Pershing Middle School - Reflections Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1921 volume:

TRANQUILLITY UNION HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING Printed Annually b3? the Students of the Tranquillity Union High School Volume I DEDICATION To Julie M. Doughty, loyal friend and Principal, in sincere appreciation of her never failing sympathy ancl inspiring evotion tonarcl all things worth while in our preparation for life, we de$cate this our first Annual. FACULTY OF THE TRANQUILLITY UNION HIGH SCHOOL 1920-1921 JULIA M. DOUGHTY Principal Latin, Mathematics, Public Speaking ELIZABETH E. KEITH Vice-Principal Science, Mathematics, Physical Education EASTON B. BRAUER Manual Training, Mechanical Drawing, Athletics MARY K. HOOD Spanish, History, Shorthand GERTRUDE E. HUNT Domestic Science and Art, Piano EVELYN L. LANG English, History, Tennis OUR SENIORS What means this solemn procession I see winding through our halls? Ah, yes! iTis our reverend Seniors, So soon to leave these walls. The voice of the great world calls them, Their places in life to fill, And the tasks now set before them, They will enter with a will. Walter his strength to the law will give, And we know heill stand for the right; Fay Jessee to distant parts of the earth To tell of Eternal Light. Orletta with helping hands will reach To her suffering fellowmen, And try her skill, and use all power To bring health back again. Mattie to guide other minds, Will strive to do her best; And Inez in the realm of letters Her talents will put to test. Faye and Elsie, 0, Senior girls! As their path in life they take, Must remember that ,tis always best A happy home to make. Then a health to these, our Seniors, As they start on life,s rough way; May their journey be crowned with success, Is the wish of their friends alway. -VVith Apologies to the Writer. -+v xx x I a 'II M $ 1 WALTER COVINGTON President Senior Class President Fresno County High School League Captain Boys Basketball Team Business Manager The Tule uIt is a serious thing to be a funny man x FAY JESSEE ORLETTA BROWN Vice-President of Senior Class Secretary-Treasurer of Senior Class Athletic Editor of The Tule Society Editor of The Tule My heart is true as steelii As full of spirit as the month of Mayh 2M Xxx W a? INEZ BROWN President of Student Body, 1920-1921 Art Editor of The Tule Captain of Girls1 Basketball Team Learned and fair and good is she FAYE MILLER Editor-in-Chief of The Tule 2And her modest answer and graceful air Show her Wise and good as she is fair? MATTIE FRANCHINI Treasurer of Student Body, 1920-1921 Literary Editor of The Tule I am so happy, so happy, My heart is as glad as a bird? ELSIE STRICKLIN Joke Editor of The Tule As merry as the day is long Senior Class Prophecy How strange it is that social evolution should bring about such sudden and mysterious reunions. The power seems beyond the realm of man that could bring seven old classmates to the same spot at the same time without anyone expecting to meet anyone he knew. On the first warm day in the Spring when I was enjoying a walk in the park of a middle-western City, I met a slim, active old lady, who was dodging here and there to find a clear passage through the throngs of people that crowded the walk. The smile on her face was so natural and unchanged that without a thought of a possible mistake I said, mello, Mattie? My words seemed to throw a spell of confusion over the whole crowd, but an instant told me that Mattie Franchini stood before me with her greeting smile, and that five other elderly ladies were attracted to the meeting, while the rest of the crowd stirred on. Only a moment passed with seven people held bound With astonishment, then I grasped a hand of each in turn, speak- ing wild thoughtless words of greeting and feeling too deeply for expression. We all knew each other as though it were only yesterday instead of 1921, we had graduated from T. U. H. S. together and no one dreamed for the moment that it had been some forty years since any two of us had met. The women rushed into each others arms by turns, like school girls. Tears, which seem to be the feminine sign for affection, sorrow, and joy, alike, were in abundance, and when we were somewhat relieved from the emotion of first meeting, every eye which met my view was red and tearvstained while each one glowed with joy. When thoughtful conversation arose every one desired a longer Visit than such a meeting as had taken place. Orletta Brown, whom we found to be Mrs. Knox, the wife of a prominent citizen and resident of the city, asked us to go to her home to spend the afternoon. It seemed that everyone was at leisure and we all went together, talking and laughing like children. The afternoon was spent in talking over old times and in getting ac- quainted with our new relations. We were all pleased to know that everyone had really accomplished something in life; yet no one had made any appalling gains. Fay Jessee, who is now Mrs. Rexford, it appears, became a writer of prose and had furnished several splendid volumes, Which I have read and enjoyed, but never knew the author was my classmate of ,21. She is very much attached to her husband and I immediately recognized him tI met him afeW days agoi to be tIChubf, the leading character of one of her lighter works; for I should judge Him to weigh about three hundred pounds and to be about five feet in height. In the course of the pleasant evening I found that all except Orletta and Fay had remained single. It seems that we all had definite aims in life and had decided that it would be better to remain unmarried and spend our whole time and effort to reach our goals. One of the personal histories which was of extreme interest to us all was that of Faye Miller. When she had gone to College for two years she was persuaded by politicians to take the stumpll in the next years election. This was the beginning of an extensive campaign which reached its height when she was elected governor of New York State in-the same year that the Socialist party received the first majority in the U. S. Senate. She has now retired from public work, but still supports the Socialist party with sincere wishes for its success. Elsie Stricklin and Inez Brown both became teachers in their young days alga and are each holding positions on the faculties of some of our leading col- leges. Their subjects rather contrast than compare, however, for Elsie tells us that she specialized in instrumental music, and Inez tplease excuse my using the given names so freely; really, it seems we should all be back there in good old T. U. H. S., where we considered it propery we learn, has reached the stage where she is considered an authority in chemical engi- neenng. Mattie Franchini, whose unchanged ways and smiling face occasioned this happy meeting, says she has acted in the capacity of saleslady all her life. We were pleased to know that she had advanced to the position of chief sales manager for one of the largest cotton manufacturing corporations in the United States. This is a very brief history of my Classmates, but I humbly submit it, that this happy meeting may interest some who remember the Class Of 1921, With apologies for my poor composition. When I left good old T. U. H. S. I had much confldence in my executive ability, but my literary talent seemed lack- ing. When I came to Chicago and was offered a position on the police force, I accepted it. By serving faithfully and by my natural ability I have held the same beat throughout my service and in two months more I shall retire on a pension. Walter Covington, ,21. Will of Class of 1921 We, the class of 1921, do hereby will and bequeath t0 the Junior Class our place of honor in the Tranquillity Union High School. T0 the Sophomore Class we leave some of our many talents. l T hey need someJ To the F reshmen we leave our dignity and fairy-like actions to replace their gawhy ways. The individual members of the class wish to show their generosity in the following ways: I, Orletta Brown, bequeath t0 Alma McClenaghan my ability to entertain the crowd at games by rooting. I, Fay lessee, bequeath t0 Viola Castner my flirtatious IN ways, to aid her in the capture of electricians. I, W alter Covington, bequeath to Thomas Meagher a pair of green socks that I long since discarded lHe doesngt like green ones, but he will learn to like them, I think; I also bequeath t0 Blanche Whitson my art of spelling. I, Mattie Franchini, bequeath to Gilbert Holmes my sweet. smile and polite man- ners. I, Faye Miller, bequeath to Nannie Mae Robinson all rights to the noon and even- ing rides in the well-known Ford Roadster. I, Elsie Stricklin, bequeath t0 Everett Hubbard my ease in debating before the public. IOh, trembling knees, cease thy shahingJ I, Inez Brown, bequeath to Ruth Brown my position as abossgy 0n the baseball team and t0 Ole Osnas, I wish to bequeath my art of playing tennis. To the T. U. H. S. we leave the memories of four happy years spent in it. To the faculty, we bequeath our wishes that they may be able to treat the remain- ing class in as fair and honorable manner as they have us. To the classes as a whole we bequeath our manner of receiving the respect of the teachers. lSeaU Class of 1921, by Inez Brown. The Junior Class A Drama in One Act Special-All-Star Cast List of Characters Olga Boline Ada Green Francis Miller Marshall Johnson Tom Meagher James McClenaghan Edd Miller Mary K. Hood, Director PlaceeT. U. H. 5., Room 7 Timee1921 The play opens with Olga and Ada standing quietly by two open windows. Francis leans idly against the blackboard at the opposite side of the room, while Miss Hood, at her desk, calmly surveys Marshall, Tom, and Edd, who are seated on the tops of three front desks. Miss Hood: Well, what is on your minds, boys? Marshall: Our write-up for the Annual. All the things we Juniors have done this year. Tom: It will have to be a big one. Just look us over, therels our plans to institute the Color Rushe Francis: Yes, and welre the hrst class to plan for a Junior play. Olga: As for athletics, Tom has starred in tennis singles, while Edd and Francis canlt be beaten when it comes to doubles. Edd: Take basketball, baseball and track. Marshall, Tom, Francis, and I have put it all over the other classes in those events. Ada: Dont forget that Olga has represented us in girls, baseball. You boys haven,t done everything. Miss Hood: Why doesnlt someone write down these various items? James tentering in time to hear the last remarky : Francis, that means you. Youlre the secretary. v; to 5 , Marshall tturning to Francisy : -' Mankind, boy, you ought to have been taking note of all this from the beginning. Francis: Donlt get excited. Ilm not so slow but what I can get all you fellers say, if I do start late. Tom: Well, lets see some speed. Donlt forget the bulletin board we gave to T. U. H. S. Olga: Be sure to say that the schools official yell leader, Francis Miller. is a member of the Junior Class and James is Vice-president of the Student Bodv. James: I donlt know what you think about it, but in my opinion we ought to have a special paragraph about our school spirit. We excel in that. Miss Hood: Yes, that is true. You are the best Class ever, lots of pep, and the ability to keep even the faculty guessing. Assembly bell rings and all exit hurriedly. hugs The Sophomore Class On the hrst day of school this year, we were glad to welcome the return of five of our old members, as well as the addition of three new ones, Genevieve McCabe, Gilbert Holmes and Beatrice Marsh. XVe felt that in quality we made up for the quantity to which the Class of ,24 arrogantly pointed. During the year we lost two members, Gladys Tuttle and Beatrice Marsh, who succumbed to the lure of the outside world. Effie Green, however, came from Montana, thus making our organization the ttMystic Sevent, with the following important line-up: Gilbert Holmes ........ Chief High Mogul Ruth Brown ............ Director of Events Genevieve McCabe ........................ .- Scribe Effie Green--.-.-.-; ....................... Sorceress Everett Hubbard, John TOrrano ........ ............................ Guards and W arriors Byron Jessee ................................... Sphinx Miss Lang ...... Driver of Lucky Chariot We have been very well repre- sented in athletics during the year. Ruth has served on basketball, base- ball and tennis teams. Everett has especially starred in tennis, but he has served faithfully in the other two branches of athletics. Gilbert played on the baseball team and substituted in basketball and tennis. The members of our class do not confine their efforts and activities to athletics alone. Ruth, Everett, and John, all had strong parts in the play, ttBess Goes To Europeft And these same people did their best to make the declamation contest a success. During our first year the other classes were so slow that we were not allowed to entertain the school. We made up for our omission by a real old fashioned hay-ride down the slough. The horses had to be quieted and rea- soned with before they would allow thirty howling hoodlums to ride on the wagon. After the bonfire had died and the last yell from the rally had passed away the rest of the school knew that we were royal entertainers. The Class of 1923 does not yet make any boast of wonderful achievements. We merely ask you to glance over the events of the last year and regard them as a sign for the future. We have passed from the unsettled green of Fresh- manland, through the period of dangerous Sophomorishness, and as we stand on the brink of Junior dignity we promise to do our very best to add to the glory of T. U. H. S. aA Sophomore. The Class 0f 24 :57auzh' ,Dg-gin ??auign: 5'!rght 1111-161 Wisaaans 5514i ! , 251...,1 Miss Elizabeth E. Keith ...................................................................... Class Teacher Steve Edgar ............................................................................... N ..................... President Elsie Hubbard ................................ . ...................................................... Vice-President Helen Tuttle .................................................................................................. Secretary Helen McCabe ......................................................... Treasurer Marian Grottkau ............................................................................ Society Chairman Ralph Shaw ................................................................................................. Yell Leader I James Bowers Alma McClenaghan Viola Castner . Ole Osnas Walter Fleharty Adele Pucheu Edna Holmes Ralph Pyle Edna Jury Jessie Machado Edith Mackie XVilliam Mackie Mae Robinson Bertha Wayne Blanche VVhitson Lester VVhitson On the twentieth of September, 1920, several green ,trembling things ap- peared in front of the Tranquillity Union High School. The natives and upper-class men thought that the much needed lawn had grown at last, but we were disappointed and not a little surprised to see that the Freshmen had duly arrived. After passing through several near-calamities and embarrassing situations, we were given a rousing Welcome 13arty,t by the older members of the school. We then elected our officers: Steve Edgar, President; Dorothy OtReilly, Vice-President; Helen Tuttle, Secretary; Ernest Dierking, Treasurer; Marian Grottkau, Social Chairman. We chose Miss Keith to lead us safely through the several threatening dangers. We then responded to the HWelcome Partyt with a HWienie Roast? after which we began to feel as if we belonged there. We soon began to prove our valor in the athletic freld by being represented on the girlst and boys, basketball and baseball teams. To further emphasize our prowess our Class boys defeated the upper class boys at basketball. In the meantime several of our members had deserted us. Our Vice-presi- dent and treasurer were among them. We then elected Elsie Hubbard Vice- president and Helen McCabe treasurer. Ralph Shaw was elected yell leader. As the end of the term was approaching we began to feel important, for were we not the future Sophomores? So here,s to the most wonderful Fresh- man Class ever classed! Rah! Rah! Class of 24. ' -eAde1e Pucheu, Class of ,24. The Freshmen September was a dreary month, Its terrors were untold, At least that,s what we Freshmen thought, Though we tried to appear quite bold. With many sorrows and more of joys October and November, seemed to bring a little cheer, And it seemed that by the first of March We had nothing left to fear. We have had our till as Freshmen, And, being about to leave the class, XVe XVILL our trials and troubles To next yearts Freshmen thrass. - -B1anche VVhitson, 24. Our Belgian Boy Near the door in room five is a picture of a little boy. He is of fair com- plexion and dressed in a dark suit. He is the adopted child of the Tranquillity High School, but lives in far-away Belgium. His picture was presented to the school by the Class of 1923, last year. Perhaps it will be of interest to know how he came to be adopted by the High School, how well we like him, and how he likes us. It was two years ago that Miss Doughty told us about other schools adopting war orphans and said we might do likewise. In the Student Body meeting, a motion was made to that effect. Everyone was very much in favor of adopting a war orphan. We decided to have a girl about ten years old, but a boy was assigned to us. He was . V a little Belgian boy named Marcel Louvigny. His family were dependent upon support from America as war had made them destitute. His father had been hurt and sick in the war, and might never regain strength. There were several other children in the family. It costs sixty dollars per year to support him. Last year each of the pupils and teachers gave two dollars to raise the amount. We were supposed to earn the amount. On one Monday afternoon, near the end of the term, we told of our experiences in earning the two dollars. Several of the experiences told were in original poetry, and one boy told his experience in a song he had composed. The school writes two or three letters to the Belgian boy each year, and receives letters and post cards from him. This is the message he sent last Christmas: llDear Godmother and Little Godmothers: On the occasion of the Christmas holi- days, I wish you the best, such are the wishes of my heart. lWI embrace you tenderly, dear Godmother and little Godmothers. Your little boy for life, MARCEL LOUVIGNYY, Miss Hood, who can read French, translates the letters. Both this Christmas and last, the school sent a large box to little Marcel, containing Clothes, playthings, and candy. His picture, taken in the new suit we sent him this year, makes us very proud of him. We think our Belgian boy will grow to be a credit to his little Godmothers. -Fay Jessee, i21. EDITORIAL A History of Our High School Through the united efforts of Mr. E. E. Slater and the parents of the prose pective high school students, the Tranquillity Union High School District was organized in July, 1917, including the districts of Alta Vista, Cantua, Men- dota,' San Joaquin and Tranquillity. A fund of $7000 was set aside by the county for the expenses of the high school for the flrst year. A general election was held in August for the election of the board of trustees. Immediately following this election, the board was organized with Mr. E. E. Slater, President; Mr. R. C. Brown, Clerk; Mr. Granville, Mr. C. F. Goodrich, and Mr. Pucheu being the other members. School opened Monday, October 1, 1917, in the building now occupied by the First National Bank. The faculty consisted of Principal, Mr. L. B. Stev- ens, and two able and willing teachers, Miss Doughty and Miss Clark. Tranquillity at last boasted a high school with fifteen members, Inez Brown, Iva Covington, Lola Crawford, Mattie Franchini, Moses Franchini, Walter Covington, Florence Herman, Mary Hoddinott, Ernest Pucheu, Julia Pucheu, Elsie Stricklin, Dorothy Stricklin, Gladys Mast, Leafadel Miller and Faye Miller. Later in the year Fay Jessee came from Paso Robles, Una Curry from Tulare, Dorcas Gilbert from Visalia, and Harry Dennis from Loveland, Colo. We were unfortunate in losing Gladys Mast, Mary Hoddinott, Florence Herman and Harry Dennis from our ranks. Walter Covington left us in February to attend a mechanical school in San Francisco, but returned to us in time for the fall term. One of the first moves of the students was to organize a Student Body and draw up a constitution to govern it. The officers elected under the constitu- tion were: Leafadel Miller, President; Dorothy Stricklin, Secretary; Iva Covington, Treasurer. T. U. H. S. students showed their patriotism by the part they took in the Liberty Loan drives, the War Savings Society and the Red Cross organiza- tion. There was hardly a girl in school who had no 11knitting to do? School activities were comparatively few, but among the 11good timesh we remember the Christmas program and the wienie roast given by the defeated contestants for the most Liberty Bonds. We were now the possessors of one fifty dollar Liberty Bond, also. School closed June 14 and the play, ttOut in the Streets, was successfully given June 17. School reopened on September 30, 1918, in the same building, but with manyehanges otherwise. Miss Doughty had become our principal. Miss Keith and Miss Clark completed the faculty members. The students num- bered sixteen the flrst day. During the year we lost two of them, but five others came to take their places. Tranquillity High was again interested in war activities. Early in. October we took an active part in the Liberty Loan Drive. The classes were divided for a contest. Thirteen thousand dollars was collected. The High School decided to buy a Liberty Bond and a Liberty Supper was prepared and served nga t0 the public to furnish the money. The exact amount needed, lifty dollars, was raised. The following day school closed because of the influenza epi- demic and did not open until December 8. The High School is very proud of the Belgian boy adopted in March. T. U. H. S. entered into athletic activities for the first time in their basket- ball game with Kerman. Kerman won, but we ,at least gave them a hard fight for the victory. Later in the year we entered tennis, meeting Fowler in the semi-fmals. In the good times section, we remember the Kid Partyh given by the faculty. Each person brought a toy and late in the evening we took flash- light pictures, now prized by all. During Senior week we had the usual round of activities. The Sophomore luncheon was given to the school on the lawn after a rehearsal of the play. The school entertained the School Board by serving dinner to the School Board, Faculty, and Students. This being the first year that T. U. H. S. had graduating students, we established the tradition of the Junior-Senior picnic, the Baccalaureate sermon and the Commencement exercises. The play, Engaged by Wednesday, was the crowning event; The entire school had a part in this success. This play differed from anything we had given before in that the lawn of the old Company house, with its surrounding shrubs and trees, furnished the stage setting. ' In addition, Mr. and Mrs. Slater entertained the school at their home on Wednesday evening. School closed June 20. The school year of 1919-1920 opened September 29 in the Williams Hotel. This building was not well arranged and we were very crowded, but many agreeable changes made these difficulties seem small. Our faculty had changed somewhat. Miss Clark had gone to Kerman and Miss Lang and Miss Hood were added to the faculty. Miss Doughty and Miss Keith had returned to their places. The attendance was increased to twenty-nine members and additional subjects were added to the course of study. The first activity of the year was fall tennis. Our courts were made tem- porarily near the school house. We won several games, but no matches. The crowning event of the year was moving into the new building after Christmas vacation. We were all anxious to show our new building to the public and accordingly we prepared an old-fashioned program. Refreshments were served to all our guests at the close of the evening performance. Tranquillity 9H? took part in the Shakespeare contest this year for the second time. The first year the winners of the preliminary contest were Dorothy Stricklin and Earl Dierking. This year the preliminary contest was held and the contestants chosen to represent us in Berkeley were Una Curry and Walter Covington. While in the city each year the representatives pur- chased equipment for a float, which was entered in the Raisin Day parade. Among later activities we took part in the league basketball and tennis games. Tranquillity won the entire tennis matches from Clovis and Kerman, which gave us a place in the semi-tinals. The good timesli list was much more extensive than either of the previous years. The Seniors entertained the school on Saint Valentine,s night. The Juniors followed their lead with an Easter party and an Easter egg hunt. The Sophomores gave a Wiener roast. The students hiked to the chosen place and games were played to llworkli up an appetite. hzgh Those interested in T. U. H. S. were greatly pleased with the Operetta, hVVindmills of Holland. The entire school took part in this and the Dutch costumes were very effective. The Domestic Science Class served dinner to the School Board and the Faculty, after which the guests enjoyed themselves with music and songs. The students began the Commencement week program by giving a sur- prise dinner to the faculty, which the whole school attended. Giving and receiving toasts formed a part ofthe event. On Sunday evening, Dr. XVhite delivered an inspiring Baccalaureate address. On Tuesday, the Seniors pre sented ttPolly in Politics? XVednesday afternoon and evening the Junior- Senior picnic furnished amusement to Seniors, Juniors and Faculty. Thurs- day evening came the long looked for event, Commencement in the new build- ing. Dr. Bonner of the College of the Pacific gave the address. Festivities closed on Friday evening with the Alumni dinner, given by the former gradu- ates to' the Faculty and Seniors. School opened September 20, 1920. Again we have many changes and im- provements. We have two additional teachers, Miss Hunt and Mr. Brauer, and again new subjects are added toour course of study. The first social affair was a reception to the new students and Faculty, . called the ttGet Acquainted Party? Our new courts were hurriedly made ready for fall tennis. Basketball, too, claimed attention. We were not fortunate enough to win from Sanger or Kerman, and Clovis forfeited. Spring tennis followed closely on the heels of basketball, We were able to win from Kerman and held our own pretty well with the other schools. Baseball was of great interest to both boys and girls. An awakening interest in track completed the list of our athletic events for the year. The public speaking class presented ttBess Goes to Europef Which was the first school entertainment to the public for this year. Early in the fall a motion was brought before the Student Body proposing that we publish an annual. Committees of investigation were appointed and after careful consideration we decided that Tranquillity Union High School should publish an annual. The Seniors were placed in charge and they organe ized and selected the suitable editors and assistants. The music class presented an Operetta, The Isle of Chance? on Saturday, May 7. The electric lights added to the beauty of the scene by bringing out the background and costumes, also, by furnishing color effects. Those interested in the success and progress of T. U. H. S. will notice many changes. School first opened in a makeshift building with three Fac- ulty members and fifteen pupils. Each pupil had to furnish his own convey- ance. Now we boast a tidy and convenient high school building. tWe owe much to Mr. Bohns, who has been our faithful and efficient janitor for two yearsJ Six able and willing Faculty members are always present to assist in our many tasks. Two White buses, seating, respectively, twenty-eight and thirty-four students, With capable drivers, go to and from the school deliver- ing the students daily. This is the fourth year of existence for T. U. H. S. and the Seniors this year are the last of the pioneers of the-school. The class is very proud of her loyalty to the school, for when Tranquillity Union High School has been men- tioned these students have been her staunch defenders and loyal helpers. They have always been willing to advertise T. U. H. S. and have every good Wish for her welfare. The Senior motto is, TtBe Square, and they have tried to live up 10 the motto made early in their school career. As a final tribute to T. U. e24es H. 8., the Seniors are planning to present 11A11-of-a-Sudden Peggy as their Class play, Which they hope Will be the best play ever given. 011 June 10 these loyal friends Will tell Tranquillity High farewell and enter new helds; but T. U. H. S. will always be near and dear to their hearts and helping hands will be ever ready to answer her call. eFaye Miller, ,21, Editor-ineChief. Student Body Officers, 1920-1921 President ........................................................................................................ Inez Brown Vice-President ........................................................................... James McClenaghan Secretary ...................................................................................................... Ruth Brown Treasurer .............................................................................................. Mattie Franchini County League Representatives ...................... Walter Covington, Francis Miller Athletic Manager .............................................................................. Everett Hubbard Yell Leader .................. Francis Miller T. U. H. S. Alumni In this our first Annual it is fitting that some word be said about our graduates. We consider ourselves fortunate to be able to say that while our little school is only four years old, we have had two graduating classes, and that all the members of those Classes have made good. We are very proud of our Alumni. The Class of 1919 consisted of Earl Dierking, Leafadel Miller and Dorothy Stricklin. Earl is now working in his fathers store in Vallejo, after having spent one Semester in the State University. Both he and Leafadel came back to us for one year of graduate work and were loyal and loved members of our student body last year. Leafadel is now working in C. H. Staplesi store in Fresno, while Dorothy is finishing her second year of work in the Fresno Junior College. The members of the Class of 1920 were: Una Curry, Volina Edgar, and Dorcas Gilbert. Una is now finishing her first year in the San Jose Normal. Volina is with us again and doing work worthy of her class. Dorcas is now Mrs. Harry Dennis and lives at San Joaquin; and to judge from Harry,s smile she is making good. Members of our Alumni, we wish you well! School Calendar September:- 13eSchool opens. New students galore. 1PThe faculty and 01d students become source of information bureau for the bewildered Freshies. 27eVVelcome party given by old students to new. 30eEveryone restless. Eager for holiday. October- SeCounty Fair cheers the students. Faculty goes north. lOeRemember students, don,t sit and gaze out of the Windows; such actions do not appeal to sedate faculty. 23eTennis game With Sanger. We,re coming! ZQeReports come out. Everyone puzzled about application. ' 30-D0mestic Science Department serves principals of county. Novembere 1-Is the Miller an insect or an animal? For information see Miss Keith. SeElsie Stricklin very dreamy; reason seen on her third finger of the left hand. lOeWe win debate from Sanger. First Victory! IFEarl Dierking and Una Curry Visit school. Welcome Alumni. ZO-Cheer up, Ruth! He never forgets San Joaquin When he has a vacation. ZZ-Kid party given by Miss Doughty and Post Graduates. Girls carried away With Mr. Brauerts knee pants and hair comb. January- 2-Sorry, kiddies ,but vacation is over. Wake up! SwTom Meagher registers, the kick has come to Tranquillity. 4eNo wonder Miss Hood wears a smile. Didntt you know hets home from Stanford? SeMr. Bohns disappointed. Christmas didn,t bring forth diamond rings promised by the two science teachers. ewe FAnyone wishing to broaden their knowledge in Politic? may receive plenty of information free of charge any day in the Senior Class when Faye Miller and Walter Covington are present. 7eBasketball game with Sanger. Chaperoning becomes popular institu- tion of T. U. H. S. 9eStudents, now is the time to get your application in to Miss Lang, if you desire to become expert debaters. 5.5 14eDebate with Kerman. Hurrah, we win! ISeRainI Hail! Rain! Mendota and San Joaquin conspicuous by their absence. 21-Basketball game with Kerman. Girls decide to set up barber shop for the benefit of those who are unable to find such a place. 24-Mr. Brauer begins Manual Training Class. 28-We win debate from Clovis. 29-Muiscal concert-Dilthy Family. February- 4-Basketball game with Clovis. Poor 01d Bus? FRalph Shaw, the poet, makes his appearance in the school. 7ePrincipalts convention. A weekts vacation. IFPost Graduates please accept this advice: Our Senior boys must not be attracted from their studies. ED-Iiiv 23eMiss Lang and History Class take a trip on the underground railroad described by Elsie. 26-Dance. ttOh, that cake V March- 4ettBess Goes to Europe? Gone, but not forgotten. SeTennis game with Sanger. 6-Junior Class presents bulletin board to school. 8e-Girls challenge Freshmen boys to game of baseball. Clever bits of poetry appear upon the bulletin board. Faculty censors. lO-Girls win baseball game from local grammar school girls. Miss Lang mysteriously departs from the interesting game for a comfortable seat in a Dodge car. 11-Semi-fma1 debate won by Fresno. Thafs all right, team. 14-Instituteta week,s vacation. 19-Tennis with Kerman easily won. ZlettOh, that horrid camera man? 25-Sanger forfeits baseball game. hggh 2-Coalinga Track meet. hWe wont get home ,till morning? 4b-Steve decided to get a partial hair cut. 6-Manua1 Training Shop construction begun. SePlayed baseball with Kerman. 9rEverettts flrst shave. 15--Spring is here. Francis tries out the new shower bath. 16e-Miss Hunt proves a very jovial chaperon for students. 17-VValter Covington has found a good recipe to become popular. Those beautiful roses. 19'Just consider the source if you hear Lester singing, ttOh, Helen? ZOeAsk Inez Brown about the new house that is being erected. 21-Dontt let them kid you, Mattie. They all fall sooner or later. . ZZ-ttRed Letter Dayf, Won baseball from Clovis. Electric lights installed. Royal Hawaiian Family; full house. 23-Look out for Miss Doughty and her treacherous camera. 24eKeep your face straight and watch Marshall Johnson in the Music Class. 29-Raisin Day. Hurrah for the float. May- Z-eLocal Declamation Contest. bOh, you orators? S-Final Declamation Contest. hNo time to shimmy? 7eOperettaettIsle of Chance. IIeColor rush. Rah! Rah! Rah! 13eSchool Board dinner, given by Domestic Science Department. 16-Senior Day. Now,s the time. June- S-Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Harry White. FSenior play, All-of-a-Sudden, Peggy? 7eJuniors entertain Seniors. 8eCommencement. Tully C. Knoles. 9eA1umnidinner. Farewell! Farewell! uzgu DEBATES ELSIE STRICKLIN WALTER COVINGTON XVe are very proud of our debating team which is composed of Elsie Stricklin and XValter Covington. Hard work, perserverance, a strong co-oper- ative instinct, and their natural abilities carried them to Victory. Miss Lang, the English teacher, gave them much assistance and advice, and deserves much credit for her noble efforts. The inter-high school debates held in our division were all won by our team. The question was: tResolved that the United States Government should own and operate a Merchant Marine? The first debate was held December 10 at Sanger. Tranquillity defending the negative carried off the decision of the judges. The second debate was held January 14 in Tranquillity. Our team had the affirmative and the opposing team, Kerman, had the negative. The strong arguments and good presentation of our team received the award of the judges. The third debate on the same questioniwas at Clovis, January 28, Clovis having the affirmative. In this debate our team put forth their best efforts and won a hard fought debate by unanimous decision. Having won all the debates in our division, the team entered in the semi- finals with a Will and debated with Fresno High School on the question: tResolved that Congress should prohibit Immigration into the United States for four yearsf on March 11. This debate was won by Fresno, but our team deserves much praise in putting up such a good argument against the very best Fresno could produce. Altogether, we feel that our debating season has been very successful. eMattie Franchini, t21. tqoeirofs , R $ W At the beginning of the year, we were especially glad to see the increase in our school and also to see the spirit of our newcomers as well as that of our older students, in athletics. Under the direction of Mr. Brauer, the boys worked and practiced hard to , build up their teams. The girls under the direction of Miss Keith, also worked to build up their teams. In the preceding years owing to the insufficient number of students, the boys did not play either basketball or baseball and the girls did not play base- ball so part of this years work was practically new and we are proud of our players for defeats and Victories alike and also wish to thank our directors for their patience and interest. Girlst Basketball Faye Miller, Marian Grottkau, Elsie Hubbard, Ruth Brown, Orletta Brown, Elsie Stricklin, Inez Brown tCath The first game was played against Sanger at Sanger. Our girls played their best but were defeated by the Sanger girls. The second game was played against Kerman on the Tranquility court on January 21. The girls played hard and were proud to know that they had at least made Kerman work for her Victory. The third game was forfeited to Tranquillity by Clovis as they had no team. Girls' Lineup. Forwardselnez Brown, Faye Miller. Guards-Orletta Brown, Eva Brown. Centers-Marian Grottkau, jumping; Ruth Brown, running. Substitute-eElsie Hubbard, Elsie Stricklin, Dorothy O,Rei11y, Blanche VVhitson, Edna Holmes. Boyst Basketball 2 vmwwwaWw-vmmwwai F. Miller, E. Miller, Whitson, Johnson, Meagher, Hubbard, Edgar, Covington tCath The first game of basketball was played against Sanger at Sanger on Jan- uary 7. The game was won by Sanger after a hard struggle with our boys. The Sanger folks supplied our boys with a refreshing supper after which their long trip home was undertaken. The second game was played against Kerman at Tranquillity. Again our boys played well and hard but owing to their former experience in playing, the Kerman boys won the game. The third and last game of basketball was played against Clovis at Clovis on February 4. The Clovis boys won and our boys returned home bearing their defeat well but vowing they would have a better team the following year. Track Team ms 0,; z, Covington, Meagher, F. Miller, Hubbard tCath, Johnson, Whitson, Edgar A Memorable Trip to Coalinga On the second day of April, 1921, the High Schools of Fresno County held a track meet at Coalinga. . Quite a number of the students of this school wished to go so it was voted to take the school bus which was large enough to carry all of them. The bus left the school house at ten olclock. It went by way of San Joaquin so as to finish gathering up the crowd which consisted of about thirty students and teachers. 1 We traveled along smoothly for almost the entire distance, when all of a sudden, while speeding down a hill, the bus began to quiver. The quivering increased until we thought we were being electrocuted, the vibration was so great. After this a loud crash was heard and the bus stopped. We looked down and saw a hole in the floor. Someone shouted, The rear,s all torn out? Someone else declared that it was the axle; but Mr. Greening, our driver, settled the argument by getting out and discovering the drive shaft lying at least one hundred yards up the road. All the students got out and waited. Some were hungry and some were bent upon getting to Coalinga, even though the machine was broken. Mr. Greening stopped the first machine which passed and got in and took the broken part to Coalinga to a garage to be mended. The hungry ones insisted upon our wonderful lunch being opened, so we passed it out and had a feast while we waited. XVhen the boys finished they hailed another machine and those were going to enter the athletic events left us. In about an hour a mechanic from the -35a Coalinga Garage came to get another part of the machine. He told us that Coalinga High had been kind enough to lend us one of their busses. This brightened the crowd up to such an extent that several began singing. Our happy spirits soon vanished for after fifty machines had passed us without even the suggestion of a bus we grew gloomy. After about an hour and a half someone shouted, lHere it comes! Oh, look, girls, its right here now ll We lost no time in getting in and starting to Coalinga, which we reached in a short time. The town was new to part of us and quite a surprise to me, for I had not expected to find so large and fine a school, among a forest of oil derricks. The meet had already begun, so our attention was drawn to it for the remainder of the afternoon. We found it very interesting and well worth the trip .and trouble. Although we were not successful in gaining the desired points our boys did not come out last in any race. The meet was over by five dclock. Our bus had not yet been fixed so we amused ourselves by going through the grounds and buildings of the Coalinga High School. Then we went into the Auditorium and sat down to wait for the boys who had gone to the dinner u hich the school gave to the athletes of the clav. In a short time Mr. Geer, Principal of the Coalinga High School came in to invite us down- to the Cafeteria to eat with the boys. We were bashful about eating with so many men, so we compromised on the suggestion that we eat in the Auditorium. We were soon enjoying a good dinner. By six olcloek we were ready to go back to our bus, for we were sure that it would be fixedin a short time. Again Coalinga High showed her generous spirit by offering her bus and a driver to take us back to ours. We went out to the shed and started to get into the machine when we discovered that three of our party were missing. We divided into small groups to search for them. We looked about the build- ing and in all the rooms, but to no avail. At last we decided to get into the bus and drive around the school house thinking that the lost girls might see us. This did not prove successful so we decided that they must have gone down town. We drove through the streets looking everywhere but they were not to be found. We finally started back up the highway without them. After we had gone about two miles a large machine shot past us and we recognized our girls in the back seat. They called to us to stop, which we did and we were reunited at last. We reached our broken bus at seven olclock and began our long and tire- some wait. We amused ourselves in various ways. Some sang, others ran up and down the road or walked over the hills;.some of the industrious ones gathered wood for the blazing camp-fire which we built to keep us warm; the remainder of the party slept, either in the machine or on the ground. At last at eleven olclock we were told that the car was fixed and ready to run, so we gladly got in and came home. The ride was a miserable one for the tired sleepy crowd and when we reached Tranquillity Union High School at two A. M. we all vowed that we had had enough for one day. -Elsie Stricklin, ,21. During the first week of May; our school took part in the state contest in which all schools in the state of California with an attendance of under one hundred, are entitled to enter. This is the first time in the history of our school that we have contested with schools of our own size. In the pre- liminaries we won second place in the state. The girls made their record in throwing for mark with the baseball; long distance throw with basketball; potato race; relay race, 60 yards. The boys made their record in chinning; broad jump; high jump; 100 yards, and relay race. All hope to stand high in the final meet. -36--' Baseball Top Row-Franchini, Pucheu, Whitson, Hubbard, Mackie, Jury Bottom R0w-Tutt1e, Boline, Grottkau, R. Brown tCath, McCabe, Holmes, 0. Brown The first game was to have been against Sanger on the Tranquillity dia- mond on March 25. Sanger postponed the game until May 2. A fast and ex- citing game was played. Sanger won by a score of 38 to 23. The second game was played on April 8, against Kerman on the Kerman diamond. The girls played very well considering the change in the baseball from a 16 in. to a 12 in. but we were defeated. Clovis forfeited to Tranquillity on account of having no team. BasebaH myzmwmawwwmw 1 Edgar, Meagher, Holmes, Fleharty, Hubbard Whitson, Mackie Edd Miller, Francis Miller, Covington The baseball season was supposed to have opened with a game against Sanger 0n the Tranquillity diamond, but Sanger first postponed the game then finally forfeited. The first game that we played was a rousing one against Kerman on the Kerman diamond. Kerman made a score of five runs in the first inning but for the rest of the nine, our boys held their score-making in check. The game ended with a score of 7 t0 2 in favor of Kerman. The third game which was against Clovis 0n the Tranquility diamond put our players in good spirits. Tranquillity made some excellent hits, Holmes knocking a left-field home run. At the end of the ninth inning the score read 7-3 in favor of Tranquillity. That ended the baseball season for Tranquillity, but our Victory has assured the boys of better returns next year. Baseball Lineup. Covington .......................................................................................................... Catcher Edd Miller .......................................................................................................... Pitcher Meagher ......................................................................................................... First base Holmes ....................................................................................................... Second base Hubbard ......................................................................................................... Third base Francis Miller tCapt.T Short Edgar .............................................................................................................. Left field Mackie ........................................................................................................... Right field XVhitson ...................................................................................................... Center field Fleharty ........................................................................................................... Substitute ngh Fall Tennis , 5; Francis Miller, Tom Meagher, Edd Miller Everett Hubbard, Walter Covington Ruth Brown, Inez Brown tCath, Faye Miller The first game of tennis was played on October '23 against Sanger 0n the Tranquillity Courts. Tranquillity was much handicapped on account of having only two girl players. However, boys doubles was won by Francis Miller and Everett Hubbard. Sanger won all the other matches. The second game was played on November 6, against Kerman 0n the Ker- man courts. Inez Brown, by keen manipulation of her racket won girlsl sin- gles and Francis Miller and Everett Hubbard won boys, doubles by a very fast and exciting game. Mixed doubles, owing to the wind and and the late- ness of the hour was postponed until the following week. Our players re- turned on the following Monday, but were defeated by Kerman. The lineup was as follows: Inez Brown ................................................................................................ Girlsl Singles Edd Miller ................................................................................................. Boys, Singles Mattie Franchini, Ruth Brown .......................................................... Girls, Doubles Everett Hubbard, Francis Miller ....................................................... Boysl Doubles Faye Miller, XValter Covington ........................................................ Mixed Doubles Nannie Robinson, Gilbert Holmes .......................................................... Substitutes Spring Tennis The first game of the Spring tennis was played on March 5, with Sanger, on the Tranquillity courts. Tom Meagher proved himself Champion of the Tranquillity team by winning boysl singles, the only set won by Tranquillity. The second game was played against Kerman on the Kerman courts on March 19. The Kerman girls forfeited to Tranquillity and Tom 'Meagher won boys, singles and Francis Miller and Everett Hubbard won boysl doubles. The honors of the day rested completely upon the shoulders of Tranquillity, as they had won everything. On April 2, Clovis came to Tranquillity to play the last game of the season. Our two star girl players were unable to play and Clovis walked away with everything except boysl doubles. The lineup was, for all games: Inez Brown ............................................................................................... Girlsl Singles Tom Meagher ........................................................................................ Boysl Singles Inez Brown, Ruth Brown .................................................................... Girlsl Doubles Francis Miller, Everett Hubbard ...................................................... Boys, Doubles Walter Covington, Faye Miller ........................................................ Mixed Doubles Nannie Robinson .......................................................................................... Substitute The Little Old Cabin. Oh! the little, old log cabin, With the dirty, dirty floor; With the plaster all a-falling, And the crack behind the door. There was spent a lonely childhood, By a friend I love so well; With a dog as her companion, And a pony she called Nell. Now the cabin is deserted, How it happened you may guess; The dog and pony have departed, But wheres the little Miss? eOlga Boline, 22. T 40 T D RAMATI CS Qt? POLLY IN POLITICS. Presented by Class of 1920. Cast of Characters. Polly Danvers ....................................................................................... Dorcas Gilbert Frank Sawyer ................................................................ Walter Covington Joseph Pendexter ................................................................................... Earl Dierking James Vilas .............................................................................................. Francis Miiier Sammy ....................................................... Edd Mi er Mrs. Danvers ................................................................................................ Una Curry Cora Jones ............................. Volina Edgar Marie ........................................................................................................ Elsie Stricklin 0 BESS GOES TO EUROPE Given by Students of the Public Speaking Class. Cast of Characters. Bessie Tapping, 14, who is going to Europe ...................................... Ruth Brown Mrs. Edward Tapping, her mother ........................................................ Inez Brown Mr. Edward Tapping, her father .................................. ; ............... Everett Hubbard Madam Clayton Griggs, her dressmaker .......................................... Volina Edgar Katherine, the maid of all work ................................................................ Fay Jessee Babe Woodward .................................................................................... Elsie Stricklin Mame Hensel ............................................................................................... Faye Miller Millicent Cameron ................................................................................ Orletta Brown Alice Lathrop .................................................................................... Mattie Franchini Galliger Gurdy .............................................................................................. Edd Miller Frank Sawyer .................................................................................. Walter Covington Dan Mitchell ............................................................................................ John Torrano Bob Winslow .............................................................................................. Ralph Shaw Synopsis of Play. PrologueeThe first Monday morning after Commencement. ttItts enough to bring the world to an end, my going to Europe. Act LeThe Sittingroom of the Tapping Home, Tuesday Morning. ttNext time Bess goes to Europe, she,ll stay at home. Act ILeThe Diningfoom of the Woodward Home, the same day at Noon. Thatts my dog, and this is my bird, and these are my steamer letters? Act HLeThe Waiting room of the Rafton Station, Wednesday morning at Eight Otclock. ttBig boats do not wait for little girls V Musical Numbers. Gipsy Song, Clifford Page ....................................................................... Music Class Kentucky Babe, Adam Geibel ................................................................ Music Class Valse, Chopin ............................................................................................ Helen Tuttle Diablo, S. F. Downs ................................................................................ Helen Tuttle m41m OPERETTA-The Isle of Chance. Presented by the Music Class of the High School. Cast of Characters. King ................................................................................................... Walter Covington Captain .............................................................................................. Marshall Johnson First Folly ................................................................................................ Volina Edgar Second Folly .............................................................................................. Ruth Brown Third Folly .............................................................................................. Elsie Stricklin On-a-Grouch ........................................................................................ Lester Whitson Despair ..................................................................................................... Tom Meagher Lord VVhafs-the-Use ............ ' ..................................................................... Edd Miller Lady Frivolous .................................................................................. Marian Grottkau Simpelita .................................................................................................... Helen Tuttle Who-Cares ............................................................................................... Francis Miller Few-Cares .................................................................................................. Steve Edgar No-Cares ............................................................................................... Walter Fleharty Spirits of the Spring .......................... Edith Mackie, Olga Boline, Orletta Brown Chorus of Follies ............................................................................ Members of Class ALL-OF-A-SUDDEN PEGGY Senior Class Play, 1921. Cast. Peggy .................................................................................................. Mattie Franchini Anthony Crackenthorpe ....................................................................... Francis Miller Jimmy Keppel ................................................................................. Walter Covington Archie Phipps ......................................................................................... Tom Meagher Jack Menzies .................................................................................... Marshall Johnson Parker ............................................................................................................. Fay Jessee Lucas ........................................................................................... James McClenaghan Lady Crackenthorpe .................................................................................. Inez Brown Millicent Keppel ......................................................................................... Faye Miller Mrs. Colquhoun ..................................................................................... Orletta Brown Get Acquainted Party. The first social event of the year was the TGet Acquainted Partyt given by the old students to the Freshmen and new students in the High School Audi- tor1um. The early part of the evening was joyously passed with games and music. After a short period of amusement, light refreshments were served. Before departing for home the merry crowd gathered around the piano, filling the au- ditorium with their partiotic voices as they sang the school song. The once timid Freshmen were now seen intermingling with the upper classmen. A11 fear of dislike of High School had deserted them when the hour of departing arrived. Freshmen Party. The faculty and student body were delightfully surprised by the Treturn 'partyt given by the plucky Freshmen. We were taken in cars about three miles from the High School, where we found beautiful grass and a huge pile of wood. Games were played until dark, then the wood was set afire, starting a terrific rush for the eats. Students were seen with long sticks in one hand roasting wienies, while the other hand was busily engaged in poking the sizz- ling and juicy wienies into their mouths. Others ran around munching marsh- mallows. We all went home declaring the event a success. Christmas Party. Both faculty and students were once again little tots clad in knee pants and short dresses. Unexpectedly Santa Claus quietly stole into the room amid the laughter, and distributed the toys, popcorn, candy and apples to the eager little kiddies. Dilthy Entertainment. On the evening of January 28 the Dilthy family gave a musical concert whrch drew a good crowd to the High School. n.43h Sophomore Hayride. On Friday afternoon, April 1, the Sophomore Class entertained the school by a lWienie Roastf The witty Sophomores, thinking it would please their honorable classmates to ride in the old time way, secured a large hay wagon and a beautiful span of bronchos. The poor Sophomorets hearts suddenly failed when the ferocious animals gave a desperate lunge Skyward, bringing forth terrific shouts of fear and horror from the frightened crowd. The horses were soon calmed, however, and we reached our destination in safety, Where we played games and roasted wienies and marshmallows. When the event was ended, all declared they had had a scrumptuous time. Dinner Tendered Fresno County Principals. On the afternoon of October 30 the Domestic Science Department tdirect- ed by Miss Hun'Q, served a very attractive dinner to the Principals of the County. Mr. Bohns and several of the hunters of the community supplied wild duck for the feast, preceding which members of the School Board enter- tained the Principals with a ride about the country. 7W LITERARY $ A Wilmals Revelation ITTLE Wilma Brackney made a curious sight as she sat huddled under L the red rose bush in the back yard of the old farm house belonging to Mrs. Smitters, a cross old widow. VVilma,s hair, which was naturally yellow and made more yellow by constant exposure, was piled in a tangled heap on her head, her face was very red andchapped, and her bare feet and legs were scratched and bleeding from the blackberry bushes from which she had just gathered a basket of beautiful purple berries. Her dress was a made over one? and was sadly stained by the berry juice. It had once belonged to Mrs. Smitters with whom she had lived for the past five years. Wilma propped her elbow on her knee and began to think aloud. nI wona der if my mamma in heaven knows that Smitters ta name Wilma gave her uardian when she was aloney makes me eat scraps, and stay home from school, anl go lway out in the field at night after the cow, Inlen at night sleep on an old hard straw tick in the attic. I wish I could go see her just once, I know she would be good to me anlgll Quack, Quackf came the impatient sounds from Ducko, who had been sitting dreaming by her side and who wakened and wished to be petted. Ducko was a small, young duck who had been crippled so that it could not follow the brood and Wilma seized the chance to make it her only pet. She had become so attached to it that it seemed to be her all. 0, Duckofl she exclaimed, Pd forgot you were here! You are a good duckie, you woke me just in time. I see Smitter coming to see if I ainlt loafinfl With that Wilma sprang up and sped toward the house with the basket of berries. Mrs. Smitters met her at the pump and grabbed her roughly by the arm, saying, You little brat! What have you been doing all this time? You have been out there long enough to pick fifty baskets of berries? With that she shoved Ducko aside and hurried Wilma into the house. llYou,ll just do without your dinner if you donlt get that floor scrubbed before noon? Mrs. Smitters grabbed up her market basket and bag and stalked off toward town to do her morning shopping, leaving Wilma speechless and almost in tears. When she had gone XVilma slipped to the door and opened it a tiny crack and called softly: nDucko, Duckof, She was answered by the usual, llQuack, Quack? and Ducko paddled in to the kitchen. Wilma flew to the pantrv and got a glass of milk for herself and a crust of bread for Ducko; then she pro- ceeded to mop the kitchen floor. She had just gone over it the first time when she heard a knock at the Iront door. Her heart leapt to her throat. She grabbed the astonished duck into her apron, not knowing anylbetter place to keep him, and ran to the door high with him concealed under her arm. At the door she met a young man who smiled and said, liIs the lady of the house in ?,l lINof, answered the little girl, tlShels gone to town and won,t be back for most an hour I lspect? The stranger said, iiThen please may I come in and wait for her ? Wilma exclaimed, II iScuse me Mr.,rbuteIeI canit let you come in. I donlt dare? and her eyes widened with horror of the consequences if she should not be able to keep him out. llPray tell me why ? asked the amused young man. VVonlt your mother accept strangers into her household ?Il Wilma giggled; it sounded so funny for liSmitterjl to be called liher motherlii Then she exclaimed, IO, Sir, Mrs. Smitters, is not my mother. I qust stay here and work for her. She ainit got any kids 'so she kept me to run or herfl Have you ever gone to school? asked the young man, noticing her bad grammar, Nenot much, answered Wilma. liI ainlt got no decent clothes and Smit eel mean Mrs. Smitters is glad, cause then I donit kick about stayinl home. Iid rather stay home than to go lcause the kids tease me awful about my rags? The strangers lip tightened and in a business like way he asked, llNow, what did you say this ladyis name was P Mrs. A. G. Smitters, answered the girl promptly. The man fumbled in his inner coat pocket for a moment, then drew out a small note book and began to write in it. llMy, ainlt he purtyfl thought Wilma, who had seen few people in her short life. lII wish he was my father; Iid love him as much as I do Ducko, I bilieve. I know Iid not mind to run for him. Iill bet helud be good to me and notdisipear like mamma said papa dide llPardon sister, but how did you say your guardianls name was spelled ? Wilma gave a Violent start at this interruption of her dream and came to earth as he said the last words. Wilma Clarissa Brackney, was the prompt reply. uWilma Clarissa Brackney? said the man pensively. ilWhy, I thought you said that it was something like Snivers P 0? cut in Wilma, ilI thought you was talking about me. Her name is Smitters, S-m-i-t-t-e-r-s, said the girl slowly. As she spelled it a curious smile crossed his face. So your name is Brack- ney, is it ? Yep, retorted the child, lithatls what it is. iiNow listen here youngster, you are just the little girl Ilm after. You .are going to the city with me. Your father left you some money; hes just died. He wandered away from his home seven years ago with temporary insanlty and could never locate his family after he recovered. He left a will giving everything to you. Now hurry up and get your things packed so that we can get away as quickly as possible? iiSqua-awk ! came from under Wilma,s arm. The man started, drew back, and looked at Wilma in horror but changed his expression when a very rumpled duck dropped from under her arm to the floor. He threw back his head and laughed. Wilma was half laughing, half crying in her excitement. She did not know what to- say or do. She stammered il-Thethis is my Duckofl pomtlng to the duck. ll I forgot I had him and Squeezed him when you told me all that news. I can,t believe it! What will Mrs. Smitters say? I know she wonit let me go. Now don,t get excitedf said the man softly, 1,11 attend to Mrs. Smitters and she wonlt bother you any more. Now run up and get your thmgs. magma But Wilma did not go just then. She stooped and picked up her pet and said, Can I take this. Do they allow Duckds in Cities ? The man smiled at her great affection and said, Of course you can take your duck. Iim sure he will enjoy the city life? With this Wilma sped up the stairs and soon returned in her best dress, which was nothing to boast of, but an old lawn dress of Mrs. Smitters made into a mother hubbard. She had her clothes tied in a neat little bundle and a shoe box for Ducko, Whom she soon had safely in his prison. They hurried out to the car which stood in front of the house. Wilma put her baggage in, crawled in after it, and they started off. She glanced down the road and saw Mrs. Smitters coming as fast as she could, waving her bag and shouting: Wilma Brackney! You brat! Where are you going? Stop! Stop! This minute W Wilma leaned back and smiled. For the first time since she could remem- ber she felt the thrill of being scolded and not feeling the sting of a slap. -Elsie I. Stricklin, I21. A Student Abroad OVith apologies to Mandevillei HIS CONFESSION, given to me at noon by one of our modest students, is remarkable only for the fact that he is novwfighting languages instead of savages and hunting trouble with the Profs. instead of giants. The adventures as related to me are too numerous to repeat, so I shall tell only those best fitted for the tranquil ear. The speaker was a handsome, well-built, manly youth of about seventeen years. He seated himself as comfortably as possible on one of the seats in the study hall and began to tell his story: While traveling through Africa with my uncle, who is a scientist in search of the rattleless rattlesnake, we had the misfortune to run across a crowd of natives who, With the ordinary pomp and ceremony, beheaded our escorts, and walking on either side of us, convoyed us into town. There the old chief said, Keep young one, hang the old one in tree. Upon hearing this I threw myself on my knees and cried for mercy on my poor uncle, but in vain. I had to watch the barbarians tie him to a tree-top and let him dangle over the lake. As I was struggling to burst my bonds, a bird of tremendous size came and took my uncle in its cruel talons and flew. away. At this my wrath knew no limit, and quickly binding the savages I suspended them by the feet from the branches of nearby trees. Then stepping over to where the Chieftain was I forced him to tell me where this bird had taken wing. He tremblingly told me it had flown to a mountain two hundred miles distant. As there was no time to waste I set out at once and covered the first hundred miles in a few hours. Then hearing a sob in a nearby thicket I went to investigate. I found a beautiful maiden, who told me she was being pursued by a wicked uncle. My heart was touched so I picked her up and resumed my journey. We had not gone far when we found ourselves surrounded by colossal men. As the foremost approached, I tackled him, and swinging him around my head by one foot to clear a path, quickly put the remainder to flight. As I picked up my beautiful blonde I noticed her exquisitely shaped mouth, but as I was in a hurry I rushed onward for I could not linger longer. mum When I had gone about twenty miles the girl wildly gesticulated, draw- ing my attention to a group of about sixty savages clustered about a gigantic young man who stood ten feet tall, but the savages had been too much for him and he was bound to a tree. The girl whispered, IISave him V I instantly whipped off my coat and for me it was an easy matter to scatter them around like leaves. As the last one offered more resistance than the others I had to throw him into the top of a high tree where he lodged in an eagles nest. I then noticed that the girl had released her lover from his bonds and was crying, My brother, my brother? and was pointing to a basket floating toward a cataract. Around it were the sinister heads of crocodiles. Clothed as I was, I jumped into the river and swam toward the basket. Brushing the crocodiles aside I seized the basket just as it hovered on the brink of the fall. Returning against the raging river was fatiguing work, but by taking long strokes I made the shore in spite of further opposition from the croco- diles and restored the child to its weeping sister. I glanced at my watch and saw that I had lost an hour since I met the girl. I was able to see the gigantic mountain towering in the distance, and taking long strides I rushed forward. I had covered half the remaining distance when I was confronted by a seemingly impossible barrier, a cliff with no foothold by which to climb. Luckily, however, there was a gigantic giraffe feeding on some berries that were growing at the top of the Cliff. I held out some salt on the palm of my hand and after it had bent its neck sufficiently to get its head near me I gave it the salt, and hanging on I let it lift me to the top of the cliff. There a gorrilla leaped at me from a tree but I stepped to one side and j'iu-jitsuing its arm I threw it over the cliff. I arrived at the mountain after several more adventures of a similar kind. Once I fought a bloody battle with a snake three feet in diameter, which I carried with me for a specimen. As I approached the mountain I started to go up a tree for a lookout when a panther sprang out at me. I grasped it by the tail by a quick move- ment, swung it around my head four or five times to jazz it up and then set the ferocious beast against the trunk of a tree and let it in its terrified scramble hoist me to the top. A few miles away I saw my uncle tied to a tree and grouped about him were a few savages examining the bird that abducted him. I jumped down from the tree and in a few leaps was among them. Bang! Bang! Bang! I caught the bullets in my bare hands and quickly hollowing one out I inserted some dynamite, fashioning a hand grenade, with which I destroyed the entire group. I liberated my uncle and displayed before his astonished Vision the snake, which he pronounced to be a perfect specimen of the rattleless rattlesnake. The object of our search thus being accomplished, we returned to our home. -Tom Meagher, I22. Carl,s Dream ARL WAS at home the hrst week after school was out. On a certain warm June afternoon of this Erst week Carl was sitting on the grass leaning against the apple tree, which was beautiful with blossoms. He was reading a book but soon became drowsy, and for several minutes had held the book closed With his hnger in the place where he had been reading. Suddenly he saw in the distance numerous small brown objects. As they drew nearer Carl could see that they looked like little men. m43m lW'hat does this mean? Who are these ?li he thought. ITve quit believ- ing in fairies ages ago. 'But his eyes had certainly not deceived him, for these tiny, weird men were fast approaching him, marching double quick, four abreast, with their leader walking along one side beating a drum and calling out, ltLeft, right, left, right, in a high-pitched voice. The little men were about two feet high, all dressed in brown, wearing high peaked caps. They had the most qualnt and wise expressions on their miniature faces. Soon the leader was almost near enough for Carl to touch him. Then he straightened up to his full height and said: ItMy boy, come, letls go to Mars. Carl opened his eyes wide. llWh-whafs that you say? he exclaimed, trying not to appear frightened or very astonished. ilVVould you take a trip to Mars with me ? the Brownie asked Carl. Who are you? How could we get there? the excited Carl demanded. lWVe are your Childhood friends, the Brownies, who took you too Visit Toyland in the Land of Nod so long ago, and now we have come to take you to Mars. You needn,t ask how we are to get there for PM attend to that. Carl had read a little astronomy and had become interested in the earth nearest neighbor, Mars. He wished to accompany the Brownies to Mars, but he could not believe in the supernatural so easily as he could when the Brownies took him to Toyland, so he asked, Have you invented a new kind of aeroplane to get there in ?ii llLand, no, the Brownie laughed at the idea. The Fairy Queen loaned us the very same magic boat in which we sailed to Toyland. We must be back by tomorrow. You had better hurry. We will have barely time to make the trip? The Brownie was fidgeting about nervously. llAll right, said Carl, putting his cap down, le ready? The Brownie called, ilObey the servant of the Fairy Queen, 0 worthy little boat. In an instant the little boat appeared before them. There was room enough in it for Carl and all the Brownies. The leader Brownie shouted, HAll aboard V They all climbed in. A number of the Brownies had oars. Carl was not allowed to take an oar, for what can a boy do with the magic oars used by the Brownies? Away the Brownies rowed the boat through the air. Carl enjoyed the smooth gliding. The air waves were not as boisterous as ocean waves. In what seemed to Carl a very short time the leader Brownie said, llWe are at Mars. Shall we go on shore ?i, . llSuref said Carl. He was curious to know what Mars looked like, but was a little timid about alighting on unknown shores, so he kept close to his friend, the Brownie, stepping carefully. It had been growing darker all the time. Now it was so dark that he could see nothing but a gray mist. Come on, said the Brownie, taking Carlls hand. After they had left the ship Carl felt that they were walking almost in space, only now and then feeling a solid bit of rock. They walked on for some time, but it was too dark to see anything. After a time he heard a noise like ten thousand dogs and coyotes howling all at once. They felt that objects were being thrown at them, landing near their feet, but never quite hitting them. ttHurryfi said the Brownie, lithey are throwing stones at us. They hastened to the magic little boat with its load of Brownies. They got in quickly, the Brownie took his oar, and away they went. In a twinkling they reached earth and landed with a bump beside the old apple tree. Carl woke up and began to rub his eyes. III must have been dreaming, he thought. llAnyhow I am glad I am on earth, and feel the solid ground beneath my feet. Fay Jessee, :21. a 49 .h An Expected Punishment Y BROTHER was going to school. I also wanted to go but mother M said I was too small. Iteased and teased, however, and she finally said I could go and Visit one day. My, how happy I was to go to school! Even if it was only for a one- day Visit, that was better than nothing. I could scarcely wait for the day. But time is bound to pass and finally the day arrived. I set out feeling very important and walked beside my brother into the school house and tried to think I was just as important as any of them, but after a while I didnlt feel so proud. It seemed like everyone was looking at me just as much as to say, Ho, Ho, see whols here. It was not nearly as nice as I had expected. At last the bell rang and everybody came into the school house and took their places. Then the teacher called the first grade and told them to march up to the front of the room and as she pointed to the different words and sounds on the charts for them to name them. I marched up with my brother and stood beside him. Soon the teacher noticed that some of the children were not saying the words so she called out sharply, All who do not say these sounds as I point them out Will have to take their medicine? Now I knew what medicine meant, or rather I thought I did. In the way the teacher used it, she meant punishment, but to me it meant horrid stuff like castor oil and pills. How frightened I was! I couldnlt say the sounds, having never gone to school. I had terrible Visions of that teacher swooping down on poor little me with a great big bottle of medicineb and a spoon. My heart began to flutter and I trembled all over while I looked at that horrid teacher, hardly knowing what to do. To have to take awful medicine, and perhaps right before the whole school, and have them laugh at me! Oh dear! I wanted to cry and run, and above all to get away from that school business. I donlt know how I ever got through the rest of the day. Perhaps she was going to wait until the very last thing. Keep me in misery all day! Dear me, school was a bad dream. How glad I was to be at home safe and sound. a was surely puzzled about the mediciney -Blanche Whitson, ,24. Neighbors Will Quarrel ARL SAT on the back steps deeply interested in a book. An old dog lay by his side and wagged his tail occasionally to disturb a fly or mosquito. llThis sunls too hot! exclaimed Earl. le going to seek the shade. Come on, Tige, lets go? Off they went, down the walk that led to the old maple tree in the back yard. I had been reading in an old swing under the maple tree but had fallen asleep and my book lay on the ground when Earl arrived. Come on, lets have some fun? called Earl as he closed the gate. This sudden exclamation disturbed my peaceful slumber and I sat up and rubbed my eyes dreamily. llSic, ,em! Sid lemlll encouraged Earl, and Tige chased an old cat that belonged to one of our neighbors up a tree next to the one under which I was sitting. m50m IIEarl, you naughty b0y,II I scolded, IIdonIt you know you shoulant be cruel to animals ?II IIVVhat do I care?I answered Earl, Who cared about nothing but mischief. II 111 going to make Mrs. Hughes Chase me down the street with a broom.II IIKitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, called Mrs. Hughes, come right home to dinner.II Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, your Grandma wants you to come right home to dinner,II teased Earl. Earl, you re the cruelest, naughtiest boy IIve ever seen,I Iscolded Mrs. Hughes as she caught a glimpse of EarlI s red hair through the fence. IIYou just Wait, that beautiful red hair of yours won It look so nice when I get hold of you, II called Mrs. Hughes as she came running out of the back door with a coal shovel in her hand. Down the tree went the cat and over the fence went Tige and Earl, and after them all Mrs. Hughes came with the coal shovel. Down the street went the procession, cat, dog, Earl and Mrs. Hughes. People came into the street to see what was the matter. Men stopped on their way home from dinner to see the procession. Faster and faster ran the cat and louder and louder the dog barked. Still Earl ran on. II 11 get that boy if I have to run clear to New York, II uttered Mrs. Hughes with a sigh. IIOh, I m so tired, so tired I just canIt hardly walk,II said Mrs. Hughes to one of her neighbors on her way back home after she had given up all hopes of catching Earl. Some time afterwards Earl came home tired and exhausted. IIMa, we chased that old cat clear up on the Heights and it fell into the river, but we fished it out,IIEar1 explained to his mother as he met his mother in the pantry. IIAnd hereI s the coal shovel that Mrs. Hughes was going to chastise me with. II IIEarl, you must go apologize to Mrs. Hughes.II IIAw, Ma, I donIt want to,II answered Earl as he cut himself a large piece of cake. IIMy, that run made me hungry.II aHelen McCabe, I24 The Pleasures of Theme Writing SAT at my desk in school one day and heard our honorable teacher assign I the subject, The Pleasures of Theme Writing,II as a topic. Poor Fresh- men! Poor teacher! Alas, the pleasures of theme writing! Many a time and oft, toh, those favorite words of Shakespearel I have sat and scratched my noble head and thought and thought and thought. Then again come some of ShakespeareI s words, You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things. 'II Whoever had the inspiring inspiration of theme writing? You hard hearts, you cruel men of talent, knew you not that the coming generation would suffer from your wonderful brains? Oh, the Ides of March, the Ides of April, May, June, and of all the other months, do you not pity us, the poor proliters of Shakespeare and others, as we meet your smiling faces with frowns upon our own over the same old cause, theme writing, each year as you make your appearance? Each year we pray upon our bended knees for an English teacher who has not the cruel craving in her system for themes. Then each time we utter as ..51I Caesar did, llEt, tu, most honorable teacher ?it and fall prostrate, only to dwell in the suburbs of her good pleasures because of theme writing. And now, oh pardon me, thou honorable English teachers, that I am not meek and gentle with these men of torture! We are the ruins of such men as these that have lived in days gone by. We butcher their works, we mutilate them, we meekly abide by them. Come, poor remains of fellow students, rest on this hope, when your theme is written and the pleasures of it' are ended, rest on the hope that soon, oh soon, comes the inevitable end of our pleasure, forever. But yet, fellow scholars, 0 yet hold up your heads. eRuth Brown, ,23. Beware of Your Head H V, shouted Will as a great big turnip hit him square on the nose. 0 You will, will youfl he cried ruthlesslys tearing a carrot from the ground, tTll show you something, you cross-eyed, pigeon-toede Bang! Came another turnip, this time hitting him in the stomach. His fighting blood was up. tlThought you were going to show me something, smartyf, jeered George. He bent to pick up some more clods and vegetables, but dodged as he saw Will throw a rock. But it hit him, and right on the toe he had stubbed! He howled and hopped around in pain, holding the injured toe with his hands. Stooping suddenly he picked up a rock and hurled it with all his might. Just then the garden gate opened, and in walked grandfather. Down came the rock on his head! The two boys were so startled that they had no time to run. Grandfather with his hat off and scratching his head, surveyed the boys With surprise, Pointing to the delapidated garden he demanded sternly, Who did this ?,l They both stared miserably at one another. George finally stuttered, liW-we dedid it. But please dont tell mamma about itf, he cried, running to his grandfather with tears in his eyes. ilWe really didn,t mean to do it? Will followed at his heels. llHonest, Itll give you this if you wont? and he manfully pulled the cause i of all the trouble out of his pocket, a grimy, dirty all day sucker. Grandfather solemnly took it and deposited it in his pocket with a twinkle in his eyes neither of them saw. Well, suppose we begin to clean up? he said at length. Soon the garden began to look like its own self. That night George and Will wiped the dishes and fetched the wood with- out a murmur. They were so occupied With their thoughts and fears that they did not notice the glances passed between their grandfather and mother. Whether she ever missed any of her vegtables or not they did not know but they always thought their secret was safe with grandfather. eEdith Mackie, i24. Miss Hunt an Domestic Science Class: Give me a rule for testing a cake. Eva Brown: Firmly place the thumb in the middle of the cake, let it remain there for one minute and if the thumb has no blisters on it or is not burned, the cake is done. a: as a: :k A Definition Little Blanche had been intently watching her brother Lester, an amateur artist, blocking out a land- scape in his sketch book. Suddenly she exclaimed excitedly, I know what drawing is. XVell, Blanche, what is it? asked her brother. Drawing is thinking and then working around the think. Changed Opinion Everett: Say, Dad, lend me five? Mr. H. tpretending not to have heardy What? Everett: I said would you lend me ten dollars? Mr. H.: Aw, what are you talking about? I heard you the first time. Stupid Miss Hood Hooking at Annual dummyy : that is this? Miss Doughty: That is the An- nual Dummy. Mr. Brauer: XVhy, yes, that is the Annual, DUMMY. i: :k sr. :k XValter Fleharty twhile practicing Operetta: Oh, chase me, girls, Iim a butterfly. Pretty Warm for Him Miss Lang tin History IVM What happened to Roger Williams after he turned against the motives of the New Englanders? Fay Jessee: He escaped to the forest and lived in an insulated state for the entire summer. $ $s is :k Domestic Science Miss H: What is scurvy? Alma: A light colored scale grow- ing in the hair. It is more properly known as dandruff. :k $ 4e 2s Miss H: In buying a chicken for frying, how may you be sure to get a young one. Mattie F.: A young chicken al- ways has bright eyes. Adele: No, that isnt right, a young chicken donit have feathers they have down. bk :1: $ $6 Some Tree James: Alma got some shoe-trees for Chirstmas. Tom: Where did she get them? I want a couple of those trees but not the kind that grow musical shoes. So Obliging Orletta: Oh, Ruth, would you mind if I read your letter? Ruth: Not at all. Certainly you may, but wouldnit you feel more natural for me to hold the letter and let you read over my shoulder? is 2k a: $ Miss Doughty tto Seniorsy: Is the sheep a carniverous animal? Class tIn Chorusy : Yes. h53h Home F rom the Game Steve: See this chalk on my shoul- der? Edd: Yep. Steve: Well, that ainit Chalk. A Shame Viola: Whats the matter With this story? Teacher: What you need is a lit- tle more color. Viola: Yes, I know, the last I got won,t stay on very well. ak$$$ He: Why are our student body meetings like a Ford? She: They consist of a bunch of nuts and a great deal of rattling. $t7kkk Mr. Brauer tin musica: Can you carry this melody? Marian: I think so, how much does it weigh? as a: :k s Miss Hood: Did I not tell you to have your HIstory lesson pre- pared? Genevieve: Yes, Maiam, but you are always saying that History re- pears itself, so I didntt think there was any need to study. bk $ $ ek Francis ton hearing Walter F. singy : What do you think you are, a phonograph? Francis: Then for goodness sake change the needle. :k :k :k is Faye: Did they applaud when you debated at Fresno? Walter: They applauded their own speakers so much that they kept it up during both our talks. 3; x: as as Miss Doughty Hooking in at door where Juniors are practicing : Come on and let me take your pictures. Francis treading playy : Good Lord! is ik $ ek Walter Covington claims he is the smartest boy in the Senior Class. No one has challenged his state- ment. Volina: I didnit know that the train had changed time. VV'asnIt that the whistle? Edith: Why that is not a locomo- tive Whistle, that is Ruth Brown shrieking. As $ ak $ Olga: Are you going to study this period? Inez: No, Itm going to a show. Olgo: Where? Inez: Down to the first year Shorthand. 2: ?k $ ek Rather Large Miss Keith tin Chemistrw : What is a compound? Inez: A compound is composed of two or more elephants. :k a: :k is Itll Say So! John: Byron sure has a lot of tin, hasntt he? Ole: Well, yes, Itll say so. He owns a flivver. 24 $ is $ Visitor: Oh, help. What is that terrible commotion? Calm Student: Oh, nothing. The teacher just stepped out of the study hall. is 3k Pk x SCHOOL LIBRARY Allts Well That Ends Well ............ ....................................... The Seniors As You Like It .............. The Juniors Much Ado About Nothing ............ .............................. The Sophomores Comedy of Errors ............................ .................................. The Freshmen Loves Labors Lost ........ The Faculty A Court of Inquiry....Miss Doughty Glorious Betsy ................. Miss Keith My Second Year of the War .......... ......................................... Miss Lang The Flirting Princess ...... Miss Hood Dere Bill ............................ Miss Hunt Is Matrimony a Failure? ........................................ Mr. Brauer The Man Thou Gavest Me ............ .................................... Volina Edgar To Have and to Hold ...... Faye Miller s54- The House of Seven Gables .......... .................................... e...Inez Brown The Chance Acquaintance ............... .................................. Orletta Brown A Sweet Little Maid ........................ .............................. Mattie Franchini The Studious Girl .............. Fay Jessee Love in :1 Cottage ....... Elsie Stricklin Kidnapped ............ XValter Covington Just Like a XVoman .......................... ................................... Francis Miller The Wise Guy ................ Edd Miller Green Stockings ......... Tom Meagher The Red Rover ..... 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