Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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JUNIOR A CLASS

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JUNIOR A OFFICERS Cyril Wootten Saudth ance A Corine Tompkins Genevieve Gordon In the month of September, of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-three, fifty-two pair of struggling feet brought fifty-two freshmen to the portals of the Madera Union High School. After we had been given sufficient time to settle down and be- come used to our new quarters, we were nobly entertained by our up- per classmen with an elaborate Freshmen Reception. Every fresh- man came that night with shaky knees, fearing some pretty rough treatment. However, we all managed to get out alive. As this step seemed to take away some of our greenness, we man- aged to live through the rest of the year under the harsh treatment of those who were so much above us, and could hard were honored with the name “sophies.”’ Although we felt we had taken a big step from “freshies” to “sophies,” there still seemed to be many who were far above us. Dur- ing our sophomore year, we scored well in athletics by winning in inter-class soccer, basketball, and foothall. We showed the other classes that we were well able to take up the duties of the juniors. Our junior year in high school has so far been one of great suc- cesses. We have shown this by our many achievements, one of which is the junior play, “Quality Street,” which was certainly a success. When the seniors held their annual sneak day, we handled their re- mains in a most original and noble manner. “The junior picnic, held Saturday, May 8th, was a day of fun and lots of it. No doubt there is a fine Senior class this year, but the present Junior class can ably take up the work which they will leave for us. y realize when we

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SENIOR B OFFICERS EES TC OT bee aeeees eee reese, Receuse ec REO, Sere een ee Milburn Wright RVC ESPN OST Cle Tite soccer: nee ik ce Ln ei eal ay Ot Re TEEN oT Grace Bartmann Erma Stapp Three years ago thirty happy youngsters were graduated from the Lincoln Grammar School, entering the Madera High School in February, 1923. Our number has varied from time to time by stu- dents having fallen by the wayside or perhaps some few having been added, until we now number tw enty-one. Though we had many mis- givings about our initiation, on the whole we were anxious to begin life on a higher plane; and after the first few weeks. we settled down to the daily routine and enjoyed our work as much as we had an- ticipated. As Junior A’s we were peicoemveds in almost every sport, especial- ly football, basketball, and track. “Quality Street,” our Junior Play given in November, was a real success. S32