Petaluma High School - Trojans Yearbook (Petaluma, CA)

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a 13 out-house or cast-off shells of their more progressive relatives. We may thus understand the pitiable, half-nak¬ ed, sadly crippled condition of Mr. Hermit-Crab. We say crippled foi even his feet and legs have shriveled up and are fast disappearing be¬ cause no longer protected by shoes (which he has become too indolent to make) or strengthened by daily exer¬ cise. He seems to have lost all self- respect; comes out of his “borrowed” house only when forced by hunger and “flees when no enemy pursueth.” His history is indeed a sad one, but even that higher animal, which has been classified as “genus homo,” or man, may learn a valuable lesson therefrom. There is a law of nature which declares that “He who would live and prosper must work.” The “Lavr of use and disuse” is found throughout the life history of all liv¬ ing forms. Borrowed or inherited houses, easy and luxurious modes of living free from the battles and ob¬ stacles which surround us, all these are fast producing a species which has well been called the “Human Hermit-crab.” The half-naked and crippled wrecks which we see about us will be found to have a history in every way similar to that here re¬ corded. But let us not fail to observe that it is not the body only which needs to be kept in repair by constant use, but the mind, too, must have its work to do, its problems to solve. For instance, the reader may either glance over these words with a smile and with scarcely the effort of a thought, or he may earnestly meditate upon the lessons here conveyed, and may, perhaps, get some faint concep¬ tion of the great truth which Mr. John ' Fiske has expressed with so great a force in these words: “Our intel¬ lectual faculties, our tastes and preju¬ dices, our very loves and hates are strengthened by use or weakened by disuse, just as the blacksmith’s arm grows strong, or as the horse turn¬ ed out to pasture becomes unfit for service.” There is no punishment more awful, no reward more benefi- cient than that which shall come to that animal, be he man or crab, who disregards or obeys this simple, yet eternal truth. W. L. FOSS. THE NEW STANDARD OF VALUE. (A Prophecy.) Out on the ocean of commerce sail¬ ing, Her captain and crew full sturdy and bold. With eye and courage both unfailing, Our ship of state seeks the isle of gold. She is breasting the wave in the van of all nations. While they sing and they shout as she bounds o’er the main, And they think of the day, when, with all their relations, They shall reign in their wealth, but they gather in vain. There’s a day that is coming, ’tis in fact near at hand. When a light as of noonday shall dawn o’er this land, When capital and labor, ambition and fame Shall count it a blessing their day never came. W. L. FOSS. WEBB’S YELLOW FRONT DRUG STORE For Stylish, Snappy Shoes KEIG’S 839 Main Street. JONES CO. Candy Manufacturers Ice Cream Soda, Ice Cream served for families a specialty Main St., next to American hotel.

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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

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14 A POEM. LITERARY. With apologies to “The Passing of the Years.’ Marching onward, ever onward, like a serried host appears. With its slow and measured footsteps, the procession of the years. Looking far adown the ages, one un¬ broken line, we ken. Whither, whither do they journey? for they come not back again. On they go, across the river, silent river deep and wide. There its long procession halteth, marshalled on the other side. Waiting till the last one crosseth, till the angel by the shore. Shall proclaim in voice of trumpet tones, that “Time shall be no more.” Bach division is in order, for the dis¬ cipline is famed. Every regiment is numbered, every company is named. “Nineteen hundred three” has van¬ ished, with its blessings and its woe, “Nineteen hundred four” comes on¬ ward, pausing not for friend or foe. So they leave us; while they journey onward, whither shall we go. Leaving school by different path-ways where the end we do not know. Our literary meetings during the past year have been well attended by the public, and we greatly appreciate this interest shown in our school by the people of our city. The debates held are not only entertaining but instructive, and we hope that this es¬ tablished precedent will not be neg¬ lected next year. “Deep the oak, Must sink in stubborn earth its roots obscure That hopes to lift its branches to the sky.” A. W. AGNEW For the Angeles Shoe for Ladies. $2.50 in all styles 907 Western Avenue. HICKEY VONSON, Fine Groceries, Feed and Vegetables. DR. BENNETT Phones—Office Black 1293, Residence Black 1294. Office hours—10:30 a. m. to 12 m., 2.30 p. m. to 4:30 p. m., 7 to 8 p. m. DR. SMITH McMULLIN Physician and Surgeon. Office residence 810 Washington St. PETALUMA SAVINGS BANK GEO. P. McNEAR. Hcty, Grain, Wood ar)d Coal c