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

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ca “Ghe Porcupine” Issued every school month in the interest of the Santa Rosa High School SUBSCRIPTION @ne Wear. pe ee cae eee aa ee 75 Cents Ralf “Year 2-2. ee en ee Oe ae ee 50 Cents Single:Copies 2:0 3-- Si-- 9-3 22 ae naan 10 Cents oF Sse must be Le in yo ANCE EDITORIAL ST AFF Literary HEditor- -------------- ee AN tac ee RAYMOND JEANS Managing Editor -- -------- ------------------ LEWIS LAMBERT Ass’t Manager Editor. - -.---------- ---------------- EDWIN BENT COMFORT HAVEN ; LOYD BROWN Associates © --------------22--02- Soorooo ores ALICE LETOLD {HELEN JOHNSON Exchanpeso20 (2022p. ve LOLS LS ES EE ie Se oe a MAY AYER Aablehies, Boys. isis el ee CLARENCE WHITNEY Athletics, Girl’s ---. ------------- a arered NELLIE GRIFFITH Staff Artist. ... ..----------- -------------- GEORGIA PURSELL WILL LAWRENCE Joshes GRACE DUBOIS NES LEE ERR eo Peake MT TN ie STONE DELOSS SUTHERLAND Entered in the Postolfice at Santa Rosa, Cal., as second class mail matter “All personals, stories, biecary ‘stiles sa items of interest to this paper should be sent to The Porcupine, Santa Rosa, California. aaa This issue of The Porcupine is printed on green paper entirely in honor of the Freshman Class just entering. They are the ones whose attention we wish to attract, for they are the ones who will make the school what it will be ia the future. Upon their shoulders will rest the honor of the school in athletics of all kinds, as well as in the standar:| of school work, which they are capable of upholding. We want to see Freshmen who will get out and do something train for the track, for basketball, baseball, anything, whether you have a ghost of a show or not; that makes no difference. You never will amount to anything if you don’t start soon enough. By subscribing for The Porcupine is one of the best ways

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THE PORCUPINE 18 came to himself at last to find he was on a bridge, one of ‘ the many large ones that span the Hudson. i He stopped walking, and leaned against the railing to 4 review his thoughts. Was this success? If so, he wanted b none of it. Where was the mad worshipping he had heard | of; the wild applause and crowded houses? Could he try | another concert? No, he had failed at one and could not try another. His funds were exhausted, and he was un- known. He tried in vain to place the blame rightly, for ise knew that he, himself, was not responsible. Could he go back home penniless.and face his old mother and father? Could he return to his sister without her doll and with a story of failure? What would his boy friends say? Oh, the irony of Fate! The cruelty of circumstance! He looked down at the water below him. How inviting, how cool it looked. Suddenly and almost involuntarily he ‘ was over the railing head first. It is a question what his last thoughts were. Were they the work of the “Suicide Symphony” or just an impulse, a sudden desire which he | unthinkingly acted upon? His body met the river with a splash and the water quickly closed over him. The ever-widening circle of rip- ples was soon lost in the current of the river. A gull soared slowly over the waters and on to the sea. Again all was still. ot a

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20 THE PORCUPINE of getting into touch with all school activities, intellectual and athletic. And, by the way, let me say that the fact you are a Freshman, is no reason why you should not write for The Porcupine as well as anyone else. Last term I received and printed a story by a first term Freshman which was very good; as good, in fact better, than some written by Seniors. Don’t be afraid to hand in your stories. Some are backward about showing their work, but remem- ber that no one sees it except the editor, who is always glad to welcome all contributions, and passes no comments upon the work, unless his opinion is asked. 3esides the Freshmen there are three others entering whom we have seen before, although they were not with us last term. We are glad to see Elmer Stump, Ruth Elmore and Elsie Thompson with us again. The Freshman Class is exceedingly large, numbering forty-five, most of them girls as usual. Following is the list: W. Walter Hastings, Clara Spencer, Irene Armstrong, Annie Thrasher, Theodore Thomas, Gregory Duncan, Clarence Grove, Samuel Mitchell, Edna Cunningham, Arthur E. Voss, Will Hyde, Walter Brown, Elaine Mal- lory, Fisher Kinslow, Colin McKenzie, Willis Miller, Rose Nicholson, Hazel Linsley, Doris Meyer, Zorba Mock, Thel- ma Goodfellow, Everett Campbell, Leslie Totmore. Ross Chase, Neva Brittain, Andreina Arrighi, Esther Scott, Lorraine Bradlee, Grover Hendley,. Madeline Coffey, Hazel Wells, Nonna Britton, Violet Marcelle, Gwendolyn Yar- nell, Margaret Lonigan, Lily Lewis, Annabel Lee, Lila Patton, Ruth Luttrell, Lontta Hyde, Hazel Price, Kathryn Price and Ida Cosassa. Every one who has literary aspirations should be look- ing forward to the Literary Contest, which will take place toward the latter part of this term—probably in April or May. The-prize, as most of us know, isa cup, which was presented to the school by the Class of June, ’05. The winner will have his or her name inscribed on the cup. All material submitted to The Porcupine is recorded, and it ic