Santa Clara High School - Tocsin Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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VOL. XXV SANTA CLARA, JUNE, 1922 No. 1 If If you can tall: with crowds and keep your virtue, Or wall: with kings nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you hut none too much, If you can ill the unforgiving minute, With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And---what is more---you'll be a Man, my son! RLIDYARD KIPLING.

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TH E TOCSI N-1922 California Before the Gringo Came ALIFORNIA was but a small part of Spain 's vast colonial system. The governor of this valuable settlement, who was appointed by the central authority of Mexico, had the power of appointing other officers. There were no courts of law in the entire province except those of the alcaldes, the sole judicial officers. The pompous alcalde with his silver-headed walking-stick played an important part in the life of His- pa.no-California. The later years of Spanish rule were marked by many features which will always seem romantic and picturesque to succeed- ing generations. California was completely isolated from the bustle of busy communities and its people led simple, romantic, lives. The houses were of adobe, the outside walls being plastered with the same material as that of which the bricks were made. The roofs were first covered with reeds or tules, but due to the great danger of fires ill- fitting tiles, which admitted the rain, were later used. The homes of the better class of Californians had redwood floors covered with sand from the beach, which could easily be swept out and replaced by fresh. Some ol' the wealthiest Californian families, including members of the Vallejo family, chartered sailing vessels, sending them to China and Spain for exquisite furniture of mahogany and teak wood. The walls of many of these luxurious homes were adorned with portraits of stately ancestors. W'hile many of the early Hispano-Californian homes were comfortable and cheerful residences, others had no floors except the earth, and only the rudest of furniture made from wood obtained in the nearby forests. The Californians were very fond of dogs and usually had many of them. Small holes were cut in the bottom of the doors to permit those over-indulged pets to enter and leave the homes at Will. While indoors they frequently would select the most comfortable chairs upon which to nap, or if the caprice so pleased them, they would get in the way by lying in the center of the floor. Travelers were welcomed at any of the ranches and it was not con- sidered wrong for a stranger in need of a fresh saddle horse, to take one if he returned in time for the next rodeo. The rodeos were held each year for the purpose of segregating the additions to the herds and giving each to the rightful owners. After the round-up, feats of sport and skill were held by the vaqueros, often for the purpose of winning the approv- ing smile of some senorita. The men spent a good part of their time in g Page 10