Tillamook Catholic High School - Academic Yearbook (Tillamook, OR)

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TI-IE. ACADEMIC Nelhc s Revenge Mrs MacDonald sat rocklng m her hammock one Thursday valnly wlshlng I-Iow she wished lt were Frlday Instead of just Thursday for on that day her I1ttIe Nellle came home from board mg school on the evening tram Nellie was her only daughter and was gone all week and her fond mother often grew lonely for her Poor Ilttle Nelllel She had the mlsfortune of havlng a very homely face and was made the brunt of many a 53YCaSt1C remark But at home her mother allways told her that God had glven her a beautiful soul and that was somethmg better than all the beautlful faces ln the world These nlce words made Nellle feel better and she forgot the lnsults and Jeers whlch she had received unt1I some thoughtless person would repeat them Then mother wuld have to console her all over 'mgaln A cllck of the Iatch on the gate broke 1n on Mrs Mac Donald s medltatlons Turnlng qulckly she saw her Nellle runnm up the path wlth bl tears streamlng down her homely Ilttle face Why Nellle what has happened3 Have you been hurt3 Between obs Nellle told her same old story but now more tearfully Thls mornmg durmg the bnghsh perlod my teacher was readmg out of the Current Events magaune when she came to the contest sectlon ln wh1ch we are always mterested t and a one thousand dollars had been offered for a photograph of the homelxest girl m the world All of a sudden Geraldine Long Jumped up and sand Oh why didnt we get that paper sooner and we could have won the prlze by sendmg m Nellxe s pxcturel Every one laughed and I felt Ilke smklnv through the floor but lnstead I walked over and slapped her rlght ln the face Why dear' You should not have done that What dld your teacher saV3 She dldnt say anythlng rather I dldnt QIVC her a chance When I heard Geraldlne scream I flew for the door mto the street down to the statxon and here I am Oh mother I wont go back to that school agam I Just won t I won t I won tl And Nellie crled dlsconsolately on her mother s shoulder Well honey never mlnd You wont have to go back tall Monday now and then there w1II be only three more months of school After two hours of coaxmg and persuadmg INeIIxe con sented to f1n1sh the semester at school Nlne oclock the followmg Monday found Nellle walklng mto the classroom All eyes were upon her lt seemed and when she reached her place the teacher Sald Nellxe MacDonald come up here and apologlze to Geraldlne and the class for your lnsultlng conduct of Iast Thursday Nellle slowly arose and went to the I1 In mx thi ' 9 , . . , - Y y - , C , C n A a ' D . , 3 C7 Y f'W . ' Q ., , c . , , . , , I . I s th . - 1 - 1 A , . . , C, , , . . .. ., , ,V . , . . , , - , . , . . , . . , - . , . . , ':::v '.- j- -...-

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THE. ACADEMIC On the followmg day an Indian scout returned to camp with the news of the advance of a hostlle nelghbormg trlbe These hos tlle lndlans were about to attack Chief Bear Claw s trlbe and drive them from thelr comfortable summer home and also to capture Whlte Fawn ulckly the braves and the warrlors were assembled and the preparatlon for war began Before Tenomah who was to lead the braves to battle left for the sklrmlsh he stole silently to Whlte Fawn s tepee to bud her farewell The gloom of the forest about hlm suddnly frlled hrs heart Wlth ev1l 1TllSgIVll'lgS He felt a strange de rre to forsake hrs warrlors and remain near White Fawn to pro tect her I-le could not stay wlth her long So after blddlng her to be extremely careful whlle he was away he solemnly took hls departure from her tent to Jom hrs men Many days passed and the braves drd not return Only a few old men and the women remamed to keep up the camp Whlte Fawn had obeyed her lover and had remamed m her tepee Once or twlce on a sunny afternoon she had ventured forth but never stayed long and she never went alone Then one beautnful moonlight mght Whlte Fawn made uneasy by the fallure of the braves to return wandered forth mto the mght She saw the beauty of the heavens reflected m the water and walked straight to the lake For a long time she sat on a small log near the water lxstemng to the Laughmg Waters Then suddenly the waters of the lake parted and the blg sea monster rose up snatched White Fawn and carrred her down mto the gulf of water before she had time to cry out An old man sxttmg ln the door of hls tepee saw the tragedy and quickly spread the news to the others They hastened to the waters edge and looked anxlously mto the stream but they could see nothxng but the reflectlon of the moon and the stars rn the clear water Then the braves returned Tenomah rode ahead as he was anxious to see Whrte Fawn When he was told of the drsastrous event of her drsappearance he fell mto a terrlble fever from whxch he dad not recover for many days That fall when the tnbe moved south the strong Tenomah re mamed behmd For many years he roamed the country surround mg the lake alone and sorrowful Then when he was dead hrs spmt remamed at the lake stxll seekmg the lost White Fawn When the mght IS dark and qulet one can stlll hear the pltlful sobbmg of Tenomah as has sprrxt warts near the lake m a place where n years gone by he had many txmes vxsrted wlth Wfhrte Fawn Even now at trmes the course snarl of the monster shakes the earth While mtermlngled with the wmd IS a soft wall of distress which IS the voice of the beautlful Whrte Fawn warnmg her brothers to stay away from the mvrtmg waters of Lake Skooklm RUTH DILLEY 29 I Ixx ntx In Y . . . . . . Q , - , , 1 . . S - . . y , . , . f , . . . y - . , ' u , . , . , I - , - v v . , . 'nw- 'v ,'- '

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THE ACADEMIC front of the room For a moment she stood gazing at all the faces before her and then fastenlng her eyes on the pretty face of C-er aId1ne she began I dont thmk that I owe Geraldme an apoIogy If there rs an apology to be made I thmk she shouId make lt to me It ex er he sIurs me agaln she won t get off with just 1 Iap I1 the face Wnth that she walked proudly to her place Mrss Hughes contlnued cIa s then wlshxng to avoid more trouble Perhaps she felt a brt sorry for the I1ttIe homely g1rI Things went aIong peacefully for a month One morning MISS Hughes asked each student to ubmlt a yoke for th IT ho I paper whxch was belng prepared for press IVIany wlse and funny ones had been greeted wlth gales of laughter and now but one boy re malned to be heard from named Kenneth I Ie t 11 front cf Qer aIdme A sneer was on hls face as he arose and sand I thmk that lf we just put NeII1e s picture ln our paper that wouId be the best Joke ln the worIdI The room was s1Ient for a moment Then Nellie was at hlm When her anger had somewhat subsxded Kenneth retamed but one good eye At recess that day as NeII1e was waIk1ng 1n the cor rldor the beaten boy approached quite caut1ousIy for hrs reap ct for NeII1e had greatly mcreased NeII1e I m very sorry for saymg that about you but Ge aId1ne dared me and you know how hard lt IS for a boy to reslst a dare I never thought how It sounded NeII1e s heart bore no III feehng toward hum now and she sand Yes Kenneth Its nlce of you to say so After I had thought a wh1Ie I reaIIy dldn t blame you And Im very sorry for glvlng you that black eye Do you thmk lt w1II be well for graduat1on3 Kenneth JokmgIy sald he thought It wouId The mcldent was qulte forgotten only that NeII1e s dlshke for Geraldlne waxed unto hatred as the days of vacation neared E.Ieven thirty one cooI sprmg mght and all the g1rIs were In thelr dormltory ecure ln the restfuI arms of Morpheus The cIank mg of the flre beII foIIowed shortIy by the shouts of Flre aroused the sleeplng glrIs Sprmgmg from thelr cots they grabbed their wraps and hast1Iy descendmg the narrow flre escape reached the campus There the firemen were dolng thelr duty with ho e and Iadder NeII1e from her appointed pIace beneath a fruit tree Iooked around at her schoolmates Unconsclously she Iooked for Ceraldme among the smaII groups of shlverlng malden h was not there Where was she3 Where could he be3 Yes she must strll be m her room CeraId1ne had 1 prn ate room he end of the hall for her parents were prosperous No one eIse had notxced her absence They were so busy flghtmg and watching the raglng bIaze of wood that Ceraldme was not mlssed WeII shed Iet her stay for what was thls glrI to her anyway3 A troubIemaker a fun poker her enemy And I , - . .. . . . - , . . . . f s ' ,D 5 f S ' 1 .. . . C .. , . 5 Q ' . S FC C '- , , - . . N , . SR I I -' . . . .. . - y . . . . . . . . v. I -. ' 7 - . . . . V y K , . . c .. . . . . y I - - N . . . . . . - y 1 .. . . , . . . . . . . . . . . I .- . . . . . . . Q - , - . . . .. . .v V 1 . ' Y ' y . S ' s. Q e . . S . c. . . . .V nb . . .fr t , . . . . K . K n T A . . ' ' ' ., . , , . . 'nu-f'I'xxwAntjv-frw11r