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

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and Bama! . . . ian... .LN,,. So that Balboa may be a truly demo- cratic student-governing school, the Board of Directors is composed of eight elected Student Association officers plus the president and rep- resentative of the various classes, and other officers, named in the Con- stitution to that body. Into these willing hands fall the task of mak- ing the laws by which the Buccaneers are governed. BOARD O H, VASSMER R. SECHINI E, LOPEZ M. RICHARDSON Yell Leader Student Court judge Burumeer Editor G.A.A. Prerident . by the Sf however, met with enthusiasm and has been cheer- fully carried out through the term. The ofhce of publicity manager was proposed and adopted, the duties of which office include giving publicity through bulletins, newspapers, posters, and the like, to school activities handled by the Board. This appointment will be made each semester by this body from a list of recommended students. Jack O,Brien has capably handled the new position this fall. Student government, quite different from what members of the past generation saw when they went to school, has proved a great step in the edu- cation and character of youth today. High school students obey laws that have been thoroughly ex- amined and voted on by their representative body. This brings about a feeling of loyalty and pride instead of resentment. Most valuable of all in D. JORDAN R. PLYER student government is the teaching of boys and girls, while they are still young, not to vote blindly, but to weigh each measure carefully. All of this brings about a better citizenship of tomorrow. Besides regularly-elected officers of the Board there are three faculty advisors, Miss Pauly, Miss Silvia, and Mr. Heinz, who may be highly praised for the splendid cooperation they have shown. The Board, not being able to face problems which need the careful consideration of an adult mind, take into consideration the opinions and advice of the carefully-chosen sponsors. E With a new term ready to dawn 'on Balboa, another Board will soon be elected. Members of the old Board will be forgotten, but you may be sure that the individual that is forgotten by Balboa will not forget the term he was part of that school's government. PAGE FIFTE E N I Hi 2 l Regirzrar of Volerzr Ani. Reg. of Vale

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AL RACE, Prerident Pffefzkfem fl! Race . . Buccaneer land is ruled this semester by not only a lirst class basketball and baseball player, and an A-1 prexy, but as Balboa students so aptly phrase it, one grand guy. Yes, those three little words describe Al Race to the proverbial Arriving in Balboa in spring ,36 from Monroe, Al immed- iately began carving an athletic niche for himself in Alma Mater's portals. Succeeding so tremendously in his sportsmanlike qualities, Al decided to take a whirl at the political side of high school life'. Having had a mild taste of an executives duties, which he ap- parently liked, when he served as low seniors boys' representative, Al took the fatal step and landed right smack into the heart of every Buccaneer. Yes, when it comes to presidents, Al is tops, as both the feminine and masculine population of Balboa will agree. AW ff . L GIFFIN G. MERTA D. HEWITT J. SKINNER R. SKINNER W. STEENBERG R. ANTRACCOLI Vzce Pferidenf Secrezary T1'efz.r1zrer Arrirlanl Trmrurer Cuftorinn Afbletir Manager Bow' Blorle B P Balbwz. .. or the Student Starting the term with an abundant supply of vigor and the will to succeed, Balboa's Board of Directors for fall '39 launched itself into school politics. Success was inevitable, for the Board was composed of elected officers representing classes and students at large who possessed initiative, ability, and a high degree of loyalty. Executive duties were capably handled by President Al Race and Vice President Lois Giffin. Through the action of the Board, students saw a revival of Hello Day which went over with a bang. In a school the size of Balboa, it is hard for students to become acquainted with all the other students, so Hello Day has as its purpose the making of new acquaintances which perhaps will develop into life-long friendships. In order to make school dances more enjoyable, members of the Board attended all of the affairs and encouraged dancing. At games these officials turned out with rooters' caps and were a source of inspira- tion for the rest of the school. The usual clean-up campaign seemed perhaps a bit more successful than in previous terms in that a cleaner campus was evi- dent most of the time. In order to raise money for repair and renewal of stage equipment, a Talent Review was presented by Max Liss on December 8. Following Balboa's previously adopted plan of stressing Americanism through the flag raising ceremony, the Board of Directors decided, upon the advice of Student Council, to put into effect the idea of having each registry give the Pledge of Alleg- iance at the beginning of each morning's work. The saluting of the flag, however, was to be done vol- untarily so that no false patriotism would be brought about by a compulsory salute to the flag. The idea, PAGE FOURTEEN

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1 Norman Nicoll Bern-ice Maker Mildred Giusto Hallett Meilickeil Martha Holdener ' Elma Oddsta Lois Allen Amelia Riedlener Betty Everton Dorothy Camuffo Stanley Bell Leona Smith August Nassano Harry Nolan Lydia Rydmrin Paul Postler fmzmf Ojjfceffr. Vg. f HIGH SENIORS High-and-mighties will have officially left Buc- caneer-land in a few days with their official and hon- orary discharge from the crew of the good ship Galleon, leaving behind a glowing record of achieve- ments in the ship's Memory Log, which will be hard' for any class to surpass. At the time of issuance of this, their last Galleon, the group is still looking forward to the Senior Breakfast in the school caf', to that supreme mo- ment, one of the greatest in their lives, when they will walk onto the stage of the Opera House to re- ceive their diplomasg and the last great social affair, the Senior Ball. It was a very difficult task to choose, out of this class of over 300, the two to receive the crowning honor of their high school years, but Helen Ander- holm and Robert Lundquist were selected on the basis of scholarship to give the valedictory and salutatory at commencement. So with lingering thoughts of good times spent together, Balboa bids the class of January V40 fl fond adieu. LOW SE I RSf Running the class of J i econd when it comes to achi ments, the graduates of june '40 appear to have work as their by-word, for the low seniors have been active in every phase of school life. Most of the time allowed in weekly meetings went by without entertainment so that every minute could be given over to discussion of important class problems. The senior party given by the low seniors in honor of the high twelves used as its theme Harvest Festival, which was en- tirely different from any in the past and received praise. Outstanding in sports, mainly football, were such students as: Red Jensen, head man of the grid- iron, who also played on last term's championship baseball nine, Walter Pipko, Pat Castellano, and jim and jack Hughes, also prominent in varsity basketball. Comprising the majority of the Honor Society, as well as most of the journalists, the class of june '40 was an important mainstay in Balboa's wheels of progress. PAGE SIXTI FN