Ripon High School - Mission Yearbook (Ripon, CA)

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ll ff ff 24 MISSION 1935 Gold R Society L. B. Brown, advisor At the beginning of the school year the Gold R Society held an initiatory meeting and elected five members: Charlotte Haller, Harvey Douma, Carroll Keirn, Howard Anderson, and Marie Santos. The cere- mony was conducted by Bob Hutchinson. During the second semester Frances Kincaid and Lester Newstrom were initiated into the society. There are definite requirements for membership in this organization. When a student receives 250 merit points, he is awarded a gold R pin, and automatically becomes a member of the Gold R Society. A guard is given for 300 merit points. The following officers were el-ected this year: President-Harvey Douma Vice-President-Charlotte Haller Secretary-Marie Santos Scholarship Mrs. N. T. Gonzales, advisor During the fall season the Scholarship Society had one party and attended the fall meeting of the eleventh district of the California Scholarship Federation. An election awarded them the vicepresidency of that organization. ' An induction ceremony was held for new members in the second semester. The society attended the spring district meeting and also the state scholarship convention at Hayward on April 27. The social function for the second semester was the dance drama held at the College of Pacific. Officers for the year were: John Travaille ................................. President ................................. John Travaille Gladys Bartholomew ............ Vice-President ,........... Gladys Bartholomew Yoshiko Watanabe ...... Secretary-Treasurer ....................,,........ Billy Haller War Whoop Mr. J. T. Aungst, advisor The War Whoop for 1934-35 was a product of the journalism class, aided by reporters from the school at large. The paper this year became a four page weekly, and was printed instead of mim-eograp-hed. Special Xmas and April Fool editions were published. The cost of printing was financed by adds from Ripon, Stockton, an.d Modesto, a charge of one cent an issue per student, a benefit trip to B. C. Wallace's Funeral Parlors, and a weekly allowance from school funds. Representatives of the staff attended journalism conventions at Stanford and Modesto Junior College. The staff of editors, composing the journalism class, were Rowein Schm-iedt and Charlotte Stahlberg, editors-in-chiefg Beulah Russell, News, Nick Tocco, Humorg Vera Bonnet, Featuresg Lester Newstrom, Sports 3 Miri ' - ' A ' am Spuller, Art, Albertus kamps, Business.

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1 MISSION 1935 1 , Top to Bottom: Student Body Gfficers - Merit Board Debaters - Girls' League f 'df

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MISSION 1935. 25 X Top, Gold R Society -QC-enter, Scholarship Society Bottom, War Whoop Staff X .-y