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50 COUHGAR CAPERS FRESHMAN PARTY: FUN FOR EVERYONE March I4, T947 Q The green oT Sl. PaTrick's Day was well represenTed when The Freshman Class presenTed an Evening in Ireland aT Palm School March I4. STarTing aT 8:00 a good crowd oT young people enjoyed dancing and games. The kids played Bingo, Cards. and Monopoly. The en- TerTainmenT was Turnished by Eva's and Jerry's singing. ReTreshmenTs Tor everyone included cookies. punch. doughnuTs. and sandwiches. ANNUAL SPRING' CONCERT HELD March I9, T947 . The High School Band and Chorus and Junior Band presenTed Their annual spring con- cerT Wednesday evening To a capacily crowd. The concerT was under The direcTion oT Miss JeaneTTe Greenhaw. High School music di- recTor. g Many well known selecTions were presenTed by The diTTerenT deparTmenTs. Several oT The numbers played were Under -The Double Eagle. Francaise MiliTaire. and ConcerTo, TeaTuring a clarineT solo by Tom lsgro. Jackie SmiTh and Jean Chris sang The lTalian STreeT Song. TRANSPORTATION DAY INCREASES LINIMENT SALES March 20. T947 TransporTaTion Day came To B.U.H.S. March 20, and Tound- many poor sTudenTs lugging books down The hall. TransporTaTion Day is a new experience Tor mosT oT The sTudenTs and resulTed in many sore arms and backs buT iT neverTheless resulTed in loTs of Tun Tor every- one. JUNIOR SENIOR BANQUET sHELD KNOTTS BERRY FARM March 28, T941 Planning Tor .The Annual Junior-Senior Ban- queT came To an end March 28. when The big evenT Tinally arrived. 1 The dinner sTarTed aT 7:30 wiTh a welcome by 'The Junior Class presidenT, Johnny Shaw. Dick Harrison, Senior Class president gave The response. HighlighTing The dinner was The reading oT The Senior.,Wil:l and Prophecy. Members of The Junior'.Class Turnished good enTerTainmenT in The way Aofsongs, dances and piano solos, and everyone had loTs of Tun. Speeches were given by Mr.'Sewell and Mr. Crane. I For dinner everyone had TruiT cocklail. salad, souThern Tried chicken. mashed poTaToes and gravy, .vegeTables, hoT biscuiTs. homeemade iam and berry pie. - . KnoTTs' Berry Farm is locaTed near Fulle.rTon and boasTs, in addiTion To iTs good Tood. a ghosT Town wiTh many relics ol days pasT and many liTTle shops Tor souvenir hunTers.' BLIND SPANISH PROGRAM HELD March 24, l947 Three Mexican boys sang and played Tor The STudenT Body, March 24. They were unable To speak English and, even more inTeresIing, They were blind. The boys sang well known Mexican songs including a love song. a song To moThor, The ever popular Rancho Grande. La BorrachiTa. and many oThers. Following Their songs a demonsTraTion of The value of braille was given by Their direcTor. This assembly was boTh valuable and enTerTaining and has helped sTudenTs To realize how lucky They are To have Their sighT. SENIOR DAY HELD AT RIVERSIDE COLLEGE April II, l947 While The resT oT The School aTTended classes, The Seniors spenT Friday. April ll. aT River- side College. This was our Senior Day. STudenTs visiTed The various deparTmenTs where demonsTraTions were given. The mosT popular demonsTraTions were Tor The girls. CosmeTology and Newspaper. while The boys chose AeronauTics and Radio. The day consisTed oT TirsT. The regisTraTion in The college Library. Then The presidenT wel-'i comed The group and insTrucTions were given. Following This, open house and visiTs To The various deparTmenTs were held. Luncheon came and was Tollowed by some really Top noTch enTerTainmenT by The College STudenTs. Senior Day was loTs oT Tun Tor everyone. ,, EASTER VACATION WELCOMED March 29. April 6, T947 STudenTs enioyed eleven glorious days oT Spring vacaTion from March 29 To April 6. BAND GIVES ASSEMBLY April I7. T947 A , April I7. The High School band gave a program before The STudenT Body. Under The direcTion oT Miss Greenhaw They played selec- Tions of marches. overTures and a number of concerT solos. ' SCHOLARSHIP DITCHES April ls, l9-17' . - Membersi'oT The Scholarship SocieTy had pu-lenTy 'of Tun 'on 'Thieir annual DiTch Day. This year The members!spenT The day in GriT- TiTh Park' in Los Angeles doing pracrically everyfhing ever ThoughT oT. AT noon came a big and super picnic lunch wiTh everyone Tillod To The brim aT The end. In The aflernoon some oT The group visiTed The ObservaTory and Then Tor The wholegroup To ChinaTown Tor a real Chinese Tamily sTyle meal. ATTer a Tour of Chinky Town The parTy conTinued To The Pasadena Playhouse and en- ioyed Shakespear's As You Like lT. lT was a Tired bunch of scholars ThaT climbed inTo The bus Tor The homoward Trip afTer The play wiTh Their advisor, Mrs. Long. HICK DAY CARNIVAL SPONSORED BY LIVE OAK April 29, i941 Hick Day was iusT as zaney This year as TT has been in all previous years and iusT as much Tun. Dressed in whaT even The caT wouldn'T drag in. The sTudenTs raised whoopee. The concessions and prizes Tor everyThing were aT Their besT. Many a penney and nickle Tound iTs way inTo The hands of The sponsors of This day. The Annual STaTT. HoT dogs and cokes were consumed in record amounTs and The king and queen were crowned and congraTulaTed. When The day finally wound up everyone was Tired buT happy aT The end of The year's craziesT celebralion. ' rl-ilzll.l.s AlN semen PLAY May I and 2, T947 B-r-r-r-rls They nearly had a murder in The Senior Play. The VisiTor had The audience on The edge of Their 'seaTs To The very lasT line oT This mysTery which was presenTed May l and 2 in The High' School audiToriurn. - THESENIORS DITCH May 9, T947 The Seniors diTched -and had Tun doing iT! Nearly 50 Seniors climbed inTo busses May 9 and headed Towards The beach, beginning wiTh lazing in The sand and shouTing Themselves hoarse. The girls Tried desperaTely hard To geT a sunTan wiThouT Treckles and The boys spenT mosT oT Their Time in The waTer while Their noses burned and peeled. - AT noon came The lunch. EveryThingl The girls prepared iT and everyone aTe iT. sand and all. ln The aTTernoon The kids goT TogeTher and explored Theiwhole area very Thoroughly. ln The evening aTTer a wonclerTul dinner The whole gang wenT To The Pike. This spelled loTs more Tun and aTTer riding Themselves sick and dizzy and collecTing horrible picTures oT Them- selves. a Tired, happy bunch oT Seniors headed Tor home. , BACCALAUREATE SERVICE - HELD FOR SENIORS May 25, T947 BaccalaureTTe was held The lasT Sunday in May. The services were held in The evening and were presided over by Rev. L. C. Anderson. Music was provided by The Chorus under The direcTion oT Miss Greenhaw. - 50 SENIORS GRADUATE FROM BEAUMONT HIGH May 29, 1947 The lasT shouT has died away in The halls of B.U.H.S. and unTil nexT year quieT will reign. When again in SepTember The Tamiliar voices ring and echo, some voices. long Tarniliar, will noT be heard. These voices will be scaTTered in many places. These voices belong To The class oT 47 and soon They wii be in colleges. oTTices, and many oTher places all over The counTry. The lasT Time These sTudenTs were in Their school was May 29. The year was I947. ThaT nighT They wore Their caps and gowns and lisTened To many speeches. Their SaluTaTorian spoke To Their TaThers and moThers and friends welcoming Them To wiTness all of This. Their ValadicToriarl spoke as a represenTaTiveioT each one of Them--her honor as TirsT in The class. The Chorus sang. and Then Their principal called Their names as They one by one sTepped Tor- ward To receive wiTh shaking hands a small paper. Nervously They Tried To smile and Then as each walked back To his place he liTTed The Tassel To The opposiTe side of his cap, signiTy- ing a graduaTe--an alumnus now! ATTer This The worsT had passed and as They were being congraTulaTed There was a Tear in each girl's eyes and a grin on each boy's lips. The TiTTy members oT The Class of 47 had graduaTod. h
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TFIIGHLRSTFITISTOF TTP46-I947 POPULATION 99 999V2 C APJERSW VACATION ENDS: BACK TO SCHOOL January 2, I947 January 2 was lhe iirsl school day ol I947, lhough noi lhe firsf day of lhis school lerm, bringing relucianl sludenls back lo ihe grind aiier Chrislmas vacalion. However all sludenls proclaimed il a wonderful vacalion and wished lhal Chrislmas came more lhan once a year. VARSITY INITIATION HELD BY GIRLS January IO, I947 Wearing nighl gowns, balhrobes, and slip- pers. and well sluiled wilh pillows. live girls allracled allenlion of The Srudenl Body. Jan- uary IO, al lhe Girls' Varsiiy inilialion. The climax of ihe day was a beauly conlesl which was won by Joyce McClain. Those ini- Iialed were Soledad Esirada, Beairice Rios, Joyce McClain, Wanda Crawford, Ana Mae Holi. and Leona Rhoades. MAGICIAN VISITS BEAUMONT January I7, I947 Ralph Pierce. lhe Madcap Magician, visiled Beaumonl High School, January I7, and gave many lhrills lo lhe sludenls wilh his sleighl- oi-hand and olher lricks. ln lhe evening performance Shirley Hudson losf her head and eggs lurned info celophane when slirred. in addilien lo many olher slunls. Mr. Pierce gave away four rabbils during lhe perlermances. Two performances were given, a malinee and evening performance. This show was sponsored by 'rhe Freshman Class and marks anolhor success for 'them lhis year. FIRST SEMESTER ENDS: SECOND SEMESTER BEGINS January 20, I947 The lirsl semesler ol lhe school year ended leday wilh many exclamalions on lhe parl of the sludenfs. Sighs of ioy over reaching 'the half-way mark were climaxed wilh groans of agony af lhe sighl of repori cards. Allhough no formal exercises look place, one new class was formed. The new class is Sociology, laking lhe place ol U. S. Hislory. Mr. Sewell is lhe leahcer. The new semesler promises lo be a very busy one wiih many exlracurricular acliviiies coming up. NOTED DRAMATIC ACTRESS APPEARS IN ASSEMBLY January 30, I947 Emiline Bogue, noled dramalic aclress and plaliorm arlisl. appeared before an assembly on January 30. Miss Bogue presenfed cosiume monologues. plays, dramalic and humorous skelches and characler porlrails. This program was one of lhe Nalional assemblies programs presenled during lhe year. ANNUAL STAFF SPONSORS SHOW February 4, 5, and 6, I947 The B.U.H.S. Annual slalf sponsored a pro- gram al The Beaumonl lhealre, lhree days. A malinee was held lhe fourlh for lhe benelil of Palm School sludenfs. The show included Iwo very popular lull- lenglh lealures. One. No Leave, No Love, slarred Van Johnson. and lhe olher a well known Wall Disney Cartoon. Saludos Amigos. was a slory ol our good neighbors lo The soulh. DONKEY BASKETBALL GAME. PLAYED February IO, I94-7 Monday nighl, February IO, al 7:30 lhe High School gymnasium was ihe scene ol lhe wildesl baslcelball game ever played in lhis couniy, when members of lhe School Facully and Ihe Kiwanis Club allempled ,lo play a rip-snorling game ol baskelball while mounled on lhe hur- ricane decks ol Rocky Mounlain donkeys. The obiecl oi rho game was io raise money for the Annual Slali. The crowd was good and lhe donkeys looked lheir besl in lheir rullled leggings and collars. In spile of lhe brave aliempls of lhe Kiwanis, the Facully won wilh a final score ol I4 lo IS. VALENTINES DAY CELEBRATION February I4, I946 ln honor of lhe big red hearl ol February I4, lhe sludenls al Beaumonl High sponsored a dance for lhemselves Friday nighl. Films ol name bands were renlecl and played, lhe only Trouble being lhal siudenls preferred walching lhe film io dancing. Also various games were sei up and kepl going while everyone proclaimed lhe evening a big success. LIQUID AIR ASSEMBLY HELD February 24, I947 Rubber balls shaller, mercury drives nails info wood and brillianl explosions occur as Mr. Everman of lhe Naiional Assemblies Program demonsiraled February 24 before an inleresled and amazed Sludenl Body. BETTY KUHN, Edilor Liquid Air is made by exposing ordinary air lo exlreme condilions of high pressure and lemperalure. Mr. Everman's demonslralion was boih inleresling and educafional and presenled in a humorous manner. BASEBALL FILM GIVEN IN ASSEMBLY February 25, I947 Sludenls sal in assembly, February 25, 'lo walch a film on World Series Baseball. AIA ihough some of lhe girls undoubledly were bewildered ai lechnical poinrs if was a good film and undoubledly proved valuable lo sludenls inleresled in 'rhai spori. JUNIOR PLAY HAILED AS A SUCCESS February 27, and 28, IY47 Everyone wenl lo see The Junior Play eilher al' fhe malinee February 27. or ihe evening performance lhe 28lh. This comedy presenled lels of laughs and Brolher Goose won r. be soon forgollen by eilher players or audience. TALENT SHOW MARKS ANOTHER SUCCESS March 7, I947 Talenr of every kind was displayed in lhe Annual Talenl Show which was held in lhe B.U.H.S. audilorium Friday nighl. Paul Marlin acled as masler ol' ceremonies: Bob LaFleur, assisianl edilor of lhe Annual, dirocled lhe show wilh lhe assislance oi Mrs. Curiis. The evening's enlerlainmenl included read- ings, piano and vocal solos, lap dancing, baron numbers and insirumenlal performances, plus a one-acl melodrama. The Talenl Show is an annual presenlalion of lhe Annual Slali and lhis year sei a record bolh in audience and lalcnf. MUSIC DEPARTMENT VISITS BANNING March Il, I947 The Beaumonl High School Band played guesl al Banning High, March ll, when lhey presenled a musical program before lhe Ban- ning High Sludenl Body. Miss Jeanelle Green- haw, music leacher, direcled lhe band in lheir various numbers. COLLEGE STUDENTS PRESENT ASSEMBLY March Il, I947 March ll, sludenls from Riverside Junior College gave a hilarious demonslralion ol how lheir school is run and lhe iypes ol people in ii, The sludenis represenling lhe College acled oul lhe paris of lhe sieadies, lhe married couple, lhe sludious boy and anxious girl, lhe shy loolball hero, lhe ioker and fhe difierenl lypes of reachers. Ol lhe Teachers lhey por- irayed lhe formal, The inlormal. and ihe coach. The whole show served lo give B.U.H.S. slu- donls a new oullook Towards college life.
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