Ripon High School - Mission Yearbook (Ripon, CA)

Page 26 text:

. V- - 3, gg . DEBATE BACK ROW, left lo righl: Polelfi iAdviseri, Kincaid, Kincaid, Vieira. FRONT ROW: Silva, Farschon, Mul- holand. Qnbafa, A Alihough This piece was wriiien ai The very iirsi siage of The season, Ripon's I948 debaiers had al- ready reached The Top oi ihe heap in The lvlodesio Siaie-wide lnviiaiional Tournameni. Jaclcie Kincaid and Jim Farschon. our only veieran Team, carried off The honors in The upper division of ihal' engagemeni. Veronica Mulholland and Marion Vierra have also iallied a high score so far, winning ihree-iourrhs of rheir debafes in Jrhe lower division fwhere freshmen and sophomores compelel. Frances Silva and Loren Kincaid have shown sieady improvemenjr ancl may also hi+ The win column before 'rhe season ends. The abovemenlioned viciories mark Jaclcie's iourih cham- pionship and Jim's second and designare The six- feenih sl'a're Tournamenr championship ro be award- ed 'ro Coach Ernesi Pole+'ri's Teams. - G. A. A. BACK ROW, laff fo righl: Bussinq, Gervase, Cook, Schaapman, Tosie, Tosfe, Vieira, Allan, Racklsy. MIDDLE ROW: Boggiano Mdvlsorl, Ballafore, Vincelef, Slale, Showers, Mulholand, Marxman, Johnsen. FRONT ROW: Kingary, Kincaid, Ynzunza, Tornell, Gomes, Azevedo, Vierra, Vriellng. Edd The Girls' Arhlefic Associaiion siaried our ihe year under a new siafi of oliiicers headed by Presideni Lavola Bussing. Assis'l'ing her were Vice-presideni Arlene Schaapman, Secrerary-rreasurer Joan Kingery and Congressmen Anila Marsman and Angie Gomes. A1-Jrhe beginning of rhe year The girls elecred s+u- deni managers of The various sporis. Those elecied were: Beliy Showers, baslceiball: Jackie Kincaid, vol- leyball: Alice Tosie, soffballg and Rosie Tosie, bad- minion. ln December The G.A.A. was hosr ar a banquef given in honor of The foolball Team. Lavola Bussing was misiress of ceremonies for rhe evening. During ihe year 'rhe poinf sysfem was revised, low- ering Jrhe number of poinis required for member- ship. As a resul+ of ihis change, a number of new members eniered rhe organizafion. The girls showed 'Fine inreresi and spiril' in ihe inler- class games which were played. and rhereiore helped make 'rhe season a greai success.

Page 25 text:

yas gm The acTiviTies oT The Glee Club This year included parTicipaTion in many inTeresTing evenTs. Their appearance wiTh The band aT The communiTy ChrisT- mas program was pleasing To all. As was The case wiTh The band, They had a very shorT Time in which To prepare Their program. The winTer program puT on wiTh The band was a big success, and was a Tine demonsTraTion oT The work ThaT can be done by This organizaTion. AT The daTe OT This wriTing, plans were being considered Tor enTering The Glee Club in The TesTival aT Oakland, This To be a conTesT Tor high schools Trom all over NorThern CaliTornia. 0 Because The orchesTra was noT organized unTil The second semesTer, iTs acTiviTies were confined To The annual play and To BaccalaureaTe services. AlThough In an exchange assembly program wiTh Tv1anTeca High School during The spring semesTer, The Glee Club presenTed a program which was well meT by The TvTanTeca sTudenT body. Also in The spring. The choral group presenTed anoTher concerT wiTh The band. This was The crowning poinT oT The year's work. Under The able direcTorship oT Mr. Melvin Wey- and, The Glee Club sang iTs way Through a very suc- cessTul year indeed. Like lasT year, and in years previous, The group was an all-girl chorus. Socially, The season was a success, Too. A Tew goT married, some became engaged, and The resT iusT had Tun! The organizaTion did noT meeT regularly, iTs work was greaTly appreciaTed, and showed The resulT oT serious inTeresT on The parT oT all. X Band Having won a FirsT Division raTing lasT year in The STaTe Band CompeTiTion Tor NorThern CaliTornia bands, The members of This year's band planned To repeaT ThaT perTormance, or even ouT-do lasT year's record. They began wiTh a bang on OcTober I8, winning a gold Trophy and a blue ribbon in The regional parade oT The CaliTornia STaTe T-lorseman's AssociaTion. Then. aTTer marching Tor a successTul TooTball season, The band accompanied The Team To Los Banos Tor The league play-oTT. ln The middle oT preparaTions Tor The winTer con- cerT, The band, along wiTh The Glee Club, was asked To play Tor The ComrnuniTy ChrisTmas program, which was a big success even Though The music had To be learned in a week. Everyone goT weT when The band had To march in The rain aT The EasT-WesT game on New Year's Day, buT The music was okay and everybody had Tun aT The beach aTTerwards. During February The band wiTh The Glee Club gave a concerT oT excepTionally Tine qualiTy. In May They wenT To The annual band compeTiTion which was held in Oakland This year. ln The laTTer parT oT May The band and The Glee Club gave anoTher con- cerT ThaT was really someThing To hear. Also in The spring The band made a Tour oT The local grammar schools, and in June ended a very successTul year by playing Tor The graduaTion exercises.

Page 27 text:

SPANISH CLUB EX. BACK ROW, lei? To riqhl: Gerbinq, Dosio, Ballafore. FRONT ROW: Gomes, Marfinj, Boggiano Md- v ser . ' x DRAMA BACK ROW, left fo riqhl: Rogers, Ioppini, Nelson, Fnanzia, Jackson, Bianchi, Peterson, Pichelfo, Dalman. MIDDLE ROW: While lCoachl, Sig- qins, Richie, Kincaid, Vierra, Menz, McNamer, Bussinq, Filhian. FRONT ROW: Sfouffer, Terheyden, Dosio, Dahlin, Jacklich, Knopf, Hensley, Gregory, Sanford, Menshew. ' Klub fx. This year's Spanish Club rouncled'ou'r anoiher suc- cessful year. They s+ar+ecl ihe semesler acrivilies wirh a Spanish Fies+a which consisred of a supper feaiuring Spanish dishes, which was followed by a dance. Everyone had a grand Jrime. During l'he sec- ond semesier lhe club's acrivilies consisied prin- cipally oi Spanish movies. , The increased inreresr in Spanish ar Ripon High was easily seen by The number of sludenls aH'rac'red fo The club lhis year. There were more rhan sevenry- live boys and girls who joined ihis ac+ivi'ry. Firsl' semesfer officers were: Josie Ballarore, presi- denl: Frances Marfini, vice-president: 'Angie Gomes. secrelary-ireasurer. Second semesrer oifiicers were: Peggy Gibbons, president Angie Gomes, vice-pres- idenf: Mary Azevedo. secrefary-rreasurer. The con- gressmen for rhe year were John Dosio and Barbara Gerbing. 0 Under The experr supervision of Roberr Whifre, Jrhe play The Man Who Came lo Dinner was presenlecl by lhe sludenl body on March IB. Wilh Frank Jaclclich in lhe lille role, and Elizabelh Terheyden, Gene l-lensley, Marilyn Dahlin, and John Dosio carrying oiher major roles, Jrhe play was a defi- nile success. Orhers of 'lhe supporling casi included 'lhe following: Lealrice Knopf, John Bynum, Cherie Turnbeaugh. Geraldine Vierra, Bob Dahlin, Charles Franzia, Rulh Sanford, Bob Nelson, Duane Siggins, Sian Jackson, Shirley Turnbeaugh, Roy l-laines, Pansy Gregory, Alden l-loubein, Carolyn lvianz, Jim Richey, Russ lvlcNamer, Bud Picheiio, Don Filhian, and Sherman Rogers. As is 'lhe case wirh any play casr, ihe members lhis year had many good rimes producing rhe play. The Big Nighl ' jiirers, 'rhe laughs. Jrhe disappoinimenis oi 'rhirly-live young people-all joined 'Forces +0 make a greal performance.