Barstow High School - El Desierto Yearbook (Barstow, CA)

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3 iwhlch they will take 1n the- events f 'C' 'parmgoh' Orr' Q. Q ceding the Annual Play and they are now pre f ,Q o ommencement W rWherever the 0I'ChGSt1'3 has appeareid it has been enthusiastical 1y,,reCeIYed These public appearances have 'gwgh the' fowngpleo some 'conception-of what the High School 1S doing, 'i T f A 7 ,. We hope that the orchestra of this year Will furnish a' inugleus and .incentive for a larger and better orchestra in the futurefahd We ,Sincerelyiatrust that 'the good Work begunlwill be continued in the, yearsto come.M In ' l ' r ' .4 . , ' , , I - , A 1 V , . Qmfyzafff . ' f' 1 x 1 BOYS' BASKET BALL TEAM The students were very slow in taking hold of athletics this Year, but during the height of the basketball season they became quite enthusiastic. The first game was played between the Juniors and Sophomores March eleventh. There was great excitement on each side, as the teams were quite evenly matched. The victory Went to the Juniors, however. The first of the year Victorville challenged us to a game of basketball, and We practiced every day to prepare for it. When Page Thirty-Nine

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lhonorTof'itli'e teams, which was. appreciated by everyone. Then we were ,invited to enJoy the movies given in the High School Audi- torium, 1 4 - , r 'I -'We started home alittle after nine and, with only one blow-out, We arrived' home, tired, but resolved to have another game that we might retrieve ourfailure, on our home court. i ' Saturday, May' 8, the girls .played a match game of indoor baseball with the Victorville girls on our own field. Much excite- mentlaccompanied the game, which was won .by our opponents, although' the Barstow girls did splendidly considering the amount of practice' which they had had. The resulting score was twenty- ,one to twenty-nine. INEZ HOWE. up The. Orchestra '-It wasa--very-pleasant surprise when the High School students learned- at the beginning of the year that they were to have an orchestra. ' During the first year of the school there was a small orc'hestra,..but after that year the organization did not appear again until this term. It was astonishing to see the number of instru- ments that appeared in answer-to the call for musicians for the orchestra. Very few of .the volunteers were able to play well enough at that time to join the orchestra and so lessons were given for the violin, trombone, cornet and drums. Due to the ability and efforts, of our music teacher, Miss Aiken, it was but a short time before a small group was able to form, an orchestra. As time passed the music students made rapid strides and the number in our orchestra gradually' increased until now there are eleven pieces. Following is the list of students who now comprise the orchestra: Leonard 'Soules .... .......... ......... . .................................. Q ............................. P iano Robert Greer ........ g ............... a ......, ................................ - ............................... C ornet Frederica Dresie .......... QQ ...... First Violin' Helen Jones ....... Q ..... ........ F irst Violin Walter Bell ............. ............ F irst Violin Elsie. Riche ..... x ............. ........ S econd Violin Leta f Thompson .... .......,. Second Violin Dilla HOWe .............. ......... S econd Violin George Leak ........... ,,,,,,,,.,,,- T rombone Frank Greer.-. ......... -- ........ Trombone Eugene Miller,.,Q ....,., T ,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,.,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,-,.,,,.,.,,, ,,---M.,,-,,,,,,.-,,,, D rums Miss Aiken ..............,,..,,.,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,.-,,,.,-,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,..,,,-,,.,,, N .,,,.,.,,,, Director - The orchestra has played in public twice. The first time it furnished a part of the entertainment at a mass meeting. 'V The sec- ond time, with the Girls' Glee Club it furnished the programme ' K Page Thirty-Eight

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xx ' - V ' . , . We finally had our team- in ' shape, Victorville had to cancel the en- gagement onaccount of the fluffy - i 'AIfI'aHg'9I1f1Q1il3S 'Were then made for a tennis tournament to be helditwol Weeks-later. April eleventh the omatch was held at Vic- torville. In the doubles 'Victorville Won With games 6-3 and 6-4 m the jfirsttwo sets. B. U, H. S. Was represented by Johnson and Mulcahy. + y n Q s b ' '- In the singles Barstow took all the honors, the score being 6-4 and 6-2 in the 'first and third sets. This, the only Victory of the -day, ,Was Won' by Mulcahy. p. f , After thetournament the boys rounded up their baseball ideas and baseball has been the game for many Weeks. -Victorville sur- prised us with a challenge' to a game of indoor or' armory ball, and although the practice was brief, We met them May eighth on the 'Barstow' diamond. Throughoutthe game the cheering was enthus-- 'iastic onnboth sides. The B. U. H. S. boys Were at their best, and iinthe last inning the score read 19-25 in favor of Barstow. l, B This Was' the last game of the season. .. - Miss McNeese Cin Modern Historyj-Who intrduced the Dodge Bill? ' Charles B.-The Dodge brothers. ' ' 9 Page Forty