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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. . . . . UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN -a continual bellow in one's ears, accom- panied by the thunder of stamping herds and the wrenching of muscles and bones. What's the commotion? Nothing but the calisthen- ics at the Boys' Gym on a rainy day. For fifty years, the boys at Alhambra have dreaded rainy days. But students of years ago had more to worry about than we do now, in 1948. We are more fortunate in the building that houses us. Now this is no discredit to the old building, for after all, it was not built for the chaos of many students' con- torting their torn bodies through the motions required in calisthenics. For several years gym was held in the basement of the audi- torium. For many years students were not provided with towels as we are today. The first step toward improvement was taken in l9l4 when a large barnlike gym was built. This structure was divided in the center and was used by both boys and girls. The gym was the center of the campus social life. Teachers and students spent many Friday nights elaborately decorating for proms and dances. This building was used until l934 when it was declared unsafe following the earthquake. At that time, the present struc- ture was erected and, as years went by, new and modern facilities have been added in- cluding a large playing floor, corrective rooms, rest gyms, and lecture rooms. In addition, outdoor basketball, volleyball, bad- minton and tennis courts and spacious base- ball and football fields are also in use. Now the large department of lll3 boys is coached by a staff of five competent in- structors. The Boys' Physical Education de- partment of AHS moves ahead in its quest to be one of the most modern and progres- sive in the State. Don't Drop Him