St Elizabeth High School - Elizabethan Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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ELIZABETHAN NINETEEN-THIRT Sophomore Notes CLEMENT BUTLER Prcxillcnl WILFRED FOGARTY JOHN BOEHME Vice-Pretidenl Svrrciary ALBERT MARTIN CECIL NORRIS Trerzxurer Boyx' Marshal Class History The Sophomores we are, and do Before you now just beg to state The history of our class to date. We've tried to earn our name, wise And be a credit to our school. Our colors now are green and gold, A symbol of our spirit boldg Our constitution has a frame- lt tells our purpose and our aim, And all we hope and plan to do Some day before our '32. Next year you'll see us in our pride As juniors, high and dignified. Till then we'll bid you fond adieu. Yours truly, fool Class of '32. -17- THORA BEAUBIEN Girls' Marshal

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ELIZABETHAN NINETEEN-THIRTY I should say you have, but all Freshies are like that, laughed Margaret. We got a good many lectures, too, went on Marie. The higher grades seemed to laugh at our mistakes, criticize our efforts and even look down on us with scorn, but of course they really didn't. Theresa Blewett was our class president that year, and she certainly made a very good one with her fine speaking voice. Our Sophomore yearwas the most exciting year of all. At least, thatiswhat l thought. Lorraine Faria was our president during that year, and-oh, Margaret, l almost forgot to tell you about our little, old-fashioned skit. Everybody worked hard and raked up all the old clothes their grandmas had worn in the gay nineties. We really had a large collection. You should have seen some of the girls. lt was a scream. Of course, we had a prize for the best outfit, and that went to Isabelle Rose, the Blushing Bride, and Maureen Henno, the dainty little flower girl. Then, of course, there was a skit that the boys furnished. lt was a comical negro play, and it was really very funny. We gave the show at a Student Body meeting, and it was a huge success, and one that we shall always remember. There was another thing, too, which raised us up a little higher in the estimation of our elder students, and that was our Sophomore teams. What teams! The girls won the inter-class championship, and that's something, isn't it? l'll say it is. l bet you were thrilled. lt certainly was something to be puffed up about, replied Margaret. Yes, said Marie, with a touch of pride in her voice, and we were puffed up about it, too. lt was after that that we became steadfast friends, wasn't it, Margaret? Now we are juniors. just think, 'juniors' The very name demands attention and respect from the lower classmen. lt will not be long before we are Seniors. Why, even now we are important in the affairs of the school. just look at the way we worked to initiate the Freshmen. l'll bet our skits constituted half of the program. And you composed the class song, and that is doing something, if you ask me. But you just wait until next year, and see how we advance. Then we'll show them what we can do. Onward, luniorsl The goal is in sight! Oh, Mariel Margaret Burke '3l. -15-

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ELIZABETHAN, NINETEEN-THIRTY Freshman Notes l l lug 1 CLEMENT WEISHAAR DAN. CONOLLY EVELYN O'ROURKE GEORGE COELHO Plwirlcrzt Vin'-Prrsiilrlrf Trvasnrcr Svvrrlary BEATRICE O'MARA MELVIN KOHLES Girlx' Marxbirl Boys' Marxbiil W Freshman Burlesque A DEATH-Ll KE hush descends on-the garrulous audience as the curtain slowly and impressively commences to arise. The scene is St. Elizabeth's high school in the year nineteen hundred and thirty. The school talents that are presenting this play are none other than the Freshmen students, who appear before the scrutinizing gaze of an alert and exacting audience to disclose either their dazzling accomplishments or to reveal their unsophisticated greenness. This first act is merely a prelude to the forthcoming three acts. ln it occur no breath-taking scenes of a sanguineous battlefield wherein at the critical moment when brooding black despair threatens to extinguish the last flick- ering ray of hope, a gallant Freshie, amid perilous bombs and peltering gun fire, dashes in dauntlessly and rescues the school from the coils of the enemy. No, dear reader, I am sorry to say that few opportunities for any ostentatious display of dramatic abilities present themselves during the first act. The noble ideals and lofty aspirations that now lie latent within the Freshmen must remain inert for another year or so, until, during the course of the other three acts, these august qualities will be revealed in all their splendor to the gaze of the spectators. ln this first act you become merely acquainted with the -18-