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

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THE ECHO OF THE SANTA ROSA HIGH SCHOOL An Afternoon with Mr. Burbank We found Mr. Burbank in one of his seed-houses sorting and planting seed. He came up to us smiling; and, before greeting us wiped his hands, grimy with the soil with which he had been working, upon his working suit, which was worn but neat. This in- stantly warmed the atmosphere and put us all at ease. Mr. Burbank then remarked, “I suppose you came up to see what kind of a critter I was?” At this we laughed, and Daisy remarked, “You have many important visitors coming to interview you, do you not?” “Yes, but they hardly ever get past the door, because I am always too busy to see them.” We thought at that that we would soon have to leave: but when. we left! the afternoon was spent. As it was very warm outside Mr. Burbank invited us into his house. Here we enjoyed looking over some framed pic- tures of Burbank’s work, which were piled on the floor in front of us. Burbank knelt beside these pictures in a most informal way while he showed them to us, and told us about them. We also met Mrs. Burbank who proved to be a very charming hostess. Later on we were shown around the experimental gardens, where we saw hundreds of plants under experiment, repre- senting many years’ labor. Before we left Mr. Burbank showed us his strawberry beds, and laughingly remarked, “I guess they don’t interest you now, but you must be sure and come again when the strawberries are ripe.” Now the strawberries are ripe and we are heartily consid- ering another visit. Alex Trachman, ’20. i

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THE ECHO OF THE SANTA ROSA HIGH SCHOOL THANKS E ARE thankful that after the work aud worry of putting out this issue is over we have time to pause and think of the many things that we may be thankful for. We are above all else thank- ful to the members of the student body for the co-operation which they have given us. We are thankful to Miss Abeel for the make-up in general. Thanks are due the English teachers, Miss Fisher, Miss Mott, and Miss O’Meara for arousing interest in the contests and gathering suitable material. Thank you only half expresses our feeling of ap preciation to the advertisers for their support. We will be more than thankful if this Echo meets with the approval of our readers. We Thank You.

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THE) ECHO. OF THE SANTA ROSA HIGH SCHOOL Faculty Mr. I. D. Steele Principal A. B. University of Chicago Miss Hazel M. Fisher Vice-Princal, Dean, English A. B. Stanford, A. M. Stanford Mr. Clyde Wolfe Dean of the Junior College, Mathematics B. S. 1906, Occidental College; M. S. 1907, Occidental College A. M. 1908, Harvard University; Ph. D. 1919, University of California Mr. Floyd Bailey Physics B. S. University of California Dares pGe TOW CS Soe soca tance etn entesepsneae tensdesaataoeenerssstongenctemcore c= History A. B. Stanford, A. M. Stanford Miss Vesta Gray Chemistry B. S .University of Nebraska, University of Minnesota, and University of California Summer School Mr. R. W. Borst English A B. University of Michigan Miss Frances L. O’Meara English Santa Rosa Seminary, Extra Work at Stanford and University of California A Eg aie Oi 1 Ot Aa © SOO epeR. Fe weak a Latin B. A. Stanford Miss Edna O’Connor English B. L. University of California Mr. Edward Kent Mathematics A. B. and M. A. University of California Miss Elizabeth Talbot Drawing B. A. University of California