Santa Ana High School - Ariel Yearbook (Santa Ana, CA)

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I ' Cistorr of tl)e diass of ' IS! r AS ill the tliirtl week of Septenilicr, in tlie year of our Lord one thousand nine hir.ulred and fourteen, that a queer, unfa- miUar s roup of lieinj s was (Hscovered wandering ' aiinlcssl} ' about witiiin the boundaries of the Santa Ana Polytechnic High School. The common wonderment was how they ever got inside those halls. After considerable research work, the general belief was that they walked u]i the steps and entered through the doors. Thus tliere assembled together, in a place where they all did loathe to go, small beings, commonly known to the world as b ' reshmen. Thev were derived from the Intermediate, and arious other eslablisbiiients. for the s -stematic in- struction of young America, round about both far and near. . t first, thev wan- dered aiiout with much (|uaking in their boots and ijuivering in their voices. The ' were in a state of transient terror in their new surroundings. The long halls seemed to stretch away into infinity, lost in all-consuming space : the classrooms were hut deceptive dens, which, some day, catching them unawares, would secrete them away : the teachers, nothing but instruments of torture, heap- ing burden after burden, loatl after load, ujion their weary shoulders. But .after these preliminaries, they became accustomed to the routine of school life and their ideas changed. They held their first meeting and organized with one common aim. to conquer the phantom ignorance, which goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom it may devour, b ' or their colors, they chose yellow and white: fiir their flower, the California poppy: and for their motto, thev could have selected nothing more inspiring than, Aeni. vidi. vici. which, being in- terpreted, means, I came, I saw. 1 conquered. ' They were given one grand welcome at the annual Freshman bonfire. The invidious Sophomores had challenged the frosh to battle on this occasion. The thought to deride them by seeing them back down. But the frosh ' did not back down. They would not allow the yellow and white to be trampled in the dust. The}- proudly accejited. and in the light of the roaring bonfire, considerablv out- numliered by the Sophomires, they won a decisive victory in the mightv sack- rush battle which raged for twenty minutes. Then the munificent Sophomores gave a reception in honor of the ounger members of the school, who had shown then elves to be a real, live class. -After one year of experience, they returned, having been promoted one step higher toward their goal of success. The first thing they did was to show their superiority over the Freshmen at the time of the welcome tendered them. .Again, in the light of the roaring I ' age Twenty-four

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tion, Ijy Rev. Lcruy W ' ai ' illnw. They li cil in great haiipiness and tranqnililv on Bill ' s five-acre sheep ranch. Howard Marple, detective, was instrnmental in capturing the notorious crooks, OHve Brown and Dorothy Clem, whose favorite ruse was to rush into a stiire, hypnotize all the clerks, and carr ' awa ' hutton hooks and hairpins. Virginia Aletzgar and Roberta Dawes lived in Bohemia, where they enjoyed the company of all the rising poets, authors, and musicians. Ethelind Lin len was a judge in the Juvenile Court in Santa . na. She proved herself to be a near rival to Solonmn. Shorty JohiLson was a very interesting scientitic specimen, as it was found that the pressure of his hat on his head was every year decreasing his statui-c .000013 of a centimeter. .- t this rate of reduction, it was calcidated that in the year (;,28o A. D. he would completely disappear, if still alive. Esther Osborne and ' ivian Co.x were traveling on the Lyceum Circuit as a cellist and flutist. The seats were always completely filled wherever thcv per- formed. Evelyn Tolland won great applause as a tight-rope dancer on a wireless tel- egraph wire. Hazel I ' oote glided through life, giving Pollyanna ' s message to evcrybodv, Just be glad, glad, glad. This ends the list of the acliievements of the dii¥erent members of this class. In no case have they failed to give something to the world, whether in things actually accomplished, or in the determination and work in trying to do some- thing. The world will nnw realize the importance of the new constellation in the heavens, ' 18 B. Mary Blake, ' iS B. Page Twcnty-tlux-e

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-% i § .. -JUiXMOIiJ bonfire. ()iitiuinil)t ' rt. ' (l t ' lillx two to one. they fought even a more womlertiil figlil than the year before, and came out gloriously trimiijibant. Then they showed their mental superiority over every other class of the school. Freshmen. Jimiors. and Seniors, alike. Represented by the silver-tongued debaters of the class, the judges rendered them the decision in every debate. To celebrate the beginning of the Christmas acation. and .several other things, they gave a lively advertisement party. This was an example of the won- derful originality of this class. It was the best exhibition of the Campbell Soup and Lucky Strike, the real burly, its toasted cigarette, sections of the magazine ever seen. Seven Point Ginn ' and 1847 Silver took the prizes. Due to their strenuous work in school, their health began to fail. The doctor ordered a change of scenery, so. on one notable Saturday, early in the morning, they all rode, walked, flew, crawled, or otherwise went to Balboa. One of two of them wanted to get their names in The Generator, so they fell into the water. To a few of them the remedy prescribed by the doctcM ' was worse than the disease — they ate too much. The big event that really put the class on recoril was the forensic contest. The other schools of the county were represented by brilliant writers with bril- liant stories, but it remained for Mary Blake from the ' 18 B class of Polytechnic to show them how to write real stories. She not only made her class famous by winning this event but adtlcd glory to dear old S. A. H. S. Soon after this event the class said an revoir to the halls which they now dearly loved. Tn the early fall of 1016 they came back, to begin their third year of school work. Thev worked hard during their Junior year. Texts became more com- plicated. They now realized what real study is. However, plenty of preseverence and midnight oil carried them over these obstacles. Class rivalry became very strong. In all branches of competition, they took an active part and always held their own wxll. The year had not yet been half completed when they were greatly grieved iiy the liiss of their old principal. This was soon lightened, however, when Mr, TIanmiond succeeded him. The annual class gathering was held in the halls of the old school this xear. It was on this night that the boys fountl the keys to the girls ' hearts, ani! have kept them ever since. One of the ambitions of their class had been to give the Seniors a banquet, but when the time came for the event. Uncle Sam was at war with Czarism, Kaiserism, militarism, etceteraism. Consequently, the students requested to deny them this pleasure, in order to save, and thus help win the war. They dropped the [ilan without a nuu mur. fur a patriotic class was the class of ' ig B. Page Twenty-five