Los Angeles High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Miss Mary Foy, '79 One of The Founders of Alumni AssociaTion Below: Luncheon helcl in Teachers' CafeTeria on Homecoming Day. smpmgaim- W ALUMNI Upon his graduaTion every senior receives The STar and CrescenT pin, symbolizing his membership in The Alumni AssociaTion. NexT To The STar and CrescenT, whose TirsT presidenT was Miss Mary Foy, I879, The Alumni AssociaTion is l..A.'s oldesT organizaTion. IT was Tounded on June I8, l88I, exacTly 67 years, To The day, previous To The graduaTion oT The class oT S'48, L.A.'s 75Th an- niversary year. One oT The associaTion's TirsT TuncTions was To proTecT The l-ligh School from an elemenT in The ciTy which soughT iTs aboliTion. The Alumni hold Their annual reunions aT The school on The TirsT SaTurday of June. This year a special program was held in observance oT The 75th anniversary. An oTTicial alumni publicaTion, Roman-iscing, appears Two or Three Times annually. Mr. Joe Crail, S'22, was presidenT Tor I948. Miss Phyllis Jackson, S'4O, is execuTive secreTary oi The organizaTion. Mrs. Carrie McAdams, Rome's well- loved secreTary, who has seen Thousands enTer and leave Los Angeles T-ligh, has made a collecTion of The graduaTion programs oi all classes, beginning wiTh The very TirsT graduaTion, so ThaT she has a compleTe lisT oT alumni. Mrs. Carrie McAdams, W'O7 SecreTary oT L.A. High We Le'FT: Alumni ride across Housh Field aT Manual-L.A. Game. Below: Class of I958? lChiId- ren of Alumni who visiTed on Homecoming Day.l

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Phyllis Jackson, S'4O, Secre- of lhe Alumni Associafion. light Sire of pro osed Me- norial Social Hall3lOl rn ic Y P and Rimpaul lelow: Joe Crail addresses Xlumn lally. i a+ Homecoming HOMECOMING A span ol sixly-eighl years was reprewenlecl on Home- coming Day, November I4, l947, by graduales from classes as lar baclc as I879, and by former lacully mem- bers. Aclivilies began in lhe morning wilh regisrralion. Miss Margarel Ray, lacully Homecoming chairman, supere vised The day's evenls. A special issue of lhe Blue and While Daily, lealuring arlicles aboul lhe alumni, was prepared lor lhe occasion. Several senior girls had charge ol a nursery in 249 for lhe children ol lhe alumni. A few graduales who spolce al The rally held in 'rhe audilorium were Joe Crail, presidenl ol lhe alumni, Mayor Flelcher Bowron, and Paul Elmguisl, cheerleader in W'24. The day was climaxed by a game lon l-loush Fieldl wilh Manual, which is one of Rome's earliesl Los Angeles rivals, Belween halves, several sludenls posed as alumni in a mock game. Dr. Paul Webb, former principal, and Mr. Reeves lem- porarily became wafer boys. One ol lhe main poinls of inleresl on Homecoming Day was Jrhe Social l-lall campaign, which laler sfarled officially April I. I948. Mr. Joe Crail, S'22, I948 Presidenl of 'fhe Alumni Associa'rion. Below: Mayor Flefcher Bow- f . 1 . is ' 31' 11 I 'J Day. -'fr-f W cwgunlifiw-f' ron, S'06, Mr. Reeves, and Miss Ray on Homecoming l