Burlingame High School - Panther Tracks Yearbook (Burlingame, CA)

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Burlingame High School just then the door in Maurice's saloon blew open, and Prowler Doidge fainted from the shock. Hobo,' and Box Car each grabbed one of his shoes and tore out the back door, yelling back that they would see me at Boulder Dam. GPdJUdfIlOH a la Shakespeare By WILLIAM RADFORD To graduate or not to graduate. That is the question. ' Whetlier it is nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and agonies of outrageous flunkingsg Or to arm ourselves to unconditional passing. Ha! Hunking hath great terror in his look. Speak not of such unwanted fate. Beware the Ides of June. The dumb try many times before they pass, The valiant never taste of F's but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that we should fear, Seeing that graduation, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. When flunkers Hunk, there are no good grades seen, The heavens themselves blaze forth the Als of sharks The faculty are bound as well as we, Intelligent alike. Come! Come! Consider well! Thy chance Lies so within their power to decide. If you shall show them that you may not pass, Their minds may change. The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the grass beneath. It is twice blestg it blesseth those who give, and those who pass. So smile the teachers on the senior class, And we like friends shall graduate together. E253

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CAMPUS ECHOES Benne insisted on riding with her free of charge and wouldn't allow anyone in the back seat. ' john Burrows was skipper of an excursion boat on the bay, and Robert Fowler, incidentally, or accidentally, was first mate. Bob was gazing at some fish one day when he fell overboard. Man overboard! shouted Johnny at the top of his voice. I'll save him! yelled Leo Gadd, an escaped convict. So Leo called Dudley Lindner, the cook, who dived in and brought Bob to shore. On deck were jane Buerkel and Virginia Burnham, arguing about who in- vented safety pins. jane spied a figure in the distance. It looked like someone in distress, but it was only joe Czapkay, the hermit, sittin' and whittlin', out in his rowboat. Someone asked him what he did when he ran out of wood, but he told him to mind his own business and go away. A shower blew up, and Donald McLean, fearing he would get wet, jumped in and swam to shore to get an umbrella. Lillian McFarlane and Anne Wackerman, Don's two girl friends, raised such a row because Don left them that they were put in irons by the crew. Jean Steinbeck is chief entertainer on the vessel, and Vivian Robertson is the squealing soprano. Harriet Neuman, it is said, plays a mean piano accom- paniment. We were all pretty sick when we heard the results of our search! Here we were, without a cent and nobody around from whom we could get any money, and the huge Palace Hotel charged up to us for a night. 'iHobo Kendall had lost his sense of proportion and had rented every room in the whole building. We had not heard from all of the gangg but they were no better than the rest, financially. Betty Defendorf was holding a big revival at a tabernacle in San Bruno. Janet Webber was her partner, and also a shining example of what religion will do to a person. Marion Tweedy took the collection, and so the company of Defendotf and Webber lost money. It seems that Marshall Moore had organized a private fire department for the main purpose of distinguishing fires. His four chief fire-fighters were Tom Pudan, Billy Helms, Lawrence Newman, and George Marsh. One beautiful. spring day a perfumed letter arrived from Marjory Jones, inventor of the famous cast-iron hatpin that is taking the world by storm, announcing that a serious fire was in progress at her home. George had been out the night be- fore, and he preferred to rest rather than go to a fire. We were down in her neighborhood last week anyway,', said George. HVVhy dkhftsheteh usaboutitthen?' Give the girl a chance, said Al Clark, who was passing us then. Al, it seems, is very happy in his new position of street cleaner. Did you know that Gladys Brown, Dorothy jackson, and Gladys Wilson have opened a sport shop?', he continued. They seemed to be getting along fine the first day, but now their business has failed for lack of sports. ll-il

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CAMPUS ECHOES Cdienddf ONDAY, August 11, 1950: Vacationls over! School opened today with 881 students enrolled. Several new teachers, too-Mrs. Nadine Benson, Miss Beatrice Maple, Miss Ava Conelly, Mr. Carl Story, and Miss Sybil Schwartz. Thursday, August 28: The big sisters treated their little sisters to lunch. Everyone played games on the front lawn. Monday, September 1: Hurray! the swimming pool is open. At last stu- dents can wet their toes during school hours. Thursday, September 4: The first B this term came out today. Thursday, September 11: The freshmen gave their assembly. junior jenkins performed a noble feat in tapping in time to Elmer Vincent, accompanist's, gum chewing. Friday, September 12: Scrubs visited the Land of Oz at their reception given in the big gym this afternoon. Friday, September 19: The seniors gave a dime dance in the gym. Saturday, September 20: Panthers beat Monterey today 9-6. Monday, September 22: The T Square Club brought fame to Burlingame. Five boys won prizes at the California State Fair for their fine drafting en- tries. The Panther Reserves defeated the third-string Bearcats 21-O. Thursday, September 25: The Burlingame and San Mateo High A. G. S. cabinets enjoyed a picnic together at San Mateo Park. Glenn Woods, director of singing in all Oakland public schools, came and taught us to sing this morning. Wednesday, October 1: The freshmen's mothers and teachers got acquainted at a tea given this afternoon. Thursday, October 2: A faculty member increased his family. Congratula- tions, Mr. Hazeltine! Friday, October 10: The P. A. L. opened today. We conquered Sequoia 20-7 . Monday, October 15: Bundle week sponsored by the A. G. S. Social Service Department is now in progress. Thursday, October 23: The dramatics classes presented Sparkin' H,-a one act comedy featuring the humorous side of rural life, in assembly. Best thing we've had for some time. Friday, October 24: Burlingame's float sent to the San Mateo County Flower Show won a cup and ribbon for its unusual theme. Mr. Fena earned two cups and six ribbons for his flowers. Friday, October 51: Hallowe'en! Who cut the rope on the flag pole?. The E261