Petaluma High School - Trojans Yearbook (Petaluma, CA)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL ENTERPISE PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS H. W. Dietz Editor. J. R. Williams Assistant Editor E. M. Brown Business Manager J. W. Peoples - Assistant Business Manager The Enterprise of the class of ’qq has but one ideal : To stand as a souvenir of the year gone by. During the past few years the school has made much progress. It is not so noticeable, perhaps, at first sight, but is more readilv realized when the present is compared with the past. The teachers have spared no pains in their endeavor to raise our standing and their work has not been in vain. The general tone of the school has been greatly improved. By proper cooperation of teacher and .student our school can be made one of the best in the .State. Let us hope that this will soon be accomplished, and let each one do his share toward ac¬ complishing it. In another place is given a sketch of the different members of our class. We have been closely united for four years. We have shared the same joys, the same trials. Tonight we stand together as a class for the last time. Tomorrow we shall separate, each to go his respective way. Knowing this, it is with sad hearts and a feeling of regret that we close this, the last day of ur High .School life. Though we are separated in person, the ties of school days •vill not be broken, for we have been too dosely associated hitherto to be separated n spirit now. None of us intends to cease his education upon leaving this school. But fortune will not permit us to keep to¬ gether in our future work. Some will soon go to college, others will remain at home, and still others will seek friends and a new home in other lands. Whatever our lot, let us keep together, though separated. We didn’t win the field day, and yet we are not discouraged. If we had been as well represented as some of the contesting schools, and each man had done as well as the ones we did have, another cup would now be added to our collection. But let us not think of what might have been. Rather let us turn our attention to the future. The next field day will doubtless be held in Petaluma and the citizens ot this place ought to join the boys in making it a success. There is no reason why we should not win at the next S. M. A. A. L. field day. Organize early. “Procrastina¬ tion is the thief of time.” Let the athletic qualities of each boy be tested, and then set the team to training in a systematic manner. If every one takes an interest in the event we will surprise the people in 1900. In soliciting for advertisements this year we met with many refusals. One old ad¬ vertiser said: “ No, sir. I don’t advertise in any High School paper. Let those help the High School whom the school helps.” The prevailing opinion seemed to be that advertising in the Enterprise was of no avail. Many, however, were willing to give an advertisement “just to help along the cause,” and to those we extend our thanks. Now ye Seniors, soon-to-be,remem¬ ber that the success of your Enterprise de¬ pends upon your advertisers. If you want to get out a good paper you must patro¬ nize the advertisers. The subject of expansion is just now of much interest not only to America and Europe, but to Petaluma as well. We have, in the past year won glorious vic¬ tories, and now the question arises—but we leave the discussion of this question with the debaters. 4

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were therefore all the more precious. One of the girls was heard wishing that no one else would find another like the flower she had. In this way a rivalry was started to see who could find the finest specimens. When once secured they were carefully carried home, pressed and mounted for future use. It is needless to say that this was intensely interesting to those who were fortunate enough to form a part of these merry bands. But, alas! We had our misfortunes as well as our triumphs. As a result of too ardent search some of us came to grief. One of our number thought it best to smell of a strange specimen as well as to examine it with the eye. In doing this one day she smelled of a very strong nettle, and for several hours after she was reminded of it by the severe pain in her face. We hope she took warn¬ ing from this. In addition to our separate trips to the woods and fields we had a picnic on the 22nd of February, at a beautiful place about four miles from town. Quite a dele¬ gation of this club met at about 9 o’clock, and with lunch baskets, kodaks and collect¬ ing tins, the latest addition of Coxey’s army started. Several of the girls rode bicycles, but the others walked, and a merry time they had. It was a beautiful day and we had not a thing to mar our pleasure. And oh ! the beauty of those woods. Green and cool on every side the ferns grew in abundance, and also the choicest flowers of the season. It was no wonder we all went into ecstacies over the place,the flow¬ ers, the scenery, and everything we saw. We rested, then gathered ferns until we were all ready enough to eat our dinner. I shall not try to describe that dinner, for it would be quite beyond my powers. But anybody who has been so fortunate as to be a participant in a girl’s picnic knows well enough the fun there was. It was here the kodaks did their work, for has it not been said : “A man at his best has lately dined ?” When we could eat no more we started again to gather our flowers and to explore further this Elysium of which, up to this time, we had been ignorant. And finally when the day was about closing, tired but happy, we turned toward home, carrying our trophies carefully protected from sun and wind. And this was the first picnic of the sea¬ son. It was the first, last, merriest, and best of this year, but next year we can surely repeat our delightful experiment. SOflE EXPERIHENTS IN PHYSICS. During the past month the Senior class have performed a series of experiments which were designed to show the compara¬ tive cost of light as obtained by the burn¬ ing of gas or coal oil. The experiments were performed in a darkened room to which gas was piped from the physical laboratory. A meter showed the rate at which each burner consumed gas, and pho¬ tometers of two patterns were used in the measurement of the candle power of each light. The comparison of two different grades of coal oil was made by filling a lamp with each oil, fitting them with new burners of the same pattern, weighing each lamp with contents, then burning for a stated period and re-weighing. In this way the amount of oil consumed per hour by each flame was determined. By means of the photo¬ meters the amount of light given by each was found at intervals and the average was taken. The comparison of the common gas burner with the Welsbach showed that the latter gave 2.4 times as much light, while consuming only 89 per cent as much gas. Although great care has been used in making all of these tests, yet were the conditions different, the results might not be exactly the same. Knowledge of the economic value of the various sources of lights is of considerable importance as is also many other facts gained by study in the different branches of physics, yet knowledge of methods and ability to attack practical problems that one obtains from ! this study is a far greater gain.

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The education of a child ought to re¬ ceive as much attention as the business of the parent. Few parents, however, really know anything about the education of their children beyond the fact that they are going to school. A man who has a fine race horse obtains a professional trainer for it. Nor does he trust entirely to the trainer, but he keeps his eye on the horse and sees that it is properly trained and cared for. He gives much personal attention, taking the time from his busi- ness. The same man may have a child in school. He buys books and pays the ex¬ penses, but he has no time to look in occa¬ sionally and see how his child is getting along, nor has he any idea of what is being accomplished. In the High School the education of the pupil ought to receive special attention. The age of students in the High School is one at which the habits and character of a lifetime are formed. Mere book learning probably amounts to less than the educating and training of the mind, to think, to observe, to find; less than the general development of the character of the student. The home plays a large part in the formation of the character of the child. If the parent and teacher know nothing of each others plans, principles and object is it not possible that the two will work at cross purposes? Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are at home to those interested in the High School on the first Friday even¬ ing of each month. The. other teachers are generally present on these evenings. The object is to bring the school and home i closer together, to become better acquainted with each other, and to work hand in hand toward the same end. It is hoped that more will take advantage of this oppor¬ tunity in the future. Too much of joy is sorrowful, So cares must needs abound. The vine that bears too many flowers Will trail upon the ground. —Alice Cary. EDELWEISS. TRANSLATED BY A MEMBER OF THE GERMAN CLASS. On the loftv cliffs near the fields of ice, Just under the soft light of the stars, Thou art blooming, oh beautiful, pure Edelweiss, Far from your beautiful sister flowers; By sweet kisses of Springtime never caressed, Flower of solitude, thou, on the mountain breast. Where thunders are rolling and lightnings are flashing, Where the sly Alpine chamois timidly hide, Whence fall the wild cataracts raging and crashing, Where eagle and avalanche their empire divide; Death and his terrors are all ’round thee there; Alone thou art blooming so w T ondrously fair. In like solitude should the human heart grow Quite alone the clear light of heaven, Renouncing the world, with its glittering show. As the price of its freedom Godgiven; Far from its kindred in refuge so sure, Like unto thee, Edelweiss, proud and so pure. WORTH READING. “One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.”—Goethe. “The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.”—Emerson. “Life is too short for aught but high en¬ deavor.”—Ella Wheeler Wilcox. “Heaven’s blue is larger than its clouds.”—Shakespeare. “No star is lost we ever once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.” —Adelaide Proctor. “To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.”—Shakespeare. i