“Slaved away?” I think Jerry K was from the Class of ‘69 A huge influx of new blood in the MHS teaching stable. CB was booming, and I think the geographic obscurity was more than offset by quality of life considerations.
Were you here in 2002, when Measure 14 removed the last vestiges of race from the Constitution?
If you were from Portland, it still seemed like the sticks and in some ways he never fit in.
I was a junior when Johnny Johnson retired as coach, and as I recall Mr. K not only applied he gave us the appearance of believing that he would be seriously considered.
Over my first Christmas Break from Cornell, ‘88, it was evident to me that given the economy there was virtually no chance of me ending up back on the South Coast. After University, the only stretch I’ve had back longer than a few weeks was the last chunk of 92 and the start of ‘93. I’ve only been back twice since I helped Mom and my sisters to pack up the house in ‘99 and then drive them back east, where Dad was already looking for work.
It was an awesome place in its day. Mr. Alvey, who, IIRC was a pretty exact contemporary of Mr. Johnson (both played on at least one of the state championship teams) had an absolutely fascinating and in some ways idyllic life in terms of his childhood experiences on.
What were the last vestiges of race in the Constitution?
I just googled and am fascinated. From what I had gathered from Mr. K (as well as the article that is cited above), these things had been removed in the 1930’s. I guess in the 30’s (or possibly 1926 if the article I link below is more accurate than my memory of Mr. K) they repealed a law without touching the constitutional content underlying the law.
Good to see from the article that they missed something—the Oregon Constitution still forbids Chinese from owning property. The founders were ahead of their time.