Salinas Junior College - La Reata Yearbook (Salinas, CA)

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i xl Jl xl 7 i] I New ideas, new plans and new efforts have all gone to make this yearbook of 1938 a true experiment, The Ln Kcuta was given a smaller budget than those of previous years, but we all feel confident that this has in no way detracted from this issue. Much credit should be given to: The Cal- ifornia Art and Engraving Company, for through their help we have been able to receive many ideas which have helped us to make a better book ; to the Green ' s Studio for the use of their camera and also for the Don Coover, Jr Barbara Tracy • i : time and effort that they expended to make our pictures outstanding, and to Roy Owen, Printer, for the excellent printing and pa- tience. The combined efforts of the following staff were responsible for collecting and ed- iting all material necessary for the public- ation of this book: Editor, Don Coover, Jr.. Assistant Editor, Joyce Wiggins ; Business Manager, Barbara Tracy; Advertising Man- ager, Clayton Lamb ; Photography Editor, B. Bentley, P. Porter: Art Editor, Hubert Luck; assisted by E. Winters; Staff mem- bers were: Football, Doug Schwartz and Chapin Day ; Baseball, Bob Coover ; Track, Bob Henderson; Basketball, Luther Ogawa and Melvin Stromber; Girls sports were written by Elsie Tamagani, 13th Year; Ruth Igleheart; Student Body, Jack Kympton : Band, John Draper; Orchestra, Betty Dra- per; Glee, Beth Falkenberg; Clubs: Men ' s Club, Bill Wmg; U. G. C, Vivian Stephen- son; Toastmasters, Dick Carlisle; Junior Chamber of Commerce, Doug Schwartz; Division page dedications, Arlene Hall. Fac- ulty members who assisted the staff were: Mr. Murrin, faculty adviser: Miss Hall, faculty: and Mr. Werner, trustees. With all these latest facilities in photo- graphy, printing, and engraving at our dis- posal the staff has tried to put out a book that is unique in every way and to make this 1m Rett f CI a true year book of memories.

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S C IJ D I }) Jl ii }i J f - w Alpha Gamma S ijn One of the organizations new to the Junior College this year is Alpha Gamma Sigma, the California Junior College Honor Schol- arship Federation. The Salinas chapter of this culb was organized on February 22, 1938. In order to become a member, a student must have thirty-five grade points for the semester previous to his membership. This is an unusually high standard, as in most junior colleges the requirement is thirty grade points. Lyle Stageburg was chosen to lead the group as president, Betty Draper was elected vice-president, and Jean Perkins was given the job of secretary-treasurer. The members adopted the usual constitution taken by the various chapters of Alpha Gamma Sigma in California, with two amendments being made. One reads that the chapter shall sponsor one large social affair each school year. The other is to the effect that there be a scholarship committee composed of members of the chapter to keep track of and investigate all scholarships available in other colleges and universities and report such to the members interested. Each year. Alpha Gamma Sigma awards a fifty-dollar scholarship to a graduate from one of the junior colleges in the state. In order to be eligible for this, a student must maintain a high scholastic average through all his Junior College career and be outstand- ing in character and service to the school. Lyle Stageburg, who had the highest grade point average in the 193 8 graduating class, was chosen to represent our school in this competition. Permanent members must have a 2.3 grade point average for two out of three semesters of Junior College work. Yuri Nishi, Betty Draper, Harold Stigers, and Lyle Stageburg qualified, and are eligible for gradurtcr with honors. Lyle Stageburg g %k Perkins f T lOf , ' gr Betty Drapei

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fi }) 7 7 fi y Starting a new regime under the capable leadership of Business Manager Dan Bush- nell, and Editor Ernestine Winters, the Battery got off to a good start this year with the editorial staff enjoying a free field for experiments. For the first time the Battery sprouted out in all its glory as a five column paper. Although the staff proved to be rather small both semesters, they were wil- ling and game, turning out each week an issued to be proud of. Trymg out an entirely new idea, the members of the Battery staff introduced the first dance of the year — the Big Apple Dance on October 15. Those who didn ' t know what they were doing tried to do It. The dance proved such a big success that the staff tried several others. During the second semester the staff ' s ac- tivities greatly increased. On December 3 a jig fest again proved that the Battery dances are something to remember. A third dance on May 6, appropriately titled a Costume Brawl was the most successful of the year. Staff members entertained themselves and the La Reata workers at a potluck supper and dance in the gymnasium on March 11. A second party in the form of a picnic was given on May 20. Outstanding to three of the members of the staff was the three-day press convention held at the University of California from March 24 to 26. Ernestine Winters, Frances Ruhlen, Dick Carlisle and Mr. John Murrin, adviser, attended the three-day college course offered as a part of this year ' s feature. The most thrilling and most worthwhile feature of the entire year was the publishing of the Salinas Index-Journal on April 26. On that day the aspiring scribes of the Battery and Flashlight took over the editorial staff, covered all the beats and wrote all the stories for the town paper. t % O