Laton High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Laton, CA)

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ala Eeaves X i Scholarship Society The Scholarship SocieTy, branch member 2l6C oT The CaliTornia Scholarship Fed- eraTion, The mosT exclusive club in The school, had during The lasT year The Tollowing membership: Terril ETird-President JuaniTa Anderson-Vice-President Ursula Turner -SecreTary7 and George Nishi, Council Memberg RoberTa Jenlcinson, Ilene Mcfxliis- Ter, Glenn Price, Maxine Vaughn, Vlfilliam Roush, Mae Delle Cessna, Frances Nielsen, Grace Nishi, ivlargareT Love, Muriel Holsinger, STewarT Blanchard, Irwin ETird, and KeiTh Parsons. The club has had a very enioyabie year, whaT wi+h various excursions led by The advisor, Miss Cook. Following are privileges allowed The SocieTy by The TaculTy: I. All members oT The socieTy may be excused Trom guarTer examinaTions in any course. 2. All members oT The socieTy may be excused Trom Tardiness wiThin a cerTain limiT. 3. All members OT The socieTy may give Their own excuses Tor absences. A wriT- Ten excuse Trom Their parenTs shail noT be required. 4. All members oT The socieTy may have The privilege oT sTudying where They please during Their sTudy period. Roush, Price, T. FTird, Coolc, l. ETird, Blanchard, Nishi Turner, lv1cAllisTer, Anderson, Nieisen, Cessna, Jenkinson, Love -T28

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Blu-Goldileer For The TirsT Time in iTs hisTory The LaTon High School has a school paper, which is published semi-monThly on Thursdays. The iournalism club was organized aT The beginning oT The year wiTh only Tour members besides The advisor, lvliss Jane Cook. The name BLU-GOLDILEER, was chosen because iT represenTs The school colors, blue and gold. During The TirsT semesTer, ediTorship oT The paper was given To a new person Tor each publicaTion, buT during The second semesTer one ediTor published Three papers beTore passing on his posiTion To anoTher. The paper was TirsT published on plain whiTe mimeograph paper TasTened TogeTher wiTh clips. LaTer a Tolder Type was used and diTTerenT colors and columns oT prinT were experimenTed wiTh To some degree OT success. The BLU-GOLDILEER sTaTT made a pracTice oT meeTing TogeTher on Wednesday aTTernoons and evenings To compile The paper and have iT ready Tor issuance aT noon Thursday. They usually had a poT-luck dinner TogeTher in The Home-making building on Wednesday evenings. Membership grew slowly buT sTeadily unTil aT The presenT Time There are I3 mem- bers: Viola CrawTord, Lillie Larson, PeTe Balderama, William Roush, William Reed. EdiTh Qualls, Bernerd RiTchie, JuaniTa Anderson, Ursula Turner, Hazel Gonser, Francis Landis, Leslie JeweTT, and VioleTTe Searcey. The advisor is lvliss Cook and honorary members are Mr. Hayes and Mr. Glenn. Reed, Sommars, JeweTT, Cook, Roush Crawford, Turner, Anderson, Qualls, Larson l LL- zu-7 . , Y lwlz feaves S VY 1 ff? ii T ogy vi

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Merit Committee The merit committee is composed ot one representative student trom each class and one trom the student body at large. This body supplements the worlc ot the student body council in the matter ot selt-government. The purpose ot the merit system is to stimulate activities indicative ot good citizenship. It provides a means ot rating the citizenship standards ot individual students. Changes in merits may be recommended by members ot the taculty or by students with the signed approval ot the appropriate taculty member. The merit committee has been in ettect at the Laton High School tor approximately six years. The students this year are fortunate in having a group ot conscientious students to conduct the important business involved. The sessions held every Thursday during activities period are always busy ones. The members are: Chairman, Glenn Price: Freshman Representative, Neva De Hart: Sophomore Representative. Janet Hetionkp Junior Representative, Leslie Jewettg Senior Representative. Terril Etirdg Student Representative, William Roush: Faculty Representative, Miss Allen. Roush, Jewett. Del-lart, Allen, I-letionlc, Price, Etird l l l I 2911- fl ai: feaves SM'