Petaluma High School - Trojans Yearbook (Petaluma, CA)

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GREETINGS. To the Graduating Class of 1902. Dkar I’RiKXDS : It is now a year since our ways parted, and I am glad to know tliat tliis has been a prosperous year for you. During the past four years 3 011 have encountered inanv difficulties, which being overcome, have added to your strength. You have now reached what once niav ha ve .seemed to ou to l)e the topmost round of the educational ladder, ])ut 3 011 now realize that there are more rounds above you than below. Ilv this time 3 011 have learned the pleasure there is in climbing and will not be content to rest where you are. Looking back to the be¬ ginning of 3 our High Scliol cour.se 3 011 can judge somewhat of the po.s.sibililies of .self¬ development that are in store for you. It is a pleasure and a .source of iii.spiration to feel that you are now able to do more for yourselves and for others than you once could. Having reached this point, and thus obtained a better view, you are now able to distinguish more clearly what is worth while in life and no ordinary obstacle will keep you from further ! advancement. This advancement may be along ! the line of a college education, music, or art, | but upon one condition only will you be .satis- i fied — there must be i ro2vth. 1 look back with keen pleasure upon the | three years spent with you and rejoice in the ! successful completion of your High School j course. Very sincerely, Wn.BiTR J. ] I.acNktl. Class History. Prom the point of numbers, the class of 1902 has been a dismal failure. When we graduated from the Grammar School there were thirt3 - five of us; the largest class that ever graduated I while .Mr. Cromwell was principal. Twenty-six I enteied the High vSchool. Such a number of “giddy Freshmen”—so we were called, and we deser ed the name — was an encouraging sight. , At the beginning of our Sophomore 3 ear there-were ten of us. Some left .school, but almost half of our classmates found the nucleus of the Commercial class, which was then estab¬ lished. During the year two or three left us. Me weie first six, then five, then four, and then three Juniors. Me, vSeniors, two in number, were jubilant when Miss Cora Perkins, from the SalinasHigh I School, came to swell our numbers. Our de- . light was short-lived, for she, too, deserted us. I vSo now you see the cla.ss as it is; the remnant I of twent3’-six Preshmen. That 3 011 ma3 know I who and where the others are, they have been I .searched out and their names here appear : I Allie Anderson is at .school and hopes to j graduate in ' 03. M ill Lew is was at school for three 3 ' ears, but then work in San hrancisco became more attractive to him. lyOttie Pressv lives with her parents on a farm near town. Pearl MJnans left us at the close of her third year. She is now training for the .stage and w e hope to hear soon of a brilliant success. Rd Hussey is at work wdth the Electric Light company as lineman, in town. Ruby Fairbanks, who is living at M ' illitts, occa.sionally visits her old home. Lena Hanger, about a year ago, tired of her surname and changed it to Pomeroy. She now re.sides in Oakland. Emma Steffes graduated last year from the Commercial Class and is book-keeper at the Maze. Gertrude Coate graduates from the Los Angeles High School this 3 ear.

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High School Enterprise, Published by Senior Class with aid of Juniors. ZADA F. SMITH, . • • . . . . Editor EDNA J. RODGERS, . . Assistant Editor FLOYD McAlister, . . . Business Manager HERBERT BRAiNERD, . . . Ass ' t Manager PETALUMA, CAL. . . . JUNE 12, 1902 This issue of our paper is for those who are i interested in, and who appreciate our work in the schools of Petatluma. We have found that it was a great deal of work canvassing for ad¬ vertisements; but, nevertheless, we did not become discouraged. We hope the students and friends will give a share of their patron¬ age to our advertisers. We have found that the businevSs men and women of Petaluma have shown an interest in us which we appreciate. The fact that many of the business men of this city, whose entire market is foreign, have ! helped us shows that we have their good will ! and support. We thank our advertisers, our teachers and all who have contributed to make ; the clo.sing events of the class of “ V)2” a success. One more year has glided by and another j class is to leave our school, to go out and learn the practical le.ssons of life. vSo we feel that this is an important period in the lives of we ' who have completed our course. Shall we go ahead? or shall we try to stand still and then retrograde? This is indeed a deciding and critical period. - % - Reserve Power. t We can never tell what is in a man until an emergency calls out his reserve; and he can not call out one ounce more than he has .stored up. In any l attle it is the reserve corps that lends success to the army. In a stationary engine there is always a large fly-wheel, which It is your knowledge, your experience and your character, the moral wealth you have ac¬ cumulated during your life, that measures your power and influence of today. You must .stand or fall by your resej ' i ' e poiuer when the crisis conies. - 0 - Class of “ 02.’ ' Many members of this class have fallen be¬ hind in their studies. Others had to stop school to earn a livelihood by the sweat of their brow, but the few who have triumphed over all the difficulties nia ' well deserve to be called the “ Cla.ss of 02.” We hope that each member of I this cla.ss will be succe.s.sful in life, and that I the word “fail” will be a word unknown to your vocabulary. The little troubles you thought you have had while trying to master some Tatiif or Algebra will indeed seem small in after life, and pleasant, indeed, will be the reflections of the many hours which were spent in school life. We are sure you will never forget the teach¬ ers of this school, to whom you owe very much. vSo we bid farewell for the la.st time, as a class, to the “ Cla.ss of 1902,” hoping that the mem¬ ories of the Petaluma High School will always be dear to you. - m — — Answer this question to your own satisfaction : “There are just two kinds of people on earth today., Just two kinds, and no more I say. Tt Not the bad and the good, I ' or ’tis well understood, The good are half bad And the bad are half good. No ! the two kinds of people on earth I mean Are the people who li l and the people who lean.” In which class are you? ' - - Confucius says : “Life is what we make it.” This being so, we cannot aim too high. Build is used to distribute the energy evenly so that j your ideals lofty and high; then, b}’ hard work when extra force is u.sed the sudden shock will ' and perseverance, 3 ' ou will sin;eh ' reach the not stop the engine. I goal. i

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Edna Peoples is at Dr. McNutt’s hospital in San Francisco, training to become a nurse. Davitt Melehan is working on a sheep ranch in the mountains. Alberita Kopf for a time attended the vSanta Rosa Business College. She is now keeping books at Horn’s Real Estate agency. Elsie KufFel has learned the millinery trade and is filling a position in San Jose. Walter White is in the southern part of the state in the employ of the railroad. Etta Friggens is in Woodland with her parents. Lottie Anderson has been in the vSan Jose Normal for three years and expects to finish next summer. Rudolph Meyling is transacting commission business on Washington street. Because part of a year was spent in Euiope, Tessie Sweed was unable to graduate with us. Our loss is the third year class’ gain. Clara Johnson was married three years ago and went to Honolulu to reside. She is still there with her husband and little bo} . Nellie Hall is in San Francisco working at her chosen trade—that of a milliner. Arthur Connolly is also in San Prancisco at work. Nellie Knowles is living at home in Blucher valle} lAilu Parker is in the northern part of the county. Ed. Kelsey left school at the end of the . I ' reshnian year and is now in the city. Sarah Boekenoogen is the pride of our class. Throughout her whole course she has often charmed us with her sweet singing, and has al¬ ways been ready to do her share in all entei- tainmenfs. Sarah is quiet in .school, but some¬ how or other luck has always been against her. She has always been scolded for the misdeeds of her friends, who made no objection when she got the blame which they de.served. As a Junior .she was the wonder of the Seniors, being able to coin new words by the score, and, though none else could pronounce them, she managed the feat with perfect ease. Although she has had much w ' ork at home and abroad, she has always ranked well in her studies. She has shown herself to be of a sweet disposition and lovable filso, since the writer has become acquainted with her, but the last was accom¬ plished only during this our last year together. We predict a brilliant future for her, and wish her a long and happy life. z. F. S. Last but nqt least, comes our editress-in-chief, Zada Smith. During the first two years of her High School career she was the terror of all the teachers, e.specially Wilbur J., but that did not prevent her from always having her lessons. However, during her Junior and vSenior years she has improved wonderfully not in hei studies, for in them she was always excellent— but in her deportment, and now is very digni¬ fied. Yet in spite of her dignity she is always ready for a good joke. Zada’s favorite study is history, and she does so well in that she can re¬ cite and work Physics at the same time. We think that if she continues along this line she may succeed in emulating Caesar’s example by dictating seven letters at one time. Zada is very popular among all the students, and we feel assured that next year when she attends the State University she will not be long in making many friends. K. J. R. The World is too Much With Us. The w ' orld is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our power; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid noon I The sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are upgathered now like sleeping flowers— For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.—Great God 1 I’d rather be A pagan suckled in a creed outworn. So might I, standing on this pleasant lea. Have glimpses that w ould make me less forlorn! Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. — Wordsivorth.