Mission High School - Mission Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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FALL ' 1943 Day after' graduatiun . . . an in- tangihle part of those students , . . yesterday Missiunites . . . today part of the past . . . is left . . . teacher stares at empty seats . . rises and walks down the aisle . . . pausing to read carved inscriptions . . .all that are left . . . tu remind her uf former students . . . here are mine initials . . . S.R .... hes a pharmacists mate overseas nuw . . . memory uf a romance that lasted after graduatiun . , . a heart with LK, and 7'.II ..,. here's a campaign motto , , . l'fflc'ff1fNf1'i llumil . . . the name 51.111 13, , . . brings haek a tall, smiling lad with a mop nf curly hair . . . hut all inf scriptiuns . . . humnruus ur sad . , . will always he mute reminders nt' students what have gone he- fure . . . nn amnunt uf scruhhing nr varnishing can ever quite erase them. 0 O Leader ul girls aitrxrlres ttir the tall term ut VHS was hluu-eyed, hlrrntle- haired. guldenvsmiled jaequeline Buyd. viteprexitlerit ut the student hotly and president ot the irrrls l.e.rurre. tarrrrncrer. Irena' trvrrtlurr, Rwlu-rt ljelurrg, l'.rtrr4 ra Canlas. l.yilra tunklin, Mary Derrelry, Kathryn Kiastellanux, lirnestinc C're.rmer, Ola Mae llinsdale, liiilrard ilr.rtel.irn, l..irrr,r frimtkett, lfrxirries Dnllnsw, Ciuiilrr Churilrrll, Nairn lJ.ily,,lnl1n Iiuruan, Ruherl flexelariil, l,nrr.irrre Daxis, Milton Iluttu. -Iuseplr K levelarrd, lamrrette lk-Angelis, l.urett.i lirlu lr, ll.lIlV . Lrillrns, C harles Della Santirra, Vera Fagerle, irloria PAGE FIFTISIEN

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Ackridge, Xxlillhllll Batchelor, Robert Borg, George Alexantler, lilxxayne liatclielor, Stexe lloyd, lltiliielirii' Almgren, Karl lierlllelt, liolwell Hit-see, llexelley Apa1ton,,lelry Hernauer, Phillip l'5uii'oxv, llexerley Aimaixiul. lfilxxaiil lleinini, Llc-an Butts, Iiolleen Asenslo, l'eln.lndo llelticexuli, liramiw l3xnl,lllliet1n . llaiilon, lfxa lieitoiiliiai. I.t-no Kalwral, Glenn Barrett, Ann lioothroyd, joseph Calomiiis, Naiv PAGE FOURTEEN HN. CLASS OF Present H4 Class entered in Aug- ust, 1941 . . . new sophs were be- coming part of Mission . . . when December 7 arrived . . . became last Class to enter Mission in time of peace . . . changes came . . new courses . . . teachers . . . sen- iors . . . off to war . . . school day shortened . . . beloved Will Drew retired . . . equally beloved Mr. Newman became acting principal . . . night dances were introduced ...seniors saw service flag stars ex- ceed 14O0 . . . 38 gold stars . . . class of june '44 . . . has seen blackouts . . . peacetime conscrip- tion . . . events of war's passing parade . . . has assisted in blood donor drives . . . paper drives . . . war bond drives . . . and emerges . . . symbolic of those who will . . . win the Peace . . . and seek a world not at war. 0 Outstanding as a leader in the fall class of 1945 was Harry Erlich, student body president and editor of Mission's top-Higlit school newspaper, the XVFST XVINKS.

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Feldman, Lorraine Gabriel, Martin Hall, Richard Iienlason, Richard Gagen, Lois Hansen, Wlallare Fette, Dolores Garnier, Irene Healy, Richard Fielding, Agnes Gaxiglio, Eugene llieh, Darrell Flynn, Margaret Glasnow, Theodore Howard, Gloria Forsemann, I.eif Gocrcs, Elizabeth Inl'errera, Angelina Fontinos, Katherine Gopaul, Paul Jelenich, Virginia Frank, Rudolph Grosser, Dcnyse Jensen, Ethel PAGE SIXTEEN F... CLASS OF The seniors laugh . . . sing . . . wave at neighbors . . . and fur- nish all entertainment . . . some good . . . some corny . . . songs they've always wanted . . . crazy skits . , . parodies . . . all well re- ceived . , . this is the event . . . all seniors look forward to . . . it's last time graduates to-be will be as important collectively . . . in the eyes of their fellows . . . grad assembly gives preview of graduation exercises . . . and in- cludes presentation of awards for . . . athletics . . . scholarship . . . service . . . seniors do all things forbidden that evening . . . pass peanuts . . . gum . . . candy . . . administer hot foots . . . under the gaiety '... is feeling of regret and sorrow . . . for this is their last assembly . . . tomorrow . . . they will be Mission alumni . . . in a world at war. C 0 A man's man, loyal, good-hearted, ablefflharley Collins, president of the class of fall 1943, varsity football Cap- tain, and All-City fullback-a great athlete and an even greater fellow. ,nr f m a ,r,