Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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ALA EDA HYMN Men who wear the Gold and White, Men who hear the call to fight, Battle now for school and right. On to Victory! Myriad yields of conflict won Stand behind, and like the sun, Brighten future paths to run. On to Victory! Let this legend ever stand, While in conflicts, which corninand Strength and courage, sturdy band. On to Victory! Gold and White the standard raise, Let its inotto brighter blaze Ever to the end of days. On to Victory! . I xx xi X , xxx xx N g , X H' ' ' e X:Q'1:E

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F onnwonn... Today our country is at war. We the students and faculty are attempting to do our part in Winning this War. Several members of the faculty and countless numbers of former students are in the armed forces of our country. Many of us are taking a course of study designed to fit us for a place in vital War industries, others of us plan to go to college not only to extend our education but also to increase our Worth to this nation. The incidental things which make up the background of our school lives have been greatly changed. We find our first aid Work intensified, We buy war stamps in the high school corridors, We assemble to listen to the President and the Congress of the United States declare war, and we accept these things as part of our school days. Indeed We must live our school days and take our school-time pleasures amidst reports of turmoil and of cata- clysmic events which are changing the course of history. We present this 1942 AcoRN as a crystallization of some of these moments. Through photographs, drawing, and Written records we have tried to fix an impression of classes, sports, clubs, and incidents from the daily life of Alameda High School. Years hence you may look through these pages, relive these hours, and recall that they took place in this year of emergency and peril. That is the purpose of an annual, We think, and we hope We have accomplished that end. Q LIST OF CONTENTS C BOOK I . . ADMINISTRATION BOOK II . .... CLASSES BOOK III . . ACTIVITIES BOOK IV . ..... SPORTS BOOK V . . ORGANIZATIONS

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DEDICATIO .... This is the wander, always, everywhere- Not that vast inutability which is event, The pits and pinnacles of change, But 1nan's desire and valiance that range All circninstance and corne to part nnspentf' JOHN DRINKWATER fAbraha1n Lincotnj The 1942 ACORN is dedicated to Major Fred A. Goldman, to Lieutenant- Commander Charles W Cox, and to Second Lieutenant Charles A. Briscoe who are now on leave of absence from our faculty to serve with the armed forces of the United States. The spirit of these men is symbolic of the tem- per of the many former Alameda High School students who are now in uniform. Our deepest gratitude for the service of these faculty members is hereby acknowledged. This dedication is a recognition of their desire for freedom which gives them a Willingness to serveg it is a tribute to their valiance in the service of their country. Qi xx' 3 YQ -