Siskiyou Union High School - White and Gold Yearbook (Weed, CA)

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When his senTence was ended he came ouT, buT alas. he no longer was The boy we had known. ln his place was a Trail, biTTer lad. l-le lived only a shorT while and wenT To his grave cursing all DicTaTors, because of The suTTering They have caused many. I didn'T resT in peace again unTil l was well on my way home and saw Tace To Tace aT my iourney's end The symbol oT my American righT To Tree- dom oTspeech, religion, and press-The 'STaTue oT LiberTy'l JOSEPT-NNE ARRIGONI, McCloud High School. MA BRCDWINVS SCI-ICDOLI-ICDUSE lFirsT Prize SToryl A new school house was badly needed in The liTTle Town oT lv1ounTain View, and Ma Brown decided To Take Things in hand and see ThaT a new school house was builT. Many oT The ciTizens oT This IiTTle Town were very much againsT voTing in Tavor oT The proposed consTrucTion oT a new school house because Their Taxes would be higher, buT Ma Brown had a Tew sym- paTheTic Triends who were willing To agree wiTh her in Their mild sorT oT way. IT was while The ladies oT The T-lappy l-lour Sewing Club were Talking over The possibiliTies oT a new school house ThaT Mr. Skinner, The Town's ouTsTanding TighTwad, enTered. l-le was said To be The owner OT more properTy Than any oTher man in lv1ounTain View and naTurally, he was very much opposed To The possibiliTies oT having higher Taxes. Also, l mighT add, he had no children oT school age, and ThereTore he did noT care abouT The welTare oT The children oT oThers. Good aTTernoon, ladies! he said, and Then enTered The room smiling and rubbing his hands TogeTher like a saTisTied old caT who has iusT caughT a nice iuicy mouse. l won'T Take a minuTe oT your Time, he said brighTly. JusT wanTed To say a Tew words abouT The coming school elecTion Tor The proposed passage oT The bonds To build a new school house. Mr. Skinner Then proceeded To Tell Them ThaT Their Taxes were already high and ThaT a new school house was absoluTely unnecessary. I-le ended by saying ThaT he hoped every one of Them would go To The polls and voTe againsT The bonds. Ma Brown remarked as he leTT, ThaT The only Taxpayer he was inTer- esTed in, was himselT. WHITE AND GOLD

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GRATITUDE Ilzirsl' Prize Essayl We should be proud of our America and of our American ways of living. said The old lame man as he boughl a Flanders poppy. No one lcnows how lhanlcful I am Io be in Jrhe good old 'U. S.' because if I were noi here-who knows?-by This lime I may have been dead. One day when I was a youlh in my Ieens, I visiled in a far away coun- Iry. I made many friends and al one lime a parly of boys and I were silrling around a lable joking wi'rh one anoiher, when one of The fellows iusr happened 'ro say somerhing againsi his Dicialor and aboul nor liking ihe way his counlry was being ruled. Well, before any of us could realize whal' was happening. This young man was seized by some nearby officers, Taken and bealen and Ihen Ihrown info prison where he was fed black bread and wafer for five and a half monlhs. MARJORIE ROWBERRY Yreka High School Honorable Menfion WHITE AND GOLD

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Ma Brown was opposed fo any exfravagance fhaf would raise fhe faxes for fhe people of Mounfain View, buf she did nof like fo agree upon any- fhing wifh Mr. Skinner and if was wifh fhese fhoughfs fhaf she suddenly decided fo visif fhe school house and see The condifion of fhe building for herself. She asked her friend, Mrs. Williams, who was one of her mosf ardenf and sympafhefic friends, fo accompany her on fhe invesfigafion. The nexf day fhe fwo elderly ladies paid brief visifs fo each room af fhe school and lisfened polifely fo 'rhe recifafions. When fhey mef in fhe hallway fhey looked af each ofher and commenfed upon fhe condifion of fhe building as a whole. They noficed how fhe wind came in under all fhe baseboardsu, how fhe windows raffled in fhe frames , how fhe sfairways were worn fo splinfersu, and how The plasfer was falling off in a dozen places . Affer Ma Brown saw fhe building she was more defermined fhan everfo see 'rhaf fhe vofe carried in favor of having a new school house. One evening as fhe elecfion day clrew nearer a fown meefing was called and Ma decided fo affencl. There was a good sized crowd af fhe hall fhaf evening and people for fhe mosf parf were sfill undecided as fo which way fhey should vofe and also, fhey were willing fo hear bofh sides of fhe quesfion which was before fhem. During fhe evening fhe posfmasfer spoke againsf fhe bonds, and in furn fhe superinfendenf of fhe school spoke in favor of fhem. Mr. Caleb Skinner rose, and his argumenfs againsf fhe bonds were cenfered mosfly around fhe hard fimes and fhe exfravagance of replacing a good building. There was fainf applause for him as he saf down and 'rhen fhe chairman of fhe evening asked if anyone else had anyfhing fo say. Wifhouf infending fo do so, Ma Brown sfood up, amid fhe friendly clapping of fhose who knew and loved her, and said fhaf she would like very much fo ask Mr. Skinner some quesfions. The chairman granfed her wish and he asked Mr. Skinner fo kindly sfand and would he answer fhe guesfions which Ma Brown asked. Caleb grimaced and rose hesifafingly. You said fhaf fhe old school house is good enough for fhe children of our frown, said, Ma quiefly. l-low do you know if is? lmpafienfly Mr. Skinner answered fhaf everyone knew if was. Ma Brown smiled af him and asked, l-lave you ever been in if? The audience saf smiling as Caleb answered fhaf he had nof. My lasf guesfionsf' said Ma. l-lave you really gof elecfric lighfs in your hen house? Af fhis quesfion Mr. Caleb Skinner furned purple wifh rage and shouf- ing fhaf fhis was all nonsense he saf down quife abrupfly. WHITE AND GOLD