Modesto High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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mi JENSEN, ELMER One thing he has learned in high school: 'WVhen an irresistible force meets an i-mmovable object-the win- dow usually breaks. LOVE, ELGIN A High, Happy, Handsome Hopper, and not so half-hearted. NIATTESON, GERALDINE Four out of every five haven't their lessons, so Why should I? MALONE, NIILDRED Motto:V An ounce of preparation is worth a pound of excuses. JOHiNSON, ESTHER 'Alli Spanish is chili con carne to her. JONES, ELIZABETH Sixty laughs a minute is short count when Lizzie is near. LUNGRIN, EARL Earlie was his first nickname: Late would be a better one now. . MCCUMBER, HELEN H-Cgike is the green vegetable gf M, MCKINLEY, VLEONA Extra!! L. McKinley caught exceed- ing' the speed limit for getting' out of class. MUSCIO, ELDRED Sitting on top ot' the world would be a wonderful attraction if tht tg, were too small for a 'school btiildeiym.-I MILLER, ROY The sweetest music in the world to him is the chime of the bell at 3:-I5. MON ESE, NADINE She believes that a jolly smile is the ' b8St WELS' to make the teachers think ' you really like them, :P J,PA 'Nad ...N

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HAWXQINS, ALBERT XVhat goes up must come down, so Hawkee plants himself under the as- cending ball and prepares to make a touchdown. HARDER, LETITIA The most ferocious girl in school. Though others -may be hard-boiled- Letitia is always Harder HAWKINS, MARY Precious things come in small bun- dles. It's lucky for Mary that all value is not measured by inches. HAXVKINS, ORLENA An Amiable Amazon who Arrests the Admiration of All. HENDLY, MAR JORY No, of course she doesn't know any- thing about The Boston Tea Party. She didn't receive an invitation-and she wouldn't have gone if she had. ' HIGGINS, WILLIAM ,A queer taste. The skin he loves to touch is a pig-skin. I-IOBART, CHARLES His noisy ways we need not mention, Nearly all tricks are his invention, His actions are certainly queer, D A genius for cut-up he is, that lS clear. FAINTER, RUTH She has a faint knowledge of. history hut her knowledge of chemistry lb Fainter. HASCALL, ALTA Not so big, though her name does mean high. HANSEN, THORVALD Pne glance at TeI'rible Swede during a football battle is enough to show his opponents how he won his name. I-IoovER, MARIE Though she is not acquainted with Herbert, their ancestors might have hung from the same family tree and might have been great friends. HOSSLI, HILDA She says: School would just be per- fect if you could always let X equal the unknown. fx I2 l

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HOUSER, CHRISTINE Her motto: You must do all of your worlt some of the time: some of your work all of the time: but never do all of your work all of the ti-mc'-or you'll miss a lot of fun. LORENZ, CURTIS The north wind doth blow, KYl'OllQ,' 2lfl','3ll l-lt'S just Curtis with his Cornet. MALONE, MARJORY Alice in XVonderland went through the looking-srlassf' but to it is far enough for Margy. JOHNSTON, GEORGE lf perseverance were rain, George would be a deluge. IVIATHIASON, ELMER Our cave man-the cave is in the front of his face. LOCKE, FRANCES The fastest girl in school fwitli :I typewriter.J JONES, PEARL 'Fifteen minutes a day is his maxi- mum for any lesson. ' KAUEEMAN, LEROY The Havor lasts. but the 9-Yum didn't. Teacher noticed him chewing almost the moment he entered the room. KAUFFMAN, FLORENCE She says: It's all right to 'say it with flowers' but don't let the other members of the class know you are working for a passing grade that way! LANDINI, EDNA Office force. Take things as they come. she says, is all right but when the 'things' come in late every day. it gets kind of monotonous. LEHMAN, CARLETON The World's frreatest magician. He can reproduce anything' on the stage 'merely by a couple of hundred waves of his paint brush. JOHNSON, NORMA This sign is probably SOlTl0YYllt'1'0 on her books, VVet paint-hands calf. IZ3