spectacular play. When the football season drew to a close basketball became of all-absorbing interest. Recruits were summoned from the freshman class for the C team. Though small, a number of our boys succeeded in becoming either regular members of the team or “subs”, while Sanford played a few games as center on the class B team, and again we are proud of him. With the warmer weather, baseball, track and tennis came into full swing. Thelma Zoutis proved herself worthy of praise as a member of the tennis team, and was one of the four girls who played in the tennis tournaments. Many of our boys appeared on the track, a few we were proud to see in baseball uniforms. Thus we have been able to make our stand in athletics. Rather than be satisf’ed with what has been done, it is for us to succeed in the great tasks remaining before us. A graduating class having, in its high school career, made new records and established new traditions can truthfully say, in the words of Lincoln, “it is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced” Page Twenty- seven

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Ol.e ALPHA 1923 Organizations Page Twenty-nine