Santa Rosa High School - Echo Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA)

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8 THE PORCUPINE ‘“The Porcupine’’ Issued every school month in tie mterest of the anta Rosa High School. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year...... 6 Pe Bi =, Rete a ec 50 cents I aitey ear. scec PNW foe berni ag SOF eT 25 cents PingleCopies.t.7 | oth ao cee eee eee 5 cents O@ Subscriptions must be paid in ADVANCE. EDITORAI, STAFF CLAUDE SANBORN)... Sees heat i ar: x i“ ..Managing Editors Wat Do DAIS fee nae Nac ee sR 8108 ETHEL ABE Exchange Editor TD ARG ATS a. cre'yia «conic a eee JESSE PETERS . 7... Assistant Editors ESTHER RHODI ieee Hntered in the Postoffice at Santa Rosa, Cul, as second-class mail matter. All personals, stories, lit-rary articles, and items o interest to the paper should be s-nt to The Porcupine Santa Rosa, Cal. We wish our readers and advertisers a merry Christmas and a happy New Yea -. This is the Christmas edition of the Porcu- pine dedicated to the graduating class. Christmas is near, and in doing your shop- ping remember our advertisers. Patronize them, and mention the Porcupine. The football team has done very well this season considering the teams they have play- ed, and they are also to be congratulated upon their efforts. (en na eerie Again we look about us and see what a suc- cessful period the world has just passed over. It has been plainly shown during the last twelve months that civilization is progressing very rapidly. Se Again the basket bell team deserves its share of praise for the part it has taken in school affairs this term. Although the team played but the one game it won that by fairty out-classing their opponents. The Vallejo team took their defeat gracefully, and the manage- ment for Santa Rosa is complimented on se- curing a game with such a team. The time for graduation is here again, and again we must part with those who have been our companions for the last few years. The Christmes class of 1902 is one of exceptional merit, and in parting with them we will lose a worthy collection of students. During their stay at Santa Rosa High they have distin- guished themselves in many lines, and their absence will be keenly felt in the pa:t which they nobly upheld. The term ending December 19th has been one of the most successful in the history of the school. Looking at it from all points of view, educational, social, and athletic. Higher re- cords have been received on the average than eve: before. There hzs been a closer affiliation and co-operation between teachers and pupils than ever before. The athletic teams have been very successful under the circumstances. We wish to congratulate the teachers and pupils upon the term’s work. The term ending also mekes a reflection point for the staff of the Po-cupine. During the four months of this term we have endeavored to publish a paper worthy of the school, and we hope we have succeeded. Although we have not received the support desired from the school, yet many have contributed in various ways, to whom we are very grateful. We a-e also grateful to the numerous merchants, who have felt interested in the success of the Porcu- pine and have kindly given their support. “You are a brick,” I did aver To Daphne, by my side; “A sort of pressed brick as it were,” She roguishly replied. Bx, — ——e— @-— At a table in a ‘hotel A youth and maiden sat, They didn’t know each other, But, then, what of that? The youth picked up the sugar, With a smile you seldom meet, And passed it to her, saying, “Sweets to the sweet.” She picked up the crackers, And scorn was not lacked As she passed them to him, saving, “Crackers to the cracked,” —Ex. Wooden coffin, Vain regrets, Happens often, Cigarettes. —Ex.

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THE PORCUPINE JACK GRAHAM AND FOOTBALL It was Monday, 4:30 in the afternoon. Jack and his classmate, Dick, had just gave a hard round with the gloves in the gym. Then after a rest Jack said, “If the boys keep on training this week, es they have in the past, the cup is ours.” So saying, le gave Dick a punch that almost sent him off the box. This started the boxing again, and after a five minute zound the boys put on their caps and started home. There was to be a holiday Tuesday and they said they would finish the paper on Virgil in the morning. In the afternoon they were to play a practice game with the second team. The next day the two boys met in the library and began work. They worked little and talk- ed much of the geme. About 1:45 they left the library and went to the postoffice where Jack mailed the tickets to the Keswicke-s. “Jack,” said Dick, “Old man, my family are not at home and you just come around to my house to finish that paper. We can get some canned goods and ‘batch’ it.” “Well,” essented Dick. After their purchases were made they went into the neat, up-to-date cottage of the Grahams. Mr. Graham was the head of one of the prominent banks, and needed a rest, so he, with his family, had gone to the coast. Jack would not let them go until they agreed to be home by Saturday. The two schools of Stockbridge and Kes- wick were to battle over the pigskin on Satur- day. Jack Graham was elected Captain of the Stockbridge team and did justice to the posi- tion. He was a heavy man and played right half. The team liked Jack, and Jack the team. [It was Saturday, the day the team longed for. The excursion was to arrive at 11 :30, but it came at 11:45. The noise from the train could be heard a mile off, but it was answered by the home school boys. Captain Graham met the team and led them to quarters. After a rest and a lunch, the two teams began to prepare for the game. At 2:30 the teams prac- ticed and at 3:00 lined up. There was a call, “Captain’s, ready?” “Yes,” was answered back. Then went Jack’s foot against the helf and it sailed towards the 20 yard line. Long, who ran with the ball, was downed on the 35 yard line by the litlle quarter, Dick, Skipping on their noseguards, Jack and the others en- couraged the men. “20, 16, 104, 96,” rang out cleerly. There was a skirmish and Keswick was downed on the 60 yard line—a big gain. Each Stockbridge player determined not to let this thing occur again. But, with a well sup- ported buck, Woods made a touchdown. Again it was Stockbridge’s kick off, but at the first skirmish there was a fumble. The umpire called the bell in possession of the local team. First Dick called Jack’s number (he could always depend on Jack) to go around end; but the opposing team tackeled him with only 3 yards to his credit. After a few more plays, Stockbridge made a touchdown off a l Grahem end run, and the score was even. When the half was up, Jack and Dick (whose was as great as Jack’s) encouraged the men and gave them lemons to suck, along with encouraging words. The whistle rang out and then the two teams lined up. With the first down Jack lay groaning, his wind gone. But it returned and he was happy that it was not yards that were gone. As the second half grew short, the tackle gained some yards and placed the ball in front of the goal. Jack fell back for a place kick, and if ever a better one was made the team would like to have known of it. When the Keswickers saw this their faces grew long. They grew longer still when they saw the Stockbridge team walk, arm in arm, off the gridiron. very true Stockbridger remembers that famous geme. AFTER COMMENCEMENT Miss Grace Butler intends to enter the San Francisco Normal School after graduating. Robert Valdes will enter the College of Min- ing Engineering at Berkeley. Louis Frei will enter the University of Cali- fornia. Miss Helen Overton will take an extended trip East after commencement. Miss Grace LeBaron will enjoy a year’s va- cation, aftes which she will enter the U. C. Miss Alice Wright will take a post graduate course in Latin. Miss Lulu Finley is undecided what she will do in the near future, as is Miss Farmer. Jesse Wright, Will Neureuter, and Fred Wooley will take a post graduate course. = ee REGULATIONS [. There shall be an annual debating contest at such a time as the debating committee shall determine, Il. The debating committee shell consist of the Principal of the High School, the teache: or teachers of English, and the President of the class of 1902. III. The contestants in the annual debating contest shall number four (4), unless the de- bating committee shall vote otherwise. [V. The name of the winner of the annual contest is to be inscribed on the cup, together with the year in which he won. V. The debating committee shell have sole power in all matters concerning the contest: and they shall determine in such manner as they deem best who shall be entitled to enter the annual contest. VI. All engraving on the cup shall be done unde the supervision of the officers of the Class of June, rgo2. Signed, GEO. ANDERSON, Pres., LILLIE LINDLEY, Vice-Pres., MARY LEMMON, Sec.-Treas. Officers of Class.

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THE PORCUPINE 9 EXCHANGES The Aegis for November is possessed of a very pretty cover. The Tech is one of our best exchanges fo-z this month. It has one very good story, “Lit- tle Joe’s Thenksgiving.” We fail to find much merit in “A Poetical Story,” in the November Tabula, but, other than this, the paper is very good. The News, from East Orange, contains a very clever article on Horse Bucking. We only wish it could -each more of those for whom it is meant. We must edmit that “Septibonia’s Search” is at least a good advertisement. The Oriole is up to its usual good standard. We note with pleasure the arrival of a new exchange, The High School Review from Hamilton, Ohio. The Record has severel good stories in it this month. The Triangle, from Sycamore, Ill., is a new exchange and is quite interesting. Sparks, from Haywac-ds, Cal., is resplendent in green and brown. The Aegis, of Oakland, Cal., is as prompt and interesting as ever. The Regina hes come to us all the way from Ashland, Maine. We hope she will come often. = looks as if The Searlewe from Covington, Ky., had gotten its cover on wrong side out. The High School, Sentiment, from Parsons, KKansas, should have an occasional story. The October Herald has a most fetching cover. The following other exchanges have been received by us: The Oek, Olla Podrida, The Balance Sheet. Delphic Echoes, Argus, The Vripod, The Susquehanna, and the ( Guard and Tackle. ‘Tary had a William goat, Its tail was sort of bent! And everywhere that Mary goes The gozt is sure to went. Fle followed her to school, I Say, Which made her hot as fire, For Mary -ode her “bike” that day, And Billy ate the tire. —Ex. - - o FOOTBALL NOTES Still the team work and practice is going on and quite a teem has been scraped together. The league that was to have iat formed has been broken up, as some of the schools could not afford $2.50 for the trophy that would have been put up. Most of the games will be played, however, and although not in the pea they will cause nea‘ly as much interest. The Santa Rosa Business College has had two games already, and were victorious in both of them. They played Healdsburg at that place on Thanksgiving. The score wes 6 to o. Again. they played the Pet aluma team and bore them down like leaves before a north wind. On Thanksgiving our team had a game with Peralta Hall of Berkeley. This team was ten or fifteen pounds heavier to the man than we were, and thus were enabled to crush through our line to a hard-earned victory. They made one touchdown and missed the goal. Our team showed much superior team work, and held out fine. The boys put up a stout geme, but lost. The ball was kicked off at 11:45 by Peralta and after being brought back from out of bounds it was kicked again. This time Wilson received it and carried it quite a ways. Two quick long runs followed. Jess Wright mak- ing the first of about fifteen pete and San- bor n followed with one of qual distance. Things looked very bright at this point. But next a fumble occurred and we lost the ball at about the center of the field. Peralta took the ball and at once began a aie of bucks. They shoved the ball down to Senta Rosa’s 20 yard line and there lost it on downs. We gave a few short plays and then Sanborn circled the end with fine interference and got past the lines, and had a fine show for a touch- down but for the crowd upon the field. He ran into several in the way, and was fo-ced out of bounds. This makes the second game that has occurred. Last time it was the game with Napa. The ball was carried to the center of the field and was lying upon the dividing line when time was called, with the ball in possession of Peralta Hall. Eerl Riley was captain of the visiting team, and played fullback. He was put through the line when a gain was needed. After a rest of ten minutes the whistle was blown and the teams lined up again. This time oes Rosa kicked off to Peralta, end again the all had to be brought back from out of bounds. Next time Sanborn kicked it to their right tackle who just touched it and it bounded off. Smith was there, caught the ball, and was not stopped until he gained the 25 ya-d line. Here we lost the bell on downs. T ee Peralta began a series of bucks of the field and made a touch- down but missed the goal. Again we kicked off and lined up for a strug- gle. They punted and brought the ball into our territory. Soon they were in front of our goal and they tried for a field goal, but it was blocked by Sanborn, who also succeeded in get- ting the ball. The game ended with only the one score made s wine alta, o SUE SuuG: Quite a crowd witnessed the game, but not as large as was expected. A little money was cleared. Some arrangements have been made for a game on Christmas. Other games come off on W ednesday, December r7th Heald (Sy 186 ey C.. and probably on Saturday, the 2oth, we play Petaluma. The line-up of the Thanksgiving game was