Wilbur High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Wilbur, WA)

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l resflulmnt gyietnrg We, the class of I9 l 6, are beginning to equip ourselves for the responsibilities of the coming years. Many of us are eighth-grade graduates of the Wilbur schools, while others come from the surrounding country districts. Most of the members of the class are planning to complete their high school course here. A few intend to take up special work elsewhere. As schoolmates, for the past nine months, we have endeavored to keep in mind that we were not preparing for graduation merely, but for life. D Altho we have met with more than one defeat during this, our freshman year, we are not discouraged. We feel that even these have benefited us. Thru the direct influence of our teachers, we are leaming to accept honorable defeat bravely. But we have, also, won many laurels, of which we mav be justly proud. Belle Kennedy was chosen queen of the annual Wilbur F air. In the voting contest for the camival, Margaret Travis was found to be the most popular girl in the high school. Bessie Martin, May Scheibner and Margaret Travis did excellent work in the Declamatory contest. lncidentally, these girls wish to thank their coach, Mr. Schmidt, for the interest he took in them. One of our members, Alfred Hansen, is a star performer in athletics. The Freshman debating team twice won honors in inter- class debates with the Sophomores. Elsie Haas, Bessie Martin and May Schiebner represented the class in this capacity. The contesting debaters did most excellent work. According to previous agreement, the victorious class was to be entertained by the defeated. Accordingly, on April the 25th we were entertained by the Sophomore class at the home of Ella Rettkowski. It is needless to say that we thoroly enjoyed the event. We wish to thank our opponents for their courteous treatment. We realize that, when autumn calls us back from our summer vacation, we may miss from our ranks some familiar faces. Their places will be filled by strangers. To all leaving us thus, we bid a kind farewell.

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l l QIEUIBEFIIITIBI1 J OFFICERS President - - Vice President - - Secretary - - CLASS ROLL Lucy Canfield Mae Scheibner Mamie Copenhaver Beryl johnson Margaret Travis - Be:sie Marlin 'li Mlay '52!hteibner Cleft Sheppler Allred Hansen Bessie Martin Mae Peflley Levi Ettenhorough Margaret Travis Else Haas Overman Howell Ella Haden Edith Christian Rolf Dwinell Belle Kennedy Elsie Zarp Kenneth Lindell Raymond Elston Motto: Qui patitur vincit. Colors: Black and Orange Flower : Pink Camation. 5

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r I Q I rtcrurg iljepcuztment OUR INDUSTRIAL CRISIS NOTE: This ovation won Hrst place in comaasitian a-id delivery al the annual Orntoricnl contest. Mr. I Lyse will represent the Wf H. S. at the L C. S. A. A, contest at Davenport. When we lock about us to-day we see everywhere evidences of progress. We see this thriving nation of ours. We see, standing above us, the mighty bulwarks of our gcvemment. How fond we are of pointing to it as the best working exam- ple ol the ability of a people to govem itself. We see, dotted over the land, cities where some of our people live in an opulence wfich the anc'ent East could never have known. We see a vast and beautlul countryside whe e the highest standards of rural culture are maintained. This nation has been progressing - is progressing- at a terrific rate. Never before, in the history of the human race, have so many miracles been wrought in so short a time. No people on the face of the earth has ever gone as fast or as far as we have. But, with all our progress, where are we going? Have all our people been progressing? Or have some, by the very nature of that progress, been forced backward and downward? ln the cities, the great industrial and social centers of our civilization, we are knowingly fostering evil industrial and social conditions. The age-old institution of slavery still forms the base of the pillar that upholds our civilized society. This is not the chiattel slavery which was invented at the first birth of nations. It is not the serfdom of the feudal ages. lr is rather an outgrowth of the two, built upon the same princ ples of ignorance and utilized for the same purpose. The laboring man is everywhere dominated by capital. He is no longer held in bondage by sheer force, but is, nevertheless, compelled to sell his labor, himself and his very faculties, and that usually at a price that will afford an unreasonable profit to his master. Millions of men, women and children are slaving their lives away for less than a living wage. Many of our honest and industrial citizens are badly housed, clothed and fed. Wealth and power are more honored than vir.ue, wisdom or industry. The govemment of the United States is fast becoming a tool in the hands of the Kings of Finance. These men, with the power that wealth has given them, have taken upon themselves the guardianship of the common people. This is wrong, The governn ent of our country cannot be lodged in any particular set of interests. There is no group of men, tho they represent the greater part of the wealth of the nation, who are capable of taking care of the people of the United States. No less than the majority of the people can do that. But it was not always so. The founde's of our nation intended that the rights of the people should be safeguarded. The ideal of Lincoln was: A govemment of the people, by the people and for the people. How, then, has this striking change come about? What forces have ushered in this new aristocracy? ln order to answer this question, we must go back to the age of tools. ln those good days people worked apart from each other. They labored largely to satisfy their own individual needs. Each was, we may say, quite independent of his