Yakima High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Yakima, WA)

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$131111 of 16152 By LILA KERSLAKE It is now my opportunity to bring to you the cordial greetings from each of the warm hearts of the class of ,16V3. A breeze such as our very motto might suggest to you would bring the only true greeting. Just as a breeze comes freighted with various sweet inessageseone for the weary traveler, one for the loving homekeepers, one for the faithful associates, one for the absent friendeso we convey our sincere and cordial welcome to all our school friends; to our parents who have given us so much through these, our years of Springtime; to- those kind, sympathetic and faithful teachers who have poured forth for us so much of their personality; and then to those myriad souls which Vibrate with ours in the name of friendship. In the words of Samuel Foss, HWle who are about to live, salute you.H We do not utter this with any self-conceit. Nay, not one realizes better than we our limitations in life. But we do feel that we have developed some powers and so have a challenge to offer the world. Something of the ani- mated individualistic spirit of this Class will be shown to you in everything we do and say on this nightythe climax of our good times together. Back in the Dark Ages of our freshmen year many members realized what a dismal old world this globe would become if we kept on doing the same old thing in the same old way. Soon, as a class, we decided to strike off on 2 new trackhthat is. to be original. Our whole history features individuals in the limelight. So in the spirit of Edmund Vance Cookis liAre you, You ?ll we find a very real characterization of the class as we come before you: Are you a trailer or are you a trolley? Are you tagged to a leader through wisdom and folly? Are you Somebody Else. or You? Do you vote by the symbol and swallow it straight? Do you pay by the hook, do you pay by the rate? Do you follow a cue? Are you a writer or that which is worded? Are you a shepherd or one of the herded? XVhich are you a XVhat 01' a XYho? It sounds well to call yourself one of the flockU But a sheep is a sheep after all. at the block. You are nothing but mutton or possibly stock. Would you flavor a stew? thirteen

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twelve FLORENCE WWLLIAMS Kitty y v hFlossy There is a young lady so sweet, Whom some day we expect to meet As President Williams of the U. S. A. She'll be what more need I say. Entered from Summitview Scientific Course Class Secretary 14 Debate Club Secretary '15 Debate Team MY ' I6, U616 Class Basketball :15, 16 Dramatics 16 Y , Kitty in nNew Reporter Oral English Finals 13, 14. ' 15 Sergeant-at-Arms 16, ,I6V2 Class Literary Manager yI6 U. of XV. AL'L BENOIT C0rpora1 Pauline Paul Benoit's a soldier boy, And his mothefs son, lids a real live hero, though He never shot a gun. Entered from Columbia School Classical Course Vice President H4Vg Treasurer ,15 President Esyg Class Basketball 1572, 36;? Class Baseball 16 Class Manager Oratory and Dramatics Class Track 16 Jack Lewis in Junior Play Class Football I6V2 Annual Staff Glee Club I6V2 North Pacific College FLOY GLADYS MOBERLY hFlos KKFIOJ, 'Hlere is a girl named Flay Who doesn't care for any boy, Who sayy Pd rather be single Oh, my! I must finish this jingle. Entered from Lower Naches High General Course Ellensburg Normal

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Are you a being, and boss of your soul? Or are you a mummy to carry a scroll? Are you a Somebody Else or You? When you finally pass to the Heavenly wicket XVhere Peter the Scrutinous stands on his picket Are you going to give him a blank for a ticket? Do you think it will do? Our high school life has been largely made up of answering such ques tions as the foregoing which have projected themselves on our horizon, Per- haps our means have not always been most expedient but the result has been sclf-reliance. Indeed every member of our little Bohemian Coterie will leave the portals of N. Y. H. S. with a spark of independence in his breast. It seems only logical to consider those forces which give us that quality so! neces- sary to the true Bohemianwthe courage of his convictions. Always truly progressive we received the modem cry for non-partisanship with open minds. Indeed we have learned the very essence of democracy. Our school training has heen noticeably such as to develop the individual tendencies so primarily that it seems entirely possible for us to do real clear- headed thinking. XVith the influential guidance of our friends both in the school and dis- tinct from it we have been given the true liberal education. Keeping in mind the idea of the educated man as one who is able to do the thing which must he done at the time it ought to he done, we have tried to seize every opportunity which has presented itself in our path. Thus it is that we come before you tonight to show our advancement with the practical and theo- retical knowledge. hand in hand. W'ith a great store of vitality and diversified interests. as a class. we have put unstinted enthusiasm into every opportunity which has presented itself. This alone has helped us to accomplish much. For does the science of matter and energy, that of the relation of. Man to his bread and butter, or that of Man to Man, nay even that of Man to God teach that something may be gotten for nothing. In a word God may forgive hut Man must work out his Destiny himself. So why not go at things with a will? As we consider the various steps we have taken and have before us still it is wise to think on those conceptions and ideals which we must carry with us. Since tithe rocks may he ruggedl, we shall need some well-founded con- ceptions to help us hold our ground. Something also to encourage us to keep climbing so each has gleaned his own applicable conceptions and ideals, perhaps, from the stars 01' more likely from the school association, After each has sought and found his conceptions and ideals it is necessary to stand up for these same things. lt is wise to remember that the law of effort applies to the ethical as well as the physical world. Thus it appears tCONTINUED ON PAGE 29l fourteen