Skykomish High School - Herald of the Hills Yearbook (Skykomish, WA)

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School improvements - During the past year many improvements have been made on the school buildings. The Intermediate rooms have been supplied with new book cases. These not only add to the usefulness but also to the attractiveness of the rooms. A new floor has been put in the high school room and the walls were given a new coat of paint. In the gymnasium a kitchenette has been built which has been of great service to the entertainers at parties and club meetings. Also the drinking fountain has been moved to a more convenient place. The old manual training shop is now vacant as a large two story building has been erected for that purpose. The old art room has been made into a dining room for the Home Economics Department. The walls were painted and furniture was purchased. It is a very attractive room. The last, considered as the most important, is the building of the dyke at the rear of the school yard. The dyke has been of greater value than any other improvement as it saved the west end of town RUTH KLINGER 'Z3. during the Hood. To the Herald of the Hills You surely have a wondrous task, To be The Herald of the Hills. You can in mountain sunlight bask And listen to the Cascades' rills. You learn from these stupendous cliffs, That only great thoughts are worth while, You banish from your hearts the if's And face all trouble with a smile. You can, as says an old time book, Find sermons wise, among the stones And thoughts of worth, with the brook That counsels labor to the drones. So, if you are, as you have said The herald of these wondrous hills Your pride should be, that you have led, Your hearers to more noble wills. Oh! Herald of these hills of light, Announce to whosoe'er you meet That earth is not the place for spite And hateful thoughts are never sweetg That kindness is the dearesfgift That Heav'n has left on earth for men, That with it we can make a rift Through which gleams joy beyond our ken. --A. V. Fifteen

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Herald of the Hills S T A F F Editor-in-Chief ..,. ................,..,.......,.,. ,,,,.,,,, E d ward Maloney Associate Editor ....... .......... A lice McEvoy Business Manager ........ ...,.... M arie Langland Advertising Manager .......... Gerald Smith Literary Adviser ......... .,,.,,...,.,.. , .Miss Merwin Tye Editor ...........,. ....... E leanor McCrossen -i11L.....1-l- SCHOOL SPIRIT School spirit is a great factor in the making of the citizen. It is a preparatory step in the making of patriotic, loyal Americans. It de- velopes the qualities which will be most useful in after life such as leadership, ability, and loyalty. School spirit developes leadership in the sense that the youth who has any qualities of leadership will naturally step into small duties of school. It developes ability in the sense that the person will take duties upon himself when there is no teacher present to take his place. Loyalty in the sense that the pupil obeys the school laws and rights for the honor of the school either upon the athletic field or in contests. These things which are developed by pupils in school have pro- found influence in after days. A capable person in school, one who developes capability, will be capable of handling government and so- cial affairs in after life. Things are no different after school days than they were in school days. One will find the same problems and the same obligations to pass only on a larger plane. If one developes school spirit while in school, he has that much more or a civic spirit after leaving school. Willard Whitney '24 -,, l..li HAPPINESS The most wonderful good in this world is happiness. By it is meant well being in the highest and noblest sense. Anything that wipes a tear from the face of man is good, and to be happy is to make others so. To be happy we do not need to be wealthy in money for it is wealth in itself. It is the true end and aim of life. Let us teach that great wealth is not great happiness for money never has and never will purchase the highest happiness. The one great good is happiness. The one great sin is selfishness. Happiness must be earned. It is the bud, the blossom, the fruit of the tree of pure and noble action and not the gift of any god. Adele Manning '24 Fourteen

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. Boys Nvorking on Manual Training Building RESUME' OF THE YEAR'S WORK The Botany class has Finished the regular text book with experi- ments two days a week. This spring they will begin their field trips. The History class finished the regular text book. They will finish their text book on civics. This work has been supplemented by reports on present day topics. The Second Year Home Economies class has finished the text books Feeding the Family, Care and Feeding of Children, and Break- fasts, Dinners and Luncheonsf' Preparation and serving of meals and the study of the home and its decoration, business managing of the home with the keeping of a budget and construction of clothing includ- ing study of textiles were all included in the year's work. The class's practical problem was to furnish the new dining room. The first year Home Economics class studied the principles of cookery supplemented by laboratory work. One half the year will be spent in sewing. The Latin class has done the usual work of translating and compo- sition. T English I has completed Franklin's Autobiography and t'The Lady of the Lake. They are now studying The Merchant of Venice. They also had a study of the short story and read a number of school stories by modern authors. They also have a notebook. English II has completed Silas Marner, Travels With a Donkey, An Inland Voyage, a11d Tales of a Wayside Inn. Since English IV is not given they are now studying the chief American authors. Much of the work on the newspaper and Annual has been done by tl1e class. The Physics class will finish the text book, completing more experi- ments than are required. French II has translated two novels, one in class, and one outside, writing a review on each. They have reviewed grammar and phonetics and are now studying the French play, 'Le Voyage De Monsieur Per- richon. French I will complete the grammar with work on La Belle France. Formal class work has been the chief work of the Physical Educa- tion class. Before credits are awarded each senior will be required to Sixteen