Woodlake Union High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Woodlake, CA)

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JA.--f 'agv lmlm 'b en AG X A ,ex IX Age, THF sovc. Ol' Tue PLNLS sq QBSQQL f' if 5 :Xb f9 There comes a. soothlng murmur From the forest still and deep It IS the plne trees evenlng song As they rock the birds to sleep What is that croonlng whisper Underneath the darkening sky? Its but a stately mother pine Slnglng a lullaby And from the cllfts and mountains Where rocks are heaped and piled Comes the bull pines rmglng challenge Ominous threatenmg wlld A challenge to the storm klng that Unalded and alone Hell battle wlth the elements And still retain hx- thxone And mingling all together From rnountaxn canyon plain The pines are softlv slnglng Thelr century old refrain Of all entrancing melody, In word or tongue ox line. The Sweetest, most enchanting Is the music of the plne WARCELLA BRITTEN '29 - -'- 4 . , '- - - x, l , ' g 1 y .I Q'.' x 1 1 1. U A ., rn . r cyy .-, ' ' f v W 1 V1 ' . I 1 - ' ' S 1 lt X me ,L l o fq- , 2 If-. 1 41 - n o f ' KM r ' Y .q. - ,- fm 4 , , , V r v ' ' , , . V ' V Y

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Golden Opportunrty 7' HL snows fell rncessanrly prling up rn lrrgh drrft-4 whrle the tu trces bent to the ground with therr burdensome load of snow Smoke slowly curled out of the blackened stove prpe that protruded out of the snow on a small cabin that stood at the edge of a great fir forest situated rn the far north Inside of the cabin sat a man of about thrrty two years of age His dark wavy han was combed back from a wide smooth forehead Hrs dark eyes shone vsrth a glint of fue as he read tr New York paper whrch was two months old Drrk head lines at she top of the page read lNew York Qocrety Lrfe and a softer look came rnto the man s eyes as he gazed at the plcture of a beau tiful girl The girl wfrs of the farr type and was dressed rn a rrdlng habit of the latest mode Standrng by the srde ol' a beautl ful thoroughbred horse ruth her hand restrng on the head of huge German Police dog she made prcture talr enougd to make the eyes of ans one soften Put to Conrad -Xlden the plc ture seemed fairer strll Two years and a hall ago Lonrad Alden had lored thrs grrl and she had promised to become hrs brrde when quite suddenlv hrs father dred leavrng hrm as far as he knew pennrless Conrad always believed that his father had plenty of money and he had spent rt recklessly when he should have saved it When the news came to hrm that he was left destrtute he Yvonne Harnrlton the dearest grrl he had ever known and who lad promised to become his wrfe but he had marled her a letter telling her that he was leavrng nerez to return and also freeing her trom all bonds of engagement Not able to tell her why he was leaving he had lett her to thrnrr that he Conrad Alden had tired of her and had left perhaps to seek someone better So for two years Conrad had lued far from crvllrzatron Phe rlosest living person lired ten mrles tronr hrnr and the store wht e he procured supplres was twenty mrles away When Conrad frrst came there he resolved nexer to return to the old happy llfe unless one golden opportrrnrtx should come to hrm That opportunrty was a chance to get monev enough to start lrfe all anevs 'md make up for the goldfn opportunrtlcs thu! he had carelessly let pass bv The dap prewrous Alden had rcturned from hrs monthlv trrp to the store and vsrth his proxrsrons he hrd been rhle to procure u two months old newsprper and now as he gaved at the prrture of the grrl he had loud once md whom he strll loxed oll nenrorrts re lvrrlr to rr . W ' . -1 . 4 Q ' ' ri 1. A . . ' . - ' ' ' '. . z - ' 7 5 1 ' I v . ' f. S -3 1 ' f 1 - K v' u 1 s .1 ' I . ' ' . ' ar ' , T . Y A 1 .. ' r . ' - 1 A L L .' , V V1 v packed his clothes and fled' to the north. He had not forgotten r s - ' ' 1 f ' - , r ' . Y 1 A r 1 ' ' ' 4 V 4 . , ,. 1 . v 1 ' 7 4 ' ' ' . V : .' - ' '- ' ' .. ', ez ' ' . , 5 1. fc r ' 'r , . 1 . V - V' 1 , . . ' ' . . A . A 1 . ' . 1 r r ' - 1 ' . '. 1 ' . ' p , c 'r 1-:rn 1 t ' ' hir .

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The Habit of Study QPFIZB Essayl UDX IS the application of the mlnd to books or learn mg 01 a settling of the mlnd upon a subJect to be lealned There are so mann people who do not iealize the great meaning of the word study Study is something ex eryone should do A studious person IS one who IS devoted to study or the acquisition of knowledge One need not be studlous to be a dlligent person It depends on how much he really wants to learn If a student wants to accompllsh a thlng he can concentrate and really learn So many students say they cannot study 1n the study hall or at home when there is noise If they are lntexested in their lessons they can study regardless of all the nolse going on around them A students parents should impress upon his mind when he first starts to Grammar school that he must get his lessons from day to day If he forms this habit early 1n life it w1ll remain with hun all through his school days After he gets into college he will look back and thank his parents and him elf for the hablt of study acqulred when he was young A student who goes to class and nevex has his lesson is a draw back to the class He keeps the others from going on and accomplishing more '1h1s klnd of person isnt as well liked as the one who studles and tries really to gain something 1n life He imaglnes that bluftlng and not studylng gets him many frlends but it doesnt When a student reaches college he will flnd many roads success and the other the road of lllllfflllg He has formed the habit of bluffmg in his grammar school and high school grades so he naturally takes this one in his college grades He will perhips go along fine until at the end of the snr weeks when the mountain of cxanunatlons will appear before him Hls fellow students will adxance on thelr Journey over this great mountain to the wide wolld beyond and he w1ll have to re mam at the foot of this great steep mountain He will look back and think about xw hat h1s parents had told of formlng the habit of studying At last he will deude to go back and take the road to success He w1ll advance on thls load very rapidly VS hen he comes to this mountain the second tune he mll climb right ow er and go down on the other slde ot the great vlllev beyond Vlltll the other students where he w1ll achieve fame ind suctess If every student will foxm the habit of studv he will find the load to knowledge and success comprtrxtlvelv easv to travel IOLA TRIPP M . I , . 1 . 4 . . - . ' 1 4 ' , L1 l o . - , , . 1 4 b ' v leading in different directions. One road will be the road of . . - A Y. I 1 . . . A - . Y I ' . ' , v . ' 4 y ' , . K A . ' ' Y. ' ' . v V -. ' v V ' 1 1' ' L 2 ' if 1' .. - J ...