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

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14 THE PORCUPINE times reorganizes its own virtues and victories; but in- stead of following up the suggestions of these—instead of hitching its wagon to a star, whenever star and wagon are ayailable-—this wayfarer ScOInsS Wagons and siars alike, and clings to the dusty footpath. He may be buoy- ed up temporarily by a new realization of stre neth, but in the main he simply plods along, vaguely trusting that each step brings him nearer to some v ague millennium. Airships, automobiles and ocean ereylounds alike fail te shame him out of his plodding. Guide posts are of little use; all paths, all points of the compass, are alike to him. There is much needless w: andering, occasionally a mild twinge of regret or repentance for wasted time or strength, but the world in general is usu: uly very well sat- isfied with itself and its method of plodding. What if this generous, flabby creature, with the jelly fish consti- ution, should some day get a definite character , begin to see definite objects, and to act promptly and vigorously upon ifs mistakes and victories!) Would not the millen- nium be at hand? And now the suggestion comes that this comment on the world in general applies almost as fitly to the aver- age man—who may be a merchant, a doctor, a politician, a tsar, a school boy, or even a teacher. This may lead to difficulty, for the average man, recognizing himself in a description, some times acts resentfully, which the world in general never does. On the other hand, the average matt sometimes takes a hint, so that it may be worth while to incur the risk of stirring him up. SSeS Haven MECHANIC’S TOOLS Pocket Knives and Scissors Hardware er ele” «seats aah eke fae Crockery, Enamelled and Tinware Farm Tools, Windmi'ls, Plumbing Co. oe 8 420-22-24 Fourth Street Santa Rosa

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THE PORCUPINE 13 to the athletes and athletics of the school. Although at present in a nebulous form, it will undoubtedly deserve the heartiest support ef every student. We shall incur considerable expense in its production, consequently your support will be needed as well as deserved. It is to be on sale the 22d of April, the date of the S. M. A. A. L. Order at once from the manager, thereby assuring us of your interest. There is no occasion for apology when we make con ments upon the world in general. The subject is a very tempting one, because it is so generous in all its char- acteristics. We may speak of the world in general to the world in general, saying the best things or the worst, and no individual will have any right to feel either flatter- ed or abused. If we were to use the same liberty in speaking to an individual, the result might be embarras- sing to all parties, to say nothing of possible disaster. And yet this very complaisance in the world in general. this trait whieh we take advantage of, is the trait which we are impelled to criticise. The world in general some- times sees its own mistakes; but, instead of rectifying them or casting them forth, binds them up with all their evil effects in neat packages, adds them to its luggage, adjusts the ever growing burden as comfortably as may be, and plods along, a little more wearily, perhaps, but wih undisturbed serenity. The world in general -some-

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THE PORCUPINE 15 AA Winter in the White Moun: tains A student who hasewon his way through the prescrib- : ed mazes of a four years’ course in High School fiinds in his hard-earned sheepskin inspiration for high aims. At this important point in my own life day dreams centeres around teaching, and wielding the rod of authority seemed to my inexperienced mind quite the high road to fame. It so happened the year following graduation found me across the continent from home, and thus it came about that a certain district school in far-away New England offered a field for my earliest effort. This spec- ial district was called “The Centre;” of just what it was the hub I cannot say, truly not of social life or business interests. A few quiet farms spread peacefully in its boundaries, and even the whistle of a railroad train came as only a faint echo. To me an air of romance surround- ed the place, partly because of the intrinsic beauty of the spot, and especially because one of the old-fashioned homesteads had been established by my grandfather, and the firm stone walls and rocky pastures were connected with many a story of my father’s boyhood, In the “Cen- tre’ school house my father and numerous uncles and aunts had mastered their Webster’s spelling book and conned their well-worn Adams’ Arithmetic. The building itself, though stiff in architecture and meagerly furnished, had a charm of its own, for it was a survival of the days of Puritan severity, and its straight Cc. M. BRUNER Art Goods 434 Fourth Street