The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-30

given the high school page for fina
themes which were written as a tes
Of the students power Of expression
and with no thought of publication
Extracts From Various Subjects.
The white man is for money, the
bee for honey.
Men cannot live unto themselves
They must touch human interests. S.
the linen weaver of Raveloe had Il
yield to the inevitable and become ar
example Of the remedial influence o.
a little child"
"Oh where! oh where is the fire s.
light!
Oh where, oh where does it glimmel
so bright!
Oh where, oh where will my posses
sions be
II ever in this town fire see.
1.-THE council has taken wise ster
in trying to make the recent fire II
this city the last big fire in the his.
tory Of North Yakima"
"But in spite of the trials and
hardships, great numbers of men
reached California, a few to grow
wealthy from the mines, but a fal
larger number finding that they
could not obtain gold, began to farm
and so founded the settlements OF
the great west. However, not all
who started on their perilous jour.
ney lived to reach their destination
How many. alas, like Moses, were
permitted to see only from dis
lance the promised land and to die
on the border from starvation
thirst or the treachery of the red
man, thus finding In the land of the
sinking sun a sinking of their hopes
that had been so strong the year be-
fore"
Hamlet shows a great struggle
in the spiritual life of man, a strug-
gle that we must all have to some
extent"
"There is talk of building two new
churches in town, and I think that
we shall have them soon, but every
time one church is built 1t seems as
II two saloons are started"
"There have been no experiences
Of my life mofe interesting than
those Of this year spent as fresh
man Of the high school of North
Yakima"
II took up the study Of Latin
thinking that 1t would not be
necessary to have it in order to enter
college. and consequently I did moi
put forth my best efforts. Later or
In the school year realized my mis-.
take, but / could not make much
Roadway with the subject. 1 found
the work in physical geography very
interesting. especially the little work
we had in astronomy. l have al
ways had desire to know more
about tho great system Of the uni
verse. With the exception Of alge-
bra I found the work in English the
most interesting Of the studies pur.
sued. Before taking up the subject
I did not know that so much could
be gained from a book If 1t was
studied properly. The heavier part
Of this subject came in the fall and
winter months, thus making the
work a pleasure in the spring. The
most interesting book studied wa:
the essays on birds and bees by Johr
Burroughs. This work was very In
structive, coming as 1t did in the
spring when the trees were noisy
with bird life. SO that one NIGH
make a study Of the architecture
skill of birds and watch, II possible
the young through incubation. An
other feature Of this work which
made It doubly interesting was ths
keeping Of a bird book, in which VIZ
made Q record Of all notable expert
ences we had with birds. and a lis
Of the new birds seen. Algebra wal
the most interesting subject that
studied this year. This study inter
ested me in an entirely different wa,
than the other subjects that / pur
sued. One has the feeling OF having
achieved something when he ha!
solved q good hard problem in math
ematics. an achievement in which
there is a result. AS progressed
step by step In the study. and al
each subject was unfolded to me.
was seized with a desire to learr
more Of 1t. and now am sorry tina
We did not have time to complete
the book In the freshman year.
WEE CURTIS.