Petaluma High School - Trojans Yearbook (Petaluma, CA)

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3 MST WORD. in the practical world. Pisistratus, the old Athenian tyrant, still lives to encourage the industrious and Members of the Ceass of ’03: punish the idle. The well earned diploma represents The most widely read book in the Christian world an attainment which enables the possessor to engage says: “ He that eudureth to the end shall be saved.” in greater effort, and demands it of him ; and the I believe I may properly quote this passage and apply higher ilie diploma the greater the amount of industry it to you 011 this occasion. You have endured to the and effort demanded. end and you merit the reward, ‘‘Well done.” You There is a sense in which your diploma should not have shown yourselves to possess the first element be underestimated. It would have been easy for your necessary to success—constancy. This element, coupled teachers to swell your ranks and graduate many who with a fair degree of ability and intelligence, will make have been less faithful than you. But this would have € ’(9 any man succeed. It is easy to strike out on new been unjust to you, unjust to the High .School, and paths, especially when they promise to lead to ease unjust to the pupils who were satisfied with a lower and comfort; it is not so easy to press onward towards standard than yours. You are the chosen few. The the highest mark which ambition has set as the goal to Petaluma High School places its stamp of approval be readied. Only the strong endure to the end. upon your work of the past four years. r You are not in the danger which is experienced by Your diploma means more. The lay sermons which 1 many graduates of overestimating the value of the you from time to time have heard from your teachers diploma which you receive. You have shown this by have been inspired by a desire to help you attain to the t your expression of higher ambitious. Every member highest manhood and womanhood. In the class room, of this graduating class has expressed a determination on the athletic field, and in your social relations you 1 f to complete a course of instruction in a higher institu¬ have shown the character which you each possess. I11 tion of learning. Upon this you are to be congratu¬ this larger and deeper sense also the Pelaluma High lated, and so is the High School in which you have .School puts its stamp of approval upon you. You will received your four years of preparation. Often a soon go forth as its representatives. After you leave diploma is taken as a sure passport to a life of ease and its halls and enter into the larger life before you, let comfort, exempting the holder from any further effort, its associations and ideals go with you as a guardian intellectual or physical. On the contrary, it is a pass¬ angel to help you should you falter, to remind you port to the realm where laggards die young. And this should you forget. I 4 realm you may consider as either the University or the As graduates of the Petaluma High School, I wish intellectual sphere which an educated man is to occupy you God speed. James Ferguson.

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om(r ereial Ias5 history, s i C AST year there were four graduates from the Com¬ mercial Department of our school, three girls and one boy. This year four girls and one boy re¬ ceive certificates. When we entered our class num¬ bered ten. Changes of residences and other reasons have reduced the class to its present number. To those who w r ere our former classmates, Edith Wilson, Ruth Winans, Charley McNally, Rudolph Peterson and Ernest Wilder, we wish the highest success in their .several undertakings, and regret their absence from our number this evening. Cut in half as it was, our class still retained five very happy members. In our school life we were noted more than less for mischief, for what one failed to think of the others did, and the poor lone boy’s vote was hardly if ever considered on any question. Really Ernest Jacobsen deserves special mention and credit for remaining with a class of four frolicsome girls for two years. Ernest has learned one good lesson that may be of advantage to him through life, he never argues a question, especially in the presence of girls. We name, in order of their mischevious inclinations, poor Ernest’s associates for two long (?) years. Sophie Thompson, the playful kitten of the class, a genuine giggling girl, bubbling over with fun and un¬ controllable merriment. Popping in at one door and out at the next, a veritable jumping-jack, but withal one of the brightest students in her class. In fact dur¬ ing the first half of the Senior year she accepted and filled with credit to herself and teacher, a position as stenographer in the Petaluma Savings Bank. Her employer spoke in the highest terms of her ability. So after all we are proud of our Kitten. Mabel Breckwoldt and Til lie Fredericks, the insepa¬ rable twins ! What would the one do if the other dear charmer were away? Forever and forever tantalizing each other. Is it to assist in the putting on of a coat? Presto ! A sleeve is instantly turned inside out, and no end of struggling ensues. Is it to get the book¬ keeping sets from the closet. Act one, scene one, from “Alfonso and Gaston.” Continually the students are treated (?) to some gigling performance by the two