Rock Springs High School - Sagebrusher Yearbook (Rock Springs, WY)

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pupils are disregarding every one of these virtues, having no thought except to 'Wpassti and hasten the time for graduation. Let us have more care for the grade and less for the means of obtaining it; think not so much of the commencement of real life, but more about being ready for it. In school work, there are temptations that are an equivalent to those that come to later years, and the boy or girl who conscientiously does each day's tasks is forming a foundation upon which to build a strong char- acter and a life of usefulness. But the pupil who learns to slide through school will go tobogganing throughlife,always on the decline. PLEASAN T MEMORIES. Her hair was black as midnight, Her red lips were never dumb, Clear were her eyes as the sunlight-m But her mouth was full of gum. Ch, those hours in the classes, Oh, that tireless tongue, Oh, those looks through the glasseSe But her mouth was full of gum. Charming, never rude her manner, Always smiling at those that come, Her moods were the best of a banneree But her mouth was full of gum. Her cheeks were like the roses, Never painted, as are some, She had one of those becoming noses- But her mouth was full of gum. Could that girl be never charming, Would she always laugh and hum, She could make the boys come swarming- If her mouth wasnlt full of gum. CARL D. SPICHELSPLACH.

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CLARA HICKERSON, t ED1TOR-IN-CHIEF Every beginning is hard, but the beginning of a High School Annual is the hardest of all. The editors of this annual have dis- covered this fact by sad experience. Therefore, we hope that. our readers will not criticize too severely, but will remember that this is our tirst attempt. In a few years we expect to see a splendid High School build- ing erected in Rock Springs. It will have all the modern im- provementsea gymnasium, laboratories, shops ,and a department for domestic science. We wish to thank the School Board for all the improvements on the old school building and their hearty approval of the new one. We wish, also, to extend our thanks to the people of Rock Springs, who show their willingness to help on the good work. They shall never have cause to regret it. The high school period Of youth is, without a doubt, the time when real character building begins. Before that time, a child receives impressions easily and is influenced almost entirely by environment and association, but during the last four 01' five years in school he learns to plan his course of action for himself and discovers forces within, which govern that course. It is the development and control of these inner forces that makes char- acter, and the importance of establishing habits to serve as a foundation for mature character is inestimable. Habits of at- tention, promptitude, accuracy, discretion, and truth are requisites of success in whatever walk we may choose; yet many high school i h

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: Early History of Rock Springs : COMPiLED BY EDMUND BLAIR, CLASS OF 'H e Rock Springs received its name from the springs found at No. Six, the Union Pacific railroad giving it the name. in 1869. The real history of the city begins back in 1849 when the 01d Emigrant Trail first passed through No. Six, thence 0n west ttthe rush to the west and California, its station lo- cated at these springs north of town. Today graves mark the residence of this old sta- tion. In 1850 the Government established the regular stage station at this point. The present city was nothing but sage . brush and greasewood up to 1867. It was .. V at this time that Duncan and Archibald DR'FiEicghxgjgaiig i Blair came here partly in the interests of the coal fields and part- ly in the interests of a small store over at No. Six, which they built, afterwards moving the store to the present site of Blair- town. Up to 1869 there was not a house on the present site of the city and only a few dugouts along the creek. The oldest house in Rock Springs, dates back to 1870, moved from Point of Rocks; now number 301-303 over on D Street, at the present time a boarding house. It is in the year 1870 that Rock Springs really starts to live as a town, with John Jarvie and J. L. Young building a store and saloon on North Front 813., near the present Water Commissioners office. The hrst church services belong to this year, held at Blairtown, with Rector Lynn officiating. And the beginnings of an orchestra, with Mrs. Thayer at the head, belong to these days. An inter- esting feature of this early music is that some of the dan- ces would be held in a store, With the organ 0n the counter, Mrs. Thayer at the organ. Mr. Ludvigsen accompanying with School House at Number 6. the accordion. For other dan-