Palmer High School - Terror Trail Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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Many years ago Wankanago, a great Indian chief, founded the tribe of Terrors. When he died, he promised that after a hundred years he would return every year to visit his tribe. During his visit this year the ghost of Wankanago interviewed Eagle Beck and other Terrors concerning the progress and welfare of the descendants of his tribe. The 1953 staff hopes that Wankanago's report presented on the following pages will bring you much enioyment and many pleasant memories in the years to come. Now let us ioin the ghost of Wankanago on his iourney along the i953 Terror Trail .u'b.+ 'nvo'JS ' it eff SK Y . G' My as lfsifiitfl Q.-,Erik .,........,,..,..,. ,,,, ,,,,,.,,,,,,., ,,,,,.,,. ,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,, .... .. .... A l l yn Higgins Assistant Editor ...... ,-.- ,,.,.,,,,,, ,,,,.,,,,, ,,,,..,,, ,, .,,., ,,... ................... M a r y Engholm Art Editor .... ,,,, ,.,, ..., . , ,P ,.... . . ............ . etty Jeanne Foster Layout Editor ...:s.. -.. j.-.Barbara Marino Faculty Aav:saf,A..-Q ...,, . Q ...... Miss Frances E. Wallingford Administration and Faculty --. f or Staff Classes .... ......... . .... ...... ......... Shirley Aiken, John Hellgren ' r Organizations ..... Betty Ann Babich, Georgia Bestol, Carol Timme M' x Music and Drama ....... W 2, -... ............ - ...... .... Billie Jean Andrews, Raymond Kandt spans .... Davis, Bob Hendee School Life. .. . ...... .. .............................. Mary Lou Davis, lu Ann Schneebeck, Sue Woodmgs Advertising ....... m.. orber, Fred Sanderson, Bill Weaver Staff Assistant ...... .......... ..., ....,... - ..,, ,,,., ,,,,.CQr0l Pigg Staff Photographers .................... ...... ,,. Buck, Ur.l, Joe Roddy, lSoph,l Faculty Photographer--... .... Murl Houseman Art AdviserJ:g... ....... .... .... -. .- . r. lloyd J. Samuelson r Commerciol Photographer -... .....-- ..... - ....... - ....... - .... Mr. Clarence Coil, Steworrs Photo Shop 2

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il I'SSf I error Legend On d btok ircle And remembered all he taught them. On him ar ga e e o d man, But the memory dimmed and faded. 1 the ng f ire ishedl Then the young men ceased to wrestle - n he th C' cle ed All their bravery had left them. ust e the h r e ning. . lazy were their squaws and children, v Just w the art it ed. And their warriors were all women, too the o man t mp it, Till the Manitou in anger, But raised is han b ve im ln his anger toward his people, Hi in air o e h e I x Drew his cloudy curtain round him, the m ed wailing, I Spoke in awful tones of thunder. liste to is r s isdom. I And he sent the rain in torrents no I my pe ' le 5 egv g And the corn canoe was stranded ave th cl :til On the summit to the westward gh e 0 5 l . ol Where its shape is seen suspended Let ' e our adge On the mountain slope forever. Le l Then the two from all the Terrors nl That the Manitou had pitied n the Prairies I UI'O 6 eo din et e e ra t ' e in uer f ' . . g men st i e win it err f s of strength an wrestling. l i id all the people. h tfollowed arr r str e to win it- circle terror s saw at badge of honor. Y as crafty Wankana90, teps were feeble. t with years his s d winters He had seen a hundre As the chief of all the Terrors. had come to leave them Now his time And the people came around him. For his final words of warning. ' h ld man, fi C -sfo ey et' elf' it fndinallte rsta E fvw - St t th oken T h tri e A ' people saidt e o , Oh, my , Many years I lived among you. Now that Manitou has called me To the land ofthe hereafter, Think not l have gone forever. When this tree that l have planted Shall have seen a hundred summers, Then at last will Wankanago Come again among his peOPl9: As a child will come among your 'll be descending, Once a year wi At the harvest time nsel all descending, his people. Come to cou let this tale be handed onward To your children's sons and daughters. As he spoke a bird from heaven Circling down on snowY Plnlons Bore away the ancient warrier As on wings of mighty m09lC- long the people watched his going . Upwards towards the peak ascending, ' d the cloudy g0leW0Y Till he passe her: Of the Manitou, the Fat d of the hereafter. To the lan Many moons the Terrors prospered W nkanago, While they talked of a Pitched their tent upo Near the springs of holy water Blessed by Manitou, the Mighty. There at eventide their children As they sat about the campfire Heard the tale of Wankanago Heard the promise he had given And they told their children's children Till the tree upon the mountain Saw at last its hundred summers. On a sunny day in autumn uths and maidens All the Terror yo Walking gaily in the garden Where the gods in ruthless anger Turned their foes to rocks and boulders Heard a child's cry in the silence. On a rocky shelf above them lay a brown and sturdy baby Striped with white his cheeks were painted, On his chest the broken circle - On his head the king's war-bonnet. Wankanago! cried the maidens, He has come from the Great Spirit. Home they bore the King of Terrors All day long he smiled upon them, But with morning he had vanished them EVefY Year he comes among He, the noble chief, King Terror, To bestow the broken circle ll the warriors. On the breast of a All the youths again are valiant And their foemen fear their coming. l0f'9 Ggo the aged founders h nation have departed, Of t e But today their descendants Still are called the Tribe of Terrors. And the symbol of the warrior ls again the broken circle, ls the C the badge of courage. Still are Brown and White our colors, Strength and truth their mystic meaning. I