San Rafael High School - Searchlight Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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aT a Junior Class meeTing so ThaT we mighT have Them aT The beginning oT our Tall semesTer. A member oT our class, Dave Ford, was chosen winner oT The Lions' Speech ConTesT and was presenTed wiTh a wrisT waTch. Three oTher com- peTed in This conTesT, Two oT Them being Juniors, Dolores Cooper and Cole Blease. The Junior ediTors published one issue oT The Red 'n' WhiTe To geT an idea oT The TuTure iob ahead oT us. Alice Borzini, LisTon Sabraw, and KenTon STuve were Those in line Tor Taking over in Their senior year. The annual CounTy Fair Day and Barn Dance Took place on March The 29Th, which was, and always has been, a success. The smallpox epidemic in The Bay Area was handled by The schools, and Tree shoTs To prevenT smallpox were given To all oT us who had our parenTs' consenT. The all imporTanT Bond ElecTion, in which The sTudenTs canvassed The Town To geT The people To voTe, was passed and now our dreams will come True. The Junior-Senior Prom was held on June 7Th. This year boTh dances were combined, making iT one big dance. So we Turned our backs upon our Junior year and Taced Torward Toward The payoTT, The cul- minaTion oT our years oT hard labor, our gradua- Tion Trom high school. SENIOR YEAR I946-I947 Our Senior Year rolled around wiTh Rich Giudici as Prexy and all oT us wearing our Senior sweaTers. eiTher red or whiTe. The enrollmenT The TirsT week oT school showed The ToTal number oT boys 28 more Than ThaT oT The girls. PreTTy unusual! We organized our class by elecTing Charles Richesin as PresidenT, LisTon Sabraw as Boys' Xgce-PresidenT, and Tui Wong as Girls' Vice-Pres- i enT. Our TooTball season ended succe-ssTully by our Taking The LighTweighT and VarsiTy TooTball games away Trom our rival TamiTes. This year's Big Game was our sevenTh successive win over our TradiTional enemy . The LighTweighT Team cov- ered iTselT wiTh glory during The TooTball season, ending wiTh a perTecT score. having won The N.B.L. Championship. Many oT Those on The Team laTer received The coveTed gold Toofballs They had so valianTly ToughT Tor. The Teams were laTer honored by a Turkey dinner and dance. The lvla- ioreTTes were sTunning in Their new cosTumes aT The games This year. Three Tragedies ThaT leTT The whole school sTunned and Teeling a deep loss were The unTimely deaThs oT Two oT our Tellow Seniors, Jim l-lurT and Jack WesT, boTh vicTims oT auTomobile acci- denTs, and ThaT oT lvlr. James l-laynes who had resigned because oT ill healTh The previous Term. November arrived and our Senior picTures were Taken. Some oT The class had Them Taken in cap and gown in which The class will graduaTe in June. Also This year saw changes in girls' uniform. AT The polls They voTed To wear colored sweaTers. We had discussed This change Tor several years and Tinally decided The issue. Our eighTh and Tinal semesTer broughT Dave Ford as our new STudenT Body PresidenT. Cole Blease was elecTed our new Senior Class Presi- denT. Early in The spring semesTer we were measured Tor our caps and gowns, one oT The many Things To be Taken care oT in preparaTion Tor graduaTion. This year iT seemed as Though There were quiTe a Tew dances and good ones, Too, such as The Red 'n' WhiTe, The l-lop, Blossom Time. and The Barn Dance, noT To menTion many oThers. So Tar, The improvemenTs noTed as a resulT oT The bond elecTion have been a new lighTing sysTem in porTions oT The buildings and veneTian blinds appearing aT some oT The windows. Red 'n' WhiTe garbage cans made Their appearance on l-ligh STreeT and some on The beaTen paTh, To keep such Things as lunch bags, banana peels, eTc., Trom deTracTing Trom The neaT appearance oT our school. Speaking oT l-ligh STreeT, one oT The noTable changes ThaT Took place our lasT semesTer was The long line oT hoT rods, ieeps and civilized looking cars parked in spaces provided Tor Them by The ciTy sTreeT deparTmenT. The concluding social TuncTions oT our Senior year were The lvloThers' Tea and The Senior Ball, puT on by The combined Junior and Senior classes. To some, Friday The ThirTeenTh is mosT un- lucky, buT To The graduaTing class oT '47 iT is our lucky day-spelling Tinis To Tour years oT happy days, hard sTudy, and work well done- we hope! To you, The new up-and-coming Seniors. we leave The duTy oT carrying on The TradiTions, privileges and honors oT San RaTael High. May you accomplish all This wiTh due solemniTy and devoTion To our Alma lvlaTer.

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