Alhambra High School - Alhambran Yearbook (Alhambra, CA)

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. . . . . WITH MUSIC IN THEIR EARS, FROM THEIR OWN MUSIC DEPARTMENT STU dents of many classes have passed through four years of high school. Ever since our music facult ' y orig- inated in I9I0, with one member, Alhambra has been proud of its music students. The year I948 has been a highlight in the history of the department. In their new robes, the glee clubs have maintained a thirty-five year tradition of providing fine music for innumerable school functions and activities. Late in the I947 football season, a fanfare was heard resounding over Moor Field! With folded capes billowing and plumes bobbing, the Moor Band marched on the field to initiate their twenty-fifth season of thrilling march music. In the spring, the combined forces of the department presented the Thirty-fourth Annual Music Festival, an event rich in both eye and ear appeal. This year, the ever-expanding department welcomed a newcomer to its curriculum: the A Cappella Choir, whose first year certainly was an outstanding one. After years of rapid development, the department pauses modestly to glance over its achievements, and turns forward to new and even better years of artistic endeavor. Strings That Sing l25J

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. . . . . NEW FRESHMEN AT ALHAMBRA ARE SOMETIMES MYSTIFIED BY THE WEIRD sounds emitted from that large brick building with the high chimney. Wild rumors flash through their numbers. Soon it is whispered, It must be the 'scrub torture chamber' the seniors talk about. But soon the mystery is solved: the building merely houses Alhambra High's thriving Industrial Arts department, and the sounds come from machines manned by fast-learning students of the department. A glance backward reveals that such was not always the case. Not always have industrial arts stu- dents had the complete equipment available today. In the year l9I I, when the department was organ- ized, only wood joinery was offered. Most of the work was done by hand. Gradually equipment was added and other subjects offered. At first, industrial arts subjects were for students who had little else to do. Now prescribed courses of study are developed in each subject in order to train the student for a profit- able future. No longer must one master a profession to be recognized and honored as a successful citizen. The world holds an esteemed place for mechanics, carpenters, and other craftsmen. Alhambra High is training competent workers for those places. ll You Build a Better Mousetrap IZS

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