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

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l 1' ;. .tu tut! .- 15:, I I r AW , TEE CLARION . w HORACE SYKES ENTERTAINS. A jolly wagonload of Seniors journeyed out to the home of Horace Sykes in Polk county Saturday after commencement. Talk about fun. Well, just put seventeen Seniors to- gether with Harry Winstanley antl Nellie Sykes for chaperons and you can imagine what would happen. They had such a good time that they forgot all about the organiza- tion of the Alumni. How could they think of anything so commonplace, though, while enjoying to the limit the iiMercy Seat? Chrissieis iiBig chickens? iiPopperii Mersi and iiMom- meri, Winstanleyis witticisms, iiLe- ander Slater and tiLulu,i BelPs quiet seriousness and last but by no means least, those famous luncheons devised by Mrs. Sykes. The jolly crowd broke up about 8 p. m., tired but happy, every one ac- knowledging that he had had the best time ever. THE LAST SENIOR PARTY. Miss Genevieve Potter invited the Seniors out to her home on the Pringle road last Thursday. This was another of those famous iigooi times? It was iittingly the climax of a year of enjoyment. The iinaught sixersi, assembled at 3:30 and after a jolly hayrack ride arrived at Pot- ter,s about 5 p. m. The whole crowd got loose in the ' cherry orchard! Gee, how those cher- ries suffered! After camping out awhile in the cherry orchard they strolled two by two .up the lane to the house. There Chrissie gave us some shooting lessons. Honestly, she hit a five acre prune orchard at the first shot. After enjoying some delicious re- freshments the class of 06 adjourned to the iiMarguerite patch. The mar- guerites were simply beautiful, al- most as pretty as our own sweet Marguerite. Horace and the ladies gathered huge armfuls of the flowers before returning to the house. The Alumni was organized and a committee consisting of Horace Sykes, Genevieve Potter and Rea Utter e?ezt- ed to draft constitution and by-laws. The officers of the Alumni Associa- tion are as follows: President, Har- vey M. Slater; Vice president, Bertha Duncan; secretary, Martha Schindler; treasurer, Mabel Magness. After indulging in a delicious and bountiful repast the Senior iibunch adjourned till next time. JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET. The latter part of the school yexr has been largely taken up with things connected with the social life of the high school. The first event of commencement was the Junior-Senior banquet. This event, destined to live long in the minds and nearts of those in at- tendance, as one of the most enjoy- able events of commencement, took place on the evening of June 1, in the High School building. The Juniors had made elaborate preparations for the event. The ban- auet was held on the first noor. The walls were elaborately decoratei with ferns, greens, and the Junior and Senior flags. The ceiling was

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22 THE CLARION land tmy homel, nine miles across the Bay, was one of the most awful, but still magnificent, sights that one can imagine. The flames, miles in width, and ascending to the height of eight miles tas estimated by a noted professor of Berkeleyy, mingling w1th the reports of dynamite, as block af- ter block of those magnificent struc- tures were razed, combined with the general restlessness of the people, gave one a most weird and dazed realization of what was pissing be- fore his eyes. No one seemed to realize the situation until it was all over. Then they awoke to the true and awful state of affairs. The fire raged for four days and nights, the second and third being the most in- tense. 'In the neighborhood of 10,000 acres tall in the heart of the cityy was totally wiped out of existence, with the exception of the postoflice and U. S. mint, which were saved by all blocks being blown down that surrounded them. Forty public school houses besides as many sectarian schools were among the list. The area burned was about six times that of the Chicago fire. The estimated loss is 400,000,000 dollars, of which about one-fourth is covered by insur- ance, and about 300,000 people made homeless. The loss in dollars and cents never can be estimated, for art, books and records cannot be replaced; Go to the top of Cemetery Hill- near Salem, imagine all the country you can see north for about three miles, east two miles, south one mile, west one mile, is a burned city with towering broken walls, chimneys standing alone, piles of brick mingled with twisted steel girders in wild disorder. Then you may possibly conceive some idea of the view from the summit of Knob Hill, San Fran- cisco. But there is a big city here yet. It is astonishing to see how the people are taking heart again, cheered up by the many kind hearts from all quarters of the globe. Right here let me say, I am very proud of my native Oregon, and especially my Salem City High bchool. nAll have shown the spirit of the Golden Rule, Temporary buildings are springing up on the old sights, and no doubt San Francisco will be rebuilt a more substantial and beautiful ,city than before. My personal experience of the earthquake-I was rudely .awakene I- about 5:15 a. m. by my; bed jumping about like a hog going to war. I. sat up and hung on '.while oil stove, lamp, pictures and trinkets went hop- ping around in time to it. One might imagine he was having an oyster cocktail night mare, but it wasnlt; it was stern facts, for as my bed got steered around so I could look out of the window I saw people trich and poory flying out into the streets with nighties sailing like a Kansas cyclone was after them. It struck me as a good ioke and after the ball was over the people suddenly found out they were out inathe street with their nightdress and hastened in after their clothes. I laid down and fmished my nap. Having never ex- perienced such a thing before, I did not realize the danger at the time, but should another as hard One come. its very likely my shirt tail would float as gay and high as theirs. Hardly has a day passed isince the 18th of April but We have had a slight shock. Tonight at 8:20, May 17, the hardest tremble since the lirst; very much the. same nature but less severe, others being of the pushing, sliding and corkscrew mo- tion. i mammae- Prof. Powers tspeaking of Lincolny -He devoured all of the books he could get his hands on. Criss QeHe must have been aw- ful hungry. V Going outing? Buy your fishing taokle, guns, ammunition, etc., at WllSOIl 8z Maureris. Mabel M. is going into the express and drayage business in Albany. Rex T. is going to Roseburg for his summer vacation. Lawn tennis is the game! Wilson 8x Maurer carry a complete line of tennis goods. :2 fr

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24 THE CLARION decked with Old Glory and beautiful Japanese lanterns. The guests of the occasion were received at the head of the stairs on the second floor by four beautiful Junior girls. At 9 a. m. the company marched to the floor below where they in- dulged in the many delicacies pre- pared by the Junior girls. Eight jolly Sophomore girls waited upon the tables, supplying; hungryenay, starving-Seniors with the delicacies. The banquet was served in five courses as follows: MENU. Sandwiches and Salad vMeats Strawberries and Cream Ice Cream and Cake Coffee. After the assembled company had partaken of the repast the toast- master, Rex Turner, arose and an- nounced the following toasts, which were heartily responded to: Address of Welcome to the Seniors -Miss Leoline Skaife. ResponseeMr. Harvey M. Slater, president of the Senior class. Toast-tiSeniorsiieRoss McIntire president of the Junior class. ToasteitThe future of the Senior ClassheMiss Sophia Townsend. Toast-iiHow it feels to be a Sen- iorheProf. J. M. Powers. Toast-uOur RegretsiieRea Utter. ToasteitThe future of the Salem High SchoolhePrin. E. T. Marlatte. After the toasts were given the company again repaired to the sec- 7 0nd floor where a few short speeches. were given by the Senior boys, after which the jolly company dispersed. pronouncing it one of the most de- lightful and enjoyable of the social successes of the year. THE MONMOUTH GAME. On the 5th of May the high school ball tossers journeyed over to the teachers burg and again lost a game by only one point.- Jonesi absence from the team, be- ing due to a case of sickness, broke up the team work to a great extent as he always keeps the game in his grasp and holds the team together wonderfully in a pinch. However. Bashor, the Rambler catcher, filler! his place in a very pleasing manner. The result of the game laid almost entirely with the umpire, as in every case when there was the slightest pretext he gave the Normal team the big benefit. This was clearly shown once by a fair ball being called a foul and again when Roberts was called out at home when safe by ten feet. Eyre made a bad fumble of a grounder in the ninth which gave Monmouth their winning run. Roberts acted as captain in place of Jones. In the first of the ninth Roberts went to bat and popped out a neat single, went to second on sacrifice by Keenes, stole third and came home when harrison flew out to center field, but was called out when home on a rank decision by the um- pire. This Virtually robbed the high school of the game. In the last of the ninth, with one out, Goode knocked a liner to Eyre, who fumbled it, allowing him to reach first. He then stole second, went to third on an out by Day and started home