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

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SCHOOL DESKS HONORABLE MENTION STORY The schools of today are beautiful buildings made more and more attractive to youth. The bookshelves contain not only classics, but books on many modern subjects, such as atomic energy and aeronautics. There are all kinds of laboratory equipment, typewriters for commercial training, and machines for shop. But still the most fascinating equipment are the desks. What is there unusual about our school desks, which happen to be long tables? They are only desks? True, most of them are of a certain height and width, and the varnish has brought out the natural golden color of the wood. The color scheme of the rooms makes the place cheery, what with the golden tone of the desks in harmony with the green black- boardsf' Most of these desks at one time were quite new looking, plain and smooth. That was when they were put to the use for which they were intended. But now! How different! They are far from plain and smooth. There are notches, lines, and holes on the tops and even the sides of the tables. It is very irritating to try to write without a heavy notebook beneath your paper. Why, your paper would be just full of holes from where your pen would go through, without the notebook or a pad. One gets very disgusted with the pitfalls. Oh, that awful desk! you think. I'd even burn the schoolhouse down to get some new desks! But when you look more closely at the tables to see what is carved there, you brighten up and giggle. Across the desk in big, deep letters is scratched, Kilroy Was Here. Well, he must have been a pretty conceited guy to broadcast it like that. I-Iere's another one that says, Open the Door, Richard. Evidently someone likes plenty of ventilation, because that sign is followed by Open the Window, Mack! What really interests me is the gossip that is scrawled on the tables. I find that Tuesf day morning is the best time to do the Snooper sleuthingf' Monday has passed, and the tables have recorded the dates and current love affairs of the weekend. Even Frank Sinatra and Van Johnson make table headlines under Crushes. A line, two notches, or a Kilroy usually separates the couples' names or initials, for instance, B. P. plus R. L. or Dave loves Kathy. It's a little confusing at times to be under the impression that Sally is Bob's girl and by Monday,s she's John's. Oh well, as they say, l'It's love that makes the world go 'round. There is always an amazing amount of talented artists wandering through the class- rooms. A few of these modest creatures do sign their names to their drawings. A popular guy that people enjoy drawing is Smoe. Did you ever hear of him? Well, he's Kilroy,s cousin, and he has a big nose, big ears, cue-ball head, and two little button eyes. You'll probably recognize him by this final description: He,s always looking over a wall and watching you! A recent favorite scene by the artists is the picture of a door with a hand pounding on it. It seems that someone Wants to see Richard, who is on the other side. So far the caller hasn't had much luck about getting in. A few of the things written on these tables are quite old. Some concerns people as far back as ten years. It's quite a joke to see whom the alumni were going with at the time, and to see whom they ended up marrying. In about ten years I should like to make a special trip through my school and mainly direct my interest at the desks. Clf there's anything left of them by then.j It would bring back many fond memories of high school. Yet, I would feel that I had aged to see, on the tables, names of those who were infants when I was in high school. But time will march on for them, too. However, the fascinating desks will be there with their ever-permanent and ever-changing legends. DONNA EBBE '48, McCloud High School. 26

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J U N I E HONORABLE MENTION STORY The first dog we .kids ever owned was a little brown mongrel which we named junie. Junie was quite the dog. He had a short light brown coat, a long slender tail, and a fbx-like nose. He must have had a conglomeration of ancestors, among which were fox terrier and shepherd. From his terrier relations he inherited his pointed nose and his guar- dianship of our property. From his shepherd relatives he got his love to chase anything that moved. From somewhere in his vague family tree he inherited a wonderful intelligence. Junie was quite the watch dog. He even went so far as to threaten Mom with bodily harm when she reprimanded us for some misdeed. He would growl and gnash his teeth at her as if he were the one receiving the punishment. Before Junie was very old, he began to look upon himself as a more civilized human and, like most humans, he was susceptible to the horrible habits of the humanl race. At an early age he picked up the habit of smoking from the hay hands. Everywhere he went, he carried a straw or a chip in his mouth which he regarded as a cigarette. He was also stuck on sleeping inside the house in the rocking chair, covered with a sheepskin coat. He wouldn't think of sleeping outdoors with the common stock. Things were ine when he could push the kitchen door open and come in at will, but when we built the screen porch with its door swinging out, trouble started. Nobody wanted to go out every five minutes and open the door, and he definitely didn't want to stay outside. He would yell, growl, and tear at the door with his claws until you thought the thing was going to fall apart. Something definitely had to be done. One of the hired men had just the solution- he put a leather strap across the bottom of the door through which the dog could put his paw and pull open the door. - Like everything else Junie had to come to an end. This came about due to his habit of tagging along after us kids. He didn't see the car as it went whizzing by. V Bon HANNON, Tulelake High School. ,M ,i .7 ., 1 ...M K iQ,iE3u9,,,.,l - 1' ' ' M sssswilg W -- f .,,.,,,,.4, , 1 feng- . 5 . , .. Qs. .si fs ,zsthf Z5 SQSSQEQEQTSSQ 5: yt: :sas if tsiis tfss' 2: E f.1.f.'.ff1aii1Sfis11t12 Qeefriisfzsaiiwigsi 2, 1 gzmssmzizssss i i. .,.., W t fgxg f iizg- 5 5 5 33-.V I I. 3 ,-I., I te. MMM ' .M aetsvsmvy xg 1, i v 1 1 . - - - . H H A T 2 . i fflfl 1: ii.: ..,. ' E' , m 5:1 K 1 riaafifff HQNQR ABLE MENTION 4 ..s,.s.sW,s . -7 . -.awe-rims: .Ms vQf1 wW:ssks' .: 'Ts.ss:ftis'sk,asiamsmwsfws a sf -.'fsff2J. M-BENQW xgsssgmsn imwess-sywMrsg,gwss? Q ,..s 21 Ms.-:s: . ' .11 :ev q ' ,mi :iii :We ' fsZiff-QiisastmeksasstwewwisissmissiaziasigssiltgassWQ, ' lisa: p ef a - a 6 213523 . c fit V t 1 kgs... ,'.. Eg V - W JOE DAVIS - . W , 7 23g?fQQ23?ilEraslgs15r:.Qg :2s.ws3m1:fl1 H ', . , S ' ' f f McCloud High School 5 s 4 is , 5-gy.fg,1e'rJ. ,f.,s....,. ,svesw .,,.tss..,.. .aw . 5 , 1.,,.g:.,,,....,,V..,.-,ia , . sg s.v..3s2rgf:Ks,,i P T' . lii . .,.ss..sa.ss,Ws l 7 :gang ' l - W , 0 W 'WMQ1 4 bfi! E s'm?'f2sf?33i g. . ,r ...sssss f -H iff 1 5 ,..,:,.i+s,.,,Ms.et..,?i,?'f Yiisfe t me 4. 1 5 -1-51-5-:L- -,,. 'ml 'iifi wg ifjiiiiifgifis ,si 'Qi SW ,.2 'ifQLif2if3S2'?ffiiEi ' mag, , A ,, . ,,..,,m.m..m, S' f , , I .V WET .:. 1 fig ., ,-,jg .gfapgggi v:Q.I.gi:.sQ5:'riQ 3 1 .. K ez ' 'M'e1l'1fs :iff'.:,a.:1:..Qs::agam'W 'sW ,,.,v , . - .H s may , .... - V ef S5532-1-enggsifgee Q pn g ., 4 . . nf L -'-213. lf' . Ifyxy' -ff, - T .J I f .. Q , xg 25

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HONORABLE MENTION WARREN GAUBATZ Yreka High School TAP E STRY FIRST PLACE POEM I gazed upward and there beheld, Hanging from the wall, a tapestry. Its pattern was varied, Fascinating me. I trailed the path of interwoven threads Following their myriad hues. Life is a tapestry, We weave the paths We choose. There, too, exists a pattern. Incessantly we weave the thread, Multi-colored with experiences, Over the design we tread. Life has its snarls and knots That patient fingers must untie, Mistakes to be unraveled, The fabric more beautiful to be. Now our thread runs out. Our weaving eases. The dyes are dried. And the pattern ceases. The design is fulfilled. ' Each thread in its place. It is hanging on the wall For Others to See. JUNE HILDEBRAND, Mount Shasta High School 27