Watsonville High School - Manzanita Yearbook (Watsonville, CA)

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FACULTY hir. MHCQuiClCly ..... .............,......,.,.,..,.. ,,,,,A,,,,- P r ineipal MT. Hallflshy .......... ....,............A. ,,,,,, V i Ce-principal Miss COX .,......... ..., L Iathematics Miss McAdam ..... ,,..,.,.,,..,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,.,. S tudy Hall Miss Paulding ....,w ..v,,,,,...,,.,.,,.,.,,,..,.,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,, S panish Mr. Schell .......... ....l,, B ookkeeping and General Science Miss Hariis ..,... ,..,.......,..i.,,.....i7,..,i.,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, H istory Miss judkins . .............s...,.....,..s,..,......,.. Mathematics Mr. Bock ..,,....... ,.................,,........,.,,...,.,.,,,,,,.,,,, M usic Mr. Himhert ...... Mr. Chandler ,.,,.Y., Mr. Rinn .....,.,,......... Miss Waite ...........,.,,..... Miss Grand-Maitre Miss Redman ..,,,... Miss Giffin ,,,,..,..... Miss Crawford .,,,. Mrs. Burch .,...... Miss Haney .......,.. Miss Rutherford ..,.. Miss Armstrong Major Finke ....... . Miss Elaugher ,Y,,.. Mr. Munson ..,,.. Miss Palmer ,,,,.. Mr. Case ..... Commercial Americanization and Part Time Agriculture Drawing English French ffff'oQ35i Domestic Science Civics, English English, English Latin Science Physical Training Military A, ,,,, Commercial Commercial Commercial Manual Training

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The Little White Cross The old building is in ruins now. and the Sacred Heart Convent has been removed to the more prosperous town of Hollister, eight miles distant. Nothing is left today but the ruins of the nunnery and an old unkempt graveyard- Under a straggly olive tree in one corner isia small but beautiful tombstone, just a cross of pure white marble with a white rosary carved on it. This rosary appears to be flung over the cross. That is all: and this the story that explains the grave and the beautiful white cross. One morning in the years when California was under the rule of Spain, a party of four riders were standing at the gate of the con- vent-a girl, her father, and two Indian servants. The day is so fair. said the girl. Senorita Somavia, as she settled herself in the saddle. Be not too joyous, little Rita, eaid Sister Marie, who was bidding the girl that had been placed in her care ten years before. goodbye. Fair days sometimes end in clouds and harsh winds. The nun watched the riders disappear around the corner of the Plaza hostelry and gave a last look at the valley lying pleasant and green under the sun of a truly beautiful spring day, and returned to her duties. Meanwhile the Senorita and her companions passed out of the main street of the lazy little town of San Juan Bautista to follow the curving mountainous climb of the El Camino Real over into the broad. wind-swept valley of the Salinas River. She had ridden over the same road ten years before, unhappy. motherless child of eight, to be reared under the guidance of the sisters of the Sacred Heart Nunnery. Now she was returning to her fatheris home, joyous and filled with the anticiptaion of the pleas- ures of being mistress of her father's rancho and some day-but that was only a vague thought. As our party descended into the foot hills on the western side of the mountains, they stopped at an adobe ranch house for food and an exchange of news, and then rode on. It was the hospitable house of Senor Andreas at which they had stopped- The Senor is a rich man, said Rita to her father. Yes, all these cattle are his, returned the Senor -i Som- avia. pointing to large herds grazing on the plain. A shrewd man at business. too. After riding for perhaps a half-mile in silence the man spoke again. I owe him much money. The drought of last year has caused my cattle to dwindle to small herds. A man cannot play without a chance of loss. and I lost. The Senor paused and looked rather keenly at his daughter. l29l