Steamboat Springs High School - Galleon / Sailors Log Yearbook (Steamboat Springs, CO)

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Class miU IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: We the Senior class of the Steamboat Springs High school, being in sound health and wonderfully brilliant ability on this twenty-fourth day of May, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, do hereby legally draw this document and bequeath to our natural descendants and mortal enemies, “The Juniors:” 1. Our places in the assembly room. 2. The many advantages and disadvantages of the Steamboat Springs High School. 3. The faculty, consisting of two able and competent young men and five brilliant and reasonable young women. 4. The privilege of bestowing aggravation upon the faculty, i. e. in the form of speaking in unsubdued whispers, chewing gum, eating candy (pro- viding only that it is two pounds for 2o cents) and courting in the assembly room as well as in the class rooms. 5. The happiness found in giving a class play and the writing of an Annual. fi. The supreme guardianship of the underclassmen. 7. The privilege to fuss any and all of the underclass girls (providing- only that they are good looking and in sound mind) also those of the Senior girls who are at that time not' wearing diamond rings upon the third finger of the left hand. 8. Two vacancies must at once be filled in the basket ball team, and in the foot ball team, we give four vacancies to be refilled within six months after this document lias been drawn. 9. Our- former mental ability, which was shown to be great during the school years of ’]( -’17. 10. The use of the laboratory during the years T7-’18 and as much longer as they deem necessary for the completion of their High School edu- cation. We earnestly hope and trust that the present Junior class will be appre- ciative of the many privileges and generous legacies bequeathed to them by us. May they labor long and earnestly in their vain attempt to reach our standard of perfection. We do hereby declare the above bequests to be the sum total of our last will and testament. And in witness whereof we the undersigned hereby set our hand and seal. BURTON ALLIN, President. MAURICE W. LECKENBY, Vice-President. MARION M. LECKENBY, Treasurer. CLARENCE W. PIASTY, Class Attorney. LETI-IA COLEMAN. CHARLES BIRKETT. RUSSELL OILMAN. MARGUERITE CRANE. IRENE DISMUKES.

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have done for us; that we repent the sorrow we have caused you, for the clas has not been a model class. We have had good times in High school and nave often thought more of these things than of our studies. We know that we have ofttimes disappointed you and made you think all your efforts in vain. Rut we hope in after life to reward you for all your efforts by becoming men and women who will be a credit to your instruction, and to the Steamboat High school. Although none of us may be famous, we can all become good citizens. Underclassmen: It is your duty to uphold the honor and dignity of the Steamboat High school. We hope you will profit by our varied experiences and have no cause to repent your past deeds. Tt causes us much sorrow to leave you behind. We have all stood together, but tomorrow we scatter; we to take up our work in a new life, you to strive to the goal we have reached. In the distant future we shall still be loyal to S. II. S. We can never forget the pleasant days we have spent there together. Pleasant memories will come to us of our pranks in school—of our parties, of our St. Patrick’s parades, and many of the joys that filled our school life. None can regret more than we the closing of school. However we enjoy the thoughts of being free from the restraint and discipline of our high school life and we look forward with pleasure to our new work. Live in the present; enjoy yourself now and get all there is out of life. Don’t think what a hard time you are having now. and that next year or next month you will be enjoying life. Getting enjoyment out of life is entirely up to you, and if you continually think only of the future, life is gradually slipping from you. When it is too late you will awake to the realization of what you have missed. Count the past an empty dream and let only the present be in your thoughts. The miser hoards his gold and lives a miserable existence, dreaming of the joy and power he will have in the future; but, alas, too late he will see his mistake and then life is over. We have only a short time to live in this world and it is our duty and highest pleasure to do our best right now. Live in the present; not in the past or future. The man or woman who does things lives not in the future but in the present. The present is all that is really yours. Nothing else is in our possession. We stand here tonight a class loyal to the S. H. S., and so will ever remain loyal to the patrons and teachers of our High school. We, the class of ’17, part tonight hoping that we will long be remem- bered by you and our followers in school. We find that saying good-bye is the most difficult part of graduation, but we realize it must come. The graduates of S. II. S. class 1917 bid an affectionate farewell to our teachers, to the underclassmen and to our happy school days together in S. IT. S. MAURICE LECKENBY.

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Class iPiopfjccp IVE years had elapsed since the graduation of the illustrious class of ’17. I was spending the winter traveling through sunny Spain. In Feb- ruary a friend invited me to visit her in Granada. I took up my res- idence in the old, ruined castle of the Alhambra. There I enjoyed myself rambling spell-bound in the enchanted ruins, dreaming about the stories of The Alhambra is an ancient fortress or palace of Moorish kings. On wandering through the many corridors it seems as if we are transported into ancient times and we are treading the scenes of Arabian stories. 1 he mystery and superstitions connected with the place seem real. It is impos- sible to contemplate this once favorite abode of Oriental manners without feeling the early associatons of Arabian romance and one almost expects to see some mysterious princess beckoning from the balcony or some dark eyes sparkling through the lattice. One beautiful moonlight night, when the spell of the place had taken an unusual hold on me, I was standing in the tower gazing out over the quiet valley and up into the glorious pile of mountains that gives to Granada that combination of delights so rare in a southern city. Suddenly I was startled by a sound behind me. I turned and saw an old. old woman. She was stooped and eerie. She had with her a beautiful globe which glistened like an opal, reflecting bright-colored gleams of light. The old lady recounted many legends about the inhabitants of the Alham- bra. Then, noticing that I was curious about the globe, she told me that by looking into its depths she could foresee the future. I wished to know about my classmates, so 1 inquired about the class of ’17. With incredible swiftness her thought flashed across the years and she saw the events of 1927. Placing the globe upon a balustrade she looked into its clear depths and uttered an exclamation of surprise. She told me that Maurice Leckenby had become editor-in-chief of the New York Tribune. He wrote many brilliant editorials. He had first been employed as office boy on the Denver Post. Next he became a reporter, and finally he rose to be assistant editor. I’wo years later he had gone to New York. For several months he had sought in vain for employment, wandering from office to office. One day he stepped into the office of the New York Tribune, fully expecting no better success than formerly. He found that they were greatly in need of an office boy, so he started to work immediately. Two years afterward he was promoted to his present position. She turned the globe slightly and said that Burton Allin had gone to Chicago the summer after his graduation. Through the influence of a friend he received a position with the United States Steel corporation, which is one of the largest in America. Russell Ohman’s great career began with our Senior class play in which he played the part of Leviticus. The fact that the play was a great success was due to his unexcelled command of the negro dialect. He went to Cali- fornia and went into the “movies.” He had remained there only a year when he received an urgent request from the McIntyre Heath Company to join the company. Tie is now end-man in this famous minstrel show and his future is assured. the past.