Balboa High School - Galleon Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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THE BALBOA JOURNAL HIGH FRESHMAN HOME ROOM PRESIDENTS High Freshmen-Fall '28 HE history of the high freshman class of Fall '28 is interesting though short. As the higher class in our school, we supplied most of the leaders, and as the ranking group in the school, we felt that we should' set an example for the low freshmen to follow. In other words, it fell upon the shoulders of the high freshmen to make Balboa what it should be. We elected the following officers: H. Warden, president, A. Winn, vice-president, S. Ellis, secretary-treasurer, and' J. Allen, F. Von Schell, E. Johansen, representatives. The Home Room president were P. Uhren, V. Rodby, C. Grady, E. Cunningham, and Jack Schneider. In supplying leaders we did quite well. Our first student body president, Adolph Schmidt, was a high freshman. He showed the school he was the right leader. The first vice-president, Zena Pack, was a member of our class and filled the office with credit to herself and to the school. Balboa's first teams were important in making school history. First came the football team, the team that needed leaders, boys with backbone, and a sense of sportsmanship. The high freshmen were well represented on that team. The two basketball teams, the 110's and l20's, the golf team, and the swimming team were also fortified with members of our class. The traffic squad was run last term by a high freshman, Wendell Groves, and its membership was largely from our class. The traffic squad not only kept the school in perfect passing order but helped to keep the school clean. Everything that Balboa is or ever will be has been affected by the excel- lent pupils of the first classes. HALREC WARDEN. is Fe--

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THE BALBOA JOURNAL High Lights ALBOA HIGH SCHOOL opened in August, 1928. The opening day was full of confusion. The numbers of registry rooms of the stu- dents were written on boards in the arcade. ---- Seagulls are seen in large numbers in the yard. Just throw a piece of bread and several Seagulls will come down after it. One peculiar incident happened when a member of the football team hit a seagull with the foot- ball. It knocked him out for ten minutes. When he came to, he was as dizzy as a drunken sailor. i--- Our Hrst assembly was held for the purpose of introducing the faculty to the students. The faculty members were greeted with loud clapping. Because we have no auditorium, we had to have the assembly out of doors in the ocean breezes. ---- Our first game was a basketball game with Commerce High School. A large number of students attended and brought plenty of school spirit with them. The principal of the opposing school commended us for our behavior and school spirit. -4-- The orchestra made its Hrst appearance in a rally. We had no idea that the students could play so well, and burst into applause. ---- Our Hrst party was scheduled. We held it in the hall because we have no gymnasium. The hall was crowded, for five hundred students were jammed in it, but nevertheless we all danced and had a lot of fun. - - We had a Christmas tree. The decorations were brought by the stu- dents. For a week the lights gleamed, and the last day of the term, a beautiful Christmas assembly was held and songs and Christmas legends were recited. ---- The second term brought about three hundred new students, swelling our numbers to nearly a thousand. Again there was much confusion, but many of us had the feeling of being old-timers. -k-- Our first championship was won by the 110 pound soccer team. Many students went on crowded cars to see our team win. Enthusiasm ran high. 1 -.. .. 1 Two of our students competed against other high schools. in the Shakespearian Contest. They did not win but they brought glory to our school. ---- We had a Humpty Dumpty Circus. Our students put on the stunts, which proved to be a riot of fun. k-.- So ended the first adventurous year of Balboa High School. CLARENCE EHLEN. L-. 17 13.--

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THE BALBOA JOURNAL LOW FRESHMAN HOME ROOM PRESIDENTS Low Freshmen-Fall '28 HE low freshmen entered Balboa High School full of hope and pride. They will be one of the first classes to graduate from the school. We all Worked together to organize the first Student Body, and made our contributions for student body officers. We elected the following class officers: president, James Scheihingg vice-president, Lillian Moore, secretary-treasurer, James Sylver, representatives, Leo Zweig, Dorothy Dempsey, Fred Schaffler, and Harold Penn. For Home Room presidents we had Melvin Cooke, Emil Grosso, Maynard Schultz, Carl Cathey, Fred Jones, James Hurley, Orvilla Harris and Harry De Witt. Low freshmen are not even heard of in other schools. Here in Balboa there was a great opportunity for us. We have tried to make use of this opportunity. We hope that we shall all complete four years of high school and that Balboa may take pride in us. JAMES SCHEIHING. -..gf 19