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

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Ol.e ALPHA 1923 Organizations Page Twenty-nine

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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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 The ALPHA 1923 Alpha Staff Geo. Wangel in-Editor J oe McCarn-Business Mg Mildred Duncan Asst. Editor Anna Schleef Low Freshmen Vernon Jackson Asst. Bus. Mgr. Edward Andrews Cadets John Bell Asst. Bus. Mgr. . Annette Hugane$ Music ' Drama' Viola Cole Art Edna King Alumni Harold Edgeworth Seniors Lucile Bass Literary? Marion Tuhej) High Juniors Hazel McCloud Literan? Francis Good Lo 0 Juniors Stanislaus Albright Athletics Boys’ Belva Smith High Sophs Joyce Remick Athletics Girls’ Edwin Fn? Lov? Sophs George Ehmann Exchanges Virginia Hickok High Freshmen Shepard Hughes Jokes Editorial WITH OUR best efforts we have labored to give our student boby and friends something new and original. We look forward with anticipation to the pleasure that you will derive, now and in years to come in perusing the pages of the 1923 issue of the Alpha. In producing this number we have spared no pains and time to make this one of the best ever created in Oroville Union High School. We have tried to record the achievements in study, vocational work, and on the athletic field. In doing this it has been our high aim to make these various phases representative of the whole school. With this in view we have re-arranged and sorted out the very best of the material available. Enthusiasm maybe said to be one of the foundations of everything successful in life, therefore enthusiasm is also the foundation of this book aud what it represents. Uniformity is always a pleasing feature to any publication so with this in mind our departments and art work are based upon this structure. This staff acknowledges with gratitude the support which Mr. Brooks gave us in the technical structure, art work and in printing this book. We wish to acknowledge our indebtedness to Miss Bower for the hearty support given us in the use of good English, and for the time spent in improving the Literary section of the Alpha. Page Thirty