Balboa High School - Zonian Yearbook (Balboa, Canal Zone Panama)

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THE ZONIAN How was old 'Panama ww? I Ht Q Morgan Bfldgq, Fqrtygvi ll U F l course with warning gestures. Earthbound souls forlornly leap and fall, return with dejected step to leap and fall again. EfAgain the picture changes. The assembly stage is the setting for this one. The stage is equipped with curtains! lmprovement or not to dramatics, they add to life's uncertainties. The Zappi and Salterio twins form opposing teams in a game of hide-and-seek. Iimnfie Olive is the referee. Gthers join in the game. The participants change every period. Now it's Ernest Erickson Behind That Curtainng again it's Billy French. Here's a cloud-plate piled high with good things to eat. It brings to mind the senior luncheon in early November. Helene Hudson reads the bill of fare in class meeting-weenies, rolls, sand- wiches, doughnuts, potato salad, cake, candy, pop. VVhat, no beans? No beans! I The committee is determined. So are Kunkel, M alone, Georgiana, and Sadie. VVe want beansl We want beanslu No beans! An appeal to Mr. Lee. Ts the committee grow- ing faint? 0rderl Orderl The meeting is adjournedln No beans. But the luncheon goes off well, save for the fact that it's hot for dancing. Afterward, the galley slaves remove shoes and extra garments in order to wash the dishes in comfort. Tskl Tskl Now the junior luncheon. The weather man is no more considerate of them than of the seniors. No matter: the affair is well patronized, .though there is no room, sitting or standing, along the balustrades. The guests adopt Turkish manners. Or is it Chinese to sit cross-legged on the floor? , After Open House Day comes the freshman luncheon. The lowly ones furnish food and the seniors offer advice. Advice that is accepted, too. In spite of the seniors, the luncheon is a success. The junior high school, like the small boy in the kitchen, is served downstairs. P icfz .rkipp fr The spirit, now fa The spirit! much? Worth? Pres4 VVe are True, 1 The partnei Future to this The occurs with th one ree from ti the eve Com even ts. oppone and-wt Texas, to the better ' Whil Christi memor. The ness cu onlooka things pano- tion t debate ta tion in cor

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THE ZONIAN AT SUNSET f'S.,,.i.:,7.z....r ...,.. ...g,,,,... 3 If lid' pleafanl fo loll on a bench under fhe palrnm and wafch the evening cloudf form rank on rank againtrl the wewlering Jun. Such gorgeoum colora- pinler ana' blue.r merging bit bg bit info vivid flame ana' gold! Soon lhe ,rlcg will be all grag and cold in nighl, but jimi for zfhefe few briqt momenir memory i.r fouched wilh iz Joff glow, like gonder hilla. Imagelr form. dnimala' and birafr, grolewque and weird, burn' fhrough ihe clouda' only fo dimrolve in mimi. Here lhe cloudw are piling up info aforlremr wifh arching .rally-porl. Gray rnafonrg and arching floor? If mlghf be- Balboa High School! W People are moving about. Five of them come laughing and talking together down a corridor. They're presidents, class-presidents: Virginia Hughes and lack Brown of the freshmen, Walter Iudson, leader of the sophomore class, Stanwood Specht of the juniorsg and Grattan lVlcGroarty. Other students crowd in, among them freshmen with full heads of hairl People crowd into the assembly. The first junior-senior assembly it is, and early in October. Mr. Spalding is speaking. He asks the students, YVhy are you in high school? What are you going to do now that you're here? He introduces another, Mr. Miller, who explains the sports program. It keeps forming and reforming, this fortress. It is like a dream, more suggestive than real. Faint outlines suggest fantastic activities. Here, for instance, are seniors, yes, seniors, with worn appearance. They are leaping and running like hurdlers, but with books in hand. There one vaults an obstacle, his only pole a pencil. The nimbler athletes, their trials over, chat with worried-looking juniors and point f0W3I'd HIC 'fha loorznfs of Mase fresh- V men of hbfyililhlllk of ' fhem f f .-swf, fllfzrzmaznf Save my Clulell J? ., 53 W, W fi t 4. A5 1.3 QW 23905 li ,.... . ,sf .

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nd souls ted step ly stage quipped amatics, mppi and game of referee. is change Behind id things cheon in the bill s, sand- candy, Kunkel, it beansl ee grow- Jurnedlu 'ell, save terward, garments 'skl Tskl ier man seniors. though long the nanners. floor? I reshman and the Cccptcd. :on is a ie small P1'cz'ure.r and picfure.r in the cloudw, fliffifig, .1-kglopfng, wiffzouf order. Jlemoriar. Dreafmr. The athletic' drive, that measures our school spirit, comes to mind. With it comes Clarke's now famous oration. The trouble with you is you have no school spiritl What? You do have some? VVell, how much? For instance, do you have a dollar's worth? Presently we have the answers: none and no. VVe are tried in the balances and found wanting. True, no school spirit. The second athletic drive, this time for dancing partners for school affairs, is more successful. Future senior steppers must credit their success to this inspiration and guidance. The first dance given by the school in general occurs at the Yacht Club. The guests are pleased with the red and white decorations, colored lights, one realand one artificial moon, the searchlight from the bay. One student alone is glad when the evening is over. Duke Barkhurst. Comes a new spirit over our conduct at athletic events. VVe stop booing and start cooing at our opponents. All because of the Nifty-Fifty red- and-white-clad students, led by a loyal son of old Texas, who teach us manners. It all boils down to the fact that they want us to be silent the better to set off the cadence of their own voices. While on the matter of sound, we recall the Christmas carols, each year more beautiful and memorable. The ease with which clubs are organized, busi- ness conducted, and results achieved, makes the onlooker believe that Balboa High has had these things for ages instead of two short years. His- pano-America, in particular, deserves commenda- tion for its two outstanding undertakings-the debate with the National lnstitute and the presen- tation of La Conjuracion do Venecia, the latter in conjunction with the Cristobal Spanish Club. THE ZONIAN TIQQTS Qsznme lt H Excuse' mam- flmfcf IS They A Worqtu - W z Nf I I