Ripon High School - Mission Yearbook (Ripon, CA)

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

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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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X ll l l I . VW 1 I , K 1 A ff If I 126 M1ss1oN 1935 Music . Mr. C. W. Mason Jr., director Under the direction of Mr. Chester W. Mason Jr., the music depart- ment vhas had a full year of activities and work. To the band, orchestra and glee club has been added a junior orchestra with an enrollment of forty beginners. In addition to these major activities of the music department, a number of smaller groups have been formed. One of these was the brass quartet composed entirely of seniors. Another was a saxophone sextet. Musical students of the Agricultural department organized an Ag. band, and memb-ers of the Girls' League formed a small orchestra. During the last semester a freshman orchestra was organized, too. GLEE This year the combined boys' and girls' glee club, with an enroll- ment of fifty-one students, has been very active. Numerous programs have kept the group busy. The operetta, An Old Spanish Custom, climaxed the years work. Programs in which the group participated were: meeting of the Womens' Improvement Club, a Christmas program at the Congregational Church, two band and glee club concerts, W. C. T. U. meeting, radio program over KGDM, Parents' Night entertainment, service held at the Swedish Church. ORCHESTRA Twice a week the senior orchestra has met for practice in the music building. Breaking a precedent of the past few years, the orches- tra, instead of the band, has appeared at the school plays. The junior, or b-eginners' orchestra, was organized during the second semester. It had a membership of about forty students. When a player had advanced sufiiciently, he was allowed to join the senior orchestra. Programs in which the orchestra has played were: San Joaquin School concert, school play, junior play, senior high operetta, junior high operetta, baccalaureate, and junior high graduation exercises. BAND Topping the musical events of the year was the bands participation in the state band contest. This event was held at the Commerce High School auditorium in San Francisco on May 4. Two school buses afforded the necessary transp-ortation, leaving at seven-thirty in the morning and returning at ten P. M. After playing, the band enjoyed a sight-seeing tour through Golden Gate Park, and recreations at the beach. Ripon competed against seven other schools in Class C, each school being placed in A, B, or C groups according to size. Four schools, among which was Ripon, were given an excellent rating. None of the bands in this group placed in the superior classification. .1 -+A .-.N