Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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of Educatnon, and to our supernntendents vu ho have gulded the clestnmes of our school We pause to do reverence to the Spnrlt of Educatnon whxch has per vaded the hfe of th1s c1ty Calmly and beauufully through the svcty years our commumty has grown from a handful, here on the western shores, to a magmhcent c1ty of homes, and w1th an mclusne school sys tem, hardly surpassed anywhere It 19 a tnme to be grateful and to look back wnth affectnon It ns 1 tlme to reyonce oyer the present and to look forward w1th new born hope into the ye Irs whlch he ahead Surely we have reason for thls reyolcmg and for thus hope The stranger wnthm our doors always remarks upon the fr1endl1ness, the Splflt of cheerfulness that seems to pervade our hfe, and upon the completeness and beauty of our school That ns the growth of many years and the outcome of the flne Splflf of work and play whlch has been put mto xt bv our f21Cl.llflCS The ACORN has very great reason to reponce that lt stands so success grown along wnth the hugh school un sery nce, nn beauty , and 1n spreadnng llght md truth To faculty and students to our supernntendent and honorable Bozrd of I ducatlon, and to the cxtnzens of Alameda I express the profound satls factxon that my own llfe has been ln ed lmld such rtre opportunltv for serylce and frlendshlp rv qw, vi- +19 e . . V I Y . . . . . . , 7 . x . . V t . K . . V V - V l D ' i I 1 K x . . . . 7 . U Y . . A 7 fully at the threshold of the untried but alluring future, and that it has .Y 1 y , 1 . I 2 x V. x - Q I r T I ' I - :yn ,

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THE DOCTOR REMINISCES Aprrl 17 1874 should be held as a sacred day' by 111 loyal champrons of publrc educatron, for on that day the Board ot Lducatron of the Crty of Alameda OI'g.1l1llLLl the Alameda Hugh School 1nd nmmed the Hrst prrnclpal, and from that el1y thrs rnstrtutron h1s contlnuously been a part of the sehool sy stem of our crty Aprrl of thrs year marlxed the 60th year the Cll211110I1d yubrlee of thus rnstrtutron, and today We are lookrng back oyer the yelrs Ilinlf luxe elapsed yyfrth love, rey erenee md yy onder ment 1t the progressrye C.lTII1Li,L5 yyfhrch hlve taken place lor a number of years a mere handful of students eonstrtuted the whole school, but We were yery early rn fact, among the hrst sehools ot the SFIKL gr1nted 1ccredrtrng prryrleges to the Unryerslty of Cllll'-Ofllll a prryrlege yvlueh from thlt date to the present h1s been marntuned In mv oihee hangs a y 1lu1ble photograph of che hrst gr1du1tnng cllss of the Unryersrty of Cllrfor 1111 1873 presented to the hrf h school by Honorable ltrrnk Otrs All but one of that cllss of tyvelye h1ye now passed to the beyond ust a year 1fter the gradu1t1on of the hrst unr yers1ty' class thrs hrgh school yyas founded Wie have eherrshed that pho e1rlv hrgh schools of the Stlte lrnlxed up vy reh the progress of the Unr versrtyf of Calrfornm, and rnsprred bv that rnstrtutron Honorable Frmk Otrs, who was 1 member of that Hrst umversrtyf class yy 1s on the Board of bduc1tron of Alameda for .1 number of years, and he yyas 1lyy 1ys yery proud of thrs hugh school, 111 f1ct he presrded at the lay rn., of the eorner stone of the new hrgn school rn 1907 Srxty vears seem 1 long trme m the 1110 ofa man, but ln the lrfe of the race rt IS a mere trrfle rn the lrfe of a Sequora 15 nothrnvl But yy hether srxty ye1rs rn the lrfe of 1 IIICIOI1 or of a man rs worth yvmle depends on the forces of c1yrlr7at1on thlt are at yyork Sometrmes a mmute rs yy orth 1 thousand yelrs and, nlgilll, .1 thousand years may be as nothrnv The Al1med1 Hlvh Sehool talses gre It prrde rn lm Jnorrng on this an n1y ersary the gleat men 'llld the great c1yrlrz1ng forces yvhrch haye been ey rdeneed rn our erty s lrfe As yy e take stock of our present resources yy e note yy 1th rmmense pr1de t 1e constant groyy ch and the eonst1nt dey elop ment of thrs, our bewtrful c1ty and of thrs our beloy ed and beautrful hrgh school The alermnr yy ho haye gone out from our doors 1 legron rn number, over srx thousand rn all haye taken therr places among the yaluable crtrzens of the natron, holdrng hrgh therr early trarnrng rn thns school Wfe are proud of them NX e are proud of and we do rey erence to that long lme of dey oted men who haye 1cted on the suecessxye Bo1rds 181+ . l Y' ' . , ,. . . 4. 1 B f 1 -' 5 3 1 3 . . , 1 l I ' , 1 7 , . ' V, ' '- , . . ,, 1, 5 1 - 5 a 1 V1 ' l . . I ll ' . . I Y 1 ' 'X l - r 1 y1, - -1 1. -1 A 111.1 11, v 1 - 1 K 1 -1x'v1 1 4 711 ' L 1 A 1 1 1-1 v1-r 1 r ' y 1 4- -- 1 A . 4 , , 1 Q lk e 1 I ll K7 l 7 xx if 'lf 1' 1 l, ' .v. xfi .8 ' ' 1 'X 1 V' ii . -D X 1, , . 1, , , ., , ., ' - 1 '11 -. v . ' . ', ., , , 'Y - l-- - e 1, , 1 h 1 V 3 ly l I 1 1 1 1 Yi 1 'X . s 4 K L r I I l- l r 1 ' - tograph because rn some way' our school has been, as were most of the 11 I ' . 1 2 1, l Y1 7' 1x1 1 .- L I . 1 . 3 ' H ' Y I . .., .1 1 L ' 1 -I - y y xl vL v. v -wr .1 ' 1 - ' 1 l 1 r' U 1 1 - 1 A Q 6 7 . me 1 1 'l ' 1 K U 1 L I 1- D 3 l . X4 I . I 1 I . I l E' . ,, g. A 1 L 1 , C C C . ,,. .. ' , , . , , ' . .1 .k. . , 1 I O. 1 g 1k ho 1 - f1kf 11 -' 1. i A-' 1 I 1 - 'v1 1 v 1 -1 I 1 -rl' A l - 1 I 11 1 1 ' K L . . . , . y . . t is 1 . . , ,, Y . , -eg j.-

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THE FIRST CLASS The Hrst class to lease Alameda I-hgh School was mdeed a great contrast to the present class whneh ns about to lease ALLCJfdlIl2, to Mr Prank Perkms one of the suruung members of that class there were between enght and ten members nn the class wnth a teaching staff of n1ne mstructors dur :ng the four years Students bought thenr own text books and the subyects taught were very lumlted Mathematncs wats emphaslled, I IlgllSl1 was studled, but there were no courses ln languages, or busmess In lneu of physlcal educa tlon, there was a recess perlod at 11 00 and 2 00 o clock There were no clubs or extracurrneular act1v1t1es, and the dnfferent grades had no chance for mterclass competltlon of any kmd All soclals and HCIIVIIICS had been saved for the semor year, but because of 1 change of admmlstratlon thelr plans were dnsrupted so that the class mxssed out not only on a busy senlor year but they d1d not have a formal graduatlon ceremony Howexer, every student was recenved 1nto the Umverslty of Callforma ID good standmg Although If would seem that llfe at hugh school 1n those days was xerx qulet, Mr Perkms recalls a thrlllmg mcxdent of high school lxfe One day durmg a peaceful rec1tf1t1on, the cry of Fxre' rang out and the school was thrown 1nto a panlc The fire was located as bemg over a furnace on the first floor and had started because of faulty constructlon As there was no fire department, the boys formed a bucket brlgade and xahantly worked to put out the fire The panlc of that class IS m sha1p contrast to the well ordered Hre dr1lls of today vsh1ch pres ents any fear or dlsorder From th1s comparlson of first and latest classes of the hlgh school, we may feel very proud and thankful for our many advantages 1n educa tlonal and social llfe over those of that flrst l1ttle class of Alameda Hlgh School 4101+ fs . e .Y . . x'3 As . , ,, N ' , ' I 1 - 7.7, 7 1 1 1 x 'y 5 Y I x . Y . . - vs i. V I 4 e . 7 m x V . . . 1 .g 3 U , . . 1. r . J x ' y e 1 I 5 - 1 s s V . . . . TRANK il. Pl RKINS . - x . I . . . , . . . . . 7 Y . . . . , ' 3 e Y . V . . S . . . 7 . 7. . . .7 . K V 7 . ' . . . Y . . . . - ' - cz ' an 7 . . 7 - ' r ' f V K - Q f