Pendleton High School - Wakeipa Yearbook (Pendleton, OR)

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inlet bpstem uf 19. 19. 5, NE of the many interesting features of the Pendleton High School is the resemblance of its faculty members and students to the planets and constellations of the Solar System. This may sound a striking statement but with a little thought and consideration the similarity can be easily seen. Mr. Landreth, who is the head of the school, must represent the sun, which is the center of the Solar System and the source of its activities. Mr. Landreth may not be the center and source of all activities in this school but all activities must receive his sanction before they are official. Mercury, which is the smallest and nearest the sun, fits nicely in our comparison, as the little teacher down the hall, Miss Severance, is unques- tionably the smallest member of the faculty, though her nearness to th-e sun may be contested. The right to personify Venus, which is noted for its beauty, would natur- ally be envied, especially by the lady members of the faculty, so to avoid dispute the second nearest -the office will be chosen. This choice falls on Miss Laura Ross, though the plan may be unfair. As far as We know the earth is consider-ed the most important one of the eight planets. lt cannot be said that any one member of the faculty con- siders him or herself as such but viewing from the students' eyes Mr. Hammersly s-eems quite capable of filling this position as he has filled a good many other positions in the school already, ranging from janitor Work and supervision of the Gym classes to a professor in Physics. To Mr. Reither we give the honor of personifying Mars which derived its name from its reddish appearance. Jupit-er, the largest of the planets, is represented by Mr. Schmidt, who is also at a good distance from the sun of the high school. Miss St. Peter deserves to personify Saturn with its seven rings. This young teacher may not have seven rings, but she has several and who can tell how soon she will have another? ' Neptune was discovered as a part of the Solar System by a computation of figures and Msis Olive Rosche, as a star of the first magnitude, was dis- covered to the Pendleton High School in a search for a teacher skill-ed in Mathematics. Miss Flegel is well represented in the Solar System by the planet Uranus with its four satellites. Miss Flegel, indeed, has at least four satellites, but as 'those of Uranus are not named, it should not be necessary to name hers either. ' l91l

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Suppose you find out next ti111e. Miss Osborne, what are the tl1ree forms of one-eelled plants? t'Miss Flegel, there's an old eow up on the hill. UI 21111 sure I ean't help it, Mr. Simpson. Miss Flegel, did you take down O11 llly Attitudes and Ideals? Hlt was impossible, Mr. Hatton. They l1ad reached tl1e lowest point before I got to them.', ' The room is becoming unbearably noisy. Miss Flegel looks wildly around. HEverybody get quiet. You simply lllllSt 1l0l2 make so much noise. Well, Mr. Childs, what is it? '4Did you ever see sueh big snowflakes, Miss Flegc-l?l' Tl1e class rises' to its feet automatically. Exelamations of dismay or joy follow. Miss Flegel is almost in despair. 9 245- The bell rings. Everyone jumps up, and ill fifteen seconds the room is empty. Miss Flegel sighs deeply. The worst is over for 21110fl11B1' day. MARK EVANS. Quuhhpe, enhletnn iiaigb Qnbuul, Qenuhhpe Oft in tl1e days we have worked here, We'vfe wished that we were through, But now that the tarewells are near We look back to days spent with you. We think of the days passed together Some were happy and others were blue, But the blue ones will vanish forever, For bright are our memories of you. Wl1e11, at last, we go out from your portal, Goodbye to each other we'll say, But our love for you is ilninortal As we start o11 a different pathway. The class of '21 wonlt forget you, Nor the days tl1at here have gone by, And we 'll try very hard to deserve you- Goodbye, Pendleton High School, goodbye. HILDA LORENZEN. l 90 l

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VVhen we think of the Pole Star we usually think of that stern steady bright star which prevails in the land of ice and snow, Miss Blanche Hensel fills this position well and for proof of this statement you might ask a Spanish or Ancient History student. Miss Meloy, our new commercial teacher, is well represented by that new star of the first magnitude, which was discovered during the last eclipse of the sun, and which has not yet received its name. What should the name matter as long as it is a star of the first magnitude ? We shall let each Freshman who had the luck to take his first year Latin from Mrs. Bonney name her after his or her own particular star of fate because in Mrs. Bonney's hands lies the fate of many a Freslnnanh and even Senior and her word means success or failure in singning the required credits. It seems that one star is insufficient to represent Mr. Hanley, out athletic coach, so several are used, and are grouped in such a position as to form the image of a powerful giant. This giant as we all know is Hercules who thus has a worthy representative in the P. H. S. The Solar System is not completely made of planets and so the high school has its asteroids, or smaller planets, represented by the members of the Student Body, who are also important factors in the Pendleton High School. Just as in the groups of asteroids there are always som particular bright stars so in the Student Body there are outstanding figures which fulfill this rule. Our Yell King, John Simpson, is represented by Sirius, the brightest of the asteroids, and commonly known as the dog star. After hearing our Annual Editor. Ivan Houser, in his speech in the Student Body meeting recently when he said he would Hsici' John Simpson on the students, we might consider this quit-e a just comparison. Eros, which is the nearest asteroid to the sun, and which is often referred to as Cupid, is personified in the school by the president of our Student Body, Gilbert Struve, who of all students stands nearest the principal. Note. Billy CFitzj Kramer need take no offense at this as Gilbert Struve personifi-es Eros and not necessarily Cupid. Thefe are many more bright luminaries in the Pendleton High School which it is as impossible to mention as to name all the stars in the Solar System. This short study is intended to be merely suggestive and to encour- age the study of the Astronomy of High School. VVILLIE DOHERTY. I9-'ll