Modesto High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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-11:11 LI XSS Ol IICIIIXS Pzcvzdclzt IIX x lIxN ICICI I rcszdtnt Rox joan s Secreiary 'xt I IURNI lx T1 caslner XX xun QLIIXII R XSS ll XLII x5 Mr Cole Hr R1Cll'II'dSOIl CI XSS COI ORS Blue and W h1te School beg tn tllls year on rluesdty September ith md on the mst ll1llI5 meet for thlw purpose Aftel clectmg able ofhcers to guxde Us throw h our umor year we began maklng plans for enterlng 1nto the V'1I'1OllN school 1et1v1 t1es Qur first step was to plan a get together time, so that we nnght sttrt the Wear r1ght Xhout the th1rd week 1n September we held a plCl'llC on the fuol umne Rxver followed by a theater party at the Star Theater Thls enabled us not only to become better acqualnted but to arouse class Splflt for the year As 1n former years th1s year has found us well represented ln all act1v1t1es of the school In track the ablest men were .Iumors and among those whom we gave to th1s noble cause were Bud Austln S Holtham Il Campbell R Brxggs C Hansen and P Turner At the hrst relay meet the umors were pronounced w mners w 1th an overwhelm1ng vlctory over the othe1 classes Thl was also true ln the fxnal lnter class meet and when the team w as sent to the meet at Fresno 1n Uarch the IH3jOI'1lCy of the boys bore on the1r NIR eaters the numbers 1917 In other athletxcs the same IS true In regard to Rugby there lb not much to say eaccept that almost all of the part1c1pants were -Iumor There was the same eacc1tement th1s year as last over basketball and when the Hnal team was chosen to represent our lllgli school four out of the hve on the team were Jumors We have won much Cl1St1I1Ct1OI1 IU th1s sport 1n our three years m h1gh school and among those who have shown marked abxhty are H Campbell Bud Austin I Downer G Magladry and C Hansen It IS not only 1n athletlcs that we have won many honors but 1n other act1v1t1es as well B Sumskl and P Turner represent our class and school 1n debatmg and have proved themselves worthy representatlves In the 'NI II S Orchestra whlch 15 one of the new OI'gZlIllZ8.t10I1b of the school our class lx also represented, and even 1n the smgmg classes we often are obhged to acknowledge that those whose vo1ces we hear are 17 s lVe are sure we have all done our dutles as jumors and though many or our members have not Jomed 1n the outs1de actlvltxes of our school they have done thelr duty too, by upholdlng the I'Cpl1t3.t1OI1 of our class We are proud of our class and we wxll leave It to the reader lf we are not justdied ln belng so DOROTHX RICE 1 Z1 I . .ELLIS ' ,fe QQ I V 7 'f R' I ...................... .... ...................... If X .Juv ,' 7- J ' , A , , N 4.. . ............................... . ........... ...... I I 7, f' 2' Cla C. ' lll'.' I . ' . 3 44+ n aI It 4 ,ni L. A L . L - C , y L - -- day followmg we met to elect our class ofhcers. XVe were the Flrst class to .3 5 . I ' 1 . ' : A : g I , f 1 ' - . : 7 1' - . 5 ' ' - K . ' Q z ' , ' J c c . It c C , . I , . . . . I .3 , . C , 1 . V, L , ', at xx ' r I . W , . , . . u , . , , 5. ' - I 3 , - l .I A c , I I c . 3 s. . ' ' f . , ' . ' 3 . y L , . .Y y 1 .. n . , tx xr ' , Y , . , . . . . by . 4 u 1 ':,4 C Q I I I A - - . 1 , a In . I N n y I I LI I . , , I Y . 4 C . L, . I . : 4 C , , ' -:. ' L , I , ' v N A . 1.

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The Class of 1916 FRESH NIAN l our years ago xxe entered upon our Freshman xetr m htqh school seventx exght strong, and had the prnllege of bemq the largest class ever enrolled ln the Modesto Hlgh School lt IS almost needless to say how we felt Vind how others felt for us but as thls 1s part of the lllN101X xt could not be profitably omltted Lpon entermg the Xssembly Room xxe took our seats pmesumably' xx mth all the pomp and dzgfnztv of perfeet young ladies and gentlemen We were proud m no l1ttle sense of our recent debut, 'md for a tnne all xxent well Hut soon the atmosphere became eontwmmated, a 1f bv our werx presence 'md xxe felt decldedlx out of place ln taet lt began to daxxn upon some ot us that xxe had actually 111195611 our calhng The tron xxalls of tradltlon seemed msur mountable ind many of us xxere mtrodueed to the nearest hx drtnts bv Certaln hetrtless Sophomores Xfter the tI'lfllt10I1ll lllllllllllfllin' tests xxe fthe ll1Slg I1lflL mts were left sexclelx tlone to xx ork out our oxxn s1lx ttlon and xxe began our struggle m earnest xx 1th those bugbears of exerx lnqh school student Latm md Xlqebra Some of our el tssmates xxho eould not stand the strfnn dropped out of the runmng but ts a rexx ard the mayorxtv xx ere pernntted to enter that eltss more respected the Sophomore Qlass NUPHONIORP He 'tppreclated lll1l6,Cfl our newly 21Lql1lI'CCl posltlon and became xn every ense of the xx ord tI 1Ill1l0l1'1l Sophomores XX e took upon ourselxes the respon 1b1l1tx of idmnnstermq to the needs ot the Freshmen although 111 some tn tmees xxe tre glad to tdnnt xxe shqhtlv OVCI'CStlIIl'ltCil our strength It xx'1s m our Sophomoxe xear th tt xxe began to form 1 true conception of hugh school 1nd 1ts nms and tlthough L eertun concelt blmded us xxe endeaxored to eonce 11 tnat concezt as best xxe eould lt xxas noxx agam tnne for the final LXlI11ll'l'1tlOIlS 'md agam the same old storx xxe reaped xx hat xxe had soxxn 'IUN IOR L pon entermsf the lumor Class our members xx ere agam sadly' reduced but mn tlns sutmq out proeess the x thant are as 1 general rule the QUTXIVOTQ lt xx as Ill our umor xetr th tt xxe dex eloped our lttent abxhtx and before the term xxas OYLI xxe too had produced our celebrxtles ln 1ll fields of school tct1v1tx lt was a lumors th It we hecnne tequnnted xx 1th the laws of Lhtrles and ltoxle and tlso made ourselxes tllHtll1Q'l1lSl16Cl as manufacturers of H S Durmg our Iumor year xxe developed '1 peculmr sense of orlglnalltx, and tlthouqh at tnnes lt flunked us 111 heometrx CX3l11ll13UOI'ls xt xxas '1 declded help III a soclal way It was noxv tlme to take another step so after bravmg the fire for a thlrd tnne the mdustrlous majorxtv xxere agam rewarded SEN IOR llere we are QCIUOYQ, at last' No it 18 not 'tn ldle dream' It as a reahty ' We h'1xe tetuallw 'trrlxedl Of x lreshman Llass of seventx elqht thlrtx three remam to tell the story We have clnnbed from msxgmficant Freshmen, yes to dxgnxfied Senxors untxl today xxe are at the head of school 'zffaxrs Durmg our Semor year xxe have taken a foremost part tn the athlet1c, debatlng and dramatxc mterests of the school In a few more xveeks we are to leave an ll1Nt1tllt10I'l that has carefullv glllflefl our footsteps for four long years Although xve as a class are soon to be separated let us alxxavs hold m sweet remembrance the class of 1916, and let us one and all extend to our successors our best wxshes for then' mental and physlcal development in the new hxgh school, to secure xxhleh we fought as '1 class so strenuously and falthfully 24 I 1 , 4 1. . 1 1 . . 1 . I . K ,. .. , , ' , , .. . . 1 . . . s- -1. 1 . 1 . . . '- v v ' ' ' ' ' 1 , Y K ' 1 . . , 1 . .. , 1 . . 1 . 1 1 - . 1 1 4 5 . 1 1 . , t . . .1 L L - v 1 ., . ' 1 1 v x ' sg ' 1 r I 1 .1 1 1 1 . 1 . ' Q , A X 7 .. I ..' ix V . . - 1 .. 1, .. . 1 1 b .. . ., . , . V,-1 11- , - V , -. H . , 1 . . 1 . .1 1 . b1 - ' - 1 -1 - - v 1 - - . . . 1. . . . 1 , , . 1, 1 .' K 1. 1 Z.. .. ' . . 1 , . 'Q E v . V . , 1.1 1 1 .,.. . , ' ' 1. 1.. . , 1, 1... J ' ' 1 u 1 1 ' . Y 1 1 . .1 N .lx Y l K 5 .l. 7 -f YS 1 , . - , ss 1 - N 1 . Q x . . . 1 1 . . 1 . .,. . 1 - 1 - vs S1 .. 1 1 1 . '. . 1 . . 1. 1 1 , - V, f 1 , 1 s - u K I K C K 1 1 . 1 .. , 4 1 1 .1 ' 1 V s 1 ' I - rs 1 1 v . ' 1 1 . . . . 1 1 ,.. . . . , . . . . . .1 1 ..1 Q , . U, 1 . . ' E K.. 1 K .11 Q . . -. W , . . ' .. 1 1 , 1 1 K , . .. 1 - -1 - ss -s 1 s 1 s 1. 1 1 1 , , v . 15- 1 .' 1 ' , 1 1. 1 . 1 . . . , - fs - , . ,. . . . 1 f. 1. S . 1 1 1 1 -1 . ' . ,. 1 , ,. . ,. -. '. ,. . ' 1 . 1. 1 . . ., Q . . ., 3s. - ' L 1 . . l . ' ff ' U 7 1 ' ' . V ' ' . ' , 1 ' 1 Q 1 . . I , .. 1. 1 . . . 1 . ,. ., ., H . 1 ,e ., . . , . 1 . l. v,-- . 1 1 1 T . ' - - 1- ' ' 1, 1 1 J 1 . 1 1 . 1 .. . I M , Y Y W7 Y . Q. . . i 1 1 . 1 1 . ., s -1 1 . 1 .. v 7 . . . 1 1 . . 1 -., 1 , ,K 4 , 1 . .1 .. . . , C D '16 . ., .

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