Petaluma High School - Trojans Yearbook (Petaluma, CA)

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I 11 ♦ ‘4t 1 with a foreign language tests your mother tongue. It reveals to you the weakness of your own speech, and teaches you how to amend or avoid them. It shows you the strong points of your own speech, and trains you to use them to better advantage. But most of all it trains you to find words for new ideas, and fit new ideas to words. The young people who neglect a chance to study because they be¬ grudge the time or dread the effort, are like the woodcutter who starts the day with a dull ax and cannot spare the time to grind it. When evening comes he is weary and worn, and has not accomplished half as much as his neighbor who took time to grind MARTIN SINGER. When Eve brought woe to all man kind, Old Adam called her woe-man. But when she woo’d with love so kind, He then pronounced her woman. But now with folly and with pride. Their husband’s pockets trimmin’. The ladies are so full of whims, That people call them w(h)imen. Horace Porter says “Woman is, af¬ ter all, a mystery. She is a great conundrum, but if we cannot guess her, we will not give her up.” Bishop Meade of Virginia lamenting the need of education in the State re¬ marked with a significant expression: “Our girls are poorly educated, but our boys will never find it out.” The Racist Store SELLS RELIABLE GOODS Plain St. Petaluma OUR SCHOOL AND FACULTY We who have been in the High School the past four years have been witnesses to the triumphant success of this department. It has made more real progress during the last few years than ever before in its history; a progress, due, in a large measures to the untiring efforts and wisdom of our present Principal, Mr. Ferguson. He has shown on more than one oc- erring judgment. In his supervision casion, under severe trials, his un- over our school he has always dis¬ played those qualities which make him a friend of all, an enemy of none. The Science and Mathematical de¬ partments were under the instruction of Professor E. P. Carey for the first half of the present term. His ability, together with the great interest that he took in his classes, made his de¬ parture deeply regretted both by the pupils and faculty. The vacancy made by Professor Carey was filled by Professor W. L. Foss, who came to us with the highest of recommendations. He is a man of sterling qualities, and great in¬ tellectual ability. We seldom leave his classroom without being impress¬ ed with some noble thought. Our German, Latin and Spanish courses have been under the super¬ vision of Professor Martin Singer, for the past two terms. He is well-versed in nearly all languages, and is one of the best instructors in this particular line of work that our school has ever possessed. He is a general favorite among our boys, encouraging and tak¬ ing part in all their sports. Miss Helen M. Perkins, our English instructor, although with us but a year, has, nevertheless, endeared her¬ self to all her pupils. As a teacher of the above named course, she has been a valuable addition to our fac¬ ulty. Her forgiving nature, and will¬ ingness to aid us in all our undertak¬ ings has been deeply appreciated.

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10 ed into all athletics, and when in com¬ pany with the manager, has kept the regulations exceedingly well. But Ray has one distinguishing feature which marks him above his classmaes, and that is his—height. In a year or so Mr. Corliss expects to finish his ed¬ ucation at college. Among the pleasant anticipations of graduation is the fact that our num¬ bers will be swelled by Allie Ander¬ son, whose gr eat affection for school has at last been overcome and his de¬ sire for more active life triumphed. Allie is one of the cleverest boys that Petaluma can boast of, but the old saying again holds true that the things which come easiest we fail to appreciate, and thus it has hitherto been with this youth’s studies. Al¬ though the terror of instructors, Allie is the life and wit of his friends, and those he leaves behind are sorry to see him graduate. The above history, which was writ¬ ten by Miss Mae Purvine is indeed a complimentary one. As she is a mem¬ ber of this happy class let us not fail to impress you with a few of her many virtues and characteristics. Mae’s untiring love of study has made her foremost in all her classes, not¬ withstanding the many months she was compelled to refrain from this favorite occupation. She is one of our best historians and her remarka¬ ble memory has many times relieved the class of an embarrassment. She is a quiet young lady and held in high esteem by the members of the facul¬ ty. We need not fear for Mae’s fu¬ ture, for whatever she undertakes we know will be successfully carried out. 5 ve Tower o £ u$ xa$e r Language is a tool mightier than the sword. The sword can only cut down, where language can build up. But languages is more than a tool. It is a force. It can produce order out of chaos, clearness out of ob¬ scurity, connected thought out of con¬ fused impressions. Through the pen of the poet it can charm the senses, inspire the soul, rest the mind, and harmonize discordant spirits. Through the press and the mouth of orato rs it sways multitudes and decides the pol¬ icies and destinies of nations. Through it the experience of individ¬ uals and nations are transmitted from generation to generation, from cen¬ tury to century. The nations are marked in their stage of civilization by the language they speak. Ancient Greece and Rome in their highest state of culture, each possessed a language so perfect in form and construction as to com¬ mand the admiration of the scholars of today. The modern civilized na¬ tions caring less for culture and more for gain, have languages less perfect in form, but more effective and better fitted to the needs of the people. The semi-civilized nations of the East have elaborate, cumbersome lan¬ guages that can scarcely be adapted to Western civilization; and the In¬ dians and other aborigines in their natural state use only a comparative¬ ly few elementary sounds. Improve your language and you will improve yourself. Be not content with what your mother taught you. It is a good beginning but there is more of it worth knowing. As the ax is burnished and sharpened on the grindstone, so can your mother tongue be polished and made more effective by the grind of studying foreign lan¬ guages. The contact with foreign ma¬ terial tests your metal; the contact

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12 Miss Edith R. Kurtz has had charge of the Commercial Department of our school for the past three years. Under her management it has made great success. She is held in the highest esteem by all her pupils. “Life alone in duty done. Rest alone in striving.” How the ? Mark Originated. Eve in her thirst after knowledge showed her true female inquisitive¬ ness in her cross-examination of the serpent and in commemoration of that circumstance the serpent seems to have been curled up and used in near¬ ly all languages as a sign of interro¬ gation. Two lovely ladies live hard by. And each a-churching goes; Mary goes to close her eyes And each a-churching goes; EDITORIAL. At the Senior entertainment last evening, it was indeed an ambitious effort to hold the attention of our aud¬ ience after they have been so highly entertained by the many (?) noted theatrical companies, which have ap¬ peared in our city recently. It was an act of great courage on the part of a few of our Seniors to rise before the public for you know that the cus¬ tomary habitat of these dignified peo¬ ple is in the schoolroom and not on the stage. But we imposed ourselves on the good will of the community, in order to relieve us from our financial embarassments arising out of Com¬ mencement night. We were indeed in a “perplexing situation We desire to thank our local talent and all others who so kindly aided us in the entertainment. 4 3V Loo o £ fcssow We were studying the Hermit-crab and it soon became evident to the least observing among us, that there was something wrong both in his character and construction. We had met, and had become fairly intimate with other members of his class and family. His surname was undoubt¬ edly Crustacea, and he was perhaps a distant relative of Mr. Crayfish, whom we knew very well. But Mr. Crayfish and all the other members of his class that we had ever studied, were the proud possessors of strong, well-built houses, which fitted them quite comfortably and which they car¬ ried with them where ever they went. But with our new acquaintance it was vastly different. We found him living in an old deserted house which was twice too large for him, and so heavy that he could not move it from the place where it now stood. Upon examination we learned that this house had been built by a Mr. Whelk, a prosperous and progressive relative of Mr. Hermit-Crab, who was now the worthy inhabitant of a much larger and handsomer dwelling. But why is our Hermit-Crab so dif¬ ferent from other members of his family? The story of his life is sad but instructive. It may be briefly told. His ancestors had often sought shelter and temporary lodging in just such deserted houses as our poor friend now occupies. They in this manner managed to avoid most of those battles and obstacles of life, the fighting and overcoming of which had, hitherto, made them brave and strong. They neglected to keep their own houses in repair, and whenever they traveled abroad, which soon be¬ came with them a rare occurrence, they depended for shelter upon the a