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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
3
The paper announces a monthly second edition to be produced by the High School. Rupert Greer is editor with Pauline Carter and Warren Muparrr as associate editors.
A poem recalls spring as a season with signs beyond weather, noting flowing brook, maple blooms, thawing frost, and a speaker’s joy in blooming lines and playful daisy planting. The speaker defines spring by vivid natural cues and the feel of new growth rather than mere warmth.
Barstow Union High School enters its second year with four buildings and five teachers. Subjects include English, Spanish, science, history, math, bookkeeping, biology, music, penmanship, spelling, manual training, domestic science and typing. Teachers assign history and math to Miss Paxton, English and music to Miss Hoagland, domestic science and Spanish to Miss Hindle, manual training and science to Mr Purviance, and business courses and Latin to Mr Thomas. Plans include grounds, dormitory, gymnasium, track meets, and athletics with neighboring counties. The goal is accreditation so seniors can enter college or normal schools without exams.
A reflection on two kinds of people the stayers and quitters praising perseverance. It cites Morse and Cyrus W. Field as examples of enduring effort creating civilization and global connections. The piece argues staying qualities built the nation and world respect, ending with a prompt asking how one would like to be treated.
A fragment poem urges students to support their school and leaders. It contrasts giving encouragement with bullying and calls for positive actions, boosting peers and welcoming outsiders while asserting school pride and identity.
School officials report a booster group gathering to show support for the team. Attendees discuss fundraising, volunteer help, and upcoming games at the community center.
Ora Johnson absent from school as junior class plans Friday dance. The much talked junior senior ball was held Friday April 13 with black and gold decorations, mangold and asparagus fern, punch and water, and a golden poppy program. Junior class members include Verda Hawee Elizabeth Miller Agnes Price Ora Johnson and James Mudzett.
A humorous fragment notes a biology class arresting and convicting a cat for killing chickens. It mentions ether as a humane punishment, and girls leaving with tearful expressions amid a stray notice and a cryptic call about Ashur Harris not returning this year.
Freshmen rehearsals for Gilbert entertainment prompt outburst and instruction. Absences spike this week with chief offenders including Luth Howe Dilla How Bessie Hill Ray Riche and Wm edonald. Miss Paxton questions Floyd Walter and Pelping Walter as peers respond with quiet refusals.
Final exams are finished and the fourth semester begins with students showing strong interest in the war. Boys plan to join the army and navy while girls discuss forming a Red Cross Society. A talk on broadmindedness was given, and the orchestra resumes practice. Interest returns to the swimming hole as warm weather returns. Educational Films premiered at Barstow Theatre depicting Redwood forest log processing. Mr Purviance attended Easter services at Mt. Rubideouix Riverside Catt.
The Sophomores feel their forwarding spirit is carried by editor Bob who is on the job constantly, showing strong commitment to the paper and its direction.
A collection of campus humor with lines about romance holding in jokes about goal terms in affection and ten yards. Students critique unknown quantities while Miss Paxton and Cleon discuss ancient math and ship Harvard. Characters joke about broken mirrors sponges and misheard phrases.
Miss Paxton and Miss Hoagland lead a classroom scene filled with quirky exchanges. John offers a riddle, Purviance notes ammonia’s cooling effect, Mary experiments with odors, Gilbert and Ray joke about ears, and Hindle critiques a recitation as partial and improvised.
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