Salem High School - Clarion Annual Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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THE CLARION me ssassss The Juniors must take the responsibility of the advanced class. Considering the fact that the class is only fifteen strong these duties grow to be no small thing. The class originally consisted of forty pupils, but it has changed about until at present it consists of only fifteen pupils and but four of the original class. In a way this sounds bad, but in reality it is not, because in this sifting and changing the best has remained and as a result we have now the very- cream of the original class. The class of ,06 is in every respect a progressive class. If they do not lead in all things, they do take aholt of the handle wherever there is a vacancy and give a boost. The present Junior class has had an active part in the building of the new building and the establishment of the High School itself, and in that way have received a valuable experience that not many succeeding classes will get. '8 THE Salem High School is yet minus a Senior class, the Juniors The Sophomores Juniors, met and organized the class of ,07 for the ensuing year. The result of the election was: Ralph Moores, President; Rex Turner, Vice President; Miss Etta Welch, Secretary; Miss' Shepard, Treasurer, and Harry Mourer, Sargeant-at-Arms. Committees were ap- pointed and at the next meeting by-laws, colors and a class motto were adopted. Since then we have had a peaceful career, with the exception of a few flag fights with the disrespectful Freshies. However, the Fresh- men have learnd by experience and are seldom heard of any more. Our class r011 numbers fifty, we being the second largest class in the High School. Only modesty prevents our recounting our triumphs. Suffi- cient to say, however, that Sophomores are always found at the head of N THE 14th of last October we Sophs., setting the example for the

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THE CLARION 23 every student enterprise. A majority of the foot ball, basket ball and base ball teams being from the class of i07. We are also represented on the debating team and among the student body officers. ' The Travonian Literary Society was organized last fall, composed wholly 0f Sophomores. Rex Turner makes an efficient President. Several debates have been held with the Juniors. The Freshies HE PRIMITIVE home of the Freshmen is Greenland, a peninsula projecting from the lower part of the Continent of Education. The climate is equable. Its mildness is due to the genial winds of self-conceit warmed by the waters of the High School tide of Indulgence. In area, it is larger than Soph. America. The natives consist chiefly of mixed races, yet certain characteristics of manner, dress and dialect reveal their nationality wherever they appear. They are naturally very timid and shy, although some attempt to conceal this under an assumed bravado. As a nation they are intensely patriotic. This patriotism is manifest in the loyalty with which they continue to wear their native green. A line from the old-folk will show this: iiI am so fresh that new green blades of grass turn pale with envy as I pass? Migration.-During the reign of Queen Winona rumors came to the Freshmen of a region whose inhabitants enjoyed the highest blessings of ease and culture. Because of this, they began a long and weary journey to the land of promise. SettlementeOn a memorable day in September, a shout of j 0y went up from the caravans as they caught their first glimpse of their future home. The tirst few days were spent in registering their claims and making preparations for permanent residences. Many advances were made by the neighboring tribes to welcome the new arrivals and to accustom them to their new surroundings. WarseAt hrst they lived at peace with their neighbors and assumed the manners and dress of the natives. At length, hostilities sprang up between the Freshmen and the Soph. Americans. However, peace was finally established. ' LifeeThere are a few .who have devoted themselves to literary pursuits, of which the rest are very proud. As a tribe, they are extremely gregarious and are always willing to share their tasks with one another.