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

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Freshman Year We, as Freshmen, enTered high school Tilled wiTh enThusiasm. The Tormal greeTing given To us by The sTudenT body was The Freshman RecepTion. We were idenTiTied by brighT green bows. We were a very acTive organizaTion. A Freshman Council was elecTed, consisTing oT Two represenTa- Tives Trom each Democracy Nine Class, To draw up a consTiTuTion. The Social CommiTTee, headed by The girls' vice- presidenT, BeTTy BarTholow, planned To give parTies5 while The Roundup CommiTTee, Tormed and headed by The boys' vice-presidenT, Orson Dee, was To pro- vide enTerTainmenT Tor The Freshmen when The oTher clubs were having Their meeTings. The TradiTional Freshman paper, The Green Pea, was again or- ganized wiTh Bill Reece Tilling The iob oT ediTor. There were several Wednesday roundups and one big, successful noon dance. Tollowed by The cloThing drive Tor Europe. The Freshmen challenged The resT of The classes. The conTesT was a long, hard TighT, buT The Freshmen wenT ouT and scoured The Town Tor cloThes and won. To end The Tall semesTer, a big parTy was given. The TurnouT was large and The parTy was really en- ioyable. The Spring Roundup CommiTTee had iTs TirsT class roundup aT The showing oT The ski picTures in The High Sierra by Mr. Fred Hines. The commiTTee planned a varieTy oT TuTure roundups To provide enTerTainmenT every Wednesday Tor The resT oT The year. Among oTher acTiviTies, many oT The Freshmen parTicipaTed in larger school acTiviTies, such as The Yell Leader school To which abouT six oT our very acTive members belonged. They were Barbara Wad- low, RuTh RuTTino, PaT Farley, Dick Kachel, and Rose- marie Shelly. In The years To come, several proved Their eTTorTs were well worTh while by becoming as- sisTanTs and Head Yell Leaders. RuTh became an assisTanT and Rosemarie became Head Yell Leader. Also many TalenTed musicians Took parT in band, orchesTra, chorus, and marching band. They were, Joyce WaTkins, Marion Dee, Bob RoberTson, Jo Ann Herkner, Orson Dee. JaneT Braverman. Marilyn CarTer, Lil HildredTh, Joan TachoueT. Cay HodiTz, and Mary Jo BaxTer. The Les CouTurieres iniTiaTed a new idea oT having Freshmen girls as liTTle sisTers. The older girls waTched ouT Tor her liTTle sisTer and helped her as much as possible in becoming acquainTed wiTh The school. They Took Their Ii++Ie sisTers To dinners, parTies, and showed Them a good Time aT The annual Girls' Jinx. Many of our Freshmen boys showed promise as ouTsTanding aThleTes on TooTball, baseball, Track. and baskeTbaIl Teams. In TacT The C Track Team, which included The Freshmen: Orson Dee, Don Azevedo. and Bob Weber, won The N. B. L. Championship. The biggesT success oT The Freshman year was The passing oT The School Bonds. We all worked hard To puT This over To The public so ThaT we could have im- provemenTs on The buildings. and in I949, The year oT our graduaTion, we had our swimming pool. Sophomore Year Under The capable leadership oT PresiclenT Richard De TaTa. The class organized and gave a Sophomore Dance. This evening proved To be a memorable and enioyable one Tor The class and Their guesTs. A Tew weeks laTer, The sophomore paper was published and carried The announcemenT oT a conTesT To pick The proper name Tor The paper. There were ThirTeen sophomores on The San Rafael championship Bullpups' TooTball Team. LaTer in The year eighT more sophomores wenT ouT Tor baskeTball. We raTed, Too, in scholarship. ln The Tall OT '46, eleven oT The TwenTy-one members oT The Scholarship SocieTy were sophomores. In The Spring Term exacTly TiTTy per cenT oT The membership oT The Scholarship SocieTy was made up oT Sophomores. The brains were Orson Dee, who was The Fall and Spring Presi- denT, Marilyn CarTer, Jo Ann Herkner, PaT Mc- Kinney, Sally WrighT, BeTTy Rada, Bill Russell, Marilyn Slepnol, MargareT Bird, and Jack MacPhail. As a class we were noT only noTed Tor our brains alone, louT also Tor our leaders. BeTTy BarTholow and Sandra TibboTT were oTTicers in The Girls' League and Bill Russell and Bob Weber were oTTicers in The Boys' OrganizaTion. Several oT our dramaTically TalenTed sTudenTs namely Dixie FosTer, Sheldon STern, Joan TachoueT. and Dolores Holiday made Their debuT on The sTage during some oT our mosT successTul assem- blies, under The leadership oT Dave Ford and AI De Rosa. Junior Year Bill Reece was elecTed presidenT oT The Tall Term. The TirsT meeTing oT The Tall semesTer was called To discuss senior class sweaTers. Green sweaTers were decided upon. The sweaTers, which arrived a Tew weeks laTer, were The highlighT oT The Tall semesTer. Bill HunT was The class' choice Tor presidenT. ln order To raise suTTicienT Tunds Tor The class' TuTure acTiviTies, and wiTh inTenTions oT purchasing a me- morial Tor Mr. Hill, The class sponsored a Tun-nighT. This Tun-nighT Took place in boTh oT The high schools' gyms and consisTed of dancing, and playing games such as ping pong, bingo, cards and oTher games. The main acTiviTy underTaken by The iunior class This year was, oT course. The Junior-Senior Prom. The plans Tor The prom were planned and carried ouT by The Junior and Senior STanding CommiTTees and were conducTed under The auspices oT The P: T. A. IT was held aT The AlTa Mira HoTel in SausaliTo and was a huge success. As a class oT juniors, we were very ouTsTanding in sTudenT aTTairs. Our own vivacious Marion Dee was

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KRANTZMAN and J DAVENPORT RESERVES BACK ROW, Iefi fo righf: H. Verla, USMCR3 R. Scherini, USNRQ R. Sirockbine, USNRg B. Francheifi, USWCRQ F. Tovax USMCR. SECOND ROW: W. Lricksen, USMCRg D. De La Monianya, USMCRQ 6. W. Simmons, USMCRQ J. Evans USNRg J, Maldi, USMCRg S. Siern, USMCR. FRONT ROW: J. Bones, USAFRQ D. Azevedo, USMCR3 R. Weber USNRQ F. Sand, USNRQ J, Keeqan, USNRQ L. Lenci, USN4CRg W. Sommev-'i e C Q ARQENTEES' E 'fhbafini USMCRg B. Hunk, USAFRQ D. Thompson, USMCRQ D. Campbe'I, USEACRQ W. Cunninqham, USNR.

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HISTUIW elecfed Head Yell Leader. Bofh Bob Weber and Bill Russell were presidenfs of fhe Boys' Organizafion. Bruno Francheffi was vice-presidenf: Remo Scherini, freasurer: and Dick Reece, secrefary. Beffy Barfholow was Girls' League vice-presidenfp Eldean Hazelfon. fall secrefary: Paf Farley, spring secrefary: Rufh Ruffino and Harriel' Kranfzman, fall yell leaders: and Marion Dee, spring yell leader. As usual, our class was again fhe leader in fhe Scholarship Sociefy. Our Searchlighf had ifs division pages drawn by Ron Marsh, our falenfed junior arfisf. We had hearf-breaking news af fhe end of our foofball season by being defeafed by Tam 32-7. We had been fhe vicfor over Tam for fhe pasf seven years. We also losf fo Tam in Varsify baskefball, buf if was only our second loss in fhe season. Bob An- 'ronioli was high poinf man of fhe season by making a fofal of 60 poinfs. Dave Sfewarf made 23 and Bill Russell, 27 poinfs. However, our B feam Hbroughf home fhe bacon by winning fhe N. B. L. Champion- ship. Our frack 'ream was hampered by spring down- pours buf despife fhis facf, we made a good showing. Jim Law and Dave Sfewarf were our fwo oufsfanding winners. A greaf honor was besfowed upon San Rafael by being hosf fo fhe second annual Norfh Bay Music Fesfival. This was held on our foofball furf. The besf sfudenfs of each insfrumenf from fhe differenf schools combined 'ro make up an orchesfra, band and choir. As usual, many of fhe oufsfanding evenfs were sponsored by fhe various clubs. The Les Coufs puf on a Halloween Hop and Apple Day. Thev also cave a scholarship from fhe money fhey earned by selling Marin Town Hall fickefs. Af fhe end of May fhey journeyed fo Rio Nido on fhe Russian River for a weekend during which fhey gave fhe graduafing seniors a farewell parfy. The Ra Ravos gave fheir annual Barn Dance and Fair Day. They, foo, gave a scholarship from fhe money fhey earned by selling Marin Town Hall fickefs. They also fook fheir annual frip fo fhe snow. The junior class was greafly indebfed fo Miss Bolfon. fhe adviser, for her splendid help in carrying ouf all of fhe class acfivifies. Senior Year As we enfered fhe halls of S. R. H. S. for our lasf year, we were greefed wifh shades of green, rose, yellow, and blue walls. The colors made everyfhing seem so cheerful and lighf, we didn'f consider school dark and dingy any longer. The swimming pool, which was fo be complefed by November, showed signs of complicafions so if was affer Easfer before we were allowed fo swim. Bill Russell was our Fall Sfudenf Body Presidenf and Bruno Francheffi, senior class presidenf. Jim Evans was our Commissioner of Social Acfivifies, and from 1 , his and fhe Sfudenf Council's hard work, a very suc- cessful Freshmen Recepfion was given wifh a 'rropical fheme. The Tam-San Rafael lnfer-School Relafions Com- miffee gave a dance af Marin J. C. in November and planned a Dive and Jive day for June 3 af Fairfax. We losf fo Tam in foofball fhis year wifh a score of 25-0. The sfudenfs, however, showed more pep and fighf fhan fhey have in a long fime. The foofball players were fhe honored guesfs of fhe Les Coufs af a banquef. Capfain Bill Russell pre- senfed Coaches Paul Miller and Al Thomson wifh gold signef rings. The Les Coufs and Ra Ravas each puf on fheir annual dances, 'rhe Pumpkin Ball and fhe Barn Dance, and joined fogefher fo have Cupid's Fanfasy, a for- mal wifh a valenfine fheme. The senior class presenfed a noon Hecks-a- Bubblin' show fo raise money for fhe class giff and fo help finance fhe Senior Prom. If is rumored fhaf 'rhe class would like fo have if af a large hofel across fhe bay. The spring elecfions showed much spirif and clever- ness in adverfising. Dick Reece was chosen fo lead us as Spring Sfudenf Body Presidenf and Bill Russell as Senior Class Presidenf. Our Arf deparfmenf was vicforious in several fields fhis year by placing I6 Gold keys in fhe Scholasfic Arf Confesf which was sponsored in Norfhern Cali- fornia by fhe Emporium in San Francisco. These en- fries were forwarded fo Piffsburg for fhe Nafional judging. Also, Crisfell Dennis won firsf prize in fhe Marin Counfy Easfer Seal confesf and second prize in fhe Sfafe confesf. Our sfage was decorafed by new curfains and was fhe seffing for fwo plays: one direcfed by Edward Day wifh a few seniors and fhe ofher by Harold Mac- Chesney and his Dramafic class. The combined Music Deparfmenfs of fhe High School and Grammar School pesenfed a Spring Concerf direcfed by Hugo Rinaldi, David Kesler, and Edna Kesler. lf was acclaimed by crifics and ofhers as fhe besf ever. As soon as spring arrived, so did fhe measles. Many of our healfhier specimens were kepf af home for a week or so. Thaf was sure hard fo fake! We, fhe Senior Class, wish fo express our deepesf grafifude fo our feachers and advisers who have helped fo make fhese lasf four years our besf years. The knowledge we have gafhered, fhe friends we have made, all will make us beffer cifizens in our World of Tomorrow. We hope we have inspired fhe classes below us fo work harder in everyfhing fhey do, so fhaf when fhey are seniors. fhey will be able fo lead fhe sfudenfs in bigger and beffer ways. We all leave wifh a smile on our faces and keep in our hearfs fhe fond memories of fhe acfivifies which fook place during our four years in San Rafael High. Mary Jo Baxfer Class Recorder