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

Page 28 text:

Awards . Frontispiece . Theme . Literary Section . Yreka High School . . Butte Valley High School Fort Jones High School . Happy Camp High Schccl McCloud High School . Mount Shasta High School Tulelake High School . Weed High School . Advertisements . Page 5 6 7 19 215 29 S7 69 81 113 143 181 275

Page 27 text:

HI WHIP INU EUIU Volume 5 0 MAY, 1949 - Number 1 Published by THE SENIORS OF THE EIGHT HIGH SCHOOLS of the SISKIYOU JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Situated at DORRIS, FORT JONES, HAPPY CAMP, MCCLOUD, MOUNT SHASTA, TULELAKE, WEED, and YREKA H1 SISKIYOU COUNTY DISTRICT OFFICE YREKA, CALIFORNIA

Page 29 text:

A CENTURY OF PROGRESS BEST ESSAY Many changes, discoveries, and improvements have been made during the past one hundred years. During this time, clothing styles and fads have changed, going from one extreme to another. Educational systems and transportation have been greatly improved. Farming has been made easier through the invention of new machinery and the develop- ment of scientific methods. Manufacturing has gone from the home into the factory, where it is done faster and more easily. The recent World War brought forth new medical and scientific discoveries. Few people fully realize the value of a free education. School is just something which everyone is required to attend for a certain length of time. Before public schools were in- stituted, few parents could afford to send their children to school because of the cost of books. At that time it was believed that women did not need an education, and they were not allowed to attend school. The schools were small, one-room buildings, poorly lighted, ventilated, and equipped. Slates were used to write upon and there were few books. The modern schools of America are well lighted, heated, and ventilated. They are open to all races and religions and wel- come both boys and girls, men and women. Most states furnish the books. Most school teachers were not trained and knew little more than the pupils they were paid to instruct. At first anyone having any education at all could teach school. Later teachers were re- quired to pass a test and if this was passed, even with no college education, the person could become a teacher. Today teachers are required to have a college education. The requirements for teaching in California today are among the highest in our country. Pioneer farmers had few tools with which to do their work, and these were very crude. The hoe, hand plow, axe, spade and sickle were their main equipment. They knew little about farming, did not know what to plant, or even how to care for soil and animals. People have experimented to improve different crops, and they have learned how to take care of them. New equipment has been invented, such as tractors, milking machines, and combine harvesters, to save time and much hard work for modern farmers. Through years of work by horticulturists and scientists, new and improved varieties of almost every kind of plant have been grown. Styles have gone from long to short and back to long again. Pioneer women wore long hoop skirted dresses under which were several layers of petticoats. It was not ladylike to show your legs. Bonnets were usually worn to protect their faces from the sun. Modern women take sun baths in order to get a good sun tan. Men,s clothes have not changed much except that they are now much plainer. A century ago, little was known about diseases or how to treat them. During this century, cures and preventives for some of the most serious diseases have been discovered. The use of anaesthetics has been greatly extended and improved. Great strides have also been made in surgery. Simple operations, such as appendectomies, were once considerd major surgery. Today most appendectomies are performed with as little concern as the pulling of a tooth. The past century has brought: greater advancements along more- lines than any other century in the history of the world. It would be very interesting to live during the next century to compare it with the last one. Will the advancement of the next century be for better or worse, constructive or destructive? DOROTHY WASHINGTON '50, Weed High School. 23