Sir Francis Drake High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (San Anselmo, CA)

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fs...- Hlass J-llstory On September 11 1951 Str Francr: Drake Hzgh School opened her golden door: of educatzon A: her f1r:t fre:hman cla:: we had the opportunzty and przvzlege of :eezng the progre::rve growth of our htgh :chool Upon the keel of tradttzon: and :tandard: that Make McCone and JoAnn Meredrth our rr:t Student Body Preudent: e:tabl1:hed we have :een a :ound hull arr:e a hull compo:ed of hard work determznatzon :port:man:h1p and mo:t o all :ptrtt When Drake 1r:t opened the :en1or: were a: green a: we were rt wa: not unu:ual to :ee a hzgh and mzghty :enror a:kzng drrectzon: from a lowly re:hman How we cheered at tho:e rallte: held on the gym roo f Our ftrxt REAL rally wa: a :peczal occa:1on wrth Armand Grrard entertaznzng u: we dtdnt mrnd :zttzng on the hard hard floor of the grrl: gym The golfer: brought home Drake: fmt NBL champtomhzp whale the B hoop:ter: added an other vzctory pennant The zr:t dance of the year wa: the Wztche: Waltz whrch wa: held rn the ltbrary Our fre:hman dance the Fro:h Frolrc enyoyed a tremendou: :ucce:: The :enror The:ptan: made therr debut zn Ptnk Magzc followed tn the :przng by the thrzller dzller Nzght Mu:t Fall The Sprzng Concert Open Hou:e the dedrcatron o Drake and the Sprtng Carntval completed the actrvme: o Drake: fzrft year Our :ophomore year wa: a tzme of znnovatzon: at Drake Mr Allt:on replaced the prrn ctpal Mr Carl1:le who became Superrntendent of School: Tony Barley our prexy ho:ted the NBL Student Leader: Con erence whtch wa: held at Drake for the 1r:t trme Wrshbone Whrrl held rn November wa: the :ophomore: contrzbutron to the :parklzng dance program Slave Day and the Letterman GAA ba:ketball game were r1otou:ly funny a: wa: Harvey the term play And who could orget our champ1on:h1p var:zty ba:ketball team? Introduced durrng 1953 wa: the f1r:t PTA Varzety Show Fun at the Czrcu: And do you remember the program: we had that year Cal Tyader Vernon Alley Stan W1l:on San Franct:co State: :how? In May nearzng the end of an eventful year we elected Bob Yzm a: Student Body Preudent for the all term when we would be upper cla::men Our yunzor year wa: a btg one Wzth the help of Prrate Pete Drake: new maxcot and hz: :pmt bol:ter1ng antrc: the ootball team won the county ootball trophy a ter a trtumphant game over Tam When our cla:: rrng: arrzved remember how we :tuck them under every body: no:e: to be admtred? A Ntght of Televmon the yunzor rally wa: one o the be:t rallte: that year The long hour: o care ully planned work certatnly pard bzg dzvzdend: rn entertaznment Wfhtle we re on the :ubyect o rallze: remember when Dave Brubeck played o Drake? May wa: the date o Drake: fabulou: fzr:t of campu: Iunror Prom Symphony tn the Star: whzch wa: held at Bermuda Palm: That :prtng rn addttron to danczng long and loud at our prom we gorged our :tomach: at the Iunzor Senzor Prcnzc cheered lu:trly at the Letterman Faculty ba:ketball game and applauded heartzly for the actor: tn Stage Door A :oon a: the Cla:: of 1954 graduated all the :enror: to be da:hed madly to try to be the f1r:t to :tt on the Senror Bench Our :enror year had arrrved at la:t' From the very begznmng we were caught sn the flurry o acttvttze: whzch would contznue unttl lune Srmle at the brrdre How many an nouncement: :hould I order? 2x2 ?? Thr: bla:ted math te:tf One cold razny mght we :ard goodbye to our football trophy a: we lo:t a heartbreakrng game to Tam Another mr: ortune befell u: before the New Year came The rallze: were ducontrnued later to be re :tored tn February Early rn january Drake ho:ted rt: fzr:t annual ba:ketball tourney and March f1r:t wa: the day we won the unduputed NBL ba:ketball crown The :emor cla:: Kang and Queen rergned over one nzght of the PTA Varzety Show Aprrl May june how tho:e la:t few month: of :chool flew by' Our Heart: Were Young and Gay the term play brought to an end the actzvme: o the year At the Corznthzan Yacht Club where our Senror Ball wa: held we remtnuced about Drake: zr:t our year: and talked of our plan: for the future A: we recezved our diploma: we :ard We ll never forget the people we knew here at Drake or the experzence: we had rn hzgh :chool Goodbye Drake and good luck THE CLASS 1955 0 1 1 1 1 , f 1 , 1 1 1 f 1 - f 1 , . . . . , . . . . , 1 1 ' 1 ' ' ' ' rf 11 1 1 - rr ' 1 11 - 1 1 ' ' 11 ' 11 ' . , , . . . . . H . . ,, . . . - . 1 1 U . U . . . f . 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , f . . H . . ,, . , . . - . 1 1 - - lr 11 ' 1 1 ' ' ' u ' 11 , . 1 1 1 1, . . ' 1 1 . . . . . , ' 1 1 - 1 f f f . , - , . H . . . ,, . . f ' 1 1 . . , . . . f , f r f 1 A If ' u ' ' ' 1 H . 1 . .. . 1 - 1 1 ' 1 ' ' fr 11 - , . .f I . . - 1 f . . . . . . . ,, . . . ,, ,, . , - 11 re - 11 1 ' . , .. . , f 5 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 ef 11 1 1 1 f . 1 . . , . , . . . . H , 1 1 . . . ,, . , , .

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Bert Damner Phyllis Jaegeling Nanci Mulloney Martha Hurlbut Fall President Fall Vice-President Fall Secretary Fall Treasurer The Junior Class of 54-55 had many good opportunities to shine. There were iust enough traditions from the past three years to furnish a guide, and still enough leeway left to give the class room for improvisation. The Junior Class rated high in the P. T. A. Sponsored Mardis Gras Capers. A special effort was made, for the class with the highest number of sales chose the queen and king for the variety show. The sales were handled excellently by Louise Oxtoby, the class treasurer. Who can forget the Junior Prom, held, of all nights, on May, Friday the Thirteenth? Under the combined efforts of Bert Damner, fall class president, and Bob D'Alessio, spring class president, the affair, held for the second time at Bermuda Palms, went off smoothly. The other events, the Junior Cake Sale, the Junior-Senior Tug-of-War, and the Junior-Senior picnic, to name a few, came along in rapid fire order. Yes, the Junior Class had a hand in everything right up to graduation, when the junior flower girls performed in the ceremony. The Junior Class had completed a full and active year. Mr. Thomas Edwards Advisor Bob d'Alessio Spring President Yvonne Esler Spring Vice-President Nancy Daniels Spring Secretary Louise Oxtoby Spring Treasurer as f '5 .rs -Q!