Watsonville High School - Manzanita Yearbook (Watsonville, CA)

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Emu Svtuhentz Glam Hrnmnte ilnternaiinnal Knnhwill FEW years ago the American Legion boys were fighting a war for justice. Now. nine years later, they are fighting another great war-this time a war for friendship and goodwill. It is up to us to show them our appreciation of what they did for us in the Great between nations. War and that we are willing to do our share now to help promote friendship The first question we think of is How can we, mere students. help in this great work? Some of us, though we may not realize it. are already helping. by writing letters in our language classes to students in foreign countries, with whom we exchange snaps, postcards, letters, and gifts. In this way. boys and girls in other countries are drawn closer to us. Another way of helping is by studying the lives of great men and women from other countries. We will then find an amazing coincidence- that other countries have their Washington and A'Lincoln ' also. Then we will be more interested in the history and ideals of the country. Some students have stamp collections. Each stamp of each country has its own history, A stamp collector must know about the different stamps. In learning about the stamps one also learns about the people who use the stamps. When we really learn about people and understand them, then we can be kind to them and truly like them. The study of stamps will also increase a student's interest in the present government of a country. Probably the greatest way of helping is for us to keep open eyes and minds. If we have a knowledge of what is going on in other countries our hearts will be opened to the countries and we will have a different attitude toward foreign people in our own land. If older people see that we are interested in some country, their curiosity will be aroused and they will find out about that country, too. Then we will have helped the Legion in its work because we will have opened other people's minds to the realization that other countries as well as America are striving for friendship and democracy. LOUISE HUDSON '29 fPrize winning essay in American Legion Essay Contestl Starz Dear friendly. freckled Sky, Bend low thy velvet cheek! Ah! give me quick a sweet caress.- lts warmness leaves me weak. The nearest, dearest charm Of which thou art possessed Is just what makes thee human, Sky. Thy blessed freckledness. -RUTH PAULDING L Page Twenltf-sum-n

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back on. Truck gardening and a little stock raising were very highly recom- mended in connection with the apple business. Be sure that your apples are packed properly and advertised honestly. A good reputation is about the best asset you can have. The very first thing to do when you have your orchard is to join an apple growers' association. They do more for the growers than any one thing. If you put your apples in the hands of the association all you have to do is to raise a good crop. We have a fine association here with competent men in touch with the big warehouses that look after the apple markets all over the world. No lone farmer can do this by himself. and it's up to him to put his apples in the hands of people who can. These are a few suggestions which l hope you will find helpful in lessening the hazards of apple growing. I hope you will decide to come to Pajaro Valley because there's not a finer place on earth. Your old friend, PETER PIPPIN SALLY TYLER '29 Him- Zlmun Qlnmplaima You've romped on me, You've stomped on me, And spoiled my dress of green You've sat on me, You've lunched on me. And left me none too clean: You've kicked at me. You've picked at me, Oft in your bluest moods: You've rumpled me, You've crumpled me. l've thought you very rude. Then someone came Who was so kind: He pitied poor old me. He passed a law That left me free And easy in my mindp Woe unto you Who step on me! Demerits you shall gain. My dress all green, With brilliant sheen, Will adorn me after the rain. -HELEN TOTTEN Page Twenty-six

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Glamping, ' REATHES THERE a man with soul so dead, who never to himself T has said. l must go camping? lf so, speak. and his name shall A, be given to the Ananias Club. 5' T ' ' l don't believe there is a human being now alive who hasn't dreamed many and many a time of a vacation spent in camping. and finally realized such a dream. lf he hasn't, he isn't normal. Nlonths before Dad gets his vacation. the family has planned on a camping trip. Though everything for the trip is purchased days ahead, what work! There are so many little things to do. and so few hands to do them. Many is the evening spent with pencil and pad, planning the work for the morrow. At last the car is piled. packed, crowded, and jammed until it looks more like a funny bug than a car. And of course a trailer must come along behind with buckets and bedding and what not. The family is wedged in as best it can be. without interfering too much with the lamps swinging from the top, and the various bundles and boxes. After finally getting adjusted the most comfortable way possible. the family looks forward to a wonderful trip, and turns the car into the broad highway to join the thousands of other curious bugs struggling on to a camp site. Darkness always approaches, and here, dear reader, is the undoing of many a would-be camper. A wayside inn does look so appealing. and unpack- ing that car so much just the opposite. that it takes a person with strong will power to go past. Some do, and some don't, and there are many of the latter. I speak from experience. The morning is the time to be glad, if you stayed in an inn, for the simple reason that the packing is all done. There aren't even any grimy dishes to wash. Thus between lunch counters and hotels. the camp site is reached. What a beautiful place it always appears to be-no bugs, nothing unpleasant at all. Everything is unloaded, and if you are in a public camp. say in some park, you are more than likely to be right up against some other eager campers. but what does that matter? Everything finally being set up, everyone goes in search of the scenery and famous sights. Appetites being appetites, you are soon back in camp. only too willing to help prepare something to appease the terrible hunger that the wonderful mountain air fosters. Satisfying the appetites is one of camping's own pleasures. There is just so much to do with, and no more, and the stove will never go unless properly coaxed. After sitting down to eat, and really eating with one hand. and shooing bugs with the other, you really think there is nothing so wonderful as life out in the open. Thus days go by. but at the end of these days there are still bugs, bugs. bugs, and bugs, and too many neighbors who quarrel. a very temperamental stove, and a hard bed. not to mention the leaky tent and dirt---the real stuff. clinging and grimy and black. And yes, of course, it rained. Not only rained but poured, 4All the rain there ever was. however. couldn't get rid of that grimy dirtl. Oh. yes, the scenery is beautiful, but at home-there is a nice big bath tubf , -Lots MacQU1DDi' Page TcL'enlt1-eight