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

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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-

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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 captivating personalities of the Freshmen, your interest is aroused in the play and actors, your imagination takes flight on silver wings as you picture the achievements these Freshmen are going to accomplish, when-abruptly, without much ado-the curtain falls, leaving you suspended between uncer- tainty and eagerness to wintness the second act. Now, it would be a rude action on our part if we, the Freshmen, failed to mention the names of a few bright stars that glittered in the limelight during the first act. We certainly owe our due praise to Albert George for his excel- lent performance in the school play, to Louis Fouchet, who showed the school some real action in basketball, and to all the Freshmen boys who are on the star baseball team. Then the girls' basketball team, with their able captain, Helen Ogden, and their star player, Irene lvlerz, demands our admiration. Finally, the entire Freshmen class, led by such efficient class officers as Clement Weishaar, George Coehlo, Dan Conolly and Evelyn O'Rourke, needs be praised for their splendid work and school spirit. Now, as darkness completely obscures the names and actions of the Fresh- men, we will bid farewell, promising stupendous results and surprises in the next three acts. We can assuredly say, as a parting word, that such a class as the Freshmen, who have made such an admirable beginning in their high school career, cannot but add greater glory to St. Elizabeth's High School. A Freshman. Y Ygij Egan W Q Pia glib . 32.-. LI9i