Beaumont High School - Live Oak Yearbook (Beaumont, CA)

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J' Ben, ,iff 70. Ki. -efiiyliu wi in s -ee- FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIC-SHT: Curiis Spears, James Minion, Gerry Hussey, Gene Summers, Leona Rhoades, Joe Davis, Gerry Courfney. ' SECOND ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: George Jenkins. Bernice Beach, Gordon Belcher, Dorofhy Rash, Dale Lieuallen, Colleen Hansen, Ari McGee. ' THIRD ROW. LEFT TO RIGHT: Bonnie Carr, Don McOslrer, Margarel' Wilson, Allen Hofreiier, Jackie Allen, Jack Neilson, Elisa Lira. FOURTH ROW, LEFT TO RIGHTE Billy Hurlbirf, Myrlle Salinas, Bob LaFleur, Chrisfine Hayward, Jael: Hamilfon. The Junior Class has had. an oursianding number ol successes ihis year in siriving io make school life more enieriaining, and showed iheir abiliiies in ihe lines of scholarship, dramaiic ialenl, iournalism and sporis. ' The members holding 'rhe honors on scholarship were as Follows: Gerry Hussey, Marilyn King, Leona Rhoades, Roberf Lalzleur, lvlarvis Sewell, Bernice Beach, Doroihy Rash, and George Jenlcins. The highlighls lor 'rhe class were iheir presenialion of Broiher Goose and The Junior-Senior Banquei which closed lhe school year, leaving behind many won- derful memories lor boih lhe Juniors and Seniors. The dependable workers and lhe ralenled siudenis of The class will carry on Their high srandards of work and play in Their Senior year. This P1130 5l'0'IS0f fl by BEAUMONT AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE BEAUMONT CLEANERS 559 W. 6lh Street - 305 W. 5th Slreel. Phone 623 Paris :md Accessories We Do Our Best to Please ki

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22 II. II IF ,IE W II 'IIT II-II ACT l. SCENE I The Time is Monday, SepTember I3, I943. The place is The BeaumonT High audiTorium. The main acTors-TiTTy-Two oT Them- are The halT-shy, half-cocky members oT The Freshman Class. They sTare wiih never-Thinking eyes: They sTare in pale and cold surprise. They siT in assembly now, each possessing a copy of The STudenTs' Handbook, sampling Their TirsT TasTe oT high school life. The TirsT assembly oT The year opens wiTh a loud, hearTy yell Trom each class. The seniors are TirsT, Then The Juniors and Sopho- mores, and Then-silence! The Freshman Class siTs wiTh open mouThs noT knowing iusi whaT is expecTed of Them, and, if having a TainT idea, Too scared To Try. Finally some oT The Juniors sTarT yelling Freshman, Rah! Rah! and The Freshman ioin The shouT. All This gives The oTher members of The school a pleasanT older feeling. They TorgeT ThaT The same Thing happened when They had iusT sTarTed school. Now, Mr. Sewell is making The TirsT speech oT The school year abouT absences, Tardies, The values oT a high school educaTion and such-The sorT oT speech ThaT bores The knowing Seniors, buT only conTuses The Freshman, Tor They can give iT only hall: of Their aTTenTion. There are many Things To Think abouT. The boys are worrying abouT Their ThreaTened iniTiaTion. There have been .all sorTs of conTradicTing rumors abouT iusT whaT fearsome elemenTs would be included, and some ThaT said There would be no iniTiaTion aT all, buT The only way To Tind ouT is To waiT and see. The girls are self-conscious, worrying wheTher Their sweaTers are Too TighT or Their lipsTick-Tor some a new habiT-is Too dark. They giggle, make insulTing remarks abouT The Freshman boys, and Talk a IiTTIe Too TasT and quiTe a biT Too loud in order To cover up Their embarassmenT. A Tew oi Them, already having begun Their search Tor eligible upperclass boys, oTTen glance back aT The Senior secTion, To be meT by The exTra Triendly glances of The Senior girls, who have been Talking abouT The Freshman girls among Themselves, saying, Oh, isn'T T-lelen's liTTle sisTer adorable? l beT she'll be popular and really meaning, l hope she leaves The Senior boys alone. Why, There are Twila Blain and Delila CourTney and Dick Harrison and Elise Thompson! Imagine Them as Treshmen! Jackie SmiTh, STerling CarTer, Francesca Kresse, BeTTy Kuhn and oThers had been going To BeaumonT schools ever since kindergarTen, yeT high school was compleTely new. A loT of Freshmen had graduaied Trom The eighTh grade aT Palm School: The kindergarTeners iusT menTioned and Edgar Elam, Raymond HeyTens, Monica Rainer, J. C. Moore, Jimmy Moore, Richard Bailey, Carl Gordon, Charley King, and BeTTy Carr. Here They all are, looking so undeniably- uh-Freshmen. As They siT in assembly They learn many Things abouT Their coming year. They are inTroduced To Their Teachers: Miss Jane ZarTman, maTh and biology: Mrs. MargueriTe Friedley, English and girls' gym Teacher: Mrs. Louise Laurence, Teacher of home econo- mics: Mr. Davidson Siivers, who Teaches band and drama: Mr. Theodore Bergen. of hisTory and shop, and Those Teachers who belong To BeaumonT, Mrs. Snyder and Mr. Adams. Now The mosT complicaTed Thing of all is being explained To Them-The demeriT sysTem. TT is sound in Theory: aT The end of The year each sTudenT is given one hundred meriTs, some oT Them being Taken away Tor each misdemeanor and made up by working a half hour To redeem each demeriT. NineTy meriTs are necessary Tor exTra-curricular work, such as plays and sporT Teams, and Tor graduaTion. The Freshmen Think This will be easy: all you have ye dp is obey The rules. Freshmen always Think ThaT, buT They'll earn. - ThaT Takes care oi all The TirsT-year business. Assembly is dismissed. The newcomers begin Their Tirsi classes in high school. SCENE ll Time: Theiend oT The Freshman year. Place: BeaumonT High AudiTorium. CharacTers: same as in The beginning. buT how They have changed! They are aT home in The audiTorium now, having losT ThaT confused look and become an acTive and Tangible pari oT BeaumonT High. A loT has happened since ThaT TirsT assembly. They have elecTed class oTTicers Tor boTh semesTers: Richard Bailey and Charles Kihg, presidenT: Charles King and Delilah CourTney, vice- presidenT: and Barbara Carpenier, Elise Thompson. and Twila Blain Tor The oTTTer oTTices. They have ioined G.A.A. and chorus and band and drama. Three Freshmen made scholarship: Elise Thompson, Joanne GenTry, and Raymond HeyTens. Two Freshmen -Twila Blain and Joanne GenTry--were in Poor FaTher, a l-acT play given Tor The sTudenT body. They have passed Their subiecTs, aTTended assemblies, gone Through hick day, pal'TicipaTed in The TalenT Show, aTTended The Girls' Formal, and helped elecf sTudenT body oT'Ticers. Two Freshmen were elecTed Tor cheer leader during The second sernesier: Twila Blain and Joanne G-enTry. OTher officers The Fresh- men helped To elecT were Andrew Chavez, Jackie De Roos. Beverly Eisele and RuTh Sewell. FooTball was The highlighT oT The whole year, because BeaumonT High sTayed on The Top of The league Tor The sixTh consecuTive year. The highesT score oT The season. 32-I4, was chalked up againsT Palm Springs. STars of The Team were Duane Brown, Roy GiTTord, Ted Ward, Joe Mize. Paul Lewis, and Jack HolT. The disTincTion of being one of The very Tew Freshmen To receive a leTTer Tor TooTball was given To Edward Gordo Nunez. ln baskeTball The A's won Three games ouT oT six and The B's won every game They played. ln The Live Oak of I944 The Freshman Class was described as grassy. They had Their own ideas abouT iT, for in The same annual Twila Blain wroTe. The Freshman Class of I944 is one of The mosT ouTsTanding ,classes ever To parTicipaTe in school acTivi- Ties. ' The assembly ends. AnoTher class has graduaTed, buT The Freshmen aren'T Thinking abouT ThaT. They have a much more wonderTul ThoughTq The nexT Time They are all siTTing in assembly They can look over aT The Freshman seciion and smile, Tor They will be Sophomoresl ACT ll The Sophomore year was diTTerenT. There were new Teachers: Mr. George M. SmiThpeTer, maThemaTics: Miss MarTha Lee Ken- dall. physical educaTion: Mr. Marion Ray HoTTell, shop and Typing: and Mrs. Rebecca GoTorTh, English and hisTory. There were new sTudenTs. There were new classes-driver's educaTion, Tor one. BUT mosT of all There was ThaT new Teeling oT imporiance and belonging. ThaT is denied Freshmen. IT was wonderiul To be a Sophomore! The coming oT The Sophomore year saw The coming oT a new vocabulary, subsTiTuTing deTenTion Tor demeriT: Tor lasT year's demeriT sysTem had become someThing To laugh and ignore. Tardy? Two demeriTs.. CuTTing a class? Four demeriTs. Running in The hall? Two To five demeriTs-un'Til The poor oTTenders didn'T know which way To Turn. Some oT The Teachers assigned demeriTs unproporTionaTely wiThouT even having The sTudenT Tried aT courT. A Tew oT The sleepesT high school-ers had hours of deTenTion To make up aTTer a' couple of monThs, iusT Trom being Tardy. Nineiy meriTs were necessary Tor parTicipaTion in a play or on a Team, and iT The sTraTegic number Tell below sevenTy, parenTs were noTiTied. Then some oT The sTudenTs goT wise. Football players could make up all The meriTs They needed by going To TooTball pracTice. Gradually everybody began To Tind ThaT if They applied Tor meriTs, They would geT Two aT The end of The week wiThouT making up Time. IT was sTill a good idea, in Theory!