Sonora Union High School - Green and Gold Yearbook (Sonora, CA)

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it all I. .rea .jqffx ,y-4, A,y,5... fda.. ,..,54. f-554. fgx.. rilllxixl 'ki-I 'wif '-ug?--ff 'kv' -WJ:-' X211-' X-Pur' s-411-' fi i Nh . l ,X The 'Vanislming American f' TO THE PIONEER Tlx pionwr lmml is fnsf parsing, Yr! fbcir work, will linger for nyc. Q Tlx' work, aml fonmlafionx llwy lmilflvzl Was lhlflf mmlc' fo l'l'llllIl7ll' away, Billy will xhlml in u Ill0llIIIlll'lIl fo llzrm 'Aml flacir l2ra1'r', llllIIllflt'NX sjzirif of olzl, Tbz' f1'1u'lJr'm'l, flu' quirk bnml, Ibm' leiml11a'x.v, X- Arc io 115 far flcnrer flarm golzlf, How true that first line! But the rest of the poem? ,, liook at. that shadowy form. No, it is not standing near, but has gone far beyond , and is growing fainter and fainter down the Trail of Time. You will never meet that 1 b misty figure on this side of Eternity, and its counterpart will never be seen. 'tl li lk in ll li lil ill 1. a . What is this phantom? It is the spirit of our sturdy pioneers disappearing into 9 the misty unknown. What did this spirit do for us? It gave us a heritage that is not surpassed by ., any nationality. I ills? V' Conceive, if you can, a man in his early twenties with a wife in her teens, leaving fl fathers, mothers, friends, old homesteads, and all things that make life comfortable V . . . f,,-, F rx and living sweet. For what? lx 7 To make a home and fortune in the land of promise, known as California. After ' I , months of hardships, the sturdy band reaches here, depleted in numbers and posses- 71 ' sions. Death has taken its toll, and lack of animals and conveyances made it necessary ,ff V9 for them to leave many of their most valued worldly belongings along the plains. '4 l Thus far, what have they done? They have blazed a trail for us. O Picture these courageous men, hewing logs for cabins, planting uncultivated fields I' ll 'fi and building rock fire places, the women, spinning the material for clothes, carrying lf! water, cooking over smoky fires, the children, walking bare-footed to school in all kinds bl , of weather. lj When these bold men have provided places of habitation for their families, their ' lvl feverish quest for gold begins. Fortunes are made and lost and made again. As in all groups, there are some who are easily discouraged and these go back bf home to civilization. Thus the weaklings are eliminated and a fearless band of men 1, 1,,,r lib and women remains to perpetuate a noble race. ,lil if Were their descendants worthy of their sires? Yes, for a generation or so the spark ll rf of ambition and the fire of adventure burned brightly in the bosoms of our forefathers. I What has replaced these qualities in the later generations? Has ambition fled? ll' Does courage no longer exist? - fl, li No, the ambition of to-day does not reach the heights that could bear the hard- 'll' ships of the pioneers, rather does it strive in a comfortable way to outdo someone else , in fortune, prowess, or fame. i 'll Didn't Lindbergh show just as much courage as the pioneers? Yes, but of a dif- rl' 'I ifll ferent kind. He did not face dreary days, months and maybe years, Hours would 'lf' decide his fate, bringing death, a. hero's defeat, or fame and fortune. Spectacular, no Q matter what had happened. . fl, The boys and girls of to-day may be termed foolhardy rather than brave. They All 'Q' drive automobiles at break neck speed, they fly airplanes for sport, but of course there Qi' would be no thrill for them in driving an ox cart even though a land like California SI! were the destination. A fl' It must be admitted that this indicates progress, but at what price? ll, 'll In the exchange we have lost those sterling qualities that are always associated ll' with the pioneers, patience, fortitude, generosity, unselfishness and hospitality. .' The Forward March? has trampled the things that have been our toast and our 5. fl, boast and the true pioneer spirit lives only in song or story. 1' ly li -LEILA KOPP, '2.9. iff li KS ,lvl l 16 l 1371, -vs-J 1:11 'Pxf-' '16-' '-vga-1 X-WMF Yyl' X421 Neqr- NW